This page idea was sparked when my sister called on Valentine’s Day with an invitation to breakfast which we extended to some lolligagging at the park with her and my nephews and brother-in-law. I’ve finally decided that when I design scrapbook pages for class, I’m going to have a need for that page as well so I can one day–whenever that may be in the next decade — actually USE IT! ha ha ha!

Was that TMI? ha ha!

Don’t you just love the Love Bandit set? If you haven’t seen it in the Occasions Mini catalog, you need to take a peek. It’s even cuter in person when you stamp the lil’ racoon, owl and squirrel critters. They are adorable!

Project recipe:

• Almost Amethyst 12×12
• Mellow Moss 8 1/2 x 11
• Whisper White 2 x12
• Handsome Hunter 2 1/2 x 12
• Love Bandit Stamp Set
• Basic Gray Classic Ink
• Almost Amethyst & Creamy Caramel marker

Stamp the tree from Love Bandit on the Whisper White strip in Basic Gray five times as shown. On a scrap sheet of white, stamp the tree again in both Handsome Hunter and Mellow Moss ink. Cut out the heart-shaped tree top and glue some flat and pop up some.  Stamp the tree trunk, owl and raccoon in Basic Gray. Color the tree trunks with Creamy Caramel marker and the raccoon heart with the Almost Amethyst marker. Sponge Mellow Moss on the bottom of the white strip and Almost Amethyst at the top. Glue the White strip the the handsome Hunter strip.Then glue this strip to the bottom of the Almost Amethyst 12×12. Glue the 8 1/2 x 11 Mellow Moss card stock aligned to the top of the strip. Add photos and a header and you’re done! (Wish I could find the time to do that part! )  )

Have a great weekend!

 Hello my patient pals!

Sorry for the delay in posting the Blog Winner. I kept hoping that someone would send the right answer. ) I had you stumped for awhile! But we did get a winner! Linda Leonard…I want to send you the project kit for my Glassine Envelope Bag Book! Congratulations! Just e-mail me your address and it will be mailed out right away! Thanks for playing everyone!

Here’s the recipe so you can make this cute lil’ guy for yourself!

More punch art will be posted soon so stay tuned! How about I post another cute scrapbook page tommorrow? Have a great weekend!

 Doesn’t sound very lucky does it? Ahh…but it is! At least when you’re getting creative with Stampin’ Up! punches! This creation is a close up of a topper I created for one of the layouts at my Crop ‘n Cards class this week. So cute!

BLOG CANDY ALERT!

Ten punches in all were used to create this cute symbol of luck. Will you get lucky guessing them all? If you can, I’ll send you a project kit for my recent Shades of Spring Glassine Bag Book posted here! First one to get it right, gets the FREE kit! But hurry, you only have until this Wed. when I’ll post the list of punches! )

And for you die hard scrapbookers or just curious onlookers, here’s the photo of the whole Luky Leprechaun Layout:

Have a great week!

I love this stamp set "With All My Heart"! There are so many possibilities, so little time! ) Just by changing the inks and layering with coordinating punches, you could have endless gardens in a spectrum of colors. I purposely chose this color scheme to make it easy to choose masculine or feminine photos. If anyone is attending the Incarnation Crop benefit this Sat., you’ll be creating the upper left 6×6 as a free make & take! This layout will be worn out by the time I’m done as it also was a project at my Stamp Vamps meeting this past Monday!

And, this layout and the card below will be a part of my Crop N’ Cards class next Tues. and Saturday and Maggie’s workshop next Friday night (Hi Maggie!) ! It’s not too late to register for this $20 class! I’ll be posting the other two page and card creations over the weekend so you can still register to join us either 10 am to 1 pm, Tues, Feb. 23 or 4 to 7 pm, Sat. Feb. 27!  Click here to REGISTER NOW or get more info!!  Last day to get your name on the list is Sunday, Feb. 21!

Did you know that if you order three punches or two punches and the With All My Heart stamp set from this card, you could get the beautiful Scallop Border punch in the brown border for FREE!!!?

You may want to consider:

Scallop Circle punch (109043) $15.95

1 1/4 Circle punch (104403) $15.95

Boho Blossoms punch (110711) $15.95

FREE! Scallop Trim Border punch or Vintage Vogue stamp set (ornage chocolate flower)

With All My Heart stamp set (118134 = wood $17.95 or 118623 = unmounted $13.95)

. . .Another Tutorial Treat!

You can never get enough kisses, Valentine’s Day or not, right?

Here’s a project I’ll be teaching at my Stamp Vamps team meeting tomorrow as well as at my With All My Heart class on Tuesday. It starts out looking like a cute little purse like this…..   

But take the clip off (Take it off, BABEEE! Wooooo!) and it opens up to reveal some lovely see-thru lingerie like this:   

Can you see the hidden Kisses yet?

How about taking a little more off?

Oh yeaaaa!!!

Well, if you still don’t see it — here’s a close up of the Kisses:

Okay, I’ll quit teasing…Kisses is the beautiful white die-cut piece on the pink card. It’s a new product offering in our Occasions Mini catalog (p. 19) and I think is awesome for sending love notes. I actually ran this Kisses Love Note through our Finnial Texturz folder before gluing it to a pink 2 x 2 note card I cut. I then punched out a pink 1 3/8 circle from our punch and layered on a Mellow Moss stamped flower from the With All My Heart set that was punched out with the 1 1/4" punch. I then just added a pink Epoxy brad for my fun finishing touch!

But what I thought was pretty cool was the fact that the Small Square Glassine Envelopes that were meant for these Kisses Love notes, fit perfectly in out Rectangle Glassine Envelopes (these were made for the Hugs Love Notes in the mini).

So, just as I did in the previously posted Glassine Bag Photo book, I cut both ends of the Rectangle Glassine envelopes off and made it the insides of my little mini purse to hold two of the Kisses tags. I glued the rectangled glassine envelope to the purse insides to keep it stable.

The Mellow Moss outside card stock measurements:  3 x 6" scored at 2 3/8 and 2 5/8" & 5 then punched on the short scored end with the FREE ! I Then just punched holes on this sides scored lines to add the Pink Taffeta ribbon to make the purse handles. To keep it closed, I used Wide clip from our Clips Assortment pack (112580 $6.95) to hold the purse shut. So sweet and adorable!

Again, all these Glassine envelopes and Love Notes are on page 19 of the Occasions Mini catalog. You can download that from my blog right sidebar . To place any order, feel free to shop my web site http://amanda.stampinup.net .

Why not go treat yourself to a Valentine’s Day goodie. Give yourself a Stampin’ Happy Valentine’s Day! Enjoy!

Glassine envelopes are all the rage right now and Stampin’ Up! has three different sizes! The first size I’m going to focus on is our Glassine Bag. The following project uses these bags to make a little photograph bag book with pull out pages! Isn’t it beautiful?

1. I took too Glassine bags, cut or punched both edges to creat openings and folded them in half. This is the center pages of the book.
2. I then measured the folded bags and doubled those measurements to create the "cover" of my book. I did add a 1/4" all the way around to make sure I’d cover myself if I slipped on the hole punching in the next step.
3. I punched two holes close together in the glassine pages and cover and threaded a piece of celery grosgrain ribbon through the cover and bags and tied a bow to bind the book.

4.    I then cut card stock to the size that could slide into my glassine pages and attached tabs punched from the tab punch staggered down the pages in the book interior.

5.    I decorated each of the pages and stamped an outside design using theWith All My Heart stamp set an dpunched a flower for the cover. The wings of the bird punch made the flower leaves and the stem was free-hand.

Above is a close-up of the flower. the bottom layer is just the Extra Large flower punch from the mini punched out in Lavendar Lace and edged with the glue pen and the Orchid glitter from the Fine Cosmo Stampin’ glitter (Item #108796). I then stamped the white flower with the With All My Heart stamp set in Lavendar Lace and topped it with a So Saffron flower punched from the Boho Blossoms punch. The little tag hanging on the step comes from the Tiny Tags stamp set #118091 (p. 28 of the mini) and punched out with the Medium Jewelry tag punch (p. 11 of the mini Item #117190). I tied it on with our Linen thread.

Our Glassine bags (Item #117228 in our mini catalog, p. 19), sized 4 3/4" x 6 3/4", come in a pack of 25 for only $6.50. That will make 12 of these cute little books!

Well, I’ve run out of time! I’ll have to post my last project for the With All My Heart class tomorrow. Don’t forget, today’s the last day to register!

Click here and register now!

With All My Heart Stamp Camp Registration Deadline’s Tomorrow!

Tomorrow is the last day to register for my Feb. 13 & 16 (this Sat. and next Tues.) stamp set spectacular! We’re creating four AWESOME projects with the "with All My Heart" stamp set out of the mini catalog (see picture below). The $35 class fee includes the stamp set or you can just get the class and projects for $25. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER.

I thought I’d share a couple of the projects we’ll be doing today and then post the other two tomorrow!

Here’s the heart shaped chipboard box we’ll be creating using two of the heart chipboard pieces from our cool On Board Heart Book (only $4.95 for this 8 page book in the mini catalog!). I got this project idea from a presentation at the Stampin’ Up! Leadership training I attended in Phoenix last month. I used the stamp set to make the punched out flowers along with our beautiful Sending Love Specialty Designer paper and a few Sweet Pea Stitched Felt pieces! (p. 32 in the mini)

The box is big! It’s almost 6×6 in size so it will hold a lot of goodies for  your next gifting occasion (It doesn’t have to be Valentine’s Day)

What’s so cool about this next project is that it uses the leftovers from the project above! The On Board Heart book comes square and you pop out the die cut chipboard hearts from the eight sheets. I decided to use the two square shapes leftover from making the heart box for a pretty frame. Lookie:

And here’s the other side:

I took the two pieces of chipboard and added a 6×6" piece of vanilla card stock in between and added the decorated binder clips to the bottom to hold it together. A bow threaded through both pieces helps keep it together. To add or change the photos in the frame, all you have to do is removed the clips! I received a similar idea as a gift at Leadership Training from my friend Wendy Randall that used a CD. I had intended to copy that one when I realized I could do the same thing with my leftover chipboard!

I decorated the chipboard by covering the each side with Real Red or Pretty In Pink Craft ink and embossed them with Irridescent Ice Embossing powder (Item #101930). The card stock/paper accents are Very Vanilla card stock and Sending Love Designer Series paper. I used the Eyelet Border punch and the Scallop Border punch (free with a $50 order) to accent.

With All My Heart Stamp Set

 On Board Heart book

Congrats go to Lori Cole! Lori you are the random winner for posting about your favorite card from my recent posts. I’ll send all three cards to you as soon as I get your address! ) Send me your e-mail and I’ll get them right out! Thanks to everyone for participating!