Gift giving

Well since I have little money lately to buy gifts with I decided to make my college roommate's birthday gift I usually send her yearly. Her birthday is Friday. I'm a little late in sending it out. ha!
I saw this packaging in the new paper craft gift mag. I thought it was so cute. Her favorite candy is Jelly belly popcorn flavored jelly beans. So I made this up for her. The popcorn stamp on it is from Stampin' Up.

Its almost impossible to get a really good picture of it.



































I also made this card. The whale on the card is colored with copics and is my design and hand carved stamp I made. I've been dying to use this Basic Grey paper up forever and a day. I've literally had it for YEARS. How sad is that? I know that many of us do this though. Especially when we know eventually it won't be easy to get more of it.






























































So I made her these and I'm hoping to get a cute wallet from Steinmart to go with it or a Starbucks gift card and call it a day. Luckily she doesn't read my blog or she'd see what she was getting! I wanted to make her a small album for her daughters pictures, but I'm having serious mini album blockage. I haven't been able to complete a mini album in AGES. I start them and then feel blocked. Its crazy. I used to love them. I was a mini album making fool. I don't know how that happened.

I guess like I've said before its a stages thing. A slight ADD of crafting taking over. Right now I'm feeling doing cards and art journal pages. I like digital layouts too.

I also came across a very cool free class via video on two peas. Its how to use distress inks and other ink products. Its a nine week class. Jennifer McGuire has all these tutorials on thinking inks free video classes on two peas. The videos are awesome. I'm really loving this. Makes me want to actually use all the ranger products I have collecting dust! No seriously I use the heck out of my distressed inks, but wow theres so much more you can do with them!

Well tomorrow, I plan on trying again to sign up for college classes tomorrow. I was shot down last week. Wish me luck tomorrow.