Oct 8, 2009 | Big Shot, Build-a-Bear |
Hi everyone! I wanted to share another project with you today using the Build-a-Bear product line. And I wanted to let you know that my contest entry that I sent to Stampin’ Up! last month was a winner! I got the email yesterday. I took the little sleeping bag idea and turned it into a 3-d project by creating a kids Color-Match Game. I’m not sure if I can show the project so I’ll wait on that for now. It will be published in the December issue of Stampin’ Success Magazine – which is our demonstrator monthly magazine. I’m having a phone interview next week – I’m excited and nervous too. Anyway onto the project I’m sharing today.
Last weekend I participated in a Holiday Bazaar and this was one of the items that I created to sell – it was one of the more popular items. The idea came from one they showed us on stage at convention. But the idea was just a little coloring kit and it was in a canvas bag. I couldn’t find little canvas bags so I decided to use what I had here at home – card stock. And when I went to the store to buy the little 8 packs of crayons – I discovered a 24 pack was only 25cents and the 8 pack was 3 time mores – so I bought the bigger boxes for less money.
The box of crayons fits nicely in the Fancy Favor box Big Shot die so I cut those out of Old Olive card stock. Assembled them and added a strip of card stock as a handle. I attached the handle with brads.
My concept was a tag kit for kids. I stamped the bears – Beary Best Friends- with various accessories – hat, balloon, flower, etc. on pieces of Whisper White card stock – I cut 2 sheet into 8 pieces each – so there were 16 tags for each box. I added a greeting on each one using the matching set in the mini catalog – Beary Nice Wishes. Punched a hole with the Crop-a-Dile and put them on a ring. I tied a piece of ribbon on the ring. The idea is that they can pick one that they need off of the ring – color it and then tie it onto a gift – they can add the to/from on the back and they’ll be set.
The front panel is stamped on the natural white card stock and water colored with the aquapainter and classic inks. I layered each on a coordinating piece of card stock and put on the front of the box with dimensionals.
I tied another piece of ribbon on each handle. I thought they really turned out cute. I plan to send one to my niece and nephew. Too bad my kids have already outgrown the Build-a-Bears. But I sure am having fun with them.
Thanks for stopping by today.
Have a Beary nice day!
Oct 6, 2009 | Big Shot, Christmas Punch, Holiday Mini Catalog 2009 |
One of the items that I made to sell at the Holiday Bazaar were packs of gift tags. I love making gift tags to go on all the gifts under our Christmas tree. I pulled out a variety of stamp sets both new and retired, my Big Shot, and my punches and got busy. They were quick and easy. I packaged up sets of them in cello bags, tied them with gold or silver cord and tied on one of the felt snowflakes from last year. Too bad we don’t have new snowflakes for this year.
For some I used my Big Shot and the Two Tags die to cut the tag bases out. I used Kraft card stock and then pulled the edges across my Whisper White Craft ink pad. I really like the way this looks. For this set – I used the folded tag from the die and then used the images from the Christmas Punch stamp set. This is a Level 2 hostess set and all the image fit into one of our punches. I was the first hostess set that I got.
The next set of tags uses the other tag on the Two Tags die – it has a scallop end on one side. It layers nicely with the Scallop circle punch. I used the snowflake image from the Sweet Seasons stamp set for this one. It is stamped in Night of Navy on Whisper White card stock. Punched out and adhered to the Kraft colored tag. I also stamped the to/from on there. These tags would be cute with a clear rhinestone brad in the center or each snowflake or even adding some dazzling diamonds glitter on them.
Another quick set for tags is the new Delightful Decorations stamp set paired with the Ornament Punch. I stamped a whole sheet of Whisper White card stock with the images and then punched them all out. I added some elastic cord to the top of each one and these were very quick to make.
One of them already has the to/from on the image and the others I just stamped it on the back.
Remember to stamp your image first then hole your punch upside down so you can see the image inside the punch. Adjust the image to fit in the opening and then punch. I always punch this way so I can see what I am doing.
Rain,rain go away, come again another day – like tomorrow is fine. The county band exhibition is tonight and all the marching bands in our county will be performing their shows. We need the rain to move out so they can get this done tonight. Our band is going to competition on Saturday and this performance will give them some feedback from an outside person on where they need to improve. Due to all the rain they have been short on practice time and still need to work on their closer. I hope they get it done. One last practice right after school today, then feed them, get into uniform, and head to the exhibition, get home late tonight —I guess homework will not get done or Tyler will be up late tonight.
Good Luck to the Etowah marching Eagles – have an awesome performance!
Sep 26, 2009 | Big Shot, class, Punch Art |
It’s the final project from my Treat Class and this one was one of the favorites from everyone that came.
I’ll be making a flock of these for Thanksgiving this year to use on our table. This project uses the Big Shot and some punches.
This idea originated from a demo that made Big Shot boxes for each month of the year and took them to a Stampin’ Up! event to share with everyone. Stampin’ Up! liked the idea so much they posted it on our Demonstrator website for all of us to see and use. I made a few slight changes from the original project. She used the Bag w/scallops dies and has the full circle on the front and back of the box – so it is taller than my version.
My version has the Box #2 die as the inside of the container – the top flaps were cut off so it is an open box. It is large enough to hold a cello bag filled with a cookie, or trail mix, or popcorn or an assortment of candy. Then I cut two Chocolate Chip Scallop Circles. I placed these on my box so that where the bottom of the box was is covered all the way across by the scallop circle – here I marked and then scored in between the scallops. Once you get one done then you can use it as a template to mark the rest. The scallop circle is attached with sticky strip to the outside of the box – the scored flap is folded under and sticky strip holds it to the bottom. This give the bottom of the box more support if yo were putting something heavier inside. If you don’t like that then just cut the scallop circle off at the bottom of the box.
To make the tail feathers cut a Scallop Circle die on the Big Shot – one in Pumpkin Pie, one in More Mustard and one in Old Olive. Fold them in half and cut from the center of the circle out to in between the scallops. You need two Pumpkin pie pieces that have four scallops, two More Mustard pieces with four scallops and one Old Olive piece with four scallops. Then fold the Pumpkin Pie and More Mustard ones in half. For the Old Olive fold in one scallop from each side. I used the bone folder to crease them all good. Then use snail and attach to the front of the box – lining them up with the Chocolate Chip scallops. Start in the center with the Old Olive. Then add More Mustard on each side – I have the fold on the outside. Then add the Pumpkin Pie pieces on each side – again with the fold on the outside.
Since my Turkey box was smaller I made my turkey smaller than the original one was. I used the 1-3/4″ circle punch for the body and a 1″ circle punch for the head. Black eyes are punched with the Crop-A-Dile and highlighted with a white gel pen. The feet are the large flower form the BoHo Blossoms punch – cut a piece with 3 petals for each foot. The nose is also from the largest flower on the BoHo Blossoms punch – one petal. The waddle is the smallest flower – cut away 3 petals on one side and then 2 on the other and it leaves you with the waddle shape. I use my 2-way glue pen when I do punch art and usually a pair of fine tipped craft tweezers are the best thing – the kind with the reverse handle so when you aren’t holding it it holds the piece and when you press the handles together it let’s go. I have found these to be very helpful when working with tiny pieces in punch art. Once the turkey is all together I stuck him on the front of the box with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
It is a fun little box and once you make one the rest going much faster. Using a combination of various Big Shot boxes, other dies and punches you can create a box for every month of the year. I love my Big Shot – if you don’t have one make sure to put it on your wish list and let your family know to give me a call or send them to my website so they can order it for you. And remember if you order it from me I’ll decorate your Big Shot for you too! Here is a look at mine:
I decorated mine shortly after I got it more than a year ago. And I personally decorated all the ones that I have sold so far. I have been using various Rub-Ons so everyone has their very own unique Big Shot once it is decorated.
Thanks for stopping by today!
Sep 24, 2009 | Big Shot |
One of the new items in the Stampin’ Up! catalog are TREAT BOXES. These are on page 159. They are coated and food-safe for gifts of all kinds of treats. You get 5 in a package for $3.95. They come flat and you just assemble. Add some ribbon and a tag and you have a really cute quick project.
This was project #5 in my Treat class last week. This was also one of our convention projects – well really two of our convention projects – I kind of combined two different things that we made at convention.
At convention we made the treat box and the tag that is in the front right side of my picture. That was one of our Make-n-Take projects. Then another one was the four tags using the new Stampin’ Up! Two Tags Bigz Die for the Big Shot. We made four tags total. For my class we used one of the fold up tags to hang on the treat bag. These little fold up tags would be cute with a candy cane tuck inside – but I searched and searched for candy canes and just couldn’t find them yet. Halloween candy is what is on the shelves right now. So we made this quick project without the candy canes – those you can add later.
These boxes can be easily used for any holiday – change the ribbon, change the tag and your good to go. They have a scalloped edge and a little punch out that creates a handle. You don’t even need any adhesive for the box itself.
The little stamp set we used here is Sweet Season one of the new Holiday stamp sets.
In case you can’t read what it says – the image with the house says “From our house to yours”, and the one with lots of words says “gingerbread & sugared things – enjoy the sweets the season brings”.
This tag with the scallop on one side is the one I used on my 50/50 jar that I posted last week. This is what it looks like just cut once with the tag portion left on it. I plan to make up sets of tags to sell at the Holiday Bazaar that I will be taking part in on Oct. 3rd. If you live near Woodstock, GA I hope you will come by.
Have a sweet day!
Sep 21, 2009 | Big Shot, class, Designer Series Paper |
Here is another treat holder from my class on Friday – the class was all different types of treat holders not just the Sweet Treat containers in the minis. My idea was to show various styles of treat holders for the various holidays and how to change each one to use for other holidays (or occasions). Some I had examples for and others I just mentioned ways to change them.
So here is another idea that is really a quick project to make. This one uses the Big Shot machine to cut the Top Note die pieces – two from Pumpkin Pie card stock pieces. I also cut one from a piece of Cast-A-Spell Designer Series Paper – to maximize the paper it is a 3″ x 4″ piece – so you can get 12 pieces from a full sheet of DSP. You can cut it smaller because you don’t need the full Top Note die for the DSP piece.
One of the Pumpkin Pie card stock pieces needs to be scored and folded over – I score mine by lining the center points of the Top Note on the 1″ line on my cutter. I used the Tombo Multipurpose adhesive to glue the two sides and bottom edge of the 2 pieces of card stock together – this leaves you with a pocket that the M&M’s can slide into – or a gift card, or money or whatever you need that is fairly flat.
I tied some ribbon around and added the Little Boo stamp (back page of the catalog for $6.95). He is stamped in Perfect Plum, punched with the 1-1/4″ circle punch, layered with a 1-3/8″ circle of Old Olive and a Scallop Circle of Basic Black.
This one is easy to change to any occasion – so easy in fact this is what became my sleeping bag for the Build-A-Bears. I actually made this project first and while it laid on my craft table I kept looking at it and thought – huh….that looks just like a sleeping bag, then I wondered what else would fit in there and that’s when the Build-a-Bears came into the picture. You can read back a week or two in my blog posts and you’ll see the resulting project.
If you want Christmas – use the Merry Moments DSP and a snowflake image or one from Christmas Punch or Sparkly & Bright.
If you want fall – use Autumn Traditions and the Falling Leaves stamp set or a pumpkin image.
Need a Thank You – use the Very Thankful stamp set for the image and any paper that suits your fancy.
And so on, and so on…..
Have fun with it…
Sep 16, 2009 | Big Shot, Decor Elements, Designer Series Paper, Inspired by Nature, Stamper's Club, SU Ribbon, Upsy Daisy |
Earlier this month we had a STARZ group meeting that was a lot of fun. Wendy had some great projects for us and the one I’m going to share today is very similar to a framed art project I did awhile back with my Stamper’s Club. I got the idea from a project that they showed us at the Regional Conference in Orlando. My original frame project was this one with the “Welcome” Decor Elements – my club member also used the Inspiration Decor Elements pieces for theirs. We used the Urban Garden Designer Series paper and the main colors were Baja Breeze and Kiwi Kiss. The stamp set is Inspired by Nature. The Decor Elements is on the glass. The ribbon is tied around the outside of the glass. On my frame the butterflies are inside the glass.
I shared the idea at a STARZ meeting and Wendy created her own frame project and another friend, Michelle, also made her own versions. Wendy had her version as one of our projects at our last STARZ meeting using a smaller frame. For this one we used the Razzleberry Lemonade Designer Series Paper and stamped with the Upsy Daisy stamp set using the baby-wipe technique. The main colors are Rich Razzleberry, Crushed Curry and Melon Mambo. The butterflies are the Beautiful Butterflies die for the Big Shot and on Wendy’s version we used the Inspiration Decor Elements pieces – mine says “love”. The other words in the set are “life”, “hope”, and “faith”. On Wendy’s version the butterfly is attached outside the glass so it looks more 3 dimensional.
I plan to make some more frames in various colors to sell at the Holiday Bazaar in my neighborhood.
If you live near me please plan to come out to this event – everyone is invited. I will have a table of completed handcrafted items for sale, samples of other Decor Elements projects, a make-n-take project, sign ups for classes and catalogs for ordering. There will be a variety of other people there to help you get ready for the holidays. Here are the details:
HOLIDAY BAZAAR
DATE: OCT 3
TIME: 12PM Till 7PM
LOCATION: 1053 Towne Lake Hills East
Woodstock, GA
Towne Lake Hills E Subdivision
Join us for our 3RD annual Holiday Bazaar
Thanks for stopping by today.
