I'm thankful for...

I am really blessed to have so many strong and wonderful women in my life. Each month, I'm going to thank some of my favorite women by making them something and letting them know what I've learned from them and how much I appreciate them!

First, I'd like to thank my sister, Debbie Naylor. She's taught me about the wonderful world of SU! and stamping. I tried so hard to resist her in this, but I'm glad she won out ;) She is so creative, especially on the fly, and so darn passionate about her craft that it is just so contagious! Debbie, thank you for instilling the passion of stamping in me. I do love it and regret what I said about 5 or 6 years ago, "Oh, I'm a scrapbooker. I'll never get into stamping." haaaaaaa

Please take a look at Debbie's lovely creations here!

OK, so I wanted to make Debbie something lovely and hope she'll think this is. I made a shadowbox creation using the Greenhouse Gala DSP. I have to admit that I was a late bloomer (no pun intended!) to this paper. I didn't love it at first, but have come to really appreciate the richness in color in this pack of papers. I do love it now! I bought some shadowbox frames from IKEA and have been wondering how to use them. I was thinking about this DSP one morning and it hit! The one paper screams vines to me (probably because it is!). So, I created a 3D flower and made a 3D butterfly with the Big Shot. I used some older rub-ons on the glass and assembled. I really like how this turned out and hope she will too!

Thank the lovely women in your life and have a great day!

Greenhouse Gala Box

Here is another one of my BS Pro projects. It is a little box with a matching lid. I used a sheet of the Greenhouse Gala papers and ran it through. Again, there was some leftover paper after cutting out the box. So, I grabbed the scallop circle punch and punched out as many circles as there was space. I then crinkled them up and put a Real Red corduroy brad in the middle. I adhered the flower to the top of the box and felt it was done. I see a lot of possibilities for this little box too! I think it will be really cute to dress up the box for a birthday and for Christmas. I can't wait to decorate with ribbon and a little tag - cute, right? Anyway, just wanted to make one to get the idea and creative juices flowing.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!