Stamping Group Projects

My stamping paper arts group is called "Aiken to Stamp Your Art Out." We met last week and had the MOST FUN! We had three new ladies who were such delights:)

Project Details
Stamps	Teeny Tiny Wishes, Modern Mosaic, Very Merry Tags
Card Stock & Papers	Whisper White 3 ¾” x 3 ½” and 4 ¾” x 6 ¼” Cherry Cobbler 3” x 4 ½” Old Olive 4” x 3 ¾” and 4 ¾” x 9 ¼”
Ink	Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive
Accessories	Linen Thread, Cherry Cobbler Chevron Ribbon, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Rhinestones basic jewels
Tools	Modern Mosaic embossing folder, Mosaic punch, Modern Label punch, Word Window punch, Sticky Strip, hole punch, Glimmer brads, clear medium envelopes (p. 162), Paper-Piercing Tool, Stampin’ Pierce Mat, Paper-Piercing Pack

1.       Cut a 4 ³/₄"  x 9 ¼"  piece of cardstock and score at 1" and 2" on the 9 ¼" side. This will be the for back and spine of book.

2.       Fold cardstock over at the 2" score mark. This will form the spine of the book.

3.       Apply Sticky Strip to the end of the front panel.

4.       Adhere the 6 ¼" x 4 ¾" piece of cardstock (the front cover) to the exposed Sticky Strip

5.       Peel the plastic lining of the clear envelope seal, line the envelope up with the back of the book and tape down. Layer all envelopes on top of each other.

6.       Use a hole punch to make holes for the brads then attach two brads.

7.       Decorate brag book as desired.

Project Details
Stamps	Christmas Collectibles, More Merry Messages
Card Stock & Papers	Bermuda Bay, Whisper White and Winter Frost DSP
Ink	Bermuda Bay, Pool Party
Accessories	1/8” Silver Ribbon, Basic Jewel Rhinestones, Stampin’ Dimensionals
Tools	Ornament Punch, Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder
Bermuda Bay 5 ¼ x 4, 4 x 2 ¾, and 3 ¾ x 2 Whisper White 5 ½ x 8 ¼ , 5 x 3 ¾ and 1 ¾ x 3 ½   Winter Frost DSP 2 ½ x 3 ¾

Project Details
Stamps	More Merry Messages, Lovely As A Tree
Card Stock & Papers	Basic Black, Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla, Modern Medley DSP
Ink	Garden Green, Cherry Cobbler, Soft Suede
Accessories	Frosted Finishes Embellishments, 1” Stitched Grosgrain  Cherry Cobbler Ribbon , Bakers Twine
Tools	Window Frames Framelits, Dazzling Details, sponge, Window Frames Framelits, Glue Dots
Basic Black base 4 ¼ x 5 ½ Cherry Cobbler 4 x 5 ¼ DSP 3 ¾ x 5 Very Vanilla 4 ¼ x 4 ¼ and 3 ¼ x 1 ½

Card Ministry

We made three styles of birthday cards for the seniors in our congregation yesterday. I have pictures of two of them. I always have such fun with the ladies in our group, they are wonderful! Betsy, the potstickers were a big hit and Deb, the pork tenderloin is in the crock pot:)

Starburst Technique

Horizontal Format

1. Cut 4 pieces of DSP that are 1 ½” x 4”
2. Then cut each piece diagonally on the paper trimmer. You now have 8 triangles of DSP.
3. Cut 5” x 2 ¾” piece of scrap cardstock, mark the center of the long side
4. Cover entire piece with glue
5. Place first triangle on the right of the center line with the point down. Then the next triangle on the left side of the center line. Place remaining triangles.
6. Trim all the excess DSP that is hanging of the cardstock scrap you just covered.
7. Cut 5 x 3 ¾” coordinating color cardstock panel, and adhere the starburst panel to it.
8. Stamp greeting on the bottom, add ribbon to cover edges and to add embellishment.

Vertical Format

1. Cut 3 pieces of DSP that are 1 ½” x 4”
2. Then cut each piece diagonally on the paper trimmer. You now have 6 triangles of DSP.
3. Cut 3 ½” x 3 ¾” piece of scrap cardstock, mark the center of the long side
4. Cover entire piece with glue
5. Place first triangle on the right of the center line with the point down. Then the next triangle on the left side of the center line. Place remaining triangles.
6. Trim all the excess DSP that is hanging of the cardstock scrap you just covered.
7. Use two of these cut off pieces to fill in the last two spaces in the starburst.
8. Cut 5 x 3 ¾” coordinating color cardstock panel, and adhere the starburst panel to it.
9. Stamp greeting on the bottom, add 5/8” x 3 ¾” strip of cardstock and/or ribbon to cover edges and to add embellishment.

 

Boxed Card Sets

I've been making card sets which is such fun! I have a tutorial for the box in the tutorial section.

Separate Page for Sales and Specials

Have  you noticed that I now have a separate page for sales and specials? Stampin' Up! has been bursting with great deals this year and there is a lot to keep up with. I also wanted to avoid having ads interrupt your reading of my blog. I know some days you just aren't interested in that right? You just wanna get busy seeing what I've been doing. Well, at least that's what I think you think, cause that's how I feel. I follow several other Stampin' Up! Demos' blogs and I really don't like to see the ads all the time. I just want to get on with looking at the pretty things my friends are creating and reading about what's going on in their lives.

There are going to be some HUGE DEALS going on this fall, so watch my "New Products and Sales" page often. I also let  you know when the clearance rack has new things added, like uhh right now!!! I simply love sales don't you?

Lollypop Present Revisited

I'm back:-)  Here is the improved version. I like it, but to sell for $1 or $1.50 it takes too much time and too much in the way of materials. It would be a cute gift for kids though.

1. Cut four pieces of cardstock 2 ⁷/₈ inch square.
2. Cut four pieces of dsp 2 ³/₄ inch square.
3. Adhere the dsp to each piece of cardstock.
4. Punch an ornament shape in the center of each one. Use the old ornament punch for blow pops or the new ornament punch could work for Tootsie pops.
5. Fold each square in half and crease with a bone folder.
6. Glue the back sides together: half of one to the half of another. Be sure to insert the sucker before gluing the last side. Add a bow or two to the top and you have a Present pop:-)

This is the style I'll make to sell at the craft show.

Football, Friends, NASCAR and Crafting Make a Great Weekend

What a weekend! I am a huge fan of college football and have been an Alabama fan since I was in high school. I wanted to study history there so badly, but it was a little too far from home for this Daddy's Girl. I've been a Clemson fan since my son went to school there. Alabama won yesterday yay! Clemson lost. Badly, very badly. Oh who am I trying to kid, they got waxed. NASCAR at Talladega today and my boy Kyle Busch finished sixth:( Disappointing, yes, but we had a nice evening with friends. We had great food including shrimp fresh off the boat.

Here are a couple of things I made today. The tea caddy is for our church fall festival and the suckers are for my craft show, as soon as I decide which design to use. The one with the Santa is a style I've seen on other blogs. The other one is my own design. It's supposed to look like a present. I hate to put a lot of work into something you can only sell for a dollar, so I'm tempted to go with the Santa pop, but anything 3D always appeals to me. I'm going to try one with some dsp and see how I like that. Last year I made snowman soup in actual soup cans with labels I designed. I thought they were so cute but they did not sell well at all. So this year I went to a more traditional design and will go with a lower price.

Fall Fun

I love fall! College football, NASCAR chase and craft shows! I have a big craft show coming up, so I've been creating things like mad. I made tealight snowmen and birthday cakes, and the Christmas character boxes in the last two weeks.

I made a photo book for my son a while back, but it was too froo froo for a guy. Here is the original. I removed the cver, made it into a card and made a new more manly cover. I put it in the mail a couple days ago. I hope he likes it.

Creative Crew Design Team

October is Self-Promotion Month. For this challenge the Creative Crew of Stampin' Up Demos was asked to "show how awesome you are on a scrapbook page, mixed media project or with This & That. I made this photo wallet with a tutorial on Splitcoast Stampers. 

The pink panels are for photos, and the very vanilla panels are for journaling.

Cake and a Card

I know many of y'all have probably seen these tealight cakes. After I took the picture, I added some punched flowers to the top. That really made it pop! I made this for a surprise birthday party. I put it in a gift bag along with a bottle of wine. It was such a hit, she loved it:-)  I'm going to make a bunch if these in matching boxes to sell at the craft show.

Creative Crew Design Team: Sweetest Day

The Creative Crew Design Team on Splitcoast Stampers was asked to Celebrate Sweetest Day on October 19, by creating a card for your Sweetest using products from the Etcetera Suite found on P 96-109 of the US Catalog.

Project Details
Stamps	Lovely Romance, Apothecary Arts
Card Stock & Papers	Venetian Romance dsp, Soft Suede, Strawberry Slush, Very Vanilla, Crushed Cantaloupe
Ink	Strawberry Slush, Soft Suede, Crisp Cantaloupe,
Accessories
Tools	Thinlits Framelits, Apothecary Accents Framelits,

Creative Crew Design Team: Gaudy Day

Wear Something Gaudy Day is October 17th. The Creative Crew Design Team on Splitcoast Stampers was asked to use our gaudiest colors to create a gift card holder. This was quite a challenge for me!! To me, gaudy is not pretty at all. How could I make something that is not pretty? Well, to me orange and purple is gaudy and then turquoise really does not go with those colors either. I used the neutral paper to keep it from being totally hideous. Of course, you can see the other colors in the inside of the bag right? bleck! lol

Project Details
Stamps
Card Stock & Papers	Season of Style dsp stack, Designer Series Paper Stack, Rich Razzleberry cardstock
Ink
Accessories	Brights designer buttons,Crumb Cake Bakers Twine
Tools

Create Crew Design Team: Color Focus

The Creative Crew Design Team on Splitcoast Stampers was asked to use Witch's Brew DSP on P 21 of the Holiday Catalog, OR use the color combo: Basic Black, Basic Gray, Pumpkin Pie, Summer Starfruit and Very Vanilla. Wellllll I don't really like Halloween. When I was a little kid, I only wanted to dress up if I could be something pretty like a princess or a fairy. I NEVER wore an ugly or scarey costume. I only went trick or treating to get candy, and if I could have done that without wearing a costume, I would have! I have no little kids at home any more, so we don't do anything for Halloween. So this assignment was quite a challenge for me. I chose these pretty fall colors and thought of Thanksgiving - which I just realized is NEXT MONTH! What am I going to do in November?

Project Details
Stamps	Magnificent Maple
Card Stock & Papers	Natural Compositon specialty paper, Sweater Weather dsp, Smokey Slate
Ink	Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive
Accessories	linen thread, Crushed Curry Chevron ribbon
Tools	Chalk Talk Framelits

 

Craft Show Creations

I have been holed up in my studio feverishly creating for the Christmas Craft show. Here are just a few of the things I've made.

I designed this gift bag to hold a coordinating set of cards.

Origami box

I measured and played around until I constructed a box that would fit behind these characters. I wanted them to be large enough to hold some good things!

Origami box made from one sheet of 12 x 12