The Winner is!.............

Good Saturday morning everyone! I just want to take a minute to thank the participants of the comment challenge, I had going on for three weeks. Although I'm disappointed with the turn out, I'm very thankful for the ones that did. Now, without prolonging this................Let's have a Drum Roll Please!!!!!!!!! The winner is......................

Congratulations Patti J! Please e-mail me with your address brenda_frame@yahoo.com You have two weeks to claim your prize! Thank you so much for participating with this challenge. Have fun!

Thank you! Have a blessed day! Hugs Brenda

An Envelope Mini Album............... for A Friend.

Hello and Happy Thursday! I hope your week is going well and you are looking forward to the weekend.
I have been working really hard on this project for a friend. I don't claim to be the best paper crafter out there, but I do hope I can inspire some of you.

I made this particular mini album for a friend, to uplift and encourage her. It's an envelope mini album with lots of places to tuck little messages, pictures, letters or even cards she may receive during this time in her life. I wanted to create this for her, so when she is well, she can look back on where God has brought her from and see all the blessings along the way.

Thank you for stopping by and checking out this project today. Hugs to all! Brenda

Ladybug treat holder

Hi everyone! I hope today has been a good beginning of the week for you all?

I have been surfing the web, trying to get some inspiration. I came across this on Pinterest and thought you may like it. This has great potential. It is shown here as an eyelet holder, but it could actually be a great treat holder for gift giving.

Eyelet Holder Ladybugs

I made these cute little ladybugs full of retired eyelets to give to my Hostesses and the first to place their orders for the July Clubs.  They are really easy to make and so cute!  You could fill them with jelly beans, M&Ms, buttons, ribbon, etc.

Just pull gently up on the head to pull up the Tag Punch body so the hole in the backing will be revealed to get the goodies in and out.

To make the ladybug you will need the following supplies:

- red card stock (I used Riding Hood Red)

- Basic Black Card Stock

- Sweet Treat Cups

- 1-3/4" Circle Extra-Large Punch

- 1-1/4" Circle Large Punch

- Extra-Large Tag Punch (formerly Tag Punch)

- Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack

- Sticky Strip

- 2-Way Glue Pen (or Mini Glue Dots)

- SNAIL

- wiggly eyes

- pencil

- Paper Snips

- treats

1)  Punch a 1 3/4" circle in the middle of a scrap of red card stock.

2)  Place a Sweet Treat Cup on top of the punched scrap so the circle in the middle is centered under the treat cup.

3)  Trace the outside edge of the treat cup with the pencil.

4)  Cut out the circle.  You should have a thin ring of red card stock.

5)  Put small pieces of Sticky Strip around the top edge of the Sweet Treat Cup lip (not the back side which already has adhesive hidden by the protective ring).

6)  Remove the protective backing on the Sticky Strip pieces and lay your ring of card stock on the Sweet Treat Cup lip.  Press in place.

7)  Punch a 1 1/4" circle in the middle of a scrap of red card stock.

8)  Place the Sweet Treat Cup on top of the punched scrap so the circle in the middle is centered under the treat cup.

9)  Trace the outside edge of the treat cup with the pencil.

10)  Cut out the circle.  You should have a thick ring of red card stock.

11)  Remove the protective backing from the back side of the Sweet Treat Cup lip and lay your Sweet Treat Cup on the thick ring of card stock so the circle in the middle is centered.  Press in place.

12)  Punch out a tag shape from a scrap of red card stock.

13)  Punch two 1 1/4" circles from a scrap of black card stock.

14)  Insert the scrap of black card stock back into the 1 1/4" Circle Punch so you can see a thin edge of black card stock on the side of the previously punched out circle.  Punch.

15)  Repeat step 14 so you have two thin curving pieces of black card stock.

16)  Adhere one of the 1 1/4" black circles to the top of the red tag piece.

17)  Adhere the two thin curving black strips to the back of the black circle attached to the tag so a bit of each pokes up at the top of the circle.

18)  Adhere the other black circle to the tag to cover the backs of the antenna.

19)  Trim the ends of the antenna if desired.

20)  Repeat steps 7 through 10.

21)  Lay the thick ring of red card stock on your work surface.

22)  Place the tag punch over the hole in the middle of the ring.

23)  Put small strips of Sticky Strip below the tag and on either side on the red card stock ring.

24)  Remove the protective backing from the Sticky Strip pieces and adhere the thick ring to the back of the Sweet Treat Cup.

25)  Adhere wiggly eyes to the front of the head with 2-Way Glue Pen or Mini Glue Dots.

26)  Punch out 6 small circles from a scrap of black card stock.

27)  Adhere them to the top of the Sweet Treat Cup.

28)  Gently pull the tag punch out part way by pulling on the head.

29)  Fill the Sweet Treat Cup with goodies.

30)  Push the tag punch back in place.

Thank you for the visit. I hope this will inspire creativity in you! Hugs Brenda

Mother's Day Card............and Comment drawing.

Hi everyone! I hope your week is going well? Today I wanted to do something a little different and post a Mother's Day Challenge, but my desk top computer will be down for a long while, so I'm using my chrome book to post and it won't let me upload the link tool. If anybody has suggestions on what I can do, it would be much appreciated.  

Now, getting to the good part! Okay, since I can't have a challenge, I'll offer this Poppy Stamp Leafy Sprig Border to the winner. The way I will do this, comment on my blog and become a follower and I'll put your name in the drawing. I'll run this offer from Thurs. May 8, 2014 through Thurs. May 29,2014. I'll announce the winner here on my blog Sat. May 31, 2014.

Don't forget.................the rules are simple!

Make a comment on this post
Become a follower of my blog

That's all there is to it!

Thank you for stopping by and for your comments in advance. Good Luck! Have a blessed weekend and Happy Mother's Day! Hugs Brenda

Sympathy Card Revamped

Hi everyone! I hope the week is going well for you? I just want to take just a minute and share my revamped sympathy card.

I created a card similar to this, a few weeks ago. I used the same elements, just changed them around a little bit.

Thanks for stopping by! Hugs Brenda