Valentine Projects

Since we returned from Hawaii, I've been working on Valentine's Day projects. It seems I was inspired by all the tropical flowers, I've been adding flowers to everything!

The pink card features images from Take It To Heart from the new Spring Mini catalog. The sentiment is from Word Play from the big catalog. I made the frame using the new Framelits Labels Dies, also from the Spring Mini.

For the red card, I also used a heart image from Take It To Heart. I stamped the background with En Francais, and added an Antique Brad, along with Early Espresso satin ribbon and an Eyelet Punched strip. Directions for the rose are on splitcoaststampers.com here:

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/dimensionalflowers/

The box is a card keeper from the 2011 Holiday Mini. The roses on top are made the same way as on the red Valentine card. I spritzed them with Vanilla Smooch Spritz to give them some shimmer.

Thanks for looking!

Welcome New Neighbors!

A new family just moved in across the stree from us, so I thought I'd welcome them to the neighborhood Stampin' Up! style!

For the card I used Fabulous Florets. I stamped the silhouette image in Soft Suede on First Edition Designer Series Paper. Next, I stamped the flower & leaf images, over the silhouette, using Versamark. Finally, I embossed the images with black embossing powder, then colored them in using Blender Pens and Rose Red, So Saffron, and Old Olive stamp pads. The card base is River Rock, with the silhouette image stamped in Soft Suede. I embellished with Victoria Crochet Trim, Hemp Twine, and a Mini Clothespin - love those, they are so cute & tiny!

After I finished the card, I decided to make some cookies too. So, I pulled out my Sweet Pressed Cookie Stamps & whipped up a batch of Jack-O-Lantern shortbread cookies! Here they are, all dressed up & ready to go:

Snowman Pillow Box Bucket

Another cute little pillow box bucket! I made this snowman with Whisper White cs, edges sponged with Pool Party. Hat is Top Note Die in Basic Black. I used the Owl Builder Punch to punch out the eyes & mouth, and the nose is hand-cut from Pumpkin Pie cs. I gave his cheeks a little blush by sponging on Blushing Bride. And I used my Piercing Tool & foam mat to poke holes in the eyes & mouth, so that light from a battery-operated tea-lite can shine through. TFL!

Jack-o-lantern Luminary

I made this little Jack-o-lantern using 3 die-cut Pillow Boxes cut out on my Big Shot. I followed the tutorial on SCS, found here:

Pillow Box Bucket Tutorial


I changed the eyes a bit from the original - I used oval punches cut in half. Also, I used my Crop-a-dile to punch holes in the eyes. Then, I placed a battery-operated flameless tealight inside the pumpin. TFL!

Stocking Garland

I just love the new Holiday Stocking die for the Big Shot! I whipped up this garland of stockings in no time! To create this look, I adhered standard aluminum foil to cardstock before cutting the stocking shapes with my Big Shot. Then I textured each stocking using various embossing folders & texture plates with the Big Shot. The patterned paper on the top of each stocking is Letters To Santa Designer Series Paper, and the stockings are tied onto Hemp Twine with White Grograin ribbon. TFL!

Baby Gift for a Friend

I made this group of items for a friend who was expecting a baby girl. Set includes a 6x6 scrapbook, two 5x7 wall hangings, and a set of 12 blank cards & envelopes.

For this matching set, I used Springtime Vintage Designer Series Paper from our Spring Mini catalog, and solid colored cardstock in colors to coordinate with the dsp. The scrapbook is a 6x6 Natural Linen ring album from Stampin' Up! The frames are old frames that recycled by spray painting white, then I gave them some sparkle with Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz. The cards are 4x4, so that I could cut 4 from each sheet of 12x12 cardstock, and decorated with scraps of dsp to coordinate with the scrapbook and wall hangings.

Thanks for looking!

Box of cards

My neighbor's son joined the army, so I made this card & box for him as a going-away gift. The box is full of cards & envelopes so he can keep in touch with his mom while he's away.

Trick or Treat Pull-Push-Twist&Smoosh Box

This adorable little box is for today's 3D Demo Challenge on SCS. It's made from a 12x6 sheet of Cast A Spell dsp, and the Trick or Treat image is from Holiday Best. Directions for this box are available for Stampin' Up demos on the website, but I resized it to fit a King Size Snicker's bar. TFL!

Easter Eggs

I painted these wooden eggs using acrylics, then decorated them with various rub-ons. I finished them with a gloss varnish to make them shiny :)

Brag Book

This is a little brag book that I made last night using my Big Shot machine and the Top Note die. I ran a folded scrap of cardboard from a saltine box, and a folded piece of patterned paper, through the machine using the Top Note die. I then glued the patterned paper to the outside of the cover. for the inner pages, I basically did the same thing, using cardstock in Barely Banana and Kraft. I bound the book by punching 2 holes through all thicknessess at the fold, then tied a piece of ribbon through the holes to hold the pages together. I used a ribbon to tie the book closed, covering the ribbon with Not Quite Navy cardstock.

The label on the front is Barely Banana cardstock, with letters cut from scraps of Blue Bayou patterned paper using the Naturally Serif die & Big Shot machine. I added envelopes inside the front & back cover, cut using the Scallop Envelope die. I decorated the inside pages using Seeing Spots, Classic Stripes, and Fresh Cut stamp sets from Stampin' Up!

My One Little Book

This One Little Book from One Piece of Paper was created using a pattern from Janine Tinklenberg's blog. I used some retired Stampin' Up! paper (I didn't want to cut into current paper if I totally goofed up!), lots of punches, ribbon & sponging. I stamped "inspirational" type words
from Everyday Flexible Phrases.
When I was finished, my first
thought was, "That's cute, now
what do I do with it?" So, I gave
it to a friend's 11-year-old
daughter & told her she could
put her friends' pictures in it.
She seemed thrilled, so I guess
the One Little Book
has at least one little use!

Instructions & a template can be found on Jan's blog here: http://stampspaperscissors.typepad.com/stamps_paper_scissors/