Friday, March 24, 2023
Chocolate Rabbit Easter Card
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
Friday, March 17, 2023
Saimin and Sushi Card
Monday, March 13, 2023
Tangerine Loaf Cake
This year our tangerine tree was very prolific. It was getting boring eating tangerines everyday so I wanted to create a recipe that would use up as many fruit as possible. I started with a citrus cake recipe and altered it a bit. The result was a lovely textured, moist cake with a slight tangerine taste. The odd looking fruit slices are dried blood orange pieces that a neighbor gave me. They look unappetizing but taste great. Next time I'll use regular dried orange slices or leave them off completely. I baked the loaf in a paper loaf pan that comes in a pack of three for $1.75 from Daiso. The baked loaf cake comes out easily without having to oil the paper and you can just give the loaf as is. This recipe makes two delicious loaves. I will write up the altered recipe for you if you send me your email address. (Warning: Tangerines have a lot of seeds so it will take a bit of time to seed and pulverize 2 cups of tangerine pulp.)
Thursday, March 9, 2023
Embossed Birthday Card
Sunday, March 5, 2023
Elegant Embossed Wedding Card
Wednesday, March 1, 2023
Chocolate Dipped Mochi Nuggets with Sprinkles
Saturday, February 25, 2023
Thank You Valentine Card
I used a Paper Arts card blank with matching envelope (from HM BFC) for the base. I think having a matching envelope adds elegance to any card you send out. Hope you'll try to get more use out of your Valentine supplies by making double duty cards. Hearts and love never go out of style so spread them around and make the world a better place.
Tuesday, February 21, 2023
Sending Big Hugs Cards
As you can see, I just added the foiled words (using my Spellbinders hot foil machine) to the same style card and I now can use them for different occasions. The little dog with the heart was created from a Sunny Studio stamp set. Although the image was intended for Valentine's Day, I know that I will use it for other projects...the dogs are so cute. Even though these cards didn't make it in time for V-day, I hope that you can see that hearts are not just for Valentine's Day. Send love out into the world everyday!
Friday, February 17, 2023
'Love Is In The Air' Valentine Card
Monday, February 13, 2023
Tweet Heart Valentine Cards
Thursday, February 9, 2023
You're Pawsome Valentine Card
However, I forgot to make the card fit any of my existing mini envelopes. These cards were a little too big for some and too small for others. My solution was to add some washi tape decoration on the bigger envelopes...LOL! Anyway, these cards will go into my miscellaneous mini card stash. I like knowing that I'm prepared for a variety of gift giving occasions.
Sunday, February 5, 2023
Valentine Kraft Treat Containers with Windows
Here is the third form with a cute handle. I had an epiphany of sorts when I placed the Daiso origami pack (of 60 sheets) next to the containers. It was a simple task to use my Spellbinders heart die set to cut out three sizes of hearts. The origami papers are thin enough so you can cut several sheets at the same time. It was super easy to use Beacon 3 in 1 glue to adhere the hearts to the Kraft containers, even the sides got decorated.
For extra color, I added some red heart stickers from my ever expanding stash.(Notice the locking flaps closing the Kraft treat containers.) I think the overall look of the Valentine Kraft treat containers is very pleasing and I'm looking forward to getting more plain treat containers to decorate. Is it time to bake Valentine cookies?
Wednesday, February 1, 2023
Silly Puns and Conversation Hearts Valentine Cards
Saturday, January 28, 2023
Foiled Rose Valentine Card
Recently, I've been playing with my Spellbinder foiling machine again in the hopes of creating some Valentine cards. I was still having a hard time getting clear images from some of the metal foiling design plates. The thin edged designs transferred well but the bigger solid areas had some freckled missing foil spots. I solved the problem by adding a cardboard shim before rolling the platform with metal plate into my Big Shot. This gave more pressure onto the design, eliminating the spotting on the resulting image. I absolutely love the rose hot foiling plate and die set and I can see many uses for it. The large-letter LOVE foil plate seemed like it would make a bold background for a variety of cards. However, after foiling many times on a variety of printed and solid card stocks, the result was always a very faint design. I was about to throw out the seemingly useless papers with barely visible designs, when I was struck with an idea....why not use the throw-aways for backgrounds? This card was the result of a less-than-perfect foiled card stock. Hopefully, I will post other foiled cards in the coming weeks before Valentine's Day. Oh yes, the gold foil words on the card were made with a sticker (from my old stash). If my high school French memory is still clear, 'je t'aime' means 'I love you' so this foiled phrase adds a bit of elegance to my simple Valentine card. Je t'aime for visiting my blog site!
Tuesday, January 24, 2023
Punny Mini Valentine Calendars
These were so easy to whip up because the small images required very little coloring....the fussy cutting was a little more involved.
For information about how to construct these calendars please visit my previous post.
I decided to show the backs of these calendars so that you are aware that printed card stock selection is important so that the back of the calendar design is not upside-down (middle calendar)...hahaha!
These Dandelion Design stamp sets (plus others) are available at HM Ben Franklin Crafts. Have a PUN time shopping and crafting!
Thursday, January 19, 2023
Winnie-the-Pooh 2023 Mini Calendars
Sunday, January 15, 2023
Winnie-the-Pooh Shaker Card
Wednesday, January 11, 2023
Decorated Daiso Glass Jar and Wooden Spoons
As promised, this post shows two Daiso products that I decorated for Valentine's Day. (Visit my previous post to see the Daiso items before they were decorated.) I glued some red heart sequins on one wooden spoon, applied UV-LED Padico resin (hard)over the sequins and then put the spoon under the UV light. (Before you glue the sequins, be sure to glue a sample on paper first because some glues make the color on the sequins bleed.) For the second spoon I simply wrapped washi tape around the handle before applying and curing the resin. On the wooden top of the Daiso glass jar I glued four heart-shaped plastic beads (use a strong jewelry glue from HM BFC). Around the jar I applied some washi tape with heart designs before I painted over the tape with resin. Using the UV light (available at HM Ben Franklin Crafts) I set the resin. The resin makes the spoons and jar waterproof but I'm not sure if the resin is food safe so don't apply it in the jar or the part of the spoons that will touch the food. Please check out both Daiso and HM Ben Franklin Crafts for products that you can use to create some sweet Valentine gifts.
Saturday, January 7, 2023
Daiso Shopping and Crafting
I also found some wooden spoons, ceramic tile magnets and hair ornaments that I will turn into Valentine gifts. I will post the projects when they are done.
Daiso had some really cute stationery products. Many of them had rabbit images on them because it is the Year of the Rabbit. Rather than use them as gift money envelopes, I plan to incorporate them onto greeting cards.
The assortment of Daiso origami paper packs and stationery are amazing and will most likely be fashioned into cards or used to decorate bags and boxes. I will post the finished products.
Finally, I purchased some super cute pouches and zippered bags. I think I will use them to make matching sets of greeting cards or tags to give as small gifts to friends. The recipient will then be able to use the stationery and then have a pouch to use to hold other items. Anyway, I really had fun shopping at Daiso and thinking of creative ways to use the products in craft projects. I hope that you will shop at Daiso to take advantage of the great prices and unique products. I know that you will be able to make something fun from what you purchase. Happy shopping and crafting!