Karen's Stamped Creations

Papertrey Ink Blog Hop

2009-08-25T15:01:00.000-07:00

Today I am sharing a project I made for tonights Papertrey Inks blog hop. The theme today was to do something inspired by fall. I chose to use fall colors for my project because I love them so much. The dark, rich colors are so beautiful. I was inspired to use this template from Lauren Meander because it holds a baby jar from Yankee Candle. I love to give these little baby jars as gifts, and this little box holds a baby jar perfectly, as you can see if you scroll down a little bit. I used Enchanted Evening cardstock coupled with the Bird Watching set from PTI. I watched Lauren Meanders video on how to use binder clips to make a fabulous handle. She is so creative, I never would have thought to do this. You can see the video here. I was going to leave the top with just the handles, but it looked to plain for me, so I took out some fabric flowers, colored them with my Copic markers and attached them with a pearl brad. The flowers fit perfectly on the top and match great with the birds from the front. Seriously, I love my Copic markers, they are the only markers I have been happy with. I love how they don't leave shadows.

Not a great picture, but here is the candle with the box.

And here is the candle inside the box. See how it fits perfectly inside the box. I couldn't be happier about this project and I can't wait to give it to someone for their birthday!!

Well, thats all for now, I hope everyone enjoys this project!! Thanks for stopping by!

Template inside

2009-08-22T14:04:00.000-07:00

Here is the inside of the template from my previous post. As you can see there is lots of room in this template. I made the dividers myself, and although you can't see it very well, it didn't come out as I wanted it to. Next time I will plan it out a little better. Thanks for stopping by!1

My Time to Create template challenge

2009-08-22T13:21:00.000-07:00

Welcome to my blog!! Today Lauren Meander at My Time, My Creations, My Stampdependance posted a challenge to use one of her templates, available at Papertrey Ink, and create a back to school project. This is what I came up with.

This is the outside of the box. Teachers definitely work very hard all year long, and I wanted to make something that would show how much I appreciate all of their hard work, but also something that would be useful for them. I started off with Laurens Captured Card Case template. I knew I wanted to use apples on my creation, mostly because I don't have much in the way of school related stamps, so I based the project around the apple from SU's Tart and Tangy stamp set. Then I remembered I had some designer paper from SU that had apples on it, which co-ordinates perfectly with the apple.

I love layers, so I added a couple of designer paper layers to the top of my box, then used my nestabilities to cut out the oval shapes. I wanted the ovals to pretty much cover the box, so I used the biggest scalloped oval shape. Once I saw how big the white oval layer was, I knew the apple needed some help, so I broke out PTI's Borders and Corner Ovals to make a border around the oval. Then I stamped the apple. I thought it looked cute, but maybe I wanted to add a little bit more, so I then took out PTI's Beyond Basic Borders and stamped the leaf image to surround the apple. I was happy with that, so to finish off I added the Real Red ribbon and button, tied off with twine.

For the inside, I put some supplies that I think will be helpful over the year. I wish I could figure out how to add a picture right here, but no luck yet. I will add it as a separate post. I made a divider for the inside of the box and added some pens, glue sticks, binder clips and paper clips. I hope my recipient likes it!!

Thanks for stopping by!!

My first blog entry

2009-04-25T08:16:00.000-07:00

I am looking forward to sharing my stamped creations with you. I will have something to share later.