Last week I shared several projects using the Stampin’ Up! paper, Naturally Eclectic and today I’m sharing one more using this beautiful paper!
I made this cute bag using the Mini Treat Bag Thinlits and Emerald Envy card stock. This die makes it extremely easy to make a bag in just a few minutes! After running it through the Big Shot, I placed it inside the Pinewood Planks embossing folder and ran it through the Big shot once more. Then, it’s easy to add adhesive in a few spots and your treat bag is finished.
I stayed with the theme of using a banner, again made with the Banner Triple punch. The butterfly was cut out with the Move Me Thinlits in Basic Black. Using glue dots, I attached the butterfly to the banner and then clipped it to the treat bag with our new Gold Library Clips. “Friend” comes from the stamp set Hello Friend. It was stamped with Emerald Envy, punched out with the Classic Label punch and then slipped under the clip.
Tip: When putting the treat bag together, I recommend using either Fast Fuse or Tear and Tape. They will give you a much stronger hold.
Stamping Supplies : I’ve included a list of all the products I used. To purchase any of these products, just click on any picture and you’ll head over to my Stampin’ Up! online store.
This week my husband and I celebrated our 37th wedding anniversary. For the first time in a long time, we went out of town to celebrate. When I taught elementary school for years, school started at the end of July, so going away in early August was never an option. But this year nothing was stopping us and we headed to Las Vegas. We had a great time!
My husband doesn’t care for Las Vegas but I convinced him we’d have a good time at the Wynn and we did! My daughter, Jenny, and I have gone there before and loved it and I knew Mark would too. The hotel is so nice and so big that you could just stay there without venturing out onto the Las Vegas strip. We relaxed by the pool, had a few drinks, went to a show and ate (we especially enjoyed our Eggs Benedict)!
I like to play on the slot machines but Mark doesn’t so he worked out while I walked the casino from machine to machine. That’s still a workout, right? That’s what my Fitbit said! 🙂
Getting back to real life is always difficult especially figuring out what to have for dinner the day you get back. But that makes these trips even more special.
Where have you gone recently (or would like to go) to relax, unwind, or celebrate a special event?
Today I have another card using the beautiful Naturally Eclectic Designer Series Paper. If you visited my blog yesterday, the card design will look very familiar. This time I used two different designs (also in the Naturally Eclectic Paper) and did a little something different with the sentiment.
Card Info
The Banner Triple punch was used to create the banners.
The sentiment was stamped in Soft Sky ink with the Eastern Beauty stamp set. It was cut out with the Layering Circles Framelits.
The base of the card is Lemon Lime Twist and the layer on top is Soft Sky cardstock.
The pretty little accents are Glitter Enamel Dots
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Welcome to the First Fridays Blog Hop! We hop on the first Friday of the month and our theme this month is Designer Series Paper! There are so many beautiful packages of paper in the new catalog and we are each choosing one to showcase today! The paper I chose is Naturally Eclectic where you can find some of my favorite papers in the catalog.
The colors that coordinate with this package of paper are: Berry Burst, Emerald Envy, Fresh Fig, Lemon Lime Twist, Night of Navy, Peekaboo Peach, Soft Sky and Whisper White. On my card, I used Soft Sky and Night of Navy.
I used the Banner Triple punch for the two banners and the new Starburst punch for my sentiment. The sentiment comes from the stamp set, Eastern Beauty and the cute heart accent comes from the Regals Enamel Shapes. The texture on the Soft Sky card stock was achieved by running the paper through the Softly Falling embossing folder.
This is card that can be made really quickly which is nice when you’re short on time! Need a quick gift? Make 4-6 cards and place them, with envelopes, inside a box, that you made yourself, using the same beautiful paper!
I used Berry Burst cardstock for the base of my box. I could have used DSP but the box is much sturdier with cardstock. I wrapped it up with Whisper White Baker’s Twine. The sentiment comes from the stamp set, You’re So Sweet. I didn’t want to use the entire stamp that has this sentiment, so I went over “Just For You” with a Berry Burst Stampin’ Write marker.
All of the supplies I used to create my projects can be found down at the bottom of the post.
Are you ready for some more ideas using Stampin’ Up! Designer Series Paper? The next stop on the hop is Michelle Veller!
Here’s the list of everyone in the hop! I hope you’ll make it around to everyone!
Stamping Supplies – Below you’ll find a list of all the supplies you’ll need to create today’s projects! Click on any product and you’ll head over to my Stampin’ Up! online store.
I don’t have a project today but instead wanted to tell you my story and why I love Stampin’ Up! products.
When I was a kid, I dreaded Art class. Dreaded it. I remember being in class and while everyone was busy painting or drawing, and ENJOYING IT, I was sick to my stomach because I felt that anything I created was awful. What a horrible thing for a child to feel. I’m surprised that not one of my teachers picked up on it and tried to encourage me. Or perhaps they did but I was too stubborn to take their words to heart.
You see, I felt and believed for a long time, that I was not creative. It wasn’t until I started using Stampin’ Up! products that I began to feel inside that I was creative and that I actually could create something beautiful.
My philosophy is that stamping should be fun, never stressful. One of the first products that made me do the happy dance were punches. I didn’t have to even stamp straight! What I stamped could be as crooked as can be but after punching it out, it didn’t matter! The same thing can be said for the Big Shot dies, especially when I use the Magnetic Platform. I truly love my Big Shot. I can create an embossed background that makes a card pop or a 3D project that’s as cute as can be.
I stink at matching colors together. Stampin’ Up! takes all the guesswork out of that for me. On all the packages of Designer Series paper, the colors that match are listed. Cardstock that matches all of their paper! I can grab and accent or ribbon in the same color and I’m good to go!
Thanks to the internet, a world of ideas are just a click away. I gather inspiration from stampers every single day. It’s a wonderful community of people!
I hope that in some small way, I can inspire you. If you don’t think you have a creative bone in your body, stamps, ink, paper, punches and a Big Shot will change your life! Now that’s a bit dramatic, but oh so true!
Happy Crafting!
P.S. The First Fridays Blog Hop is this Friday! I hope you’ll join us!
In what feels like another lifetime, I taught elementary school. For 22 years I shopped all the back to school sales to buy folders, pencil boxes, extra pencils and all kinds of prizes for “my kids.” For the past week I’ve seen Facebook posts from my teacher friends as they’ve been preparing for the first day of school which happens to be today! This is the 6th year that I haven’t been a part of that world. I miss it but I’m also very happy with my life right now! If any of my teacher friends are reading this, I hope you have a wonderful, fun first day!
Instead of preparing for a classroom full of second graders last week, I was able to spend time in my craft room and play with all of my crafting supplies! I created a card using a watercolor wash and I made a video, YES, I finally made a video, showing this technique! It had been so long since I’d last made a video that it took me some time to remember how to edit it! I had several people ask me to create a video showing this technique and I’m so sorry that it took so long!
The amazing thing about creating a watercolor wash is that you’ll never create the exact same background. Each piece is one of a kind! Using Tempting Turquoise, Pacific Point and Bermuda Bay I created the background you see below. I love these colors together! I decided not to use this piece as a focal point but instead used it in a way that the colors would peek through. I was very happy with the results!
As you’ll see in the video below, creating a wash is easy and fun! On a piece of Whisper White, I cut out three butterflies using the Move Me Thinlits. I added a sentiment using Tempting Turquoise ink and the stamp set from the Oh Happy Day Card Kit. I then attached the background to the Whisper White using Fast Fuse. I added Stampin’ Dimensionals to the back and attached it to my base of Tempting Turquoise cardstock. To finish the card, I added a sprinkling of rhinestones.
I hope the video below is helpful and that you’ll give this technique a try! If you’re reading this in an email, please click here for the video!
Stamping Supplies– Below you’ll find all the supplies I used to create my card. To purchase any of these items, simply click on any of the pictures and you’ll be taken to my Stampin’ Up! online store.
