Octagon Boxes

Well here are my photos as promised. I started out by almost duplicating the box in the video. I made a few in the same Basic Black, Whisper White, & Baked Brown Sugar color scheme. 

I do have all the pieces cut and sponged and the flower topper made for a few more of which two are in color, one is Pistachio Pudding and the other is Strawberry Slush, once I get them finished I will photograph them and share, I ran out of the liquid adhesive & have been busy with work, holidays & life in general lately so haven’t gotten back to them since I got my adhesive order in.

Enjoy!

DanicaA

Project Supplies

Card Stock: Basic Black, Baked Brown Sugar

DSP: Modern Medley

Inks: Baked Brown Sugar, Early Espresso,

Big Shot & Dies: Mini Milk Carton Bigz L, Scallop Circle Bigz, Circle Framelit

Punches: 2 3/8”, 1 ¾”, & 7/8” Scallop Circle

Accessories: Large Pearl, Sponge Daubers, Sticky Strip, Tombow Liquid Adhesive, Scissors, Small Paintbrush

Perfect Blend

On Sunday’s I do bookkeeping for a local Coffee shop/Resort and this stamp set is perfect for use in this setting. I have debated actually purchasing the stamp set since the catalog came out and finally gave in and ordered it. I then spent 2 or 3 days (well maybe not the whole day) playing with this set.

 A while back purchased the small 5 ¼” x 3 ½” envelopes and this coffee cup is perfectly sized for little cards like this. I also ordered clear bags from clearbags.com and when I placed my order I was trying to think of all the sizes I needed and this was one I forgot so I wanted to come up with a way to display, store and sell these adorable little cards, so I created this box based on a chocolate box with attached card to hold a gift card.

I then took them up to work and they loved them, the owner wants to make some cards and has this stamp set on her wish list for a while, I think the wish list is about to become an order.

If you have used this stamp set and have posted your projects to your blog please share your link below.

I hope you enjoy!

DanicaA

New Catalog Schedule

This past month Stampin' Up! announced some changes to the catalog, both the Idea Book & Catalog & the Mini Catalogs.  Some of these changes may have you thinking Oh, No! What are they doing? But I ask that you hold on to all thoughts and wait to see how this works out. I am listing below some of the changes and my thoughts and opinions on them.

• The Idea Book & Catalog will be renamed to The Annual Catalog
• This raises many questions, by changing the name will they get rid of the samples pictured in the book? According to the information I am receiving as a Demonstrator is that the samples will stay.
• The annual catalog will run from June 1, 2012 (preorder in May) through May 31, 2013
•  This means that your current catalog will be ending a month earlier so be prepares to purchase those things you really want as they may be retired a month sooner than expected.
• The annual catalog will be reduced from over 240 pages in the current Idea Book & Catalog to 208 pages.
• Okay I will admit that this raise more than a few eyebrows, but at the same time as announcing the catalog will have less pages they also made a few other announcements that makes this less scary & less likely to mean a huge difference in the amount of products available. 
• One of the things mentioned was that the Simply Adorned & Decor Elements will be discontinued together this cuts out 8 pages
• Also announced is that most seasonal items will be moved to the Seasonal Catalogs (see more below regarding minis). By removing these items or even just most of them they free up 30 pages
• Total the amount of pages they are reducing the catalog (32 Pages) by and the total of pages that simply adorned, decor elements & seasonal items take up 8+30=38. This is a total of 6 pages more than they say they are reducing the catalog by. This to me means that they won't be removing all the holiday items from the main catalog.
• Stamps will still be featured at full size.
• The annual catalog will be printed on lighter-weight paper.
• Okay I am unsure what this will mean to the quality of the catalog, we are all questioning whether this will cause the catty's to fall apart sooner or become even more dog-eared. I am going to have to wait for the answers to questions I have to this change.
• Celebrando Creatividad will remain unchanged.
• The Occasions, Summer, and Holiday Mini Catalogs will be replaced by two seasonal catalogs called the Holiday Catalog and the Spring Catalog.
• Okay I am excited about this change. As things stand right now, I feel we barely have a chance to show case items in the minis especially the summer mini before it is time to introduce a new mini. I also feel this will give us more opportunity to show off more of the annual catalogs products.
• The first Holiday Catalog will run from August 1, 2012 through the beginning of January, 2013
• The first Spring Catalog will run from the beginning of January, 2013 through May 31, 2013.
• Longer running time= more chance to decide if you like a product and a better chance of being able to afford the items you want.
• The seasonal catalogs will be larger in both size (8 1/2" x 11") and page count (about 40 pages) than the current mini catalogs.
• This is great. I am not sure how much this will change the amount of product these will carry, if they will have more new items or if the size/page amt will just be for the additional seasonal items they choose to bring back each year.

Whew, long post today, but I felt that you need to know what changes will be occurring with Stampin' Up! in the near future. Many of the changes I am excited about, the main change that I am hoping to here more about soon is the new cost of the annual catalog. We know the cost is changing for us but I would like to know what the change of cost to you will be. 

Keep watching for updates on these exciting new changes to Stampin' Up!

I hope you all enjoy!

DanicaA

Butterfly Thank You

I started this card out by choosing my colors. I wanted something a little different from what I tend to gravitate towards. I used Pear Pizzazz, Rich Razzleberry & Crumb Cake as my main colors and added some glossy white card stock for the butterfly and Mocha Morning DSP. I ran the Pear Pizzazz through the Big Shot with the Fancy Fans Letterpress plate. I used the Flight of the Butterfly stamp set for my images. The butterfly was stamped on glossy card stock with Versamark ink & then embossed with the vanilla embossing powder. I then sponged over the butterfly with Rich Razzleberry & Pear Pizzazz ink. This is the same technique you can view in this Video by Frenchie from frenchiestamps

I used the butterfly punch which coordinates with the stamp set to punch out the butterfly.

I hope you all enjoy!

DanicaA

Project Recipe: Pear Pizzazz, Rich Razzleberry, Crumb Cake, & Glossy White Card Stock, Mocha Morning Designer Series Paper, Fancy Fans Letterpress Plate, Big Shot, Flight of the Butterfly Stamp Set, Butterfly Punch, Vanilla Scented Embossing Powder, Heat Gun, Embossing Buddy

Sale-A-Bration Begins Today!!!!

Yeah! This means free product. With every $50 Purchase not including S&H &Tax you receive a free product of your choice from the Sale-A-Bration (SAB) catalog. 

There are quite a few products to choose from, some are from the main catalog & some of your choices are exclusive to this catalog for this year, they will not be available again.

The Everyday Enchantment Designer Series Paper (Pg 7, 126154) has some gorgeous papers in it, there is a matching Ribbon & Brad pack(Pg 7, 127279), what cute brads.

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New Stamp Sets 

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My Digital Studio CD's

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Hostess Benefits

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Join Stampin' Up! during SAB for extra benefits for the rest of the year!

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To shop visit my Stampin' Up! Website. Remember you also receive hostess benefits for order of $150 & above, along with the SAB freebies. This means for an order of $150 you would receive  3 free items from the SAB catalog, $25 in free product from the main catalog (IB&C) & a free Stampin' Up! tote* (pictured above with the hostess benefits). And a $400 dollar order will get you the SAB Bundle of DSP, Brads & Ribbon, & stamp set all pictures above for free in addition to SAB products, $65 in free product from the IB&C, the free tote* & 1 full priced item at 50% off.

To join contact me or visit my website, no password needed.

I hope you all enjoy!

DanicaA

*Free shopping tote with workshop, customer and demonstrator orders only; offer does not include online orders. Free hostess bundle with workshop, customer, or demonstrator orders; offer does not include online orders. Offers are not incremental (i.e., a hostess does not receive two totes for a $300 workshop or two bundles for an $800 workshop).

Love Letterpressed

I have to say that I really like this card. I used the other half of yesterdays paper doily and mounted on whisper white card stock. I then took my Lots of Love Letterpress Plate & sprayed it with the Blushing Bride Smooch Spritz. I like how the shimmer brings out the letters.

This card will be a definite pick for craft camp or a workshop. It also works great for my Big Shot club as it uses a lot of Big Shot dies.

I hope you all enjoy!

DanicaA

Project Recipe: Cherry Cobbler, Basic Black, Riding Hood Red, Basic Grey, Whisper White Card Stock, Lots of Love Letterpress Plate, Paper Doily Large Sizzlit, Big Shot, Blushing bride Smooch Spritz, Mixed Bunch Stamp Set, Blossom Punch, Heart Punch, 3/8" Riding Hood Red Satin Pleated Ribbon, Basic Grey Glimmer Brad

Dare To Dream

I have been working on a second project for a valentine's day craft camp & had the idea to layer the paper doily. I wasn't sure how well this would work, but I had to give it a try & I have to say that I definitely like the results. I layered the doilies after cutting the sections down for each layer and then cut the doily in half creating two halves, one of which I used on this card and another on the card I will be demoing at craft camp. I will post that card tomorrow.

I used the Heart Pressed Letterpress on the Basic Grey without adding any ink as I wanted to just have the image embossed into the paper. You can see this in the picture below. I am really like the pleated ribbon although I have found that when I wrap the ribbon to hide edges it does add a little too much weight. To fix this I cut the ribbon thread and opened the pleat at each end and then wrapped, this makes the card front lay down flatter.

To finish I used the Mixed Bunch Stamp Set & Blossom Punch to create a butterfly, which I added a glimmer brad and attached to the card. I wanted to use a saying that is a little more Valentine's dayish but as I do not have a huge supply of current stamp sets yet that have to do with love, anniversaries, weddings or valentines day I made do with what I have and ordered the Valentine Love stamp set. I should be getting my order this week on Tuesday or Wednesday. Just in time to get my make-n-takes ready for craft camp this weekend.

Hope you all enjoy!

DanicaA

Project Recipe: Cherry Cobbler, Riding Hood Red, Basic Grey, Basic Black, Whisper White Card Stock, Riding Hood Red Classic Ink, Loving Thoughts & Mixed Bunch Stamp Sets, Paper Doily Large Sizzlits Die, Heart Pressed Letterpress Plate, Big Shot, 3/8" Riding Hood Red Pleated Satin Ribbon, Blossom Punch, Basic Grey Glimmer Brad, Dimensionals

Happiness....Forever & Always

Here is my card as promised. I really like how it turned out although I will make a couple of changes when we do the Make-N-Takes at camp. 

1. Change smaller pearls, at this time I only have the Jumbo Pearls and these are just to large for the size of card which is 5 1/4 X 4 1/4
2. Change the size to 5 1/2 X4 1/4, I accidentally measured wrong when making my cuts.
3. Change the Punched border, I think the pinking hearts or the scallop trim will look better
4. I may also change the sayings, but these work for now.

I hope you all enjoy!

DanicaA

Project Recipe: Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla, Rose Red, & Blushing Bride Card Stock, Chocolate Chip & Rose Red Classic Ink, En Francais Background Stamp, Loving Thoughts, Fresh Vintage (SAB) & Curly Cute Stamp Sets, Big Shot,  Backgrounds 1 Swirls & Diamonds Texturz Plates, Fashionable Hearts Embosslit, Hearts Collection Framelits, Scoreboard, Large Pearls, Dimensionals 

Work, Work, & More Work

Okay.... it is getting late and I have to be up early tomorrow, not that I wasn't up early today. It is just that today I didn't have to be up early. It makes a big difference having to and just doing because. I thought today was going to be a shorter work day and I ended up working & doing errands for longer than expected. So not much accomplished on the Stampin' Up! side, but I am working on getting a PartyLite order together, that is a plus.

I did make a card tonight just finished and will take photos tomorrow and post with details. But I thought I would give you a hint by pointing you to the blog of Wendybell of Wickedly Wonderful Creations. If you click on the link it will take you directly to her blog and the particular card that I CASE'd this evening. I love the look of this card it is gorgeous, I think also that mine turned out well. I am planning on doing this as a demo card for Cindy's Craft Camp this month, although I will be making a few changes to mine before then. So make sure you come back tomorrow to see my version.

Hope you enjoy!

DanicaA

Happy Birthday

This week was my youngest brothers birthday and as I have been very busy with work and then having caught the bug that has been going around, I needed a quick, simple & manly card. This card fits the bill to a tee. I believe that it took longer to choose the colors than it did to make it.

I chose More Mustard, Lucky Limeade & Island Indigo with a whisper white base. Not your usual colors but they do work well with each other. By using the postage square punch, I was able to let more of the under layers show through. I also chose the Pretty Postage Stamp set as the Happy birthday image is a perfect fit for the occasion and the squares. To finish I added a few glimmer brads & a label for an added sentiment, from the Happiest Birthday Wishes Hostess Set. Inside I used a quote from the Hostess set Occasional Quotes (retired). 

This card was simple & easy. 

I hope you all enjoy!

Danica A

Project Recipe: Whisper White, More Mustard, Lucky Limeade & Island Indigo Card Stock, Pretty Postage, Occasional Quotes & Happiest Birthday Wishes Stamp Sets, Basic Black Classic Stamp pad, Postage Stamp Punch, Glimmer Brads

Paper Doily Wreath

This Doily wreath was made using paper doilies purchased at the local dollar store. I got the idea from the most recent Better Homes & Garden Scrapbook etc. Magazine. It is a little funny because they were demonstrating how you could use small doilies to make flowers to accessorize your scrapbook page.So I thought I would give it a try as I had some doilies (purchased a couple of years ago). The directions they gave called for five doilies, fold in half and then fold over slightly more than half.

So I got out my doilies and started to fold, my doilies are obviously quite a bit bigger. I knew they were larger than what was used in the article but thought it couldn't be to far off. Well.....I was wrong I ended up needing eight doilies folded in order to make it meet up nicely. I think I may have put them together a little differently, a little closer which I like as it gives it a fuller look. I attached a ninth doily, unfolded to the back side  & inserted a brad from the Stampin' Up! Antique Brad Collection.

I am unsure as to what I will do with this, for know it is hanging on the wall. It doesn't look to bad except for the fact that my wall is a cream color so it kind of blends to much. I did have one idea for it, use them at weddings instead of all the fabric bows have a few of these in either colors to match the wedding or make them white and spritz with Smooch Spritz in coordinating colors.

I hope you all enjoy!

DanicaA

Project Recipe: Eight paper doilies, Antique Brad

Simple Doily Heart

This simple card came together as another test card. I am working on what to do as a valentine card at the next craft camp and really want to use the Paper Doily Sizzlits die & the Framelits Fashinable Hearts Collection. This time for the doily I used the Twitterpated DSP over Real Red CS that I used the Blushing Bride Smooch Spritz on to add sparkle.I ran the DSP & CS through the Big Shot with a Fashionable Heart Framelit and the glued to a square of Whisper White CS. To finish I added some Pleated Satin Ribbon and attached to a small card made from Blushing Bride Textured CS.

I hope you all enjoy!

DanicaA

Project Recipe: Blushing Bride, Whisper White, Real Red Card Stock, Twitterpated Designer Series Paper, Blushing Bride Pleated Satin Ribbon, Bigshot, Paper Doily Sizzlits Die, Framelits Fashionable Hearts, Blushing Bride Smooch Spritz

Big Shot Club

Here is the promised info regarding my Big Shot Club.

This club is running this month, January, February & March. Any longer and we will not be able to off the additional 3 free items. Each months payments are due by the 26th. I take cash, local check, money orders, certified checks & Paypal.

I look forward to helping you expand your supplies & skills.

DanicaA

Double Heart Card

This card was made using items that I had been experimenting with and leftovers. The Back die cut is the leftover paper after using the Paper Doily Sizzlits Die. The hearts were made using the Framelits heart collection two different sizes and the Paper Doily Die. I cut out the Paper Doily first on my Big Shot and then place both my doily and my solid card stock in Big Shot with my Heart Framelit after which I glued the heart doily & solid heart together. 

On the smaller doily I used Crystal Effects to cover, this changed the colors slightly and made the heart nice and glossy. I used the 5/8" organza ribbon and the 1/4" grosgrain ribbon gluing the 1/4" to the center of the organza ribbon and then gluing to my cut-out. I then glued the cut out to the card and glued the hearts in the center to create a simple but lovely valentine. 

I hope you all enjoy!

DanicaA

Project Recipe: Whisper White & Real Red Card Stock, Patterns Designer Series Paper Stack Brights Collection-Real Red, Big Shot, Paper Doily Large Sizzlits Die, Framelits Heart Collection, 5/8" Whisper White Organza Ribbon, 1/4" Real Red Grosgrain Ribbon, Crystal Effects

Bigshot Club & New Website

Today I have been working on putting together a big shot club, I haven't quite finished the flyers but once I do I will upload them for you all. 

I have also spent hours today trying to get a permanent website up, with a new blog and other links. I am not having much success. I either am doing something wrong, missing something or the site software is not as easy as they say.....hmmm. We will see.

I hope you all had a great day & I will try to make sure I have a project for tomorrow.

DanicaA

Patchwork Heart Card

Twitterpated Designer Series Paper, a Square of Card Stock & the New Stampin' Up! Framelits Heart Collection are used to create this lovely Patchwork Heart Card.

I started by cutting a Square piece of CS slightly larger than the largest Framelit heart, I then cut my DSP to varying width & lengths and glued to the CS (although if you cut them all the same length  as your square and then angle your heart die you will have the same effect without as much waste and this will make it easier. Oh! Boy, I should have thought of that sooner!) I then used the Framelits Heart with the Scallop edge to cut my heart with the Bigshot. I cut four pieces of DSP into triangles and glued them together onto another square of CS. I wrapped the Real Red Pleated Satin Ribbon around the edges gluing with the sticky strip as I wanted the ribbon to stay put. I then glued the patchwork heart to the front and used a smaller framelits heart  to cut another heart which I sprayed with Blushing Bride Smooch Spritz Stamped with the forever & Always stamp from the Loving thoughts stamp set and embossed with vanilla embossing powder. I then used a glimmer brad to accent and attached with a dimensional.

I like the results although I do feel that it could be a little less busy. I will probably make another one trying out the method above for my strips and instead of wrapping the ribbon around the whole card just I will try it just around the heart itself. We will see what results I get.

Hope you all enjoy!

DanicaA

Project Recipe: Whisper White Card Stock, Twitterpated Designer Series Paper, Loving Thoughts Stamp Set Basic Black Classic Ink, Framelits Heart Collection, Bigshot, Real Red Pleated Satin Ribbon, Blushing Bride Smooch Spritz, Vanilla Scented Embossing Powder, Heat Gun, Glimmer Brad

2011 Holiday Card

This year was the first year I made our Holiday cards.

For our Holiday card this year I went with an easel card. My mom loves this style...she doesn't like the way that most traditional cards fall over when you stand them up. This card stands up on its own a lot better than most.

Again I am using my favorite stamp set Serene Snowflakes. I stamped a full size sheet and cut down to size, by using a 12X12 piece of cardstock I was able to get 6 front pieces out of each piece of CS & 4 out of an 8 1/2X11 sheet. I also used the many Merry messages stamp set for my Season's Greetings & inside stamped message. I varied the inside message using different stamps from the same set.

I made about 40+ of these cards and so I wasn't feeling like I was an assembly line worker I varied things a bit. By using a single pack of DSP I was able to have a about 4-5 options paper wise. I kept the cardstock the same through out and varied the snowflake placement, Sometimes on the left hand as seen above and sometimes on the right with the ribbon on the left side tied in a knot instead of a bow. Also by flipping the punched out snowflake over I was able to use the Simple Snowflake matching stamp to have a different look. I also changed the brad on some to Rhinestones.

This year holiday cards are going to be much easier to make. Although the Simply Scored Tool came in handy with all the folds on this card.

I hope you all enjoy!
DanicaA


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Project Recipe: Cherry Cobbler, Chocolate Chip & Very Vanilla CS, Holly Berry Bouquet DSP, Serene Snowflakes & Many Merry Messages Stamp Sets, Scallop Edge Border Punch, Snowflake Punch, Real Red, Cherry Cobbler & Basic Black Classic Ink Pads, Simply Scored Scoring Tool, Cherry Cobbler 3/8" Quilted Satin Ribbon, Gold Brads or Basic Rhinestones

Cindy's November Craft Camp Project 3

To & From Stockings with Pocket

These were a favorite of the class. Not a lot of stamping is done with this project, but you can definitely  have fun fancying them up.

I used Designer Series Paper & Cardstock to give them weight as the DSP alone makes them a bit flimsy. The Baker's Twine gives a nice touch and although you can't see it very well in most of the pictures in the one below to the right top you can see a little of the quilted ribbon folded in half that we glued at the edge between the CS & DSP to give the finish touch to our stocking.

By adding a piece of cardstock to the back, glued just at the edges you have a pocket that you can place a gift card in and give as a gift.

I hope you all enjoy.

DanicaA

Project Recipe: Frostwood Lodge DSP, Cherry Cobbler & Garden Green Cardstock, Early Espresso 3/8" Quilted Satin Ribbon, Early Espresso Baker's Twine, Dear Santa Stamp Set, Holiday Stocking Bigz L Die, Snow Burst Textured Impressions Embossing Folders, Bigshot, Basic Black Classic Ink Pad, Scallop Edge Border Punch

Last Day to Order From Holiday Mini Catalog

Well, it is the last day you can order from the holiday mini catalog. We do have a few items carrying over but the stocking punch is not included. So if you have anything on your wish list that you haven't purchased be sure to order today. 

I got my last order in last month, although I was hoping the quilted satin ribbon would carry over. They did carry over the Dazzling Details & Glimmer paper which I was hoping for although I had purchased those items also just in case. 

Hurry and place an order for those items you just have to have. You can Purchase by clicking this link Tikvah's Treats by DanicaA

Cindy's November Craft Camp Project 2

Here is the second project I demo'd at Cindy's Nov 13 Craft Camp. I am finally taking the time to blog this craft camp's projects. I need to get this done now as I am already working on ideas for January's Craft Camp .

Again I am using the Serene Snowflakes stamp set. This is still my favorite stamp set.....Maybe I need to start playing with other stamps. I may find I like them just as well.

This is another card cased from Stampin' Connection. This card is by Julie Leblanc 

I had a number of supplies left over so I put them all together and will either save them for the bazaar our local museum has yearly or see if I can sell them in a local boutique.

I love the color combo Island Indigo, Pool Party and Very Vanilla.

 I used two different stamps from two different sets for the Season's Greetings saying. I used Curly Cute and Many Merry Messages. The inside saying is also from Many Merry Messages.

As you can see, I have packaged the cards up and added a small piece of paper with the inside greeting stamped on it and slipped inside. I have also included coordinating envelopes, that I stamped with matching stamp and colors.

I hope you all enjoy.

DanicaA

Project Recipe: Island Indigo and Very Vanilla Cardstock, Island Indigo and Pool Party Classic stamp pads, Serene Snowflakes Stamp Set, Curly Cute Stamp Set, Many Merry Messages Stamp Set, Island Indigo 3/8" Ruffled Ribbon, Basic Rhinestones and Very Vanilla medium envelopes