Another CASE with changes....

This card is a CASE of a CASE...The original crafter was Trish Miles, and I received the Wisteria Wonder colored swap shown below from Desiree Spenst. I really wanted to use green for the trees so I did. I also though a slight angle would be nice for one of the trees...keeping it even along the edge of the snow bank at the bottom...It is so fun to make the subtle changes you imagine might be pretty when you craft.

CASEing with changes illustrations...

I thought it might be fun to show a couple of things I've CASEd lately to try to help customers imagine changing cards and projects they have to fit the next occasion they need to celebrate.  Today, tomorrow and Thursday, I will show things I've CASEd with changes.

Today's is a cute 3X3 gift enclosure set of 4 cards with a little box to keep them safe.  My friend, Holly Krautkremer created the set shown below for me last Christmas, and I thought it was so cute, I created some for Giftables Buffet next week.

To provide an example to my customers of the wide variety of their image choices, I created this masculine set. It has the same feel, and plenty of Holly's scalloped edges (which are adorable I think!) with just a little less decoration and ribbon.  Customers can have full creativity with the provided materials. For example, they can make all Dashers or any other design or all different as shown.  The only substantial changes I made were the stamps and then adding the 2-1/2 inch circle punch layers to some of the 3X3s to balance space with the smaller stamp images. 

For a bright, modern look, Wild Wasabi always adds a pop that makes colors clear and happy.  I think Real Red and Pool Party make a festive color combination for this set with crisp white.

Here's Holly's set of Dasher cards:  Don't you love the details?  Such an adorable container and cards!  The container is also a great size for storing the little sizzlets dies by the way.

Clear Glass Ornaments

For Gift Class you might also enjoy making one or all of these clear glass ornaments with our Mica flakes inside.  They are $2.50 each.

Little Girl:

Penguin:

Polar Bear:

S'mores Kit

My friend Kim Bolzenthal gave me a similar snowman S'mores kit at Convention this year.  I had to copy her adorable creation for you all to make. I will probably tuck a small gift card inside for one of the teacher gifts this year.

M&M Tubes

Another option for gift class that was really popular at the Craft Fair are these M&M tubes which will cost $1....The punch art penguin is made with Stampin' Up!'s Owl punch and the wing from the bird punch.  Sara Mattson-Blume created Rudolph, and Patty Bennett designed the Santa. :)

Four hinge opened tags

You could make these four little tags complete with bling and dimensionals at Gift Class on December 10th...They will be four for $1 and are quick and easy. 

Snowman Soup Kicked up a Notch

This month's blog contest on the So Shelli blog (Stampin' Up!'s cofounder) is neighbor gifts.  I thought this Snowman Soup might be fun to enter....well, with the addition of some Dazzling Details iridescent glitter glue along the top edge of the Fancy Favor box, a button and bow on the candy cane, crystal effects on the mug and a candy cane in the snowman's mug.  A little Pool Party reinker added with the aquapainter thn covered with some more Dazzling Details to make the foreground sparkle.Wild Wasabi and Real Red accents are festive, and this project is simple enough to allow a crafter to make several in a short amount of time, so none of the other neighbors would need to feel left out. :)

It contains a hot cocoa packet with a little bag of mini-marshmallows, a fun-size Hershey bar and a candy cane to Kick the cocoa up a notch too. (Thanks to Emeril for the saying.)

Stampin' Up!'s adorable Stocking Die

Here are some stocking choices for Gift Class on December 10th...I recommend the Petals a Plenty Texturz folder so that you won't have any creases in the main portion of the stocking by the way.

Celery and Real Red with footies:

Real Red and Black:

Cherry Cobbler and Very Vanilla:

Gift Card Holders Galore!

You have tons of Gift Card Holder choices this year for Gift Class!  The Stocking Gift card holders offer a choice of Blue Snowflake with striped designer series paper or Red Polka Dot with floral designer series paper.  Both include a jingle bell if you'd like...you'd need a padded envelope to mail the jingle bell though...

The present style gift card holders are so fun, and it was easy to coordinate stamps and designer series paper for four varied choices! 

Folded Fan Ornaments

The Simply Scored board from SU! makes these ornaments easy and fun to create!  The chunky glitters gives them a lot of depth too. I hope you'll make some at my gift class on December 10th. :)

Snowman Soup

Sorry for my lengthy absence....life got in the way of my posting...Halloween, kitchen updating and preparing for a local craft show...I'm back now.

We did really well, met lots of sweet people and had fun....One of my items was this Snowman Soup. It will be an option at my Christmas Giftables Buffet on December 10th. (The price will be $2.00, and they are available in Wild Wasabi green, Pool Party aqua or Bashful Blue light true blue)

As you can imagine, I have lots more things to show you....Check back often this week! :)

Stampin' Addicts Big Shot Blog Hop

Hi all and welcome to the Stampin' Addicts Big Shot Blog Hop!  I hope you enjoy perusing our creations using different Big Shot Dies and folders!  By happy coincidence Stampin' Up! has an amazing promotion for new recruits this month.  With your purchase of the starter kit, you'll receive the Big Shot (or $100 in product if you already have it-'cause it is awesome) for FREE!

Should you get lost on our Big Shot Blog Hop, you will find a complete list of the partipants in order here: Stampin Addicts Chat Thread OR If you'd like to travel backward for the hop, you may go back to see Kim's fun and fabulous creations on Stitchin n Stampin' on Paper.

I chose the Designer Frames though there have been so many cute ideas with it....Striking one layer cards, torn edges around the frames, adorable layers on card bases....The frames are so versatile.

First, I thought I'd create a card that is a little over the top for me....I don't usually cut out tons of things on cards, but the images are so interesting when used as details. Just an old-fashioned pocket card with some unusual colors and contrasts. I hope you can see the oval frame embossed on the same cardstock after embossing the Petals a Plenty embossing folder.  Following the designer series paper, I used Cherry Cobbler and Real Red together for this card. It is strange, but I like it okay. :)  Then, Gold accent ink and Glitter finished the card quickly and easily.

Next, I wanted to show another use for the frames....As tiny picture frames....I used it on a card, but my friend Monica pointed out they would be perfect for scrapbooking heritage pages. (The glitter in the picture is a reflection I couldn't defeat.)

Finally, I used the Mica flakes with the frames for some out of the box fun....This card uses MOJO Monday sketch 210 (MOJO210).

I apologize for only making Christmas items...I really wanted to use one of them for a birthday card, but by the time I had the idea, I ran out of time.

Now it is time to Travel to Holly's Blog for some wonderful designs!  Rubber Redneck Enjoy!

 

MOJO209 RG The Sounding Joy

This week's MOJO Monday sketch (MOJO209) had the perfect number of layers to give a card wonderful interest for a Stamp A Stack! The Cherry Cobbler and Old Olive look lovely together, and the Very Vanilla Velvet ribbon is a lush addition. I just added a brad and pearl in the top left for interest and called it simple but good.

Epsom Salt Webbing (also called Iced Crystal)

I received this technique in a swap from sweet SAer Kim Bolzenthal. She credits pawsitivelyhappystampin.blogspot.com. We'll be making this card at October Technique class...it is a lot of fun!

Ingredients:

Epsom Salt
Boiling Water
Paint Brush
Cardstock (doesn't seem to work on black-I had to try it for myself-and it didn't work.)

Put 1/2 cup of Epsom Salt in a hot tolerant bowl. Add 1/2 cup of boiling water and stir until the salt crystals are dissolved. Use a paint brush to paint the entire surface of the cardstock and cover well.

Do Not go back and try to add more after it begins to dry-it will ruin it. I think it is best to let it dry naturally and plan to make it the first thing we do at my upcoming technique class. We can then finish the card last of all. Be patient....and happy stamping!

Consider trying it for a crystalized ice look too.  But....don't use Bashful Blue-it DID NOT work. Marina Mist worked though.

Stocking Punch card with the Holly Berry Bouquet Designer Series Paper...

This card is fairly quick-it will even be one of the options for Stamp A Stack later this week, but I really enjoy this new dsp, Stitched Stockings stamp set and Stocking Builder Punch, so I thought I'd share. The Snow Burst Textured Impressions Embossing Folder makes a clean crisp card just a little more fun as well.

Time for a Fall Card!

These loosely stamped 2-step leaves are from the Gently Falling set, and I used Stampin' Addicts Sketch Challenge 109 for the layout. We'll make this card at Quick Class on Thursday the 15th or Friday the 16th.

Streaking technique

I'm going to send this card to my 25 year old cousin who is undergoing chemotherapy for lymphoma...She's a sweet and brave girl! The inside says "to make it better". The sentiments are part of the Perfect Pairs set from Stampin' Up!. I find the entire set so useful, and it really fills in some of my imagined sayings needs.

The streaking technique just involves dragging the stamp in the direction the stamped image has already traveled (figuratively) before lifting up the stamp.  Easy, but different.  The butterfly image is from the Creative Elements Stamp Set. I created my own embossed background of butterflies by stacking and gluing together 4 or 5 of three different butterflies from the Beautiful Wings Sizzlit Die onto a piece of the stiff backing sheet from our designer series paper and embossed it onto the Pear Pizzazz cardstock.  The Perfect Pennants Die has a perfect scalloped circle (in Soft Suede) to layer under our 2-1/2 inch circle punch. Add a little Pool Party sponging, the gorgeous matching Pool Party 3/8" ruffled ribbon and 3 sets of twin pearls, and you're finished. Quick and easy.

Stampin' Addicts 2011 Holiday Mini Blog Hop

Welcome Stamping Friends to the Stampin' Addicts 2011 Holiday Mini Blog Hop!

You've arrived at the first stop on our hop and you may continue through all 19 stops to see a variety of creations from the Stampin Up! Holiday Mini.  We're glad you're here!

You may begin at any point though and click through each stop.  At the other end of the hop Debra is beautifully highlighting the a la carte Stamp, Leaves of a Tree, on her Heartfelt Inkspiration blog, and should you get lost or want to chat about the blog hop, visit the Blog Hop Chat Thread on Stampin' Addicts for a list of all the participating blogs in order.


Today, I'm focused on the Holiday Mini Hostess set, Warmest of Wishes (page 5) with a few other stamps tossed in for good measure. This set consists of a leaf wreath, NOEL, Warmest of Wishes, Trick or Treating OWL and Heart pennant.  All but the Warmest of Wishes sentiment are designed to fit in one of our punches, and the set provides stamping fun for four Holidays.

One might think I'd go in time order, but I'm starting with the Christmas card!  Warmest of Wishes could be used any time in the winter since it just has snowflakes, but I think it combined nicely with the NOEL for this card which is a square cross over. I saw this on SA member Jennifer Timko's blog and thought it was a cute size.  I only diagonally cut the card front to create the pocket for the other side though.

The NOEL is only attached at the top with dimensionals so that the bottom slips over the pocket sleeve when inserted in the card.  I used a diagonal from the Letters to Santa dsp....I hope it doesn't make you dizzy....and then, added our polka dot scalloped edge ribbon (inside out) and a few bits of rhinestone bling.

A what is it? moment....This is a covered napkin ring that I hope you like. I used a paper towel roll (cut to size) and attached the Spice Cake fabric (page 18) to it (sticky strip on the inside).  I then stamped the Leaf Wreath in a variety of fall colors on Pool Party cardstock, punched it with the 2-3/8" scalloped circle punch, punched the center with the 1-1/4 punch and placed it over the circle found in the fabric.

Next is this fall sign...I went simple--Surprise! (Not really I know.) I used the Big Shot with the Timeless Type Junior Alphabet in More Mustard and of course the Perfect Pennants Die....The Spice Cake Designer Series Paper (page 17) provided most of the inspiration for this banner....I really enjoy that paper-beautiful colors and patterns! (Maybe because the colors match my blog?)  The ends of the banner are our giant Spice Cake Buttons in More Mustard (page 18).

I'm...Batman!  WHOOOOO's gonna give me some candy or a Moon Pie in a ribbon slider? The Adam West version (with boots) in really dark blue instead of black I guess.... :).....and his little sister in her fairy costume. (She's wearing a leotard) I just thought it was strange that the owl was trick or treating without a costume, but with a mask, so I couldn't resist. 

They are campy, but my girls love them. The Moon Pie Slider features the Haunted Forest a la carte stamp from page 43 of the Holiday Mini.  The butterfly punch fairy's wings were coated in our new Dazzling Details glitter glue (page 41)....Easy and FAST.....I just had to wait for it to dry.

Now it is time to continue to Heidi's Blog, Running with Scissors Stamper to see her adorable creations with the super cute stamp set, Out on A Limb. The scenes she created definitely make me want this set! Thanks for stopping by!