Purse of Blessings

I am so excited to share this project with all of you ... it is really cute, if I can say so myself.  At CHA I got myself a 12 x 12 Big Shot Pro so I could put more dies and folders through the machine at one time.  I also got one 12 x 12 die cut .... so what do you think of it?

It is a purse that hold 10-15 cards!!!  I decided to make it without a handle, it will sit on top of a desk, is easily opened, and has 10 cards inside that match.  I have sold my 'Bags of Wishes' which is a decorated cellophane bag of cards with 8 cards four of each of two designs at shows and now this is it's big sister. Click on link to see them.

The front is  decorated with scraps of paper (really!!) and I then I added a big paper flower.  All of the purses are different too which makes them so much fun to make!

Here is a close up of one of the cards. As you can see I kept the design simple. They are basically the same with a variety of greetings on them.  For this one I used the set 'Simply Divine' and ' Thinking of You' (retired Hostess set) from The Angel Company.  The flowers are cut out on my Cricut with the Home Decor cartridge.  And of course the purse if a Sizzix Bigz Pro Die called Purse #2.  I am so loving it ... and will show you more of these designs next week. First I want to get some Halloween cards posted and a few sneak peaks of sets to be in the new TAC Fall Supplement. 

This is a close up of the cards ... there are 10 but they may not all be showing since I do put in two birthday.

 This is the inside of the purse and you can see that there is plenty of room for more cards ... so this is a great storage place for card you plan on sending out.

I will have these at my up coming shows if you are interested in purchasing one ... they are great gifts for others or yourself.

Graduation Money Holders

***Saturday is the New to You sale at Rubber Stamp Studio and I will be there as a vendor, so be sure to stop by from 10-4.

Money/checks are the common gift for graduation so I made up lots of little holders in local school colors for all of those special grads. It is a simple square scored and decorated to form a pocket inside for your gift. I am selling these for $2.50 each along with some gift card holders which you will see on Saturday.
I used the Locker Time Cricut cartridge for the cap and not sure which cartridge for the top note for the words. I did put the same top note on the inside behind this one for you to sign or write your own personal message and to finish off the back side of this one. Then they are finished off with the belly band.
I have a large array of color combinations and will be selling these at my Open Markets and Jenniffer and Co. this summer if you are interested or just drop my a note or call to get some.

I had a wonder time yesterday at the Painesville Open market! I was next to Secors nursery and they had the sweetest strawberries ever. I got to smell them all day and then eat them when I got home. They had 150 quarts and sold out before the market was over. Wow .... I hope to sell out some day too!! LOL The weather was amazing and it was great to sit outside and color all afternoon. Then I came home to have a class with a great group of gals and we all needed laughs so we found much to laugh about. What better news is that to enjoy the joys of daily life!