Sep 18, 2009 | class, Holiday Mini Catalog 2009 |
I had a great class today! Everyone had so much fun and the projects were so much fun. It was a Sweet Treats class. We made 6 different treat holders – all different holidays and all are easily adaptable to other things. I’ll share them over the next few days.
Here is the first one
– a flower using the Sweet Treat cups and the Sweet Centers stamp set. All the flower petals are inked in So Saffron then rock-n-rolled in Close to Cocoa. There are basically two layers of petals – 8 on the bottom snailed onto a 3×3 square base and then 8 more on dimensionals. Then I trimmed the back of it so it wasn’t visible.For the class the back of the flower (where you can see inside the cup) was actually chocolate chip. And we filled them with Chocolate Covered Raisins – I wasn’t having luck getting lots of brown M&Ms in my bags. The stick is the skewer left from the Summer Cookout kit. We used the Oval All stamp set to create a tag. Mine says thank you but you could use the flower for lots of things.
I’m headed off to scrapbook with Wendy and create our October Wow Scrapbook Kit.
I hope the rain holds out so they can get the football games in.
I’ll be back tomorrow.
Sep 15, 2009 | Big Shot, Build-a-Bear, SU Ribbon, Tutorial |
I don’t know what it is about Chocolate but I never have enough. I’m actually talking about Chocolate Chip card stock – but that statement holds true for the real stuff too!
I swear I must eat my card stock in my sleep – I think I order lots of it and then all of a sudden my Chocolate Chip card stock is gone – AGAIN. What am I doing with it? I think I can safely say that it is my most used color of card stock. I just placed another order and put 5 packs on my order so maybe I won’t run out so fast. I need to make a habit of ordering one pack every time I place an order then I will never run out – right?
So let me see what have I been doing that used up the Chocolate Chip card stock – well you know what – some of it was used for Build-a-Bears, and some of it was used for my last Class to Go Kit – which by the way is now available as a tutorial – it just needs to be added to my tutorial for sale page – here is a photo of it –
And I used some in my new 50-50 JAR!
I wanted to try something else besides the 50/50 board but couldn’t come up with another idea so instead I decided to tweek the 50-50 board idea and I have turned it into a 50-50 jar. 
It is the same basic concept – place a $50 order and get a chance to win $50 of Stampin’ Up! product from me. I used a big cracker jar. Tied the new 1-1/4″ Striped Grosgrain Ribbon in Chocolate Chip around the jar. I made a tag using Bella Bear’s stamp that says ” “LIFE WITHOUT STAMPS……UNBEARABLE….”
The tag was created like this – I stamped on Whisper White in Chocolate Chip ink and punched out with the 1-1/4″ Circle Punch.
I layered that on a 1-3/8″ Circle punch of So Saffron. Then I punched a Scallop Circle from Chocolate Chip card stock – this one I added White Gel Pen dots. The stamped layered circle was added on to this one with a Stampin’ Dimensional to pop it up. Then the next layer was my newest little discovery…..
I just got the Stampin’ Up! Two Tags die (THANKS GLORIA!) and I can tell this one will be one that gets used a lot. One of the tags has a scalloped circle at one end that layers perfectly with the Scallop circle punch – but it only goes half way around – so this is what I did. I used the Big Shot to cut one tag out of Old Olive card stock – then I placed that tag back on my die in the opposite direction matching up the scallops and cut it again – Ta-Da – a larger scallop circle to layer with my punch!
It shows a few of the perforated lines but that’s ok – I love how it layers! I tied the tag with linen thread to my ribbon.
The inside of the jar is the other tag – the one that folds up. I cut 50 of them in Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, So Saffron and Pumpkin Pie. On each one I stamped Bella’s stamp – by the way I named my Stampin’ Up! Build-a-Bear “BELLA” – I’m not sure I announced that on my blog yet. The idea with the tags inside the jar is that when someone has a $50 order they get to pick a tag and write their name and information on it – fold it in half and place it back in the jar. Once all the tags are filled out I’ll draw a winner.
The top of the jar is the large scallop circle die – decorated with the White Gel Pen to resemble the perforated lines on the tag die. And then I added the numbers/letters from the GoGo Boots Alphabet die. I like how it turned out. So lets fill up the jar!
One other weird thing to mention – I had this jar in a plastic storage box with a bottle of etching cream – the bottle was closed – we did some glass etching a year or so ago for the holidays – I may need to do that again using the Decor Elements!! Anyway when I took out the cracker jar the back side is now frosted like it has been etched – do you think fumes from that bottle of etching cream got out and etched that jar? It was all clear like the front to begin with. That’s the only thing I can think of is that it was sitting next to the jar closed up in a plastic container and over time it just happened somehow…..weird isn’t it….
Enough for today…….it is pouring down rain here and thundering. Stay dry!
Sep 14, 2009 | Build-a-Bear, class, My Digital Studio, Stamper's Club |
Sorry for not posting in several days. I have a cold/sinus/allergy thing going on and my head is so stuffed I haven’t been doing much for a few days. I did have a Stamper’s Club 
meeting on Friday night which was a lot of fun. We made the Build-a-Bear in the sleeping bag cards that I shared with everyone last week. I love those little guys – I have made a ton. I’m working on a 3-D project to also send to Stampin’ Up! and also the scrapbook page that I talked about – well not sure that I talked about it here or not maybe just on my yahoo groups.
We also made scratch pad holders – everyone made a different one – we used papers from Cottage Wall, Noveau Chic, and Pink Flamingo. I meant to take pictures of what the different designs looked like but I forgot. I’m planning to make an assortment of these for a Holiday Bazaar that I’m participating in next month so I’ll take pictures of those and post later.
Remember last week I made the little project with the new My Digital Studio – I printed it to put in the frames we decorated while I was at convention so here is the picture of that:
In the picture is me, then Sue, Diane and Michele. Sue brought these black wooden frames to convention and an assortment of rub-ons for us to decorate them with.
So the outside is rub-ons (I think all retired ones) and I had a few spill over onto the glass in the upper left-hand corner. Then inside the frame is the picture that I printed out after adding some elements with the My Digital Studio. Unfortunately my printer is not printing the colors correctly – the background should be Old Olive but looks more like Kiwi Kiss.
I’m working now on an album that I will sent to the Stampin’ Up! printer so I can see what that is like and have to show to everyone too.
Update on the Circle Circus Class to Go Kits – kits with supplies have all been cut and will be ready for pickup/mailing tomorrow. I’m adding photos to the instructions and hope to be emailing the pdf files for those of you that ordered those later tonight or in the morning. A new class will be out soon.
My class at my house is this Friday – it is a Sweet Treats class making lots of different treat holders – it will be a fun class and give you plenty of ideas to take you through all the holidays. Treats for the kids, your friends, your neighbors, your co-workers – anybody that needs a little something! Come join me. Below is a peek at some of the projects – for the details visit my website – CLICK HERE.
Have a sweet day!
Aug 28, 2009 | Big Shot, Circle Scissor Plus, class, Scrapbook Pages, SU Buttons, Summer Fun Cookout, Wanted |
Stampin’ Up! created a Summer Cookout Kit to sell the past few months. It is still available until the end of August and it is now on sale for $14.95 (40% off) and the refill (all the consumable supplies) is $9.95. At convention we were able to get a free refill with a certain purchase amount at Memento Mall. So I had my refill and a couple of my roommates gave me there’s too. Why – because Tyler’s birthday is this weekend and I wanted to plan a summer cookout theme party for him. But then he decided he did not want to have a birthday party after all – so now what to do with all the supplies. Since my scrapbook class was this week I decided instead I would try to turn this Summer Cookout Kit into a scrapbook layout – so my challenge was created – use the pieces from the kit to create a two page 12×12 layout…
The kit included the die-cut pieces for the invitation – including the skewer, food wrappers that were like tissue paper, coasters, tent cards, die cut tags, and linen thread.
So I got busy planning – colors in the kit are Bashful Blue, So Saffron, Ruby Red and Night of Navy. There was one problem that I ran into – all the die cut pieces for the invitation had pre-printed words and holes in them that I didn’t necessarily want in my layout. Solution – tuck the words/holes under something or put something over them. The only thing I didn’t use was the envelope – although I considered creating a hidden journaling pocket – the envelope could have been covered in the tissue paper, and there was one die-cut piece I didn’t use – I think it is supposed to be a piece of meat – it just looked strange to me. I even added all the little circles that were left from the holes – kind of a confetti sprinkled on the page. It turned out to be kind of a busy page (which is not normally what I end up with) and I don’t have my pictures on it yet. So here it is:
I added card stock – Bashful Blue, Ruby Red, Night of Navy and So Saffron. I added buttons in the same colors. The skewers are tied on with the linen thread at the bottom of each page – I used my paper piercer to poke holes through the page and then tied the linen thread through it. The Bashful Blue and So Saffron coasters were punched with the small star punch – those were glue around as needed to cover holes and add accents. The background is stamped with the Wanted stamp set.
To create the title I glued a piece of the tissue paper to a piece of card stock – so the red tissue paper went on Ruby Red card stock and the blue on Night of Navy card stock. Then the letters were cut with the Big Shot and the GoGo Boots alphabet dies.
When I add pictures later I plan to cut two of them with my Circle Scissor Plus to go on the coasters that are my circle mats. The tent cards were cut in half and these are picture mats – depending on the size of the picture I may leave the checked edge showing or cover it. I thought I did a pretty good job of using my kit.
So now everyone that has a kit – plan a party, take pictures and scrapbook using your kit left overs. We have something planned for the weekend (I’ll tell you about it next week) that I plan to take pictures of for this layout.
Have a happy scrappin’ day – it is raining here which is always a good day to stay inside and work on your scrapbooks….
Aug 27, 2009 | Big Shot, class, Punch Art, Scrapbook Pages, SU Buttons |
Last night was my scrapbook class for this month and we had a great time. It turned out the be the perfect night for being inside with friends – why? Because a storm came through – thunder, lightening, and rain – so what else is there to do….
I had a full house in my little craft room this time – if my class grows bigger I’ll have to expand to two rooms. Everyone said they loved the pages we made. The first layout was based on a scrapbook page that was featured in our monthly Stampin’ Success magazine. This is the magazine that all Stampin’ Up! demonstrators receive each month. It has information on new products, promotions, techniques, ideas, business topics and recognitions for demonstrators through out the company. So this time there was an article about punch art and they showed an 8×8 scrapbook page. I really liked it and I also like punch art so I decided to expand the page into a 2-page 12×12 layout for my class. Here is the result:
This morning when I woke up I had an idea of something I forgot to put on this page. So if you came last night and wonder where the little worm came from – I added him this morning. If you want to add one I’ll punch you some circles – that’s all he is – a bunch of circles – I think I used the little 1/2″ punch – and give it to you next time I see you.
This morning I added my pictures to it. I still need to add journaling which I plan to do at the bottom in the grass. These are pictures that I took in July when Greg and I went on our anniversary trip. We were in North Carolina and we hiked part of the Appalachian Trial and these are some of the pictures I took along the way. See the red mushroom on the left page that looks like someone took little bites out it. Well I saw it on the hike up the mountain but didn’t take a picture of it. After we got to the top – the picture of me is when I’m resting at the top – I decided that I did want a picture because I didn’t see anything else like it on the rest of the trail. So going down I searched for that mushroom all the way back so I could take a picture – I found it! I know I’m weird like that.
Anyway back to the page – the mushrooms and flowers were shown in the Stampin’ Success magazine. I made my lady bug differently, then added the turtle (idea from Heather Summers Simply Punches class), the worm and the die-cut butterflies. The title is also die-cut with the Big Shot. The background is direct to paper technique where you drag the end of the ink pad across – it gives the look of wood planks and then we added “nails” with the marker. This page used lots of punches and not really any stamping. We just used the ink to sponge the mushrooms, flowers, grass, and butterflies. The buttons in the center of the flowers are Playground Buttons. The main colors used on this layout are Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Creamy Carmel, More Mustard, Real Red, and Whisper White.
It turns out the Late Night Stampers challenge this week is punches – so I’m going to go enter this layout into the challenge. I’ll show you our other layout tomorrow – let’s just say I set a personal challenge and I think it was accomplished – come back tomorrow to find out what that was…
Have a great day!
