Goody Gear!

Hi Stampers!

Need some cute but fast and easy treats for Thanksgiving, Halloween or Christmas?  Here's all you need:



The Goody Gear Simply Created Kits come in two different colours, Real Red, which I used for a Christmas treat and Pumpkin Pie, which I used for Thanksgiving and Halloween. 

The kits are only $6.95 each and come with enough supplies to make 10 treat bags.  The enjoy and Ho Ho Ho come from the coordinating stamp set, Oh, Goodie!  The only extra supplies you need are ink and little adhesive and you're good to go!  Or better yet, get some friends together and host a private class, then you get to make your treats together and you earn free Stampin' Up! product as the hostess, double treats for you!

Who do you know that could use a treat?

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Diane

Epic Lacy & Lovely

Hi Stampers!

I saw this great card made with an interesting fold on Dawn Griffith's blog and just had to make one:

Dawn made a Halloween card, but I followed her instructions using Epic Day DSP and the Lacy & Lovely stamp set to make an everyday card instead. 

 

I love the way this card showcases both sides of the gorgeous DSP!  Choosing the card stock and ink colours was a no brainer since I just used colours that are in the DSP, which are listed on the back of the package as well as in the catalogue.

 

I also love that I had this card made in less than ten minutes using scraps of card stock and designer paper, and it's beautiful on the inside too!  I was going to stamp either the Miss you or Thank you image from Lacy & Lovely on the inside, but  I haven't decided who I'm giving this too yet, so I guess I'll wait and add that when I know what I'm using this card for.  Do you have some scraps and ten minutes?

 

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Diane

Friendly Friday

Hi Stampers!

I think these are just adorable:



These were made by Susan Itell from Simple Stampin and I love them sooooo much!  She used the Halloween Hello stamp set, which I don't have, but any smaller image would do. 

 

These would made awesome little treats (or stocking stuffers) when you're trying not to give junk food.  I have a feeling my coworkers will be seeing a version of these in the near future!  Click on the photo above to get Susan's full detailed tutorial.  Do you know someone who would love to receive one of these?

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Diane

Stamp Club Class

Tonight's class was all about the Envelope Punch Board!  All the ladies loved using the punch board, it's simple and quick and the results are great every time!  We warmed up by making envelopes for this card:

The card is on a Pumpkin Pie base, the stripes on the white layer are made using the masking tape technique in Crumb Cake and Soft Suede. The leaves are die cut with the Autumn Accents Bigz Die and the Big Shot, then stamped with the Wonderfall stamp set in Cajun Craze, Crushed Curry, Early Espresso and Soft Suede. The thank u is cut with the Expressions Thinlits in Red Glimmer Paper (cut down from the word Thankful). 

Our next project used the Envelope Punch Board to make a file folder card:

 

We glued the hexagon pattern of Epic Day Designer Series Paper onto the card front and the lined paper pattern to the edge of the inside, then we used the punch on the punch board to get the curved shape for the file folder tabs (like in the video from this post). To finish the card we stamped you make me happy from Hello Lovely in Calypso Coral and mounted it on the front, and we stamped XOXO from Oh, Goodie!, also in Calypso Coral on the tab. Cute!!  Stamping with friends is so much fun, do you have someone to stamp with?  You are always welcome to come and join us!

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Diane

Envelope Punch Board Love

Hi Stampers!

This punch board is the coolest new tool!  I've only had a couple of hours to play with it but I love it!!  Of course it makes beautiful, polished looking envelopes out of any type of paper you like, but you can also make boxes, scrapbooks, and cards with little tabs that look like file folders!  I followed Patty Bennett's tutorial (that I shared on Friendly Friday) and made this pocket card that holds a simple ornament:

 

The base is a 5-1/2 x 6 piece of Early Espresso cardstock, lined with DSP from the Season of Style Paperstack. Have a Holly Jolly Christmas from Tags 4 You is stamped in Cherry Cobbler and punched out with the Label Bracket Punch.  (you can get these in a bundle and save!)  That cute tab you see on the Early Espresso cardstock is made with one of the punches on the new amazing Envelope Punch Board!  Add it to your must have list now!!

 

The ornament is made with the Daydream Medallions stamp set inked with the Silver Metallic Encore Pad, stamped onto Gumball Green, Cherry Cobbler and Whisper White cardstock.  The layers are cut out with the Floral Frames Framelits Dies and the Big Shot. Noel is from Greetings of the Season and the hanger is made with some Silver 1/8" Ribbon from the Holiday Catalogue.  Doesn't it make you want to start preparing for the holidays?

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Diane

Friendly Friday

Hi Stampers!

I know it's Saturday.  I was worn out after my first full week at school with the students, and even though I knew exactly what I wanted to post, I just couldn't drag myself off the couch!  I am super excited about the new Envelope Punch Board, so today I am sharing some videos by Patty Bennett at Patty's Stamping Spot.



I chose Patty's videos, because she not only shows you how easy it is to make these envelopes with the punch board, but also some super cute file folder cards:



Click on the photos to go to Patty's blog posts and view her videos.  I can't wait to use the punch board to shrink down my pile of retired designer series papers!  We'll be trying out this tool at Stamp Club Class this Wednesday.  Would you like to join us?  Email me to get more information about Stamp Club.

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Diane

Thankful Wonderfall

Do you love the Wonderfall stamp set as much as I do?  It just makes me happy every time I  pull it off the shelf!

I have to say, I would love it even more if there were framelits that coordinated, but it came out before Stampin' Up! started to carry them, so I guess we'll have to make due with the Autumn Accents Bigz Die. Since you can't stamp your image and then line it up to cut it out like you can with your framelits, we have to do things a little differently. For this set, run your cardstock through the big shot first to cut out your leaf shapes, then stamp them. If your image is a bit crooked it's okay, because once you sponge the edges, which makes them look more realistic and beautiful anyway, you can't tell!  I got the basic idea for this layout from a project I saw on Pinterest made by Dani Dziama. 

For those of you wondering if it's tricky to work with the Expressions Thinlits Dies, the answer is yes, unless you put a little piece of wax paper I between the die and the cardstock:

A feature of these framelits that can be really helpful is that it has some tiny holes on the back of the die.  If you poke a toothpick through those tiny holes, your cardstock pops right out. Then all you need to do is add a bit of Tombo liquid glue and you're set!  

What stamp set makes you happy every time you see it?

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Diane

Awesome...Thanks!

I needed to make a lot of thank you cards for my students, so I decided to go postcard style.  I typed my message to my students on the computer, ran Naturals White Cardstock through the printer, and stamped on the other side. I chose Naturals White because it's a heavier weight cardstock, so I can print on one side and stamp on the other without either showing through.

I used three different stamp sets on this card; Gorgeous Grunge, Betsy's Blossoms, and Yippee-Skippee!  For ink I used the 2013-2015 in colors Strawberry Slush, Coastal Cabana, Baked Brown Sugar and Pistachio Pudding. The Strawberry blossom is punched out with the 2-1/2" circle punch, the sentiment flag is one inch wide and the end is hand cut. Hopefully a couple of these will end up on the fridge instead of the recycling!

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Diane

Friendly Friday

Hi Stampers,

Today I want to share with you a set of cards designed by Dawn Griffith over at Dawn's Stamping Studio:


Dawn used a technique that is all the rage right now, the masking tape technique.  If you click on the picture you can watch a video of Dawn demonstrating the masking tape technique on these cards, but basically you rip off a length of masking tape, press it into your ink pad, then press it onto your cardstock.  Quick and easy!  I think we might give this a try at stamp club this month...

Dawn used the new photopolymer stamp set, Another Thank You:

I'm always needing thank you cards, so I have a feeling this stamp set is in my future!  Do you have someone you need to thank?

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Diane

Stamping 101

Hi Stampers!

Tonight was Stamping 101!  We made two cards, one all occasion and one Christmas:

We started with this Merry card in Cherry Cobbler.  We used the Expressions Thinlits Dies and the Big Shot to cut out the word Merry, and the Argyle Embossing Folder on the Cherry card stock. We finished off our card with a few little pieces of Season of Style Designer Series Paper.  Cute!

Expressions Thinlits Dies

 

Our second card uses the stamp sets Gorgeous Grunge and Yippee-Skippee!  The card base is pool party, and the next layer is Crisp Cantaloupe.  We used the same colours of ink along with Basic Gray, the 1-3/4" circle punch, 2-3/8 scallop circle punch and presto zesto, we had an all occasion card ready to go!  It only took about 30 minutes to complete both cards!

Deciding is the most time consuming part!  Choose a clean and simple design and see if you can find 30 minutes to craft. I found these ideas on Pinterest and adapted them slightly to suit the supplies I had on hand. It's a great place to find some simple ideas (and some not so simple ones--don't get carried away unless you have lots of time!)

Go stamp something!

Diane