Jan 22, 2012 | Big Shot, Occasions Mini 2012, Stampin' Up! Events, Valentine's Day |
Hopefully this is posting on Sunday – I’ll be on my way home today. Ready to get back to work. I have lots of classes and workshops planned over the next few weeks – Sale-A-Bration is starting and I’ll be super busy. If you aren’t on my calendar and you want to have a workshop – please contact me so we can work out a date. I’ll have tons of new ideas to share from the Leadership Conference and Regional that I went to this week.
Here is my second Treat Wrapper swap –
This is another version of my little Recycled Paper Treat Bag – here is the original post with some instructions on how to make the bag.
I decorated this on for Valentines Day using some of the new fabric, the Hearts Framelits and the new Blushing Bride Smooch Spritz. I smooched the paper bag before decorating it. The smooch is really red inside the bottle and when you first spray it but it does dry lighter and leaves a shimmery pink. It’s hard to see in the picture. Inside these little bags I put little bags of Jelly Beans. I wanted to make cookies using the Sweet Pressed Cookie stamps but I just didn’t have a chance to make any.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Card stock: Riding Hood Red, Blushing Bride, Whisper White, Baja Breeze
- Ink: Riding Hood Red, Blushing Bride
- Stamp sets: Sweet Cake, Tiny Tags
- Accessories: Big Shot Die-Cut Machine, Scalloped Square Die, Hearts Collection Framelits Dies, Scalloped Heart of Hearts Embosslit, CModern Label punch, Itty Bitty Punch Pack, Whisper White Baker’s Twine, Jewelry Tag punch, Twitterpated Designer Fabric, Basic Pearls, Blushing Bride Smooch Spritz, Crimper, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Packing Paper from SU orders
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
Jan 21, 2012 | Big Shot, Birthday, Occasions Mini 2012, Stampin' Up! Events, Valentine's Day |
One of the organized swaps that I participated in at Leadership was the Treat Wrapper swap. I did this one last year too and really enjoyed all the different ideas. For this one I signed up for 2 different groups and then two of my room mates were also each in two different groups – so between the three of us we should have a ton of new ideas. I plan to take pictures of all of their ideas before I leave to come back home. So here is one of my treats – this is actually a double one – since the amount of candy in mine was rather small I thought I should include 2 similar ideas to have an equivalent amount of candy to what everyone else was doing. You might remember the holiday treats I did a couple of months ago using the Gift Givers stamp set – it was a project for one of the Ustamp classes. I used that idea and created a Birthday and a Valentine’s idea.
The little 1″ x 8″ skinny cello bags are still available – that is what I used for these treats – they are filled with candy – skittles and conversation hearts and then folded in half and tucked inside the folded tag from the two-tags die.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies for the Birthday Treat:
- Card stock: Early Espresso, Pretty in Pink, Whisper White
- Ink: Chocolate Chip, So Saffron, Peach Parfait, Wisteria Wonder, Pear Pizzazz, Pretty in Pink
- Stamp sets: Candy Conversations
- Accessories: Big Shot Die-Cut Machine, Two Tags die, Petal Cone die, Adorning Accents Embossing Folder, Small Heart Punch, Pretty in Pink 1/2″ Scallop Dots Ribbon, Sweet Shop Jelly Bean Brads, 1×8 Cello bag, Stampin’ Dimensionals
Stampin’ Up! Supplies for the Valentine Treat:
- Card stock: Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Whisper White
- Ink: Melon Mambo, Pretty in Pink, Early Espresso, Stampin’ Write markers – Melon Mambo, Early Espresso
- Stamp sets: Sweet Cake, Create a Cupcake
- Accessories: Big Shot Die-Cut Machine, Two Tags die, Stripes Embossing Folder, Cupcake Builder Punch, Modern Label Punch, Lucky Limeade Baker’s Twine, Old Olive 1/2″ Scallop Dots Ribbon, , 1×8 Cello bag, Stampin’ Dimensionals
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
It’s my last night in Texas, I’m not sure what we are doing tonight – we’ll probably go out for dinner, share all of our swaps and pack our bags so we’ll be ready to leave in the morning.
Jan 20, 2012 | Big Shot, Designer Series Paper, Sale-A-Bration 2012, Stampin' Up! Events |
I made up some quick treats to give to my long distance friends that I will see at Leadership. Through Stampin’ Up! I have been able to meet people from all over the US, Canada and other parts of the world – so I have friends in lots of places. Most of them I may get to see only once a year at a Stampin’ Up! event, but we get to email each other and stay in touch through blogs, yahoo groups and facebook when we don’t get to see each other. So I wanted to have something to give to some of my friends so I made up a few of these.
I used some of my Sale-A-Bration accessories for this one. I wanted to create something to wrap around these cereal bars. I used the largest label from the Labels Collection Framelits Dies to cut a piece of Everyday Enchantment Designer series paper. I used the Blossom Bouquet Triple Layer Punch to punch a Very Vanilla flower – which I embossed with the Square Lattice Textured Impressions folder (you can’t see that in the photo but it’s there. Then I punched the solid flower with a coordinating card stock for the paper – either Lucky Limeade or Calypso Coral. In the center of the flower is one of the Everyday Enchantment brads and I also tied a piece of the Organdy Ribbon around each flower. During Sale-A-Bration you can get all of these for free – Designer paper, the brad and ribbon pack and also the stamp set that coordinates with these – you can get all three for free as a hostess bundle option with a $400 workshop or choose one for each $50 that you spend. Sale-A-Bration starts on Jan. 24th and runs through the end of March.
I hope my friends like these little treats.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Card stock: Lucky Limeade, Calypso Coral, Very Vanilla
- Ink: Lucky Limeade, Calypso Coral (also the Stampin’ Write markers)
- Stamp sets: Tiny Tags
- Accessories: Big Shot Die-Cut Machine, Labels Collection Framelits Dies, Square Lattice Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Jewelry Tag punch, Blossom Bouquet Triple Layer punch, Paper Piercer, Everyday Enchantment Designer Series paper, Everyday Enchantment Brad and Ribbon pack
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
Today is the final day of the Leadership Conference and Saturday I’ll be staying for a Regional conference where I’ll get to see some more friends that didn’t attend Leadership. It’s an all day event with make&takes and presentations.
Jan 19, 2012 | Big Shot, Birthday, Cards, Occasions Mini 2012, Stampin' Up! Events |
The new Stampin’ Up! Occasions Mini Catalog has a brand new hostess stamp set in it (and a My Digital Studio CD too). I love the stamp set! It is just my kind of thing and it will be so pretty for the spring – it is called Up in the Air – and it is not about hot air balloons – that is the one called Up, Up and Away. This one has birds and butterflies, a bird nest and house, and flowers – it is so sweet. I just got the set a few days ago so I only had a little time to play before I left for Leadership. I did make one quick card to enter in the card contest.
This idea came from a card I saw on Pinterest – you can look for me there – the original inspiration card is on my card idea board – it was a non-SU card so I had to turn the idea into an all Stampin’ Up! card. I used the Up in the Air hostess stamp set, the new Labels Collection Framelits Dies and the Attic Boutique Designer Series paper. The Label Framelit creates a window for the flowers to peak through from the back. The centers of the flowers have pearls in them.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Card stock: Basic Gray, Whisper White
- Ink: Basic Gray, Daffodil Delight, Stampin’ Write markers – Old Olive, Daffodil Delight
- Stamp sets: Up in the Air, Petite Pairs
- Accessories: Attic Boutique Designer Series Paper, Big Shot Die-Cut Machine, Labels Collection Framelits Dies, Basic Pearls, Stampin’ Sponge, So Saffron 3/8″ Taffeta Ribbon, 3/16″ Corner Rounder punch, Stampin’ Dimensionals
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
Today should be Thursday – at least that is when this is supposed to be scheduled to post. Today is our first full day of the Leadership conference and we’ll will be in classes all day. I also have all my organized swaps today during lunch, I hope I make it to all of them and still have some time to eat. I may need to reply on some of my friends to help me out.
Jan 18, 2012 | Stampin' Up! Events |
I’m here in San Antonio for the Stampin’ Up! Leadership Conference. We are having a great time. We flew in on Tuesday and checked in to our hotel, after our whole group was here we took a boat tour of the Riverwalk, and then had dinner right on the river – fun! Wednesday we checked in to the Leadership Conference and got the cutest fabric bags made with some new fabric that will be available in the Summer Mini Catalog. Then we had Make&Takes – I was a helper this year – that was fun too. And we all had a surprise waiting for us there – a cute box of gourmet chocolates plus a fabric portfolio that matches our bags with a cute tag signed by Shelli.
After that we went back to the Riverwalk and had lunch right on the river. Then we went to see the Alamo. After that we headed back to the hotel and I got ready to go to the Manager’s Reception. We had some appetizers with an Asian flare and some fun drinks. I got to talk to Shelli, and she signed my Holiday Mini (the one with my picture that I have been carrying around with me to get her autograph – finally got it). Then we went into the theater and saw the Chinese Acrobats – some amazing strength and flexilibity! On our way out we got a new stamp set – a sneak peek from the summer mini – I can’t show it to you yet. And some Stampin’ Up! chop sticks.
Leadership officially will start tomorrow morning with our opening general session. If I have a chance I’ll try to post again.
Jan 16, 2012 | Big Shot, Cards, Occasions Mini 2012, Stampin' Up! Events, Valentine's Day, Wedding |
I am making final preparations to leave for the Stampin’ Up! Leadership Conference early tomorrow morning. And part of that is setting up some blog posts for this week to show you some of the things that I made and will be taking with me to swap. One of the best things about a Stampin’ Up! event is the swapping. Meeting new people, getting lots of ideas and seeing old friends are all part of swapping. There are generally two kinds of swapping going on – organized swaps – where someone plans a particular swap around a theme, type of project, or product and there are a set number of people swapping. I am signed up for several of these. And then there is general swapping – where you just swap like projects with whoever is around you and you make as many as you want to swap. I have some of these too but not as many as I do when I go to convention. The organized swaps that I am in include a full card swap with the UStamp class girls, a treat wrapper swap – I’m in two groups for this one, and a scrapbook swap. I haven’t done a scrapbook swap before so I’m anxious to see what kind of layout ideas I get.
Of and something new that they added to our event is a contest – for every stamp set in the Occasions Mini Catalog they will choose a winner from the contest entries – so I was attempting to make a card (or scrapbook page) with every stamp set from the Mini Catalog that I have. And surprisingly I have a lot – and most of them I earned free one way or another – I think I only bought two stamp sets. I haven’t finished making everything I wanted for the contest entries but I’m hoping to get a few more done – the more I enter the more chances to win. And they will put them up on the display boards to share with everyone too.
So now onto something to share with you today…..
This is one of my contest entries and general swaps. It uses the new Take it to Heart stamp set and the Hearts Collection Framelits Dies. I really love these Framelit dies – I hope we have more when the next catalog comes out this summer. I also used the Loving Thoughts stamp set – all the words in that set fit inside the banner that comes with the Take it to Heart set. The banner does have to be cut out by hand – no punch or die for it.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Card stock: Early Espresso Textured, Pear Pizzazz, Blushing Bride, Whisper White
- Ink: Pear Pizzazz, Blushing Bride, Blushing Bride Stampin’ Write Marker
- Stamp sets: Take it to Heart, Loving Thoughts
- Accessories: Big Shot Die-Cut Machine, Hearts Collection Framelits Dies, Full Heart punch, Small Heart punch, Itty Bitty Shapes punch pack, Blossom Bouquet Triple Layer punch, Basic Pearls, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Mini Glue Dots, Stampin’ Dimensionals
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
I’ll be back here tomorrow with another project but I really be traveling to Texas. It should be a fun and busy week.
This is another version of my little Recycled Paper Treat Bag – here is the original post with some instructions on how to make the bag.
