3D Projects

Woo Hoo!  The Denver Broncos will be in the Super Bowl on Sunday and I’m ready!  Well, not totally ready as I still have to buy and make the food for our party but my decorations are coming along just fine!

I hate to toot my own horn but isn’t this banner great!  It turned out better than I had anticipated.  I love it when a plan comes together!  Be sure to click on the photo for a close up view.

I used my now retired banner kit for the letters.  I started with Pumpkin Pie for the orange since that is the color the ribbon came in but when I downloaded the Bronco logo and printed it out the Pumpkin Pie didn’t match so I switched to Tangerine Tango.  To get my ribbon to match then I just used a Sponge Dauber to rub the Tangerine Tango ink on the Pumpkin Pie ribbon.  It worked perfectly!

Go Broncos!

It’s My Digital Studio (MDS)Monday!  My upline had a little Christmas party yesterday for her team.  There was a gift exchange and this is the gift that I brought.  It’s a cute little 6″ x 6″ shadow box.

The MDS portion of the project is Stampin’ Up!’s Statement of the Heart.  It’s one of the downloads for My Digital Studio.  I simply resized it to fit the frame and printed it on my printer.

You may notice some items on the project that you don’t recognize.  There’s a few sneak peeks for you.  You’ll see the gorgeous paper during Sale-a-Bration (starts 1/28).  The little banners are die-cut from a fun product in the Occasions Catalog (you can order from this 1/2) and the little heart is from a fun new stamp set coming in the Occasions Catalog and was punched out with the Small Heart Punch which is a current product.

I’ve been wanting to do something with this download for a long time and this project was the perfect chance!  Have you tried MDS yet?

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Can you believe Christmas is almost here?  I’m not ready!  How about you?

Here’s a lovely card for you on this, the third Sunday of Advent.

This card was made using the Calm Christmas stamp set.  I stamped the image and embossed it with Silver Embossing Powder.  I cut it out and added the Frosted Finishes Embellishment to the center for even more WOW factor! A sparkly and shimmery Christmas card for this holiday season!

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

 This project is perfect for Colorado today!  It’s absolutely FRIGID here!  You wouldn’t think that I would be such a weinie, especially being from the Minnesota tundra, but my blood has thinned at altitude and I’m dang cold!  🙂

These Build a Banners are so fun to make!  I just love making them.  All the pieces and parts came in the Christmas Banner Kit.  I did add a few little things though.  Click on the picture to make it larger and you’ll get a better view of the banner.

The first thing I added to the kit is on the first rosette.  I added a bow made from 1/8″ Bermuda Bay Taffeta Ribbon.  The second things(s) I added were little “flowers” on embellishments 2, 3 & 4 punched with the Boho Blossoms Punch.  The only other thing I added was the large circle on the back of the center embellishment.  This turned out so cool!  I took a piece of Silver Glimmer paper and spritzed with a combination of Bermuda Bay Ink Refill and 70% rubbing alcohol!  So pretty!  You really need to try this little technique!  Too fun!

I hope you have a warm and cozy day….perfect for stamping!

First of all I’d like to apologize for my posts that are few and far between.  Life is catching up with me and I can’t seem to stay on top of things.  Bear with me for the next month as I go into panic mode before my son’s wedding at the end of the month.  All will be well, I just need to concentrate on getting things ready for the big day!  Thanks for understanding!

Today’s fun project is the Spooky Halloween Banner.  This was SO much to make.  These banners are GREAT!  You really need to try one.  They’re not hard at all.   Click on the picture and you can see it up close and get a better view of all the pieces and parts.

The first thing you need for this project is the Build a Banner Simply Created Kit (#133507 $19.95).  This kit contains your banners, the jute and all of the stencils for your backgrounds and letters.  Then you need the Halloween Banner Simply Created Accessory Kit (#132698  $9.95)  Both of these items are found on page 31 of the Holiday Catalog.  The stencil kit comes with a Stampin’ Spritzer that you can use to apply your color but I preferred using a sponge dauber and ink pad.  I used a twisting motion to apply the ink to the banner and it worked out pretty well.

Stampin’ Up! also offers a Christmas Banner Simply Created Kit and I can’t wait to try that one too.  They’re SO fun.  I also want to make one for Thanksgiving but since I don’t seem to have a lot of spare time anymore I may have to punt on that one!  We’ll see!

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

How cute is this?  I had SO much fun making it!  This is Stampin’ Up!’s new Build a Banner Kit (pg. 31 in the holiday catalog).  I saw these banners demonstrated at convention and fell in love.  And that was even before I made my own!

Click on the picture on you’ll get a much better photograph.  You’ll be able to see the banner closer up.  Each little banner portion is made from canvas.  I made the designs and letters on them using the Build a Banner templates, ink pads and my sponge daubers.  The kit comes with spritzers that you can fill with ink refill and alcohol to color your designs but I liked using the ink pads and sponge daubers better.  I thought it gave me a cleaner look.  The kit actually comes with jute twine to string the banner on but I wanted to try it with ribbon.  I really like how fun the ribbon looks….especially with the little bows I tied on some of the letters!

You can purchase a Halloween accessory kit and a Christmas accessory kit as well as extra canvas pieces and jute.  Of course I had to order these two kits and I can’t wait to play with them!  I’ll be sure to share them when I get them done!

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

This is the little gift I gave to my team who came to convention.  Once I came up with the idea they were pretty easy to make.

I started with the small (half) wood mount cases that Stampin’ Up! sells.  (I can’t wait to re-organize and put all my old stamp sets in these new cases!)  I then decorated them with my new favorite designer paper, Gingham Garden and matching ribbon.  “Be the Difference” was the theme for this year’s convention so I scanned that in and printed it out.  I die cut the label with the Deco Label Framelits and made a matching border.  (See the Technique Tuesday post where I explained how to do this.)  I then made a matching little 3″ x 3″ card and covered a small composition notebook.  I found the little pens on Amazon.  Too fun!

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

My upline has a little gathering each year at convention for her team.  If people would like they can participate in a little gift swap.  Today’s post is what I brought.

Once again my idea started with the wood mount case (on the right).  I decorated it and put a balloon, a birthday blower, candles and confetti in it along with the little gift card holder.

I made the card and gift bag to match.  Don’t you love the big bow on the gift bag?  It’s a die that is in the new Holiday Catalog!  Woo Hoo!  The labels on the gift bag, card and gift card holder are all from my favorite Chalk Talk stamp set.  I even use my not-so-favorite color on these items which is Summer Starfruit….it matched the Birthday Bash Designer Paper!

Oh….we’re off to the cabin in Canada so my posts will be few and far between if I get them written before I go!  I’ll be back August 1st though!  Be sure to check back then

Have a great day and Happy Stamping!

We made this fun and easy project at my Mini Stamp Camp earlier in the month.  It’s a magnetic board.

To make one of these easy projects you need a 5″ x 7″ picture frame, a 5 ” x 7″ piece of aluminum flashing, a 5 ” x 7″ piece of designer paper and two pieces of ribbon, 8″ and 4″.

Adhere the long ribbon to the designer paper and then layer the paper, the flashing, the glass from the picture from (behind the flashing) and the back of the picture frame.  Wrap the short piece of ribbon around the first and tie.  That’s it.  The frame is done!

Now you need the magnets!  These are simple too.  You need a designer brad, a small circle of card stock ,a large pearl and some small magnets!  I used the circle punch from the Itty Bitty Punch Pack to punch out my circles and they fit perfectly!

The great thing about this project is that you can change the look simply by changing the designer paper!  How fun is that?!

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!