Wednesday Wowzer, Hooray!

I made it, not even late!

I was inspired, today, since I saw an old friend, sort of, today, and I hope that I will see her again tomorrow to give this to her.

I manage a small gym in my very small town and I have not seen this one lady,that I adore, in awhile because **GASP** she has been going elsewhere for her workouts!  I know small town scandals, I could tell you a few! Any how, I saw her today but just missed her, so I’m hoping tomorrow I can catch her and give this to her.  She is the epitome of STYLE and this card is especially for her!

I have used the Love in an Instant – KOM May 2012 set for this card.

For the sentiment I have done one of my favorite things which is to just cut and piece phrases from ones I like to come up with a phrase that suites my needs.

I had the pewter charm that says

“be yourself”, which fit this card perfectly.

Here is one last look at my “couture” stylin’ card.

I hope you like it!

This has been Jeannie from The Polka Cabana posting for I Heart {ippity}.

I’ll be back next Wednesday to WOW you again!

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Altered Mini Paint Can

I am excited to share what I have come up with today for Joy’s Life.com.  

This week we are focusing on creative ways to use the Tins that you can find in the Joy’s Life Products section on Joys Life.com.

As you can see I have created this adorable little tin using some stamps from the YUMMY PUNS set.

This in the perfect gift for a friend since hidden inside you will find, chocolate!

One of my favorite things to do with my projects is to embellish with jewelry making supplies.

The baubles and beads where the perfect touch to this tin of chocolate covered pretzels, don’t you agree?

I already know who this is going to…A special friend will get a surprise delivery from me, hoping that I find her home that is!!

This has been Jeannie from The Polka Cabana with today’s post.

Fathers Day with Cheery Lynn Designs, Canvas Corp & 7 gypsies

Since Father’s day is just a couple of days away, I wanted to make a special card for the man many children in my house call DAD!!

I am using lots of things from Canvas Corp and 7 Gypsies.

I used the 7 gypsies stamp sets called Numero and Ephemera.

I am so in love with these 2 stamp sets!  You will be seeing me use them a lot in the upcoming months!

The Numero set has so many fun surprises, I had a blast using that set for this card!

You can see that I took the die called Window C and used it as my focal point.  The Window not only worked as my base but also worked for me to clip the bits and pieces of embellishments to the card with the red Canvas Corp mini clothespins.

I backed the frame with the Zig Zag border and used the leftover scraps from cutting the Lace Light Deco Border.  As you can see, the leftovers work like a mini banner.

I have the banner hanging from some red waxed cotton Canvas Corp Cord.

I used the Scalloped Square set for my tags that you see hanging with the clothespins.

All of the paper you see is from Canvas Corp.  Their paper is well, do you have a lifetime so I can tell you about how much I LOVE IT???

All in all…..

I love the way this card turned out.  It is truly a one of a kind card and thanks to the supplies that I used it is also personalized with dates and phrases that will be meaningful to the recipient.

I hope you have a great weekend.  Enjoy your fathers, brothers, grandpas, sons or whomever you share your weekend with.

This has been Jeannie from The Polka Cabana with today’s post.

Authentique Paper Guest Post + Giveaway

I am so excited that I was invited to have the opportunity to do a guest spot for Authentique Paper.

I am mostly using papers from the line called CAREFREE.

I came across this thing at my local thrift store.

I have no idea what it was originally for, but I have needed a cute napkin holder for my kitchen table for a long time.

I used lots of different prints from my 6 x 6 Carefree bundle.

I love Authentique’s different alphabet stickers and have quite a few from their different lines.

 I used those alphas to spell out gently manner reminders that I am always needing to remind my kids of.

I applied all the papers with Modge Podge so this would last a long time.

I also mixed in some old sheet music to add some different colors to the project.  The blue paper is from Authentique Paper’s Genuine Line.

I sometimes create things for posts I have no need for, but this is one thing I will use everyday!

Red is my favorite color and goes perfect in my home.

I hope you like this as much as I do.

Next, using the same Carefree Line, I made a small plaque that could be used as a gift for a new mom.

Wouldn’t this be perfect sitting on a shelf or hanging on a wall in a baby’s room?

Using Authentique Paper’s different alphabet stickers, you can customize something like this any way you’d like.

I just love the floral print on the purse!  I would love to have some FABRIC in that print!  AHHHHHH!

I hope you have enjoyed my small visit back with my lovely friends at  Authentique Paper.

Do you know anyone with a baby named MAE?  Do you just love this plaque and want to change the name yourself??

Leave a comment, I could be persuaded to send this to you.  Leave a comment here and on Authentique Paper’s BLOG,

letting me know which of the Authentique Paper lines in your favorite and I will choose a random winner next Wednesday to send this plaque to!

TO QUALIFY YOU MUST HAVE LEFT A COMMENT ON MY BLOG  & AUTHENTIQUE PAPER’s BLOG.

I have said it before and will say it again, it is NEVER a chore to work with their product and is always such a pleasure to make things with their products!

Hope you have a great Wednesday!

This has been YOU KNOW WHO…tempting you with some CAREFREE fun from Authentique Paper!

Masculine Card with Tutorial

Hello everyone..Jeannie here with a little tutorial with a different variation of the card I made last week.

Last week I used the REFLECTIONS SCALLOPED CIRCLES to make this card.

Today, I am using the REFLECTIONS MINI PEAR: FRENCH FLAIR for my card.

To start, I cut out 4 squares using the 4th largest die and then one square for the card base with the 5th largest die.

Here are the cut papers all stacked up, you can see the base is just one size larger than the card pieces.

Take each card piece(not the base) and fold them in half down the middle.

Adhere them to the card base, forming a cross type pattern, shown here.

Two pieces are on the bottom,

the other two are on the top.

Here is what it looks like from the back with the base facing up.

To fold the card closed, start with the right flap, then the bottom,

then the left flap,

then fold the top down and tuck half of it under the the flap your first folded in.

This is the same way you fold packing boxes, get it?

Here it is, all closed up and ready to embellish.

Over on the Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge Blog, our theme is MANLY CARDS.

So my card is dedicated to that theme.

I used the SCALLOPED SQUARE NESTING DIES for my card front panels.

I also used the Dotties Ric Rac and Ribbon Eyelet dies for some extra embellishing.

All of the paper and stamps are from CLOSE TO MY HEART.

All of my inks are from Stampin’ Up!

Doesn’t this card remind you of that Route 66 song?

I think it is the perfect MANLY card!

I hope you have enjoyed this brief tutorial today.

Be sure to check out our Challenge Blog.

You will love the things you can win and all of the inspiration over there too!

This has been Jeannie from The Polka Cabana with Today’s post.

When is a circle not a circle?

Do you like that title?  When is a circle not a circle?  When it is a square!!!

The reason that’s my title is because the main part of this card is made out of the

Reflections Dies Scalloped Circle Set.

I wanted to point out a couple of things about the REFLECTIONS DIES.

They are very versatile, you can mix and match the sets, you can use them for cards, scrapbook pages and even sentiments and tags.

This card not only uses the Scalloped Circle Reflections set, but also the Mini Pearl French Flair set.

On the dark blue base you can see how elegant the Mini Pearl French Flair is.

I also used the Mini Pearl French Flair to create all my sentiment tags.

The tags were then embellished with rub-ons, Flourish Leaf Strip, Pretty Petal and mini pearls.

Here you can see how this unique card opens up.

You can see how the card is created with the 4 circles.

It is opened and closed the same way you open and close a packing type box.

Here is the inside all decorated also.

I just love this type of card!

I hope you can see just how much fun you can have with our Reflections Dies.  The possibilities are endless.  It is like buying 3 types of dies all in one shot.  Scrapbooking, card making and tag/sentiment dies all in one!

Have you been over to our challenge blog?

Our new theme is FOR THE GRAD.

Be sure to head on over there and check out the inspiration that our DT has for you.

Join in the fun for a chance to win a $20.00 shopping spree at Cherry Lynn Dies.

This has been Jeannie with The Polka Cabana with today’s post.