Tres Chic Hand bag

I made this cute little handbag from a tutorial I purchased from Inking Idaho. The bag has been embossed with the Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder and I used my mat pack and white gel pen to add faux stitching..tres cute!

Hot Chocolate Treat

I really should have paid more attention in maths when I went to school...it would have made it a lot easier to work this out...simple as it is!!! Took me ages getting the slot right to hold the tube of mini marshmallows but I got there in the end. The stamp I used is from Slice of Life. And now of course I feel like a hot chocolate!

Lollypop Cutie

My apologies for being awol, I have been cameraless...both the stupid batteries died...I have one on loan till I can get a new one. This is a cute little bonus project we did in class a few weeks ago..everyone loved it and it was so simple to make...we have made several versions of this but it's worth an encore. The flower and leaves are from Petal Pizzazz. The lollypop sits upside down in teh flowerpot with the flower glue dotted to the stick

Easter Bunny Punch Art Treat Card

I wanted to make an Easter card for each of my three little grand daughters using these cute chocolate carrots I found at the shops...the punch art bunny was inspired by some Easter packaging on some other Easter goodies I bought... I have used 1 3/4 circle punch, small, large and wide ovals and 1/2 inch circles for the eyes...don't think the carrots will last long!
To make the bunny
The head is a 1 3/4 circle punch. To make the ears punch two large ovals and trim them so they are narrower at one end. Punch two small ovals in pink and trim  them so they are also narrower at one end. layer the pink ovals on the large ovals behind the top of the head. To make her arms punch two wide ovals. Trim a little off the bottom of each one and trim each side making it narrower one end. Add pen detail. Stick one of the arms behind the bottom of the head (wide end at bottom). Punch another wide oval for the body and stick it behind the head and the arm. Use a template to cut out an oval then use scissors to cut jagged edges across the ovals width. Place the punch art bunny behind the oval leaving his arm to hang over the sides. Use glue dots to attach the chocolate carrot (or a punch art one) then glue the second arm behind the carrot wrapping it around to the front and attaching with another glue dot. His muzzle was made using a one inch circle punch trimmed top and bottom, rounding the corners. I used a stamp for his mouth but you could draw that by hand. The nose is the heart from the Owl Punch. The eyes are 1/2 inch circles punched in white with 1/4 inch circles punched in black for the pupils. The eye lids are 1/2 inch circles punched in half. I have added lashes with black pen. The colours used are naturals Ivory for the bunny with Blushing Bride for the pink bits. Everything was inked before assembly. Clear as mud!

Tea Bag Holder

This is a remake of a teabag holder I made a while back minus the bellyband. To make this cut a strip of cardstock 21 cm x 8.5 cm and score at 4.5cm, 13.5cm and 14 cm. 

With your cardstock in the vertical position use the scallop edge punch to edge the longer flap across the 8.5 cm edge and use the wide oval to take a bite out of the bottom flap. Use sticky strip to glue the side edges of the 4.5 cm flap to create a pocket for your teabag. I use the kettle from the Morning Cup set to embellish the front. Quick and easy..you could whip these up for the kids Mother's Day stalls at school...speaking of Mother's day stalls, I remember a few pressies I have received from my kids class stalls over the years. My eldest daughter gave me a lovley coffee cup one year wrapped in torn cellophane where she had dipped in and eaten the chocolates...my middle daughter gave me a packet of padlocks??? and my youngest gave me a vinyl shower curtain..she questioned me a few months later why I wasn't using it and I had to point out we had glass shower screens lol!

Easter Bunny Treat Card

This is a card we will be making in next weeks class...I think he is soooo cute! I followed a tutorial by Dawn Griffith to create the treat cup slider card and the bunny's head is a Jackie Topa design..You pull the bunnys arm (the one with the carrot) and the jelly beans are released through the hole in the back of the card.. .aww look at his eyes...he doesn't want anyone to steal his jelly beans!

Sweet Treats!

This simple little treat box is just a slide cover I made to go over a box of Mentos. I used the stem from the Sweetheart Set and the flower was punched with the XL Fancy Flower with the centre from the For You flower stamp...cute for a kids party favour!

Pillow Box Wedding Favour

This was very quick and easy! The hearts were punched with the full heart punch and embossed. The  pillow box was also embossed and to finish it all off I added a satin bow and  tag from Tiny Tags

Treat Slider

There's nothing fancy about this one but kids love 'em. It's the same concept as a chocolate slider but I have used Zappo lollies for the treat.

...pull the snail and the treat slides out! This works well in kids classes...if you are wondering how this is done just google chocolate slider, there are heaps of tutorials

Valentine Mini Treat

This is just a little bonus project we made in stamp club this week...its only tiny

...and this is the inside....I think I will make these for my grand daughter to give to her mates at school

Valentine Treat Holder

I was at Woolies the other day and I spotted some boxes of indidually wrapped Turkish Delights...yum...I have made a very simple little treat holder to put them in

I stamped the front with hearts from I Heart Hearts and the stems are from the set "For Everything".

I used the full heart punch on the inside and added the turkish delight...a simple little project I will add to next weeks stamp club

Adult Version of Reindeer Poop

Hi everyone, not too many sleeps til the fat guy comes!! I have so much to do before Christmas, I need a remote with a pause button! Next week I am doing a kids class and one of items we will be making is reindeer poop...kids love that kind of thing....but I have also come up with a version for my adults class

This is the outside. I used the owl punch to make a reindeer..not my idea I might add, someone very clever thought of that little gem...I wasn't wearing my glasses when I stamped the sentiment..I thought it said have a very merry christmas!. Inside there is a little plastic tube filled with chocolate coated peanuts for poop. I have written my own version for my class ladies who all have a sense of humour...if you are offended by swear words please don't scroll down

Well I thought it was funny..I will be making several of these lol!


And now humour me for a proud mum moment..My youngest daughter just had her senior formal....so next year no more kids at school..yippee!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ebony looked like a princess...and her boyfriend Zac looked handsome too.

Congrats to Ebony and Zac on your graduation too!!!!

Owl Christmas Treat

I thought this would be good for our class bonus project this week..(I don't think I will ever get sick of Mr Owl..) It is quite clear I am being ripped off when I buy smarties...I wanted to use only red and green, but lo and behold there were hardly any of those colours, so I had to settle for non Christmas colours...what is this world coming to!! I also added a mini candy cane which comes wrapped and with a hangy doodad which is rather handy..The owls hat is handcut from Cherry Cobbler cardstock though it looks black in this unfortunate night time photo...I have made so much mess in my craft room I couldn't find my white gel pen to add highlights to the eyeballs so I will add them later..

ESAD Christmas Blog Hop

EEKK!! Can you believe how fast Christmas is approaching?? Its time to get a wriggle on with all those Christmas projects...hopefully you will find lots of inspiration on our ESAD Blog Hop

What is ESAD?
ESAD stands for Extra Special Australasian Demonstrators and it is an online group just for Australian and New Zealand demonstrators for Stampin’ Up!

We so love what we do and not only do we love to share it with our customers, friends, and wonderful blog visitors but we share our love for what we do with each other as Demonstrators. We run swaps, challenges, tutorials, product know how and cyberstamps and we are always there to help and support each other when its needed.

So if you are a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator located in Australia or New Zealand then please feel free to click here to join our wonderful group.

I hope you enjoyed your visit to Keryns Blog.

Have fun with the rest of the Hop!!!

For my first two projects I purchased tutorials here. 

 This is a hanging treat box I have made for my grand daughters to hang on the door for Santa. I have used the Tree Trimmings stamp set and Holly Jolly designer paper. I have also included a magic key for santa as they don't have a chimney.For the key  I traced an image onto cardstock from a colouring book and cut it out and embossed it with gold embossing powder...we usually include a poem about the magic key, but as Miss Emily pointed out, we tell him that every year, he should know by now!

 This is such a cute box and could be used for Easter as well. I have added window sheet to the front opening so you can see the yummy chocolates inside. 

 My gifts are getting smaller each year so I figure if it's packaged in a pretty bag it looks a little more special. I used Riding Hood Red cardstock with designer paper from Love Notes.. The flowers are from the Season Of Joy stamp set. A pretty satin ribbon handle finishes it off nicely. 

 For my kids cards I will be making these because lollies speak volumes! I used a treat cup on the front and lots of Little Leaves sizzlets to make the wreath. The greeting is from Heard From the Heart which I used to hold a candy cane ( a few glue dots help to hold the candy cane)

I am not a fan of gummy bears my self but all the kids I know love them!

My last project isa cute little gift I have made for my daughter....she loves making cocktails so when I saw these cocktail recipe cards at the reject shop for $2  I was very happy..they are the size of a deck of playing cards and each one has a christmas cocktail recipe...how cute!I took the measurements of the deck and made a slide cover with a lift up flap on the top so I could write a greeting on the inside.

 

The images on the cards reminded me of the Cheers to You stamp set so that is what I used to stamp on the front. I watercoloured the image and added some dazzling diamonds. The designer paper is Love notes again (love polka dots!) and I made some holly leaves with the large oval punch using the 1/2 inch punch to take "bites" out of the leaves .. the Old Olive satin ribbon finished it off.

That's all I have for you today, thanks so much for stopping by, you will now head off to see what  Jan McAnulty has in store for you

Just in case you get lost along the way here is a full list of Blog Hop participants


1. Sharlene Torres

http://stampwithsharlene.blogspot.com/2010/10/how-many-more-sleeps-till-santa-comes.html

2. Kim Conway

http://kimconwaycards.blogspot.com/2010/10/big-shot-blog-hop-well-it-is-only-64.html

3. Andrea Lowcock

http://andrealowcock.wordpress.com/2010/10/23/esad-su-christmas-blog-hop/

4. Jo Weedon

http://scrapandstampin.blogspot.com/2010/10/i-hope-youre-ready-for-another-esad.html

5. Narelle Hodges

http://stampwithnarelle.blogspot.com/2010/10/christmas-blog-hop-gift-ideas-and.html

6. Leonie Schroder

http://www.stamp-a-latte.com/2010/10/23/esad-christmas-blog-hop/

7. Pauline Bennetts

http://paulinebennetts.com/stampede/?p=2427

8. Aly Adcock

http://inkyaly.blogspot.com/2010/10/esad-christmas-blog-hop.html

9. Tanya Bell

http://stampingt.wordpress.com/2010/10/23/esad-christmas-blog-hop/

10. Monique Fielder

http://stamping-with-moni-q.blogspot.com/2010/10/esad-christmas-blog-hop.html

11. Julie Fettes

http://blog.stampwithjulie.com.au/?p=237

12. Jane Norrish

http://janenorrish.com/2010/10/esad-christmas-blog-hop/

13. Keryn Campbell

http://kerynscards.blogspot.com/2010/10/grab-cup-of-coffee-and-join-esad-blog.html

14. Bev Watt (YOU ARE HERE)

Bev Watt

15.  Jan McAnulty

http://cardcaperswithjan.wordpress.com/2010/10/22/another-christmas-blog-hop/

Candy Cane Mouse

I know this idea isn't new...when my kids were little we would make these out of felt to hang on the Christmas tree...For this version I used a template to draw an oval and when I cut it out i trimmed one end to make it a bit pointier. Her ears are made with the butterfly punch, the nose is a 1/4 inch circle with some stands of linen thread for whiskers.I used the 1/4 inch circle to punch the hole to thread the candy cane...it was a tight fit so I snipped it a little bit to make the hole a smidge bigger.
It's finished off ribbon and a Jewellery tag. I think I will make these for my grand daughter to give to her mates at Christmas time..

Christmas Treat Box

 

Just a quick little project today using an el cheapo take away box,. I used Love Notes designer paper and embellished with punched stars and a punch art Santa

 

I used Heard From The Heart to stamp a little banner and finished it off with satin ribbon...Because the container is quite small it doesn't take a lot of chocolate so this is a good one to make if you have to give quite a few gifts...I call it recession giving lol

Reindeer Candy Cane Holder

I was just mucking around trying to come up with a little bonus project for this weeks class and this is what I came up with. I found these miniature individually wrapped candy canes at the Reject Shop...you get about 35 of them for $2! What a bargain!! I started out using the wide oval for the face but it was too small so I dragged out my colluzzle and cut two larger ovals...sorry I don't have a ruler handy to give measurements but they would be 50 percent larger than the wide oval. The nose is a 1 inch circle punch, eyes 3/4 circle punch, eyeballs 1/4 inch circles and the ears are small ovals. The antlers are made with a swirly sizzlet which was a gift from a friend.

Kinda hard to explain this bit but I cut a strip of cardstock slightly narrower than the ovals and scored it in the centre to make a u shape. A hole was punched in the middle scored section and I threaded the hanging part of the candy cane through the hole. This piece was sandwiched between the two ovals...clear as mud right?
I thought these would look cute hanging on the Christmas tree...they would last until my grand daughters walked through the door lol...would be kind of cute to hand out to classmates as well

Recycled Treat Holder

Hi Everyone! I don't know how people manage to update their blogs on a regular basis, I seem to run out of time...but here is a simple offering for today..

This little treat holder is made from the packaging from my Stampin' Up! clear block....I cut designer paper to fit inside and also cut a piece of window sheet the same size as the paper to act as a barrier between the lollies and the designer paper.It will stop the colour rubbing off the  lollies and ruining the paper..The  front is stamped with Staz On ink (leave the block inside the packaging to do this so the  plastic doesnt buckle when you try to stamp) . I half filled with lollies (since I ate the rest!!!) then added a stamped image from the level 2 stamp set Apple Blossoms. Its finished off with some Daffodil Delight ribbon...

Since you are already here I will show you a few simple cards I made last week..I am loving Marina Mist, it's such a pretty blue. The stamp set used for this one is Great Friend and I embossed the background with the Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder

This is another very simple card using the Elegant Lines embossing folder, Beautiful Wings embossilit and teh very pretty Scallop trim punch...That's all for now I am going to try and post at least once a week from now on...in an ideal world lol

Ooh La La Undies and Bra!

I have seen this idea all over the net and just had to make one...sooo cute!

The back of the card is a little bit cheeky! ha ha. I used  Sweet Always designer paper and the cardstock is blush blossom. This is exactly what I look like in my jox.....ok ...you are right it looks nothing like me....but I figured granny undies and cellulite wouldn't look tso great lol.

A simple card I will be doing in  a free workshop on Saturday..I think I have done this in every colour combo now!

I would like the thank the lovely Sandi McGyver for so willingly sharing this super cute bunny template...I will be making a few of these for the Grandies

And lastly this super easy little Easter Treat...I saw these very cute marshmallow bunnies at the shops and had to buy a pack...they are individually wrapped in a little cello packet so I just had to make a little pouch with a window...

I would also like to show you the double slider card I made but it has disappeared into thin air...which is a pain because we are making them in  Stamp Club tomorrow night...looks like I will have to knock one up quick smart!

This Little Piggy (and more)

I have a kids class tomorrow and my dilema was the diverse age ranges..I needed something easy enough for the little ones to do but not too lame for the big kids...I think these will be ok...first up is the tired/bored piggy with a treat cup nose full of mini musks. I started off making a mouse but thought the treat cup looked just like a pig snout so I went with that idea instead

I thought a sticky note pad would be nice and easy too and added a punch art puppy to the front...He is a creation by Angie Kennedy on SCS...I used the 1 3/4 punch for his head and body and the word window punch for his patch and ears..

Lastly a jumbo clip bookmark..the bird is all glittery which isn't showing up in the image....kids and glitter??? we will see how that goes...

I will let you know how it all went....it's just lucky I know all the kids and they are all well behaved so my sanity should remain intact!