4.27.2010

HSS Anything BUT a Card Challenge 13

Good Morning Stampers!!! Long time NO hear, huh?? Well I had gotten some kind of horrible intestinal virus- again!!! I was VERY sick last week and am SO thankful that I am back to normal now- whew!! So onto the project for this challenge, which is my FAV, as you might know I LOVE 3-D items. Come and play along with us over at Hand Stamped Sentiments and get your mojo on! I made this fun little EXPLOSION BOX for my living room, so that my kids could show their friends and such what they looked like when they were teeny-tiny.

I made the explosion box using mostly 12x12 card stock and embellished with the die cut self-adhesive embellishments that come in any Simply Scrappin' Kit. These things are awesome!! They come with the patterned paper, textured card stock, embellishments (6 sheets of them) and you can do anything with them. With one kit I can make upwards of 60 cards or several scrap pages, or even a project like this one! The particular kit I used is retired, and I have a ton of them cause I buy them so often. The sentiment stamp I used for the "Mothers Day" is long retired, but there are many available that are similar to the one I used.

I also used pictures of my little ones when they were oh so little too- how can you resist those cheeks!! My kids were so excited about this they man-handled the box for a bit before I got pictures take. :) Whacha gana do??

Here is a link to a tutorial on how to make a simpler (smaller) version of this box, I will explain the changes I made. I started with a large 12x12" sheet for the yellow base box, and instead of folding in all the corners as shown in the tutorial, I cut those pieces off so I could fit more layers inside. I scored this sheet every 4" then turned the CS once and scored again. I then decreased my card stock pieces by 2", so the celery layer was a 10 1/2 x10 1/2" box (scored every 3 1/2") and they pink was a 9x9" square (scoring every 3"). (FYI- I scored evenly twice along either side of the card stock(s) to give me a grid look before I folded.) The top was made from a piece 6x6" square, scored 1" in all the way around. Then snip the corners as shown in the tutorial, then fold and adhere together to make the lid. It doesn't take much time at all and finding the pictures and embellishing them was the MOST fun of all!

This is the view from the top, I know it is a bit hard to make out all the detail so I took some up-close pics for you all. :)

Here are a few of my FAV'S!!! My daughter is on the left, I so miss her full little face, man do they thin out as they get taller... awe. On the right is my son and daughter, they are only 12 months apart and they are so close. I hope it stays that way forever. As you can see I took little embellishments from my Simply Scrappin' Kit to decorate and journal on the pics.













Here are a few f my other favorites. On the left is my son with his bubble beard... he just loves this picture now! The great thing about the Simply Scrappin' Kits is that some of the embellishments are preprinted too, so they have beautiful fonts and witty phrases as well. There are blank ones too to allow for your own stamped images or just for journaling. On the right is my daughter, she slept in that swing until she was like 4 months old... she basically out grew the thing and then FINALLY went into a crib. I went through batteries (you know those massive round ones) daily it seems like. She was in that thing all night...












Well I hoped you enjoyed today's project and take the challenge to play along with us at HSS, we love to see your creativity and inspiration. I have some other items up my sleeve as well for you guys later this week so stay tuned! Until next time~ TTFN



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4.13.2010

What a FUN challenge we have today over at HSS- Hand Stamped Sentiments, and Inspiration Challenge... Sea Shells!!! What does that make you think of? It makes me think of beaches, sands, ocean water, warm air, hammocks, tropical flowers, and maybe a virgin tropical drink. ;) So here is what I have created...

I have been planning a Luau themed neighborhood cookout party and thought that instead of sending out an electronic invite that I would use this weeks challenge to create a handmade personal invite for them all! I used the stamp set Embrace Life to create this lei for the front of the card. I have to say that this idea is not mine originally, not many are in some way I have usually been inspired by something I have seen in the past... I had gotten a swap years ago at an event (can't remember which one :( my memory stinks!) with this idea of the lei using a large flower image.

This card was somewhat time consuming however, I hand cut each flower- luckily they are fairly large flowers and I didn't need a million of them. I used my Crop-A-Dile to create the hole in the center of the flower for my 1/4" white Grosgrain Ribbon. Once I had all the flowers threaded through their centers I used dimensionals to secure them in a particular spot on the card front, so that they would all be displayed nicely.

I used Glossy White Card Stock for the flowers, which gave the flowers a really nice sheen to them and allows them to catch the light in an almost patten leather effect. I used some contraband on this card as well... gasp! I had found some really cute scrapbooking paper with a pretty floral design and I used a retired SAB stamp set for the sentiment "Party Time" stamped on the base of the card.

Here is a better view of how I threaded the ribbon through the flowers. I used my stampin' write markers to give that water color effect on the flowers for some color. The colors I used for the flowers were Pretty In Pink and Certainly Celery/Old Olive.

I hope you enjoyed my project for today, come on over to HSS and share with us your projects that you create with our inspiration. Summer is just around the corner, at least here in TX and the beach is where I LOVE to be!!! Come play along... until next time~ TTFN


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4.08.2010

NEW COLORS ARE HERE!!!! ~~ Almost. . .

I am super excited to announce what most other demo's have already posted but in case you have been left out of the loop- Stampin' Up! is bringing new color families into the mix. I can't wait to start using them and see what else is in store for us in the new catalog! Click on the pics to see a larger easier to read file.

Here are the colors that are being retired as of June 30th, there is a catch- these items are ONLY available while supplies last, so if there is a color that you have always wanted and it is retiring then I would definitely get it NOW rather than later. Click on the pics to see a larger file that can be read.

Don't forget to head over to Hand Stamped Sentiments to take part in this weeks challenge and play along. Until next time~ TTFN



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4.07.2010

Fun Projects I've Done Lately...

Take a peek at some fun things that I created recently. I made these for the substitutes we occasionally have in Primary. These are small simple and easy to give out when you want to give a simple thank you.
I used my gel pen to write the sentiment in the center of my stamped image. I used my vintage frames stamp set from the Sale-A-Bration catalog. These were the perfect size for these little treats.

I made these for our teachers to say Thank You for all your hard work. These are just simple gum holders and they open up to reveal a treat and a sweet note.

Here you can see the gum inside. I had to tweak the template I found on line to accommodate these gum packets as they are not traditional in size.

The note says, "Thank You For Going The..."

Awe... come on isn't that adorable?

Hope you enjoyed today's fun project and come on back to see more cute things later this week. Have you heard about the NEW colors from Stampin' Up!... I can't show you them until JULY- Ugh!!! But let me just tell you they are gorgeous!


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4.06.2010

Morning Stampers!!! Today is a color challenge offered up by Hand Stamped Sentiments...come take a peek see and play along!!! Here is the inspiration that we get to work from, fun colors, bold colors...
Here is the card I created. I received a SWAP similar to this years ago, I believe at convention, and loved the simplicity and bold statement it made. I used only a few tools and two stamp sets on it, one of which is retired... but I love it and can't seem to part with it. :)

I used the Crop-A-Dile to create these adorable little dry embossed bumps on the top and side edge of the Real Red Card Stock. I think it adds just a bit of texture. Then using my Big Shot, I created a layer using my Top Note die and my So Saffron Card Stock.

I used the Pick a Petal stamp set to create my focal image. I used real red classic ink and jet black staz-on ink for the outline image. I layered the center of the flower using a tone on tone effect with my So Saffron card stock and classic ink of the same color. I accented the side of the card using Black Gingham ribbon which I think both coordinates and contrasts so well with the polka-dots of the flower petals.

I used the sentiment from my Wild About You stamp set... I just love that set! I layered my center image which was stamped on Whisper White card stock onto a piece of Basic Black card stock. Then I centered them onto my Top Note die piece.

Here are all the images you get in the Pick a Petal stamp set... and man can you create WAY more than just a flower with this set. Some day I will do a search and show you all the different things I have seen done using this set. It is amazing!

I hope you enjoyed today's project and PLEASE stop by Hand Stamped Sentiments and play along with the rest of us. We love to see all the creative things that everyone shares. I hope to see you stop by and until next time~ TTFN


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