Oct 21, 2015 | Big Shot, class, Holiday catalog 2015 |
He’s here. The third card for my “Reclaimed Wood” collection. I have more ideas to work on but this is the third one – a Snowman. The other two – the scarecrow and Frankenstein I’ve already shared. This one I actually created two versions – one I used for my Christmas Card Stamp-a-stack that I had last week and the other was a slightly stepped up version that I did for a swap group. So let me introduce the Skinny Snowman –
Isn’t he fun! And you might never guess where the eyes and nose come from or the trick for the mouth so I’ll tell you! I used the Square Pillow Box Thinlits Dies – the little decorative pieces for the details on this snowman. There is a little strip with tiny pumpkins – snip off the stem and ta-da you have some tiny oval eyes! Then the little strip with the trees – snip off the trunk and then you get the little pointy nose! I also used the snowflake element to decorate the hat. To create his smiley mouth I used my Project Life Journaling pen and traced one of my button containers – it was just the right size and shape to give him a big smile.
This is a skinny card – the base is 3″ wide – Basic Black and then I cut Whisper White strips which are stamped in VersaMark ink with the Hardwood Stamp – it is really light and in real life looks like white-washed wood. The brim of the black hat is a 4-1/4″ wide strip – so once you add that the card fits perfectly in our medium sized envelopes.
Here is my stepped-up version.
Can you see the difference? It’s not easy to see on the photos but I added some embossing. I stamped snowflakes on the top of the hat and embossed with clear embossing powder. The brim of the hat is embossed with the Hardwood stamp. Here is a closer look:
it just dresses him up just a bit. But I left that off when I held my Stamp a Stack class because I wanted to simplify it for them – they had a lot of cards to make that day. You could simplify even more by leaving off the Jolly & Bright from the top of the hat.
Here is a list of all the supplies:
Product List
Links by TheseAreMyStamps.com
Don’t forget about the stamp sale going on this week – through Friday!
Thanks for visiting today.
Oct 20, 2015 | Halloween, Holiday catalog 2015, Scrapbook Pages |
Are you gearing up for Halloween? My boys are grown now so I don’t have anyone to dress up in a costume – except perhaps my dogs. But they would not like that at all. I’ll have to go on the search for some old Halloween photos that I haven’t scrapped yet and add them to this fun scrapbook layout. I was a vendor at a scrapbook crop earlier this month and designed this layout as a mini-class for the croppers. All my seats were full!
I used the Howl-o-ween Treat stamp set and the coordinating Boo to You Framelits. I also used the Happy Haunting Designer Series Paper, the Spider Web Doilies and Black Glimmer Paper. A couple of little details that I included –
- The BOO! and the Witches Hat are both cut from the Black Glimmer Paper
- The eyes on the owl are punched from the Star print designer paper – same as the strip used on the page.
- I used the Very Vanilla Thick Baker’s Twine – took a piece and untwisted the 3 main strands. Then I used one on the little Pumpkin Bucket Handle and the other two around the witches hat.
A layout all ready to add fun photos from Halloween – if not from this year then from a previous year.
Here is a full list of supplies – click on any item and it will take you right to my store:
Product List
Links by TheseAreMyStamps.com
Thanks for visiting today! Don’t forget about the STAMP SALE! It’s only this week Oct. 19 – Oct 23. All stamps are 15% OFF.
Oct 19, 2015 | Stamps |
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- Dates: October 19-23, 2015
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Oct 14, 2015 | Big Shot, Halloween, Holiday catalog 2015 |
In September I had my Fall Stamp, Scrap & Create Retreat. I love to hold these retreats and spoil those that come with fun little surprises throughout the weekend. To start the event I like to have some type of container that serves a couple of purposes. One it has their name on it so they know where their crafting spot is when they arrive – and it’s a fun little welcome. Plus since its a container it can hold some basic supplies that they need to carry around when we do our make&takes. And it’s cute and fun! For this years Fall retreat I found some fun containers at a local store – black little cauldrons! I decorated them up by adding a cute little tag.
I used the Howl-o-ween Treat Stamp set and the Boo To You Framelits to make this cute tag. The owl is stamped in Rich Razzleberry and the little pumpkin in Bermuda Bay. I had wrote everyone’s name on their little pumpkin. I also added the “hello” from the Greetings Thinlits which I stapled across the owl. The tag is tied on with Bermuda Bay Thick Baker’s Twine. And the eyes – I added some wiggle eyes – these are old ones from Stampin’ Up! that are self-adhesive – but you could use the new FIne-Tip Glue Pen to add some regular ones from the craft store.
Inside each cauldron I added a Pen that I lined with some of the Happy Haunting Designer Series Paper, a bottle of the new fine-tip glue (we used that for our make&takes), a piece of Stampin’ Sponge, and a floss threader. As they moved around through the weekend they could stick in their paper snips and snail or anything else they needed to carry around to the make&take tables.
These little cauldrons would be fun filled with treats for the kiddos this Halloween too – or for a teacher’s treat or party favor. See what other little containers you can find and add a fun tag too.
It was a fun weekend! Here is a picture of our little fall group.
Thanks for visiting today!
Here is a Stampin’ Up! supply list of what I used on my cauldron:
Product List
Links by TheseAreMyStamps.com
Oct 12, 2015 | Halloween |
Take Two!!
Yes I wrote this whole blog post was at the very end and apparently pushed something that made the whole thing disappeared! I couldn’t even find it saved as a draft. GRRR! So I’m writing again. Which means I will probably not give as much detail as I did the first time. Anyway the project I wanted to share was this cute Witches Broom Treat. It is really easy to make using our Fringe Scissors!
I used individually wrapped twizzlers – the red ones because those are the ones I like to eat. You just need a strip of the Happy Haunting Designer Paper. I put a score line across it where the “bend” is between the top fringe and the bottom fringe of the broom. Along that score line on the back of the paper put a piece of Tear & Tape. Then use the fringe scissors to fringe both sides – but DON”T cut through the tape – just up to it. Then take of the backing on the tape and wrap it around the twizzler sticking it to itself as you go around – wrap as tight as you can. Fluff out the fringe. For me these actually stand up!
I finished with a tag made from the Project Life Seasonal Snapshot 2015 stamp set and the Tags & Labels Framelits. I tied my tag on with a strand from the thick Baker’s Twine – the whole thing was too thick for my liking so I pulled it apart – just untwist it.
Here is a full list of Stampin’ Up! Supplies that I used:
Product List
Links by TheseAreMyStamps.com
Thanks for stopping by today.
