Are you ready for a Bright Fun Card??
Today's card again features the Vintage Labels set, which you can earn free during Sale-a-bration, and the Curly Label Punch. I think this card would brighten anyone's day!
Be sure to come back tomorrow for another team swap card!
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I'm back again with another GREAT swap from my team meeting.
This Birthday card uses the Vintage Labels stamp set. Lisa punched the stamped image and some Designer Series Paper out using the Curly Label punch. The top and bottom of the Soft Suede card stock in the center of the card were punched using the Scallop Trim Border Punch.
Don't forget during Sale-a-bration you can earn both the Vintage Label Stamp set and the Scallop Trim Border Punch FREE! You can earn your choice of items from the Sale-a-bration brochure for every $50 in product you purchase, but hurry Sale-a-bration ends on March 31, 2010. Click here to read more about the SAB Promotion.
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My Create, Ink! Stampin' Team girls are SO talented – they blow me away!! I'm going to share some of the swaps from our last team meeting with you over the next couple of days. Don't forget to come back and check for new posts – you're going to LOVE these cards!
This Baby Rattle card was created with our sweet treat cups. Wouldn't it make a GREAT Baby Shower or Welcome Baby card??
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This card was the Make 'n Take at our last team meeting. Lisa brought this adorable Mother's Day card that features punch art tulips.
The petals of the tulips were created using the wing from the Extra Large Two Step Bird Punch. And the stems and leaves come from that same punch. Here's a closer look at the flowers…
This is an example of the fabulous Garden themed Punch Art we're getting ready for our next Punch Art Class. I posted about the class last month – click here to read more about it.
If you love punch art and you love spring – you won't want to miss that class, don't forget to get those registrations paid!
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The flowers I'm sharing today were my swap for the meeting. We usually swap cards or small candy ideas but I though it would be fun to swap something that went along with my Fabric Crafting presentation I made at the meeting.
I made two different flowers and let everyone choose which flower was more their style
The first flower is another wool flower – this time I used hand dyed wool which gave the flower a multi-tone look.
and a closer look at one of the flowers…
These flowers use the same Circle #2 die I used on the Lollipop Flowers. Each petal is a layer of the three smaller circl sizes folded up, tacked together with a needle and thread. Then each petal was hot glued onto a circle. I added a Clear Button decorated with Designer Series Paper into the center, leaves for the back, and finished it off with a pin. Just like I did in the Lollipop Flower pins.
For Directions on creating the Button I used in the center of the flower view this post.
Also Check out the Tutorial I created that includes this flower and many others Click Here.
The other flower option also used the circles but it's a VERY different look
Don't you think these would look GREAT clipped onto a Bridal Shower or Wedding favor? Or maybe hair clip party favors at a Little Princess Birthday.
To create these flowers you want to use a synthetic fabric (something that will melt – I know you're all cringing but stay with me here)
I know you would all LOVE to be a part of my fabulous Create, Ink! Stampin' Up! team and get fun swaps like this and I would LOVE to have you be a part of my stamping family. There is a great promotion on the Starter kit running during Sale-a-bration which is ending on March 31st if you would like more info click here or e-mail me.
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I'm back with another fun fabric project that I shared at my last team meeting. Fabric flowers are a very trendy accessory right now. If you look in the clothing magazines and stores you'll see fun flowers everywhere. Pin them to your clothes, clip them to a bag, where them in your hair, even decorate with them at home! And I've seen some pretty big price tags on the flowers in the stores!! Making them on my own makes my budget MUCH happier…
I didn't even have to get out a needle and thread to create theme flowers. They're hot glued! Both of these flowers were made with from wool but you could use fabric to get that oh so popular chabby chic raggy look or you could use fleece or felt for another look. They're super fast and fun. Here are the instructions for both flowers…
Lollipop Flower
(this is the one that's all circles it reminds me of a poppy and Lollipop flower sounds like a great name so that's what I'm calling it!!)
Rosette Flower
I'm working on putting together a hands on class for these flowers. Keep watching my blog, if I fit the class into my schedule I'll be posting about it here!
ETA: Many of you have asked about there I find my wool. I get it at a local shop – you can check out some of their fabulous bright colors available online here: Wool Gatherings.
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Hi Stampers,
I’ve had a lot of questions about the new Simply Adorned Charm, and most of them are about how to open them. So I though I would put together a video to show you guys what I’m doing with my Charms and also to share with you a really great tool my handy brother found for me after watching me struggle with opening the charms. It’s great that they stay closed so well, I know my artwork is safe in them, but opening them was no fun. If you want an Easy Open Charm Tool for yourself after watching the video – keep reading I have some extras I’m offering for sale and I even have an option to earn one as a free gift!
(If you’re reading this post in a Blog Reader you’ll need to click through to my blog to view the video)
Get Your Own Easy Open Charm Tool
Earn one Free: When you order any Simply Adorned item from me though my online store the rest of this month (March 2010) I’ll send you a Charm Tool for free as a Thank You Gift. Just Click Here to visit my Stampin’ Up! website, then click on Shop Now.
Purchase Options: You can also purchase a tool from me for $2.50 each, including First Class Postage. Just use the Pay Pal link below.
Gift Pack Options: For my other SU Demonstrator friends out, these make GREAT team or hostess gifts. Check out my multi-pack options for great discounts!
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Julie Edmonds
I'll be back tomorrow with some more of the fabric crafting projects I shared at our team meeting but I had to take a quick minute to show off the Fresh Springy inserts I have in my Simply Adorned Charms right now.
I recently joined a swap with other Stampin' Up! Demonstrators to get a bunch of different inserts for my various sized Simply Adorned Charms. I love having so many so I can easily change them out to suite my mood that day!
I took my charms out of their bags before writing down the names of the demonstrators who made them so I don't know who to give the credit to for both of these fabulous inserts – but for the SU Demos out there reading my blog if you made one of these beauties post and let me know so I can give you credit! 🙂
The one on top of the box is our 1" x 1" size charm and it's perfect for all the Inchies artists out there. For those of you who don't know Inchies are pieces of art all created on in a 1" square size. There is a whole world of artist creating inchie art in all different kinds of materials. The other size is a bigger 1-1/2 x 2" charm that's perfect on a Key Chain!
Do you want a Simply Adorned Charm for yourself so you can carry a little piece of stampin art around with you? All the charm sizes are now avaliable. E-mail me or shop online any time you want – just Click Here and look for the Simply Adorned section.
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I just had my Stamp 'n Share Team Meeting for my Create, Ink! girls this past Friday. My assignment (that I gave myself) 🙂 was to share some fabric crafting ideas with my team members. I wanted to give them some ideas for tools they can use in their business and also just some fun projects they can share! So I promise you I've got some fun paper crafting projects coming your way soon – but for all your fabric crafters out there, I'll be sharing some of the fun ideas I shared at the meeting with you over the next few days.
If you Love to applique – using the big shot will make quick work of cutting out intricate fabric shapes up to 8 layers at a time! If you're new to applique the Stampin' Up! Big Shot way is a great way to get started! I created this quilt square to show off how you can use the big shot to cut applique pieces and attach them to a quilt for a fun shabby chic look. I choose the little quilt squares because they're much smaller and easier to take to a workshop than a whole quilt – but can't you just imagine how fabulous a quilt would look if you appliqued each square with these flowers??
The petals for this flower were created by die cutting the fabric with the 5 Point 3D Star Bigz Die. There are score marks on this die so it's best to only cut two layers of fabric at a time instead of the normal eight layers of fabric you can usually cut with the Big Shot. But even cutting two layers at a time this went together SUPER quick.
The scallop circles in the center were cut using the Scallop Circles #2 Bigz die.
Because I wanted a raggy shabby look to the applique I used a big seam allowance around the shapes and did not use anything to attach the petals to the block before I sewed them in place. Of course if you wanted a cleaner look you could attach fusible webbing to your fabric before you die cut it then you could iron the petals into place and use a much smaller seam allowance around your shapes. This would give you much cleaner lines.
I got this idea from a project Stampin' Up! shared with us at Leadership and online. Here is the Quilt Square they created. They're using the same dies and putting it together differently to get a completely different flower.
Click here for a .pdf file with instructions for recreating this quilt square.
If you would like to see all the fabulous Big Shot Dies Avaliable from Stampin' Up! visit my online store. Click Here then in my online store choose the Die Cutting option.
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I just posted a look at some of the technique pages from our first Stamp 'n Scrap University in 2007 on the SSU Blog.
You can read more about it by clicking here. I'll be posting a closer look at some of the techniques over the next few days so if you're not already following the SSU blog be sure to subscribe while you're there so you get all the updates!
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