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Oct
26
Pull Up Thanksgiving Card
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This is a great pull up card that is actually very easy to make! In anticipation of the millions of questions I will be getting, I have tutorial page you can download HERE.
I am undertaking a project to merge my main site www.ustamp4fun.com with this blog. It will be wonderful and improved (or it will be painful and offline, LOL!). I have purchased a fabulous ‘online magazine’ style Wordpress template from Brian Gardner and am looking to customize it to making an even better online portfolio (dare we say a hallowed place of worship for all things Stampin’ Up!).
Oct
18
Creepy Crawly Halloween Projects
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I had fun with these great Halloween projects and I just LOVE the Creepy Crawly Designer Series papers! These are two of the six “Stamp a Stack of Stuff’ projects this month.
I’ve seen altered “Pringle Cans’, but I was impressed enough to want to make my own when I saw Valerie White’s samples. I got the BOO box in my Convention 07 WOW swap (made by Terri Winkleman).
I am thinking of making up the BOO boxes for my neighbors, but I think that some of them *might* figure out who made them! What do you think? hmmmm…..
DOWNLOAD the BOO! box directions and also DOWNLOAD the BOO! box greeting (8/page).
Anyway, I am excited about the redesign of my blog and am on the verge of a huge overhaul of my ustamp4fun.com website!
Oct
10
Envelope “Pocket” Keeper
Filed Under 3D Project, Envelope Trick!, Template, Winter/Holiday Ideas | 12 Comments
This is another envelope trick–probably the easiest one! I think the second photo (left) is clearer for details so I included it.
I made this with Stampin’ Up!’s® ‘large white’ envelope (#107291) and sealed it completely shut. I punch ‘down’ each side as far as I could (1 1/2 times) with the large Tag punch and the strip down the middle becomes the handle.
You can put things in it as gift holders and even a ‘place’ holder at the Christmas table… put their names on a tag on it!
The set used is Simple Snowman (p. 32) of the current catalog and I did add some sparkly threads (cool knitting yarn from Joanne’s!).
Okay, let’s see what you can do with it!
Oct
8
Holiday Pocketbook/Holiday Shopping List
Filed Under 3D Project, Template, Winter/Holiday Ideas | 5 Comments
This adorable pocketbook is copied from a WOW swap that I organized at Convention 07–one of my favorites is this one by Shaunna Hailey. It was also one of the projects at our Fall Stamp Festival (the only one not done with the featured set).
Other than changing the stamping on the outside of the pocketbook, I stuck to her original design–I loved it that much!
The pocketbook opens to a cut-down tiny white paper bag pocket (to hold receipts). The bottom flap holds a “shopping list” for keep track of your Holiday gift giving list. See project details and downloads in my Project Gallery.
The pocketbook is glossy and I stamped the snowflakes that you see in white in Versamark and then embossed with clear embossing powder. To make them ‘pop’ out, I used a sponge dauber and sponged both the Soft Sky & Blue Bayou to create a mottled look before stamping the other snowflakes in Blue Bayou over it all. You can’t see the glitter but the sparkle finishes it off just right.
The snowflakes are from the Snowburst stamp set in the Holiday Mini Catalog (pg. 16) and the snowman and circular stamp from Perfect Presentation (Fall/Winter Collection Catalog Level 2 Hostess Set).
I loved the way Shaunna adhered the bow by threading it through the bottom folds with one end going around the back and one around the front to tie permanently. You can open the pocketbook by pushing the bow back over the edge and close it by pulling it shut.
Oct
4
Coaster Accordion Book - Updated
Filed Under 3D Project, Memory Project, Template | 6 Comments
UPDATED 10/9/07 - View step-by-step directions on my Project Gallery.
You say you missed our Team Stamp Festival this past weekend?! Well, I am hoping to make you feel bad about it–so you won’t want to miss our Sell-A-Bration one! The festival featured the Autumn Harvest set from the Holiday Mini Catalog which was included in the fee and was used in three of the four projects.
This easy accordion album covers were made from blank coasters… yes, drink coasters like you get in a bar. I found that if you buy a few drinks you can grab a few coasters free (and oh boy, I needed like 80 coasters so you know what I will do for my customers to save them money, LOL!).
The coasters were basically 4×4 and the shock and wonder of it all was that this years corner rounder we sell–which is yet ANOTHER different size from all other previous years–matched those coaster’s rounded edges EXACTLY. (I figured my luck on that was so amazing that I am not going to bother buying another lottery ticket as my luck probably has been used up for a few years at least.) So the cover was covered with 4×4 Old Olive paper layered over it and corners rounded. The pumpkins and mulberry paper layer were added on top of that.
The accordion album part is 12 x 12 Old Olive cardstock, cut to 4 3/4 x 12 (and scored at 1 1/4 horizontally to fold up as the pocket) and scored vertically at 3 1/2 intervals. This leaves the last flap at only about 1 1/2 inches but I secured that to the back cover and covered it with a 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 square of Olive and layered a ‘fold over’ layer in vanilla, to make a ‘book’ style back panel.
Let me know if you need any coasters… I know where I can get them free (heh, heh…). Actually, my wonderful friend Amanda Coughlin gave me like 250 free because she loves me (and boy you should see her drink!). Just kidding, she got them at www.americancoaster.com.
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