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Bigz XL Die Box #2 purse
Posted: Tuesday, June 30th, 2009 | CommentsNOTE: The new 2009-2010 Catalog will be online today by 5:00 pm EST along with a ‘Deal of the Week‘ (which is a new special offer every week for the month of July) as well as an incredible $85 Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator Starter Kit is coming later this month (you can read about that offer here).
I got the Bigz XL die ‘Box #2′ (order #114518) several months ago and wasn’t sure what to do with it. The end result box wasn’t very large (approx. 4 in. wide, 2 inches high and 1 inch deep).
In fact, this Kiwi Kiss rectangular box sat on my desk for a few months until I realized that the Scalloped Circle 2 die made a nice fold over wrap and gee, it could be a pocketbook!
Another accessory that I haven’t used at all until now was the large grommet (I used a silver one). The grommet is just pressed into the paper (you need a sponge pad–not your fingers behind it, LOL!). Then just bang down the little (razer sharp) points to hold it in place. A 1/2 inch punch of coordinating paper will finish the look of a button or fastener for the pocketbook.
The coordinating designer series paper that I used here is Raspberry Tart (which is retiring today), but there are simply GORGEOUS new papers coming in the new catalog!!!
And on that note, I have 5 cases of catalogs looking for loving homes… come to my New Catalog Open House for fun and free stuff on Thursday, July 23rd at 7:00 pm. CLICK HERE to RSVP (this event will fill, so don’t delay).
Rose Accordion Fold Bookmark Card
Posted: Wednesday, May 13th, 2009 | Comments
Clearly I have a thing for this set ‘A Rose is a Rose’ (#111560, set of 14 stamps – $37.95).
UPDATED: Since it was not a class, I don’t have a detailed handout, however in response to many requests, this was made with a 12 x 12 piece of Riding Hood Red cardstock, scored at 3 inch intervals. I free cut the tops of each panel to appear to be bookmark. I used a 12″ strip of the Candy Lane DSP inside and tacked it down, leaving space to use it as pockets. I cut the inside bookmarks from scraps of vanilla and decorated the entire thing with stamped/cut images of the Rose is a Rose set.
This bookmark card was my ‘backup’ Mother’s Day card that I didn’t need to use. At my April Stamp a Stack, my friends made a wider ‘2-fold’ accordion fold bookmark card for the sake of saving time.
But nothing beats the four fold! Accessories: Riding Hood Red & Vanilla cardstock, Riding Hood Red, Pink Pirouette, Kiwi Kiss & Baja Breeze inks, Candy Lane Designer Series Paper and some grosgrain and tafetta ribbon.
I didn’t realize until after I photographed how much more striking this would be with ribbons at the top of each bookmark section… oh well… next time!
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Flowerpot Accordion Card
Posted: Friday, May 8th, 2009 | CommentsCLICK HERE to view my Flowerpot Accordion Card video (if you are receiving this via email, the video doesn’t come through).
Just in time for Mother’s Day! This is my Mother’s Day card to my awesomely wonderful mother-in-law… don’t tell her! Sets: A Rose is a Rose, Bella Toile backgound stamp; Accessories: Creamy Caramel c/s, Vanilla c/s, Close to Cocoa ink, Riding Hood Red ink, Pink Pirhouette ink, Kiwi Kiss ink, Baja Breeze ink.
To the left, I have included the flowerpot template as well as the ‘map’ for stamping the roses for the inside of the card below as explained in the video (and in case you are crazy like me and wish to make the same exact card).
Below are thumbnails you can click on for larger images of the flowerpot ‘accordion’ card from different angles. This card isn’t as hard as it looks!
Enjoy this video… it seemed monotone to me, but I got up at 4am to tape so that the house would be quiet. My voice sounds strange because I was trying to film and not wake anyone up!
So, am I getting better at video? I’ve created an ‘AmyTV‘ page (which will pull all my videos together in one place). Enjoy!
Video – Paper Pin Technique
Posted: Friday, May 1st, 2009 | CommentsVideo not viewable to subscribers via email, click here to view the video on my website.
Click on any photo to start a slideshow.
Last month I received a gift of a lovely butterfly paper pin and scalloped circle book from Kelli Purkey and I just *HAD* to make that butterfly myself.
THANK YOU Kelli! You all must go to her site and subscribe immediately (so I get brownie points and therefore more handstamped gifts…).
I completely devoured every detail of her finished pin… the butterfly from God’s Beauty (Level 1 Hostess Set) complete with rhinestone and wire embellishments on a pale plum cardstock (see below).
I decided to make my butterfly look like a ‘monarch’ butterfly and my daughter came down and picked up Kelli’s (purple butterfly, see below) and said “MOM! This is awesome, did you make it?!” to which I replied, “no, I made ALL the other ones… oh, go clean your room!”
So, you can see how beautiful Kelli’s pin is right down to the twisted wire antennae with rhinestones set (yeah, thanks Kelli… I’ll never get the Crystal Effects off my fingers!).
Enjoy the video that I made in ‘real time’… you are seeing the actual process as I was coming up with my May ‘Technique Freak’ club project for tonight (nothing like the last minute). The video was shot with my new Sony Handycam and edited with Sony Vegas Studio Pro (which I taught myself yesterday)!
