Just ME: jake

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

CSS: holiday in July group post.

Are you ready for a little winter holiday fun?

I'll bet the rest of the design team has wowed you with Christmas projects... but as soon as I had the rag dolls in my hands, I already had a Valentine's Day project in mind... hey! it's totally a winter holiday :)

I used the new Jake rag doll, and the rag doll house: stand to create this sweet Valentine's day lunch for my 5-year-old-Thomas.

Since it was for Thomas, I had to make his usual "pb&j" sandwich (the kid is obsessed)... but, since it was a special occasion, why not make it heart-shaped and put it in a cute wrapper? I found a template, and embellished it with a stamped "PB {heart} J" banner. The letters are from the alpha duo set, and the heart is from the new "wrap a round" set.

And he'd need something to wash down that sandwich, right?

milk - it does the body good ;) And why not make it look good too, with a striped straw and an adorable favor flag.

So, after he ate his sandwich, and had his little strawberry-and-banana-fruit-kebab (I stuck little chunks through a lollipop stick), I could offer him his special treat:

a "kissing-booth" box, full of hershey's kisses :) I paper-pieced the stand, printed the "kisses" via my computer, added the 5-cent stamp (the kid gives them away super-cheap - what can I say? hee!) and the little love speech bubble (from taglines: critters.)

Here's a side-view so you could see how I closed up the party favor 3 die (don't you love how the stand die-cut fits right on the front?)

I scored the side so that I could pinch it closed. I cut 2 tiny holes at the top and threaded some twine to keep it shut.

I hope you like what I've created! Click on over to see what the other designers have for you:

Kim

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Wednesday, July 11, 2012

CSS release day 7 - rag dolls

I am so excited to get to share today's projects - I'm in love with this line of rag dolls!

Everything about it reminds me of the handmade dolls I lovingly created for my kids last Christmas :)

But since we're in the dead heat of summer right now, what's better than ice-cold lemonade? I created a gift ensemble of a stand-shaped card, a stand-shaped notepad, and a mason jar filled with.... what else than lemonade sachets?

For my lemonade-stand notepad, I cut a stack of computer paper with the rag doll house die. I then die cut a cover and end stand out of kraft cardstock. I stamped the rag doll house: stand, and created a lemonade stand (if you'd rather, there are images to create a produce stand instead!) I masked off the "fresh squeezed daily" sign to be able to stamp a row of lemonade glasses in behind. After some light coloring, I took my unbound notepad to my local office supply store and let them do the rest :)

I created a little card to go along with the notepad. I die-cut a full stand, and then created a folded white card-base that was slightly shorter than the height of the stand. By passing it through my die-cutter, but not allowing it to cut at the top, I ended up with a perfectly-shaped card base.

And the little guy manning the lemonade stand? His name is Jake, and he usually sits on a fun greeting, but I cut him out and popped him into the stand. Isn't he so cute?? I can't stand it. I will buy all of your lemonade, little boy.... and keep the change...

I paper-pieced the lemonade stand, but colored Jake and the lemonade glasses in with copic markers.

To complete my ensemble, I had the hubs drill a hole through the top of a mason-jar lid. I crammed as many lemonade sachets as I could into the jar, and topped it off with a stripped straw, a favor flag and image from the favor flags set. This mason jar is the perfect way to enjoy a tall glass of cold lemonade without the summer bugs getting inside :)