Jan 14, 2011 | Designer Series Paper, Occasions Mini 2011, Stampin' Up! Events |
I signed up for several organized swaps at Leadership – for one of them I made these Designer Paper Purses. This is for a Candy Wrapper swap – inside you could put candy – I actually put sunflower seeds in mine since I was trying to stick with a bird theme. I used two different paper packs from the new Stampin’ Up! Occasions Mini Catalog. Some are made with papers from Springtime Vintage collection and the others are made from the Botanical Gazette collection.
They all have Early Espresso for the top of the purse, Clear Rhinestone Brads for the latch, a two-step Bird punched out for the front, the Seam Binding handles and an Oval Punched tag tied with Linen Thread.
I stamped on the Botanical Gazette papers with the Nature Walk stamp set. The papers and birds are speckled with a Color Spritzer and either Early Espresso Stampin’ Write Marker or a Crumb Cake Stampin’ Write marker.
The stitching is the White Gel Pen.
I love making these purses. I also tried making them in smaller sizes but decided to keep them big so they would fit the Sunflower seeds inside.
I hope you like them.
We are enjoying the trip to Nashville. Once I got out of my neighborhood Wed. morning – straight up a hill of ice to get out – the roads were clear, mostly dry and it was smooth driving all the way up and over the mountains. It took one hour for me to get out of the neighborhood (part of that was getting up the nerve to try to tackle the hill of ice) and then four hours or so to get to Nashville.
We are having fun packed, busy days and I’ll have lots to share when I get back!
Jan 13, 2011 | Big Shot, Cards, D is for Dog, SU Buttons |
This was one of the cards that we made at Stamper’s Club Friday night. The card idea was one that I found on a blog somewhere but it wasn’t a Stampin’ Up! blog so I wanted to use the idea with our products. I liked the black and the white and needed to add a third color – I pulled out my Color Coach and this was one of the color combination’s for the Whisper White card – Whisper White, Basic Black and More Mustard.
The Bitty Button does not have thread in it but instead it is a thin piece of More Mustard card stock that is pulled through and tied in a knot. When you don’t have thread in the color you want just use a piece of card stock!
I made the dog and cat look like they were really white by watercoloring around them with a little bit of Sahara Sand Watercolor Wonder Crayon.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Card stock: More Mustard, Basic Black, Whisper White
- Ink: More Mustard, Black StazOn
- Stamp sets: Every Little Bit, D is for Dog, Friends Fur-ever
- Accessories: Big Shot die-cut machine, Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder, 1″ circle punch, 2-1/2″ circle punch, 1-3/8″ circle punch, Bitty Buttons, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots, Stampin’ Sponge, Watercolor Wonder Crayons – Neutrals, Aqua Painter.
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
Jan 12, 2011 | My Digital Studio, Scrapbook Pages |
A couple of months ago Greg and the boys decided to cut a hole in the grass in the back yard and build a fire pit. When we go tent camping or cabin camping the boys always make a big campfire and Greg decided it would be a good idea to be able to do the same thing at home. So it was done. We have had a few fires since they built it. This week the snow came and the boys decided that a big fire was just the thing to do. So in the middle of the snow they built a campfire. Now add to that the marshmallows that Ryan found at the store right before Christmas. They are called Giant Roasters – super big marshmallows just for campfires. Ryan pulled those out and I took pictures and created this scrapbook page in My Digital Studio. The actual layout is from Heather Summers – she has to be the MDS queen and she was one of the winners of the recent contest.
I have decided to try to show my pictures as completed scrapbook pages instead of just the pictures so you’ll have to wait on the rest of the snow pictures. I’m hoping that I’ll do a better job of scrapping my pictures. The funny thing is I make lots of scrapbook pages – I really do have tons, I just don’t always get any pictures on them – even though I usually do have in mind what I plan to put on them. This year I’m going to try to show the every day events of 2011 in an MDS album. This is a 12×12 page the colors are Soft Suede, Night of Navy, Very Vanilla and Kraft (Crumb Cake).
I will be on my way to the Leadership conference today and hope that I can get there. I am driving and we still have snow and ice everywhere from the storm. The kids are out of school for the third day and potentially will be out the rest of the week. It won’t really get warm until Saturday. I hope the interstates are clear from here to Nashville so say a prayer for me that Linda (she is traveling with me) and I arrive safely in Nashville. Wendy was supposed to ride with us but she was unable to fly into Atlanta on Monday because the airport was closed but she was able to get to Nashville on Tuesday so we will meet her at the hotel. If you are headed to leadership I hope to see you there!!
Jan 11, 2011 | My Digital Studio |
The latest Digital Downloads from Stampin’ Up! for My Digital Studio.
| Item | Description | Image | Price |
| 124034 | Pink Pirouette Patterns Designer Series Paper |  | $1.95 |
| 124032 | Rose Red Patterns Designer Series Paper |  | $1.95 |
| 124037 | Wild Wasabi Patterns Designer Series Paper |  | $1.95 |
| 124035 | So Saffron Patterns Designer Series Paper |  | $1.95 |
| 124024 | Letterpress Alphabet Stamp Brush |  | $1.95 |
| 124025 | Lots of Love Stamp Brush |  | $1.95 |
| 124026 | Valentine Defined Stamp Brush Set |  | $5.95 |
| 124029 | Be My Valentine Stamp Brush |  | $1.95 |
| 124020 | Seam Binding II Ribbon Pack |  | $3.95 |
| 124488 | Extra Postage Stamp Brush Set |  | $3.95 |
| 124491 | Motorcycle Stamp Brush |  | $1.95 |
| 124492 | Printed Petals Stamp Brush Set |  | $3.95 |
| 125157 | Chat Room Good Thoughts Stamp Brush Set |  | $5.95 |
| 124541 | Chat Room Celebrate Stamp Brush Set |  | $5.95 |
Jan 11, 2011 | Cards, Occasions Mini 2011, UDI Color Challenge |
The snow came, the snow dumped, the snow changed to sleet, the ice formed, the schools closed, the roads closed and I’m still hoping to be able to drive to Nashville on Wednesday. Please let there be warm temps and sunshine today!! I think I’m going to cry if it doesn’t get better for tomorrow. I took pictures and planned to share them but today I decided I wanted to challenge myself to scrap them using My Digital Studio instead of sharing raw pictures. I finished one page Monday night and will share it tomorrow and work on some more to share while I’m away (positive thinking).
Also for those asking about the Rules of Chocolate from yesterday’s post – the pdf has been added to yesterdays post.
We are on #18 of the Utah Diva’s Color Challenge. Click on this link to go to the Utah Diva’s Color Challenge blog. This is the inspiration that Gretchen gave us this week –
With all the snow we are getting these pretty spring flowers sure are a nice site (although the snow is pretty too). These could also be winter colors but I liked the flowers and decided to stick with that thought. I still have one of my magazines out on the table and grabbed another sketch from it for this card. It is a quick and easy card using Always Artichoke, Perfect Plum, Concord Crush, and Very Vanilla.
The flower images are from the new Button, Button stamp set – one stamped in each of the colors in the color challenge. I poked holes through the center and tied Linen Thread through them. The ‘hello’ is from the Hello Again stamp set it is stamped in Concord Crush. I also used a Concord Crush Stampin’ Write marker to go around the edge of the Perfect Plum card base. The bottom left corner was punched with the Corner Rounder punch.
I hope you like this weeks card. I have been playing a lot with this stamp set and using it for several of my swaps for the Stampin’ Up! Leadership conference next week – oh my it really is just over a week away. Now it is your turn to play with these colors – then go to the UDI blog and add your creation to the linky section.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Card stock: Perfect Plum, Very Vanilla
- Ink: Perfect Plum, Concord Crush, Always Artichoke, Stampin’ Write Markers: Concord Crush
- Stamp sets: Button, Button (Occasions 2011), Hello Again
- Accessories: Linen Thread, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Paper Piercer, Corner Rounder punch
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
I signed up for several organized swaps at Leadership – for one of them I made these Designer Paper Purses. This is for a Candy Wrapper swap – inside you could put candy – I actually put sunflower seeds in mine since I was trying to stick with a bird theme. I used two different paper packs from the new Stampin’ Up! Occasions Mini Catalog. Some are made with papers from Springtime Vintage collection and the others are made from the Botanical Gazette collection.
I stamped on the Botanical Gazette papers with the Nature Walk stamp set. The papers and birds are speckled with a Color Spritzer and either Early Espresso Stampin’ Write Marker or a Crumb Cake Stampin’ Write marker.
I love making these purses. I also tried making them in smaller sizes but decided to keep them big so they would fit the Sunflower seeds inside.
