Let me begin by saying that this basket is HUGE!! I was shocked at its size! Lots of room for a variety of things! The first thing I did was print out Well Woven digital paper in the Green Pasture color (yes, this basket is actually green, but it looks brown!). I actually printed it on both sides of the paper so it would be finished off on the inside too. See what's inside? That's new too! 
We have a new cut file called the Apple a Day cut file. I printed three of them: two in the actual size and one sized down to 75%. The top "leaves" is from the Fanciful Flowers cut file. I ran it through the Swiss Dots embossing folder and attached it with a brad. 
I know a lot of people who make jellies and jams, and after I made the basket I thought it would be a nice way to present those jellies and jams to someone. So I created a card with the Well Preserved stamp set and made an apple jelly jar to go on it. The label is another new cut file being released this month called Occasional Label. I stamped it with the new Occasional Labels stamp set (the checked outline) and Sentimental Occasions stamp set. I added the apple from Well Preserved as well. I liked the red checked paper (from Doodlebugs)...it matches the red apple theme. 
The MTME girls have more inspiration for you to check out. You can find the links on my side bar, or just head over to Lauren's blog for links. We also have Amy Sheffer as our Guest Designer this month! Please stop by to see her fabulous work! Also stop by the MTME blog for the new Pretty Patterns sketch challenge. Tangii has her new team together and you'll see some great creations there too. They'd love to see you playing along!
Tomorrow is release day at MTME! More cool stuff for you eyes! See you then! Thanks for stopping in today!
I love blue and brown and I thought the addition of green really made it more organic. Here's what I created with them. 
I found the perfect paper to go along with the colors (ok, I picked the colors from the paper because I chose the colors for the challenge!). It's from Prima, but I cannot remember the name of it as I write this. I backed it with some certainly celery cardstock. I chose to use the 
My flower does not have the ruffle effect that some of the flowers the JUGs girls created. I think my zipper should have been shorter. Anyway, I still like it! 
The challenge on 
I love the way this came together and it would be so easy to create a bunch as gifts or favors. They could also be created in any size you like. I chose to cut it out of Neenah white cardstock and then stamped it in real red using this peppermint candy image from a set by 
My mom's birthday is today and this is her birthday card. I started with an ivory base and added the certainly celery cardstock and dp. On the middle section, I ran a piece of certainly celery through a cuttlebug folder and distressed it a bit with tea dye distress ink. (I also distressed the other layers with this ink.) The scallops were punched with a Martha Stewart punch with red riding hood cardstock. The ribbon is seam binding from Debbie Marcinkiewicz's etsy store. 
Happy Saturday everyone! I'm the hostess this week over at 
My image is a digi image appropriately called 
MTME is also releasing digital images on the 15th of each month. This little guy, called 
The techniqe is called 
While I was at AC Moore, I looked at the paper packs (big mistake!). I saw this lovely pack from K&Co. called Que Sera Sera. I fell in love with the colors and patterns, and used a piece on this card.
And here's how I interpreted the inspiration. 
The digi I used is called 
I tried something a little different on this one...I used a page from a dictionary that I got at the dollar store! I distressed it with Wild Honey distress ink and stamped the stem in certainly celery and the flowers in apricot appeal. On the apricot carstock, I stamped the small flower in apricot appeal to create a pattern. The shabby seam binding is from 
When I thought of the name "Danny", I thought of a little Irish boy. So I went with this green paper from the Oliver paper pack by Basic Grey. And, of course, I gave him reddish hair! I used the 
Cute image, huh? I just love that bubble with the fish in it! Poor Foo looks perplexed by it! That bubble was stamped twice, cut out, and popped up. It also has Crystal Effects on it (as do the other bubbles). I used paper from Basic Grey's Lime Rickey paper pad, and used the 
I used several 
Here's a closeup of that great sentiment. I just love it!
I cut two of the flowers in white and one in the daffodil yellow. They were run throught the swiss dots folder and the petals were curled. The leaves were cut using the same cut file. I added another yellow crystal in the center. I put the tea bags inside and tied it off with a pink grosgrain ribbon.
And finally, here they are together. I have only made the one set...I'll have to get busy and make two more so I can give one to each of the girls. The box comes together surprisingly quickly (if you have a Cricut it's even easier). I hope they like it.