Apr 26, 2012 | Big Shot, Cards, Occasions Mini 2012, Vintage, Wedding |
I love this butterfly idea that I saw at Leadership with the Hat Pin from the Stampin’ Up! Occasions Mini catalog. This is my second card using this idea. I also used the new Framelits – the labels collection – Love them!
So here is a quick list of what I used on this card –
So Saffron card base – stamped half with En Francais background stamp with Soft Suede ink
Crumb Cake Seam Binding
Framelits Labels – Early Espresso, Very Vanilla (stamped with Apothocary Art) – color the stamped image with So Saffron Stampin’ Write marker, sponged with Soft Suede
Beautiful Butterflies Die – cut one from Pool Party card stock and one from Attic Boutique Designer Series paper. I used the 1/16 inch punch to put a hole above and below the smaller butterfly and stick the hat pin through the holes. Add a string of Rhinestones over the center of the small butterfly. Tie a piece of Linen thread around the top of the hat pin. And the butterfly with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
The Occasions Mini Catalog is ending soon – April 30th!
Have a great day!
Jan 16, 2012 | Big Shot, Cards, Occasions Mini 2012, Stampin' Up! Events, Valentine's Day, Wedding |
I am making final preparations to leave for the Stampin’ Up! Leadership Conference early tomorrow morning. And part of that is setting up some blog posts for this week to show you some of the things that I made and will be taking with me to swap. One of the best things about a Stampin’ Up! event is the swapping. Meeting new people, getting lots of ideas and seeing old friends are all part of swapping. There are generally two kinds of swapping going on – organized swaps – where someone plans a particular swap around a theme, type of project, or product and there are a set number of people swapping. I am signed up for several of these. And then there is general swapping – where you just swap like projects with whoever is around you and you make as many as you want to swap. I have some of these too but not as many as I do when I go to convention. The organized swaps that I am in include a full card swap with the UStamp class girls, a treat wrapper swap – I’m in two groups for this one, and a scrapbook swap. I haven’t done a scrapbook swap before so I’m anxious to see what kind of layout ideas I get.
Of and something new that they added to our event is a contest – for every stamp set in the Occasions Mini Catalog they will choose a winner from the contest entries – so I was attempting to make a card (or scrapbook page) with every stamp set from the Mini Catalog that I have. And surprisingly I have a lot – and most of them I earned free one way or another – I think I only bought two stamp sets. I haven’t finished making everything I wanted for the contest entries but I’m hoping to get a few more done – the more I enter the more chances to win. And they will put them up on the display boards to share with everyone too.
So now onto something to share with you today…..
This is one of my contest entries and general swaps. It uses the new Take it to Heart stamp set and the Hearts Collection Framelits Dies. I really love these Framelit dies – I hope we have more when the next catalog comes out this summer. I also used the Loving Thoughts stamp set – all the words in that set fit inside the banner that comes with the Take it to Heart set. The banner does have to be cut out by hand – no punch or die for it.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Card stock: Early Espresso Textured, Pear Pizzazz, Blushing Bride, Whisper White
- Ink: Pear Pizzazz, Blushing Bride, Blushing Bride Stampin’ Write Marker
- Stamp sets: Take it to Heart, Loving Thoughts
- Accessories: Big Shot Die-Cut Machine, Hearts Collection Framelits Dies, Full Heart punch, Small Heart punch, Itty Bitty Shapes punch pack, Blossom Bouquet Triple Layer punch, Basic Pearls, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Mini Glue Dots, Stampin’ Dimensionals
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
I’ll be back here tomorrow with another project but I really be traveling to Texas. It should be a fun and busy week.
Jul 18, 2010 | Baroque Motifs, Cards, Punch Art, Summer Mini 2010, Wedding |
I’m continuing to share with you from our STARZ meeting last weekend. I asked several of the girls to bring a make&take project for everyone and I have two I’m going to show today. I decided that both of these would be perfect for Wedding Cards. I know for me I had my wedding on my mind during this time of year. Our wedding anniversary is next week on July 22nd. It will be our 21st anniversary! And I will be in Salt Lake City at the Stampin’ Up! convention. I told Greg to make sure he went out and played golf that day.
So on to the cards to show you. The first is a wedding card that Cindy brought and you can find out more about it on her blog – click here. She got the idea from another demonstrator and added her own little touch to it – the flower bouquet. We decided the new rhinestones and pearls that are in the new catalog would work well on this card too for adding bling to the dress.
This card was not very hard to make – it is a regular sized card but scored a bit different. There are two sides that fold in to meet in the center. Then one side is decorated as the groom in his tux and the other is the bride in her dress. When you close the card they are standing next to each other with the brides dress overlapping the front of the card. I’m sure that I will use this idea again when I need a wedding card. We used the Trio Flower punch to make the bouquet and it was one of the punches that retired. But any flower ideas would work. I’m so glad that Cindy shared this with us and that we all got to actually make it.
This next card is another share that Michelle brought for us to make. She taught us how to make these beautiful rose buds using the Two-Step Bird punch. It really is the bird punch – can you believe it!
Michelle does not have a blog yet but you can see another one of her projects this month on the Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator website in the Online Extras for the Monthly art contest – she didn’t win but she got an Honorable Mention. She does some beautiful work with sponging and shading on her projects that really make things look real.
I think this card could also be used as a wedding card and you could even adjust the colors of the card and rose buds to match the wedding colors. This card took some time punching out the various pieces, shading them all with the sponge dauber and then glueing them together. When working with little pieces like these I prefer to use a pair of craft tweezers and a 2-way glue pen.
The ideas from these cards could also be used on a scrapbook page for a wedding – you could create a bouquet of roses if you spent some time with it. Thank you to both of them for sharing their ideas with our group.
Here is my convention prep work update – I have 2 more full days to work on stuff and then I leave on Tuesday!
Shoebox swap – 49 cards – designed, cut, all the kits are assembled and I have 24 assembled with just one more step to finish on most of them – and then I need to make one more – I was supposed to have 25. Then I need to pack the supplies to make the kits and I will be done – so Almost Done.
UDI card swap – 19 cards – designed, cut and needs to be assembled
UDI 3-D swap – I only have to make 1! And I know what it is just need to decide if I want to give away my sample or make a new one.
General swap 1 – 25 card fronts – All DONE
General swap 2 – 25 card fronts – All DONE
General swap 3 – 25 card fronts – I have an idea in mind, I just need to work on it – this may not get done at all.
General swap 4 – 25 card fronts – I realized I started cutting for a swap, used part of it for my STARZ swap this weekend, but I think I want to redesign this because I wasn’t completely happy with it, so I need to work with what I already cut
Friend gifts – planning to make some amount of something to give to friends I see
Roommate gifts – 3 – designed
Well I better go get busy – I still have lots to do!
I love this butterfly idea that I saw at Leadership with the Hat Pin from the Stampin’ Up! Occasions Mini catalog. This is my second card using this idea. I also used the new Framelits – the labels collection – Love them!
