Apr 14, 2011 | Cards, Summer Mini 2011 |
Stampin’ Up! is selling Grab Bags in the Clearance Rack – you can order them through my Online Store on my website – www.monika.stampinup.net – then click SHOP NOW and then view the Clearance Rack. I order some and thought I would show you what I got in mine along with a card I created using some of the pieces in the Grab Bag.
The Grab Bags contain components from retired Simply Sent Card Kits. Which means they have pieces of card stock all cut, ready to stamp, layer and create a card. Plus the envelopes are included. Just add ink and stamps and you can put together some quick cards. So here is one of the $5 grab bags that I got –
$5 Grab Bag
The card components are from the Petite Pansies Simply Sent Card Kit. The ribbons and brads are from two other Simply Sent kits and then there is a pack of gift cards with mini envelopes. I wanted to make a card using these pieces so this is what I created:
I used the Strength & Hope stamp set that will be available in the Summer Mini Catalog and is a special stamp set with a portion of each sale being donated to Breast Cancer Research. All the details will be in the Summer Mini Catalog which should start showing up in mail boxes soon. I also added some pearls, Vanilla Smooch Spritz and used a couple of my tools including a punch and the color spritzer.
The cut pieces that I used are a Close to Cocoa 4×4 card base, a strip of Elegant Eggplant, a strip of Perfect Plum, a strip of Old Olive, and a piece of Very Vanilla. There is also a Very Vanilla envelope in the package. There are enough pieces to make 5 of these cards and then enough other pieces to make 5 different cards – I’ll create something with those later.
I used Old Olive ink, Chocolate Chip ink and Elegant Eggplant ink – all of these are current ink colors in our catalog. I also used the Chocolate Chip Stampin’ Write Marker to add the spritz spots on top of the shimmer mist.
If you order a $5 grab bag you might get the same one I did or a different one. Here are pictures of some of the others that I got – another $5, two $10s and a $15 grab bag.
$5 Grab Bag
$10 Grab Bag
$10 Grab Bag
$15 Grab Bag
The $15 grab bags actually sold out so if you order one of those you will actually get a $10 and a $5 bag in your order.
And if you can’t get your creative juices flowing once you get all your card pieces then send everything off to a group like From Our Hearts – they will use the pieces to make cards to send to soldiers over seas – who can then use the cards to send home to their loved ones. Visit the From Our Hearts blog and read some of the letters. I just sent a box of over 200 cards and card fronts to them earlier this week. I’ll link to their blog again when they post that they received my box. Have fun with your Grab Bags!
Apr 12, 2011 | Big Shot, Fifth Avenue Floral, Tags, UDI Color Challenge |
Happy Tuesday Morning everyone!
Are you ready for this weeks Utah Diva’s Color Challenge? I actually had mine done early this week (and believe it or not I already have the next one done too – he he!) . Here is the inspiration picture for Color Challenge #31 –
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.
Basic Black, Night of Navy, Bashful Blue, Daffodil Delight and Whisper White – what I thought of was using the Fifth Avenue Floral stamp set and doing a One Sheet Wonder. The idea has been around for years and about once a year or so I remember the concept and use it for something. Well that time has arrived. If you have never heard of the One Sheet Wonder concept it is basically where you take one piece of paper – in this case it will be one piece of stamped card stock – cut it into multiple pieces to make multiple cards or projects. I used one sheet of 8-1/2″ x 11″ Whisper White card stock and stamped the three flower images from Fifth Avenue Floral – one in Night of Navy, one in Bashful Blue and one in Daffodil Delight. These were stamped randomly all over my one piece of card stock.
I do have to tell you that I spent a long time looking for this stamp set in my craft room once I decided that I wanted to use it for this project. I searched through all my stamp sets three times and was just about to send out an email to my downline thinking perhaps I had let someone borrow it and it never made it back to me. Well I found it – guess where it was – on my craft table – why because I had just used it on another project the day before – I think I’m losing my mind…..
So back to the project. I took this one piece of card stock and to make it easy – cut it in half, then in half, then in half, then in half – ending up with 16 pieces that were 2-3/4″ x 2-1/8″ big. And do you wonder what I did with all those little pieces? Well here you go…..
They became Thank You tags for my club orders that I am packing up this week. I took each piece cut from the one sheet wonder and matted it with a piece of Night of Navy card stock. Then I made some with Daffodil Delight and others with Bashful Blue backgrounds, borders and butterflies. I added the black on the “thank you” that is stamped on the wing, on the black crochet thread wrapped around the butterflies and for my hangers. I hope you like them!
Take a minute to visit the UDI site and play along with us this week.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Card stock: Daffodil Delight, Bashful Blue, Night of Navy, Whisper White
- Ink: Daffodil Delight, Bashful Blue, Night of Navy, Basic Black
- Stamp sets: Fifth Avenue Floral, Teeny Tiny Wishes
- Accessories: Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border punch, 1/16″ circle handheld punch, Big Shot Die Cut Machine, Beautiful Wings Embosslit, Stampin’ Dimensionals.
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
Apr 11, 2011 | Cards, Designer Series Paper, Occasions Mini 2011, Vintage |
I have another Vintage card to share today. This idea is one that I found on Stampin’ Connection – an idea from Regina Cornelius. I love the Love Letters Designer Series paper and it works perfectly for vintage. So when I saw Regina’s card I knew I had to make one too because I love the colors. I have also been wanting to try out the Distressing Essentials kit from the catalog – I can’t believe I have waited this long to try it out. So here is my version of the card.
The dress form from the Sew Suite stamp set in the Occasions Mini catalog is stamped onto the Very Vanilla card stock and then stamped again on different pieces of Designer Series paper from the Love Letters pack. These were cut out and layered on top of the others so each form looks like it has a dress on it. The edges of the paper were crumpled and then distressed using the Tea Stain spot and the square stamp that comes in the Distressing Essentials kit. The one dress has a little piece of Chantilly Lace attached with mini glue dots to create a pleated skirt look. Some rhinestones were added to each dress too. I think Regina’s card was great and I hope you like my version too.
Have a great day!
Apr 9, 2011 | Big Shot, Cards, Easter |
I have another Easter card for you today. I saw this somewhere on a blog and now can’t find it again. I’ve spent a good long time searching and I have had no luck. So if this looks like your card let me know. I don’t think I changed very much from the original. It’s just been a while since I made it. It was for last month’s Spring Occasions class.
There is not much stamping on this card. It comes together quickly with the Big Shot and punches. The base of the card is So Saffron – and for this on my fold is on the left side. The corners on the right are corner rounded and then I used a white gel pen all the way around the edge to add faux stitching.
The basket is the Baskets & Blooms Die for the Big Shot – I cut one from the Nursery Suite Specialty paper. On the bottom add a strip of Chocolate Chip that has been punched with the scallop border punch. I added Faux stitching with the marker to the basket and some white gel pen details to the strip at the bottom.
The eggs are punched using the wide oval punch – that’s the old name – let me see what it is called now – how about the 2″ x 1-3/8″ Oval Extra-Large punch. Each one was run through an Embossing folder and the Big Shot. The little bunny, which matches the designer paper, is from the stamp set So Cute. Stamp it, color it, punch it, layer it and add to the front of the basket.
I’m off to plant flowers in the yard today. See ya later…..
Apr 8, 2011 | Big Shot, Cards, Easter, Punch Art |
The Easter Bunny is on his way to my family with an invitation to join us for lunch on Easter Sunday!
Every year my family and Greg’s family gather here for Easter lunch – we have had nearly 40 of us here at times. And each year I like to send out a hand made invitation to everyone. Not that they need it since the door is open to them to come even if I don’t send invitations.
After thinking about what I was going to do this year – I saw people using the Petal Cone die to make carrots – and I thought that would be a fun idea. Then I saw a couple of samples that included a punched bunny peeking out around the carrot – Cindy Wilkinson posted one and she saw one that Sandy Hancock posted from her downline meeting. Now that was the perfect idea. Most of the ones I saw were pouches that would hold candy. My original version is also a pouch but I included an extra pull out piece that would be the “card” part. I showed it to Greg and he didn’t think it was obvious that that piece pulled out. I showed it to Tyler and he thought because it was two pieces they would lose the inside part. So then I decided to cut of the extra tab that made it into a pouch and just let it open from the side like a card. I formatted my text to fit the shape of the triangle, printed it on my printed, cut it out and glued it inside the cards. Everything went out in the mail yesterday – so they are on their way!
So let me show you what I’m talking about…
So here is my first version. I used the Petal Cone Die and the Big Shot to create the carrot from Pumpkin Pie card stock. The flap is glued to create the pouch. I also ran it through the polka dot embossing folder. And the edges are sponged with Pumpkin Pie ink. And then cut another Petal Cone in Whisper White to make the insert.
You pull the insert out and that is where you can write your note, invitation, or Easter wishes.
The top of the carrot and the bunny are all made from punches. I created two cheat sheets that I used in my club meetings so that they would know easily what pieces they needed to create this project. And I have those here to share with you too.
The carrot top is Wild Wasabi card stock – punched and cut as shown on my cheat sheet. I did sponge the edges with Wild Wasabi ink.
The bunny is made from Whisper White and Blushing Bride and all the pieces are sponged with Blushing Bride. I used a Black Journaler and a White Gel Pen to add the accents to the bunny. Here is a close up.
The little nose is popped up on a Dimensional but the rest is all glued flat.
Here is a close up of the back side – 
If you really wanted you could finish off the back and add a little tail! But I didn’t do that here. I just wanted you to see how it looked glued to the back of the Pumpkin Pie carrot piece.
This last picture is of all my invitations that I sent to my family. On these I cut off the flap of the Petal Cone die so that it was just a card that opened on the side. Remember the ice cream cone card from a few weeks back – it’s like that. So these are all my little bunnies on their way to mailboxes.
Have a good weekend!
I used the Strength & Hope stamp set that will be available in the Summer Mini Catalog and is a special stamp set with a portion of each sale being donated to Breast Cancer Research. All the details will be in the Summer Mini Catalog which should start showing up in mail boxes soon. I also added some pearls, Vanilla Smooch Spritz and used a couple of my tools including a punch and the color spritzer.
The cut pieces that I used are a Close to Cocoa 4×4 card base, a strip of Elegant Eggplant, a strip of Perfect Plum, a strip of Old Olive, and a piece of Very Vanilla. There is also a Very Vanilla envelope in the package. There are enough pieces to make 5 of these cards and then enough other pieces to make 5 different cards – I’ll create something with those later.
