Archive for October, 2007
Pull Up Thanksgiving Card
Posted: Friday, October 26th, 2007 | Comments
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!).
Creepy Crawly Halloween Projects
Posted: Thursday, October 18th, 2007 | Comments
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!
Envelope “Pocket” Keeper
Posted: Wednesday, October 10th, 2007 | 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!
Holiday Pocketbook/Holiday Shopping List
Posted: Monday, October 8th, 2007 | 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.
