Treasured Memories!

Today I'm sharing something I made for my daughter - a sweet little Tiffany Purse (using a die cut from Creative Cuts and More). Pull up a chair...it's story time!

We spent her spring break in Corolla, NC, and every day we went for a walk to look for shells. Some days it was the whole family, some days she went with her grandparents, and one day it was just the two of us (on the beach, anyway - she and I took several walks out on the sound, to bird watch and see sunsets). She and I went for a sunrise walk one morning, and found a few great shells. She brought an amazing collection home. Before I made this little purse, she and I spent about an hour looking through the shells, talking about where she found them and why she picked them to bring home. I asked her to pick out a few of her small favorites so I could make her a surprise. I colored the image and put the shells inside the purse. I threaded ribbon through the slots in the back, under the purse, and back over the top, looping them around a button I added. It closes just fine without the ribbon - you really don't need to do it the way I did. I just loved the way the white satin ribbon looked with it!

Much to my satisfaction, she was thrilled when I gave this to her! It's been given a place of honor on her nightstand, where she can get out her favorite shells and look at them anytime she wants :)

Supplies:

Stamps: Life's Treasures Sophia (Paper Pretties)

Card Stock: Bazzill Swimming Pool

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Coloring Medium: Copics

Accessories: Cosmo Cricket Button, Twinery Twine

Misc: Tiffany Purse from Creative Cuts and More

We are happy to introduce you to one of our November guest designers Kristine Reynolds!!

How lucky are we to have her? Here is a little bio in her own words:
I live in Sunny Southern California with my husband, Jeff, my 16 year old son, and our labrador, Jadie. My daughter, Tyler is 18 and a Freshman, attending college at Cal Poly, San Louis Obispo. My son is heavily involved in music-marching band, jazz band, etc. and Jeff and I are die hard band roadies. When I'm not helping with the kids in the band you'll find me happily stamping, coloring, and creating cards, scrapbook pages, and other projects in my craft room. I have been a huge fan of Creative Cuts & More for a while now and am thrilled to be a guest designer!

How cute is this peek-a-view box? To see more about it, please head on over to her blog!

I love what she did with this Tuck and Close bag! Isn't it so cute? To see more you can check it out here!
Thanks so much for joining us this month Kristine! We love your work and we think you are fantastic!
Be sure to come back on Wednesday, the 17th for our Blog Hop you can see even more of her fabulous work!

Playdate Cafe Color Challenge

Creative Cuts and More is Sponsoring the Playdate Cafe Challenge this week!

And you still have time to play along! The prize package is the Christmas Card Kit. Perfect prize for this time of year.

This weeks challenge is a color challenge.

Here is the inspiration photo:

And here is my project.

I went with one of my favorite bags by Creative Cuts and More, the Tuck and Close XL in one of the Curious Metallics - Gold Leaf.

So hop over HERE and check out all the inspiration projects from their DT.

The deadline to play along is 11:59 Tueday.

The details:

Patterned Paper - The Paper Studio (Hobby Lobby)

Border Punch - Martha Stewart

Ribbon - from recently purchased bedding

Gems - unknown

Metal embellishment - Making Memories

Thanks for stopping by!
Melisa

BIRTHDAY TUCK & CLOSE BAG

Hello! I hope you had a WONDERFUL Memorial Day weekend! I have been SOOOOO inspired by the Design Team and our Guest Designers. It has been so much fun to see what everyone creates. Don't you agree?

The project I am sharing for you today is the Tuck and Close Bag #02 in Baby Blue #02, Flowers

Stamp Sets: Firecracker Designs By Pamela Birthday Wishes and She Dreams

Accessories: See Die Cuts above, Red Tacky Tape -Terry has FABULOUS prices on this!!! Check it out HERE, Flower gems, gems, dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!

Beige Flourish Purse

Today I have a cute little Flourish purse to show you. I got this Tiffany Purse from Creative Cuts and More in an Almond Cream Bazzill Smoothies color. I stamped some flourishes around the purse to mimic flower stems and vines and then added a couple of punched butterflies to the scene. The crumpled flower is created by punching out four layers of a scallop circle, stacking them on each other, and then crumpling them up in my hand.

This is such a quick and easy project when you need a little something to give to a sister or a girlfriend who might need a little cheering up. Stick a few little pieces of chocolate inside the purse or maybe a couple tubes of a favorite lipstick for the perfect little pick-me-up!

Die Cuts:
Tiffany Purse - Almond Cream Bazzill Smoothies cardstock

Stamps:
Fancy Flourishes (PTI)

Ink:
Always Artichoke

Other:
butterfly punch (Martha Stewart Crafts)
pearls
K & Company designer paper for the flower
scallop circle punch (Stampin Up)
aged copper brad (inside the crumpled flower center)

Guest Designer Lisa Graves

We are lucky to have Lisa Graves as our Creative Cuts and More guest designer this month. Lisa made this adorable travel bag from our Tiffany Purse . The purse was custom cut from Bazzill Bling card stock and decorated with 7 Gypsies paper and Making Memories brads. Thanks for the inspiration Lisa, we love this bag!

Don't forget to check out our Guest Designer post. The deadline has been extended and applications are being accepted through July 6th.

Don't ya just love whimsy?

I made this little whimsical bag with the XL Tuck and Close Bag from Creative Cuts and More. It was a blast to make, I stamped a fairy (About Art Accents) on watercolor paper and colored it with Prismacolor pencils and blended it with goo gone then stamped a few butterflies on acetate, colored them with Bic Mark Its and glued them on after adding lots of ribbon. I finished it off with a few squirts of shimmer spray. A perfect bag for a lovely gift for a whimsical friend.