Dates to Remember

Hello my blogging friends. I hope this post finds you all well and happy!
Sorry I didn't post yesterday I have been working on a Dates to Remember Book. It took me a while to figure out what I wanted to do with a chipboard book my BFF (Hi Carey) gave me, that I had put in my stash. It has a great spiral binding on it perfect for tying ribbon pieces on the left hand side. It has 14 pages so I thought a Monthly Dates to Remember Book would work out great for this amount of pages. I am not done with it yet , but I will show you what I have so far.

This is the cover, see the big spiral binding it has on it. That is so going to look good I can't wait.
Each months page as an envelope for putting names with birthdays, or anniversaries... you get what I mean. I think I will even put a little sheet of paper in the envelope so I can keep a list going of special dates so I do not forget who to send a card to.

This is the inside cover page see the envelope! I embossed each one differently and put a strip of corresponding DSP on it for the flap so my list does not fall out. This is Jan. and Feb;s pages.

March and April is next.

Well that's it for me today. I have to hurry and make two masculine cards. My BIL is turning 50 and we are having a surprise dinner party for him (I hope he doesn't read my blog YIKES). Then my mom is going to a birthday party tomorrow night and asked for a musical card for her friend???? What am I to do? I'll take some pictures when I get them done.
Have a great evening. Don't for get to leave me a comment for some Blog Candy. I'm still taking names and will pick a winner tomorrow. Remember to leave me your e-mail address so I can contact you. Now go create something fun.

Things to Do Today

Hello my blogging friends. I  hope this post finds you all well and happy!

I want to thank everyone who left a comment on my blog yesterday, it really made me feel good and makes me want to do better. Don't forget to leave another message as I am giving away Blog Candy on Saturday. If you left a comment yesterday I tried to contact every one to say thank you, but some I could not reach? Please leave me an e-mail address because if you win I would love to contact you and let you know Ok.
I visit several blogs everyday myself and seek inspiration from my peers via their posts. My hope is, this blog does the same for you from time to time and you get as inspired as I do looking at other crafter's work.

I saw these really cute clip boards at our local Staples in the dollar bins and thought they would make fun Hostess gifts and or gifts for my friends. I had the little note pads and some little pens and knew they would work well together.
I added a little pocket on the bottom to put receipts or coupons in it too. My favorite thing is the little SU Clip on the corner of the pocket. I covered the little pen with DSP and made a pocket for it too.

You can not have a gift with out a gift card, so I made this one up with the same colors and DSP combination's.

Because this is a Things to Do gift set, I thought I woulds make a cover for the date book/ calendar. I had no idea how easy this was to do. You can make one of these in no time.
I know I need a date book/calendar,  I have so much going on all the time I need to write dates, times  and events down. The truth is I forget everything if it is not written down, ask my DH lolol.. The thing is I have to look at what I wrote down because I forget that too lololol.

Here it is all together. I think this will make a great gift. A clipboard that hangs, a datebook/calendar and a cute gift card.
Thats is it for me today! I hope you like it!!! I'll have something for you all again tomorrow. Now go create something fun.

10,000 Hits!!!!

Hello my blogging friends. I hope this note finds you all well and happy! Read all the way to the bottom of this post for some good news and some Blog Candy!
This morning I got up and re-made the two cards that did not save to my camera  the other day. Here they are.

The layout I cased from Becky Roberts over at her blog Inking Idaho  http://inkingidaho.blogspot.com. I have been inspired by her work for years. I really liked this layout and knew they would make fun cards. I embossed the envelopes to match the cards and added a strip of red and purple scallop strips to the inside of the cards.


 Have you ever made a card that you were just not satisfied with and put it aside for a while? This card I must have looked at 5 times before I could figure out what I wanted to do with it??? I thought I should just throw it out all together. Well I had an idea to salvage it and I like how it turned out. What do you think? I'm not even going to show you what it looked like before I fixed it lolololo.

I was very busy this morning creating. This is another Valentine I made. I am so inspired because I must be on a roll :)

I know why!!!!!!
My Little Patch of Dirt reached 10,000 HITS. I am so excited and astonished REALLY! I just added the counter last week and had no idea people were looking at this blog. I am so touched. I do not get many comments usually so I didn't think it was getting any action lolol. I just started the blog in June of last year and hadn't really started to work at in until August 2010. I want to thank all the wonderfully talented crater's who have inspired me to create and to those who have helped me on this journey. You all rock my world and warm my heart! What you all do matters.
THANK YOU.

So to celebrate, I am going to have a little bit of Blog Candy to give away. I am a small time operator compared to my mentors :) but I think a pack of SU Pearls will do the trick. Please leave a comment from today until Saturday 1/29/11 and I will have my DD pull a name out of a hat.

Happy Monday to you!

Hello to all my blogging friends. I hope this post finds you all well and happy!
We had a great class on Saturday! Hi  Sandra, Candace, Betty, Lynda and Gladie. I  am really glad you all had a great time and you learned a bunch of new techniques. Thanks for having the class Sandra. See you all again in April. With permission, I took a few photos of the ladies having fun during their class.

It was a very busy weekend. That is why I haven't posted since Friday night.  I was running around since early Saturday morning.
On Sunday I went to a friends Birthday Party (Hi Morgan) This is a little gift I made for her. I  cased the concept for my gift from Becky Roberts over at Inking Idaho. http://inkingidaho.blogspot.com I really like her work, go check her out once you leave here!

I made full cards for Morgan instead of the pocket card that Becky made. In addition, I made a gift box to put the four cards in. I really liked Becky's layout and her choice of colors, so I went from there to create these. I even decorated the envelopes with our SU Embossing Folders to match the embossing on the face of the cards.   Then I added a little decorative strip to the inside of the card that I attached a piece of white card stock so she will be able to write a little note. Let me know what you think. Have a great day- now go create something fun.

Workshop Saturday

Hello to all my blogging friends. I hope this post finds you all well and happy!
Sorry I haven't posted this week I was busier than I thought!  One of the things I was doing was preparing for a workshop today.  I finally finished it and here are all the goodies.
The first item is a Future Hostess Gift. I used a old Brad container to make this beautiful Butterfly container. I saw the idea on line last year (Don't remember where sorry) and now see these are coming back :) Whoo hoo,,,,,, they are really easy to construct too. I just ordered the double scallop circle die so I could make it. I used the Butterfly die and the Bird Punch for the leaves and the scallop circle die for the base. I used the new Bundle Designer Series Paper to cover it. I think it came out cute and I hope the new Hostess will like it.

I decided to use the 3 Valentine cards I made last month for the Operation Write Home Blog Hop. However, I did change the cards up a bit for this workshop. The cards have a great layout and you can do so much with them.

Finally, we are going to make these cute little Treat bags. They are filled with our little punch hearts and of course lots of Kisses and an adorable scroll with the 12 Rules of Chocolate written on it. I CASED the rules from Monika's blog (Hi Monika) http://monikastamp.wordpress.com She was the guest designer over at My Digital Studio . net yesterday . Way to go Monika, go check her out when you leave here. http://mydigitalstudio.net/

Here is the class in its entirety. I think they will have fun and this should keep them busy for a while. I really like these ladies and wanted to make something really fun for them.

Thanks for stopping by My Little Patch of Dirt today. I hope this post got your creative juices moving. Now go create something fun.

Diva Coffe Break Challenge 211

Hello my blogging friends. I hope this post finds you all well and happy!

I found another sketch to try out. This time it is from the Diva Coffee Break Challenge Design Team.     http://divacoffeebreakdesigns.blogspot.com   Here is their sketch which I followed it fairly closely this time. This is my first submission for the Diva Coffee Break Challenge so be  gentle on me :). I have admired the Design Teams  work for some time now and thought I would try  my hand at it. These challenges have allowed me to keep up with one of  my New Years Resolution (create more). So I just jumped in and went for it. I hope you like it.

I also added a site hit counter to my blog this week just for fun. I had no idea so many people have visited my blog??? Thanks everyone  who has stopped by from time to time I really appreciate it. I think to celebrate How about a little BLOG CANDY  to say thanks. Maybe,even as soon as early next week by the looks of the counter. When I hit 10,000 I'll do it!
Have a great day and go and create something fun.

Mojo Monday Challenge

Hello my blogging friends. I hope this post finds you all well and happy!.
It's Mojo Monday Challenge time and this is my interpretation of it. I usually try to follow along as close to the sketch as possible, but today ... well It's gunna be a full moon and my inner creative side took over. I hope the Mojo Monday creators are OK with this :)
http://mojomonday.blogspot.com    Here is the sketch (Thank you Lisa :) )

 

and here is my take on it. I have 3 circles and a bow so it technically qualifies :) The center circle was made by gold embossing the heart from the Punch Potpourri Hostess set and then coloring it in with my Stampin Write Markers. It is real pretty up close. I hope you enjoy it.

I also wanted to show you  the pictures of our famous Dinner and a Movie night at My Little Patch of Dirt. We do this at least once a month and it is a blast. It starts with a scrumptious pot luck dinner (Lasagna- 2 types meat & veggie some chicken a big green salad fresh garlic bread and Apple Pie, coffee, water and sodas.Yummy!!!

Then a movie. That's when the fun really begins. We pick a film that is a little on the crazy side and then everyone is free to make comments on it . We laugh hysterically, scream, make jokes and comments about the actors or the movie. It is really funny to hear 14 people all at the same time go Ooohhh Aaahhhhh. Saturday night we had 14 people over, 4 new to the group and 10 regulars. At first the new people didn't know what to think with all the commotion going on then they just let loose like everyone else and had a great time. I think my favorite thing is that my friends children love to come and hang out with us. It is a safe place for everyone to just have fun. Enjoy the photos and go create something fun.