Oct 17, 2012 | Big Shot, Halloween, Stampin' Up! Events |
Finally I have the tutorial ready for my on stage presentation at the Stampin’ Up! Chattanooga Regional. I didn’t mean for it to take so long. But with lots going on and trouble with our internet connection for the last week it just didn’t happen any sooner. But I have it ready now and you still have time to make the Halloween version or try one of the other versions.
Here is another picture of my project in case you forgot because it has been so long –
Googly Ghouls Halloween treat bags
CLICK HERE to get the tutorial on how to make these cute little treats. And if you want to see my post from the regional presentation – click here.
Have a great day!
Oct 13, 2012 | Big Shot, Scrapbook Pages |
Good Morning! It looks like its going to be a beautiful Saturday. I hope you are doing something fun today. I’m going to go see my parents – yeah! It’s been a busy week with stamp club, MDS digi crop, a private card class, the consignment sale and our big landscaping project started. Lots of workers, trucks and equipment have been here the past few days and will continue next week – I can’t wait to see it all done. Ryan is headed to a band competition so I need to make sure he is already here shortly. Another busy day.
Here is a layout you could use to scrapbook a busy day, or a leisurely day – I think I’m going to use it for one of the days in my Hilton Head trip – the day we rode the bikes. The idea behind this layout is that you have photos from throughout the day of things that you did (or do each day). It can be a special day or an ordinary day. On the photos you would have a number representing the time of day – an 8, then 12 for noon, 2 for 2 pm, etc. I haven’t added any pictures so I don’t have my numbers on here but they are cut in Midnight Muse like the little heart by the title.
Here is the detail of the bike –
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Stamps: Summer Afternoon, Apothecary Art
- Ink: Jet Black StazOn, Soft Suede, Cajun Craze, Midnight Muse, Summer Starfruit, Pool Party
- Card Stock: Soft Suede, Cajun Craze, Midnight Muse, Summer Starfruit, Very Vanilla
- Accessories: Aqua Painter, Very Vanilla Seam Binding, Brushed Bronze Buttons, Corner Rounder Punch, Big Shot Die-cut machine, Large Scallop Edgelit, Labels Collection Framelits, Typeset Alphabet Dies
Have a great day!
Oct 1, 2012 | Big Shot, Birthday, Cards, Pierced Circle |
I created this card for my Paper Piercing class but decided that I wanted to also use it for my swap card at Hilton Head. To start off our Stampin’ Up! Hilton Head Getaway Trip a couple of the girls organized a swap for us on Thursday night. There were a bunch of groups – each had 21 swappers – so we brought 21 of the same card and came back with 20 different card swaps. I’ll have to take pictures of the ones I received but for now here is the one that I made.
The card base is Chocolate Chip. The underneath layer is Crumb Cake stamped with the Flowering Flourishes stamp set in Chocolate Chip. The top layer is Baja Breeze – I punched three circles – 1-3/4″, 1-1/4″, 1″ – then I lined up each circle with the matching piercing template from the Essentials Piercing Pack and pierced a circle around each of the punched out circles. The greeting is from Petite Pairs.
I used the Big Shot to cut Crumb Cake flowers using the Floral Fusion Sizzlit – cut two sets and then stack them together like this – 1 large, 1 medium – 1 large, 1 small – 1 medium, 1 small. All the flowers are crumpled and sponged – I used Crumb Cake ink but if you like it darker use the Chocolate Chip. Pierce a hole through the center of each stack and put a little button brad from the Vintage Trinkets through the flowers and then through the card front. Attach the card front to the layered card base with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
It’s back to reality now that I’m back from the Hilton Head trip. Thank you Stampin’ Up! for a wonderfully relaxing getaway! Now to work on next year!
Sep 25, 2012 | Big Shot, Cards |
This is one of the cards that we made at my Hands-on Class last week. We focused on Paper Piercing and using the new piercer, mat and templates. The card idea comes directly from the catalog – it is based on the sample that they have on the page with the piercing tools.
I made a few changes – one was changing the orientation of the card. There is piercing around the Apothecary Accents framelit – using the template in the Essentials pack. There is piercing along the large scallop edglit – that’s also in the Essentials pack. And then straight line piercing around the rest of the layered panel on the card. All the piercing on this card uses the Essentials Paper-piercing pack.
The colors I used are So Saffron, Baja Breeze, Tangerine Tango and Always Artichoke. I believe the catalog used Daffodil Delight in their example – I’m not sure why I used a different yellow – but I did. It turned out to be a pretty card.
If you are a member of the Create with Connie & Mary Holiday edition class – my guest designer project posted today – I made a cute card set, matching envelopes and a surprise container to store them all in. But you have to be a member to see it! There are lots of great projects – a new one posted every day – and they all have step by step photo tutorials with them. So go over there and join if you haven’t already….. CLICK HERE.
Tonight is our first My Digital Studio Digi Crop Night – it should be fun – if you are local come join Cindy and I and have a fun evening with friends. Details are on my website and on my facebook page.
Sep 24, 2012 | Big Shot, Halloween, Holiday catalog 2012, Stampin' Up! Events |
I am back from the Chattanooga Stampin’ Up! Regional on Saturday. Boy what a fun and exciting day! I loved spending the day with so many friends, learning new stamping ideas, and stamping. And I made it through my on stage presentation! I really don’t remember what I said or if I was even talking in complete sentences. You know how sometimes you think something in your head but all of it doesn’t really come out of your mouth. I’m wondering now if I did that. Well I’m going to put together a tutorial for the project and post it soon so it will have all the steps and hopefully fill in any of the blanks I left during the presentation.
Here is my name up on the big screen –
And here is a picture that my friend Christine got of me up on the stage –
I’m getting more pictures from my friends but Christine was right in the front row so she got a really good one. And here are the projects that I showed.
They hung all the ideas up on the board so everyone could get pictures of them. But I took some pictures at home too so here are my close ups –
Googly Ghouls Halloween treat bags
No Peeking Holiday treat bags
I like to do things in 3s a lot of the time – probably because I have 3 boys so I always buy treats and gifts in 3s and prefer to have the same item for each but in a different design. These little bags fit 3 chocolate nuggets perfectly and also the mini kit kat bars (I used those in the Halloween treats). Here are some more ideas –
Snowflake Chapstick bags
School treat bag filled with Smarties – 3 packs fit perfect in here!
And a pretty Sunflower Treat bag – filled with chocolate of course!
I’ll be working on the tutorial and hopefully have it for you later this week!
Thanks so much!
Sep 21, 2012 | Big Shot, Birthday, Holiday catalog 2012, Stampin' Up! Events |
This Saturday I’ll be heading to Chattanooga for a fun girls trip to the Stampin’ Up! Regional. I wanted to make a little something for all my friends that I will see. And here is what I came up with – this is my instagram photo –
To make the flower – I used the Big Shot die-cut machine and the Floral Frames Framelits – I used the center flower in the set. Cut one flower and then score in between every two petals. Then cut away ONE petal (not two) and the one that is left is glued behind the pair on the other side. Then I curled the end of a piece of floral wire and poked it through the center. If needed nip a tiny hole with your paper snips at the base of the flower. To hold it in place I put a mini glue dot at the base and tied a piece of gumball green ribbon around the wire and slid it right up to the base of the flower – you can just see it peeking out in this picture. Trim the wire to the length you want.
I used a small cello bag and filled it partially with some beans – then tied it shut with white Baker’s Twine. I trimmed off extra of the bag that was sticking out the top. Stick the flower into the center of the bag. I cut a piece of muslin – I used an 8″ square – pull it up around the bag of beans and the base of the flower and tie shut with some of the ribbon. I used the ribbon that matched my flower – this one is Primrose Petals.
To finish I stamped a tag from the Mixed Medley Hostess set – punched with the small scallop circle punch (both in the Holiday Catalog). And tied that on with some Linen Thread. I’ll try to get a picture of the whole lot so you can see all the colors – I used Summer Starfruit, Midnight Muse, Raspberry Ripple, Primrose Petals, and also Baja Breeze.
I’m excited about the trip to Chattanooga and nervous too! I’ll be doing a demo on stage – so wish me luck – I hope I don’t shake too much and that everyone will be able to hear me. And that I remember what I’m planning to say – I’m going to write out some index cards to help me.
Gotta go……
