For stamp club, I always try to have three cards and one non-card project for the ladies. July's project revolves around my newly bought Homemade for You bundle. The bundle comes with the Homemade for You stamp set and Baker's Box Thinlits. Now I don't usually make 3D projects, but I was intrigued by the size and shape of the Baker's Box. It's perfect for filling with Kisses or M&Ms or even a few small cookies. I pulled out a ton of old DSP, picked a fun subtle pattern from Park Lane and started cutting. The thinlit requires two passes through the Big Shot. If you place it carefully, you can get two pieces out of a 6" x 12" piece of DSP. From there, it's just a matter of folding along the score lines and gluing the two pieces together. Easy peasy! I added a few tags (dies included in the Baker's Box Thinlits), some ribbon, and a cute clothespin. Overall a very cute little project. I'm thinking about making 13 of them for our October retreat. Maybe fill with some candy...

Stamps: Homemade for You
Inks: Lost Lagoon
Cardstock: Park Lane DSP (retired); Whisper White
Accessories: Lost Lagoon Ribbon; White clothespin (not SU)
Tools: Baker's Box Thinlits

Today's card is being featured on Stylin' Stampin' Inkspiration. The challenge was to create gift tags. Now I've done a ton of birthday gift tags, but what about other types of tags? I wanted to incorporate tags into the special gifts for the retreat attendees. Twice a year, I help organize a weekend retreat for members of my mom's group. I always include some extra surprises. Last year, I went with modified monogramed notebooks and monogram note cards. This year, I want to make individual mason jar desserts. A gift tag would look perfect with the mason jars. After playing around a bit, I decided to make tags for mason jars.

I decided to use my new Homemade for You stamp set. Perfect for packaging up little goodies or in this case, yummy desserts. I stamped the polka dot background stamp in the same ink color as the cardstock. I love the tone of tone look. From there I picked a coordinating color and piece of pattern paper to make my flower embellishment. I can't wait until October to give this out! Below is the complete collection of tags:

Stamps: Homeamde for You
Inks: Staz-on Black; Pool Party; Calypso Coral; Perfect Plum; Mint Macaron, Daffodil Delight; Old Olive; Pacific Point; Watermelon Wonder
Cardstock: Pretty Petals DSP; Pool Party; Calypso Coral; Perfect Plum; Mint Macaron; Daffodil Delight; Old Olive; Watermelon Wonder; Very Vanilla
Accessories: Gold 1/8" Ribbon
Tools: 1" Circle Punch; Pansy Punch; Scallop Tag Punch