Hi stamping friends! I have some fun news to share today. I was asked last week to be a guest designer for the Create with Connie & Mary Holiday 2012 Edition online class. This week is the Sneak Peek and Early Bird pricing. You can get free projects this week during the Sneak Peek and if you would like to join the class this week there is Early Bird pricing for $24.95. Plus the opportunity to win a free class pass. So make sure to check every day this week for more details at Create with Connie & Mary. Preview week started on Sunday with a super cute Fall Broom center piece – it would match my card for today just perfectly. And on Monday was a fun (and tasty) Halloween Tower of Treats. I may just have to adapt that idea for Tyler’s birthday tomorrow. He’ll be 19! If you want free tutorials for either of those projects or the others that are posted this week be sure to visit the Create with Connie & Mary site. And if you want more projects (they won’t be posted anywhere else) be sure to join the Holiday Class.
How do you like this fun card? The idea with the paper triangles was shared with me out in Utah by Sandy Rule. For this card I used the new Orchard Harvest Designer Paper from the Holiday Catalog. Cut a piece of each pattern – start with a rectangle – I think mine were 4″ x 1-1/2″. Then cut each one into two triangles. Then glue the triangles into the sunray pattern on a piece of card stock and trim around anything that is outside the rectangle. I sponged everything with Early Espresso card stock (and believe it or not I ran out of Early Espresso card stock – Chocolate Chip to the rescue for my party on Sunday). Linen thread for an accent around the layer. I used Teeny Tiny Wishes for the “Happy Birthday”. I stamped the Owl from Owl Occasions in Early Espresso and punched it out with a circle punch. And added one of the little gift boxes in Cajun Craze. Then punched and layered two of the blossom punched flowers from Cajun Craze card stock. And the belly of the owl is paper pieced – I stamped him on a piece of the designer paper and cut it out and layered it on the stamped owl for the card.
I also decorated the inside of the card – here it is –
This was one of the projects the girls at my Getaway Celebration party got to make on Sunday. Have a great day!
One of my favorite things in the new Holiday catalog is the Googly Ghouls stamp set and the Googlies! Self-adhesive googly eyes – how awesome is that! Oh how I wish we had these years ago when we were putting eyes on school projects and scout projects. Why did it take so long for someone to do this? And you may have missed it in the Stampin’ Up! Holiday catalog but you can buy just a sheet of the eyes without having to buy the Ghoulish Googlies Designer Kit – yep – the sell as a sheet of 50. And now on to a card I made – this was my swap card at my PAWS meeting last time.
I stamped the Mummy and did just a hint of water coloring with Crumb Cake ink – which you can’t really see in this photo, but you can tell in real life. Punched him out. Punched out a scallop circle from Tangerine Tango and then punched is again to get the pointy edge instead of the scallop edge. And don’t for get to add the googly eye on the mummy.
The Old Olive piece is embossed with the Chevron Embossing folder and I cut a strip of Tangerine Tango with the Big Shot and the Tasteful Trim die. I snipped off the corner of the card so the Boooo could peek out from the inside – I added googly eyes to it too. And I used the new striped black/gray ribbon on this card also.
Ok – It’s here. I made a video. My first one. So let me know what you think and leave me a comment. I’m still learning how to do all this. Ryan helped me with some of the editing. I’m sure I’ll get better. Any way this was a neat technique that we learned at convention in the I am Creative class. It was one of the bonus classes. We had the pleasure of spending the evening with Shannon West and 5 of the Stampin’ Up! Concept Artists. Each shared different techniques, tips and tricks that they use. Here is my completed card.
In the video I’m going to show you how to create the chevron background. It’s super easy and a new way to use your embossing folders. Let’s see if I can attach this video now.
So what do you think? If you get my blog updates in an email you may need to actually go to my blog to see the video.
To finish the card I used the Big Shot Die-Cutting machine and the Beautiful Butterflies Bigz Die to cut the two butterflies – Summer Starfruit and Basic Gray. The larger butterfly is stamped with the large image from the Lacy & Lovely stamp set. The Gray one is plain but you could add the chevrons to it too – I thought about that after I was done and didn’t go back to change it. Then stamped the image on Very Vanilla and punch out with the Elegant Butterfly punch. Layer the three butterflies together and staple in the center. Attach to the card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals over the designer paper strip.
Here is the supply list –
All supplies from Stampin’ Up!
#122885w, #122887c Lacy & Lovely stamp set
#126981 Basic Gray Classic Ink
#126991 Summer Starfruit Classic Ink
#102283 VersaMark Ink
#126839 Summer Starfruit card stock (5-1/2” x 8-1/2”, 4-1/4” x 2-3/4”)
#121044 Basic Gray card stock (4” x 5-1/4”, 2-3/4” x 2-1/8”)
#101650 Very Vanilla card stock (2-3/4” x 2-1/8”)
#126906 Howlstooth & Scaringbone Designer Series paper (1” x 5-1/4”)
#127749 Chevron Embossing Folder
#102395 Brayer
#113439 Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine
#114507 Beautiful Butterflies Bigz Die
#127526 Elegant Butterfly punch
#104430 Stampin’ Dimensionals
#104332 Snail Adhesive
a stapler
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I’m sharing a sneak at one of the cards we will be making for my Baker’s Twine class on Friday. I will be teaching some fun ways to use baker’s twine and this is just one. I used the Color Challenge for this weeks Create with Connie & Mary Thursday challenge to give me my colors. I used the Baker’s Twine two different ways on this card – can you see them both? I’m going to try to shoot a video to show how I made the strip and hope to post it later next week.
All the supplies are listed below – come play along with us this week and lets see what you can do with these colors. I can’t wait to see what you create. Visit Create with Connie & Mary and submit your creation for this weeks challenge – each week 3 top creations are selected. Each challenge is open for a week. And then a new challenge will be issued.
Accessories: Whisper White Baker’s Twine, clear block, 2-1/2” Circle punch, 1-3/4” Circle punch, 1-1/4” Circle punch, 1” Circle punch, Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border punch, Piercing Mat, Paper Piercer, Essentials Paper Piercing Pack, Stampin’ Dimensionals.
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
Hey! My internet is back. Sorry I missed posting for the past few days. I felt so disconnected from everything. But thank goodness I had an iphone – I was able to get on and check email and Facebook from there – but trying to work on that little bitty screen was not really working for me.
I made this card a while back and it was an idea from another demonstrator – I have it pinned on Pinterest. This uses the Comfort Cafe Designer Series paper.
I love the natural look and feel and my favorite Linen Thread is on here with one of the new wood style buttons. I think I stuck pretty close to the original card that I saw.
Yesterday was Tuesday with some new My Digital Studio downloads – you can check those out on my website. And we are half way through August so only 2 more weeks to take advantage of the 31% sale on some of the downloads and print products. I need to finish up a couple of books so I can get them printed before the sale ends.
And don’t forget about the Halloween Printer’s Tray Kit – if you join my Stampin’ Up! team you will get it free.
I’ll be back tomorrow for the Create with Connie & Mary Thursday Challenge.
Yep it’s time for a new challenge at Create with Connie & Mary. This week we have a sketch challenge for you. The great thing about a sketch is you could apply it to more than just cards – it could be a scrapbook page, or the front of a box or journal. When I see a sketch I always think about the different things I could do with it. This week I was actually working on some Thank you notes to send out to customers and friends for helping me with my June goal to get 50 orders of $50 and earn the Stampin’ Up! Getaway trip. Well we did it and I owe not only thank yous, but gift certificates to a class and invitations to a celebration party. I wanted to include all of this in one package. I have the gift certificates made (I used My Digital Studio for that) and the party invitations but wanted a cute little thank you to include as well. So I thought I could use the sketch for my design for the thank you. Here is the card I ended up with –
And here is what the sketch looked like
So this is actually a 4×4 card. But what I’m going to do is seal the bottom and left and it will become a pouch with a side opening. I have long envelopes for these to go in. Then in the side I will insert the class gift certificate and the party invitation. Here is what it looks like as a pouch with the other things inside –
All the supplies are listed below – come play along with us this week and lets see what you can do with this sketch – surprise me. I can’t wait to see what you create. Visit Create with Connie & Mary and submit your creation for this weeks challenge – each week 3 top creations are selected. Each challenge is open for a week. And then a new challenge will be issued.
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