VC Rocks! Blog Hop - ABC - Anything But a Card

This VC Rocks! Blog Hop is about Anything but a Card, ABC.  This week in class we made a purse to hold cards.  I have seen several purses out there to buy, but I always try to find free.  This purse template I found on Bridget Louw's website, but it was only large enough to hold 3x3 cards.  I wanted a purse that would hold A2 (4 1/4 x 5 1/2) cards. So after fussing around for several hours I can up with this:

Paisley Petals Purse

This purse can hold eight A2 cards.  I used glimmer paper for the buckles on the purse.  Love it!  I know that this is ABC, but I had to show you the cards we made to go into the purse, thanks to Margaret Moody for her inspiration for these.

Purse with Card

 

 I made a second purse with the class and I love this one even more:

White Paisley Petals Purse

Buckle

 I have been wanting to make one of the following projects for over a year and this hop gave me the opportunity to finally make one.  The instructions for the tissue box cover can be found here: Split Coast Stampers-Tissue Box Cover and a big thank you to Cindy for suggesting that I use my new Sunflower Background Stamp(just came in tonight's UPS box) to decorate it with.

Sunflower Tissue Box Cover

I received my first box of goodies tonight from the new Idea Book and Catalog.  I fell in love with the new Beau Chateau DSP and here is a sneak look at the Side Notes that you can buy to go along with the DSP.  There are two of each die-cuts included and it is on beautiful watercolor paper.  I can't wait to make an album from this paper.  So here they are:

Won't they be so cool on a scrapbook page or on a card front?  I have added at the top right column a button to get emails when I post new blog pages, sign up if you would like to follow me.  Now on to the next blog.  Have a great day!

The talented stampers and scrappers of VC Rocks have tackled the theme of Anything But a Card.   So grab your favorite beverage and a snack and enjoy our hop.   The hop officially kicks off at 10AM Eastern/9AM Central, 8AM Mountain, 7AM Pacific on Saturday and will run through the weekend.

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02 Elizabeth Kratzer Elizabeth's Stamp Room
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04 Jackie Watson Creative Designs by Jackie
05 Marisol Gutierrez A Touch of SOL
06 Stace Coombs Stampin' Stace
07 Jane Hignite Stamp With Jane
08 Barb Furlong The Love of Stamping
09 Kim Abbott Stamping Fun with Kim
10 Angela Walters Life with a Wiener Dog
11 Dawn Hoffman Stampin' At Dawn
12 Sharon Field Created By You
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18 Jamie Adcock Wanna Be Creative
19 Nancy Keithley Scrapbook Kits and more
20 Patrice Herrera My Little Patch of Dirt
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22 Brenda Hugar Brenda's Stamping Corner
23 Kris Sobolik Maddiebug Designs
24 Kristi Jaenisch Stamping in the Moonlight
25 Eileen LeFevre Stampin' Fevre
26 Kym Schwinkendorf Artful Imagination
27 Linda Rodenberg Nichole's Stampin' Corner
29 You are here: Debbie Martin Clever and Cute
30 Mary Campbell Mimi To Jett

31Shari Dudek Shari's Stamp Pad
32 Carey Rogers Pedstamper's Stamping Tree House
33Ellen Kemper Blinkin' Thinkin' & Inkin'
34 Karen Gibson Krafting With Karen
35-LAST Loni Holt Loni's Life

Sweet Stitches Purse and Card Class

The Sweet Stitches Purse and Card Class will be held on May 5th and I have one opening still.  I was very inspired by Amanda Coughlin's tote, but wanted to make it larger so that my cards would fit in completely and not show.  I went to SCS to their tutorials and modified one to come up with this:

Sweet Stitches Purse

Sweet Stitches Gift Card

Then I thought it would be nice to have a gift card to enclose with the gift and after seeing many versions using the Scallop Envelope die, I was of course, too cute!
I have been thinking about making note cards similar to the ones made by Becky Roberts and I thought this project was perfect for them.  This is a card you could easily replace for the recipient of your Sweet Stitches Purse.

Sweet Stitches Note Cards and Envelopes

And the final picture of the entire class:

Sweet Stitches Purse and Card Class

Recipe:

Stamps:  Sew Suite, In Stitches(I removed mine from the wheel and cut into separate stitches)

Paper:

Early Espresso, Very Vanilla, Melon Mambo, Tempting Turquoise and Daffodil Delight card stock and Sweet Stitches DSP

Ink:

Soft Suede, Melon Mambo

Accessories:

Big Shot, Square Lattice Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Sweet Buttons Embosslits, 3" Circle Original Die,Scallop Envelope Bigz Die, 1 3/4" Circle Punch, Sweet Stitches Fabric Designer Brads, Melon Mambo Pompom Trim, 1 3/4" Scalloped Circle Punch, Rose Red 1/2" Seam Binding Ribbon