Category Archives: 3-D, Gifts & Things

A St. Patrick’s Day Treat

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Need a little something green for St. Patrick's Day March 17th?  This is a little Stampin' Up! cello bag stuffed with some green shred, a gold coin, a peppermint patty decorated with the shamrock scallop, and several pieces of green-wrapped candies.  The tag is made with the "Define Your Life" stamp set (#114950), the definition for "lucky"!  I stamped the little shamrock on it with three small hearts from the set "Tiny Tags" (#118091, #118592) and just drew in the little stem with a Stampin' Write Marker.  Want to get the "Define Your Life" stamp set free?  Just sign up to be a Stampin' Up! demonstrator during  Sale-A-Bration and choose a free stamp set, up to a value of $47.95 (which includes this one!) PLUS get the Starter Kit 15% off!  Contact me soon! 

St. Patrick's Day Treat Bag
 

Paper Flower

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These paper flowers of all types seem to be the hottest thing right now so I wanted to try one!  This one is very easy…..just punch as many layers as you want with the Scallop Circle Punch (#109043) and cut down a little bit between each scallop.  Pile them all up and punch a hole in the center for either a small brad or a larger one.  I used my Crop-A-Dile (#108362) so I could easily insert a Rhinestone Brad (#109111) in the center and of course the Crop-A-Dile just punches through layers like butter!  Once you have your flower assembled, just "smoosh" it up!  I tried to gather up each layer and then smooshed it up around the center.  Just play with it until you have the look you like!

Paper Flower on Bitty Box

To use my flower on a project, I used the Big Shot Stampin' Up! die cut to make the Bitty Box (#115967).  This was a die I didn't buy at first until….of course…I saw so many cute projects made with it!  Did you realize the die also cuts a little envelope should you want to put little notecards inside this box?!  So cute!

And to make the top layer with Razzleberry Lemonade Designer Series Paper, I played with the the new Scallop Trim Border Punch (#118402) and Scallop Trim Corner Punch (#118870) to get the little scallop border all the way around.  If you have any questions about using these punches, please let me know!  Remember, you can get the Scallop Trim Border Punch for free with a $50 Sale-A-Bration order until the end of March!

St. Patrick’s Day Basket

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I found this glittery basket in the Dollar Spot at the store….there were multiple colors for Easter…I just happened to pick green…..got home and realized I could do something for St. Patrick's Day first instead of Easter!  I've loved seeing the shamrocks made with our Full Heart Punch (#113693) and also the Stampin' Up! Scalloped Heart of Hearts Embosslits Die (#117332) in the Occasions Mini.  I wanted to use the new Stampin' Up! Perfect Polka Dots Textured Impressions Folder (#117335) to emboss my card stock before punching out the hearts, but since I could not find it (!) I used the Stampin' Up! Backgrounds I Texturz Plate (#114512) instead, just to add a little interest to the paper.  Of course the little button in the center of the shamrock is from our collection of Playground Designer Buttons (#116313). In the photo is a shamrock wired garland, not part of the basket.  Very quick and easy project!!

St. Patrick's Day Basket
 

Valentine Easel Card

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It may be past Valentine's Day, but really you could use this card for other special occasions, like an engagement or wedding….or just extra-special card.  It is called an Easel Card because while it folds flat like any card, it can be propped up as if it were on an easel for display.  And what a great idea to be able to display your handmade card!

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It's easy to make this card…….just make a regular card front…this one is 

5 1/2" x 4 1/4".  For the base, make it twice as long as the card front (in this case 11"" and the same width (in this case 4 1/4").  Fold that base in half (at 

5 1/2") and then fold one of those halves in half (in this case 2 3/4").  Then you adhere the card front to the front of that 2 3/4" portion…..you'll see when you fold it!  Decorate the base, putting a little something popped up that can act as a stopper for your card front.  And there you go!

Some Supplies on this card:

The beautiful Bride Specialty Paper #115669

Sending Love Specialty Paper #117153…..comes glittery!

Extra Large Two-Step Bird Punch #117191

Full Heart Punch #113693

Word Window Punch #105090 and Modern Label Punch #116630

Beautiful White Satin Ribbon #114616

New Pinking Hearts Border Punch #117649

New Sale-A-Bration Scallop Trim Border Punch #118402 (free with a $50 order!)


Please contact me if you have any questions about making this card and visit my online store if you want to order the stamping supplies!

  

Happy Mardi Gras!

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Wow!  I didn't even remember having so many and such great Mardi Gras beads!  And I haven't even been to New Orleans!  These are mostly from a company Mardi Gras party we used to go to every year here in Houston, which was always fabulous!  Those people from Louisiana know how to have a good time and the food is beyond fabulous!

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I decided to make a little bag with the Fancy Favor Die for the Big Shot out of Elegant Eggplant card stock to help display my beads.  It was so easy and took only minutes!  The swirls are from the Swirls Scribbles Sizzlit Die so no cutting involved in those!

Mardi Gras Fancy Favor Die Bag and Beads 

I also used Crushed Curry for the yellow and Garden Green.  The square rhinestones were just perfect for this project!

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Happy Mardi Gras!  Let the good times roll! 

Easy Valentine Candy Treat Bag

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Easy Valentine Candy Envelope Treat Bag 

This was a very easy little Valentine treat bag to make and you can fancy it up as little or as much as you want!  I went back to an older technique of using an envelope!  Take a Stampin' Up! envelope (#107301) (once you use a Stampin' Up! envelope you won't want to go back to those plain ones!!), seal it, then punch down the sides with the Tag Punch (#105934) to form the handle. Wheel the envelope (or stamp) to decorate.  I used the I "Love" Love Jumbo Wheel (#117084) in the Occasions Mini.  I decorated with some ribbon, a punched out heart and a little border with the new Scallop Trim Border Punch (#118402) in the Sale-A-Bration Mini (get the punch FREE with a $50 order!)  Fill with some candy and you've got yourself a nice little Valentine treat! 

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Flower Folds Fabric Flower

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I think that is almost a tongue-twister!  I have really been enjoying making these fabric flowers with the Big Shot and the Flower Folds Die!  The Big Shot makes it so easy to cut out your  flowers, so I've been using my Big Shot like crazy!

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If you want to purchase the Stampin' Up! supplies to make these lovely flowers, please contact me today!  It's a great deal during Sale-a-Bration! 

Big Shot Die-Cut Machine (#113439)

Extended Cutting Pads (#113478)

Stampin' Up! Flower Folds Die (#115970)

“I Heart Hearts” Valentine Treat Bag

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Splitcoaststampers puts out a tutorial every week and this treat bag cover was from last week.  It's very easy and you could vary the dimensions according to whatever your own treat is.  I cut the Real Red card stock at 3 3/8" x 10 1/2" and scored at 4", 4 1/2", 5", and 9".  Then just accordion-fold what will be the base of the treat holder and fold the top flap over.  Fill your cello bag with your treat, attach with a little SNAIL to the inside, punch some holes for some ribbon to tie through if you want, decorate the front and you are done!

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To decorate the front of my Treat Bag I used the I "Heart" Hearts Stamp Set in the Occasions Mini Catalog.  If you want to know you are doing some good while you are stamping, purchase this stamp set and Stampin' Up! will donate $2.00 to the American Red Cross for Haitian Relief. Already 6694 stamp sets have been sold as of a couple days ago.

Valentine Pencil Bug

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Last Saturday I had the pleasure of stamping with a troop of ten Girl Scouts, ages 7-8 and this was one of the projects we did!  I'd seen these around on the internet and thought they were so cute!  The one I first saw was made by another demo, Janet Wakeland.  

These Valentine Pencil Bugs/Caterpillar?? are so easy to make!  Just take a 12" strip of card stock or designer paper, score at 1/2" at the beginning and end, and every inch in between.  You will them punch a hole in the center of each inch space along the strip.  Now no hole punch I had was big enough to fit a pencil through so I punched several times to make the holes larger.  The strip looked pretty messy when I got finished, but once you shove the pencil through, the messy punches don't show!  Perhaps the new Small Heart Punch would work, but the hearts would be sideways unless you could accordion-fold and then punch two layers at a time.  I can't FIND my heart punch at the moment so I can't try it to be sure!  After punching the the holes, accordion-fold on all the score lines and insert the pencil (or you could use a Pixie Stix!)  To make the head, just punch a 1 3/8" circle and make a face however you like….you could use wiggly eyes.  The antennae were made from various swirls from the Tulipe Die for the Big Shot.  Just adhere the head to the 1/2" section at one end of the paper strip.

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Mini Milk Carton Birdhouse

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Here is my first attempt at a little birdhouse made from the Mini Milk Carton Die (#117310) for the Big Shot.  It was so fun to make and there's lots of room for creativity!  I punched the hole with the 1" Circle Punch (#109046), the bird and branch with the new Extra-Large Two-Step Bird Punch (#117191), and the little flower with the Trio Flower Punch (#109183).  For the roof you can use any of the new border punches in the Occasions Mini or the Scallop Edge Punch…..or leave it plain.  Try it, you'll love making one!

 

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Red Mini Milk Carton

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Here's the first mini milk carton I made.  So cute for Valentine's Day in red or any time!  You can add any kind of decorations to them that you like!  I used the beautiful Sending Love Specialty Designer Series Paper, the Butterfly Punch, some flower stems from the Pretties Kit for its antennae and a Library Clip to hold the box closed.  Check out the Mini Milk Carton Die (#117310) in the Occasions Mini Catalog!

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Valentine Mini Milk Carton

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Valentine colors are red and pink, but sometimes it is nice to change it up a little.  I love this Mini Milk Carton Die for the Big Shot (#117310) that is available in the new Occasions Mini Catalog on page 23.  The milk carton is made with Almost Amethyst card stock.  The medallion is a stamp from the set Love You Much (#113756) and punched out with the Scallop Circle Punch (#109043).  The center is stamped twice on Whisper White card stock, the center punched with the 1" Circle Punch and then the little heart colored in and cut out with a scissors.  After mounting the medallion on the side with Dimensionals, run a ribbon around the carton and tie a knot on the side.  Very easy!  Close the top with a Library Clip or maybe a brad so it can be opened by the gift recipient.  You can also open the top like a real milk carton!

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Fabric Flowers

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I had great fun making the Simply Adorned Charm inserts, but I also had a ball once I made my first Fabric Flower with the Big Shot Bigz XL Flower Folds Die (#115970). Shelli Gardner made these at Convention last August and people are making them like crazy!  Bet you can't make just one……as you can see from my table!  Once I dug out by box of fabric out of my stash in the closet I went crazy cutting fabric with my Flower Folds Die.  These are so easy because you don't have to be perfect and the die makes it so easy.  Depending on your fabric, you may be able to cut several layers at one time, which really speeds things along.  I usually chose 3 of the 4 flowers, but not the largest one.  You need four flowers of the same size for each layer,  They can be four different fabrics or four of the same, thin, thick, whatever you want.  There is a certain way to assemble the four flowers, which I can take photos of another day, and then you just sew or glue the flower layers together, put a button in the middle and a pin on the back.  I also enjoyed getting out my collections of buttons….a tin from my mother-in-law from years ago, handy for craft projects…old buttons my mother and grandmother saved.  I think people used to save buttons, even from old clothing, in the "olden days".  These flower pins are very easy and every one can look different.  You can also attach them to headbands, hats, jackets, barrettes, etc.  Enjoy my mess!

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Simply Adorned Charms

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Now THIS was SO MUCH FUN this weekend!!!  I made two inserts for the Simply Adorned Charms, available in the . We've been waiting patiently for these charms and chains to become available since we saw them in person at the Stampin' Up! Convention last August.  Shelli Gardner even make a bunch of them and the Prize Patrol gave them out to the lucky winners one morning at Convention.  Talk about a hit!!

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You can make multiple inserts and change them out whenever you want to match your outfit or holiday or season.  This Simply Adorned Charm I have is 1" x 1 1/4" (#116798) plus the 24" chain (#116800).  I used both the Charming stamp set (#116519) from the Holiday Mini (which is still available for order due to the delay in the charms) and the new Tiny Tags stamp set in the current Occasions Mini.  The charm has two sides….one side has beveled glass and the other side is plain….so you can have both sides decorated if you want!  I also used our new punches, the Pinking Hearts Border Punch and the Scallop Trim Border Punch (which is available FREE in the Sale-A-Bration catalog!).  My initial was stamped with the beautiful Lovely Letters Alphabet and cut out.  I was in a Razzleberry Lemonade DSP mood as you can see in the background!  Really fun to use these punches, paper, and stamps!!  Wouldn't this make a beautiful gift for someone?!

Home Tweet Home Decor

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While looking through the new Occasions Mini catalog for the millionth time, this little framed project on page 11 jumped out at me.  I needed a birthday gift and thought I probably had a frame in my "stash".  Well, I didn't have a wooden frame but I had this clear glass 6"x6" frame held together with clips, just the right size!  I should have taken my photo BEFORE putting under the glass frame, but I didn't so you may see some glare.

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This project was relatively easy to make except for stamping the words!  I did use my great Stamp-Ma-Jig and some lightly drawn pencil lines to keep the letters straight and lined up.  Even then I didn't do a perfect job (so I suggest a practice run!).  This would probably be a perfect thing to make the words and print on My Digital Studio.  Then you could add on the other embellishments with your paper and punches to finish the project.  Somehow the word "tweet", even though it has one more letter, takes up the same space as "home" so you have to think of that as you are lining things up.  Not too hard, but does take a little thinking to make a neat project.

After stamping the words, I used my brand new Extra Large Two-Step Bird Punch (#117191) on page 11 of the Occasions Mini.  If you just punch once, you will have all your pieces the same color.  So you will have to punch several different times to get a certain color of card stock for the branch, the leaves, the bird, maybe the wing.  But the new punch is so great you won't mind!  I used card stock for the branch, but then a piece of Designer Series paper for the leaves and textured Bermuda Bay for the bird…and another piece of DSP for the wing.  I think most, if not all, the DSP used in this project came from the FREE Sale-A-Bration Designer Series Paper Pad "Welcome Neighbor". (a really cute selection of paper!)

Due to my type of frame, I couldn't use a regular button next to the bird, so I used my Big Shot (#113439) and the Buttons #5 Sizzlits Die (#113440) to make a paper button and threaded in some white floss.

For the little pieces of DSP decorating some of the letters, I just stamped the letter "e" on the DSP and then cut out the area I wanted to use.  For the centers of the "o"'s I found the 1/2" circle punch to be the correct size.

The alphabet I stamped with is "Contempo" in Melon Mambo, Soft Suede and Old Olive.  You can find the list of supplies used in this project from Stampin' Up! right HERE.  To order any supplies, just click the "Shop Now" Button HERE.