Check out this cute little box that you can make using the "Two Tags" die and your Sizzix Big Shot die cutting machine! This idea comes from demonstrator Marci Baldwin in North Carolina.
The Two Tags die is one of many on sale right now during Stampin' Up!'s 12 DAYS OF HOLIDAYS SALE - there's still time to save a bundle on Big Shot dies and vinyl sheets in many new colours!
Click here to see all the specials, then shop online or email/phone me with your order before Dec 22nd.
cheers
The 12 Days of Holiday Sales begin today and runs through December 22 ... these might be the most exciting 12 days of December with select Big Shot dies and vinyl sheets for the Big Shot on sale!
Here's your chance to get your "PCP - Post-Christmas Present" - you know, something to make up for the all the bath products and small appliances under the tree ... something that you REALLY want! <grin>
Some of the items introduced in this sale are new colours of Décor Elements vinyl sheets. There are 18 new colours to choose from, and they make great projects when you use them with Big Shot dies. Consider pairing the Clear Décor Elements vinyl sheets with the Tulipe Bigz die to create an etched-like design on a vase. Or use the Decorative Accent Bigz dies with the Old Olive Décor Element vinyl sheets to enhance a frame. The combination of Big Shot dies and Décor Elements vinyl sheets is sure to take your creativity to a new level!
See all of the sale items HERE ... then, in order to receive the preferred pricing, be sure to place your order through my ONLINE STORE or contact me by phone or email with your choices.
cheers,
This afternoon I left my 'teaching' hat at home and attended Julie's Christmas Stamp-A-Stack event (you may have heard me mention my friend, & neighbour, & fellow demonstrator?) ... well, it sure was weird to be on the "receiving end" of a card-making class! I soooo wanted to "pretend" to be a difficult customer and give Julie a bit of a hard time, but she had other "real stampers" there, so I really tried to behave myself all afternoon.
Ever since Julie showed me the cards for this class, I knew I wanted to make them - they are so beautiful, I couldn't pick just one to love ... each time we started another card, I would declare to anyone who would listen that "THIS ONE is my favourite" - until the next one came along! (Looking back, it's a wonder Julie didn't throw me out!)
Thanks for letting me join in, girlfriend; I had a great time today!
To see a close-up of these cards, just click on the photo to go to Julie's blog.
cheers,
Donna
Time for another installment of FAKE IT FRIDAY ... where I C.A.S.E. (Copy And Share Everything) from my favourite Stampin' Up! Divas - the creme de la creme of the creative craft blogworld!
Today we visit Jan Tink (actually Janine Tinklenberg) over at her blog: "Stamps, Paper, Scissors". I just love Jan's humour and individualistic approach to stamping ... plus she breaks her projects down to the simplest steps, so that even I can succeed on my very first try - now THAT'S TALENT! <grin>
By using her Movers & Shapers die with her Big shot, Jan found a super easy way to make a votive candle cover - get this - with NO MEASURING REQUIRED to get the four windows to align evenly! This woman deserves an award, I tell you ... what's the craft-world-equivalent to the Nobel Peace Prize, I wonder?
Anyway, here's the cover I made following Jan's video tutorial, which you can view HERE.
Another great feature of this project is that you can make two of them from a single 8-1/2 x 11 sheet of card stock, with absolutely ZERO wastage.
You'll need four squares of vellum paper or vellum card stock, each one is only 2-1/2" x 2-1/2", so dig into your scrap bin.
SUPPLIES I USED (100% STAMPIN' UP!):
Stamps: Medallion, Autumn Days, & French Script (retired).
Inks: Creamy Caramel & Close to Cocoa Classic ink pads; Always Artichoke & More Mustard Markers.
Accessories: Eyelet Border Punch, Movers & Shapers: Curly Label Bigz die, Big Shot die cutter, Chocolate Chip ribbon (retired), Sticky Strip.
Thanks Jan, for another inspirational project! I can't wait to make some more!
cheers,
Donna
Here we are with my second installment of FAKE IT FRIDAY (my OCT 16 POST explains the concept & wacky title) ... today I'm featuring another of my all-time-favourite-uber-talented Stampin' Up! divas, Patty Bennett.
Whenever I need inspiration or a reminder to loosen up, just try it and have fun, I visit Patty's blog or watch one of her YouTube videos. Afterwards, I'm usually RUNNING to my Stampin' Studio to try out one of her ideas; she's just THAT talented!
So to get ready for last Saturday's STAMP-4-FUN event (a quarterly day I host for my downline and other local demonstrators), I was searching through the maze of YouTube videos, looking for ones that used Sizzix embossing folders - I wanted to show my team some kewl techniques that they could try with these folders and their Big Shot machines. I found several good ones, but this video by Patty was BY FAR the best, giving me the most WOW for my viewing ... and I think the gals were pretty impressed on Saturday too!
I won't go into the technique steps - you can see how to do it on Patty's original video HERE - but I DO want to share my results and some tips (AKA: mistakes I made along the way) ... (remember, you can click on the photos to see a larger view) ...
The "Manhattan Flower" embossing folder gives an elegant look to plain white card stock (photo 1), but this time I wanted to add some colour. As Patty points out in her video, you can try to drag an ink pad across the top of the card to "catch" just the raised embossed image, but it rarely comes out clean (photo 2).
Instead, Patty advises flipping over to the backside (the "de-bossed" side) to add your colour ... now I'm excited! I pull out the same colours Patty used and I dove in, starting with the pink... oops!
NOTE TO SELF: Remember to remove most of the ink from the brayer BEFORE you go NEAR the card front. Otherwise you get ... photo 3.
My next attempt was much better - just a hint of pink, then add the yellow. (OK, so I think this one is too light on the pink and too heavy on the yellow but then again, I'm not partial to yellow roses. Some of the other gals preferred this version - to each her own. (Photo 4)
Here's the one I REALLY like - after colouring, I cut out around the outside edges of the embossed roses, stamped some leaves on another piece of card stock and then adhered the roses on top. It's not exactly like Patty's card in the video because I wanted mine to be a standard 5-1/2" x 4-1/4" in size. (Photo 5)
All in all, I really love this technique and can't wait to try it with my other embossing folders and some different colour combos. The way I see it, the more looks you can get with one product, the better - so thank you Patty for giving new life to the embossed look!
cheers,
How do you like the title of my new blog feature?
Yep, it's time to confess to all of you .. I'm a fake. I am NOT the creative guru or artistic genius that I attempt to portray here on my blog. Don't get me wrong ... once in a very long while, when the muses are with me, and Jupiter is in line with Mars, and I hold my tongue just the right way, I CAN come up with an ORIGINAL crafty idea. Then I'm exhausted and I go to bed ... KIDDING!
But most of the time (and I mean 99.5% of the time) I C.A.S.E ideas from much more creative people than my humble self. (C.A.S.E can mean "copy and steal everything", or "compliment and stamp everything", or whatever phrase helps a lurker like me live with my fake self!)
Now, there are a LOT of very talented stampers out there who LOVE to share their ideas; in fact I count myself lucky that I know a few of them personally. What about me? I don't feel I have anything new to offer in the way of creating tutorials or videos or PDFs "cause I'm a pretty average crafter. (I think we've established that fact ... moving on.) I'm content to turn on my computer or go to demonstrator trainings and surf/snap away to my heart's content. Then I go home and practice, practice, practice before I get together with my team, my Stampers Club members, my workshop hostesses, or with you right here in cyberspace so I can share what I've found ... I DO love to share!
(Beavers! Beavers! Beavers! ... Sharing! Sharing! Sharing! ... oops, sorry about that. After 20 yrs as a Leader, old habits die hard. Bet you can't guess what my Beaver name was!)
So, rather than jump on the tutorial/video/class planner bandwagon and expose my own lack of originality to the ENTIRE world, I've decided that each Friday I will find an interesting project designed by one of those uber-crafty demonstrators, I will make the project following their well-planned instructions and I will share the results with you here ... mistakes and all!
Of course, I'll also supply you with the original source so you can see how the truly gifted meant for the project to be, but it should also (hopefully) be fun to see what I come up with, since I never quite seem to follow the instructions to the letter. (Hence my need for lots of practice.) I think you've got the concept, so enough chatter. Without further ado, here's today's "FAKE IT FRIDAY" project:
I might as well start close to home - Andrea Walford is probably on every stamper's top five list of blogs to stalk 'cause she always gives projects her own unique twist, and never ceases to amaze in the talent department. She also lives about 15 minutes from me and I get to see her at various demonstrator events. Lucky, huh?
Now that she has added video tutorials to her repertoire, I'm so glad that you all get to hear and watch how she does her magic, and ... GASP! ... see that she even makes the occasional mistake just like us mortals!!! Seriously, I really do enjoy hearing her encouragement and enthusiasm coming through on those videos - I sure feel less intimidated when I have visual and audio instructions while I try to duplicate someone's projects or techniques.
So, Andrea made this really kewl do-hickey with a removable lid made from the top note die. Her unique twist was to add a pull-out card inside the pocket, which makes the whole thing much more versatile. (You can read/hear her suggestions for using this project on the original post, so I won't repeat them here. I bet you can come up with even more!) The lid was really what caught my eye, so I pulled out my stash this morning and gave it a try...
First off, I didn't have the Designer Series Paper from Stampin' Up! that Andrea used - I know, I know ... it's hard to believe that there's a package that I DON"T own yet, but there I was. I could have placed an order right away and tried this project another time, (yeah, right ... I must have a zillion bookmarked projects to make "someday"...) anyway, I'm happy to report that my frugal side won out and I decided to make it now with what I have on hand. AND I used retired ribbon, too! (Is that my hubby I hear, cheering from upstairs?)
So... the instructions on Andrea's video are EXCELLENT ... and I would recommend listening to them carefully. I wish I had.
Pay particular attention to the part about where to punch the holes for the brads ... it's very important to place them as close as possible to the edges of the die. Otherwise, the lid won't fit over the pocket and you've basically got to start over ... ask me how I know ;-)
It was fun to dust off my crimper and use it again after I-don't-know-how-long; we used to make this type of pocket gift holder out of a plain white business envelope back in the day... stamp-cut-crimp ... it got pretty old pretty fast. I'll be the first to agree that Andrea has given the idea a fresh new look by using Stampin' Up!'s Designer Series Paper and the Top Note die ... I'll be making more of these!
Here's the link to Andrea's original post featuring this project ... I hope you watch her video and try it for yourself. And be sure to tune in here next week for a new episode of "FAKE IT FRIDAY" - featuring another of my favourite Stamping Goddesses!
cheers,
Donna
PS - In Beavers, they called me "Bubbles" - hey, cut it out; they were 5 & 6 year olds!!!
SUPPLIES I USED: (100% Stampin' Up!)
Merry Moments DSP; Chocolate Chip and Very Vanilla card stock; Very Vanilla Craft ink and embossing powder; heat tool; corner rounder punch, Very Vanilla Hodgepodge Hardware (brads); Riding Hood Red taffeta ribbon (retired); Yuletide Christmas stamp set (Holiday Mini) - available through my online store!
It all started with Lynn Put's adorable Jack O'Lantern basket made from 3 pillow box dies cut with her Big Shot .. kudos to Lynn for thinking outside the box!
Lynn wrote a tutorial for Split Coast Stampers, and Beate added a video with her own take on the idea, and well, now there are patches of pumpkin baskets popping up everywhere in the cyber-stamping world!
Thanksgiving is less than two weeks away here in Canada, so I decorated my basket for our family dinner table. Now you have to imagine that this little basket is chock full to the rim with chocolate Kisses wrapped in gold, copper and orange.
Let me tell you, I really had to fight the urge to go right out & buy them for this photo, 'cause I know darn well that I won't be able to leave them alone until Thanksgiving ... come on, it's CHOCOLATE!
Want to make this basket too? Contact me to get the supplies!
cheers,
Donna
Stampin' Up!'s Build-A-Bear dies are really addictive - I can't put them down!
Here's a couple that I came up with over the weekend ...
You've seen these two Hallowe'en bears, but the one on the left is new: a Team Canada bear for the upcoming Winter Olympics in Vancouver, BC
I made the scarf and hat from the two jacket pieces on the "Beary Essentials" clothing die, and the tiny maple leaf stamp is an old purchase I made when I was in Scouting (company unknown). I couldn't decide whether to make him some boots or skates - but isn't he cute?
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My second attempt took a little more time - this couple are from the 50's (she's wearing his sweater, 'cause they're going steady - aah, the good old days .. why don't kids like using that phrase anymore?)
I made the pants from Night of Navy card stock to look like a pair of jeans, and I cut the LP record with the Circle Cutter.
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And finally, here are the projects we made at Sunday's Mom & Me class. It was so cute: the kids showed up with their stuffed friends from the Build-a-Bear store.
They had a lot of fun making and dressing their paper bears using the Big Shot die cutter.
cheers
Donna
Ok, so if you follow my blog at all, you know that I am not at home right now - hubby & I are on a road trip to the East Coast; specifically Cape Breton Island. While I visit and catch up with my aunts and cousins, Roy will be snapping new pics for his nature photography business (check him out at: www.walkinthewoodsphotos.blogspot.com )
I didn't want to leave you all high and dry while we're away, so with the magic of post-dated blog posts, I've lined up a few projects to share.
This is a sneak peek of the cards we'll be making in September's "Just Cards" class, featuring Stampin' Up!'s new "Delightful Decorations" stamp set and coordinating punch, wheel and rub-ons.
It's never to early to start making your Christmas cards - counting the cards in this photo, I have a whopping four cards already done! GRIN!
Join me on MON SEPT 14th or TUES SEPT 15th from 7:30 - 9:30 pm to make eight cards (2 of each design). COST: $25 RSVP quickly; only 2 seats are left in the Mon. AND in the Tues. class.
cheers
I've been participating in my friend Julie's Easy Breezy Kewl Colour Challenge (EBKCC) since it's debut, and I'm determined not to miss a single week! Julie posts a new colour challenge every Friday, but since I didn't get to my stamping studio until Tuesday ... well, you know the rest. I managed to finish this card tonight, just under the wire!
CHALLENGES MET:
EBKCC - Bashful Blue, Brilliant Blue, More Mustard & Old Olive
3 CLOVERS - use a photograph on your card
ABC - C is for Circles
PILE IT ON - Threes (3 blue circles, 3 green circles) + at least one other challenge
TODAY'S FRUGAL TIP: I really enjoyed the challenge of working a photo into the card design - what a great way to use up those random, leftover photos in my shoebox - I don't even know the people in this shot!
SUPPLIES USED: (100% STAMPIN' UP! unless otherwise stated)
PAPERS - Bashful Blue, Brilliant Blue, More Mustard & Old Olive card stock
INKS - Bashful Blue, Old Olive & Brilliant Blue
STAMPS - Itty Bitty Background (page 132), Seaside & Travel Post (both retired sets)
ACCESSORIES - GoGo Boots Alphabet Dies & Big Shot Die Cutting Machine; 1-1/4", 1-3/8", 1-1/2" & 1-3/4" Circle Punches, and chipboard word stickers by MemoryMakers (for the letter "u")
cheers
Technically, this story started yesterday, but today isn't much better ... ever have one of those days that for whatever reasons, whatever you try to create just gets messed up? That's the space I'm in right now; hopefully it passes soon, lol!
Despite smudges, drops, mixed inks (not intentionally!), adhesive smears, embossing goofs, upside down images, and tearing apart and reassembling ... this card eventually came together.
CHALLENGES MET:
* Mojo Monday - Week 101's sketch
SUPPLIES USED: (100% Stampin' Up! unless otherwise stated)
* INKS - VersaMark & Night of Navy Craft Inks
* PAPERS - Close to Cocoa, Bordering Blue & Ballet Blue card stock, Brushed Silver card stock
* STAMPS - Delightful Decorations (avail. Sep. 1st in the Holiday Mini)
* ACCESSORIES - Choc. Chip 1" double-stitched grosgrain ribbon, Vintage brads, Stampin' Dimensionals, Iridescent Ice embossing powder, Heat Tool, Merry & Bright Rub-Ons & Ornament Punch (both avail. Sep. 1st in the Holiday Mini), Snowflake Cuttlebug Embossing Folder by Provo Craft.
TECHNIQUE: Faux Diamonds (goes by a couple of other names too): Cover the portion of the card you want to dazzle with VersaMark ink, then cover the entire area with Iridescent Ice embossing powder & heat to set the powder. In the sample above, the top half of the card (blue section) is done in this technique. Optional: if you like, stamp an image on the card stock with a darker shade of ink before applying the VersaMark. (Just don't stamp your image IN VersaMark like I did, or it will disappear when you do the technique - duh .. I TOLD you I was having a bad stamping day!) To get my image back, I stamped in Craft Ink on top of the Faux Diamonds after it had dried. Not as good, but close enough.
PS: This started as a standard 5-1/2" x 4-1/4" card but to do the sketch justice, I trimmed it to a square 4-1/4" x 4-1/4" shape, and decorated the leftover bit (4-1/4" x 1-1/4") to match the card. The smaller bit could be used as a gift tag or a bookmark or .... ? I saw this trend on Split Coast Stampers earlier this year ... but I can't remember what they called these odd bits; if you know, please leave a comment at the bottom of this post and I'll send you a card!
cheers
Today's card was a lot of fun to make ... Julie's colour challenge this week just happens to be my FAVE colour combo, I got to try my hand at colouring white ribbon to get the green I needed, and I even designed my own card template for this week's Cuttlebug Challenge ... my stampin' mojo was in full swing for a change!
CHALLENGES MET:
EBK COLOUR CHALLENGE: Tempting Turquoise, Certainly Celery, So Saffron & Garden Green
CUTTLEBUG CHALLENGE: shape card
ABC CHALLENGE: B is for Buttons
PILE IT ON CHALLENGE: boy card, + at least one other challenge
*** click on photos for a closer look ***
SUPPLIES USED: (100% Stampin' Up!)
INKS: VersaMark, Tempting Turquoise & Garden Green (to colour the ribbon)
PAPERS: Tempting Turquoise, Certainly Celery, So Saffron & Garden Green card stock
STAMPS: Animal Stories (pg 88) & Beautiful Baby (on dormant list)
ACCESSORIES: So Saffron grosgrain ribbon, Whisper White Taffeta ribbon, Sherbet Designer Buttons (Aug. special), Scallop Edge, 3/4" Circle & 1" Circle punches, Paper-Piercing Tool & Mat Pack, Hobby Blade, Stampin' Up! Backgrounds #1Texturz Plates, & Big Shot Die Cut machine
TIP FROM THE FRUGAL STAMPER: There's no need to own every colour of ribbon on the market - stock up on white ribbon and colour it yourself to match your projects!
Here's How: Simply hold a piece of ribbon against the ink pad with a dauber, piece of sponge or scrap card stock. (classic inks work well). Next, slowly pull the ribbon through with your free hand, keeping a light pressure on the ribbon with the sponge. Repeat the steps to get a darker shade ... if it gets too dark, just rinse it under the tap, let dry, & try again.
cheers, Donna
Here's a challenge that I managed to finish tonight during Girls Night Out ... certainly not my favourite colour combo, but it gave my ol' brain a good workout!
CHALLENGES MET:
Our Creative Corner (sketch)
SP Colour Challenge (Mellow Moss, Crushed Curry & Dusty Durango)
SUPPLIES USED:
(All Stampin' Up! unless otherwise stated)
Inks: Dusty Durango
Card Stock: River Rock (retired), Mellow Moss, Dusty Durango, & Crushed Curry
Stamps: none!
Accessories: Beautiful Butterflies Bigz Die, Big Shot die cutter, Cuttlebug background embossing folder, Cuttlebug floral embossing strip, Spell Binders' Swirls dies & Stampin' Dimensionals.
cheers,
Donna
Just a quick post this am before I head out for the day ... I had some pieces left over from my cupcake card (small flowers & hearts from the Sizzlets Big Bold Cupcake die by Stampin' up!) that the frugal stamper in me couldn't throw out ... and once I saw this week's sketch challenge over at 2 Sketches 4 You, I could "see" the finished cards in my mind! The pink one on the left also meets a couple of other challenges while the turquoise one on the right is a "spare". Enjoy!
CHALLENGES MET:
2 Sketches 4 You (Kazan's sketch # 31)
Our Creative Corner (Triple Play: 3 different embellishments: rhinestone brad, stapled ribbon & pearl dots)
Color Chef (#15: yellow, pink & white)
SUPPLIES USED:
(all Stampin' Up!© unless otherwise stated)
Raspberry Lemonade Designer Series Paper;
Melon Mambo, Summer sun, Bermuda Bay, Taken with Teal, Dusty Durango, Naturals Ivory & Whisper White card stock' (some are textured cs)
Hearts Cuttlebug embossing folder; "Big Bold Birthday" Sizzix Sizzlets dies, Big Shot die cutter, Whisper White taffeta Ribbon, Clear Rhinestone Brads, Pearl Dots (maker unknown).
OK, before I share my challenge entry for this week, here's a quick trip down memory lane to explain today's title... hit the buzzer as soon as you know the answer:
Clue #1: 1970's
Clue #2: Jack Wild
Clue #3: Saturday morning kids' show
Clue #4: Witchy-Poo
Did you get it? Yep, the show was called "Puffinstuff" ... "H.R. Puffinstuff; who's your friend when things get rough..." Picture a teenage boy (Jack Wild, who played the Artful Dodger in the movie "Oliver"), a magical talking flute (named Jimmy, I think), Witchy-Poo, and a big guy named Puffinstuff (he looked like a cross between Mayor McCheese and Barney).
This one song from the show was about trying to find a rhyme for the word oranges ... "oranges, poranges - there's another one!" The message was to think outside the box, challenge the accepted norm, and be creative - something I needed to hear in my early adolecent years I guess, because the song has always stayed with me. Of course, the fact that Jack Wild's Teen Beat posters were plastered all over my bedroom walls back then might have something to do with it too ... along with Donny Osmond, David Cassidy, Chris Knight ... but I digress. <grin>
OK then, on to the real reason for this post ... a card! This one's one of my favourites; I'm really pleased with the way it turned out.
CHALLENGES MET:
Pile it On (mostly orange + at least one other challenge)
Sweet Sunday #27 (sketch)
SCS: Clean And Simple #24 (colours: turquoise, yellow & orange)
SUPPLIES USED: (all by Stampin' Up!© unless otherwise stated)
Raspberry Lemonade Designer Series Papers
Big Bold Cupcakes Sizzlet dies
Scallop Circle #2 Bigz die
Big Shot die cutting machine
Bermuda Bay, Dusty Durango & Whisper White card stock
Scallop Edge punch
Curly embossing template (by Fiskars)
It's 11 pm on Easter Sunday and the last of my company just left - we had a great weekend visiting & spending time with the family - even if my sister woke me up waayyyyy too early every morning, groan.
Here's my fav Easter project this year - since I've been focusing a lot lately on my Punch Happy club, this little punch art basket was a natural to share at my team meeting and again at last week's "Just Cards" class. The original instructions came from fellow demonstrator Amy Celona, although I made a couple of minor changes during my classes. Here's the link to Amy's original instructions.
I hope you all are enjoying your long weekend, eating lots of chocolate, and getting lots of great pics for your scrapbooks! If you're one of the lucky ones who have another day off tomorrow, ENJOY (and be sure to take some time to create something with your stamps!)
DANG, IT'S COLD OUTSIDE!
Here's the perfect card to help warm you up .. made by fellow demonstrator Krista Tracy, it was posted today on Stampin' Up!'s STAMPERS' SHOWCASE (just one of the many perks available to demonstrators - six new cards are posted every day - I love it! Makes you wanna join my team, doesn't it?) GRIN!
Here's Krista's card and the supplies she used to make it. Check out the top note die - she cut it on her Big Shot using white self-adhesive felt which gives the card a warm, wrapped-in-a-blanket kind of feel; PURE GENIUS!
(Remember, you can always click on any picture on my blog to get a closer view)
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Look at this wonderful magnet I got in a swap at STAMPFEST!
(DEFINITION: swap - whereby you agree via email to make a specific quantity of identical hand-crafted items to trade with a specific number of equally insane demonstrators whom you've quite possibly never met, and agree to meet at a pre-arranged time and place during an upcoming Stampin' Up! event to accomplish said swapping activity.)
WARNING: Swapping is a highly addictive pastime... ask me how I know, lol)
This particular magnet was made by a very good friend & fellow demonstrator, Heather Arsenault (who has recently abandoned me & relocated to London, ON so if you live in the area and want to attend stamping classes, lmk and I'll hook you up with Heather!)
The metal frame with mirror insert came already magnetized on the back, which makes this project so quick & easy, yet so crisp and elegant that I absolutely LOVE it!(PS, it looks even more so, IRL)
Heather applied "STICKY STRIP"© (page 191 of the Fall & Winter Catalogue) evenly around the frame, then pealed off the red backing and shook some icy blue chunky glitter (page 190) over the tape until it was completely covered. (TIP: With the chunky glitter, use your finger to push it gently into the sticky strip before you tap off the excess - you'll get better coverage that way)
The centre snowflake was cut out of white sticky vinyl on the Big Shot die cutting machine (page 26 of the Holiday Mini Catalogue) using one of the dies from the "Snowflakes Set #2" set (page 31, Holiday Mini), then Heather just peeled off the backing & applied it to the mirror.
How easy is that? Oh, and the vinyl she used ... Stampin' Up! sells that too, in four different colours - White, Dark Grey, Kraft, and Chocolate Chip (not in any catalogue yet; contact me for item numbers).
As soon as I find these magnet frames in a local store, I plan to make up a bunch for all kinds of different people & occasions - student lockers, workplace/office decor, happy birthday, see-the-baby, don't open that fridge, etc, etc. Got another idea for decorating these magnets? Leave me a comment on this post & share with everyone!
PS - if you haven't checked out the kewl product bundles on sale right now, better climb out from under that rock & take a look - they won't last long at these prices! Sale ends Dec 1st or when quantities run out. Click on SHOP NOW & follow the link to my online shopping service - it's the best way to browse the catalogue, check out the specials, and see projects too!
OMGosh, it's been over a week since I posted anything here ... that's no way to treat my loyal readers!
But there's some good to come from my negligence ... if you've been with me for a while, you know that whenever I miss a whole week of posting, I have promised to follow with a project-a-day for an entire week. Seems fair, don't you think? <grin>
So here's day one of my penance - enjoy, and be sure to come back tomorrow (and for five MORE tomorrows) to see a different project each day, including instructions so you can stamp along with me at home!
3D TABLETOP CHRISTMAS TREE
(This one's Quick & Easy, folks! All supplies are from Stampin' Up! - Donna)
LARGE PENNANT TREE: SUPPLIES:
LARGE PENNANT TREE: DIRECTIONS:
VARIATIONS:
Need some supplies to try this at home? Now you can order them online with my Stampin' Up! website's shopping cart - just follow the "SHOP HERE" link (the red box in the upper right corner of this page - you might have to scroll back up to the top of the page first - sometimes I get a little wordy, according to my dear stampin' friend Ruth ... luv ya girl!)
Don't forget to send me a photo of your trees & I'll post them here on the blog!
