Nov 10, 2014 | Christmas, Holiday Catalog 2014 |
I’m back from a long weekend away scrapbooking in the mountains. It was a gorgeous fall weekend in North Georgia and we had perfect weather. Spending time crafting and hanging out with friends you just can’t beat that.
Before I left I had a card class at KSU and this was one of the cards that everyone made –
I wasn’t sure when I started it how I would like it. It seems every time I get out the Bearing Gifts stamp I use it with the All is Calm Designer Paper and colors. But I wanted to use more traditional colors this time. And this is what I ended up with. I used my Stampin’ Write Markers – Real Red, Old Olive and Daffodil Delight – to color in the little kids. The Filgree Frame Embossing Folder added a nice little frame around the image. The finishing the touch was a little bit of baker’s twine tied around the edge. Here is a complete list of supplies –
Product List
Links by TheseAreMyStamps.com
Thanks for stopping by. I have lots going on this week. A card class tonight, the MDS Virtual Crop on Tuesday night, my neighbor friends are coming over for our monthly pokeeno group on Wed (my turn to be the hostess), Friday is Card Maker’s, Saturday I have a private scrapbook class scheduled and Sunday my Christmas Card Stamp A Stack. Not sure what I was thinking when I put all this in one week! My blogging may be sparse for the rest of the week.
Nov 6, 2014 | My Digital Studio, Project Life, Scrapbook Pages |
Look at me – I’m a guest on the MDS Blog Hop!! Twice a month a group of Stampin’ Up! demonstrators join together to share their passion for digital designing with My Digital Studio. And my friend Cindy asked me to join them for the month of November! How cool is that? I’m so excited! These ladies are all very talented and have amazing digital projects. So come hop along and see what everyone has created. The theme for this week is PROJECT LIFE by MDS. Everyone will share different ways that they have combined My Digital Studio and Project Life.
If you follow my blog or even my Facebook Page you’ll know that at the end of the summer Greg and I took a trip to Alaska. It was a wonderful trip and we were gone for almost 2 weeks! I took well over 1000 photos! And I wanted to create a My Digital Studio photobook that would showcase our trip and all the photos. I love the simplicity of Project Life and wanted to use the concept in my book. I’ve played around with a few different things and think I finally found what I wanted.
This page is from the first morning of our trip. We arrived the evening before in Fairbanks and checked in to our hotel and met our tour guide. I’m going to go back and make a page for our travel day. My plan is to stay heavy on the photos and add journaling and other details on pages that precede each days photos. It may change as I go along but this is my current plan.
The photo book template that I used is an older one that came out before Project Life by Stampin’ Up! started but it has all the feel of Project Life and made a good base for starting – even though I removed all the elements and changed all the boxes to be photo boxes – I even did a bit of resizing for this page. Its called – The Best Year Photobook Template. I did use some words from the Everyday Adventure Project Life Digital Kit. I will be using more from that kit throughout my book.
Thanks for stopping by and be sure to hop through and see the amazing things that everyone else has done with this weeks theme. Next in line is Amber – click on the NEXT button below to hop over to her blog. Also make sure to come back for the next hop which will be on November 20th. I get to hop along for that one too! Thank you ladies for letting me join you!
Cindy and I also host a monthly MDS Virtual Digi Crop on Facebook – we have a group that you can join if you would like to participate along with us. Our next date is November 11 – that’s next week.
Have fun on the MDS Blog Hop!!
Nov 5, 2014 | Big Shot, Thanksgiving |
One of my most favorite new dies from the Stampin’ Up! Holiday Catalog is the Curvy Keepsake Box die. When I saw it in the catalog I think I might have squealed with glee! I’m so glad that I ordered it right away as it has been so incredibly popular it is currently on back order! It is definitely one that you will want to have, It is actually super easy to assemble – I use the Fast Fuse adhesive on mine – you could also use sticky strip or even the multi-purpose liquid glue. You just want a strong adhesive so that you can put something fun inside and it won’t come apart.
Are you ready for this fun project ready for Thanksgiving!!!
I made a TURKEY!! Originally I hadn’t planned on ordering the Four Feathers stamp set and framelit bundle but when I realized they could be the feathers on a turkey I added them to my next order. Really I bought it just to make this project. However I have been using the feathers for other things too.
Here is a better look at the turkey face from the front.
Just a couple of notes on the face. The nose is the little heart punch – I attached the eyes to each lobe of the heart. And the waddle is the little flower with two opposite petals cut off. Both punches are part of the Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack.
Below is a full list of the supplies that I used.
Links by
TheseAreMyStamps.com
I hope you like this cute little critter. I wonder what else I can make with this die? What do you suggest?
Thanks for stopping by. Come back tomorrow for a special surprise.
Nov 3, 2014 | Christmas |
Today I’m doing something a little different. I’m participating in a Creative Blog Hop. A friend and fellow Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator – Rhonda Morgan – tagged me to participate. I’ve added the link to her blog so you can check it out too just click on her name. Today is my day to post. For the hop I’ll be answering some questions and then I’m adding a twist that the others weren’t including. But I’m wondering if going forward others will (you don’t have to). I’ll be sharing a creative project! So here we go.
What am I working on now? I’m usually always working on a variety of things. Mostly for the classes and things I have coming up. I have 2 private card groups coming up – I’ll create 3 cards for each group. I also have a private scrapbook class this month for a new group of ladies – I’ll be creating 2 layouts for them. Plus I’m packing for a scrapbook weekend away with another group of friends – a really long weekend and I have to decide what I’m working on and what to take. I’m sure there will be something I don’t bring that I’ll need. I’ll be taking mostly personal projects. These are some that I have going right now – a traditional scrapbook from a trip out west that we took many years ago; a My Digital Studio scrapbook for the Alaska trip we took this year; making some tile coasters for my youngest son to have at college (themed for his school), and a project life album of just every day life.
How does my work differ from others on my genre? Hmm – not sure how to answer that one really. I think my work is really just whatever I’m feeling at the time. I think my stuff is pretty clean for the most part and I like things very natural. I like colors from nature not too bright or glitzy. I’m not a glitter girl at all. I don’t know – what do you think?
Why do I create what I do? I enjoy being busy with my hands. I don’t often just sit still and do nothing. And stamping and crafting is just great therapy. I used to do cross-stitch a long time ago but I was working full time and had three young boys and it took so long to get anything done so I started stamping and making cards because I could get to the end result faster. Many years later I became a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator. I create for fun, for my friends, for my family, for my escape from whatever else was going on, because it keeps be sane & happy. I enjoy sharing with my blog readers, Facebook followers, and everyone that comes to my classes and events.
How does my creative process go? As I think about what is coming up I am normally thinking of ideas in my head, occasionally I get an idea while I sleep, or while I’m the shower, or some other time I see something and get an idea. So I may be thinking of ideas for a long time but don’t necessarily do anything with them until much closer to my event. I often finish creating the night before! Late at night and at the last minute is when things really start happening. I do like to plan and make lists and things but the final creative product usually happens at the last minute. I also feel like the more time I have the less I tend to accomplish – but if I have a tight deadline I can get a ton of things done! I’m weird like that. I do also browse pinterest, blogs and other creative places for inspiration and ideas – some projects end up close to the idea I found and other times they end up totally different.
Tag You’re It! I’m going to tag my friend and another Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator, Diane Squires to continue on the Creative Blog Hop. Diane and I often chat late at night as we are trying to create – we discuss our businesses and also work through creative blocks together. I’m so glad that she called me one day and that we have become such close friends. Stop by
her blog to check out what she is working on and visit her on Monday November 10th as she answers the Creative Blog Hop Questions and tags the next person to keep things going!
And here is one of my projects to share with you today. This one I created for a swap that I participated in. I think I made about 28 of these – I mailed them in to the swap coordinator and along with everyone else that participated and she divides them up and mails back one of every card in the whole group. It’s a great way to get lots of different ideas from a variety of other demos.
I loved the single stamp in the catalog called Bearing Gifts. I had recently made a couple of other cards that used a circle cut out of Designer Paper with an image layered underneath – like a window. And I thought this stamp would work for that – except for the words at the bottom.
- So I carefully inked up the stamp with Black Stazon without getting ink on the words.
- The Polar Bear is watercolored just a bit to give it some dimension.
- The kids are colored with Stampin’ Write markers – Pear Pizzazz, Soft Sky, Lost Lagoon and a little bit of Sahara Sand.
- The designer paper is All is Calm Specialty Paper – the square with the circle cut out using the Framelits & Big Shot. And also a strip of the silver dots on the left side
- I added 2 strips of Silver Glimmer paper punched with the Scallop Border punch.
- The card is finished with some Silver Baker’s Twine tied through the edge of the circle.
- The card base is Lost Lagoon.
I love how it turned out and hopefully the other demos in this WOW Christmas Card swap liked it too!
Thanks for stopping by! Remember to check back with Rhonda and see what she is up to and check in with Diane too – next week she will post for the Creative Blog Hop and we shall see who she tags.
Oct 29, 2014 | Uncategorized |
Yep – that’s what I wanted to say to everyone that came to the Stamp, Scrap & Create retreat that was about a month ago (it was at the end of September). So I made this cute little treat for them – it was another one of their surprise table gifts.
I found these tiny little jars at the store – they are supposed to be shot glasses that look like canning jars. I wanted to fill them with trail mix. The only problem with these jars is that they didn’t have lids. So my solution was to cover the tops with one of the tea lace doilies. I used the new two-toned trim from the Holiday catalog to tie around the rim to hold it tight. A little strip of Designer Paper is wrapped around the rim to dress it up a little bit. The tag is from the cute little Nuts About You hostess stamp set. The little squirrel and words fit perfectly on the ticket punch.
Here is a full list of Stampin’ Up! supplies that I used:
Links by
TheseAreMyStamps.com
Thanks for stopping by. I’m trying to get all my fall projects posted before I start sharing the Christmas themed ones. I also have lots more to share on Alaska – I need to get back to that too!
Enjoy your day!
