Pay It Forward

I saw this post on Donna's and Shanna's blogs this morning. What a great idea!!! I love to create and receive handmade cards and gifts. :)

I promise to send something handmade to the first FIVE people who comment on this post. There is one condition - if you are one of the first five to comment, you must then post this and promise to send something homemade to FIVE other people.

The rules state that it must be something handmade or homemade by YOU and you must send to FIVE people within 2011. I promise that I won't wait until December to send it.

Please email your address to cjtierne@gmail.com.

Hope that you stay warm today,

Caroline :)

Stephanie's Thank You Cards

Stephanie and I create these cards during the DAT'S Fall Yap 'N' Scrap. However, I wanted to wait until Stephanie had mailed out the cards before posting it on my blog. We tried several wedding themed stamps before deciding on this beautiful picture of Stephanie and Christopher. I love the result! :)

Supplies Used:

Stamp: CTMH Friendship Blessings

Paper: Bazzill Brown and Sun Coral cardstock, Bazzill Smooth Sawdust cardstock

CTMH Close to Cocoa ink, Stampin' Up border punch

My Christmas Cards

I hope that everybody had a wonderful Christmas and a great start to the New Year!!! I made two versions of this card, but I don't have a picture of the other card yet.

Toadally Awesome Birthday

I'm a bit late posting this card, as Stephanie's birthday is in October. Between supply teaching and working at the hotel, I haven't had many days off.

I love the attitude of Kraftin' Kimmie's Lillith stamp. She's completely appropriate for my baby sister. Tee hee hee!!! Lillith is stamped with black Memento ink on Bella's best white paper and coloured with copics. I used Bo Bunny double dot cardstock and patterned paper from Echo Park's Happy Halloween line. The ribbon is Stampin' Up 1/8" Certainly Celery Tafetta Ribbon. My new favourite ribbon!!! Of course, I had to add a little sparkle with green Kaiser rhinestones.

I'm enjoying my day off and hope that you're having a wonderful day!!! :)

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Kraftin' Kimmie Lillith and sentiments (inside sentiment: "You're Toadally Awesome")
Paper: Bo Bunny, Echo Park Paper Co.
Copics: skin: E000, E00; hair: E27, E55, E57; Clothing: T1, V06, V12; frogs: G21
Nestabilities Labels Ten, Stampin' Up Modern Label and Word Window punches, Stampin' Up 1/8" Taffeta ribbon, Kaiser rhinestones

Stephanie's Fall Wedding Favours

My sister, Stephanie, loved the idea of using M&M's with a picture of herself and Chris for the wedding favours. My job was to create a favour appropriate for a fall wedding that displayed the M&M's!!! The M&M's actually also have the wedding date and just married printed on them.

I cut and embossed sawdust cardstock using the Spellbinders Nested Maple Leaves. Then I stamped each leaf using a wedding word stamp from Michael's and Stampin' Up Close to Cocoa ink. Next I coloured each leaf with Tim Holtz Distress Ink Wild Honey and Barn Door using an Inkessentials Ink Blending Tool. I edged each leaf with an Adirondack Gold acrylic paint dabber. Then I punched a 1 3/4" circle to add the Sweet Treat cups. Stephanie and I filled the cups with the M&M's. Finally, we backed the leaves using brown sparkly Scrapbook Sally cardstock and added a small label with the names and wedding date.

We're really happy with the end result, and we got a great reaction from the wedding guests!!! Although too many non-crafters thought that we just ordered them package in the leaves. LOL :)

The entire day was wonderful filled with love, laughter and joy. Stephanie was so beautiful and Chris so handsome. I was honoured to help in any way possible. It is day that I will always cherish. :)