Stamp with Michele

Couple more 3D Skinny Cello bag treat ideas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All these treats are for my great nieces class.  They use Skittles in the Skinny Cello bags.  The tag uses an old retired Stampin' Up! halloween stamp set & also some of the retired cardstock colors.  Three different sizes of circle punches were used along with the Scallop Circle Punch.  The tag was then punched & tied to the treat using Linen Thread. 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I then decided to make some with the ghosts I have been seeing out on the internet by other Stampin' Up! demonstrators.  Can you believe this is the Owl Punch from page 201 of the current Idea Book & Catalog? 

Instructions:  Use Whisper White cardstock & punched out just the body of the owl.  Trim off the owls feet & turn it upside down.  I put the ghost on Basic Black cardstock punched with the Scallop Circle punch.  Due to this I just punched the eyes out of the ghost.  You could also add Basic Rhinestones for the eyes as I did on the owls from a week ago. 

 

Gifts made for my downline

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My Convention gift to my downline was a pretty Stampin' Up! Recycle bag that was brown & had flowers all around it.  For Stampin' Up! 1/2 Day Regional in Des Moines, Iowa this last weekend I made each of them a personalized tag they could tie to their bag. 

 

How did I do this?  

I used square pieces of chipboard that I glued Pear Pizzazz cardstock on one side & Greenhouse Gala Designer Series Paper on the other.  I let this dry & put through the Big Shot using the large scallop circle.  I also used the Petals a Plenty textured impressions embossing folder on some Baha Breeze cardstock for the strip across & for the circle punched piece in the middle.  I stamped the petals using the Pick a Petal, punched them out using the oval punch & used the bone folder to curl them.  I then used a sponge brush with Crystal Effects under neath each petal to try to make them more solid.  The petals were then glued to the backside of the punched circle, a clear rhinestone brad was added to the circle & then dimensionals were added to attach them to the tag.  I used the Naturally Serif sizzlet decorative strip die in the Big Shot to add their names to the back of each tag.  Last I used the Cropadile to make the hole & thread the Real Red Satin ribbon to tie to their bag. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This 3D treat item is fall colored M&M's in skinny cello bags.  The cute tag is the owl punch with the vest made from some Greenhouse Gala Designer Series paper.  I got this idea from another demonstrator from a Convention swap.  Also used was the branch from the bird punch & the Scallop circle punch.  I put the scallop punch through the Big Shot using one of the texture plates from the Texture Plates Kit #4 that looks like wood.  I used Crumb Craft cardstock & sponged Chocolate Chip ink on it.  I punched a small hole & added linen thread to tie it around the cello bag.  Also used were the Basic Rhinestones for the middle of the owls eyes. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

One More Wedding Card Idea & Challenge

Well this is the last wedding card for this wedding I will be showing you.  I guess you can tell what her colors were.  I used the Big Shot & the Perfect Polka Dots textured impressions embossing folder on the actual card wrapping the 5/8" Whisper White Organza Ribbon around it.  The oval is from the Ovals originals dies for the Big Shot.  I am adding the instructions below on how to do the paper around the oval. 

 

I cut about 1 1/4" off of a 12x12 piece of  Designers Series paper (this is a retired one).  I then used the Eyelet Border punch along the piece.  Put it through the crimper.  I then put Sticky Strip all around the backside of the oval.  Take your designer paper & carefully start going around the oval bunching it up just a little here & there.  I used dimensionals to pop it up.  Sounds easy doesn't it?   

 

Now for the Challenge:  Stamp a card using Stampin' Up product & this technique.  It can be retired Stampin' Up! product though.   Does not have to be an oval, it can be any shape you use.  You also can use a different border punch, different colors, layouts etc.  Make it your own card.  Email it to me or email to let me know you have one if you can't email a picture to me.  Deadline is October 13th.  Someone will win a prize from me.  I will post the winners card on my blog shortly after so you can see who the winner is.  Get to stamping!

 

Michele Schmidt, Waterloo, Iowa now needs to go get ready for her trip. 

More Calendars from some of my Stamping Hostess Club Members

As a bonus project last month I let my Hostess Club members make a Calendar like I showed you last month.  I put out some of my retired Stampin' Up! Designer Series Paper so they could pick which one they wanted to use.  Enjoy!

When I took my club down to West Des Moines, IA I found I forgot my Sizzix Bigz dies called Beautiful Butterflies.  Never fear as I had taken the new Stampin' Up! Embosslits Die from the Occasions Mini Catalog called Beautiful Wings.  They turned out equally as beautiful as you can see below.

 

Hope you enjoyed the calendars.  I will have open stamping for anyone interested tomorrow night from 6pm to 9pm.  Come join us.

Stamping in Waterloo & Grimes & West Des Moines, IA, Michele Schmidt   

Butterfly Calendar & Tutorial

Another Stampin' Up! Independent Demonstrator by the name of Lucia Kaiser was gracious enough a few weeks back to do a Bulk buy for many demonstrators of the below calendars so we could get a good price.  She then packaged & mailed them out to all of us.  She also sent her instructions for making these cute little desk stands.  I changed her instructions to fit my needs and have decided to share them with you in case you would like to try it. As an added bonus for all my club members this month they will get to make one of these if they like.  I got out some of my retired designer series paper for Monday nights Scrapbook Hostess Club & they already made theirs.  I will be adding some pictures another day of some they made.    

If you can't find the preassembled calendars you can find some online to print off, cut & staple/glue together to use. 

 

Supplies needed: 

• 1-   4x4" chipboard coaster

• 1-   little mini calendar

• 2-   4x4 pieces Designer paper

• 1-  2 1/2 by 3 1/4 piece Designer paper

• 1-   2 inch binder clip

• Ink that coordinates with Designer paper

• Sponge dauber

• Sticky Strip

• ribbon to coordinate with Designer paper if wanted

• Punches or embellishments to coordinate

• Dimensionals

• Anyway Glue Stick

• Sanding Block

 Start by using the ink & a sponge dauber to color around the edge of the coaster. 

     

Next use the Anyway Glue Stick over the entire side of the coaster making sure it is all covered specially around the edges.  Add 1 piece of Designer paper making sure all the edges are covered.  Do the same to the 2nd side of the coaster.  Take a scissors & trim around the corners or sides if it sticks out too much. 

Use the Sanding Block over the edges of the Designer paper so it is smooth.  Set this aside for a moment.

     

Take your 2 inch binder.  Cut & place 4 small pieces of Sticky Strip on the outside edge of both sides of the binder. 

   

      

Take your 2 1/2 by 3 1/4 piece Designer paper sticking the longer edge just under the one side of the binder.  Take off the covering of the Sticky Strip & attach the designer paper.  Wrap around the bottom & do the same to the other side.    

    

Next take a scissor & cut the corners of the designer paper so you can fold the extra inside the binder.  Use a bone folder to make it set down more. 

   

   

On the coaster you will put ribbon if you would like & any other embellishment.  I put 2 small pieces of ribbon down on each side of the coaster so the calender would go over top of it & give more space for the binder handle underneath it.

I took & cut a piece of thin cardboard the same size as the calendar to attach to it with Snail Adhesive.

    

 

I put this piece down on the covered coaster with dimensionals to raise it over the handle of the binder.

 

Put one handle of the binder under the coaster & one on the backside of the coaster to hold it. 

    

You may decorate your binder with flowers, punched pieces,etc.  I used the large flower from the Boho Blossom punch.  I bent the edges up a bit & used the sponge dauber & ink around the punched piece.  

I then put a Rhinestone brad in the middle.  I did have to cut off part of the back tabs of the brad so it did not show. 

 

I then cut 2 butterflys out with the Stampin' Up! Beautiful Butterflies Die using the Sizzix Big Shot.  One was of coordinating cardstock that was adhesived to the coaster.  The 2nd butterfly used the Designer paper & the wings were bent upwards attaching it to the top of the cardstock butterfly with 1 rolled up mini glue dot. 

 

  
  

Having fun playing with this.  There are so many ways you could change these up. 

All Artwork © Stampin' Up!

Michele Schmidt is trying to stay warm & get better in Waterloo, IA

Simple Gift Card Holder Tutorial

This is my very first tutorial.  Not perfect but I hope it will work well enough along with my written instructions to show you how to make this cute little treat or gift card holder.  This idea was from my friend Diane Workman, a fellow Stampin' Up! Demonstrator in Iowa.  She showed up how to make these at a Mini Convention I attended in the fall.  I used the idea for my Hostess Appreciation Event this year.  Not only did my hostessess get a Thank You one from me but they also got to make one with words they choose so they would know how to make them.  If they forget they can just come out here & look at this tutorial to remember. 

                                                                                              

You start by taking a 6x6 inch piece of Stampin' Up!'s double sided designer series paper.  I made some using our Christmas paper but sold them right away before I could get a picture of them to show you.

Decide what side you want on the inside & which up want on the outside.  My preference is to have the darker side on the outside like I am doing on this one.  Next fold the piece corner to corner. Use the bone folder to make a crisp edge.

 

This is hard to tell by the picture but you want to fold down the top flap to approximately 3/4 inch from the bottom.

 

Bring the flap back up.  You will fold over one side along the crease of the flap you just made.

 

Next you will bring over the other side.  Before you use the bone folder on these you will want to test them by bringing the flap down & making sure it covers the edge of the top side.  I think you will know what I mean. If you look at my last picture you can see how the striped edge is showing when I have the flap down.  I had to adjust it a bit so this would not show.

  Last you have to stamp something small with a picture or words or both on some light colored cardstock & layer it with a darker color to coordinate with your designer series paper.  You will pop this up on the lower front of your gift holder up with 2 dimensionals.  If you place the 2 dimensionals at the top & bottom you don't need to use any adhesive to hold them together except to make your tag.  Your tag can be a circle, scallop, square or oval.  Stampin' Up! has many wonderful punches that work for this. 

Artwork © Stampin' Up! 2008