Hostess Appreciation Projects

I've invited my hostesses over for dinner tomorrow night and we're going to make these projects:

Actually, we're only making the card and the pillow box.  The scrapbook page is an example of all the great things you can do with our marvelous stamp sets!  I hope they like them. 

Ingredients: Hello Again stamp set, retro remix wheel, real red, old olive, pumpkin pie, kraft cardstock and ink, old olive 1/4 grosgrain ribbon, big shot, curly label Bigz XL die, pillow box die, scalloped border punch, scalloped square punch, spiral punch, corner punch, tag punch, 1" circle punch, 1/2" circle punch, stampin dimensionals, paper snips

The scalloped edge on the tag was done with the scalloped square punch.  the scalloped square is just slightly larger, so I trimmed it to fit.  Cute huh?

The scrapbook page is 81/2 x 8 1/2.  The photo mount is 4x5. Got questions...just ask!

This stamp set Hello Again is available FREE right now with a $50 purchase. 

Check out the Sale-A-Bration catalog! and then go shopping ONLINE at my store.

Well, this is neat...what on earth made the formatting go back to "left" is beyond me...nice blogger.

The next hostess appreciation dinner will be in August 2010, so BE A HOSTESS before then!!! :-)
Thanks for stopping by!
Kelly

Simple Star Card

Again, this card was created to enter a challenge over at Splitcoaststampers. The "limited supply" challenge asked you to create a card with a star and only ribbon as your embellishment and to keep the layers to a minimum. So here's mine...

The paper used was Soft Suede textured cardstock for the base and the stars were cut from Soft Suede, Crushed Curry, Mambo Melon, and Bermuda Bay. The stamp set used was Hello Again from the Stampin Up! 2009-10 Idea Book and Catalog. The ribbon is Soft Suede polka dot 1/2" grosgrain. I cheated on the stars, tag and star texture by using a cutting and embossing tool that is not Stampin' Up! But, honestly, it was kind of nice to get those out again today. I absolutely LOVE Stampn' Up! products, but do have tons of other stuff from my "before SU" days.
I borrowed the layout and color idea from the new Occasions Mini Catalog that comes out in January. The catalog has these darling little butterflies instead of my stars...can't wait to get that sizzlit. It cuts and embosses at the same time. So cute!!
Thanks for visiting!
Kelly
12/14/2009 Oh my! I'm so excited, this card was chosen as a CAS (Clean and Simple) Favorite over at Splitcoaststampers.com. this week. Thank you!!! (I'm not sure exactly what that means, because I'm very new at SCS but I'm excited anyway!)