What a busy week! I am glad it is Finally Friday. I have had a lot of fun this week finding different ways to use this stamp Balloon Bash. For this card I was inspired by toocoolstamping.com who posted a card similar to this on Pinterest. You might wonder where I got the saying celebrate from. Well, it is a part of one of the stamps. I stamped just the center of the stamp and then cut out the banner with the words Celebrate.
Some of the cards I have posted this week will be featured in my Birthday card Buffet class I will be holding on Monday, January 16th either at 12:30 or 6:30. Come by and make enough cards to get you through the next few months.
RSVP on my email, sue.scheets@gmail.com, or my website www.sushi.stampinup.net.
Do you wonder how I made this cute candy holder? I used the Mini Treat Bag Thinlit die. But, you might wonder to yourself it should be a lot bigger than that. While I was at Leadership with Dina and Karen we started wondering if there was a way to make a skinny bag that would hold a Hershey bar. So, here is what I did.....
1. I cut two pieces of the small part of the treat bag.
2. I then attached them together using sticky strip.
3. The finished result measures 2 1/8 by 5 inches. So,it is not big enough to hold a regular Hershey bar, but most definitely could hold a mini.
4. To finish off the bag, I used another stamp from the Balloon Bash stamp set, but two banners using the thinlit that goes with the Mini Treat bag set, and tied a bow with the matching ribbon from the Sale a Bration catalog.
What would you put inside this cute little treat bag?
Have you ever learned how to do something and then since you don't do it again forgotten about how much fun it was? I feel that way about shaker cards. I made my first card several years ago where I have to carefully place dimensionals all around the edge of the open area. Inevitably I would leave a gap and all my glitter would fall out. Well, SU has a wonderful tool that I forget about that makes this so easy. The tool is called Shaker Frames. They come in 6 different circle sizes and are very easy to use.
1. First punch a circle the size you want your window to be.
2. Next place a piece of window sheet behind this circle that is bigger than your circle. This will keep your glitter inside the shaker card.
3. Attach your shaker frame on the back and against the window sheet.
4. Fill your frame with whatever you want to shake.
5. Attach the front of your card to the main card and once it is sealed you can shake to your hearts content and nothing will spill out.
Occasion catalog supplies used:
Birthday Bash designer paper
Balloon Bash stamp set
Other supplies used
Shaker frames
Circle punches
Crushed Curry, Mossy Meadow, Night of Navy, and Calypso Coral ink pads
Oval punch
Bitty Banners framelit
Sketched Birthday stamp set
Confetti star border punch
Whisper White, Night of Navy, and Calypso Coral card stock
Where did I come up with the wonderful background? Well, it is just one of the papers in the Adventure Bound designer series paper stack. Today's technique is simplicity.
1. Find a simple saying you want to be the mail focus of your card. I chose one from the Balloon Bash stamp set, my set of the week.
2. Choose one of the dsp's that will accent the saying. I thought the brick design made the stamp almost look like
graffiti.
3. Mount the dsp on contrasting card stock and you now have a very simple but to the point card.
I wonder what this stamp would look like of pieces of wood, plaid, pebbles, or birchbark. These are just a few of the designs you can find in this great dsp pack.
Do you love to have a stash of cards ready to go when the need arrives? I do too. So, Monday, February 16th I am having my first birthday card buffet class. There will be around 12 cards and a few treat boxes to choose from. Here's how it will work.......
1. First you look at all the cards in the buffet just like you would peruse all the food items in a buffet line before putting anything on your plate.
2. Next you decide which ones you want to make. Go to your first card choice and decide how many you want to make of that card. You will not be limited to one card, you will not have to make all the designs unless you choose to.
3. There will be several cards for kids, for ,and for males. So, you should be able to go home with plenty of birthday cards for the next few months.
4. All you have to do is let me know when you are finished how many cards you made and pay $2.00 a card for your finished projects. Envelopes will be provided so you can make them match your card.
5. Please RSVP your intent to come.
PS This card will be one of your choices.
