May 29, 2012 | Birthday, Cards, Designer Series Paper, Retired List |
Hi – I’m back for my second project for today (my first posted late last night). This idea was also from Pinterest – a non-Stampin’ Up! card idea. This one is great for using Designer Paper scraps.
These are strips of Designer Paper that are rolled up with a little piece of Baker’s Twine glue to the center for the candle wick. Make a bunch of candles and just glue them to the front of the card. Then stamp Happy Birthday underneath. Or add the number of candles for the birthday that is being celebrated. I decided to add a matching envelope made out of the same designer paper using the Simply Scored tool.
It is a bright fun birthday card with the Big Top Birthday Designer Series Paper. Use a different designer paper to change the look of the card. There aren’t too many different products on this card. The retiring products are marked with an (R).
Designer paper – Big Top Birthday (R)
Card stock – Daffodil Delight
Classic ink – Real Red
Bring on the Cake Stamp Set
Whisper White Baker’s Twine
Simply Scored Tool
Come back tomorrow for some more projects featuring retiring products. We are winding down to the last few days to order.
May 28, 2012 | Big Shot, Birthday, Designer Series Paper, Retired List, Uncategorized, Under the Stars |
Would this be so cute to give to your favorite person just to say “you’re great!”?
And what is inside this little box is a mini bag of Gummy Bears. Hmm – did I already share this project? I feel like I already talked about Gummy Bears before. Well I used the smiling bear from Under the Stars stamp set – it’s retiring – darn – it was great for smores projects and camping related, summer fun type of stuff. It would go well with one of the new sets in the catalog.
I left the box open and cut the little tabs off – I added a piece of designer paper inside and glued it to the open back. Another piece is glued on the front. And a third piece was stamped with the bear and then I cut out the stomach and glued it onto the bear image that was stamped on the Crumb Cake card stock. The bear is added to the front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
Here is the supplies and those that are retiring are marked with an (R).
Stamp set – Under the Stars (R)
Big-Shot Machine, Box #2 Bigz XL Die (R)
Card stock – Real Red 12″ x 12″, Crumb Cake
Ink – Jet Black StazOn
Designer paper – Big Top Birthday (R)
Real Red Satin Ribbon (R)
Have a good day – I’ll be back later with another project. Oops – I meant to post this Tuesday morning – but it went out Monday night. So I’ll really be back with another project later on Tuesday.
May 17, 2012 | Baroque Motifs, Cards, Designer Series Paper, Retired List, Wedding |
Just a really quick post today – busy, busy….
Soft Suede and Very Vanilla. Baroque Motifs and Sincere Salutations – both retiring. Mocha Morning Designer Paper – also retiring. Butterfly Punch – yep it’s retiring. The Neutrals 5/16″ brads – I think those are staying. Also the Simply Scored was used but you can’t see it much in this picture. Card Style idea from Cindy – we used this style in our MDS club class and I have those to share too – I don’t think I already did it so those will be on another day since we made several designs. Gotta go….
May 11, 2012 | Cards, Designer Series Paper, Retired List, Stamper's Club |
I don’t know about anyone else but I love my butterfly stamps, and punches and dies. I was sad to see the butterfly punch and coordinating stamp sets on the retired lists – but I have seen the new catalog and let me just say that there are new butterflies in there – and I love them too…..I can’t wait until June 1st so I can place an order. But until then I am still playing with what I got. Last week Heather posted this super cute card on her blog and I knew I had to make one like it – here is mine –
This one uses the Summer Smooches Designer Series Paper and the Daffodil Delight Seam Binding – they will both be in the new catalog starting June 1st. For my stamp club last week I created this version –
For this one I used the Cheerful Treat Designer Series Paper that is in our current catalog and Pear Pizzazz Seam Binding – both of these will be retired at the end of the month. I also added a little tag – the “for you” is from the Clearly for You stamp set which is also retiring.
This quick and cute card idea would be easy to do with many designer papers and you could adapt it to use a star punch or some other shape. I think I’ll have to play some more with this design. Thanks Heather for the great card idea!
Have a great Mother’s Day weekend – I may or may not post again over the weekend. Tomorrow I’m taking Kyle to the airport – he is leaving for California and I’m a bit sad about that – I’m excited for him and the opportunity that he has, but sad that he’ll be so far away. Sunday we are going to see my mom and dad for the day and I’m really looking forward to that.
May 10, 2012 | Designer Series Paper, Retired List, Stamper's Club |
I just realized I didn’t post anything yesterday – oops. I took Kyle and Tyler out to lunch and shopping yesterday. And I was finishing up senior gifts for the Band Banquet that we have tonight – books created in My Digital Studio – I need to wrap them and add some printed tags, and then I made 8 1/2 x 11 pages in My Digital Studio and sent them to the local photo shop to print as 8×10 – sales yesterday for $1 a print! – bought frames at the store – and put those together last night. I also came home and made Turkey Lasagna – which seems to be Greg’s favorite meal these days. It was our last home made dinner with Kyle before he goes to California on Saturday – he’ll be gone all summer working out there. Plus Tyler got a job yesterday too – yeah! Then we spent about 2 hours trying to find the social security cards – they were not in the safe place they were supposed to be in – but I did find them. Any way on to a cute project.
Do you need a quick little gift for a teacher or mom? Check out this project that we made at Stamper’s Club Friday night. I think everyone really liked this one and it wasn’t hard to make.
Cut a piece of card stock – I used Basic Gray – to 10-3/4 x 5-1/2. Put it on the Simply Scored and score at 4-1/4, 4-1/2 and 9-1/2. On the end near the 9-1/2 score line punch with the scallop border punch. I also sponged the scallops with Basic Gray ink to make them show up against the front. Put an Antique Brad in the center of the folded flap to hold it down. Then the front just tucks under the scalloped edge to close. This is a matchbook style folder.
To decorate the front I used two stamp sets – Elizabeth and Clearly For You – both of these are on the retiring stamp set list. Stamp Elizabeth in Basic Gray on the front. Stamp the Clearly for You images on some Confetti White card stock (also retiring) – I used Sahara Sand ink and Basic Gray ink – punch with the large oval punch – add a bitty flower with a brad in the center and layer on a Baja Breeze scallop oval punch. Add a strip of the Twitterpated Designer Series Paper (the gray print) to the front and layer the oval over the Elizabeth stamped image. Tie a piece of Baja Breeze Seam Binding in a knot and add with a glue dot above the oval.
On the inside I added a notepad with some Sticky Strip – stamp the pages if you like. I luckily found Baja Breeze pads at the dollar store! I also added a pen – there is a strip of the Gray designer paper in the barrel so it matches the project and a piece of the ribbon is tied on the top – use a mini glue dot to hold the ribbon.
I hope you like this project!
Apr 12, 2012 | Cards, Designer Series Paper, Occasions Mini 2012, Stamper's Club |
Oops – I forgot to post a project yesterday – I meant to but I forgot. I’ll have to make up for it by posting over the weekend again. Today I wanted to share a card I created for my stamp club – Cari my hostess wanted a card using the Gnome Sweet Gnome stamp set so this is what I ended up with.
I used the colors and some of the elements from the scrapbook page I made for Leadership back in January (post is here) and a card idea that I saw on Pinterest. And the end result was this card. The base is Riding Hood Red with squares punched from the Twitterpated Designer Series paper from the Stampin’ Up! Occasions Mini catalog. The Gnome Sweet Gnome set is also in the Occasions Mini Catalog. The other colors I used are Marina Mist, Pear Pizzazz, Basic Gray.
On the inside of the card I added a Whisper White piece stamped along the bottom. All the coloring is done with Stampin’ Write Markers.
On the inside when I colored the rock I didn’t do a good job and colored into the flowers that are stamped on it – so to fix my mistake I punched two flowers using my itty bitty punch pack flower from Whisper White card stock and glued those to the rock to cover the other flowers. I added Daffodil Delight dots in the centers with a Stampin’ Write marker.
The Occasions Mini Catalog ends this month so if you want the Designer paper or the stamp set that I used for this card hurry and buy them before they are gone.
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
These are strips of Designer Paper that are rolled up with a little piece of Baker’s Twine glue to the center for the candle wick. Make a bunch of candles and just glue them to the front of the card. Then stamp Happy Birthday underneath. Or add the number of candles for the birthday that is being celebrated. I decided to add a matching envelope made out of the same designer paper using the Simply Scored tool.
