Enjoy the Little Things project kit

   I had so much fun making up the pieces of the Enjoy the Little Things project kit.  I was not sure what the easel to hold the pieces might look like.  I was pleasantly surprised. 

1. The press board is about 1/4 inch thick and held together with sturdy cording.

2. The pieces were very easy to make.

3. All the supplies were included except for ink, adhesives, and the stamp pad.

  I have already figured out how to show off the pieces each month.  And am planning to hold a class in March where stampers can make their own set using my ink, adhesives, and stamp set.  Can't wait to share this at my Open House this coming weekend.

New Tool part 2

     Does this picture give you any more ideas about this new tool?  I love it and know you will too.  Come try it out at my open house Friday, January 22 at 6:30 or Saturday, January 23 at 12:30.

Changing a Design

The original card design
 



Amanda's design



      Do you like to look at a design and change a few things to make it your own?  At my open house a new friend, Amanda decided to do just that.  Can you see what she changed on the original design?

1. The card went from being  horizontal to vertical

2. The Washi tape is now located on the right side instead of in the center

3.The flower image is a different flower from the stamp set called Happy Watercolor.

4. The sequin accents pieces are kept as a strip and also attached to the washi tape/

   And that's what I love about stamping.  Each person can put their own touch to a design to make it his or her own.  I tell everyone at my classes that my card design is just an idea that they can change any way they like.  What do you love about stamping/
    

Gold Looks Good

  Everyone loves Gold.  And at Leadership in January we learned that all things gold is one of the new trends.  So, I found this card on Pinterest and CASED most of the parts.
How many gold items can you find on this card.

1. The flower stamp is from the set called Happy Watercolor from the Occasions catalog.  It was stamped with Versamark and embossed with gold embossing powder. The Thanks stamp is from the photopolymer stamp set called Another
Thank You.

2. The accent cardstock is called Brushed Gold

3. The Washi tape is called Watercolor Wonder and is gold.

4. The sequins were taken off the roll of golden sequins also found in the Occasions catalog.

  I have not always been a fan of gold, but love how all these products look together.  What would you use to make a golded card?

Celebrate with a Banner

     What would you celebrate with this banner?  I decided to make up the banner kit that is pictured in the Occasions Catalog  to celebrate our new catalog and my Open House.  I was not exactly sure what I wanted to do with the banner since making a banner is out of my comfort zone. So, I went to my friend Lana's blog because I knew she had made one and I wanted to see what she had done.  Check hers out here. I did not want to copy Lana's directly so I made some changes.  That is what CASing is all about right!

1. I wanted to use the word Celebrate instead of create for my Open House.

2. I liked Lana's idea of putting something behind each letter so I made a circle with the Circle's framelit behind each letter instead of the scalloped circle die she used.

3. I also liked the idea of stamping on each letter to make the colors blend into the banner.  I used the colors from the DSP that came with the kit and the stamp set Gorgeous Grunge for the stamping.


4. The great thing about this kit is that there are 15 banners included.  Well, I only needed 9 to make the word Celebrate and had 6 leftover.  So, I decided to make a banner with the word Create that I can keep up all the time in my stamping studio.  For these letters I did not have enough of the DSP to make another circle so I used the Banners Framelit set to cut out banners to place behind each letter.  And the letters, well check out the word Create and the word Celebrate and they have the same letters in each word.  So, I just traced around the letters I needed and cut them out of Whisper White cardstock.

 

 

 

     I still have not used up all the supplies from the banner kit and  accessory kit.  I think I see some cards and matching gift bags in a future posting.

Fringe Scissor Flowers

     Would you like to know how easy it was to make these flowers?  I used the new Fringe Scissors that are in the Stampin'Up! Occasions catalog. 

1. Each flower has two layers of cardstock.  The inside layer is about 1/2-1 inch shorter than the outside layer.

2. The hint for using the scissors most effectively is to open them up as far as you can and then slide the paper until it touches the v of the open scissors.  That way you only have to make one cut for each fringe.

3.  The brown paper inside each jar was also made with the scissors.  I folded the old packing paper into 4ths so that when I cut the paper the scissors cut through the entire piece of paper.  Then I just opened each cut piece and bunched them together in the jar.

    I think I could easily be a flower making fool using these scissors. What would you use them for?

 

Geometric Tags

     Do you like the new geometric look featured in the Occasions Catalog?  These are some tags we made at the Leadership Conference that feature a lot of new goodies.

1. Geometrical stamp set- I love the shapes in the sayings

2. Kaleidoscope designer paper- love the brightness of the papers

3. Triangle punch.  Notice the triangle frames.  We punched the shape first then cut around the empty space to make the little frames

4. Scalloped tap topper punch-great for tags of all kinds

5. Essentials wooden elements-perfect accent piece

   Come by my house tomorrow and make one of these cards for yourself. If you can't think of a great gift to attach these tags to, then they would look great attached to the front of a card.  What is your favorite thing you like about these cards?

Mini File folder

     Have you seen the file folder cards that seem to be the rage at the moment?  Well, I found this cute file folder candy holder on Becky Robert's blog called Inkin Idaho.  She has a video with great directions.  Come by my Open House on Saturday, February 8 and make one for yourself.  Email me at sue.scheets@gmail.com for more details and to RSVP.