Geesh! I can’t believe it has been over two weeks since my last post. Bad blogger, bad blogger! So sorry. I can’t say that I have had any huge activities going on, just a whole lot of those everyday life things! A birthday for my husband and for Aubrey (I’ll be sharing her first birthday goodies, here). My poor doggie has been sick, so he needs lots of attention. Fun fall workshops and stamping events and hey, if you think my blog has been neglected, you should see my yard! It needs mowing every two days with all of the rain we have had, and it just started raining again! Really, as I was typing this! 20% chance….Right! Oh well, I guess that gives me some free time to work on my blog today!
This is a quick and cute little basket, using our Baskets and Blooms die a little differently. Instead of using the basket bottom to make a round basket, I only used the sides and cut off the little flaps that connect them. On our demonstrator website they formed the basket by folding a strip of card stock, but I wanted something very sturdy, so I used the scored basket that we have been doing for years and added the sides to that (OK, AND I couldn’t find the instructions again, when I went to make my basket). Very quick to do. I will have to create a tutorial for that basket. The stamping is quick, too. If you are going to make several treat gifts, you want quick and cute. I embossed the skeleton and the sentiment using white detail powder. You could make these baskets even more quickly, if you just stamped using our Whisper White Craft Ink. I could have layered the sentiment on a punched element, but I really like the clean simple look, so I left it alone.
OK! To say I am sorry for neglecting you all so, how about a Blog Special?!
I am offering 25% off on the Big Shot machine until September 30th. That’s $25 OFF! Of course, if you want to add a couple of dies to your order to get hostess benefits, you will get the full price credit of $99.95 toward your total. Call or Email me before September 30th, to take advantage of this special! Belinda@stampinpad.com
Stampin’ Stuff
Stamps: Scary Skeleton
Ink: Versamark Ink
Paper: Basic Black card stock
Fun Stuff: Big Shot machine, Baskets and Blooms die, Whisper White detail embossing powder, Pumkin Pie 1 1/4 inch striped grosgrain ribbon, candy, Sticky Strip tape.
