May 21, 2018 | 2018 Occasions Catalog, Designer Series Paper, Stamp, Scrap, & Create Retreat, SU Pillow Gifts |
For many of us the best part of a Retreat are the Pillow Gifts. Wait – what is a pillow gift? Well it is something that I learned from attending Stampin’ Up! events. If you have the opportunity to go to a Stampin’ Up! incentive trip or other special event they leave gifts for you each night on your bed – so everyone calls them pillow gifts.
That idea spilled over to regular events where roommates bring each other gifts when they room together at a Stampin’ Up! event. And then it’s been carried over by many into retreats – where you get little gifts left on your table throughout the weekend. I still tend to call them pillow gifts even though I don’t actually leave them on everyone’s pillow. At my retreats I leave them on everyone’s table through out the weekend. Just little fun surprises to delight everyone! I love to create them and I think everyone loves to receive them!
I thought I’d share with you the pillow gifts from my Spring Retreat –
Pillow Gifts from the Spring 2018 Stamp, Scrap & Create Retreat.
- Magnetic personalized wooden letter
- Tiny treat box with a chocolate truffle inside
- Silver Gable box with Silver Baker’s Twine inside
- Multi Purpose glue and holder
- Cupcake box filled with a cupcake
- Notepad and pencil
Plus this time everyone received the pink bag filled with supplies that they used on their Make&Takes with plenty of stuff left over to do what they wanted. My next retreat will be this fall – be sure you are signed up for my email list so you will get the details when they are released. It filled up fast this last time!
I had cupcakes made to coordinate with the Sweet Soiree Suite which is what I used for the theme the whole weekend. They were supposed to look like the cupcakes on pages 10-11 of the Occasions Catalog. The full suite of products is shown on pages 12-13 and quite a few things are retiring – so make sure you order them now before they are gone at the end of May!
Supply list for the cupcake boxes:
- Sweet Soiree Specialty Designer Series Paper (retiring)
- Mini Pizza boxes
- Window Sheets
- Cake Soiree Bundle (the bundle is retiring but the stamp set and dies will be in the new catalog)
- Berry Burst Metallic-Edge Ribbon
- White card stock
- Calypso Coral & Berry Burst ink
- Circle Framelits
- Big Shot
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May 18, 2018 | Cards, class |
Come join me for my monthly Card Maker’s Class on the last Friday of the month. For May it will be on Friday, May 25th. There are two class sessions – one at 10 am and one at 7 pm. Both held in my studio at my house in Woodstock, Georgia.
Each month you get an assortment of different cards to choose from allowing you to make what you need. There are typically 10-12 different choices of cards and many of those can be for various occasions – you just change the sentiment. Others may be specific – for example in the samples above the card with the 2018 is designed and meant for a graduation card. While the other two cards could be birthday or thank you cards by changing the sentiments. Many stamp sets have various greetings and if needed we can pull something from a different box.
This monthly class is perfect for all levels of stampers from the brand new to the advanced. Everyone works at their own pace. I can spend more time helping those that need guidance while a more experienced stamper works on their own. Each card will be set up inside it’s own box – with all the supplies and prepared pieces inside. You select the box you want to work from and then take it to your table to complete. Then return the box and choose another.
Plan ahead for the next month by bringing a list of what you need for the upcoming month and make those cards all in one sitting. The class fee includes your choice of six cards but if you have time you can make additional cards priced by the card. If you are local I’d love for you to join me for class this month or in the near future. Visit my calendar of events to see the schedule and RSVP.
May 17, 2018 | 2018 Occasions Catalog, Designer Series Paper, Stamper's Club |
How about a 3D project share for Thursday? I’m not sure if everyone gets what I mean when I say 3D project. It’s not a card or a scrapbook page and it’s not flat. There can be candy involved or another treat. Gift packaging, little treats and such are all 3D projects. Today I have a fun and easy to adapt idea that came from a fellow demonstrator. I’ve seen various versions of decorating paper bags over the years. In fact I had a stack of these white paper bags in my stash so I didn’t even have to go find any for this project. You may have paper bags on hand too – you could do brown bags or white bags or whatever you have on hand.
This is just a basic paper lunch sack. I typically see them at the store in brown but there also come in white and sometimes you can find other colors too. I measured the width of the bag to figure out how wide to cut my Designer Paper and then cut a 12″ piece to that width. Another decision you need to make is how tall you want the bag to be. I cut the top of my lunch bag off so it wasn’t so tall. The taller your bag the smaller your overlaying flap is going to be. You will cut a second piece of Designer Paper (it should be the other half of your 12×12 piece) to be the same width as the bag and the same height as the bag. Attach this piece (the shorter one) to the front of the bag. And attach the longer 12″ piece to the back of the bag and fold the rest over to the front to create a flap. I added a piece of colored card stock on mine to give it some contrast. That’s all you need to dress up a plain paper bag.
But who wants to stop with just the bag. Next there is the flower and tag to decorate it with. I attached this flower to a clothes pin so you can put it on the bag to hold it shut and then take it off. The flower is made from the Lemon Builder punch! Who knew you could turn lemons into flower petals. To give each petal a little shape snip the smaller end of the lemon and glue dot one side over the other. Attach the petals to a punched circle. I did two layers offset and then added another circle punch to the back to hold it all together and one to the front to clean it up a bit. Finish with a circle punched from the designer paper and a metal rimmed pearl in the center. Instead of punching leaves I used the Lemon Lime Twist ribbon – tied in a bow and glue dotted to the clothes pin under my flower – to represent the leaves. It’s finished with a tag.
This Petal Passion Designer Series Paper in Basic Black & Whisper White is fun to use on this type of project – you can dress it up with any color you want. I wish this one wasn’t retiring – it’s so easy to use. But it is retiring so if you want some you better order it now before it’s all gone! The stamp set Petal Palette that it coordinates with is going to be in the new catalog – I used it to stamp the tag on this project.
Supply List
- Petal Passion Designer Series Paper (retiring)
- Sweet Sugarplum card stock (retiring)
- Petal Palette stamp set
- Lemon Builder punch
- 1-3/4″ Circle Punch
- 2″ Circle Punch
- 1-1/4″ Circle Punch
- 1″ Circle Punch
- Whisper White Card Stock
- Basic Black Archival ink (retiring)
- Mini Glue Dots
- Lemon Lime Twist 3/8″ Mini Striped Ribbon (retiring)
- Metal Rimmed Pearls (retiring)
- Pearl Basic Jewels
- 1/16″ handheld punch (retiring)
- Whisper White Baker’s Twine
- white paper bag
- clothes pin
I liked how this project turned out so much that I made another bag for a gift I needed to give. This time I used different paper, different colors, and a different flower for this one. I used some retired framelits to create the flower because I wanted to mimic the ones in the paper. This bag taller so you can see the overlap of the flap is smaller. If you know what you want to put in the bag then use that to help you determine how tall you want it to be.
Supply List
- Pick a Pattern Designer Series paper (retiring)
- Whisper White card stock
- Basic Black card stock
- Emerald Envy card stock (retiring)
- Emerald Envy ink (retiring)
- Flirty Flaming ink
The rest is the various circle punches and then some retired dies to make the flower. These would be fun bags to make for all different occasions using various papers. You should try it and share your paper bag creations.
Remember to shop now for retiring items before they are gone. Use my May Hostess Code – EJB9FJAP when you check out in my Online Store and receive a little surprise for orders over $25.
Spend some time be creative today!
May 16, 2018 | Cards, Designer Series Paper, Stampin' Blends |
It’s Try it Tuesday on Wednesday. It seems as soon as I get some things figured out and working other things stop working. Sigh. When I was trying to edit my photos my editor wasn’t working correctly. I have no idea what was wrong. Our power went out Monday evening for about 30 minutes and then once it came back our internet and wifi were messed up. It took a while to get all that going again. I think we basically had to shut everything off and then get everything to reboot. We keep getting more and more things that rely on internet/wifi. Then when I went to reboot the computer it decided it was time to run a bunch of updates. Anyway things weren’t working and I had to walk away. Sometimes its best to walk away and come back later.
So on to today’s project. Have you tried using the new Stampin’ Blends to color on Designer Series Paper? I love it! I love to use the black and white prints and add pops of color – it totally changes the look of the paper. For today’s card I used the Pick a Pattern Designer Series Paper – the black with white spots.
I used the Stampin’ Blends in Daffodil Delight, Calypso Coral and Bermuda Bay. Both the dark and light marker for each of the colors and just randomly coloring in the white spots. I was able to maximize my paper by using 4×4″ pieces on my cards. The images I stamped are from the Pick a Pattern stamp set. This stamp set turned out to be one of my favorites from this catalog. I used the different images and the coordinating paper a lot more often than I thought. It’s just really fun! The flowers are also colored with the Stampin’ Blends and the one extra flower was fussy cut and added to the front.
Supply List:
- Pick a Pattern stamp set (retiring)
- Pick a Pattern Designer Series paper (retiring)
- Whisper White Thick card stock
- Whisper White card stock
- Stampin’ Blends: Daffodil Delight Combo, Bermuda Bay Combo, Calypso Coral Combo
- Daffodil Delight Double-Stitched Ribbon
- 1-3/4″ Circle Punch
- Paper Snips
- Dimensionals
You could do any color combination that you wanted with the Blends and Black and White Paper. Have you tried coloring on your paper yet?
Don’t forget to order retiring products before they are gone! Use my May Hostess Code – EJB9FJAP when you check out in my Online Store and receive a little surprise for orders over $25.
I hope you are having a great week. Ryan just got home from school on Tuesday night and he will be here for a few days before heading off to his next adventure. He has a summer internship at Facebook in San Francisco. I’m so excited for him!
Thanks for stopping by my blog. I hope you are enjoying the new look.
May 14, 2018 | Cards, class |
I started a new class a couple of months ago called Cocktails & Card Making. It’s held at the Tavern at Towne Lake – which is in the front of my neighborhood. It’s a place for friends to gather for a drink and some food and while you are there you can join me for some creative time. I’d love to have you come to my class.
Each month we will be making hand-made cards. There is no experience necessary and all supplies are provided. Grab a friend for a girls night out and join us. This month we are making some fun colorful celebrate & birthday cards. These will be perfect for the summer months to use for birthdays or end of school celebrations or anything else that might pop up.
Here is a peek at the past two classes. The girls worked on 5 different cards each month in March and April.
Plan to join me this week on Wednesday, May 16th at the Tavern at Towne Lake. We will start stamping at 7 pm. Come early to get food and cocktails from the Tavern.
