Creativity With Stamps

Class/Kit In The Mail - Fall 2009 Mini Album

Hello...it's finally here...my first videos and a brand new Class/Kit In The Mail project for everyone!!!

I have to warn you that I have had to go through a huge learning curve since I had no knowledge at all about camcorders, transfering movies/videos to the computer, editing software and uploading videos on youtube and my blog...crazy stuff!!! 

I still have a lot to learn and you will be able to tell this very easily from watching these videos so if you are kind enough to provide me with links to tutorials and such I would be very appreciative. P.S.  I have a mac...

Fall 2009 Mini Album Class Kit

 

Intermediate Level (not for beginners; you must know basic scrapbooking terminology and techniques; i.e. distressing, tearing, knowledge of adhering chipboard or ribbon to paper)

Material You will need:

Paper Cutter

Scoring Tool

Corner Rounder

Eyelet Setter or 3/8” hole punch or Crop-A-Dile

Scissors

Brown Dye Ink and Sponge (for distressing)

Adhesive (mono, glue dots, double sticky tape)

Dimensionals

Two-Way Glue and Dazzling Diamonds glitter or Stickles

Brown fine tip marker

 

(Optional for Cracked Glass Technique)

Clear Embossing Powder

Versamark pad

Heat Gun

NOTE:  Your basic kit will include all material including papers, cardstock, embellishments, wood sheets and several hand-stamped images (from the Autumn Splendor and Forest Friends stamp sets) to complete your album.  This album kit will take 2 weeks to ship from order date.

U.S. Orders only for Options #2 and #3

Option #1:  PDF Instructions Only  ($17.95)

Option#1 ($17.95)

Option#2 (U.S. Orders Only):   Basic Kit + PDF Instructions ($40 + 4.95 shipping/handling)

Option#2 ($40 + 5.95 s/h)

Option#3 (U.S. Orders Only) :  Basic Kit + Autumn Splendor Stamp Set ($60.95 + $4.95 shipping/handling)

Option#3 ($60.95 + 5.95 s/h)

Option#4: Completed Album hand-made by me w/ Free Gift Wrapping Upon Request ($100 + $10.95 shipping/handling)

Option#4 ($100 + 10.95 s/h)

When you are done placing your order you can view YOUR CART here:

Halloween 2009 Mini Album Card

I made this mini album card using a template of an american express advertisement I got at home.  Broke into my Night & Day Designer Series Paper and started playing along with some other things and this was my end result. 

I have been figuring out my video camera so that I can start making videos so I hope I can share those with you soon as well.

 

Delivering Ghostly Boos!!!

I guess I just learned about getting "ghosted" here in this neighborhood....one of the sneaky neighbors comes to the doorsteps of your house at night, rings the doorbell, leaves a bag of goodies and runs away...like a little ghost coming to visit and give you a little trick and treat.  In return, we too must transform in little sneaky ghosts and deliver a treat to two other neighbors.

So I created these two little bags for the occasion...who will be the lucky neighbor to get our treats tonight???!!!!

A Peek Of Things To Come...

Here's a little sneek peek of a new class-in-the-mail mini album...I know the picture block is not one of the best but I am not good at digital scrapbooking and this took me over 1 1/2 hours to create including researching how to actually create one of these things.

Clearance Rack Project

Stampin'Up has a new clearance rack section filled with some retired items at very discounted prices.  Once these items have been sold out, they are gone for good.

Click on the picture above or below to get the full list of photos and prices of all the clearance items.

 

Oddly enough I was already in the middle of making a project for my daughter using one of the retired  Designer Series Papers listed in the Clearance rack.  Here are a few pics:

 

 

 

I actually have these tags held together at the top with a chain loop and they are attached on my daughter's school backpack along with her bus pass.

This was a little time consuming for the simple reason that I had to spray the front and back of these tags before sealing them with ModPodge and an outdoor sealer so that the crazy weather does not ruin them.

Wood Christmas Tags

I have decided to break into my wood sheets that I bought a while ago.  I came up with these two tags:

I covered the entire naked wood tags with Champagne Shimmer Paint and it completely changed the color of the tags not to mention it gave them a really gorgous sparkle.

Supplies for Reindeer Tag:

Dasher Stamp

Winter Post Stamp Set

Champagne Shimmer Paint (both on the entire tag and on the antlers)

Very Vanilla and Ruby Red Cardstock

Sahara Sand, Ruby Red Classic Ink

Vintage Brads, Pewter Jumbo Eyelet, Sleigh Bells Ribbon (from Holiday Mini Catalog)

Supplies for Snowflake Tag:

Kind Thoughts Brocade Stencil (small)

Texture Crackle from DecoArt

Dazzling Diamonds, Jumbo Pewter Eyelet, Bashful Blue Taffetta Ribbon, Twill Tape, Circle Ice Rhinestone Brad, Snowflake Sets #2 Sizzlits (pack of 4 snowflakes), white signo gel pen

Halloween is in the air....

I made these little projects yesterday.  After a visit from Michaels' early this week and seeing all the halloween things out already, I had to make something.

The piece with the ghosts is a card and the other piece is a box containing some goodies.  I only used the Twick or Tweet stamp set along with the Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set.

The coffin box template can be found HERE and I just used the same template to make my matching card.  The backbround on the coffin was made using the Woodgrain stamp and my Frost White shimmerz paint.

The boo saying was made with my sizzix Billboard decorative strip die.

Other supplies:  Curly Label punch, My Way punch, white signo gel pen, whisper white and basic black cardstock, Basic Blak 1 1/4" striped grosgrain ribbon, 1/4" basic black grosgrain ribbon, encore silver ink pad and basic black classic ink pad

Hope this inspired someone to create today!!!

Lattice Die

I made this card a little while ago using my newly purchased Lattice Bigz Die.  I almost never use the color purple in any of my projects but I wanted to step out of my comfort zone and this is what I came up with.

I am super busy lately and I have a million things to do today so I am skipping the supply list for this project but if you would like to know the supplies for this card, just shoot me an e-mail or comment directly here and ask me and I will provide the complete supply list.

Goodbye Summer 2009

Well...Labor Day marks the last day of Summer and I am already feeling a change in the air...it's not muggy anymore but rather quite dry and crisp.

My dad's birthday was in August and I decided to make a small album for his with some pics that were taken while he and my mom were here visiting us.  I made this album with two pockets:  the right pocket holds a birthday card and the left pocket holds a cardstock-made CD case with a CD containing all of the pictures that were taken during the visit.  The middle portion is the actual album and I made it very interactive.  Here are a few pics:

The album contains a lot more pictures but I didn't want to bore you with all of them.  The final picture below is the birthday card in the right pocket of this project.

I must admit that I had tons of fun making this album and I guess using one of my favorite stamp sets that just came out this summer in the new 2009-10 Stampin'Up Idea Book & Catalog helped a lot. 
Here's the list of all the supplies:

Stamps:  Paradise, Teeny Tiny Wishes, Defining Alphabet, Numbers from 7Gypsies Calendar Stamp (just realized while I was making this that Stampin'Up does not have a number set..guess I will need to write to them and let them know that we will need one on the next catalog)

Paper:  Kraft, Bermuda Bay, Crushed Curry, Whisper White, Old Olive, Soft Suede

Ink:  Old Olive, Bermuda Bay, Crushed Curry, Always Artichoke, Soft Suede, Chocolate Chip

Accessories:  1 1/4" Striped Chocolate Chip Grosgrain ribbon, Latte buttons, twine, 1/2" polka-dot bermuda bay grosgrain ribbon, word window punch, modern label punch, vintage brads, backgrounds 1 texturz plate

Rainy Day activity

You would think I would talk about stamping here because if would obviously be the perfect activity for a rainy day...however, when the rainy day is on a Saturday with the entire family in the house, I get a little nervous about stamping with my kids all around me asking me to use my stamps and my tools.  Don't get me wrong, stamping is great for kids but I definetly have certain restrictions when it comes to using my beloved markers or pretties kit.

So here is an activity that kept my son busy for an entire hour:

That's right...color pencil sharpening!!!  I can't believe I did not think of this before...seeing all those colored pencils together inspired me as well and helped me in my project.

Hope this little activity tip will help some of you next time you have a rainy day over your end.