Stamping Again

For the first time in a couple of months I finally felt like doing a little stamping this weekend. Here are two of the cards I made that I thought I would share.

I used stamps from the PapertreyInk Anniversary Stamp set that I received last year. The name of the set is Simple Little Things and was a limited edition that customers who had ordered 12 stamp sets between February of 2007 and February of 2008 received as a customer appreciation gift. I made the scallops around the circle with my scalloped square punch from Stampin' Up. I cut 2 scalloped squares and then cut each of those squares into 4 quarters for a total of 8 pieces. I then started adhering them to the back of the circle and this is how it turned out. I thought it looked pretty nice. The cardstock that I used was the Kraft cardstock from PapertreyInk and Bravo Burgundy from Stampin' Up. Everything was stamped with Bravo Burgundy ink from Stampin' Up.

For this card I used some of the Dark Chocolate cardstock from PapertreyInk and designer paper from Cloud 9 Designs. I stamped images from the Priceless and BoHo Blooms Background stamp sets from Stampin' Up using Chocolate Chip ink from Stampin' Up. I wish the images would have been darker. I had even grabbed my newest Chocolate Chip stamp pad but it still didn't stamp very dark. Guess I'll have to get the reinkers out.

Scrapping Weekend

While the guys are away the girls will play......


Back row left to right - Stacie, Viki, Laura, Amber, Valerie
Front row left to right - Holly, Cindy and Erin

Valerie & her mom Kim from Indiana.

Pop-up Gift Card Holder

This is a pop-up gift card holder that we recently made. I thought the "eat, drink & be scary" stamp was perfect for a McDonald's gift card to give to my grandkids for a Halloween treat. This stamp is from the Stampin' Up stamp set "Eat, Drink & Be Scary" that is in the Holiday Mini Catalog which runs from October 1 thru January 18. It's a really cute stamp set!

Crayon Holder

Here's another project from our last workshop. I intended to make some candy bar holders but found my husband had eaten the Kit Kat bars so I changed the measurements and made crayon holders instead.

The measurements for the crayon holder are as follows: Cardstock measures 2 1/2" x 10 3/4" and is scored at 2 1/4", 2 3/4", 6 1/2" and 7". The print paper measures 2 1/4" x 9" and you do not score it before adhering to cardstock. Also start adhering from short end (front flap).

If you want to make candy bar holders for Funsize Kit Kat candy bars or Hershey bars the cardstock measurement is 2 1/2" X 10", scored at 2 3/16", 2 11/16", 6 1/8" and 6 5/8". The print paper measures 2 1/4" x 9".

Bookmark

We made this bookmark at our last workshop.



It's a great way to use up those scrap pieces of cardstock. The measurements are as follows: chocolate chip cardstock 1 1/2" x 9 1/2", scored at 4 3/4" and 2 pieces of patterned paper is cut 1 1/4" x 4 1/2". After making several bookmarks I found that they stayed in place best when I put scalloped pieces on front and back on open ends. I adhered 2 sets magnets on inside, one set right at the edge of the open ends and the other about an inch from the fold.



These are great as you can bookmark the line you left off on.

Peppermint Pattie

I haven't posted anything for a little while so took some quick pictures this morning of the projects we made at our last workshop.


Got the idea for this sheep card and Peppermint Pattie from cards I've seen on various blogs but not sure who came up with the original ideas. Rather than making a card from the sheep with the pink bow I decided to put a York peppermint between two scallops and add legs to make her stand up by using punches from the Stampin Up word window punch. I thought it turned out so cute.


This Frankenstein card also came from ideas I saw on many other blogs.


When I was flipping through my new Stampin' Up catalog I noticed the scalloped circle card on page 147. I really liked the layout so used the idea for making this Celebrate card with the birthday candles.



And this one was just one I came up with using a layout similar to a card layout I saw somewhere.

Flip-Up Album

Here are pictures of my first flip-up album. I'm not a very good photographer but these pics should give you an idea of what my flip-up album looks like.











I'd been admiring flip-up albums I've seen on other blogs and on Splitcoaststampers so I finally decided to sit down and see if I could figure out how to make one myself. After alot of trial and error this is what I came up with. I hadn't seen any instructions on how to make one so I documented the steps I took in making mine in my own set of instructions.

I'm not sure if my album was made in the same way as others that I've seen but after writing my instructions this link was shared by a member of a stamping group I belong to. The directions vary a bit from mine but you may want to check it out. My album was made using 8 1/2" x 8 1/2" pieces of cardstock but it could be easily adapted to any size cardstock.

If you'd like to receive a copy of the instructions I wrote for my version of this flip-up album I would be glad to share them with you if you would be willing to share instructions and pictures of a "wow" project with me.

Email me with your name, email address, how you found my blog and include your blog address if you have one as I love visiting other people's blogs for inspiration.