New Trick to Cutting Inexpensive Felt with Your Wafer Dies!!!!!

I discovered something REALLY cool lately! I have been wanting to share this with you and I finally had a chance to make a quick little video tutorial. Do you like felt?
I love the look of felt cut with dies, but I don't like the price of the felt I have to use. There is expensive wool felt that the wafer dies cut really nice and there is the ecofi inexpensive felt that the wafer dies do not cut. But that is all about to change!!! I have a new technique using wafer dies to cut inexpensive ecofi felt and it turns out just as crisp, clean and beautiful as expensive wool felt!!!!  Watch my video how to! Hope you enjoy! Happy New Year! Stay safe! I would love to see what you make with this technique!!!

If I can inspire just one person today I have done my job!

XOXO SugarGem

Pretty Pocket Card plus Youtube Tutorial..

Hi everyone! Hope you all had a fabulous Christmas at least those that do celebrate Christmas! We had a really nice day! It was very busy, but very nice to see everyone.
Today I have a little Pocket Card I made for my good friend who just had a baby girl! I used the My Minds Eye Lost and Found Two Blush Collection. I also made a little Youtube tutorial video to share with you! Hope you enjoy!

Recipe-
Card Base 8"x71/2" Score along 8" side at 4"
Lost and Found Two of us 12"x12" 3 7/8"x 7 3/8"
6"x6" Lost and Found Blush stack pink gingham 3 3/4" x 6"
Rose Ribbon
Lost and Found collection embellishments Little Lady Tag and Memories Tag
Approx 48" of Twine (I used black embroidery thread)
Vellum -Cut 7"x 8"
-Score along 8" side at 1" on either end
-Score along 7" side at 3 1/4"
Glue-ATG gun
Scallop border punch

If I can inspire just on person today I have done my job!

XOXO SugarGem

Meet Mr. Snowman

Hi Crafters! Happy Tuesday! Today is my Pumpkin Spice Store project day! I played with the Echo Park Holly Jolly Collection and the My Minds Eye Lush 2 collection. I love the two collections together! It really turned out cheery and a bit retro!

My little Twine pom pom must be one of the tiniest pom poms ever! My mom was with me while I was making it and she kept saying "I don't think that is going to work, I don't think that is going to work" Well....... it worked! And I love that little pom pom.! I used Maraschino Twinery Twine!
Thank you for stopping by!

If I can inspire just one person today I have done my job!

XOXO SugarGem

Fabulous Guest Designer

Hi crafters! Today I want to introduce you to one of my craft girls! Her name is Julia. We met about a year ago and ever since we met we have been craftin fools together!
I wanted to share two projects she did recently. The first project she did uses my Advent Calendar SVG file. I absolutely love the red cardstock base she used. I cut it out for her and let me tell you it cut like a dream! On top of the red base she used the Crate Paper Peppermint Collection for the embellishing. We sort of worked on it together like the other two calendars I posted a week ago. I really had a good time working on these projects with her. She is extremely talented and full of ideas! She always inspires me and I know she will inspire you too!

And HERE is MY big surprise! Julia came to our house for Thanksgiving and she surprised me with this amazing advent calendar! Is this not the cutest advent calendar you have ever seen? It has literally made my entire Christmas season! Every morning I get to open a cute latte cup and each morning I am thrilled with my little gifts! This is the sweetest thing anyone has ever done for me! I absolutely love it!!!

Ok that's everything for today! Happy Sunday!! Thank you for stopping by and taking the time to let Julia know what you think of her amazing projects!!

If I can inspire just one person today I have done my job!

XOXO SugarGem

Lush and Mojo

Hi crafters! I had some extra time today while my mom was baking cookies at my house and I got to play with my new Lush 2 papers from Pumpkin Spice I showed you on Youtube yesterday! I used the Lush 2 with the Echo Park Holly Jolly collection!
 I decided to play along for the first time with the Mojo Monday Sketch challenge 219. Here is the sketch they gave us.

Have a great weekend!

If I can inspire just one person today I have done my job!

XOXO SugarGem

Show and Tell Episode 2 My Minds Eye Lush 2

Ok it is a work in progress,but here is episode 2 of show and tell! There is a little glitch in the beginning so just pretend it's not there! K? Wink Wink....
Hope you enjoy!

If I can inspire just one person today I have done my job!

XOXO SugarGem

Need Tags? My Thoughts Exactly Inspiration Thursday!

Hi crafters! Today is My Thoughts Exactly inspiration time! I used the new Holly Jolly Tags set for today's projects!  (Just in case you missed the memo, these are compatible with svg files that come with the sets!!! They are AMAZING)

Is everyone ready for Christmas and the Holidays? I have a confession to make, I haven't even put up a tree this year! I did put up a cute little mini tree in my craft room(take a look below), but that is all! shhhh don't tell anyone. I have however been going crazy with my new stamps from My Thoughts Exactly! These are so fun and easy! The first two cards are mini 3"x3" cards for gift bags or boxes! The first one is my favorite! I know I have mentioned this before, but in case you are new to SugarGem I love glitter and embossing powder. I realized last week that I had not been using enough! This post is full of glitter....so much it might even get on you through your computer....you have been warned!!!

 These are all super simple, but I hope this shows how darn cute these are basically by themselves with just a little bling! It doesn't take much to make a WOW! The red is my favorite red glitter embossing powder! For those of you that don't like the mess of glitter this is the thing for you!

 Next I wanted to try the vintage look with these tags. I haven't seen anyone do this yet. Most of you know I struggle with the vintage style. I love the look, but have the hardest time creating anything vintage. But after making these I had an AHA moment. Just adding some stickles to the top really makes the vintage style pop for me! I think that is what I have been missing. The glitter adds the SugarGem!

Before I say goodbye for today I would love to know what YOUR favorite holiday decoration is? You know that one decoration you pull out every year from the box that makes you smile from ear to ear! Mine is this little mini lime green tree my mom gave me with pink ornaments! It's so funky, but so my style with feathers, bling and all!!!! And I don't know if you can see it, but my newest addition is a PINK CUPCAKE SANTA ornament my sweetest crafting friend Julia gave me!!!! She knows me all to well! :)

Here is a link to the Youtube video Alyssa did from My Thoughts Exactly showing you how to use the stamps with the SVG files just in case you were wondering! ;)

Too-da-loo!

If I can inspire just one person today I have done my job!

XOXO SugarGem

Variety of Inspiration???~ Pumpkin Spice

Hi crafty friends! Today it's all about variety! From simple girly to boy styles using the same collections! I have a few cards to share today using My Minds Eye 12 Days of Christmas collection including the stamps, Echo Park Season's Greetings stamps, Echo Park Winter Park collection, Twinery Twine,  new Crinkle ribbon and Doodlebug Twine!

MME 12 Days of Christmas stamps

MME 12 days of Christmas collection

Lipstick Red Crinkle Ribbon

Twinery Twine

Doodlebug Twine

Stickles

 Pumpkin Spice Now has Crinkle ribbon too! I am so in love with this red!

MME 12 days of Christmas die cuts

Doodlebug Twine

 More of my favorite glitter twine!

Plus this next card is one of my faves. I have been dying to make my own washi tape. I have seen so many people doing this. All you need is tissue paper, double sided tape and stamps/stamp pads. This was so much fun.

EP Season's Greetings stamps

MME 12 Days of Christmas Stamps

Twinery Twine

 I love glitter and non traditional colors. I used both stamp sets here. They mix and match perfectly!

EP Season's Greetings stamps

MME 12 Days of Christmas Stamps

Glitter

Rhinestones

 Here are my boy cards! Plus isn't this embossing folder awesome? I think Denine might have more? You can contact her by email to find out. I cannot find it in the store.

 EP Winter Park paper collection -The little snowman I hand cut from the paper collection

EP Season's Greetings stamps

Candy Cane embossing folder

MME 12 days of Christmas stamps

 EP Winter Park paper collection -The little snowman I hand cut from the paper collection.

 Stone Twinery Twine.

The Stone Twinery Twine is perfect with the Winter Park collection.

Well that's it for today! I hope you found some inspiration here!

If I can inspire just one person today I have done my job!

XOXO SugarGem

Youtube FIRST SugarGem "Show and Tell"

Hi crafters! I made my first real Youtube video yesterday to share a little show and tell with you of the new My Minds Eye Lost & Found Christmas collection.  My goal is to start doing these "Show and Tells" for you of new product I get to give you a more up close look at the products. I am also hoping to start some tutorials for you as well! Hope you like it and if there is anything specific Pumpkin Spice carries or My Thoughts Exactly has that you would like to see me share please let me know! Your feedback is important to me!. Have a great weekend!

And just a disclaimer I am a bit nervous because this is all new to me. I started off without the face intro, but my fiancee said it was weird you couldn't see my face at all in the beginning so I added that later.....

OK this is for you, my followers! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkjL_kw3Svo&feature=channel_video_title

If I can inspire just one person today I have done my job!

XOXO SugarGem

Pumpkin Spice December Blog Hop

Happy weekend everyone! Welcome to the December Pumpkin Spice Store Blog Hop!
Today the Design Team is featuring Christmas collections!

We are also unveiling this months featured artist kit over at Pumpkin Spice by the talented Ann Vento! Here is a little sneak peek!

Here is this months line up!

Pumpkin Spice Store Blog-

June
Carissa
Lenae - You are HERE
Court
Ann
Pumpkin Spice Store Blog-

I used the new Echo Park Season's Greetings collection! Which is one of my ultimate faves this year. Love Love Love this collection! The reds and the blues in this collection are to die for! It really is an amazing mix between traditional and non traditional!

 I also used my favorite GLITTERY TWINE by Doodlebug. You can get your darling little spool right here!
Just in case you missed the big announcement, Pumpkin Spice is looking to add to the design team! Take a look here!

Next on the hop is Court !

If I can inspire just one person today I have done my job!

XOXO SugarGem

The Big Advent Project! Plus WINNER !

I know I haven't been posting much in the last month. I have been busy busy busy with a brand new SVG file I made. Back in October my cousin's girlfriend sent me a picture of the Kaisercraft wood advent calendar drawer set. I am SURE you have seen them if you craft! She said she wanted to make something like that for the kiddos and wanted my help. The thing was those wooden boxes were a bit pricey and out of the budget as my cousin wasn't working at the time. So I set out to design something special. I actually surprised myself and made an entire paper drawer and shelf set out of only paper! I really couldn't believe I did this. I started working on this and was so excited to share this with everyone and then all of a sudden a ton of other companies started releasing similar SVG's so I sort of got discouraged and set it aside.

 My cousins girlfriend came over to my house a few times to work on the project, but we never finished it because on a good note my cousin got a job which meant no more time to craft. I bet you know how that goes?

I started making another one for my mom and grandma, but again I didn't finish it.

On Weds my very special crafting friend, Julia, came by and helped me finish BOTH of the calendars! I really wanted to have them finished by December 1st and WE did it! I can't thank her enough for her help!
And now I can finally share my creation with all of you!
I used my one of my favorite paper collections by My Minds Eye. It's called I believe! All embellishments are from the collection or from dies and punches, but the drawers and shelves are my SVG. I am so in love with this paper I bought 3!
Hope you like it! The first one is my cousins. She wanted it kind of fun and funky so here is what we came up with! Remember EVERYTHING IS PAPER! Completely handmade! :)

I also cut out little squares for the inside of the drawers. I love having little secret squirrel surprises on my projects. The squares were stamped with little surprise Christmas characters and sayings so when you open the drawer there is a little unexpected surprise!

The 2nd drawer set is almost identical, but it is more clean and simple! Julia is very talented at clean and simple so she did all the embellishing of the drawers for me! Isn't it great?

I can tell you that this Calendar is a bit complicated. I just can't decide if I should sell it? Part of the problem is I really don't have a way to do a tutorial for you and it might be too complicated without a tutorial. What do you think? If you are interested in purchasing this SVG please email at lovesugargem@gmail.com. It does make an amazing gift for someone special! You will blow them away that you made everything!

Today is also giveaway day for the My Thoughts Exactly Gift Certificate! The lucky winner is Jennifer! Please contact me at lovesugargem@gmail.com

 

If I can inspire just one person today I have done my job!

XOXO SugarGem