Build a Bear Workshop & Stampin’ Up!

September 2nd, 2009 at 10:00pm | In Projects,Stamp Sets | No Comments »
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I am so excited to share with you the best mini catalog ever!  Really!  Its this year’s Holiday Mini Catalog.

Along with the holiday sets (Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas), Stampin’ Up! is introducing three new product lines.

First, there’s Simply Adorned.  These are charms and chains that you use to create unique jewelry and home decor.

Also, My Digital Studio- which I am so stoked about!!!  Digital (and hybrid!) scrapbooking- the Stampin’ Up! way!!!  I’ll share more about that later.

Today, I’m sharing with you the partnership between Build a Bear Workshop and Stampin’ Up!  Genius!

BABW pic by you.

Build A Bear Workshop is very popular in my house.  My daughter, Esther, got her first Build A Bear for her birthday last year.  She loves her Princess Fluffy.  We’ll probably take my son to get his first for his birthday later this month.  (They’ve got some cool boy styles.)

My kids got SO excited when I showed them the BABW section of the Holiday Mini.  They want it all!  We’ve got three stamp sets, eight Sizzix dies and patterned paper.  They are all fabulous for making cards and scrapbook pages.  But with the dies, you can also make super cute and easy paper dolls for the kids, where the can change the clothes and have so much fun!  Your kids, grandkids and friends’ kids will have hours of fun playing with these.

On Monday, I went to a demonstrator swap where we made cards with a lot of the Holiday Mini products.  I’ll share the rest of the projects later this week.  Today I’m sharing the bears. :)  Both cards are made with the new set Beary Best Friends.

This is the project I designed:

build a bear- mine by you.

 

I stamped and watercolored our cute girly bear using Watercolor Wonder Crayons.  Then I punched out the flower and balloon from our new Cottage Wall DSP.  (The punches are the Trio Flower & the 3/4″ Circle punches.)  I popped those up with Dimensionals. I made the grass using the Scallop Edge punch, like I did with my Upsy Daisy silhouttes card.  I popped that up with Dimensionals, too.  The background was made with my Big Shot and Stampin’ Up! Backgrounds 1 Texturz plates.

 

This one was designed by fellow demonstrator Aimee Wayment. 

build a bear -Aimee 1 by you.

 

 I love how she used Crystal Effects to shine the shoes!  Also notice how the skirt is “paper-pierced” using Razzleberry Lemonade DSP.

The sentiment up on the side is from Beary Nice Wishes.  They are cute sayings in the BABW font.

 

Contact me to order your Build A Bear Workshop supplies!

beary best friends by you.

Shaker Card: Party Hearty

September 1st, 2009 at 11:46am | In Events,Projects,Stamp Sets,Techniques | No Comments »
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I love cards that have texture, or that are 3-D. I think it makes them more interesting. Some cards go a step further: interactive cards! These cards are so much fun to make- and to receive!

shaker card- party hearty 1 by you.

This is a Shaker Card. The focal point is a rubber stamped cupcake that shows through a window holding confetti. You can shake the card and the confetti moves all over the image.

shaker card- party hearty 2

 

I like to show the cards I make to my kids (they’re actually very constructive critics!). But I have a hard time getting my shaker cards back out of their hands. :) They’re too much fun!

I’ll be having a class soon to teach the Shaker card technique, along with the Slider and Spinner cards. I haven’t decided yet whether we’ll be making this particular Shaker, or another one. I have lots of ideas and will let you know when I pin one down!

Here are the details (you’ll be seing more samples in the coming weeks):

    

On the Move: Specialty Card Class
Friday, October 9th @ 7pm
Where: my house- 9141 Brevard Dr, Sacramento, 95829
Cost: $20
RSVP & Prepay by Weds Sept 30th

                       

               

Party Hearty Shaker Card Supplies

Stamp Set: Party Hearty
Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Regal Rose, Old Olive, Certainly Celery
Paper: Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive, Whisper White card stock
Accessories: Word Window Punch, Certainly Celery 1/4″ Grosgrain Ribbon, Big Shot machine, Stampin’ Up! Backgrounds 1 Texturz Plate 

 party hearty by you.

Upsy Daisy Silhouettes

August 29th, 2009 at 2:15pm | In Projects,Stamp Sets,Techniques,Uncategorized | No Comments »
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Sometimes its the simple cards that turn out the best.

This one uses just Stamps, Ink & Paper (the stamping SIP), with a little heat embossing. 

 upsy daisy silhouette cards 1 by you.

I simply sponged the colors onto Whisper White card stock, starting with the lightest.  I used So Safron, Summer Sun, Pumpkin Pie and Real Red.  Then I rubbed the Embossing Buddy over the card, so the emossing powder wouldn’t stick to the background. I stamped the image from Upsy Daisy with VersaMark ink, then used Black Emboss Powder.  I also embossed the sentiment from Inspired by Nature.  After embossing, I made the grass (from Basic Black card stock) using the Scallop Edge Punch!  I simply punched every 1/4″ in or so, rather than using the guidelines.  This created a curved, jagged grass line.

In this photo, you can really see that shine on the images!

upsy daisy silhouette cards 2 by you.

And here is a small 3×3 version of the same card.

upsy daisy silhouette cards 3 by you.

 

 

Scratch n Sniff: Strawberry Lemonade

August 28th, 2009 at 9:21pm | In Projects,Stamp Sets,Techniques | 2 Comments »
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I’m sure you can relate.  Sometimes, you make a card and have a hard time giving it up.  I’m a hoarder, so this happens to me a lot.  This week, I’ve actually made a lot of these almost-didn’t-leave-my-stamp-room-because-I-couldn’t-bear-to-part-with projects.  The one I’m sharing today is definitely no exception.

      

Introducing…  Scratch ‘n Sniff: Strawberry Lemonade.

scratch n sniff lemonade card 1 by you. 

There are a lot of things I really like about this card.  The awesome 3-D curved vellum glass for one.  The Dazzling Diamonds sugar up on the rim.  The lemon slice cut so that it sits on the rim…

scratch n sniff lemonade card 2 by you.

 

…The Texturz polka dot background.  The pieces of fruit inside on the bottom of the glass… 

 scratch n sniff lemonade card 3 by you.

 

…And, of course, the Scratch n Sniff! 

scratch n sniff lemonade card 4 by you.

 

Oh, this is one of those cards that you just cannot fully appreciate on the computer monitor!  The lemon and strawberry each smell like lemon and strawberry.  “Scratch a lemon, it smells like a lemon.  Scratch a strawberry, it smells like a strawberry.  Scratch a snozberry, it smells like a snozberry.”   “Whoever heard of a snozberry?” (Sorry, the Wonka in me just took over.)

If you’d like to learn how to do this technique (of course you do!), just make sure you are signed up for my email newsletter.  I made a step-by-step photo tutorial that will be featured in the September issue.  It will be going out next week, so sign up soon.  (Just use the blue box at the top of my sidebar.)  And hey, its FREE!  :)

The photo below shows the textured polka dot background the best.

scratch n sniff lemonade card 5 by you.

So, yeah, I didn’t want to give this beauty away.  But the person I made it for really deserves it.  So, thanks- you know who you are.

 

(The inside of the card.)

   

I hope you don’t think I’m cocky with all my compliments on my own work.  lol.  But I have just had a really terrific stamping week, and I am relishing in it!

 

Supplies

Stamp sets: Tart & Tangy and Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: Yoyo Yellow, Real Red, Old Olive, Pretty in Pink, Barely Banana, VersaMark
Paper: Whisper White, Real Red, Vellum Card Stock
Accessories: Dimensionals, Stamping Sponges, Sticky Strip, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, Big Shot machine, Texturz Plates (Backgrounds 1)

   

    

Circle Circus Sample

August 23rd, 2009 at 12:30pm | In Projects,Stamp Sets | No Comments »
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I saw this sample that a fellow stamper shared on our demonstrator website and I wanted to share it with you.  I love the colors and the balance of the layout.  I like the look of the long 3×6 cards.

circle circus sample by you.

She used Circus Circus, a stamp set from the new catalog.  The saying is from the Upsy Daisy set.

Great job, Susan Legere!

circle circus by you.

Scrapbook Page: Bringing Jared Home

August 21st, 2009 at 6:33pm | In Projects,Scrapbooking,Stamp Sets,Techniques | 1 Comment »
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Last week, I made this 2-page-spread.  I don’t do my scrapbooking in any order, the way some scrappers work chronologically, or do holidays or vacations first.  I just work on whatever I feel like.  This time I pulled up photos of my little boy, born almost 4 years ago, and the day we took him home from the hospital.

This page is simple, and I like it!

 bringing Jared home 1 by you.

     

bringing Jared home 4 by you.

 

 

I mostly did basic stamping, then used punches and Paper Snips to cut out the images.  I used Dimensionals to pop up some of the elements.

     

    

    

    

    

      

      

     

 

      bringing Jared home 5 by you.

 

 

 

 

 

I used a little grosgrain ribbon throughout the page.  Here, I opened the prongs of a Silver Brad and wrapped them around the ribbon.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

bringing Jared home 6 by you.

    

      

      

    

   

   

I had this scrap of designer paper that I had used to punch out stars for another project.  I liked the way it looked, so I just layered it over the photo mat.  This is what started the page, and I added the other stamped and punched stars around the page to tie everything together.

    

     

    

bringing Jared home 2 by you.

bringing Jared home 3 by you.

        

Supplies:

Stamp Sets: Nursery Necessities
Ink: Bashful Blue, Brocade Blue, Night of Navy & Whisper White Card Stock, Patterns DSP
Accessories: Lrg & Sm Star Punches, Scallop Edge Punch, Stampin Dimensionals, 1/4″ Grosgrain Ribbon, Silver Brad

        

nursery necessities by you.

          

soft subtles bashful blue  rich regals brocade blue  rich regals night of navy

             

          

Get Creative with the Growth Chart!

August 18th, 2009 at 8:08am | In Projects,Specials,Techniques | No Comments »
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I have some pretty neat ideas to share with you that some stamp ladies are doing with their Decor Elements Growth chart!  (For details on this limited-time item, see post below.)

Anne has her house on the market, but wanted the growth chart.  She & her husband painted a piece of plywood for her to place the vinyl on so they can take it with them anywhere they go!

09 aug growth chart plywood by you.

 

Lisa really thought outside the box and used the pieces to add a ruler to the end of the table in her craft room.  First, she cut out the numbers (they would be laying sideways if she didn’t).  Then, she applied the ruler “marks” and added the numbers back on afterward.

Lisa uses the ruler to trim ribbon lengths, make quick measurements of scraps, visualize layouts, and more.

She says she may use the tree & bird pieces as fun accents on the craft room walls, or she may use them on another project.

Great thinking Anne & Lisa!  I love your ideas!

If you have another creative use for the growth chart (or other Decor Elements pieces), please let me know!  And remember, the growth chart is only available through September.