Nov 7, 2012 | Big Shot, Birthday, Cards, Holiday catalog 2012 |
I don’t think that I shared this card on here yet. It was one of the cards we made last month in my Ornament Keepsakes class. I was showing some different ways to use this stamp set and I found this idea.
For this card the circular ornaments are turned upside down and they become hot air balloons. How cute is that!
Now you can use this stamp set all year long – this is one way to use it for a fun birthday card – choose your colors for the balloons. Ink the stamp – then I wiped off the tip (which in this case becomes the basket) and use a marker to ink it back up. Stamp on Whisper White and then cut out with the matching set of framelits. The clouds are from the cupcake punch. Enjoy!
Nov 1, 2012 | Big Shot, Cards, Christmas, Create with Connie & Mary, Holiday catalog 2012 |
So how was Halloween? I was worried that there were no trick-or-treaters. When the boys were little we all went out around 6 and I thought that was what everyone still did. But no one was out at 6, or at 6:30 – it was 7 before I had my first two little trick-or-treaters. The rest sprinkled in here and there until about 8:30. No where near the number of kids we used to get. I think our end of the neighborhood doesn’t really have any little kids anymore – we have all lived in our homes for ever and our kids are either grown, in college, or well into high school. So I have candy left! Actually I gave out pretzels too and while my boys thought that was a bad idea – let me just say most of the kids were more excited about the pretzels than the candy – really!
So on to this weeks Create with Connie & Mary Thursday challenge! This week we have a cute sketch challenge. When I saw it with the three little elements on the front it made me think of the Merry Mini’s stamp set in the Stampin’ Up! Holiday catalog. So that is what I decided to use for my card.
Mine is a 4-1/4″ square card with a layer of Festival of Prints Designer Paper from the little pack in the Holiday catalog. If you want more ideas with the same stamp set be sure to see the cards that Mary created for the new Card “Create”ions class. Details are below.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Stamps: Merry Minis, Petite Pairs
- Ink: Early Espresso, Lucky Limeade, Crumb Cake
- Card Stock: Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla
- Accessories: Big Shot die-cut machine, Apothecary Accents Framelits, Festival of Prints Designer Series Paper Stack, Merry Minis Punch Pack, Stampin’ Sponge, Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding, Stampin’ Dimensionals
Visit Create with Connie & Mary and submit your creation for this weeks challenge – each week 3 top creations are selected. I hope you will join us this week – every week I find some great ideas and I love to see all the different interpretations of each challenge.
Did you check out Connie & Mary’s new online mini class? It’s called Card “Create”-ions and it just started – already there are some really awesome card ideas! Here are some of the details for you –
JOIN US for a BRAND NEW venture with creative card ideas
using holiday and winter stamp sets from the Main and Holiday Mini catalogs!
* Over 45 EXCLUSIVE cards with 15 stamp sets featured!
* 3 week mini edition
* October 28 thru November 17
* Printable supply lists & measurements
* 24/7 access
* Perfect for classes or personal cards!
* Designers Elizabeth Price, Debbie Henderson and Deb Currier are joining us!
Oct 25, 2012 | Big Shot, Birthday, Cards, Create with Connie & Mary |
Are you ready for a butterfly creation today? Well I have one all ready for this weeks Create with Connie & Mary Thursday challenge! This week is a color challenge – Island Indigo, Daffodil Delight and Lucky Limeade. Actually I could probably use those same colors and make something for this weeks Neon challenge on My Digital Studio.net – but I probably won’t have time to get it done before the deadline so forget that. Ok – here is this fun card —
It’s really bright and has more of a summer feel to it. I know that makes it out of season – but that’s ok. The idea/inspiration from this card came from a new blog that I started following – it is a demonstrator in Germany – her name is Jenni – and her blog is written in German. So I have to dig deep into my memory bank and try to remember some German so I can figure out what she is saying. Maybe I’ll get a few words here and there….. anyway she has some really pretty creations and one was similar to this card with the butterflies. So I used that idea along with this weeks colors for the challenge –
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Stamps: French Foliage, Petite Pairs
- Ink: Island Indigo, and Daffodil Delight and Lucky Limeade Markers
- Card Stock: Island Indigo, Daffodil Delight, Vellum
- Accessories: Big Shot die-cut machine, Finishing Touches Edgelits, White Bakers Twine, Elegant Butterfly punch, Corner Rounder punch, Basic Rhinestone jewels
Visit Create with Connie & Mary and submit your creation for this weeks challenge – each week 3 top creations are selected. I hope you will join us this week – every week I find some great ideas and I love to see all the different interpretations of each challenge.
And guess what Connie & Mary just started – a new online mini class that is all about cards – and looks like it is going to be great! There are already some sneak peeks on the main site but if you want to see everything you have to join the class! Here are some of the details for you –
JOIN US for a BRAND NEW venture with creative card ideas
using holiday and winter stamp sets from the Main and Holiday Mini catalogs!
* Over 45 EXCLUSIVE cards with 15 stamp sets featured!
* 3 week mini edition
* October 28 thru November 17
* Printable supply lists & measurements
* 24/7 access
* Perfect for classes or personal cards!
* Designers Elizabeth Price, Debbie Henderson and Deb Currier are joining us!
Oct 24, 2012 | Big Shot, Christmas, Holiday catalog 2012, Punch Art, Tags |
I found the cutest ever Santa Tag idea on Pinterest. At least I think it was on Pinterest. But evidently I didn’t actually pin it so when I went back to see who created it I couldn’t find it! If you happen to know who it is let me know and I’ll update my post. In any case it fit perfectly in my Ornament Keepsakes Bundle class – I wanted to showcase some different ways to use the items in this bundle that is featured in the front of the Stampin’ Up! Holiday catalog. Something besides stamp an image, cut it out and put it on a card. It was a really fun class and I think I was able to show everyone the many possibilities that there are with the bundle items. Are you ready to see it?
Isn’t he so cute! The girls wanted to know where was Mrs. Claus and the reindeer – so maybe, just maybe I’ll have to come up with a whole set – that really would be cute, wouldn’t it! Here is the inside –
This uses one of the Holiday Ornaments Framelits – its the big one that looks like a light bulb. So this tag reminds me of the lightbulb ornaments that have been around for years. I folded a piece of Whisper White card stock and cut it so that the top fold did not cut through so it could be a tag that opened up. I don’t think the one I saw did that but I’m not sure.
Then cut an extra white piece and emboss the tip to c
reate the Santa beard. You could alternately just emboss the front part of the tag without adding the extra layer. But I also used it as a guide for the mustache and to hide any over sponging that might have occurred on the face.
Cut a Cherry Cobbler Ornament to make Santa’s hat – punch the tip off using the Decorative Label punch. I don’t know for sure if the original creator used that one but that is what it looked like.
Add a little tuft of hair which is the tip of the large blossom from the Build a Blossom punch. Another thought I had was to just add some white Baker’s Twine for hair – but maybe that would be too bulky – I may try in and see.
The mustache is two layers – the larger part is the wing from the two-step Bird punch. the smaller part is the small petal from the Build a Blossom punch. And then a shiny red nose punched from Red Glimmer paper. Oh and by the way sponge the face with Pink Pirouette ink (or another light ink color).
Add some Cherry Cobbler Baker’s Twine for a hanger. Super cute – don’t you think!
Have a fun day – be back tomorrow for this week’s Create with Connie & Mary challenge. I really like the card I created and I can’t wait to show you!
Oct 22, 2012 | Big Shot, Cards, Christmas, Holiday catalog 2012 |
This card idea came from a presentation at convention (I think it was Bonnie’s).
She was showing us the Ornament Keepsakes stamp set and matching Framelits in the Holiday Catalog. On this particular card she used mulitple pieces from the set and showed us how to stamp them and set it up so we could cut everything with one pass through the Big Shot.
When you are at convention (or other events) they show what the person is doing by putting it up on a screen and if you want a picture of it you have to be fast before they change it or they move on to something else. So needless to say the pictures aren’t usually the greatest and so looking back at them later I have to remember why did I want a picture of that. So while this isn’t the greatest picture it does show you what I’m talking about for setting up this card. You want a strip of card stock that you are going to stamp all the images on and glue the small piece of Designer Series paper on one end. Then layout out all the framelits and cut everything.
The circle is punched out with a circle punch – I used a 1″ punch and a different stamp than what Bonnie used. And my card is similar but not exactly the same. I wanted to also show the piercing templates – so there is piercing around the card (but not through the greeting) and also around the designer paper ornament.
This month you can get the Festive Piercing Template pack (which includes the template that matches these ornaments) if you purchase the Ornament Keepsakes stamp set (or stamp/framelit bundle) plus the Candlelight Christmas Designer Series paper. More information is on my website – www.monika.stampinup.net.
Have a great day!
Oct 18, 2012 | Big Shot, Create with Connie & Mary, Designer Series Paper, Halloween, Holiday catalog 2012 |
Are you still getting ready for Halloween? I finally bought a pumpkin yesterday but I haven’t put out any Halloween decorations yet. But I have been coming up with different Halloween treat ideas and I have another one for you today. It’s based on a sketch for this weeks Create with Connie & Mary Thursday challenge.
Here is what the sketch looks like –
I guess it looks like it could be a card but it’s not! It’s actually a slip cover for a box of mummy candy that I found at the store.
It just slips around the box. I just happened to have a piece of the Howlstooth & Scaringbone Designer Series paper that was exactly the same height as the box of candy. I wrapped the paper around it and trimmed the extra and glue the ends together to form the slip cover. “Boooo” is stamped directly on the designer paper. I cut a strip of Tangerine Tango card stock and embossed it with the square lattice embossing folder – glued it diagonally to the front of the box and trimmed it against the box. I used a leftover tag from the Googly Treat Kit and stamped it with the mummy image. I sponged the tag with Crumb Cake to tone down the white since my designer paper had Very Vanilla in it. I also watercolored the mummy to give him some dimension. I tied some Basic Black ribbon around the box and through the tag. Now to decide who will get this mummy treat…..
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Ink: JetBlack StazOn, Crumb Cake
- Card Stock: Tangerine Tango
- Accessories: Big Shot die-cut machine, Square Lattice Embossing Folder, Ghoulish Googlies Designer Kit, Stampin’ Sponge, Aqua-painter, Basic Black 3/8″ Taffeta Ribbon, Howlstooth & Scaringbone Designer Series paper
Visit Create with Connie & Mary and submit your creation for this weeks challenge – each week 3 top creations are selected. Each challenge is open for a week. Is this your week to be one of the top picks? Do you think you can use this sketch for something other than a card?
Monika Davis
