I came up with a little something new yesterday when I sat down to stamp! I don't know, others may have made these before, but they were new to me. I made these cute little memo boards! I am hoping to be able to sell them at the Markets at Shrewsbury where I have some other items. I have a bunch of "leftover" pieces of cork board and wanted to find a cute and useful way to use them so I cut it with my Big Shot and the Bird with Leaves and Flower die. On the left is a half stack of post it notes and I actually stamped on every page so there will always be a cute little image. The Continue reading
Decorative Accents . . . Elegant or Funny?
I bought the Decorative Accents Big Shot die because it fit into the swirly/elegant style that I tend to like. I in visioned elegant scrapbook pages using the Rich Regals colors and elegant pictures. This afternoon I cut the accent out of brushed gold cardstock and sat down to come up with a lovely, elegant page. As I sat there messing with the different positions I could place the accent, I ran into a little problem. Almost every way I turned it, all I could picture in my mind were funny faces. The whole elegant look just wasn't coming. I had to get the funny faces out of my system (in Continue reading
Jaan's journal of quotes and funny doings
I have a grand goal of keeping a journal of quotes and "funny doings" (you know, all the funny things they do) for each of my children. I've been a little slow about this already and I'm afraid it'll only get worse but I'm going to try. Today I decorated my 3 year olds journal. The journal is Stampin' Up!s 5x5 art journal. I used the Delicate Dots designer series paper that is available during Sale A Bration along with the big snowflake from the Big Shot. The letters were made using the Go Go Boots dies. I wanted to spice it up a little so I put a rhinestone brad in the middle of the Continue reading
Swirly congratulations for any occasion
There are so many things that can be done with the Big Shot and I wanted to come up with a card showcasing several different techniques. A texturz plate with some Elegant Eggplant craft ink brayered on it gave a lovely background on the Perfect Plum cardstock. I used the Stampin' Up! simple flower embosslit die to emboss and cut out (yes, it does both!!) the flowers in Pale Plum and Elegant Eggplant. The Stampin' Up! Little Leaves sizzlit die was used to cut the leaves out Certainly Celery cardstock. Some Whisper White cardstock and congratulations stamped in Elegant Eggplant from the Continue reading
Materials that the Big Shot can cut
I've been receiving a lot of questions lately about the Big Shot. Of course this is the best time to invest in one seeing as it is Sale-A-Bration time! I decided to try out various materials and see if the Big Shot could cut through them. The picture shows the materials I found around our house to try. Here's what you're seeing: Contact paper Thin sheet of metal (sorry, I don't know what kind) Chipboard Shelf liner Felt Cross stitch canvas Cork Milk carton Fabric Magnetic strip Craft Foam Makeup sponge I was very impressed with how easily these items went through the Continue reading
Handmade baby shower invitations and decorations
I recently volunteered to make invitations and favors for a friend's baby shower. Since the shower was this afternoon, I can now post pictures! I didn't want to post before just in case Lara decided to take a peek at my blog (Hi Lara!). Here is the invitation design I did. This is an easy card to make when you use the circle and scalloped circle punches for the neck and legs! The scallop edge punch decorates the arm holes, eyelets for the snaps, some ribbon and little circle punches for decoration down the front. As I'm sure you can tell, my friend is expecting a little girl. Seeing Continue reading
Getting the most free out of Sale-A-Bration
I always enjoy stepping outside the normal card shape a little bit and trying something new. It seems we sometimes get stuck with a fold on the left or at the top and think there's nothing else that can be done. This card offers some variety with a note that can be pulled out of a pocket. I used the Top Note die with the Big shot to cut out a Top Note in Certainly Celery as well as the Delicate Dots Designer Series Paper (DSP) which will be available for free during Sale-A-Bration. I folded down the top of the DSP and adhered on the left, right and bottom forming a pocket. The So Saffron Continue reading
Scrapbook pages using new Stampin' Up! product
I have had so much fun using some of my new Sizzex dies along with my Big Shot (all of which are sold by Stampin' Up! Having 3 boys I don't get to use the color pink or ribbons nearly as much as I would like, however, I thought for a "Valentines" type page perhaps I could get away with it this once. Pink Pirouette and Riding Hood Red go together very nicely for Valentines. For the base of these pages I used textured cardstock for a little variety. The Big Shot dies I used include Stampin' Up!s exclusive Tulipe and SU! exclusive Join in the Cheer as well as Swirly and the Go Go Boots Continue reading
Stamp That Pennant Banner
I recently purchased the Stampin' Up! Pennant Die for the Big Shot. This die was designed by and is exclusively sold by Stampin' Up! I think I'm really going to have a lot of fun with this one. There are two size pennants available on this die. In this picture you can see that I adhered the smaller on top of the larger. The letters were also cut using the Big Shot and the Serif Essentials Alphabet die set. In the second picture you can hopefully see the details a little better. I used the Encore Gold ink pad to stamp the swirls from the Baroque Motif Stamp Set onto Not Quite Navy Continue reading
Ladybug created with Stampin' Up!s Top Note die
With Valentines Day coming before long, I'm trying to share a few creative ideas with you. These are great for your family members, fiends of your children, or even your coworkers. The ladybug pictured here has hershey kisses. This cute little lady was made using the Top Note die for the Big Shot. The Top Note die is exclusive to Stampin' Up! and cannot be found in stores. Circle punches of various sizes and the Heart to Heart punch were used for the spots and face. I think she's just adorable! Unfortunately this was not my idea. Once again, this is a project we made at the RAD event Continue reading