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TGIF y’all! Hope everyone had a great {and productive} week. I have been creating like crazy…as you all have seen! Today I have 3 {of the same} projects to show you. I got some of Jody’s die cuts and I can’t put them down…and I was already addicted to the dimensional boosters that she has. BTW-the boosters I use are the same shape as SU! ones, but basically made with red-line adhesive…AWESOME! The die cut that I used for today’s creations is the Candy Box {the first one on her die cut sale page}. Before I even got started creating, I brainstormed some ideas for these. Here are a few that I came up with:

-Just Because/Friend
-Thank You
-Wedding Favor
-Kid’s Party Favor
-Office/Co-worker Birthday
-Teacher Gifts {you know it’s that time of year!!}
-Sports Team and/or Coach Gifts/Incentives
-Any Holiday Theme
-Place Setting {put names on them}
…I am sure there are a ton more, but I stopped here because I had enough to get started on these…

This is one that I made with a sports team theme. When I played soccer in high school we had secret sisters and this would have been perfect to fill with goodies or even team colored hair bows. I forgot to anti-static my paper before I used super fine black embossing powder, but I actually like the way that it came out…kinda matching the distressed look of the PTI stamp…

Yep, I embossed the candy box with a Cuttlebug embossing folder. You have to be a little creative to do it since it is not a perfect fit, but it is definitely {and easily} do-able. I put the embossing folder over the center part of the candy box and then folded the end pieces/flaps on top of the folder and then ran it through. It isnt’ quite long enough, so you have to do it from the other side, too.

The next one I made can be for a wedding or party favor. The bright colors of this one say “party” to me, but if tone down the colors, these would make fab wedding favors. Again, where were these when I was making my own wedding favors 5 years ago?

See those glittery dots? I made those, too! I used Jody’s sticky dots and placed them all over the paper and then sprinkled pink glitter on top…viola, sparkle paper! Note: you only need to put the dots on 4 of the 5 sides because one them is tucked/adhered under to make it into a square shape. Here’s pic of the paper with all the dots on it…

Finally, here is one that would be perfect for a “Just Because” type gifty. You can always change up the sentiment and embellishment to make it for any occasion. I think that these would make cute place cards for a holiday dinner or wedding. The “Friend” stamp is from the new release “Because of You” from Verve Stamps.

Here are a few detail shots from when I created this…

Give the edges some “flair” by using a border punch {one of those new EK Success ones here}. I think that EK Success has one that has either or both ABC/123 and I think that would be SO CUTE for teacher gifts!

I covered each side with white embossed cardstock and then matted it with pink cardstock. Again, you only have to do 4 of the 5 sides, because you glue one under.

The dimensions of the cardstock pieces are: 2 3/8″ x 1 3/8″ and 2 1/4″ x 1 1/4″.

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So, on Wednesday I got some SUPER happy mail…

That’s MY card on the cover!! O-M-G!! That’s worth tooting my horn about!! lol!! See ya tomorrow for another SKETCH FOR YOU TO TRY!

Happy Saturday! It’s actually Friday night as I write this, so I assume that it is a happy Saturday. Hopefully the weather will hold up today {tomorrow} so we can make it to an outdoor birthday party. They are going to have a bounce house and that is a 50/50 shot at either “so much fun I can’t stop giggling” or “you think that I am going in there will all them?” Wish me luck!

**LOCALS**
Don’t forget that today is the GINORMOUS Garage Sale at Imprints in Fort Worth! I was down there the other day and there is going to be SO MUCH good stuff for sale! I hope to make it down there later. See ya there!?

Let’s make this sketch a wee bit more fun this week by adding in a little blog tart. I’ll draw a random participant next Saturday to win a little grab bag filled with goodies. Think ribbons, papers, flowers and bunches of other embellies! Just be sure to post a link on Mr. Linky below. If you have trouble with Mr. Linky, just email me and I will add you. {Note: Mr. Linky can take a few minutes to update}.

Ok, so here’s the sketch…

Here’s my sample, using Flamenco Ketto from Stamping Bella. It’s also part of the Bellarific Friday challenge from last week. You can see all the Bella Babes’ and participants cards HERE.

Here’s Kimberly Crawford’s {this month’s Designer of the Month} sample…

Want more samples? Check out the SFYTT Sisters…
Amy Rohl
Amy Sheffer
Susan Liles
Carole Burrage
Kelly Lunceford