Mar 4, 2011 | Big Shot, Designer Series Paper, In Colors, Stamper's Club, Tags |
Way back in January at the Stampin’ Up! Leadership conference I bought some Stampin’ Up! In Color Bookmarks. I wanted something to give to my downline and my hostess club members. I got them home and they sat in my craft room. I want to present them in some fun way but couldn’t come up with anything – so they continued to sit in my craft room.
In February I needed to make some more tags for my customer orders. I usually make something out of things lying on my table or whatever my pop into my head. I decided I wanted to play with my Fancy Flower punch. I had my In Color Patterns Paper pack out from the candy wrapper project I showed the other day. So I decided to punch out some flowers. I remembered seeing flowers that other demonstrators were making where they just crumpled up the paper and stacked it up to make a flower. So that is what I did – for each one I punched 5 Fancy Flowers from different In Color Prints. I crumpled them up (when your mad at some one like your 14 year old that is a good project to work on).
I opened them back up and stacked them together and looked around for what I was going to use in the center. I was going to just use little brads but remembered I had a package of the In Color Glitter Brads – they were perfect for these flowers.
These are all Poppy Parade which I decided to use for my customer orders. I went back and added the tiny tag to the center it says “thanks so much”. I punched a hole in the back and tied some crochet thread through to tie them onto my order bags. I decided these were so cute I wanted to make some more in the different In Colors. Then I got the brilliant idea that I needed to combine these flowers with my In Color bookmarks and it all came together.
I cut tags using the Two Tags die and my Big Shot machine. I used the crop-a-dile to punch two holes in the tag and then cut in between to create a slit that the book mark slides through. I’m not sure you can tell but the bookmark is magnetic and is folded in half – so the back half is on the back of the tag. Then I added the matching flower above it with a dimensional. Here is what the whole lot of them look like –
They are super cute and the great thing is once the book mark is removed you can still use the whole tag or pull of the flower and just use the flower for something else. Now to get them out to everyone……tonight is Stamper’s Club so they will get theirs then.
Thanks for stopping by today – I’ll be going to pick up Kyle in a little while once he gets done with his last class at GT – and he’ll be home for the weekend.
And I almost forgot about American Idol – how did you do on your picks for the top 10? I got them all right and I didn’t even vote. Now we’ll see how they do going forward. They added 3 more but they weren’t any of my favorites.
Mar 3, 2011 | Big Shot, Birthday, Cards, Occasions Mini 2011 |
Every few days I take a couple of minutes to check out some of the creations that demonstrators have added on Stampin’ Connection – a demonstrator only online community. There are thousands of ideas out there for us to look through. I found the cutest cupcake card created by Andrea Thompson. I considered changing up the colors but I really found her color choices to be so pretty that I ultimately decided to keep the colors basically the same. I loved the little pearl accents but I didn’t use quite as many as Andrea’s original card.
The texture on a couple of pieces is a fun addition. The Build a Cupcake punch make this card much faster than you would think. The only piece you have to hand cut is the little flower – the rest of the pieces are punched. The colors are Chocolate Chip, Pretty in Pink, Pear Pizazz and Whisper White. I did use Melon Mambo for the heart, cherry and flower.
Something fun and exciting is that Stampin’ Up! is giving all of it’s demonstrators a birthday present this year – we get 15% off one item during our birthday month and guess what mine is just a couple of days away! I’m trying to decide what to use it on – should I get a bag for my Big Shot or the other set of Alphabet dies? Plus I have a Stampin’ Up! Gift Card that I got for my Great Rewards points – so I don’t even have to spend my own money on it! Whoo hoo – I love being a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator!
Does anyone have thoughts on American Idol? I watched the boys sing Tuesday night and some I don’t like at all, some I really like and then there is the in between group. I think they are picking 5 – so this is who I choose as my top 5 – James, Jacob, Casey, Paul and Scotty. What do you think? Did you pick?
The girls sang Wednesday night and I don’t think I like them as much as the boys – it may be a boys year. My 5 for the girls are Karen, Haley, Thia, Pia (that just sounds funny with both of them), and Lauren Alaina (she’s from Georgia so I have to root for her – but she was one of the better singers too). So tonight I can see how well I picked.
Have a sweet day!!
Feb 26, 2011 | Big Shot, Birthday, Designer Series Paper, Occasions Mini 2011 |
I added another picture to yesterday’s post on the ice cream cone card – it shows the inside of the card.
Today’s project share is a cute little cupcake box designed by Becky Roberts – if you would like the measurements and directions you can find them on her blog – here.
This was another project for my Birthday Class this month. I like the clear window added to the top and the side of the box so you can see what is inside. The box fits one normal sized cupcake inside.
I used the Celebrations Designer Series Paper to determine my colors for this project. Pacific Point, Real Red, Old Olive and Bashful Blue. The sides and back of the box are decorated with the Designer Paper.
The front and top of the box are decorated with the Create a Cupcake stamp set and Build a Cupcake Punch both from the Stampin’ Up! Occasions mini catalog.
I will tell you a little trick that I found to be easier for me to create the little punched cherry. I just use a white punched cherry and then color it with Stampin’ Write markers. The cherry stamp does fit in the punch but I can never seem to line it up perfectly to punch it because it is so small. So I use the stamp when I’m not punching it out and just color a plain white cherry when I need the punched version. I hope that made sense.
And before you put the lid together send it through the Big Shot inside the Dots embossing folder if you want the dots. I did it on my sample and forgot to do it when I demonstrated it in the class. That’s when I say – “do what I say not what I do” – if you want to match my original sample . The tag on the top of the box is the “happy birthday” punched with the Modern Label punch and then I doodled around the edges with the Real Red Stampin’ Write marker. I love this fun little project and I hope you do to!
For the handle use the Crop-A-Dile to punch a hole in each side and add some ribbon for the little handle.
Enjoy your weekend.
Feb 25, 2011 | Big Shot, Birthday, Cards, class, Occasions Mini 2011, SU Buttons |
Look at this cute card!! Guess what it is made out of – it’s a Big Shot die – do you know which one?
The Petal Cone die in the Stampin’ Up! Occasions Mini Catalog. 
I originally saw this idea as a swap card at the Leadership Conference that one of my roommates had received. Then I saw other versions of it on Stampin’ Connection (a demonstrator only online community). Mine uses a little bit of several of the different versions that I saw.
To make this cute card cut one petal cone from Crumb Cake card stock. Cut off the tab on the side. Next I folded it in half and ran it through the Big Shot inside the Square Lattice Embossing Folder. And then I sponged the edge with Soft Suede ink.
Now cut a piece of Whisper White card stock on the petal cone die making sure to get one of the triangles in the cone shape. Cut off any of the excess keeping just the triangle. Sponge the edges with Soft Suede ink and glue that on the inside of the card.
Next cut 2 scallop half-circles and one banner from Pretty in Pink card stock. I stamped “happy birthday” in the center of the banner. The stamp set is Family Phrases stamp set. Fold the banner under at the ends of the greeting and then back out again. Using the Soft Suede ink sponge the edges of all the Pretty in Pink pieces. I smooch spritzed the two half scallops with the Vanilla Shimmer to give them a frosty look.
The best way to add the half scallops – or in this case they become ice cream scoops – open the card and add one to the back piece on the inside. Then close the card and add the second one to the front top of the card so that they line up. That gives you an ice cream scoop on the front and on the inside of the card. Attach the banner with Stampin’ Dimensionals to the front of the cone.
The cherry on top is one of the Brights buttons – the big Real Red one with a piece of Pretty In Pink Taffeta ribbon tied through in a knot.
This card was part of my Birthday class last week – the Big Shot makes it really a quick card. I put this one inside a clear envelope to give to my niece for her 4th birthday.
Have a great day!
Feb 19, 2011 | Big Shot, Designer Series Paper, Holiday Mini Catalog 2010, Scrapbook Pages |
We finally have had some spring like weather this week – I’m so excited! This morning I saw that my daffodils are already up above the ground and will soon start popping their little heads. All my bird houses are up, clean and ready for new home owners but until the workers leave the yard they probably won’t be ready to set up house in my yard. But based on the title of this blog post what I’m showing you today is not Spring related – it is a SNOW scrapbook layout that I created for my January Scrapbook class.
I was planning to get my pictures printed from our big Snow Storm in January, but as you can see that hasn’t happened and with spring right around the corner I thought I better get this snow page out there for you to see.
The base is Soft Suede card stock and the other colors are Night of Navy, Baja Breeze and Very Vanilla. The snowflakes are Vellum card stock. The designer paper is the Elegant Soiree Designer Series paper. Some vintage brads finished up the Very Vanilla snowflakes and staples hold the grosgrain ribbon in place.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Card stock: Soft Suede, Baja Breeze, Night of Navy, Very Vanilla
- Ink: none
- Stamp sets: none
- Accessories: Big Shot Die-Cut Machine, GoGo Boots Alphabet Sizzlits dies, Hearts & Brackets die, Northern Frost Decorative Strip Die, 1/4″ Night of Navy Grosgrain ribbon, Corner Rounder punch, 2-way glue pen, vintage brads, Elegant Soiree Designer Series paper, Stampin’ Dimensionals, staples.
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
Stamping Together at Monika’s Place – February 2011 Newsletter – CLICK HERE.
February 2011 Ribbon Share – CLICK HERE.
Feb 18, 2011 | Big Shot, Cards, Designer Series Paper, Occasions Mini 2011 |
This pocket card idea was a demonstration that Richard Garay did on stage at the Leadership conference. Yes he is a guy and he is a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator! Richard demonstrated how to make this pocket card. It has two pockets – for this one I made an insert for the top pocket and left the lower pocket empty. You could stick a gift card in there or a picture or some money.
I used the Sweet Stitches Designer Series paper to cover each panel on the front of the card. The insert was stamped with the matching Button, Button stamp set.
The front is decorated with the Sweet Buttons Embosslit and a trimmed Round Tab punch covered with some embroidery floss.
The card base is Wild Wasabi, the border trim is Daffodil Delight, then the decorations are in Tempting Turquoise, Melon Mambo and Tangerine Tango.
Yesterday was stressful with too many people doing too many things around our house. I am having my class in the morning and they appear to me done painting the ceiling on the inside – yeah! The electrician hung the lights. And the gutters have been removed from the house. Today they’ll be back but they will be working outside. I have pictures on my facebook page of the construction progress. Talk to you later.
I opened them back up and stacked them together and looked around for what I was going to use in the center. I was going to just use little brads but remembered I had a package of the In Color Glitter Brads – they were perfect for these flowers.
These are all Poppy Parade which I decided to use for my customer orders. I went back and added the tiny tag to the center it says “thanks so much”. I punched a hole in the back and tied some crochet thread through to tie them onto my order bags. I decided these were so cute I wanted to make some more in the different In Colors. Then I got the brilliant idea that I needed to combine these flowers with my In Color bookmarks and it all came together.
I cut tags using the Two Tags die and my Big Shot machine. I used the crop-a-dile to punch two holes in the tag and then cut in between to create a slit that the book mark slides through. I’m not sure you can tell but the bookmark is magnetic and is folded in half – so the back half is on the back of the tag. Then I added the matching flower above it with a dimensional. Here is what the whole lot of them look like –
They are super cute and the great thing is once the book mark is removed you can still use the whole tag or pull of the flower and just use the flower for something else. Now to get them out to everyone……tonight is Stamper’s Club so they will get theirs then.
