I was at my Mom and Dad's house yesterday and picked up this little milk can knowing I'd find some way to decorate it. One of the first things to come to mind was one of the Roses from the Ornament Punch that I did a tutorial on a while back. What do you think? The Bashful Blue cardstock that is wrapped around the can is stamped with the roses from the new Elements of Style stamp set that is coming out in May. I'm tempted to give this back to my mom for Mother's Day now! Wonder what she would think? If you're still trying to decide what to get your mom for Mother's Day I hope you'll sit Continue reading
Recycling your Soda Cans to Candle Holders
I enjoy drinking soda, Coca-Cola caffeine free is my favorite. I was very excited when I saw someone else make these little tea light holders. What a great way to recycle soda cans! What do you think? I cut open a soda can so that it could be laid flat. If you're precise you can cut two flowers from one can making one complete candle holder. All you need to do is lay the metal out flat on the Stampin' Up Flower Folds Bigz Die and then run it through the Big Shot just as you would a piece of cardstock. To make the holders I used the two middle size flowers. If you were to use Continue reading
Recycled Trash to Storage Bottle
I sat down today to recycle some more of my trash. I took a plastic bottle that once held nuts and turned it into this lovely canister to hold teabags. This is what I started with. I'm not a tea drinker but I do have teabags around and I thought they could use a lovely home. I like to use the teabags for myTea for Two Packets and for company. I used the Kind Thoughts Brocade Stencil for the background. I thought it was neat how I was able to use the Vintage Label stamp set inside the Styled Silver Hodgepodge Hardware. For a little variety I decided to use our Chocolate Chip Epoxy Continue reading
Home Sweet Home Framed Artwork
I wanted to share this fun project with you that I made the other day. I used Sweet Pea Stitched Felt and the Timeless Type embosslit Dies. I didn't want to squish the the felt so I decided to adhere them to the glass. By doing that, I can easily switch the paper behind the flowers if I decide later to use some DSP instead of Whisper White. I can also change the words if I like because those were glued to the Whisper White cardstock. I hope you like it! Thank you for stopping by to visit! Continue reading
Another Handmade Apron to Share
I promised I'd share my second apron with you when I was able to get decent pictures. Here it is! I know someone who crotchets little dresses for on dish detergent bottles like this so I decided I would make my own version. What do you think? I used the Sending Love Specialty Designer Series Paper and Pretty in Pink Satin Ribbon from the Occasions Mini Catalog and some Pretty in Pink narrow grosgrain ribbon. The pocket is made with the Stampin' Up! Tag punch. I used a Pretty in Pink Stampin' Write marker to draw on the stitching. Very simple and easy. It only took me a couple Continue reading
One of a Kind & Sweet Pea Stitched Felt Artwork
I wanted to share this framed artwork with you that I made for one of my upline. I used the One of a Kind stamp set from page 130 of the Idea Book & Catalog along with the Sweet Pea Stitched Felt from the Occasions Mini Catalog. This is a little frame that I picked up from the local dollar store. The Stitched Felt fits wonderfully in it and the black of the frame brings out the colors so well! Around the base of the frame I used the Styled Silver Hodgepodge Hardware along with Old Olive narrow grosgrain ribbon. The saying from the One of a Kind stamp set fits wonderfully inside the Continue reading
Ornament Punch Rose Tutorial
This is a remake of a tissue box that I showed you last week. I promised you a tutorial for the rose and it's time! I started with 25 ornament punches in Whisper White. The more punches you have the fuller your rose will be. The ornament punch was offered by Stampin' Up! in the Holiday Mini Catalog but I have good news for you! The punch is not pictured in any of the current catalogs, however, it is still available! The item number is 116794 and it costs $15.95. I want the rose to have two tones so I am sponging the edges of the punches with Pretty in Pink Classic ink. I used a Continue reading
Tissue Box to Treasure Box with Stampin' Up! Products
Is it really the last day of the blog tour? I have so much more trash waiting to become treasures! Today we're turning to the tissue box. Now to be truthful, this is the not exact tissue box I worked with, I was so anxious to get working on it that I didn't take a picture before beginning. The one I changed was striped. Here's the treasure I made! This seemed like a good chance to try out one of these special roses I've been seeing and of course use one of my favorite stamp sets, Vintage Vogue. The colors I used for the box are Bravo Burgundy, Always Artichoke, Mellow Moss, Whisper Continue reading
Remaking Trash into Treasure with Stampin' Up!
I have another fun project for you today. I've taken my trash (and some my friend brought me to saying she knew I'd find something to do with it) and turned it into a treasure. Yesterday I took a dry oatmeal container and small cookie tin to create the what you see below. See any changes? These are going to be in the StampThat classroom now holding various goodies! I'm showing these containers holding cups and plastic-ware but really they could be used to hold so many things! The little one could hold pens and pencils or candy. The large one could hold so many different items and Continue reading
Going Green Blog Tour Day 1
Welcome to day one of the Going Green Blog Tour! Do you like Lindor Truffles? I do! They're so very yummy and sometimes they come in these lovely boxes! It's just too nice of a box, I have to be "green" and reuse it! Check out the change! What do you think? Did it change a little bit?! It is possible to make these easel card boxes without having a chocolate box (in fact, I'll be offering a class on this in the next couple months as some of you have requested) but I've found if I have one of these truffle boxes around it sure is easy! I covered the box with pieces of Almost Continue reading
Big Shot, Vinyl & Tulipe Die
I found three of these on clearance the other day. They are like cork boards but with no cork, it is a canvas fabric to tack items to. I thought they were really neat, I had a little Christmas money left and surely I could use them . . . . I decided to use a Chocolate Chip Decor Elements Vinyl Sheet (see page 7 of the Decor Elements brochure) along with the Tulipe Die for the Big Shot. It was so easy to cut the vinyl with big Shot and then all I had to do was rub it on! I placed these on the wall at the bottom of the steps to the basement. You know, now that I have them decorated and Continue reading
Abundant Hope Framed Art
I got the idea for this piece of artwork from a fellow stamper named Mary. It is so incredibly easy and cheap to make! I used the Abundant Hope stamp set, the Beautiful Wings Embosslit Die, some Mellow Moss Taffeta Ribbon and the Modern Label Punch. The frame you see is one from a local dollar store. The packaging said the picture was 3 1/2" square but I think their measurements are a little off. It's smaller than that but it still worked. Wouldn't this be a lovely handmade gift to give someone who has invited you over for dinner or for that person that has everything? I can even Continue reading