Oct 13, 2010 | Big Shot, Bingo, Designer Series Paper, Halloween, Stamper's Club, SU Ribbon |
Look at these cute Halloween boxes!
I have been struggling with what to do with the paper in the Wicked Cool Specialty Designer Series paper that has the large patterns on only part of the page. Besides using the full sheet on a scrapbook page you lose the look of the large pattern if you cut it into small pieces. I didn’t want to do that so I hadn’t used this fun paper. The bats are flocked so you can feel them!
Sandy Hancock shared this tall box idea and when I was preparing for my Stamper’s Club last week I decided to make these tall boxes. Originally I was going to use one of the floral papers because that was what was on the sample I saw – but then I decided I wanted to make a Halloween project – it is October you know.
Then I had a light bulb moment – the large prints could “wrap” around the box so that you could see it all the way around. And look how good it turned out!
Everyone had a different piece of paper out of the pack – another design that wrapped around is the one that says SPOOKY and also the Spider web. I took a picture after everyone got theirs finished so you could see the variety in the boxes.
The lids are made from the Scallop Square die for the Big Shot. First we cut the square and then we embossed it with the Spider Web embossing folder. It turned out to be a fun lid for the box.
The ribbon is the wide striped ribbon – actually cut in half so it frays which adds to the spookiness – I saw that idea on another blog and have been using it for lots of my Halloween projects.
So what do you do with this tall box – well it will hold a bottle of tall soap from Bath & Body Works. And they have Halloween soap – so now you have the perfect hostess gift for a Halloween Party! How fun would that be?
Or you could package up some cookies in a tall stack – wrap them up and slide them inside the box. Or just fill it with candy!
Just change the colors and the papers for any other occasion or party. I hope you like these as much as I did!
NOTES ADDED: I have had lots of requests for the measurements – they came from Sandy who got them from another demonstrator. You could adjust the size to your needs though. The card stock is 10-1/2″ x 10″. Then score at 2-1/2″, 5″, 7-1/2″, and 10″. Score across the bottom at 2-1/4″ – cut to make your flaps and glue the bottom.
A new round of Monika’s Blog Bingo started yesterday.
It’s BINGO TIME! We are playing Round 5 of Monika’s Blog Bingo. I’m currently taking names for Round 7. See this POST for more details on how to join, how to play and the previous winners.
Here is piece #2 –the bird on a branch “thinking of you” image from Cute By the Inch stamp set (stamped in Pear Pizzazz).
Sep 7, 2010 | Big Shot, Bingo, Designer Series Paper, Holiday Mini Catalog 2010, Stamper's Club |
Did you feel the fall weather where you live over the Labor Day weekend? There was just a hint of it here at my house! Just perfect for my Fall themed projects that we made at Stamper’s Club Friday night. Overnight Saturday into Sunday I think the temperature dropped below 60 – we have been in the 90s during the day it seems like forever. Saturday was nice and was probably not as hot as it has been. We had a nice day Saturday – Greg and Ryan went to play golf and Tyler and I went shopping and out to lunch. Oh – as we were leaving Kroger we could smell smoke and tried to figure out where it was coming from. Finally saw it coming from under the hood of a parked car. It kept getting worse and since we were parked only a few spaces away on the same aisle – I told Tyler we need to hurry and get our car moved. So we did that real quick as the smoke got worse. I parked the car at the far end of the lot and Tyler got out to go back to the front of the store – I called 911, they already had people on the way. By that time flames were coming out from the bottom of the car and from under the hood. Finally the police and fire truck got there and they put the fire out and ended up using a saw to get the hood of the car open. It even melted the front of the car parked across from it. How awful for those people!
Sorry to get sidetracked it was just one of those things you never expect to see. Greg and Tyler put together a new grill this weekend which we used on Sunday night to cook a delicious dinner. And Sunday I went to go see Kyle for lunch. Today I spent the afternoon making Halloween projects!! I have some cute stuff planned for my class this weekend – you’ll need to plan to attend.
Now that I’ve rambled on enough – let me show you one of my Fall projects.
It is a small wooden box that we decorated. Around the outside I glued 4 pieces of Chocolate Chip card stock – cut to the size of each side of the box. Then I wrapped a piece of the 1-1/4″ Striped Old Olive ribbon around the box and overlapped it on the front. I used a piece of Linen Thread to tie around it and hold it tight.
Using the Big Shot Die Cut machine and the Leaves #2 die to cut a piece of the Autumn Spice Specialty Designer Series paper that you can find in the new Stampin’ Up! Holiday Mini catalog. After the leaves were cut I sponged the edges with ink and then used the Color Spritzer and the Early Espresso Stampin’ Write Marker to spritz the leaves. Each leaf was then tied to the front of the box using the linen thread. I tied a knot around the stem for each one individually. Finally I added a large Old Olive button and then tied the Linen Thread in a bow.
I adjusted the leaves to position where I wanted and put Stampin’ Dimensionals behind them to hold them in place. I added another piece of the Designer Paper to the inside of the box.
I was thinking about setting it on my kitchen table and putting my salt and pepper shakers in there. You could fill it with candy and set it on your desk. Or maybe get some nuts and a nutcracker and put those in there. A small pot of fall flowers would work too. It all depends on the size of your box as to what you can put inside.
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
No Bingo winner yet – but I know several people are close …….
It’s BINGO TIME! We are playing Round 2 of Monika’s Blog Bingo. I’m currently taking names for Round 5. See this POST for more details on how to join, how to play and the Round 1 winner.
Here is piece #10 –the friends Dandelion from Cute by the Inch stamp set (stamped in Peach Parfait).
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Aug 7, 2010 | Big Shot, Birthday, Designer Series Paper, Stamper's Club, SU Buttons, SU Ribbon |
Did you see the stamp set in the Stampin’ Up! Catalog on page 55 called Got Treats? Can you image all the little treats you can create with it – birthday, Halloween, Christmas, Valentines, St. Patrick’s Day, Treats for any time? I hadn’t even considered buying the Milk Carton die-cut for the Big Shot until I saw this little stamp set. Now I can image all sorts of possibilities with it even using different stamp sets. I ordered the Mini Milk Carton die and the Got Treats stamp set and decided to play this week. I created a little project for my Stamper’s Club meeting last night.
The little carrier idea is in the catalog but I also saw it earlier this year on another blog and on Stampin’ Connection. There are several different versions out there. You basically make a little box to hold two mini milk cartons and then glue two together with a handle in between. I decided to use the Play Date Designer Series paper for my color inspiration and for decorating the little carrier. This one has a birthday theme but you could use this for so many different celebrations besides a birthday. Or make one for your desk to hold little office supplies – I want to try that next – I think there was something similar on display at convention.
Here you can see my four mini milk cartons. On my Got Treats stamp set I mounted the words separate from the images so that I could mix & match and use them together or apart. So on one cupcake I have “Got Birthday?” and on the other I have “Got Treats?” and then one is on the top and the other on the bottom.
I did have to play around with my Big Shot and the die to get my sandwich just right so the cut lines cut and the score lines scored. Because there are slight variations between Big Shot’s yours may not be the same as mine. For mine I used this – Standard Cutting Pad, piece of colored card stock, Mini Milk Carton die, card stock to be cut (one layer), Standard Premium Crease Pad. Only cut one at a time so you get all the score lines and cut lines for each one that you cut.
Have a sweet weekend!
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Card stock: Real Red, Old Olive, So Saffron, Tempting Turquoise, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White
- Ink: Real Red, Old Olive, So Saffron, Tempting Turquoise Stampin’ Write markers
- Stamps: Got Treats Stamp set
- Big Shot Die-Cut Machine, Mini Milk Carton die
- Scallop Square Punch, Large Oval Punch, Corner Rounder Punch, Jewelry Tag Punch, Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack
- Linen Thread, 1/4″ Real Red Grosgrain Ribbon, 5/8″ Old Olive Grosgrain Ribbon
- Play Date Designer Series paper
- Brights Designer Buttons, Subtle Designer Buttons, Silver Brads, Mini Library Clips
- Paper piercer, Mat Pack, Stampin’ Dimesionals, Multi-Purpose Liquid Glue
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
Jul 12, 2010 | Chipboard, Stamper's Club |
I saw the cutest purse at my friend Wendy’s house earlier this year. She said it was a project that they made at the Stampin’ Up! Leadership conference that was held in January for qualifying Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators. I did qualify to attend but the trip didn’t fit into my schedule this year. I do plan to attend in 2011 in Nashville, TN and would love to have some travel buddies from my downline or sidelines so make sure you set your goals toward this. I attended in 2009 in Orlando, FL and it was wonderful – much smaller than convention and Stampin’ Up! treats us so well with catered lunches and lots of surprises.
So on to this project – I took a picture of Wendy’s but didn’t actually get any instructions of measurements so mine may not be exactly the same as the one they created. We made this as a Stamper’s Club project a couple of months ago. Unfortunately several of the products that I used have not retired from the catalog but you can still create this using current products. Just use new Designer Series Paper and cut your chipboard to the size that you want your purse to be.
The front decorations are the stamp set called For All You Do – the flowers and butterfly are hand cut – I always like the look of that and I know some people don’t like detailed cutting so you could stamp directly on the front of the purse. I like the dimension that is added by cutting them out and popping them up on dimensionals.
Everyone added a monogram to the front – I actually cut it out of a white coaster so that it would also have dimension to it. I think the original ones from leadership are just white card stock.
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Jul 10, 2010 | Big Shot, Cards, Stamper's Club, Thank You |
I have another card using the Because I Care Level 1 Hostess set from the new Stampin’ Up! 2010-1022 Idea Book & Catalog. I found this idea on Stampin’ Connection just like my first sample and it is from the same designer – Jo-Ann Pullen. She has some really pretty designs out there using this stamp set with Baja Breeze and Early Espresso colors. I made a few changes to mine but the basic design follows her original.
My second card is actually the new Marina Mist color with the Early Espresso. I was out of the Baja Breeze and had a new package of this new color so I thought it would work equally well.
We made this card during my Stamper’s Club meeting this month. For me I found it best to first cut the little squares and then stamp a portion of the hydrangea image on each square so I could get the parts that I wanted. When I tried to stamp just the flower on a large piece and then cut it I found I had more white space than I wanted.
I also decorated the inside of the card like this – 
I stamped the hydrangea off the left side and added the thank you from the stamp set. You could have also stamped that on the front instead of the little border image.
The new Vintage Wallpaper Textured Impressions Folder was used on the panel on the front – I know I’m going to be using it a lot. I hope they come out with more of these folders because they add so much texture to cards and scrapbook pages.
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Jul 9, 2010 | Big Shot, Stamper's Club, Summer Mini 2010 |
I have one more project from Glenda Calkins – this one is a little pouch made from the large tag on the Two Tags die for the Big Shot.
I liked the colors that Glenda chose for hers so mine follows the same color scheme and uses the Island Oasis Designer Series Paper. I decided to use a flower from the Punched Posies Level 2 hostess set in the Stampin’ Up! Summer Mini catalog. I stamped two in Pumpkin pie and punched them out with the 5 petal flower punch. The leaves in the back are also a punched 5 petal flower.
This little pouch also uses two of the large tags from the Two Tags die. Just fold on the score line and glue the bottoms together.
To hold it shut pull the wide striped ribbon through the two slits. I decided to use a Pumpkin Pie button tied with Linen thread around the ribbon.
You could tuck a little candy bar inside or fill a small cello bag with candy and slide it inside.
We made these at our Stamper’s Club meeting this month. I love this little idea and the one I showed yesterday.
Thanks for visiting today!
Look at these cute Halloween boxes!
Everyone had a different piece of paper out of the pack – another design that wrapped around is the one that says SPOOKY and also the Spider web. I took a picture after everyone got theirs finished so you could see the variety in the boxes.
The lids are made from the Scallop Square die for the Big Shot. First we cut the square and then we embossed it with the Spider Web embossing folder. It turned out to be a fun lid for the box.
It’s BINGO TIME! We are playing Round 5 of Monika’s Blog Bingo. I’m currently taking names for Round 7. See this POST for more details on how to join, how to play and the previous winners.
