Tags for Fundraising Baskets

Hi there,

I have been working hard at balancing all things in my life these days, my little crafting business, working full time, being a mom to 3 very busy boys and fitting in some quality time with my dear hubby, so my blog has been a little bit scattered.  

But I do have a fun project to share with you today...a project that I made a while ago for one of son's hockey team fundraisers.  

The fundraiser was a raffle for 3 different baskets and each basket had a theme.  (Theme's make things so much fun!)  The themes were 'Boys Club', 'Girl's Night Out' and 'Coffee and Things'. So each of the baskets were filled with beverages and accessories to match each theme.  All parents pitched in and sold tickets for the baskets and then there was a draw for each one.  

BUT...what is a basket without a tag that can illustrate the theme?  So, I offered to help and make a tag for each of the baskets.  Here are my tags.....

I used some of my favourite ribbons and retired framelits to help capture the themes.  I found some fun and free fonts online to create the basket name and framed each with the Deco Framelits.  I used my Banner Framelits to create the background with the colour of the basket and some vellum.  Here is the  tag for first basket - girls night out!  It had some yummy girly drinks.

The second basket is for the coffee cognisor.  Oh so cute!

The final tag is for the Boys Club basket - lots of drinks inside for the men!

So which one of my little babies were these for?

My oldest.  (Brace yourself, proud mama moment ahead.)  Here is he is doing what he LOVES......

Thanks for stopping by!

Tammy

Sieze the Birthday!

Hello there,

I decided to join the fun over at Sieze the Birthday where their theme this week is 'The Great Divide'!  How fun is that? And who can't use more birthday cards in their stash, right?

 So, here is the card that I came up with....

I am SO looking forward to spring.  Technically it IS spring here, but we are expecting another big snow storm this week!  UGH!  

Anyway, if I create cards with flowers, maybe they will come.  :)

I used one of my favourite stampsets, Garden in Bloom.  It is just so pretty with the water coloured look of the stamps and you can create them in ANY colour and any combination!  My greeting is from Teeny Tiny Wishes, another favourite of mine.  

The patterned paper is from the DSP stack Pretty Petals and the colours are Very Vanillia, Calypsol Coral and Pear Pizzaz, all taken from the DSP.  

Thanks for stopping by.  Be sure to stop by again tomorrow, where I will have all of the projects I made for my latest appearance on Roger's TV.

Happy Stampin'

Tammy

Joyful Season with Paper Craft Crew Challenges - PCCCS #170: Card Sketch

Hello,

Glad you stopped by!  Have you noticed the Joyful Season stampset in the Holiday Catalogue?  SO pretty.  Perfect for winter card giving. I have stamped him in yellow to make him a canary (find that post here) , and today I have stamped in red for a cardinal - I think I will try blue next to make him a blue jay!

Today, I decided to play along with the Paper Craft Crew Challenges - they have an awesome sketch for us... here is it ..

 

I loved the banners and the placement of the sentiment.  I used a bow instead of the flower and the Deco shape instead of the watercolouring background.  What do you think?

I really liked how the card turned out.  Thanks for the inspiration Paper Craft Crew!

Happy Stampin'

Tammy

Festival of Trees with Stampin' Royalty

Hello my Stampin' friends,

I have a Christmas card to show you today...because it's never too early to get those little things checked off your list!  Have you started your cards yet?   

I found an awesome sketch challenge over at Stampin' Royalty with challenge SR#246!  That got my creative mind working!  I chose my colours after choosing my patterned paper - and now I am well on my way! 

I knew I wanted to use my new Festival of Trees bundle - save 15% when you buy the stampset and matching punch!  I LOVE matching punches and I LOVE bundle pricing!  Who doesn't love a deal, right?  But I do have a bit of a confession....this stampset is Photopolymer - I have never tried this kind of stamp before.  After all, I was very happy with my rubber stamps in wood and clear, so I was hesitant to give these new stamps a try!  

So as a skeptic, I can say...they are GREAT!  Here are the pluses that I noticed.  First there is no assembly!  You aren't mounting these on wood OR putting the sticker on them so you can see what you are stampin'.  The next awesome thing I noticed was that they are SUPER clingy to the blocks!  The third wonderful thing about these stamps was that they are SO easy to clean!  And, last by not least, you can see EXACTLY where you are stampin'....the Festival of Trees stampset is a two-step stampset and the photopolmer makes this really easy to do.  If you haven't tried these stampsets, take it from a skeptic like me, they are awesome!

So you are probably wanting to see my card, well, here is it....

I hope you like my card.

Be sure to stop on over to Stampin' Royalty to see all of the wonderful creations there!

Happy Stampin'

Tammy

Traveler meets Stampin' Royalty Challenge #240

Hello there!

Thanks for stopping by again!  I have a great card to show you today that can be used for any occasion including a masculine card!  That is always a hard one for me!

I decided to participate in the challenge over at Stampin' Royalty!  The challenge was to use a background stamp!  I love it!  I knew exactly which stamps sets I was going to use.  

I dusted off my World Map stamp for my background stamping and my Traveler stampset for my main image and Sassy Salutations for my greeting.

The Deco Framelits were a perfect fit for the train image and the next size bigger as a frame to put it center stage.

I added some seambinding ribbbon in Soft Sky to add a pop of colour and a little finishing touch.  I just love all of these colours together - Very Vanillia, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso and Soft Sky - very soothing.

Here is my card....

 

I hope this gives you some inkspiration. ;)

 Be sure to stop by Stampin' Royalty to see some great card creations!

Happy Stampin

Tammy

Easter Card with Fab Friday #39

Hello my stampin' friends!

I have another Easter card to share with you today, in fact I will share Easter cards all week long!  Are you ready for Easter yet?  I still have some bunny tasks to do, but really looking forward to it!

I decided to use the sketch inspiration at Fab Friday!  If you haven't arrived here from there, go ahead a pop on over!  They have some amazing cards and challenges to inspire you!

For this card I finally pulled out my Deco Framelits - I can't believe I haven't used them yet!  The smallest size was a perfect fit for the little bunny from the new Easter set Eggstra Spectacular!  I stamped him in Basic grey and used a candy dot for his tail - a really cute idea I found on the world web.

Here is a look at my card....

I hope it gives you some inkspiration!

 

Happy Stampin'

Tammy