Oct 1, 2010 | Big Shot, Bingo, Cards, Christmas, Embellishments, Holiday Mini Catalog 2010, SU Ribbon |
I just loved this card idea when I saw it shared by Lee Conrey a couple of weeks ago. So super simple but elegant. Here is a link to her original card – click here.
I made a color change for my card and used a Soft Suede card base and a Crumb Cake piece for the embossing. This is the new Northern Flurry embossing folder in the Stampin’ Up! Holiday mini catalog. Isn’t it gorgeous?
After I embossed it I used the Frost White Shimmer Paint and a Sponge Dauber to lightly add the frost shimmer to the embossed snowflake.
I punched a hole with my Crop-a-Dile – I used the smaller hole. The ribbon is Early Espresso 3/8″ Taffeta ribbon – which is lighter than the actual Early Espresso color so it worked great on this card. The greeting is from Sincere Salutations – which is one of my older stamp sets – I had this one long ago before I was a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator. The final touch on this card are the Rhinestones in the center of each snowflake. These are new in the Stampin’ Up! catalog and a lot of people are missing them because they aren’t easy to see in the catalog. They are on page 188 under the section Jewels. It lists both the Basic Rhinestones which is what I used here and the Basic Pearls (love those too). These come on a sheet and are self-adhesive. I use my paper piercer to carefully lift one off the sheet and place it on my project. Each sheet has 3 sizes of Rhinestones or Pearls plus three strips or chains – where there are a bunch of the small ones already in a perfect row for you. But if you don’t need them in a row you can seperate them and use them individually.
For this card I used all three sizes of the Rhinestones because I had three sizes of the snowflakes. There is one in the center of each.
Let’s play Bingo…..
It’s BINGO TIME! We are playing Round 4 of Monika’s Blog Bingo. I’m currently taking names for Round 6. See this POST for more details on how to join, how to play and the Round 1, 2, and 3 winners.
Here is piece #4 –the pumpkins from Loads of Love Accessories stamp set (stamped in Peach Parfait).
Sep 30, 2010 | Big Shot, Bingo, Cards, Christmas, Holiday Mini Catalog 2010, Thumping |
The holidays are rapidly approaching and to help you with that, I am trying something new this year called the 12 Weeks of Christmas.
Do you need help with Holiday ideas? Need idea for your Christmas cards or gifts? Do you want some Holiday inspiration?
If your answer is yes to any of these questions, then say HELLO to the 12 Weeks of Christmas Newsletter. This will be a weekly newsletter sent out on Wednesday’s starting October 6th. Each Wednesday, the newsletter will contain a card or project (which will include hand made gift ideas, decorations, tags, and packaging). You will get a picture of the project, a list of supplies used to create it and a brief description/instruction (if needed) for you to make this project.
Here is an example:
This card uses the Thumping technique to create the trees – I used this same technique earlier on a fall card. For this example I inked my trees with Pear Pizzazz ink and then used Stampin’ Write markers in Wild Wasabi and Garden Green to thump the image before I stamped it on my paper. I went back and added accents with the Smooch Pearlized Accent ink in Gold.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Card stock: Wild Wasabi, Garden Green, Soft Suede,Whisper White
- Ink: Pear Pizzazz, Soft Suede, Stampin’ Write Markers: Soft Suede, Garden Green Wild Wasabi
- Stamp sets: Paisley Prints, Peaceful Season
- Big Shot Die-Cut Machine, Square Lattice Textured Impressions Folder
- Smooch Pearlized Accent Ink Gold Lame
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
The first issue will be released on October 6th and run for 12 weeks ending on December 22nd. These will not be posted on my blog or website – they will only be sent to those that are signed up for the 12 Weeks of Christmas Newsletter. Anyone can sign up – CLICK HERE – fill in the information and click send to be added to my list. If you can’t email this way then click under my picture where it says Contact Me and add it to the comments section and submit it there. Thanks!
Happy Holidays!
Let’s play Bingo…..
It’s BINGO TIME! We are playing Round 4 of Monika’s Blog Bingo. I’m currently taking names for Round 6 which is almost full. See this POST for more details on how to join, how to play and the Round 1, 2, and 3 winners.
Here is piece #3 –the dog image from All in the Family stamp set (stamped in Chocolate Chip).
Sep 29, 2010 | Big Shot, Bingo, Birthday, In Colors |
Have you tried the Mini Milk Carton Big Shot die from Stampin’ Up!? Yesterday I posted this cute project for the UDI color challenge.
I got mine not too long ago and started to play around with it. My first few tries were a bit of a mess. First I had to figure out the perfect sandwich to get it through my Big Shot so it cut in the right places and scored in the right places. You may need to play a little too to get it just right – and then my suggestion is to stick a label on your die so you remember it for the next time you use it. For my die and my Big Shot I ended up using this combination – starting from the bottom – cutting pad, piece of card stock for a shim, Mini Milk Carton die, piece of card stock that I’m cutting, Crease Pad. This is the perfect combination for me but yours might be a little different.
After that it was the trial and error of actually assembling it with out turning it into a mess. This is what I finally figured out and so far it works perfect every time. I hope this makes sense to you.
first fold all the straight lines on the box and if you want to decorate the panels it might be easiest to do that while it is flat. Don't mess with those diagonal score lines at all.
The Tag punch is the perfect size for the Mini Milk carton – so any images that you have that fit the tag punch will make perfect decoration for the sides of this.
glue the tab to form the box shape and then glue the four flaps to create the bottom of the box. Then locate the two sides at the top with 2 diagonal score lines.
Take your hands and hold those two sides so that you can poke your finger in between the diagonal scores on both sides. As you push in on the two sides with your fingers close the top of the box.
Now your top is shut - for my example I have a mini library clip holding the top shut, but you could do a variety of other things. If you want to open it like a milk carton see the next picture.
One side of the top has score lines and tha is the side with the milk carton spout. So fold back on those two score lines.
Then push the spout open - just like you opened your milk carton when you were in elementary school!
So basically don’t mess with those diagonal score lines until you fold in the top and they take care of themselves to form the top of the box and the spout.
And now for the frosting on my cupcake – 
I used the Frost White Shimmer Paint and put a small amount in a plastic tray and then added a drop of Concord Crush ink refill. I mixed them together – I actually used a q-tip to mix them together and used it to “paint” the frosting on my cupcake.
As for the little button – its the same as the one on the Birthday Bakery card I posted a couple of days ago. I just threaded some frayed ribbon through the bitty button and attached it on top of a punched heart.
And one more thing – I will be at the Baltimore Stampin’ Up! regional on Friday – if you find me and tell me that you are one of my blog visitors I’ll have a surprise treat for you! I hope to see you there!
Let’s play Bingo…..
It’s BINGO TIME! We are playing Round 4 of Monika’s Blog Bingo. I’m currently taking names for Round 6. See this POST for more details on how to join, how to play and the Round 1, 2, and 3 winners.
Here is piece #2 –the floral image from Tiny Tags tamp set (stamped in Pear Pizzazz).
Sep 28, 2010 | Big Shot, Birthday, In Colors, SU Buttons, UDI Color Challenge |
Welcome to week 3 of the new weekly Color Challenge over at the Utah Diva’s International Blog. All I can say about this weeks color inspiration – is where can I get some of those? I need one now! Look at what Gretchen has for us this week – 
Yummy! I was kind of late with this one and didn’t have any ideas at all so I started to play with the colors and throw a card together and before I was done I threw it right in the trash – well not exactly I saved all the pieces that I hadn’t messed up already. So it was time for a do over because that first idea did not work out at all. I left and ate some dinner and came back with a new idea. This one turned out cute – I just wish I had some chocolate to put inside – well I actually do have some chocolate – Greg brought some back to me from his trip to Paris – but I have it hidden in a secret place so I won’t eat it too quickly. Anyway here is my second attempt at a creation with these colors:
I’m going to add some more details later with step by step pictures on how I make my mini milk cartons – mine come together perfectly every time but I have a little trick. And I’ll tell you how I made the frosting for the cupcake too! Come back on Wednesday for the details on both of those. Now it is your turn to play with these colors – then go to the UDI blog and add your creation to the linky section. I can’t wait to see what you come up with!
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Card stock: Concord Crush, Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla
- Ink: Chocolate Chip, Stampin’ Write Markers: Concord Crush, Crumb Cake; Ink Refill: Concord Crush
- Stamp sets: Birthday Bakery
- Frost White Shimmer Paint
- Mini Library Clips
- Big Shot Die-Cut machine, Mini Milk Carton die
- Large Tag punch, Small tag punch, Heart to Heart Punch
- Bitty Buttons
- Concord Crush ribbon
- Concord Crush Designer Series Paper
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
I’m going to post my Bingo information in a separate post later this morning – so check back on my blog in a little while.
And one more thing – I will be at the Baltimore Stampin’ Up! regional on Friday – if you find me and tell me that you are one of my blog visitors I’ll have a surprise treat for you! I hope to see you there!
Sep 25, 2010 | Big Shot, Bingo, Cards, class, D is for Dog, Designer Series Paper |
I’m back with my post for today – again sorry I didn’t get it up sooner – I wasn’t expecting to not have access last night.
This month my hands-on class was “Love Your Pets” and we focused on projects featuring cats and dogs. You might recall the dog and cat cards that I designed for our visit to the Ronald McDonald House – I decided to use that same card design for this class but step it up just a little bit. Click here to see the RMHC post.
These cards use a Crumb Cake card base, a layer of Baja Breeze card stock and Elegant Soiree Designer Series paper. The circles are cut with the Big Shot Die-cutting machine using the Circles #2 die. The images are stamped in Soft Suede ink on the Very Vanilla circles.
For the Dog card I added Linen Thread around his collar. The easiest way to do this is use a paper piercer to put a small hole at each side of the dog’s collar. Then I use a floss threader – the kind your orthodontist or dentist gives you to help get floss through tight places or around braces – pull the linen thread through the hole with the threader and then tie in the front.
A peek at the inside – I had the paw prints “walking” around the inside of the card.
The cat card is basically the same layout but turned in the other direction.
For the cat I added a small rhinestone to her collar where the tag is on the stamped image.
And the linen thread around the collar.
Isn’t she a cute cat with her new fancy collar and tag?
I’m happy with how these cards turned out. Next week I’ll be going to the Baltimore regional and I still need swaps so I’ve decided to make some more of these for my some of my swaps.
No Bingo Winner emails yet – so its time to pull another Bingo piece – here we go…..
Let’s play Bingo…..
It’s BINGO TIME! We are playing Round 3 of Monika’s Blog Bingo. I’m currently taking names for Round 6. See this POST for more details on how to join, how to play and the Round 1 and 2 winners.
Here is piece #16 –the dog from All in the Family stamp set (stamped in Chocolate Chip).
Sep 23, 2010 | Big Shot, Bingo, Halloween |
I saw this idea at the Stampin’ Up! Convention this summer. I thought it was super cute and really quick to make with the help of the Big Shot Die Cut machine. Get out the Big Shot, the Mini Milk Carton Die, your stamps and some punches and your good to go.
The Mini Milk Carton is cut out of Concord Crush card stock (I finally remember to call it that instead of Concord Grape). Then I punched a hole in one side and covered it with a piece of clear window sheet. Now you can see the candy inside – mine has candy corn.
The tag at the top uses the tag punches – both the regular and large sized – they layer together so nicely. I stamped the tag with the Wicked Cool stamp set. I used the Crop-A-Dile to punch a hole through the top flap of the Milk Carton and the top of the tag. The tag is tied on with a piece of Pumpkin Pie ribbon.
The front is decorated with some punched bats using the new Bat punch – and they are textured with the Square Lattice Embossing Folder before attaching to the box.
These are cute little treats for Halloween. This was another project from my Halloween class.
Still no BINGO winner – at least no one has come forward and sent me an email……so here we go again….I’m sure many of you are close its just a matter of which piece and who needs it…..
It’s BINGO TIME! We are playing Round 3 of Monika’s Blog Bingo. I’m currently taking names for Round 6. See this POST for more details on how to join, how to play and the Round 1 and 2 winners.
Here is piece #14 –the little flower from Itty Bitty Bits stamp set (stamped in Peach Parfait).
I made a color change for my card and used a Soft Suede card base and a Crumb Cake piece for the embossing. This is the new Northern Flurry embossing folder in the Stampin’ Up! Holiday mini catalog. Isn’t it gorgeous?
It’s BINGO TIME! We are playing Round 4 of Monika’s Blog Bingo. I’m currently taking names for Round 6. See this POST for more details on how to join, how to play and the Round 1, 2, and 3 winners.
