Feb 26, 2011 | Big Shot, Birthday, Designer Series Paper, Occasions Mini 2011 |
I added another picture to yesterday’s post on the ice cream cone card – it shows the inside of the card.
Today’s project share is a cute little cupcake box designed by Becky Roberts – if you would like the measurements and directions you can find them on her blog – here.
This was another project for my Birthday Class this month. I like the clear window added to the top and the side of the box so you can see what is inside. The box fits one normal sized cupcake inside.
I used the Celebrations Designer Series Paper to determine my colors for this project. Pacific Point, Real Red, Old Olive and Bashful Blue. The sides and back of the box are decorated with the Designer Paper.
The front and top of the box are decorated with the Create a Cupcake stamp set and Build a Cupcake Punch both from the Stampin’ Up! Occasions mini catalog.
I will tell you a little trick that I found to be easier for me to create the little punched cherry. I just use a white punched cherry and then color it with Stampin’ Write markers. The cherry stamp does fit in the punch but I can never seem to line it up perfectly to punch it because it is so small. So I use the stamp when I’m not punching it out and just color a plain white cherry when I need the punched version. I hope that made sense.
And before you put the lid together send it through the Big Shot inside the Dots embossing folder if you want the dots. I did it on my sample and forgot to do it when I demonstrated it in the class. That’s when I say – “do what I say not what I do” – if you want to match my original sample . The tag on the top of the box is the “happy birthday” punched with the Modern Label punch and then I doodled around the edges with the Real Red Stampin’ Write marker. I love this fun little project and I hope you do to!
For the handle use the Crop-A-Dile to punch a hole in each side and add some ribbon for the little handle.
Enjoy your weekend.
Feb 25, 2011 | Big Shot, Birthday, Cards, class, Occasions Mini 2011, SU Buttons |
Look at this cute card!! Guess what it is made out of – it’s a Big Shot die – do you know which one?
The Petal Cone die in the Stampin’ Up! Occasions Mini Catalog. 
I originally saw this idea as a swap card at the Leadership Conference that one of my roommates had received. Then I saw other versions of it on Stampin’ Connection (a demonstrator only online community). Mine uses a little bit of several of the different versions that I saw.
To make this cute card cut one petal cone from Crumb Cake card stock. Cut off the tab on the side. Next I folded it in half and ran it through the Big Shot inside the Square Lattice Embossing Folder. And then I sponged the edge with Soft Suede ink.
Now cut a piece of Whisper White card stock on the petal cone die making sure to get one of the triangles in the cone shape. Cut off any of the excess keeping just the triangle. Sponge the edges with Soft Suede ink and glue that on the inside of the card.
Next cut 2 scallop half-circles and one banner from Pretty in Pink card stock. I stamped “happy birthday” in the center of the banner. The stamp set is Family Phrases stamp set. Fold the banner under at the ends of the greeting and then back out again. Using the Soft Suede ink sponge the edges of all the Pretty in Pink pieces. I smooch spritzed the two half scallops with the Vanilla Shimmer to give them a frosty look.
The best way to add the half scallops – or in this case they become ice cream scoops – open the card and add one to the back piece on the inside. Then close the card and add the second one to the front top of the card so that they line up. That gives you an ice cream scoop on the front and on the inside of the card. Attach the banner with Stampin’ Dimensionals to the front of the cone.
The cherry on top is one of the Brights buttons – the big Real Red one with a piece of Pretty In Pink Taffeta ribbon tied through in a knot.
This card was part of my Birthday class last week – the Big Shot makes it really a quick card. I put this one inside a clear envelope to give to my niece for her 4th birthday.
Have a great day!
Feb 24, 2011 | Birthday, Cards, Sale-A-Bration 2011 |
This is a quick and easy birthday card. I saw this idea at the Stampin’ Up! Leadership Conference in January. I’m not sure who created it – I believe it was on one of the display boards.
For my card I used a Pear Pizzazz card base and ribbon. The center panel is Marina Mist with a piece of Chocolate Chip Patterns Designer Series paper on the side.
The owl from the Sale-A-Bration stamp set Punch Bunch was stamped in Chocolate Chip ink on a piece of Whisper White cards stock – and on the envelope too. Punch the owl out of the card stock using the Owl punch. Add it to the front of the card with a Stampin’ Dimensional.
You can get the Punch Bunch stamp set FREE with a $50 Stampin’ Up! product order – if you’d like to place an order visit my website HERE or send me an email.
The greeting that I used is from the Sincere Salutations stamp set but you could use something else that you have in your collection. This happens to be one of my oldest stamp sets – it was one that I bought before I became a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator.
I hope you like this quick card!
Our gutters were put back up on our house yesterday – yeah! It is supposed to rain overnight tonight so I really wanted those gutters back up. Everything is looking good – a few small things left and the rest will be up to Greg to finish. I’ll share some pictures soon.
Feb 23, 2011 | Awards |
Hi everyone! I hope you are having a good week. We are having some gorgeous weather here – I hope the rest of you are too. Today I’m posting about the Stylish blogger Award. This was given to me by Patrice from My Little Patch of Dirt – it has been a little while – I’ve just been very busy so I’m just now getting this on my blog. Thank you so much Patrice – I hope you will visit her blog and leave her some love. She leaves comments for me all the time and it makes me feel so good.
As part of the award I have to tell you 8 things about myself and pass the award on to 8 other crafters. So let me share some things about myself –
- I just completed 5 years as a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator – Feb. 3rd is my Stampin’ Up! Anniversary. I joined during Sale-A-Bration because it was the best time to join and this year the deal is even sweeter than it was when I joined.
- Before I started stamping I was a cross-stitcher – I started doing that in middle school. I made a counted-cross stitch Christmas stocking for Greg while we were dating in college and made four more – one for myself and each of my three boys. I decided after it took me forever to finish Ryan’s stocking (it was ready for his second Christmas) that I needed a new craft because this one took too long to get to the end result – that was when I found stamping.
- I have a B.S. in Computer Science from Ga Tech and worked in programming, and project management for 12 years before deciding to stay home full time with my three boys.
- My favorite TV shows are Grey’s Anatomy, American Idol, Glee, Brothers & Sisters. My old favorites that I watch on DVD in my craft room are Friends and Charmed. I use the DVR to record them and watch when I have time.
- I have always been shy and quiet, I don’t like to speak in front of people or talk on the phone. Stampin’ Up! helps me overcome those things because I love to share what I’m making and what I’m doing with anyone that will listen.
- I love animals. I have two mini Jack-Russel terriers (Magnolia and Aspen) now. I used to have two miniature schnauzers(Skip and Scarlet) that lived for 15 and 16 years. Growing up I always wanted a dog but I didn’t get one until Greg gave me one of the miniature schnauzers when we were dating in college – that was Skip. I love to watch the birds in the backyard and soon it will be nesting season and I hope to have pictures and stories to share with you over the next few months. I hope one day to ride an elephant, and visit the Galapagos Islands. I would love to swim with the dolphins – but I actually did get to do that once already!
- I was born and raised in Georgia – I have lived my entire life right here in the the metro-Atlanta area. Greg was also born and raised here in Georgia. We haven’t gone far! We met in college at Ga Tech. And we have been in our house now for 16 years and plan to be here forever more – with all the work we have done on the house we don’t plan to leave.
- I love being a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator! I enjoy having classes and workshops and sharing with everyone. I’m totally excited that my team is growing and I’m able to share this great opportunity with others. I don’t make decisions quickly and thought about joining SU for several months and did lots of research before I actually committed. I found my upline through her website and signed up after meeting her for the first time. She was such an inspiration to me and helped me create a successful Stampin’ Up! business – and she is one of my 8 Stylish Blogger Award winners.
That was hard to do. Patrice said the same thing when she made her list and I agree. So let me tell you who my 8 Stylish Blogger Award winners are:
1. Wendy Randall (my wonderful upline) – www.thestamper.com
2. Roxy Somerville www.stampingwithroxy.typepad.com
3. Robin Merriman www.trinitydesignstudio.blogspot.com
4. Cindy Schuster nutmegcreations.blogspot.com
5. Rosemarie Diehl rosemariediehl.blogspot.com
6. Carrie Gaskin artisticavenger.wordpress.com
7. Heather Summers stampwithheather.typepad.com
8. Gretchen Barron gretchenbarron.typepad.com
Congratulations ladies! I love to visit your blogs and see your project ideas. Once you put the award on your blog remember to tell us 8 things about yourself and select 8 more crafters to pass this award on to. And for those of you visiting my blog I hope you will take a few minutes to stop by each of these ladies blogs and see some great projects and ideas!
Have an awesome day!
Feb 22, 2011 | 2-Step Stampin', Birthday, Cards, Occasions Mini 2011, UDI Color Challenge |
I’m back – I took a few days to go visit my parents and saw my brother, sister-in-law and niece and nephew. We took 4 birthday gifts, had a birthday party, a birthday dinner, walked in the park, rode bikes, played games and legos and had a relaxing weekend. Only Ryan and I went while Greg and Tyler stayed home to work on the deck. I need to take pictures of their progress. Last week I tried to shop for birthday presents for Noah (6) and Ally (4) and just couldn’t find anything that I thought was the right thing. So I went back to the basics – I got them each a hula hoop, a big bouncing ball, bug nets and sand toys. And that seemed to be the perfect gift – all the kids at the party wanted to play the hula hoops and the balls.
So today’s card for the Utah Diva’s Color Challenge is a birthday card – and if you can believe it wasn’t even one of the four cards that I used for this weekend. Click on this link to go to the Utah Diva’s Color Challenge blog. This is our Color Challenge inspiration for week 24:
I really wasn’t sure what I wanted to do with these colors – So Saffron, Blushing Bride, Cherry Cobbler and Always Artichoke. Originally I thought flowers since that is what was in the inspiration picture but nothing came to me. I was working on projects for a class last week and I wanted to use the Create a Cupcake stamp set and the new Build a Cupcake punch. I had a swap card from the Leadership conference last month that I copied the layout from and used these color challenge colors. It turned out to be a really cute card and colors that I would not have used together worked perfectly for this.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Card stock: So Saffron, Cherry Cobbler, Always Artichoke, Whisper White
- Ink: Blushing Bride, Cherry Cobbler, So Saffron, Always Artichoke Stampin’ Write Marker
- Stamp sets: Create a Cupcake
- Accessories: Build a Cupcake Punch, Scallop Trim Border Punch, Whisper White Taffeta Ribbon, Stampin’ Dimensionals.
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
Stamping Together at Monika’s Place – February 2011 Newsletter – CLICK HERE.
February 2011 Ribbon Share – CLICK HERE.
This was another project for my Birthday Class this month. I like the clear window added to the top and the side of the box so you can see what is inside. The box fits one normal sized cupcake inside.
I used the Celebrations Designer Series Paper to determine my colors for this project. Pacific Point, Real Red, Old Olive and Bashful Blue. The sides and back of the box are decorated with the Designer Paper.
