Jul 8, 2010 | Big Shot, Designer Series Paper, Stamper's Club, SU Ribbon |
I found these cute ideas with the Two Tags die for the Big Shot on Glenda Calkins blog.
This first idea uses the large tag on the die – the one with the score line that folds to create a box. You need two of this tag to make the box. I designed this one for my Stampers Club meeting this month and incorporated some new products from the Stampin’ Up! catalog.
The card stock is the new Cherry Cobbler card stock – you cut two tags, the piece to create the box and a strip for the handle. The base of the box is wrapped with a piece of the Newsprint Designer Series paper. I decided to add a little bit of color to the paper which is Very Vanilla and Basic Black – I did that by wheeling the Very Vintage Jumbo wheel over it with Cherry Cobbler ink.
The tag on the front is from the new stamp set Perfect Punches. A fun new set where all 6 images fit one of our punches. The “Thanks” fits inside the Scallop Oval punch and then I layered it on a Wide Oval punched from Basic Black.
The handle is attached with some Basic Black brads which are now part of the Neutrals Brad set. Then I tied a piece of the new 1/8″ Basic Black ribbon.
These boxes turned out really cute. You can use them as party favors and put a cello bag inside that you fill with something fun – or even add a couple of little bottles of lotion or something like that. I was really pleased with the color combo of Cherry Cobbler, Basic Black and Very Vanilla – this would be pretty at the holidays maybe even nice for wedding colors at the holidays. Someone asked me about suggesting colors for an evening wedding at Christmas – I think this would fit the bill and you could use these little boxes for something too.
Thanks for visiting today – I’ve been working on designing swaps for convention. I have a group swap that I signed up for and I got that one finalized today and all the pieces cut. And I designed another one for general swapping and cut the card stock for those too. I’ll try to get one more designed tonight and tomorrow I’ll be prepping for my Ice Cream Party class on Friday.
Jun 9, 2010 | Cards, Stamper's Club, Summer Mini 2010 |
This was a fun card that I created for my Stamper’s Club meeting last Friday. I wanted to use a retiring stamp set and some of the retiring colors and this was what I came up with –
I used the Level 1 Hostess set called Love Bug. The caterpillar is stamped with Black StazOn ink and colored with Stampin’ Write markers. I used Green Galore, Pixie Pink, and Summer Sun which are all retiring colors and also Tempting Turquoise which is staying.
Did you notice the background? Are you looking for the stamp that created that? Wondering what it might be….. It was another midnight discovery. I had the card together and decided the back ground was just to plain. Looking at the little caterpillar I noticed the open circles and thought I wonder if I have a stamp like that – I couldn’t think of one but I did have my Stampin’ Write markers sitting next to me. And guess what the cap of the marker is? An open round circle! Yep – I inked up the cap and used it to stamp my background! How is that for creative thinking? Or maybe just midnight madness…..
Another fun element on this card is that the new clear bitty buttons fit perfectly on those little circle! Here is a close up view – 
I used a mini glue dot to attach a few to give my caterpillar some dimension. There are two little brads on his antenna. This card idea started with a card from Heather Summers – i changed the colors, the background and the buttons and added the little popped up bug. I think she also had ribbon on hers and I left that off.
It turned out to be a fun happy summer looking card! I normally to make such bright things but the result sure is happy. Have a happy day!
Jun 5, 2010 | Cards, Create with Connie & Mary, Decor Elements, Smooch Spritz techniques, Stamper's Club, Summer Mini 2010 |
Hey everyone it’s Saturday and no I don’t have another challenge card for Create with Connie & Mary. The summer session of posting new projects and challenges has ended. But if you are looking for some GREAT ideas on how to use your summer mini stuff, you can still subscribe for $24.95 and have access to ALL the GREAT ideas that were shared.
And guess what Connie & Mary are continuing to do weekly challenges that are open to everyone! They will be posting on Thursdays – and the first one was this week. I hope you’ll visit the Create with Connie & Mary blog and try to play along. I will when I can fit it in.
So on to my card for today. Last night was my Stamper’s Club meeting – we normally make three projects – 2 cards and a 3D. This was one of the cards we made – it looks so much harder than it is. The card was designed by my friend and upline Wendy and uses several products from the Stampin’ Up! Summer Mini catalog.
It has a masculine look to but also looks elegant and vintage at the same time. So i think you could use for a variety of things – Father’s Day, Anniversary, etc.
The card base is Basic Black – which is a little hard to see in the photo because it kind of disappears into the background.
Then you need two Whisper White pieces – one for the front and one for the inside so you have a place to write. So here is a fun technique that you can do with the Smooch Spritz . Use a plastic project folder like you use for a school report – spritz inside the folder – Silver Foil – you could also add the gold if you want. Close up the folder and smoosh the spritz around a bit. Open it up and lay the two pieces of white card stock back to back inside the folder. Close it again and smoosh the spritz on to the card stock. Take the card stock out and you have the marbleized looking pieces. Each person will get a different looking piece.
Then add the Decor Elements stencil to the front – the stencil is called Mostly Vintage and it is in the Summer Mini. Use a Stamping Sponge and Jet Black StazOn ink and add the stencil to the front of the card. Remember to pounce the sponge and don’t rub or you will bend the little pieces of the stencil.
To finish add one of the little vintage tags that are in the Summer Mini. I hope you like it.
Apr 6, 2010 | Cards, Stamper's Club, Watercoloring |
This is one of the cards that we made at the Stamper’s Club Meeting on Friday night. The stamp set is called 5th Ave. Floral and is one of four sets that Stampin’ Up! has on sale this month.
The flower is stamped three times on watercolor paper and then watercolored with an Aquapainter and Classic ink. Then different sections of the flower are cut out and layered with dimensionals to give it a very 3-D look. The base includes the whole flower, the second layer includes the center and four petals (the ones at 12,3,6, and 9 if you think of it as a clock face), the third layer is just the one petal in the front (at 6).
The idea behind this card and the bow were from Heather Summers a demonstrator in Canada that has various online classes – this was part of her current Simply Stamping class. The bow she calls a cheater bow because you really just fold the ribbon and then tie the button around it to create the look of a bow.
So here is a little more information about this months Stampin’ Up! special – Two-Step into Spring Promotion.
First there is a Hostess promotion – host a $350 workshop and earn a free stamp set called Awash with Flowers – a brand new set coming out in the next catalog.
Second there is a Customer promotion – you can purchase the Awash with Flowers stamp set.
Third there are four stamp sets in the catalog that are on sale for 20% off –
- Greenhouse Garden pg. 94 – sale price $20.76
- Fifth Avenue Floral pg. 98 – sale price $19.96
- Flower Fancy pg. 101 – sale price $29.56
- Trendy Trees pg. 112 – sale price $14.36
You can visit my online store on my Stampin’ Up! website to see the images – Click Here.
The bluebird laid egg number 3 yesterday. 
Thanks for stopping by!
Mar 31, 2010 | Big Shot, Decor Elements, Designer Series Paper, Stamper's Club, Wildlife |
I wanted to share with you the gift that I made for all of my Stamper’s Club members. My club started again last month and our next meeting is on Friday this week. Then Saturday I’ll be getting ready for Easter and Sunday I’ll have over 30 people here for our Easter Lunch and Egg Hunt. I am trying to come up with a fun “Egg Hunt” for the teenagers – which is what most of the kids are now. Only my niece and nephew are little and enjoy the actual egg hunt the rest have grown up so much I think I made them hunt eggs last year. Although they do still like the candy. Sorry – I wandered off topic – back to my project……
I decorated a 12×12 Craft Keeper for everyone. Each one is personalized with their name and I’ll use it to put in all of their supplies for our meeting each month. Here is a picture of the one I made for myself.
To create the names I used a sheet of Chocolate Chip Decor Elements – yes you can buy them in sheets in various colors – and cut the letters on my Big Shot Die Cut Machine. I used the Stampin’ Up! Alphabet Simple Letters dies to cut each name and then applied them to the Craft Keeper with the Decor Elements Applicator.
To decorate around the names I used the For All You Do stamp set and White StazOn Ink. For the top I used my Crop-a-Dile to punch holes along the flap and then ran a piece of Bashful Blue Grosgrain ribbon in and out of the holes.
Next I tried my hand at making fabric flowers. I picked up this fabric – 3 different patterns at the fabric store – it had Chocolate Chip as the base so of course I liked it! I used the Big Shot Die Cut machine to cut the fabric – the die that I used is the Scallop Circle #2 die and I used the smaller flower that is on it. For each flower you need 5 scallop circles. I know many people are making lots of flowers and things with fabric and the Big Shot and I’m not exactly sure how everyone else is making their flowers – but since I didn’t have one of the flower dies I used this scallop circle and this is how I made it look like it had flower petals.
The bottom layer is just the scallop circle – that was my base to sew everything else on to. Then I took each scallop circle and folded it in half (wrong sides together) and then folded it in half again so I ended up with a quarter of the scallop circle and 4 layers. Then I sewed the tip so it would stay together and then sewed that to my scallop circle base. I did that 4 times and then sewed a button in the center to cover up all of my sewing in the middle. I didn’t cut the layers apart but I guess you could and it would give a little bit of a different look. If they aren’t cut the folds give the flower some fluff. I did mix up the prints so not all the petals have the same fabric print on them.
To finish off the craft keeper I used glue dots to add a piece of 12×12 Designer Series Paper inside. Then it is always pretty and whatever is inside will be behind the paper. I hope everyone liked these.
Just a quick bird update – still no bluebird eggs but I do see them around the yard and going into the house every day. I did check my House #1 this morning and someone has started a nest in there – I’m not sure who – I did see a Tufted Titmouse go in there a few days ago but it could also be the Chick-a-Dees – they used that house last year.
Have a nice day – we are having some great Spring Weather and it should be really nice here on Sunday – which is good because I use my screened porch and deck for extra tables and chair on Easter.
Mar 19, 2010 | Designer Series Paper, Eastern Blooms, Stamper's Club |
Have you noticed the Thoroughly Modern File Folders in the Stampin’ Up! Catalog? They coordinate with the Thoroughly Modern Designer Series paper. There are 12 folders in the package. But you can use them for more than just file folders. Here is a great project that was shown in the Stampin’ Success magazine (our Demonstrator magazine). I saw a variation of this project at convention and then at our last STARZ meeting Wendy shared this project with her group. I was thrilled because I already had it planned for my Stamper’s Club meeting.
For this project the file folder was scored, cut and folded to create a notepad holder with a pocket, a pen holder and a velcro closure. I thought it would be great for shopping – write you list on the pad stick your coupons in the pocket and head to the grocery store.
For this one the stamp set is Eastern Blooms. The center of the large flower is colored with the Soft Suede marker and then the Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint was added to the center.
The folders come in Bermuda Bay, Soft Suede, Rose Red, and Sahara Sand. There are 3 each of 4 different designs.
Here is another one – 
for this one I used the For All You Do stamp set. The flowers are cut and layered and then I added a vintage brad to the center.
I added a pile of the medium flowers in the inside corner. The pens are the kind with the barrel that you can open and then insert a piece of the matching designer series paper.
It was a fun project and I think everyone at the Stamper’s Club meeting liked it. It is great when its something fun and something useful.
Have a great weekend – I’m glad you stopped by.
This first idea uses the large tag on the die – the one with the score line that folds to create a box. You need two of this tag to make the box. I designed this one for my Stampers Club meeting this month and incorporated some new products from the Stampin’ Up! catalog.
