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Now here's a cute little gift-y item for little (and big!) ones!
The Pull-Up Treat has been around for a long time and it works up really cute with the Choo-Choo set.
And it's a fun way to wrap up a small gift, like this sleeve of oreos, a chocolate bar, a meusli bar in a lunch, or a little treat as a thank you. One of my customers last year made up a number of these and hung them on the tree. I'm sure her grandchildren loved to see what surprises were held inside!
Plus, then you'd have little gifts ready to go for holiday visits. I'm liking this idea!!
Choo-Choo and the coordiating track wheel available until the end of the month.
Supplies Used:
Stamps: Choo Choo set of five $35.95, Right on Track wheel $13.95
Colours: Real Red, Brilliant Blue, Pumpkin Pie, Basic Grey
Other: horizontal slot, crimper, Pumpkin Pie ribbon
Made for me to use as a display by my good friend and fellow demonstrator, Janine Pearce. Is't she great!
And what a neat idea! Perfect for a gift or for table decor, these are easy enough to make out of an A4 sheet of cardstock.
The bride's dress has been stamped and embossed using the So Swirly wheel, one of the most products in the catalogue. An elegant clasp and a long display of taffeta ribbon down the back finishes her off beautifully.
Our handsome man is finished off using a little off cut from the dress, a few brads, and a simple knot for a bow tie.
These would be lovely filled with mints or white and dark chocolates.
For a consult on making these yourself or to have them custom made for you, email me today!
Don't have the time to attend class? Prefer to work on your own? Live too far away? Make this Party Hearty Birthday Card Set
in your own time!
Kit includes all pieces for the card set, pre-cut for you, ribbons, brads, and envelopes.
Cardstock and envelopes alone: $22 including postage
Party Hearty bundle #1 includes: card kits, Party Hearty stamp set, and four stampin write markers $110 value for $99!
Party Hearty Bundle #2 includes: card kits, Party Hearty stamp set, four stampin write markers, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, Two Way Glue pen, white gel pen, the Whisper White ink pad, and BONUS two rolls of exclusive ribbon - the Certainly Celery poly-twill and So Saffron 5/8 grograin (9.1m each) Approximately 193.50 value for only $139!
Inspired by the very talented tankgrl, this project features the very versatile stamp set, Sense of Time. I am itching to make a hertage page with this one - must do that before
this set gets retired in 9 weeks!
This project is easy to whip together and uses very little supplies. The main feature, of coruse, is the big clock stamped on acetate with our Cotton White Staz-On ink. Love that effect! Acetate is one of my personal favourite mediums.
The gorgeous printed paper is the Parisian Breeze, also from the Spring mini catalogue. We won't see this beauty again after November, so be sure to order it before the mini catalogue expires.
Supplies Used:
Stamps: Sense of Time set of four $46.95
Colours: Kraft, Close to Cocoa, Baja Breeze
Other: cotton white staz-on, acetate, 3/16 brads, vintage brads, Parisian Breeze Speciality Cardstock, mat pack
A overlooked set in the catalogue, Starring You is an affordable collection perfect for boys. Change the colour scheme and could be used for girls, too. For $28.95, it's a versatile bargain!
This is a very quick little card I made up for a masculine project class using the Starring You set and the Windsor Knot papers. Love that colour combo!
The So Saffron ribbon (FREE during September!) is folded in half and just tucked under the stamped image. This is a great little way to not only use up little scraps of ribbon, but also to add texture to the project without a bow.
Supplies Used:
Stamps: Starring You set of four $28.95
Colours: So Saffron, Sage Shadow, Chocolate Chip
Other: So Saffron ribbon (FREE with purchase during September), large oval punch, small star punch, Designer Label punch, Vintage brads, Windsor Knot Designer Papers
This card was inspired by two different swaps I received from two Australian Demonstrators, Robyn Lawton and Karen Robinson. I thought both were so clever! I don't have the surfboard stamp set and loved the bullrushes idea, so combined the two here.
This project is one that goes together quite quickly, which is always a bonus to a great design. The grassy stamp in the Inspired by Nature set is so well thought out; it's nearly impossible to stamp it crooked because the stems are going in several directions already.
The Baja Breeze ribbon might be questionable for some blokes, but several of my customers made this card up and used the wide twill - and it looked fantastic! Maybe even better.
Supplies Used:
Stamps: Inspired by Nature $49.95 set of four
Colours: Baja Breeze, Kiwi Kiss, and Chocolate Chip
Now I know that Masculine Cards are the big draw card for my customers! We universally struggle with this one. Men are so simple . . . yet so hard to relate to when it comes to finding something they'd like.
Greens and browns are a good starting place. I used the Windsor Knot papers here. Actually, using a printed paper makes choosing the colours easy because it's already done for you! Twill tape is another really good choice for guys. You can ink it and rough it up so it looks even less like a cousin to ribbon.
The stamped image here is from Totally Tools - a cute set with some great sayings in it. I've coloured this in with Watercolour Wonder Crayons, giving it that neat mottled look so it looks "realistic" or at least dimensional.
Well, this card is totally inappropriate for the likes of my husband who struggles even to keep the lightbulbs up to date. I might make him an Excel spreadsheet one.
Make this Forest Friends Photo Walletin your own time!
This is a great project for Father's Day, for a birthday, or for yourself! Not only for photos, you can put in extra stamping and personal notes.
You will receive all the cardstock pre-scored, brads, embellishments, and complete instructions.
I am also available via email or phone to answer any questions or provide help needed.
Kit fee: $17 including postage payable via internet xfer, bank deposit, cheque, or paypal (credit card) Order here.
You will need to have basic crafting tools, inks, and either the Forest Friends set or another set of similar size. Suggested supplies or use comparable:
Forest Friends set of four $28.95
(optional also used Thoughts And Prayers $53.95, Weathered $39.95, and Three Little Words $28.95)
Chocolate Chip ink $13.95 each
Choclate chip, Real Red, Old Olive, Not Quite Navy Markers $6.75 each
This is one of my favourite layouts to date. At first, I laid out the colours and images on the floor (yes, I work on the floor), and really had a brain freeze. It took me well over a week to work this one out, but I like it. Not my usual style and not the typical roughed-up Man Page, but bright and fun.
I presented this page at a class at Senz, and everyone did extremely well with it! I was concerned going in, but the talent and skill out there is amazing! Well done, all of you.
Don't you just love the Trendy Trees set? I do. Such fun images both for little and big boys and girls alike.
The bottom tree is popped up using the Boho Blossoms punch - a clever idea in one of the earlier Impressions Leaflets, the "magazine" Stampin' Up! sends to the demonstrators.
Enjoy!
Supplies Used:
Stamps: Trendy Trees $37.95
Happy Everything $46.95
Colours: Pumpkin Pie, Rose Red, Pacific Point, Kiwi Kiss, Chocolate Chip
Other: Mat Pack, Boho Blossoms Punch, Pigtails rick rack, Round tab punch, spiral punch, ribbons, Photo Corner punch, cutter kit
Don't miss out on this one! I only have a few tins left, so when they are gone, I can't make up any more kits!
June's class offers a beautiful Altered Tin using the Urban Garden papers and the Upsy Daisy stamp set. You'll receive the tin, all the papers plus extra for making cards or items for inside the tin, brads, ribbons, templates, a pearl, a pen to alter to match, and complete directions with photos to complete your project.
The cost is $35 including postage. You will need either the Upsy Daisy stamp set at $39.95 OR another similar image of your choosing. Order your kit and start creating a beautiful gift or keepsake!
The card is actually one of our stamping envelopes with a notecard slid inside. My girls enjoy this little pattern for quick invites and for birthday cards to give to friends.
This is not my best stamping effort . . . However, you get the idea!
Supplies Used:
Stamps: Big Bold Birthday, Cheer and Wishes
Colours: Tangerine Tango, Taken with Teal, Rose Red, Summer Sun
So, my husband thinks he can ask me to make him cards for some reason. How cheeky.
So I've swapped him for a massage.
Jared trains many of the music leaders in our area, and is putting on a special training night in a few weeks. So he needs 35 of these babies. Hence the simple design, but I still really like it.
The colour challenge was a perfect combination - fun and cheery, but not too girly.
Love the cheep talk set! We couldn't find any stamps suitable for "music", so this was actually a cool little option instead.
Anybody want to play factory with us this afternoon?
Supplies Used:
Stamps: Cheep Talk $56.95, Cheer and Wishes $39.95, although Really Retro $28.95 would have been better for this one. I just don't own it (yet!)
Colours: Pacific Point, Kiwi Kiss, Rose Red, Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie beak
Easter is one of my favourite times of the year. And, being raised in the Northern Hemisphere, this cooler time of year feels a bit more festive to me anyway, adding to the special time that Easter already is.
This card idea is taken from brandycox; thank you for sharing your creative ideas. This industry has a lot of give and take, which I really appreciate especially for those times when one hits a "creative block"!
I realize that the papers here and two of the colours are now retired. However, you can still use the idea with new papers and/or I have a few bits and pieces left here you can order if you want exactly what is shown here.
The little chicky and both sentiments are from the stamp set A Good Egg. I coloured in chick straight with markers and then added a load of glitter. He looks awesome!
The edge is done with the Scallop Edge Punch for a "cracked egg" look. Just a fun card today!
Suppplies used:
Stamp sets: A Good Egg
Colours: Ruby Red, River Rock, Groovy Guava
Other: Ginger Blossom Designer Series Paper, Designer Label Punch, Small Oval punch, Scallop Edge punch, Earth Elements brads, River Rock Ribbon
Oh, this is one of those retiring sets that will take me some time to part with . . . I have used and adored these swirly images! I am not a coffee drinker nor a big chocolate fan, but I still love the style of this set. And it's great for little gifts for those who are!
This explosion box is one I did actually a few years ago, loving the Real Red and Chocolate Chip combination. The word chocolate on the top fo the box is acheived by inking up just the one word on one of the sentiment stamps with a Chocolate Chip marker (gee, how many times have I written "chocolate" in this post?), and then stamping. This is a great way to get lots of uses out of your sentment stamps - pulling a word or phrase out here and there.
The foam was lots of fun! I used Liquid Applique here and before heating it up, I sprinkled in some red microbeads and also a dash of glitter.
The explosion box itself is a very easy template, but a cool wow! for the recipient! I added a sachet of hot chocolate powder to this, wrapped up in the Red Gingham ribbon.
Add in loads of Chocolatey sponging, and you've got a perfect gift for a chocoholic!
Stamps Used: Like it a Latte (RETIRING in 12 days! Order today!)
Colours: Real Red, Chocolate Chip
Other: Red gingham ribbon, Liquid Applique, red microbeads, sponges, markers
Last night I did a fun class on Altered Paint Cans ... but this sample is not it! I woke up today and decided I wanted to make something for my dear husband. And the paint can was still sitting on my desk and the Kristina Werner Challenge was a definate masculine possibility . . .
So I've made Jared a can to put on his desk. As you can see, I've removed the paint handle and added a knob instead. I've filled up the tin with black and white mints for those days when he has tuna for lunch.
The "enjoy" word is made using the Schoolbook Serif Alphabet and using the Stampamajig to line up the letters how I wanted them. It works really well!
The top emblem is made up with various circles and the Seeing Spots and In the Spotlight stamp sets (both retiring).
What do you think?
Stamp sets used: Schoolbook Serif Alphabet, Seeing Spots, In the Spotlight
Colours Used: Basic Grey, Basic Black, Whisper White
I've had several spiiner cards on here before, but Anne felt the photo just didn't do them justice, and they don't! So she's made this little video clip to show you how they work.
You won't be able to keep your kids from playing non-stop with these!
These are so easy to do and such a wow project. What do you think of these?
Anne's samples here are made with Designer Series Paper and Boho Background stamp set.
Peekaboo cards are a fun twist on the traditional card and hold a sweet inside! This is a take on the lovely card AnneMarie designed a few weeks ago.
Once you know where to score, this one goes together very quickly. The centre window is made using the circle scallop punch, and then the remaining image is used to layer on the front.
The focal image is done using In the Stars stamp set and the two sizes of star punches. I added just a bit of glitter, even though I was going for masculine! I did run this by my husband, and he gave his approval.
Are you like me? Do you sometimes pick up those chipboard pieces and wonder what to do with them?
I fiddled with these last week and came up with a result with which I am very pleased. (Eldest daughter Madeleine "helped" me by telling me when it looked bad). I used this technique on the title of my Sun Fun scrapbook page. And, of course, chipboard is an easy accessory for those tricky masculine projects.
See below for the tutorial of what I did; this is just the basics - the possibilites are endless! See here for the tutorial on how I did the flowers for this page.
I'd love to see how you use your chipboard! Besides embossing, some other ideas are:
I love these photos! I am lucky my father is an ameteur photographer, so I have loads and loads of awesome photos! These beautiful shots are of my second daughter at a beach in Washington state taken by my father. She's was such a happy kid! Still is!
I actually had these colours pulled out before the colour challenge was put up this week, although I have swapped the Taken with Teal for it's daughter, Tempting Turquoise. I struggled with this one for three days . . .I believe this is a scrapbooking thing: it doesn't work, doesn't work, and then the next day you wake up and it just fits.
I *really* wanted to use this wheel, Something Fishy, and the coordiating stamp set, Life's a Breeze. I just adore them & they had not yet seen ink!
I wanted to go with the clear buttons on this one, to sort of repeat the "bubble" theme from the wheel images. So I've got clear buttons in the centre of all the flowers, on the hidden journaling tag, and on photo #2 over punched circles of Designer Series Paper from the Petals and Paisleys collection.
The title just turned out so neat! I fiddled and fiddled with what I would do, and really love the final result. Movie Monday will show what I did here and how.
All supplies Stampin' Up! except the embroidery thread through the clear buttons
Colours used: Tempting Turquoise, Taken with Teal, Whisper White, So Saffron, Old Olive, Certainly Celery
Stamp sets used: Life's a Breeze, Something Fishy wheel
Other: Clear buttons, Petals and Paisleys Designer Series Paper, Mat Pack, Apricot grosgrain ribbon, Dazzling Diamonds, Pretties Kit (flowers), reinkers, various circle punches
Order the stamp sets and wheel, the Designer Series Paper, the clear buttons, and one ink pad and receive a FREE Sale-A-Bration set! Click here to see the Sale-A-Bration brochure and Here to place your order!
Likely the most difficult cards to design . . masculine! And a Valentine to boot!
Inspired by the beautiful elements from Nicki Tidbold's swap, I set out to design a card for the men in our lives.
I have used a double card design here for added interest. The concept is simple - make a smaller, coordinating card and adhere to the front of your main card, which gives you lots of room for writing love notes (or for an invitation!). I told my ladies that were here for class that if you didn't have much to say, then just do some conveniently extra stamping inside the cards!
This card uses a neat trick with the crimper. First, run your card through one way, turn it 90 degrees, and run it through again. Repeat until you have the texture you would like.
The buckles or hinges here is the Designer Label punch turned sideways. Love it!
The hearts used here are great for Masculine Valentine because they are not toooo girly. They are from the set Polka Dot Punches and you can only get this set for FREE during Sale-A-Bration (running through the end of the month) with any qualifying order or workshop. I love the punched tin look of these stamps. And the fact that they coordinate with the punches makes them extra easy to use!
Yes, you still have time to get this set before Valentine's Day! Email me to get yours sent out today!
