Create Along With Us: February 2016

Create a project utilizing inspiration you've seen during release week. Your project must use at least one Papertrey product.

Don't you just LOVE the card Dawn posted this morning???

I adore it! I love the layout and OH MY...the color!!!

I bought Brushed Blooms MONTHS ago. I have never had a chance to ink it up. I mean...Vintage Linen took over...completely.

But every. time. I see a design team member use it, I remember why I bought it!

So Dawns card was the perfect inspiration to ink it up!!!

It translated pretty well.

Ahhhhhh. The color! Raspberry Fizz and Pure Poppy. A match made in heaven!

Thank you for looking at my blog!

Susan

Day 3: Grab & Craft Challenge

Create a new project that is created with supplies you grab and gather together in 5 minutes.  Your project must utilize everything you grab!

I did not have much time, so I did not pick a lot of supplies for this challenge.

My sister Pat *Hi Pat!* gave me one of the Floral Flaps die.

You really need just one. It was a generous gift. 

I LOVE the die!

I think it made a cute "grab-bag" card!

Thank you for looking at my blog!

Susan

Day 2: Dress Up Inspiration

Create a new project that is inspired by a piece of clothing/outfit from your closet or online clothing retailer.

A sweater that I have always loved the pattern on.

Again, Vintage lines. I knew the line image would translate well!

I think it looks a lot like the sweater.

Thank you for looking at my blog!

Susan

Day 1: DT Favorites

 Create a new project that uses one of the Color Recipe Cards from the options above.

So My Woman's conference is over! It was a HUGE success!

I sold out of almost everything!

I will post more on that later. First I had to make 3 cards on Super Bowl Sunday!

I haven't had a chance to use Vintage Linen in a while, so I used it on 2 cards!

Dawn's color combo with Dawn's beautiful stamp set!

I did add Summer Sunrise for the flower centers.

Thank you for looking at my blog!

Susan

What I have been doing...UPDATE

Starting tomorrow evening there is a Woman's conference at my church.

There are at least 1200 registered.

I was asked to make boxed cards with inspirational sentiments:

Thankful

Grateful

Blessed

Joy

Peace

Happy

Thankfully I am Blessed that Papertrey Ink has amazing dies and stamps that fit the request.

This is the table full of items I am taking to sell.

The bulk of the items have been made since the first of the year.

Hot Chocolate Folders and Chicken Noodle Soup folders made like Lexi showed on a MIM.

There are about 125 of those.

The boxed cards.

So on those...

I made about 400 cards with various embellishments and with the sentiments I listed above.

There are 20 boxes of 10 that the conference is buying to give to volunteers.

There are 39 boxes of 5 for sale.

Here is a box.

Lousy picture.

Still struggling with the focus on my camera...

More soup folders

I made about 125 Tiny Takeout and Pillow Boxes in both Valentine and Spring.

I also made 30+ Seed Packets that hold a Ghirardelli chocolate.

There are about 25 folder pouches that hold 2 Ghirardelli chocolates.

I am also taking all of the cards I have in stock for sale.

I have no idea how many...A LOT!!!

I also want to send out a BIG Thank You to my AWESOME friends who helped me in dozens of tasks that made all of this work possible.

Without their help. I could have never completed the number of items I have for sale!

Most of you know I donate all of the money to Water Charities in Africa for clean water projects!

So...I have not been participating in many MIM's or Blog Hops.

I am looking forward to the festivities for the upcoming PTI 9th Anniversary!

Thank you for looking at my blog!

Susan

MAKE IT MONDAY #237: MATCHBOOK VALENTINES

I have been making packaging  like this for years.

Mine are a bit different.

The fold on mine is at the top.

I punch 2 holes and tie ribbon instead of staples.

I am glad Lexi showed her version. It gives me new ideas outside my usual.

This one holds Hot Chocolate packages.

This one uses Cup a Soup chicken noodle soup packages!

I have made a ton of these to sell at a woman's conference at my church.

This money goes to my mission, A Cup of Cold Water.

It helps fund the cost of digging fresh water wells in Malawi, Africa.

Thank you fro looking at my blog!

Susan

What I have been doing...

It has been a LONG time.

Before Christmas I was busy making things for my annual, HUGE Christmas sale.

Then the boys and I went on a cruise for Christmas.

I didn't seem like Christmas, which was the point...

Since then I have been busy making cards for the Woman's Conference at my church.

I am making boxed sets for them.

The conference ordered 20 boxes of 10 cards for volunteers, so I started 200 cards in the hole.

I have those 200 cards made. Now I can concentrate on making as many cards as I can to sell to attendees.

I have enlisted some of my friends to help fold card bases, adhere front panels ,stamp my name on the back, help box up the cards...anything else I feel comfortable letting them help with...

Here is a group of the cards ...

The picture isn't very good. I have done something to my camera and the focus is off. Even Colin cannot figure it out. I am sure there is a knob or a dial...

Anyway...

I am pretty happy with these cards. They are VERY labor intensive, tho.

So 200 down and I hope 200-300 more...

So, that is what I have been keeping myself busy with.

Thank you for looking at my blog!

Susan