This is where I come when I leave the dishes in the sink and show off my creative side! Most of my projects will feature Stampin' Up! products, and I'm sure I'll be sharing about family life...
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Calendar Project, Day 3
Today's calendar panel is Summer! The leaves are still stamped in Old Olive, but a few are stamped and cut out, and layered with Stampin' Dimensionals. Then the sun flowers are stamped in Daffodil Delight, with a few also cut and layered. The brown centers are touched with the Early Espresso Stampin' Write Marker, and the stems are hand-drawn using the paint-brush side of the Old Olive marker. Don't you wish it were summer now? The weather's been a little yucky!
Friday, December 30, 2011
Calendar Project, Side 2
Today's panel for our calendar project features a spring scene with Season of Friendship. The winter panel had the snowflakes stamped all over, and today's panel has leaves stamped in Old Olive, and then flowers stamped in Rich Razzleberry. A few of the flowers are stamped and cut out, and so are the birds. This adds to the time factor, but makes a big difference in how it looks in the end!
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Calendar Project!
This calendar is a gift that I received from Monika Davis, when we were at Leadership convention, last year in Nashville, TN. I first met Monika at National Convention in Salt Lake City, 2010. She needed a roommate to convention, and sent out an email within a group that we are both in, and so I answered, saying that I had always wanted to attend a convention. So we met then, and hit it off, and have tried to room together when we are both attending the same conventions.
It is tradition to have a little gift for your roommates, and this is what she gave us. It is a calendar that has 4 sides to it. I will show you the other sides over the next few days. This would be a great class project right now! It features Season of Friendship stamp set.
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
When in Doubt, Give Jewelry!
Sorry about the reflections, but these Simply Adorned Charms are even more beautiful in person! The Dasher stamp fits beautifully on the larger, 2 12 X 1 1/4 charm, This fella is stamped in Early Espresso, then sponged all around. The merry is from Tiny Tags, and punched out with the Jewelry Tag Punch, and also sponged. A small scrap of Early Espresso 1/8" ribbon, and a bit of Linen Thread, finishes this off nicely.
The charm on the right is 1 X 1 1/2, and features the key from Vintage Vogue (I think...I'm away, and don't have a catalog, and am being lazy enough to not want to download it from the website!) It is stamped in Crumb Cake, and then cut out. It is layered over the other stamps, stamped off to make them lighter... To give it a little shimmer, I coated the key in Smooch, but it doesn't show up well in the picture... a little scrap of vintage lace ribbon, tied with Linen Thread, and you have a lovely charm to wear with just about anything!
The charm on the right is 1 X 1 1/2, and features the key from Vintage Vogue (I think...I'm away, and don't have a catalog, and am being lazy enough to not want to download it from the website!) It is stamped in Crumb Cake, and then cut out. It is layered over the other stamps, stamped off to make them lighter... To give it a little shimmer, I coated the key in Smooch, but it doesn't show up well in the picture... a little scrap of vintage lace ribbon, tied with Linen Thread, and you have a lovely charm to wear with just about anything!
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Wedding Invitations
I created the diamond/squares on My Digital Studio. I could offset the letters 45 degrees, so that I could cut the paper into perfect squares, and got these perfect diamonds. I could fit at least 12 on a page.
The invitation is a folder, held closed with a belly band. We took a blank sheet of Basic Black cardstock, stamped it all over with Serene Snowflakes, then wrapped it around the invitation. Add your initialed square, and you've got simplicity and elegance! The rhinestones added just the right touch of sparkle. They were all a little different, with the sparkles landing on a snowflake somewhere along the border.
Sunday, December 25, 2011
Christmas Scrapbook in a Box
I hope you are having a wonderful day with your family. Today my family is traveling to our parents' homes, on our way to a marathon of gift-exchanging, eating, and fun! A few years ago, after going to our 4th home on Christmas day, we learned that our kids couldn't last that long. So we started asking Santa to visit a day early...now my family exchanges gifts Christmas Eve morning, and the kids have all day to play with their new toys without having to put them away to travel for hours to do it all over again. It has worked well for us over the years.
boxes of my own, but haven't finished putting pictures into it yet....I'd better finish it soon or
Saturday, December 24, 2011
Christmas Collage Revisted
This card is gorgeous, isn't it? I can't take the credit; my downline, Christine Egal, made this. I received it last year. This was a card she taught at her monthly card class. Featuring the Christmas Collage, and Bells & Boughs, it has so much detail! This is one of those cards you might make 4-6 of, but not 46 of! I hope you have a very Merry Christmas! Perhaps I'll post some of the beautiful hand-made cards I've received from my stamping friends...but I'd better get permission first!
Friday, December 23, 2011
Snow Much Fun!
This card is one full sheet of Whisper White, folded in a tri-fold. Stamp the images from Snow Much Fun, then stamp your snowflakes and add some sponging. The curly label punch allows you to peak a little at the next layer! These images were colored with Stampin' Write Markers. Super cute!
Thursday, December 22, 2011
More Christmas cards, thanks Jennifer!
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Colored Christmas Cards!
Friday, December 16, 2011
Simple vs Fussy!
Thursday, December 15, 2011
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Modern Heard from the Heart
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
2011 Lebanon Holiday Parade
Jesse after the parade, wanting to go home, but a cup of cocoa and candy cane cheered her up nicely!
Jolliest Time of the Year, Santa
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Dasher
I love the Dasher single stamp, don't you? For this card, I tried something a little different, called the Stained Glass technique. Once I start doing tutorials, I'll photo this one. It is very simple... You start with saving your scraps of rubber from stamps that you purchase. Cut them into small shapes and put them onto a block. I had my hubby make me a few, but you could use an acrylic block, or recycle something firm (like an old book?) to stick those scraps onto. They have to be pretty close to each other, so you don't have big gaps. Stamp your image first (Dasher here) then ink your scraps background stamp with Versa Mark ink. Stamp over the image, sprinkle with Clear Embossing Powder, and heat emboss. SCRUB your image with a sponge with dark ink (Early Espresso used here). Wipe with tissue, and you have this!
This card is great for mass producing. The bottom red panel can be DSP, or in this case I added a little texture by running it through the Big Shot with Textured Embossing Plate. The above card also has been run through a Textured Embossing Plate. a strip of ribbon, accented with a brad, and you have a simple, elegant card!
This is also great if you are just starting with stamping, and don't have a ton of supplies. One stamp, one ink color, and 3 card stocks... (and a pack of brads) Very budget friendly!
This card is great for mass producing. The bottom red panel can be DSP, or in this case I added a little texture by running it through the Big Shot with Textured Embossing Plate. The above card also has been run through a Textured Embossing Plate. a strip of ribbon, accented with a brad, and you have a simple, elegant card!
This is also great if you are just starting with stamping, and don't have a ton of supplies. One stamp, one ink color, and 3 card stocks... (and a pack of brads) Very budget friendly!
Monday, December 12, 2011
Christmas Collage
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Silver Serene Snowflakes
Who doesn't love Silver Snowflakes? This was another card from last year's class, and was one of my favorites!
Do you know how to make a paper frame? I will have to show you how, but I don't have pictures of one just yet...but it is a great way to add layers, without using too much paper (it keeps your card from getting too heavy, but does add a little time)
This card base is Night of Navy, and so is the Satin Ribbon. The white is our gorgeous Shimmer White cardstock, and has a beautiful subtle sparkle to it. Well worth the money, but also worth conserving!
To make the snowflake background, I used our Shimmer Paints (Platinum). I sponged the paint onto the stamps then stamped the background, leaving the bottom right corner blank for the greeting. The inside panel with the layered snowflake was where the frame idea comes in. I first stamped the largest snowflake (Serene Snowflakes stamp set) onto a square of Shimmer White cs. I then punched out the center of the snowflake with the 1 1/4" square punch. For the Night of Navy layers, I punched a 1 3/8" square. This gives you enough to cover the hole in the shimmer white layer...
Simple and elegant, this would be beautiful in deep purple (like Concord Crush), black or gray...
Do you know how to make a paper frame? I will have to show you how, but I don't have pictures of one just yet...but it is a great way to add layers, without using too much paper (it keeps your card from getting too heavy, but does add a little time)
This card base is Night of Navy, and so is the Satin Ribbon. The white is our gorgeous Shimmer White cardstock, and has a beautiful subtle sparkle to it. Well worth the money, but also worth conserving!
To make the snowflake background, I used our Shimmer Paints (Platinum). I sponged the paint onto the stamps then stamped the background, leaving the bottom right corner blank for the greeting. The inside panel with the layered snowflake was where the frame idea comes in. I first stamped the largest snowflake (Serene Snowflakes stamp set) onto a square of Shimmer White cs. I then punched out the center of the snowflake with the 1 1/4" square punch. For the Night of Navy layers, I punched a 1 3/8" square. This gives you enough to cover the hole in the shimmer white layer...
Simple and elegant, this would be beautiful in deep purple (like Concord Crush), black or gray...
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Season's Greetings
This card looks so simple! But it took a while to make...
Start by stamping Season's Greeting on the Certainly Celery panel. Then, draw your lines using a ruler and your Old Olive Stampin' Write marker. Run that panel through the Big Shot, with the squares Embossing Plate.
To make the actual ornaments, stamp a snowflake onto a Real Red scrap of cardstock, punch with the 1" Circle Punch. The Merry Christmas is stamped onto Certainly Celery with Old Olive, then punched with the 3/4" Circle Punch. The dec.25 is stamped with Real Red, punched with the Small Oval punch, hole punched and then a little Baker's Twine goes up and is taped onto the back of the Celery panel. The other oval I believe is stamped onto Always Artichoke.
The joy piece was stamped with Baja Breeze ink, then punched with the Ornament Punch. After that, I pressed it into a Versa Mark pad...then sprinkled Irridescent Ice Embossing Powder all over it, then heated with the Embossing Tool. The sparkle doesn't show up well, but in real life, it added a nice touch of glitz!
All of this gets layered onto an Old Olive card base. This was one of the cards I offered last year during a Christmas Card class. I got the idea from Stampin' Success, a magazine that all Stampin' Up! demonstrators receive each month. It is usually filled with project ideas, and I often start by using an idea that I see....but this time I pretty much copied the card directly.
Start by stamping Season's Greeting on the Certainly Celery panel. Then, draw your lines using a ruler and your Old Olive Stampin' Write marker. Run that panel through the Big Shot, with the squares Embossing Plate.
To make the actual ornaments, stamp a snowflake onto a Real Red scrap of cardstock, punch with the 1" Circle Punch. The Merry Christmas is stamped onto Certainly Celery with Old Olive, then punched with the 3/4" Circle Punch. The dec.25 is stamped with Real Red, punched with the Small Oval punch, hole punched and then a little Baker's Twine goes up and is taped onto the back of the Celery panel. The other oval I believe is stamped onto Always Artichoke.
The joy piece was stamped with Baja Breeze ink, then punched with the Ornament Punch. After that, I pressed it into a Versa Mark pad...then sprinkled Irridescent Ice Embossing Powder all over it, then heated with the Embossing Tool. The sparkle doesn't show up well, but in real life, it added a nice touch of glitz!
All of this gets layered onto an Old Olive card base. This was one of the cards I offered last year during a Christmas Card class. I got the idea from Stampin' Success, a magazine that all Stampin' Up! demonstrators receive each month. It is usually filled with project ideas, and I often start by using an idea that I see....but this time I pretty much copied the card directly.
Monday, December 5, 2011
Elf Shoes!
I love to be funny and mean at the same time to all of my brothers and brothers-in-law, don't you? So this is the card that I sent them last year! If you take the Top Note die, and cut it into 4 sections, you can get 2 pair of shoes from each Top Note. After cutting, you then need the curves along the top. To make this as easy as possible, I used the Large Oval Punch, the long side to cut near the toe, and the smaller curve for the heel. I don't have a note as to where I found this, but it is not my original design. The stamp, even the NAUGHTY deserve something NICE was colored with Garden Green and Real Red markers. The glittery socks are simply strips of DSP! Glitter was already on them! So fun!
Sunday, December 4, 2011
Santa Card
This card was just plain fun to make! It is pretty simple, with the texture folders adding the extra finishing touches. Those buttons are PAPER! I made them using the buttons embossing sizzlet. It makes 6 buttons at once, and that makes it go fast... This is one of the largest buttons, so if you use one of the smaller buttons, you can use 3. The buckle is my favorite part, punched out of our new Glimmer Paper. First, punch a 1" square, then line it up and punch with the Curly Label punch. To make that straight piece (called the prong), just cut a little strip from the left-over squares. Easy and fun!
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Christmas card picture...
I can't believe it has been 2 weeks since I've posted! I was feeling like I was getting into a routine, but with Thanksgiving, traveling home (and not taking my computer with me), and visiting with family, I got out of rhythm. We'll see if I can keep up with Christmas projects these next few weeks.
I am sending out all of the different cards I had posted, and have others to post as well, but I ususally try to put a photo in the envelopes for those that don't see us often. With the move, I didn't get us in to a photography studio for family pictures, and I'm sorry, but not too many people want the single shots of each of my 4's school pics, so this year I decided to do something a little different.
This summer, before the move, and while Jason was between projects at work, we took a 24 day trip out west, making it to California, and then back. It was a great learning experience, and we saw a lot of great American landmarks! So this year, I crammed just a few of our favorite pictures from the trip, with only a few of the sights we saw, onto a 4X6 photo. I used My Digital Studio to resize and crop the photos, and then layered them up. I'm sure I could have made it look nicer, but I wanted to get as many photos in as possible, so I gave up form for function. I hope I don't have to trim them much, but I will have to fit them into my 4 1/2 X 5 3/4 envelopes! Oh well....
My cards are done, addressed, the letter is written...all I have left is to pick up the pictures (once they come in) and then print out a mailing label for each person. Since we move so much (this was address #10 for us this time!) I decided to print a label for each person getting a card, just in case anyone used pen in their address book. :)
Update: If you receive a card from me, you may notice that it appears we went to DLANDS ational park....and Jake might be missing an elbow or hand...I am learning on MDS, and there is a "bleed are" where your project may be cropped a little for printing... well, my pictures came out fine, but Mikayla was right on the edge on the right side, so I had to trim the left side to fit it into the envelope.... but no matter! I just hope Jake, already with a case of middle child syndrome, doesn't read anything into it. :)
I am sending out all of the different cards I had posted, and have others to post as well, but I ususally try to put a photo in the envelopes for those that don't see us often. With the move, I didn't get us in to a photography studio for family pictures, and I'm sorry, but not too many people want the single shots of each of my 4's school pics, so this year I decided to do something a little different.
This summer, before the move, and while Jason was between projects at work, we took a 24 day trip out west, making it to California, and then back. It was a great learning experience, and we saw a lot of great American landmarks! So this year, I crammed just a few of our favorite pictures from the trip, with only a few of the sights we saw, onto a 4X6 photo. I used My Digital Studio to resize and crop the photos, and then layered them up. I'm sure I could have made it look nicer, but I wanted to get as many photos in as possible, so I gave up form for function. I hope I don't have to trim them much, but I will have to fit them into my 4 1/2 X 5 3/4 envelopes! Oh well....
My cards are done, addressed, the letter is written...all I have left is to pick up the pictures (once they come in) and then print out a mailing label for each person. Since we move so much (this was address #10 for us this time!) I decided to print a label for each person getting a card, just in case anyone used pen in their address book. :)
Update: If you receive a card from me, you may notice that it appears we went to DLANDS ational park....and Jake might be missing an elbow or hand...I am learning on MDS, and there is a "bleed are" where your project may be cropped a little for printing... well, my pictures came out fine, but Mikayla was right on the edge on the right side, so I had to trim the left side to fit it into the envelope.... but no matter! I just hope Jake, already with a case of middle child syndrome, doesn't read anything into it. :)
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Online Extravaganza begins Monday!
Starting tomorrow, at 2:00 a.m., you will be able to order from my website, some very great deals! But it is hush-hush for now; even I don't know what the deals will be. All I know is that there will be some cool things at special prices!
Online Extravaganza, Stampin' Up!'s annual sale to kick off the holiday shopping season, will begin Monday, November 21, 2011, and run through Wednesday, November 30, 2011. While this promotion is perfect for online orders during an especially busy time of year, sale prices will be available on all order types. You can email me your Customer Order (beclambie@gmail.com), or call me; I'd love to chat!
Log in to my Online Store* on Monday, November 21, to take advantage of great savings, like FREE digital downloads valued at $40 when you buy My Digital Studio Express, 60 percent off select Designer Fabrics, and 30 percent off an exclusive ribbon bundle! I'll be ordering! Will you?
Online Extravaganza, Stampin' Up!'s annual sale to kick off the holiday shopping season, will begin Monday, November 21, 2011, and run through Wednesday, November 30, 2011. While this promotion is perfect for online orders during an especially busy time of year, sale prices will be available on all order types. You can email me your Customer Order (beclambie@gmail.com), or call me; I'd love to chat!
Log in to my Online Store* on Monday, November 21, to take advantage of great savings, like FREE digital downloads valued at $40 when you buy My Digital Studio Express, 60 percent off select Designer Fabrics, and 30 percent off an exclusive ribbon bundle! I'll be ordering! Will you?
The Sounding Joy cards
So far I have featured an elegant card and a whimsical card, so now it is time for a religious card. I love giving cards at Christmas that truly celebrate the reason for this joyous holiday. God sent his son, his most precious, beloved son, to earth, knowing full-well the end result. That Jesus would die a cruel death in order to save humanity from our self-destructive path.
With our recent move, I had been trying to buy less stamps, and sell off as many retired items as I could. But when I saw this stamp set in the Holiday Mini catalog, I just could not resist. I am not a big fan of line art for Christmas; the thought of coloring 100 cards is just too much! This card, with the layering of the stamp images, is unique and beautiful. I don't think I've had a stamp set layer quite like this one before... So I made a little room for this set in my already large collection...
The colors are: Very Vanilla for the 3 1/2 X 2 3/4" panel you will be stamping on - Sahara Sand for the card base, punched doilies, punched scallop edge borders and ink for the star - Cherry Cobbler for the ink, and the fabric piece...the fabric strip is from the Deck the Halls Designer Fabric trio. I just snipped a little at the edge, and then tore it down the length of the fabric. It tears straight and clean! Just cut it into 4+" lengths, and tape the edges to the DSP. For the Baja Breeze piece, I cut a 4 X 3 1/2" piece of DSP from the Pocket Full of Posies pack. I love this pop of color! But I quickly ran out of it....I looked for some other possibilities, and you could substitute a few different shades of blue for this look, or if you have the Subtles Collection of DSP Stack, you would have lots of Baja Breeze (or Marina Mist, Bashful Blue) to make a big stack of these! Since I didn't have enough Baja Breeze, I went digging through my papers, and came across the Mocha Morning Specialty paper!!! So beautiful!
Lookie!...
The card on the left has Black felted paper. So elegant! I liked the black so well, that I went through and found another DSP called Timeless Portrait. It is Very Vanilla and Black. I love how the Cherry Cobbler jumps with this color scheme. I think I will be making quite a few of this card this season.
I hope to soon learn how to show you some of the products, but I will at least list them here. If you would like to order any of the items, you can go to my Stampin' Up! website and hit the Shop Now! button.
122366 Mocha Morning Specialty DSP $12.95 or
122354 Pocket Full of Posies DSP $10.95 or
122352 Timeless Portrait DSP $10.95 or
117157 Neutrals Collection $21.95 (best value 40 sheets)
121716 Deck the Halls Designer Fabric $9.95
122465 Doily Triple Layer Punch $23.95
119882 Scallop Edge Border $16.95
121979 The Sounding Joy stamp set $18.95 (clear)
With our recent move, I had been trying to buy less stamps, and sell off as many retired items as I could. But when I saw this stamp set in the Holiday Mini catalog, I just could not resist. I am not a big fan of line art for Christmas; the thought of coloring 100 cards is just too much! This card, with the layering of the stamp images, is unique and beautiful. I don't think I've had a stamp set layer quite like this one before... So I made a little room for this set in my already large collection...
The colors are: Very Vanilla for the 3 1/2 X 2 3/4" panel you will be stamping on - Sahara Sand for the card base, punched doilies, punched scallop edge borders and ink for the star - Cherry Cobbler for the ink, and the fabric piece...the fabric strip is from the Deck the Halls Designer Fabric trio. I just snipped a little at the edge, and then tore it down the length of the fabric. It tears straight and clean! Just cut it into 4+" lengths, and tape the edges to the DSP. For the Baja Breeze piece, I cut a 4 X 3 1/2" piece of DSP from the Pocket Full of Posies pack. I love this pop of color! But I quickly ran out of it....I looked for some other possibilities, and you could substitute a few different shades of blue for this look, or if you have the Subtles Collection of DSP Stack, you would have lots of Baja Breeze (or Marina Mist, Bashful Blue) to make a big stack of these! Since I didn't have enough Baja Breeze, I went digging through my papers, and came across the Mocha Morning Specialty paper!!! So beautiful!
Lookie!...
The card on the left has Black felted paper. So elegant! I liked the black so well, that I went through and found another DSP called Timeless Portrait. It is Very Vanilla and Black. I love how the Cherry Cobbler jumps with this color scheme. I think I will be making quite a few of this card this season.
I hope to soon learn how to show you some of the products, but I will at least list them here. If you would like to order any of the items, you can go to my Stampin' Up! website and hit the Shop Now! button.
122366 Mocha Morning Specialty DSP $12.95 or
122354 Pocket Full of Posies DSP $10.95 or
122352 Timeless Portrait DSP $10.95 or
117157 Neutrals Collection $21.95 (best value 40 sheets)
121716 Deck the Halls Designer Fabric $9.95
122465 Doily Triple Layer Punch $23.95
119882 Scallop Edge Border $16.95
121979 The Sounding Joy stamp set $18.95 (clear)
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Delightful Decorations
Last year I posted this card to Splitcoast Stampers...
Remember that tinsel? I totally wish that it were in this year's mini....oh well. But my comment was that I wish I had the Baroque Motifs stamp set for the swirl. My wonderful mom gave it to me for Christmas last year, so I had to do this card again! The above card is Real Red and Basic Gray, and another wonderful retired product - the Real Red Dotted Ribbon. I have it flipped over, and I love that stitched detail to it. But onto this year's version:
I love Christmas cards with non-traditional colors, so I decided to have a Pool Party with this one! The colors here are Pool Party and Basic Gray. Stamp sets are Baroque Motifs and Delightful Decorations from Stampin' Up!.
The swirls from Baroque Motifs is stamped in Basic Gray. Then I stamped the snowflakes and 2 ornaments with Pool Party. The joy ornament was stamped onto a separate piece of Whisper White and then punched out with the Ornament Punch. I added some Silver Cord (retired) and a rhinestone and it was finished!
Sometimes I wonder when I make a CAS card (Clean And Simple) if I should add something. So I tried again with the Pool Party card, finding some DSP (Designer Series Paper) with Basic Gray and Pool Party. A little ribbon in Pool Party to top it off, and I have a replica of last year's card! But I'm not sure if I like it as much as the simpler one. Sometimes Less is More...
Remember that tinsel? I totally wish that it were in this year's mini....oh well. But my comment was that I wish I had the Baroque Motifs stamp set for the swirl. My wonderful mom gave it to me for Christmas last year, so I had to do this card again! The above card is Real Red and Basic Gray, and another wonderful retired product - the Real Red Dotted Ribbon. I have it flipped over, and I love that stitched detail to it. But onto this year's version:
I love Christmas cards with non-traditional colors, so I decided to have a Pool Party with this one! The colors here are Pool Party and Basic Gray. Stamp sets are Baroque Motifs and Delightful Decorations from Stampin' Up!.
The swirls from Baroque Motifs is stamped in Basic Gray. Then I stamped the snowflakes and 2 ornaments with Pool Party. The joy ornament was stamped onto a separate piece of Whisper White and then punched out with the Ornament Punch. I added some Silver Cord (retired) and a rhinestone and it was finished!
Top Note Snowman
I love the Top Note die, exclusive to Stampin' Up! It was one of the first dies I bought when I got my Big Shot a few years ago. I have probably made a few THOUSAND top notes with that die, and it still cuts beautifully, every time!
I often look on SplitcoastStampers.com for inspiration for my projects. Sometimes, I just need something to get me started, and other times, I end up copying someone else's project, almost exactly. This one is probably somewhere in the middle. This is not a new idea, and I don't know who was the first to cut the end off of the top note to make the top hat, but this is my end result:
I used Bashful Blue for my base, Marina Mist for the bird and sentiment, Wild Wasabi for the branches, and Tango Tangerine for the nose to match the Tango Tangerine scallop dots ribbon. The face is Whisper White, and the hat is Basic Black.
To cut the faces, I tried to save as much paper as possible, so I cut my WW down to 3 3/4" X 2 3/4". If you cut your paper into a long strip 3 3/4" wide, you then can get 4 faces out of it (11 divided by 4 = 2 3/4). This also left a 1" strip so that I could make the banner. The banner is 1/2" by 4 1/4, with the ends cut... So one sheet of white paper yielded 8 faces and 4 banners, with no waste, except for what gets cut off around the die.
The hats were also 3 3/4 wide, but you only need 2" to make that hat. Again, the extra inches of leftovers went to the hat brim. They are 4" long, so I cut them before making the hats...One sheet of black yielded 10 hats and 8 brims.
The eyes and mouth are made with our (retired...sniff) Black Waffle Paper. We still carry it in Silver and Gold. If you don't have Waffle Paper, Basic Black scraps would work fine too, but I would crumple them up a bit to give them a rough look, like coal... I used my 1/2" Circle Punch to cut the eyes and mouth. I folded the waffle paper into 7 layers, and punched all 7 at once. This gave me several perfect circles, and a few with torn edges, because the Waffle paper is so thin, it doesn't always punch cleanly. The perfect circles were used for the eyes, and the others were crumpled up to make the mouth. A dab of Tombow Multipurpose glue (the green and white bottle), and they were set!
The cheeks are just a Sponge Dauber and Pink Pirouette ink, a little White Gel Pen for the eyes, and a few touches of Craft White ink here and there....Super fun and Super Cute! I've cut out about 75 of these little guys for kits so far and have sold them all! If you would like a set of 8 for $10, let me know!
In fact, I had used up all of my Bashful Blue, so I tried a few alternatives. Here they are in Baja Breeze and Not Quite Navy, and the reversed colors (Marina Mist base and Bashful Blue bird).
I often look on SplitcoastStampers.com for inspiration for my projects. Sometimes, I just need something to get me started, and other times, I end up copying someone else's project, almost exactly. This one is probably somewhere in the middle. This is not a new idea, and I don't know who was the first to cut the end off of the top note to make the top hat, but this is my end result:
I used Bashful Blue for my base, Marina Mist for the bird and sentiment, Wild Wasabi for the branches, and Tango Tangerine for the nose to match the Tango Tangerine scallop dots ribbon. The face is Whisper White, and the hat is Basic Black.
To cut the faces, I tried to save as much paper as possible, so I cut my WW down to 3 3/4" X 2 3/4". If you cut your paper into a long strip 3 3/4" wide, you then can get 4 faces out of it (11 divided by 4 = 2 3/4). This also left a 1" strip so that I could make the banner. The banner is 1/2" by 4 1/4, with the ends cut... So one sheet of white paper yielded 8 faces and 4 banners, with no waste, except for what gets cut off around the die.
The hats were also 3 3/4 wide, but you only need 2" to make that hat. Again, the extra inches of leftovers went to the hat brim. They are 4" long, so I cut them before making the hats...One sheet of black yielded 10 hats and 8 brims.
The eyes and mouth are made with our (retired...sniff) Black Waffle Paper. We still carry it in Silver and Gold. If you don't have Waffle Paper, Basic Black scraps would work fine too, but I would crumple them up a bit to give them a rough look, like coal... I used my 1/2" Circle Punch to cut the eyes and mouth. I folded the waffle paper into 7 layers, and punched all 7 at once. This gave me several perfect circles, and a few with torn edges, because the Waffle paper is so thin, it doesn't always punch cleanly. The perfect circles were used for the eyes, and the others were crumpled up to make the mouth. A dab of Tombow Multipurpose glue (the green and white bottle), and they were set!
The cheeks are just a Sponge Dauber and Pink Pirouette ink, a little White Gel Pen for the eyes, and a few touches of Craft White ink here and there....Super fun and Super Cute! I've cut out about 75 of these little guys for kits so far and have sold them all! If you would like a set of 8 for $10, let me know!
In fact, I had used up all of my Bashful Blue, so I tried a few alternatives. Here they are in Baja Breeze and Not Quite Navy, and the reversed colors (Marina Mist base and Bashful Blue bird).
Monday, November 14, 2011
Christmas Cards!
I have more fall and halloween things to post, and I'll try to do that soon, because I know that next year there will be new papers and goodies to fawn over!
I have offered Christmas card kits to my customers the past few years, and with the move and an irritating email problem, I have not been able to send out the cards I have to offer this year. So I've decided to do it here. I know I have a small audience so far, but I've got to start somewhere, right?
Here's a photo of all the cards....
I had a Stamp-a-Stack with some dear friends at the Beka House in Boswell, PA, 2 weekends ago, and these are what we made! My theory was to have 2 religious cards, 2 whimsical cards, and 2 elegant cards, to suit everyone's tastes. The stocking is meant to be a gift card holder, or you can put candy canes in it, silverware for the table, etc....I had about 20 of each card prepared, and the ladies made almost all of them! So, when I went to the Fall Crop at Camp Harmony this past weekend, I made sets of 8, and again sold most of them. If you are interested in having much of the drama of your Christmas cards removed by not cutting your cards, let me know! I'll cut and prep them for you! All you have to do is stamp and assemble them. I will have a close up of each card soon. Price will be $10 for a set of 8 cards (all the same). That includes envelopes. I'm not yet sure if I can offer shipping at that price, so I'll let you know soon. I have 50 cards going out in the mail tomorrow, so I'll see the cost for that....
Have a wonderful day! I'm off to get the kids off the bus! I've been trying to jog (1/3 of a mile) there, and when I started, couldn't even make it to the first stop sign! I'll let you know when I make it the whole way there and back without stopping!
I have offered Christmas card kits to my customers the past few years, and with the move and an irritating email problem, I have not been able to send out the cards I have to offer this year. So I've decided to do it here. I know I have a small audience so far, but I've got to start somewhere, right?
Here's a photo of all the cards....
I had a Stamp-a-Stack with some dear friends at the Beka House in Boswell, PA, 2 weekends ago, and these are what we made! My theory was to have 2 religious cards, 2 whimsical cards, and 2 elegant cards, to suit everyone's tastes. The stocking is meant to be a gift card holder, or you can put candy canes in it, silverware for the table, etc....I had about 20 of each card prepared, and the ladies made almost all of them! So, when I went to the Fall Crop at Camp Harmony this past weekend, I made sets of 8, and again sold most of them. If you are interested in having much of the drama of your Christmas cards removed by not cutting your cards, let me know! I'll cut and prep them for you! All you have to do is stamp and assemble them. I will have a close up of each card soon. Price will be $10 for a set of 8 cards (all the same). That includes envelopes. I'm not yet sure if I can offer shipping at that price, so I'll let you know soon. I have 50 cards going out in the mail tomorrow, so I'll see the cost for that....
Have a wonderful day! I'm off to get the kids off the bus! I've been trying to jog (1/3 of a mile) there, and when I started, couldn't even make it to the first stop sign! I'll let you know when I make it the whole way there and back without stopping!
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Happy Halloween!
Happy Halloween!
As you may know, we recently moved. The house that we bought has TONS of wallpaper! Every room, hallway, nook and cranny is covered! The only room that has been spared was the girls' room. Even the laundry room is papered! So a large part of my time these days has been spent washing glue off walls. I cleaned the Master bathroom walls, and Jason painted this weekend, so I'm motivated to finish the Master bedroom walls so they can be painted. Then I'll probably quit with the paper for a bit.
This little guy was fun to color too. Maybe I just need to practice more to get a little faster... The layout is one I saw on Splitcoast Stampers, I think. Again, the DSP is the same as above, on a Basic Gray card base.
I hope you enjoyed today's Halloween projects! I have a few more to share (I know it's late...I'll get on track soon). I have made a cool wall hanging, but haven't photographed it yet...
As you may know, we recently moved. The house that we bought has TONS of wallpaper! Every room, hallway, nook and cranny is covered! The only room that has been spared was the girls' room. Even the laundry room is papered! So a large part of my time these days has been spent washing glue off walls. I cleaned the Master bathroom walls, and Jason painted this weekend, so I'm motivated to finish the Master bedroom walls so they can be painted. Then I'll probably quit with the paper for a bit.
I did take a little time to make some Halloween cards, in my new stamping nook, which I will have to post pictures of once the rest of the boxes are put away. :) But on to the cards....
A few years ago, I participated in a fall image swap. The images had to be line art images, suitable for coloring. The 3 colored ones are from the swap, and I don't know if they are Stampin' Up!, or what company makes them. But they were fun to color! I don't do a whole lot of line art, simply because I take too long to color them...
This house was fun to color, but boy, was it detailed! I added the moon with a post-it circle, and sponged the upper half with elegant eggplant, and the bottom with soft suede. The ghosts and a few areas are
highlighted with Smooch Moonbeam.
Check out that frog on the witch's hat! So funny... I tried to think of something to write on the book cover, but as you can see I couldn't come up with anything clever. The DSP (Designer Series Paper) is from this year's IBC (Idea Book and Catalog). I love those mini brads...This little guy was fun to color too. Maybe I just need to practice more to get a little faster... The layout is one I saw on Splitcoast Stampers, I think. Again, the DSP is the same as above, on a Basic Gray card base.
I hope you enjoyed today's Halloween projects! I have a few more to share (I know it's late...I'll get on track soon). I have made a cool wall hanging, but haven't photographed it yet...
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