Aug 9, 2011 | Big Shot, Pocket Silhouettes, UDI Color Challenge |
Yep – it is Tuesday and time for an new color challenge with the Utah Diva’s. Here is the inspiration picture for this week – another three color combination –
Just three colors – Basic Black, Always Artichoke and Pear Pizzazz and I decide to add a neutral – Whisper White. I wanted to do something besides a card this week and decided to try a cute little project that I saw at convention. I didn’t actually get to see the demo of it because it was in one of the classes that I didn’t take. We only have so many time slots for classes and there were lots to choose from. A couple of my roommates took the class and they took pictures. Before we left convention I copied the pictures from Michele, Cindy and Dawn to my laptop. I have copied all of our pictures on to a DVD for each of us to have. Now I just need to mail them out. Anyway the project was in their pictures and on the resource files that we have from convention. It is the cutest box – here is my version.
And it is actually easy to make! It is one of our Big Shot dies. Can you guess which one?
It is the Mini Milk Carton die – actually two of them put together to make a six sided box. I tied the tops closed with a piece of Pear Pizzazz Seam Binding ribbon (love that stuff). On each of the six sides I added a panel of Whisper White card stock that was stamped with the image from Pocket Silhouettes – it is stamped multiple times in Pear Pizzazz ink. The edges are also sponged with Pear Pizzazz ink. On the front panel I added “for you” stamped in Always Artichoke ink. And a stamped cut out butterfly – also Always Artichoke ink. These are both from the Clearly For You stamp set. I did “paint” the butterfly with Illuminate Top Coat Smooch Pearlized Accent ink. So the butterfly has some shimmer and it made the wings curl up more too. It really turned out cute!
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: Basic Black, Whisper White
- Ink: Pear Pizzazz, Always Artichoke
- Stamp sets: Pocket Silhouettes, Clearly for You
- Accessories: Big Shot Die Cut machine, Mini Milk Carton die, Crop-a-Dile, Pear Pizzazz Seam Binding ribbon, Illuminate Top Coat Smooch Pearlized Accent ink, Stampin’ Sponge.
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
Jul 27, 2011 | Big Shot, Cards, Rock 'n Roll, Stampin' Up! Convention, Tutorial |
On our first night in Salt Lake City my roommates and I attended a Shoebox Swap – I already wrote one post about it – Click Here – and shared the card. But I wanted to give you the instructions on how I made this card. I call it a peek-a-boo card – because the inside of the card peeks through to the front. Here is the finished card again –
And now some instructions on how to actually make it –
1. Cut the base of the card which is So Saffron to 4-1/4″ by 10″ and score at 5-1/2″ so you have a card that opens on the right side with a short front.
2. Use the 2-1/2″ Circle Punch and push it all the way in from the end of the short card front to punch the circle. Here is a picture.
So you end of with this. Basically I cut down the front so that I could get the punched hole close to the center then I build the front of the card back up.
3. I stamped the front with the Creative Elements stamp set and spritzed the front of the card using a Color Spritzer and my Stampin’ Write Markers – So Saffron and Soft Suede.
4. To build up the front of the card I used a strip of Cherry Cobbler that was stamped with the border image, and a strip of Soft Suede that was punched with the Scallop Trim Border Punch. Glue the two strips together and then glue them to the front of the card lining up with the back to make the front of the card be even.
5. To finish the front I cut a Scallop Circle using the Big Shot Die Cut machine and the Scallop Circle #2 die – the larger circle is the one I used. This was cut from Soft Suede card stock. Then insert the scallop circle into the 2-1/2″ Circle punch – push it all the way in and then center it to punch the circle. I centered it by having about 3 scallops show out on either side of my punch.
6. Then glue the scallop circle to the front of the card matching it up with the circle that you punched out of the front. This creates the frame.
7. To create the flower I used the Rock ‘n Roll technique – ink the flower first in So Saffron ink and then roll the edges in Soft Suede ink. Stamp on Whisper White and cut out. 
8. To finish the inside of the card I cut a Whisper White circle using the Big Shot Die Cut machine and the 3″ Circle punch. Stamp this piece with the vine image in So Saffron, the create image in Soft Suede, add spritzing with the Stampin’ Write markers, and sponging around the edges. Glue the cut flower to the circle.
9. Finally cut some butterflies with the Big Shot Die Cut machine and the Beautiful Wings Embosslit – the tiny one is glued to the inside circle and the large one has Linen Thread wrapped around the center and then attached to the front of the card on the frame using a Stampin’ Dimensional.
Hopefully all that makes sense and the pictures help you understand.
And how about some pictures of us at the actual shoebox swap –
Tuesday night Shoebox Swap
Dawn and Cindy at the Shoebox Swap
Monika and Michele at the Shoebox Swap
Sherri the swap organizer at the end of the night resting her feet
We had a lot of fun! And got a lot of great cards in the process. The room is divided into two sections so we stamp all the cards on one half of the room and we get finished cards for the other half of the room. Sherri has snacks for us and gives away prizes! I won a package of the Big Top Designer Series paper.
Thanks for visiting!
Jul 18, 2011 | Big Shot, Cards, Designer Series Paper, Stampin' Up! Convention, Summer Mini 2011, Watercoloring |
I am back from convention. I got home about 10 pm last night and I am tired. Convention was just a big WOW! As always they get better every year. Announcements, give-a-ways, prize patrol, classes, demos, swaps, everything is just the best. If you are a demo and haven’t been make plans now to attend next year. If you are not a demo then call me today and sign up with the $99 Starter Kit special so you can come with me next year. I’ll be posting for the next week or two (or more) with things from convention. Today I thought I would share the swap card that I made for the STARZ meeting. Wendy Randall is my upline and her group is the STARZ group – there were about 20 or so of us that got together on Wednesday night for a meeting, swaps, sharing and make&takes.
This was the very last thing I did right before I left for convention – in fact I actually finished putting them together at the airport and on the airplane on Tuesday while I was traveling.
The base of the card is the new Lucky Limeade card stock. Then I added a piece of the Hostess Designer Series paper called Cheerful Treat – I used three different patterns of the paper and I’ll add the pictures of the other two below.
Below the DSP is a strip of Pink Pirouette card stock that was punched with the Eyelet Border punch.
The main image is from the On the Grow stamp set in the Summer Mini catalog. I love these flowers. I stamped them on a Whisper White circle that was punched with the 2-1/2″ circle punch using StazOn Black ink and then watercolored the image with an aquapainter. I used Wisteria Wonder, Concord Crush, Lucky Limeade and Bashful Blue ink. This is layered on a scallop circle of Wisteria Wonder. I added doodles with the White Gel Pen and the “thinking of you” sentiment down at the bottom.
Here are the other versions:
Have a great day!
Jul 12, 2011 | Big Shot, Cards, Mini - Love Notes, Summer Mini 2011, UDI Color Challenge |
Today is the best Tuesday! Why? Because I am on my way to the Stampin’ Up! Convention! Yeah – so much fun, so many friends, so many ideas….I can’t wait to get there. I’m leaving all the boys behind and getting a full 6 days of girl time!
I have been super busy and away from home a lot – so my blog posts have been a little sparse – hopefully I’ll have time to set some up to post while I am away (like this one) or actually post from convention (if we have internet access). So on to today’s color challenge from Utah Diva’s….
This weeks challenge is some bright summer colors. Tempting Turquoise, Daffodil Delight, Pear Pizzazz, Peach Parfait, and Riding Hood Red. At first I thought what am I going to do with all those colors – they are pretty together but I just don’t know where to go with them. They made me thing of a rainbow – which always makes me think of Roy G. Biv. Do you know what that is? I can’t even remember how long ago I learned that – probably elementary school somewhere. But it is something I won’t ever forget. Roy G. Biv – that is the colors of the rainbow – Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, and Violet. And this weeks color challenge is real close to including all the colors of the rainbow.
I was caught up with the fact that there were five colors and some how wanted to have 5 different things like a rainbow of color – I thought letters and was thinking of 5 letter words. And then I remembered the single stamp in the Summer Mini catalog – Hello Blossoms – that’s a five letter word – Hello. So I pulled out the set and did some quick playing around with it.
Ultimately I covered up the Hello and went with the 5 blossoms and this is the result –
I ended up with a cute little 3×3 card! I stamped the Hello Blossom stamp in Pear Pizzazz ink on a piece of Whisper White card stock. The “grass” at the bottom is where I dragged the edge of the ink pad over the card stock – it gave the look of little hills of grass. To add the color i decided to use the Sweet Buttons Embosslit and I cut one set of buttons in each color. I put them in order of the rainbow. Then I decided to add the little crinkled flowers to the center and pop in a tiny pearl. Perfect result I think. The buttons in the back give each flower a different personality. The greeting is from a new Hostess stamp set called Perfect Words. I chose the “you’re the BEST” – because you guys are the best! The new Hostess program is going to be awesome. My first hostess got TWO half-price items!! And she was able to get all the hostess sets that she wanted – instead of being limited to quantities and levels.
I hope you have a great week and if I don’t post this week – don’t despair, I’ll be back with posts after convention including all my convention swaps – although I hope to have those scheduled while I’m away. Be back soon!
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: Pear Pizzazz, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White, Riding Hood Red, Peach Parfait, Tempting Turquoise
- Ink: Pear Pizzazz, Riding Hood red
- Stamp sets: Hello Blossoms, Perfect Word
- Accessories: Big Shot, Sweet Buttons Embosslit, Bitty Punch Pack, Basic Pearls.
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
Jul 2, 2011 | Big Shot, Scrapbook Pages, SU Buttons, SU Ribbon |
Today is the Family Reunion – this is Greg’s family and extended family. We get together each year on the weekend of 4th of July in the middle of a cow pasture next to a little pond. It’s a fun day of visiting, eating Fried Catfish and hushpuppies, farm fresh corn and watermelon, playing games, row boat rides, fishing with cane poles, feeding the cows and even a visit to the dollar store. So today I thought I would share this scrapbook page I made last month that is perfect for a family reunion, 4th of July event or other summertime celebration.
This sketch and layout idea came straight out of a scrapbook magazine. I used all Stampin’ Up! products (the magazine did not). I used similar colors and the measurements from the sketch that they had. I finished the page and then went on a search through my old pictures and found these Family Reunion pictures from July 1998! The boys were so little – look at Ryan only 2 years old and now he will be 15 in just two weeks and ready to start driving a car – oh my!
The colors on this layout are Real Read, Marina Mist, Pacific Point, So Saffron and Whisper White. There are several products on this layout that just retired from the Stampin’ Up! catalog (darn those stars). The jumbo wheel, the punches, the Go Go Boots Alphabet dies (for the title), the wide striped ribbon in Real Red, and the Sanded background stamp. The upside is we do have a STAR die for the Big Shot and it has four different size stars on it that would be perfect for this layout.
Other things I used on this layout that are still in the catalog – Sweet Buttons Embosslit, Top Note die, Scallop Border punch, White Bakers Twine, Brads, Buttons, Circle punches, Jewelry Tag punch, and more. It is really a fun layout. I hope you like it!
Have a Happy 4th of July weekend! We’ll spend the 4th with my family at the lake – I can’t wait!
Jun 29, 2011 | Big Shot, Cards, In Colors, Summer Mini 2011 |
So how did you like the new Wisteria Wonder color? In the past I haven’t used the purples very much but I really like this one so you may be seeing more purple out of me this year. And I even bought a purple outfit last week and you’ll see me wearing that at convention. So are you ready for another new color……
So here is the next one – Calypso Coral –
I used the Flower Folds die and cut each layer in a different shade of orange so you could compare the colors. So from the back to the front (or largest to smallest) the colors are Peach Parfait, Pumpkin Pie, Tangerine Tango and then Calypso Coral. The petals on each flower are also sponged with the matching color of ink. And I stamped the “hello” in Calypso Coral although it looks darker since it is on Crumb Cake instead of white card stock. That set is from the Summer Mini catalog – one of the hostess sets.
And there is a sneak peek of one of our new ribbons – the scallop polka dot ribbon – isn’t it cute. Remember the polka dot ribbon we had a couple of years ago – it is one sided just like those were – so you get two different looks depending on which side of the ribbon you choose to show. When I tie a knot I just twist it so that it is all the same on the front.
Just a quick card! Thanks for checking in today.
And it is actually easy to make! It is one of our Big Shot dies. Can you guess which one?
