Mar 15, 2012 | Big Shot, Birthday, Designer Series Paper, Occasions Mini 2012 |
We made this little project during Stamp Club this month. It’s an old idea that I created a couple of years ago. But back then we didn’t have the Simply Scored Tool or the Diagonal Score plate – and this is the perfect little project to make with those.
To start I cut a scallop square using the Big Shot die-cut machine and the clear scallop square die – I used a piece of Sweet Shop Designer Series paper. Then you’ll get out the Simply Scored and put the scallop square up in the corner – score it like a tic-tac-toe board – in between every 3 scallops. After that’s done, add the Diagonal Score plate to your Simply Scored – and put your scallop square back in the corner again. Now score a diagonal from each corner into where the two score lines meet on the tic-tac-toe board. So you have a diagonal score through the center of each corner square.
Now fold on all your score lines – the diagonals go in and the others go out. Punch a hole in each corner to pull your Baker’s Twine through and pull the corners together. Add a tag and tie a bow. The tag is the Decorative Label punch, “sweet treats” is a stamp from Teeny Tiny Wishes stamped in Island Indigo, doodle around the edges with the Stampin’ Write marker, and finally add a sticker from the cute Sweet Shop designer stickers. Fill with some candy and you have a cute sweet little treat to give to someone one.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Card stock: Whisper White
- Ink: Island Indigo pad & marker
- Stamp sets: Teeny Tiny Wishes
- Accessories: Decorative Label punch, Big Shot machine, Scallop Square Die, Simply Scored, Diagonal Plate, Pool Party Baker’s Twine, 1/16″ circle punch, Sweet Shop Designer Stickers, Sweet Shop Designer Series paper
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
Have a sweet day!
Mar 14, 2012 | Cards, Designer Series Paper, Occasions Mini 2012 |
Look at this cute card that we made at the San Antonio Regional (way back in January). This is a good example of how to use a stamp set and a punch in a new way. Aren’t we always looking for different ways to use what we have – thinking outside the box…
The stamp set used on this card is the Send Me Soaring set from the Stampin’ Up! Occasions Mini catalog. Its the set with all the kites and clouds. But there aren’t any kites on on this card – its a flower. The polka dot kite was used – stamped on Whisper White card stock and then punched. The little flower petals are the small heart punch – four hearts with the points together in the center make up the center of the flower. The same polka dot kite was used to make the leaf – punch with a circle punch and the put the punched piece back inside the circle and punch again on the other side to create the leaf.
The Designer Paper on this card is from Sweet Shop (the Pool Party waves) and from Berry Blossoms (the Expresso Polka Dots). The other layers of the flower are from the Blossom Bouquet Triple Layer punch – there are two layers. And a bitty button in the center with some Baker’s Twine tied through.
One more trick on this card – the rounded corners – that’s not the corner rounder punch (which is smaller) – the corners were actually stuck into the Circle punch to round the corners.
I asked Diane to do this as the Make&Take card at our January Demonstrator meeting – but neither of us actually had the Send Me Soaring stamp set. So we decided to find another set to use – there are several that you could use but what I
used was Up, Up & Away – there is a hot air balloon with polka dots. Some other stamp sets you could use for the polka dots – Delightful Decorations and Sweetheart – or you you use designer paper or choose another pattern besides polka dots and then there are lots of other options. Here is the alternate version with a pearl in the flower instead of the bitty button. We added a different greeting set – Friendly Phrases and actually used the corner rounder punch.
I hope you like seeing some different ways to use your stamps, punches other than the way you thought!
Have a great day!
Mar 7, 2012 | Big Shot, Cards, Occasions Mini 2012, Sale-A-Bration 2012, Thank You |
I’m back – so sorry for being MIA for a while. I had a super busy weekend – I spent all day Saturday (literally all day – left at 7:30 am and got back at 11:00 pm) at the Bascomb UMC Scrapbook Crop. What a fun day! The days leading up to that I was frantically getting ready, printing flyers, packing scrapbook layouts, die-cutting hearts, butterflies, buttons and more for goody bags, prepping a make&take and packing up everything for my booth. The crop was a blast and I met so many nice ladies! I can’t believe I have never been to a crop before – they were so right about having more stuff than you had room for – even I needed more table space and I had 2 6foot tables for all my stuff. But one table was my M&T station which was a lot of fun. I hope to see many of those ladies at my classes and then again in October at the next crop.
So after that my parents came on Sunday to spend the night so I could spend time with them for my birthday. Kyle and Tyler both came home from college too and we had my birthday dinner Sunday night. That was a good thing because Monday (my actual birthday) was not a good day. I was sick and spent most of the day horizontal – so my parents went on home and I slept most of the day and missed my whole birthday. Yesterday I was up and about but not 100% – so I still ate very little but I was able to get back to work. I think I lost weight on Monday since it had to be an almost zero calorie day – I drank water, ate 4 saltine crackers and had some gatorade. Greg brought flowers home that evening and my dad brought me an orchid before they left to head back home. We make up our lunch and dinner plans later. Does this mean I didn’t really get a year older if I slept through my birthday?
Ok – sorry for the rambling but I wanted to let you know why I was gone for so long….
And I have one other issue – I put my camera in a safe place and now I can’t find it. So until then my pictures are from my iphone – so this one isn’t that great. This card uses both Sale-A-Bration and Occasions Mini Catalog products.
The main image is Apothecary Art which coordinates perfectly with the new Label Collection Framelits. I really love the framelits and can’t wait to see what new designs they have in our next catalog (coming June 1st). I stamped the image on Very Vanilla card stock first. Then use the Stamp-a-ma-jig to add the words in the banner section – I used Soft Suede ink by the way. I find it easier to color first – I used my Stampin’ Write Markers – Blushing Bride and Certainly Celery – then cut it with the Big Shot and the Label – and sponge the edges. I cut a Blushing Bride layer in the label that was one size larger – and sponge the edges of it too.
On the base of the card I stamped the Fresh Vintage stamp set which is one of the Sale-A-Bration stamp set choices – it is very subtle – Soft Suede ink on the Soft Suede card stock. I used Very Vanilla Seam Binding tied around the card base – tied in a knot. Attach the layered labels over the top with Stampin’ Dimensionals. To finish – cut some of the butterflies using the Beautiful Wings Embosslit – sponge those too – and add a couple of basic pearls.
The idea for this card came from the box that I created in February – I just decided to turned that idea into a card – here is that post.
I hope I didn’t bore you today with rambling – I wish I was a better writer – but I’m not sorry. I will probably be posting some more MDS projects since I don’t need my camera for those pictures. Have a great day!
Feb 24, 2012 | Cards, Masculine, Occasions Mini 2012 |
I have to tell you that I didn’t think much of this stamp set in the Stampin’ Up! Occasions Mini catalog when I first saw it. It is called You’re My Type and includes the type-writer and 6 different sets of words to go with it. But then I saw what other demonstrators were doing with and thought I probably need to get this set – it is actually very versatile and works great for a masculine or gender neutral card. But you can dress it up and bling it up and change the colors and you can even use the Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set with it and other too. Now the possibilities are really growing. And I really wanted it – lucky me that I got it free at Leadership!
So this is a quick and easy card (idea from the Stampin’ Success magazine – Feb 2012 issue). I didn’t want to cut out the typewriter so the card front has a Very Vanilla panel and the typewriter is stamped on it using Early Espresso ink. At the bottom of the panel is an Early Espresso strip and then a piece of First Edition Designer Series paper punch with the Scallop Border.
Tie a piece of Early Espresso Baker’s Twine around it. Stamp “a little note…” on Sahara Sand card stock strip and cut to create a banner. I also stamped the words on the paper part of the typewriter image without reinking – so it is just a faint hint of typing. Attach the banner with a brad and then add the whole panel to the front of an Old Olive card.
Happy Stamping!
Feb 23, 2012 | family, My Digital Studio, Occasions Mini 2012, Scrapbook Pages |
I wanted to make a photo project for my niece for her birthday. Since she was turning 5 today (Happy Birthday Ally!). I wanted it to be something that was durable enough for her to handle and play with. So I decided to create a My Digital Studio swatchbook because it comes with the plastic covers on the front and back and the pages are a sturdy weight.
In the Stampin’ Up! Occasions Mini catalog there is a Designer Template called Twitterpated (#125615) and I decided that would make the project quick and easy. The hard part was getting all the pictures together.
The template is 26 pages or 13 front and back. It included photo boxes on the fronts and some journaling lines on all the backs. I decided to fill the photo boxes on the front using them just like they were in the template. I opted to delete the journaling lines and leave the backs with just the designer paper and embellishments.
On the very last page I did include a note that said it was made with love by Aunt Monika.
On the cover I added punched letters to spell her name and then played around with filling them with different designer papers but I ultimately decided to use part of a photo instead. Can you see what I filled the letters with? I used the same photo of Ally on the cover and then for each letter positioned it over her dress – so its like patterned paper that matches my picture exactly!
The swatch book is an assortment 
of pictures from her whole life – from the day she was born up to our trip in December. Then for each page I added some little quote or saying to go along with the pictures – so were already part of the template and others I either pulled from stamp sets that I have in My Digital Studio or I added as text boxes.
Throughout the book she can find her cousins, her grandparents, her parents and brother, the new puppy, and of course Aunt Monika had to be included too.
I also added the month and year of the pictures on each page so that we knew when they were from. She changed a lot in 5 years.
One important thing when you create a swatchbook – turn the bleed guides on! Then you can see where the hole will be for the rivet and also where the book will be trimmed around the edges. I made sure the quotes and dates and important parts of the pictures were inside my bleed areas.
I hope you like this little My Digital Studio Project. If you would like to try the software out for Free you can go to my website and download a free 30 day trial from my online store. Have fun creating!
Feb 22, 2012 | Big Shot, Cards, Occasions Mini 2012, Sale-A-Bration 2012, Thank You |
Have you earned any of the Stampin’ Up! Sale-a-Bration items for free yet? This is a set you might want to get – it’s called Outlined Occasions.
This was a quick card to make using strips of Designer Series Paper from the Everyday Enchantment paper (also a Sale-A-Bration item). You could easily use strips of any paper that you have. I used the Stampin’ Write Markers that matched the colors in the paper to color the Outlined Occasions word. There are three word choices – Thanks, Celebrate, and Love. Any of them could be used on this card. I stamped the word first with JetBlack StazOn ink on Whisper White card stock. Then cut the word out with one of the labels from the Framelit Labels Collection (in the Occasions Mini Catalog).
The coordinating phrase was stamped on Lucky Limeade card stock and punched out with the Modern Label punch. I added some Rhinestones as accents.
The background is Crumb Cake and the colors I used that match the paper are Lucky Limeade, Pool Party, Peach Parfait.
Sale-A-Bration continues through the end of March. For every $50 of product that you order you can choose 1 Sale-A-Bration item for Free. If you’d like to see the brochure CLICK HERE.
Thanks for visiting today!
We made this little project during Stamp Club this month. It’s an old idea that I created a couple of years ago. But back then we didn’t have the Simply Scored Tool or the Diagonal Score plate – and this is the perfect little project to make with those.
