Feb 6, 2011 | Occasions Mini 2011, Punch Art, Valentine's Day |
At the Stampin’ Up! Leadership Conference I participated in several swaps – one of the swaps (actually I did this one twice) was called a Candy Wrapper Swap. I participated in two groups and then my roommates Becky and Diane also participated in different groups. That gave us 40 different ideas between all of us that we could share. This one was one of my favorites that the other girls received (I don’t know who created the swap so if it was you let me know). I was able to take pictures of it so that I could re-create at home.
Isn’t this the cutest idea? I have made these before at Christmas with the snowmen and the wrapped peppermint patties. I do have to tell you that I wasn’t able to find the little wrapped mints anymore – now they come in little rectangle bags – is anyone else able to still find the wrapped mints – I’m talking about the small peppermint patties wrapped in foil. Anyway I had to search the candy aisle for something that would fit between the scallop circle – and it needed to be relatively flat – I finally found something that would work – they were dove chocolates. Enough about the all important candy and more about the project.
The clear bags are some that I ordered online. Get the punches out – the 1-3/4″ Scallop Circle punch, 1-3/8″ Circle punch, 1-1/4″ Circle punch, Two-step Owl punch, Full Heart punch. The colors are Real Red, Basic Grey, Blushing Bride, and Whisper White. Punch 4 Real Red Scallop Circles, punch 4 Basic Grey Scallop Circle, punch 4 Blushing Bride 1-3/8″ Circles and 3 Whisper White 1-1/4″ Circles. Punch the owl – his body is Basic Grey – eyes are white and black with tiny wiggle eyes in the center – his belly/shirt (I’m still not sure what to call that piece) – is from the Play Date Designer Series paper (the red heart print) – the little heart is Blushing Bride. The pink and white punches were sponged with Basic Grey ink.
I used the Lovely Letters stamp set for the ‘L’, ‘V’, ‘E’. The owl will be the ‘O’ in LOVE. The top of the bag is tied with Blushing Bride ribbon and a punched heart was added for a tag. The ‘xoxo’ is a rub-on from the Occasions Mini catalog.
I hope you love this project as much as I do! It was part of my Valentine class that I had in January. There’s only 8 or so more days until Valentine’s day so get busy making sweet treats for your loved ones. My boys will be getting one of these.
Stamping Together at Monika’s Place – February 2011 Newsletter – CLICK HERE.
February 2011 Ribbon Share – CLICK HERE.
Feb 5, 2011 | Big Shot, Birthday, Cards, Pierced Circle, Sale-A-Bration 2011, SU Buttons, SU Ribbon |
Good morning everyone! I think our rain has stopped – we had a little bit of snow/sleet on Thursday but it stopped and I was able to head out to a class at Tammy’s house that night. The rain is not helping the work that is going on at our house. We are having our old screened porch/deck converted to a large sunroom/small deck. The construction has been going on the days in between the bad weather – I’m hoping for nice weather all week so they can get it done. And hopefully all the construction isn’t keeping my birds away. I’m would expect to see them already shopping for bird houses to nest in but I haven’t seen much activity. It might be because the weather has been colder than normal or a combination of the two. This year I have added the woodpecker house and I have one more house to add but I haven’t put that one out yet. I’ll keep you posted as soon as the action starts.
On to my project for today. These are some cute cards featuring Sale-A-Bration stamps and accessories. I have been using these cards in some of my classes/workshops the last couple of weeks and everybody loves them.
The idea for this card came from the Stampin’ Success magazine that Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators receive each month. It is packed with ideas and articles for us to read. I decided to use the layout and then make more than just the one card that they showed but create more cards using the other stamps in the Punch Bunch stamp set. I gave everyone at my classes the choice of what they wanted to make. Each card was unique as every person used a different stamp and selection of the die cuts from the Ice Cream Parlor pack.
The card base is Old Olive. At the bottom is a die-cut strip, then above that is a piece of the double-sided Designer Series paper – some people chose to show the dotted side and others the pink side. Above that is a piece of the Ice Cream parlor ribbon – this ribbon has flowers printed on one side so when you tie it in a knot make sure you twist the end so the printed side shows. Stamp the image and punch out with the coordinating punch and add it to the front with Stampin’ Dimensionals. See below for the instructions on creating the pierced circle and do that before you add all the die-cuts and the buttons. One trick that you might want to know about the die-cuts – if you want to pop them up with Stampin’ Dimensionals – stick them to your jeans first to remove some of the adhesive on the back and then add the dimensionals to pop them up.
Do you see the pierced circle in the background? I love that idea but I thought there is no way I can make an even circle like that. I remembered that Stampin’ Up! used to have the brass embossing templates and many of those had piercing patterns on them too. We don’t sell those anymore so I wanted to come up with a way to do the same thing with what we do have. It just so happened I had one of the large die-cut scallop circles lying on my craft table and that gave me this idea. So here are the instructions on how to create a pierced circle:
Step 1: cut a die-cut scalloped circle using the Big Shot machine and one of the dies – you can vary the size of your circle by using a different sized scallop circle for your template.
Step 2: Place a piercing mat underneath your card stock and the scallop circle on top. Use a paper piercer and pierce in between each pair of scallops to create a circle – using the scallop keeps the holes evenly spaced.
Step 3: If you want the holes closer together add another hole in between each pair that you punched.
Ta-da! A pierced circle!
How easy was that? I’m going to use this idea on some other cards not that I figured it out and I’m going to take a look at my other dies to see if I can create some other piercing patterns. To save the templates cut them out of the cardboard backer from the Designer Series paper and it will last longer than using a piece of card stock.
Have a fun weekend!
Stamping Together at Monika’s Place – February 2011 Newsletter – CLICK HERE.
February 2011 Ribbon Share – CLICK HERE.
Feb 3, 2011 | Blog Candy, Cards, Occasions Mini 2011, SU Ribbon, Thank You Kindly |
Today is my Stampin’ Up! Anniversary! I was officially a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator on Feb. 3rd, 2006. I have completed 5 years and I have loved every minute. I also just passed my blog-a-versary (is there such a word?) – I started my blog Jan. 20th, 2009 – two years of blogging! I had a couple of things planned for my Stampin’ Up! Anniversary but I think I need something for my blog-a-versary too – don’t you? What should it be? Let me think on that while I tell you about what else I have planned this month.
Oh but first here is the card that I used as my Make&Take project for my first ever workshop!
images copyright Stampin' Up!
I can’t believe I found the pictures but I actually had a folder called February 2006 and there it was. Along with two or three other projects. Now lets move on to February 2011 – here is what I have going on…..
First I am planning a SAMPLE SALE all month long. I’ll be cleaning out all my samples that I have made and collected for the last five years. So when you come to my house this month you can shop the sample sale – there will be cards, card fronts, 3-Ds and gifts. I may even have some class kits – with all the consumables cut and you can finish how you want.
Second – how about some Bingo? For the month of February you will earn a Bingo card for every $50 your order from me and in March we will play Bingo to win prizes. You’ll want to check my blog (or sign up for daily updates) so that you can see the Bingo pieces that get called. I’ll send out more details and instructions at the end of February along with your earned Bingo cards.
Check out my February Ribbon Share – that includes Free ribbon and buttons from the Sale-A-Bration Ice Cream Parlor pack.
February 2011 Ribbon Share
Here are the details for this month’s ribbon share.
1/2” Seam Binding Ribbon from the Occasions Mini Catalog
You will receive approximately 2 yards each of Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler, Always Artichoke,
Baja Breeze, Crumb Cake, Pear Pizzazz, and Rose Red 1/2″ Seam Binding Ribbon.
Plus three Vanilla Rosettes – one in each size.
And since it is Sale-A-Bration you will also get for FREE –
3 yards of Ice Cream Parlor Ribbon and 3 Ice Cream Parlor buttons – one in each color.
How Much? $13
Prepay by February 15th.
Orders will be placed after this date and it will all be ready for you by the end of the month.
If you need the ribbon share mailed to you there will be an additional cost for that.
Email me today if you would like to participate – [email protected].
Well let’s get back to my Blog-a-versary – I think it would be appropriate to give away some Blog Candy. I’ll be giving away the stamp set Thank You Kindly to one lucky blog visitor – my way to say Thank You for supporting my blog. To enter into the drawing for my Blog-a-versary Blog Candy please leave a comment on this post between now and Wednesday, February 9th – midnight EST. I will draw a winner and post it on my blog after the 10th.
Thanks so much for visiting!
Feb 2, 2011 | My Digital Studio, Occasions Mini 2011, Sale-A-Bration 2011, Simply Adorned Jewelry |
Sorry I missed yesterday’s posting. I went out of town with Greg for the day and we left earlier than I originally planned on Monday and didn’t finish my projects or posting for Tuesday. Today I’m sharing my Simply Adorned swap – I used the Nature Walk stamp set from the Stampin’ Up! Occasions Mini Catalog. I originally created this for a Simply Adorned class that I held in late December. Then I decided to use it also for my Leadership Swap – just the front side. And then again for my PAWS meeting Swap. I actually made minor changes in each one but I don’t have pictures of the last version – and I swapped them all away.
Here are my original front and back for my class. The little bee on the front is cut out and popped up with Stampin’ Dimensionals. The flowers and the wings of the bee are covered with the Smooch Illuminate Top Coat Pearlized Accent Ink.
For my Leadership swap we only needed the fronts so the picture to the right shows the front again. Here I added a tiny piece of Linen Thread that is tied around the stem of the flowers.
While we were at Leadership I learned a new little technique that I really liked and ended up using that on the version I used for my PAWS group swap. We used an Aqua Painter to “paint” the Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint. I don’t know why I haven’t thought of that before – you don’t need water in it – you are basically just using the brush so I guess you could also use a fine tipped paint brush to do the same thing. So I did that on the bee’s wings and on the flowers. And because I was short on time I left off the linen thread on my PAWS swaps. I’ll have to make one like that again so you can see the difference in how the wings look.
Have a great day! Oh, I have a new signature file using the Sale-A-Bration My Digital Studio CD elements – what do you think?
Jan 31, 2011 | Demonstrator, Simply Adorned Jewelry |
Here are more Simply Adorned Inserts that we swapped at my PAWS meeting the other weekend.
I don’t have specific names for each one of these – since they are so small most people didn’t put names on them. The participants were – Fran, Laree, Lisa B. (she actually made two different ones), Linda, Danette, Lisa S., Christine, and Cindy G. The ones where the back was attached I didn’t take a picture of the back. A couple in the first photo show front and back – the Owl, and the friends.
I still have mine to show you – I actually used the same swap for both my leadership swap and the Paws meeting swap. I just have to find mine to take pictures of it. I hope I didn’t give them all away!
Isn’t this the cutest idea? I have made these before at Christmas with the snowmen and the wrapped peppermint patties. I do have to tell you that I wasn’t able to find the little wrapped mints anymore – now they come in little rectangle bags – is anyone else able to still find the wrapped mints – I’m talking about the small peppermint patties wrapped in foil. Anyway I had to search the candy aisle for something that would fit between the scallop circle – and it needed to be relatively flat – I finally found something that would work – they were dove chocolates. Enough about the all important candy and more about the project.
