SU! Worldwide Book-A-Thon!

Hello everyone, Happy Tuesday!

I am currently participating in a worldwide book-a-thon for my Stampin' Up! business and have been challenged to book a workshop. If I can get some workshops on my calendar I can win a prize! For everyone who books a workshop with me today, I will make you a gift using the prize if I win! (If I don't, you'll still get a thank you gift so its a win win for you!) Your workshop can be at any time between now and March! Remember, workshops are free and a great way to try to earn free stuff! Email me for more information or to secure a date!

Also, remember that Sale-A-Bration is next month! You can book a workshop and get a chance to earn some free product!

I will also enter all those who contact me today to book a workshop into a drawing to win a set of five (5) cards similar to this cute guy here. The winner will be giving choices between cheerleaders, pirates ... and more!

Pumpkin Treat Holders

Can you believe that Halloween will be here in just two more weeks?! Soon it will be Thanksgiving, and then Christmas! My 4-year-old son decided earlier this year that he wanted to be Captain America for Halloween. He was very excited when he saw a costume while shopping and asks every day about it and his new shield ... can't have Captain America without his shield!

My share today was inspired by Twila over at StampALittleLonger. I made a small change and made the pumpkin using the 2-3/8 Scallop Circle Punch (#118874). I also added a strip of paper to give it a box like effect. It will fit up to three Hershey nuggets. I stamped on whisper white cardstock the "EEK!" image from the Holiday Mini set, It's a Wrap Holidays ([W] #122770, [C] #122772) and then wrapped it around a nugget. Hershey has guidelines in place for the use of their candies in this way. Therefore, The wrap is not adhered to the candy and can slip right off.

I hope you enjoyed my share today! I've got a couple more in the works so please stop back by to check them out.

Inky hugs,
Inkabella

Knit Project - Using SU! Embellishments

I'm happy to share my first cross-post with my Everything But The Ink blog. I enjoy many different crafts and I got to use my Stampin' Up! embellishments in a non "paper craft" project.

My niece's birthday will be here in just a matter of weeks and I have been trying to decide what to make/get her. After some discussions with my sister-in-law, we decided that she would really love a painted pewter figurine. In addition to this, I decided to knit her a small pouch, which I would place the figurine in. 

This is the pouch I created.

I used worsted weight yarn in "Turqua" by Red Heart yarn. The button is a Stampin' Up! button in Baja Breeze. Unfortunantly it is a retired product. However, we have many great buttons that are current and a button in Pacific Point or Tempting Turquoise would have gone beautifully with it. I will need to add more buttons to my collection for my next project.

I hope you enjoyed my share!

Baby Shower Invite

My cousin is having another child and I was asked to create an invite for her shower.

There are several cute ideas out there for onsies, just google for a onsie pattern and you'll see what I mean. :)

I actually tried several ideas, even created another card prior to this one. But with the amount of work that went into it, I decided that it would be better for me to use it as card to my cousin after the birth of her child. I decided to go with a basic pattern and came up with this!

You can find the tutorial for this at http://splitcoaststampers.com, but if you look at my card I bet you could figure out how its made without the tutorial. :)

This card is also a bit of a hybrid. The paper is from the Patterns Designer Series (Item #117158) in Pear Pizzazz. The first card I made, I didn't want the other side of the pattern so so through, so I used My Digital Studio to print out a sheet of the paper on our white cardstock.

These invites are to be mailed, so I didn't want to add any extra weight. Otherwise I'd have embellished it a little more with some brads at the bottomt to look like snaps, etc.

Thanks for letting me share!