May 23, 2010 | Big Shot, Cards, Masculine, Summer Mini 2010 |
On Friday I had my monthly hands-on class and this month we made Masculine Cards. For many stampers the masculine, manly cards are the hardest ones to make. I guess because we are girls we like pretty things with flowers, and butterflies and pretty colors. But I have 3 boys, a husband, a brother, a father, 2 brother-in-laws and 2 nephews – so I have a lot of need for masculine cards!
Here is one of the cards that I designed for my Friday class.
I really liked how it turned out. I used the new Cogs punch in the Stampin’ Up! Summer Mini catalog and decided it would work perfectly with the Sense of Time stamp set with the clock and the gears. The colors are two that will be retiring – Close to Cocoa and Bordering Blue.
To create this card I did random stamping on the Bordering Blue panel using the clock image and the gears image. I also stamped on the inside of the card. 
I punched out the cogs and also stamped the gears on those to add some texture to them. I sponged the edges of all the pieces. I cut a piece of a top not and used the Wonderful Favorites stamp set. I stamped “father” on a scrap of Close to Cocoa, punched it with the Word Window punch and then shortened it to fit the word. To shorten it use a bit of adhesive and attach to your grid paper or scrap paper – then line it back up inside the Word Window punch and punch again to make it shorter.
I put the whole card together including the ribbon. Then I put the card in my Color Catcher – against the back fall lying flat on the bottom. I used the Log Cabin Smooch Spritz and Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz. What I did was aim the sprayer against the back wall and let the spritz fall over my card so it would be a finer mist across. You do need to spray inside something and make sure you know where you are aiming!! Ask me – I know – I have some very pretty punches and ink pads now that are beautifully decorated with vanilla shimmer!
I have a couple of other masculine cards I will share later this week. I also created a full set of masculine cards – 10 total – using the Travel Journal Designer Series Paper – for Create with Connie & Mary. If you would like to have those ideas too – head on over there and sign up for your own subscription – it’s not too late. You can access all the projects and tutorials (16 so far) we have already posted and we have more coming this week. Play along with our weekly challenge and have a chance to win some great prizes!
And I almost forgot to tell you the exciting news – Tyler got his Driver’s License yesterday! He scored a 100 on the road test! The ladies in the office were surprised apparently the tester that he had doesn’t give a lot of 100s. We were all excited!
Have a great day – thanks for stopping by!
May 22, 2010 | Big Shot, Cards, Create with Connie & Mary, Summer Mini 2010 |
This week on Create with Connie & Mary we have been featuring some of the new stamp sets from the Stampin’ Up! Summer Mini Catalog – Watercolor Trio, Bouquet Bunch and A little Bit of Magic. And as the week comes to an end we have another challenge – this week Connie created a sketch for us to use. It looks like this:
This week I have been working with the Bouquet Bunch stamp set – out of the three that was the only one that I have. But I sure have seen some beautiful things made with the Watercolor Trio set that I might just have to add that one to my next order. For now though my card for this weeks challenge uses the Bouquet Bunch stamp set.
And here is what I came up with. Again using Close to Cocoa and Old Olive – I seem to have that as a theme this week. The base is Close to Cocoa with some paper piercing, some scattered Itty Bitty Backgrounds and a bit of sponging. The rectangle in the center has an embossed/sponged layer and ribbon. The accents on the side were made with the modern label punch and I added a brad to each one. My main little image is a tree with the little chipmunk (or squirrel – I still can’t decide) – water colored and punched with a wide oval. The layer behind it is actually two more wide oval punches just added on each side to create a frame.
I took a close up of it so you can see how the wide oval was layered. I added a little tag from the Tiny Tags stamp set – I thought this looked like a fun “hello” card. I hope you like it too!
Check out what the other designers did with this sketch challenge:
Connie Babbert – Inspired Treasures
Kerin Sylvester – Stamps, Paper, Glitter
Mary Brown – Stamper Camper Corner
Supplies:
Sets: Bouquet Bunch (118529w, 120039c), Tiny Tags (118091w, 118592c), Itty Bitty Backgrounds (114996)
Inks: Jet Black StazOn (101406), Close to Cocoa classic (103139), Old Olive (102277)
Cardstock: Close to Cocoa (101341), Old Olive (100702), Whisper White (101731)
Accessories: Big Shot Die-Cut Machine (113439), Finial Press Embossing Folder (115963), Wide Oval punch(112082), Modern Label punch (116630), Medium Jewelry Tag punch (117190), 1/16″ Circle punch (101227), Paper Piercing tool (116631), Mat Pack (105826), Stampinng Sponges (101610), Chocolate Chip 1-1/4″ Striped Grosgrain Ribbon (115617), Old Olive 5/8″ Grosgrain Ribbon (109054), Silver Brads (104336), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430).
May 21, 2010 | class, Simply Adorned Jewelry |
If you haven’t already bought one of the Simply Adorned Charms you really should. I have the 1″ x 1-1/4″ charm (which is the medium size) and the 24″ chain (the smaller one). I love it. Making little inserts to go inside is really a lot of fun. you can just use bits of scraps left on your craft table and you can whip something up in no time to match what ever you might be wearing. No more worries about matching your jewelry to your clothing.
I have had one class already and have another coming up in June featuring the Simply Adorned Charm. In my class we decorated the box, created a belly band for the box, made a holder for all the inserts that aren’t currently in the charm, and then we made a whole bunch of inserts – basically one for each month. It was a very fun class. The details for my next class are at the end of this post.
I wanted to share a few of the inserts with you today.
This is the easiest one. I cut a piece of window sheet to fit inside the charm and then decorated it with rub-ons. This one is nice because it is see-through so you can wear it with any color top – solid colors would be the best. The color of your top will show through the clear window sheet – so you have a perfect match for your outfit! I saw this idea somewhere else and thought it was the best ever.
This next one is actually one of my favorites. The little snow man is one from the Holiday Lineup set – there are a whole line of snowmen to choose from – so you could use a variety. I created a matching backside using the words from Punch Pals. When I wear my charm it tends to flip back and forth as I move around so I create a front and a back. I think the idea for this snow man was also one that I saw somewhere else – I can’t remember for sure.
The black and white monogram – I think I have already showed it to you. It is my favorite one and I wear it a lot. It uses the Charming stamp set and Lovely Letters for the monogram.
I just made one for a neighbor to give as a graduation gift. On the back I made something completely different – I still have to down load the pictures of it to show you – so I’ll do that later in another post.
Right now I seem to be wearing this one a lot with the greens and yellows in it. The little butterflies from the Beautiful Wings Embosslit are just perfect to fit inside. And yes even a little brad will fit in the charm. Just make sure you really flatten it in the back.
So those are just a few of the charm inserts we made in my class. I also used this as my project for our Weekend at Wendys. The main thing was the holder that I made and then everyone made some of the charm inserts to go inside.
This last photo is actually the front and back of the holder that I created to hold all the inserts. The design of the holder it self is mine but the little decoration on the front was an idea I saw that another demonstrator had used. The stamp set is the Sale-A-Bration set Vintage labels – I have redesigned the front using a different set now but I didn’t get another picture of it yet. The background is the Medallion stamp.
And here is the information for my next class:
Come join me for a Special Class on
Sunday, June 6th – 2:00 pm – Simply Adorned Jewelry Class
The class fee will be $28 – prepaid by May 24th.
The class fee will include the 1” x 1-1/4” Simply Adorned Charm and box,
We will create 12 inserts for the charm, a holder for the inserts, and decorate the box.
You need to bring your paper snips and adhesive.
If you would like a chain there are two sizes and you can add that to the cost of the class –
24” chain – add $12.75
34” chain – add $15.00
The charms have a lobster clasp so you can use on a chain your already have or even with ribbon or cord.
Please RSVP and give me your payment by May 24th. I will be placing an order for the charms/chains that have been pre-paid. If you miss this deadline you can still attend the class but you may not receive your charm/chain until after the class. Final RSVP cut-off to attend the class will be 6/3.
Have a simply charming day!
May 20, 2010 | Scrapbook Pages |
Wendy is doing some spring cleaning and went through all of the WOW Scrapbook layouts that she has created. We pulled all the completed assembled pages that have been on the WOW Scrapbook Kits blog over the last year. I am adding them to the site for purchase – these are completed hand-stamped 2-page 12″ x 12″ layouts. Just add your pictures and journaling. CLICK HERE to go the WOW Scrapbook Kits blog.
Below is one page of each layout posted so far – but check back because there are more coming – and these are limited quantities so don’t wait if you see something you want.
Baseball 
I Love You 
Egg Hunt 
Beach Combers 
If your are looking for scrapbooking tutorials we have a whole years worth of layouts to choose from so come take a look at our WowScrapbookKits blog.
May 20, 2010 | Cards, Create with Connie & Mary, Summer Mini 2010, Thank You |
I have some new 3×3 tags that I made this week and then I saw a sketch challenge that I wanted to play along with so I decided to turn my 3×3 into a card for the sketch. If you have ever heard of progressive scrapbooking it is where you create a 6×6 scrapbook page then turn it into an 8-1/2 x 11 scrapbook page by adding elements and then turn it into a 12×12 scrapbook page – so you progress from one size to the next. I used the same concept for this card – starting with a 3×3 tag and progressing it to a 5-1/2 x 4-1/4 sized card. I used the Bouquet Bunch stamp set from the Stampin’ Up! Summer Mini Catalog as my main image it is perfect for the 3×3 size.
I used the Technostamper Monday Lunchtime Sketch Challenge 122 as the design for my card.
Here is what it looks like. And this is my card – 
instead of a rectangle and an oval mine uses the squares from my 3×3 tag. So it is a bit of a different interpretation of the sketch. But I think it still works.
I used the bitty buttons on the bottom with little punched pieces of the Old Olive Designer Series paper underneath and Linen thread tied through the buttons in little bows for the four circles on the bottom.
The Bouquet Bunch is one of the stamp sets we are featuring on Create with Connie & Mary this week. If you haven’t joined us yet it is not too late – new ideas every day and you can catch up on all the ones that we already posted. I hope you will join us we are having a ton of fun creating!
Just a bit of a family update if you are interested – we are nearing the end of school. Kyle is done except for Graduation practice and Graduation which will be next week. Tyler has finals left and this weekend he is taking his on the road driving test – so we may have another official driver in the family this weekend. Ryan also has finals left and he is in the middle of percussion tryouts for the marching band for next year. Soon he will know what part he will have for next years show.
I really liked how it turned out. I used the new Cogs punch in the Stampin’ Up! Summer Mini catalog and decided it would work perfectly with the Sense of Time stamp set with the clock and the gears. The colors are two that will be retiring – Close to Cocoa and Bordering Blue.
I punched out the cogs and also stamped the gears on those to add some texture to them. I sponged the edges of all the pieces. I cut a piece of a top not and used the Wonderful Favorites stamp set. I stamped “father” on a scrap of Close to Cocoa, punched it with the Word Window punch and then shortened it to fit the word. To shorten it use a bit of adhesive and attach to your grid paper or scrap paper – then line it back up inside the Word Window punch and punch again to make it shorter.
