Nov 7, 2011 | Big Shot, Christmas, Easter, Halloween, Holiday Mini catalog 2011, Punch Art, Thanksgiving, uStamp, Valentine's Day |
I designed this fun project for the UStamp with Dawn & Friends Knock Out Punches 2011 online class.
This is a Holiday Treat Making Kit. I used the Gift Givers stamp set from the Stampin’ Up! Holiday Mini Catalog for this project. It is one of my favorites! The picture shows the box and then a sample of each of the six Holiday treats that you would make. My idea for this project was to have a ready to go kit full of everything you would need to put together treats for each holiday – except the candy. So once you have your kit created you just sit back and wait for the holidays to arrive – go buy your candy – fill the bag – assemble and give out the treats.
My box is designed to hold enough for 10 of each of the 6 holidays – so there are sections for the large fold over tags, the skinny cello bags, and then the tags, ribbon and brads for each of the holidays. I think it is fun and now I can be ready to mail off treats to my kids, and my nieces and nephews.
There is a complete tutorial for this project in the UStamp with Dawn & Friends Knock Out Punches 2011 class. Click on image below if you would like to join the class. You will go to the main site for the UStamp classes. This one is all about punches and there are over 45 projects with full tutorials – new projects are being posted every day.
I hope to see you there. This is the first of my two projects and let metell you the other one is super duper cute!!!
Have a great day!
Nov 3, 2011 | Big Shot, Designer Series Paper, Scrapbook Pages |
I have one more scrapbook layout for you today. This was one that we made in my September Scrapbook class. Because September was the 10th anniversary of the 9-11 tragedy I wanted to make a scrapbook layout for memories of that day. While we didn’t know anyone in the towers it was still an event that impacted us that day and after that day. For my generation I think this is the day that we all remember where we were. My kids were young and all at the elementary school, Greg was out of town in Florida, my brother-in-law in Washington D.C., my sister-in-law was traveling on business – I was home, but the kids on the school bus, walked around the neighborhood, came home and turned on the TV. Stood in front of the TV for hours, got on the phone to call Greg, the school, the rest of our family. I have memories from that day and from the anniversaries going forward. The year we had every child in the elementary school (1200+ students) make post card size drawings/notes to remember 9-11 and we glued them all to huge banners that we hung from the roof of the school at the entrance. The red,white and blue shirts we made. And more. So while most people don’t necessarily have personal photos I do think everyone has a story/memory of that day. So this layout was for that purpose.
The layout is very neutral – Basic Grey and Very Vanilla, and Basic Black. With one small Cherry Cobbler punched heart.
The left page has mats for a few photos. It also has the “two towers”. I used strips of the Basic Grey Patterns DSP in the stripe. And then stamped with the image from Extreme Elements so it looks like windows. The strips are raised off the page with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
The title “remember” is cut with the Big Shot and the Simple Letters Alphabet die from the First Edition DSP – it looks like newsprint and paper which were everywhere that day. The ‘b’ has the red heart and then a tiny bow of linen thread. This idea was from when you tie a ribbon around your finger to help you remember something.
The stamping on the Very Vanilla uses the Best Friends Forever stamp set and the Extreme Elements stamp set – in Crumb Cake and some in Basic Grey.
The large sheet on the right page is a full 8-1/2 x 11″ piece of Very Vanilla card stock – I wanted to keep it this size because I want to do my journaling on the computer and print it on this piece. It is tucked under the piece of ribbon. For me this whole page will just be journaling.
This is a closeup photo so you can see the towers and letters are up off the page. Like they are in the air.
Take care everyone and hug the ones you love.
Nov 2, 2011 | Big Shot, Medallion, Scrapbook Pages |
I have another scrapbook layout for you today. This was the second layout that we made at my October Scrapbook class.
I used the title Family Celebration but this could really be used for anything even a wedding or baby layout. This layout idea came from one that I saw in a magazine. I used all Stampin’ Up! products for mine, different colors and elements but the sketch is almost the same.
The background is Crumb Cake – along the top of the layout is a strip of the First Edition Designer Series paper. The large scallops are just hand cut and meant to be uneven. The edges are sponged with Crumb Cake ink. I also stamped on them with an image from the Creative Elements stamp set – it was stamped in black and then the open petals/leaves are colored in with the Crumb Cake Stampin’ Write marker.
Along the bottom is a strip of Marina Mist card stock that was stamped with the leaves image from the Borderlines stamp set. And above that is a piece of Crumb Cake Patterns Designer Series paper from the Neutrals stack – the top edge is torn. Very Vanilla photo mats are tucked in and out of the torn strip.
On the left page are some journaling lines and I stamped the large Medallion stamp in Basic Black Craft ink. On top of that is the Scalloped Heart Embosslit and a bitty button with some black thread.
Tucked in on both pages are the scalloped circles from the Perfect Pennants Die – cut out in Basic Black and the layered with a Marina Mist flower punched with the Blossom Bouquet Triple Layer punch. There is another bitty button on the right page.
The pieces that overlap the photo mats are on Stampin’ Dimensionals so that the photos will tuck underneath them. The title is cut with the Timeless Type Junior Alphabet Die Set.
What took the longest on this page was all the sponging – all the photo mats and the cut and torn strips on the top and bottom.
Thanks for checking in today!
A few quick Stampin’ Up! updates –
First – the Big Shot Recruiting Promotion has been extended through November 11. You can read more about that by clicking the link on my side bar or going to my website.
Second – a new Hostess promotion started yesterday – with a $350 (or more) workshop you get and additional $35 hostess dollars – this one will run through Dec. 15th.
Third – for all the My Digital Studio users – Stampin’ Up! is celebrating Digital Scrapbook Day Nov. 4 – 7 and giving away free digital downloads – just visit MyDigitalStudio.net during the celebration. There is a button on my side bar you can click on.
I think that was all the new news I had to share. Bye for now.
Nov 1, 2011 | Big Shot, Cards, Punch Art, UDI Color Challenge |
So how was your Halloween? I think we had the fewest kids ever – one small group came by like 6:30 and then maybe 20 minutes later a couple of kids, then some small groups every 10 -15 minutes – i was giving out hand fulls trying to get rid of the candy. I’m not sure where everyone was – although I do think we have a lot of families around us that are like us – their kids are now in college and high school and they don’t have any more trick-or-treaters – so maybe that is it our neighborhood is older and we don’t have very many young families around us.
But enough of that – there is a new UDI Color Challenge in town – and I had some fun with this one!
Here is the inspiration picture:
And I really like how well these colors work together – I’m not sure that I would have used them together but I am very happy with how my card turned out. The idea from my card came from one that I saw on Pinterest – it was a non-SU card but mine of course is made with all Stampin’ Up! products.
It is basically a bunch of punched pieces aligned in a grid on the front of the card. I layered different pieces and added some embellishments like brads and buttons. What do you think? I love it! See below for all the supplies that I used – I think it is pretty self explanatory – each set of punched pieces is on the card with a Stampin’ Dimensional. The only hard to figure out thing might be the “thread” in the buttons on the top row – well it isn’t thread at all it is a thin piece of card stock. You can cut very thin slivers with the Tabletop Paper Cutter – that is what I use for just about all my cutting – I love it.
Click on this link to go to the Utah Diva’s Color Challenge blog. There you can see the creations from the entire design team and add a link to your creation if you decide to play along.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Card stock: Chocolate Chip, Pumpkin Pie, Marina Mist, Very Vanilla
- Ink: Pumpkin Pie, Chocolate Chip
- Stamp sets: Tiny Tags, Sweetly Said
- Accessories: Big Shot Die-Cut Machine, Beautiful Wings Embosslit, Square Lattice Textured Impressions Folder, Subtles Designer Series Patterns Stack, White Baker’s Twine, Jewelry Tag punch, Boho Blossoms punch, Blossom Bouquet Triple Layer punch, Heart to Heart punch, Itty Bitty shapes – flower, Neutral Designer Buttons, Brights Brads, Bitty Buttons, Brights Designer Buttons, Basic Pearls, Circle Ice Rhinestone Brads, 5/16″ Jumbo Neutrals brads, Scallop Edge Border punch, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Paper Piercer, Mat Pack , Stampin’ Sponge, mini glue dots.
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
Oct 31, 2011 | Baroque Motifs, Big Shot, Designer Series Paper, Holiday Mini catalog 2011, Scrapbook Pages |
Happy Halloween! I hope that I have already posted all of my Halloween projects – I need to go back and look through my stuff to see what all I made….. in any case I thought I would share a scrapbook layout with you. Now that Halloween is here, there will be pictures made that need to be scrapped. I’m not really sure that I will have any though – so I may pull off that 2011 and change to something else – two in college and the third in high school – dressing up and trick-or-treating is not high on the list at our house. Or I could take pictures of the kids coming to my house – or get pictures of my niece and nephew – now that is what I really need. So now that I have rambled on lets get to the layout – we made it on Friday at my monthly Scrapbook Class –
The idea for the layout came from a scrapbook magazine – it was a single page that I stretched……
I used the Pick Your Poison Designer Series Paper from the Holiday Mini catalog. And the colors that coordinate ate Basic Black, Peach Parfait, Pumpkin Pie, Very Vanilla. I also used Basic Gray with my layout since a lot of the paper had the black faded out.
Stamp sets used are House of Haunts, Baroque Motifs and Warmest of Wishes (the Hostess set in the Holiday Mini catalog).
I cut strips of DSP in varying lengths and widths – 1/2″, 3/4″ and 1″ wide.
The swirls stamped write over the top of the papers after they were glued down. The house is stamped and cut out and a moon is punched with the 1-3/8″ circle punch and glued behind the house. I also colored in the windows with the Peach Parfait Stampin’ Write Maker to give them some spooky light inside.
The owl from Warmest of wishes was stamp in Pumpkin Pie ink on Very Vanilla card stock and punched out and then stamped on Peach Parfait card stock with Basic Black ink to cut out the trick or treat bag which is put on top of the punched out owl with a stampin’ dimensional. I colored in the eyes and nose with a black marker.
The title is cut with the Big Shot and the Timeless Type Junior alphabet set. And today is the last day that you can get the Big Shot Die-Cut Machine for FREE! Really – you can – when you sign up as a demonstrator today you get the full starter kit plus a free Big Shot (or $100 in product). You can sign up today directly on my website! Don’t miss it!
UPDATED – The Free Big Shot promotion has been extended through Nov. 11th – so you still have time to join with the awesome offer!
Have a fun Halloween!
Oct 26, 2011 | Big Shot |
Last week was Senior night at the High School Football game. The seniors are honored during half-time – band, football, and cheer. The band also does a little something for them before the game – giving them a goodie bag and flowers for the students and their parents. The last two years I have been on the Senior Committee – last year because I had a senior and this year I represent the “sophomore” group – our committee has a parent from each grade level and they wanted me back because they loved the senior gifts we did last year. The main gift will be presented in May at the banquet so I’ll tell you more about that in May next year. For now I wanted to show you the goodie bags that I made.
The band half-time show this year is called Tribal Elements – it is a show with a Native American theme – the props include a large totem pole and teepees. So I wanted the goodie bags to go along with their show theme.
I used brown lunch sacks and wheeled them wit the music wheel in black ink covering about half the bag. Then I cut Confetti Cream card stock with the Perfect Pennants die. I used the large pennant to create a teepee. Before attaching it to the bag I spritzed it with the Log Cabin Smooch Spritz. I added a smaller pennant in Chocolate for the door. There is also a small pennant on the tag that reads “class of 2012”. I stamped the words “Go confidently in the direction of your dreams” from the Word Play stamp set on the bag. One of the other moms found dream catchers that were perfect and we tied those to the bags with Hemp twine.
I thought they really turned out nice and the committee was very pleased. I hope the students liked them too – I wasn’t able to be there when they were presented.
Card Maker’s Club is today so I’m busy with that. I hope you have a nice day.
This is a Holiday Treat Making Kit. I used the Gift Givers stamp set from the Stampin’ Up! Holiday Mini Catalog for this project. It is one of my favorites! The picture shows the box and then a sample of each of the six Holiday treats that you would make. My idea for this project was to have a ready to go kit full of everything you would need to put together treats for each holiday – except the candy. So once you have your kit created you just sit back and wait for the holidays to arrive – go buy your candy – fill the bag – assemble and give out the treats.
