Halloween Printer's Tray Decor

Howdy All!
I thought I would share with you today one of my Halloween decor items before the holiday is gone.

 This tray took me several hours to complete, but was well worth the time.

 I got the tray from one of the big box craft stores. All of the stamp sets used are current Stampin' Up! sets.

 I use the Howlstooth & Scaringbones Designer Series Paper found in the Holiday catalog.

 I found some cute corked vials to add a bit of 3-D interest, aren't they cute?

The only retired SU! products used were some ribbons and the diecut letters!
I hope you enjoy checking out this spooky, fun project!!

Thanks a bunch for stoppin' by!
See you again soon!

Hugs!
Sandy

3-D Swaps for St. George Event

Howdy All!
I am enjoying my time with my grandson while my son and daughter-in-law are working on their booth at the Las Vegas Convention Center. I was so excited when my son, Drew, told me that he had to come to Las Vegas for a trade show for his company and he was bringing his wife and my 17 month old grandson! We have been having so much fun playing together!

I have for you today the last of my swaps for the St. George Event put on by Jill Olsen. These are my 3-D swaps. I hand dipped and decorated some pretzel twists and made this cute little holder from the Scallop Envelope Die.

 I decorated some for Halloween ...

and some for Christmas.

They really were lots of fun to make and everyone loved them! And the pretzels turned out yummy! Just ask my husband, he was eating them faster than I could dip them!

Next I want to try dipping some full -sized pretzel rods! I have seen so many awesome samples on Pinterest that I can't wait to try!

Thanks a bunch for stoppin' by!
See you again soon!
Hugs!

Cupcake Throne Class

Howdy All!

I've got a fun project for you today! A couple of weeks ago I held a class at my house and we made these cute cupcake holders with matching cards. One of my girlfriends asked me to do this class as she saw them on Pinterest and didn't know how to make them. I did find one tutorial online but I didn't like it because you needed to use an 8&1/2" x 11" and a 12" x 12' pieces of cardstock. So I came up with my own template using just 1 sheet of 8&1/2' x 11" cardstock.

So, Here is a copy of my template and also some photos of the process to assemble the box.
Using my Simply Scored tool made prepping for my class quick and easy!

I hope these pics are useful for anyone who may want to try making one of these cute cupcake thrones for a friend or loved one! If you have any questions, feel free to leave me a comment.







Thanks a bunch for stoppin' by! I hope to see you again real soon!

Hugs!

Home Decor Altered Key Holder

Good Evening All,
I wanted to show you these pics of this altered key holder that I made. I have been seriously working on it for about 2 weeks. It was one of those projects that while I had a picture in my head of what I wanted to do it was more difficult getting the right combination of elements!! lol!
I found this key holder plaque on a clearance shelf in TJ Max or Marshalls for $5. It was kinda beat up and it was mauve and off white in color with a picture of a rowboat in the top. It also had white hooks that were attached crooked so I replace them. I repainted the frame with several coats of brown and black acrylic paint and added 2 coats of matte finish Krylon spray. I used lots of different company products, too many to try and list them all. The 1st and 3rd sentiment stamps are from SU! and the middle is from CTMH. I used BasicGrey's Origins collection designer paper. Cardstock was from my scrap pile. Most of the punches and diecuts are from SU!, Marvy, and Spellbinders. I will be hanging this in my kitchen on the wall next to the door that leads to my laundry room and garage. I am super please with how it turned out and that it is finally finished!!
Thanks so much for stoppin' by!

Mojo141, WT273 and CC273 House Warming

Good afternoon All,
I have a project for you today that incorporated 3 different challenges. First I decided on the Mojo Monday sketch challenge, mostly because I love the layouts they come up with! Then I went to Tuesday's color challenge over at SCS. Since I needed to make a gift tag for a house warming bottle of wine, Thursday's Ways to Use It challenge fit perfectly! Check out these links to get all the deets for the challenges! I also was very much inspired by this wine bottle tag!! Here is my supply list:

STAMPS: Good Neighbors, Fourteen Phrases (SU!)

PAPER: Close to Cocoa, Garden Green, Barely Banana, Whisper White, Soft Sky (SU!); Infuse designer paper (Basic Grey)

INK: Close to Cocoa, Garden Green (SU!)

THE REST: punches, hodgepodge hardware (SU!); Clear buttons (CTMH);Nestibilities; Cuttlebug; Hemp Twine; Velvet ribbon; rhinestone gems

This was lots of fun to make! Thanks for stoppin' by today!

WT270 Be Yourself Framed Art

Good afternoon All,

We are having the most beautiful weather here in Las Vegas: Sunny and 95! I just thought I would share with you today this framed art piece that I created for my youngest daughter's upcoming birthday. I had already made her card using this CTMH stamp set and I was rolling this idea around in my head for a few days. I wanted to do something kind of 'shabby/chic/trendy' ish...if that makes any sense! I started this on Thursday to go along with the Ways to Use it Challenge to use an edge distresser. I used my edge distresser on all of the layers of designer paper. I stamped the images several times in different color inks and then cut the clothing out and paper pieced them. This was very tedious, but I like how it turned out! Kinda like cutting out paper dolls! One thing that I like about CTMH clear acrylic stamps is that I could bend the words to contour the images. I put this in a regular picture frame so I couldn't use too much dimension. I also sponged the mat with pretty in pink ink. Here is my supply list:

STAMPS: Be Yourself (CTMH)

PAPER: Whisper White, Tempting Turquoise, Sahara Sand, Sweet Pea designer series paper (SU!)

INK & MARKERS: Chocolate chip, pumpkin pie, pretty in pink, sahara sand, so saffron (SU!)

THE REST: So Saffron wide grosgrain ribbon, punches (SU!); Nestibilities, Cuttlebug, edge distresser

Well, that's it for now! Thanks a bunch for swingin' by today! See you soon and Happy Crafting!!

Another Quick Post

Good afternoon! We have been getting lots of downpours with thunder and lightning all day here in Upstate New York. I have been prepping the master bedroom for some fresh paint. It's turning out to be a much more involved project than I had anticipated. So, I thought I would take a break and post something quick to my blog. This cute little box/basket I made for a door prize at one of my recent stamp classes. I cut 2 box #2 dies using my Big Shot and stuck them together (back to back)with some sticky strip. I made the handle using the wide oval punch and then decorated it with the Bella Rose designer series paper. I filled it with some paper shreds, 2
ghirardelli chocolates, 2 incentive stamps and a basic black stampin' spot. This was a big hit and everyone wanted me to pull their name from the door prize bucket! This was a fun and easy project, so give it a try!
Here is the recipe: (all products are Stampin' Up!)

Paper: kraft, riding hood red, kiwi kiss, pink pirouette, whisper white, Bella Rose dsp

Stamps: Lovely Labels

Ink: kiwi kiss

Accessories: Big Shot, Box #2 die, circle punches, scallop circle punch, eyelet border punch, wide oval punch, ribbon

Okay, I've gotta get back to my other work. Thanks for stopping by. See you all soon!

One More Projct

Here is the last projct that I did for my April stamp class. I have been wanting to introduce scrapbooking to my customers, so I decided to give them the option of either making a 3"x6" card or a 6"x6" scrapbook page. About half of the ladies chose to do a scrap page so I think I will offer a projcet like this each month! I used a simple layout that works beautifully for a card or a page. Here is the recipe:

Stamps: Big Flowers, One of a Kind

Paper: Kiwi Kiss textured cs, Riding Hood Red textured cs, Pink Pioruette, whisper white, Bella Rose DSP

Ink: Riding Hood Red

Accessories: Styled Silver Hodgepodge Hardware, 1 1/4", 1 3/8", scallop circle punches, eyelet border punch, small oval and designer label punches, dimensionals

Gotta run! Thanks for stoppin' by!

More From MY April Class

Here are a couple more projects from my April Showers Card Class. The vase of flowers was so much fun. I wanted to demonstrate the Decor Elements, so we used them to decorate our vases. Here is the recipe:

Stamps: Petal Pizzazz

Paper: Whisper White, Chocolate chip, Summer Sun

Ink: Regal Rose

Accessories: Circle punches, decor elements, Kiwi Kiss striped grosgrain ribbon, dimensionals, lollypop sticks(Wilton), glass vase(Michaels), white stones(Joanns)

I cut the sticks to different lengths and cut the flowers out with my paper snips. It makes such a lovely accent to a desktop or table!

The Best Wishes card was very simple but effective! Here is the recipe:

Stamps: Oval All

Paper: Walk in the Park DSP, Whisper White, Baja Breeze, Vellum cardstock

Ink: Baja Breeze

Accessories: Scallop oval and large oval punches, Whisper White organza ribbon, Big Shot, Manhattan Flower textured impressions die, dimensionals

I played around with this a bit and found that the vellum cardstock worked better than the paper and on the multi-platform for the Big Shot I used NO tabs, otherwise the impression would cut right through the vellum. I only used adhesive for the vellum underneath the ribbon. the sentiment is on dimensionals! I hope you enjoyed seeing the projects. Stop back again soon to see what else I have been working on! Thanks for stoppin' by!

Another set of stamp camp cards

Good morning All,

I just wanted to post more pics of a recent stamp camp that I did for a friend of mine. Most of the ladies that attended had never stamped before, so these cards were fairly simple.

I decided to use some basic layouts with minimal layers. The little Easter pouches were a big hit and were very easy to make. They are made from a 6" x 6" piece of DSP. The directions can be found here from the Splitcoaststampers website. Check it out!
Well, this needs to be short and sweet. I have my monthly stamp class to get ready for on Wednesday.

Thanks a bunch for stoppin' by and have a wonderful day!

March Was Way Too Busy!

Wow!! Did I ever just finish up a busy month. I had several friends that booked stamp camps in March so they could take advantage of the sale-a-bration promotion for Stampin' Up! I had to come up with many unique projects. Let me show you just a few of them.

One of my friends is getting married this coming fall and she wanted to host a class on favors. So, these are the projects we did. I showed here about a dozen samples and she narrowed it down to these six. Some of these wonderful ideas came from many of the talents on Splitcoaststampers. The little book with the bride and groom on it holds 2 Ghirardelli chocolate squares. i got the idea from a tea bag holder that someone demoed at one of my team meetings. I just changed the dimensions.

I am in the middle of replacing 11 (eleven) interior doors in my house. I have been painting and sanding, it is just a lot of tedious work. I will post some more project pics either later today or tomorrow. Thanks for stopping by. See you soon!