Feb 8, 2009 | Dreams du Jour, Embossing, Stained Glass, Techniques |
I told you about my embossed colored button the other day. I showed my stamp club girls Friday night and showed my downline tonight. I had both groups make the same card which also included the Stained Glass technique. Some time ago I had started a Technique Book – in my classes and club meetings when I introduced a new technique they could also create a technique card for their books. Each card is a quarter sheet of card stock and fits in a small 4×6 photo album. I pre-printed the instructions and then in the class they would create a small sample to place on their card along with a full sized card (or project) that used the technique. I had gotten away from the techniques a bit so I’m trying to make sure to include them again. So for this months club meeting I showed them the Stained Glass technique. I also used one of the new Texture Plates for the Big Shot – I LOVE those! I went back to a stamp set that I haven’t used recently – Dreams du Jour – remember that one? Here is the card we made:
Stained Glass card
Supplies:
- Stamp Sets: Dreams du Jour
- Inks: Versamark®, Stampin’ Write Markers: Old Olive, Regal Rose, Rose Red
- Paper: Old Olive, Rose Red, Basic Black, Whisper White, Vellum Paper
- Other: 1-3/4” circle punch, Eyelet Border punch, Black embossing Powder, Powder Pals, Heat Tool, Embossing Buddy, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Button Latte, Big Shot Die-Cut Machine, Stampin’ Up! Backgrounds 1 Texturz plates, Texturz Impressions Pad, Texturz Silicone Rubber, mini glue dots, clear embossing powder, small container, craft tweezers, embroidery thread
Stained Glass Technique:
Rub an embossing buddy over a piece of Vellum paper. Stamp image in Versamark® ink and cover with black embossing powder or use a dark Craft ink with clear embossing powder. Tap off the excess and heat set. Flip the Vellum over and color the back of the image with markers. Let dry.
Adhere the Vellum piece to neutral cardstock with the embossed side face up.
I hope you like it!
Happy Stamping!
Monika
Feb 5, 2009 | Love You Much, Stamps |
Here is a cute card that I received as a swap at the last Starz meeting. It uses the Love You Much bundle. Don’t you just love these little Love Birds?
Love Birds
I’m headed to the craft room to finish up projects for tomorrow nights Stamper’s Club meeting. So today’s post is very short. Have a great night – warmer weather should be coming tomorrow…..
Monika
Feb 4, 2009 | Love You Much, Stamps |
I have been busy so I didn’t get anything posted yesterday. I am working on the tax part of my Stampin’ Up! business – I need to do a better job throughout the year and then I wouldn’t have to do it all at once – I hear a GOAL for 2009. Today I spent some time finishing up the February Class To Go Kit – I’ll send all the details out in the next couple of days. I’m also working on the Stamper’s Club projects for Friday nights meeting.
Yesterday I met my sister-in-law, Tammy, for lunch – a little late birthday lunch – her birthday was in January. I made her a 6×6 scrapbook with pages for each month of the year. I debated on adding pictures for her or letting her add her own. In the end I decided to let her add pictures – she can either go back and fill in with pictures from 2008 or add pictures throughout 2009. I used the 6×6 Real Red linen ring album which Stampin’ Up! retired – it was my favorite one luckily I bought this one a while back. I used rubons that I had left from Sale-A-Bration last year to decorate the front. I did get them on but you really have to rub hard to get them to transfer so it took me some time. If you don’t like the results you can erase the rub-on with the adhesive remover – it comes right off! Then I added a Real Red striped ribbon around the book. I like the result and I think Tammy did too. The inside pages were 2 page spread for each month of the year – plus the front and back page. Each page had room for one picture or several small sized pictures. I have made several of these 6×6 albums as gifts – they are a great size. Here are a few pictures:
Tammy's 6x6 Album
These two pages are actually what I used for the front page and the back page. You won’t actually see them together in the album but lately I like to make those two pages coordinate. I guess I feel like it ties it all together. Not sure that it really does though.
I Love You 365
In case you couldn’t guess – these two pages are for the month of February. I took this idea from a 12×12 scrapbook page that Wendy Randall designed. I love the heart flower idea and the smaller hearts are the leaves. The stem is free handed.
February 6x6
I hope all is well and you are staying warm! This morning we had snow flurries – even if they were tiny and melted as soon as they hit the ground – it is always a big deal where we live and we get excited. I’m not sure we got above freezing temp. today and it is very windy here too. Except for taking Ryan to school and going to Jazzercize this morning – I stayed inside all day.
Have a Happy Stamping Day!
Monika
Jan 31, 2009 | Love You Much, Stamps |
Here is another Valentine Treat Box – it is a triangle shaped box and actually very easy to make and the best part is you don’t need any adhesive to keep the box shut – the ribbon holds it shut! I used the Love You Much Bundle for this project too. Today is the last day to order the bundle at 20% off. You can still order all the pieces – the Love You Much stamp set, Candy Lane Designer Series Paper and the Heart to Heart punch – they will just be regular price.
Ok – onto the project – the box idea is from a demonstrator named Irene that lives in Germany. My parents are from Germany so I grew up with them speaking German to me. I would not say that I can really speak German – I did take classes in college and I can muddle through, I can even read some and understand – but it is one of those things where you really need to do it all the time – and well I don’t. But I was able to watch the video that was in German and understand what she was saying – I just had to convert all the measurements to inches – since that is what we are used to. What I ended up with looks like the box she created whether or not the measurements are exactly the same as hers – I’m not really sure – but mine works. So here is what I did. Cut a piece of card stock in half long ways – so it is 4-1/4″ by 11″. Then score it in half all the way across at the 5-1/2″ mark on the long side. On each short side mark the center – this is 2-1/8″. Now this is the only tricky part – you have to line up the score marks on a diagonal on your paper cutter so that you can score from the 2-1/8″ mark to the 5-1/2″ spot – you do this on all four sides – which basically forms a diamond shaped. Fold on all the scores lines so that you make a triangle box. Punch holes through both layers at the top to feed your ribbon through. Once you get it – it really is easy. Here is the finished picture:
Triangle Valentine Box
Jan 30, 2009 | Happy Heart Day, Stamps |
Here is a Valentine project I made last year. This example uses the Happy Heart Day stamp set but you could do the same project with the Love You Much stamp or many other sets in the catalog for various holidays and occasions. We made these with snowman faces for all the teachers at the school for a teacher luncheon one day. You need the small cello bags, the scallop circle punch and other circle punches, coordinating card stock and ink. To cover the small peppermint patties glue a scallop circle on each side and then add whatever layers you would like. Slide two into a small cello bag and attach a bag topper with a staple. Decorate the topper to match. I haven’t tried it yet but I wonder if the scallop square fits over one of ghiradelli chocolate squares – you could use squares and do the same idea. Have fun with this cute project!
Valentine Mints
Jan 29, 2009 | Love You Much |
I’m going to try to post some Valentine projects for the next few days.
This is the swap I made for our STARZ group meeting at the Stampin’ Up! Leadership Conference in Orlando. This card uses the Love You Much Bundle that is on special through the end of January. The Bundle includes the Love You Much stamp set, Candy Lane Designer Series Paper and the Heart to Heart punch.
This card was made using a piece of Riding Hood Red card stock as the base – the front was cut short and a piece of the Candy Lane Designer Series Paper was attached to the bottom of the inside panel. The front of the card was stamped with the three hearts stamp using Riding Hood Red ink and then accented with a White Gel Pen. I used the Scallop Circle punch to punch half of a circle out of the front flap of the card. Then stamp the scallop circle image on Riding Hood Red, Pretty in Pink and Very Vanilla card stock using Riding Hood Red Ink. Punch a full scallop circle from Pretty in Pink card stock and punch only the center circle using the 1-3/8″ circle punch from the Very Vanilla card stock and glue to the Pretty in Pink piece. Cut the center heart from the Riding Hood Red piece and glue to the Very Vanilla piece. Close the card front and then place the scallop circle so it fits in the opening . This card layout was shared by another demonstrator in the STARZ group – Michelle Scileppi. – several months ago and I have been looking for just the right set for me to do a similar card – and this was it. Thanks for the idea Michelle.
Love You Much Swap
