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Stampcation
This is my second swap for Stampcation. I have seen this little ghost made from the build an owl punch a ton of times, so not sure who the originator of it is, but I think it is too cute!! I added little beady eyes that I've had for a while. I used the new Peek-a-boo die from the holiday mini for the sentiment. And of course that awesome Spider Web Embossing Folder and the Dark & Dreay Stamp Set. The Designer Series Paper is Frightful Sight. How cute!!
Subscribe to the comments for this postJust Eat Cake Class
Well, Irene held off and we'll be holding our Just Eat Cake Class tomorrow! Woo-Hoo! The participants of this class will be receiving:
Create a Cupcake Clear Mount Stamp Set
Cupcake Builder Punch
Just Add Cake Designer Series Paper
Printed Instructions
Accessories
All Required Card Stock
We'll be making ten cards – 2 each of 5 designs – and two 3-D items. This Center Step Card is just one of the designs we will be creating.
If this sounds like a class you'd enjoy participating in, watch my calendar for next month's class which will incorporate the new Stocking Builder punch and Stitched Stockings stamp set fr omthe Holiday Mini Catalog.
We have a technique class tonight at palcrafts, and one of our regular crafters has a birthday tomorrow. So, to celebrate, in addition to chocolate, I'm presenting her with some flowers. And one of the best things about these – they "live" forever. I got the directions for these from the On-line extras available to Stampin' Up! demonstrators. Another one of those perks associated with being a part of the Stampin' Up! family.
The colors are the 2011-2013 In Colors – Pool Party, Calypso Coral, Lucky Limeade, Wisteria Wonder and Island Indigo. Aren't those names great! The Big Shot dies used were: Blossom Party, Fun Flowers and Flower folds. The Textured Impressions Embossing Folder was Vintage Wallpaper. Punches used included Blossom Bouquet Triple Layer, Fancy Flower, Heart to Heart, and Full Heart.
I made the tag by punching the Decorative Label on a folder piece of Calypso Coral, and stamping a sentiment from Word Play on Whisper White Card Stock. And of course, I had to add a little bling – Basic Rhinestone Jewel.
If you're interested in learning and/or teaching fellow crafters how to make fun projects and gifts like these flowers, contact me at palcrafts@att.net or 321-482-0136.
Un-Conventional – Day 2
Day 2 was at my home. My shoebox swap was based on the Mini Milk Carton Box tutorial at http://creativityinprogress.com/blog/2011/01/mini-milk-carton-boxes Funny how we all started from the same starting point and made three different boxes. We all left off the lid and added an handle – perfect for that special Halloween treat! We used the Spooky Bingo Bits Stamp Set and the Frightful Sight DSP – both new items in the 2011-2011 Idea Book & Catalog.
Another perfect day – friends, food and stampin'! Can't wait for tomorrow.
Unconventional Convention
A couple fellow demonstrators and I had planned to go to convention this year. The three of us had been talking and planning ever since last year's convention. Unfortunately, oil prices didn't cooperate and we just weren't able to justify the staggering increase in airfare. Our disappointment hasn't deterred us! We're having our own little "Unconventional Convention". Our plan is kind of like a progressive dinner – we're going to a different person's home each day. The host is providing the shoebox swap for that day and we're going to stamp, eat, talk, eat and stamp! Can't plan a much more perfect day!
Knowing that each year at the Conventional Convention we get a bag, I went searching on-line for a gift bag that was done at a shoebox swap at convention two years ago. I didn't find it, but I found something else – Lynn Pratt's Swap Holder Garden Bag Project! You can see her bag and purchase her tutorial at www.stampndesign.blogspot.com I made one for each of the Unconventioanl gals, using the new Flirtatious Specialty DSP and the fabric to monogram their bags. I put in some new and retired items that I thought would be fun to use as business tools – book-to-look gifts, recruiting gifts, etc. I can't wait to share them tomorrow! I hope they like them as much as I enjoyed making them. Thank you Lynn for such an awesome project and terrific directions!
