Halloween Strike

One thing about being in the craft world is we plan SO EARLY for all our projects.  And by the time the holiday actually gets here, we are SOOOO over it.  So, that's where I am today.  I am boycotting a Halloween Blog Entry.  Happy Halloween!!!

But I will remind you that today is the final day to get a FREE BIG SHOT when you join Stampin' Up!  Whomever you join under, I hope you are as fulfilled with this job as I am!!

Hanging Ornaments

Here is another card from my Christmas Lane Class.  Another very easy card.

Supplies: 
Stamp Set: Heard From the Heart
Ink: Cherry Cobbler
Paper: Christmas Lane Simply Scrappin Kit
Ribbon: Lucky Limeade Ruffled Ribbon
Tools: Ornament Punch
Accessories: dimensionals, glue dots, rhinestones

Everything else is stickers from the kit.

Copy Cat

I admit, I copied this one exactly out of our holiday mini catalog.  It's found on page.26.  I didn't have that button or stamp set so I used what I had.

Supplies: 
Stamp Set: Tags Til Christmas
Paper: Christmas Lane Simply Scrappin' Kit, Old Olive, Early Espresso
Ink: Cherry Cobbler
Ribbon: Lucky Limeade Ruffled ribbon
Accessories: dimensionals, rhinestones

This was very each and quick to make.  I did end up using dimensionals behind the candy canes, b/c you all should know by now I can't make a flat card.  The rest of the card was made with stickers from our scrappin kit.

Some Christmas Lane Cards

Here is my favorite card from my Christmas Lane Class.  And, as my friends will tell you, the most time-consuming :)

Supplies:
Stamp Set: Pennant Parade (Merry), Bright Hope
Paper: Christmas Lane Simply Scrappin Kit, Early Espresso, Soft Suede, Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White
Ink: Early Espresso marker
Ribbon: Ruffled Lucky Limeade ribbon
Tools: Dotted Scallop ribbon border punch, Stocking Builder Punch, jewelry punch, 1/16" hole punch, square punch for ends of banner, corner rounder
Accessories: glue dots, baker's twine, mini jingle bells, glue dots, sticky strip, dimensionals

Card tips:  Here is a tutorial from Mary Fish on using the square punch to make pennant banners.  Stamp your "merry" on a scrap of white and then center it in the jewelry tag punch before punching it out.  It will center it everytime.  I did punch a 1/16" hole in the end of the jewelry tag to tie the baker's twine through.  Then I used a glue dot to put the jingle bells right below them.  For the ribbon, put a piece of sticky strip all the way across the card.  Lay your ribbon down until you get past the last stocking and then just start manipulating your ribbon.  Watch Mary here to get a better idea.   Hopefull you can see some small scallops on top and bottom of the strip of DSP.  I used our dotted ribbon border punch and just cut it down the middle to make 2 scallops and glued them behind the dsp.

Christmas Lane Gift Tags

Here are the tags we made for the class.  I only used 1 die and it's called Two Tags.  How appropriate,

Supplies:
Stamp Set: From Santa
Paper: Christmas Lane Simply Scrappin Kit
Ribbon: Lucky Limeade Ruffled Ribbon
Tools: Big Shot, two tags die, 2-3/4" scallop circle punch, 1/8" hold punch, 1/2" circle punch
Accesories: glue dots.

Card tips.  On the christmas lights tags, it's hard to see, but there is a small red circle at the top.  For that, punch a 1/8" hole punch in some cherry cobbler.  Then, go back and put the 1/2" circle punch around it.  I don't know about you, but I can't punch in the center of something perfectly to save my life.  This works every time!  The rest of the stuff on the tags are stickers from the kit.

Great Christmas Lane Class

Well, I think I bit off more than I could chew on this class.  I enjoyed coming up with all the projects, but they did end up being time consuming...but I knew they would be.  Unfortunately, I think several of my friends left more stressed than when they arrived.  Stamping is supposed to be fun and carefree....so let me please apologize now.

Instead of starting with the cards, I'm going to start with the projects many people didn't get to or had a hard time with.

This is the sturdiest bow you will EVER put on a present.  Here is the tutorial I used from Splitcoast.  Hopefully this will help you.   Click here for the tutorial.

Kindergarten Craft

So, as the crafty mom in my son's kindergarten class, I am in charge of the Fall Celebration craft on Friday.  I didn't want to do something cheesy with construction paper.  Come on! I'm a SU! demo..I can come up with something better than that!  So, I did.  I knew I wanted to use SU! products, but I also didn't want a bunch of 5 year olds messing up my stamps...so I made my own.

I used our leaves #2 die and cut 10 layers of thin foam and glued them all together.  I needed them to be tall enough that I wouldn't need a handle for the kids to hold.  These ended up being plenty tall.

Then, I used some acrylic paint and a foam paint brush and painted the non-glittery side of each stamp and stamped the towel.  I think it turned out great and I think the kids are really going to love it.  It will be a gift for their moms so I'm sure the moms will appreciate not having to put another Popsicle stick picture frame on their kitchen counter :)

Thanks SU! for always allowing me to be the crafty one!!!

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