How cute are these? You could use them many way – silverware/napkin holder for a place setting, add some chocolate, or as a decoration hanging from a door knob! You can add ribbon to hang it or even use a bigger piece of cardstock to create a bigger cone! These are super simple too and only take a couple minutes to complete! I used a 6×6″ square of Very Vanilla Cardstock and created the cone form. Be sure to use sticky strip to hold it together! It is super strong and perfect for this project! The cone on the right has
Tangerine Tango ink brushed on the edges with my Sponge Daubers!!! Love those things! Then add a decoration! Here I used the Fun Flowers Bigz Die to create my flowers! I put the Designer Series Paper onto some of the “cardboard” stuff that comes in the back of your Designer Series Paper pack and then ran them through the Big Shot together! This made my flowers a little bit more sturdy! You can change up the decoration for any Holiday or Occasion!
When it comes to Christmas, I am not a strict red and green decorator! In fact the only “color” I require is BLING! I love lights, glimmer, shiny stuff on my tree because I want it to light up the room! I enjoy sitting in the dark living room on the couch all cuddled under a blanket just staring at the tree! 🙂 This ornament that I have created is so beautiful and it meets my requirements! I used the Festive Flurry Stamp Set and matching Framelits to create this ornament! The colors used are Elegant Eggplant, Silver Glimmer Paper, Soft Sky and Whisper White! The Frosted Finished Embellishment on the top really just brings it altogether! I have to say those little things look amazing in a photo but in person WOW do that sparkle and shine! I wish I could make a crown to wear every day with them! I would love to hear what some of your favorite crafty items are that you decorate with around the Holidays! I could use a few more ideas because I’m really the urge to decorate A LOT this year!
For more samples with the Festive Flurry Stamps and Framelits, check out THIS POST and THIS POST!
Check out the entire Holiday Sale here! So many fabulous items at 20%, 25%, 30%, 40% and even 50% off!!!! Great time to get a few gift items for a Friend or stock up on a few items for yourself! After all, the winter season is upon us and there will be lots of time spent in the house over the next few months!
It is Tuesday and so I’m sharing a fabulous technique with you!!! This week it is these beautiful Bookmarks!
These bookmarks are super simple and inexpensive to create! They make great gifts for Teachers too! You can even have your children help decorate them to be apart of the gift and enjoy some crafting time together! I have created the regular Paper Bookmark and this new Ribbon Bookmark which I find super cute!
Supplies You Will Need: Ribbon (18-20 inches), Cardstock, Stampin’ Dimensionals, and Punches
Stamp your image onto a scrap piece of Whisper White cardstock and then punch it out with the 1-3/4” Circle Punch. Using the 2-3/8” Scallop Circle Punch, punch a piece of colored cardstock. Adhere the stamped circle to the scallop circle with Stampin’ Dimensionals! Next, you will adhere your decoration to your ribbon. Leave a little tail hanging on the bottom of your stamped decoration with the longer piece on the top!
For the Paper Bookmark: Decorate your piece of Whisper White cardstock with your stamps! Adhere to a piece of colored cardstock (2×4″)! Fold a piece of ribbon in half and staple it to the top of your bookmark!
I am loving the Beautifully Baroque Stamp Set and matching Beautifully Baroque Embossing Folder! I feel like the Elegant Eggplant color screams elegance! Is that just me? I embossed my card front with the folder and then created the tag with the Chalk Talk Framelits! I stamped the Beautifully Baroque image in Smoky Slate on a scrap piece of cardstock and then punched it out with the Heart Punch. I layered a Silver Glimmer Paper punched heart on top of it. LOVE IT! The greeting is from the Sweet Essentials Stamp Set! I encourage you to try out a stamp set and find ways to make many different styles of cards with it! It is fun and sometimes challenging! Here and Here are some other samples using the Beautifully Baroque Stamp!
I loved this moment – stamping with my Mom and my Niece!!!! Here we are making my Mom’s Christmas Cards! I love stamping and what could be better than stamping with those that I love! Every year, my Mom and I make her Christmas Cards. Usually we do it on Thanksgiving Day while the turkey is in the oven but all of the family will be in town this year so we thought we would do them on a different day! My Mom picked three different styles for her cards this year. We cranked out 50 cards, 3 styles, 3 people, in less than 3 hours (I did do the pre-cutting though). Stamping with others and stamping in multiples is so much easier! Here are the samples of the cards that we created!
So this one was created in Night of Navy and the baby and the star are from a stamp set that was available last year – First Christmas. My Mom bought the set last year and we never got to use it! But the greeting was from my FAVORITE Holiday Set – Greetings of the Season!
This one was the easiest one! Super Simple and Amazing! We made the most of these (30). The card features Coastal Cabana, Island Indigo and Whisper White Cardstock! The Stamp Sets are Calm Christmas and Greetings of the Season!
I hope these cards gave you some inspiration for the Holidays and I encourage you to share what you love with your family and friends!!!
I love it when I fall in love with a stamp….even more when it is a single stamp!!! I have created so many different styles/looks of cards with the Beautifully Baroque Stamp Set!
This card is super simple! It was created by stamping the Baroque image into Crushed Curry Ink and then I took one of my AMAZING Sponge Daubers and pounced around on the stamp to “pull ink off”. (For more samples of cards using your sponge daubers, check out this post and this post!) Then I stamped the image onto Whisper White Cardstock, that is how I got those varying colors of yellows! Super Fabulous and this card would be perfect for a Birthday, Sympathy, Thinking of You, Thank You and even a Wedding!!!! You could always change up the colors to match the occasion. Super simple and this would be a perfect card for making multiples and using up some scrap Designer Series Paper pieces. I find that making multiples of cards is much easier and quicker than making many card and each one is different! For more samples of cards using your sponge daubers, check out this post and this post!
This card is very different from the first one! I stamped the Baroque image onto a piece of Whisper White Cardstock! I super love Black and White with a POP of color…..especially when that color is PINK! 🙂 I then took a scrap piece of Whisper White Cardstock and stamped the Baroque image. I punched it out with my 2-1/2″ Circle punch and stuck a Jumbo Sticky Round to the back of it. Then I took my Strawberry Slush Ruffled Ribbon and stuck it around the edge of the circle! It is so easy and holds strong with the Sticky Rounds!!!! I went to put this image on my card and realized it just so happened to line up PERFECTLY (so did not plan on that but love when things come together). I think added the little greeting and a Candy Dot! I’m not sure if I think this card is elegant or fun! I kind of think it could go either way! Post in the comments what you think!!!!!
So I can officially say that I am “caught up” with my Scrapbook to 2013 (and as I write this this post I’m only 2 months behind)!!! I know I know, many of you are probably years behind on your albums. Don’t hate me! JOIN ME! This year I have decided to do my album digitally with My Digital Studio!!!! Super quick and simple! I scrapbook on random evenings while watching TV on the couch! There is no mess to drag out or put away and I’m multi-tasking. 😉 hehe I’m thinking about starting a My Digital Studio “Class” where we all get together on our laptops and work on My Digital Studio projects (scrapbooks, cards, etc.) This way you have dedicated time set aside to work on your project and if you come across a problem or have a question, I will be there to help! Post in the comments if you are interested in joining a class like this! Okay so here are a few pages from my album!
My Scrapbooks are ALL about photos! I love taking pictures and to me a picture says a thousand words! My pages focus 95% on pictures with maybe a few embellishments and a little bit of writing. I do enjoy digital scrapbooking because there is a spell check and a backspace! Come on, you all know you have made a misspelling before or your mind wanders off and you write the wrong word! I enjoy writing more when I can type versus my handwriting!
Everyone has a different scrapbook style! You can use my pages as inspiration and you can add many more stamps, embellishments, and layers or you can keep it super simple! With My Digital Studio, you can layer your photos with color or white! You can add ribbons, buttons, banners, brads, etc! There are templates where your entire album has the same theme and colors throughout or you can customize each page to your liking! I will say that not all of my pages have polka dots although the ones I picked to share with you seem to all have them! I hope you are inspired to try out My Digital Studio! Try it out for FREE for 30 Days by clicking here!
It is Tuesday and so I’m sharing a fabulous technique with you!!! This week it is this adorable Treat Bag which was created from the Thankful Tablescape Simple Created Kit!
Supplied Needed: Thankful Tablescape Simply Created Kit – Napkin Pouches, small strip from the Menu Cards, piece from the Chocolate Chip Roll, piece from the Tangerine Tango strips, piece from the roll of Birch Paper, and Chalkboard Banner Tag & Sticky Strip
All you need to remember for the scoring on the bag (napkin pouch) is 2-1/2″!!!!
As you can see in the photo above, you will place the Napkin holder at 2-1/2″ inches on your Stampin’ Trimmer and score! Then you will do that on either sides of the main piece as well! Here is a photo showing you where the score lines are!
The small box (purple lines) are the original score lines on the Napkin Holder. The pink lines are the score lines that I created going 2-1/2″ out from each purple line! I hope this makes sense! Then all you do is add Sticky Strip (best adhesive for boxes) to the 2 small outside tabs and assemble your box! I stapled mine shut but you could always use adhesive or leave it open! I think took a few other pieces from the kit to create my banners and add the tag!
These boxes are perfect for a Thanksgiving Hostess Gift, goody bag to take leftovers home in, or any other type of treat bag for that special someone!
Stampin’ Up! has this fabulous kit in the Holiday Mini Catalog that is super cute for any Thanksgiving Tablescape! But if your family is anything like mine there is so much food and chaos going on that there is no room for cute decorations! So why not think outside the box??? Check out these fabulous cards that I created with all of the supplies inside the kit (minus the card bases which are crumb cake cardstock). I was able to create over 30 cards and 10 treat bags! Come back again tomorrow to see how I created treat bags with the napkin pouches!
The card that I did above was created using half of the menu card (the yellow striped piece) and a small piece of the Designer Series Paper from the strips (the orange piece). The package comes with these amazing chalkboard pieces which I thought were totally just black cardstock. Whoa, was I wrong! It is this crazy slick, textured, plastic-like piece and it so looks and feels amazing! I used the fabulous Chalk Marker for the greeting! This is the greatest white marker I have ever used! It writes very clear and amazing! The little notches on the chalkboard piece make it easy to wrap the twine around and the kit comes with die-cut leaves!
This card uses the the hounds-tooth printed paper (in the package to be used as food tent cards) as your background piece. You need to cut off about a 1/2″ piece which I then added to the inside for a little POP of color/decoration on the inside! The Chocolate Chip patterned piece comes from the roll of paper in the kit! That roll seems never endings! I added a little twine and another one of the die-cut leaves! The kit also comes with a roll of this birch paper which is super cool because it is textured and not actual cardstock (sort of plastic feeling too). I stamped the Magnificent Maple leaf on there in Crushed Curry and Tangerine Tango and then used my Label Framelits to cut it out! Love it! Post in the comments if you have any other outside the box ideas that you have for this fabulous kit! And be sure to come back again tomorrow for the Technique Tuesday – Treat Bag!
How cute are these? You could use them many way – silverware/napkin holder for a place setting, add some chocolate, or as a decoration hanging from a door knob! You can add ribbon to hang it or even use a bigger piece of cardstock to create a bigger cone! These are super simple too and only take a couple minutes to complete! I used a 6×6″ square of Very Vanilla Cardstock and created the cone form. Be sure to use sticky strip to hold it together! It is super strong and perfect for this project! The cone on the right has
Tangerine Tango ink brushed on the edges with my Sponge Daubers!!! Love those things! Then add a decoration! Here I used the Fun Flowers Bigz Die to create my flowers! I put the Designer Series Paper onto some of the “cardboard” stuff that comes in the back of your Designer Series Paper pack and then ran them through the Big Shot together! This made my flowers a little bit more sturdy! You can change up the decoration for any Holiday or Occasion!
