I’m trying to see what I still haven’t shared from the things that I made and took to the Stampin’ Up! Convention this year.  This little project was one of my favorite and I would have made more but I ran out of time and out of the little peat pellets.  I made a handful of them and gave them out to some of my “online” friends.

With the convention theme of GROW – I decided to make a little growing kit – I used some bags that I had purchased and found peat pellets – they are little round disks of compressed dirt like peat – you add water and they expand for you to plant your seeds.  Each bag has four and I decided to copy the images that are on the corner pages in our new Idea Book & Catalog – have you noticed the pot in the corner that grows as you go through the sections of the catalog?  Well that was where my idea came from.

The flower pot is from the Pennant Parade stamp set – I used a Cajun Craze marker to ink only the base.  The rain drops are the “seeds” from the Blossom Bouquet Triple Layer punch – the third setting with the detail.  The stems are just an Old Olive marker.  The flower is from the Itty Bitty Bits stamp set – I used Melon Mambo ink.  The butterfly is from the Charming stamp set and it is Peach Parfait ink.

These were all stamped on Whisper White and punched with the 1-1/4″ Circle punch.  The edges were sponged with Old Olive ink and then layered on a 1-3/8″ Old Olive Circle punch out.  Then I attached them to the peat pellet with a bit of snail.    The pellets actually have a thin netting around them so the adhesive sticks to that.  I slid all four into a cello bag.

I put Wildflower seeds into a 1×8 skinny cello bag and sealed it by folding it almost in half.  Then I tied a piece of Bakers Twine and a modern label tag to the top of each.  I hand wrote “wildflower seeds” on each tag.  I slid this into the larger cello bag next to the peat pellets.

I added a bag topped that I created in My Digital Studio and a set of instructions.  Both were printed on Whisper White card stock.  The topper used the GROW digital stamp image for My Digital Studio.  On the back I had a message to my friends.  The instructions were printed and cut to slide into the cello bag behind the seeds and pellets.  I used Peach Parfait ribbon to tie around the top.

They really turned out cute and I hope everyone uses them to “Grow” this year!  I wish I had saved one for myself but I gave them all away.