Myself, Susan and her downline Karen got together onSaturday to come up with ideas for a Valentine Stamping Event. This is one of the projects that we came up with for that event. I really enjoyed doing the collage for my Christmas gift exchange, and Susan and Karen really like it, so we decided to come up with one for Valentine's Day for our stamp camp. So this is what the three of us came up with. It took a while to make because we had so many ideas and we needed to to come up with 9 for the number of squares we had. We also needed to decide on a color scheme. Also we needed to split up the sentiments and Valentine shapes.
It was a long process to come up with the idea but once we finally decided the layout and everything, it did not take long to finish. These are the supplies that we used for this project:
STAMP SETS: The Best of 25 Years… Love, Perfect Pennants
PAPER: Red Glimmer Paper, Silver Foil, Basic Black, Pink Pirouette, Whisper WHite, Real Red, Fresh Prints Designer Series Paper Stack
INK: Versamark, Black Stazon, Real Red, Old Olive
ACCESSORIES: Circle Card Thinlets, Label Card Thinlets, Heart Punch, Small Heart Punch, Big Shot, Blender Pens, Black Embossing Powder, Jewel Rhinestones, Red Sharpie (non SU), Dimensionals, Basic Black and Real Red Markers
This will be one of the projects that we will be offering along with 4 more for a Valentine Stamp Class. Although we came up with our ideas together, we will be offering our classes at different days and times. I will post that information in a future post this week. I am trying to finalize a date and time. Today is an all 3 grandson day so it should be very busy today. Enjoy the day!
Here is another project that was offered at the "Let's Wrap it Up" stamp camp. The gift card template was borrowed from Dawn Oshefske's blog and can be found HERE. This was such a quick and easy gift card holder that this one was made more than any other item I had prepared for the event.
I love this Santa face and was so happy when SU brought it back in the Best of 25 years...Christmas. I have tried to use this image on a lot of my projects this year because I think the Santa is such a nice vintage looking image. One thing I tried differently with the coloring of this image was to use Crisp Cantaloupe for the skin tone. One of my customers accidentally used the color for a skin color when she was making a punch art project. I really liked it as a skin tone when I saw it and tried it on this project. I think it looks good. All the coloring on this project was done by using Blender Pens. I also used some Dazzling Details on the fur on his hat. A little glitz only adds to a project is my motto.
The supplies that I used for this project were:
STAMP SET: Best of 25 Years...Christmas
PAPER: Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive, Whisper White, Silver Glimmer Paper, Styles of the Season DSP
INK: Black Staz-On, Crisp Cantaloupe, Real Red, Garden Green
ACCESSORIES: 1-3/4" Circle Punch, Festive Flurry Framelits. Big Shot, Old Olive 1/4" Taffeta Ribbon, Sticky Strip, Blender Pens, Dazzling Diamonds, 2 Way Glue, Dimensionals
This is a very simple gift card holder which has a removable Belly Band that keeps the gift card holder from opening until you need it to. I made a couple of extra pieces so today I am going to try to finish them. I also want to try to bake some Christmas Cookies. Hopefully I can achieve my goal for today. Enjoy your day!
Another one of the gift packaging projects that we will be making is this cute little box. This year I decided that I had to include different types of packaging in my Christmas Event because there are so many neat items this year's main catalog.
This was made by using the Tag A Bag Gift Boxes. It was so easy to make. You get the box and the acetate sleeve and all you have to do is create gift tags and embellishments to enhance the packaging. This box can hold a small bottle of wine or Dipping Oil. It can also be used to package candles. Do you need a way to gift K Cups? Well this is a perfect package to do that. There are so many items that can fit in this box. the ideas are endless.
So if you would like to make this cute little box, you can join us at my place on Dec.1 @ 1 PM. Just contact me.
Well if the weather holds out today, my daughter and grandson will be going to Peddler's Village for the day to do a little Christmas shopping. It is a tradition for us. I cant wait, it is always a nice day. So you go out enjoy your day!
It is time to "Let's Wrap it Up" on your Holiday crafting needs. At this time of the year I like to wrap up all my gift and card making. It does not always work but I try to get all the kind of stuff finished so I can relax and enjoy the Holiday season. So I am offering a chance for you to wrap up your stamping needs. This event will held like a card buffet. You will be able to choose which items you would like to make and how many of each.
I am offering 9 different projects. There will be 3 Gift Card Holders, 3 Cards, and 3 Different Ways to Package your small gifts. This project is one of the projects that you can choose from. This cute MUSLIN GIFT BAG is a cute way to package all those small gifts that you plan to give. It can be used to hold jewelry, candy, or any small item. To create this cute Gift Bag, you start with the Muslin Bags which can be found in the Holiday Mini. The rest of the supplies used for this bag are:
STAMP SET: Wonderful Wreath
INK: Garden Green
ACCESSORIES: Muslin Bag, 3/4" Cherry Cobbler Chevron Ribbon, Crystal Effects, Rhinestone Jewels, Red Sharpie
Just a few tips...
1. Before stamping an image on your Muslin Bag, remember to put card stock inside the pouch. This will keep the ink from going through to the other side and it also is a sturdier surface to stamp on.
2. Use Crystal Effects to adhere the Rhinestone Jewels to the bag.
3. You can also place a piece of waxed paper on between the card stock and bag. The waxed paper will prevent the crystals effects to stick to the card stock in case it goes through the muslin.
I really like this project! I stepped it up by adding the Rhinestone Jewels and replacing the cord with the Chevron Ribbon. I plan to make a few of these to fill with candy for Eli and Emmett to give to their Daycare teachers. They like when I make things for them.
I wrapped the kids Christmas gifts last night and I plan to start mixing my Christmas cookie dough this afternoon. Enjoy your day!
After seeing all the wonderful displays at Leadership, Susan and I were inspired to develop a Valentine Stamp Camp. We will be holding our Stamp Camp on February 2, 2013 @ 10 AM-1 PM at Susan's house. We have a Valentine Card to give to that special someone, a whimsical bag to place a gift in. A Valentine Pouch which can easily hold a gift card or some other type of goody. And finally a Petite Pouch to hold a candy treat. All of these projects came from demonstrations that were given at Leadership.
We are offering the class for $15 to make all of the 4 projects. If you are interested or have any questions, please contact me. The last day to sign up is January 26th.
Enjoy your day!
