Feb 17, 2010 | Cards, class, Sale-A-Bration 2010, Watercoloring |
So last week while I was lying in bed drifting off to sleep one night I cam up with an idea for a new class. A Quick Cards class. I had been working on my challenge card for the Create with Connie & Julie class and I was using the Happy Moments stamp set. It was hard to create only one card when there were four great images in the stamp set – so I actually made four cards and then started thinking that I could turn this into a Quick Cards class. It would be all cards, quick, simple – something for beginners or those that haven’t done much stamping or when you are short on time.
And here is my first class…
Quick Cards class - March 2nd
Quick Cards Class – Happy Moments
When: Tuesday, March 2nd
Time: 10:00 am and 7:00 pm
You are invited to join me for my new Quick Cards class. This month we will be using the Happy Moments Sale-A-Bration stamp set and doing basic Watercoloring on these quick and easy cards.
You will be making 4 cards with matching envelopes.
Please bring adhesive (like snail) and some scissors (like our paper snips).
The class fee is $10.
Please RSVP by end of day on 2/27.
I hope you can join me and come have some fun!
Feb 3, 2010 | Holiday Mini Catalog 2009, Occasion Mini 2010, Simply Adorned Jewelry |
Did you notice the Simply Adorned Jewelry in the Stampin’ Up! Occasions Mini Catalog (or the Holiday Mini Catalog)?
We were finally able to order the jewelry at the beginning of January. I got one charm and one chain and I love them!
I have the 1″ x 1-1/4″ rectangle charm and the 24″ chain. I was worried about it bothering my neck – over the years I seem to have developed a metal allergy and most things make me start itching and I have to take them off – so far this chain has not bothered me at all and I have been wearing it. The chains are Stainless Steel and come in two lengths – 24″ and 34″ and a bracelet that is 8″.
There are 3 large charms to wear on a chain and 2 small charms that you can add to the bracelet or the chain.
The great thing about the charms is that they are little lockets with windows and you can create stamped creations to fit inside. Just image you will always have something to match whatever you are wearing! And because these are small it doesn’t take long to stamp something to put inside.
The stamp set I used on this one is the Charming stamp set and it was originally shown in the Holiday Mini Catalog. And yes it is still available. The front of the charm has a beveled edge on the glass.
The back is flat but also glass so you can show a different image on the back side.
The design on the back also uses the Charming stamp set and I created it very quickly actually from a scrap that I had lying on the table while working on a card. I just cut it to fit inside my charm.
There is a new stamp set called Tiny Tags in the Occasions Mini that was designed to work with the little charms.
I’m excited about the jewelry and I am working on a class that will be in March. We will create a dozen or more inserts and decorate the box that will hold the chain, charm and inserts. This will be a perfect Mother’s Day gift – or make two and keep one for yourself. I’ll have more information on the class as the date approaches.
I have been busy finishing up projects for Create with Connie & Julie class. I’m posting again this Friday – but you have to be a class member to see the project – so make sure you join – it’s not too late – we are about half way through and all the projects are out there.
Thanks for stopping by today!
Jan 24, 2010 | Big Shot, Designer Series Paper, Occasion Mini 2010, Valentine's Day |
The Heart Shaped Treat holders from Stampin’ Up! are really cute. I made a card for my Valentine class on Friday that uses these cute little holders.
I used a card design from a friend of mine – Michelle Scileppi – she designed this for the circle treat holder and made it at Christmas with the Snow Buddies set. I wanted to use the heart shaped treat cup and make a valentine card.
This card has a short front – I cut 2″ off the front. Then created a slider tag that lets the candy come out on the inside – so you don’t have to tear up the card to get it out.
Something else that I did was create a frame for the heart treat cup. I created the frame by first punching a Full Heart out of a piece of Chocolate Chip card stock. Then I used the Movers & Shapers die and the Punch Windows Heart. Place the negative part of the Chocolate Chip card stock – the part with the heart shape punched out. Place this on the Punch Windows Heart die so that it is centered as best you can. When you cut it creates the frame that fits around the heart cup. I should have taken a picture of that part.
I also used the Punch Windows Modern label to frame the “happy valentine’s day” that is stamped on Pretty in Pink card stock and punched with the Modern Label punch. 
The inside also has a piece of Sending Love Specialty Designer Series paper punched with the Scallop Trim Border bunch and then another piece of Chocolate Chip card stock.
Before you attach the paper and heart cup to the front of the card you need to punch the hole for the trap door. I found an easy way to get the hole in the right spot. Punch the Full Heart in the Sending Love Designer Series paper – I did this by pushing the punch all the way up from the bottom and the flush against the right side. Then just lay this on the front panel of the card but don’t glue it down. Now take the 3/4″ punch and slide it in from the side and punch inside the punched out heart on the designer paper – this will position the hole inside the treat cup so the candy can come out. I hope that made sense.
You need small candy like M&Ms or the little cinnamon hearts so they fit in the treat cup and pass through the hole.
The heart treat cup is only glued on the front to the back of the Designer paper. Don’t remove the adhesive backing from the heart treat cup. When you glue the Designer paper to the front only glue on three sides – leave the right side open so that the tag can slide in and close up the hole.
You can order the Heart Shaped treat holders and the Heart punch directly from me – visit my online store by clicking the SHOP NOW button on my website.
This was a fun card and my class on Friday was a lot of fun. The other projects we made were these:
XOXO card – click here for the post.
Hugs & Kisses holder – click here for the post.
Love You Much card – click here for the post.
Thanks for stopping by today – I hope you like this card.
Jan 18, 2010 | Big Shot, Designer Series Paper |
Last week I wrote about the Desktop Calendar Class that I had a few weeks ago. Here is the original post.
Here is the January page and the list of Stampin’ Up Supplies:
- Sahara Sand card stock
- Chocolate Chip card stock
- Whisper White card stock
- Sweet Pea Designer Series Paper stack
- Scallop Border punch
- Jumbo Snowflake punch
- Big Shot die-cut machine
- Billboard Alphabet Sizzlits Strip die
- Calendar Alphabet & Numbers stamp set
- Chocolate Chip ink
And the February page and list of Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Pretty in Pink card stock
- Sahara Sand card stock
- Rose Red card stock
- Sweet Pea Designer Series paper stack
- Scallop Trim Border punch
- Full Heart punch
- Big Shot die-cut machine
- Billboard Alphabet Sizzlits Strip die
- Elegant Bouquet Embossing Folder
- Rose Red ink
- Stampin’ Sponge
- Calendar Alphabet & Numbers stamp set
- Chocolate Chip ink
Punch the hearts first and then run them through the embossing folder. I used a sponge to go over the embossing with Rose Red ink to make it pop just a little bit more.
Thanks for stopping by today!
Jan 11, 2010 | Big Shot, class, Designer Series Paper |
Happy Monday! I wish I could say that I’m home alone and everyone is back to school and work – but that is not the case. School was cancelled again today – it would help if our temps would get above freezing so all the ice would melt. Very unusual for us to stay below freezing for more than 1 day and it has been I think 5. That is the problem we get a little snow, then we get a little sun and it melts and then it freezes and we end up with roads covered in sheets of ice. All the main roads are pretty driveable but the secondary roads, neighborhoods and school roads apparently have enough ice to close school again today. We are at the south end of the county so while we are probably all good here the northern part of the county isn’t. Tyler and Ryan did get to give Kyle a hard time because he did have to go to school today. Maybe tomorrow everyone will be on a normal schedule.
So enough rambling….my project I want to share today is from my Desktop Calendar class. I had the class on Dec. 30th – but half of the class was sick so I had it again the first week of January. I’m working on adding all the pictures to mine – I hope to finish that tomorrow. So today I’ll just share one month that has a picture and I’ll show you the rest later.
June calendar page
This 2010 calendar uses the Stampin’ Up! Days-To-Remember Calendar on page 159 of the catalog (#104144). There are 2 pages for each month – one to put a 6″ x 6″ scrapbook page on and the other is the monthly grid. All the pages are perforated and if you put them in the correct order (there is a map to follow) at the end of the year you can take them out and put them in a 6″ x 6″ scrapbook for a year in review album. Throughout the year you can have the calendar sit on your desk since it had a built in stand.
My scrapbook pages are designed to hold a 3-1/2″ tall by 5″ wide photo (or two smaller width photos). You could fill your calendar with old pictures or add them as you go along for the current year. I think I’m going to do a combination and just write a caption under each photo with the who, when, where, what information. Right now I found that Wolf Camera/Ritz Camera has 6 cents prints (3-1/2 x 5) on Tues and Wed – for 1 hour pickup. So this is what I do – I find the pictures I want to print and upload to their site and then print them on Tues/Wed. These are the perfect size for this project.
I used the new Sweet Pea Designer Paper Stack from the Occasions Mini Catalog throughout the calendar and took all the colors from those papers. Most of the months have embellishments that were either punched or cut with the Big Shot and a few are stamped. The Calendar grid uses the Calendar Alphabet & Numbers stamp set for all the numbering. I used the Holiday Blitz stamp set on the grid to add images for the holidays and also used other stamp sets when I needed different images – the Family Accessories and Family Accessories Too sets have nice small images for this including a lot of the sports and activities that the kids do.
I hope you like it. Thanks for visiting me today.
