Monday, December 5, 2016

How to turn Stampin' Up!'s Christmas Magic & Merry Mice stamp sets into Christmas Ornaments!



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Hello stampers and crafters I hope that you are not to busy with the hustle and bustle of the season, to not be doing a Christmas crafting.  Today I am going to share one of the projects that we did at our Christmas Giftables Stamp Camp back in October.  This project was designed by my Friend Thelma Collins, and I am going to share it with you.  She designed two different Christmas ornaments for our guests to make.   Here is a look at both projects.
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On the day of the event I didn't get time to create my projects since I was teaching the project that I came up with.  So I sat down recently and created the projects we each created.  The version on the left was done just as Thelma designed it.  The version on the left was the second design she came up with but I did it with my own little twists.

Merry Mice Ornament:

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Thelma used the retired circle framelits to create the circles.  The large circle was Old Olive, and the small one was Whisper White.   She stamped the little mouse image on the white cardstock and I colored it with Stampin' Write Markers. The markers used were Emerald Envy, Real Red, Dapper Denim, Crushed Curry, Old Olive, Garden Green, Crumb Cake and Blushing Bride.  We took half of a clear plastic ornament and added some of the mica flakes in the white to give it a appearance of snow, because come on how cute.  Once the snow was in place I glued the ornament in place.   To finish the ornament off and to be able to hang on the try, I added the Candy Cane Lane Baker's Twine.

 

 

Christmas Magic:

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For the Christmas Magic ornament I stamped the Snowman and the North Pole in Stampin' Up! Archival Basic Black ink.  Next I cut it out using the new Stitched Shapes Framelits using the largest circle.   Next I cut out a scalloped circle using the layering circle framelits in Cherry Cobbler.  I colored the images using Garden Green, Cherry Cobbler, Crushed Curry Stampin' Write Markers.   I added some blue to the background using my clear wink of stella brush pen.   I also added a little blue around the shadow areas of the snowman, and added a pumpkin pie colored carrot.   I then attached the circles together and attached the ornament to the cardstock.  I added some Candy Cane Lane Bakers twine at the top to hang on the tree.  To finish the ornament I tied a Cherry Cobbler bow using the 3/8" taffeta ribbon.

Tips and Tricks:

When creating the ornaments make sure you use about two tsp of the mica flakes.  That way there is not to much inside the ornament and it doesn't over power the stamped image.   My next advice is make sure you don't move the ornament around after putting the glue on the back.   It will save you from getting glue all over the cardstock, all over you, the table and more.
Here's another look at both ornaments.
Thanks for dropping by today, I hope that you enjoyed today's project and if you would like to pick up any of the supplies to create the ornaments (besides the plastic globe those can be picked up at any big box store) you can visit my online store.  Now is a great time to shop for the supplies to make these projects.  The stamp sets, ribbon, sequins, and baker's twine are all on the End of the Year Closeout Sale.  You can pick up the markers in my online store as well as a few of the other supplies.  Thanks for dropping by today.
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Wednesday, November 23, 2016

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Thursday, November 17, 2016

Occassions 2017 Sneek Peak



As most of you know that I just got back from the OnStage Local in Atlanta a few weeks ago.  Well as a perk for attending we got to take advantage of the Product Purchase Premier, which means I got to purchase items from the new Occasions catalog that releases to everyone January 4th.   Normally we don't get to purchase items from catalogs until about a month before they go live (one of the perks of being a demonstrator), but one of the perks for attending the Stampin' Up! Onstage Event is the ability to take part in the PPP.   Now we don't get to order everything but we do get to order some select product.  So think about it this way, if you were to sign up for my team you would be able to order early too!

If you signed up to be a Kinsmon Crafter then you would be able to take part in the Preorder come December 1.  That means that you would be able to pay $99 and be able to pick $125 in products and that can include the Occasions catalog.  Not to mention that once you become a demonstrator you will be able to save at least 20% on all you orders.   You can take advantage of this wonderful opportunity  by clicking here!

Becoming a Demonstrator was one of the best things I could have done.  I get to meet people both in person and online.   I can handle by business as I want.  If I need to change schedules its up to me.   Another big perk is that I am not only part of a group but part of a world wide family.  
So here's my product sneak peek.  

Thanks for dropping bye today and I hope that you enjoyed my Occasions Catalog Sneak Peek.   Remember you have two months before this catalog goes live, So there is still plenty of time for the Holiday Catalog.   So I will be showing you things from the Holiday Catalog up until  almost the end of December.   I hope you have a wonderful day!



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Friday, October 28, 2016

Season of Gratitude October 2016 Paper Pumpkin How to

Tuesday, October 18, 2016

Fall Double Z Fold Card



Hello Stampers and Crafters I hope that you are doing well today.   In today's video tutorial we will be creating a Fall Themed Double Z-Fold Card.  I know that you all love fancy fold cards and this is a quick and easy one but looks really hard to do.  After today's video you will be able to do it without a problem.   Here is the card that we are making today.
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Supplies Need:

  • Pumpkin Pie Card Base: 4 1/4 x 11 scored at 2 3/4 and 5 1/2
  • Pumpkin Pie: 1 1/2 x 11 scored at 2 3/4 and 5 1/2
  • Petals and Paisleys Specialty Designer Series Paper: 2 1/2 x 4 (2), 4 x 5 1/4, 1 x 2 1/2 (2), 1 x 5 1/4
  • Scraps of copper foil, and Pumpkin Pie Glimmer paper
  • 3x3 Very Vanilla cardstock
  • 3 x 3 Copper Foil
  • Early Espresso Classic Ink
  • Cajun Craze Classic Ink
  • Layering Ovals Framelits
  • Acorny Thank You Stamp Set
  • Acorn Builder Punch
  • Linen thread
  • Mini Glue dots
  • Fast Fuse
  • Stampin' Dimensionals
  • Suite Seasons Stamp Set
You can find all the supplies listed below in the product list.

Video Tutorial:



If you're interested in learning how I created the leaves leave me a comment below and I can do a video and blog post about how to create them as well.

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Monday, September 26, 2016

Quick & Easy Halloween Treats Card Video Tutorial

Hello Stampers and crafters thanks for joining me for today's blog/vlog post.  Today I am going to show you a quick and easy Halloween Card using the Halloween Treats stamp set from Stampin' Up! in the brand new 2016 Holiday Catalog.  If you have your catalog the stamp set is on page 58.   This stamp can be used for so many different things, from treat tags, to cards to scrapbook embellishments.   It's only as limited as your imagination.  Here's a look at my card for today.

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This is such a quick card that you can make a ton with just a few supplies and a couple Stampin' Write markers.  What no ink pads?  Nope, just three markers, wow how easy and fun it that.  I actually show you in the video that I stamped it wrong the first time and still had time to redo it, and the video is still under 15 minutes long.
Here are a close up of both cards that I created.  I used Basic Gray as one card base and Pumpkin Pie as the other.   Just that simple change will change how the card looks.   But I wanted to show you that you can change things up and still have a great card.
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Supplies needed:

  • Pumpkin Pie or Basic Gray 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 scored at 4 1/4
  • Pumpkin Pie or Basic Black  4 x 5 1/4
  • Halloween Night Specialty Designer Series Paper 3 3/4 x 5
  • Basic Black 4 x 2 1/2
  • Whisper white 3 3/4 x 2
  • Stampin' Write Markers in Old Olive, Basic Black and Pumpkin Pie

Video Tutorial:

Thanks for dropping by today and checking out my quick and easy Halloween treat card.
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