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Open House Make n Takes!

2012-02-07T09:11:00.001-08:00

January 28th I had an open house show casing the Occasions Mini & Sale-a-bration.

Here is Sarah & Clarice working on their make n takes.

Clarice, Tami & Marion in this photo. They must be having a good time. Look at the table......

Here is one of the make-n-takes. Shelli (co-founder of SU) made one of these for her presentation at Leadership last month.

Here is what we used:

Labels Collection & Hearts Framelits

Hearts Adorning Accents Embossing Folder

P.S. I love you, stamp set (thank you Patty)

Blushing Bride, Very Vanilla card stock

First Addition dsp

3/8" Riding Hood Red Pleated Ribbon

1/2" Vanilla Seam Binding Ribbon

Flower Punch from the Punch Pack

Cello Bag

Stapler

Next up is this Flower Bouquet made with paper.

Here is what we used:

Fancy Favor Box Die

Labels Collection Framelits

Mixed Bunch Stamp set (Got this set FREE at Leadership)

Blossom Punch, 1" & 1/2" Circle Punches

Poppy Parade, Very Vanilla card stock

Everyday Enchantment dsp (from SAB)

Assorted Brads

Pearls

Skewers

Dried Black Beans for the "dirt" in the box

It was a fun afternoon with these 4 women. They got to get their hands on some of the new products in the Occasions mini and Sale-a-bration catalogs. I think the hit of the day was the new "Framelits". If you don't buy anything else in the mini, you MUST have the Framelits, can you say "AWESOME"?

And the Winner is: Drum Roll Please.........

2012-02-07T09:05:00.000-08:00

Claire Brady is the winner. She received my Paper Flower Pin in a nice little box. Thank you to those who placed orders. I know I am a day late in posting this, my bad! I've been having some computer issues. Some issues with my computer, some with me! But help is on the way! So bare with me.......

Super Bowl Special!

2012-02-04T11:08:00.000-08:00

How would you like to win one of these pins? Well, now you can! How??? Just place a $50 order with me Super Bowl Week-end, (2-4 / 2-5 midnight) and I will place your name in my jar and pick a name on Monday Morning. So, not only can you choose a FREE item from the Sale-a-bration catalog (for every $50 order before shipping & tax) you also get a chance of winning one of these pins. No limit to the amount you can enter.

Contact me NOW to place your order!

FREE Class! Simply Sent "Create & Keep"

2012-02-04T10:56:00.000-08:00

Have you seen this great kit? You can view the kit on page 42 of the Occasions Mini catalog.

Here is what comes in your kit:

10 printed cards, 2 each of 5 designs

2 self-adhesive die-cut accent sheets

10 designer envelopes

4 dividers

1 box

You really don't need anything else to complete these cards. They are fun & fast to make. I've added a few other items to jazz them up a bit. When you purchase this kit by February 6th you will receive a FREE class, on February 18th, 10am - noon. Cost of the kit is $17.81 which includes shipping and tax.

Leadership Gifts!

2012-01-25T06:00:00.000-08:00

Here are a couple of gifts I received from my friends at Leadership

Steph made this frame using the Everyday Enchantment dsp from SAB & several stamp sets. So cute! Can't wait to hang it up!

This year I roomed with someone I hadn't met before. Rosie and I had a great time together. This is what she made for me, along with a really nice note. She used the bags from the Clearance Rack to hold all my goodies. Her swap card won in the contest SU had. She got some dsp for winning. I can't remember which one.

Sale-a-Bration Starts Today!

2012-01-24T18:52:00.000-08:00

I'm so late getting this post done. Still recovering from Leadership Conference & Regional Seminar.

So excited that Sale-a-bration (SAB) starts today. I have so much to share with you. Leadership was FABULOUS! I was able to see/meet some of my cyber friends, meet new friends and talk with some demos who I admire. I also talked with some of the gals from the Home Office of Stampin' Up! It was so nice that they took the time to talk with me. Shannon West talked with us 2 nights in a row. And Stampin' Up! really knows how to spoil us. OMG! We got so much stuff. The bag we received is awesome. Maybe we will get this fabric in the next big catalog........

Oops, I forgot some stuff. Yes, we even got some home made chocolate, that was in that cute Fancy Favor box.

And this portfolio was with our make n takes. Same fabric, hmmmmmm, and we got a stamp set to match. Can't show you yet. So cute! Shelli (Co founder of SU) even signed the tag!

And here it is opened.

So, you can see how Stampin' Up! spoils us at all of their events. That doesn't even cover the wonderful lunches we were served at Leadership. SU thinks of EVERYTHING!

Tea Shoppe Birthday Card!

2012-01-18T06:00:00.000-08:00

Still stuck on Pear Pizzazz & Pool Party....Funny how I thought these colors did not go with each other......

Edited to add: I used my markers to color in the flowers with Pool Party, then the rest of the card with Pear Pizzazz. Its not perfect, but still looks good.

This is a birthday card I made for a special friend.

Here is what I used:

Pear Pizzazz, Pool Party, Very Vanilla card stock

Everyday Enchantment dsp (SAB)

Tea Shoppe stamp set (Occasions mini)

Pear Pizzazz & Pool Party markers and Classic Ink

Pool Party Seam Binding Ribbon

1 1/4" & 1 3/8" Square Punches and Window Word Punch

Brad & Ribbon Pack (SAB)

Adorning Accents Embossing folder

Labels Collection Framelit die

White Bakers Twine

Thank You Card!

2012-01-17T07:58:00.000-08:00

Well today I leave for San Antonio for Stampin' Up's! Leadership Conference and Regional Seminar. I will try and post while I'm gone as time permits. You know I need to get my beauty rest.......

Here is a thank you card. It seems I'm stuck on Pear Pizzazz & Baja Breeze.

Here is what I used to make the card:

Tea Shoppe & Cute & Curly stamp sets

Pear Pizzazz, Baja Breeze, Very Vanilla card stock

Everyday Enchantment dsp (SAB)

Pear Pizzazz Classic Ink

Adorning Accents Embossing Folder

1 1/4", 1 3/8", Modern Label & Flower from the Punch Pack punches

Baja Breeze 3/8" Pleated Satin Ribbon

Basic Pearls, Large Pearls

White Bakers Twine

Boxes for my Leadership Gifts

2012-01-15T09:03:00.001-08:00

If you saw my post from yesterday, you saw the flower pins I made for my leadership gifts. Well, I couldn't just give the pins........I wanted a box to put them in. That way they wouldn't get damaged getting them to leadership and then on the way home. So I found this great blog by Connie Stewart. She has come up with a great formula to make up ANY size box you want using the Simply Scored Board. Check out her blog, she has lots of great stuff on it.

For all my box tops I used:

Paper Doily Sizzlit die

Designer Rosette die

Timeless Portrait or Twitterpated dsp

Blossom Punch for the leaves

3/8" Pleated Satin Ribbon for the center of all the flowers. I just rolled it up and secured it with hot glue. You need just a tiny bit or you will burn your fingers.....ask me how I know.......

All my boxes have a Crumb Cake bottom and the top is the same color as the flower. So this one is for Patty (she has already seen it, then I took it home by mistake....). For her flower I used the Timeless Portrait fabric, so I used the same dsp for the Medallion.

This one is Baja Breeze & I used the Twitterpated dsp for this one and the rest of them.

Pear Pizzazz.

Island Indigo.

And Riding Hood Red.

Using the Rosette die to make these medallions is so easy and fast. Make sure you check out Connie's blog. She is a genius for making the boxes!

Leadership Gifts!

2012-01-14T06:00:00.000-08:00

I made these flowers into pins for my friends that are attending Leadership. They are super easy. I originally got this flower idea from Sandi Dailey. You stamp 6 Sunflowers using the Sunflower Stamp (big stamp) on First Edition Specialty Paper, cut them out. You need to cut up into every 3 or 4 petals. Then spitz each one with water and scrunch them up. Carefully unfold and let dry. Stack them and glue together with hot glue.

Now for the fabric flower. You need 2 pieces of fabric. One is about 1 1/2" x 12" & the other in coordinating fabric, 2" x 12". You will accordion fold each piece using a strip of card stock cut at 1/2" x 11". This will be your guide. I sprayed mine with a little spray starch and ironed every few folds. Then you will cut each one in half diagonal. You will have enough for 2 flowers. Clip from the cut side down a bit on each fold. Lay them one on top of the other and make a running stitch all the way down and cinch it up and tie in a knot. Then grab the beginning and sew together. This will give you your flower. Add a brad or button to the center. I hot glued the fabric flower inside the paper flower and added a pin back to the back of my flowers. Check out Jackie's video if you need a visual. I know I do!

The first flower I used Timeless Portrait fabric and Antique Brad. I originally stamped the sunflower with Cherry Cobbler Ink, but it came out pink when I spritzed it. So I turned the paper over and stamped the Sunflower in black. When I spritzed the black flowers the Cherry Cobbler ink bled into the black. I liked this better than just the Cherry Cobbler.

For the rest of the flowers I used Twitterpated Fabric in the Occasions Mini. This Sunflower was stamped in Riding Hood Red. For the center I used a Blossom Bouquet Triple Layer Punch in Pear Pizzazz and an antique brad on top of that.

This Sunflower was stamped in Island Indigo ink and I used another punch and green Brad is part of the Ribbon & Brad Pack you can get FREE for Sale-a-bration.

This flower was stamped with Pear Pizzazz, another punch and the Twitterpated Buttons.

This final flower was stamped with Baja Breeze ink with another brad from the Ribbon & Brad Pack for Sale-a-bration.

Thank you, Sandi and Jackie for your flower ideas!

Leadership Swap #4!

2012-01-13T06:00:00.000-08:00

Edited to add: This post was supposed to post on Friday. Not sure why it posted earlier. So now they are out of order.......

I love these two colors together, Pool Party & Wisteria Wonder. The butterfly is made using the new Blossom punch in the Occasions mini. You punch out flower, then cut 2 of the petals (opposite of each other) off, add a brad and call it a "butterfly". Pretty cool, wish I thought of it. Actually Stampin' Up! thought of it. You can see it on page 16 of the Occasions mini catalog. I don't have the Mixed Bunch stamp set yet because that is one of the stamp sets we will be getting in our Leadership bag, Yeah! Who doesn't love FREE rubber????

Ok, so here is what I used:

Elementary Elegance Stamp Set (SAB

Sweet Shop dsp (Occasions mini)

Wisteria Wonder, Pool Party & whisper White c/s

Wisteria Wonder & Basic Black Classic Ink

Scallop Squares Duo die, Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder

Pool Party 3/8" Ruffled Ribbon

Sweet Shop Brad

Curley Label, Scallop Trim Border & Blossom Punches

Swap #3 for Leadership

2012-01-12T06:00:00.000-08:00

This card I sort of cased from myself........I've seen many versions of this card as well.

Here is what I used:

Take It To Heart & Candy Conversations stamp sets

Whisper White, Riding Hood Red c/s

Real Red Classic Ink

Riding Hood Red 3/8" Pleated Satin Ribbon (LOVE THIS RIBBON, 4 colors to choose from in the mini)

Hearts Collection Framelits Dies, Adorning Accents embossing folder

Perfect Details

This was a super easy card to make. The perfect Details adds a little sparkle to the embossed hearts don't you think?

Pool Party and Pear Pizzazz! I Like it!

2012-01-11T15:46:00.000-08:00

I needed a birthday and thank you card today, so I challenged myself to use something that I wouldn't normally. For me, I thought, Pool Party & Pear Pizzazz did NOT coordinate. See the dsp in both cards, they both use this color combo. That still didn't sell me..... until I made these two cards. Thanks to Mary Brown for the cute little bow. She has a great tutorial.

The first card is kind of a case from myself. I changed a few things, well a lot of things. First I cut the scallop using our new Edgelit die, and coordinating embossing folder. LOVE IT! I cut a small piece of the Everyday Enchantment dsp (SAB) for the inside. Then I colored in the tea cup, from Tea Shoppe with my markers using Pool Party and Pear Pizzazz, cut it out. I used a hobby blade for the handle, it wasn't too hard. Especially for me, since I seem to be "hobby blade" challenged. Once the tea cup was cut out I layered it on one of the Label Collections dies, ran that through the Big Shot with the Polka Dot embossing folder and glued that down to my card. Then the tea cup was put on with dimensionals. I love how it looks there really is a tea bag in my cup. Thanks to Jackie Topa, I saw it on her blog first. And the bow just finishes it nicely!

This next card, same stamp set. I wanted to use the 3 tea cups separately. So I had to stamp it twice, as I could punch out the 1st and 3rd ones fine, but that left the middle cup a bit short. So I punched those using the 1 1/4" circle punch and layered it on a 1 3/8" circle punch in Pool Party. I embellished each cup differently, Pearls, Bakers Twine & a little flower punched out with a Pearl inside. The Thank You is from Curly Cute, that is a must have stamp.....I punched that out with the Modern Label punch. Now that I have all my embellishments done I used the scallop Edgelit embossing folder on the side and added the same dsp (Everyday Enchantment, SAB) for the rest of the front. Don't you love how the new Pleated ribbon looks on this card? Totally makes the card. Then I added the Pearls inside every other one of the scallops.

Swap #2 for Leadership

2012-01-11T06:00:00.000-08:00

This next card was inspired by two people. I first saw Lisa Lange's card, and then Jackie Topa. I'm loving the new Framelits, Label Collections.

Here is what I used:

Tea Shoppe Stamp Set, (Occasions mini)

Everyday Enchantment dsp (SAB) & I LOVE this dsp!

Poppy Parade, Pool Party & Whisper White c/s

Poppy Parade & Pool Party Classic Ink

Framelits Labels Collection, Adorning Accents, (mini) & Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folders.

Pool Party Seam Binding, (Mini)

Everyday Enchantment Brad

1" Square punch

White Bakers Twine

Thanks to Lisa and Jackie for their inspiration!

Happy Birthday CASED card!

2012-01-10T06:00:00.000-08:00

You might think this is the same card as my swap card. Pretty darn close! This is for a friends birthday this week, so I made it into a card. Used the opposite side of the dsp and added "it's your day".

So here is what I used:

Outlined Occasions Stamp set (SAB)

Soft Suede, Pool Party, Coral Calypso & Whisper White

Everyday Enchantment dsp (SAB)

Soft Suede Classic Ink

2 3/8" Scallop Circle, Window Word, Cupcake punches

Adorning Accents embossing folder (Occasions mini) & Square Lattice embossing folder

3/8" Ruffled Ribbon in Coral Calypso

Paper Crimper (for bottom of cupcake)

You need to stamp and add your dsp before you run it through the Square Lattice EB folder then add your other elements, and don't forget to sponge!

Leadership Swap #1

2012-01-09T16:53:00.000-08:00

I have been working on everything that I want to take to Stampin' Up!'s Leadership & Regionals in San Antonio this past week. We leave on the 17th and I'm getting soooooo excited. So for the next week or so I will be sharing my swaps, roommate gifts and more.

Here is my first swap.

Here is what I used:

Outlined Occasions stamp set (SAB)

Soft Suede, Pool Party, & Whisper White c/s

Sweet Shop dsp

Soft Suede Classic Ink

2 3/8" Scallop Circle & Cupcake punches

Lattice Square & Adorning Accents (SAB) embossing folders

Coral Calypso 3/8" Ruffled Ribbon

Dazzling Details for the sprinkles on the cupcake

Make sure you stamp and add your dsp before running it through with the Lattice Square EB folder, and don't forget to sponge!

Sale-a-bration (SAB) starts on January 24th and you will be able to order all things SAB, FREE (with every $50 you order, before tax & shipping).

Stay tuned for more!

More Cards, More New Stuff!

2012-01-05T06:00:00.000-08:00

Here are the rest of the cards we did on Tuesday for my Stamp Club.

On this card we ran the Everyday Enchantment dsp through the Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder and then sanded it so you could see the embossed area better.

Here is what we used:

Everyday Enchantment dsp (SAB)

Vanilla & Lucky Limeade card stock

Calypso Coral & Lucky Limeade Classic Ink

Paper Doily Large Sizzlit die (Occasions mini)

Fresh Vintage (SAB) & Cute & Curly stamp sets

Everyday Enchantment Brad (SAB)

1 1/4" Circle Punch

Lucky Limeade, Calypso Coral & Pool Party Bakers Twine (mini)

This Doily die is to die for!!!!! I LOVE it!

This next card is a card I saw on someones blog and don't remember who......This was a super easy card and the girls really loved this one.

Here is what we used:

Whisper White & Real Red card stock

Take it to Heart (mini) & Always Elegant stamp sets

Real Red Classic Ink

Hearts Collection Framelits (mini)

Adorning Accents Embossing Folder (the ones with the hearts, mini)

5/8" Real Red Satin Ribbon

Here is what we used for the last card:

Baja Breeze, Pear Pizzazz & Whisper White card stock

Bordering on Romance stamp set (mini) & Outlined Occasions stamp set (SAB)

Adorning Accents Edgelit die (mini)

Adorning Accents Embossing Folder

Baja Breeze, Pear Pizzazz, Blushing Bride & Riding Hood Red markers

Black Stazon Ink

Corner Rounder

I LOVE all our new dies, and I haven't even shown you all of them. But now you can see for yourself. You can go to my online store to see the mini catalog. The SAB catalog won't be live until the 24th. If you haven't received a mini catalog or SAB catalog and would like one, please email me with your name and address. I would be happy to mail one to you.

Stamp Club Cards! All New Stuff! Occasions Mini Goes Live Today!

2012-01-04T00:01:00.000-08:00

My Stamp Club meets the first Tuesday of the month. I will be sharing with you the cards we are doing this month.

This first card I CASED from the Occasions Mini on page 18. I changed the color of my card stock, the flowers and also the stamp set. These flowers are so cute and you can find them on page 18 of the mini called Blossom Builders. You get 2 sheets of all these pre-printed flowers, in 8 different colors for $$9.95, over 60 flowers and did I mention, a sheet ofPink Rhinestones?

Here is what I used for the card above:

Rich Razzleberry card stock & ink

Blossom Builders

Square Lattice Embossing folder

Curly Cute stamp set

Next up I used 3 stamp sets for this card.

Outlined Occasions (SAB) stamp set, Take it to Heart & Bordering on Romance (Occasions mini)

Pool Party & Very Vanilla card stock

Poppy Parade, Pool Party ink (who knew these colors go so well together?)

Everyday Enchantment dsp (FREE with a $50 order)

Hearts Collection Framelets (Occasions)

Adorning Accents Edgelits die & Embossing Folders (Occasions)

Pear Pizzazz 3/8" Pleated Satin Ribbon (Occasions)

Everyday Enchantment Ribbon & Brad Pack (FREE with a $50 order)

Large Oval Punch

I LOVE our new Edgelits dies, Framelits dies & what about that GORGEOUS ribbon!

Thank you Stampin' Up! for another WONDERFUL mini catalog & SAB!

Fabric Flower Card! Oh My, So Easy!

2012-01-03T13:25:00.000-08:00

Today is the last day to order from the Holiday Mini!

When Stampin' Up! released the Occasions Mini, and the Sale-a-bration (SAB) catalogs (a perk for being a demo is, you get to pre-order before the mini goes live) I loved the fabric flower on page 11 of the SAB catalog. Wondering, how did they do that? Well, Jackie Topa, (fellow demo and awesome at punch art) made one and did a video. Yipeee! I'm all about visual directions. These flowers are so easy to do, with just a bit of hand sewing. Check out her video.

Here is what I used to make my card:

Black, Very Vanilla, & Cherry Cobbler card stock

Timeless Portrait dsp & fabric (for the flower)

Happy Greetings stamp set

Antique Brads

3/8" Riding Hood Red Pleated Satin Ribbon (Occasions mini) (Love this new ribbon)

Decorative Label Punch

Blossom Bouquet Triple Layer Punch

Top Note (for inside of the card) in Very Vanilla

Needle & Thread for the flower

Thank you Jackie for doing a video on how to make this flower!

Wait to you see what I did for my gifts for Leadership.....hint: fabric flowers!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

2012-01-01T09:16:00.001-08:00

Every New Years Eve, I make Surprise Buns. My Mom used to make these for my sister and I. They are so easy, but take a while to make, because the dough needs to rise.

Start out with Hot Roll Mix (or any bread dough).

Mix according to directions on box. Then while the dough is rising you fry up some hamburger, onion. Drain, salt and pepper and then added the shredded cabbage. Let the cabbage wilt by covering and heating on low.

This is what the meat mixture should look like.

Roll out your dough and cut into about 4 inch squares, add meat mixture into center and then fold opposite corners and pinch in the center.

Set them on a cookie sheet and let rise again, then bake at 350 degrees for about 15 minutes or until brown. I forgot to take a photo of the finished ones......darn it.

Make sure you cover them with a dish towel to keep them warm until its time to bake. We had a fruit salad and Cesar salad with our Surprise Buns. We always butter the buns before we eat them. My daughter likes to use Ranch Dressing instead of butter. My SIL uses Ketchup, but then he uses Ketchup on EVERYTHING!

When our kids were still at home, my husband made cinnamon rolls for dessert. Can you say, YUMMY?

Hope everyone has a GREAT New Year! Thanks for visiting my blog and supporting me!

SNEAK PEEK! SPOILER ALERT!

2011-12-26T06:00:00.000-08:00

I have been dying to use some of my pre-order goodies. This is just a little taste of what the Occasions Mini (January 4th & Sale-a-bration, January 24th) & Sale-a-bration has to offer. We as demos get to pre-order a month before, such a cool perk of being a demo.......

I made this card for my Son's 27th Birthday. I used a new stamp set called, Sweet Cake. My Cherry Cobbler & Early Espresso markers were used to color in the stamp, and then cut it out. Its a big stamp! The dsp is Well Worn in the big catalog. Its hard to see in the photo, but I used my 2-way glue pen and added some dazzling diamonds on the cup cake. Finished it off with some Cherry Cobbler Bakers Twine. Now do you see that cool die cut in the center? Its our new Framelits by Sizzix. They are so awesome. You get 6 dies in various sizes together. And the paper, can you say SAB (sale-a-bration)??? Yes, you can get this dsp for FREE during SAB for placing a $50 order (before shipping & tax). And thats not all, you can also get the ribbon and brads that match for FREE too! For every $50 you spend you can get a FREE item in the SAB catalog. You should be getting your Occasions mini & SAB catalogs any day now. Contact me if you didn't receive one by the 1st of the new year. I would be happy to mail one to you.

Here is a close up of the die cut, and the fabulous stamp set that goes with these dies, called, Apothecary Art, set of 6 stamps in different sizes to match the die. Yipee! I love when Stampin' UP! coordinates our stamps and dies. I colored in the flowers with an aqua painter and ink from my pads. I will be doing a tutorial on how I made up this box. You use 2 of the Petite Pocket die cuts. I got this idea from Tanya Bell. She has a video on her blog, you can view it here.

Merry Christmas!

2011-12-25T06:00:00.000-08:00

I just want to take this time to wish everyone a Merry Christmas! and a Happy New Year!

This is our tree lit up at night.

Here it is during the day.

Santa Gift Card & Chocolate Treat!

2011-12-24T06:00:00.000-08:00

I thought that the Petite Pocket Die would make the cutest Santa, don't you? This one is my own for a change.

I used the Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border punch and a Scallop Square punch in Silver Glimmer Paper for the front of Santa's jacket and buckle. Black card stock for the belt and the top of his buckle. I decided that his buckle wasn't sparkly enough and put Crystal Effects on the black part. Of course I didn't take another photo of the finished one before I gave it away.......

Here it is opened up. Gift card fits in perfectly!

I saw these beauties on Becky Roberts blog. You can't see it but a piece of Holly Berry Bouquet dsp is wrapped around a Ghirardelli Square. Then I made a Medallion to go on top of that. Take a piece of dsp cut at, 1 x 12 and score every 1/4", accordion fold, glue the ends together with Tombow glue, and hot glue a 1" circle to the center of the wrong side (or side you won't see) and hot glue to your chocolate. Then I stamped the candy from Sweets From the Sweet. Added a bit of Dazzling Diamonds with a 2 way glue pen. The ribbon makes it look like a candy wrapped in cellophane.

Elf Tag Tutorial

2011-12-23T06:30:00.000-08:00

Here is a quick tutorial for the Elf tags. This original idea came from Nicki, at Steppin' Up Your Punch Art.

Here are all the pieces you need.

And here is my finished tag. I used the stamp set, Dear Santa, for the to & from, and the smaller of the tags from the Two Tags Die.

Here is a list of all the punches I used:

Ornament, #119847, face

Full Heart, #119883, hat

Modern Label, #119849, bottom of hat

Bird Builder, #117191, ears

Owl Builder, #118074

Who knew the Bird punch would make great ears, and a mustache!

Elf Christmas Tags & Santa!

2011-12-23T06:00:00.000-08:00

Isn't this elf just the cutest? I found him on Niki's blog. I added mine to the smaller tag on the Two Tags Die. The to & from are from Dear Santa Stamp set. I had to email Niki to find out what punch she used for his Old Olive hat. Can you guess? The heart punch up side down. Brilliant, and it works perfectly. His face is the Ornament punch, ears, Bird Wing, brim of his hat, Modern Label punch and his Eyes, Nose and the top of his hat the Owl punch. Thanks Niki!

Next up is this cute little Santa made with the Petal Cone Die, turned up side down. You can check out Kay's blog for the directions. If you look further up her blog, she made some cute Elf's too. Thanks Kay for this fabulous idea!

Santa Tutorial

2011-12-22T10:01:00.001-08:00

Several people have asked for a tutorial, so here you are! Here is all the punches you need to make your Santa. (Sorry the photos are so dark).

Here is how you put them together.

And this is what your finished Santa should look like.

TIP: To get your candy inside these skinny bags, take a piece of card stock cut at 1 x 8, score in half the long way, insert into your bag and slide the candy inside. I also put the opening for the candy at the bottom. That way the Santa doesn't get destroyed if they want the candy.

I attached Santa with 2 dimensionals. Added my tag, done!

Here he is all completed!

Here are the punches I used:

Ornament, #119847, beard

Extra Large Oval, #119859, face & hat

Large Oval, #119855, face & hat

Bird Builder, #117191, wings for mustache

Owl Builder, #118074, eyes, nose & mouth

Boho Blossoms, #119850, tassel for hat

Elegant Lines Embossing Folder, #119277, beard

Snow Burst Embossing Folder, #124096, hat

Have fun making Santa!

Santa's & Teacher Gifts!

2011-12-22T06:00:00.000-08:00

These cute little Santa's are what my granddaughter's are taking to school tomorrow to give to their friends, (all 62 of them). I put Christmas pencils in each of the 1 x 8 skinny bags and attached them to the Santa's with dimensionals. I'm sure you've all seen these on everyone else's blog. I'm late to the party......again. If you need info on what punches I used, please email me. I will be happy to do a little tutorial.

Here they are close up.

And this is what the girl's are bringing their teachers. Of course I forgot to take a photo of the finished cup. I put pretzel rods dipped in Chocolate with sprinkles all over them. And my daughter added a Starbuck's gift card. I wrapped them in cellophane with a big bow. My daughter was quite impressed, lets hope the teachers will be too! I subscribe to the Holiday Helper and this project was from Michelle Suit. You can subscribe to the Holiday Helper here.

Stocking Build Punch, Oh No!

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Stampin' Up has just announced that the Stocking Builder Punch, (#124095, $16.95, page 34 in the Holiday Mini, will not be carried forward. So what that means is, once all of their stock is gone, you will no longer be able to get this FABULOUS punch. And while you are ordering your punch, you should check out all the great deals on the Clearance Rack!

Have a great day!

3 More Christmas Cards!

2011-12-21T06:00:00.000-08:00

Here are some more cards to share with you.

This first card uses the Holly Berry Bouquet dsp (only available until January 3rd) and the Pennant Parade stamp set. The tree was stamped in Wild Wasabi and punched out with the Petite Pennants Builder Punch. Then we stamped the trunk with Early Espresso and popped the trees up with a dimensional. We used the Dazzling Details to make the garland. I love this stuff. (In the Occasions mini, we will have it in Cherry Cobbler, yeah!). Added a Real Red Satin ribbon and the Merry Christmas from Christmas Greetings with a button from the Holly Berry Bouquet, threaded with some Cherry Cobbler Bakers Twine.

This next card is cased from Mary Brown. Her card was a Halloween card, but I loved it and made it a Christmas card. The base is Cherry Cobbler with a layer of Vanilla that was embossed with the Stripes embossing folder. Next, Crumb Cake card stock was die cut with the larger of the Two Tags die and sponged with Cherry Cobbler. To make each of the trees, we cut 3 trees with the Stocking Accents die and scored down the center of each one and glued each half of the tree with Tombow to make it 3-d, (clear as mud?) Used the Dazzling Details to make the ornaments on each tree. Oh how the Cherry Cobbler Dazzling Details would have looked on these trees.....Added a strip of Cherry Cobbler with the saying from Christmas Greetings (told you that I loved this stamp set.....). Added a button (sorry it is retired, but looked so good with this card) tied with Cherry Cobbler Bakers Twine and a jingle bell. The bow is the 1 1/4" Grosgrain Cherry Cobbler ribbon. Mary has a great tutorial on how to make these bows, so don't forget to check out her blog.

This last card was cased from Becky Roberts, another great demonstrator. This card base is Old Olive and uses the Sweets for the Sweet stamp set. Love this set, not sure why I haven't used it more. I loved how Becky made the candy look like the mints that are wrapped in cellophane. I used Whisper White 3/8" Taffeta ribbon and also the 1/8" Real Red ribbon for the candies. The Whisper White piece was embossed with the Snow Burst embossing folder and we used the Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border punch in Real Red for each side.

Christmas Cards!

2011-12-20T15:57:00.001-08:00

In the next couple of days I will be sharing cards that we did in my last Stamp-a-stack along with some fun tags, and candy gifts. I should also note that most of all of these items were CASED from someone. I made them sometime ago and can't remember who on most of them.

As you see in the first two cards, I'm LOVING the Red & Silver Glimmer paper. I first embossed about 1/2 of the card with the Snow Burst Embossing folder. The "gifts" were punched with the 1 1/4" square punch and the "ribbon" is our Blossom Bouquet Triple Layer punch (say that fast 3 times....). I just used half of the punch. Added a strip to go down each gift. I used the 5/8" Whisper White Organza ribbon and the saying is from, Christmas Greetings. I use that set a lot for my greeting and to stamp inside of my cards.

My second card has a base of Cherry Cobbler. I added 3 strips of Silver Glimmer Paper cut about 3/4" wide, 4" long and then cut at a diagonal. The Northern Frost Sizzlit die was used to die cut the snowflake. TIP: with the Glimmer Paper you need to place the paper right side up with the plastic backing touching the die and use a paper shim to get it to cut through the paper. You will still have to poke most of the pieces out, but so worth the trouble. Then we die cut the Oval Designer Frame on Whisper White and cut that out. The saying is from Word Play, stamped in Cherry Cobbler. We added some Rhinestones in the center of the "O" and a red Glimmer brad in the center of the snowflake.

Next up is this card which was embossed with the Northern Flurry folder in Vanilla. We then die cut the snowflakes with the Northern Frost die in Vanilla & Soft Suede, added Pearls to the centers and ribbon around the bottom half of the card. The saying is from Bells & Boughs. After stamping, punch out using the large oval punch and sponge around it with Soft Suede. Also added 3 Pearls under the stamped saying.

All of these cards were sprayed with Shimmer Mist to make them SHIMMER!