Monday, June 7, 2010

Bugaboo Monday--Anything but a Card





Sorry my post is so late today; I've have problems with Blogger and could not log on!  Seems to be working now!  As you know, Liz graduated this weekend.  Because of that, we will be giving lots of cards and gifts!  I decided to make something cute for these kids as they go off to college.  We had a coffee house open up close to our high school--and the kids quickly developed a love for coffee treats!  It became a meeting place for them.  I made mini suitcases (from a pattern from Suzanne J. Dean--so easy to follow!) and put gift cards to the coffee shop inside.  Liz's friends will love them--and Liz may even get to meet them there.  I decorated the mini suitcases in the colors of the college that they plan on attending.  For this one, I used SU and Papertrey cardstock, scrapbook letters, a SU round punch, and two pieces of black bling.  Be sure to google Suzanne J. Dean--and check out her tutorials.  They are wonderful!  Inside the suitcase is a giftcard with an image from http://www.bugaboostamps.com/ called Ruby--coffee.  For my giftcard, I used DP from my stash, Papertrey cardstock, ribbon from Michaels, a Fiskars border punch, scalloped nestabilities, miscellaneous stamps and sentiments from Our Craft Lounge, and colored my image with copics.  For the gift card, I used a tutorial from SU resource section.





5 comments:

  1. Wow!! Sandye this gift set came out great! I too grabbed the tutorial from Susanne but you were faster using it then me. Love how this one turned out!

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  2. Super cool giftie Sandye! :) I'm sure they'll all love it! :)

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  3. This is a great idea! very very cute!

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  4. LOVE this Sandye! I have always wanted to know how to make this - now you can teach me:)

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  5. Ruby's kickin' ass and taking names! I love how the leopard-print designer paper just amps up the attitude. . .:D MWAH!

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