Paper Angel...

My share today is one that we finished the year off with in our Technique Class - Christmas Paper Angel.  Create a heap of them in all different sizes & colours & hang from your Christmas Tree.  The list is endless in how you could adjust this little angel to create something unique.

I will admit it is not my idea, I actually found it on Pinterest, but when I went back to find it, check to see if there was a tutorial & link it back, no luck.  Please let me know if you recognize this angel as I would love to give you credit for it.  Thank you so much for your inspiration!

As I didn't save the picture & had no instructions, I sort of started out blind.  I played for sometime until I got it just right or to how I remembered it looking.  I actually used DSP for my angel, whereas the one I saw was Pool Party, I think!

I have used a retired punch for the heart, but it is easy to replace with any current shape, including the Fashionable Hearts Embosslits.

The tutorial will be on my FREE TUTORIAL Page if you want to re-create it!

Supplies -           
Cardstock - Glimmer Paper – Silver – 124005, Vellum - 106584
DSP - Winter Frost Speciality - 132341
Punches - Scallop Edge Border – 119882, Heart - Retired
Accessories - Simply Scoring Tool – 122334, Trimmer - 129722, Dazzling Details – Silver Sparkle - 127845, Bone Folder - 102300
Non-SU! - Ribbon/Wire/Cord, Beads, Hot Glue Gun

 

The rest of the class

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Until next time, Happy Stampin'

 

Vicky

Out with a Bang...

Belle - My little helper for the day!

It is a lovely overcast day here which means I have a helper sitting on my desk.  Actually, I often move her little bed to the desk where she likes to have her morning sleep before getting up & going outside for a couple of hours.

It was our last class for the year with Crafty Creations & we decided to go "out with a bang" - so to speak!

As well as having a small Christmas break up, we also created this great Christmas Cracker which can filled with lots of little goodies.  Mine has been created especially for one of my niece - Ash which I will fill with chocolates as she is mad on the stuff,  must take after me!

It is light enough that I will be able to hang it from the tree.  I now to have to create another for Sarah.

I found a great little tutorial from Sara.  I did change it a little as I made it a little longer on the edges as I wanted to punch them to give it a little bit more of a different look. 

As I am waiting on my order & knowing the image would be too big anyhow, I decided to use the Santa image from "Santa's List" using MDS.  This way, I could still colour him the exact colours I wanted AND also reduce him to the exact size I wanted.  Gotta love that!

This project also fits our current challenge over at Sunny Challenges where we have to create something for the Christmas Season.

 Supplies -
Stamp Set - Santa's List - MDS
Cardstock - Old Olive, Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler
Punches - 1 1/4" Circle, 1 3/8"Circle, Scallop Circle, Pinking Hearts Border - Retired
DSP - Season of Style
Accessories - Gel Pen - White, Sticky Strip, Simply Scoring Too, Envelope Punch Board
Ribbon - Non-SU!

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Until next time, Happy Stampin'

 

Vicky

Something Just for You....

No, not a card today, but a Post-It Notes I was asked to create for a lovely lady.  In fact it was the lady who purchased one of my calendars & asked if I would mind creating Post-It Notes for her.  They were going to be a Christmas Present for a work friend.  You can see the calendar from Wednesday

 

It is not often I will create duplicates of anything, but I think I will be doing this again.  I love it!

 

Supplies -

Stamp Set -  Label Something

Ink - Basic Black

Cardstock - Basic Black, Very Vanilla

DSP - Modern Medley

Ribbon - 1/8" Taffeta - Basic Black

Punches - Hexagon, Decorative Label

Embossing Folder - Stripes

Accessories - Stampin' Dimensionals, Snail Adhesive, Sticky Strip

 



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Vicky 

 

2014...

... is fast approaching & with the new year comes the thoughts of new calendars.  Today's share is just that - a 2014 calendar!!!!!

 

I originally created a couple of calendars for the Handmade Expo 2 weeks ago just to see how the reaction would be & to see if people would actually be interested.  Much to my surprise, they flew off the table.

 

To print & create your own calendar, just click on the "Yearly Calendar" Page

 

I don't have a tutorial for you today, as they were a last minute thought.  Thinking that they would not sell, I had all intentions of doing a Tutorial once I got home.  However, in saying that, I will have one up & running in the next couple of weeks for you.

 

Supplies -

Stamp Set - Everything Eleanor

Ink - Basic Black, Basic Grey

Cardstock - Basic Black, Very Vanilla

DSP - Modern Medley

Framelits - Apothecary Accents

Accessories - Stampin' Dimensionals, Snail Adhesive, Pearl Jewels, Glimmer Brads - Neutrals



 

 

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Vicky

Technique Class....

As usual I am a little behind in posting one of the cards we did in our Technique Class a couple of weeks ago.  We focused on "Double Embossing"  If you haven't played with this technique, make sure you do, as it is a lot of fun & so many possibilities. In this class we concentrated on 2 of the may possibilities.

Today's cards is the more traditional way of "Double Embossing".  We also concentrated on Father's Day.  For those who didn't want to create a card for Father's Day, they use "Birthday Wishes" instead.

To create my card I combined a couple of different cards together from Pinterest.

Card -

 

Our Bonus Project was a Wine Label to match the card 

 

I then created a Post-It Note Holder when I got home

 

This is the set together, including a matching Gift Card 

 

Until next time, when I will show you the 2nd card we created

 

Happy Stampin'

 

Vicky

Last Day...

... to order from the Retiring List. 

To celebrate the current Stampin' Up! Catalogue, I thought I would share with you the box of cards I created again using Retiring Products.  The idea come about after creating my card for the current Sunny Challenges challenge, which still has one more week to run, so it is not too late to link your creation with Mr Linky.

If you remember I created a box of 3 x 3 Gift Cards using Nature Walk & the Regal Inks which are retiring, a couple of days ago, so this time I thought I do would a similar sort of thing using the retiring Subtles Colours.

I created 4 cards - 2 x Regal Rose & 2 x Pretty in Pink.  All cards have a different greeting/sentiment on them. The box has touches of Pretty in Pink.  The word "Cards" on the box was created in MDS & printed in Certainly Celery.

Regal Rose & Pretty in Pink

 

Until next time, Happy Stampin!

 

Vicky

French Foliage.....

.... one last time!!!!! 

Everything in this project is retiring, except for Very Vanilla Cardstock!  I challenged myself to create a project using retiring Inks.  Of course the colours - Riding Hood Red, Bravo Burgundy, More Mustard, Not Quite Navy & River Rock - were the perfect match for the soon to be retired Stamp Set - French Foliage......

Again, the box is something I saw on Pinterest, although much bigger, so I set about adapting it to suit what I wanted & that was a set of 3 x 3 Gift Cards.

I'm really happy with the final result, but more so that I could achieve something using all the retiring Ink Colours & Cardstock - Riding Hood Red plus Ribbon.

 

 

Until next time, Happy Stamping!

 

Vicky

 

CD Cases....

As promised, today's post is another CD Case for the Expo.  Much to my delight & surprise the CD Cases sold within about 15m of each other.  I now have to stock up on more of these.  I don't create a lot of them at once as I like to do them to suit the customers personality & colours she likes.

Front Cover -

Close Up -

Inside Case -

 

Until next time, Happy Stampin!

 

Vicky

 

PS  If you want to print your own copy of the calendar, click on the page "Yearly Calendars"

 

CD Cases....

Over the next couple of days, I thought I would share with you a couple of CD Cases I created for The Handmade Expo which I attend the first Sunday of each month.  The best thing about this Expo is, it is held inside which means the weather has no influence in whether it is on or not.  Don't you just love that!  The organisers do a great job with the Expo & stalls come from all over the South Queensland to attend.  It is slowly growing in numbers no only with the stalls, but with the public as well.

The Case today is created using all retired products, but could easily be recreated with current products.

Front Cover - 

Close Up -

Inside Case -

 

Until next time, Happy Stampin'

 

Vicky

 UPDATE
After so many enquiries as to where I purchased my calendar, they can now be found under the page "Yearly Calendars"

Holiday Christmas Ornament....

... is what we created in our Technique Class on Sunday last.  This lovely ornament is the one featured on the cover of Stampin' UP!'s Holiday Catalogue.  It has been seen around the traps so often & think just about everyone has created one or something similar to it.  My ladies wanted to create this from the first time they saw it on the cover, so we set aside one of our Sundays to do just that.

Now, me being me, I didn't copy from anyone, as I don't go to "You Tube" & I am not one for reading instructions.  I sort of went by my nose to create it & am happy with the result.  I did forget to add the Thread to my sample, but that doesn't take away from the whole ornament.

If you would like to create your own before Christmas, email me - vickiawright@bigpond.com - & we can arrange a class purely for this ornament.

Until next time, Happy Stampin'

Gift Card Holder...

Inside...

I found this tutorial for a Gift Card Holder over at Created by You, which is owned by the very talented Sharon Field.  It looked so interesting & lovely that I thought I would give it a go.  I've used all my new products from SAB.

Of course, I adjusted mine a little so that it could fit our standard envelopes in Australia.  since creating this one, I've played around with it a bit & did a couple of different things to it, but more about that in the next couple days.

I wanted to use the matching ribbons that come in SAB but didn't look any good on the Lucky Limeade, so back to the drawing board for me.

Supplies -
Stamp Set - Fresh Vintage, Elementary Elegance
Ink - Calyspo Coral, Soft Suede
Cardstock - Pool Party, Lucky Limeade, Very Vanilla
Embossing Folder - Square Lattice
Dies - Top Note
Ribbon - 3/8" Ruffled - Pool Party
DSP - Everyday Enchantment
Punches - Curly Label
Accessories - Snail Adhesive, Tombow Glue, Stampin Dimensionals, Bigshot

Until next time, Happy Stampin!

Gift Card....



This is the last of my Christmas Postings - Yah!!!!!!!!!!!

I took the idea from Sandi who has a great tutorial on how to create it.....  I matched mine to suit the Box Bag I created a couple of days ago. 



Inside - Card for Greeting & Gift Card behind...



Gift Card...

Supplies -

Stamp Set - Perfect Punch, Baroque Motifs

Ink - Old Olive, Chocolate Chip

Cardstock - Whisper White, Old Olive

DSP - Letters to Santa

Punches - Scallop Border, Scallop Circle

Accessories - Mini Glue Dots, White Gel Pen, Sticky Strip, Snail Adhesive

Until next time, Enjoy!

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Merry Christmas Eveyone!!!!!  Have a great day with your family & friends!

This week's challenge over at Sunny Challenges & Creations is one which I am sure will appeal to everyone.  Anything BUT Christmas.  Yep, you have a free reign!  Be sure to check out what Gwen & Kris have created.

For my sample, I decided to create a Free Standing Double Photo Frame  as a small Chrissie Pressie for my Aunt.

With having Christmas at my cousins, I thought it be a great idea to create this so that she could put a couple of photos of her great-granddaughter in it.  Ally is only 2 years of age & it is her grandparents we are having lunch with.

This idea has been forming in my mind for a couple of weeks now, & to see it come to life is something else.  I am really happy with the final result.  Mind you, so many ideas have popped into my head about what I will do for my next one.

Once I had assembled the inside of the frame, I then decided to make the front into a card - Jill won't be expecting the inside!  She will only think it is just another card!

For the card front, I wanted to make it all "girly girly" while not being too bright!  I think I have pulled it off!

Mind you, it is still sitting on the kitchen cupboard waiting to be wrapped.  I also created a matching envelope & matching Tissue Paper to wrap the envelope - sorry no photos as I did that last night after I had taken all the photos.

Supplies -

Stamp Set -  Under the Big Top

Ink - Early Expresso

Cardstock - Early Expresso, Wild Wasabi, Whisper White, Pink Pirouette, Window Sheet

DSP - Just Add Cake

Dies - Top Note

Ribbon - 3/8" Taffeta - Pretty in Pink

Punches - Scallop Trim Border

SU Markers - Early Expresso, Basic Gray, So Saffron, Baja Breeze, Pretty in Pink, Pink Pirouette

Accessories - Rhinestones, Crystal Brad, Sticky Strip, Snail Adhesive, Multipurpose Glue, SU Sponge Dauber, 2-Way Glue Pen, Dazzling Diamonds, Stampin' Dimensionals, Blender Pen, Big Shot

Non-SU - 3mm Cardboard

Now head over to Sunny Challenges & Creations & add your creation to Mr Linky.

Merry Christmas!

Thank You Box...

This box was created as part of the current Sunny Challenges & Creations - SC020/11 challenge.  The challenge is to share something Chrissy - 3-D, Gifts, Cards, Scrapbooking or in fact, anything you like with a Christmas Theme.

I also created it for my cousin who took me to the ballet last week to see "Swan Lake".  Absolutely fantastic.  Those dancers are so very talented, fit & brilliant!

The best part is that one of the dancers was approached by the director to perform for the Qld Ballet Company.  His mum is over the moon!!!!!  His older brother & younger sister are both dancers as well.

After creating my box, I decorated it with the DSP - Letters to Santa, added a sentiment & tied a ribbon around the top to keep it closed.  I filled the box with yummy yummy chocolates....

Supplies -

Stamp Set - Short & Sweet

Ink - Chocolate Chip

Cardstock - Riding Hood Red, Old Olive, Whisper White

DSP - Letters to Santa

Punches - Oval, Large Oval, Eyelet Border

Ribbon - 5/8" Grosgrain - Chocolate Chip - Retired

Accessories - Sticky Strip, Snail Adhesive

Until next time, Enjoy!

Gift Bags...

These little bags are part of the challenge over at Sunny Challenges & Creations - SC020/11 The challenge is to share something Chrissy - 3-D, Gifts, Cards, Scrapbooking or in fact, anything you like with a Christmas Theme.  So why not create something yourslef & link it with Mr Linky.

I created this little bag sometime ago - original may be found in this post  It is one that Frenchie did a video for & have always kept it in the back of my mind wanting to use it again. 

This was the perfect opportunity for the little bag... 

I made 2 of each colour & filled them with yummy chocolates for the crew at the Caloundra Community Centre.  No-one was around Friday when I dropped them in, so I hope they find them & enjoy the chocolates.

Supplies -

Stamp Set - Short & Sweet

Ink - Chocolate Chip

Cardstock - Riding Hood Red, Old Olive, Whisper White

DSP - Letters to Santa

Punches - Oval, Large Oval, Scallop Oval, Scallop Edge

Accessories - SU Dimensionals, Brads - Silver, Gel Pen, Sticky Strip, Multipurpose Glue

Until next time, Enjoy!

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This week Kris set the challenge over at Sunny Challenges & Creations & it is all about "Christmas".

With everyone's busy schedule this time of year, you have 2 weeks to complete this challenge. 

The challenge is to share something Chrissy - 3-D, Gifts, Cards, Scrapbooking or in fact, anything you like with a Christmas Theme.

So come on everyone, grab that stampin' stuff & start stampin', creating or even baking!!!!!

My sample has been around in blog land for a long time now, but I wanted to create something for blokes that I didn't have to spend much time on & easy to fill once I had created it.  Not to mention, easy for them to get into too.

This bag is full of Chocolates ready for Christmas Day - Fingers crossed they will last that long with me around as I am my own worse enemy with chocolate around.

Once I created my box for the bottom, I cut my DSP & wrapped it around the bottom of the box.

I cut a strip of Old Olive Cardstock, punched one long side using the Scallop Edge Punch, added a bit of Faux Stitching with my Gel Pen & again wrapped it around the bottom of the box.

I punched 2 pieces of Old Olive Cardstock using the Round Tab Punch, applied Faux Stitching around the edges, punched a hole in each tab using my Crop-a-Dile & adhered one each side to the top of the bag. 

After I filled it with Chocolates, I tied 3 pieces of ribbon though the top.

The greeting was stamped direct onto Whisper White Cardstock using Old Olive Ink & adhered to the centre of the bag.

A really easy & quick project.

Supplies -

Stamp Set - Perfect Punches

Ink - Old Olive

Cardstock - Old Olive, Whisper White

DSP - Letters to Santa

Punches - Sallop Ede, Round Tab

Ribbons - 1/8" Taffeta - Old Olive, 1/4" Grosgrain - Whisper White, Chocolate Chip

Accessories - Sticky Strip, Multipurpose Glue, White Gel Pen, Croop-a-Dile

Don't forget to pop over to Sunny Challenges & Creations & check out what Kris & Gwen have created & have a go at creating something with a Christmas Theme yourself

Until next time, Enjoy! 

2nd Calender...

I am a day late in posting my 2nd calender, but better later than never.  This one is a little different from the one posted 2 days ago.

I randomly stamped images over the pages of the calender using Riding Hood Red & Baja Breeze Inks.  Ensuring all pages were squareed away nice & evenly, using my Handheld Punch, I punched 3 holes into the top of the calender about 1.5cm from each end & 1 cm down from the top.  I applied 3 White Brads through the holes & adhered to the piece of A4 Whisper White Cardstock which had been adhered to a piece of Cardboard from the DSP Papers with Sticky Strip.

I created the background for the top of my calender by stamped random images onto Whisper White Cardstock using Riding Hood Red & Baja Breeze Inks.

The stamp set is a 2-step stamp set, but for the background, I only used the outline stamp.  I wanted the background to be sort of clean looking.

Deciding that I wanted my 3-D flowers to filled in, I used both the outline & the filler stamps to create my flowers to be adhered over the background.

I stamped 3 large flowers onto Whisper White Cardstock using Baja Breeze Ink, cut them out & adhered over the stamped images using SU Dimensionals.

I stamped a number of smaller flowers onto Whisper White Cardstock using Riding Hood Ink, cut around the images & again adhered randomly to the stamped images using SU Dimensionals.

Using the Boho Blossoms Punch, I punched 3 flowers with Baja Breeze Cardstock, adhered to the centre of the larger flowers with Crystal Effects & adhered Basic Pearls to all the centres of the 3-D flowers.

This piece was adhered to a piece of Riding Hood Red with Sticky Strip & finally to the top of the calender.

Supplies -

Stamp Set - Flower Fancy

Ink - Baja Breeze, Riding Hood Red

Cardstock - Whisper White, Riding Hood Red, Cardboard from DSP Papers

Punches - Boho Blossom, Handheld Punch

Accessories - Crystal Effects, Sticky Strip, Basic Pearls, SU Dimensionals

Until next time, Enjoy!

2012...

We created calenders last Friday for next year.  These calendars are magnetic, so they are able to be hung on your fridge or if you wanted, punch a couple of holes in the top, add some ribbon & hang on your wall.  So many possibilies.

I created the calender on the computer, but wanted an A5 size so that I could easily use it to record everyday living - appointments, birthdays, workshops, etc.  I think it has worked out well.  Another thing you could do, is stamp all your birthdays in one stamp & colour, appointments in another, public holidays another & so on...... 

I have already given this calender to a cousin of mine, which will suit her kitchen perfectly!

I will post the second one I did tomorrow & will probably give it away too, which means I will have to create another for myself.  

I randomly stamped images onto the calender pages using Marina Mist & Soft Suede Inks.  I also stamped off on some of the images to give it a little of a different look.

Ensuring I had all pages squared away neatly, using my Handheld Punch, I punched 3 holes along the top of the calender, about 1.5cm in from both sides & 1 cm down from the top.  I added 3 Rhinestone Brads through the holes. 

I adhered a piece of Soft Suede Cardstock to a piece of cardboard from a pack of DSP Papers, which had been cut back to A4 size, using Sticky Strip.  This will give you a little more strength for your calender.  I then adhered the pages to the bottom of the board, only applying adhesive to the top part of the calender.  This way, come next year, all you have to do is tear off the last page, print out a new calender & adhere to the same board.

I embossed 2 pieces each of Very Vanilla & Marina Mist Cardstocks using my Bigshot & the Embossing Folder - Finial Press.  I was going to add pockets to the calender using these embossed pieces, but thought better of it as they would have either got stuck in the pockets or stay there permanently, so I created false pockets.

I matched the pattern of the 2 embossed pieces, added a thin piece of Marina Mist Cardstock, along with a gathered piece of Crochet Trim Ribbon to the Very Vanilla pieces & adhered them to a piece of Marina Mist Cardstock.

I then repeated the same step except with the piece of Marina Mist Cardstock & adhered it to a piece of Very Vanilla Cardstock.

Both pieces were then adhered to the top of the board using Sticky Strip.

I stamped 8 flowers onto Very Vanilla Cardstock, 4 using Marina Mist Ink, & 4 using Soft Suede Ink.  I cut around the images, adhered them to the embossed cardstock with SU Dimensionals & adhered Basic Pearls to the centre of the flowers.

If you wanted, you could easily add a photo to the piece of embossed Very Vanilla, as there is heaps of room to do so.  Better still, add a photo to the top of your calender & decorate.  As I stated previously, the possibilities for this type of calender is endless!

Supplies -

Stamp Set - Vintage Vogue

Ink - Soft Suede, Marina Mist

Cardstock - Very Vanilla, Marina Mist, Soft Suede, Cardstock from DSP Papers

Embossing Folder - Finial Press

Ribbon - Crochet Trim - Victoria

Accessories - Basic Pearls, SU Dimensionals, Sticky Strip, Rhinestone Brads - Light Blue, Bigshot

Until tomorrow when I post the 2nd calender, Enjoy!