Mar 28, 2012 | Big Shot, Easter, Occasions Mini 2012, Punch Art, Sale-A-Bration 2012, Wildlife |
Well it’s getting close to Easter and I better start sharing Easter projects before it is too late. This super cute Easter Bunny idea came from my friend and upline Wendy Randall. I thought it was just perfect for my Easter class so we made this a couple of weeks ago and during the class I started thinking how cute he would be on a scrapbook page so at last weeks scrapbook class we did just that. Today I’ll share the box and tomorrow I’ll show you the scrapbook page.
Isn’t this the cutest bunny ever?
Don’t you love the big floppy ears? Those are from the Dresdan Die in the Stampin’ Up! Occasions Mini Catalog. This is a Big Shot/Punch Art project. For the ears I cut two sets of the Dresdan die petals and for the ears I used the smaller ones. I used one of the large ones to punch out the cheeks for the bunny face. And tomorrow you’ll see what I did with the other one. The bunny face is the Scalloped Oval Frame die – just use the inside oval and save the scallop frame for something else.
The cheeks are the 1″ circle punch and the eyes are Basic Black punched from the 1/2″ circle punch. His nose is Pretty in Pink small heart punch turned upside down. The whiskers and mouth are drawn on with the Black Journaler and there are some white gel pen highlights on his eyes. The inside of the ears are sponged with Pretty in Pink and the outsides of the face and cheeks are also sponged.
The box is Pretty in Pink (scored with the Simply Scored – love it!) and a piece of the Everyday Enchantment Designer Series paper from the Sale-A-Bration brochure is added to the box front and back. A handle is attached with the coordinating brads. A piece of the Calypso Coral ribbon was tied around one of the ears.
The little flower embellishment is fun to make – I used a strip of the designer paper 6″ long by about 1-1/4 or 1-1/2″ wide – punched first with the Eyelet Border punch. Then I used my bone folder to curl and break up the fibers of the paper so it would be easy to work with. Then starting at on end pleat the paper and fold it into a circle to create the flower. Just smoosh it into the shape you want it. The center has a punch flower from the Boho Blossom punch to cover up the ends of the pleats. I used the crop-a-dile to punch a hole through the center of all of it and added the brad to hold it all together. If you need to add some snail or other adhesive to make the ends stay together you can but you don’t necessarily need that. Add to the bunny ear with a stampin dimensional and then add a tag that says “Happy Easter”.
Fill the box with some treats and you have a super cute Easter treat for someone sweet.
And a quick update on the birds – it looks like the chickadees ended up with 5 eggs this year.
Now we wait while they incubate which is about 11-12 days. So maybe by the end of next week the babies will start hatching.
As for the bluebirds and other houses – no luck in any of them. Just the starter nest in one which I guess didn’t suit the bluebirds after all. I’ll keep watching – maybe some later bloomers will move in soon or we’ll get the second brood for those that have more than one set of eggs in the spring. Everyone is still coming to the yard to feed. But I do need to refill the feeders.
It’s also time to hang the hummingbird feeder again (actually I should have already done it). I’ll get to that in the next day or so.
It’s a beautiful spring day in Georgia – I hope it is where you are too.
Mar 15, 2012 | Big Shot, Birthday, Designer Series Paper, Occasions Mini 2012 |
We made this little project during Stamp Club this month. It’s an old idea that I created a couple of years ago. But back then we didn’t have the Simply Scored Tool or the Diagonal Score plate – and this is the perfect little project to make with those.
To start I cut a scallop square using the Big Shot die-cut machine and the clear scallop square die – I used a piece of Sweet Shop Designer Series paper. Then you’ll get out the Simply Scored and put the scallop square up in the corner – score it like a tic-tac-toe board – in between every 3 scallops. After that’s done, add the Diagonal Score plate to your Simply Scored – and put your scallop square back in the corner again. Now score a diagonal from each corner into where the two score lines meet on the tic-tac-toe board. So you have a diagonal score through the center of each corner square.
Now fold on all your score lines – the diagonals go in and the others go out. Punch a hole in each corner to pull your Baker’s Twine through and pull the corners together. Add a tag and tie a bow. The tag is the Decorative Label punch, “sweet treats” is a stamp from Teeny Tiny Wishes stamped in Island Indigo, doodle around the edges with the Stampin’ Write marker, and finally add a sticker from the cute Sweet Shop designer stickers. Fill with some candy and you have a cute sweet little treat to give to someone one.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Card stock: Whisper White
- Ink: Island Indigo pad & marker
- Stamp sets: Teeny Tiny Wishes
- Accessories: Decorative Label punch, Big Shot machine, Scallop Square Die, Simply Scored, Diagonal Plate, Pool Party Baker’s Twine, 1/16″ circle punch, Sweet Shop Designer Stickers, Sweet Shop Designer Series paper
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
Have a sweet day!
Mar 7, 2012 | Big Shot, Cards, Occasions Mini 2012, Sale-A-Bration 2012, Thank You |
I’m back – so sorry for being MIA for a while. I had a super busy weekend – I spent all day Saturday (literally all day – left at 7:30 am and got back at 11:00 pm) at the Bascomb UMC Scrapbook Crop. What a fun day! The days leading up to that I was frantically getting ready, printing flyers, packing scrapbook layouts, die-cutting hearts, butterflies, buttons and more for goody bags, prepping a make&take and packing up everything for my booth. The crop was a blast and I met so many nice ladies! I can’t believe I have never been to a crop before – they were so right about having more stuff than you had room for – even I needed more table space and I had 2 6foot tables for all my stuff. But one table was my M&T station which was a lot of fun. I hope to see many of those ladies at my classes and then again in October at the next crop.
So after that my parents came on Sunday to spend the night so I could spend time with them for my birthday. Kyle and Tyler both came home from college too and we had my birthday dinner Sunday night. That was a good thing because Monday (my actual birthday) was not a good day. I was sick and spent most of the day horizontal – so my parents went on home and I slept most of the day and missed my whole birthday. Yesterday I was up and about but not 100% – so I still ate very little but I was able to get back to work. I think I lost weight on Monday since it had to be an almost zero calorie day – I drank water, ate 4 saltine crackers and had some gatorade. Greg brought flowers home that evening and my dad brought me an orchid before they left to head back home. We make up our lunch and dinner plans later. Does this mean I didn’t really get a year older if I slept through my birthday?
Ok – sorry for the rambling but I wanted to let you know why I was gone for so long….
And I have one other issue – I put my camera in a safe place and now I can’t find it. So until then my pictures are from my iphone – so this one isn’t that great. This card uses both Sale-A-Bration and Occasions Mini Catalog products.
The main image is Apothecary Art which coordinates perfectly with the new Label Collection Framelits. I really love the framelits and can’t wait to see what new designs they have in our next catalog (coming June 1st). I stamped the image on Very Vanilla card stock first. Then use the Stamp-a-ma-jig to add the words in the banner section – I used Soft Suede ink by the way. I find it easier to color first – I used my Stampin’ Write Markers – Blushing Bride and Certainly Celery – then cut it with the Big Shot and the Label – and sponge the edges. I cut a Blushing Bride layer in the label that was one size larger – and sponge the edges of it too.
On the base of the card I stamped the Fresh Vintage stamp set which is one of the Sale-A-Bration stamp set choices – it is very subtle – Soft Suede ink on the Soft Suede card stock. I used Very Vanilla Seam Binding tied around the card base – tied in a knot. Attach the layered labels over the top with Stampin’ Dimensionals. To finish – cut some of the butterflies using the Beautiful Wings Embosslit – sponge those too – and add a couple of basic pearls.
The idea for this card came from the box that I created in February – I just decided to turned that idea into a card – here is that post.
I hope I didn’t bore you today with rambling – I wish I was a better writer – but I’m not sorry. I will probably be posting some more MDS projects since I don’t need my camera for those pictures. Have a great day!
Mar 2, 2012 | Big Shot, Cards, Sale-A-Bration 2012 |
This card uses the Elementary Elegance stamp set that is one of the Free sets you can get during Sale-a-Bration. The inside of the frame is the perfect fit for the Curly Label punch. This card idea is from Shelli – the head of Stampin’ Up! (there is a link to her blog in the side-bar).
First Edition Designer Series Paper, the Beautiful Wings Embosslit (one of my favorite) and some Lucky Limeade Baker’s Twine all finish off this card.
The front panel is cut short and punched with the scallop border punch. The First Edition Designer paper is attached to the front behind the scallop. Here is a little trick that I do so that it is lined up with the back of the card. Put adhesive on the inside of the card front right where the scallops are punched. Lay the First Edition designer paper on the inside of the card back and line it up with the right edge and top and bottom. Now close the front of the card and the adhesive will stick to the designer paper and it will be in exactly the right place.
Busy, busy today and for the weekend.
Feb 22, 2012 | Big Shot, Cards, Occasions Mini 2012, Sale-A-Bration 2012, Thank You |
Have you earned any of the Stampin’ Up! Sale-a-Bration items for free yet? This is a set you might want to get – it’s called Outlined Occasions.
This was a quick card to make using strips of Designer Series Paper from the Everyday Enchantment paper (also a Sale-A-Bration item). You could easily use strips of any paper that you have. I used the Stampin’ Write Markers that matched the colors in the paper to color the Outlined Occasions word. There are three word choices – Thanks, Celebrate, and Love. Any of them could be used on this card. I stamped the word first with JetBlack StazOn ink on Whisper White card stock. Then cut the word out with one of the labels from the Framelit Labels Collection (in the Occasions Mini Catalog).
The coordinating phrase was stamped on Lucky Limeade card stock and punched out with the Modern Label punch. I added some Rhinestones as accents.
The background is Crumb Cake and the colors I used that match the paper are Lucky Limeade, Pool Party, Peach Parfait.
Sale-A-Bration continues through the end of March. For every $50 of product that you order you can choose 1 Sale-A-Bration item for Free. If you’d like to see the brochure CLICK HERE.
Thanks for visiting today!
Feb 20, 2012 | Big Shot, Cards, Designer Series Paper, My Digital Studio, Sale-A-Bration 2012 |
Many people like to have a small calendar on their desk so they can see the month at a quick glance. You don’t want it to be too small that you can’t see the days but you don’t want it too large either because then it takes up lots of space on your desk. This years 2012 calendar is just that. Now that we have the latest Calendar update in My Digital Studio the calendar part is easy to create and you can change the colors of the month, days, lines, numbers to match the rest of the calendar project – the card stock and designer paper. This year I used the new Everyday Enchantment Designer Series Paper from Sale-A-Bration – the colors in the paper are Lucky Limeade, Pool Party, Peach Parfait, Calypso Coral, Poppy Parade and Soft Suede.
2012 Jan - Mar Calendar
The base of the calendar is Soft Suede. It is basically like a card with three months of the year on each of the four sides of the card. For each side I added a strip of the Everyday Enchantment Designer Series paper at the top. On the bottom are the three monthly calendars layered on a coordinating piece of card stock. Since the calendars were created using My Digital Studio I was able to match my colors to my project. Notice on Jan – Mar I was able to use Pool Party for the months and numbers which matches the paper.
2012 Apr - June Calendar
I used the Beautiful Wings Embosslit and the Fashionable Hearts Embosslit to cut butterflies and hearts to decorate the tops of each side.
To finish I tied some of the Organdy Ribbon in the Everyday Enchantment Sale-A-Bration pack around each side – Lucky Limeade on one side and the Calypso Coral on the other. Tie so that you have a bow on one side, then cut another smaller piece of ribbon and use it to add a bow to the other side – then you have a bow for each season.
2012 Jul - Sep Calendar
The hearts and butterflies are on dimensionals and you can dress up the butterfiles with brads or pearls or rhinestones.
2012 Oct - Dec Calendar
When assembling each side leave a gap at the bottom of the center month. Then cut a strip of card stock that will be used as the stand to keep the card from sliding apart and falling. My strip was maybe 1″ wide and 5 or so long and then scored twice to create a ‘U’ shape. Stick the ends inside those gaps between the card stock layers and it will hold your calendar up.
Have a nice day! After a rainy weekend we have sunshine today.
Isn’t this the cutest bunny ever?
Now we wait while they incubate which is about 11-12 days. So maybe by the end of next week the babies will start hatching.
