Mar 7, 2010 | class, Occasion Mini 2010, Simply Adorned Jewelry |
If you haven’t seen the Stampin’ Up! Simply Adorned Charms and Chains in person – you need to. I love mine and the fact that I can create inserts for the charm to suit my mood, my outfit, the season, the holiday, whatever I want is awesome!
Later this month I have a special class planned – everyone that attends will get to make at least 12 inserts for their own charm, we will make a holder to hold the inserts that you are currently using and decorate the box. I’ll add the details at the bottom of this post – I also sent email to my email list yesterday.
I knew that I wanted to create a Monogram insert as well as a Black & White insert so yesterday I combined those two ideas into one and came up with this. This is the side of the charm has the beveled glass. I used Lovely Letters for the Monogram – the ‘M’ happens to be wider than the charm so I decided to cut it out and trim off the little tails (that’s what I call them) on the sides so that it would be narrow enough to fit in the charm. It is also popped up on little bits of Stampin’ Dimensionals – so it is raised off the bottom layer.
The bottom layer is stamped with images from the Charming stamp set. And you can just barely see a piece of black card stock on the left side that I punched with the Scallop Trim Border punch.
The back of the charm also has a piece of flat glass so I have been creating a coordinating insert to face the back of my charm. When I wear mine it tends to flip back and forth so now which ever way it faces it will look nice.
For the back I also used the images from the Charming stamp set and added a little piece of ribbon.
I was able to make these in just a few minutes to go with what I was wearing yesterday. I’m ready to make some more. You could use little scraps to create these inserts – you are working on a small canvas so you only need small bits.
Below are the class details – thanks for visiting me today!
Come join me for a Special Class on
Sunday, March 28th – 2:00 pm – Simply Adorned Jewelry Class
The class fee will be $28 – prepaid by March 16th.
The class fee will include the 1” x 1-1/4” Simply Adorned Charm and box,
We will create at least 12 inserts for the charm, a holder for the inserts, decorate the box and make a gift tag (if you plan to give it away).
You need to bring your paper snips and adhesive.
If you would like a chain there are two sizes and you can add that to the cost of the class –
24” chain – add $12.75
34” chain – add $15.00
The charms have a lobster clasp so you can use on a chain your already have or even with ribbon or cord.
Please RSVP and give me your payment by March 16th. I will be placing an order for the charms/chains that have been pre-paid. If you miss this deadline you can still attend the class but you may not receive your charm/chain until after the class. Final RSVP cut-off to attend the class will be 3/24.
Our Simply Adorned line beautifully combines the best of two worlds: stamping and jewelry! The charms are designed to hold a creation that you make yourself; making your jewelry truly unique. Simply Adorned charms are lockets – they open up so you can insert your creation or a photo. The frame surrounds tempered beveled glass on the front and flat glass on the back. Because there’s glass on both sides of the charm, you can display an image on one side or both. You can create a custom heirloom piece that you’ll never want to change, or you can swap artwork in and out, depending on your mood or your wardrobe.
The charms are nickel-plated and the chains are anodized stainless steel.
I have my charm and a 24” chain if you would like to see them in person.
They are really nice and would make a wonderful gift (think Mother’s Day or birthday) for someone but you can always keep it for yourself!
I hope you can join me!
Feb 25, 2010 | Big Shot, class, Create with Connie & Julie, Easter, Occasion Mini 2010, Sale-A-Bration 2010, SU Ribbon |
At last weeks class we made three Easter projects – a pocket card/invitation, a place card/candy holder, and a candy treat bag. Sometimes I’m just not sure what to call things. These were made using the Eggscellant Eggs Kit in the Stampin’ Up! Occasions Mini Catalog and the Chocolate Bunny stamp. My class photo shows the projects made with all Pretty in Pink accents. Ok – to me these pictures don’t look as good as the other ones that I took – I was trying to use the white back drop that many people use but the lighting wasn’t so good. I’ll have to keep working on that.
Everyone had different colors because the kit came with different colors so I decided to take photos of some of the projects finished in the other colors:
Bashful Blue w/Certainly Celery
Pale Plum w/Whisper White
Pretty in Pink w/Certainly Celery
So Saffron w/Certainly Celery
These were fun! I’ll be making more in all the colors for our family Easter gathering.
These three projects along with 3 more were part of a collection I created for Create with Connie & Julie. We are in the last couple of weeks of adding new projects but everything will be available for a long time so you can still join. So far there are 27 tutorials available along with many more projects – everything includes a full supply list and some basic instructions – so you are getting a ton of ideas for the price of the subscription.
Thanks for stopping by today.
Feb 22, 2010 | Big Shot, Cards, class, Designer Series Paper, Occasion Mini 2010, Punch Art |
Valentine’s day has passed and while I’m mostly thinking about Easter – I created a St. Patrick’s Day card for last weeks class. There are about 24 days left before St. Patrick’s Day. And don’t think that you can’t create a St. Patrick’s Day card when you don’t have anything with leprechaun’s or shamrocks. The easiest way to create a shamrock is with a heart punch!
Punch 4 hearts and put the points together – look what you get!
For my card the base is Old Olive and it is embossed on the front only with the Elegant Bouquet Embossing Folder and the Big Shot. The hearts are put on with Stampin’ Dimensionals and then I added the Jumbo Brad to the center. The stem is actually the branch from the XL Two-Step Bird punch in the Stampin’ Up! Occasions mini catalog. I just trimmed off the leaves and tucked it under my hearts.
The “happy st. patrick’s day” is from the Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set. I’m using this stamp set a lot more than I thought. It has something for every holiday and they all fit in the Modern Label Punch.
This is really a quick card. I didn’t have a picture but on the inside I have 4 of the small hearts for a little shamrock in the corner.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Old Olive card stock and ink
- More Mustard card stock
- Chocolate Chip card stock and Stampin’ Write Marker
- Whisper White card stock
- Old Olive Patterns Designer Series paper
- Big Shot Die Cut machine
- Elegant Bouquet Embossing Folder
- Movers & Shapers Die and the Modern Label Die
- Full Heart Punch
- Modern Label Punch
- Small heart Punch
- XL Two-Step Bird Punch
- Paper Piercer
- Jumbo Chocolate Chip Brad
- Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set
- Stampin’ Dimensionals
Thanks for checking in with me today – leave a comment – I love to read them. Everybody is back at school today – Tyler and Ryan were off for winter break last week so today we can get back to a regular schedule.
I decided to make a “Snow Day” scrapbook layout for my scrapbook class this week. It turned out great – I’m really happy with it. I’ll share it later this week. If you plan to come to my class please let me know right away.
Happy Stampin’!
Feb 17, 2010 | Cards, class, Sale-A-Bration 2010, Watercoloring |
So last week while I was lying in bed drifting off to sleep one night I cam up with an idea for a new class. A Quick Cards class. I had been working on my challenge card for the Create with Connie & Julie class and I was using the Happy Moments stamp set. It was hard to create only one card when there were four great images in the stamp set – so I actually made four cards and then started thinking that I could turn this into a Quick Cards class. It would be all cards, quick, simple – something for beginners or those that haven’t done much stamping or when you are short on time.
And here is my first class…
Quick Cards class - March 2nd
Quick Cards Class – Happy Moments
When: Tuesday, March 2nd
Time: 10:00 am and 7:00 pm
You are invited to join me for my new Quick Cards class. This month we will be using the Happy Moments Sale-A-Bration stamp set and doing basic Watercoloring on these quick and easy cards.
You will be making 4 cards with matching envelopes.
Please bring adhesive (like snail) and some scissors (like our paper snips).
The class fee is $10.
Please RSVP by end of day on 2/27.
I hope you can join me and come have some fun!
Jan 26, 2010 | Big Shot, class, Designer Series Paper, Occasion Mini 2010, Scrapbook Pages |
Here are the next two pages from my Desktop Calendar – May and June.
My May calendar doesn’t have a picture on it yet – when I decide it will be a small one – mostly because I love this paper! If you haven’t noticed (although I’m sure you have) each month has the same layout. The 6×6 page with the 3″ strip of Sweet Pea Designer Series paper. The 3-1/2″ strip of card stock punched with one of the border punches. Then on the bottom are the three die cuts or punches for that month – with a fourth one over on the title strip.
May Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Pumpkin Pie card stock
- Rose Red card stock and ink
- So Saffron card stock and ink
- Old Olive card stock
- Sweet Pea Designer Series Paper stack
- Eyelet Border punch
- Big Shot die-cut machine
- Beautiful Wings Embosslit Die
- Billboard Alphabet Sizzlits Strip die
- Calendar Alphabet & Numbers stamp set
- Chocolate Chip ink
- Stampin’ Sponge
- Linen Thread
June calendar page
The June calendar supply list:
- Old Olive card stock
- Taken with Teal card stock
- So Saffron card stock
- Sweet Pea Designer Series Paper stack
- Scallop Border punch
- Big Shot die-cut machine
- Birds & Blooms Embosslit Dies
- Billboard Alphabet Sizzlits Strip die
- Calendar Alphabet & Numbers stamp set
- Chocolate Chip ink
- Silver brads
- 1/16″ handheld punch
I made a break through this weekend and got all the wallpaper off the walls in the half-bath. Yeah for me! Monday I took Ryan to the orthodontist and guess what – it is time for braces – yep – we scheduled it for Feb. during the school break – won’t that be a fun vacation for Ryan.
Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you come back again.
Happy Stampin’!
Jan 20, 2010 | Big Shot, class, Designer Series Paper, Occasion Mini 2010, Scrapbook Pages |
Here are some more pages from my Desk Top calendar class. Here is the original post.
This is the March page and the list of Stampin’ Up Supplies:
- So Saffron card stock
- Pretty in Pink card stock and ink
- Old Olive card stock
- Sweet Pea Designer Series Paper stack
- Eyelet Border punch
- Big Shot die-cut machine
- Simple Flower Embosslit Die
- Billboard Alphabet Sizzlits Strip die
- Calendar Alphabet & Numbers stamp set
- Chocolate Chip ink
- Stampin’ Sponge
- Eyelets – So Saffron
- Crop-a-Dile
After the flowers are die cut I used the sponge and Pretty in Pink to highlight the embossing – you probably can’t see it in this photo.
And the April page and list of Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Pretty in Pink card stock
- Sahara Sand card stock
- So Saffron card stock
- Taken with Teal card stock
- Old Olive card stock
- Sweet Pea Designer Series paper stack
- Scallop Trim Border punch
- Big Shot die-cut machine
- Billboard Alphabet Sizzlits Strip die
- Little Leaves Sizzlits die
- Birds & Blooms Sizzlits die
- Calendar Alphabet & Numbers stamp set
- Chocolate Chip ink and marker
I used the marker to put eyes on the birds. And I realized once I added the photo to this post the wing on the one bird got bent in the wrong direction – it should be back like the others – I guess he was just flapping his wings….
Sorry this post was so late today – apparently I was busy all day – I went to jazzercise this morning after taking the boys to school. Then came home for a short while – spent a long time trying to get Aspen outside to do his thing. He hurt his back again last night while I was gone. So he doesn’t want to be picked up, he doesn’t want to do the stairs, he doesn’t want anyone near him but he still needs to go out… I finally got him out the door – convinced him with some chicken!
After that got a haircut, came home and finished my project tutorial and blog post for Create with Connie & Julie – it will post to the class site on Friday. If you haven’t joined the class it’s not too late. Just click the logo on my side bar and it will take you to the site to sign up. All the projects that have been posted will still be available to anyone that joins.
Then later I picked up Tyler from school, then we picked up his glasses, went by Haley’s house, stopped at the grocery store, went home, took Ryan to tennis, cooked a quick dinner and went to a band parent meeting. Aspen does seem better tonight – I gave him his pain meds and muscle relaxer and they seem to be helping. Not that you wanted to hear all of that but sometimes it helps me to see that I really did do something today when I write it all out.
Thanks for stopping by today!
I knew that I wanted to create a Monogram insert as well as a Black & White insert so yesterday I combined those two ideas into one and came up with this. This is the side of the charm has the beveled glass. I used Lovely Letters for the Monogram – the ‘M’ happens to be wider than the charm so I decided to cut it out and trim off the little tails (that’s what I call them) on the sides so that it would be narrow enough to fit in the charm. It is also popped up on little bits of Stampin’ Dimensionals – so it is raised off the bottom layer.
The back of the charm also has a piece of flat glass so I have been creating a coordinating insert to face the back of my charm. When I wear mine it tends to flip back and forth so now which ever way it faces it will look nice.
