WOW WEDNESDAY

I have been "working" (really playing) with the new Berry Basket Die from the Occasions Catalog.  I am having so much fun!  I have to demonstrate the die at our Saturday Team Meeting.  Thanks to some very creative people on Pinterest, I have come up with some cute samples.  Here is the one I am sharing today - getting ready for Easter.

I made the basket with Daffodil Delight cardstock and stamped a few spots on it with Meadow Moss Ink and the Gorgeous Grunge Stamp Set.  I put the basket together, which is VERY EASY and then filled it with pieces of grass that I made by cutting long strips of cardstock and cutting one end with the Fringe Scissors.  I punched some eggs out of DSP with the Oval Punch and just stuck them randomly down into the grass.










Here are some close up pictures - first of the Die.  The black areas are what your cut out pieces will look like.  You need to cut two of everything.

This picture is a close up of the bunny.  I glue-dotted it onto half of a skewer and just stuck it down into the basket.  I copied a pattern I saw made by Carla B.  I honestly cannot read her cursive last name.  Here are two more pictures to show you the punch pieces you will need.

WOW WEDNESDAY

Took my camera to the camera shop and it was an easy fix.  I learned something new about my memory card.  So here are the brads I was going to show you yesterday for the technique post.  The first picture shows retired brads I had left over.  The second picture shows you how you can change their look/color to suit your needs.

These are what the brads looked like before.  To change them you need to hold them and heat well with your heat gun.  Then dip them into the embossing powder of your choice.  Because the brads are hot, the powder will stick to the brad.  Continuing to hold them, reheat with your gun until the powder melts.  You can do this several times to get good coverage and the desired effect you want.

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These are the same brads after embossing and heating.  Aren't they cool!?  I also tried a pearl and it worked on the pearl also.  I used Wild Wasabi, Cherry Cobbler, Gold, Tangerine Tango, and Melon Mambo Embossing Powders.


I have to thank Deena Zeigler for this technique that I found on Pinterest.

This picture shows you what I used to hold the brads.  It is a holder I have for holding a match to help keep it away from your fingers.  The suggestion was to use tweezers, and, although that works, it is harder to hold the brad with tweezers and you are also closer to the heat gun. For the pearl, I just stuck it onto the end of the holder and it stayed there while I dipped and heated.
This tool worked great!

TECHNIQUE TUESDAY

Well, I was all ready to post a really neat technique I came across and my camera is giving me issues.  Sorry.  Check back tomorrow to see if I got things ironed out.

Here's a cute little card to keep you content until I return.  This was taken from a convention display. Not sure who the creator is.  Sorry.

MISCELLANEOUS MONDAY

We are now in the last month of Sale-a-bration.  Make sure you get all the goodies you want and your FREE item with each $50 of product ordered.  Speaking of which, there are 4 new FREE Sale-a-bration goodies to choose from.  Click here to see the new items.

Today's card is one of my favorite sets in the original SAB brochure - A Happy Thing:

The bird is colored with the Blendabilities.
Unfortunately, Stampin' Up has removed all Blendabilities, including the free SAB ones, off the market for the present time.  There have been some quality issues associated with the pens.  Because Stampin' Up works so hard to bring quality products to all of us, they feel it is necessary to remove these until the issues are resolved.  I will keep you updated about how things are going.  In the meantime, if you have some, like I do, continue to use them to create your projects.  I am hopeful that there will be a solution so we all can continue to order more colors and use them for a long time.  We all thank you for your patience.

Visit Frances Wagner for today's creative blog hop.

FRIENDLY FRIDAY

One more stamp camp card to finish out the week. It's been a busy one for me and the weekend doesn't look any better.  Oh, well, I am blessed to be able to do things I want to do.

This card uses the Chalk Talk Framelits and matching Stamp Set.  I stamped the image on our Chalkboard Paper using the ColorBox Chalk Ink Pad (Rose Red in this case).  Both of these are found in the Occasions Catalog on pg 25.  The other two ink colors that are available now are Aquamarine and Yellow Citrus.









I hope you have a great weekend.  Come back on Monday and I will give you a link to the next Creative Blog Hopper.

THIS & THAT THURSDAY

Posting a cute, easy card today using The Happy Thing Stamp Set, which is a FREE product with your $50 purchase during Sale-a-bration.

Products used on this card are:  Happy Thing and Butterfly Basics Stamp Sets, Blendabilities, Doilies, Rhinestones, and Circle Framelits.

This is a very easy card to make - simple and yet so pretty.

Remember that you have until the end of March to receive your FREE SAB items.  For every $50 spent, you get to choose 1 FREE item from the SAB choices.  AND . . . . 
DRUM ROLL PLEASE . . . . . . .

Beginning March 1, there will be 4 NEW SAB FREE products to choose from in addition to the already wonderful choices that are available!  Make sure you check back on Monday to see the new choices.

WOW WEDNESDAY

This beautiful project was a gift from Connie Heisey at our Proverbial Stampers demonstrator meeting.  Several of us demoed techniques and she gave these to us as a thank you gift.  WOW!

This was made by using the Sheltering Tree Stamp Set and stamping on our canvas sheet from page 192 of the Annual Catalog.  The sheet is 12 x 12 so I believe she cut it in half and made 2 from each sheet.  Isn't it awesome!  I have to say that I had trouble finding a frame that was the right size. Possibly, going to your local hobby store and getting an exact frame made would be the best solution.  I found this frame on sale at a department store, popped out the burlap project that was nailed in, and placed my canvas in the frame.  I had to glue it down to a piece of cardstock to make it more stable and make it fit.  It still isn't perfect, but, for now, it serves the purpose and I can display it proudly!  I believe Connie may have seen the idea on Frenchie's blog, but her video has been removed.
This may have to be a future class - possibly doing 4 small frames.  I actually found another 4 frame product that I am going to try and make for a gift for a special someone.  I'll show it to you later if it turns out the way I hope.