Nov 14, 2009 | Big Shot, Designer Series Paper, family |
This was a card that I made at the stamp class I attended at Christina Crawford’s house when I went to Virginia. This is a quick fall card using the stamp set Falling Leaves in the Stampin’ Up! 2009-2010 Idea Book & Catalog.
The Designer Series paper is called Autumn Traditions. The colors are Elegant Eggplant, More Mustard, Always Artichoke and we used Dusty Durango. The background is the Woodgrain stamp but you could also use the Big Shot and add the wood grain texture using the Texture Plates Kit #4.
Saturday is a busy day – Greg & Ryan are playing in a Parent/Child Tennis Tournament in the morning. It is a fund raiser for the High School Tennis team. I can’t wait to watch and see how they play together. I’ll be taking my camera. Kyle is going to the county Science Olympiad competition. He has been working on his projects all night – why he waits until the night before – I just don’t know. He did the same thing last year. In any case I hope his team does well. Greg is playing golf in the afternoon. Tyler has a driving lesson in the afternoon through the driving school where he took his Driver’s Ed class this summer. They don’t include Driver’s Ed in our high schools like they did when I was in school. Ryan has a soccer game in the evening. And I am going to a group meeting at my uplines house. I’m sure I missed something – but any way it will be a busy day.
The football team lost so football season has come to an end. Now concert season begins (actually they already started on their music a couple of weeks ago).
It’s a busy time but someone has to do it. Be grateful for what you have. I’ll be back tomorrow. I have projects to share from my Big Shot class that I had on Friday. It was lots of fun.
Nov 13, 2009 | Designer Series Paper, Holiday Mini Catalog 2009, Pocket Silhouettes, Punch Art, Stamper's Club |
This is one of the cards that we made at this months Stamper’s Club meeting. I’ve seen this idea on several other blogs – the Ornament Punch turned into a vase. I love when people think outside the box and come up with unusual ideas for something that seems to be so obviously suited for just one thing. There are many ideas floating round the blogs out there on different ways to use the ornament punch that is in the Stampin’ Up! Holiday Mini catalog other than the obvious of using it as an ornament.
For this card the tip of the ornament was trimmed off to create the flat bottom on the vase. The edges are sponged in Basic Gray ink and then Champagne Shimmer Mist Paint is also dabbed on with a sponge. In real life it really looks like a shiny oriental vase – this photograph doesn’t show it very well.
The Designer Series Paper is Nouveau Chic with colors of Basic Black, Basic Gray, Sage Shadow and Apricot Appeal. I felt like I went outside of my color comfort zone on this one – the Sage and Apricot colors have not been used recently in anything that I’ve done. I was pleased with how the card turned out and it really was a quick card since the punch created the vase. I very lightly sponged the Basic Gray ink underneath and to the side of the vase to create shadows and it is actually popped up on a dimensional.
Today is a beautiful day in north Georgia. We are drying out again from lots of rain earlier this week (several creeks flooded again). It should be great for the high school football games tonight – it is the first night of playoffs and we did secure a spot. Go Etowah Eagles!
Thanks for stopping by!
Nov 12, 2009 | Big Shot, Build-a-Bear, Catalogs, Contest Winner, Decor Elements |
Today is the day that the December issue of the Stampin’ Success magazine will be online and begin mailing. I can’t wait to see it – why? Because I should be in it! If you are a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator you will receive the magazine so look for me! I can only think of one other time I was in a publication and it was our Annual Report for the company that I last worked for – but my picture showed the back of my head because the photographer liked my hair – so you couldn’t even tell it was me…anyway…..
I sent in my Build-a-Bear idea for the
October contest (so I think I sent in actually in September) and it is getting published in the December issue as the winning entry for the Kidding Around contest. I took my sleeping bag idea and turne
d it into a Color Match Game for kids. I made a sleeping bag using each of the colors in the Pawsitively Prints Designer Series Paper – “Green”, “Orange”, “Pink”, “Blue”, and “Yellow”. Then I made a Build-a-Bear with matching pajamas for each sleeping bag. I decorated one of the skinny tins that Stampin’ Up! has for sale in the clearance section of the online store. The sleeping bags and bears fit inside. I used My Digital Studio to create the instruction sheet that I attached inside the lid. I don’t know what photos they will have in the magazine but here are the ones I took before I mailed it away.
I’m working on writing the instructions for the project. So I’ll post that when I have those ready. It was very exciting to win the contest and then have a phone interview. I was very nervous and I think I babbled on about who knows what. I’ll try to post the article here…
Ok I think I figured out how to get it copied out of the magazine so I can include here.
Here is the little article:
And in the same issue is a write-up on my upline Wendy Randall – a full page article! And we got our first peek at the new Occasions Mini catalog – with NEW products!! And the new Sale-A-Bration catalog – you’ll want them all! And new Decor Elements too! Oh my goodness I can’t believe they keep coming up with all these new things that I just have to have.
The dates for the Occasions Mini catalog are Jan 5, 2010 – April 30, 2010 and Sale-A-Bration will be Jan 5, 2010 – March 31, 2010.
Thanks for stopping by today – this is so exciting!
Nov 11, 2009 | Designer Series Paper, Occasions Mini 2009 |
Making these little 3×3 thank you tags is becoming addicting. I can make a handful in no time at all. 
And they work great for using up scraps of Designer Series Paper and card stock because you only need small amounts.
The idea for these came from some note cards that I made earlier this year. And I was playing around with the layering of some of the punches and I love the small oval on the modern label – I’ll have to use that one again.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Whisper White card stock
- Chocolate Chip card stock
- Walk in the Park Designer Series Paper (retired)
- Forest Friends Stamp set
- Fundamental Phrases Stamp set
- Chocolate Chip classic Ink
- 1-3/4″ Circle punch
- 1-3/8″ circle punch
- small oval punch
- Modern Label punch
- 1/8″ handheld punch (retired) – or use a crop-a-dile
It’s not shown in the photo but I used Silver cord to tie them on my order bags.
I had to take Aspen back to the vet yesterday. His back is bothering him again so he is back on meds and resting. It looks like this is going to be a recurring thing since I can’t explain to him what he shouldn’t do so he doesn’t aggravate it. This time it started on Saturday night and I was hoping after a few quiet days he would improve but he didn’t. For 3 weeks it will be rest and walking on a leash so he can’t chase anything and carrying him up the stairs. Last night he did not want to be carried at all (too much stress from going to the vet) and he would not come up the stairs so he slept alone in the office – he is still sleeping this morning – but I gave him pain and muscle relax meds a little while ago. I hope he perks up in a little while.
Take care today!
Nov 10, 2009 | Big Shot, Circle Scissor Plus, Designer Series Paper, Season of Friendship, Stamper's Club |
I didn’t forget about posting the rest of the seasonal plates (original post was on 10-17 – click here) it just took me a while to get an update picture of the change that I made during our Stamp Club meeting to the spring design. Here is the whole set:
The Fall and Winter designs were the ones I posted earlier. The Spring plate was the one I changed – in this photo the Rich Razzleberry card stock is just plain. While we were making these at the Stamp Club meeting I thought that I should have used the embossing folder on it just to give it some texture. And when the girls did theirs that way it looked great! But mine was still plain and I didn’t want to show it to you that way. So that is what took so long – I took mine apart and embossed the Rich Razzleberry card stock using the Stampin’ Up! Elegant Bouquet Embossing Folder. Then I put it back together and took a photo so I could post it – here is the updated version:
We made the four circle pieces – one for each season and used Velcro to attach to the front of a glass plate. Then stand it up in a plate stand and switch it out as the seasons change. This would make a nice gift for someone.
The main Stampin’ Up! tools we used were the Big Shot with the Stampin’ Up! Top Note die and the Circle Scissor Plus to cut all the circles. The Season of Friendship stamp set was perfect for this project and I was so excited to see it in the new catalog.
The summer plate was the only one that didn’t use any Designer Series paper on it. The background is just stamped with the leaves and then there are flowers under the tree – some of the flowers are cut out and popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals and so are some of the leaves on the tree.
On each plate the little bird was stamped and cut out and added somewhere in the design.
I really love how all of these turned out.
I have also seen where some people have done the plates with the design attached to the back so you can set it down and serve off of it. But then your design has to be flat – no buttons – so it is flat against the glass. But I like mine on the top with some dimension and use it a a decorative piece and not a serving piece.
Have a productive day! I got a lot done yesterday and hope to make good progress today too.
