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Okay, so I really wasn’t going to get caught up in this whole line of sewing stamps, papers, buttons, etc. from the Occasions Mini when it came out. There was a fleeting thought about it because my mom does sew–but I don’t–so I figured I was safe! HA! I was wrong..very, very wrong! At Leadership in January, like I knew they would, SU! showed a whole bunch of adorable things and my resolve started to collapse. (doesn’t take much….) Then, one idea after another of adorable ideas started popping up all over the internet and one day, I just caved and put it on an order with the logic that I would use it to tempt my customers when I had my Scrapapalooza Spring Fling stamp camp this month. When it came time to start designing projects for camp, I made that cute tote with the button embellished flower and I was HOOKED!! My assistant and I just started creating this adorable cards and boom—here it is!!! The details on these cards are adorable and fun and anyone — whether you’re "an old sew-and-sew" (like my mom says she is) or not — this ensemble will charm the pants off of anyone!
I adapted the instructions and measurements from a tote on Splitcoast Stampers to create this one and created a totally different handle style to really make it my own. Here’s how it’s done: 1) Take a 5 1/2 x 11 inch piece of Marina Mist card stock and score it the short way at 3/4" . Turn it the long way and score at 3/4", 5 1/4", 6" and 10 1/2". Snip these score lines up to the 3/4" score line you created first. You can even cut the square off of each end if you want. 2) Put the two largest unscored portions in the Square Lattice embossing fold and emboss them in the Big Shot to create the weave texture. Assemble the tote. 3) Cut a 2" x 12" piece of the Sweet Stitches Designer paper and adhere it to the bottom portion of the tote. Adhere the Melon Mambo Pom Pom ribbon to the top of the designer paper. 4) To make the tote handles, first punch a 1/3" oval opening to each side of the wide part of the tote (make sure it is even from front to back) with the 1 3/8" circle punch. Then, punch out a 1 3/8" circle out of the center of a two 2 3/4" square pieces of the Melon Mambo that you had also run through the Square Lattice embossing folder. Place the 2 1/2" circle punch over this to punch out the donut shape. Glue these "handles" to the top of your tote where the oval openings were punched out. 5) Finally, to decorate the tote, punch out three Daffodil Delight flowers with the 1 3/4" Scallop Circle punch. Slit each of the scallops on all three flowers all the way around. The first flower should only have slits about 1/8" in, the 2nd one about 1/4" in and the third one about 3/8" in. Curl up these scallops to create a more 3D look and layer the three flowers with the 3/8" cuts on the top and the 1/8" slit cuts on the bottom. Add the Sweet Stitches Fabric brad in the center as shown and you’re done!
Sew Sweet Sweet Stitches Cards
The inspiration for all these cards came from various places and blogs around the net. So for all you creative folks out there, thanks so much for the inspiration! I changed things up in several ways on all these cards but wouldn’t have been able to do it without your cards as my jumping off point! This first one — I call it the Button Card–uses more Big Shot products. I absolutely love, love, love the Sweet Buttons Embosslit in the Occasions Mini and have used it several times for things. Here, on this card, it is kinda the focal point of the card with the Sew Suite buttons stamp in which I adhered some various colored/styles of buttons from the embosslit to this stamped buttons display card. CUTIE PATOOTIE!! I inserted this card into the Sweet Stitches Designer paper envelope I’d cut out with the Scallop Envelope die with the Big Shot. The other fun elements of this card was the ribbon spool that had been stamped on our Wood Sheets and cut out (thanks to a video on the Stampin’ Up! website for that idea–this darn video is what put me over the edge for this product line! ha ha ha!) and the measuring tape stamped in black onto Daffodil Delight card stock with a half of a 1/2" circle punched from our Brushed Silver card stock and a silver brad as the final awesome touch! The colorful background on the white card stock was wheeled with the In Stitches Jumbo wheel and a tricolor Jumbo cartridged filled with Melon Mambo, Tangerine Tango and Daffodil Delight! FABULOUS!
A more simpler card of the three was the card I called the "Dress Form" card. This is a popular image seen everywhere these days and was a very appropriate image for this stamp set. I’ve seen it used so many different ways. Here’s a couple of them off the top of my head:
I wanted a simpler card since the other two had a few extra steps and this card certainly fit the bill. After adhering the 2 x 5 1/4" piece of designer paper and the polka dot embosed Melon Mambo sheet to the Wild Wasabi card, we added more Melon Mambo Pom Pom ribbon. A black stamped dress form on white layered onto Wild Wasabi made this card come together very quickly. A pearl in the middle of the Itty Bitty Punch Pack’s mini scallop flower was just the right final touch!
Can you believe all of these awesome masterpieces were just a small part of our Scrapapalooza Spring Fling this weekend? Yes, there were THREE OTHER AWESOME PROJECTS and an 8×8 album, too! I bet you wish you could have signed up, huh? Might make you think twice the next time you see Scrapapalooza on the class line up, right? We had Sew MUCH FUN!! And here’s the thing, I haven’t even shared my favorite card from this ensemble yet: My favorite card from this Sweet Stitches Tote EnsembleThe final card from this ensemble, is what had us squealing. It’s the card I called the "Sewing Machine" card and the one that makes me think of my wonderful mom the most! (She happens to be sewing me up some new kitchen curtains right now and I can’t wait! You’re the best Mimi!)
There’s so many reasons why this card quickly became my favorite:
Yes, my favorite tool of all times came in to play with this card, too. First, with the Tulip Frame embossing folder on the Tempting Turquoise card and second with the largest oval on the Ovals Original die to create the white oval shape that the sewing machine is stamped on. I think the hardest thing on this whole card is stamping, coloring and CUTTING OUT that tomato pin cusion–ESPECIALLY the pins…..I heard some mutterings about that one during stamp camp let me tell ya! Adding all those adorable accessories mentioned above was the easy part but what I really think what made this card–along with the whole ensemble–was the two different background pieces from the cheery, colorful and FANTASTIC Sweet Stitches designer paper. So, the person who wasn’t going to even go anywhere NEAR this Oh Sew Suite, I’m ordering a SECOND PACK of this paper…I just gotta! Can’t you see my pinched up face of pain from the yanking my elbow’s getting behind my back? Ha! Ha! Ha! I mean–take a second look at this ensemble. Really? How can anyone resist?
Whew! Wow! Was this a BIG SHARE or what? Please show your appreciation with a post! That way I’ll know that I’ve more than made up for my month-long gap between postings? You forgive me, right? Besides–I wanna know if there are other people out there who have the same issues with lack of willpower that I do when it comes to this line of products! Misery loves company! hee hee! Ta-For-Now! |
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Last week I enjoyed the company of 14 Valentine Defined stamp set enthusiasts in my "Whole Shebang" class (they get the projects and the stamp set — thus, The Whole Shebang!" Ha!) . I thought I’d share a couple of projects each day over the next few days to celebrate our upcoming day of love on Monday!
The following card was inspired by a swap I received from my friend Linda Heller. In her sample, she had used the Love Impressions Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the current Occasions Mini catalog. I used Love Letter DSP from the 2010-2011 Idea Book & Catalog that I had on hand instead because I liked the romantic feel it gave this more playful stamp set.
While this card looks complicated, it’s really not. Here’s what you’ve gotta do:
PROJECT INSTRUCTIONS:
- Cut three 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" pieces of red card stock and score it down the middle (4 1/4 " side) at 2 1/8" .
- Cut four 2 x 5 3/8 pieces of different DSP designs. (Linda Heller’s card actually had six pieces. I chose to leave two of the 2 1/8 panels blank for the "back" of the card for writing a sentiment.) Attach the DSP pieces leaving about 1/8" borders of red showing on all four quadrants.
- Flatten all three DSP-covered sheets and stack them together on top of the Movers and Shapers die with the heart shape from the Punched Windows dies set centered on the die. Run it through the Big Shot all together so that when they are removed, all the hearts will line up.
- Glue two of the 5 1/2 x 4 1/4" DSP covered pieces together only at the 2 1/8" quadrants. Glue on the Linen Thread piece and the three tiny punched out red glitter paper hearts that had been folded in center and glued together with the thread in the center. Then glue on the last blank 5 1/2 x 4 1/4" piece to form the trifold stand card. Add the punched greeting and 1 3/8" white circle and 1 3/4 Scallop glitter punched circle flamingo elements to complete the card.
This next class project was also a hit. An adorable desktop Post-It Note holder that was a cinch to make! Everyone was surprised at how quick and easy it was! I got this idea in a Leadership swap last month from Carol Payne. It’s a great lil’ token for coworkers on Monday, don’t you think?
PROJECT INSTRUCTIONS:
- Cut two Basic Black card stock pieces 4 1/2 x 2 1/4 and 2 1/4 x 2 1/4.
- Fold the 4 1/2 x 2 1/4 in half to make it a 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 mini card. Fold one of the the 2 1/4 inch flaps in to the center line to create two 1 1/8 quadrants.
- Glue the 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 square to the top folded-in 1 1/8 quadrant you just folded in to the center.
- Glue on the 1 1/2 x 2 inch post it note to hold this flap in the shown angled position.
- Decorate the 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 square with a white small oval punched piece of card stock that had been stamped with the "Love" greeting and the red glittered heart. The original had used the Scalloped Heart of Hearts Embosslit but I wanted to expedite the class a bit so I gave them the Extra-Large Full Heart punch instead.
- A pretty Pearl Jewel addition to the center of the letter "O" in "Love" was a perfect touch to complete the project.
Hope this inspires some weekend fun for your Valentines. Happy crafting!
Sorry it’s been a bit since I’ve shared. My life’s been crazy since returning from Nashville. We’re now dealing with the aftermath of a plumbing leak that is taking forever to get processed through the insurance. We’ve hired the contractor to do the repair work today so we’re hoping the work will begin soon. Of course, this means that my house will be topsy turvey for awhile as they complete the repairs. After all, I came home to a jackhammered dining room floor so they’re going to have to replace our laminate flooring, fill the hole and paint three rooms. It’s been time for a change after living 20 years with the same 90s pastel color scheme so I’m thrilled that we’re getting an update. Just isn’t on the timetable I would have chosen! 
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Anyway, I thought I’d share a recent funny "outside-the-box" idea I came up with the Sweet Summer Sale-A-Bration stamp set. If you’ve been living under a rock for the last month or so, you need to RUN–not walk–to the phone and call me so that I can tell you all about this incredible special! If you’ve come to my classes — or know me at all — you know that I can be a real goof ball. So consider this a fair enough warning for what is about to come…..
So here’s the card:
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Cute huh? Well, my customers have been asking me about where this little girlie stamp is in the catalog! Ha! Little did they know that they were in for a little surprise! Let me tell you how this idea came about.
The Sale-A-Bration brochure was lying on my stamp table upside down as above. And I took a look at the flower above the lone leaf and stamped two bouquets as follows:
In between them, I stamped the other mentioned flower, but then turned the paper upside down and drew two lines to each side of the single flower to connect to the two bouquets…as shown here:
Add a cute little smilie, like here:
And WAAA LAAAA!! The cute little girlie was born!
Of course, I thought to myself, "I wonder what it would look like if I used the leaf as lips for my girlie.
Angelina Jolie??? Ha ha ha!! Not so much! It was worth a shot! How else are cutie discoveries going to be made? I even tried:
What? A little over the top? You think? ha ha ha! I warned ya! BWAA HAAA HAAA HAAA!!
Have a stampingly wonderful day!
Happy New Year from Nashville, TN!! I’m here for Stampin’ Up!’s Leadership Training and the first day was a blast. There’s nothing better to clear your head than time away with some girlfriends and let down your hair and laugh. If yesterday is an indication of what is in store for the next few days, the laugh lines on my face are going to get a serious work out!
After a pleasant flight from Tampa on an underbooked flight where I had a whole row to myself, I hooked up with my friend and roomate, Amy Celona, and spent the afternoon relaxing and chatting with other new and old stampin’ friends. Last night, we went out on the town and enjoyed dinner and line dancing downtown at Wild Horse Saloon.
I just want to say thanks to my pals back home who got me so organized and ahead of the game with my swaps for this week, I was able to go out and enjoy myself last night. For this, I will be eternally grateful. Cathy Friday and Retha Haddock, my awesome assistants who make me look so good even when I screw up, and my dedicated downline, Marsha Craig and Cheryl Sanz, you are lifesavers! Your friendships mean the world to me so I wanted you know how much I appreciate you!
We’re taking it easy this morning, getting organized and I thought I would post one of my wow swaps I’ll be trading in a private swap later this week. Isn’t it GORGEOUS?!!
This one was designed with the Petal Cone die. Here’s how I did it:
1. Instead of keeping it 3D, I took one of the cut outs and cut it in half and adhered it so it would become a middle fold card.
2. I then ran the Petal Cone Pink Pirouette pieces through the Vintage Wallpaper Embossing folder.
3. I decorated it with our exclusive Scalloped Heart of Hearts Embosslit with Pink Pirouette and Whisper White card stock and the Floral Fusion Sizzlit in Pink Pirouette.
4. For just the right final focal point touch, I added an Itty Bitty Punch Pack floral piece in Regal Rose topped with one of our self-stick pearl accents in the middle of the layered flowers.
5. The greeting was stamped in Regal Rose on a slim banner piece that was a part of the Petal Cone die.
It is one of my favorite cards I’ve done in a while! (Well at least until I post my next one that I like almost as well! ha ha ha!)
Tonight, we are off to enjoy a "SURPRISE" Managers Reception event. I’m looking forward to some more fun, even though it is snowing and very, very cold here right now! I can’t wait to get back to the warmth of Florida and share all the wonderful ideas and fun. I’ll try to post more while I’m here so stay tuned!
The week before Thanksgiving, I always have a 3-day event for all my customers to come over and make various gifts. This is my lazy alternative to joining a craft fair! Come up with the creative ideas and have someone else do the work! Ha ha! No seriously, everyone LOVES this and look forward to it.
Usually I have about 10 projects to choose from, advertise the projects and everyone signs up for which projects they want and what day they will attend. I have their personalized kits ready for them when they come at their designated day and they pay according to project and how many of each they want. Project prices range from $5 to $15 and the most popular are between $5-$8.
One of the projects I came up with is this adorable $10 Snowman Bath Salts Jar:
Isn’t this lil’ fellow just the cutest?!!! He was quite easy to do, too. Bath salts can be bought very inexpensively by the box or you can get a huge bag of Epsom Salts from Wally World for cheap — which is what I used here because it was white. DUH!! ) Here’s the supplies list and step-by-step:
Snowman Bath Salts Mason Jar
- Mason Jar
- 3" Styrofoam Ball
- 1 small cork
- Epsom salts or Bath salts
- Googley Eyes
- Basic Black card stock
- Black Waffle paper (optional)
- Real Red 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon
- 1 small designer button (I used the olive flower one from the Stampin’ Up! Brights collection)
- 2 1/2 inch circle punch
- 1 3/4 inch circle punch
- Candy Cane Christmas Designer Fabrick
- Big Shot Fabric adhesive roll
- Heat gun
- Hemp twine
- Big Designer button (I used Real Red)
1. Cut a piece of 2 x 28 (approx) of the Candy Cane Christmas Designer fabric for the scarf and iron it onto a same sized Big Shot Fabric adhesive roll iron-on sheet. Remove liner sheet from cut adhesive piece. (If you’ll be doing several of these bath salts jars, just iron on the fabric adhesive to the fabric and then cut.)
2. Wrap this fabric around the top and bottom of the canning jar ring and heat with the heat gun to activate the adhesive and get it to stick to the ring. Fold the rest of the hanging "scarf" tails in half and heat to glue the two pieces together for each side of the scarf. Trim the bottom of each side to create fringe. Insert the middle part of the white side of the jar lid under the lid after the fabric is adhered.
3. Cut off about an inch off the bottom of a 3" styrofoam ball and glue to the center of the lid. DO THIS AFTER THE RING AND CIRCLE CENTER ARE TOGETHER AGAIN. Otherwise the ball won’t fit through the lid to insert the middle back in to complete the lid. (Ha ha ha…I learned this the hard way!)
4. Add googley eyes and a mini cork for the nose. (I inserted a needle in the cork, applied some spray adhesive and then dipped it in orange glitter to create the nose. By holding the cork by the needle and then dipping it into the glitter, you’ll be able to avoid any finger contact with glitter). Sharpie pen polka dots on the drawn on the styrofoam ball completed his cute face!
5. To create the hat, roll up a 1 1/2 by 7" piece of black card stock and glue to create a tube. I covered this tube with black waffle paper before rolling it up. For the hat top and bottom. Cover a quarter sheet of black card stock with black waffle paper and glue. Punch out a 1 3/4" circle for the top and a 2 1/2" circle for the bottom and glue to the tube with crystal effects.(or you can also punch out the circles and cut the 1 1/2 by 7" piece of card stock without the waffle paper, tape the pieces together with scotch tape and then cover the hat with the waffle paper to cover up the tape and help sturdy up the hat assembly.) Decorate with ribbon and a button. Glue the hat to the styrofoam head and then glue the head to the center of the canning jar lid.
6. Fill canning jar with bath salts/epsom salts and top it off by screwing on the styrofoam snowman head lid. It may take a little elbow grease as you are screwing on a thicker lid that has been covered with fabric.
WA LA!! An irresistable little jar of relaxation ready to give away! What a cure for the winter blues!
Ever since the Holiday Mini catalog came out, the Bells & Boughs stamp set and coordinating Deck the Halls Designer Paper has been my favorite! I still haven’t played with it enough to get bored with it and there’s not much time left…aaaccckkk!!! tHEN, they added it to the incredible Handmade Holiday special as a Vintage Christmas Card bundle for only $23.92 for wood and $19.92 for Clear, I was thrilled! So, I’ve been sharing different projects ever since. I already shared one of my favorite cards here , but wanted you to see three of the other popular projects I’ve created with this elegant ensemble:
BIRDHOUSE VOTIVE HOLDER
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This pretty lil’ beauty is a battery operated votive holder birdhouse made with the Big Shot milk carton die. Isn’t it the cutest? This project can be as easy or as intricate as you’d like and everyone has LOVED IT! My wonderful assistant, Retha, showed me a version she had made last year after seeing it somewhere so I had her over one day and had her make another using some current supplies:
- Very Vanilla Card Stock
- Cherry Cobbler Card Stock
- Always Artichoke Card Stock
- Old Olive scraps (for branches)
- Real Red, Basic Black & Daffodil Delight scraps (for bird)
- Big Shot Milk Carton die
- 1 inch Circle punch (punch the hole on the flap side of the die so it will face the right way)
- Gold Waffle paper
- 3/8" Real Red Taffeta ribbon
- Cherry Cobbler ribbon
- Vintage Brads
- XL 2-Step Bird Punch
- Deck the Halls Designer Series Paper
- Scallop Edge Border punch
- Pinking Hearts Border punch
- Big Buttons
- White Gel pen
- Hemp
ELEGANT HOLIDAY SOAP ENSEMBLE
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Here’s another fun and easy little gift you could proudly pass on to one of your holiday hostesses. I purchased the holiday soaps two years ago at 10 cents each (90% off the dollar bin price– woo hoo!) at a local craft store. I put two of them together, wrapped them with our elegant gold waffle paper (I love this stuff!) and added the beautiful gold embossed poinsettia focal point encircled in that gorgeous gold glass glitter. I have learned a long time ago that packaging is what makes any gifty project so a nice piece of white satin organza ribbon and clear tinsel trim added just the right elegant touch to this project. Here’s the materials list:
- Bells and Boughs stamp set
- Gold embossing powder
- Versamark pad
- Scallop Oval punch
- Large Oval punch
- 1 3/4" Circle punch
- Scallop Border punch
- Gold Waffle Paper
- Gold Glass Glitter
- White Organza Ribbon
- Clear Tinsel trim
- Pearls
- Rose Red marker
- Always Artichoke marker
EMBOSSED IVY CANDLE & COORDINATING BOX
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- Vintage Christmas Card Bundle
- XL Scallop Punch
- Stazon Black ink
- Artichoke marker
- Real Red marker
- Real Red Satin ribbon
- Clear Tinsel trim
- White 3" Candle
- Box
ABC BUNDLED DEALS END DECEMBER 15!
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Vintage Christmas Card Bundle Bells & Boughs Set
Deck the Halls Designer Series Paper
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Vintage Christmas Card Bundle (Spanish)
Tradiciones Navideñas Set Deck the Halls Designer Series Paper
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Contempo Christmas Card Bundle
Contempo Christmas Set Jolly Holiday Designer Series Paper
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124071
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Contempo Christmas Card Bundle (French)
Noël contemporain Set Jolly Holiday Designer Series Paper
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Tags til Christmas Bundle 1
Tags til Christmas Set
Decorative Label Punch
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$38.32
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$31.92
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Tags til Christmas Bundle 1 (Spanish)
Mensajes Navideños Set Decorative Label Punch
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Tags til Christmas Bundle 1 (French)
En attendant Noël Set Decorative Label Punch
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Gift Packaging Bundle Gift Set Mini Lunch Sacks
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Simply Adorned Gift Bundle
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Oh my Gosh! This technique is so beautiful and so easy. Wait until you see! I’d taught it several years ago and ran across an old card that used it while cleaning up my garage this past weekend and thought it was time to bring it back again!
Faux Mother of Pearl and the Angelic Joy stamp set ended up being a perfect combination. I will confess that I wasn’t totally sold on the Angelic Joy stamp set (available for a limited time in our Holiday Mini catalog) until I read the greetings and realized that it could be used for a Holiday card and a SYMPATHY card!
Here’s the greeting in the stamp set that got me: "Angels are that unseen presence, watching over us through joy or grief and whispering to our hearts of God’s love." You can check it out by clicking on the Holiday Mini catalog shown in the right-hand sidebar.
Doesn’t it just take your breath away? If you look real close, you might be able to see how I also painted the angel wings and the dove she is holding with the Shimmer Paint,. Ooo La La! The Faux Mother of Pearl technique uses the White Shimmer paint on Glossy card stock:
Faux Mother of Pearl Technique:
1) Scrunch up a piece of plastic wrap and dip it into a little Shimmer Paint that is in the cap of your jar.
2) Tap the Shimmer Paint coated plastic wrap all over a 4 x 5 1/4" piece of glossy card stock and let dry. A little paint goes a long way!
3) Once the paint is dry (should only take a couple minutes), sponge a light colored ink sparsely around the shimmer painted glossy card stock to give it a touch of color.
Wa la! You’ve got Faux Mother of Pearl. Here’s a close up of the piece I did and then ran through the Northern Flurry Textured Embossing folder to deboss it:
Can you see all the shimmer?
This is one of my very favorite cards I’ve done in a long time!
Here’s what was used:
Stamp set:
Angelic Joy Wood (120849) $16.95 Clear (121172) $12.95
Card Stock:
Whisper White (100730) $8.50
Bashful Blue (105120) $6.95
Ink:
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Bashful Blue Classic Ink pad (105209) $5.95
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Basic Gray Classic Ink pad (109120) $5.95
Accessories:
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Metallic Silver Waffle paper (120984) $9.95 (comes with 2 rolls - silver and gold)
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Northern Flurry Textured Impressions Embossing Folder (120902) $7.95
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White Shimmer paint (116854) $5.95
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Glimmer Basic brads (Silver was used) (121003) $4.95
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Northern Frost Decorative Strip die (120901) $21.95
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Bashful Blue marker (105111) $3.50
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So Saffron marker (105114) $3.50
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Ticket Corner punch (119867) $6.95
Thanks to my new friend Karina for showing me how to do a video, you’ll now be treated to some video tutorials now and again! Karina and I laughed our hineys off creating this video! Hey, it may not be perfect but at least we can laugh at ourselves along the way. Hopefully, you’ll put up with me while I master this new technology.
So without further introduction, here’s my goofy self attempting to teach you how to do this cutie patootie card I showed in a previous post. Click here and enjoy my Coconut Cocktail Card Video Tutorial !!
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Products Used:
119976 Stampin’ Up! Square Lattice Textured Embossing Folder (an exclusive) $7.95
118871 Stampin’ Up! Island Floral Sizzix Die (an exclusive) $21.95
118309 Itty Bitty Shapes punch bundle (3 punches to coordinate with Bitty buttons & Itty Bitty Bits stamp set) $16.95
117173 Island Oasis Designer paper $9.95
TOTAL $56.80
Purchase this bundle from me and I’ll send you the pattern to this card along with a half a pack of Bitty Buttons to go with your punch bundle!
Click here to order the Coconut Cocktail Card product bundle!
Click here for a preview video of other products in our new Summer Mini catalog!
Or just call or e-mail me and I’ll place your order! And, please ask me to send you a Summer Mini catalog if you didn’t receive one in the mail from me already!
Have a fabulous day!
Ahhh…Finished my last Eggscellent Eggs Eggcoutrements class today — so much fun! Now, I can finally post the step-by-step instructions for the Easter Egg Basket I’d posted here.
Step 1:
Cut out two Milk Cartons from the Big Shot with the Milk Carton die.
Step 2:
Cut the tops of the milk cartons above the score line as shown.
Step 3:
Cut off one of the end bottom flaps of ONE of the boxes.
Cut off one of the skinny side flaps on ONE of the boxes.
Step 5
Apply Sticky Strip piece to the 2nd box’s skinny slide flap.
Step 6:
Apply two Sticky Strip pieces to the box that you didn’t cut a bottom flap off.
Step 7:
Overlap the box with no bottom flap on the box in which you applied the two sticky strip pieces to create one long complete piece.
Step 8:
Bring the one end of the connected boxes around to meet the other skinny flap end to adhere to the applied Sticky Strip
Step 9:
Fold down every other flap on the bottom of the basket until you have two left next to each other as shown and adhere the flaps so they’ll lie flat.
Step 10:
Glue the remaining flaps down to complete the bottom. Wa..la! A Complete basket bottom. Add a 1" x 8 1/2" strip of card stoc, to each side of the basket to create the handle and you’re done!
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Here’s my orginally created one. Here I ran the cut out milk carton dies through the Big Shot Texture plate and burnished it with ink. Decorate as desired!
That’s it…easy, right? Thanks for stopping by! I’d love to see what your basket turns out like! Be sure to share! Have a wonderful day!
When I was approached by my SAM to make some samples with the Sale-A-Bration Welcome Neighbors Designer paper, one of the projects was this cute little hand bag I’d swapped at Leadership Training in a Valentine’s Swap. I, of course, changed the paper so it wouldn’t look Valentine-ish and it was still so cute. So, when the samples were sent out with the SAM reports, I was sent several requests on how I did them. Hopefully, this visual tutorial will help support the typed ones I sent out to my fabulous stampin’ buddies who requested directions:
Project Supplies:
- Big Shot
- Two Tags die – To cut out two large tags
- Melon Mambo Classic ink
- Melon Mambo Polka Dot ribbon
- Welcome Neighbor Sale-A-Bration Designer paper
- Eggcoutrements Stamp set
- 1" Circle punch (ended up not using the Tag punch)
- Pretty In Pink Epoxy or Corduroy Brads
- Tiny Tags stamp set
- Tiny Tags punch
Step 1: Apply SNAIL adhesive below the score line of one of the large tags you cut out of your Big Shot.
Step 2: Place the 2nd tag over the adhesive area of the first tag so that the scored areas overlap as shown.
Step 3: Take a 1 x 6 " piece of coordinating Welcome Neighbor Designer paper and feed it through the open slit that’s just below the curved top of the tag.
Step 4: Slide the 1 x 6" piece of paper through the second slit on the other tag and tighten to form a tent shape with the two tags as shown below:
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Step 5: Wrap the 1 x 6" piece around the purse and glue to the bottom. This is what holds the purse together in its "tent" shape.
Step 6: Out of a scrap sheet of card stock, punch out a small oval with the Small Oval punch. Place the Wide Oval punch over the small punch opening and punch to create an oval donut as shown.
Step 7: Snip off the bottom part of the donut as shown to form the handle of the mini hand bag.
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Step 8: Apply a glue dot to each end of the "handle" and insert it between where the two tags meet at the top of the "tent" then pinch so that it glues shut.
Step 9: Apply a Pretty in Pink Corduroy Brad through both holes of the purse through to the other side and close the brad.
Step 10: Stamp the bunny image from the Eggcoutrements stamp set in Melon Mambo on Whisper White card stock. Punch out the bunny circle with the 1" circle punch and add a Stampin’ Dimensional to the back. Glue the circle to hide the prongs from the corduroy brad.
Step 11: Stamp the friends greeting and dotted tag image from the Tiny Tags stamp set in Melon Mambo and punch out with the Tiny Tag punch as shown.
Step 12: Punch a hole in the stamped tag with the 1/16" hole punch and thread with our linent thread and tie around the purse handles. Add a piece of Melon Mambo Polka Dot ribbon with a glue dot to complete the project!
WA LA–You’re done! Cute as a button! Hope you enjoyed this Mini Two Tags Hand Bag tutorial! Go stamp some for yourself to see how easy they are. HINT: You can fold down the rounded tops to create a different look that shows the opposite side of the Designer paper. See red bag in the first photo again. Can’t wait to see what you come up with so don’t forget to come back and share!
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