Made my own ink daubers

CLEAR CAPS:

Please note, the black ones with caps are pictured for comparison only. I did not make caps for my homemade ones. Sorry for the confusion. 

Pinterest, how I love thee! This idea is so simple, I literally smacked my forehead when I read it. I've had the stuff to make these forever and it just never clicked with me till I saw it done. Duh! 

I had bought this set of 3 mini daubers with the idea that I would get more of them if I couldn't figure out how to make my own after seeing them in person. Before I even had a chance to think about it, I find this pinterest idea. So, one pack of 32 Dollar Store make up sponges already in my stash....

...and a chunk of PVC pipe from the hub's scrap bin in the shop later and VOILA!!!!!

But I couldn't just leave them like that, oh my heck, no! Had the purtty 'em up and what better to do the job than PINK acrylic enamel paint {by FolkArt}, also from my stash. Psshhttt! Cutest daubers on the block.

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Sympathy card

Product List:
My Creative Time, Floral Sentiments
Lifestyle Crafts die shapes
Lifestyle Crafts Wildflower gift set {floral branch}
Pattern paper by Authentique, Gathering 6x6 paper pad
Seam binding, Liz's Paper Loft Boutique
Stickles, bling, ink

Scrapbuggy Tuesday

Welcome to another Scrapbuggy Tuesday! Today I'm sharing this tag using the Buggy Designs Build a Cupcake die. Can you see where it is? 

It's the butterfly. Isn't it cute! I added some pearls to dress it up. 

For the "life" tag I used just a portion of a drink label die from Lifestyle Crafts. And the fence....I love how the fence turned out. For this little charm I used the Lifestyle Crafts picket fence border cutting it from white shrink plastic. I think it's so cute with the blooming daisy!

Product List:
Buggy Designs Build a Cupcake
Lifestyle Crafts drink labels, DC0231
Lifestyle Crafts picket fence border, CCBDR039
Lifestyle Crafts nesting circles
My Creative Time, Celebrate Good Times stamp and die set
Sizzix Daisy#2 die
Memory Box leaf die
PTI tag die
Twine, shrink plastic, ink, pearls, My Mind's Eye pattern paper

Thanks for coming by the studio. Have a crafty week, bloggy friends. :)

Masculine birthday card

Happy birthday to my sweet gramps! 

My Creative Time's newest stamp and die sets are perfect for masculine cards. I love the glasses and 'staches! All the stamps for the background are from Here's Lookin' at You; glasses and mustache dies are from the What's Growing On set.

Can you see the lenses in the glasses? I used clear die packaging to make 'real' lenses then stamped under them using the What's Growing On set. The remainder of my sentiment, "....you haven't aged a bit," is computer generated.

Product List:
My Creative Time, What's Growing On
My Creative Time, Here's Looking at You
Pattern papers by My Mind's Eye
Burlap by Liz's Paper Loft Boutique
Ink, clear plastic, cardstock, foam tape, hemp twine

Thanks for coming by the studio today. I'm late getting this card in the mail, but I'm sure Gramps will be thrilled regardless. :)

Star light, star bright....

...so many stars to make my card. So it doesn't rhyme very well, but the card turned out pretty cool! LOL I enjoyed making this different style. 

With this design, you have to decorate both the front and back as it folds accordian style, that is, in upon itself, so you see the back portion at the same time as you see the front when it is closed.

Here it is opened all the way.

Sentiment on the front using the Lifestyle Crafts banner die set.....

...and the remainder of the sentiment inside, on another of the banners. The 'sun' is the blast from the QK pirates release; the 'moon' is actually a circle which I then cut again to make the crescent shape; and the star is from the QK nesting stars.

Product List:
Quickutz nesting stars
Quickutz cannon blast
Quickutz circle die
Lifestyle Crafts banner dies
My Creative Time Encouraging Quote stamps set
pattern papers by My Mind's Eye