Nov 10, 2010 | Big Shot, Bingo, Blog Tour, Christmas, Tags |
And here is the next project from the Royal Blog Tour – this one is the set of tags in the clear box. Not the most favorite but many people liked this one. A nice little hostess gift for this time of year.
I decided to make 3×3 folding tags for this one. So for each tag I cut a piece of Always Artichoke card stock at 6″ x 3″, then scored it at 3″ and folded in half. I stamped on the front with the snowflake image using Always Artichoke ink. I made 8 tags total to go inside the box. On the front of each tag I layered a piece of Early Espresso card stock and then a piece of Deck the Halls Designer Series paper.
For most of the tags I used the Ornament Punch. I stamped on Very Vanilla card stock. The skater couple fits nicely in the ornament – I colored them in with Stampin’ Write markers and then used the Smooch Accent Ink to color in the girls hat, collar, and cuffs so they looked white – the pictures doesn’t show that very well but in person you can see it. I sponged the edges of the ornament in Crumb Cake ink and added the Linen Thread bow at the top.
The snowflake stamp fits perfectly in the ornament punch. I stamped it once on Very Vanilla and once on Always Artichoke, punched them out, sponged the edges, tied the Linen Thread on the tops and then added the Basic Pearls to the center.
The Reindeer also fits. I stamped him with Early Espresso ink. I’m not sure you can see it but I added just a touch of the Smooch Accent ink.
The last of the tags I used the “Do not open ’til Dec 25” stamp and punched it out with the matching Designer Label Punch. For this one I used my Stampin’ Write Markers so the words are in Early Espresso and the outside decoration is in Always Artichoke. On one of them I used my last tiny little pearl where the period is on Dec. I have since ordered more of the pearls – I really like adding them here and there to different projects. Just pick them up with the tip of your Paper Piercer and place where you want it on your project.
Last I wanted to show you a better picture of the clear box that holds all the tags. I used the Thick Window Sheets in the the catalog – ran it through my Big Shot with the Fancy Favor Box die. Then I put that inside the Northern Flurry Embossing Folder and embossed the front and part of the sides with the snowflake. Can you see it in this picture?
I added Satin Early Espresso ribbon around along the the little tag tied on with the Linen Thread.
This would be an easy project to adapt to other seasons or occasions. Just change the colors and stamp set to what you need. If you didn’t want a clear box you could use a card stock box to hold them. If you wanted notes instead of tags then include the little small envelopes that the 3×3 cards fit inside.
I announced the winners of my Royal Blog Tour Blog candy yesterday afternoon – so if you missed that then check out this post HERE.
Are you ready to play Bingo? I played last night a version called Pokeeno – I have a group of ladies and we meet about once a month and play – it is basically like Bingo but the cards that we use have images from a deck of 52 playing cards – so you call out using a deck of cards that gets shuffled. We have a prize for each round. I’ll show you my prize from last night later – our theme was Christmas Ornaments and I made mine using Stampin’ Up!s new fabric and then I made a box to match. I didn’t win anything last night at all – I never got a Bingo at all and most of the night I wasn’t even close. But now it’s time for you guys – let’s see if we get a winner today…..
It’s BINGO TIME! We are playing Round 6 of Monika’s Blog Bingo. I have now filled group 7 and won’t be taking any more names right now – I”ll be taking a Bingo break after group 7 plays – I may play again in the future so I hope you will continue to visit my blog. See this POST for more details on how to play and the previous winners.
And now for today’s piece – Here is piece #9 –the leaves from the Season of Friendship stamp set (stamped in Pear Pizzazz).
If you have Bingo – 5 in a row – make sure to email me.
Nov 10, 2010 | Big Shot, Bingo, Blog Tour, Christmas, Holiday Mini Catalog 2010 |
I planned to share details about each of my projects for the Royal Blog Tour that just finished. If you missed it or if you want to go back and revisit any of the blogs all the links are still available on the main Blog Tour site – CLICK HERE.
I have decided to start by sharing the easiest of the four projects and since I had everyone tell me which project was their favorite – I know many people couldn’t pick just one – this was the one chosen the least number of times. It is a quick and simple project so perhaps the simplicity kept it from being a chosen favorite.
I used a Mini Lunch Sack from the Stampin’ Up! Holiday Mini Catalog. They come with the scallop border already on it and inside there is a sturdy piece of cardboard in the bottom – I wasn’t expecting that. So it is actually a sturdy bag.
I took the bag and ran it through my Big Shot Die-Cut Machine with the Northern Flurry Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. Isn’t it great how it embosses the snowflakes on this bag? In case you are wondering the back side does show a debossed image. Then I used a Sponge Dauber and some Frost White Shimmer Paint and dabbed the snowflakes to make them pop of the bag just a little bit more. As a final touch I added the Basic Pearls to the centers of the snowflakes – that is a little hard to see in this picture because the Very Vanilla Seam Binding that I tied through the top is covering them up. I also added some shimmer paint to the scalloped edge.
To decorate the bottom I used a piece of Elegant Soiree Designer Series Paper – I like the blues and browns for winter. I stamped the reindeer image from the Winter Post stamp set in Soft Suede ink on Very Vanilla card stock – cut him out, tied some Linen Thread around his neck and added a tiny pearl to the end of his nose. He is popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals. Then I stamped the To:/From: and punched it out with the Modern Label punch. I sponged the edges of the label before attaching it to the bag. Fill with treats and give to your neighbor, the bus driver, the mailman, or maybe a teacher. You could quickly make a bunch of these – if you don’t want to cut out the reindeer – stamp a different image that you can punch out instead.
I think that covers that one. If you have other questions on this project just leave me a comment and I’ll get back to you. I received lots of comments and many more visitors – thanks to everyone that stopped by. I very much enjoyed being a part of the Royal Blog Tour. Details on the remaining projects will be coming up soon. And my blog candy winners will be announced soon too.
I’m also playing Blog Bingo and it’s time for another piece to be called – is anyone getting close yet?
It’s BINGO TIME! We are playing Round 6 of Monika’s Blog Bingo. I have now filled group 7 and won’t be taking any more names right now – I”ll be taking a Bingo break after group 7 plays – I may play again in the future so I hope you will continue to visit my blog. See this POST for more details on how to play and the previous winners.
I did a recap of all the pieces on yesterday’s post if you need it.
And now for today’s piece – Here is piece #8 –the sunflower from the Cute by the Inch stamp set (stamped in Peach Parfait).
If you have Bingo – 5 in a row – make sure to email me.
Nov 9, 2010 | Bingo, Cards, Rock 'n Roll, Techniques, UDI Color Challenge |
Did you come by for the Royal Blog Tour? There were six different tours with lots of castles on each tour. Lots of different stamp sets and stamping styles. I hope you had a chance to browse and that you saw something you liked. I finally got through all the tours and saw lots of new ideas. Thanks to everyone that came by my blog and left me a nice comment! They were so nice to read. Normally I try to reply individually to them all but this time I have a busy week so I don’t intend to do that. I will be posting more details about each project and will try to answer any questions in those posts.
But today is Tuesday and it is time for another Utah Diva’s Color Challenge. Here is our inspiration for this week:
This week was tough for me. I pulled out the colors and looked at them for a long time trying to figure out how to get them to work together. With two different greens (Always Artichoke and Old Olive) and two different reds (Poppy Parade and Riding Hood Red) – I just didn’t think I could get it to work. I finally came up with the idea that different shades of red and green along with yellow reminded me of apples! Apples come in those colors so I needed an idea using apples.
I looked through my stamp sets to see what had apples – and guess what there is a Hostess Set called Apple Blossoms – perfect – I’ll go with that one.
My thought was to use the Rock ‘n Roll technique on the apples with different combination’s of the colors for the color challenge. Apples have different colors so this should be the perfect technique and a good way to incorporate all the colors.
Then what to do with all my Rock ‘n Rolled apples…..
I decided to use the idea from the catalog and make note cards – mine are post card style. And then I tied the whole stack together with Poppy Parade ribbon – like you might tie a stack of books together. And I added an apple tag with some Linen thread.
To do the Rock ‘n Roll technique you ink your stamp in one color of ink (typically the lighter color) and then roll the edges in another color of ink pad. Since I wanted all my leaves to be green – I did take off the ink on the stem and leaf when it wasn’t green and colored it back in with my Old Olive Stampin’ Write Marker before I stamped.
So try some of these combinations:
Old Olive rolled in Always Artichoke
So Saffron rolled in Poppy Parade
So Saffron rolled in Riding Hood Red
So Saffron rolled in Always Artichoke
Poppy Parade rolled in Always Artichoke
So Saffron rolled in Old Olive
Always Artichoke rolled in Old Olive
Old Olive rolled in Poppy parade
Poppy Parade rolled in Riding Hood Red
Riding Hood Red rolled in Poppy Parade
There are more combinations that you could try. For each post card I layered the Whisper White card stock using the same two colors that I Rock ‘n Rolled in. I hope you like this idea….
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 it was a struggle for me!
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Card stock: Old Olive, Always Artichoke, Poppy Parade, Riding Hood Red, So Saffron, Whisper White
- Ink: Old Olive, Always Artichoke, Poppy Parade, Riding Hood Red, So Saffron
- Stamp sets: Apple Blossoms
- Accessories: Poppy Parade Ribbon, 1-3/4″ circle punch, 1-3/8″ circle punch, Linen Thread, 1/16″ circle punch
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
Are you ready to get back to Blog Bingo? Thanks for being patient during the Royal Blog Tour. Since it has been a few days I wanted to go back and recap the pieces that were already called and then I’ll show you the new piece for today.
It’s BINGO TIME! We are playing Round 6 of Monika’s Blog Bingo. I have now filled group 7 and won’t be taking any more names right now – I”ll be taking a Bingo break after group 7 plays – I may play again in the future so I hope you will continue to visit my blog. See this POST for more details on how to play and the previous winners.
Pieces for Round 6 called so far:
#1 – the crown from Tiny Tags stamp set (stamped in Poppy Parade)
#2 – the flower from Because I Care stamp set (stamped in Concord Crush)
#3 – the Heart from Cute by the Inch stamp set (stamped in Poppy Parade).
#4 -the snowflake from Season of Friendship stamp set (stamped in Concord Crush)
#5 – the teddy bear from Family Accessories stamp set (stamped in Chocolate Chip)
#6 – the tiny cupcake from Itty Bitty Bits stamp set (stamped in Poppy Parade).
And now for today’s piece – Here is piece #7 –the word CREATE from the Charming stamp set (stamped in Peach Parfait).
If you have Bingo – 5 in a row – make sure to email me.
Nov 4, 2010 | Big Shot, Bingo, Birthday, Cards, Punch Art |
Over the summer when we went on our family vacation my niece, Emily, brought her traveling gnome. During our vacation she took him around and took pictures of him – he had a few adventures along the way – including one that she wasn’t aware of – the boys took him for a while and have photos and videos of the gnome in some places he shouldn’t have been. Emily had a birthday in October and I was trying to decide what kind of birthday card to make for her. Her birthday was approaching quickly and I still hadn’t figure out the perfect card. And then the day of her birthday it popped in my head – I need to make a gnome card – a punch art gnome card. But it took me another week or so to sit down and actually figure it out. Here it is…..
I made a tall card – one that fits in the Small Open-End Envelope.
The base is Marina Mist with a layer of Crumb Cake that I ran through the Big Shot with the Texturz Plate Kit #4 – the one that looks like wood – I think it is called distressed on the plate.
Then I went to work on the punch art and I did use the OWL punch for my gnome – can you guess which part? His beard! And his little eyes.
I’m trying to remember the pieces that I used. The hat is Riding Hood Red and it is the large Star punch. So if you have the 5 point star – the top point is the top of the hat – then cut off the point on either side of the top point – leaving two points at the bottom. Then use the circle punch to cut in between the two bottom points and make the curve of the hat. I hope that make sense.
The beard pieces are cut from the body of the owl like the cut for the Dahlia fold card I showed not too long ago – go here to see it. I sponged the edges of each piece and curled it. The ones on either side of the face are cut into thin strips.
The shoes are the medium heart from the Heart to Heart punch – sponged just a little bit of white. I think the body was just a square with two strips added as arms and two strips for the belt. I did use the Smooch Pearlized Accent Ink in Gold lame for the belt buckle. I used a marker to add some accents on the jacket.
He resembles the traveling gnome and Emily loved him. I gave her a gift card to the book store and she is supposed to take her gnome with her when she uses it.
Today is the last Bingo piece before the Royal Blog Tour – I will resume bingo after the tour ends.
It’s BINGO TIME! We are playing Round 6 of Monika’s Blog Bingo. I have now filled group 7 and won’t be taking any more names right now – I”ll be taking a Bingo break after group 7 plays – I may play again in the future so I hope you will continue to visit my blog. See this POST for more details on how to play and the previous winners.
Here is piece #6 –the tiny cupcake from Itty Bitty Bits stamp set (stamped in Poppy Parade).
Nov 3, 2010 | Bingo, Designer Series Paper, Holiday Mini Catalog 2010, Scrapbook Pages |
This is the second layout that we made in my scrapbook class last week. I started with an 8-1/2″ x 11″ scrapbook page that we made as part of the Make&Takes at the Baltimore Regionals. I wanted to modify it to be a 12×12 page so I put it on a piece of More Mustard card stock. I cut 2″ squares from the Autumn Spice Specialty Designer Series Paper. Six of these were added to the left. I used my Stampin’ Write markers to color the large medallion image from the Day of Gratitude stamp set. This was cut out and I put it on the bottom left corner of the photo mat. The original page had cut outs of the leaves and acorns there and I moved those up to the top right corner.
The next challenge was to add a coordinating page to make it a two-page layout. And here it is.
I added a larger Cajun Craze mat for a grouping of photos. And then some more of the 2″ squares but in the opposite corner. I stamped and cut another medallion and some more leaves and acorns.
I hope you like this fall themed layout.
And we are on to Bingo…..
It’s BINGO TIME! We are playing Round 6 of Monika’s Blog Bingo. I have now filled group 7 and won’t be taking any more names right now – I”ll be taking a Bingo break after group 7 plays – I may play again in the future so I hope you will continue to visit my blog. See this POST for more details on how to play and the previous winners.
Here is piece #5 –the teddy bear from Family Accessories stamp set (stamped in Chocolate Chip).
Nov 2, 2010 | Big Shot, Bingo, Cards, Thank You, UDI Color Challenge |
It is Tuesday – welcome to the Utah Diva’s Color Challenge. Here is our inspiration for this week:
These are nice cool colors. I decided to use a sketch from a crafting magazine. I had marked it some time ago. I usually look through my magazines and fold down a corner on ideas I want to try. And then some time later I pull the magazines out and try an idea or two. This one was actually a June issue – so I’m not very timely with some of these ideas – but that’s ok. Here you go – my color challenge card:
In fact there isn’t really much stamping on this card at all. I would be more tempted to call it a Big Shot card – since that is what I used on it. I just added the splatter stamp from French Foliage because the background looked a little plain. The strips of card stock are cut at 1/2″ and then I embossed each color with a different Embossing Folder. I used a little bit of Designer Series Paper and the Many Thanks Sizzlit is where the “thanks” comes from. The flower is a Filigree brad with a rhinestone brad in the center instead of the silver one. I doodled with a marker – the card in the magazine had real stitching on it – but I didn’t want to do that.
That’s my interpretation. 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: Old Olive, Night of Navy, Baja Breeze, Tempting Turquoise, Perfect Plum
- Ink: Old Olive, Night of Navy Stampin’ Write Marker
- Stamp sets: French Foliage
- Accessories: Big Shot Die-Cut Machine, Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder, Square Lattice Embossing Folder, Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder, Finial Press Embossing Folder, Many Thanks Sizzlits Die, Cutter Kit, Filigree Designer Brads, Circle Ice Brads
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
And we are on to Bingo…..
It’s BINGO TIME! We are playing Round 6 of Monika’s Blog Bingo. I have now filled group 7 and won’t be taking any more names right now – I”ll be taking a Bingo break after group 7 plays – I may play again in the future so I hope you will continue to visit my blog. See this POST for more details on how to play and the previous winners.
Here is piece #4 –the snowflake from Season of Friendship stamp set (stamped in Concord Crush).
I decided to make 3×3 folding tags for this one. So for each tag I cut a piece of Always Artichoke card stock at 6″ x 3″, then scored it at 3″ and folded in half. I stamped on the front with the snowflake image using Always Artichoke ink. I made 8 tags total to go inside the box. On the front of each tag I layered a piece of Early Espresso card stock and then a piece of Deck the Halls Designer Series paper.
For most of the tags I used the Ornament Punch. I stamped on Very Vanilla card stock. The skater couple fits nicely in the ornament – I colored them in with Stampin’ Write markers and then used the Smooch Accent Ink to color in the girls hat, collar, and cuffs so they looked white – the pictures doesn’t show that very well but in person you can see it. I sponged the edges of the ornament in Crumb Cake ink and added the Linen Thread bow at the top.
The Reindeer also fits. I stamped him with Early Espresso ink. I’m not sure you can see it but I added just a touch of the Smooch Accent ink.
The last of the tags I used the “Do not open ’til Dec 25” stamp and punched it out with the matching Designer Label Punch. For this one I used my Stampin’ Write Markers so the words are in Early Espresso and the outside decoration is in Always Artichoke. On one of them I used my last tiny little pearl where the period is on Dec. I have since ordered more of the pearls – I really like adding them here and there to different projects. Just pick them up with the tip of your Paper Piercer and place where you want it on your project.
Last I wanted to show you a better picture of the clear box that holds all the tags. I used the Thick Window Sheets in the the catalog – ran it through my Big Shot with the Fancy Favor Box die. Then I put that inside the Northern Flurry Embossing Folder and embossed the front and part of the sides with the snowflake. Can you see it in this picture?
It’s BINGO TIME! We are playing Round 6 of Monika’s Blog Bingo. I have now filled group 7 and won’t be taking any more names right now – I”ll be taking a Bingo break after group 7 plays – I may play again in the future so I hope you will continue to visit my blog. See this POST for more details on how to play and the previous winners.
