A Big Shot Birthday

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My niece Chiarra is in Orlando for a visit for her 8th birthday.  I felt she needed a fun card with her name on it – since she never finds anything with her name!  So I took out my trusty Big Shot, some of my favorite BigZ dies and went to work. 

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I created a fun background with the Chevron Embossing Folder in Pink Pirouette and cut her name out using a retired set of BigZ dies in Rich Razzleberry.  For the greeting I used my Word program to write Happy  th Birthday in a fun font – Pea Mel in Between – it’s a handwriting font, and I added the Number 8 from the Typeset Alphabet BigZ dies.  I printed it on vellum and tore it before attaching it with two mini-brads.

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Chiarra loved the card and especially the gifts to go with it!  There’s nothing like a personalized birthday card to make you feel special.

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Creative Notebook Covers

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Who doesn’t love a great notebook and a handmade gift?  I had the privilege to help a good friend and fellow CG Crew team mate out with a fun little project she was doing – personalized notebooks for Admin Day this past week as one of their gifts.  Isn’t she a cool boss?  I’ve never had a boss make me something before – if that doesn’t say “I value you”, I don’t know what does!  Here is one of the notebooks that were made that day.

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Amy got these cool Notebook covers that had a place to do something fun and creative in the cover. They came in a cute box and were just screaming to be personalized.  She had to make a few, so I just let the creative juices start flowing and this is what we ended up with for one of them.

Creative Tips:

  • We was going to make polka dots using sponge daubers, but then decided on a cleaner look and punched out polka dots with the 1” circle punch instead.
  • To give a little more emphasis to the name plate – we ran the Basic Black card stock through the big shot first with the Labels Framelits Collection and then through the Chevron TIEF folder.Notebook Cover 001 Name CU2
  • To really make it pop – we created a banner display behind it in the Tempting Turquoise, Tangerine Tango and Whisper White. 
  • The initial was made using the Typeset Alphabet Bigz dies and the Silver Glimmer Paper.
  • We wanted to add a little flair, so we created hanging banners in the corner with Basic Black and Whisper White cardstock.  We added a Tangerine Tango striped Designer Series Paper from the Sycamore Street DSP Collection that was available during Sale-a-bration (now Retired). 
  • To make the hanging banners we used a 1” Square punch.  It make the larger banner, we used a 1 3/8” Square Punch.

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  • We added a little flair to the banners by putting one of the Silver Basic Designer Buttons from the Spring Catalog. 
  • We threaded it with some Basic Black Baker’s Twine.  You might be asking  – wait Stampin’ Up! doesn’t carry that?  You would be correct – we made it from the Whisper White Baker’s twine – something that everyone should have.  What we did was run my Classic Basic Black ink pad over it on our Grid Paper and voila, Basic Black Baker’s Twine!
  • We then popped one of our Large Rhinestone Basic Jewels to the top for a little bling!

    • This project turned out super cute and I know the recipient will love it.  According to Amy, it totally fits her personality, and the fact that it was handmade will certainly make her feel appreciated.

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Stamp Sets – none! Paper – Whisper White (100730), Certainly Celery (105125), Tempting Turquoise (102067), Tangerine Tango (111349), Basic Black (121045), Silver Glimmer Paper (124005), Sycamore Street DSP (retired) Ink – Basic Black (126980) Cool Tools – Big Shot (103954), Chevron Embossing Folder (127749), 1 3/8” Square Punch (119877), 1” Circle Punch (119868)  The Perfect Finish – Silver Basics Designer Buttons (129325), Large Rhinestone Basic Jewels (129324), Whisper White Baker’s Twine (124262)

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Mojo Monday Big Shot Flowers

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Today is the big online extravaganza.  And since the several items are on sale for the first time I can remember, I thought I’d make a fun clean and simple card featuring what else, my trusted friend the Big Shot – just one of the featured products today.

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Creative Tips:

  • I added texture to my Pink Pirouette flower from the Floral Frames Framelits by using the new Fancy Fan Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. 
  • The So Saffron flower is the second smallest framelit in this great set of nested frames.  I highlighted it with a little sponging around the edges
  • I used the ornament punch to create the Wild Wasabi leaf for my three flowers.

  • To create my Elegant Eggplant smashed flower – I used two of the smallest flowers from this Framelit set.  Click here to watch my Smashed Flower Video
  • To make my banner flag end I used a square punch.
  • I wanted to add some small details without taking away from the flowers, so I added some paper piercing around the border of my Bashful Blue and then Pearl Basic Jewels in each corner.

To check out all the great sales going on today and the remainder of the week click here.  You do not want to miss out on the up to 50% off savings that Stampin’ Up! has to offer this week!

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Stamp Sets – Sweet Essentials (126457) Paper – Whisper White (100730), Elegant Eggplant (105126), Bashful Blue (105120), So Saffron (105118), Wild Wasabi (108641), Pink Pirouette (111351) Ink – Elegant Eggplant (126969) Cool Tools – 1” Square Punch (124094), Stampin’ Trimmer (126889), Paper Snips (103579), Big Shot (113439), Floral Frames Framelits (127012), Ornament Punch (119847), Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack (126187), Paper-Piercing Tool (126189), Stampin’ Pierce Mat (126119) The Perfect Finish – Pearl Basic Jewels (119247), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430)

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Merry Christmas from Stampin’ Up!

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Well, It’s October 1st, and that means it’s time for the new monthly promotion!!  This month highlights four of my favorite new products from the Holiday Catalog.  I just love our new Holiday Ornaments Framelits.  And starting today, you can get them in bundles with our coordinating stamp set Ornament Keepsakes and/or Candelight Christmas Specialty Designer Series Paper!  Stampin’ Up! will then give you an early Christmas gift – one of the coordinating Festive Paper Piercing Templates!   

Here are a few fun facts about this cool promotions and a few links to some of the cool projects I’ve made with some of them.  Don’t wait to get it – they are addictive, easy to use and tons of fun!

  • The Festive Paper Piercing Pack coordinates also with our new Window Frames Collection Framelits and Labels Collection Framelits. 
  • The Holiday Ornaments Framelits can be used by themselves, but definitely get the bundle with the coordinating stamp set – you’ll save 15% on both!
  • The Candelight Christmas Specialty Designer Series Paper gives you two sheets of each double-sided design. 
  • Click brochure below to see the products close up

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Click Here for a fun little card I made recently with the Ornament Keepsakes Bundle. 

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Choose from the following Options:

Item

 Description

Retail Value

Special Price

132260

 Christmas Gift Pack (wood-mount)
Includes Ornament Keepsakes Set (wood-mount), Candlelight Christmas Specialty Designer Series Paper, Festive Paper-Piercing Pack

$55.85

$47.90
132261 Christmas Gift Pack (clear-mount)
Includes Ornament Keepsakes Set (clear-mount), Candlelight Christmas Specialty Designer Series Paper, Festive Paper-Piercing Pack

$44.85

$36.90
132262 Christmas Gift Pack (wood-mount bundle)
Includes Ornament Keepsakes Bundle (wood-mount), Candlelight Christmas Specialty Designer Series Paper, and Festive Paper-Piercing Pack

$70.85

$62.90
132263 Christmas Gift Pack (clear-mount bundle)
Includes Ornament Keepsakes Bundle (clear-mount), Candlelight Christmas Specialty Designer Series Paper, and Festive Paper-Piercing Pack

$63.85

$55.90

  • See those special item numbers above? You’ve got to use those in order to get your FREE Festive Paper-Piercing Pack.
  • You will not be able to use your free Hostess Dollars toward the purchase of this promotion, but the promotion does qualify for you to EARN free hostess dollars – just put your other merchandise as your free dollars!
  • This promotion has no limits-for every bundle you buy, you’ll get a free Festive Paper-Piercing Pack. They make great Christmas gifts!

Creatively yours –

Ingrid

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Re-inventing a Good Idea

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I love to design scrapbook pages.  Even more – I love to re-invent scrapbook pages!  This design is a re-invented Easter layout of mine.  My inspiration began with the idea of color blocking.  I wanted my new layout to be fun, colorful and have a different twist on the traditional spring colors. 

My Easter layout below is quite traditional.  But you can see I kept several of the main ideas in place, just with a little twist.  The color blocked shared mat on the left was changed to have fewer stripes, but make a bigger impact with a wide shared color between the photos.

I used several embossing folders for backgrounds on the smaller shared mat in the Easter layout, while keeping the spring layout clean.  The journaling blocks were jazzed up a bit by using the Decorative Label punch.  To keep with the torn edge theme from the grass, I added a torn edge to the top of the spring layout. 

The flowers were made using the Floral Fusion Sizzlit and curling up the edges a bit before adding Pearl Basic Jewel Accents.  The leaves for the flowers are the punched out pieces from the Lattice BigZ die.  I LOVE using pieces that are just throw aways! 🙂

The main journaling block is the Crumb Cake banner above.  I wanted it to almost look like a mantle holding a portrait of the photo above it.  The title below was made with the now retired Timeless Type Medium Alphabet (Sniff…Sniff – I LOVE those dies).

I love the end result, and overall – I love getting two layouts from one idea!  I challenge you to bring out your inner creative and re-design one of your own layouts!

Creatively yours –

Ingrid

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Stamp Sets – shockingly none! Paper – Very Vanilla (101650), 12×12 Not Quite Navy – Regal Assortment Pack (119709), 12×12 Old Olive (124284), Night of Navy (100867), So Saffron (105118), Cherry Cobbler (119685), Rich Razzleberry (115316), Old Olive (100702), Crumb Cake (120953)  Ink – shockingly none! Cool Tools – Beautiful Wings Embosslits Dies (118138), Timeless Type Junior Alphabet Medium Sizzlits – retired, Lattice BigZ (115958), Decorative Label Punch (120907) The Perfect Finish – Pearl Basic Jewels (119247)

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Apothecary Accents Butterfly

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This is a quick and fun project.  There is nothing better than a detailed card that I can make in ten minutes or less.  And this card definitely hits the mark.  It’s clean, simple and great for any occasion.  I love the neutral colors – Sahara Sand and Whisper White, and even the fact that nothing is stamped! 

I have completely fallen in love with our new Essentials Paper Piercing Templates.  They take a simple die cut, such as this large background made with Apothecary Accents Framelits, created with our Big Shot, or Punches and instantly give them character. 

Creative Tips –

  • Use all the elements of the corner guide to see exactly where you want to paper pierce.  I used the solid line for this card, but keep in mind to use the length of the 1/16th inch measurements in addition to the edge of the template as well.  You’ll see that the lines are short and long, line those up and you have four different depths to use for your guides to perfectly pierced lines!
  • Pick up your Basic Pearls Jewel Accents with your paper piercer to easily grab the glue dot underneath the Pearls.  When I first started using the Pearl accents, I couldn’t get them off the sheet perfectly each time.  My Ah Ha moment came when I decided to use a metal assist with my Paper Piercer or Paper Snips and I’ve never have a problem since!
  • Use our Stampin’ Dimensionals in partial spots to highlight an object.  Who says just because you use a dimensional to pop something up it ALL has to be elevated?  Here you can see that I adhered the center of my butterfly down with just regular Snail adhesive, but elevated the wings to give it the appearance of in flight.  Check out this project to see how I created a waiving banner too.

The butterfly was made with our cool Beautiful Wings Embosslit Folder that cuts and embosses at the same time – I LOVE those! I added the Designer Frames Textured Impressions oval in the middle to highlight the butterfly.  It was the perfect accent to keep the Die Cut white. 

Overall, this is a cost effective, simple yet elegant card that was made in a matter of minutes.  The really cool thing is that it looks nothing like that! So, check – look achieved!

Created just for YOU-

Ingrid

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Stamp Sets – None! – There’s a first! Paper – Whisper White (100730), Sahara Sand (121043) Ink – None – There’s another first! Cool Tools – Paper Piercing Tool (126189), Essentials Mat Pack (126187), Stampin’ Pierce Mat (126199), Apothecary Accents Framelits (127003), Beautiful Wings Embosslit (118138), Designer Frames (123130) The Perfect Finish – Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Basic Pearls Jewel Accents (119247)

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Still in Style

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One of the many things I love about stamping is that everything old is always everything new for me.  One of the very first techniques that I learned is the rock and roll technique.  It’s an oldie, but definitely a goodie.  Paired with some of the coolest stuff out there, you’re project will pop right off the page.

First I ran the Garden Green cardstock through my Big Shot using the Flower Garden Embossing Template and then stamped with the Kindness Matters stamp set (available in the catalog – but can also be FREE with a Sale-A-Bration order).  It’s a simple but fun card.  Below are two samples – one with just stamping the image off in one color and then punching it up with the rock and roll technique.

Here I stamped off the butterflies in Garden Green for a lighter shade before adding the Thanks in fully inked Garden Green.

And this one is taken to another level.  I rocked and rolled the butterflies in So Saffron and Garden Green for a little pop.  I also used the direct to paper technique on the Garden Green cardfront to give it a little more depth.

Now it’s your turn!

Create Away –

Ingrid

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Stamp Sets – Kindness Matters (122902) Paper –Whisper White (100730), So Saffron (105118), Garden Green (102584)  Ink – So Saffron (105213), Garden Green (102272) Cool Tools – Extra Large Oval Punch (119859), Cutter Kit – Distressing Tool (106958) The Perfect Finish – Paper Piercing Tool (116631), Mat Pack (105826), Gold Brads (104337), Stampin Dimensionals (104430)

Sale-A-Bration is available only

through March 31st, 2012 – so hurry!

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