SU has an amazing sale going on until November 30! It's online - so you don't have to deal with crowds! Spectacular deals including My Digital Studio for 50% off and additional MDS downloads for 20-40% off. Stamps, ribbon, brads, Big Shot dies, fabric, decor elements, hodgepodge hardware and more! And free shipping on orders over $150! Go to my online store to order now!
Enjoy,
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!
Don't forget to click on the blog tour stamp below to continue on to the next stop. And remember to stop by again tomorrow for the last day of the tour!
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
The holiday season always brings charity and fund raising bake sales, so I made a quick tag to dress up those bake sale items.
I kept it simple so that it could be mass produced easily. I used the Homemade single stamp and cut it up into a few layers to add some dimension. I also added some bling with Dazzling Diamond glitter on the cupcakes frosting and Gold Lame Smooch Pearlized Accent Ink dots. It's so easy to cut out using the new 2-3/8" Scallop Circle punch. I added a strip of Daffodil Striped Grosgrain Ribbon and attached it to our Mini Lunch Sack with a Flower Brad. Easy Peasy!
The Mini Lunch Sacks are nice and thick and should hold up nicely at your bake sale. They are wonderful for decorating because the seam is hidden in a fold and they come with that wonderful scalloped edge.
Make sure to click on the blog tour stamp to continue on the tour and check back tomorrow and the rest of the week. We have a lot of fun stuff to share!
Enjoy,
Lisa
I had a great time at the Remarkably Hot Retreat last weekend! I spent most of the weekend making these tags.
They are for a stamp camp that my friend Maria Pane had back during the snow storms. I wasn't able to go because that was one of the days we got 20" of snow, but Baltimore only got a few. The ladies all made extras of their stamp camp projects for me and I said I would make my stamp camp project for them. Being the procrastinator I am, I put if off until the retreat. So I had a wonderful time making 30 of these tags! Each tag matches the ladies hair color and their favorite SU color. I matched the DSP used for the pants with the favorite colors and hair colors. Then I had to pick a matching color for the accessories. All were colored using SU Watercolor Wonder Crayons with a blender pen. The back of the tag is DSP with their names stamped with Jumble Alphabet. It took quite a while, but I had so much fun! Maria posted them on her blog here. If you'd like a tag, contact me!
Check back, I'll have more posts about the retreat this week.
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
I am soooo ready for spring! Playing around with some of the cool new DSP from the Occasions mini and the new On Board Bird Book, I made this plant decoration. I thought it might be a nice way to decorate an Easter Lilly plant for Easter. I covered the chipboard bird shape with the DSP, cut out a few extra pieces of DSP for the wing and tail feather and attached them with Dimensionals. Added a circle Rhinestone brad for the eye. Then the fun began with glue & glitter! I dyed a popsicle stick with Certainly Celery ink and attached it to the back with Sticky Tape. All ready to decorate any plant! This would make a nice gift for the plant lovers in your life. Contact me to order the supplies.
Enjoy,
Lisa
Welcome to the RemARKable LOVE Blog Tour, showcasing all the Stampin' Up! stuff we LOVE.
I LOVE the new Occasions mini! The clear mount stamps are a dream answer to a craft room that is crowded with stamp sets! The new punches are also space savers. The new butterfly Embosslits die is to die for! It cuts and embosses 4 butterflies from tiny to medium in one pass! I created this friendship hug note using the new I {Heart} Hearts from the Occasions mini and the Whimsical Words Sale-A-Bration set.
The stand is created by cutting 3 of the Decorative Accents pieces, folding each in half and gluing the halves together. It makes a cute little stand that holds our new Hugs notes perfectly! Here is another view of the stand. I left it plain so that it won't compete with what it is holding. P.S. Since it's a Bigz die, you can cut all 3 pieces at once! Details below.
I {Heart} Hearts, Whimsical Words stamp sets; Hugs sending Love Notes; Pretty In Pink, Rich Razzleberry, Sahara Sand card stock; Pretty In Pink, Melon Mambo, Rich Razzleberry, Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pads; Stampin' Up! Beautiful Wings Embosslits Die; Decorative Accents Bigz die; Hemp twine; Fine Cosmo Stampin' Glitter; 2-way Glue Pen; Tombow Multi-Purpose Adhesive; Big Shot; Dimensionals
Remember, Sale-A-Bration and the new Occasions mini starts January 5, 2010! Click on the image below to go to the next stop on the tour.
This is my blog, I am solely responsible for it's content. I am an independent Stampin’ Up! demonstrator. Stampin' Up! does not endorse the use of and content of the classes, services, or products offered here. All content ©2009-2010 Lisa Chatterjee. No reproduction allowed without permission. Feel free to use my ideas as inspiration, but don't copy them for any reason. Let's be nice to each other and give credit where credit is due!
