Feb 13, 2010 | Birthday, Cards, Create with Connie & Julie, Designer Series Paper, Sale-A-Bration 2010, SU Ribbon, Watercoloring |
Last week’s challenge winners were Lisa Martz and Robin Gregor with Cynthia Stevenson having an honorable mention! Thanks to everyone that played along. I hope you will join us this week!
It is time for another challenge at
Create with Connie & Julie! This week our challenge is a SKETCH challenge. The featured items this week are from the Stampin’ Up! Occasions Mini Catalog and the Sale-A-Bration Brochure – Happy Moments, Tote-ally Tess, and Tiny Tags stamp sets. I decided to use the Happy Moments stamp set – it has turned out to me one of my favorite’s from the Sale-A-Bration brochure. Once I started to use it I realized this is one of those sets that covers almost any occasion – change the colors and combine various sentiments with the images and you can use it for almost anything.
Here is the sketch that we had to work with.
I picked the colors because I had some ribbon that was sitting together in my craft room – Chocolate Chip, Bashful Blue and Certainly Celery – I like how they looked together so I decided to use that for my color scheme. Based on the sketch I decided to get out the Sweet Pea Designer Paper Pack and I chose papers that had those colors and cut them into 1/4″ strips to layer on my card.
As I was creating the card I didn’t like the sentiment coming off the top of the image so I decided to flip the sketch upside down.
The image is stamped on Watercolor paper and I used my Classic ink and an Aqua Painter to do the watercoloring. I added some linen thread at the top.
I also wanted to decorate the inside of the card. So I used the same image and added a “hanger” for the bird cage by tracing around a punched circle. I really like how it turned out. I actually made a full set of cards using all the images in the happy Moments stamp set. I will show that later – it will be one of my new Quick Cards classes – I’m just trying to choose the date and then I’ll let everyone know.
Here is a full list of Stampin’ Up! supplies for this card:
- Chocolate card stock and ink and Stampin’ Write marker
- Bashful Blue card stock and ink
- Certainly Celery ink
- Old Olive ink
- Sahara Sand ink
- Black StazOn ink
- Whisper White card stock
- Watercolor paper
- Sweet Pea Designer Paper pack
- Whimsical Words stamp set (SAB)
- Happy Moments stamp set (SAB)
- 1-3/4″ Circle Punch
- 1″ Circle Punch
- Aqua Painter
- Bashful Blue Satin Ribbon
- Linen Thread
- Paper Piercer and Mat Pack
- Stampin’ Sponge
- Stampin’ Dimensionals
And here is a look at the rest of the Create team:
Connie
Julie
Mary
Kerin
If you haven’t checked out the Create with Connie and Julie site yet now is the time to do it! We feature new Occasions Mini product every week. 
There is a new project posted every day and there will be a minimum of two fabulous tutorials each and every week. We like to have lots of fun so we have challenges and prizes for our subscribers. Our sites stay up long after the session is done so you will always have access to the site and the tutorials. For more information and to see our Preview Week projects please visit the Create with Connie and Julie site.
Thanks for stopping by today! Happy Stampin’!
Feb 11, 2010 | Big Shot, Chipboard, Create with Connie & Julie, Designer Series Paper, Occasion Mini 2010, Stamper's Club |
This project is a combination of ideas – the chipboard heart box idea is from Mary Brown – one of the designers for the Create with Connie & Julie class (you can still join the class) – the quilted decorating idea is from a swap card that I saw at my friend Wendy’s house – and the flower idea is from the Stampin’ Success Magazine – a magazine for Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators. I put all three ideas together and – ta – da ………………………
Isn’t it cute? I used the On Board Chipboard hearts to create the box following Mary’s instructions. Then I decorated the front heart using punched squares from the various papers in the Sending Love Specialty Designer Series Paper. We punched holes in the top corner with the Crop-A-Dile and added the Chocolate Chip Satin ribbon bow.
The flower is made with the Jumbo Heart Punch – punch four hearts – then I ran them through the Big Shot using the new Perfect Polka Dots Textured Impressions Folder. The center is a circle punch and then I used a Real Red Corduroy brad to hold the flower pieces together. Everything is sponged in Chocolate Chip to soften all the edges.
Add something inside the box and you have a nice gift or table center piece. This was a club project that we made at the February Stamper’s Club Meeting. I’m adding new members to my club right now and we’ll have our next meeting in March. Email me if you live nearby and want to join my stamp club.
Here is another version of this project decorated with the Sweet Pea Designer Series paper. This one looks like spring instead of Valentine’s day. You could use it for Mother’s Day, or a Bridal Shower or Baby Shower or just to celebrate spring.
The chipboard shapes are much larger than I thought they were looking at them in the Occasions Mini Catalog. You get 8 chipboard pieces in each pack for $4.95. So you can make 4 boxes out of each pack. And there are two other shapes – the scallop circle and a bird.
Thanks for stopping in to see me today!
Feb 8, 2010 | Baroque Motifs, Designer Series Paper, Embossing, Holiday Mini Catalog 2009, Sale-A-Bration 2010, Scrapbook Pages |
I’m continuing with the 52 weeks of stress free scrapbooking – and I have week 4 finished – that means 48 more to go…
I love how this one turned out. On the 52 weeks blog – Janna actually had two layouts – this was the alternate layout and I turned it on it’s side. And used all Stampin’ Up! product to create my version.
I have never made a black & white page – I added one color – a combination of So Saffron/Crushed Curry. The photo is my grandmother that died before I was born so I never knew her. It is an old photo from 1930 – so it is black & white with the yellowing of a vintage photo so I decided the So Saffron would work well with it.
The base is a piece of 12 x 12 Basic Black card stock. I stamped it with the large swirl image from the Baroque Motifs stamp set using VersaMark ink and then embossed with clear embossing powder. The other black panel is created the same way. I used some of the Night & Day Designer Series Paper was in the Stampin’ Up! Holiday Mini Catalog (now you can get it as a Digital Download for My Digital Studio). I add a few strips of So Saffron card stock and create the edging with the new Scallop Trim Border Punch (you can get it FREE with a qualifying Sale-A-Bration order). The patterned paper layered behind the photo and the title at the bottom is the Crushed Curry print from the Razzleberry Lemonade Designer Series Paper pack – it is a light print so it looks more like So Saffron. There are small photo corners punched from the Basic Black card stock and the Photo Corners punch.
The accent pieces are stamped with the Vintage Labels set (another one you can get FREE with a qualifying Sale-A-Bration order) – the curly label frame image was stamped with Crushed Curry or Basic Black ink on Whisper White, So Saffron card stock and a piece of the Night & Day Designer Series paper. These were all punched out with the Curly Label punch.
Then I stamped each one with an image from the Charming stamp set which was featured in the Holiday Mini catalog but is still available during the Occasions Mini Catalog. The flower was stamped with Crushed Curry ink. The other two were stamped with VersaMark and embossed with white embossing powder.
I was very happy with how this one turned out. I hope you like it too. Now to work on week 5’s layout…..
Have a wonderful Stampin’ Up! Day!
Jan 31, 2010 | Big Shot, Circle Scissor Plus, Designer Series Paper, Occasion Mini 2010, Scrapbook Pages, Valentine's Day |
I finished my week 3 scrapbook page for the 52 weeks challenge – so there are 49 more weeks to go! Now to work on week 4. For this page I ended up using several new products from the Stampin’ Up! Occasions Mini catalog. It ended up as a Valentine Page in non-traditional colors.
We celebrate Valentine’s Day a bit differently. For many years now I have used this more as a celebration of all my boys. I cook a surf & turf dinner – crab legs, lobster, steak. I can spend the same or less and give all of us a fancy meal instead of Greg and I going out alone. One year while Kyle and Tyler were in Cotillion we did a formal dinner with all the different silverware and dishes so they could practice what they were learning.
At the end of dinner we have a scavenger hunt for them to find treats and things around the house. I usually create hidden codes or clues that they have to figure out. We started this when the boys were first in Cub Scouts and learning about secret codes. The codes got harder as the boys grew older. About this time of year they start to ask if we are still having our scavenger hunt this year. And this year Greg told me Tyler invited his girlfriend over to spend Valentine’s with us.
Here are the list of Stampin’ Up! Supplies that I used on this page:
- Chocolate Chip card stock, ink and Stampin’ Write marker
- Sweet Pea Designer Series Paper Stack (Occasions Mini Catalog)
- Not Quite Navy card stock and ink
- Old Olive card stock and ink
- Whisper White card stock
- Circle Scissor Plus and Glass Mat
- Full Heart Punch
- Modern Label Punch
- Extra Large Two-Step Bird punch (Occasions Mini Catalog)
- Small Heart punch (Occasions Mini Catalog)
- I {Heart} Hearts stamp set (Occasions Mini Catalog)
- Well Scripted stamp set (Occasions Mini Catalog)
- Cutter Kit
- Big Shot die cut machine
- Movers & Shapers Die and Punch Windows Die
- SU Backgrounds 1 Texturz Plate
- Twill Tape
- Staples (not SU)
- Date stamp (not SU)
I hope you like the non-traditional colors of my Valentine Page.
Have a great day!
Jan 30, 2010 | Big Shot, Birthday, Build-a-Bear, Create with Connie & Julie, Designer Series Paper, Occasion Mini 2010 |
It is time for another challenge at Create with Connie & Julie. This week our challenge was to create Kids Packaging. The items we are featuring this week from the Stampin’ Up! Occasions Mini and Sale-a-Bration brochure include – Something Sweet, Fox & Friends, and Picnic Parade stamp sets, and the Build-A-Bear collection. I chose to create something with the Build-A-Bears – I have had lots of fun with them on other projects and this idea has been bouncing around in my head for a few weeks.
I think it really turned out cute…are you ready to see it? It is a real WOW in person. I wish you could see it in person.
The box is a nice size and you could use it for many different things. Dress the bears in baby colors and use it for a baby shower. Add the die-cut pieces for Easter and make them into Easter baskets, or some other holiday. Use it for a teacher gift – cut top notes and have each student write a note to the teacher and put them all in the box – give it to her for teacher appreciation day or her birthday (or his). Decorate the bears – like cheerleaders and football players or whatever sport your child is in for a coaches gift. This could be lots of fun – just dress up the bears the way you need them.
Do you love it? I have a tutorial for the members of Create with Connie & Julie. It is available only on the Create site! If you haven’t joined the class it is not to late – all the past projects are still there for you to see and we still have lots more to go. Have fun and I hope you play along with the challenge on Create with Connie & Julie – remember to add your link to the post on the site so you can win prizes!!! Every week we choose two winners from all the winners that play. Good Luck!
A BIG congratulations to Sandra Hansen who took 1st place in last week’s sketch challenge and Lisa Martz who got 2nd place! Congratulations ladies!
And here is a look at the rest of the Create team – 3 of us have tutorials this week but you have to me a class member to have access to them:
Connie
Julie
Mary
Kerin
If you haven’t checked out the Create with Connie and Julie site yet now is the time to do it! We feature new Occasions Mini product every week. There is a new project posted every day and there will be a minimum of two fabulous tutorials each and every week. We like to have lots of fun so we have challenges and prizes for our subscribers. Our sites stay up long after the session is done so you will always have access to the site and the tutorials. For more information and to see our Preview Week projects please visit the Create with Connie and Julie site.
Thanks for stopping by today! Happy Stampin’!
Jan 27, 2010 | Designer Series Paper, family, Great Friend, In Colors, Stamper's Club |
The stamp club orders came on Monday and look at the new Stampin’ Up! Boxes –
Not only do they have the Sale-A-Bration logo on them, but look at this new Caution statement.
I’m ready for some extreme excitement!
I’m always happy to open up Stampin’ Up! boxes because there is always something fun inside. I think I heard it is only this particular size box that has this label on it because it is the most common size for orders during Sale-A-Bration.
So anyway the club orders were in that box and if you are a part of my Stamp Club then I have all of your stuff ready for you. Our last club meeting for this session is in February and I’ll start new groups in March. If you are not already in my Stamp Club and want to be a part of the fun please contact me – I’ll be sending out more information later this week.
Here is one of the projects we made at our last Stamper’s Club meeting – it is a skinny tin that has been altered to be a picture frame. My friend Wendy shared this with us at our STARZ group meeting and I decided to use it as our club project.
This is the front of the tin. And when you open it up you can stand it on your desk and it shows two photos on the inside.
I added a couple of photos of Tyler and Haley when they went to the Homecoming Dance last fall.
This is a great little gift idea – perfect for a Mother’s Day or Father’s day gift – just adjust the colors and accents to what you need.
Have a great day! I’ll post later with some bird photos – they were busy today.
Here is the sketch that we had to work with.
I picked the colors because I had some ribbon that was sitting together in my craft room – Chocolate Chip, Bashful Blue and Certainly Celery – I like how they looked together so I decided to use that for my color scheme. Based on the sketch I decided to get out the Sweet Pea Designer Paper Pack and I chose papers that had those colors and cut them into 1/4″ strips to layer on my card.
I also wanted to decorate the inside of the card. So I used the same image and added a “hanger” for the bird cage by tracing around a punched circle. I really like how it turned out. I actually made a full set of cards using all the images in the happy Moments stamp set. I will show that later – it will be one of my new Quick Cards classes – I’m just trying to choose the date and then I’ll let everyone know.
