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A Wildflower Box

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a project featuring a Sale-A-Bration item. I decided to focus on my favorite SAB item: Wildflower Fields DSP. I love the patterns and color combinations in this stack. To help highlight the paper, I decorated a gift box. This was the January Stamp Club 3D project in fact! I modified some instructions i had and created an extra large bow to go on top of the box. I also added a belly band for more visual interest, a flower in the center of the bow and a gift tag. Overall a super cute box! My stamp club ladies made variations using different paper and pattern combos.

 

To make the bow, you need four pieces of DSP:

  • 3" x 11" -- top loop
  • 3" x 9" -- middle loop
  • 3" x 7" -- base

Punch the three large strips in the middle. Fold over the ends of the top and middle piece and secure with glue dots to create the loops. Layer and glue together. Finish the card off with a strip around the middle section and punch the tails.

To make the belly band, you need two pieces of DSP each 3" x 12". Glue together and lay flat. At one end, score at 4 1/2" and 6 1/4". Start at the 6 1/4" score mark and score from there at 6 1/4". Finally score at 4 1/2" from the last score mark. This should wrap around the box and be able to be attached at the top under the bow.

Detail of the bow:

Detail of the gift tag:

 
  • Stamps: Happy Happenings
  • Inks: Calypso Coral
  • Cardstock: Wildflower Fields DSP; Calypso Coral
  • Accessories: Botanical Gardens Washi Tape; Gold Sequins; Candy Dots
  • Tools: Envelope Punch Board; Scallop Tag Topper Punch; Flower Medallion Punch; Pansy Punch; Petite Petals Punch
tags: Botanical Gardens Washi Tape, candy dots, Envelope Punch Board, Happy Happenings, sequins, Wildflower Fields DSP
categories: 3D Projects, Other Crafts
Thursday 01.28.16
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

Top Ten 2015 Crafts

In no particular order, my favorite ten crafts from 2015:

1. 30 Days of Lists March 2015 -- My base cards for March were a rainbow of colors. I love how they turned out! I used a variety of Project Life kits to create the effect.

 
 
 

2. Sarah's Bridal Shower favors -- I loved using these simple white berry baskets and dressing them up. They turned out really well!

3. Herringbone Technique cards -- These cards look so complicated, but are actually fairly easy to make. I love the outcome.

4. Fun with Decorative Masks -- This card was inspired by some fun rainbow cards I saw on Pinterest. I changed up the techniques and tools to make this fun masked card.

 

5. My favorite Christmas card this season -- I love the mix of patterns and colors on this one!

 

6. Project Life Thanksgiving Card -- I challenged myself to use SU's PL Seasonal Snapshot set to make a Thanksgiving card. I love the results.

 

7. Find Your Voice Pages -- I participated in an awesome free storytelling class from rukristin. The six traditional scrapbook pages I created were a nice change of pace.

 

8. Week in the Life -- I finished my first ever Week in the Life album and loved doing it! I'm definitely going to try again next year.

9. Sailboat Baby Card -- Such a cute little design!

 

10. Blue and Gold Butterfly Card -- I made this card using a photo inspiration challenge. I love the result!

 
categories: Other Crafts
Wednesday 01.06.16
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

Nutcracker GC Holders

 

Today’s card is featured over at Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration and features a Christmas card challenge. This month I also joined Punk Projects for their 30 Days of Christmas Cards challenge.

For today's project, I decided to move beyond a greeting a card and made a few gift card holders. These are incredibly easy to make. Cut a piece of cardstock 3 1/2" x 8 1/2". Score at 2" and 6". Fold. Glue down the bottom flap. Add some patterned paper and a belly band and voila! Instant gift card holder! For these ones, I added a cute little nutcracker embellishment to help finish off the look!

I did a few more GC holders of different looks, colors, and papers.

 
 
  • Stamps: Sparkly Seasons
  • Inks: Real Red; Mossy Meadow; Old Olive; Cherry Cobbler; Craft White; Cucumber Crush
  • Cardstock: Merry Moments DSP; Mossy Meadow; Old Olive; Crumb Cake; Cherry Cobbler; Real Red
  • Accessories:
  • Tools: Seasonal Frames Framelits
tags: #30daysofchristmascards, Christmas, Merry Moments DSP, Sparkly Seasons
categories: 3D Projects, Other Crafts
Tuesday 11.24.15
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

Holiday Bazaar Crafts (non-cards)

Along with a large pile of Christmas cards, I always like to have a few non-greeting card products available for sale at the craft fairs. This year, I went with a few cards sets made from old cards laying around the cart area. Those were already made and just needed to be packaged. But my big project was a large set of Modified Notebooks and some Baker's Boxes filled with candy. I managed to create all of these in about three days!

 
 
categories: 3D Projects, Other Crafts
Saturday 11.07.15
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

Arthur's 2nd Birthday

This post is going to be a long one! Last week was Arthur's 2nd birthday party! Being the crafty person that I am, I couldn't buy store decor and cards. So I buckled down about a month ago, and started creating...

Favor Bags: I chose to go simple with white paper bags as a base. I stamped some dino footprints in random directions. From there I added a starburst tag in a variety of patterns. For the actual party, I put the kids' names on the bags and clothes pinned the tag to the bag.

 

Matching Games: I made 2x2 squares featuring stamped dinosaurs on one side and some patterned paper on the other. Each set includes 18 different pairs to match. I thought about adding leaves and such, but decided that the simple dinosaur silhouette in different colors looked just right. These are matching games for toddlers.

Cupcake Toppers: I used up my scrap paper from the favor tags to create these simple circle cupcake toppers. I stamped skeleton on each side completed the tag. These looked perfect in the cupcakes!

Thank You Cards: Simple, but cute! I made a variation of colors and patterns using some old patterned paper.

 
 

Party Pics:

 
 
 
 

Supplies:

  • SU No Bones About It stamp set
  • SU old DSP
  • SU Pool Party, Gumball Green (retired), Pumpkin Pie, Chocolate Chip, and Tempting Turquoise ink
  • SU Starburst framelits (retired)
  • White paper
  • White Paper bags
  • Toothpicks
  • Labels framelits
tags: 2012-2014 In Color DSP, Happy Birthday, No Bones About It
categories: Life, Other Crafts
Friday 10.16.15
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

SSINK September 2015 Blog Hop

Welcome to the Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration blog hop! This month we are welcoming fall! As you hop along, please be sure to comment and show some love on every blog! We are always excited to hear from our followers! You should have just left stop number 7 on the Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration Blog Hop - Bree @ Craft-somnia Momma. If so, you are in the right spot. If a link doesn't work or you get off track, you will find the full blog hop lineup below.

This month's theme was welcoming fall and what better way to welcome fall than with a bit of inspired card candy. Never made card candy? It's easy. Create a few embellishments to add to a card. The best card candy pieces are 3D with multiple layers and embellishments. I well simple this time by adhering some stamped images to a layer of Typeset DSP and heavier vanilla cardstock underneath. For packing purposes, I attached the card candy to a piece of window sheet with a glue dot. Stays put, but easy to remove and adhere to an actual card. 

 
  • Stamps: For All Things
  • Inks: Wild Wasabi; Mossy Meadow; Pumpkin Pie; Tip Top Taupe; Blackberry Bliss; Delightful Dijon
  • Cardstock: Typset DSP; Very Vanilla
  • Accessories:
  • Tools: Ovals Framelits; Circles Framelits
SSINK Blog Hop Next.jpg

Blog Hop Participant List:

  1. Tobe at The Craft Sea
  2. Diana at Stampin Fun with Diana
  3. Leanne at Literally My Joy
  4. Jennifer at Jenny G Paper Crafts
  5. Jenn at Happy 2 Scrap 4 Life
  6. Kim at Stamping with Kim
  7. Bree at Craft-somnia Momma
tags: Card Candy, For All Things, Typeset DSP
categories: 3D Projects, Other Crafts
Thursday 09.10.15
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

Mini Modified Notebooks

Today's project is one of my favorite non-card crafts. I love making modified notebooks! So for August stamp club, I decided to have my ladies make their own mini modified notebooks. For my own, I went with an antique look. A bit of map paper is perfect for that antique look. But the paper by itself looked a bit too plain. I took a brayer and added some blue and yellow ink. Much better! A little washi tape and a nice little sentiment finished off the card. 

 
 
  • Stamps: Happy Happenings
  • Inks: Lost Lagoon; Hello Honey
  • Cardstock: Typeset DSP; Very Vanilla
  • Accessories: Washi Tape (not SU)
  • Tools: Label Punch (retired)
tags: Happy Happenings, Modified Notebooks, Typeset DSP, Washi Tape
categories: 3D Projects, Other Crafts
Saturday 09.05.15
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

Find Your Voice - Part 2

I ran across rukristin’s free 6-week workshop Find You Voice. I love her blog and her products, especially the Currently line. I have a ton of things going on this summer, but I had to stick this project in somewhere. If you want to join us, head on over and sign up. For the project, I choose to add these pages into my household binder along with my OLW pages. Once I decided the where, I had to decide how. Looking at all my crazy supplies, I had to narrow it down. I often get overwhelmed in choices. I started with myMessy Boxes from A Beautiful Mess that have been piling up on the counter. I kept saving them for no good reason, but yeah for this project apparently. I added a few stamps, some embellishments, and alphas to complete my stash.

Here are the last three week's creative challenge pages.

Week 4: What Do You Have to Say focused on the stories you want to tell. The challenge was to document a story. I decided to use Arthur's birth story. Very structured page, but it helped to think about what I wanted to say succinctly, but covering everything. These special moments are definitely the type of stories I want to tell!

 

Week 5: Expressing Your Voice focused on your personal style. I decided to document my favorite design elements for my creative challenge. The color palette is more muted than my usual, but it's nice to branch out every once in awhile.

 

Finally Week 6: Building On Your Story focused on wrapping up and setting some goals. In fact the creative challenge was to document my storytelling goals. I decided on five major goals with some ways to achieve those goals. Simple page, but I like it!

 

Overall this workshop has been great at helping me to branch out. I used a ton of supplies that aren't my normal go-tos. I ventured back into traditional scrapbooking to stretch my limit. And I really thought about some my storytelling approach. Thank you Kristin for creating such a great workshop!

tags: Find Your Voice
categories: Other Crafts, Traditional Scrapbooking
Tuesday 08.18.15
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

The Happy Planner

A few weeks ago Blitsy had a sale on mambi's Happy Planner and accessories. I had seen these in stores, but didn't necessarily want to buy one... However, my current planner-less life was not going well. J always insists on using digital calendars and planners, but I need paper. I like see to the month laid out before me. I had weighed the pros and cons of many different planners, but most were filled with boxes I wouldn't use or were just too expensive. I took a chance and ordered The Happy Planner.

 

Turns out, I love the set up! First of all, it has a spiral type binding. I love being able to lay it flat on it's own or pull back the pages. Definitely helps! Secondly, I love how the planner includes a monthly goal setting page. I love pulling together my important events, dates, and goals onto one page. I decided to keep these pages unadorned to focus on the events. This is my August page. For the goals section, I didn't include all my monthly goals, but focused on the bigger or month-long ones (i.e. new movie month).

Third, I like the size and layout of the monthly spreads. There is enough space to jot down bigger events or plans. Plus, there is a column on the left for notes. I'm still deciding what to do with those left hand columns. I saw someone use them as a space for inspirational sayings and other person use it as a "currently" list. Maybe I'll settle on one of those two ideas.

Fourth, check out these weekly spreads! I love how the days are divided into Morning, Afternoon, and Evening chunks. With an afternoon napping toddler, this divide fits my day perfectly! I've taken to adding our dinner plans right under the Evening bar. I also appreciate that Saturday and Sunday are kept together at the end of the week. I can't wrap my brain around the idea of Sunday as the first day of the week. On the left hand side, there is a column title "notes." I've chosen to use the column as my weekly to-dos. No appointments or activities, but documenting the few things I really want to focus on or complete.

So that's my new planner. I've already bought some sticker accesories (as seen in the above pages), but I'm sure I'll think of other little extras to add as the weeks go by.  And best of all, this planner is an 18-month planner. I am set until December 2016!!!!

tags: The Happy Planner
categories: Other Crafts
Friday 07.31.15
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

Find Your Voice - Part 1

I ran across rukristin's free 6-week workshop Find You Voice. I love her blog and her products, especially the Currently line. I have a ton of things going on this summer, but I had to stick this project in somewhere. If you want to join us, head on over and sign up. For the project, I choose to add these pages into my household binder along with my OLW pages. Once I decided the where, I had to decide how. Looking at all my crazy supplies, I had to narrow it down. I often get overwhelmed in choices. I started with my Messy Boxes from A Beautiful Mess that have been piling up on the counter. I kept saving them for no good reason, but yeah for this project apparently. I added a few stamps, some embellishments, and alphas to complete my stash. Time to dive in.

I started with my title page using a pattern paper page and an overlay. The entire class is based on finding my inner storyteller and I feel like "Life is Beautiful" was the perfect mantra. From there I focused on the pre-workshop questions and built a page around those. It's nice to get back into traditional scrapbooking for a project. I've been focusing so much on Project Life that I had to rethink my approach to these pages. 

 
 

After the pre-workshop page, I dove straight into Weeks 1-3. Sometimes I based my page off of the questions and sometimes off of the creative challenge. I love that this class is very free in its structure. My basic strategy was to grab a focus piece and just see where the page took me. Overall I am loving where the class is going. Below are my pages for the first half of class.

 
 
 
tags: Find Your Voice
categories: Other Crafts, Traditional Scrapbooking
Tuesday 07.21.15
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 
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