Altered Tins & USB Drive Holder

I have always admired the altered tins with the paper pads inside of them. I always wondered where do you find paper to fit inside the tins? Well, I still dont have that answer, but I can show you how to cut the paper down to size.

Supplies you will need:

• Small Paper Pads (I got the recycled ones from Staples)


• DVD Tin


• A razor (be careful!)


• A straight edge - I used my Tim Holtz Design Ruler

I first measured the paper inside the tin to see where I should make my cut. I then lined up my straight edge with the line on the paper and cut through the sheets of paper. I had to go back and forth several times and use a bit of pressure to get through the entire stack of paper. The paper pad is then ready to be decorated and placed in the tin.

I decorated the DVD tin and the paper pad with Daisy D Paper. I inked the edges of the paper before adhering the paper with my taperunner. I put tiny buttons on top of the pink polka dots as accents. I covered the inside of the tins too.
I also created a little holder for a USB drive out of Small Hinged Top Tin. I have seen these done with Altoid style tins, but I made my holder with a smaller version of that style tin. I found the USB drives to fit inside this tin at Costco (which is a price club discount warehouse in NY).
I also customized my USB drive with the same paper.

I hope you enjoyed my little project. This was quite possibly one of the quickest projects that I have ever done. Thank you for stopping by =) Do not forget to enter my blog candy contest. I will select a winner for a $25 gift certificate to my store on July 9, 2008.

Hugs,


Edit: If you are interested in the smaller USB drive, I found it on sale at Staples this week.

Blog Candy

I put a counter on my blogger for the first time on Friday the 13th (of June lol). It finally has 1000 hits =) This calls for a celebration with some blog candy! My blog candy prize will be a $25 gift certicate to my store, Wish On A Scrap.

How do you enter?

1. Leave me a comment on my blog so that I can come and visit you.


2. Write a post on your blog announcing my blog candy to your readers.


3. Subscribe to my blog and/or add me to your blogroll =)


4. Please only 1 entry per person, per day.

I will pick a winner with random.org on July 9, 2008. Thank you so much for visiting. Good luck =)

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Tier of Treats & Ranger Glossy Accents

This birthday card was created for one of my favorite people. I made this delicious card using a Stampendous stamp, Tier of Treats. If you are interested in purchasing this stamp, please email me as I have not had a chance to upload it to the store.



To make the strawberries and cherries look extra yummy, I accented them with Inkssentials Glossy Accents by Ranger.


This stuff is amazing! It makes your colors pop & look like glass. Of course I used my favorite copic markers and stickles on this card too. The paper is Basic Grey. The sentiments are Inkadinkado's Formal Expressions. I inked the edges of the card using Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Broken China.

I hope you enjoyed my card. I appreciate all of your feedback & support.

Thanks for looking,

Premiere Contest Kit Winner

As some of you already know, Wish On A Scrap , had its premiere contest kit at the beginning of June. The kits are truly unique because with each kit, comes an opportunity to win the following month's kit for free. We had so many great entries with the kit that it was difficult to choose a winner.

It is with great pleasure to announce Kimmie as the winner! You can see many of Kimmie's projects on her blog, Crafting for Sanity. Kimmie made beautiful & creative projects using the kit. She will receive July's Contest Kit at no charge. Congratulations Kim!

Hugs,
Loreen

Easy to Make Gift Card Holder

I participated in a gift card holder swap in one of my cafemom groups. The holder had to be for anytime so I did not add a sentiment onto it. These were so easy to make!

I got the idea from Dawns Stamping Thoughts. Her blog has some really cool tutorials & is set to very groovy music. I improvised a bit on my holder since I did not have all of the supplies that Dawn had so feel free to make it work for you =)



I used the paper that was featured in my store's
Premiere Contest Kit. I also used my Scor-Pal Measuring & Scor-Board on this project. This is definitely one of the best things you can buy for yourself.

Here are the details on the holder. The paper for the holder is cut 4 1/4" x 11". Score that paper at 3", 5 1/2", and 8". The wrapper for the outside of the holder measures 1"x 7 1/2". My measurements are a little different than Dawn's, but it still works. I used my Marvy punch on the wrapper & left it blank so that the user could make it work for whatever occassion that he or she would like.


Thanks for visiting,

Happy Father's Day

If your hubby is anything like my hubby, he is not into anything that is not masculine. So when it comes to cardmaking, it is very difficult to make anything suitable. I made this card for him from our little daughter.
When the card is from his little princess, I can get away with using things like penquins =)



Happy Father's Day,

Marvy Paper Crimpers

I was thinking about alternatives to the embossing machines out there such as the Sizzix or the Cuttlebug. For me, I am a Cricut chick & I was not sure if I really would make good use of another machine. My sole purpose of getting an additional machine would be to get the embossing effects that I have seen on cards that I admire that I am unable to get from my Cricut. I came across Marvy Paper Crimpers. This tool comes in 5 different patterns that will give your paper an embossed effect for a fraction of the cost. Although 5 different patterns is definitely a small amount in comparison to the options that the Cuttlebug and/or Sizzix machines provide, if you are just testing the waters on the embossed look, this may be a good option for you. This is definitely a much cheaper way to see if this is something that you think you would like.

On my card, I used the Paper Crimper Bubbles on a 8 1/2 x 11 sheet of Bazzill Bling Paper. The tool was easy to use & the process was quick. I used my cute little Snag Em Giraffe Stamp. I embellished this little guy with some googly eyes &
dew drops. Some of my customers have had this stamp arrive with their purchase from my store. There are still a few giraffes left so if you place your order soon, you should be able to Snag Em.

Hugs,