Nov 13, 2009 | Designer Series Paper, Holiday Mini Catalog 2009, Pocket Silhouettes, Punch Art, Stamper's Club |
This is one of the cards that we made at this months Stamper’s Club meeting. I’ve seen this idea on several other blogs – the Ornament Punch turned into a vase. I love when people think outside the box and come up with unusual ideas for something that seems to be so obviously suited for just one thing. There are many ideas floating round the blogs out there on different ways to use the ornament punch that is in the Stampin’ Up! Holiday Mini catalog other than the obvious of using it as an ornament.
For this card the tip of the ornament was trimmed off to create the flat bottom on the vase. The edges are sponged in Basic Gray ink and then Champagne Shimmer Mist Paint is also dabbed on with a sponge. In real life it really looks like a shiny oriental vase – this photograph doesn’t show it very well.
The Designer Series Paper is Nouveau Chic with colors of Basic Black, Basic Gray, Sage Shadow and Apricot Appeal. I felt like I went outside of my color comfort zone on this one – the Sage and Apricot colors have not been used recently in anything that I’ve done. I was pleased with how the card turned out and it really was a quick card since the punch created the vase. I very lightly sponged the Basic Gray ink underneath and to the side of the vase to create shadows and it is actually popped up on a dimensional.
Today is a beautiful day in north Georgia. We are drying out again from lots of rain earlier this week (several creeks flooded again). It should be great for the high school football games tonight – it is the first night of playoffs and we did secure a spot. Go Etowah Eagles!
Thanks for stopping by!
Nov 11, 2009 | Designer Series Paper, Occasions Mini 2009 |
Making these little 3×3 thank you tags is becoming addicting. I can make a handful in no time at all. 
And they work great for using up scraps of Designer Series Paper and card stock because you only need small amounts.
The idea for these came from some note cards that I made earlier this year. And I was playing around with the layering of some of the punches and I love the small oval on the modern label – I’ll have to use that one again.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Whisper White card stock
- Chocolate Chip card stock
- Walk in the Park Designer Series Paper (retired)
- Forest Friends Stamp set
- Fundamental Phrases Stamp set
- Chocolate Chip classic Ink
- 1-3/4″ Circle punch
- 1-3/8″ circle punch
- small oval punch
- Modern Label punch
- 1/8″ handheld punch (retired) – or use a crop-a-dile
It’s not shown in the photo but I used Silver cord to tie them on my order bags.
I had to take Aspen back to the vet yesterday. His back is bothering him again so he is back on meds and resting. It looks like this is going to be a recurring thing since I can’t explain to him what he shouldn’t do so he doesn’t aggravate it. This time it started on Saturday night and I was hoping after a few quiet days he would improve but he didn’t. For 3 weeks it will be rest and walking on a leash so he can’t chase anything and carrying him up the stairs. Last night he did not want to be carried at all (too much stress from going to the vet) and he would not come up the stairs so he slept alone in the office – he is still sleeping this morning – but I gave him pain and muscle relax meds a little while ago. I hope he perks up in a little while.
Take care today!
Nov 10, 2009 | Big Shot, Circle Scissor Plus, Designer Series Paper, Season of Friendship, Stamper's Club |
I didn’t forget about posting the rest of the seasonal plates (original post was on 10-17 – click here) it just took me a while to get an update picture of the change that I made during our Stamp Club meeting to the spring design. Here is the whole set:
The Fall and Winter designs were the ones I posted earlier. The Spring plate was the one I changed – in this photo the Rich Razzleberry card stock is just plain. While we were making these at the Stamp Club meeting I thought that I should have used the embossing folder on it just to give it some texture. And when the girls did theirs that way it looked great! But mine was still plain and I didn’t want to show it to you that way. So that is what took so long – I took mine apart and embossed the Rich Razzleberry card stock using the Stampin’ Up! Elegant Bouquet Embossing Folder. Then I put it back together and took a photo so I could post it – here is the updated version:
We made the four circle pieces – one for each season and used Velcro to attach to the front of a glass plate. Then stand it up in a plate stand and switch it out as the seasons change. This would make a nice gift for someone.
The main Stampin’ Up! tools we used were the Big Shot with the Stampin’ Up! Top Note die and the Circle Scissor Plus to cut all the circles. The Season of Friendship stamp set was perfect for this project and I was so excited to see it in the new catalog.
The summer plate was the only one that didn’t use any Designer Series paper on it. The background is just stamped with the leaves and then there are flowers under the tree – some of the flowers are cut out and popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals and so are some of the leaves on the tree.
On each plate the little bird was stamped and cut out and added somewhere in the design.
I really love how all of these turned out.
I have also seen where some people have done the plates with the design attached to the back so you can set it down and serve off of it. But then your design has to be flat – no buttons – so it is flat against the glass. But I like mine on the top with some dimension and use it a a decorative piece and not a serving piece.
Have a productive day! I got a lot done yesterday and hope to make good progress today too.
Oct 31, 2009 | Big Shot, Designer Series Paper, Punch Art, Scrapbook Pages |
Halloween is here and it is certainly a dreary day around here. Right now the rain has stopped and this little break is supposed to last until trick-or-treating is done and then rain again late tonight.
Today I’m going to share the Halloween Scrapbook page we made in my class last week.
I used the Eat, Drink & Be Scary stamp set and the little saying on the spider “happy fright night to you” was what inspired the title. The title was cut with the Big Shot and the GoGo Boots Alphabet dies.
The Designer Series Paper is the Cast-a-Spell paper. The scallop circle accents are the dies for the Big Shot.
The witch is Punch Art! My table was covered in punches for this project. The witch design came from the Holiday Punches online class that Heather Summers had a couple of months ago. She makes some very creative creations and you’ll see some more showing up in my projects from time to time. In her class she did Halloween, Fall, and Christmas punch art.
This little witch is done with Old Olive, Perfect Plum, Certainly Celery, Basic Black, and Going Gray.
I also used the Little Boo stamp from the Under $10 section of the catalog – it is such a cute little stamp and fits perfectly in our circle punches.
Have a Happy Halloween! Be safe!
Oct 29, 2009 | Designer Series Paper, Scrapbook Pages |
For my October scrapbook class – which was early this month – we made this Pumpkin Carving layout.
This two page layout was from one of Wendy’s WOW scrapbook class a year or two ago. This is a very quick and easy page to put together.
We also used this layout for an Apply Picking page – changed the colors and using the Tart& Tangy set as accents. Instead of a large pumpkin shape we cut out an apple shape from Designer Series Paper that was a shade of red.
Here the little pumpkin stamp is from one of the Family Accessory stamp sets. The alphabet stamp set is the Just Perfect Alphabet – and it was just perfect for this title – anything bigger I would have run out of room. The background is Sahara Sand and the other colors are Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive and Chocolate Chip. The Modern Label punch was used to cut the stem of the pumpkin and the Small Oval punch was used for the leaf.
The hardest part of this layout is tearing the Designer Series Paper to create the layered pumpkin shape. Normally I trace my patterns on the back of the piece to cut it out. But for this one it worked better to trace on the front and then carefully tear away the traced line to give you the pumpkin layers.
I bought a nice big round pumpkin yesterday – now to have someone carve it for Saturday. I know I have old pictures of the kids when they were little and they each carved a pumpkin – if I don’t take new pictures this week I’ll have to go find those and put them on this cute layout.
Have a great day!
Oct 24, 2009 | Designer Series Paper, Rub-Ons, Stampin' Up! Events, SU Ribbon |
Yesterday was girls day at the Chattanooga Half-Day Regional. Stampin’ Up! started offering half-day regional events this year – just a little taste of what their larger events are like. Danette met me at my house in the morning and we drove to meet Sue and then headed north – in the POURING RAIN – to Chattanooga. After a few wrong turns in the Chattanooga area we finally found our way to the Convention Center and the parking garage. We grabbed a bite to eat at the sandwich shop inside and ran into Shannon West and Cari Cudney from 
Stampin’ Up!. They were the regional presenters along with Pam Morgan.
Pam started by welcoming us and then showed us a cute little WOW project that we all wanted to make – I’m really planning to make one so I’ll show it when I do. Shannon did a presentation on The Way of Workshops and showed us a handful of different ideas. Carrie showed us Tempting Techniques which I now have to play with too – Crystal Effects Glaze, one with waxed paper (I didn’t hear the name of that one), Faux Alligator/Snake skin, Brushless Watercoloring, and Custom Rainbow pad. Shannon did another presentation on Scrapbooks and Photo Tips. If you are a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator and didn’t get to attend one of the Fall regionals – these three presentations are included in the Front Row Regional DVD.
We saw Workshop Wow presentations from several local demonstrators Susan Barron from Alpharetta, GA; Paige Butler from Chattanooga, TN, Julie Salva, Theresa Clark from Lawrenceville, GA, and Joan Wiemers from Alabama. I hope I spelled all their names correctly. They each had great ideas that they shared with us and I have a whole list of new things to try.
There were prize drawings throughout the afternoon – the odds are good when there are only 100 people in attendance – and guess what – I won a prize! The Autumn Splendor stamp set from the Mini Catalog. I was hoping someone else from our table would win – but not this time.
I met lots of new friends, and talked to some of you who visit my blog – that was exciting! In the parking lot we met Kim from West VA. Then we met Rhea from Louisiana who is a new demo trying to meet new friends. Later we had Diane and Beth from South Carolina come join us at our table.
I’m trying to remember everyone else I talked to – Mandy and Abby, LeAnne, Diane, Susan and more. It was a great time. 
I made only a few swaps on Thursday night – 
it was a the exact design from a card that my sister-in-law had sent me a couple of months ago. I just changed the colors and the Designer Series Paper.
Supply List:
- Out of the Box stamp set (hostess level 1)
- Chit Chat Rub-ons
- Tall Tales Designer Series Paper
- So Saffron card stock and ink
- Chocolate Chip card stock and ink
- Old Olive card stock
- Whisper White card stock
- 1-1/4″ Square Punch
- Paper Piercer and Mat pack
- 1/16″ circle punch
- Earth Element brads
- Old Olive Striped Ribbon
- Stampin’ Dimensionals
I had a few other misc. swaps left from my classes or other events and then I swapped some little bags of tags. I hope everyone that attended had a great time.
We drove back after it ended, stopped and had dinner – I ran into Cari from my stamp club at dinner. Then came home and headed up to the high school to see the end of the football game. Etowah won. I missed the band performance but today I am chaperoning for the competition which we will go to shortly. So I’ll see the show later today again – they are doing such a good job this year. Have a great rest of the day! Thanks for stopping by~
