Hershey Kiss Stickers

While planning a baby shower I thought it would be cute to do the Hershey Kiss stickers you see all over pinterest/etsy as part of the table decorations. You will need to create 3/4" diameter stickers for these. I believe Avery makes labels in a size that will work but I used my Silhouette Cameo and regular sticker paper to do this project. It was super simple to create images in the Silhouette program using the same graphics I used on the rest of the baby shower projects I did. I got 40 stickers per sheet. I might have been able to get more done but my printer is extremely fussy and if I take up too much of the print and cut area it will completely cut off my project during printing! I was too afraid of wasting ink and sticker paper to see just how many I could get out of there.

I am going to try and do a video tutorial soon on these since they were so cute and such a hit I'm going to make them for Landon's 5th birthday. Yes, I am THAT mother that is already planning her child's birthday when he still has 7 months until then...

Valentine's Day Cards

My sister and I got together this week to do some card making. I made 4 cards total but 2 I ended up being not too fond of. I need to work on my embossing a bit more, I have to get in the habit of using a powder bag before stamping. These are the 2 I really liked:

Love stamp was from Simon Says Stamp clear stamps in "Love This" (I masked off the this part to make it just love). Paper and ticket was from the Simon Says Stamp January card kit, large heart I cut from my Silhouette Cameo, and the twine is Doodlebug!

XOXO was cut from my Silhouette Cameo, washi tape is Queen B red/white chevron, and stamps were from Simon Says Stamp clear stamps in Only Have Eyes For You. 

I also took an idea from my sister and started hanging up my current cards/photos above my craft desk! Put my Red Sox ribbon to good use finally! :)

Winter Wonderland/Onederland Birthday Party

I was asked to make a banner plus a few extras for a little girls first birthday! Since everyone I know pretty much has boys I was psyched to get to do something girly. The request was winter wonderland/onederland themed and mostly blue/white with a touch of pink and glitter.

Food tags! 4"x2" when folded and left blank for her to write anything she wants on them. I also included a few extras she can use for other things or in case she messes up on a tag.

Favor tags! 2.5" diameter, I left enough ribbon for her to tie on or she can tape it on and the hanging ribbon will still look cute.

The banner! This banner was probably the most work yet only because I didn't like the way the original colors were. I started just white, light blue, and pink but it looked like a baby shower. I added in the dark blue and dark pink but I thought it was too much pink. Finally I settled on dark blue, light blue, white, and a few sprinklings of pink. The snowflakes were cut out of Doodlebug's lily white sugar coated cardstock and is very sparkly, the penguin was a silhouette cut file from their store. Each square is 4.25"x4.25" so it's pretty large!

January 2014 Simon Says Stamp Card Kit - Valentines Days Card

Materials:

• Silhouette Cameo to cut shapes (flag shape designed by me, sentiment shape from silhouette store)
• Simon Says Stamp stamp set in Only Have Eyes For You
• Mini Heart Brads (source unknown)
• Cuttlebug Embossing Folder in Birds and Swirls
• Paper from Fancy Pants Beloved collection
• Bazzil Cotton Candy cardstock for base, Bazzil Marshmallow cardstock for sentiment shape and background

Adhesives:

• Tombo Perm Adhesive Tape Runner
• Pop dots for sentiment

5 Year Old Birthday Card

Landon got his very first preschool birthday party invite (eek!) and I decided to go ahead and make a card for the birthday girl since her mom said she was super girly and I rarely get to make or buy anything girly. This is my first card I've made without looking anywhere for inspiration beyond my supplies and I'm very pleased with the outcome. I've been going back and forth on if the Simon Says Stamp monthly card kit is worth the price and considering I used most of the materials from this card between last month and this months kit I'll say yes and keep my kits coming for a few more months.

Materials:

• Silhouette Cameo to cut Birthday (My First Crush Hollow) and 5 (Wish I Were Taller)
• Simon Says Stamp stamp set in Love This 
• Hero Arts Gems in Diamond Gemstones 5mm
• Little B washi tape in Silver Stripe Thin
• Paper from Fancy Pants Beloved collection
• Bazzil Cotton Candy cardstock for base

Adhesives:

• Tombo Mono Multi Liquid Glue for "birthday" 
• Glossy Accents for gemstones
• Pop dots for "5"