Jan 3, 2012 | Cards, Holiday Mini catalog 2011, Shaker Card, Valentine's Day |
Quick, Quick don’t miss out on this stamp set – Gift Givers. It is in the Stampin’ Up! Holiday mini catalog and today is the last day to order from it. This turned out to be my favorite stamp set from the mini catalog. And here is one more card for you – a Valentine’s Day card…..
This card idea was from the Birmingham Regional that I got to attend in the fall. And it is a fun Shaker Card! this one has hearts in the shaker –
These are the tiny hearts from the two step owl punch. To create the shaker frame I used the foam circles in the Holiday Mini – good news they are on the carry-over list and will still be available! I know they are circles and my shape was a heart but I just snipped, bent and pieced circles into a heart shape. Here is the inside –
Yes it is time to think about Valentine’s Day now that New Years has passed. So this was the first idea and I’ll have more for you – some great new products in the Occasions Mini Catalog that are perfect for Valentine’s Day – that starts tomorrow.
I better tell you what else from the Holiday Mini will still be available –
Glimmer Paper in Red and Silver
Holiday Stocking Die
Peek-a-boo Frames Die
Stocking Accents Die
1×8 cello bags (yeah!)
Spice Cake Designer Fabric
1″ Square Punch
Dazzling Details
Love Blossoms Wheel
Shaker Frames
Pewter Embossing Powder
Snowburst Textured Impressions Embossing Folder
And a few things are in the next mini catalog so you’ll still be able to get those too –
Simply Scored tool, markers and stylus
Sweet Pressed Cookie Stamps – Holidays
Kraft Gift Box
The stocking builder punch is NOT coming back so if you want it, and didn’t get it, you better do it tonight.
That’s it for now!
Oct 24, 2011 | Embossing, Halloween, Holiday Mini catalog 2011 |
This is a quick easy little treat for Halloween. This was one of the projects in my last hands-on class which was all about having fun outdoors. What’s more fun outside than Glow sticks?
The bracelet sized glow sticks fit perfectly in our 1″ x 8″ skinny cellophane bags. I slid in two glow sticks and the connectors and sealed up the bag. I had purple glow sticks so I decided to use purple on my tag.
For some added fun I pulled out my Tangerine Tango Embossing powder. I stamped the trick-or-treat owl from the Warmest of Wishes stamp set (the hostess set in the Stampin’ Up! Holiday Mini catalog) with VersaMark ink on some Basic Black card stock, covered it with the Tangerine Tango Embossing powder, heat set it with the heat tool, and then punched it out with my Owl punch. Isn’t he cute with his black mask?
I punched a piece of Elegant Eggplant card stock with the big 2-1/2″ Circle punch. On the bottom I stamped the spider web image from the Wicked Cool stamp set in Black ink – it is a bit hard to see in the photo but it’s there. And above that I stamped the “have a wicked halloween” from the same set in VersaMark and embossed it with the Tangerine Tango powder. To attach to the glow stick bag just punch a hole in the corner and tie on with some Basic Black Taffeta ribbon. 
I attempted to take a picture of it in the dark with one of the sticks glowing – not the best picture but you get the idea. I think these would be fun to had out at Halloween or for a party – get them all glowing and put them in a pot for the kids to pull out.
Enjoy your day!
Sep 27, 2011 | Birthday, Cards, UDI Color Challenge, Watercoloring |
Oh my – I forgot to create my color challenge post for today. That is why it is late this morning. I was so busy yesterday pricing retired items for a sale that I totally forgot. I did some cleaning out the last few weeks and I have lots of stuff to sell – stamp sets, ribbons, embellishments, Designer Paper, etc. I will be posting a list soon so check back if you are looking for anything.
Ok so on to this weeks color challenge -here is the inspiration picture for the UDI Color challenge –
I usually pull out my Color Coach and get the color for the week together and let them sit in my craft room while I think about what to do. This week Wisteria Wonder, Pacific Point, Basic Gray, Basic Black and Whisper White. Really it was almost a masculine color scheme but the Wisteria kept throwing me off. I had a couple of new stamp sets on my table that I hadn’t used yet and one was a new set called Under the Big Top. It has a weightlifter, a seal and an elephant – all of which could be gray, and the blue would fit again it was the Wisteria that was throwing me – a weightlifter wearing Wisteria tights – hmmm. So which one did I end up using? I decided on the Seal.
And I used the Wisteria on the cake. The image is stamped in Jet Black StazOn ink. Then I watercolored with my aqua painter – the seal is Basic Gray, the stand is Pacific Point, the cake is Wisteria Wonder. I went over the frosting with a white gel pen. The card base is Basic Gray with a layer of Basic Black and a layer of Basic Gray Deisgner Series Paper. I pierced holes on either side of the paper and tied around some White Taffeta.
You could make a whole set of cards from that stamp set using this layout, just adjust the colors to suit each image.
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 Gray, Basic Black, Whisper White, Pacific Point
- Ink: Jet Black Staz On, Basic Gray, Pacific Point, Wisteria Wonder
- Stamp sets: Under the Big Top
- Accessories: Neutrals Patterns Designer Series Paper, White Gel Pen, Whisper White Taffeta ribbon, Aqua-painter, Paper Piercer and Mat Pack
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
Sep 13, 2011 | Cards, Holiday Mini catalog 2011, UDI Color Challenge, Watercoloring |
So did you like the bats from my last post? Weren’t they fun? I can’t wait to fill the ones I made with treats for my boys for Halloween. But that won’t be for a little while yet. Now it is Tuesday and time for another UDI Color Challenge.
Are you ready? Guess what week we are on? Week #53! What does that mean? We have completed a full year of color challenges! I can’t believe it has been a whole year. And we are starting year two…..
So on to the inspiration picture for this week –
Bashful Blue, Marina Mist, Always Artichoke, Old Olive and Whisper White. I pulled out my color coach and fanned out these colors. The first thing that popped into my mind was the stamp set in the Stampin’ Up! Holiday Mini catalog called Gift Givers and the image with the little girl in the snow. So I pulled it out and created this card –
I stamped the image with Black StazOn on Whisper White card stock and then watercolored it with my aqua painter and classic ink. Then i punched it out with the Scallop Circle Punch. Every image in this stamp set matches one of our punches and the images cover all the holidays/seasons – winter, Valentine’s Day, St. Patrick’s Day, Easter, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. I wanted to frame my image with a mat of Always Artichoke – guess what fits perfectly – the Two Tags Die scallop tag. I cut one tag out with the Big Shot and then put it back on the die in the opposite direction so it would cut out a scallop circle to layer behind my punch.
There is a square of Marina Mist card stock with a piece of the Letters to Santa Designer Series Paper on it. White Gel pen dots around the edge. The trim on the side is a piece of Bashful Blue cut with the Clear Scallop Square Die and the Big Shot and then trimmed off one side so I had 2 scallops wide strip. The Always Artichoke strip was cut from the Petal Cone Die and then run through the crimper. I tied White Baker’s Twine around them and tied a bow. I added some gel pen doodles on the scallops. That’s it.
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: Old Olive, Always Artichoke, Bashful Blue, Marina Mist, Whisper White
- Ink: Jet Black Staz On, Bashful Blue, Marina Mist, Always Artichoke, Old Olive
- Stamp sets: Gift Givers
- Accessories: Big Shot Die Cut Machine, Two Tags Die, Clear Scallop Square Die, Petal Cone Die, Crimper, White Bakers Twine, Scallop Circle punch, Aqua Painter, white gel pen.
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
Sep 8, 2011 | Big Shot, Cards, Charming, Faux Mother of Pearl, Mini - Love Notes, Stampin' Up! Convention |
Here are the last of the Mini Cards from last month’s Hands-on class. This first one is a Tri-Fold card. It was one that I received as a swap at convention from Lisa Horton and I left it just like she created it because it was perfect. I did add the matching envelope for my class.
The card is really made of two 3×3 cards glued together to create a tri fold card. The base is Very Vanilla – with the front of it stamped with the En Fancies stamp and the medallion from Charming.
The other side of the card is Marina Mist – take the folded card and lay it on the Scallop Square Duo die on the large scallop square so that the fold does not get cut. This creates the other side of the card – you glue the back to the inside of the Very Vanilla base.
On the inside of the Marina Mist scallop square add a piece of Very Vanilla with the little stamp in the corner – it comes from the Charming stamp set.
To make the front of the Marina Mist scallop square use Stampin’ Write Markers – Marina Mist and Pear Pizzazz to ink the flower stamp from the Charming set. Huff to re-moisten and stamp on a piece of Very Vanilla card stock.
Tie a piece of Pear Pizzazz Seam Binding around the Very Vanilla card stock. Layer on a piece of Pear Pizzazz and then add to the front of the card. To close fold in the Very Vanilla piece from the left and then the Marina Mist from the right. There you have a Tri-Fold card.
And the last card we made during the class was the Faux Mother of Pearl card that I created for my swap at convention.
I have already posted the instructions for this one earlier – you can find them by clicking HERE.
So that wraps up the Mini cards from my class – I hope you liked them. Come back Friday for something new!
Sep 5, 2011 | Cards, Mini - Love Notes, Smooch Spritz techniques, Summer Mini 2011 |
Happy Monday! We are hoping to take the boys and head north to go apple picking today – however the weather might not cooperate with us. We are supposed to have 100% chance of rain with 6-10 inches over the next day or two. That’s a lot of rain and we haven’t had any in quite a while – we just don’t need that much at one time. So we will see if we actually get to go.
I have two more mini cards today. The first one came from the +FUN class that I took at convention called Every Last Detail. I took just one element from our project and used it on a 3×3 mini card.
This picture doesn’t show the sparkle on the butterfly very well. Let me tell you how I did it and then I’ll show you a close up of the butterfly so you can see the sparkle. A piece of Vellum Paper is punched with the Butterfly punch and also a piece of the Daffodil Delight card stock. Then take a Stampin’ Sponge (I cut mine into 1/8s) – spray a little bit of water on it – then dab the Smooch Pearlized Top Coat on the sponge.
Now dab the sponge on the vellum butterfly – it will curl up a bit and then flatten out as it dries. Layer the vellum butterfly on the Daddofil Butterfly. Punch hole in the center and add a small paper flower and then a brad.
In the close up you can see the sparkle on the vellum.
The base of the card is Lucky Limeade. The bottom is stamped with the image from the Borderlines stamp set. There is a strip of Daffodil Delight and Whisper White. And some Lucky Limeade Ruffled ribbon tied on the side. The butterfly is attached with a Stampin’ Dimensional.
The second card was and idea from one of the swaps I received – I changed the stamp set and orientation of the card.
I called it a window card or peek-a-boo card because the inside peeks through to the front. It is similar to one of the swap cards that I made for convention but this one is just smaller. To begin with you need to punch the scallop edge on the card front. Then you can punch the circle into the front using the 1-3/4″ circle punch.
Then for the inside I punched a circle from Whisper White card stock using the 2-1/2″ circle punch and stamped on it using the Love & Care stamp set from the Summer Mini Catalog. On the front of the card use a white Gel pen to add the doodles around the circle.
There is also a strip of So Saffron card stock on the inside that shows off behind the scalloped front. To finish I added a jewelry tag punch stamped with Hello and added with the White Baker’s Twine to the side of the card.
I hope you like these little cards today! Have a happy Labor Day!
This card idea was from the Birmingham Regional that I got to attend in the fall. And it is a fun Shaker Card! this one has hearts in the shaker –
These are the tiny hearts from the two step owl punch. To create the shaker frame I used the foam circles in the Holiday Mini – good news they are on the carry-over list and will still be available! I know they are circles and my shape was a heart but I just snipped, bent and pieced circles into a heart shape. Here is the inside –
Yes it is time to think about Valentine’s Day now that New Years has passed. So this was the first idea and I’ll have more for you – some great new products in the Occasions Mini Catalog that are perfect for Valentine’s Day – that starts tomorrow.
