November Stamp Club projects

I know I haven't been posting lately and I'm sorry for that, but getting back into the job scene has been a little crazy and working retail during the Thanksgiving season has been even crazier. Yes I had to work Black Friday, but it was fun!

Anyway, here is the project I started with to make at the November stamp club:

After I had it done, I thought it needed some more color, so changed it to this:

I really like the black behind the sentiment better. As you can see this card uses the Silver Glimmer paper. LOVE how it sparkles and it was a cinch to cut the snowflakes out using the Northern Frost die and the Bigshot. The card base is Cherry Cobbler.

Here is the other project we made:

My hostess wanted to use the Holiday It's a Wrap stamp set and make a nugget box. So we used the Matchbox die to make the box. The box part is using Cherry Cobbler and the cover is using a thick window sheet so we could see the nuggets inside.

Birthday Bracelets

My daughters birthday is this weekend and she wants to have a few friends over to celebrate. Well I thought it would be fun to find some kind of craft to do to keep them busy for a while. She wanted to do tie dyes tshirts, I said no way! Too messy and takes too long to do. So as I was looking through some fun crafty websites, I came across something using Fish Swivels and thought that would make a really cute bracelet.

Well working at a sporting goods store I have access to these things. And one of the girls I work with is celebrating a birthday today. So I sat down this morning and made one up to see how hard it would be and this is what I came up with:

I looped some small beads on to the hooks and the small Jingle Bells from the Holiday Mini catalog, which fit just perfect. I think the girls will have a lot of fun making these and I hope my friend from work thinks it's fun.

Stamp Club projects

Last night was my monthly stamp club and here are the projects we made:

First I showed them how to use the Simply Scored to make this cute purse out of a 6x6 piece of Designer series paper. If you remember, I am making some of these for an upcoming craft show and you can see those in an earlier post.

For this one we used the Spice Cake designer series paper out of the Holiday mini. Everyone made one that looked different because they all had a different pattern. I had them all cut out a leaf from the Leaves die and texture it using the Square Lattice embossing folder to attach to the 'buckle'.


For this card we just used Whisper White card stock. I saw this on a website that is for demonstrators only. This card was inspired by Barb Dykhouse.

I wanted to use the Doily background stamp and love love the Field Flowers stamp set. For the Doily stamp I used Crumb Cake classic ink, the flowers - Always Artichoke and Cajun Craze and the sentiment - Early Espresso.

We used the Houndstooth Embossing folder for the 'sandwich' piece to add some dimension to the card.

I love how the pearls in the corner just add the right something also. You could make this card using any color combination and I think it would turn out just as lovely.

And some more...

These 2 are the same but different. I grabbed paper from the same package just a different design for each one. The designer paper comes from the Flirtatious pack.

For the top one I used Early Espresso and Pretty in Pink along with the Whisper White to match the designer paper. For the bottom one I used Chocolate Chip and Melon Mambo along with Whisper white to match the designer paper.

All other product used is the same on both of these notebooks:
Stamp Set - Cottage Garden
Accessories - Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border punch, Scallop Trim Border punch, Corner Rounder punch, Full Heart punch, 2 1/2" Circle punch, Bigshot, Square Lattice Embossing folder, Scallop Circle Die #2, Scalloped Heart of Hearts Embosslit die, Paper piercing tool and mat pack

I have one more to show you then it's off to the stamp room again to create some more.

A couple more altered notebooks

For these 2 I used all current product. The Designer series paper is from the Subtles Patterned paper pack. The Lattice is cut using Whisper White and the Lattice Bigz die and the Bigshot. I had to cut multiple of these, but that's easy because I could cut 4-5 at a time.

The flower is made using the Build a Blossom stamp set and the Blossoms Petals Builder punch. The buttons are from the designer button collections.

For the top notebook I used Perfect Plum classic ink stamped on Whisper White card stock for the flower petals and Old Olive classic ink stamped on Certainly Celery card stock for the leaves. I tied a piece of the white bakers twine to the button and adhered it to the center of the flower using mini glue dots.

The bottom notebook flower uses Marina Mist classic ink and button.

Come back tomorrow for a couple more.

Another altered notebook

These 2 are the same but just using different designer series paper. Of course the designer paper is retired, but still works for this. I combined it with current paper and embellishments to cover these 2 notebooks.

Come back tomorrow for a couple more.

Altered Notebooks

Here is something else I will be featuring at my upcoming craft show. Altered notebooks. Kids of all ages like to carry these to school instead of the plain old notebooks.

This one features retired designer series paper along with Soft Suede, Certainly Celery and Real Red. The flowers were made from the Bigz XL Flower Folds die and then embossed with the Perfect Polka Dot embossing folder.

Come back tomorrow for a couple more.

1 more Bigshot note pad

This is more of a seasonal one, but I just love how this turned out. I ran a piece of Bashful Blue through the bigshot using the new Snow Burst embossing folder. I then adhered it to a piece of the lightweight cardboard that comes behind the Designer series papers and and cut a circle using the 3 1/2" circle die and the bigshot again. I also cut a piece for the back and a piece of Shimmer paper, which I tore, for the snow on the front.

The inside paper pieces are done with printer paper again and cut using the 3" circle die.

The snowman is made using punches. Punches used are the 2 1/2" circle, 1 3/4" circle, 1 1/4" circle, Snowflake (for the arms), Owl (for the eyes, mouth and heart), Petite Pennant (for the hat and nose) and the little flower from the punch pack (for the ball on the hat).

I put dimensionals between each body piece and added rhinestone buttons down the front of him. Oh and don't forget the scarf which is just a knotted piece of Real Red grosgrain ribbon attached using a mini glue dot.

yet another Bigshot note pad

Seeing the ones on a website I found made of metal prompted me to try this one. It is made from roof flashing. You can cut right through it and even emboss on it using the Bigshot. Isn't that fun!!? Don't you want to just try it?

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Another Bigshot note pad

Here's one I made to look like an chocolate sandwich cookie with double stuff in the middle. It's pretty plain, but oh so cute!

I used the Scallop circle #2 die to cut out a piece of Early Espresso which I glued on to a piece of lightweight cardboard, then punched out a 2 3/8" circle in Early Espresso also, which I then ran through the Bigshot with the Polka Dot embossing folder but adhered it upside down so the indents went in.

(just a hint on the lightweight cardboard - if you purchase any of the Designer Series papers, there is a piece of white cardboard behind each pack - keep these, they work great for these kinds of projects)

I used the 3" circle die for the 'double stuff middle' papers, which again were cut out of printer paper.

I'll have another one to show you tomorrow. Thanks for stopping!

Bigshot note pad

I saw these cute little note pads on a website, but the cover was made from metal. So I took some retired Designer series paper and glued it onto some thin cardboard and ran it through the bigshot using the large flower from the Bigz L Fun Flowers die.

I then took some regular weight printer paper and did the same thing. I used the crop-a-dile to punch holes in all of it and put a binder ring through.

It needed something else, so I took some Pretty in Pink card stock and and cut out the rest of the flowers found on the Fun Flowers die and also embossed them using the Polka Dot Embossing folder and the bigshot. To hold all the flowers together I used a Silver glimmer brad from the Basics pack. Love these!

I have it hanging on the side of my purse so if I'm ever in need of a piece of paper I have one handy all the time. And when I need more paper, I can just some more and start over.

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Come back again to see more of these cute note pads I've made.

Another tissue holder

Again this is using retired Designer Series paper. I cut this out using the Movers & Shapers XL die. I did add a piece inside that was punched with the Scallop Oval punch because it is slightly smaller than the movers & shapers die.

The flowers on this were cut out using the Floral Fusion sizzlit die, then I ran the pieces through the bigshot with the Square Lattice embossing folder to give it a little more dimension. I put dimensionals between each piece also. The leaves were punched out using the Bird Builder punch. Adding a Self Adhesive Pearl to the center of the flower gave it just the right touch.

I hope you have found some inspiration in these projects so far. Come back tomorrow for another project I will be selling at my up coming craft show.

Tissue holder

Isn't this just the cutest way to hide a pack of tissues?!!! I used the Movers & Shapers die to cut this out, the Simply Scored to score and just wrapped it around the tissue. I would have opened the tissue to show how cute it is with the tissue coming out the top, but these are for a craft show and didn't want to open it.

The pumpkin is made from punched. What a cute gift to give to someone that has the sniffles!

The DSP used on this project is retired, but you could use any DSP or card stock.

Come back tomorrow for another one.

Another Treat Purse

Again I am using some retired DSP along with current product. I love the new Stocking Builder punch and how easy it is to make this cute stocking. Before I punched the stocking, I ran some Cherry Cobbler cardstock through the Bigshot using the new Snow Burst Embossing folder. The Merry Christmas comes from the Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set.

Craft show items

Over the next few days I will be showing you some items that I am making for a craft show I am going to be at in November. Some of the product that is used may be retired, because why not use it up.

First I have a cute little purse that holds either a small candy bar, chapstick or whatever else will fit in it. It is made from a 6" x 6" piece of Designer Series Paper (dsp used is retired).



Other product used:
Paper - Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, DSP (retired)
Accessories - Gold Brads, Modern Label punch, Large Oval punch, Simply Scored, Velcro

The possibilities for these cute purses is endless. You could make them for any occasion. I think a gift card would even fit in them. Come back tomorrow for another one.

Gently Falling

I know I haven't posted in quite a while and I apologize for that. But I have an excuse. I got a new job working at an hunting/camping/fishing store and with the hunting season closing in on us, I have been working many many hours.

Today I was lucky and got a day off so I was able to stamp. Of course I have stamp club tonight and really needed to create something for them to do.

Looking through ideas I found a card that really caught my eye and I just knew that my clubbers could create this also:

I love how this card showcases a lot of the different designer series paper patterns from the Spice Cake collection. As you can see I did some paper weaving with the strips.

The leaf image is stamped using the rock n roll technique and isn't that button the bomb?!!

Other product used:

Stamps - Gently Falling, Petite Pairs
Paper - Pear Pizzazz, Very Vanilla, Soft Suede, Spice Cake DSP
Ink - Pear Pizzazz, More Mustard, Soft Suede
Accessories - Spice Cake Jumbo Buttons, Hemp Twine, Modern Label punch, Sponge, Stampin Dimensionals

I do have to thank Lynn Pratt - a fellow demonstrator - for the inspiration of this card.

Also looking through sample ideas, I have been seeing a cute box made from the Milk Carton die, that I found out someone at StampinUp Convention demonstrated making. So of course I thought this would be really cute to go along with the above card for tonight:

This is a 6-sided box. I used the Spice Cake DSP again and also the Pear Pizzazz card stock. I stamped a couple of the different leaves from the Gently Falling set using the rock n roll technique again and cut those out, punched a hole and put the hemp twine through those to hold them on. I love how easy this box went together also.

Well that's all I have for you today. I hope you found inspiration and I hope my stamp club gals enjoy these projects tonight!

Day 4 - Gently Falling

For this project I had some cardboard that had come behind something that I had ordered from Stampin'Up! (sorry can't remember what) and decided to use it to make a Fancy Favor box. That's the nice thing about the Bigshot, it's cut through so many different things.

I wrapped the box with some new Designer Series paper called Spice Cake. This paper was part of the bundle I was able to pre-order at a very good discount. It goes very well with this stamp set.

The main image is stamped in More Mustard then rolled in Bravo Burgundy. Then the second part of the image was stamped in Bravo Burgundy. The acorn was stamped in More Mustard and Early Espresso and cut out.

All product used:

Paper - Early Espresso, Bravo Burgundy, Very Vanilla, Spice Cake DSP, cardbaord
Ink - More Mustard, Bravo Burgundy, Early Espresso
Stamp Sets - Gently Falling, Thank You Kindly
Accessories - Bigshot, Fancy Favor Box XL die, 2 1/2" circle punch, 2 3/8" Scallop circle punch, 1 3/4" circle punch, Modern Label punch, Stampin' Dimensionals

I hope you found some inspiration from my creations. If you need more inspiration, look in the catalogs like I do. Why start from scratch, I don't always!! That's what the catalogs are for! If you need a catalog, feel free to contact me!

The next stamp set I have to show you can be very versatile, but you will have to come back and see! Thanks for stopping. By the way, I love (nice) comments :-)!

Framed Art - Day 3

Like yesterday and the day before, here is another piece that can be used in my frame set up with velcro:

Here it is in the frame:

This one uses new Designer Series Paper called Beau Chateau which is Pink Pirouette and Soft Suede colors. So I went with a Soft Suede piece along with the DSP for the Top Note, trimming the DSP around the edge to reveal the piece underneath.

The butterflies are cut from an embosslit die called Beautiful Wings. It cuts all the butterflies you see here at once. The colors I used are Melon Mambo, Certainly Celery, Soft Suede, Marina Mist and Daffodil Delight and then added some Basic Pearls to each one.

The ribbon is White Taffeta and the sentiment is punched used the Decorative Label punch. To get the 'shadow' behind the punch, I just punched a piece of Soft Suede and cut it in half and adhered to the back. The sentiment comes from the stamp set Cottage Garden.

I hope you've enjoyed this little piece of artwork as much as I have. If you have any questions on how I did something, please feel free to ask!

Framed Decor

Yesterday I showed you a piece I made using the Creative Elements stamp set and a picture frame. Go there now if you didn't see it - Day 3 - Creative Elements.

Well today I want to show you why I put the velcro on. Why purchase multiple frames when you want to show something different. Just make another creative piece to put in the same frame. With the velcro you can do just that. Here is another piece I made and just attached some velcro to the back of and all I have to do is switch pieces out using the same frame:

Here's a close up view of the image:

This is using the My Friend stamp set and Just Add Cake Designer series paper. I stamped the main image in Wild Wasabi on to Whisper White card stock after I had cut it with the Top Note die along with a piece of DSP. I stamped the sentiment in Basic Black.

The flowers were cut out using the Flower Fusion sizzlit die and So Saffron card stock. The middle of the flowers was punched in Peach Parfait - last years In Color, which is hanging around for another year! The leaves are punched in Wild Wasabi using the Bird punch. Add a few Basic Rhinestones and the velcro to the back and you have a completely different looking piece of art!

Come back tomorrow for 1 more piece made to look different again!

Day 3 - Creative Elements

I started creating something for my stamp club this month and it evolved into this. I started with a picture frame that I had picked up and thought I would make something for home decor. Using the Creative Elements stamp set, this is my first creation.

I cut a piece of Basic Black card stock to fit inside the frame to start with. I then cut a piece of designer series paper and a piece of Lucky Limeade card stock with the Top Note die. Wow, I haven't used that die in a while! Anyway, I cut the edge off the DSP to reveal the card stock behind it. I stamped the swirly/stem image on the DSP in Lucky Limeade and then colored in parts of it using ink and the blender pen. It's very hard to see though.

I then stamped the flower image 4 times on Very Vanilla card stock using Cherry Cobbler and cut out by hand 2 all the way around the outside and 2 just the inside part, so I could 'pop' up the flowers and make them look more 3 dimensional.

The sentiment is part of this wonderful set too. I stamped that in Perfect Plum, a color I haven't used in a long while, and punched it out using the Modern Label punch.

I then gathered a piece of Very Vanilla seam binding to fit under the punched piece which I attached using Tombow Multi-purpose adhesive. I added some of the Basic Pearls to that and attached the whole thing with dimensionals.

Well here's the real kicker, this is attached to the black piece of card stock with velcro:

Come back tomorrow and I'll show you why!!!