3 x 3 Note Card and Box

Well, I posted something on Splitcoaststampers regarding 3x3 note cards.  I have to say, I've never made them before, and I had seen several on a blog that were gorgeous.  I couldn't think of a use for them, and several people posted back to me, GIFTS!!   DUH!  

Gregzgurl shared this link, which really inspired me.

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/showgallery.php?si=TLC171&limit=

Ok... my first attempt at 3x3 Note Cards and the box.

To make the box;

Bottom is 7-1/2" x 7-1/2" square. Scored at 2" all the way around

Top is 5-5/8" x 5-5/8" square. Scored at 1" all the way around.

I found this really girly background paper, (I'm a paper hoarder), and I used the Forever Young Cricut Cartridge and put the gals on it. The gals are popped.  But I'm thinking of adding "bling" or pearls.  What do you think?

So far I have only made 4 note cards. I want to make many more. This is going to be a gift for a woman at my doctors office. I found out she is retiring on Jan. 6th, and want to make a trip to the office after Christmas to see her.  

Well... after I posted this, I felt this needed something shiny.  So here is what I did...

I hope you like it.  Now that I've got the hang of doing this, I think I'll be making a few more. Christmas is coming and I have a niece with 3 kiddies that I'm sure wouldn't mind having something like this.

Ho! Ho! Ho!

Manly Christmas Card

It's not often that my husband ask me to make a card for anyone, so when he does, I definitely make it straight away.  The other night he asked me if I had any boat stamps.  I said I had a sailboat and a schooner.  He said can you make something with the schooner.  So I made 8 of these cards.  Only this one says Merry Christmas on it. The others I'm using as manly birthday cards.  

Stampin' day with Lynn !!!

I had sent this to my gal pal's for the "SU Cards of the Day" email that I send a couple of times a week.  Lynn wanted to make these in a bad way, and this is what inspired us, Reindeer Noses by Cindy Elam using the Stampin' Up! Holiday Lineup set;

http://heartsdelightcards.blogspot.com/2011/11/quick-post-for-day.html

Thank you Cindy for the inspiration. We made 12 of these little goodies!!!

And then Lynn said, hey, let's do ornaments. I have to say, I'm not a "project" person, and had never done ornaments before.  These look a little blurry from the picture, but I assure you, they are not blurry in the ornament.  I think my two great nephews are going to love these!!

Happy Stamping time!! YEAH!!

I found this adorable stamp while Christmas shopping for my girlfriend Lynn Haase.  I can't say where I got it from just yet, because I did get something from this particular website for her for Christmas, I will edit the post after she gets her present.  I love the banners on this because you can put anything in there, Happy Birthday, Thank You, Get Well Soon, etc... It's really terrific!!!

And then onto some inspiration.  I made or "cased" these cards in two different colors, Certainly Celery and So Saffron.  The original card (below) has brads in the center, and the green was the only one I had some type of green brad with. (One more reason to love SU products, everything matches!!!!)

The saffron, I did with rhinestones because I couldn't find any brads that matched closely.

Here is the inspiration I received.  How beautiful !!!

http://blog.papierstuebchen.de/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/267.jpg