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Lisa
Tonight I have more little boxes, this time with a Halloween theme.
All are made from the new Candy Wrapper Bigz Die in the Holiday Mini. I selected 3 designs from the Wicked Fun Specialty Designer Series Paper, the polka dotted one is flocked! I dressed them up with Bitty Bat Punches glammed up with Log Cabin Smooch Spritz
and various ribbons and trims. Easy peasy!
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Enjoy,
Lisa
I hope you love little gift boxes as much as I do. Today I have one made with our Top Note die and the new Deck the Halls designer paper and fabric. Having matching designer paper and fabric opens up so many crafting possibilities! This little basket opens to hold your present or a love note or whatever!
The rose is made from the Deck The Halls fabric and the rose & leaves parts of the Table Setting Stampin' Up! Bigz Xl Die. Around the outside of the box is the new Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding and Silver Tinsel trim. I finished it off with a tag from the Tags Til Christmas stamped set punched out using the new Decorative Label Punch. I love how our stamps and punches work together!
I hope you are enjoying the tour as much as I am! So many new ideas for holiday gifts and decorations. Don't forget to click on the blog tour stamp to continue to the next stop.
Enjoy,
Lisa
Who doesn't like chocolate? Today I have a quick way to wrap up a bar chocolate into a nice gift.
This takes just a 1/2 sheet of 8 1/2" x 11" card stock wheeled in Craft Whisper White ink with the Sassy Sparkles jumbo wheel. Then I scored the card stock at 4 1/2" and 5", added a few brads and a piece of ribbon to turn a bar of chocolate into a wonderful gift. Of course, I had to bling it up a little! I used the new Glitter Brads and I added a ruffle made from the Metallic Gold Waffle Paper both from the Holiday Mini. The Pear Pizazz card stock and ribbon coordinate beautifully with the gold waffle paper! To give it some dimension I also used the Snowflake Textured Impressions Embossing Folder Die again. This die is turning out to be very useful! It's hard to see from the picture but I also gave everything a sponging with Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint. The tag is from the Tags Til Christmas set in the Holiday Mini.
If you don't like chocolate this could easily be used for licorice sticks, candy canes, honey sticks, even pens or pencils. The possibilities are endless!
Tomorrow I'll have a another gift wrapping idea, so make sure and return for the rest of the tour. Don't forget to click on the blog tour stamp below to continue to the next stop.
Enjoy,
Lisa
Today I have a fun project that kids would enjoy making. This fun BOO! Ghostie is made of sparkly felt and ribbon. Everyone knows all ghosts must sparkle!
Ghostie is a Big Shot creation. I hand cut his body and the rest is all Big Shot dies. His streamers were cut from sparkly felt using the new Tasteful Trim Bigz Die. It cuts through felt like butta! His BOO! is from the Serif Essentials Bigz Alphabet Die Set and his eyes were cut with the Circles #2 Originals Die. I finished his eyes with white buttons from the Designer Buttons - Neutrals Collection and a little Crystal Effects to glue them.
Kids could easily assemble these because it's all just glued together! And I'm sure they would have fun arranging his streamers!
To go along with Ghostie I have a card from my good friend Maria Pane. She loves Halloween and the Baltimore Ravens. This is another great card for kids to make using the Spider Web Textured Impressions Embossing Folder Die and the Midnight Raven single stamp.
Beyond Halloween, the raven stamp is a natural for Baltimore Ravens fans!
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Enjoy,
Lisa
Today I have a blinged out Holiday card for you. I love paisleys, so I just had to have the new Paisley Prints set. It is so cool!
I used a whole bunch of goodies (complete details below) from our new Holiday mini catalog. Did you get yours yet? If not, send me an email with your address and I'll be happy to send you one.
This is a fancy fold zig-zag card, so it stands on it's own:
Here is a close up of some of bling:
And here is a close up of the embossed snowflakes from the new Northern Flurry embossing folder:
I added a little more bling with a light sponging of Frost White Shimmer Paint and our new self-adhesive Pearls.
Paisley Prints, Sincere Salutations Stamp Sets; Marina Mist, Shimmery White, Old Olive, Whisper White card stock; Old Olive, Wild Wasabi, Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pads; Northern Flurry embossing folder; Frost White Shimmer Paint; Basic Pearls; Silver Tinsel trim; Basic Black Embossing Powder.
Check back tomorrow for more cool ideas. Click on the blog tour stamp below to go to the next stop on the blog tour.
Lisa
Now that the cards are all swapped out, I can share my cards from a recent Big Shot swap. We each used a Big Shot die or embosslit with a texture plate or embossing folder. For this card I used the Stampin’ Up! Hi embosslit and the Perfect Polka Dots Stampin' Up! Textured Impressions Die embossing . The Stampin’ Up! Hi embosslit die is so cool - it embosses and cuts all in one pass! I kept the colors very cool and low key thinking this card would be good for either a male or female recipient.
For this card I used the Stampin’ Up! Flower Burst embosslit and the Perfect Polka Dots
Stampin' Up! Textured Impressions Die embossing folder. I took the color cues from the Razzleberry Lemonade DSP (love that DSP!). I sponged a little Pumpkin Pie ink over the Crushed Curry flower to bring out the detail.
This card was made using the Stampin’ Up! Hearts & Brackets originals die and the paisley pattern from the Texture Plates Kit #4. I love paisley designs, so to make the design more prominent I covered the texture plate with Very Vanilla ink before running it through the Big Shot with Creamy Caramel card stock. It made a very nice pattern and washed off the texture plate easily! Very cool!
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Enjoy,
Lisa
We had a lot of fun at our Dinner, Champagne & Crafting event Friday evening. Randi cooked a wonderful dinner then we made 2 projects. We finished the evening with a glass of bubbly. We had so much fun, I forgot to take pictures! Everyone agreed that it was nice way to kiss winter goodbye and say hello to spring. Hopefully, you can join us next time!
Our first project was this cute chalkboard message board using Chalkboard Décor
Elements Vinyl, On Board Long Board chipboard , Razzleberry Lemonade DSP, Rich
Razzleberry polka dot grosgrain ribbon and scraps of card stock for the
Extra Large Two-Step Bird punch and chalk holder box. I cut the Chalkboard Décor
Elements Vinyl with the Top Note bigz die and the Big Shot. As usual, the Big Shot cut it like butta! Each message board uses 1/2 sheet of the On Board Long Board. It was a simple process of gluing the DSP to the chipboard with our glue stick (works best for chip board), adhering the Chalkboard Décor
Elements Vinyl after peeling off the backing. Then we added ribbon in the corner to hold coupons, business cards or even love notes! We made a little box to hold the chalk and attached that with Sticky Strip. Then we punched birds and leaves with the Extra Large Two-Step
Bird punch. We added a little shimmer to the bird with shimmer spray I made from our Frost White Simmer Paint mixed with alcohol. Then punched hols with the Crop-A-Dile and added ribbon for hanging. Everyone loved them! The Chalkboard Décor
Elements Vinyl works quite well, just wipe it clean with a tissue or paper towel. Here is a close up of the shimmery bird, and the chalk holder box. You can click on the pictures for a larger close-up.
We also made a card using the same DSP, the new Chat Room Rub-Ons from the Occasions mini and the flower from the Three Little Words stamp set. We colored the flower using the In Colors Stampin' Write Markers, punched it out using the 1 1/4" circle punch, then a 1 3/8" circle of Crushed Curry and a scalloped circle punch of Melon Mambo. The card base is also Crushed Curry - I absolutely love Crushed Curry! I chose Happy Mother's Day for the rub-on. I hope Mom isn't reading this post! :-)
Three Little Words is one of the Sale-A-Bration sets you can get for free with an $50 order! Hurry, contact me now, Sale-A-Bration ends March 31!
Enjoy,
Lisa
Currently, my absolute favorite way to go green and use up my paper scraps is to make Simply Adorned charm inserts. However, Michele Reynolds covered that yesterday on the tour.
So I decided to try something else I have been thinking about. Using the Big Shot with fabric is the latest craze right now. I used to sew a lot. So like any good sewer, I have a huge stash of fabric just waiting to be used. I also drink a lot of water, preferably ice cold. So I am always in need of drink coasters. I found this adorable shamrock fabric in my stash, and decided to try making coasters using my Big Shot. Here is the result.
A set of 4 shamrock coasters, all wrapped and ready to give to a friend of mine. I'll have to make another set for me! This was so quick & easy, I think I'll make coasters to match all the seasons!
Each coaster used 2 pieces of fabric and 2 pieces of felt for the inside. I fused it all together with iron on fusible web, all from my stash. I cut the fabric and the fusible web with the scalloped circle bigz die. I cut the felt with the clear circle bigz die. Then I made the sandwich: fabric print side down, felt circle, fusible web, felt circle, fabric right side up. Here is half the sandwich (fabric, felt, fusible web). You can see that the felt circles fit perfectly inside the scalloped circle leaving just enough to seal the edges together.
Then I just followed the directions on the fusible web to fuse it all together. In my case, 15 seconds with a hot dry iron and a damp pressing cloth. The final result:
I wrapped four together in some of the luscious satin ribbon in the Occasions mini. Then I made a tag using the Go Green stamp and Sweet Pea Stitched Felt also in the Occasions mini.
I think these would make cute hostess gifts, craft show gifts, or a "thinking of you" gift.
I hope you have enjoyed the blog tour, I know I have. I have lots of other ideas to share with you, so check back often! Click on the blog tour image below to go to the next stop on the tour.
Enjoy,
Lisa
My project for today is a banner I made out of our new On Board Scallop Circle book, Shades of Spring Designer Series Paper, Pretty in Pink Satin Ribbon and the adorable Eggcellent Eggs Kit all from the Occasions Mini.
Here are close-ups of each letter, click on each picture to see the flowers and rhinestone embellishments from the Eggcellent Eggs Kit. And I still have lots leftover from the kit to actually do my Easter Eggs!
Each letter is covered in the celery glitter from our Fine Cosmo Stampin' Glitter. I thought about adding other embellishments, but I liked it this way and did not want to "guild the lily". The On Board book bases are painted with our craft ink refills, used just like paint. I also used my Big Shot to cut the designer paper scalloped circles, and the pink circles under each letter. Oh how I love my Big Shot!
That's my project for today. Click on the image below to get to the next stop on tour, don't forget to come back tomorrow!
Enjoy,
Lisa
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