College Survival Kit

I am so excited to share this project with you!

My oldest daughter Jade is moving away to college in three short weeks.

I put together a "College Survival Kit" for her and a couple of her closest friends.

There are very few SU products in this project, but I still had to share it.

I had intended to copy ideas online for items for the kit,

but I never got around to researching.

Once I started shopping, the ideas just came.  I LOVE the way it turned out.

Here is the list of items I included in the kit:

College Survival Kit

Hand Sanitizer: To keep the germs away

Pepper Spray: To keep the boys away

Poo-pourri: To keep the smells away

Bouncy Ball: To remind you to have a ball

Tissue: To wipe away the homesick tears

Eraser: Everyone makes mistakes

Pencil: To remind you you’re here to learn

Glue: To remind you to stick to it

Bandaids: To “kiss” your boo-boos

Chocolate: It makes everything sweeter

Mirror: To remind you that you’re beautiful

inside and out

Journal: To celebrate and remember the journey

Stickers: Life should be decorated

Sewing Kit: To patch the holes

Miniature: To remind you not to belittle yourself

Key: To remind you to protect the key to your heart

Heart: To remind you that you are loved beyond measure

Book: “Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

I shopped for hours and went to multiple stores to find all the items.

Many came from the "dollar bins" in the big box stores.

I personalized the tags with SU supplies.

My husband personalized the chalk board on the bins

using the SU Chalk Marker.

Adding the miniatures was my daughter Ruby's idea.

She makes incredible miniatures from homemade clay.

She personalized these for each kit.

For her sister who will be majoring in Fine Arts

with an emphasis in Photography,

she created a miniature camera.  It's less than

one square inch in size and even includes our

family portrait!

My husband created a "Going Away" scene on our family wipe board.

Jade is heading into the sunset with the Organ Mountains

of Las Cruces ahead of her.

She will be attending NMSU, where her dad and I met

as art students over 20 years ago.

This is a bittersweet and emotional time for our family,

but we are so proud of her and excited for the journey she has ahead of her!

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This kit came with the supplies to make 8 sweet cards

with lined envelopes.

This is the first design.

The kits come with directions and all the supplies needed for the projects.

You just need to add Snail adhesive and scissors.

Specialty adhesive like glue dots and dimensionals

are included when necessary.

You also end up with extra supplies to use on other projects.

Each kit comes with an exclusive stamp set

and a Stampin' Spot ink pad.  

This month it was the new color Tip Top Taupe.

It's such a great way to build your collection.

Here is my alternate design. 

Here is my daughter Ruby's alternate design.

I LOVE what she did for for the 

center of the flower!

Here is Ruby's second card.

This is the second card design in the kit.

The patterned pieces are die cut stickers.

The stars and the other banner pieces are thin wooden die cuts.

This is my alternate design.

It was inspired by Ruby's design below.

I love how Ruby created a banner for her card.

I also love how she used ink pads and stamps from past kits to

give her projects a unique look.

This is Ruby's second design.

It was my favorite!

Ruby and I always make our kits together.

She is so creative and goes through her 

past kits to pull out stamps and colors

to use on the current projects.

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Paper Pumpkin Birthday Bundle

The Birthday Bundle Paper Pumpkin Kit

comes with supplies to make 6 cards

and 4 gift bags.

The gift bag is adorable and even came with tissue paper.

You can see it peeking through the balloon die cuts.

My daughter Ruby used string for her middle balloon instead of stamping it.

These next three cards are Ruby's versions 

of the birthday cards.

This is my alternate version of the card.  

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Stamp Camp Door Prizes

We always offer lots of door prizes at stamp camp!

I made some little goodie bags using the new

Sketched Dots Gift Bags.

I love this delicate glassine bags.

They have white polka dots printed on them.

I also used the yummy new ribbon

Watermelon Wonder Dotted Lace Trim.

Inside each bag was a roll of Washi Tape.

Stamp Camp attendees got some killer deals

at our annual retired sale.

We fill tables with stacks of retired stamps and accessories.

My daughter Ruby created strawberry roses while waiting 

for stamp camp to begin.

Our stampers rotate around to the 6 different projects. 

Here is my faithful helper, Ruby.  I pay her for her help

by taking her to Flying Star after each Stamp Camp.  :)

Stamp Camp Projects

Ruth and I recently had our annual 

New Catalog Stamp Camp.

This is my favorite of the three cards I designed.

It uses the hostess set Best Thoughts and the new Watermelon Wonder Dotted Lace Trim.

Watercoloring is my favorite technique, and this couldn't be easier.

I colored directly on the stamp with markers,

stamped it on watercolor paper,

then lightly painted it with an Aqua Painter filled with water.

This card uses the new set Build a Birthday, Cherry On Top Washi Tape,

the coordinating Cherry On Top DSP Stack, and Bermuda Bay Sequin Trim.

This card design was inspired by a card by Michele Reynolds.

This was made with the fun set Sprinkles of Life

and the coordinating Tree Builder Punch.

These stamps are so cute and versatile.  

This card was inspired by a card by Amanda Mertz

We each designed a project with each of the three sets.

I managed to walk off without Ruth's cards,

so I'll try to get those posted later.