Friday Fun with Stick-Ons

It's Friday again...so here I am with another project. I know I'm late today...but better late than never! One of my favorite MOSD products is the Stick-Ons vinyl stickers. These things are so cool. And the DT always gets to try out new styles before anyone else! I know I've shown you these before, but I was playing with them again today.

If any of you have been following my personal blog, you know I've been making a TON of cards these days. I've shown you a few here on the MOSD blog, using MOSD products. I hope you can stand to see another one.

You can see that the flower Stick-Ons makes a great accent to this monogram birthday card! (Somewhere one of my friends with a "V" first name is standing by the mailbox!)

Here are a few older projects showing how to use Stick-Ons for quick gifts.

This is a mini "pizza" box which can hold a gift card or some chocolates or other small items.

This is a recycled tin that can also be used to hold little goodies. I stuffed this one with some markers and pads for a friend's daughters.

I hope you have a chance to play with some Stick-Ons! They are great fun!

- Gloria

No Project is too Small...

...for MOSD! We have wonderful products for all your scrapbooking and card making needs. But...not every project you do will be a "masterpiece"! Not every project will be a full-blown mini-album. Not every project will be an amazing page layout. Sometimes your projects are small. Sometimes they need to be finished at the last second for a gift! Well, MOSD can help you with those projects too!

This perpetual calendar makes an awesome quickie gift! I simply purchased a clipboard at the craft store for under $2 and decorated it with some scrapbook supplies. Then, I attached a 6x6 MOSD Stick-Ons Calendar grid to the back a MOSD 6x6 acrylic sheet (normally sold as mini-album cover sets). I wrote the calendar information on the acrylic with a dry erase marker, and ta da, instant gift. You can even include the marker with your gift! (I did write my days of the week with a Sharpie so they'd not wipe off when you clean the calendar.)

Now, check out these vases!

I purchased the little vases at the Target Dollar spot. They came pre-printed with the words on them, but you could use Rub-ons, MOSD Stick-Ons, or Sharpie markers to add text to plain vases. I then added the circles from the MOSD Stick-Ons Backgrounds set to the vases. And, again, instant decor, or a gift that cost me pennies, and took me about 10 min. to make!

Need a gift for the little girl in your life? Well check out this recycled tin!

I rescued this Maya Road chipboard tin from the trash! I added some MOSD Stick-Ons (lattice from the Backgrounds set and a flower from the Diva Pictogram set) to the clear window of the tin. I also attached a rhinestone to the center of the flower. Then I tied a bunch of ribbon and fabric to the handle, stuffed the tin with some girlie items, and BAM! Girlie gift in 20 minutes!

Have fun creating some simple, yet WONDERFUL projects with your MOSD products. And post a link here so we can see!

- Gloria

It's a Girl Thing! Plus some Blog Candy!

To start off the New Year, I thought I'd go a little girlie and sparkly on you! Yesterday I was looking at some old Stampin' Up stamps in my bin...and they were all girlie and cute. So I got the idea of making this mini pizza box. (For directions on making the box, visit the Scor-Pal website.) I made the box out of a small sheet of red Bazzill cardstock (approx. 6x11 inches), and embellished it with a Stick-Ons Pictogram and some Stickles.


The rhinestone flower came in a big pack from the craft store! I cut the scallop circle with a Nestabilities die and my Big Shot machine. The "Le Chic" stamp is from a Close to My Heart stamp set.

Don't you love that nail polish Stick-Ons? I also stamped the girlie border stamps and colored them with colored pencil and placed the images around the edges of the box.

This makes a cute little gift or a party favor! Check out what fits inside!

Now for some blog candy! I promised that when my personal blog (Scraps of Life) reached 500 hits I'd do a give away! Well, since I put a hit counter on my blog in November 2008, I've had over 500 hits! So, here is a photo of the prize package you can win (by random draw) if you visit my personal blog and leave a comment on the January 1st entry! These are all MOSD goodies, so if you've been wanting to try an album or some Stick-Ons, go leave a comment for your chance to win!

Please note: do NOT put your comments here thinking you can win the prize. You must comment on my blog, Scraps of Life. You may leave a comment here, and all of MOSD thanks you for your comments...but at this time it won't win you a prize. (grin)

I hope that you use the links to the left and visit all the MOSD DT's blogs. There is always a lot to see!

Here is hoping that 2009 is a Happy and Crafty New Year for all!

- Gloria

Birthday parties...

Well, now that the holidays are over, it's time for us to be thinking about birthdays around our house, as my son's birthday is exactly one month from Christmas. This, of course, had me thinking about gift bags/treat bags and assorted party favors. Leave it to MOSD to be the answer!!


With some pre-made treat bags I found at the dollar store, I covered it with a car intracacy and added a contrasting stick on pictogram. It's a perfect size for a MatchBox Car or a little bag of candy!! And it is economical, too! One Intracacy will make THREE treat bags of this size and I didn't use the circle that was surrounding my stick on, so I have that to use for another day as well (hint...see next Sunday's post for details!).

~Shannon

Last minute gifts

The cards are sent, the gingerbread's been baked and you're done shopping.
Then you realize you forgot your mail carrier or a neighbor drops by unexpectedly.
Having a couple of quick and easy gifts on hand is a great idea. Here is an example...Snowman Soup!




I found this mug at my grocery store for just a dollar. I layered some Snowflake Stick Ons on the mug. Add some Hot Cocoa, mini marshmallows, and a candy cane and a bit of garland and Voila! A festive and fast way to show your thoughtfulness.

Merry Christmas to you and yours!

The Countdown is on...

less than 2 weeks until Christmas. If you are like our family, the kids are eagerly awaiting the arrive of the guy in red and Mom is trying to feverishly finish up all those last minute projects and gifts. The best part for me, though, is MOSD has so many choices to make awesome gifts.

For all your holiday pictures...why not try a Christmas Stacker set? Use them alone on a layout or with one of our albums. Either way, you can't go wrong!

Want to make your gift a little more personalized? Try a Build A Book. You can choose the word. These are especially nice for those hard-to-find names. Just ask my daughter, Bailee!

Need some stocking stuffers or something for your secret santa? Stick ons make a great option! They come in so many shapes and sizes, you'll want to try a few of each!!

For those pictures you want to set on your desk, try a Clearly Designed Desk Top Album.

The possibilities are endless...so let your creativity be your guide. Need to know where to find these items? Try our Retail Locator. MOSD prides ourselves on excellent customer service and products, so if you see something that your retailer doesn't have, let them know we can get it for them with very low minimums!!

Happy Holidays!
Shannon

Gift Tags

As we've seen here on the blog lately, MOSD products are VERY versatile! You are about to see more!

I had a Cover to Cover Mini Flip album in my stash and was wondering what to make with it. This album is approx. 4x3 inches, has two clear covers, and 6 chipboard pages. All the pages are 3-hole punched to accommodate three rings on the 4 inch side. Hmmmm what to make what to make what to make?

I ended up with 8 gift tags! Check them out! This first one has a stamped and embossed tree (Stampin' Up) and a Bo Bunny embellishment.

This next tag is very simple - just some Daisy D's paper, a Creative Cafe felt flower, some rick rack, a button, and some charms.

This tag looks complicated, but it's not. The paper is "pre-collaged" Daisy D's paper, some lace ribbon, a K&Company tag, some rick rack and gold cord, and a fancy flower from Walmart!

This one required a bit more product, but is still pretty simple. The paper is K&Company, and comes with the script already printed on it! The tag is also from K&Company. The tree is a Cosmo Cricket chipboard piece, covered with a scrap of Basic Grey paper, then sprayed with Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist. The swirl is a Bo Bunny cardstock sticker and the stamp is from Inkadinkado. And then I tied on a bit of Stampin' Up ribbon.

And because I love the Glimmer Mist, I sprayed this gold cardstock with it! The chipboard stocking and paper is Cosmo Cricket, embellished with a gold pen and a glitter pen.

This next tag is my favorite of the bunch! The papers were out of my scrap bin. To match the purple (in real life the colors match better than here!) I sprayed the chipboard key and the paper flower with Glimmer Mist. It's very sparkly and rich looking! Love it.

Here is a closeup of the sparkle.

Then again, this one is also my favorite! This tag is one of the clear covers, edged with white paint. The paper and die cut are K&Company. The pink paper was edged with a Martha Stewart punch. The snowflakes are MOSD Stick-Ons, embellished with Stickles glitter glue. The jewel brad is from Creative Imaginations.

Here is a closeup.

This last tag is the other clear cover, edged with white paint. The Basic Grey paper is just a tad smaller than the tag. The snowflakes are MOSD Stick-Ons, again embellished with Stickles. I added a Bo Bunny tag, some silver cord, and a scrap of ribbon.

Here is a closeup.

Thanks for looking!

- Gloria

Itty bitty gift ideas :)

Just wanted to share some more Snowflake StickOn Fun! This would make a great gift if you're just looking for a fun way to say Merry Christmas and I'm thinking of you. I'm making these for my daughters therapists as part of their Christmas gifts.

Snowflake Card and Mini Chinese Take out Goodie Box
remember you can always click on the image to have a larger view of the project)

To make this you'll need
Patterned Paper
Cardstock
Stickles
Embossing Glitter
Snowflake Stick on's
Sentiment Stamp
Ink to match
Embossing Ink (if you choose to emboss instead of stickles)
Embossing Heat Gun

First I cut my card to measure 5x7 and folded the cardstock.
Next I cut my patterned paper to fit the front of the card, with about 1/4" border.
Then you're going to want to cut or punch a scallop circle. To cut my scallop circle I used my QK Silhouette Cutter, but I know EK Success makes a very large scallop circle punch that would work great for this card. I embossed the scallop edge area with embossing ink and then used Snowflake embosssing powder--it's a fantastic embossing powder that has white and sparkles combined to make a perfect frosty look.
The center cardstock is actually a heavy weight double sided paper--I layered the snowflake Stickon's onto the scallop area and overlapping into the center of the center. Just be sure to leave enough room to stamp your sentiment in the circle area.
Once I had all the snowflake StickOn's placed and the sentiment stamped, I added Ice Stickles in Coffee Ice to each of the Snowflake Stickon's. Just follow the outline of each sticker and you're all done with the card--just let it dry (if it's like my house, put it somewhere little hands can't get in to the wet glitter :)

While that's drying you'll need to cut out out the mini chinese take out box--you can find the template from a coordinating patterned paper or cardstock. Once you have it cut out, folded and glued then you can apply another snowflake stick on to the front and back side of the box. Once again I traced over them with the Stickles and let dry. Add your goodies inside--they fit hershey's kisses and mini reese cups really well :) then add a great bow to the top and you're all done with another gift!


and now for A BONUS project!! I'm always inspired by Tim Holtz's 12 days of Christmas tags--I'm in AWE of his amazing talent and product so I played around tonight and created this card--using some Snowflake StickOn's as MASKS!!! SO COOL--it's a little tricky but it makes an awesome effect! Plus I got to use the AMAZING Cool Christmas Special Edition Chatterbox Christmas Kit (an early Christmas gift--Thank you Alicia!!!!! You're the BESTEST!) to make this fun card! I'll leave you with the pic of the card for now (it's 2:18 am, so I need to get my booty in bed, but I'll be back in the a.m to post the how to's for it

Holiday Wishes

I'm such a packrat--I've been trying to think of a scrappy way to save all the Christmas Cards from last year..so they have set in a pile on my kitchen desk area for a year. Yes, a whole year. Well I finally got some inspiration to create a Holiday Wishes Card holder album. It's super simple. I'll warn you now though the pics I took were not that great--we haven't seen the sun around here in a few days so the lighting isn't wonderful, but hopefully you'll get the idea even with the pic problems.

Holiday Wishes Card keeper Album

You'll need a 6x12 Big Boy album
Your fun favorite Christmas Patterned Paper stash
bull nose clips
ribbon, tulle, fabric
embellishments
adhesives

I'm a huge fan of daisy d's so all of my papers came from the Mistletoe collection from last year.
I covered each page of the album with patterned paper--sanded and inked the edges after they were covered. I decorated the front cover with the same patterned paper and the die cut's that were included in the Mistletoe Daisy D's paper crafting kit. I also used the treading water punch from Fiskars to make the scalloped edges. I Loooove this punch!
Once you have all the pages created--I chose not to embellish the interior pages--simply because they will have all the gorgeous Christmas Cards from 2007 tucked inside. I seperated my cards into categories, but you don't have too. Friends, family, coworkers, my daughters cards, etc. Then I started using the ribbon, fabric, tulle and clips to attach the cards to the front and back of each album page.
It went super fast and the great thing is the cards can be taken out in years to come to enjoy all over again since they aren't glued down!

It's a fun and fast project and a great way to keep those cards and memories of years past!



Edited to Add:
to attach the cards to each page I stacked the cards on the album page and wrapped ribbon around the entire page. This allowed me to hold cards on both sides of the album. On the pages that I used the bull nose clips from the office supply store, I took the cards and lined them up on the edge of the page or at the bottom of the page and clipped them on. Then I tied ribbon on the clip ends for decoration. I added ohter pics showing one with the ribbon ties

A little bit of snow to share

Winter is on it's way here for sure! Super cold, wind blowing and snow showers. It's a little early here in the South here for it to start--but I love it. Get's me in the holiday spirit!

Speaking of snowflakes and holiday spirit--these ornaments were super easy to make.

You'll need the following to make the ornaments

Clear Glass ornaments (buy at the local craft store's)
Paint
Clear glaze glitter paint or white school glue thinned down with water
Glitter, fine and coarse glitter.
paper cups
Snowflake stick on's


How To:
To do the Silver and Blue ornament
Take the ornament ball and the glitter glaze or the thinned out white glue and pour about 1-2 tsps inside. Swirl around making sure to coat the entire ornament completely. Then turn the ornament upside down in a paper cup for the excess to drain out. Don't leave it for long or it will dry completely. Once drained, take the coarse gliter and pour 1-2 tsp's inside the ornament and shake it around to coat the ornament. Add more glitter if you have blank areas. Let dry for a couple of hours. Put the ornament cap back on.
Now it's time to pick out the snowflakes from the snowflake stick on sheet. I found out that the snowflakes with skinny spindles actually applied better to the curved surface. Rub them on completely. TA DA! You have a gorgeous snowflake ornament!

To do the Pink multi paint ornament

Take pink paint and pour a small amount about 1 tsp in the ornament swirl around. Let drain over a paper cup. Come back in about 10-15 minutes and pour your second color of paint in the ornament ball. Swirl around again. Let drain into the paper cup.Take your fine cut glitter and swirl around in the ornament, some will show heavily and some will not. Wait another 10 minutes and then pour in your third color of paint. Let drain over a paper cup for a couple of hours. I used pink, light pink and white paint on the example. Don't get impatient when adding in the second and third colors of paint, if added too quickly the colors can become muddy. Put the ornament cap back on. Then you're ready to apply the snowflake stick on's.
You could add further embellishments with ribbon, a little bling, some christmas floral mini picks(those are super cheap this time of year)
These would make great gifts for the kids to help make for grandparents, teachers and friends. Just be sure to watch the younger ones, these ornaments are glass and will break. Or another great gift idea would be to make a complete set of ornaments for a terrific present. The ornament sets are usually sold in a set of 6 and can be purchased using one of those great 40% or 50% coupons.

Happy Holidays and Happy Scrapping!
Veronica