Tussey Mussey instructions ~Fancy Pants Splendid Kit~
Tussey Mussey's were filled with flowers in Victorian times...when you came upon an unpleasant smell (the neighbor? unruly horses?) you could place your nose in your Tussey Mussey and have a pleasant scent instead. Since most of the time we don't have too many smells to avoid...I filled mine with Valentine candy! This paper line from Fancy Pants is so versatile! At first, I just loved the bright, fun, more traditional colors. Then as you explore the papers, your realize there are these beautiful, vintage papers too. I loved the thought of grey and pink together for Valentines Day, and my Valentines will wake up to this on the door! I took a few pictures of how to form the cone shape, since I found it a little tricky! First, take a 12 x 12 piece of paper that you love both sides, one will be the outside, while the other will show the inside. Cut it diagonally. With the point up, roll the paper back onto itself (see the pic!). I used glue dots to attach it originally, wrap the rest of the paper around and attach at the back. Decorate to your hearts content!
All of the items used for this project can be found in this month's Splendid Deluxe Kit.
Posted by Catherine
Happy New Year & a Sneak Peek at 2009!
Goodbye 2008...It's always a little sad to let go of another year but we are welcoming 2009 with open arms. 2009 will bring many changes to Lil Lamb's Boutique including a website makeover, monthly Deluxe Scrapbook Kits, and new Page of the Month kits. We are excited to get things rolling so we are giving you a sneak peek of a few things to come...
Introducing... Deluxe Scrapbook Kits which will include several project examples and all of the fun paper and embellishments needed to create them.
Here are a couple of our January/February Kits.
These will be in limited supply- so grab them while you can!
Bittersweet Deluxe Kit
Available now!
using the Splendid kit
Introducing... Page of the Month Kits
We will be offering one kit each month which will include all of the items needed to create the double page layout of the month.
A sneak peek at January's POTM by Kelly Goree from Basic Grey.
And a sneak peek at February's POTM by Becky Fleck from Basic Grey
Check back soon!
Introducing... Page of the Month KitsWe will be offering one kit each month which will include all of the items needed to create the double page layout of the month.
A sneak peek at January's POTM by Kelly Goree from Basic Grey.
And a sneak peek at February's POTM by Becky Fleck from Basic Grey
Check back soon! We will be adding these kits to our store and will keep you updated with new projects on a regular basis.
We would like to thank all of you for making 2008 our best year yet. Without our customers, friends, and blog fans, this vision wouldn't have come to life and provided us with so much to look forward to in the new year. Warmest wishes for all good things in the new year to all of you!
Crate Paper~Prudence
Do you ever have a paper that you tend to reach for over and over again? This fall that paper for me was from the Crate Paper Prudence Collection. To be honest with you, it was one of those that when I first saw it I wondered how I would be able to use it. Well, I figured it out fast! My outdoor fall photos all just seemed to "work" with this collection.
On the journaling, I dipped the edges in Coffee Shop Glimmer Mist from Tattered Angels to give it a more distressed look. As anyone with a four year old knows... distressed fits perfectly.
Oh, and sorry for the horrible pictures-- my local friends can verify that we haven't seen the sun in quite a while. ;-)Posted by Tammy
Peanut Butter Buckeye's yuuuummmmy!
I love to do little Christmas things for my neighbors...and here's what they are receiving this year! The kits were from Martha Stewart...and I filled them with Buckeye's. Here's my favorite recipe! Merry Christmas to all of our "neighbors" and friends out there!Buckeyes
1 1/2 cups Jif Creamy Peanut Butter
1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 to 4 cups confectioners sugar
--Coating:
1 pound chocolate chips
2 tablespoons Crisco® Shortening
Directions
Combine Jif, butter or margarine, vanilla and salt in large bowl. Beat at low speed of electric mixer until blended.
Add 2 cups sugar. Beat until blended.
Continue adding 1/2 cup sugar at a time until mixture shaped into ball will hold onto toothpick.
Shape into 3/4 inch balls. Place on tray. Chill.
For coating, combine chocolate chips and Crisco® Shortening in microwave-safe bowl.
Microwave at 50% (medium) for 1 minute. Stir. Repeat until mixture is smooth.
Insert toothpick in candy ball. Dip three-fourths of ball into melted coating.
Scrape off excess.
Place on waxed paper lined tray.
Remove toothpick. Drizzle a bit over the top to cover the hole from the toothpick.
Refrigerate until coating is firm then remove from paper.
Store in refrigerator!
Makes 8 dozen.
Tim Holtz Inspired Envelope~using Glimmer Mist!
If you've checked out our blog before...you know we are BIG fans of that glimmery goodness in Glimmer Mist! Tammy tells me she has almost sold out, but there is more on the way! I still HAD to post this project, as when I discovered it...I think I squealed just a little. :-)
If you are a Tim Holtz fan (ME!!!), then maybe you saw his 12 Days of Tags on his blog . I was soooo inspired and wanted to try, but I don't have any of his blending inks and product. But I do have Glimmer Mist! What I discovered is I can stamp with Staz On ink, and since it is a solvent ink, Glimmer Mist cannot penetrate it once dry. So, you can spray on the dry, stamped image! Below you can see how I rubbed with paper towels to mimic Tim's aged "look"!
Plus, my husband is a lucky, lucky Starbucks fan!
I discovered that you can use Staz On with Glimmer Mist!
Here's my stamped image...now let it dry just a bit before spraying!
Now, spray onto the area that you would like to "age". I used Coffee Shop to age my tags and envelope for this project.
Have a paper towel handy, ball it up a little, and rub like mad!
Now, I didn't get to wipe this quick enough trying to juggle the camera (and this is a tag I was practicing on and not the envelope)...but you get the idea. You just have to spray then rub pretty fast! If you don't rub quickly, you get left with the little dots, which might be cool in another project...
Here's another one of my favorite tricks with Glimmer Mist: Spray just one or two sprays onto a Zip Lock bag and use it as watercolor paint!
Dipping directly into your little pool of Glimmer Mist, paint onto the image! I painted HollyBerry and Forest Green.
Stamped some cool words...and added a few holly berries with red Stickles.
Embossed with Moss Green powder.
I created a mask to stamp over as to not ruin my Santa...
I stamped silver snowflakes over the mask.
Here's a peek at the little Santa Sweat Shop I had goin on! I made envelopes and tags! I tried different color and size tags too...
Here is the completed envelope, I added a "Noel" title, metal snowflake brad, a key and the thingy at the top that I can't remember what they are called!
The lucky mans' Starbucks gift cards!
Easily tucked into the envelope!
He'll get to open them Christmas Day! It's now hanging on our Christmas tree! Posted by Catherine
How to make a teacher happy!!
I have 10 teachers that I wanted to create little gifts for...and I made these for around $6 each, mostly just using up my stash! I found the tall glass apothecary jars for $4 each at Marshalls, and the smaller round jars at the Dollar Store for $1 each. I went to Costco and bought a HUGE bin of those wonderful *melt in your mouth* peppermint candy for $7. Ohhhh...you should smell my craft area!! Peppermint!!
My big hint is that all of the ribbon is held in place with glue dots...just a few! I also handpainted the "candy" on top with Staz-On ink! I made the circular tags using my Spellbinders Die, then just using up scraps laying around, from Prima Leaves, Melissa Frances Tags, Glimmer Mist, Stickles, buttons, ribbons, brads, twine, I created these special candy jars. I have written personal messages on the back of each of the tags....Won't these put a smile on their faces??? Merry Christmas, and thank you to all of you teachers out there!
Posted by Catherine
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