Jan 21, 2012 | Big Shot, Birthday, Occasions Mini 2012, Stampin' Up! Events, Valentine's Day |
One of the organized swaps that I participated in at Leadership was the Treat Wrapper swap. I did this one last year too and really enjoyed all the different ideas. For this one I signed up for 2 different groups and then two of my room mates were also each in two different groups – so between the three of us we should have a ton of new ideas. I plan to take pictures of all of their ideas before I leave to come back home. So here is one of my treats – this is actually a double one – since the amount of candy in mine was rather small I thought I should include 2 similar ideas to have an equivalent amount of candy to what everyone else was doing. You might remember the holiday treats I did a couple of months ago using the Gift Givers stamp set – it was a project for one of the Ustamp classes. I used that idea and created a Birthday and a Valentine’s idea.
The little 1″ x 8″ skinny cello bags are still available – that is what I used for these treats – they are filled with candy – skittles and conversation hearts and then folded in half and tucked inside the folded tag from the two-tags die.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies for the Birthday Treat:
- Card stock: Early Espresso, Pretty in Pink, Whisper White
- Ink: Chocolate Chip, So Saffron, Peach Parfait, Wisteria Wonder, Pear Pizzazz, Pretty in Pink
- Stamp sets: Candy Conversations
- Accessories: Big Shot Die-Cut Machine, Two Tags die, Petal Cone die, Adorning Accents Embossing Folder, Small Heart Punch, Pretty in Pink 1/2″ Scallop Dots Ribbon, Sweet Shop Jelly Bean Brads, 1×8 Cello bag, Stampin’ Dimensionals
Stampin’ Up! Supplies for the Valentine Treat:
- Card stock: Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Whisper White
- Ink: Melon Mambo, Pretty in Pink, Early Espresso, Stampin’ Write markers – Melon Mambo, Early Espresso
- Stamp sets: Sweet Cake, Create a Cupcake
- Accessories: Big Shot Die-Cut Machine, Two Tags die, Stripes Embossing Folder, Cupcake Builder Punch, Modern Label Punch, Lucky Limeade Baker’s Twine, Old Olive 1/2″ Scallop Dots Ribbon, , 1×8 Cello bag, Stampin’ Dimensionals
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
It’s my last night in Texas, I’m not sure what we are doing tonight – we’ll probably go out for dinner, share all of our swaps and pack our bags so we’ll be ready to leave in the morning.
Jan 20, 2012 | Big Shot, Designer Series Paper, Sale-A-Bration 2012, Stampin' Up! Events |
I made up some quick treats to give to my long distance friends that I will see at Leadership. Through Stampin’ Up! I have been able to meet people from all over the US, Canada and other parts of the world – so I have friends in lots of places. Most of them I may get to see only once a year at a Stampin’ Up! event, but we get to email each other and stay in touch through blogs, yahoo groups and facebook when we don’t get to see each other. So I wanted to have something to give to some of my friends so I made up a few of these.
I used some of my Sale-A-Bration accessories for this one. I wanted to create something to wrap around these cereal bars. I used the largest label from the Labels Collection Framelits Dies to cut a piece of Everyday Enchantment Designer series paper. I used the Blossom Bouquet Triple Layer Punch to punch a Very Vanilla flower – which I embossed with the Square Lattice Textured Impressions folder (you can’t see that in the photo but it’s there. Then I punched the solid flower with a coordinating card stock for the paper – either Lucky Limeade or Calypso Coral. In the center of the flower is one of the Everyday Enchantment brads and I also tied a piece of the Organdy Ribbon around each flower. During Sale-A-Bration you can get all of these for free – Designer paper, the brad and ribbon pack and also the stamp set that coordinates with these – you can get all three for free as a hostess bundle option with a $400 workshop or choose one for each $50 that you spend. Sale-A-Bration starts on Jan. 24th and runs through the end of March.
I hope my friends like these little treats.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Card stock: Lucky Limeade, Calypso Coral, Very Vanilla
- Ink: Lucky Limeade, Calypso Coral (also the Stampin’ Write markers)
- Stamp sets: Tiny Tags
- Accessories: Big Shot Die-Cut Machine, Labels Collection Framelits Dies, Square Lattice Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Jewelry Tag punch, Blossom Bouquet Triple Layer punch, Paper Piercer, Everyday Enchantment Designer Series paper, Everyday Enchantment Brad and Ribbon pack
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
Today is the final day of the Leadership Conference and Saturday I’ll be staying for a Regional conference where I’ll get to see some more friends that didn’t attend Leadership. It’s an all day event with make&takes and presentations.
Jan 19, 2012 | Big Shot, Birthday, Cards, Occasions Mini 2012, Stampin' Up! Events |
The new Stampin’ Up! Occasions Mini Catalog has a brand new hostess stamp set in it (and a My Digital Studio CD too). I love the stamp set! It is just my kind of thing and it will be so pretty for the spring – it is called Up in the Air – and it is not about hot air balloons – that is the one called Up, Up and Away. This one has birds and butterflies, a bird nest and house, and flowers – it is so sweet. I just got the set a few days ago so I only had a little time to play before I left for Leadership. I did make one quick card to enter in the card contest.
This idea came from a card I saw on Pinterest – you can look for me there – the original inspiration card is on my card idea board – it was a non-SU card so I had to turn the idea into an all Stampin’ Up! card. I used the Up in the Air hostess stamp set, the new Labels Collection Framelits Dies and the Attic Boutique Designer Series paper. The Label Framelit creates a window for the flowers to peak through from the back. The centers of the flowers have pearls in them.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Card stock: Basic Gray, Whisper White
- Ink: Basic Gray, Daffodil Delight, Stampin’ Write markers – Old Olive, Daffodil Delight
- Stamp sets: Up in the Air, Petite Pairs
- Accessories: Attic Boutique Designer Series Paper, Big Shot Die-Cut Machine, Labels Collection Framelits Dies, Basic Pearls, Stampin’ Sponge, So Saffron 3/8″ Taffeta Ribbon, 3/16″ Corner Rounder punch, Stampin’ Dimensionals
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
Today should be Thursday – at least that is when this is supposed to be scheduled to post. Today is our first full day of the Leadership conference and we’ll will be in classes all day. I also have all my organized swaps today during lunch, I hope I make it to all of them and still have some time to eat. I may need to reply on some of my friends to help me out.
Jan 18, 2012 | Stampin' Up! Events |
I’m here in San Antonio for the Stampin’ Up! Leadership Conference. We are having a great time. We flew in on Tuesday and checked in to our hotel, after our whole group was here we took a boat tour of the Riverwalk, and then had dinner right on the river – fun! Wednesday we checked in to the Leadership Conference and got the cutest fabric bags made with some new fabric that will be available in the Summer Mini Catalog. Then we had Make&Takes – I was a helper this year – that was fun too. And we all had a surprise waiting for us there – a cute box of gourmet chocolates plus a fabric portfolio that matches our bags with a cute tag signed by Shelli.
After that we went back to the Riverwalk and had lunch right on the river. Then we went to see the Alamo. After that we headed back to the hotel and I got ready to go to the Manager’s Reception. We had some appetizers with an Asian flare and some fun drinks. I got to talk to Shelli, and she signed my Holiday Mini (the one with my picture that I have been carrying around with me to get her autograph – finally got it). Then we went into the theater and saw the Chinese Acrobats – some amazing strength and flexilibity! On our way out we got a new stamp set – a sneak peek from the summer mini – I can’t show it to you yet. And some Stampin’ Up! chop sticks.
Leadership officially will start tomorrow morning with our opening general session. If I have a chance I’ll try to post again.
Jan 18, 2012 | Big Shot, Occasions Mini 2012, Scrapbook Pages |
Gnomes. Do you like gnomes? I’m not sure. When I see gnomes or hear about gnomes I actually think of my grandmother. I don’t really remember much about her; I was young when she died; she lived in Germany; didn’t speak English; and we didn’t see her that often. My mom says she did come and stay with us for maybe a month or so at a time but I guess I was young enough that I don’t fully remember that. But I do remember that she always brought gnomes with her from Germany when she came to visit. We had them in our yard and back them they weren’t plastic gnomes – they must have been made from clay or something and probably painted. I imagine my mom still has some in her attic – I will need to ask her.
I also think of my niece, Emily, because a couple of years ago she bought herself a gnome – you know the travel site gnome – and she takes it with her and takes pictures of it everywhere. So when we took our trip to the mountains in NC a couple of summers ago the gnome came with us. When I saw that Stampin’ Up! had a new gnome set the first thing I could think of was making a scrapbook page with Emily and her gnome.
This layout is for the contest at Leadership for the Gnome Sweet Gnome stamp set.
It is an 8×8 layout. The picture is Emily with her gnome – Gnarlin. We were eating at a restaurant somewhere in NC and I took this cute picture. I did use the border to cover the bottom edge of the picture which has the empty dishes in the foreground – they needed to be hidden. I used the Twitterpated Designer Series paper – the Riding Hood Red and Basic Gray prints. I added the little bow at the top and included the little hanging lantern stamp –
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Card stock: Riding Hood Red, Marina Mist, Whisper White
- Ink: JetBlack StazOn, Stampin’ Write Markers – Riding Hood Red, Marina Mist, Basic Gray, Old Olive, Blush Blossom, Daffodil Delight
- Stamp sets: Gnome Sweet Gnome
- Accessories: Twitterpated Designer Series Paper, Scallop Edge Border punch, 3/16″ Corner Rounder punch, Subtles Designer Buttons, 1/8″ Marina Mist Taffeta Ribbon, White Bakers Twine, Stampin’ Sponge, Big Shot Die-Cut Machine, Billboard Alphabet Decorative Strip Die, 2-way glue pen, Mini Glue Dots, Stampin’ Dimensionals
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
Tonight I’ll be attending the Manager’s Reception – it will be my first time to go. I’m so excited.
