UdderlyAwesome Stamping From The Heart

Two Winners from the Stamp Camp Category

These entries take longer than 5 minutes to make.

Thank you for the great ideas, ladies!

Julie Finney gave the hot air balloon an interesting twist!

 

Supplies:

#116521 Sweet Centers page 6, $29.95 (Holiday Mini) and #115370 Teeny Tiny Wishes, page 145, #36.95

#115675 Razzleberry Designer Series papers page 162, $995 : Pink Passion, Rich Razzleberry, and Crushed Curry  card stocks pages 155-156 (Razzleberry ink)

#112004 1 3/4' Circle, #105090 Word Window, and #116630 Modern Label Punches page 186 ea:  $15.95

#115614 Crushed Curry 1/2" Grosgrain Ribbon page 182 $9.95

There are 7 1 3/4" circles in the balloon.  A card stock circle is alternated with a Designer Series Paper Circle.

Jeanette Valenciana's card has the happiest reindeer that I've ever seen! I would love to hear the voice that goes with this character!

 

Supplies:

Teal, Pink Passion, Close to Cocoa, Black, Real Red, Whisper White, Bravo Burgundy card stocks  (Teal ink)

#107304 Small Oval, #107305 large Oval, #105090 Word Window, 1/4" Circle#113694 Heart to Heart, #114889 Scallop Oval, #116628 Jumbo Snowflake Punches pages 186-187

#105957 Bold Snowflake Jumbo Wheel (Teal Ink) page 204

#100082 Black marker (for words and music note tails)

#101618 Crimper, page 188 $19.95

#114916 All Holidays page 43 $34.95

#105021 White Gel Pen page 190, $3.95

Please e-mail me if you need any of the supplies to make these cards or have any questions!

Thank you for stopping by!

Three Winners from Saturday's Quarterly Meeting here in Duarte CA

Today I'm going to share the three winners from the Demonstratable category.  "Demonstratable" means that this card could be made in 3 to 5 minutes and would be a good idea to make in a workshop.

Janace Charbonneau created a very simple and effective "Bearthday" card using the #117983 Stampin' Up! Pawsitively Embosslits die and the #118054 Seal of Pawthenticity Stamp Set (Both out of the Holiday Mini Catalog).

Other supplies used:

#118050 Beary Nice Wishes page 36 $16.95 (Holiday Mini)

Certainly Celery, Real Red, and Close to Cocoa card stocks ( pages 156-157)  

Close to Cocoa and Certainly  Classic Inks page 156-157

#109070 Whisper White Taffeta Ribbon page 183 $6.95

The folded Certainly Celery card stock is 6"x 3".

Tammy Dyer's card makes me happy just to look at it!

Supplies:

#115607 Wandering Words, page 16 (Holiday Mini)

Whisper White and Close to Cocoa regular card stocks, Old Olive, More Mustard, and Really Rust textured card stocks page 1550156 and Stampin' Write markers in the same colors

#109070 Whisper White Taffeta Ribbon page 183 $6.95

#113692 Eyelet Border Punch page 187 $15.95

The panels are each 1 3/4" x 3 3/4".

Anne Heard's Holiday Greetings card really pops with the Real Red, Old Olive, and whisper White card stocks!

Supplies:

#112091 Long Edge Scallop Punch (It is important to have the 2 3/4" white square to get this effect. Just use the punch one time on each edge of the card stock.)

#109043 Circle Scallop Punch page 187 $15.95

#113490 Baroque Motifs Stamp Set Page 131  $27.95  #115068 Sincere Salutations page 143, $23.95

#109052 5/8" Real Red Grosgrain Ribbon

Congratulations on your great ideas!

Please e-mail me or place an on-line order  if you need any of the supplies to make these cards.

Thank you for stopping by!

Great Fun at the Quarterly Spaghetti Factory Meeting Here in Duarte

Sixty Six of us got together to see  share great new ideas!

These demonstrators had just completed the card exchange!

Left to right:

Shirley, Rosemarie, Sue, Janace, and Jeanette

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I do not know every person's name around this table so you can just enjoy the enthusiasm!

Leticia Arvizu helped make gifts for the meeting.

 

Here is the inside:

 

The Chocolate Chip card stock is  7 3/4"x 4" and it is scored at 3" and 6 1/4".

And Jaime Mayo made another very nice set of gifts.

 

Jaime put two of  the #114518 Box Die #2 Bigz Dies back to back.

This is simple and very effective.

And how I have resisted eating these two chocolate chip cookies, I do not know!

Tomorrow I will begin posting the winners from the card contest from the meeting!

More great ideas coming your way:).

Thank you for stopping by!

Snowflake Christmas Box Instructions

This is the box that we are making today at my quarterly Stampin' Up! meeting here in Duarte CA.  We'll be using Real Red card stock and adding the white scallop squares only.  Demonstrators and guests can decorate them at home. Thank you to Becky Roberts for this great idea.  I resized the box part to be a little smaller than she has it and then totally changed the colors and the theme!  Now you can do the same thing!  How about a Real Red and White box for Valentines!

The Dazzling Diamonds glitter on the Bashful Blue snowflake is so outstanding in person.

I'll try to give you a little bit more of a close up.

The best way to get the glitter to stick is to use the 3-M 77 Multipurpose Adhesive spray.

I held the snowflake with a clothespin and took it outside to spray. Then I held the snowflake  over the larger of the Powder Pals tray to add the glitter.  Lastly, I took the snowflake outside again to spray the back with the glue. Lay it down over the white snowflake and pat it into place.

I put all of the front layers together, including the brad, before I added it to the box front.

 

Here is how you score it.  To get the measurements, download the instructions below.

Please e-mail me if I can help you in anyway.

Thank you for stopping by!

Download Snowflake Christmas Box Instructions

Ornament Punch Makes my Favorite Ever Christmas Tags

Stampin' Up!'s new ornament punch #116794 page 25 (Holiday Mini) $15.95 is so versatile.

We'll be making these ornaments in my December Stamp Clubs!  Want to check the Stamp Club out?

Click here for details.

The tags do not take long to make and will attach so easily to a package. Both the silver embossed tag and the Handsome Hunter tags have glitter in the center and you really cannot see it in the picture.

Here is the easiest way that I have found to make them.

Cut a 2"x 4" piece of Whisper White card stock and fold it in half.  Position the Ornament Punch so that

the very top part of the punch misses the card stock (so that the fold will stay in tact.)

Hold the card stock with a post it note.

Do not try to punch folded colored card stock.  Trying that broke my first Ornament Punch!

 

This is how it will look.

 

Then you stamp the Delightful Decorations image on a separate piece of  white card stock and punch it out.  Add the single punched out ornament to the top of the plain folded white ornament and no one will ever know that it is not all one piece!  I cut 10" of silver cord, opened up the ornament, ran a little Dotto on the fold, and laid the silver cord across it.  It is just enough stick to hold the cord in place.

The gold ornament is embossed and then sponged with gold.

Please e-mail me if you have any questions.

Thank you for stopping by!

Pocket Silhouettes Makes a Very Simple Card

Laurie Conners sent me a note on this card.

Don't you love it's simplicity?

We will be making this in our November 16th Stamp-a-stack.

It would certainly be easy to make a stack of these as a gift!

 

Have you ever created a reverse mask?  Here is how you do it.

For this card, you use the #112004 1 3/4" Circle Punch page 186 in a piece of computer paper,

(Thin paper works better than card stock.)

Place this mask over the white card stock and sponge the Summer Sun ink  through the 1 3/4" hole onto the Whisper White card stock.  When you remove this mask, you have the perfect circle that you saw in the card above.

I stamped the image from #111672  page 97 ,Pocket Silhouettes, and  the Friend to Friend saying in Dusty Durango. The #115370  page 145 Teeny Tiny Wishes set gives you so many options for sayings on this card.

Thank you again for your very special note, Laurie, and the bonus of a wonderfully simple stamping idea.

Please e-mail  me if I can help you in any way.

Thank you for stopping by.

A Simple Gift Card Holder for the Holidays

I was so happy to find a new idea for a gift card holder that looks good and is quick to make.

We're making this project in my November Stamp Clubs, tonight and tomorrow night, here in my craft room in Duarte CA.

You may upload the instructions below.

I'll give you several views:

 

 

Supplies:

Chocolate Chip and Very Vanilla card stocks,  #115672 Merry Moments Designer Series Paper page 160 $9.95

#105090 Word Window punch

Christmas Punch Level 2 Hostess Set page 14

Chocolate Chip, Real Red, and Glorious Green markers page 156

Download GiftCert09 Instructions

Please e-mail me if you have any questions or need to order supplies.

Thank you for stopping by!

Santa Place Card

I combined a delightful Christmas Card idea from Sue Franco,

 

and a very interesting Christmas Card by Iris Tamishiro,

 

to come up with a place card for Christmas that you can reuse if you choose to!

 

Here is a side view:

 

Here is how you cut and score the 5 1/2"x 4 1/4' card stock:

You begin the cut line at 2" from the left side of the card stock.

 

To make the Santa:

#110384 Season of Joy page 32 $26.95  "Merry Christmas" greeting.  or you could also use....

#114916 All Holidays page 43 $34.95 set of 12.

Face:  #109043 Circle Scallop Punch page 187 $15.95  Blush Blossom card stock-You'll need to cut it down a little.

Mustache and Beard:  Circle Scallop Punch in Whisper White (count 6 scallops, score, and fold down)

Hat: #104400 1 1/4" square punch page 186 $15.95 Real Red card stock-cut the square in half.

Tip for the hat:  #104390 1/2" Circle Punch mounted on a dimensional

Brim of hat:  #105090 Word Window Punch

Nose:  1/4" Circle Punch or you could use the #108362 the Crop-a-dile to get the same circle

Bowtie:  #115608 3/4" Polka dot Grosgrain Ribbon

#107305 Large Oval Punch and #114889 Scallop Oval Punches for the greeting

#113469 Scallop Circle #2 Bgiz die page 1999 $19.95 the larger white scallop

#114526 Circles #2 bigz die page 202 $15.95 black circle or you could also cut the 2 1/2" black circle out with the #112530 Circle Scissors page 191 $29.95.

I am going to type out each person's name in Word, print them out, and punch them out with the Word Window Punch.  then I can remove the name and use it again for next year if I need to change or add names.

We'll be making this project in my December Stamp Clubs.

You may always visit one time.  Then decide if you would like to join on a regular basis!

E-mail me if you are interested in visiting either

Tuesday, December 1st or Wednesday, December 2nd.

Thank you for stopping by!

How about a Turkey for your Thanksgiving Table!

  Wouldn't this be a great little treat for each person's place for Thanksgiving?

We'll be making this in our October 16th Stamp-a-Stack!

Don't miss it! You can sign up below.

 

Supplies:

#113468 Circle Scallop, page 199 $19.95 (Close to Cocoa-largest feathers)

#113469 Scallop circle #2 page 199 $19.95 (Largest scallop:  One in Durango and one in Crushed Curry)

#114526 Circles #2 page 202 $15.95 (the largest circle is the body and the smallest circle is the head)

#110710 Large Star Punch page 187 $15.95 (beak in More Mustard)

#116630 Modern Label Punch page 187 $15.95 (cut in half for the feet-More Mustard)

#104401 13/4" Circle Punch page 186 $15.95 to punch the hole for the Sweet Cup

#116802 Sweet Treat Cups page 7 (Holiday mini) 12 for $2.95 (They are .30 each)

Sponge the edges of each piece.  Add the wiggly eyes.  It goes together very quickly!

Thank you to Heather Summers and her daughter Emma for this version of the Turkey!

Check out the details for Stamp-a-Stack here.

Please e-mail me to let me know that you would like to come.

You can sign up here through PayPal

October 16 Stamp-a-Stack

With envelopes $25.00 Without Envelopes $23.00

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I Opened My Door to a Great Big RRRRRRRRROAR.....and it was.......

...Joshua!!!!!!!!!!!!  Our oldest grandson had to take the time to get his Lion "whiskers" on!

Okay!  We are ready to go trick or treating! Jeremy was our little monkey.

 

Royal Oaks Park, which is within walking distance of our home, had a carnival.

Don't you think that our daughter, Shelly, could have gotten most creative costume!

Come on, Mom!  Who said anything about sharing my pacifier!

Thanks, Dad, for understanding that there are some things we just don't share!

 

After leaving the carnival, we headed out to go door to door.

Every time, Joshua saw a light on, he would say, "Come on guys.  This looks like a good one."

Did the boys ever get a surprise when THESE neighbors opened their door!

 

Needless to say, we had a lot of fun!

Thanks for stopping by!