Hair Ties in a Jar

Craft fair stuff has kind of taken over my life, at least my crafting life.  I have been saving (hoarding) these baby food jars for about three years, so it was about time to put them to use.  These FOE (Fold Over Elastic) hair ties are super popular right now, so I bought some of the elastic and made a bunch of the hair ties myself.  I made the hair ties, painted the lids to the baby food jars and voila!... a great little craft fair item.  I am still trying to decide if the jar needs a tag, not sure it does.  Each jar has a variety of 10 hair ties.  I am planning on selling the jar with the 10 hair ties for $7.  What do you think?  Would you pay that?  I hope some people will.

Have a great day!

-Christel

July Club 3D Item

This is the project that my Stamp Club members did for their 3D item in July.  It is a cello bag that has been decorated and then filled with decorated clothespins.  You can either leave the clips as just clips or add a small magnet to the back to make them clips for the fridge.  I ordered some really inexpensive magnets from China, and all of my club members opted to add magnets to theirs.  It was a big hit with my group.

I am looking for one more member of my club, so if you are local to the Ventura County area and want to join, please contact me!  Stamp Club is a great way to make some free projects just for ordering your minimum ($25).  My club meets once every other month, so it's only a $150 commitment for the year.  Plus, you get the hostess benefits on the month that you host, which will be at least $25 in free merchandise.  Again, just contact me if you'd like to join or if you have any questions.

All supplies are Stampin' Up! except for the bag and magnets:

Stamp Sets: Postage Due and Gossamer Lace
Papers: Naturals White Cardstock and Natural Composition Specialty DSP
Ink: Island Indigo and Riding Hood Red
Accessories: Stampin' Dimensionals, Linen Thread, Crumb Cake 3/8" Taffeta Ribbon, Postage Stamp Punch and Labels Collection Framelits

Have a great day!

-Christel

Bright and Cheery Dots

This is the final card that I made for my card class this past Friday.  I cut 1/2 inch strips of the Polka Dot Parade DSP, lined them up in a rainbow and adhered them to a piece of Whisper White CS that I had run through my Big Shot with the Polka Dot Embossing Folder.  I popped up the embossed paper with Dimensionals, but it's hard to tell in this picture.

All supplies are Stampin' Up!:

Stamp Sets: Memorable Moments
Papers: Whisper White Cardstock and Polka Dot Parade DSP
Ink: Rich Razzleberry
Accessories: Stampin' Dimensionals, White Bakers Twine and Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder

Have a great day!

-Christel

Shoebox Swap Card

Here is the card that I came up with for the Shoebox Swap that I did with the group that I traveled with to Convention this year.  I was inspired by a card that I saw on Splitcoast, you can see it here.  You can definitely see the source of inspiration, but I put my own spin on it.  It's what I like to call a CWAT (Copy With A Twist).  This is also going to be one of the cards that we do at my card class tomorrow night.

All supplies are Stampin' Up!:

Stamp Sets: Postage Due and Field Flowers
Papers: Crumb Cake, and Natural Composition Specialty DSP

Ink: Versamark and Island Indigo
Accessories: Stampin' Dimensionals, Island Indigo Bakers Twine and 2-1/2 Circle Punch

Have a great day!

-Christel

A small gift...

My friend (and upline) Heidi King adds a small gift to her customer/club orders, many of which I have been the recipient of.  I wanted to start to do it for the orders that I receive, so it was perfect that she has challenged her downline to do the same.  I came up with these small treats for the girls in my stamp club this month.  There are three Hershey Nuggets in each bag.  I recently opened this pack of Polka Dot Parade DSP and I LOVE it!  The stamp set is a retired one called "Eat Chocolate".

I hope they like them as much as I do.  Have a great day!

-Christel

Convention (2012) Roomate Gifts

I decorated mini composition books for my roomates (traveling buddies) this year at Convention. I then decorated some bags that I bought a while ago (non-Stampin' Up!) and put the mini comp. books and a mini gel pen in each bag. I plan on making more of these for the craft fairs I will be doing in the fall.

These are great for many things... password books, wish list book, a "favorites" book for your friends or anything else you can think of!

Have a great day!

-Christel

Swap (and Class) Card

This is the card that I made for the one organized swap that I participated in at Stampin' Up!'s Convention last week in Salt Lake City.  All supplies are Stampin' Up!.

Stamp Set: Papaya Collage and Petite Pairs 
Papers: Crumb Cake, Naturals White, Gumball Green, Pool Party and Very Vanilla
Ink: Early Espresso, Primrose Petals and Gumball Green
Accessories: Stampin' Dimensionals, Basic Pearls, Color Spritzer Tool, Apothecary Accents Framelits and Bitty Banners Framelits

I have a card class coming up on August 17th.  We will be making 6 cards, 2 each of 3 designs.  This is one of the cards that we will be making at the class.  If you would like more info on the class, please let me know.

Have a great day!

-Christel