Magnetic Coaster Calendar, Post-it-note, Notepad Trio

One of my gal friends is hosting her first party this weekend. I designed this magnetic coaster calendar as one of the projects this weekend. The matching pen & notepad, along with the Post-It-Note holder are going to be drawing giveaways to match the calenders they make.

Here are the highlights of this project: Paper: Flowers for you, Matching: 1/4 Grosgrain Ribbons, Fire & Ice Rhinestone Brads, Sanding blocks, Inks used for sponging edges, Eyelets and of course the Crop-a-dile! Using the Pretties Kit I dyed the flower with Ink and the finger daubers. You have to have matching flowers! Don't forget the clear center Rhinestone. All this and not a stamp used yet...oh my that will be the next project for them. Oh yes I highlighted the 3/16 corner rounder, 3/4 circle and the word window punches too!
This little notepad is perfect for tucking your business card into. They won't throw your business card away with this little item. On the front I created a pen holder by scoring 4 times with a 1/2 inch in between. Then I just glued the band all the way around. Now to keep it closed I use tiny round magnets about the size of a dime. I happened to cover these so you can not see them but the magnets I use are silver coated to look pretty even if exposed. I rarely use Velcro because it catches on clothes and collects hair. (dog hair ! a big problem at my house...furbag Husky!) Top view to see how it is scored to hold the little pencil.
The Post-It-Note holder has two flowers from the Priceless Set with matching Fire & Ice Rhinestones and Inks and Grosgrain ribbons!

For photographing the magnet coaster calendar I made a quick "table tent" style hold up. Now this would work also if you wanted a back to back coaster calender with a cute picture or stamp on the back.The calenders came from Vippies and the little note pads came two in a pack from Wal*Mart. Oh yeah, I go out maybe once a week to meet friends at one of the local Pubs and have been "borrowing" *wink wink* my coasters from there! He He He! Sorry for not posting this week but I have been making my own "Show on the Go" set up.

The price Stampin' Up wanted for the kit was more than I wanted to pay. So I made my own display boards complete with metal frames and Velcro material front and back. I will post pictures soon. Also I will give you my cost of products which is way way less than the SU model with shipping.

Tag Punch Wreath

Our Stampin' Up group; Women in Ink met yesterday with Kathy Thorn one of our upline from Utah. Some of her downline supervisors and managers from our area came also. This was a new group to me. Wow, I am impressed with these people. Linda Jensen, her husband and some of her group were so nice. She seems to be quite the "Den Mother" . She and her husband run the business together and make quite a team. Enough said...

We had a shoe box swap and card contest. This was my entry. Here are some brief instructions that I layed on the table for people to make this card. I tied for 1st place with Lis Ljung (my up upline. Whoo Hoo!) I stamped and embossed the tags before hand for a touch of glitz and then gilded the edges with a gold pen for elegance. I will post a picture of Lis's card later.

Punched Turkey...Gobble Gobble...

I was asked by one of the demonstrators in our "Women In Ink" group to post my "Punch Turkey" pictures. Well here they are... I am also posting a picture of all the Stampin' Up punches and Fiskers tools I used to make the little Gobbler! Punches used: Med. & Sm. Ovals, 1 1/4 Circle, Multi. Flower, Lg. 5 Point Flower, Scallop Circle, Filigree Corner, Teardrop Handpunch, 3/4 Circle and a Crimper....... If you click on the Tools picture you can enlarge it to read my notes and look at the overlays I put on some of the punches for you to visualize how I did it. Gobble Gobble....

Oval Punch Pumpkins

Aren't these little guys cute? They
make cute ornaments ! See
instructions below!

Pumpkin: Oval Punches

Here are the instructions for the cute little "Punch Pumpkin". You can hang them on a Halloween tree or put them on a card.
Use an Oval Punch to punch out 5 ovals from Pumpkin Pie Cardstock. Ink the edges with a sponge and Pumpkin Pie ink.
Layout the ovals as shown to the left. Start with 2 then lay 2 more on top a little lower and more centered then lay the last one on top centered and lower.
Use the Wrought Iron punch for the "stem". Punch a corner of Old Olive cardstock. Take the corner and cut out the "curly Q's" for a stem.
Now take VersaMark ink and stamp a face on it, then heat emboss with clear powder. Try the cute little faces in the Stampin' Up set Carved and candle lit