Sep 19, 2011 | Big Shot, Halloween, Holiday Mini catalog 2011 |
I was inspired by the little treat bag in the Stampin’ Up! Holiday Mini catalog. It is on page 5 – the little bag that uses the owl from the Warmest of Wishes Hostess stamp set. If you have ever received a box from Stampin’ Up! you know that they fill the empty space with brown paper. I end up with lots of brown paper and I like to come up with ideas to use it instead of throwing it away. Last year I saved it and wrapped all of our Christmas gifts in it. I am going to start saving it to do that again. But for now this little treat bag inspired another idea. I can make my own treat bags!
This was one of the projects from my class on Friday –
I took a piece of the brown paper from my last Stampin’ Up! order and cut a section out. I folded it in half and put it on my Scallop Square die – making sure the fold was inside the cut line of the die – so you only cut three sides of the folded paper. I ran it through the Big Shot die and ended up with a scallop square with one folded side. I put snail adhesive on the two sides and left the top open. I ran each side into the crimper a little bit and rolled it back out.
The front is decorated like the sample in the Holiday Mini catalog. Punch a circle from Daffodil Delight. Stamp the Owl on Whisper White using Early Espresso ink and punch out. Stamp again on Pumpkin Pie card stock and cut out just the trick or treat bag – add this on top of the punched owl – I used a little bit of Stampin’ Dimensional. I added a strip of Lucky Limeade. Stamp Happy Halloween (from Teeny Tiny Wishes) at the bottom. Insert candy!
These were really quick and they are really cute! And you don’t even have to buy any bags just make your own.
Have a nice day!
Sep 16, 2011 | Big Shot, class, Holiday Mini catalog 2011, Thanksgiving |
I wanted to share a quick little treat that we will be making in my Hands-On Stamping Class today. And I’m learning about my new iphone – I took the picture with my phone and then emailed to myself so I could edit it on my computer. I’m not sure how much faster that is than just using my camera but i wanted to know how to do it anyway.
One thing I did notice is that I need to send a bigger version of the picture – this one is full size and not that big – usually I have a larger picture and I include a reduced version in my blog post and then you can click on it to see the larger photo – this one is as big as it gets from what I sent from my phone. I do think I can choose to send a larger version from my phone – so I’ll try that next time.
Back to the project – I used the new 1″ x 8″ Cellophane Bags in the Stampin’ Up! Holiday Mini catalog. I filled them loosely with Reese’s pieces so that I could close it and then fold it in half. The holder is Chocolate Chip card stock cut with the Two Tags die and the Big Shot. To close it I wrapped a piece of the wide striped Daffodil Delight Ribbon around it pulling the ribbon through the slot in the back of the tag. Then I used a large Rhinestone brad to go around the ribbon and then through the hole in the back of the tag so it would be secure. Trim the ribbon.
For the front I stamped the turkey image from the Gift Givers stamp set in the Holiday Mini catalog – I used black ink, then colored the turkey with my Stampin’ Write markers – Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Chocolate Chip and Crumb Cake. Punch that out with the Curly Label punch. Then punch out a Pumpkin Pie Decorative Label punch to layer behind it. Attach to the front over the ribbon with some Stampin’ Dimensionals.
You can easily make this treat for any of the holidays using the other images in the Gift Givers stamp set – just adjust the colors to that holiday. Click Here to look at all the Stampin’ Up! images in the set. You can order online at my website store.
Have a nice day!
Sep 15, 2011 | Big Shot, Cards, Thank You |
I accidentally discovered a new technique when I was working on creating this card. I’ll show you the card first and then I’ll tell you what I did.
I took a piece of Cajun Craze card stock and ran it through the Big Shot with the Stripes Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. I decided that it wasn’t exactly what I wanted but I didn’t want to use up another piece of card stock while I was planning my card. So instead I used the same piece and ran it through the Big Shot a second time but this time I used the Framed Tulips Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. When I did that it added the frame and slightly flattened out the stripes. While I wasn’t trying to create a double embossed piece once I had it I decided I liked it! So I did use it for my card.
The card base is River Rock (which is a little hard to see in this picture). Then the double embossed layer of Cajun Craze. I used a piece of the Well Worn Designer Series Paper and cut out a leaf with the Big Shot and Leaves #2 die. On the card I stamped “Three Little Words” from the stamp set by the same name. And then the “thanks so much” from the same set is stamped on River Rock card stock and punched with a modern label punch. The leaf has Linen Thread tied around the stem and then it is attached with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
This was one of the cards for my August KSU card class. The September class is coming up next week and I have planned a Fall, Halloween and a Christmas card. It should be fun.
The county schools are on Fall Break next week. We are not going any where this time but I do have Ryan signed up for the Driver’s Ed class – so he will be busy with that all week. This is just the classroom part not the driving part. He still needs to get his permit.
Thanks for stopping by today!
Sep 11, 2011 | Big Shot, Halloween, Stamper's Club, Tutorial |
What do you get when you cross a mini milk carton idea from the Stampin’ Up! Convention with a bat idea from Shelli Gardner at a Stampin’ Up! Regional?
Vampire Bat Milk Carton Boxes!
Aren’t they fun?
We made these at my Stamper’s Club September meeting and my PAWS Downline meeting this weekend. Now do you want to know how to make one? Well you are in luck because I’m going to tell you. I’m writing a tutorial and will attach here as a pdf file for you to download.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
Stamps: Wicked Cool
Ink: Basic Black
Card Stock: Basic Black, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White
Accessories: Big Shot Die-Cut Machine, Mini Milk Carton Bigz Die, Perfect Pennants Bigz Die, Spider Web Embossing Folder, 1-1/4” Circle Punch, ½” Circle Punch, Bitty Shapes Punch Pack Circle, Scallop Oval Punch, Large Oval Punch, Two-Step Bird Punch, Brights Brads, Crop-a-Dile, Basic Black 1/8” Taffeta Ribbon, White Gel pen, Paper Piercer, Mat Pack, Illuminate Top Coat Smooch Pearlized Accent Ink, Stampin’ Sponge, Sticky Strip
CLICK HERE to download the tutorial on how to make these. It also includes the instruction for how to make the hexagon shaped milk carton box with pictures of how to assemble the bottom in case you just want that part on not the bat in particular. Enjoy!
Sep 9, 2011 | Big Shot, Designer Series Paper, In Colors, Punch Art, Scrapbook Pages |
Today I have a scrapbook layout for you. Yeah – I’m all done with the mini cards and yes for those that wondered all 9 cards and envelopes did fit inside the box and there was room for a few more!
This layout was one of the ones we made at my WOW Scrapbook Class in August. I have a class once a month – typically the last Friday of the month. You can see my calendar on my website and RSVP directly from there.
Smile Your Heart out is the title with the Heart turned into a strawberry to match the paper. The designer paper is the Berry Blossoms in the new Stampin’ Up! catalog. It uses several of the new In-Colors – Wild Wisteria, Lucky Limeade and Calypso Coral. The layout idea for this was from a scrapbook magazine. The pictures are of my niece after we went to a Mother’s Day tea this past spring. I spent all morning trying to get her to smile for me and finally when we were leaving she game me some big smiles. And then she walked away toward the car and it was so cute I took pictures of her from behind.
The strawberry is made with the Big Shot Embosslit Heart of Hearts. I turned it over so the dots are indented since a strawberry is like that. The leaves on the top are made from the 5-petal flower punch. The one underneath has one leaf trimmed to be a stem, and the one on top is trimmed to three leaves and layered on top. Then I added a bitty flower punched from Whisper White. I added a little dot from the Lucky Limeade Stampin’ Write marker in the center.
The strawberries turned out cute – I could have added some sponging and maybe scores in the center of the leaves for more dimension.
I hope you like it. Thanks for stopping by today.
Sep 8, 2011 | Big Shot, Cards, Charming, Faux Mother of Pearl, Mini - Love Notes, Stampin' Up! Convention |
Here are the last of the Mini Cards from last month’s Hands-on class. This first one is a Tri-Fold card. It was one that I received as a swap at convention from Lisa Horton and I left it just like she created it because it was perfect. I did add the matching envelope for my class.
The card is really made of two 3×3 cards glued together to create a tri fold card. The base is Very Vanilla – with the front of it stamped with the En Fancies stamp and the medallion from Charming.
The other side of the card is Marina Mist – take the folded card and lay it on the Scallop Square Duo die on the large scallop square so that the fold does not get cut. This creates the other side of the card – you glue the back to the inside of the Very Vanilla base.
On the inside of the Marina Mist scallop square add a piece of Very Vanilla with the little stamp in the corner – it comes from the Charming stamp set.
To make the front of the Marina Mist scallop square use Stampin’ Write Markers – Marina Mist and Pear Pizzazz to ink the flower stamp from the Charming set. Huff to re-moisten and stamp on a piece of Very Vanilla card stock.
Tie a piece of Pear Pizzazz Seam Binding around the Very Vanilla card stock. Layer on a piece of Pear Pizzazz and then add to the front of the card. To close fold in the Very Vanilla piece from the left and then the Marina Mist from the right. There you have a Tri-Fold card.
And the last card we made during the class was the Faux Mother of Pearl card that I created for my swap at convention.
I have already posted the instructions for this one earlier – you can find them by clicking HERE.
So that wraps up the Mini cards from my class – I hope you liked them. Come back Friday for something new!
I took a piece of the brown paper from my last Stampin’ Up! order and cut a section out. I folded it in half and put it on my Scallop Square die – making sure the fold was inside the cut line of the die – so you only cut three sides of the folded paper. I ran it through the Big Shot die and ended up with a scallop square with one folded side. I put snail adhesive on the two sides and left the top open. I ran each side into the crimper a little bit and rolled it back out.
