Aug 28, 2009 | Big Shot, Circle Scissor Plus, class, Scrapbook Pages, SU Buttons, Summer Fun Cookout, Wanted |
Stampin’ Up! created a Summer Cookout Kit to sell the past few months. It is still available until the end of August and it is now on sale for $14.95 (40% off) and the refill (all the consumable supplies) is $9.95. At convention we were able to get a free refill with a certain purchase amount at Memento Mall. So I had my refill and a couple of my roommates gave me there’s too. Why – because Tyler’s birthday is this weekend and I wanted to plan a summer cookout theme party for him. But then he decided he did not want to have a birthday party after all – so now what to do with all the supplies. Since my scrapbook class was this week I decided instead I would try to turn this Summer Cookout Kit into a scrapbook layout – so my challenge was created – use the pieces from the kit to create a two page 12×12 layout…
The kit included the die-cut pieces for the invitation – including the skewer, food wrappers that were like tissue paper, coasters, tent cards, die cut tags, and linen thread.
So I got busy planning – colors in the kit are Bashful Blue, So Saffron, Ruby Red and Night of Navy. There was one problem that I ran into – all the die cut pieces for the invitation had pre-printed words and holes in them that I didn’t necessarily want in my layout. Solution – tuck the words/holes under something or put something over them. The only thing I didn’t use was the envelope – although I considered creating a hidden journaling pocket – the envelope could have been covered in the tissue paper, and there was one die-cut piece I didn’t use – I think it is supposed to be a piece of meat – it just looked strange to me. I even added all the little circles that were left from the holes – kind of a confetti sprinkled on the page. It turned out to be kind of a busy page (which is not normally what I end up with) and I don’t have my pictures on it yet. So here it is:
I added card stock – Bashful Blue, Ruby Red, Night of Navy and So Saffron. I added buttons in the same colors. The skewers are tied on with the linen thread at the bottom of each page – I used my paper piercer to poke holes through the page and then tied the linen thread through it. The Bashful Blue and So Saffron coasters were punched with the small star punch – those were glue around as needed to cover holes and add accents. The background is stamped with the Wanted stamp set.
To create the title I glued a piece of the tissue paper to a piece of card stock – so the red tissue paper went on Ruby Red card stock and the blue on Night of Navy card stock. Then the letters were cut with the Big Shot and the GoGo Boots alphabet dies.
When I add pictures later I plan to cut two of them with my Circle Scissor Plus to go on the coasters that are my circle mats. The tent cards were cut in half and these are picture mats – depending on the size of the picture I may leave the checked edge showing or cover it. I thought I did a pretty good job of using my kit.
So now everyone that has a kit – plan a party, take pictures and scrapbook using your kit left overs. We have something planned for the weekend (I’ll tell you about it next week) that I plan to take pictures of for this layout.
Have a happy scrappin’ day – it is raining here which is always a good day to stay inside and work on your scrapbooks….
Aug 27, 2009 | Big Shot, class, Punch Art, Scrapbook Pages, SU Buttons |
Last night was my scrapbook class for this month and we had a great time. It turned out the be the perfect night for being inside with friends – why? Because a storm came through – thunder, lightening, and rain – so what else is there to do….
I had a full house in my little craft room this time – if my class grows bigger I’ll have to expand to two rooms. Everyone said they loved the pages we made. The first layout was based on a scrapbook page that was featured in our monthly Stampin’ Success magazine. This is the magazine that all Stampin’ Up! demonstrators receive each month. It has information on new products, promotions, techniques, ideas, business topics and recognitions for demonstrators through out the company. So this time there was an article about punch art and they showed an 8×8 scrapbook page. I really liked it and I also like punch art so I decided to expand the page into a 2-page 12×12 layout for my class. Here is the result:
This morning when I woke up I had an idea of something I forgot to put on this page. So if you came last night and wonder where the little worm came from – I added him this morning. If you want to add one I’ll punch you some circles – that’s all he is – a bunch of circles – I think I used the little 1/2″ punch – and give it to you next time I see you.
This morning I added my pictures to it. I still need to add journaling which I plan to do at the bottom in the grass. These are pictures that I took in July when Greg and I went on our anniversary trip. We were in North Carolina and we hiked part of the Appalachian Trial and these are some of the pictures I took along the way. See the red mushroom on the left page that looks like someone took little bites out it. Well I saw it on the hike up the mountain but didn’t take a picture of it. After we got to the top – the picture of me is when I’m resting at the top – I decided that I did want a picture because I didn’t see anything else like it on the rest of the trail. So going down I searched for that mushroom all the way back so I could take a picture – I found it! I know I’m weird like that.
Anyway back to the page – the mushrooms and flowers were shown in the Stampin’ Success magazine. I made my lady bug differently, then added the turtle (idea from Heather Summers Simply Punches class), the worm and the die-cut butterflies. The title is also die-cut with the Big Shot. The background is direct to paper technique where you drag the end of the ink pad across – it gives the look of wood planks and then we added “nails” with the marker. This page used lots of punches and not really any stamping. We just used the ink to sponge the mushrooms, flowers, grass, and butterflies. The buttons in the center of the flowers are Playground Buttons. The main colors used on this layout are Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Creamy Carmel, More Mustard, Real Red, and Whisper White.
It turns out the Late Night Stampers challenge this week is punches – so I’m going to go enter this layout into the challenge. I’ll show you our other layout tomorrow – let’s just say I set a personal challenge and I think it was accomplished – come back tomorrow to find out what that was…
Have a great day!
Aug 23, 2009 | Baroque Motifs, Circle Circus, Circle Scissor Plus, class, Demonstrator, Designer Series Paper, Flight of the Butterfly, Great Friend, In Colors, Masking, Stampin' Up! Events, Stamps, SU Ribbon, Techniques, Thoughts & Prayers |
At my class this month I decided to use cards that I received at convention – as I looked through them all I ended up pulling several that were my favorite and realized they represented most of the In-Colors so that ended up being my “theme” for the class. I chose cards that featured the In-Colors. We made 5 cards total (one card featured 2 of the In-Colors) and stamped matching envelopes for each card. I generally kept the card designs exactly the same as the original creator except one that I didn’t have the stamp set for – so I replaced it with one I did have that I thought would give the same results. Lisa came to class and added her own little twist to each card and this afternoon she signed up as a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator – whoo hoo! Welcome Lisa to my PAWS team.
Most of the cards I used came from the Shoebox swap that I participated in – some of them I know who designed them and others I don’t. So if someone knows the original creator I’ll add their name here – just leave me a comment.
This first card features the Rich Razzleberry In-Color. The stamp set is Thoughts & Prayers and also Flight of the Butterfly. The Designer Series Paper is the Cottage Wall Paper. The original swap from convention used the Old Olive Patterns Designer Series Paper.
The stamp was inked up using the Stampin’ & Write Markers – Old Olive, Rich Razzleberry (yeah for In-Color Markers!) , and Pale Plum. The Pale Plum card stock was punched with the Eyelet Border Punch.
A little paper clip was tied with a piece of Rich Razzleberry Polka-Dot Ribbon.
The original card had a smaller “Thinking of You” stamped and punched with the Large Oval punch and then mounted on the Scallop Oval punched piece of Rich Razzleberry. I used the saying from the Thoughts & Prayers set which was larger – so mine is stamped and punched with the Scallop Oval and then mounted on a Wide Oval punched piece of Rich Razzleberry. Either one looked great.
The envelope was stamped to match the card.
I don’t know who designed this one – it was from the Shoebox Swap at the Shilo Hotel on Tuesday night before convention.
The second card features the Melon Mambo In-Color. The stamp sets I used was Baroque Motifs and Sincere Salutations.
This card was also from the Shoebox Swap and was designed by Janice Felty. Her original design used the large flower image from the Razzle Dazzle stamp set. Since I didn’t have that set I replaced it with one that I did have.
The Whisper White layer is punched on one side with the scallop edge punch. Then we positioned it on the front of the card and punched through the Whisper White and Melon Mambo card stock with the Scallop Oval punch to create a window.
Using a piece of Window Sheet and White StazOn ink the greeting from Sincere Salutations was stamped and then sandwiched between the two pieces of cardstock to make the window.
The Melon Mambo Polka Dot ribbon was tied in a knot and then wrapped around the front of the card and secured on the inside. The envelope was stamped to match the card.
This third card features Bermuda Bay In-Color. The stamp set is Great Friend that originally debuted in the Occasions Mini Catalog and is available in the new catalog too.
The card base on this one is Whisper White and then we cut three panels to adhere to the front – Bermuda Bay, Chocolate Chip, and Old Olive.
The butterfly is stamped on a Whisper White circle and mounted on a Chocolate Chip circle. For my class the circles were cut with the Circle Scissor Plus cutting system. But the original card used the Big Shot and the Circles #2 Originals Die. Since I don’t have that die we cut our circles.
Three silver brads were added up in the top right corner.
This card was designed by Michele Schmidt for the Shoebox Swap. Michele was also one of my roommates at convention.
This next card features the Dusty Durango In-Color. The stamp set is a Hostess Level 2 set called Asian Artistry. This card uses a masking technique to create the circle which was inked using a Brayer and the Dusty Durango ink.
The bird image was then stamped with Black StazOn ink and the right edge of the circle was sponged with Soft Suede ink to create the shadow.
Some highlights were added with the White Gel Pen to the leaves. We also used an Aquapainter to “paint” the bird – this causes some of the ink to lighten up.
The greeting is from Teeny Tiny Wishes and punched with the Word Window punch and layered on some Basic Black card stock that was punched with the Modern Label punch.
I do not know who designed this card – so if you know please leave me a comment and I’ll add it here. This was also a card we made at the Shoebox swap on Tuesday night. I told you I got some great cards that night….
And the last card features the Soft Suede and Crushed Curry In-Colors. This is the Circle Circus stamp set and I also used Teeny Tiny Wishes in my class. The Designer Series Paper is from the Razzleberry Lemonade set.
The images were stamped on Very Vanilla card stock and punched out with various circle punches. There is a small Crushed Curry flower that was punched using the Trio Flower punch and has a Clear Rhinestone Brad in the center.
Soft Suede Polka Dot ribbon was wrapped around the Designer Paper before it was adhered to the front of the card.
The greeting was punched with the Modern Label punch. We stamped a matching envelope.
This card was designed by Elizabeth Martinez and we made this at the STARZ meeting on Wednesday night of Convention.
Thanks to all these ladies for sharing their card designs at convention.
If you live near Woodstock, Georgia I hope you will join me for my next class. Check my calendar to see what’s coming up.
Happy Stampin’!
Aug 19, 2009 | class, Wildlife |
Look who came to visit today – a family of deer – mom and two babies.
They came from behind the house across the street. And this baby started to come up our front hill towards the front door – but Aspen was having an absolute fit over those deer. That was why I looked outside in the first place to see what he was so worked up about. He did the same thing a few days ago and I saw the one deer that day but she was gone before I could get the camera out. Today I was faster – or they were slower.
The other baby came part way over and then they decided to go back – I guess mom called them – not sure how deer communicate but they turned around and started to follow her. They went across to the street to the next house. The babies munched on some plants while mom watched and listened. I guess they have such big ears so they can hear everything. Then they went back down the hill between the houses.
I wonder if they’ll be back again tomorrow.
I need to get out my Forest Friends stamp set and make something with it now.
BTW – Paper shares are ready and I’m finishing the ribbon shares tonight.
My next class is on Friday – one at 10:00 am and again at 7:00 pm. If you live near Woodstock, Georgia you are welcome to come to my class – demos included. This week we will be making a variety of cards from swaps I received a convention. Each of the new In-Colors will be represented on at least one of the cards.
Come join me for a fun stamping class in my Craft Room.
Aug 13, 2009 | Circle Circus, class, Stamps |
It’s ready – my August Class Kit to go.
All images Stampin’ Up!© 2009
This card kit features the Circle Circus stamp set and a super easy One Sheet Wonder concept.
I created them all as birthday cards using the Birthday Wish stamp but they could easily be used for a variety of occasions – just replace the greeting for what you need.
The Kit includes materials to make 8 cards with matching envelopes and a cute box to store them all in.
You will need to have some supplies at home to complete the kit as shown.
You can also order the stamp sets and ink pads, etc to the kit for an additional cost.
August 2009 Class Kit To Go
Circle Circus One Sheet Wonder Kit is $14
Payment due by August 28th. Kits should be ready by September 11th.
Kit includes:
Step-by-step Instructions to make cards and box
Materials to make eight cards with envelopes and the box
(including card stock, ribbon, jumbo grommet, brads, clear window sheet, and envelopes)
Instruction only option is $5.95 – you will receive a pdf file emailed to you by Sept. 11th. No materials are included.
Additional items that you will need to complete the Circle Circus One Sheet Wonder kit as shown are:
Circle Circus stamp set – #115778 – $28.95
Birthday Wish stamp – #114486 – $6.95
Classic ink pads: Chocolate Chip, Tempting Turquoise, Pumpkin Pie, and Old Olive
White Gel Pen
Bone Folder
Sticky strip, Stampin’ Dimensionals,
Paper Cutter with both cutting and scoring blade,
1-3/4” Circle punch, Round Tab punch, and Scallop Edge punch.
If you need any of these additional items they can be added to the cost of your class.
The kits will be ready by September 11th for you to pick up at my home if you are local. I can mail them to you for $5.00 if you are not.
If you order additional items there may be an extra charge to mail those items to you.
Please send me an email if you would like to purchase the August Class to Go Kit. Payment must be made to me by cash or check by August 28th.
I will be placing the order for the materials on the 29th.
I hope you like the new kit as much as I do. If it looks familiar it is very similar to the scrapbook layout that I created for the Royal Blog Tour.
I’m going to try again to add the PayPal links to this but the last time I tried it wasn’t working correctly. So until I have them up please contact me to arrange payment.
Thank you!!
Aug 4, 2009 | class, D is for Dog, Stampin' Up! Events, SU Ribbon |
Tuesday is the day I am leaving for convention – and if these work correctly this should be posting on Tuesday – so I’m probably on the plane right now! It is so exciting every year! This is my 4th convention and I hope to get to go to many more! So while I’m gone I plan to share some of my swap cards and projects that I made for convention.
This card I created for my last class and also to take as a swap to convention. 
I love dogs and this uses one of the new sets that is in the catalog called D is for Dog. There is also a C is for Cat set so if you are a cat person instead of a dog person just substitute the other set since they were designed with the same basic pieces in them.
The little bone on the ribbon was Lisa’s idea. Wasn’t it a great idea – it added just the perfect touch to this very quick and simple card. The Chocolate Chip piece is stamped with the bone and paw images in Chocolate Chip ink. Then we tied a piece of Old Olive wide Grosgrain ribbon around and attached it with dimensionals to the card front. The dog is stamped in Chocolate Chip ink on Whisper White card stock and cut out. He is also popped up on dimensionals. The bone is stamped and cut out and tied to the ribbon with a piece of white crochet thread. The little quote is “a dog wags its tail with its heart. – Martin Buxbaum”.
Very quick and minimal supplies for this one.
Have a great week!
