CSL: RSVP pen

Thursday, April 27, 2017

Hostess Journal Gifts

So for this past round of Club Hostesses in my two clubs - I made monogrammed, decorated composition books with matching pens, when it was their month to hostess. I love doing these - and they are a big seller at my vendor events. I do the books with matching RSVP pens - by inserted a piece of the matching DSP into the pen around the ink tube.

Today - I am sharing four different ones - each month is different. And I LOVE each of them. This is a great way to use up some discontinued DSP - and make yourself a journal or notebook.

I choose a couple of coordinating layers to mount their initial on, and bling it up with some flowers and gems or pearls.

I also do the inside of the back and front covers with coordinating DSP - usually from the same packet - add a little ribbon and Voila!

My next round of one club just began and the second club will start their second round in a couple months. This time I have another great gift for them their hostess month- and will be sharing that soon. In the meantime - make something beautiful!! ~Maureen

Monday, January 30, 2017

January Anything But a Card (ABC) Class Project

Today I'm sharing this beautiful desk calendar/post it note/pen combo. This is what we made at our January Anything But a Card class. The design was totally cased and inspired from Juana Ambida from Australia - it is one of the prettiest uses of the Special Reason Bundle, that I have seen. I had ordered little calendars, but they did not arrive in time - so I had to print, cut, space, copy and cut them again - but they turned out great. Sorry about the glare - the flash added way too much brightness to the picture - but the calendar on the right is pretty clear.

And below you can see it even better. We cut out the framelet flower and sponged some green to give the two tone on the turquoise flower. The we cut out the leaves, pink and yellow flowers and mounted with glue dots and dimensionals. The border of DSP was added at the top and the bottom to coordinate with the DSP we added to the RSVP pen - making it all match beautifully.

It is basically an easel card - you can see here from the side - but with the added calendar, post-it notes and pen - it becomes a wonderful desk accessory.