Paper Pumpkin monthly kit details/May - Manly Moment/Father's Days

The May monthly craft kit from Stampin' Up is "Manly Moments" and here is what you will be making and the items included in it:

 (we can always use more manly cards, right? and with Father's Day coming up, this is the perfect way to get ready for it)

You can view the "unboxing" video of this kit here and how to put it together:

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFEKwJ2FYKM&feature=youtu.be

Click on this link in my online store to read more about this fun kit, how you can get it, and the various ways to subscribe:

 https://www.stampinup.com/ECWeb/category/102600/paper-pumpkin

Sneak peek of June's upcoming monthly kit:

With Paper Pumpkin, you'll save time and money while you build a collection of crafting supplies. Every month you'll receive a unique stamp set with an ink spot (that won't repeat a color in a 12-month period). In no time at all, you'll have a variety of stamps and ink to use on other projects. In addition, your first kit includes a free clear stamping block that you'll use every month. 

 Once you have ordered this kit from my online store, just send me an email and I will be glad to email you other projects and instructions you can make with this kit!

 https://www.stampinup.com/ECWeb/category/102600/paper-pumpkin

Previous kits that can be ordered:

April:

March:

Coming soon - new Stampin' Up catalog! June 1st

The new Stampin' Up annual catalog will be available on June 1st!  You will definitely want to check it out in my online store to view all the brand-new products and colors:

http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/marynoble/

Also on that day, June 1st, you can see videos of some of the new items on Youtube:   youtube.com/stampinup.

Don't forget that all retiring Stampin' Up items will only be available until May 31st as well - check them out in my online store as well:  

http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/marynoble/

One final thing, remember that Stampin' Up has a monthly kit you can subscribe to, by each month, for 3 months, or for 6 months:

P.S. And there are always items on sale in the Clearance Rack in my online store, but supplies are limited, so you may want to check it regularly.

Make sure you check back on June 1st on my online store to also find out what fun new colors will be added to the Stampin' Up color lists!!  (or retiring...) 

 http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/marynoble/

It's all about THE wedding! An album for you...

I am sure you all have seen the wedding of the year on television this past week...or at least have read or heard all about it!  So I thought I would share some pictures of the wedding album I made for my niece and her husband last month!!  Their wedding color was purple - my fave color!  Here is the front of the album:  (sorry about the quality of the photos; I took them outside in the sun thinking they would have great lighting, but as you can see, that didn't happen - had already mailed the album out before I checked my photos - ugh!)

 

I used quilting batting to cover the album, then made a purple satin covering for it with beautiful ruffled lace edging and purple satin ties.  I did buy some fancy wedding trim, lace, and the first page, but the rest of the supplies I already had - that's the life of a papercrafter, right?!

Here is the front and back inside covers:

 The album  pages were purple 12 x 12" papers and pearl/rhinestones embellishments:

 Since they have 2 cats and used that design on their invitations, I incorporated the 2 cats into some of the album!  A few more of the fancier pages:

In the back cover, I put a pocket and put a package of gold photo corners so they could mount pictures in the album. 

 

 I knew they had a professional photographer and would therefore, get a professional photo album, but you can't put everything into it....so honeymoon pictures, wedding cards and tags, and informal photos can go into this purple album, as well as pictures they take after their wedding.  After all, their together "journey" has just begun, just like the royal wedding couple!

Mothers' Day gift - embellished potpourri ballet pointe shoe

Happy Mothers' Day to all moms out there! 

It is on these types of holidays that I wish I lived closer to my mom; she is on the east coast and I am on the west coast - not like I can just quickly get over to see her....I always make her a mothers' day card and often send her flowers.  This year I made something for her - she always appreciates handmade cards and gifts. She used to make most of my and my sister's clothes and I learned to sew from her, so I like to "pass it along!"

This year I purchased a few used ballet pointe shoes (we love ballet and took ballet when I was much younger, including ballet recitals) and I embellished one of them with lots of crafting/cardmaking/sewing scraps.  I took some pictures along the way which I wanted to share.  Here is what the pointe shoe looked like when I got it:

As you can see, there were a few worn spots that could stand to be embellished over.  The first thing I did was to hand sew pink lace around the opening - they sure make those shoes well; it wasn't easy to hand sew through the pink satin layers and especially around the front where the shoe is hardened.

I then put together pink crochet flowers and pink ribbons:

I sewed these 2 items together, and after adding a clear sparkly button on top of these, I sewed the whole thing to the back heel of the shoe so it covered up the scuff marks:

Next to cover up the lack of satin fabric on the toe, I made a pattern of the area and cut it out of pink lace, then glued it on the toe, and trimmed it.

Next I made a pattern of the insole and cut it out of a pretty pink calico, which I glued inside:

 

Using a mishmash of crochet and satin rolled flowers (pink and white ones that I dabbed in pink ink), I hot glued them on the top of the shoe, and also glued the elastic tie down.

I colored a few pearls with a pink sharpie and glued them by the flowers (since the hot glue didn't hold them, I had to reglue them with white glue!)

The final step was to make a tulle potpourri bag with a little bow (I used white cotton balls sprayed with fragrance inside):

I tucked this inside the shoe, and lastly, trimmed the satin ribbon ties to a size so it could be hung up:

I worked on this project for a few days while watching television and once I knew what embellishments I wanted to use, it went together nicely.  I posted the mothers' day card that I previously made to go along with this earlier, and I think they match well (I used Stampin' Up products which you can get in my online store at http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/marynoble/)

Hope you had a pleasant Mother's Day!!