3D Projects

When my friends and I attend Stampin’ Up! events we like to make treats for each other.  We don’t necessarily make them for the treats they contain but we love to make the holders for the treats!

This fun and simple treat holder was made my downline Janet.  ADORABLE!  So simple!  A cello bag, a couple of circle punches, a piece of ribbon and some Goldfish crackers with Mickey ears in them!  She found the crackers at the local grocery store.  Too fun!  You can’t go to Orlando without thinking about Mickey!

My friend Laura brought us these yummy cookies that a friend of her’s made and decorated.  Aren’t they gorgeous?  Another amazing treat!  “Love It, Live It, Share It” is Stampin’ Up’s theme this year.  Laura shared these fun cookies in one of Stampin’ Up! Pizza Boxes that she decorated.  It fit perfectly!

Jan brought us cookies too in this fun treat bag to remind us to celebrate Stampin’ Up!’s 30th Anniversary.

Aren’t my friends creative?  It’s always fun to see what kind of treats they bring to Stampin’ Up! events.  Of course that puts the pressure on me to come up with a fun idea or two.  I did bring a couple of treats for my friends.  I can’t decide though whether to share them with you this week or save them and surprise you sometime.  Hmmm…

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

We all love to see those over-the-top project ideas.  My friend Jan is the queen of fabulous ideas for our group Stamp Camps we put on for our customers.  Each camp we (I should say Jan) come up with an idea to decorate the bag we give each attendee so they have something to put their completed projects in.  This GORGEOUS bag was what our customers received at the Holiday Stamp Camp we put on a few weeks ago.  Don’t you wish you had been there?

Jan used a number of products from the Joyous Noel Suite on this project.  The ribbon, the glimmer paper and the Sprig Punch are all from the suite.  She used the Tin Tile Embossing Folder (pg 43 HC) from the County Lane Suite and the deer is die cut from the Detailed Deer Thinlits (pg 9 HC).  Jan and her husband have a lot of trees on their property so one day when they were hauling brush she kept aside some branches and had her husband slice them up for her.

I love this gift bag.  It’s absolutely AMAZING!  Wouldn’t you like to receive it on Christmas?  Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Well, I had a really hard time coming up with my favorite product for this suite…everything is so gorgeous!  I love copper and all of the products in this suite (except the stamp set and punch) have some touch of copper!  What’s a girl to do.  I almost had to do “eenie meenie minie moe” to choose one but I finally settled on:

The Joyous Noel Specialty Designer Series Paper!  (#147816 $14) Oh, my!  Look at all of those amazing patterns!

I know, I chose the designer paper in the Festive Farmhouse Suite last week but when you like something you’ve got to go with it!

Designer Paper is so versatile.  Sure, it can add pizzazz to a card but it’s also great on 3D items.  Check out these boxes that I found on Pinterest!  Thank you Sam Hammond Donald for sharing such beautiful projects!

These boxes were all made with the Joyous Noel Specialty Designer Series Paper and coordinating cardstock and embellishments.  You can find everything but the cardstock and the Tranquil Tide ribbon in the Joyous Noel Suite on page 29 of the Holiday Catalog.

I’m definitely stocking up on these fun coppery products.  I love them!  Have you added them to your list?

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Whew!  Easter is over.  I’ve had a busy couple of weeks.  First I was in the MN Homeland for a week and when I came home it was Holy Week already.  That meant a long choir rehearsal on Wednesday, singing in a cantata on Good Friday and two early services on Sunday…and that was just the church stuff!  I had to hit the grocery store and make deviled eggs, Frango Mint Cheesecake and Easter potatoes for dinner yesterday!  Like I said…whew!  Now I can just sit back and enjoy life.

Easter is over but I still wanted to share with you this adorable little treat holder.  I made this for my table mates at the On Stage event in Minneapolis.  This was one of those projects that made me all happy when I finished it.  It turned out so dang cute!

This little folded treat holder is SO easy.  I will make a little tutorial today and share it with you tomorrow instead of trying to explain it here without pictures.

My favorite part of this treat holder is the little label with the chocolate bunny.  The bunny and the sentiment are both from the wonderful Basket Bunch Bundle.  FYI…the Basket Builder Bundle (which includes the Basket Bunch stamp set and the Basket Builder framelits) is on the retiring list but as of today both of these items are still available.  If you purchase them separately, the stamp set is 20% off and the framelits are 50% off!  These are great items for you stash as Easter does come around every year!  🙂

You can shop right here in my online store!  Don’t miss out on these fun items.  How can you resist that cute little chocolate bunny and that fabulous sentiment! 🙂

Say…did you notice that my bunny is kind of shiny and looks more 3D?  Well…let me tell you how I did that….

After I stamped the bunny and die cut him I colored his eye with my Chalk Marker and my Basic Black Marker.  Then I took my Fine-Tip Glue Pen and “colored” him in!  Do you remember Crystal Effects?  It works just like that to give the raised, shiny look!  How fun is that?  You’ll have to try it on something!

Don’t forget to buy the Basket Bunch stamp set and the Basket Builder framelits at those fabulous low prices!  You’re going to want them next Easter!  🙂

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Is this not one of the cutest things you’ve ever seen?!!!  If you don’t have the Sale-a-bration stamp set Hey, Chick you are going to want it now!  The Hey, Chick stamp set was definitely the first Sale-a-bration item I had to have.  I love those chicks and am going to be very sad to see them go!

Wouldn’t it be fun to make something clever like this?  You can find all of the details here.  It looks like this project was a collaboration.  Very talented souls.  That’s for sure!  I have seen a lot of sampler type projects around on the internet.  I’m going to have to put my thinking cap on sometime and create one….maybe even offer a class!  🙂

Don’t miss out on Sale-a-bration!  It’s over on March 31st.  That will be the last day you can get the adorable Hey, Chick stamp set and other fun items.

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Happy Thanksgiving!  It’s fairly early in the morning and I need to sit down and make my to-do list.  But first I want to let you know that I am truly Thankful, Grateful and Blessed for you, my friends and customers, as well as for everything I have in my life including my Stampin’ Up! business.

This fun little treat holder is from the September Paper Pumpkin Kit!  Yep!  I fell in love with those fun, little test tubes and I had to use them for something.  I didn’t have enough to fill with Halloween treats for the munchkins but I thought I might be able to use them for my Thanksgiving table.

The “grateful” stamp is a very old Stampin’ Up! stamp that I’ve been hanging to for a quite a while.  It sure did come in handy for my Thanksgiving treats.  The M & M’s fit perfectly in the test tubes.  I stocked up the fall M & M’s when they first came out.  When I bought them I had no idea what I would do with them.  I bought about 6 bags and have tons left over as we have a small group of only 18 people joining us for Thanksgiving dinner.  Oh, well.  Better safe than sorry, right?  🙂

I wish you all a wonderful, blessed, thankful holiday!