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Help! How do I make a nurse's hat?!?!

One of the ladies that attends church with me asked if I would make her a special card and gift bag for a friend who just graduated nursing school.  She specifically asked for a "nurse's hat".  Well, I didn't have any nurse/medical stamps, stickers, papers or die-cuts, so I knew  this would require making a hat with punches or just free-hand. 

The small hat is made using the tag punch and the wide oval punch.  On the large hat I used the oval coluzzle for the "rim" and free-handed the top part.

I think it turned out pretty well.  What do you think???

 
   
 
 

Can you tell me how to get to Sesame Street??

 

As I said in my last post, I am spending all of my free time making items tell sell at an upcoming church bazaar, so here are a few bookmarks for the younger crowd.  I got the idea of the characters from Splitcoaststampers.com (of course) and decided they would make cute bookmarks.  The jumbo paperclips are from Walmart.  I think I'll make a few more characters and create a kids' birthday card, too. They sure are alot of fun to make! :)

Paper: miscellaneous scraps from my stash (some pieces are Stampin' Up!)

Punches:  Scallop circle, 1 1/4" circle, 1/2" circle, 3/4" circle, small oval,

1/4" circle, horizontal slot punch, 3-flower punch

Well...I'm back with a card...

Altered notebooks...

I made these little gifts for the grandkids of a friend of mine.  They are visiting her from Michigan and are ages 6 & 9 (a boy and a girl).  I thought these little notebooks would be cute.  I know my kids use them all the time for notes and hangman and tic-tac-toe. I hope they like them, too.

 

Some auction items...

We had a silent auction fundraiser at church this past weekend to raise money for the youth choir trip.  Here are some of the items I donated:

 

I got the idea for this "card bouquet" from SCS. It has fifteen all-occasion cards in it.

 

These next two pictures are of some "Husband Survival Packs" that include 6 cards for "Valentine's Day, Easter, Mother's Day, Birthday, Anniversary & Just Because", plus a "cheat sheet" that includes all of the important dates for 2009 plus blanks for Anniversary & Birthday.

 

Paper Pumpkins...

This Thanksgiving we have family coming in, so I made these cute little pumpkins using the Autumn Vine paper to add to the table.  My daughter, Emma, also made some cute napkin rings and peppermint patties for each place setting using this paper.  I will post pictures of those tomorrow.

I originally got the idea for these pumpkins from Splitcoast stampers, but Dawn has directions here .   

 

 

 

Peppermint Patty box

I had been looking for a 3-D project to add to my upcoming workshop when I stumbled across this cute little box.  The idea for this project came from HERE.  It was originally designed to hold a couple Ghiradelli chocolate squares, but I changed it up a little and added some peppermint patties I had on hand.   

I used Stampin' Up!'s design series paper "Summer Picnic', Old Olive, Real Red and Bashful Blue cardstock and of course the scallop circle punch.  After all, where would I be without my scallop punch (gasp!)!!  This little box went together real quick and would look cute with just about any paper or stamp.  I think I may consider doing some Halloween ones for the workshop...we'll see.  If you are interested in attending my October 18th workshop, please send me an email and reserve your spot.  Hmmm...I think I hear some peppermint patties calling my name....gotta go!  ;)