This may appear to be just another group of women who got together to do something but, these are some very friendly, talented and fun ladies. I had the great fortune of attending Creative University hosted by the Fabulously Artsy Tresa Black. It was so much more than just fun!!! Over the next several days I will be posting some items I made, some items I received as gifts and the charms and cards I swapped.
Everyone is wearing the Logowear for this year. The colors were red, black and grey. Perfect for the University of Utah fan as well. Go Utes!
Here is the clipboard I made at Creative University. I didn't follow the teacher's instructions. Not a real suprise if you know me at all. It was supposed to be a picture frame. Without any daughters I felt like I wouldn't have a picture to put on here. I guess I could have put my school picture on from this year BUT gag...I don't want to look at myself. I decided to just use it as a clip board. I have this cute notepad with the black and shades of pink lips hanging on my fridge. I stole several pages and put them on my cute new clipboard and viola CUTENESS! I also tied a shorty pen into the ribbons. The roses are really easy to make and fun to bend and mash! I applied GLITZ glitter glue all around the edges and added some pearls to bling it up.
Here is a sneek peek at the charms I will be entering in the CU charm swap. They were almost impossible to photograph. My camera does not have the ability to photograph up close. These charms are about 1 inch or the size of a quater. They will go onto a charm bracelet so the size was limited. We have to package our charms as well so this is the card I created for my charms.
These two pictures are a close up of the card and then the charms. The third charm is a reject at this point. I could sign up for another seat in the swap and use this set as my filler. I have ordered more blanks. I will just have to see how much time I have. I have been surpised at how long this has taken so I just don't know! Love how they turned out. If you have questions about how I made anything you see feel free to leave a comment. I read them everyday. Since I haven't posted in a while I haven't gotten any comments.
I decided to make all of my own tags this Christmas. In addition I decorated these gift bags and made the gift inside. I have already posted the gifts inside but I wanted to show you the gift bags and tags!
I used plain white lunch bags and stamped in New England Ivy and Tulip. The Merry Christmas stamp is something I picked up several years ago on a clearance table at a local craft store. Same for the metal ribbon slides. I forgot I even had them until yesterday when I cleaned up my disaster craft room. They look great! The paper and black ribbon are from Close To My Heart. I cut a 3 inch circle and a 3 1/4 inch scallop on my new circut. Love that machine! I stampded To: and From: on the back of the tag. Looks cute without the writing on the front. The photo below is the first attempt and I decided I liked them better before I wrote on them.
