Oct 23, 2010 | Big Shot, Bingo, Cards, Christmas, class, Punch Art |
There are so many creative Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators out there that you don’t even need to make your own creations. Now I do like to make my own creations but sometimes someone creates something just perfect that you just need to use it the way it is. And for those of you that say I can’t be a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator because I’m not creative – that’s no reason at all. There are so many ideas out there on blogs, on the Stampin’ Up! website, in our magazine at our events you could have enough ideas to last you forever – so don’t use that as a reason not to join. I’m excited that my little team is growing and if you want to join I would love to have you!
Now on to my project share today – another card from my Punch Art class. This one uses the bird punch to make a Cardinal for a Christmas card – see you don’t even have to have a Christmas stamp set – just the bird punch will do. This idea is from Connie Stewart – although in her comments she says she saw the idea demonstrated some where on stage. I made a few changes to the actual card but liked the way Connie used the red and white with just a hint of green. So this is my version:
The cardinal is the bird punch – twice – the extra wing becomes the crown and the extra body is trimmed and becomes another layer on the tail. I also punched an extra head out of black and then trimmed it to make the mask. I’m using Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White and Always Artichoke for the color on my card.
The little rectangle piece is cut using the Big Shot and the new Scallop Rectangle Clearlits die. After I cut it I added texture with one of the texture plates – the one that looks like wood grain.
A piece of Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding is tied around and into a knot. Add a holiday greeting and you have a quick Christmas card.
I’m writing this on Friday night and just want to say – Way to go ETOWAH EAGLES!! Greg and I went to the game tonight they were playing against Woodstock and it was the game of the week so Fox 5 news was there and I think the whole game aired on one of the tv stations. It was a great game – tied 14-14 at the end of regulation and then they did over-time possessions. Woodstock went first and got almost to the goal line – and Etowah held them off 3 times for no score. Then Etowah went and got close enough for them to score a field goal and win the game 17-14. Very exciting! And today – Saturday – the Etowah band will be a competition – wish them luck!
Ok – so now onto Bingo – anybody out there waiting on just one more – will today be the day we have Bingo?
Let’s play for today ….
It’s BINGO TIME! We are playing Round 5 of Monika’s Blog Bingo. I’m currently taking names for Round 7. See this POST for more details on how to join, how to play and the previous winners.
Here is piece #12 –the snowflake from Season of Friendship stamp set (stamped in Concord Crush).
Oct 22, 2010 | Big Shot, Bingo, class, Fabric, Punch Art |
Last fall I saw a scarecrow bag that someone (sorry I don’t know who) had made and thought it was so cute. But I never got around to making one. So when I was planning my Punch Art class for this month I decided I wanted to do a scarecrow as part of the class. I was trying to decide if I wanted to make a card, or something like the bag that I saw but finally decided I wanted to use the Fancy Favor Box die to make mine. Then I was looking at Stampin’ Connection (our demo community for sharing ideas) and Doris Denman posted a cute scarecrow card. I had already started with my box but I did decide to use some of the elements from her card – the smile and the little crows. So my scarecrow box is a combination of ideas from those two plus a little of my own. And here he is……
I cut the box from So Saffron card stock using the Big Shot and the Fancy Favor box die. Then I cut another panel of So Saffron to fit on the front and ran that through the Big Shot with the Square Lattice Embossing Folder. The edges are sponged in Soft Suede. Around the top of the box I used the brown paper packaging that comes in all the Stampin’ Up! shipping boxes. Yep that paper works perfect for a scarecrow and can be used for shredded paper inside the box too! Around the bottom of the box is a torn piece of Deck the Halls fabric – tied in a knot on the corner and one of the little Vintage Trinkets safety pins is on there. The crow, flower and his face are all made from various punches – lets see if I can make a list:
Eyes – Bitty Circle, 1/2″ circle, 3/4″ circle
Nose – Large Star
Mouth – 1-3/4″ circle, Heart to Heart
Flower – Boho Blossom, Bitty Circle
Crow – 3/4″ x 15/16″ oval, Boho Blossom, Heart to Heart
I really like how the boxes turned out – I make one for each of the kids for their Thanksgiving Table (Stephanie – what do you think?)
So now lets get on with Bingo – I’m going to recap all the pieces that I called since I thought I messed up my numbering – but really didn’t – apparently writing my posts really late at night is not a good thing – here it goes :
#1 –the Pear from Cheep Talk stamp set (stamped in Pear Pizzazz)
#2 –the bird on a branch “thinking of you” image from Cute By the Inch stamp set (stamped in Pear Pizzazz)
#3 –the tiny flower image from Flight of the Butterfly stamp set (stamped in Peach Parfait)
#4 –the CREATE image from Charming stamp set (stamped in Peach Parfait)
#5 –the soccer ball image from All in the Family Accesories stamp set (stamped in Concord Crush).
#6 –the dog bone image from Friends Fur-Ever stamp set (stamped in Chocoalte Chip)
#7 –the pumpkins from Loads of Love Accessories stamp set (stamped in Peach Parfait)
#8 –the dog from All in the Family stamp set (stamped in Chocolate Chip)
#9 –the flower from Season of Friendship stamp set (stamped in Poppy Parade)
#10 –the alphabet from Cute by the Inch stamp set (stamped in Poppy Parade)
Let’s play for today ….
It’s BINGO TIME! We are playing Round 5 of Monika’s Blog Bingo. I’m currently taking names for Round 7. See this POST for more details on how to join, how to play and the previous winners.
Here is piece #11 –the little bird from Friends Fur-Ever stamp set (stamped in Pear Pizzazz).
Oct 21, 2010 | Bingo, Cards, class, Punch Art |
I saw this cute card last winter and saved it because I wanted to use the idea later. Well now was the time it became part of my Punch Art class this month. The creator of the punch art polar bears is Laura Lipe. This is my version that I created for the class.
Aren’t they cute?
My card is a Baja Breeze base (we used Bashful Blue in the class because I ran out of Baja Breeze). The background is stamped with snowflakes. The snow banks are a piece of torn Whisper White card stock that is sponged on the edges.
For the Polar Bears all the pieces are punched from Whisper White card stock, sponged with Sahara Sand ink and also distressed on the edges ( so they look furry). I gave everyone a 1/4 sheet of Whisper White card stock and had them punch the pieces out and save it for a guide for later. So this is what you have left.
Now you have an easy guide to see what pieces you need. The ornament punch is the head of the large bear – the top of the ornament is cut off. The large oval is the nose of the large bear – you can either stick it back in the punch to nip it off or cut it with scissors. The small oval is the nose of the small bear. By the way I am using the old punch names. Did you realize the names of some of the punches changed? They did when they switched to the new style. Which reminds me I was going to write a post to explain something about the new punches – I’ll have to do that this week too.
For punch art I use the 2-way glue pen and a pair of craft tweezers – these are a great tool to have – too bad we don’t sell these anymore (although the old SU kind were too bulky anyway) – maybe we’ll get a better version next year.
Ok now it is time for Bingo… oh by the way I realized I started numbering the pieces wrong – I skipped #4 for some reason. So today’s piece is really #9.
Let’s play….
It’s BINGO TIME! We are playing Round 5 of Monika’s Blog Bingo. I’m currently taking names for Round 7. See this POST for more details on how to join, how to play and the previous winners.
Here is piece #10 –the alphabet from Cute by the Inch stamp set (stamped in Poppy Parade).
Oct 20, 2010 | Bingo, Cards, class, family, Holiday Gift Making, Season of Friendship |
I have added two more projects to my Gift Making weekend – if you live near me you should come. To read all the details of what I have planned and see the rest of the project please go HERE. I have extended the Registration Deadline to 10/24.
2011 Desktop Calendar
Monogram card set
Tuesday night we went to the high school to see Tyler in the his first Show Choir performance. He did such a good job. In middle school he did Drama Club for a short time and was in Chorus for one semester. So he is not very experienced in Chorus so I was excited to see the performance. It was great – his group performed the opener – Footloose and then later in the evening they performed a Lion King medley. Greg video taped it and I took some pictures – I haven’t downloaded them yet – I hope they turned out.
I have heard that we have someone close to Bingo….will this be the day…
Let’s play….
It’s BINGO TIME! We are playing Round 5 of Monika’s Blog Bingo. I’m currently taking names for Round 7. See this POST for more details on how to join, how to play and the previous winners.
Here is piece #9 –the flower from Season of Friendship stamp set (stamped in Poppy Parade).
Oct 19, 2010 | Big Shot, Bingo, Cards, UDI Color Challenge |
Welcome to week 6 of the weekly Color Challenge over at the Utah Diva’s International Blog. I can’t believe we have been doing this for 6 weeks already – it feels like we just started.
So for this weeks color challenge we had a whole lot of color – Rose Red, Concord Crush, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie and Daffodil Delight. Oh my….what to do with that many different colors. I thought – thank goodness there is a green in there, I can always do flowers again. But I wanted to do something besides flowers – so I spent several days mulling it over until I finally came to a decision. To make a set of monochromatic cards – but now to choose a set with 5 different images that I could use – I wanted one stamp set, one layout, and each card a different color. I pulled out several different ones and finally decided to use Cute by the Inch – a Level 2 Hostess Stamp Set in the Stampin’ Up! Catalog. It has 9 images – 10 would have worked better, but 9 will do.
Ta-Da – my set of mini cards using the Cute by the Inch set. The whole set is inside a Fancy Favor box – cut using the Thick Window Sheets.
This was the first time I had used these thick window sheets – and boy they are thick – just like those thick plastic boxes you can buy to put treats in. I used Sticky Strip to assemble my box.
Here is a close up of the box with all the cards and envelopes inside.
I tied a piece of Old Olive Satin ribbon around the outside and added a tag to the front.
Here
is a close up of one of the cards. There are 2 of each color except Olive that is why I chose to use the Old Olive ribbon around the box. I probably should just add a 10th card to make it equal and double one of the images.
These mini cards are 2-3/4″ square cards. The white mat is 2-1/2″ and the colored embossed panel is 2″ square. The images are stamped on Whisper White and punched out with the 1-1/4″ square punch. The tag on the front of the box was layered with a 1-3/8″ square that was punched.
That’s my interpretation. Now it is your turn to play with these colors – then go to the UDI blog and add your creation to the linky section. I can’t wait to see what you come up with!
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Card stock: Rose Red, Concord Crush, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White
- Ink: Rose Red, Concord Crush, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight ink and Stampin’ Write markers
- Stamp sets: Cute by the Inch
- Thick Window Sheet
- Old Olive Satin Ribbon
- Mini square envelopes
- Big Shot Die-Cut machine, Fancy Favor Box, Square Lattice Embossing Folder
- 1-1/4″ square punch, 1-3/8″ square punch. 1/16″ circle punch
- Sticky Strip
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
And now lets check in on our Bingo players – anybody have 4 in row today or even a Bingo?
Let’s play….
It’s BINGO TIME! We are playing Round 5 of Monika’s Blog Bingo. I’m currently taking names for Round 7. See this POST for more details on how to join, how to play and the previous winners.
Here is piece #8 –the dog from All in the Family stamp set (stamped in Chocolate Chip).
The cardinal is the bird punch – twice – the extra wing becomes the crown and the extra body is trimmed and becomes another layer on the tail. I also punched an extra head out of black and then trimmed it to make the mask. I’m using Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White and Always Artichoke for the color on my card.
It’s BINGO TIME! We are playing Round 5 of Monika’s Blog Bingo. I’m currently taking names for Round 7. See this POST for more details on how to join, how to play and the previous winners.
