Hello Spring Bunny Treat Bags by Shantaie

Hello!  Shantaie here today with something fun for Spring!

SRM is celebrating Spring and I immediately think of bunnies and baskets, lush green lawns and delicate flowers when spring is mentioned. I made a set of treat bags to fill Easter baskets or to hand out as a cheerful gift. 

SRM Kraft bags were used to create a sweet treat container. I cut the bunnies with the Silhouette cameo using this design by Sarah Bailey super cute, and quick to put together.

Next I stamped "hello spring" using SRM seasonal planner clear stamp set and embossed it with black powder.  I love that font!

I made 5 of these filled with easter goodies for my nieces and nephews Easter baskets 3 blue and 2 white and pink. to seal the bag closed ...you know so I don't get tempted to grab a craftroom snack or anything, I used a label sticker from the labels by the dozen bright blank  and labels by the dozen everyday brights.

I hope you enjoyed these adorable little treat bags, have a great and inspired day! 

Shantaie

Be Mine, Be Mine! by Shantaie

Shantaie here with more Valentine goodness.  I'm a lover of all thing Valentines!

I find that my most used crafty items tend to rotate to the top of my desk and lately my collection of we've got your border stickers are the star of my favorites stack! For this card I have used the Valentines we've got your border as my sentiment and an accent along the length of my card to help tie the colors together. I love that I can use them in so many ways!

A really busy card can be pulled together quickly with a sentiment strip trimmed from one of the borders. Here I have blended inks, embossing, a die cut and sequins, a little sentiment is sweet perfection!

A double wrapped bow of bakers twine in blossom and stone softens the look and adds another pretty texture, I love having a textile element to touch on my cards! 

Anytime you have a need for just a little touch, reach for your border stickers for that perfect little saying, stitching or swirl of color!

Heart Strings Jute Twine by Shantaie

Shantaie here today bringing you some Valentine love! 

There are string art projects everywhere lately, and can be purchased in almost every shape even green dinosaurs! I was intrigued, and wondered if I could make one myself. I picked up a wood frame by Jillibean soup, and cut a vinyl heart and placed it in the center, I found this step easier for me, as I can't really draw! I grabbed a handful of small nails and hammered them along the heart and peeled the vinyl away.

I began just wrapping and crisscrossing my jute twine in a random way, I didn't follow any specific pattern because I wanted my heart to be a free form pathway, kind of like my real heart! 

Not only was this fun, it was easy, and very relaxing. I would highly recommend this as a calming, or soothing activity, and the end result is so unique, and personal! If you want to make a specific pattern, there are plenty of instructions online, and you cam make almost any shape, especially using adhesive vinyl as a guide!

Mustache You to be my Valentine by Shantaie

Hello!  Shantaie joining you today with some Valentine treats! 

I know it's cliche' to say "I love Valentines day" but it's one of my favorite celebrations!  My girls are far beyond classmate Valentines, so I like to make little gifts for my staff to hand out as a sweet little reminder that I appreciate them.

Most of my team are college students, so I can really have fun with the style of Valentines. I think these could work for almost anyone! My focus was on a little treat using the tubes to fill with candy. For the holder I used this cut from silhouette enlarged to fill the 12x12 cutting mat. I used the base only, and added patterned paper and round prints to embellish. 

I layered onto white punched pieces with foam tape, I also added hearts from the stickers by the dozen Valentine onto white cardstock and placed in the center of the printed circles. Tp top that off I added a bit of we've got your border sentiment to a skinny strip and adhered it in the center of the heart

For the mustache version I used the sentiment from that same stickers by the dozen valentine.  I used for the hearts on the sweetheart version. To add a bit of fun a die cut mustache is popped with foam tape and would be cute with a spring wobbler too! 

I love using tubes to make favors, give treats and even to store my crafty supplies! I have used them for years and each time I give one as a gift I am always thrilled at the excited reaction to them. 

Seeing someone smile is (to me) the best part of giving a Valentine! 

XOXO 

Thank You Notes by Shantaie

Hello!  Shantaie here today to share my Thank You notes. 

My Mother used to say you are never too broke, busy or important to say "thank you" :). As I look back on her no nonsense simple approach to life and manners in general I tend to agree with her. However grateful we are when we open our gifts, it is easy to forget to say a proper thank you. That is why I have made it a priority to have thank you cards on hand all year but especially during the holidays.

The BIG Thank you stamp set is one of my favorites, and embossed in white on kraft it is the star of the show on this card set.  

I also stamped some branches in green, and a few scattered flowers, colored in with the watercolor twist pencils in shades of red. This type of coloring goes quickly and the result is beautiful. To finish the cards I added a little border sentiment from the brights border and mounted onto a strip of white cardstock.

No matter the reason, having a set of "thank you's" ready to go is really helpful!

Hello 2018 by Shantaie

Shantaie with you today to help ring in the New Year!

I'm that person. The one that inevitably forgot to send at least one person a Christmas card, or that received a few cards from friends and family but never got around to sending one to them. I find sending a New Year's card to be a great way to stay in touch when Christmas slipped past me! 

I also love making New Year's cards because they give me the opportunity to send a year full of wishes while using as much sparkle as my heart desires! 

This card uses this cut from the Silhouette store, and was used as a shaker design filled with sequins and shimmer confetti. I added a star border from take 2 stickers by the dozen graduation ( I love using stickers in more than one way!) and the sentiment from express yourself new years was added to a white strip of cardstock and popped up with foam tape. 

This card will fit in a business size envelope and is surprisingly quick to put together making multiples a snap!

Happy 2018 to you!

Happy Holidays Jute Twine Card by Shantaie

Hello!  Shantaie joining you today with a non-traditional colors Christmas card. 

You may not immediately imagine the color black when you think of Christmas, but when you add a white banner across the front of a black card it really pops! I was inspired by all things tartan this holiday season, and those scrumptious reds and greens almost always intersect with black!

 To really make this stamped card bright I added a red jute twine bow front and center of the banner and added that sweet little sentiment found on the we've got your border Christmas sheet, several sparkly dots fill in as berries and I used a white gel pen to fill in any areas that didn't get stamped clearly a great tool to have on hand when stamping in white!

I so often find life too busy to mass produce cards, and when I do I love using clear stickers to add the perfect sentiment in a snap!!

Ho Ho Ho Christmas Card by Shantaie

Ho Ho Ho Merry Christmas...well not quite yet, but it grows closer with each passing day, and getting a head start is always a good idea!  Hello from Shantaie!

I cut this Santa with my Silhouette and just loved the idea of him holding a sign, I added a clear sticker from we've got your sticker merry to some black cardstock and placed it in his mittens.

I wanted to add something special to the little sign, so I put a layer of glossy accents on top of the sticker and let it dry, the effect is super shiny and dimensional. A bit of sparkly fluff was also added to the beard, and trim, as well as a sprinkling of "snow" in the way of glitter stickles.

To finish the card another clear sticker from Sentiments Happy Holidays was added, and I double wrapped a bow of jute twine, a perfectly fuzzy textured element to top it all off! 

Gift Wrapping by Shantaie

Hello!  Shantaie here today to share some gift wrapping ideas!

I'm one of those people who cherish the opportunity to wrap gifts, I make an event of it, and truly find it to be a joyful activity. That being said I know not everyone feels the same way I do, so I thought I would share a couple of ways to add beauty to simple packages that are so pretty that you may just convert.

Let's start with a simple square kraft box.  Before opening the box add a joy stamp from Big Merry in a row of three with versamark ink and gold embossing powder, heat set and open box. To add a fun ribbon detail I cut a small slit in the box front bottom, and wind around to tie on top

Kraft boxes come in a ton of different sizes and I reccomend have them on hand for every occasion, but I especially stock up before the holidays.

We all love the ease of a gift bag, and if you've never given any thought to flat bags as an easy but beautiful option for gifts allow me to share with you my love of these bags!! They come in many sizes, colors and patterns. 

Like the box above I used a stamp to add a sentiment and embossed it with gold powder, the gift was added and I folded the top of the bag over, and tied a bow, to that I added a spray of die cut branches and a lovely gold ornament tag with a sticker from Fancy Sentiments Christmas and a spattering of pearl dot accents.

Gift wrapping can be easy if you start with a few simple basic containers, and a little crafty fun! 

Halloween Heat Transfer T-Shirt by Shantaie

Shantaie Fowler loves playing with vinyl and she had fun creating this "adult" t-shirt for Halloween!

This spirited shirt has all of the fun and whimsy of Halloween but with a bit of grown up flair.

Heat transfer vinyl is one of the greatest inventions ever for makers, crafters, and DIYers, it gives us a tool to express ourselves in anyway we can conjure up!

I used my Silhouette Cameo to create this design and cut it in reverse from white heat transfer vinyl and ironed onto a black tee. It really was that simple.

That fun ghost and those bubbles!!! 

Heat transfer vinyl is really fun, and once you try it you may not be able to stop making everything you can dream up! 

And she found a fun glass already made but you could probably make one using our new 751 Dishwasher Gloss vinyl.  Super fun! 

What would you make for Halloween using Vinyl?  The possibilities are endless!

Shake It Up Baby Card by Shantaie

Hi!  I'm Shantaie and I want to share a few different ways to use SRM stickers the way you would use a stamp, patterned paper, even an envelope seal!

When we think about stickers sometimes we think about the ease of use ....and rightly so, but we can also think about the versatility and function of clear stickers. 

For my baby card I knew I wanted to make a sweet little shaker card, I cut 3 circles and used the three stars from the free style baby boy sheet as the base of my shaker, this takes the place of stamping AND coloring in one simple step! Saving me time, space, and money... yay!

I filled my windows with micro beads, sequins, and glitter. I used a double bow of jute and added a strip of white cardstock with a fancy sentiment on it, again in place of a stamped sentiment. Just below a little piece of the baby boy border.

Don't forget to add stickers to the inside of your cards to tie your sentiment or greeting together, here I have again used the baby boy we've got your border as well as the free style baby boy for the main greeting, adding both color and a fun font, SRM stickers are designed to work together, so the fonts are easy to read and are really pretty!

To create a handsome gift card holder I folded the top of this little kraft dots bag. Close to the bottom a strip of leftover patterned paper was added, and a layer of bitty stars and a strip of that we've got your border baby boy a star is born saying ties it together. 

I just love the live life baby's first year sheet and I used another circle sticker from that sheet to add color, and again a sweet dual font. 

I plan to put this in with the card as it is flat and will fit inside the embellished envelope. New parents can use a gift card to stock up on all those supplies that seem to always be needed!

I encourage you to look at SRM stickers as not just an easy way to decorate but as a really useful tool in your creative projects. 

Sports Tubes by Shantaie

Hi guys!  Shantaie here having some fun with TUBES! 

The word "Fall" is practically synonymous with gatherings, this time of year we come together with friends and family for hearty meals, warmth, and for football fans game time! We all have our favorite teams, and favorite players and favorite game day snacks, the one thing we all can agree on is that game day parties are a great time no matter who you are cheering for.

I love these tubes for a sweet little treat to give each tailgater or to place on the table along with the nachos and party subs, filled with mint M&M's in green they are adorable sporty and sweet!

To make the tags, I used medium green punched pieces and added a white sticker stitches border along the bottom to look like the field (cute right?) I added a goal post I cut with my Silhouette and put the football sticker from the have a ball sheet onto cardstock and trimmed them out, and attached them to the goalposts.

A double bow of twine in peapod and cappuccino was tied around the tubes  and the tags were attached with glue dots. I look forward to sharing these at our next game day gathering!!!

Using Jute Twine on Cards by Shantaie

HI, I'm Shanatie and I love to make cards of all kinds! 

I wanted to share a couple of ways that adding a bit of colorful jute twine can make a card that is already pretty, really pop!

For this simple shaker card I stamped the back of my window with bible backgrounds little clouds and the flowers from just believe all built into a frame and filled with sequins, and loose flowers.

 A super cute card on its own, but that pop of wrapped jute twine and tiny bow, really pulls the bold colors together, and adds essential texture and softness.

For this card I created a circle window and stamped the happy sentiment from BIG happy and embossed it in gold, to add a layered greeting a happy birthday to you from the we've got your border sheet clear sticker was placed just below the embossed sentiment. A watercolor flower was embossed in white placed overlapping the window, a tiny bow of plum jute twine anchors the flower and adds a jolt of fibrous color in the same shades, its beautiful!

Try adding little bits or bows of jute twine to your cards, and layouts for a beautiful alternative to a bulky ribbon!

Organizing with Vinyl by Shantaie

Hello!  Shantaie here with a fun organization project using vinyl. 

So lets talks about how keeping tidy and organized is seemingly the hottest topic of all time! That may be the reason that containers and bins are now sold in every shape, size, color, and material known to man, most of which can be customized.

I have a fun and functional way to keep your silverware where it belongs.... that

is if your youngest isn't using your soup spoons to dig holes in the sand box, but that's another story!

I have a house full of adults, 9 in total at this moment, and the dishes pile up quickly, but with so many washing and putting them away, they often get put into the wrong place, or the wrong drawers altogether. This cute layered SRM  vinyl project features a solid color image with a layer of patterned vinyl on top. All cuts are found on the Silhouette design store website, and are super simple. 

I love this idea for kids who are learning to help out with kitchen duties, or for guests who might be visiting too! I know any help with the dishes is always welcomed! 

I would love to hear what you think of this customized cutlery drawer, and what other ideas you have for using vinyl to help with household duties?!!!!