That was the theme for my Roomie gifts for Convention. I had so much fun putting these together!! The girls kept finding more and more things in them as the weekend went on! 🙂

Here are the baskets all done up, just before I put them on the counter for everyone to get. They really are so much fun!

So, since I was travelling to convention, I needed to not have the baskets put together before I left. I did only have so much room available! So, once I got to the room, I took everything out of all of the bags, and piled it onto the bed. Take a look at all of this stuff!!

I snapped a photo of all of the things in each bucket. This shows everything that was in the bucket, except the journals. In the little rectangle containers were some ear plugs (orange of course!), shout wipes, pain relievers, safety pins, and throat drops (orange in flavor).

These are fun little orange and white chevron journals that I picked up at Michael’s. Since we were going to Disney, I decided to cut some mouse heads out of vinyl, and add each girl’s initial on top of it with orange vinyl. (can’t not have more orange!)

I LOOOOOVED putting together the roomie gifts! However, I’ve been banned from doing roomie gifts next year! LMAO!! I am looking forward to next year! We are doing the same roomies again next year, and just between you and me, I’ll probably have more fun with roomie gifts!

Hey Crafters!

Today we have the last 2 cards in the Modville My Crush Book Card series. I hope you have enjoyed them so far! I know I had a blast making them!

This was a fun and simple card to make. The set that I used for both of these cards, Happy Everything, benefits Operation Smile (the group that helps give children with cleft lip and cleft palate surgeries, to help them survive and live a fuller life.

I stamped the banner first, and then thought it would be great to have the little bee with his dashy line on there too. (Did you notice, it’s a scrap from the Truck and Birthday cards from the other day!) It’s a simple card, that can be used for so very many reasons!

I used two layers of foam tape in the middle of the banner, and used my fingers to make the curves. The front end was glued directly down to the paper, as was the end. I made sure to flip up the ends just a smidge before glueing them down, to add even more dimension! Then I added the triangle durable stud for some fun texture.

The next card, I did more stamping than on any other card. (probably more than on all of them combined, actually!)

I used the triangle stamp (already in a line) to stamp the background on this card, in Desert Sand Ink. I used the little smidge of the blue paper to give it just a pop of color.

The sentiment was also stamped in Desert Sand, to keep with the same color scheme.

Supplies needed for these cards:
Modville My Crush Book
Happy Everything
Foam Tape
Triangle Durable
Archival Black Ink (retiring at the end of August!)
Liquid Glass
White Daisy Card Base & Envelope Value Pack
Desert Sand Ink

So, which was your favorite card overall? There are 14 of them to choose from! Like I said yesterday, I used only 7 pages from the book, and have plenty of left over paper, I could probably get another 3-4 cards from it, without having to add any other cardstock!

Now, keep an eye out for all those fireworks! It’s been super dry in the Pacific Northwest, so be very careful!!

Until next time!

~ Michelle

Hey Crafters!

Today we are talking cowboys and friends! (not the first line of thought for some of you crafters, right?) Today we have another installment of the Modville My Crush Book Card series! We have only one more left after today! I still have PLENTY of paper left to work with! (in fact, I used only most of 7 pages for all of these cards! I could easily make another few cards without having to chop into another page!) Let’s jump right in, shall we?

Isn’t this cowboy a cutie? I just love it!! I couldn’t decide if I wanted to cut out the “range” from the scrap to glue it on or not, at first. I ended up adding it . . . still not sure if it’s my favorite, but it is where it is . . . being held on with liquid glass, so it isn’t going anywhere!! LOL I think this one might just be the most simple card out of the whole bunch! No extra bling or anything!

Then, we move on to some more friends cards!

I’ve made this style of card many times. It’s simple, but beautiful, I think! Do you recognize the yellow paper? It’s from the birthday card yesterday!

I used the White Daisy ink to stamp the sentiment from the Better with a Friend set (the same set as from the bike card), and then decided to do a couple of lines of the bitty sparkles. Who doesn’t love sparkles?

This card could easily turn into a thank you card, based on what you put inside! (and would be more ‘guy’ like if you didn’t add the bitty sparkles)

Tell me what you would use Mr. Cowboy for!

Supplies needed for these cards:
Modville My Crush Book
Better with a Friend Hostess Stamp Set
Foam Tape
Bitty Sparkles
White Daisy Craft Ink
Liquid Glass
White Daisy Card Base & Envelope Value Pack

The July special is buy $25 in stamps and get the SOTM free or one of the hostess stamps for just $5! These sets are FABULOUS! I know you will want some of them, if not all of them!

Until tomorrow!

~ Michelle

Hey crafters!

So, what DO Awesome and Birthday have in common? Well, today they share the Modville My Crush Book, Cards, and guy appropriate! What a great combo, yes?

Remember what I was telling you about how there are shadows on some of the pages, that look like there are other papers on top? Check out this first card!

This is, believe it or not, a single layer card! Well, ok, paper wise, at least! LOL Isn’t it awesome? It has Hip Hip Hooray already printed on it, so I just had to come up with a reason to celebrate. And what better reason that a birthday, right?

To add the additional parts to the sentiment, I used two stamp sets, A Typeface and Polka Dot Alphabet, stamped with Archival Black ink.

Then it was time to add some embellishments! Now, I think, even with the bit of bling, it would be good for a guy. But, you could always leave that off, and there would be less sparkle for him. Either way works, I think! I did use the Black Shimmer Trim and a bit of the Black Baker’s Twine from the Neutral Bakers Twine pack. I attached them with the Mini Stapler! I love this thing!!

Next, I decided to use another one of those fun Hostess Rewards Stamp Set! This one is in the Seasonal Expressions 2 book. It’s a FUN set of tags and sentiments.

I used a ‘scrap’ from one of the pages for the tags, that’s why you see the lines. Now, these are cricut compatible, but I just used my scissors and paper trimmer to get them cut down (since I was using scraps) I stamped one with Pear ink and one with flaxen ink. Then I used the Archival Black to add the fun sentiment.

Now, if you do cricut cut these, there will already be a hole in the top, however, since I hand cut mine, I had to add my hole with a hole punch. Then I took 2 short strings (about 4 inches each) of the Cashmere twine, bent them in half, slipped the loop through the hole, and then pulled the ends through the loop. Once tightened, I trimmed the tops of the twine to the length that I wanted. I popped both the blue paper and the tags with foam tape. To make sure the tags laid correctly, I put foam tape on the upper and lower ends of the back side of the flaxen tag. Then I added foam tape to just the upper end of the pear tag. This allowed them to overlap, and not have odd bends in them.

I think these are both awesome little cards! More guy cards! Who couldn’t use more of those for their stash? Which one do you like more? Do you think they are both ‘guy worthy’?

Supplies needed for these cards:
Modville My Crush Book
A Typeface
Polka Dot Alphabet
Foam Tape
Neutral Baker’s Twine
Archival Black Ink (retiring at the end of August!)
White Daisy Card Base & Envelope Value Pack
Black Shimmer Trim
Mini Stapler
Pear Ink
Flaxen Ink

Remember, in July, when you buy $25 in stamps, you can get the SOTM free, or one of the hostess rewards sets for just $5! Make sure to get your order before the end of the month!

~ Michelle

Hey Crafters!

Welcome to July! That seems a bit strange to say, doesn’t it? I don’t know about you, but the year has seemed to just FLY by! I’m hoping that you had the chance to partake in the June special with the My Crush Books! I’ll be showing you a few more cards still with pages from the Modville Crush Book. Today I am showing you two of the specials for July! I’ll tell you more about the special a bit further down!

For my first card, I saw the scrabble tiles, and thought, what can I add to this to make it the perfect saying? I think I found a pretty good one!

I used the July Stamp of the Month for this fun card, as well as the set A Typeface (which is retiring at the end of August!). Because I wanted a bit more white space around the edge of the card, the grey houndstooth piece is 3 3/4 x 5. This also gave a bit more space to attach the Black Shimmer trim to the edges of the card, and help tie in the black ink.

That black glitter tape is so fun! Already sticky, and ready to go . . . makes it perfect! (and it doesn’t drop the glitter either, what could be better?)

Then, I have a great friend who LOVES to ride her bike. (I might just send this to her!) So, I was thinking of her when I saw the bike, and tried to find something that fit well.

The stamp set that I used is one of the Hostess reward stamps. Isn’t it a great little saying? I stamped it in White Daisy ink, and attached the paper to the front, no foam on either of these two cards today.

So, this fabulous special that we have going this month? Well, when you spend $25 in stamps, you either get the SOTM FREE or you can get any of the Hostess Rewards stamps for just $5! Want more than one of these fabulous stamp sets? Well, you are in luck! This months special allows you to build on your special! If you spend $50 in stamps, then you will be able to get 2 stamp sets! How great is that!?!? I know you will find some great stamps in the books!

Supplies needed for these cards:
Modville My Crush Book
July Stamp of the Month
A Typeface
Hostess Reward: Page 9 of the Annual Expressions Book
Archival Black Ink (retiring at the end of August!)
White Daisy Craft Ink
Liquid Glass
White Daisy Card Base & Envelope Value Pack
Black Shimmer Trim

Which is your favorite card today? Let me know in the comments!

Until we craft again!

~ Michelle