Birthday Calendar at Craft Project Central

Check out this Birthday Calendar created using the On Board Art Journal.  Sonya did a fabulous job with designing the calendar -- each month has a different theme.  If you like to see all the months and the instructions to this project, visit Craft Project Central and sign-up.

Have a great weekend!  I'm still working on my clean-up. I think I'm 80% done in taking all the pictures of my stamps, wheels, and accessories that I want to sell or trade.

Stuffed Mushroom Recipe Page at Craft Project Central

I'm still getting my craft area organized... which is why I haven't been posting or stamping anything lately. Hopefully, in the next couple of days, I will be posting my retired Stampin' Up! stamp sets and products.  I've taken hundreds of photos (accumulated alot of SU goodies over the past seven years). 

I'll start stamping again soon, but for now, here is another great recipe page designed by Shelby for Craft Project Central.  If you have been creating multiple recipe books using the recipes from Craft Project Central, you will be happy to know that this month, there is a file created that has the recipe duplicated four times so you only need to print out one page.  Hope that makes sense.

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New Project at CPC -- Birthday Bakery Goodie Set

Here's another great August project at Craft Project Central, Birthday Bakery Goodie Set, designed by Michelle.

Another Faux Tin Ceiling Card

Here is another version of a card made with the Faux Tin Ceiling Technique.  The base of the card is the same as the one I made for the technique page for Craft Project Central... just changed the layout and design slightly.

August Projects at Craft Project Central

I can't believe we're halfway into August and it will be back to school soon.  The last couple of days have been cleaning and piling up items to sell or giveaway.  I'll update my "For Sale" later this week.

I know I'm behind in posting all the fabulous August projects at Craft Project Central. Here are the latest projects.  The faux tin ceiling tile technique creates a great background for cards, and I'm actually starting to think about the holidays early this year instead of waiting till the last minute.

Faux Tin Ceiling Tile Technique by Zeva

Naoko designed the beautiful handbag and wallet. The handbag can hold cards and the wallet can hold gift cards, stamps, and other small items.

Elegant Soiree Handbag by Naoko

August Bonus Project - Elegant Soiree Faux Leather Wallet by Naoko

Brenda designed this cute Octopus Punch Art Box & Punch Art Page as well as the Candy Bar Holder.

 Octopus Punch Art Box and Punch Art Page by Brenda

  Candy Holder by Brenda

And the 10th July project was designed by Jacque - Love Letters Purse & Card (great for a gift).

  July Project - Love Letters Purse & Card by Jacque

Go check out other fabulous projects from previous months at Craft Project Central.  You can also get the latest updates by subscribing via email.

I'm back...

Hi Everyone!  I'm back from a great vacation - cruise to Alaska.  I managed to post the anniversary card just before leaving for Alaska and just ran out of time to let you know that I would be gone for 10 days.  Here's a picture of our ship at Juneau (the one in the middle of the water)  The weather in Juneau was warm (80 F).

View of Juneau from the top of Mount Roberts Tramway

The weather changed as we visited Skagway and Ketchikan.

Saw lots of salmon at Ketchikan

I'm behind in my posting the fabulous August projects for Craft Project Central and will catch up in the next couple of days.

Happy Anniversary! and Clean & Simple 100th Sketch

Here's the anniversary card we plan to give to our parents today. The inspiration for this card came from the Clean & Simple FTL 100 Sketch. I started off trying to put the "Happy Anniversary" sentiment at the bottom like the sketch, but it just didn't feel balanced. So, here is a slight variation of the sketch.  Don't you love the penguins?  The penguins were made using the Two-step Owl punch.  You clip off the ears to create the penguin's body and to change the feet color, I found it easier to clip off the black feet and then punch part of the feet with small part of the body with Pumpkin Pie card stock. For the nose, I used the heart shape from the punch.

This idea came from a fellow Stampin' Up! demonstrator,  Megan Anderson.  If you haven't seen the owl, here is an earlier card I made with the owl (click here).

Here another card using the sketch. This might be my daughter's birthday card since she loved the penguins in the anniversary card.

All Stampin' Up! Supplies (unless noted):

• Card Stock: Pacific Point, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White, Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie, Real Red
• Stamp Set: Teeny Tiny Wishes
• Punch: Two-step Owl
• Accessories: Daffodil Delight 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon, 1-3/4" x 7/8" Oval Large,  1-3/8" x 5/8" Oval Large, Mini Glue Dots, Stampin' Dimensionals, Sponge

Thanks for stopping by!

12" x 12" Framed Calendar

Sonya designed this great 12" x 12" Frame Calendar, which will make a great Christmas gift!   Each month is beautifully decorated. The best part about this calendar...  you can use the calendar year after year. You can write the days of the month using dry erase markers and when it's the new month, simply wipe off the days and rewrite the days for the new month. Plus, there is a magnet board so you can put magnets.  There are instructions on how to make marble magnet too.