Dec 1, 2011 | Big Shot, Blog Tour, Christmas, Holiday Mini catalog 2011, uStamp |
Welcome to the UStamp with Dawn and Friends!! Up On The Roof Top 2011 World Showcase Holiday Blog Hop.
If you have been following the Blog Hop from the beginning, you have just been wowed by Lisa Foster’s Vintage Christmas project. I know I was – it is a beautiful project!
If you are just joining the Blog Hop, no problem, as you can start at any point. All the Designer’s Blogs are linked together so you will be able to see ALL the FABULOUS projects we have for you.
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I will return to my regular posting schedule after the Blop Hop ends.
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For my project I chose a Christmas Countdown project. It was something I had in mind as soon as I saw the 25 & Counting Stamp Set in the Stampin’ Up! Holiday Mini Catalog. It’s my favorite mini ever!! (But I am partial to it since my picture is in the US version) And if you get creative you can use this set for more than Christmas – I cut apart the words/numbers and use them on birthday cards too – it doesn’t work for every stamp but it works for a lot of them.
Now back to my project –
It doesn’t look like much in the picture but the box holds 25 countdown cards and on each card is a peek-a-boo frame – when you open the frame underneath is an activity for you to do that day! Make the whole month fun for the kids. I created three sheets of activities – 36 total and you can choose the 25 that suit your family or make up your own.
Here is a peek at one of the cards –
***As a Special Thank You for stopping by my blog I am giving away BLOG CANDY!!
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AND last but certainly not least, it’s time to hop on over to the next Designer’s Roof Top, so please click below for NEXT BLOG, where you will find Kirsten ready to share a delightful Holiday project with you.
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Thanks again for stopping by and Happy Holidays to YOU!!
Dec 1, 2011 | Big Shot, Christmas, Demonstrator, Punch Art, uStamp |
Happy December! This year just zoomed right by.
I do have to say there is a reason I live in the south – I don’t like to be cold – I know I am a wimp – but we have had three days of cold weather and I’m ready for spring and warmth again!
I wanted to share a quick treat with you. This was made by Joyce Pandolfi for my last PAWS demonstrator meeting. We all swapped little gift ideas and this is what she brought – he is super cute. Inside the box is a little mini chocolate bar that slides out the bottom so you don’t even have to mess up the box.
It looks like she used oval punches and heart punches to make this little guy. The ribbon border at the top and a snowflake that looks like it came from the Northern Frost Decorative Strip die. Joyce always has fun treat ideas for us. Thanks for sharing it with us.
Come back tomorrow for the Ustamp with Dawn & Friends Blog Hop – Up on the Roof Top Blop Hop – Holiday 2011 – you can blog hop all weekend and win prizes so be sure to come by. See you then!
Nov 29, 2011 | Big Shot, Cards, Christmas, Designer Series Paper, Holiday Mini catalog 2011 |
Hi Everyone!
Here is a quick Christmas card for you. I got the idea from Connie Babbert (at least I’m pretty sure that is where it came from). I know I made some modifications but I can’t find the original one I saw so I’m not sure what I changed and what I left the same.
I used the Pines & Poinsettias stamp set and Holly Berry Bouquet Specialty Designer Series paper from the Stampin’ Up! Holiday Mini catalog.
I also used two new embossing folders from the regular catalog – the Designer Frames and the Stripes.
There is some Satin Real Red ribbon and that’s about it.
Colors are Real Red, Early Espresso and Wild Wasabi.
There is some fun coming up at the end of the week a Ustamp with Dawn & Friends Blog Hop. So check back later in the week for that.
And there are only two days left for the Online Extravaganza Sale – visit my website and online store to see what is on sale. Sale ends Nov. 30th!
Also my Card Maker’s Club class is on Wednesday – that’s tomorrow – let me know if you would like to come.
Have a great day!
Nov 15, 2011 | Christmas, Holiday Gift Making |
Hi everyone!
I have received quite a few questions about the two gift class projects that I posted the last few days. So I thought I would try to answer them today (hopefully I’ll get them all). And I have a few more pictures of the ornament. The original ornament post is here.
This is a better picture of it. One of the questions was to show the stand – here it is with the ornament in it. It is just a strip of card stock – I think mine was 7″ long and 3/4″ wide and then I punched it with a border punch. Here it is without the ornament resting in it.
Some asked if the snowflake was suspended from something – yes – I sandwiched a piece of Whisper White Baker’s Twine between two snowflakes that I glued back to back. I tied the end of the twine to the cap of the ornament once I had it all together with the snowflake inside.
Many of you asked how did I get the darn thing in there – well that is the tricky part but it can be done. Carefully roll up the snowflake until you can fit it through the hole in the top of the ornament.
Poke it inside and then if you need to help it uncurl a bit use a pencil or something thin to carefully put in the hole and kind of flatten it out against the side of the ornament. Once you add the cap back on then tie the Baker’s Twine around it to keep it suspended in the ornament.
Hopefully that answered the questions about the ornament.
Now the candle. Here is the candle post. I don’t have any additional pictures for you but the way I make my candles is to use a piece of tissue paper (like you use to put in your gifts and gift bags) – I use plain white just one piece. Stamp my image on there. For this candle I colored with my Watercolor Wonder crayons directly on the tissue paper (no water) – just coloring like you did as a kid. Then what I think is the important part – tear away any extra tissue around the entire image. Don’t cut it. When you cut you leave a harsh edge and when you tear you leave a feathered edge which disappears into the candle. Now place the tissue paper on your candle – wrap a piece of wax paper (from the kitchen) around it and hold in the back like a handle. use the heat tool to heat the candle – you will see the tissue paper disappear into the candle – don’t stay too long in one spot though because you don’t want to actually melt your candle. Do that all the way around until you see only the image and not the tissue paper. Now pull off the wax paper and ta-da you have a pretty candle.
Have a good day – I plan to be back with the UDI Color Challenge next week – I did not participate this week. Too many thing going.
Nov 14, 2011 | Christmas, Holiday Gift Making |
I am really in love with the Beautiful Season stamp set in the Stampin’ Up! Idea Book & Catalog. Probably because it has the bird on a branch. I thought it would be perfect for a Holiday candle. This was one of the projects for my Holiday Gift Making class. The little tag is tied on the wick and really adds a finishing touch to make this a nice gift for someone. I hope you like it.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Card stock: Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White
- Ink: Black StazOn
- Stamp sets: Beautiful Season
- Accessories: Cherry Cobbler Baker’s Twine, Decorative Label punch, Curly Label punch, Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding, Watercolor Wonder Crayons: Regals and Neutrals
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
Nov 11, 2011 | Big Shot, Christmas, Holiday Mini catalog 2011 |
I wanted to share a few tips on using the Glimmer Paper with the Northern Frost Decorative Strip Die for the Big Shot. The glimmer paper is a little different because it actually has a layer of plastic on the back which causes some problems with cutting detailed designs such as the snowflakes in the Northern Frost Decorative Strip Die. But the silver glimmer paper (and the red too) make such pretty snowflakes I really wanted to cut them easily so I played around with some different combinations until I found one that worked for me.
First one of the things that I have done with some of my sizzlits especially these strips that have lots of little details is I covered them with clear packing tape. So they look like this –
Can you see the tape on my die? Just put a piece of clear packing tape across the die and then cut like normal – the slick tape helps the little bits pop out of the holes instead of getting stuck in them. But that wasn’t the real problem with the glimmer paper. The real problem was getting a good cut through the plastic backing. So this is the sandwich that I found works the best for me and it was cutting the snowflakes through every time – even though it doesn’t look like it does initially.
So start on the bottom with the Decorative Strip Spacer Platform, next add the Decorative Strip Cutting Pad, then the Northern Frost Strip die (cutting blades face up), the glimmer paper (glimmer face up), then a piece of plain paper, then on top the second Decorative Strip Cutting Pad. Run this through the Big Shot to cut the snowflakes. When you get it out it will look like it didn’t cut when you see the glitter side of the paper but turn it over and look on the back and it looks like this –
Now push out the cut snowflake and then poke out all the little details with a paper piercer. I poke from the back since you can’t see them on the front.
And once you have all the little details poked through, pull them off and here it the pretty little snowflake that you get –
And here is a project I made with the glimmer snowflake – 
A glass ornament. Inside the bottom are the Mica Flakes. The glimmer snowflake is hanging on the inside (two glued back to back). And ribbon on the top. Use a strip of card stock glued in a ring to make a base to set the ornament in. It’s very pretty in person.
You’ll find the Silver Glimmer paper and the Mica Flakes in the Stampin’ Up! Holiday Mini Catalog. You can order them on my website or send me an email.
We will be making these today in my gift making class.
Have a glimmery day!
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