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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!
Make sure to click on the blog tour stamp below to continue on the tour. We are touring all week, so check back again tomorrow!
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
Here is the cover of a cute scrapbook I made using the new On Board Heart Book in the Occasions mini with the Love Sparkles Simply Scrappin' kit. I thought it would be fun to record my favorite things right now and then be able to look back at it years from now.
I'll share some of the inside pages once the blog tour is over, so check back for them. When I was finished I had several square chipboard pieces with a big open heart shape in the middle. Well, I thought these would be a great project for this Going Green blog tour. What's more eco-conscious than using both the negative & positive parts of the chipboard? So I created this sun catcher.
As you can see, we were still under siege from the snow when I hung it up! This was so simple & so fun, it would be a good project for young crafters. I painted the chipboard with the Frost White Shimmer Paint which made the chipboard look like silver! Another nice surprise! Then I mixed the same shimmer paint with a few drops of Classic Ink refill, which I swished on a piece of acetate. Then I coated the wet paint with Dazzling Diamonds glitter. I repeated the process with another color of ink and a second piece of acetate. Once they dried a little, I put them together to sandwich the glitter inside the acetate. Then I used Sticky Strip to attach the acetate sandwich inside the painted chipboard sandwich. Added a piece of Basic Gray Taffeta Ribbon to hang it and silver brads on the corners to make sure it stays together. Here is a closer view.
Pretty cool for stuff that would normally be thrown out!
I hope you are enjoying the tour, I know I am. Don't forget to check back tomorrow! Click on the blog tour image below to go to the next stop.
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
I am so ready for spring! I made these adorable birds from the new On Board Bird book in the Occasions mini.
These are so simple & so much fun! They are covered with Kaleidoscope DSP on the front and solid card stock on the back. The feet are unfolded large paper clips. I decorated them with various ribbons and other embellishments. So much fun, so cute and such a touch of spring!
This is what the "naked" On Board Bird books look like. Just screaming to be played with.
If you haven't used the Kaleidoscope DSP yet, you are missing out. This paper is so cool! If works great for the birds and also cards & scrapbook pages, it's luscious!
I'm off to a shoe box swap tomorrow, so I'm sure I'll have a lot to share with you next week.
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.
Wow, I know I have enjoyed this blog tour! I hope you have too! Today I have another holiday decoration idea. I love mobiles, and as soon as I saw the Stampin’ Up! Table Setting die for the Big Shot I wanted to use the circlular die cut to make a mobile. I stamped the Delightful Decorations ornaments in pairs and cut them out using the matching Ornament punch. I love our punches that match our stamp sets! I would never have taken the time to cut out all the ornaments by hand, I'm lazy! From there is was just sticking it all together with lots of Sticky Strip. Details below.
Delightful Decorations stamp set; Sassy Sparkles jumbo wheel; Whisper White, Garden Green card stock; Crushed Curry, Handsome Hunter, Rich Razzleberry, Brilliant Blue Classic Stampin' Pads; Ornament Punch; Silver Elastic Cord; Sticky Strip; Stampin’ Up! Table Setting die; Big Shot; Dimensionals
Well this tour may be over for now, but check back often, I have lots more ideas to share with you. And we'll be having another blog tour at the end of December.
Enjoy,
Lisa
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