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!
Oct 21, 2011 | Halloween, Holiday Mini catalog 2011, Tags |
These are the Pretzel treats that I took to my Pokeeno Group last night.
My friend Sue brought over the Chocolate Covered Pretzels and I put them in long cellophane bags – they were too wide for the 1×8 bags so I had to use some wider bags that I bought last year.
I made tags using the Gift Givers’ Stamp Set from the Stampin’ Up! Holiday Mini Catalog. 
The Halloween image is stamped on Whisper White card stock with Black StazOn ink. Then punched out with the Decorative Label punch. I colored it with Stampin’ Write Markers – Pumpkin Pie, Tangerine Tango, and Old Olive. I also sponged around the edge of the tag with Old Olive – going heavy on the bottom edge so the pumpkins look like they are sitting on the ground.
I punched a hole in the corner and tied them to the bags with some Pumpkin Pie Taffeta ribbon (now retired). They turned out cute and everyone liked them.
A couple of other things I wanted to tell you about. I am registered to attend the Stampin’ Up! Leadership Conference in San Antonio, TX in January. I have never been to Texas so I’m excited to go. Registration is done, Flight reservations are made, Hotel reservations are made, roommates found. I still have to register for the Regional Conference which is the day after but the registration isn’t open until next week so I have to wait a little bit longer.
I also wanted to tell you about Kyle, my oldest son. He is attending Ga Tech – in his second year there and he has been interviewing for Internship jobs for next summer. He already has two job offers – one in Texas and one in California – and he is still interviewing. I am very proud of him but I’m not sure I’m ready for him to be so far away. He did travel to California last weekend all by himself – he flew one other time by himself but we met him there – so this was his first trip by himself, staying in a hotel, he had a limo service pick him up, when to all day interviews at the company and made it back home (well back to his dorm) with no problems. In the next few weeks he will have to decide which job to take.
Have a great weekend!
Oct 20, 2011 | Big Shot, Stampin' Up! Events |
So here are the last of the paper bag ideas that I had –
This one is a Hot Cocoa filled bag. If I had found a candy cane I would have put that in there too but those aren’t out right now.
I made the little bag like I showed at the Birmingham Regional but this one I ran through the Big Shot with the Snow Burst Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. It really makes the paper feel like fabric. And I would recommend running it through with no tabs on the platform so that it doesn’t cut through the paper when it embosses so deeply.
I took a piece of the wide striped ribbon and cut it in half and used half the width to tie around the bag. It frays which I kind-of like. I stamped the snowman from Button Buddies on some Whisper White card stock and punched it out with the wide oval punch. Colored the band on the hat with Marina Mist and also went around the edge of the tag with the Marina Mist marker. Punched a little hole and tied it to the ribbon with Baker’s Twine.
I also thread some Baker’s Twine through a Marina Mist button and added that to the snowman.
Ryan took the cocoa out of the one I made and I had to replace it with a new one for my picture.
This next one is one of my favorites (along with the snowflake one). I wanted to try dressing the paper bag up a bit so it was a little fancy and vintagy (is that a word) looking. I stamped the leaves from the Best Friends Forever stamp set all over the paper bag and then made a flower with the First Edition DSP. I love these flowers.
I punched scallop circles from the paper about 3 or 4 in each size and also some from the 1″ circle punch. Crumple them all up and then uncrumple them. I stacked them all up from largest to smallest and then poked a hole through with the paper piercer. Insert one of the Antique brads. I used a Stampin’ Sponge to add some Crumb Cake ink to the flower to give it some aging. I also tied some Very Vanilla Seam Binding around the base of the flower.
Finally I added a little Jewelry Tag that says “Thanks so much” – it is from the Tiny Tags stamp set. This is tied on with the Baker’s Twine.
And inside I added a Stampin’ Spot and a little stamp to make a cute little hostess thank you gift!
The other bag that I showed was the original Halloween bag that I made – the post is here.
There was one other idea that I had that I didn’t get a chance to make and that was to do a Valentine version and inside put some 3×3 love notes. I’ll try to make that up later when I’m ready to work on V-day projects.
Thanks for stopping by. I hope you liked all the little paper bag ideas.
Oct 19, 2011 | Big Shot, Flight of the Butterfly, Pocket Silhouettes, Stampin' Up! Convention |
I wasn’t finished sharing my little bat ideas that I showed at the Birmingham Regional. I had a bunch. This is the Get Well bag. Inside is a pack of tissues and a tea bag.
The bag is stamped – the bottom with Pocket Silhouettes and Flight of the Butterfly. White Gel pen doodles all around. And a tag from Word Play. I used tempting Turquoise and Old Olive for my colors. And I did add rhinestones on the “i” and on the one butterfly.
Really a quick project. So it is a quick post. Directions for how to make the bag were posted last week – Click Here.
That’s all for today… have a good one.
Oct 18, 2011 | Cards, Flight of the Butterfly, Thank You, UDI Color Challenge |
I’m taking a quick break from my little paper bag ideas for the UDI Color Challenge today. We are on week #58.
Here is the inspiration picture:
These colors had me stumped for a while. Wisteria Wonder, Blushing Bride, Calypso Coral, Rich Razzleberry and Very Vanilla. Very girly colors. What should I do with them. It always surprises me how hard it is to use some of these color combinations. It is certainly called a challenge for a reason.
So I flipped through my Stampin’ Up! Idea Book & Catalog for some little kick of an idea on what to do with these colors. I finally got near the end of the stamp sets and saw a card with a hand full of butterflies in different colors – it is on page 152. That was an idea –
So here is the result –
The base is Calypso Coral with a piece of the First Edition Specialty Designer Series Paper on it (I know that pulled in some black but that’s a neutral – right?). The butterflies are in the four colors – Wisteria Wonder, Calypso Coral, Rich Razzleberry, and Blushing Bride. The images are stamped on Very Vanilla card stock and punched out. then I punched a matching butterfly out of the colored card stock and cut it in half. I layered the wings behind the stamped butterflies. Then I punched a small bitty flower in the colored card stock. I crinkled it up and then put it in the center. I attached them to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals and then added a pearl to the center of each flower.
Across the bottom of the card is a strip of Calypso Coral card stock and covered it with Very Vanilla Seam Binding. Then I stamped “thank you so very much” directly on the ribbon using the Calypso Coral ink. So what do you think? For not liking these colors very much I do like how the card turned out.
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: Calypso Coral, Very Vanilla, Wisteria Wonder, Rich Razzleberry, Blushing Bride
- Ink: Wisteria Wonder, Calypso Coral, Rich Razzleberry, Blushing Bride
- Stamp sets: Flight of the Butterfly, Butterfly Prints
- Accessories: Butterfly Punch, First Edition DSP, Basic Pearls, Bitty Flower punch, Very Vanilla Seam Binding, Stampin’ Dimensionals
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
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.
