Aug 9, 2011 | Big Shot, Pocket Silhouettes, UDI Color Challenge |
Yep – it is Tuesday and time for an new color challenge with the Utah Diva’s. Here is the inspiration picture for this week – another three color combination –
Just three colors – Basic Black, Always Artichoke and Pear Pizzazz and I decide to add a neutral – Whisper White. I wanted to do something besides a card this week and decided to try a cute little project that I saw at convention. I didn’t actually get to see the demo of it because it was in one of the classes that I didn’t take. We only have so many time slots for classes and there were lots to choose from. A couple of my roommates took the class and they took pictures. Before we left convention I copied the pictures from Michele, Cindy and Dawn to my laptop. I have copied all of our pictures on to a DVD for each of us to have. Now I just need to mail them out. Anyway the project was in their pictures and on the resource files that we have from convention. It is the cutest box – here is my version.
And it is actually easy to make! It is one of our Big Shot dies. Can you guess which one?
It is the Mini Milk Carton die – actually two of them put together to make a six sided box. I tied the tops closed with a piece of Pear Pizzazz Seam Binding ribbon (love that stuff). On each of the six sides I added a panel of Whisper White card stock that was stamped with the image from Pocket Silhouettes – it is stamped multiple times in Pear Pizzazz ink. The edges are also sponged with Pear Pizzazz ink. On the front panel I added “for you” stamped in Always Artichoke ink. And a stamped cut out butterfly – also Always Artichoke ink. These are both from the Clearly For You stamp set. I did “paint” the butterfly with Illuminate Top Coat Smooch Pearlized Accent ink. So the butterfly has some shimmer and it made the wings curl up more too. It really turned out cute!
Click on this link to go to the Utah Diva’s Color Challenge blog. There you can see the creations from the entire design team and add a link to your creation if you decide to play along.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Card stock: Basic Black, Whisper White
- Ink: Pear Pizzazz, Always Artichoke
- Stamp sets: Pocket Silhouettes, Clearly for You
- Accessories: Big Shot Die Cut machine, Mini Milk Carton die, Crop-a-Dile, Pear Pizzazz Seam Binding ribbon, Illuminate Top Coat Smooch Pearlized Accent ink, Stampin’ Sponge.
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
Aug 4, 2011 | Catalogs, Charming, Stampin' Up! Convention |
I’m trying to see what I still haven’t shared from the things that I made and took to the Stampin’ Up! Convention this year. This little project was one of my favorite and I would have made more but I ran out of time and out of the little peat pellets. I made a handful of them and gave them out to some of my “online” friends.
With the convention theme of GROW – I decided to make a little growing kit – I used some bags that I had purchased and found peat pellets – they are little round disks of compressed dirt like peat – you add water and they expand for you to plant your seeds. Each bag has four and I decided to copy the images that are on the corner pages in our new Idea Book & Catalog – have you noticed the pot in the corner that grows as you go through the sections of the catalog? Well that was where my idea came from.
The flower pot is from the Pennant Parade stamp set – I used a Cajun Craze marker to ink only the base. The rain drops are the “seeds” from the Blossom Bouquet Triple Layer punch – the third setting with the detail. The stems are just an Old Olive marker. The flower is from the Itty Bitty Bits stamp set – I used Melon Mambo ink. The butterfly is from the Charming stamp set and it is Peach Parfait ink.
These were all stamped on Whisper White and punched with the 1-1/4″ Circle punch. The edges were sponged with Old Olive ink and then layered on a 1-3/8″ Old Olive Circle punch out. Then I attached them to the peat pellet with a bit of snail. The pellets actually have a thin netting around them so the adhesive sticks to that. I slid all four into a cello bag.
I put Wildflower seeds into a 1×8 skinny cello bag and sealed it by folding it almost in half. Then I tied a piece of Bakers Twine and a modern label tag to the top of each. I hand wrote “wildflower seeds” on each tag. I slid this into the larger cello bag next to the peat pellets.
I added a bag topped that I created in My Digital Studio and a set of instructions. Both were printed on Whisper White card stock. The topper used the GROW digital stamp image for My Digital Studio. On the back I had a message to my friends. The instructions were printed and cut to slide into the cello bag behind the seeds and pellets. I used Peach Parfait ribbon to tie around the top.
They really turned out cute and I hope everyone uses them to “Grow” this year! I wish I had saved one for myself but I gave them all away.
Jul 26, 2011 | Cards, Embellishments, Inspired by Nature, SU Buttons, UDI Color Challenge |
Hi everyone! I’m back. I took a few days off to spend some time with my sweetie! Friday was our 22nd wedding anniversary – 22 years on July 22nd. So we went away for a long weekend to a peaceful cabin in the mountains of Tennessee. It was nice, quiet, and relaxing and now we are home and back to the real world.
So today is Tuesday and I did just get my card made for the Color Challenge this week – but it turned out really cute. The inspiration picture for our colors was this one –
Tempting Turquoise, So Saffron, Old Olive and Whisper White and a beautiful floral sundress. With these colors out on my desk I was trying to decide what to do. I spent a few minutes looking through my convention photos and came across a project from the display area that Stampin’ Up! set up. They were flowerpots that had the crochet flowers in them with buttons for the centers. So I decided I wanted to recreate the flowers on a card. And here is the result.
I used Inspired by Nature for the background – both the grass image and the flower image (but without the flowers – i only inked the stems and leaves). Both are in Old Olive ink. Then I sponged around the top with the Tempting Turquoise to create the sky and at the base with Old Olive to add to the grass. The flowers are the Crochet Flowers in the catalog called Fleurette’s II. I used the two smaller sizes – there is also one larger size. I pulled a piece of White Baker’s Twine through the flower and then tied a button to the front and tied a bow. The funny thing is that I tied such pretty little bows in each of my buttons and then didn’t realize until after I took the picture that I put all the flowers on either upside down or sideways – so just pretend my bows are blowing in the wind and it is a windy day! Around the base I tied a piece of So Saffron Taffeta ribbon – so glad to see that we have So Saffron ribbon in the catalog – yeah! I use this color a lot and really missed having matching ribbon lat year. The little jewelry tag has “hello” from Tiny Tags on it.
And here is the photo from convention of the flowers that Stampin’ Up! created –
Click on this link to go to the Utah Diva’s Color Challenge blog. There you can see the creations from the entire design team and add a link to your creation if you decide to play along.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Card stock: Whisper White, Old Olive
- Ink: Old Olive, Tempting Turquoise
- Stamp sets: Inspired by Nature, Tiny Tags
- Accessories: Fleurettes II, Brights & Subtles Buttons, White Baker’s Twine, So Saffron Taffeta ribbon, Jewelry Tag punch, Stampin’ Sponge
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
Jun 22, 2011 | Big Shot, Inspired by Nature, Scrapbook Pages |
Today I wanted to share a scrapbook layout that I made last month. It is the Mother’s Day layout that we made along with the Father’s Day layout I posted a few days ago.
This is a two-page 12×12 layout. The background is Chocolate Chip and along the bottom I stamped with Early Espresso the grass from Inspired by Nature stamp set and the flowers from Just Believe stamp set. Then I sponged along the bottom to blend everything together.
On the left page is my title that I stamped using the Wonderful Favorites stamp set that is on the Stampin’ Up! Last Chance list.
The flowers are all die cut using the Big Shot die-cut magazine using several different dies – Fun Flowers Bigz XL die, Flower Daisies #2 Bigz die, Flower Fusion Sizzlits dies, and Birds & Blooms Sizzlits dies. The Birds & Blooms Sizzlits are on the Last Chance list too.
The colors I used are Daffodil Delight, Tempting Turquoise, Poppy Parade, and Peach Parfait. There is lots of doodling all over the flowers, the stems (oh – those are free hand cut from Pear Pizzazz card stock), also around the frames and the journaling blocks. Some of the flowers are also stamped, sponged or embossed with the Polka Dot Embossing Folder. A few flowers have brads in their centers.
The idea came from a page I saw in a scrapbook magazine. I thought it turned out really fun and bright and cheery. It could really be used for all sorts of things besides mother’s day. Just change the title to suit your needs…..
Thanks for stopping by today!
Jun 16, 2011 | Cards, Great Friend, Retired List |
I’ve got another card from my Last Chance Hands-On class last week. This card idea came from a sketch that I found on Stampin’ Connection. I need to see if I can get back to it. I wanted something where I could use some Designer Series Paper and this sketch fit the bill.
I’m back – I went to go find the sketch so I could include it here and you could see how the card came from it. I do like working from sketches.
And now my card – 
I used the Great Friend stamp set – sad to see this one go it was one that I liked to use because the butterfly image is so unique. For the Designer Series paper I used Blueberry Crisp and took my colors from the paper. The base is Sahara Sand, then a layer of Very Vanilla. The strips of Blueberry Crisp paper. I added my sentiment at the bottom and then a flower using the Simple Flower Embosslit with a Rhinestone in the center. I also added some Very Vanilla Taffeta ribbon.
And yes there is a bunch of stuff on here that is on the Last Chance list –
#113792 – Great Friend stamp set
#117392 – Blueberry Crisp DSP
#109071 – Very Vanilla 3/8″ Taffeta Ribbon
#114514 – Simple Flower Embosslit
I hope you like it!
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May 31, 2011 | Inspired by Nature, SU Buttons, SU Ribbon, UDI Color Challenge |
Happy Tuesday!
Here is this weeks color combo – Certainly Celery, Soft Suede, Peach Parfait and Pretty in Pink. Here is the inspiration picture:
Click on this link to go to the Utah Diva’s Color Challenge blog. There you can see the creations from the entire design team and add a link to your creation if you decide to play along.
I originally started to work on something baby themed like the inspiration photo but it just wasn’t working out. Then I remember that I had cut and scored some boxes in Certainly Celery for a class (a long time ago) and didn’t use them because I cut them all the wrong size. I saved them thinking I could use them for a future project. I never did make another project so I decided since Certainly Celery was one of the colors in this weeks challenge I should pull out one of those cut boxes and work with it. That was exactly what I did – but I realized this picture doesn’t even look like a box it just looks like a card front – but it really is a tall skinny box.
I do like these colors together – they are very soft – I guess that’s why they were in a baby’s room. So the box is 6″ tall and 4″ wide and 1″ deep. The opening is at the top and you could fit pictures inside or some of the Stampin’ Up! embellishments – the Baker’s Twine fits nicely inside. The front panel is the Soft Suede and I stamped the stem from For All You Do and the grass from Inspired by Nature in Soft Suede ink across the bottom. Then I stamped the flowers and butterfly on Very Vanilla card stock in the remaining colors and cut them all out. The Certainly Celery flower used the Kissing Technique – I kissed the flower with the dots that were inked in Soft Suede. I added some Subtle brads and a button to the center of the larger flowers. And I pierced a butterfly trail. I tied some Certainly Celery Taffeta ribbon around the bottom and added a “4 you” tag from Tiny Tags.
That’s this weeks project – I supposed I could have made some cards to fit inside that match the front – but I didn’t so just imagine it instead…… Take a minute to visit the UDI site and play along with us this week.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Card stock: Soft Suede, Certainly Celery, Very Vanilla
- Ink: Soft Suede, Peach Parfait, Pretty in Pink, Certainly Celery
- Stamp sets: For All You Do, Inspired by Nature, Tiny Tags
- Accessories: Linen Thread, Subtles brads, Subtles buttons, Certainly Celery Taffeta Ribbon, Jewelry Tag punch, Paper Piercer, Stampin’ Dimensionals.
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
And it is actually easy to make! It is one of our Big Shot dies. Can you guess which one?
