More Awesome Projects Posted at Craft Project Central!!!

Here's a cute little accordion card box to store your cards in.  Make several and give them away as gifts!  This project makes a great class or club project as well! 
To get the instructions for this great project designed by Sonya, just head on over to Craft Project Central and subscribe to February!

Here is a handy little Petal Cone scissor pouch for your stamping room.  Keep your Paper Snips inside, and (hopefully) you'll never lose them!  Makes a fabulous gift for a quilter, hostess, or any crafter! 

To get the instructions for this pretty project designed by Sharon, just head on over to Craft Project Central and subscribe to February 2011!

This yummy dessert recipe is the perfect end to a romantic Valentine's dinner. Oh what the heck, the kids will love it too! Make it for everyone! Add this "lovely" recipe to your Craft Project Central recipe collection! I know several of you made all the recipe pages from last year and made books to give away as Christmas gifts!


To get the recipe (designed by Shelbywww.craftprojectcentral.com and subscribe to February!

Here's a cute little gift card holder to make and give to that someone special! Change up the theme and you can use the template year-round!


To get the instructions for this cute little gift card holder designed by Naoko, just head on over to Craft Project Central, and subscribe to February!



Happy Stamping!!!!

~~~Ann~~~

A Wise Valentine Owl - DIC134

Hello all!!!  The UDI Blog Inspiration challenge this week is a fun and flirty pic in reds and pinks.  Just in time for Valentine's Day!!  Are you ready?

I have to confess actually.  The basic components of this card were sitting on my craft table, leftovers from a previous class.  A Christmas class to be exact, but I thought it would make for a nice Valentine card.  I think it turned out just fine!

The card base Blushing Bride, layered with Real Red, CandyCane dsp and striped Shimmery White.  Some of these items are retired, but just goes to show how some dsp can be used for other holidays too!  The big button is from the 2010 Holiday mini and I soooo hope they show up in the new catalog this year!!

As I'm still lovin' this owl punch and stamp set, I had to use him!  The owl is from the SAB set Punch Bunch and punched with the 2 step owl punch.  So much fun.  The owls "chest cover" was stamped separately in Real Red on Whisper White.  The small heart is in Blushing Bride, popped up with a tiny dimensional and topped off with a rhinestone.  The pinking hearts border punch was used on the back of the card base.  A 1/4" is cut off the front so it shows through.

If you have a chance, check out the UDI Blog and play along!!

Happy Stamping!!!

~~~Ann~~~

GCA #123 - Go Stackers!!!

Hello all!!!  Whether you are a fan of football or not, everyone knows that today is Super Bowl day!!!  And the teams playing today are the Pittsburgh Steelers and Green Bay Packers.  What has that got to do with this week's GCA?  Well, I am not a football fan, but I know there are many stampers out there who are. 

So, this week we are going to incorporate the colors of the two Super Bowl teams into our creations!!  It doesn't matter if you are a fan of one team or the other, or of neither, but just use their colors to create your project.

The Pittsburgh Steelers colors are: Black and Yellow. 

The Green Bay Packers colors are Green and Yellow.

Use either color combo on your creation for this week.  You can add any other colors as you'd like, but you must have at least the two primary colors on your creation.

The owl is from the SAB Punch Bunch set.  I kept the design simple as I will use these for male V-Day cards for my male co-workers.  I used the colors of Whisper White, Garden Green, Daffodil Delight and Basic Black.  DSP I used is Woodland Walk and Sweet Pea (retired) pack.  The trim accents are from the Playdate accents.

Upload your creation to either your blog or to an online gallery and post a link to your creation to this blog entry by February 12, 2011 at 12 midnight. I will choose the winner the next day. If you upload your card to SCS, PaperCraft Planet, Stampin' Addicts, Stampin' Connection (for SU! demos) or Stamp TV, please put GCA123 in your keywords. That way everyone can see all of the wonderful creations at once!


Even if you can't make the drawing deadline, PLEASE feel free to participate in the challenges and upload your creations at any time. I would love to see it! And yes, my challenge is open to everyone who visits, even if you live outside the US!


Happy Stamping!!!!

~~~Ann~~~~

GCA 122 Winner is....

.... Elaine from Craft My Life.  Take a moment to check out her totally sweet and adorable Valentine!  Elaine please send me your address to amf1066@comcast.net and I will get a stampin' goodie package out to you.

Thanks to all who stopped by, played or left comments!!  I so love seeing you come by.

Up Next:  GCA #123 - Go Stackers!!!!

Happy Stamping!!!

~~~Ann~~~

Colorful and Funky Birthday Mushrooms - DIC133!!!

Hello all!!!  Another Thursday is here and that means another fabulous UDI Blog Inspiration challenge!!!  This week Maria has provided us with a fantastic picture of glass-blown mushrooms.

So it was a no-brainer to dig out my Funky Four set and go with it.  The sketch is SC317 on SCS.  I had not intended on using the tree, but once I started working on this I know that I needed something for the background to help "ground" the mushrooms.  Clear as mud?  The tree was colored with my Garden Green and Choc Chip markers.

The mushrooms were stamped in Concord Crush, Daffodil Delight and Tangerine Tango.  The large ones are popped up with one dimensional and the smaller ones use two.  Even more dimension is used on all the panels.  The Garden Green has one layer and the Choc Chip layer has two.  The sentiment, from the fabulous SAB set So Happy For You, is stamped in Choc Chip, placed on a Garden Green strip and popped up with dimensionals.  Just for some texture I distressed the edges with my cutter tool.

A brass mini library clip and three brass brads finishes it off.  Not sure how much you can see in the pic, but I was off center with my brad placement and so I covered those up with 1/4" circles under the brads.  I think this will make a fabulous manly birthday card.  The dsp I used on here is the Woodland Walk.  Took me forever to order this!  Not quite sure why!!

Hop on over to the UDI Blog and play along with us!!!

Happy Stamping!!!!

~~~Ann~~~

True Love - GCA 122!!!!

Hello all!!  Well, here in my area of Michigan we had a SNOW DAY!!!!  While I don't think we got as much snow as they predicted, enough came to cripple the area for a day!  So, I played in my craft room, took a nap and did a little laundry.

I did not make this card today, but I want to show it to you all before I give it to my co-worker.  I made this for her to give to her boyfriend for Valentine's Day.  I can't get her to try stamping, but she wants me to make her lots of things!!!  I don't mind though.

This card was made following one of the Verve sketches on SCS.  The finished size is 3 1/2 x 7 and will fit into one of the long open-ended envelopes, now retired.  The card base is Going Gray textured with Love Impressions dsp.  The dsp is on a layer of Whisper White and sponged with Going Gray and Pink Pirouette. 

The birds, from Love You Much, were stamped in Basic Gray and the heart was colored with the Real Red marker.  Punched them out with the Decorative Label punch and sponged with the same colors.  The layer behind the birds is two of the Decorative Labels cut and layered to create a larger label.  A strip of 1 1/4" Pink Pirouette gg layered with Pretty in Pink satin was scrunched up and the main image placed over it.  I used the Heart Trio punch with the Red glitter dsp.  This one is the middle one and I put the other two inside.

I know she'll like it, but I hope it isn't too much pink for him!!!

Happy Stamping!!!!

~~~Ann~~~

Nature Walk Desk Caddy - CPC Project

Here's a beautiful little Nature Walk desk caddy designed by Tammy! Make and keep on your desk and you'll always have a scrap piece of paper and pen when you need one! No more digging through the piles (okay, now you know what my desk looks like)!! This would make a great teacher or co-worker gift too! Also, easy enough to do as a club or class project!


To get the instructions for this beautiful little project, just head on over to http://www.craftprojectcentral.com/ and subscribe to January!

Hope you can check the Craft Project site.  They have a ton of wonderful projects to make!!!

Happy Stamping!!!

~~~Ann~~~