Dec 19, 2009 | Big Shot, Christmas, class, Holiday Mini Catalog 2009 |
This is a super quick project if you are in need of a little box for a last minute gift. The Big Shot machine and our Stampin’ Up! punches make this so easy.
Use a 6″ x 12″ piece of Real Red card stock and run it through the Big Shot with the Stampin’ Up! Fancy Favor Bigz XL die. It cuts the box and makes all the score lines for you and the top edge has a fancy edge so it really dresses up this simple box.
Then I used the Jumbo Snowflake punch to punch a snowflake out of the front panel of the box – I pushed the punch in as far as it would go. Carefully remove the punch so you don’t pull off any of the small delicate pieces of the snowflake. Here is where I came up with what I thought was a neat idea – I thought the box was too plain with just the snowflake punched out so as I sat there I took the punched out piece and put it back (thinking I would do a different idea) but when I did that the edges of the snowflake popped up some while the center remained flush with the box. Hmmm…. now that looked much better to me but I needed something to hold the center of the snowflake in place. Back to my punch collection – I pulled out the 3/4″ Circle punch and punched a Real Red circle. Using a bit of Tombow Multipurpose adhesive (my new favorite thing to use can you tell) I glued the circle to the inside of the box in the very center of the snowflake and then put the punched out snowflake back in and glue it only in the center. Hold it there for just a few seconds. Then I put a square piece of Whisper White card stock on the inside of the box behind the snowflake and ta-da – a pretty snowflake box!
To finish the box I added the Mistletoe Ribbon Originals – the Whisper White ribbon stitched with the Real Red – I added a handle – used the crop-a-dile to punch the holes in each side. I did not fold in on the side gussets I left those alone so I could have a straight box. I also added the ribbon around the bottom of the box.
And some of the girls sprayed their box with the Shimmer Paint spray (rubbing alcohol mixed with the shimmer paint). The Shimmer Paint by the way will still be available after the Holiday Mini catalog ends – it will be a write-in-item for the regular catalog – yeah!
Last was to add a white half pearl from the Pretties Kit to the very center of the snowflake. Everyone said this was the fastest project that they had made. This was part of my Holiday Tags & More class that I had yesterday. We had fun and ate chocolates that Sue shared – yes, Sue, we ate a lot more last night! Everyone says thanks for the chocolates!
I still have lots of Christmas stuff to do – cards to mail, presents to wrap, a few more gifts to finish making and maybe one more to buy. I need to make a cake and plan Christmas breakfast so I still have another trip to the grocery store this week.
I think this is my project #9 for the Late Night Stampers 12 days of Christmas challenge. Just a few more to share…..
Bye for now!
Dec 18, 2009 | Christmas, Holiday Mini Catalog 2009 |
Today is my Holiday Tags & More class and I made a tag set using the Snow Buddies stamp set. I wanted to make some to match some wrapping paper that I have. I love snowmen and I decided that one year I am going to have a Christmas tree decorated only with Snowman ornaments. I have a lot and didn’t get them all out.
This is a set of eight little tags. The Bashful Blue piece is 5″ x 2-1/2″ and they are scored and folded in half with all four corner rounded with the corner rounder punch. The stamped white pieces are 2-1/4″ squares also corner rounded.
I used the Snow Buddies stamp set which is a Level 2 Hostess set in the Stampin’ Up! Holiday Mini Catalog. On each tag I built a different snowman stamping with Jet Black Stazon Ink. Then colored them with Stampin’ Write Markers.
The stamped piece was layered on the front of the blue tag. On the tags where I stamped a snowflake I used a tiny drop of Crystal Effects in the center of each snowflake and put a blue bead in the center. The beads are the larger beads from the Bead Duo set. For the tags that did not have a snowflake stamped I strung about 3 beads on the silver cord before tying it. Not all the beads have a hole big enough to put on the silver cord so you just have to pick through them.
The tin is a square tin with a clear window in the lid. These were bought in bulk from an online store. On the lid around the clear window I put some Crystal Effects and then carefully poured the blue micro beads on to stick to it. Be careful because the beads make a big mess and they do bounce – carefully use a powder pal to catch the run aways. Set the lid aside to dry.
Add silver cord to each tag and the Double-Stitched Bashful Blue ribbon around the bottom of the tin. Stick all the tags inside the tin and let the top snowman show through the window. When the tags are all gone use the tin to hold a small gift!
We have a cold rain today – really yucky out. It is a great day to be indoors stamping.
Dec 17, 2009 | Christmas, class, Designer Series Paper, Holiday Mini Catalog 2009 |
Well yesterday got away from me and by the time I was ready last night to try to post our internet connection wasn’t working….so I’ll try to post twice today once now and again later.
This Friday (well I guess now that is tomorrow) I have my December class and it is themed “Holiday Tags & More” – I wanted everyone to make some quick little projects to finish up their gift wrapping. So we’ll be making some tag projects, a cute ornament and a little box. I designed the tin full of Ornament Tags for the class – but unfortunately it won’t be part of the class on Friday. Why? Well when I went to get out more tins I only had 2 left – I don’t know what happened to all the others that I had. Actually, now that I’m thinking about it those were the tins I used for the holiday bazaar a couple of months ago – that must have been where they went. Well darn – it is a beautiful project so you will just have to recreate it at home. I suppose you can just make the tags without the tin maybe we’ll do that instead – once it was empty you could use it to hold a gift card. So it was a double duty project – tags and a gift card holder…..
Stampin’ Up! Supplies that I used:
- Christmas Cocoa Specialty Designer Series Paper
- Delightful Decorations stamp set
- Ornament Punch
- Real Red card stock and classic ink
- Soft Suede card stock and classic ink
- Stampin’ Dimensionals
- 3/4″ and 1″ circle punch, 1/16″ and 1/8″ handheld circle punch
- silver cord
- Real Red Grosgrain Ribbon
- Tombow Multipurpose Adhesive
- Corner Rounder punch
Other Supplies:
- metal tin – like an Altoids tin
- white embroidery thread
This project features the Ornament Punch – if you don’t already have this punch and it is on your wish list order soon – it is in the Holiday Mini Catalog which ends on January 4th. It may not be available again after that – Stampin’ Up! hasn’t told us yet. I hope it is because there are many other things you can do with this punch. And I haven’t had the chance to try them all or share them all either.
For the Late Night Stamper’s 12 Days of Christmas challenge – this is my Day 6 project.
Happy Stampin’!
Dec 14, 2009 | Big Shot, Christmas, class, Holiday Mini Catalog 2009 |
Holiday Tags & More Class
When: Friday, December 18th
Time: 10:00 am and 7:00 pm
Join me for my monthly Hands-on Stamping Class.
This month we are making two sets of Holiday gift tags, a fancy favor box and a cute ornament using the sweet treat cups.
These are fun projects that I know you will love!
Please bring adhesive (like snail) and some scissors.
The class fee is $15. If you place an order of $50 or more you will get $10 off the class fee.
Please RSVP by 12/16.
I hope you can join me for this fun class! You’ll be ready to finish up your holiday wrapping!
Email me at [email protected] if you would like to attend.
Dec 5, 2009 | Big Shot, Designer Series Paper, Holiday Mini Catalog 2009 |
I needed a birthday card for my husband, Greg, and decided to use the Stamping 411 sketch as my card design. I made the card too late to enter into the challenge on the website but that’s ok. I like how the card turned out. I’ve really fallen in Love with the Autumn Meadows Designer Series Paper in the Stampin’ Up! Holiday mini catalog. I know we are at the end of fall but the colors are masculine and wintery too if you want them to be. 
The colors in the paper are Chocolate Chip, Really Rust, More Mustard, Taken with Teal and Very Vanilla. Both fall and masculine don’t you think?
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- More Mustard card stock
- Autumn Meadows Designer Series Paper
- Taken with Teal card stock
- Chocolate Chip card stock and Classic ink
- Really Rust card stock
- Very Vanilla card stock
- Forest Friends stamp set
- Wonderful Favorites stamp set
- Linen Thread
- Paper Piercer and Mat Pack
- Little Leaves Sizzlit die, Big Shot Die-Cut machine
- Stampin’ Dimensionals
This card is for my Wonderful husband on his birthday – I hope he likes it!
Hug the ones you love and have a wonderful day!
Dec 2, 2009 | Christmas, Holiday Mini Catalog 2009 |
Every other month my upline Wendy has a group meeting and on opposite months I have my group meeting. Her meeting was in November and everyone usually brings cards to swap. Today I am sharing some of the swaps from the last meeting – not everyone put their name on their cards though – so these are the ones that I know who made them.
This little punch elf card was made by Michele Scillepi. The elf head is the ornament punch turned upside down. The tree is made from the Snowflake #2 Originals Die for the Big Shot.
Punch art was a popular choice. The punched Santa card was made by Cindy Schuster. His beard is the scallop circle, the hat is half of a punched square. The snowflake is the snowflake punch.
The Dasher card was from Joyce and is covered with lots of glitter – he looks like he is prancing in the snow.
Apparently I didn’t take a picture of my swap card so I’ll have to do that and show it later.
Wendy shared a New Years card using the individual stamp from the Holiday Mini catalog called A Brand New Year.
I have a scrapbook class starting now – so I’ll be back tomorrow. Bye!
Use a 6″ x 12″ piece of Real Red card stock and run it through the Big Shot with the Stampin’ Up! Fancy Favor Bigz XL die. It cuts the box and makes all the score lines for you and the top edge has a fancy edge so it really dresses up this simple box.
