Oct 18, 2010 | Big Shot, Bingo, Cards, Designer Series Paper, Punch Art |
I had a punch art class this last week and showed everyone different ways to use their Stampin’ Up! punches. This week I’ll be sharing those projects. Here is the first one – a Dahlia Fold Card – the original one I saw was on Stampin’ Connection created by demonstrator LeeAnn Greff. The flower petals are made with the body of the owl from the new Stampin’ Up! Owl punch. 
I used many of the same elements that LeeAnn did but changed a couple of things too. My card base is Soft Suede. Then a layer of Crumb Cake that has been embossed with the Elegant Lines Embossing Folder. I tied a piece of Victoria Crochet Trim around the Crumb Cake layer.
To make the flower punch seven of the owl bodies from Elegant Soiree Designer Series paper. LeeAnn pointed out that this is a great use for our double-sided paper since you get to see both sides of the paper on this card. For each petal – fold the owl body in half, then cut off the feet, then cut from the ear down into the fold. Open it back up and fold in each side to overlap and create a point at the bottom. Use a bone folder to curl the ends. If you need a visual of what the piece looks like – visit LeeAnn’s blog.
Once all the petals are folded glue them around a punched circle – I used the 1-3/4″ circle. Glue all seven around until they form a circle. If they don’t fit well – either use one more, one less, or fold the petals differently. It was funny because the first one I made I had a perfect fit for 7, but the second one I made was off – my folds were a little different. I cut a Baja Breeze scallop circle using the Scallop Circle #2 die and the Big Shot. I put the Dahlia flower in the center and poked a hole with the paper piercer and put in a Antique brads. I attached the whole thing to the front of the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
I really like the result – I think I’ll try some more with other papers.
Thanks for stopping in today. So how is Bingo going – is anyone close to five in a row yet?
Let’s play….
It’s BINGO TIME! We are playing Round 5 of Monika’s Blog Bingo. I’m currently taking names for Round 7. See this POST for more details on how to join, how to play and the previous winners.
Here is piece #7 –the pumpkins from Loads of Love Accessories stamp set (stamped in Peach Parfait).
Oct 13, 2010 | Big Shot, Bingo, Designer Series Paper, Halloween, Stamper's Club, SU Ribbon |
Look at these cute Halloween boxes!
I have been struggling with what to do with the paper in the Wicked Cool Specialty Designer Series paper that has the large patterns on only part of the page. Besides using the full sheet on a scrapbook page you lose the look of the large pattern if you cut it into small pieces. I didn’t want to do that so I hadn’t used this fun paper. The bats are flocked so you can feel them!
Sandy Hancock shared this tall box idea and when I was preparing for my Stamper’s Club last week I decided to make these tall boxes. Originally I was going to use one of the floral papers because that was what was on the sample I saw – but then I decided I wanted to make a Halloween project – it is October you know.
Then I had a light bulb moment – the large prints could “wrap” around the box so that you could see it all the way around. And look how good it turned out!
Everyone had a different piece of paper out of the pack – another design that wrapped around is the one that says SPOOKY and also the Spider web. I took a picture after everyone got theirs finished so you could see the variety in the boxes.
The lids are made from the Scallop Square die for the Big Shot. First we cut the square and then we embossed it with the Spider Web embossing folder. It turned out to be a fun lid for the box.
The ribbon is the wide striped ribbon – actually cut in half so it frays which adds to the spookiness – I saw that idea on another blog and have been using it for lots of my Halloween projects.
So what do you do with this tall box – well it will hold a bottle of tall soap from Bath & Body Works. And they have Halloween soap – so now you have the perfect hostess gift for a Halloween Party! How fun would that be?
Or you could package up some cookies in a tall stack – wrap them up and slide them inside the box. Or just fill it with candy!
Just change the colors and the papers for any other occasion or party. I hope you like these as much as I did!
NOTES ADDED: I have had lots of requests for the measurements – they came from Sandy who got them from another demonstrator. You could adjust the size to your needs though. The card stock is 10-1/2″ x 10″. Then score at 2-1/2″, 5″, 7-1/2″, and 10″. Score across the bottom at 2-1/4″ – cut to make your flaps and glue the bottom.
A new round of Monika’s Blog Bingo started yesterday.
It’s BINGO TIME! We are playing Round 5 of Monika’s Blog Bingo. I’m currently taking names for Round 7. See this POST for more details on how to join, how to play and the previous winners.
Here is piece #2 –the bird on a branch “thinking of you” image from Cute By the Inch stamp set (stamped in Pear Pizzazz).
Oct 8, 2010 | Bingo, Birthday, Cards, Designer Series Paper, Stampin' Up! Events, Watercoloring |
Today I have two of my card swaps that I took to the Baltimore Regional. These both use the Level 2 Stampin’ Up! Hostess set called Longfellows.
I got this set because I thought the animals were fun and different from anything else that I had. But once I had it here at home I couldn’t figure out exactly what to do with these long fellows!
This design works well and I plan to make cards with the rest of the gang. I used the dog in my pets class (and the cat). And here is my turtle version. The Old Olive Designer Paper is from the Plate Date paper pack.
I made a new version of the cat card using Cajun Craze as my main color. The Designer paper on this one is the Wicked Fun specialty paper. This one is fun because the black circles are flocked so they have texture.
The animals are stamped with Jet Black StazOn Ink and then water colored with an aquapainter and classic ink.
Now I need to do the whale, the elephant and the alligator and I’ll have a complete set.
My 12 weeks of Christmas Newsletter went out earlier this week. I sent out week 1 on Wednesday and got it out to most of the people that signed up on Thursday. I’m going to finish sending week 1 to those that signed up on Thursday. The next one will go out next week Wednesday.
Monika’s Blog Bingo continues – I heard several people at the regional tell me how much fun they thought it was. I’m glad everyone thinks so! So let’s play….
It’s BINGO TIME! We are playing Round 4 of Monika’s Blog Bingo. I’m currently taking names for Round 6 – I only have a couple of spots left. See this POST for more details on how to join, how to play and the Round 1, 2, and 3 winners. Is anyone getting close yet?
Here is piece #11 –the alphabet from Cute by the Inch stamp set (stamped in Poppy Parade).
Oct 3, 2010 | Bingo, Birthday, Cards, Designer Series Paper, Stampin' Up! Events, Watercoloring |
Hi everyone! Today is Sunday and I am on my way back home tonight from a trip to Virginia and Maryland. I went to visit my sister-in-law and on Friday we went to the Baltimore Regional. We had a great time! We saw lots of great WOW demonstrations which I’ll tell you more about later. The Make&Takes were all great and I’ll share those with you too. When I get home I can download all my pictures and share all of those things.
For today I’m going to share some of the cards we made in my Love Your Pets class. These two cards use the Stampin’ Up! Level 2 Hostess Stamp Set called Longfellows. These are quick and simple cards and I made some more for my regional swaps using different images. I think now I’ll go back and make a whole set using all the images that are included.
The front is pretty basic with a piece of Designer Series Paper on one side, the image stamped in Jet Black StazOn ink and watercolored, then layered on a piece of Crumb Cake (I keep writing Kraft and then deleting to correct it) that was scallopped on one side.
On the inside I stamped just the front and back of the dog (or the cat) on each edge of the card. I should have added a matching sentiment on the inside but I didn’t think about that.
The front also has the little Bitty Button thread with some Linen Thread.
If you were looking for a great idea with this stamp set – I hope you like this one! And now let’s move on to Bingo…..
It’s BINGO TIME! We are playing Round 4 of Monika’s Blog Bingo. I’m currently taking names for Round 6. See this POST for more details on how to join, how to play and the Round 1, 2, and 3 winners.
Here is piece #6 –CREATE from the Charming stamp set (stamped in Peach Parfait).
Sep 25, 2010 | Big Shot, Bingo, Cards, class, D is for Dog, Designer Series Paper |
I’m back with my post for today – again sorry I didn’t get it up sooner – I wasn’t expecting to not have access last night.
This month my hands-on class was “Love Your Pets” and we focused on projects featuring cats and dogs. You might recall the dog and cat cards that I designed for our visit to the Ronald McDonald House – I decided to use that same card design for this class but step it up just a little bit. Click here to see the RMHC post.
These cards use a Crumb Cake card base, a layer of Baja Breeze card stock and Elegant Soiree Designer Series paper. The circles are cut with the Big Shot Die-cutting machine using the Circles #2 die. The images are stamped in Soft Suede ink on the Very Vanilla circles.
For the Dog card I added Linen Thread around his collar. The easiest way to do this is use a paper piercer to put a small hole at each side of the dog’s collar. Then I use a floss threader – the kind your orthodontist or dentist gives you to help get floss through tight places or around braces – pull the linen thread through the hole with the threader and then tie in the front.
A peek at the inside – I had the paw prints “walking” around the inside of the card.
The cat card is basically the same layout but turned in the other direction.
For the cat I added a small rhinestone to her collar where the tag is on the stamped image.
And the linen thread around the collar.
Isn’t she a cute cat with her new fancy collar and tag?
I’m happy with how these cards turned out. Next week I’ll be going to the Baltimore regional and I still need swaps so I’ve decided to make some more of these for my some of my swaps.
No Bingo Winner emails yet – so its time to pull another Bingo piece – here we go…..
Let’s play Bingo…..
It’s BINGO TIME! We are playing Round 3 of Monika’s Blog Bingo. I’m currently taking names for Round 6. See this POST for more details on how to join, how to play and the Round 1 and 2 winners.
Here is piece #16 –the dog from All in the Family stamp set (stamped in Chocolate Chip).
Sep 13, 2010 | Bingo, Birthday, Cards, Charming, Designer Series Paper, In Colors, Inspired by Nature, Punch Art |
Today’s card uses the Owl Punch – I just love that Owl punch! – and the Word Play stamp set. I created another card earlier using the same to items and basically the same colors – you can see it here. I needed another card using the Owl punch from Stampin’ Up! but didn’t want to use the same one so I came up with another one. Here it is:
We made this one in my card clubs the last couple of weeks. The colors are the Stampin’ Up! In Colors – Pear Pizzazz and Peach Parfait.
I wanted a matching envelope but since the card was basically all punched I wasn’t sure what to do to decorate the envelope. I finally decided to use the grass from Inspired by Nature and then added the little butterfly from Charming – it gave it an outdoor look to go along with my owl.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Card stock: Pear Pizzazz, Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip,Whisper White
- Ink: Pear Pizzazz, Peach Parfait, Chocolate Chip
- Stamp sets: Word Play, Inspired by Nature, Charming
- In Color Patterns Pack Designer Series Paper
- Owl Punch, 2-step Bird Punch, 1-3/4″ Circle Punch
- Stampin’ Sponges, 2-way glue pen
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
Let’s play some more Bingo…..
It’s BINGO TIME! We are playing Round 3 of Monika’s Blog Bingo. I’m currently taking names for Round 6. See this POST for more details on how to join, how to play and the Round 1 and 2 winners.
Here is piece #4 –the words “hand crafted” from the Tiny Tags stamp set (stamped in Pear Pizzazz).
Have Fun!
It’s BINGO TIME! We are playing Round 5 of Monika’s Blog Bingo. I’m currently taking names for Round 7. See this POST for more details on how to join, how to play and the previous winners.
