Flowers for you!

This watering can with flowers just puts a smile on my face so I hope it does for you too! Some of you made this at stamp camp but I wanted to share this with those who couldn't make it.

I got these pails for $1 at Michael's and couldn't wait to use them! The scallop hanging off of the ribbon comes with the Birds and Blooms 4 pack sizzlet set for the Big Shot. The "be happy" (retired) stamped in Bermuda Bay in the center is punched out with the 1" circle so I guess it makes it about a 1 3/8" scallop. Perfect for the pail! The sizzlet also punches out about a 3/4" scallop.

The set I used for the flower centers is "Good Friend" out of the Stampin' Up! Idea Book & Catalog. I used chocolate chip and certainly celery inks. The certainly celery centers are also dazzled with heat and stick powder and Iridiscent Ice and then were punched out with the 1" punch. The chocolate chip centers were punched with the 1 1/4" punch. Of course, all are popped up with Stampin' Dimensionals. The center of the middle flower was made with the 9.95 Polka Dot background stamp that is in the Occasions Mini (good until Fri, Apr. 30) and white craft ink on Bermuda Bay cardstock and punched out with the 1" punch. (Wow, run on sentence!) Then, I added a Clear Rhinestone to the center.

The flowers themselves were the Large Flower punch in Bermuda Bay, Melon Mambo and Pumpkin Pie card stock. The leaves were trimmed off of Old Olive punch outs of the Five Flower punch and added on with the mini-glue dots. The "stems" are 6" kabob sticks.

I put a small 1" square piece of floral foam in the pot to hold the sticks where they should be and then backfilled with decorative rocks from Michael's. This would be a fun gift for anyone but especially for someone who can't have real flowers!

ENJOY!

Bowling Favors

Good Monday Morning! Wanted to share these fun favors a customer of mine shared at the Tuesday stamp camp. Lu was in charge of table favors for her bowling groups end of the year party and came over looking for ideas. She ended up using the pizza box along with a 3 x 3 card inside and some candy (of course). No two boxes were the same and although she used some of her beloved "Cottage Wall" DSP she also used a lot of left over papers from retired paper packs so the project wasn't too costly.

Products she used were:

Oval All stamp set for the "just for you"

The cute circle image in the centers is from a retired stamp set that I'm blanking on right now but I know it is a set that has 6 different "snow flakes" in it. I used them as backgrounds for my Christmas cards one year!

Large Flower punch

Scallop circle punch

Oval scallop

3/4 in. circle punch

1 3/8 circle punch

brads for the centers

Cardstock used were Old Olive, Kiwi Kiss (retired), Rich Razzleberry and Pale Plum.

I know she had her son print out the bowling images and the wording on the inside of the 3x3s.

The favors were a hit with the bowling league! Nice job Lu!

Very Thankful Turtle

Hello! Sorry it's been a couple of days... busy week!

Wanted to share another idea using Stampin' Up!'s Ronald McDonald House set. $2 of the purchase of this set goes to the Ronald McDonald House through June 30. Remember we raised $235 with ticket sales for the Raffle Basket at the Big Stampin' Event? Well, this is the card I made to put the donation in.

As you can see, this one is pretty simple except for the watercoloring and that would depend on whether or not you like to do that! You could always paper pierce the turtle and his wagon too.

I watercolored the image with Certainly Celery, Old Olive, Real Red, Summer Sun and Basic Gray for the wheels. The paper is from the Tall Tales DSP, Chocolate Chip 5/8 grosgrain ribbon and the cute "little something" image is from the set, "Matchbook Messages."

Tomorrow I will share a cute favor box and matching card that one of my customer's brought to share with me at stamp camp this Tuesday... Have a great day! Kim

Simple Trendy Trees

Good Morning! Hope everyone had a great weekend!!

Here is a card I came up with for Stamp Camp using one of the sets I love that happens to be on sale this month (20% off - $14.36). I love these trees because you can do so much with them plus I love that it comes with the swirl image and the two sentiments. Using "teeny tiny wishes stamp set" you could make this card go almost any way as well!

Bashful blue paper and ink were used for the base. The DSP is from the Write Stuff Specialty pack of paper which is at the end of the DSP on page 163 of the Stampin' Up! Idea Book & Catalog. This pack comes with fun die cuts along with 6 sheets of double sided papers in Soft Suede, Old Olive, Ruby Red and Crushed Curry - love the combo!

The colors I used for the trees were pink passion (reminds me of a flowering cherry!), old olive, certainly celery and chocolate chip. Also, the brad is a white Jumbo Brad from the 5/16" Neutrals Assortment on page 179. Punch for the sentiment is the Modern Label.

Click on the April Specials link on the top right to see the other sets that are on sale!

Have a great day! Kim

CONAN TONITE! ... and a Card remake!

Okay so I posted a similar card last month... I love the simple layout and really love the flower made with the eyelet punch and the crimper. I also wanted to use some paper and a stamp set that will no longer be available after April 30. Get them while you can!

I just love the colors on this card! Old Olive, Real Red and White - crisp and clean! This would also make a great Mother's Day card if you just change out the sentiment on the Wide Oval punch. Can you see that I stamped off the larger flower image (Certainly Celery) under the Chocolate Chip "friend"? This set matches the Specialty DSP I used which is available in the current Occasions Mini through April 30.

Also used here were a Build-a-Brad, the Small Oval punch in Old Olive folded in half and then run through the crimper. Trim it to make it look more like it has a "tip" of a leaf. I used a 1 3/8 circle of the sticky sheets to wrap the "petals" around to make it look like a flower - make sense? We'll be making this card at Saturday and Tuesdays stamp camp! Fun!

Enjoy your weekend! I'm so excited I can hardly contain myself... we're off to see Conan O'Brien live tonite for his LEGALLY PROHIBITED FROM BEING FUNNY ON TELEVSION TOUR!

Ta ta for now...

Simple Wishes...

Wow really? It's supposed to be up to 75 degrees here today through Saturday. That's a bit different than the freezing winds we had last week! Seriously, standing at a track meet so cold even the extra blanket weren't doing the trick! I guess it's what we call APRIL! Crazy! Not that I'm complaining... :)

Wouldn't this card be great for a number of occasions? A Hello, Birthday, Thinking of You, Sympathy, Wedding Congrats - this is an all around card and it was very simple to make. Yes, you would need the Big Shot for this exact card - I know I use the Big Shot a lot because I LOVE it and it makes things so easy!

However, you could find ways to make it without. You could use the butterfly punch instead of the Beautiful Butterflies die for a similar effect. I cut out two butterflies, one in a sheet of DSP from Thoroughly Modern DSP and the other in the coordinating Bermuda Bay. I put them together with just a Clear Rhinestone and a tiny bit of adhesive under the middle so it didn't move around but I would still flip up the wings.

For the embossing I used SU!s Textured Impressions Elegant Bouquet embossing folder which embosses right in the corner. You could take a pretty swirl or random flower image and stamp it in a very light color or even a stamped off gray or sahara sand or something so it's there but not very bold. Hmmm... I'll have to try that! Off to a busy day!

Soft-serve Sweet Scoop sneak peak :)

Yummy... Reminds me of a trip to McDonald's on a hot summer day or after a football game!

This is the set that I used a few days ago that will be available with the new mini on May 1st.

Pretty simple to make! I stamped the cake cone in So Saffron and then stamped the "dip" in Chocolate Chip craft, sprinkled on regular old embossing powder and heat set it. The DSP used is from the great DSP pack that I'm loving from the current Occasions Mini, Sweet Pea DSP. I love all of the paper in this pack and it is so varied I'm surprised I love it all! Those are brads out of the Soft Subtles brads collection that you see on each end there. I textured the Certainly Celery piece with the Perfect Polka dots embossing folder and then put it all on a Whisper White base. I did use Stampin' dimensionals to raise up the DSP that is cut using the Top Note Die and the Big Shot (the biggest piece of pink swirled paper).

Quick and fun birthday card that could also be a hello or let's go for ice cream kind of card! It would also be great for those summer scrapbook pages :) Oh yes, the "happy birthday" is from a set that is good to have, "Teeny Tiny Wishes." Lots of great words to choose from.

ENJOY!

Women's Tea Tables

Happy Monday! Thought I'd share some creations from Kelly! Every year she comes up with a new theme and color scheme for the Women's Tea at Redeemer. This year she used the Flower Folds die, Shades of Spring DSP from the Occasions mini and the "Flight of the Butterfly" set to create the tables. Beautiful! Although I'm there to bounce ideas off of she generally makes everything herself for 60 ladies! She needed no help this year- crazy woman or woman with a Servant's Heart? Maybe a bit of both :)

Anyway, she made the napkins holders using the five flower star punch, the menu uses the Flower Folds die for the flower, the stamp set and the border punch from expired SAB catalog (no worries-it will also be in the new catalog debuting June 30). The brooch she made for each lady (how do you spell that?) uses coordinating fabric and also the Flower Folds die with a rhinestone brad in the center and a pin glued to the backside. We also had these for the Big Stampin' Event!

In the photo with the girls (don't they look lovely? there was not a cold tea pot in the house!) that were our helpers you can see the "real" flowers in the centerpiece. She stuck more flowers in the bucket made with the Flower Folds die and a tea light also-everyone got to take one of those home as well! Everyone had a great time thanks to Kelly and her big heart :)

Trendy Trees 3x3

Quick and simple! I'm tired so I'll be brief :)

Trendy Trees stamp set

Ink Colors: Pink Passion, Chocolate Chip and Old Olive.

Papers: Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, Sweet Pea Designer Paper Pack

1/4 in. Old Olive Grosgrain ribbon

More this weekend! Thanks for checking in :)

Sweet Scoops birthday!

Hello All! Here is a sneak peek of a card I made for a swap that I have tomorrow using the new "Sweet Scoops" set that will be available in the new Mini that will be available May 1st! Cardstock Colors I used on this were Melon Mambo, Chocolate Chip and Whisper White.

Ink colors are: Melon Mambo, So Saffron, Bashful Blue (I think!) and Chocolate Chip.

Although this set looks really cute when you cut out the ice cream scoops individually and layer them, I really wanted to make a simple card so I just stamped them right on top of the other and I think it came out great! The "sprinkles" you see on the base of the card are from the set and so is the "Have a sweet celebration." The "Happy Birthday" you see on the jewelry tag punch (which is available in the current mini) is from the set Teeny Tiny wishes. I inked up each word with a marker and punched them out then tied them on with hemp. The punch I used is the one that was available in the now gone SAB... I hear it will be available in the new catalog that debuts June 30 along with the corner punch that matches it.

I don't have much time to elaborate but if you're curious... click on my Stampin' Up! website link for some changes in the Stampin' Up! color lineup! Yes, some are GOING but the news is that some of the old In-Colors are RETURNING! One thing I will say that surprises me... they did not bring back Kiwi Kiss!? Why not? I'll try to positive, I'm glad Wild Wasabi is returning because I just love that color but why not bring back Kiwi Kiss? Sigh... until tomorrow....

Sesame Birthday cards!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TYLER AND KOLE!!!

Needed to make a couple of cards for the little cousins! I have always loved Sesame Street growing up in the 70s so I was excited when I saw ideas for making these little heads awhile back on splitcoast stampers! I made these into spinner cards that I hope the boys will have fun with! There is a tutorial for these on splitcoast, if you can't find it please let me know. The technique uses the word window punch, two pennies and stampin' dimensionals. I realize the alphabet stamp set and the party roller are retired so while you can't duplicate this card exactly, you can certainly come up with your own using the template.

Punches used for the bird bird and cookie monster were: 1/4" circle, 1/2" circle, 1" circle, small oval and scallop punch.

Coming soon! A card using current supplies...

Trendy Trees Manly Card

First of all, I'm sorry for the quality of this photo! My stamping table was too cluttered so I had to take this photo on the counter in the kitchen.

I needed to make a birthday card for my Dad and this is what I came up with. I wanted to use the different tree in the set but misplaced the trunk of the tree in my mess (I found it the next day-whew!) because my Dad likes the Honey Locust. I will need to make another now that I found the trunk. Anyway, this card uses the Trendy Trees set that is on sale 20% off for $14.36 wood mount only. It's a great set! I will be posting more with this set soon.

This card uses Garden Green and Chocolate Chip cardstock with an older Garden Green DSP from a hostess 6x6 Patterns Pack. The Modern Label punched piece is Crushed Curry. I love this simple layout and hope you do too!