Mar 23, 2011 | Big Shot, Bingo, Fabric, Occasions Mini 2011 |
Look at this cute project! It is a pin cushion top on a button jar. The jars are short wide mouth jars that I was able to purchase as part of a bulk buy group.
The project idea is from Stampin’ Up! – it is one of the projects shown in their Fabric projects pdf that you can find on the Stampin’ Up! website – click here.
I pretty much followed the instructions. I cut a 6×6 inch piece of the button print out of the Sweet Stitches Designer Fabric collection. Then cut three layers of batting using the Big Shot and the 3″ Circle Die. Also trace the lid onto a piece of thin cardboard and cut out – it should be just bigger than the 3″ circles.
I glued the 3 layers of batting to the card board and then covered the whole thing with the fabric. I used a hot glue gun to attach all the fabric to the bottom of the card board piece and then I fit it into the ring. I glued the jar lid on the bottom of the card board – so that it covers all the ends of the fabric and make it looked more finished.
I finished the jar by adding ribbon around the lid and the little jewelry tag punch with “hand crafted” from the Tiny Tags stamp set. Fill the jar with buttons and add some straight pins in the top. The buttons in my jar are Sweet Stitches Designer Big Buttons also in the Stampin’ Up! occasions mini catalog. The buttons and the fabric are part of the Sew Suite Collection which also includes stamps, designer paper, and more.
I heard some of the Spring Bingo players are getting close to Bingo! Maybe today is the day – will you be the winner? Here is the next piece.
Have a wonderful rest of today!
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Mar 16, 2011 | Big Shot, Bingo, Cards, Occasions Mini 2011, Thank You, Wildlife |
When the Stampin’ Up! Occasions Mini Catalog first came out there was one stamp set that I just loved. Can you guess which one?
It is the Nature Walk stamp set – and I got the wood version because I think it is so pretty that I can just set the stamps out on a shelf for decoration if I want to. I have been using the set but I’m not sure if I have shared any on my blog. Today I have a card that is similar to one that we saw at Leadership. It was a card that Shelli showed us on stage – I think hers was possibly a 3×3 card – mine is actually a 4-1/4″ x 4-1/4″ card. I have been making this size card lately and like that it is a square but it still fits in our medium sized envelopes.
The card base is Cherry Cobbler. There is a strip of Basic Black that was textured with the Square Lattice textured embossing folder.
The scallop circle is a Big Shot die cut from White Naturals card stock. Then the Nature Walk stamp set is sort of stamped as a collage on the scallop circle. The bird cage in Crumb Cake, the floral in Always Artichoke, the bee in Basic Black, the number in Cherry Cobbler. I added a thank you greeting from Teeny Tiny Wishes but you could use this for many different things. 
The inside is stamped to match. On both pieces I used the Color Spritzer with the Stampin’ Write marker to add some more speckles. At the top of the scallop I punched two holes and threaded a piece of Linen Thread through it – then I created a cheater bow – I’ll have to try to find the blog that I saw this on – basically you take your ribbon and hold it like the cancer ribbon with the loop at the top and the ends crossed. Then you take the center of the loop and bring it down to the crossed part. Take and place that in between the Linen Thread and then tie the thread around it until it is tight – adjust the loops and tails to get the bow you want.
There is been some bird activity around my bird houses. Here are a couple of pictures of House #1 – one is a tufted titmouse from a couple of days ago and the other the female bluebird from last week.
Tufted Titmouse
House #2 and #3 have also had some visitors.
Bluebird
And I’ve even had some lookers at the Woodpecker house – that is exciting because it is new – I didn’t have it last spring.
There is also a new house that my friend Sue gave me – it looks like a cat and the birds go in and out through the mouth. I haven’t seen any birds near it yet. The dogs do check it out occasionally making sure it isn’t a real cat hanging there.
Spring Bingo players – is anyone getting close – any three or four in a row – or is there a 5 in a row winner today?
Here are the next two pieces –
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Have a great day!
Mar 11, 2011 | Big Shot, Bingo, Occasions Mini 2011, Sale-A-Bration 2011 |
The other night I had my neighborhood friends over for Pokeeno and I wanted to give everyone a little treat. So part of my Garden/Spring theme I created little boxes which decorated the table and then everyone took one home.
This little box idea is from the Stampin’ Success magazine – all Stampin’ Up! demonstrators receive this magazine monthly and it has stamping ideas, product tips, business tips and more. I love getting it every month. The April issue is due out any day now. And the other awesome thing is that Stampin’ Up! has archives online for us back to 2003 and there are lots of online extras including project instructions. I made slight changes to the box that they showed us in the magazine – but kept the basic theme, layout and colors about the same.
The box is the Fancy Favor box cut from Pretty in Pink card stock – the top is sponged with Melon Mambo ink. I cut a 1″ strip of the First Edition Specialty Designer Series Paper from the Occasions mini catalog – scored every 1/4″ and accordion fold – glue the two ends together and then turn it flat to create a circle – which I glued to the front of my box. I used the green bottle of Multipurpose Adhesive which I held for a minute so it would set.
On top of that is my butterfly focal point. I cut two So Saffron butterflies using the Big Shot and the Beautiful Butterflies die. Each is stamped with the flourish from the Bliss Sale-A-Bration stamp set. The edges of the top butterfly are also sponged. I layered the two butterflies together and on top of a Pear Pizzazz 1″ circle and then on top of the butterflies is a Baja Breeze little flower punch from the Punch Pals pack. I tied a piece of Linen Thread around the center and tied in a knot and trim – there are holes poked through the circle and the thread goes all the way through to the back of the little circle. I glued the butterflies to the front of the box on top of the DSP.
I filled them with shredded tissue and candy (chocolate of course).
For those of you that are wondering about the birds that I usually post about in the spring. Well they are a bit slow coming to my yard this year. I think because of the construction/workers that were here from mid January through the first of March. Either that or the weather is different this year. This week I am starting to see activity around the bird houses – the birds are looking in but so far no nest building has started. I even saw a woodpecker take a peek into the new woodpecker house that I have added for this year. Crossing fingers that we’ll have some nests soon!
Spring Bingo players here come your next two pieces. Have a great weekend – I’m having a PAWS Demonstrator meeting this weekend and looking forward to getting together with all my demonstrator team members and friends.
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Mar 10, 2011 | Big Shot, Bingo, Cards, Occasions Mini 2011, Sale-A-Bration 2011 |
Yesterday I told you about all the great ideas that other Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators share. My card today came from one that I saw on Stampin’ Connection (a demonstrator only online community) – the original was created by Christy Galang.
The front panel on the card is Very Vanilla that was embossed with the Tulip Embossing Folder and the Big Shot. In the very center I stamped the large flourish image from the Sale-A-Bration Bliss stamp set using Not Quite Navy ink. The butterflies are cut using the Beautiful Butterflies Bigz die and the Big Shot. One is cut from Blueberry Crisp Designer Series paper – the edges are stamped with the little swirls on the edges of the bliss stamp in the set. The smaller butterfly is Very Vanilla and then stamped with the large flourish. The butterflies are layered and add to the center of the card. In the very center of the butterfly is a pearl – if you look closely the pearl is blue – on this particular sample I colored the pearl with a Night of Navy Stampin’ Write marker and let it dry for a while, then wiped it off and let it dry overnight – this gave it a very light blue tint. I made some darker ones by coloring with the marker then covering the pearl with Clear Embossing Powder and heat setting it. 
I put my card on a Not Quite Navy card base so I created an inside panel to match.
And added a greeting from Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set to finish. We made this card in my Towne Lake Card Club and everyone was able to choose what they wanted to use the card for. Teeny Tiny Wishes has ended up being one of my most used stamp sets since it has so many greetings in and covers all different occasions. It is perfect to use in a class because everyone can choose what they need.
I watched American Idol this morning – I had my neighborhood friends over last night to play Pokeeno – so I had to record it and watch this morning. I wonder what everyone thought. I think as a group the boys are stronger than the girls but I was having a hard time deciding who would be the one to go tonight – I’m assuming they are eliminating only 1 person but I’m not sure. I think my least favorite was Ashton. The best for me include Casey, Jacob, James, Pia and Scotty. Some of them just didn’t choose the best song. I guess we’ll find out tonight what happens.
And on to Monika’s Spring Bingo – we actually played this for Pokeeno last night instead of the traditional pokeeno cards. We all had fun doing something a bit different – I had a garden themed night – so the gifts were garden themed which was fun. I had decorations and made little boxes that I’ll share in a later post. So for my bingo players I’ve decide for the next several days I’m going to call two pieces at a time. So mark your cards and let me know when you have a Bingo. Here are the pieces for today.
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Good Luck!
Mar 9, 2011 | Big Shot, Bingo, Occasions Mini 2011 |
One of the awesome things about Stampin’ Up! demonstrators is that they share their creative ideas. Often I hear someone tell me that they could never be a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator because they aren’t creative – they could never come up with ideas. Well ladies, let me tell you that is not a reason at all. You don’t need to come up with any ideas on your own if you don’t want to. There are sooooo many places for you to go to get ideas. Demonstrators all over the world post their ideas on their own personal blogs, on their websites, on yahoo groups, on online classrooms, on online communities; not to mention the resources that Stampin’ Up! provides – a monthly demo magazine, videos, training at events, ideas on their websites, and more. In fact there are way more ideas out there than any one person could ever use or show. So don’t let that be the reason you don’t join. Now is a great time to sign up as a demonstrator and I would love to have you join my team. Are you interested? The starter kit is 15% OFF plus you get a $50 bonus product bundle -Stampin’ Up! is such a wonderful company – if you want to know more let me know – I’d love to talk to you about it – just contact me – click on the contact me button at the top of my blog.
So now on to another cute project that was shared by Angie Juda on her blog – if you want the instructions visit her here.
This cute little thing is made from the Petal Cone Die in the Stampin’ Up! Occasions mini catalog. Really it is! Basically you cut off the bottom of the cone portion and create flaps to make the bottom of the little container.
I don’t know about you but this Eat Chocolate stamp set is so yummy. I have to keep it put away because it makes me want to go eat chocolate. This little box is made with Soft Suede an Blush Blossom card stock. I added sponging on the white and pink pieces.
So go eat some chocolate today!
And now for the next Spring Bingo piece – here you go – 
Good Luck players!
Mar 7, 2011 | Big Shot, Cards, Hello Again, Occasions Mini 2011 |
This is a quick and easy card. It uses the Sweet Buttons Embosslit from the Stampin’ Up! Occasions Mini catalog. Use with the Big Shot, standard cutting pads and Multipurpose platform. I cut buttons in Melon Mambo, Tangerine Tango and Daffodil Delight. Each die cuts 6 different button shapes so you could make 6 different cards using all the buttons.
I used a paper piercer to pierce holes through the embossed buttons – it doesn’t actually cut the little holes for the thread. Then threaded some white crochet thread and tied little bows. Each button was attached to the card with a Stampin’ Dimensional.
The card base is Chocolate Chip. Doodle a line with a Chocolate Chip Stampin’ Write Marker around the edge of the card. One corner (bottom left) was corner rounded.
In the corner I stamped “hello” from the Hello Again stamp set. On the inside of the card I stamped a button image from the Button, Button stamp set that coordinates with the Sweet Buttons Embosslit. Both are part of a full collection of coordinating products from the Occasions Mini Catalog called Oh Sew Suite.
Today is day 2 of Monika’s Spring Bingo – for those of you that are playing here is the next piece.
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Have a great rest of the day!
Look at this cute project! It is a pin cushion top on a button jar. The jars are short wide mouth jars that I was able to purchase as part of a bulk buy group.
