Jan 18, 2012 | Big Shot, Occasions Mini 2012, Scrapbook Pages |
Gnomes. Do you like gnomes? I’m not sure. When I see gnomes or hear about gnomes I actually think of my grandmother. I don’t really remember much about her; I was young when she died; she lived in Germany; didn’t speak English; and we didn’t see her that often. My mom says she did come and stay with us for maybe a month or so at a time but I guess I was young enough that I don’t fully remember that. But I do remember that she always brought gnomes with her from Germany when she came to visit. We had them in our yard and back them they weren’t plastic gnomes – they must have been made from clay or something and probably painted. I imagine my mom still has some in her attic – I will need to ask her.
I also think of my niece, Emily, because a couple of years ago she bought herself a gnome – you know the travel site gnome – and she takes it with her and takes pictures of it everywhere. So when we took our trip to the mountains in NC a couple of summers ago the gnome came with us. When I saw that Stampin’ Up! had a new gnome set the first thing I could think of was making a scrapbook page with Emily and her gnome.
This layout is for the contest at Leadership for the Gnome Sweet Gnome stamp set.
It is an 8×8 layout. The picture is Emily with her gnome – Gnarlin. We were eating at a restaurant somewhere in NC and I took this cute picture. I did use the border to cover the bottom edge of the picture which has the empty dishes in the foreground – they needed to be hidden. I used the Twitterpated Designer Series paper – the Riding Hood Red and Basic Gray prints. I added the little bow at the top and included the little hanging lantern stamp –
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Card stock: Riding Hood Red, Marina Mist, Whisper White
- Ink: JetBlack StazOn, Stampin’ Write Markers – Riding Hood Red, Marina Mist, Basic Gray, Old Olive, Blush Blossom, Daffodil Delight
- Stamp sets: Gnome Sweet Gnome
- Accessories: Twitterpated Designer Series Paper, Scallop Edge Border punch, 3/16″ Corner Rounder punch, Subtles Designer Buttons, 1/8″ Marina Mist Taffeta Ribbon, White Bakers Twine, Stampin’ Sponge, Big Shot Die-Cut Machine, Billboard Alphabet Decorative Strip Die, 2-way glue pen, Mini Glue Dots, Stampin’ Dimensionals
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
Tonight I’ll be attending the Manager’s Reception – it will be my first time to go. I’m so excited.
Jan 17, 2012 | Big Shot, Cards, Occasions Mini 2012, Valentine's Day |
I’m crossing fingers that there is no traffic or very little, that we get to the airport, through security and our flight has no problems. I was a bit irked with the airline because when I made my reservations I had a flight that left after 11 am so I could leave my house after the morning rush hour traffic. But they move my flight up by more than an hour and it leaves before 10 am now and that means I have to leave my house before rush hour traffic. And our rush hour lasts more than an hour around here. So I’m up before dawn and Diane will be up even earlier since she has to drive to my house and she is even further away.
Here is another card for you – this one uses one of the new A La Carte stamps in the Occasions Mini Catalog – it’s called Candy Conversations. I created this as a contest entry and also as a general swap card.
I also used the new Adorning Accents Textured Impressions Embossing Folder – the strip with the hearts – on this card. I’m also planning to add this card to my Card Maker’s Club – it will be one of the options for the January class on the 25th right after I get back. The Cherry Cobbler panel and each of the little hearts are popped-up with Stampin’ Dimensionals. And I did use the Stamp-a-ma-jig to align the “Be Mine Valentine”. I also made a punching template using my grid paper to line up punched circles so they would be spaced evenly across the card front. To make each subsequent card I laid the template on top of the cherry cobbler layer – traced inside the circles, move the template and then punch around each circle. You could just punch through the template but what I found is that if I was even a hair off with my punch it would punch my template and be going through 2 pieces of card stock which makes it difficult to punch and left frayed edges. So tracing inside the circle template and then aligning my punch around the pencil marks worked better for me.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Card stock: Chocolate Chip, Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White
- Ink: Chocolate Chip Stampin’ Write marker
- Stamp sets: Candy Conversations
- Accessories: Big Shot Die-Cut Machine, Adorning Accents Textured Impressions Embossing Folders, Small Heart punch, 3/4″ Circle punch, Basic Pearls, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Cherry Cobbler Baker’s Twine Stampin’ Dimensionals
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
Jan 16, 2012 | Big Shot, Cards, Occasions Mini 2012, Stampin' Up! Events, Valentine's Day, Wedding |
I am making final preparations to leave for the Stampin’ Up! Leadership Conference early tomorrow morning. And part of that is setting up some blog posts for this week to show you some of the things that I made and will be taking with me to swap. One of the best things about a Stampin’ Up! event is the swapping. Meeting new people, getting lots of ideas and seeing old friends are all part of swapping. There are generally two kinds of swapping going on – organized swaps – where someone plans a particular swap around a theme, type of project, or product and there are a set number of people swapping. I am signed up for several of these. And then there is general swapping – where you just swap like projects with whoever is around you and you make as many as you want to swap. I have some of these too but not as many as I do when I go to convention. The organized swaps that I am in include a full card swap with the UStamp class girls, a treat wrapper swap – I’m in two groups for this one, and a scrapbook swap. I haven’t done a scrapbook swap before so I’m anxious to see what kind of layout ideas I get.
Of and something new that they added to our event is a contest – for every stamp set in the Occasions Mini Catalog they will choose a winner from the contest entries – so I was attempting to make a card (or scrapbook page) with every stamp set from the Mini Catalog that I have. And surprisingly I have a lot – and most of them I earned free one way or another – I think I only bought two stamp sets. I haven’t finished making everything I wanted for the contest entries but I’m hoping to get a few more done – the more I enter the more chances to win. And they will put them up on the display boards to share with everyone too.
So now onto something to share with you today…..
This is one of my contest entries and general swaps. It uses the new Take it to Heart stamp set and the Hearts Collection Framelits Dies. I really love these Framelit dies – I hope we have more when the next catalog comes out this summer. I also used the Loving Thoughts stamp set – all the words in that set fit inside the banner that comes with the Take it to Heart set. The banner does have to be cut out by hand – no punch or die for it.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Card stock: Early Espresso Textured, Pear Pizzazz, Blushing Bride, Whisper White
- Ink: Pear Pizzazz, Blushing Bride, Blushing Bride Stampin’ Write Marker
- Stamp sets: Take it to Heart, Loving Thoughts
- Accessories: Big Shot Die-Cut Machine, Hearts Collection Framelits Dies, Full Heart punch, Small Heart punch, Itty Bitty Shapes punch pack, Blossom Bouquet Triple Layer punch, Basic Pearls, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Mini Glue Dots, Stampin’ Dimensionals
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
I’ll be back here tomorrow with another project but I really be traveling to Texas. It should be a fun and busy week.
Jan 12, 2012 | Big Shot, Occasions Mini 2012, Tags |
Don’t you think your dogs should have Valentine’s too? They can give them to their doggie friends and doggie sweethearts!
I found these teeny tiny milk bones and they fit in the 1″ x8″ skinny cello bags – which by the way are still available on the carry-over list.
So I decided to make doggy Valentine’s – look at these –
How cute! Here is a close up look at the tag –
The base of the tag is a Soft Suede circle – its the 2-1/2″ Circle punch. I stamped the ‘V’ from the Occasions Alphabet set using JetBlack StazOn ink.
Then on a piece of Very Vanilla card stock I stamped the little dog from Friends Fur-ever stamp set along with the little heart in his mouth. I water-colored with the Aqua Painter. I used Sahara Sand and Riding Hood Red ink.
The little heart at the top is Riding Hood Red card stock – first I punched the small heart in the card stock, then I put it on my Big Shot cutting pad and cut it again with the smallest heart from the Hearts Collection Framelits dies in the new Stampin’ up! Occasions Mini Catalog. I tied the tag and heart to the top of my cello bag with a piece of Soft Suede ribbon.
Cute don’t you think? Are your dogs ready to make Valentines?
Jan 9, 2012 | Big Shot, Birthday, Stamper's Club, Stampin' Up! Events |
Well it is Monday – and all my boys are back to school. Ryan actually went back last week – that’s the high school. Kyle and Tyler went back to college on Friday and their classes start today. So I’m in the house alone today. I have lots of work to do to get ready to go to leadership so I’m trying to work on that this week. Next Tuesday I’ll be going – my friend Diane is traveling with me and we will be rooming with Michelle and Becky and our friends Fran and Linda have a room in our hotel too. We will be in San Antonio, TX for the Stampin’ Up! Leadership conference. I’m very excited – it will be my very first Manager’s Reception. That reminds me I need to take pictures of the invitation and post that for you to see – very unique!
But for today I have a fun cheery project – we made this Friday night at my Stamp Club. I have been wanting to make this project for the last year – it was an idea that I got in a swap last year at the leadership conference. So I have held on to it waiting for the right time to use it and it happened to be at this months’ stamp club meeting. Here it is –
Doesn’t it look like a bright happy project? This would be fun as a treat at a birthday party or come up with other ideas – you just need something flat that will fit inside the CD case as the treat. I used Twizzlers for this project – we cut the long ropes in half to put them in the case. The inside of the case is lined with a piece of the Big Top Birthday Designer Series paper. Then the outside is wrapped with a belly band made from a piece of Tempting Turquoise card stock and another strip of the Big Top Birthday Paper. Then tie a piece of ribbon around it. To finish the front I added a scallop circle (cut with the Big Shot) and a punched circle and some balloons.
the stamp set is called Up, Up & Away. A fun hot air balloon set. I saw a tip on another demonstrators blog for an easy way to cut out the balloons since we don’t have a balloon punch. 
Stamp the balloon and then use the 1-3/8″ circle punch to punch it out – line up the top and bottom of the balloon. Then you have a circle and just trim the two sides to get the balloon shape. It’s a little bit faster than cutting out the whole thing and gives a nice curve across the top.
Tie two little bows with White Baker’s Twine – and then roll up a mini glue dot to attach them to the base of each balloon. Attach the balloons with dimensionals to the circle.
I hope you like this fun cheery project. I wish I knew who to thank for the idea but my swap from last year doesn’t have a name on it. She used different paper and a different stamp set to decorate hers – what I used is in our current Idea Book & Catalog. If you would like to order these products contact me directly or visit my online store at my website –
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Card stock: Tempting Turquoise, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White
- Ink: Real Red, Tempting Turquoise
- Stamp sets: Up, Up & Away
- Accessories: Big Top Birthday Designer Series Paper, Real Red Satin Ribbon, Scallop Border Punch, 2-1/2″ Circle punch, 1-3/8″ Circle punch, Big Shot die-cut machine, Scallop Circle Die, White Baker’s Twine, Mini Glue Dots, Stampin’ Dimensionals
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
Jan 5, 2012 | Big Shot, Birthday, Cards, Occasions Mini 2012 |
Here it is – a card with new Stampin’ Up! products from the Occasions Mini Catalog – plus a sneak peek from Sale-A-Bration too!
This new stamp set is called Take It to Heart and it coordinates with the brand new Hearts Collection Framelits. What are Framelits you might ask? I’m so excited about these Framelit Dies for the Big Shot. They are thin, wafer-like dies that let you see where you’re placing the design before you cut! You can layer the dies inside each other to cut frames, or cut single hearts for layering. I used two sizes here – one for the stamped image and one for the Lucky Limeade layer – there are 6 total sizes.
The image is watercolored. The ribbon is part of a ribbon-brad pack that you can earn for free during Sale-A-Bration which starts later this month.
Happy Birthday Wishes sentiment is from the Petite Pairs stamp set in the big Idea Book & Catalog. I added some of the pearls for accents – in the bird eye, the letter ‘i’ in birthday and around the edge of the heart. The base of the card is Crumb Cake. Enjoy!
It is an 8×8 layout. The picture is Emily with her gnome – Gnarlin. We were eating at a restaurant somewhere in NC and I took this cute picture. I did use the border to cover the bottom edge of the picture which has the empty dishes in the foreground – they needed to be hidden. I used the Twitterpated Designer Series paper – the Riding Hood Red and Basic Gray prints. I added the little bow at the top and included the little hanging lantern stamp –
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
