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 24, 2011 | Birthday, Cards, Sale-A-Bration 2011 |
This is a quick and easy birthday card. I saw this idea at the Stampin’ Up! Leadership Conference in January. I’m not sure who created it – I believe it was on one of the display boards.
For my card I used a Pear Pizzazz card base and ribbon. The center panel is Marina Mist with a piece of Chocolate Chip Patterns Designer Series paper on the side.
The owl from the Sale-A-Bration stamp set Punch Bunch was stamped in Chocolate Chip ink on a piece of Whisper White cards stock – and on the envelope too. Punch the owl out of the card stock using the Owl punch. Add it to the front of the card with a Stampin’ Dimensional.
You can get the Punch Bunch stamp set FREE with a $50 Stampin’ Up! product order – if you’d like to place an order visit my website HERE or send me an email.
The greeting that I used is from the Sincere Salutations stamp set but you could use something else that you have in your collection. This happens to be one of my oldest stamp sets – it was one that I bought before I became a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator.
I hope you like this quick card!
Our gutters were put back up on our house yesterday – yeah! It is supposed to rain overnight tonight so I really wanted those gutters back up. Everything is looking good – a few small things left and the rest will be up to Greg to finish. I’ll share some pictures soon.
Feb 22, 2011 | 2-Step Stampin', Birthday, Cards, Occasions Mini 2011, UDI Color Challenge |
I’m back – I took a few days to go visit my parents and saw my brother, sister-in-law and niece and nephew. We took 4 birthday gifts, had a birthday party, a birthday dinner, walked in the park, rode bikes, played games and legos and had a relaxing weekend. Only Ryan and I went while Greg and Tyler stayed home to work on the deck. I need to take pictures of their progress. Last week I tried to shop for birthday presents for Noah (6) and Ally (4) and just couldn’t find anything that I thought was the right thing. So I went back to the basics – I got them each a hula hoop, a big bouncing ball, bug nets and sand toys. And that seemed to be the perfect gift – all the kids at the party wanted to play the hula hoops and the balls.
So today’s card for the Utah Diva’s Color Challenge is a birthday card – and if you can believe it wasn’t even one of the four cards that I used for this weekend. Click on this link to go to the Utah Diva’s Color Challenge blog. This is our Color Challenge inspiration for week 24:
I really wasn’t sure what I wanted to do with these colors – So Saffron, Blushing Bride, Cherry Cobbler and Always Artichoke. Originally I thought flowers since that is what was in the inspiration picture but nothing came to me. I was working on projects for a class last week and I wanted to use the Create a Cupcake stamp set and the new Build a Cupcake punch. I had a swap card from the Leadership conference last month that I copied the layout from and used these color challenge colors. It turned out to be a really cute card and colors that I would not have used together worked perfectly for this.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Card stock: So Saffron, Cherry Cobbler, Always Artichoke, Whisper White
- Ink: Blushing Bride, Cherry Cobbler, So Saffron, Always Artichoke Stampin’ Write Marker
- Stamp sets: Create a Cupcake
- Accessories: Build a Cupcake Punch, Scallop Trim Border Punch, Whisper White Taffeta Ribbon, Stampin’ Dimensionals.
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 14, 2011 | Birthday, class |
Happy Valentine’s Day to you! I hope you are having a special day. We really celebrated on Saturday night so today is just a normal day. The builders are outside working on the sun-room, deck, and siding. Tomorrow the painters should be here and then we’ll be approaching the end of the project – I hope. I am planning to have my Hands-On class on Friday. I do have some inside painting that has to be done but I’m not going to let them do it on Friday. If you have been to my house you know we had several spots of water damage in our ceiling from various things over the years – shower leak, over flowing toilet, over flowing sink, flooding rain through a leaking window – they have just multiplied and finally we are getting them fixed. Since we had someone hanging sheet rock in the sun-room and painting we just added on fixing the inside ceiling and repainting it too. This has definitely been an evolving project. Enough rambling – on to my birthday class – here are the details – if you live near me you are welcome to come….
Friday, February 18th – Birthday class
10:00 am and 7:00 pm
Come join me for this class featuring birthday themed projects.
We will make a cupcake box, a chocolate treat, and some birthday cards. See some of our projects in the picture above.
The class fee is $15.
Please bring snail adhesive and paper snips.
RSVP by end of day February 16th so I can have materials ready for you.
I hope to see you there!
Feb 5, 2011 | Big Shot, Birthday, Cards, Pierced Circle, Sale-A-Bration 2011, SU Buttons, SU Ribbon |
Good morning everyone! I think our rain has stopped – we had a little bit of snow/sleet on Thursday but it stopped and I was able to head out to a class at Tammy’s house that night. The rain is not helping the work that is going on at our house. We are having our old screened porch/deck converted to a large sunroom/small deck. The construction has been going on the days in between the bad weather – I’m hoping for nice weather all week so they can get it done. And hopefully all the construction isn’t keeping my birds away. I’m would expect to see them already shopping for bird houses to nest in but I haven’t seen much activity. It might be because the weather has been colder than normal or a combination of the two. This year I have added the woodpecker house and I have one more house to add but I haven’t put that one out yet. I’ll keep you posted as soon as the action starts.
On to my project for today. These are some cute cards featuring Sale-A-Bration stamps and accessories. I have been using these cards in some of my classes/workshops the last couple of weeks and everybody loves them.
The idea for this card came from the Stampin’ Success magazine that Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators receive each month. It is packed with ideas and articles for us to read. I decided to use the layout and then make more than just the one card that they showed but create more cards using the other stamps in the Punch Bunch stamp set. I gave everyone at my classes the choice of what they wanted to make. Each card was unique as every person used a different stamp and selection of the die cuts from the Ice Cream Parlor pack.
The card base is Old Olive. At the bottom is a die-cut strip, then above that is a piece of the double-sided Designer Series paper – some people chose to show the dotted side and others the pink side. Above that is a piece of the Ice Cream parlor ribbon – this ribbon has flowers printed on one side so when you tie it in a knot make sure you twist the end so the printed side shows. Stamp the image and punch out with the coordinating punch and add it to the front with Stampin’ Dimensionals. See below for the instructions on creating the pierced circle and do that before you add all the die-cuts and the buttons. One trick that you might want to know about the die-cuts – if you want to pop them up with Stampin’ Dimensionals – stick them to your jeans first to remove some of the adhesive on the back and then add the dimensionals to pop them up.
Do you see the pierced circle in the background? I love that idea but I thought there is no way I can make an even circle like that. I remembered that Stampin’ Up! used to have the brass embossing templates and many of those had piercing patterns on them too. We don’t sell those anymore so I wanted to come up with a way to do the same thing with what we do have. It just so happened I had one of the large die-cut scallop circles lying on my craft table and that gave me this idea. So here are the instructions on how to create a pierced circle:
Step 1: cut a die-cut scalloped circle using the Big Shot machine and one of the dies – you can vary the size of your circle by using a different sized scallop circle for your template.
Step 2: Place a piercing mat underneath your card stock and the scallop circle on top. Use a paper piercer and pierce in between each pair of scallops to create a circle – using the scallop keeps the holes evenly spaced.
Step 3: If you want the holes closer together add another hole in between each pair that you punched.
Ta-da! A pierced circle!
How easy was that? I’m going to use this idea on some other cards not that I figured it out and I’m going to take a look at my other dies to see if I can create some other piercing patterns. To save the templates cut them out of the cardboard backer from the Designer Series paper and it will last longer than using a piece of card stock.
Have a fun weekend!
Stamping Together at Monika’s Place – February 2011 Newsletter – CLICK HERE.
February 2011 Ribbon Share – CLICK 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.
