Aug 8, 2012 | Big Shot, In Colors |
I don’t think I have shared this little project on my blog yet. It has been a while since I made it. Back in June probably.
I cut a piece of Gumball Green card stock with the Petite Pocket Pouch die and then ran it through the Big Shot again with the Fancy Fan embossing folder. The front is decorated with the flower image from Button Buddies. It is stamped and cut out three times using both the of the new In-Colors – Raspberry Ripple and Primrose Petals. In the center is a Dahlia and also some of the new striped ribbon.
Inside the pouch is a little piece of white card stock that has the flower stamped on the bottom (sorry I didn’t get a picture of it all the way out of the pouch). The top has the little grommet pieces from the die and then tied with Baker’s Twine. I used the Petite Pairs stamp set to add the “thanks”. You can write your note on the white card.
These would be cute on a place setting at a dinner table when you are having a celebration. I have another idea to share later that uses the same pouch – I still need to get it photographed though.
I have made a change to the comments section of my posts. Now you (or I) can reply to comments that are left. So if you have a question – leave a comment and I’ll reply there with the answer. Then everyone can see it – because if one person has a question probably someone else has the same one.
Have a nice day!
Aug 7, 2012 | Create with Connie & Mary, Tutorial |
Gosh what happened to Monday (and Saturday and Sunday)? I was busy with family things and the days just quickly disappeared. Kyle and Tyler came home Saturday night from California. Kyle is finished with his summer internship. He came home with a cough and I asked him if he was sick – “no”. How long have you had the cough – “probably a month”. So I made a doctor appointment for Monday and figured he could have walking pneumonia – well yes he does have a mild case. Now he is on meds and has a recheck next week before he heads back to college. See mom’s do know!
So I have had some questions about some of my posts last week and I’ll try to hopefully answer them all –
The ribbon shelves – I got them from Ikea – they are called Ribba picture shelves – for my ribbon wall I used two long ones and one short one. I have some more that I plan to put up over the window to use for display of projects and cards.
The little basket – here is how I made it – start with a piece of card stock 6″ x 6″. First score like a tic tac toe board – so 2″ on all the sides. Now in the 4 corners on opposite sides score every half inch. On the same sides mark the center square in the center to cut a triangle – from the center mark to the inside cross point of the tic tac toe. You are going to cut between the 1/2 inch strips on the corners and cut to create triangles on the two centers (all on the same side – and do two opposite sides). Then you cross over the strips over the triangles and attach with a brad. Add a handle.
Here are some pictures that hopefully clear up the description I just gave.
basket scoring guide
basket cutting guide
assembling the side of the basket
The basket idea was shared by Fran Kennedy at my demo meeting and she got the idea from another demonstrator. Here is my post for the finished and decorated basket – click here. It was my Create with Connie & Mary project for last weeks Thursday challenge.
You should be able to make a bigger basket by starting with a bigger square.
Where did I stay at convention? I stayed at the Shilo Inn the past few years. But have a reservation next year at the Raddisson – the Shilo was full already.
And in case you are wondering I am going to the Chattanooga Regional in September. Registration is open for demonstrators and guests.
If you have other questions let me know – leave a comment on my post.
Aug 5, 2012 | Fabric, Stampin' Up! Convention |
Here are some more display boards from Convention. I hope you see something that inspires you.
International Bazaar Display board
Storytime Display Board
Summer Smooches Display Board
World Spectacular display board
Be of Good Cheer display board
Fabrics & Trims display board
Have fun the rest of your weekend.
Aug 4, 2012 | Stampin' Up! Convention |
This weekend I’m sharing with you some of the display boards in the product area from the Stampin’ Up! Convention – hopefully you will get some inspiration.
Birds of a Feather Display board
Fan Fair display board
Comfort Cafe display board
Floral District Display board
Twitterpated Display board
Hopefully I’ll have more for you tomorrow.
Aug 3, 2012 | SU Ribbon |
Months ago I bought some shelves to hang on the wall for my ribbon. Finally Greg hung them for me last night. Yeah! We did discover that the wall is warped so they aren’t perfectly aligned – but that’s ok – they work and are just perfect for what I needed them for – all my ribbon. But before I show those to you I’m going to show you my craft room – messy and then clean. This is the messy room – boxes, bags and baskets all over the floor, table is covered (and so are the chairs).
And what my table top looks like – no more room to do anything – and look at how many bottles of glue I had buried under everything.
So I cleaned the floor, the chairs and the table. And then afterwards I emptied out all the boxes, baskets and bags that I had moved out into the hall. Some was convention stuff and holiday catalog stuff.
Then I moved everything off the back counter so that Greg could hang my ribbon shelves. I also cleaned out my ribbon and pulling out all the retired and sorted through all my big shot framelits and embossing folders which were stacked – I’m still trying to decide how to store those – I think I have a solution for now. Here are my ribbon shelves (this is before I added all the holiday ribbon).
It’s a rainbow of ribbon. I used to keep them sorted by type of ribbon but I’m going to try by color now – so I made a rainbow – ROY G BIV followed by browns, blacks and whites. I also moved my scrap jars to use them as separators between all the groups of colors. So far I like this much better than what I had before. And I have my scraps right with my regular ribbon.
Now I have to clean my desk so I can move my computer over there. And then tackle the storage closet again. It is a never ending thing. I still have shelves for Greg to hang over my windows – those will be for display – they will be high up so I’ll put my most favorite projects up there. It may take a few more months for that to happen though. And I am considering painting one wall with chalkboard paint so I can use that to write on and hang a line to display cards and hold ideas. I never hung the boards that I bought – maybe because it just wasn’t ever exactly the right thing and now I may have figured it out. At convention they had all the chalkboards and I think I really like that!
Have a great day!
