Feb 10, 2011 | Cards, Occasions Mini 2011, Valentine's Day |
One of the fun things about Stampin’ Up! Events is the demonstrations that they do on stage. Some ideas I like to try and others I don’t. One of the stamp sets they showed at Leadership was the Valentine Defined stamp set. This was one of the first sets I bought from the Occasions Mini catalog. To me it was different from the other sets we have had before. And I really liked this little card they showed on stage. When one of my card clubs asked for me to do a masculine valentine I thought this one fit perfectly. I made a few minor changes but basically kept the card the way they showed it to us.
The base of the card is Early Espresso. The chain of hearts is repeatedly stamped on the base in Early Espresso ink from the bottom to about half way up the card front. Then I tied a piece of Real Red Grosgrain ribbon around with a knot on the side. I usually don’t put adhesive on my ribbon so that once I tie the knot I can adjust where it is on the card. For this one the knot needs to be all the way to the left. If you feel the need to secure the ribbon just tuck a mini glue dot underneath in a few places once you have it in position.
Don’t you love the little heart tree? I inked it with a Pear Pizzazz ink pad and then used an Early Espresso Stampin’ Write marker to color just the tree trunk before stamping it on a piece of Whisper White card stock. Below the tree I stamped “happy valentine’s day” from the Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set in Real Red.
The Decorative Label punch creates the decorative edge behind the stamped white piece. I did make two versions of this card – this one shows the Red Glitter paper as the edge. I also used just plain Real Red card stock on one version. Behind that is a piece of Pear Pizzazz striped Designer Series paper. On top of the tree I added the two little punched hearts. One in Real Red card stock (that’s the guy heart) and one in Red Glitter paper (that’s the girl heart). The whole thing is attached to the front of the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
When I use
a dark colored card stock for my card base I add a coordinating neutral on the inside so you have a place to write. For this one I stamped the heart flowers in the corner – ink it first with the Pear Pizzazz ink pad and then use a Real Red Stampin’ Write marker to add red to the hearts before stamping. Stamp Love You image in Real Red.
This is one of my favorite Valentine cards this year.
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Feb 9, 2011 | Big Shot, Occasions Mini 2011, Valentine's Day |
I realized that Valentine’s Day is going to be here in the blink of an eye and I haven’t shared all my projects with you yet. So I better get busy with that….
This project was part of my Valentine class that I had in January. It uses the new Petal Cone die for the Big Shot that is in the Stampin’ Up! Occasions Mini catalog. The cone is cut from Pretty In Pink card stock – you cut two pieces from the die to form the cone shape. Before assembling the cone shape each piece was embossed with the Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder. For my Big Shot I ran this through with no tabs on my platform – this embossing folder embosses so deeply that it was cutting through the folds of my cone so I removed one of the tabs to take away some of the pressure.
I also cut 4 of the half scallops from some of the Real Red Patterns paper which is part of the Love Patterns Designer paper pack – it is still available through Feb. 14th. These scallops were glued on each of the four sides of the petal cone and then glued down to the outside of the box.
On the front I added Real Red satin ribbon and a Vintage brad – this is a cheater bow – you don’t really have to tie it. I learned this from another demo in my group. You start with folding your ribbon like a “cancer bow” – do you know what I’m talking about – it is just the loop with the two tails hanging down. Once you have that shape you take the center of the loop and bring it down to where the two tails cross. Then take the brad and wrap it around the whole thing at that spot and tighten it to hold the bow pieces in place. Sorry I don’t have pictures of that – but it takes two hands to hold the bow and the brad and that doesn’t leave me a hand for the camera. I then took the brad through the scallop edge which holds that front flap down.
The two side flaps have a jumbo eyelet added and then the Real Red Satin ribbon is pulled through and knotted to create the handle. These would also be cute May Day baskets – just change the colors!
Oh and then on the bottom I added some of the red Glitter paper hearts – the Full Heart punch and then the small heart punch – punch two of each and glue them back to back with the white crochet thread in between. Pull the thread through the tip of the cone – in reality this is easier to do before you assemble the cone – but sometimes you don’t think of these things until later so I used the little floss threader to pull it through the tip and then either tie a big knot or use your paper piercer to stick a glue dot down in the bottom to hold it secure.
I filled my cone with chocolate kisses but the boys have been eating them so there are only a few left inside right now. I hope you like this little valentine treat – make one for each of the kids and hang them on their doors for Valentine morning!
Feb 6, 2011 | Occasions Mini 2011, Punch Art, Valentine's Day |
At the Stampin’ Up! Leadership Conference I participated in several swaps – one of the swaps (actually I did this one twice) was called a Candy Wrapper Swap. I participated in two groups and then my roommates Becky and Diane also participated in different groups. That gave us 40 different ideas between all of us that we could share. This one was one of my favorites that the other girls received (I don’t know who created the swap so if it was you let me know). I was able to take pictures of it so that I could re-create at home.
Isn’t this the cutest idea? I have made these before at Christmas with the snowmen and the wrapped peppermint patties. I do have to tell you that I wasn’t able to find the little wrapped mints anymore – now they come in little rectangle bags – is anyone else able to still find the wrapped mints – I’m talking about the small peppermint patties wrapped in foil. Anyway I had to search the candy aisle for something that would fit between the scallop circle – and it needed to be relatively flat – I finally found something that would work – they were dove chocolates. Enough about the all important candy and more about the project.
The clear bags are some that I ordered online. Get the punches out – the 1-3/4″ Scallop Circle punch, 1-3/8″ Circle punch, 1-1/4″ Circle punch, Two-step Owl punch, Full Heart punch. The colors are Real Red, Basic Grey, Blushing Bride, and Whisper White. Punch 4 Real Red Scallop Circles, punch 4 Basic Grey Scallop Circle, punch 4 Blushing Bride 1-3/8″ Circles and 3 Whisper White 1-1/4″ Circles. Punch the owl – his body is Basic Grey – eyes are white and black with tiny wiggle eyes in the center – his belly/shirt (I’m still not sure what to call that piece) – is from the Play Date Designer Series paper (the red heart print) – the little heart is Blushing Bride. The pink and white punches were sponged with Basic Grey ink.
I used the Lovely Letters stamp set for the ‘L’, ‘V’, ‘E’. The owl will be the ‘O’ in LOVE. The top of the bag is tied with Blushing Bride ribbon and a punched heart was added for a tag. The ‘xoxo’ is a rub-on from the Occasions Mini catalog.
I hope you love this project as much as I do! It was part of my Valentine class that I had in January. There’s only 8 or so more days until Valentine’s day so get busy making sweet treats for your loved ones. My boys will be getting one of these.
Stamping Together at Monika’s Place – February 2011 Newsletter – CLICK HERE.
February 2011 Ribbon Share – CLICK HERE.
Feb 3, 2011 | Blog Candy, Cards, Occasions Mini 2011, SU Ribbon, Thank You Kindly |
Today is my Stampin’ Up! Anniversary! I was officially a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator on Feb. 3rd, 2006. I have completed 5 years and I have loved every minute. I also just passed my blog-a-versary (is there such a word?) – I started my blog Jan. 20th, 2009 – two years of blogging! I had a couple of things planned for my Stampin’ Up! Anniversary but I think I need something for my blog-a-versary too – don’t you? What should it be? Let me think on that while I tell you about what else I have planned this month.
Oh but first here is the card that I used as my Make&Take project for my first ever workshop!
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I can’t believe I found the pictures but I actually had a folder called February 2006 and there it was. Along with two or three other projects. Now lets move on to February 2011 – here is what I have going on…..
First I am planning a SAMPLE SALE all month long. I’ll be cleaning out all my samples that I have made and collected for the last five years. So when you come to my house this month you can shop the sample sale – there will be cards, card fronts, 3-Ds and gifts. I may even have some class kits – with all the consumables cut and you can finish how you want.
Second – how about some Bingo? For the month of February you will earn a Bingo card for every $50 your order from me and in March we will play Bingo to win prizes. You’ll want to check my blog (or sign up for daily updates) so that you can see the Bingo pieces that get called. I’ll send out more details and instructions at the end of February along with your earned Bingo cards.
Check out my February Ribbon Share – that includes Free ribbon and buttons from the Sale-A-Bration Ice Cream Parlor pack.
February 2011 Ribbon Share
Here are the details for this month’s ribbon share.
1/2” Seam Binding Ribbon from the Occasions Mini Catalog
You will receive approximately 2 yards each of Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler, Always Artichoke,
Baja Breeze, Crumb Cake, Pear Pizzazz, and Rose Red 1/2″ Seam Binding Ribbon.
Plus three Vanilla Rosettes – one in each size.
And since it is Sale-A-Bration you will also get for FREE –
3 yards of Ice Cream Parlor Ribbon and 3 Ice Cream Parlor buttons – one in each color.
How Much? $13
Prepay by February 15th.
Orders will be placed after this date and it will all be ready for you by the end of the month.
If you need the ribbon share mailed to you there will be an additional cost for that.
Email me today if you would like to participate – [email protected].
Well let’s get back to my Blog-a-versary – I think it would be appropriate to give away some Blog Candy. I’ll be giving away the stamp set Thank You Kindly to one lucky blog visitor – my way to say Thank You for supporting my blog. To enter into the drawing for my Blog-a-versary Blog Candy please leave a comment on this post between now and Wednesday, February 9th – midnight EST. I will draw a winner and post it on my blog after the 10th.
Thanks so much for visiting!
Feb 2, 2011 | My Digital Studio, Occasions Mini 2011, Sale-A-Bration 2011, Simply Adorned Jewelry |
Sorry I missed yesterday’s posting. I went out of town with Greg for the day and we left earlier than I originally planned on Monday and didn’t finish my projects or posting for Tuesday. Today I’m sharing my Simply Adorned swap – I used the Nature Walk stamp set from the Stampin’ Up! Occasions Mini Catalog. I originally created this for a Simply Adorned class that I held in late December. Then I decided to use it also for my Leadership Swap – just the front side. And then again for my PAWS meeting Swap. I actually made minor changes in each one but I don’t have pictures of the last version – and I swapped them all away.
Here are my original front and back for my class. The little bee on the front is cut out and popped up with Stampin’ Dimensionals. The flowers and the wings of the bee are covered with the Smooch Illuminate Top Coat Pearlized Accent Ink.
For my Leadership swap we only needed the fronts so the picture to the right shows the front again. Here I added a tiny piece of Linen Thread that is tied around the stem of the flowers.
While we were at Leadership I learned a new little technique that I really liked and ended up using that on the version I used for my PAWS group swap. We used an Aqua Painter to “paint” the Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint. I don’t know why I haven’t thought of that before – you don’t need water in it – you are basically just using the brush so I guess you could also use a fine tipped paint brush to do the same thing. So I did that on the bee’s wings and on the flowers. And because I was short on time I left off the linen thread on my PAWS swaps. I’ll have to make one like that again so you can see the difference in how the wings look.
Have a great day! Oh, I have a new signature file using the Sale-A-Bration My Digital Studio CD elements – what do you think?
Jan 29, 2011 | Big Shot, Blog Tour, Cards, Demonstrator, Fabric, Occasions Mini 2011 |
Last weekend I had my PAWS team meeting. We covered some business topics, talked and shared about leadership, stamped some great projects, traded swaps and had a lot of fun! I wanted to share some group pictures and our meeting Make&Takes.
Stephanie, Becky, Travice, Cindy, and Lisa
The girls here are working on a petal cone project using the new Petal Cone die from the Stampin’ Up! Occasions Mini Catalog. 
They had a choice of Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight or Tangerine Tango for their box. The sides were decorated with Designer Series paper and Pom-Pom trim. This project idea actually came from a new site that I joined called the Paper Crafter’s Library.
You can fill the petal cones with candy or other small items. Close up the top with some ribbon for this design.
Fran, Linda, Cindy, Cindy, Christine
In the other room the girls were working on a little card using the Take a Spin stamp set and spinner hands from the Occasions Mini Catalog.
This was a 3×3 birthday card and then has the extra scallop trim on the edge. It will fit in our medium envelopes. Christine is holding her sample up.
The other end of the table is a card that Fran designed using a neat little punching technique to create a fancy frame.
Fran’s card uses a 3×3 inch square of card stock to start creating the border. We did discover that you have to use the old style Eyelet border punch in order for this to work. Center the Eyelet border punch on the center of each side of the square and punch – it leaves the four corners and a thin edge on the outside. The new style border punch does not leave this edge. Then punch all four sides again with the Scallop Trim border punch – this one is the new style. It punches the fancy trim on all four edges that you see on the edges of this square. The stamp set we used was Cute by the Inch for the center square.
Monika, Marie
Jenn also brought a Make&Take project along with a bunc
h of other Valentine treat ideas that she shared with everyone. I forgot to take a picture of her other ideas but here is the little Tag Treat we made.
This little holder is cute for a table – I’ve used this idea before at the holidays and we put little mints, nuggets, or kisses in side the holder. When I use them on a table they become place card holders and I just write names on them.
Jenn
Here is Jenn showing off the other project that we made. Name tags using the new Sew Suite Fabric and the Designer Fabric covered brads in the Stampin’ Up! mini catalog. This idea was shared on stage at the Leadership conference and I thought it would make a great project for our meeting.
To make the tags I used the white card board that comes in the back of the Designer Series paper packs. It was cut using the Two-Tags die and the Big Shot – this is the tag with the scallop circle at one end – it is covered by the flower in the picture. The flower is three 1/2″ by 6″ pieces of fabric. The pieces are folded over and a Fabric Covered brad is pushed through the center. The flower is attached to a piece of matching card stock that was punched with the Scallop Circle punch. Add the flower to the tag and write your name on the front. On the back glue a pin back so that you can attach it to your shirt. I used Crystal Effects for my sample and allowed it to dry overnight, but in the meeting we used a hot glue gun. At the next meeting I hope that everyone will wear their name tag so that we know who they are!
That was a look at our meeting and our M&Ts. Our next team meeting will be in March and I’ll be adding the information to my Stampin’ Connection PAWS group in February. Contact me if you would like information about joining my team or if you are a demonstrator and would like information about coming to my meeting.
Have a great day!
The base of the card is Early Espresso. The chain of hearts is repeatedly stamped on the base in Early Espresso ink from the bottom to about half way up the card front. Then I tied a piece of Real Red Grosgrain ribbon around with a knot on the side. I usually don’t put adhesive on my ribbon so that once I tie the knot I can adjust where it is on the card. For this one the knot needs to be all the way to the left. If you feel the need to secure the ribbon just tuck a mini glue dot underneath in a few places once you have it in position.
a dark colored card stock for my card base I add a coordinating neutral on the inside so you have a place to write. For this one I stamped the heart flowers in the corner – ink it first with the Pear Pizzazz ink pad and then use a Real Red Stampin’ Write marker to add red to the hearts before stamping. Stamp Love You image in Real Red.
