Lovely Lollipops

I love the Prima Lollipop flowers, but they're so expensive, especially if you get all of the colors you want! So when I saw this swap for Handmade Lollipop flowers on 2Peas, it was right up my alley! I had so much fun making, inking, crumpling, sanding and embossing these(even though I went a *little* crazy when I was signing up...)!Enjoy!
Vintage Valentine Group:

White Group (I just love these, they're my favorite!):
Red Group:
Vintage Christmas:
Blue Group:
Black Group:
Pink Group 2:

A Christmas Wreath from Paper

Starting today, for the next few weeks, I have several Christmas crafty projects to share with you. This is my pride and joy for the season.I actually made it about a month ago. It took several days, and ALOT of work. I cut the wreath and holly leaves using a free file from Dan's blog last year( I think he may still offer the file for a small fee), and a free poinsettia cut file from Lora's blog. I cut the leaves out of various different cardstocks with glitter, shimmer, pattern, and different shades of green and white. After I cut them all out, I dry embossed some with Cuttlebug Swiss Dots and Stylized flower folders, inked direct to paper on some, then attached each leaf invidually, shaping as I went (I rolled the edges around a round rub-on stylus). I cut the poinsettias out of 2 shades of red card stock (one shimmer, one matte), then dry embossed the veins of the flower by hand with a stylus and added Stickles to the veins on the top layer for glitz and to help it stand out. I cut the little gold centers out of a bunch of silk flowers from the Dollar Tree and added the shimmery red and gold bow (which I FINALLLY learned how to make myself, thanks to Martha Stewart!). Thanks for looking (and stop back tomorrow for more crafty Christmas goodies!)


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This week's project for Lindsay's Stamp Stuff

My project for Lindsay's Stamp Stuff this week is a baby word book and onesie card that I made for my daughter's teacher, who is having a little girl this summer. I used 2 different sets of digi-stamps from Lindsay's store, and one individual digistamp. I used Nana's Nursery Paper Girl Stack, My Cricut, SCAL, and Storybook cartridge. For chipboard, I used the chipboard inserts that came in some cheap packs of paper from the Dollar Store. For the actual word book, I used an svg freebie file that some one shared in one of my yahoo groups, but there is one at the Craft Edge forum if you need it. I cut patterned paper and cardstock for and attached to both sides of the chipboard with Elmer's Repos. Spray Adhesive,











then painted the edges with pink paint. For the front cover, I cut a tulip from Storybook in the the light pink paper, then a 1/4 inch bigger in darker paper.
For page 2, I used a pregnant silhouette svg cut , a sticker titles, and a couple of big flowers, with a gemstone center. For page 3. I used a plaque cut from Storybook, and some green gemstone flowers, but the "star" of this page is the rattle from Lindsay's Babies and Bows digistamp collection.
I colored it with my Bic markers, and colored the white part with a white chalk pen. I then used my Copic colorless blender to blend the colors/draw out the highlights. I then covered the ball part of the rattle with Glossy Accents,waited till it was almost dry and added Martha Stewart fine white glitter. After it was almost dry, I "fussy cut" it out and added it to the page with pop dots.
For page 4, I just cut a couple of plaques from Storybook, to allow for journaling. For page 5, I colored 3 more images from the Babies and Bows collection (the Welcome Baby banner, the cradle, and the button), using my Bic markers, and my Copics. I added Glossy Accents to the button for a more realistic look, and fussy cut them all. I printed out the Flourished Frame digistamp, then cut it out and chalked the edges with pink chalk ink. I added the banner to the top of the frame for a lovely spot to put the new baby's first photo, and attached the rest of the embellies to finish the page.
Page 6: I simply cut a frame/plaque from Storybook in a large size, so she can either attach more photos, or do a little journaling.
Page 7:I cut out the sentiment "A Wish Came True" with a frame, then colored the fairy princess from the Pretty Princess Collection. I used my Bics and Copics again, then added yellow Stickles to the top of the wand, and covered the skirt with green Stickles,and cut her out after she was completely dry. I then attached various pink, green, and yellow ribbons from my stash to the part of the "Y" that branched out.
I punched holes in the book with my Cropadile Big Bite, added some book rings (they are super cheap in the office supply section at Wal Mart), and attached ribbon to those as well.

But the gift would not be complete with out a card, so I cut out my card using a onesie pattern with a bib. I dry embossed the card using the Cuttlebug Stylized Flowers folder (rolling pin method), and cut out the word "girl" (again from Storybook). I ran that through my Xyron sticker maker, attached it to the bib, then attached eyelets for the "snaps", and added a stuffed bunny from the Babies and Bows collection , which I printed out twice, once on a pale plaid paper, then on a white cardstock. I shaded the bunny with my Copic skin white marker, and colored the bow with pink Bic markers. I then colored the bow on the white image with the same pink markers, and cut it(the bow) out and attached on top of the other bow with a pop dot.