One Scrap at a Time

I don’t know about you but I love giving and receiving gift cards but a gift card can be boring to the recipient. Ooh, another card *yawn*. I saw these cute little purses on another blog (sorry I can’t give you credit, I’ve lost your site) and fell in love with them. These come together so quickly. I sat down and whipped out 12 of them using scraps left from other projects. Here are a few of my favs.

I love babies!! When I found out one of the ladies at work with was having a baby, I got so super excited with the idea of making cute baby shower party favors. First task was to get the help of co-workers. With the their help we made 45 of these cute little piggy cup cake holders (cut with Design Studio and Cricut) and with the left over paper we made 50 matching "thank you" cards for the Mother. These were even cutier in person.

Everyone was talking about the really cute mailboxes at Target in the dollar section. I went to two different Target's and couldn't find one - so I decided to make my own out of paper. I found this great template at My Time Made Easy . I downloaded the template and turned it into a cut using Make The Cut. I love how it turned out.

Hi All - can you believe we are already at week 4? This week I challenge you to finish something you started. It could be a project you started and set aside, using a kit you purchased with something in mind and never did, it could even be paper you bought with something special in mind and never used. This week you will get 5 points for each project you finish for a max of 3 projects (or 15 points). Finishing cards will be worth 2 points so you can finish 8 cards to get your 15 points. Below is a mini album the shape of a purse I started OVER a year ago and just finished this week. I plan to give it to my niece for her Birthday in March and let her pick out her own pictures. I have SO many unfinished projects so don't be surprised if you see this challenge again in the future.

When I first saw the purse gift card holder Dawn at Stampin Up , made with the Big Shot Top Note die cut, I knew I had to lift this project. I decided to make a more playful topper to use up some left over birthday paper and it was an opportunity to play with the new software I bought called "Make The Cut". I just love out this turned out. Leave me a comment with your email addy if you would like me to send you the .mtc cut. Go to Dawn's youtube video for details on how to put the purse together. ~~~Thanks for looking~~~

Welcome to week three of the 2010 Scrapals Challenge. This week the challenge is to make the Easel Card featured at SplitCoastStamers (http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/easelcard/). I enjoyed putting these together and even happier that I am ALMOST done using up all that birthday papers I used in last week's challenge. This challenge is for 3 points per card for a max of 3 cards (9 points).

This week's challenge at the Cuttlebug Spot is all about Party Favors and how could I resit? I love making party favors!! This is a simple candy bar wrapper made to fit a standard size Hershey bar. The baby and Thank you are from Cricut's New Arrival Cart and I used the bubble embossing folder on the cardstock to give it texture.