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Jun
11

Life’s A Breeze Birthday

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Stampin' Up! Life's A Breeze PartyLooking for some cute ideas for a summer theme party? Look no further!

Check out these cute projects! I made them recently at a Demonstrator Extravaganza in Framingham, MA. These projects were all created by Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator and Artisan Award winner, Robin Desko. I love everything about this set for a summer party. The invitation is so easy to put together and it is so bright and cheery that everyone will HAVE to come to the party!

Stampin' Up! Life's a Breeze PinwheelHere is a close up of the pinwheel. Let me just tell you that this was a lot easier to make than I originally thought. This is just a decorative pinwheel and doesn’t actually spin, but so cute to use in a centerpiece at your party… I’ll have to make up a tutorial for that one real soon!

Last but certainly not least…the cute little party favor made with the Big Shot. The bucket was created using the Baskets and Blooms die.

Here you will see a close up of the decorative strip that runs through the center of the basket/pail. I used Crystal Effects to accent the sunglasses that were stamped across the Pumpkin Pie strips.

Stampin' Up! Summer Party Favor

Check out this cute little shovel which was created entirely with Stampin’ Up! punches…

Stampin' Up! Summer Party Favor

The handle of the shovel is created with the Word Window punch and the Horizontal Slot punch. That piece is glued to a strip of paper, which is then glued to a piece punched using the Tag Punch. The shovel is tied onto the basket/pail with a cute bow. Finally the sun is accented with Crystal Effects and Dazzling Diamonds Glitter.

All of these projects were very quick and a lot of fun to make. Thanks Robin for my new summer party set up!!

If you would like to recreate these projects…here is the recipe:

Stamps: Life’s A Breeze, Hugs and Wishes
Paper:Barely Banana, Ballet Blue, Whisper White,
Ink: Barely Banana, Ballet Blue, Summer Sun, Pumpkin Pie
Accessories: 1/4″ Pumpkin Pie Grosgrain Ribbon, Crystal Effects, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, Lazy Days Jumbo Wheel, Sticky Strip, Dimensionals, Paper Piercing Tool, Paper Trimmer, Silver Brad, 3/4″ Punch, Wooden Skewer/dowel, Big Shot, Baskets and Blooms Die, Small Tag Punch, Word Window Punch, Horizontal Slot Punch

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Happy Stamping!

Categories : 3-D Samples, Big Shot, Birthday, Card Samples, Projects, Rubber Stampin'
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Nov
30

Paper Pumpkins

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Hi Everyone! I hope you all enjoyed your Holiday this week! We have been so busy celebrating Thanksgiving, my birthday, and my father-in-laws birthday that I haven’t had time to breathe…LOL

Stampin' Up! Paper PumpkinI want to share with you one of the projects I did with my kids on Thanksgiving Day. While we were waiting for Tom Turkey to finish cooking, the girls made pumpkin centerpieces for the dinner table. With adult help and some pre-cutting and setting up, this project can be done with children ages 5+. This project can also be adapted for other Holidays by using different designer paper or adding ribbon to make it a hanging ornament.

For the pumpkins, I pre-cut 11- 1″x 8.5″ strips of Pumpkin Pie Card Stock. The kids used the acorns wheel (retired) and VersaMark Ink to add designs to the Card Stock strips. I punched holes on both ends of the card stock strips. The kids added one brad through the entire stack of strips on both ends. Now the pumpkin can be created by fanning out the strips one at a time.

Stampin' Up! Paper PumpkinThe leaves are fun to make. fold a piece of scrap old olive card stock and cut out half of a leaf shape on the folded edge (when you open it up, it will look like a leaf). Keeping the leaf folded, run it through the paper crimper.

The vines were also made with a scrap piece of card stock wheeled with VersaMark on both sides and coiled around a pencil.

The “Happy Thanksgiving” banner was stamped with Chocolate Chip Ink on a scrap piece of Confetti White Card stock.

The leaves, vines, and banner were layered on top of one another with dimensionals and mini-glue dots. The trick to being able to fold it back up and store it year after year is attaching them to the top paper strip on the pumpkin, right next to the brad. If you attach them to any of the other paper strips, you won’t be able to fold it up again.

That covers it! I hope you try it, my kids loved it and everyone was very impressed that they looked so great. This is a fun and easy project for adults too. Christmas is coming and these would make great Christmas ornaments if you added ribbon and cut the paper strips a little smaller.

I will work on a tutorial for that! My birthday present this year was a new Kodak Digital camera. I am trying to figure out how to make video tutorials!

STAMPS: Acorn Wheel (retired)
INK: VersaMark
PAPER: Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, and Confetti White Card Stock
ACCESSORIES: Paper Crimper, Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots, Brads, 1/16″ circle punch, scissors, pencil

Categories : 3-D Samples, Gifts, Projects, Rubber Stampin', Techniques
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Oct
31

Happy Halloween

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Looking for a great project for children? How about a mini scrapbook for Halloween?

Stampin' Up! Frankie Scrapbook FrontI made this cute little Frankie Scrapbook with the girls in my afterschool program, and then again with my girls at home. Age ranges were K-2. They loved it, and so did I!

When working with young children, it is important to pre-cut and pre-punch all materials for them.

I have created a step-by-step tutorial for you, with the help of my daughters. You will notice the little fingers in the pictures :) Check it out Here:

Frankie Scrapbook Tutorial

Happy Stamping!


Categories : 3-D Samples, Gifts, Halloween, Holidays, Projects, Scrapbooking
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