Reversible Afternoon Tea Purse!

I did it! I made a reversible purse for Carolina's Treat Purse Challenge on SCS Demo Challenges for 3D Demonstrable Projects!

You can go straight to Carolina's amazing blog, Carolina's Creative Pad for her template and instructions. I took a few pictures for those who need visuals and uploaded them as a tutorial below this post. Please note that I did improvise a little since my hobby blade is nowhere to be found. Please do not ask where it went... I nearly took apart my entire craft room looking for it at 4am and decided to work without it.

ANYWAYS...
There was this swap I had to get out of the house and so I had to focus on that first and foremost. Then I had a workshop. During the workshop, I kept thinking about the darling treat purse template and how stinkin' cute it would be to have a reversible purse.

But how would I be able to pull it off?

Think...


think...


think...


Then the light bulb went on!
Or is it the light bulb went off?

Whatever...

Here it is!!



Inside:




Outside:



All I have to do is pull the ribbon knot through to the other side, switch the brad (Build-A-Brad tutorial is coming up next!) and punched flower out, and fold the purse the other way...



Inside:



Outside:




SO... what do you think?
I will be giving it to a dear friend who loves tea. It will have a few of her favorite tea bags and a gift certificate to her favorite tea parlor.

Isn't the Afternoon Tea Designer Series paper yummy? It will be available on March 1st with the Occasions Mini Collections catalog. The ribbon is the Chocolate Poly-Twill Ribbon that will also be in the mini catalog.

Cheers!
Jane

Carolina's Treat Purse

Carolina's Treat Purse is this week's Demonstrable 3-D Project Demo Challenge over at SCS. It is just the most darling little treat purse! I have big plans for it you know. Go check out the challenge. Carolina has a template and instructions on her blog, Carolina's Creative Pad.

I have pictures for those of you who are like me and need visual help.

8" x 5" cardstock or Designer Series Paper
Score at 3", 3-3/4", and 6-3/4".



Carolina is on vacation in Disneyland and I had to work with the instructions a bit...
I hope you don't mind my twist on things. I have a hobby blade somewhere, but after about an hour of taking my craft bag apart in search of the thing, I decided to improvise...

Fold the short end of the cardstock / DSP and mark the folded side on each end, measured in at 1".



Mark large end of the cardstock / DSP, measured in at 1" on each side.



Using a straight edge and a pencil, connect the scored ends to the marks you just made.



Fold everything up and fold the flap over. Mark where the flap meets the sides of the purse.



Using a straight edge and a pencil, draw the final lines from the sides of the purse to the marked ends of the flap.



Cut out along the lines with a pair of scissors.



Decorate as you please!

Thank you, Carolina, for sharing this adorable treat purse with everyone!

Punching tags

Ever wonder how to make those long tags?

Trim your cardstock to about 1-3/8" (for the large SU! tag punch) width and slide it into your tag punch.



Gently pull the cardstock thru the hole.



Stop when you see the other end of the cardstock.



Line it back up with the edge and give it a punch!





There's a super cute treat holder I made over the holidays for yummy chocolates with this technique. I will try to upload that later tonight. I'm still trying to remember who I borrowed the idea from!

Cheers!
Jane

Apple Pie in a Bag

Here's something most of you don't know about me.
I love to bake! I bet my husband didn't know this about me! LOL!
Well, SURPRISE! He loved this apple pie and you will too!
It's super easy to whip together! All you have to do is toss the whole thing into a bag and forget about it!
Well, don't forget to turn on the timer...

Pastry:
1- 1/2 c. flour
1- 1/2 tsp. sugar
1 tsp. salt
1/2 cup oil
2 Tbsp. cold milk

Mix ingredients & press into 9 or 10 in. pie plate

Filling:
4 c. sliced apples (I usually do less)
1/2 c. sugar
2 Tbsp. flour
1 tsp. cinnamon

Combine last 3 ingredients in a large ziploc bag.
Place apples in bag, seal, & toss.
Pour apples into pie shell.




Topping:
1/2 c. flour
1/2 c. chilled margarine or butter
1/2 c. sugar

Mix together with hands until crumbly.
(This is why the butter needs to be right out of the fridge).
Sprinkle mixture over the top of the pie.




PLACE YOUR PIE IN A BROWN PAPER BAG ON A COOKIE SHEET.
Fold the ends of the bag.



Bake at 350 degrees for 1 -1/2 hours!
Do NOT peek!!!! Seriously.
Serves 6-8.




This recipe originally comes from my friend, Amber.
It's a crazy thing to bake this pie in a brown paper bag, but it really works!
This pie is absolutely DELICIOUS! Give it a try and see for yourself!

Happy baking and bon appétit!

Jane

What's the difference?

I had a question asked about the difference between the old corner rounder and the new 3/16" corner rounder. YES! There is quite a significant difference in size. Here you go, Joni! I'm sorry it took so long for me to post this. My little one woke up and needed up some snuggles before I could get to the craft table. I couldn't resist a few hugs and kisses. :)



I punched with the retired corner rounder on the lower left hand side. The lower right hand side is punched with the current 3/16" corner rounder. You can see that the decorative edges are much smaller in size. Along the top, I punched with the Slit punch. You can see that this decorative edge is much rounder than the ones produced by the corner rounders.

HTH!
Jane

How do you do that?

I had a request from Michelle, asking how to take the guard off of a slit punch.
This tutorial will hopefully help you with getting the guards off all of your Stampin' Up! punches.
Yes! I do take requests!

I thought a picture tutorial might help with a link to my original Scalloped Edge tutorial
and the Scalloped Edge update.

Please leave thoughts as you stop by! I appreciate knowing if these help in any way or if you would like to see a different point of view from the camera (etc.).

Here you go!

Here is what you are starting out with:



Gently tug or pull at one side of the guard until you feel it give.



Slide it off to one side.





Just pop off the other side.








Getting it back on!

Get a good grip on the guard and slide one side of the guard over the top side of the punch. Now slip it over down the side and under.





Now slide the guard you are holding onto, down into the punch.




Back to where you started!

Party Hearty!

Regionals for Stampin' Up! demonstrators (in the Bay Area) was this past Friday/Saturday at the Oakland Convention Center. I just want to let the gals I swapped with from SCS know what a fantastic job they did with their swaps! We had 100% participation! It went so quickly too! It was so fun to meet everyone in person. I can not wait to swap with you wonderful ladies again soon! Thank you!

Did someone say "Party Hearty"?
It's a new stamp set that will be coming out in the Fall/Winter 2008 Collections catalog and all demonstrators who attended Regionals will get a chance to earn this fabulous stamp set in the next 2 weeks! Just book a workshop of $400 or more within 2 weeks of having attended Regionals and this stamp set will be sent to you automatically! Isn't that yummy news?

Those of you who know me will know that I can not resist a good cupcake. So having said that, you will know I can not wait to get my hands on this stamp set!

Would you care for a sneak peek of samples from Regionals?

They are super cute!

Ready?

Are you sure?

Here you go!!



I know... she was so cute I couldn't resist putting this layout up first. lol!



























** All of these samples are pictures taken from the boards at Regionals **

Happy stampin'!
Jane

Be My Valentine!

Ken was hard at work today at my craft table.

He decided to make his own Valentines for his preschool classmates.
I have to admit I was pretty amazed at what he came up with.
He knew exactly what he wanted to do. The foam heart block stamp is from the $1 bin at Michael's that he had saved up for. Ken asked to use my Purely Pomegranate ink pad for the hearts. He borrowed my Brocade Blue ink pad to "ink up" the edges. Then he used his Stampin' Kids markers to write "Love Ken" on the insides of the cards. I'm so proud of him! :)







He finished them by punching holes in the corner of each card.
I helped him by adding the white curling ribbon to each card and tying a pencil and a lollipop to each card.



Here I was worried about what we were going to do for his classmates tomorrow! lol!