Well this finally wraps up all the design team projects from our May release!! Today we celebrate with a blog hop!

Please make sure you visit the entire team today:

They should all help get those creative juices flowing for you, as each one shares a unique project idea!

This was a fabulous release! I really enjoyed all these projects, and I still have MORE ideas that I really want to put into fruition.

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I am going to try to keep the ideas rolling this month after I take a little break 😀 I’m exhausted!! I do however have another project idea for you using the Trendy Tool Tote ©

Funky Flowers For You

How cute and fun is this?!

I LOVE the colors : Charcoal, Green, Pink, Yellow & Red! So summer!

I really wanted to use the flowers from Sensational Stems ©, and images from Paper Pattern Pieces © to create some super fun and funky flowers for my tote! I was surprised at how many different looks I was able to actually achieve, and am just over the moon with all the ideas.

So I used the stems then a little imagination to combine and layer all sorts of flowers! I made sure there was a lot of dimension too!

The butterfly is the open line butterfly from All A Flutter. I stamped a layered flower on the right part of the wing. That butterfly ROCKS because you can make it look like you have a MILLION other butterfly stamps, just by stamping other various images inside!

The “grass” was made using the diamond (or as we like to call it at MTME Lattice) pattern, and a row of adhesive black rhinestones! This just ADDS to the funktified awesomeness of this!

In my Trendy Tool Tote © I packed in 6 various trail mix pouches from Target! They are SUPER yummy and relatively healthy to snack on.

As you can see this tote hold a TON of great stuff. Plus as previously stated it is very sturdy 😀

I made mine for a friend who is trying to eat healthier. When they are all gone she can put this somewhere to store whatever else she wants! As we all know there are ENDLESS possibilities for this template!

I may just make one for my own counter, so hold pens and notepads etc! It could even be a great mail sorter, recipe holder, seasoning holder, perfect for bath and body products, maybe even in the living room to sort your remotes, and TV guide 😀 I can always think of a million things.

Seriously look how cool my funky garden is! I love this one! It will be hard to part with.

Supplies:

Pretty Packaging © Template -Trendy Tool Tote

Pretty Impressions © Stamps- Sensational Stems, Paper Pattern Pieces, Puckered Up Patterns, All A Flutter

Cardstock by Couture Cardstock: OSW White, Informant

Ink: Momento & Sei

Ribbon by May Arts, Adhesive pearls/rhinestones

Well thank you all for stopping by the past week or so! I have enjoyed sharing with each of you 😀 If I don’t get back here to post for Mother’s Day I hope you all enjoy it!

I want to share a poem with you, that my friend Tanya shared with me last year. I loved it so much, and thought any mother could relate!

I hope you have a wonderful Mother’s Day, and remember that mother’s shouldn’t be celebrated just ONE day a year! Our kids do something everyday, that makes even the hardest times worth every second. So try to look for your moment, in each day.

                                   Before I was a Mom,
                I never tripped over toys or forgot words to a lullaby.
                I didn’t worry whether or not my plants were poisonous.
                          I never thought about immunizations.                                 

                                  Before I was a Mom –
                                I had never been puked on.
                                        Pooped on.
                                        Chewed on.
                                        Peed on.                 

               I had complete control of my mind and my thoughts.
                                    I slept all night.
                                  Before I was a Mom,
                I never held down a screaming child so doctors could do
                                          tests
                                      Or give shots.
                        I never looked into teary eyes and cried.
                    I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin.
                I never sat up late hours at night watching a baby sleep.                                 

                                   Before I was a Mom,
              I never held a sleeping baby just because I didn’t want to
                                      put her down.
                I never felt my heart break into a million pieces when I
                                        couldn’t
                                    stop the hurt.
              I never knew that something so small could affect my life so
                                          much.
                      I never knew that I could love someone so much.
                          I never knew I would love being a Mom.                                 

                                 Before I was a Mom –

              I didn’t know the feeling of having my heart outside my body.
                I didn’t know how special it could feel to feed a hungry
                                          baby.
                I didn’t know that bond between a mother and her child.
              I didn’t know that something so small could make me feel so
                                  important and happy.

                                  Before I was a Mom –
                I had never gotten up in the middle of the night every 10
                          minutes to make sure all was okay.

                  I had never known the warmth, the joy, the love, the
                                      heartache,
                  the wonderment or the satisfaction of being a Mom.
                I didn’t know I was capable of feeling so much, before I
                                          was a
                                          Mom.

I will be spending the day with my children, and cherishing each moment I can!

Happy Mother’s Day!

Sorry the day has escaped me! All this editing stuff can be time consuming! I’ve had this project done for a bit, I just didn’t get everything completed in time! Good grief.

Today I have a super simple, masculine project for you all, using the Boxed Lunch template ©

I call it Packed with love!

One thing I know my hubby loves is a variety of these trail mix packets you can get at Target! He keeps them at his desk to snack on. I’m always buying him a variety to try out, and this time I wanted to package some up in a cute way, so I made this for him to take to work!

It has been mentioned by just about everyone seeing this template, that not only can it be a lunch box, but a suit case too! Father’s day is just round the corner, so why not turn it into a briefcase or a suitcase?

I took some simple chocolate gingham ribbon to dress mine up

I wanted to keep it simple and un-frilly, so I used Oat cardstock as my base, and of course chocolate for my lid!

I chose to create a masculine pattern using one of my FAVE sets: Argyle Amazement! It truly makes the most amazing backgrounds! So many building options. I was able to easily create this pattern for my main focus. I then used the sentiment from Lunch Box Love Notes © for my tag. I was going to use a tag from the All Tied Up! collection, but kept it SIMPLE for now!

What you CAN’T see is the double score line on either side, next to the argyle.

How about that hardware? I used an actual lunch box latch, and a paint-can handle for this! I just wanted to share some additional ideas, other than the cardstock handle that this comes with. Not that the cardstock handle isn’t FABULOUS on its own! But you know how much I love versatility!

Now these treats fit perfectly inside!

Isn’t that a sweet way to send your hubby off with something delicious?!

I think so 😀

All the Pretty Packaging templates can dress up the simplest most inexpensive gifts! These packs cost ONLY $1.00 at Target! So I think I see some masculine teacher gift sets for the end of the school year!

Imagine finding these in stores? You’d pay a fortune! Now you can make your own! As MANY as you want! Even resize them 😀

Supplies:

Pretty Packaging © template – Boxed Lunch

Pretty Impressions © Stamps- Lunch Box Love Notes © & Argyle Amazement

Cardstock by Couture Cardstock: Millet, Ganache, Oat

Ink: Momento/Sei

Latch, Paint Can Handle, gingham ribbon by May Arts, Buttons by SU!

Well I hope you all can stop by tomorrow because the entire team is getting together for a blog hop! Together we will have like 10 MORE projects for you to get inspired from! You can never have too many ideas 😀

Thanks for taking the time to stop by!