Easy Christmas Tags - Stampin' Up!® Christmas Tags & More DSP

 I made this set of tags last week on my Facebook Live and didn't get it posted to all my other social media sites because everything was scheduled out already with Design Team stuff!  I didn't get any stamping done over the weekend though so I'm glad I had this project ready to share!  You can view the replay on my YouTube channel or on Facebook for the next month.  If you'd like to join me Live on Facebook I hop on every Wednesday at 11am EST (unless noted).

  This is a really easy project to do if you like to have all of your gifts coordinate.  The Christmas Tags & More DSP gives you a head start to getting your tags made with these small panels and 4 sheets of precut designs to mic and match your way to a lot of tags!  

  If you really like to have your Christmas coordinated you can also use the tags and/or the rest of the DSP to make cards!

  Watch how they all come together here:

 Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

All of the supplies used to make these projects can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE

Stamps: Wishing You Joy, Traditional Labels

Ink: Real Red, Garden Green

Paper: Crumb Cake, Real Red, Garden Green, Basic White, Christmas Tags & More DSP

Accessories: Hole Punch Assortment (Online Exclusive), Drusy Adhesive-Backed Embellishments, Gold & White baker's twine (Online Exclusive), dimensionals, circle punch, 

Be Still Bookmarks - Stampin' Up! Petal Park

   I don't make many projects that aren't cards but I was asked if I would decorate some small bags for an all day women's retreat my church was hosting so I said of course!  After consulting with the organizer I decided to do tags that doubled as a bookmark for after the retreat.  

  The theme of the retreat was "Be Still" so the organizer had found a stamp online so I used that along with the color purple since it is Lent.

  Since I was making about 65 of the bookmarks I had to search through my retired DSP to find a pattern that I had enough of to make that many tags.  Luckily the Dandy Designs DSP that was a host reward a few years back had had enough sheets of this Fresh Freesia plaid left!  I used the retired tag punch to make the shape on both the DSP and a piece of Gorgeous Grape.  I adhered the Gorgeous Grape to the back of the DSP to make for a more sturdy bookmark.

  The Be Still was stamped in Gorgeous Grape ink and I used the smallest of the Perennial Postage dies to cut it out.  I was happy to use up a lot of small scraps of Basic White for this element!

 Next I stamped the trio of flowers from the Petal Park stamp set.  Gorgeous Grape is used for the outline and it's filled in with Fresh Freesia for the second of the 2 step stamps.  The Petal Park builder punch made quick work of the punching out the flowers.

  Before adhering the flowers I tied some white satin-y ribbon through the hole.  The ribbon was part of a leftover stash that I found in the church's arts and crafts supply closet so it was nice to be able to put something extra like this to use.

  The final step was to tie all the bookmarks to the handles of the little brown bags before they went off to be filled.

  This was a fun project for me to do with minimal supplies and cost but which I think added a nice little touch for the retreat.

  All of the current supplies used to make this project can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

Stamps: Petal Park, non-SU "Be Still"

Ink: Gorgeous Grape, Fresh Freesia

Paper: Basic White, Gorgeous Grape (back of the tag), Dandy Designs DSP (retired)

Accessories: Tag punch (retired), Perennial Postage dies, Petal Park builder punch, dimensionals, non-SU white ribbon

Sweet Bee Valentine Treat Bags - Stampin' up! Bee My Valentine

   A while back one of my stamping ladies shared with me these adorable Designer Series Paper magnetic tabs that she had made.  I asked her all the details and saved them away for later.   I've been using the tabs in my planner to quickly find different sections but they could be used for bookmarks too or any sort of tab that you need.  I thought they might be fun as treat bag toppers so I ordered the magnets and watched Lolly Palooza's video showing how to put them together and then made a whole bunch for Valentine's day treats for my stampers at my last class.

  I got little glassine treat bags at Michaels and filled them with chocolates.  I was able to fit 5 Dove chocolates and 2 Lindt chocolates in each bag.  I coordinated the bag to match the tab using the same DSP.  I used 2 patterns from the Bee Mine DSP and these little hearts from the Sale-A-Bration Most Adored DSP.

 

  I think I made about 22 of the magnetic tabs and they really came together quite quickly when I set up assembly line style.  The Tacky Glue glue I had on hand wasn't the easiest to work with because it was quite old and was really hard to squeeze out of the tube but seemed to adhere just fine as I didn't have the glue used in the video and I was too lazy to head back out to the craft store lol!

  The bees were all stamped with the Bee My Valentine stamp set and punched with the coordinating Bee Builder punch.  Get these 2 products as a bundle to save 10%, more money for candy then!  The finished bees are popped on the top of the tab with dimensionals.

  I had a lot of fun making these for my stampers and the magnetic click of the tab closing is just kind of satisfying!  I loved being able to make them a treat and having a part of it continue to be used as a bookmark.  Maybe some of the bees are marking special pages in their Stampin' Up! catalogs??

  Thanks to Virginia for sharing the idea and Lolly for making the original how to video!!

All of the current Stampin' Up! products used to make this project can be ordered on my ONLINE STORE.

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

Stamps: Bee My Valentine

Ink: Memento Black, Daffodil Delight, Pool Party

Paper: Basic White, Bee Mine DSP, Most Adored DSP (SAB)

Accessories: Bee Builder punch, dimensionals, Sweet Sorbet bordered ribbon, corner rounder (retired), rare earth magnets (non-SU), glassine bags (non-SU)

Taco Tags - Stampin' Up! Taco Fiesta

   When I did my demonstrator pre-order for the Jan.-April mini catalog way back in early December the Taco Fiesta set was at the very top of my wish list!  It's such fun set with so many adorable images that I had a hard time deciding which ones I wanted to use for today's card!  Erica Cerwin knocked it out of the park designing this set to celebrate her $1 million sales achievement!  

  The Paper Players challenge gave me a little bit of a start as they are challenging us to use a tag or tags on our card.  I had a bunch already pre-cut left from another project so I got to work!

  The card front is a piece of Regency Park DSP in a sweet Mango Melody polka dot pattern.  I added a strip of Basic Black just to give some depth behind the tags.

  I stamped all of my images in Memento Black and then colored them in with Stampin' Blends markers (colors listed below).  Since the images are on the smaller side it really doesn't take very long to color them all in so don't be intimidated by the open spaces in the images.  I used my Color Lifter marker to make the stripes and dots on the cacti.Once they were colored I fussy cut them, again they are smaller so it doesn't take long at all.

  Next, I arranged the images on the tags and adhered them with dimensionals.  I added 2 strands of black baker's twine to each tag and trimmed the ends.  The tags are then adhered to the card front with more dimensionals.

  Finally I embossed the sentiment in white onto a piece of Basic Black card stock and added it to the middle taco tag.

  These bright colors and sweet images just made me smile....and I didn't even use the adorable faces that come in the set.  I'm sure you'll be seeing a lot more of this set in the coming months.  Don't blame me if it makes you crave some Mexican food for dinner!

   Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

Stamps: Taco Fiesta

Ink: Memento Black, Versamark

Blends: Parakeet Party light & dark, Daffodil Delight light & dark, Real Red dark, Granny Apple Green light & dark, So Saffron dark, Poppy Parade light & dark, Old Olive dark

Paper: Regency Park DSP, Basic Black, Basic White

Accessories: Tailor Made Tags dies, white embossing powder, dimensionals, black baker's twine

Christmas Tree Tag - Stampin' Up! Itty Bitty Christmas

Just a quick post to share this super simple Christmas card today.  Just a fun way to use some punches!

 

    The card base is Cherry Cobbler, then a layer of the fabulous Wrapped in Plaid DSP.  I punched a label out of gold foil.  This label punch is retired but any of the current ones or any tag dies would easily work as well.

  After I punched the tag I punched the tree with the Pine Tree punch.  I added a Curly Ribbon (aka yarn) bow to the top.  The sentiment from Itty Bitty Christmas is stamped in Shaded Spruce on Very Vanilla and then punched out with a circle punch and is backed by a larger Cherry Cobbler circle.

  The tag/sentiment circle are all popped on dimensionals.  Easy peasy!  Go cut into that Wrapped in Plaid DSP and add all the fun gold foil elements!

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

Stamps: Itty Bitty Christmas

Ink: Shaded Spruce

Paper: Cherry Cobbler, Gold foil, Wrapped in Plaid DSP

Accessories: tag punch (retired), circle punches, Curly ribbon, dimensionals

From Santa - Stampin' Up! Sincerely Santa

  This is one of the easiest Christmas cards ever!  Do you have a lot of DSP?  And ribbon?  So get to stamping and making your Christmas cards!  You can mix and match all your paper and ribbon and create some cute tags to make this easy design!

  I took my inspiration from the Sincerely Santa tag kit and decided to make a cardfront look like a present and make a fancy tag to go with.  I pulled my colors from the current Card Concept Challenge theme/inspiration picture "Homespun Holidays".  I liked the greenery of the tree and the pops of the red.

  The card base is Real Red, then a layer of Festive Farmhouse DSP.  I tied some Real Red mixed satin ribbon around the DSP layer to mimic a bow tied around a gift.

  The tag is stamped in Mossy Meadow and punched out with a circle punch (you can use circle framelits also) and then I jazzed it up with some of the smaller die cuts from the Snowfall Thinlets set. Each of the snowflakes has a red rhinestone in it's center.

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

Stamps: Sincerely Santa

Ink: Mossy Meadow

Paper: Real Red, Whisper White, Festive Farmhouse DSP, Mossy Meadow

Accessories: Real Red mixed satin ribbon, circle punch, Snowfall Thinlets, red rhinestones, dimensionals

Totally Trees Treat - Stampin' Up! Totally Trees

  No time to chit chat this morning...lots of things to check off the to do list today and not a moment to lose!

  I'm taking a break from Christmas cards today to show a quick and easy treat project.  Wrapped Kitkat bars.  Yummy!  I may or may not have had to taste test some to make sure they were ok to put put in my stampers order bags last week!

 These were super easy to make and have a nice combo of fall colors I think!  The Floral Boutique DSP is cut and wrapped around the kitkat.  I used tear tape to adhere the DSP.

  Using the Totally Trees stamp set I stamped the tree trunk with Soft Suede.  The leaves are stamped once in Crushed Curry and then again in Cajun Craze with the stamp moved slightly to one side so both colors show.

  Hello from Thoughtful Banners is stamped in Night of Navy.  The tree circle and Crushed Curry scalloped circle are cut with the Layering Circles framelits.

  I punched a small hole and tied the tree tag to the candy bar with linen thread.

  A fun quick fall treat!

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

Stamps: Totally Trees, Thoughtful Banners

Ink: Soft Suede, Crushed Curry, Cajun Craze, Night of Navy

Paper: Floral Boutique DSP, Crushed Curry, Whisper White

Accessories: Layering Circles framelits, hole punch, linen thread

 

Jolly Santa Tag - Stampin' Up! Jolly Friends

  I started to write this blog post on Wednesday morning and then when I went to add the photo I didn't actually have one for this project.  Duh!  And then yesterday I just didn't have time to blog in the morning before heading out of the house.  So finally here on Friday I've got the photo and the time to share this card!  My stampers made this card at my last class.  We did 2 fall inspired cards and one Christmas card just to whet the appetite but not make people panic!  I saw a graphic on Facebook that said something like only 11 more Mondays until Christmas.  I can't bring myself to count them up to see if its true or not but when it's put like that I feel like I better get my butt in gear and start tackling Christmas projects in earnest!

  Check out this cute and easy card!

  Fun right?  The Jolly Friends stamp set and coordinating Jolly Hat Builder punch are so cute!  Pair them up with the awesome Merry Medley Background stamp and we've got some Christmas cheer for sure!

  The card base is heavy Whisper White.  A layer of Basic Black stamped with Merry Medley in white craft ink gives us that chalkboard art trend thats really hot right now.  It's a nice dark background for showing off the fun Santa tag.

  The tag is punched with the scalloped tag topper punch.  Santa is stamped in black and then his face is lightly colored with Blushing Bride ink and a blender pen.  We added a little bit more ink on his cheeks for a nice rosy look.

  The hat is punched with the Jolly Hat builder out of Real Red Glimmer paper and Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer paper.  The little pompom on the end of the hat is popped with a tiny piece of dimensional.

  The "ho ho ho" sentiment is from the carryover set Oh, What Fun set and was fitting to use on this card.  It's stamped in black ink on a narrow strip of Real Red cardstock with the ends flagged. Long skinny sentiments are the perfect stamps to use on those 1/4" and 1/2" scraps of cardstock you've been holding onto!

  A little bow out of the red metallic Candy Cane Lane baker's twine adds the last bit of detail.  The whole tag is popped on the card front with dimensionals.

  I made sure to cut some extra card packets when I was prepping for class so I would be able to make a few cards to put in my slowly growing Christmas card stash.  I might make this same design with the other characters in the Jolly Friends stamp set and just change up the colors.  So easy to use one set to change up the look!

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

Stamps: Jolly Friends, Merry Medley, Oh, What Fun

Ink: Black, Whisper White craft, Blushing Bride

Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, Real Red Glimmer, Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer, Real Red

Accessories: scalloped tag topper punch,  Jolly Hat builder, Candy Cane Lane baker's twine, dimensionals

Chocolate for Friends - Stampin' Up! Jar of Love

The Jar of Love stamp set even makes great tags!  I made about 30 of these cute little treat bags for my New Catalog party in June.  There is chocolate behind that tag I promise!

And I've finally found a color that I like with Delightful Dijon...Dapper Denim!

  I used Crumb Cake and the scallop tag topper punch for the tag base.  I used Crumb Cake ink and stamped the thin leaf stamp all over.  Then I layered half a Delicate Doily and a strip of Serene Scenery DSP (I love this paper!).

  I stamped the sentiment in Dapper Denim onto Whisper White, cut out the circle and layered it onto a Dapper Denim circle.  The chalk marker makes some nice stitching detail around the edge. How cute is that little Delightful Dijon flower?  I added a small pearl to the center as well.

  I used the new Burlap Ribbon and Dapper Denim ruched ribbon to finish off this tag.

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

Stamps: Jar of Love

Ink: Dapper Denim, Delightful Dijon, Crumb Cake

Paper: Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Dapper Denim, Serene Scenery DSP

Accessories: Delicate Doily, circle framelits, adhesive pearls, dimensionals, burlap ribbon, ruched ribbon

  

Teacher Flower Tag - Stampin' Up! Festive Flower Builder Punch

  Last week was Teacher Appreciation week so I made a few personalized tags for the boys teachers.  I tied the tags around vases of flowers which I didn't get a picture of because as usual we were rushing to get out the door.

  But here are the tags on their own.

  The tags and flowers were a good size and super easy to make. 

  The base is Kraft cardstock, the names were cut with the Little Letters thinlets (soon to be retired - Boo!) out of Mossy Meadow cardstock.  I used candy dots for the period.

  One teacher loves sunflowers so I made a sunflower for her tag.  The Festive Flower punch made really quick work to make 2 layers for each flower.  The sunflower is Hello Honey and the pink is Rose Red.  Once I had 8 petals for each layer I used the Simply Scored to score a line on each petal and then folded them for dimension.  The edges are also sponged lightly with the respective ink colors. 

  The centers of the flowers are punched circles and embossed with the Decorative Dots embossing flower (also soon to be retired!).  The raised dots are colored with gold Wink of Stella for a little sparkle.

  I used Very Vanilla striped ribbon from the Holiday catalog to tie the tags around the vases.

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

Stamps: none

Ink: Hello Honey, Rose Red

Paper: Hello Honey, Rose Red, Mossy Meadow, Early Espresso, Kraft

Accessories: Festive Flower builder punch, circle punch, Decorative Dots e.f., Gold Wink of Stella, Little Letters thinlets, dimensionals, candy dots, striped ribbon

Stampin' Up! Sneak Peek! - You've Got This

Well my preorder and catalog finally arrived yesterday....right when I needed to start cooking dinner! Of course right?  While last night was busy for our family I was able to make a quick project with one of my new stamp sets and a few of the new In Colors.

  It was late when I finished it so the lighting stinks and I was taking the photos with my phone but I think you'll get the idea!

  I made this tag using the new set You've Got This.  What a great set!  I nice large flower and a fun crosshatch/sanded kind of background stamp, along with a few sentiments.  I just used the flower on this project.  The tag is one that opens (just cut your cardstock to 4 inches across then fold in half and then punch like usual with the scalloped tag topper punch).  This is nice to be able to write a longer message inside.

 The flower is stamped with Stazon then colored with Blender pens and the new Watermelon Wonder, Delightful Dijon and Cucumber Crush In Colors.

  The scalloped oval is punched out of Cucumber Crush and the thank you is layered on top.

 I tied the tag with the new 1" Dotted Lace Trim in Watermelon Wonder.  The box is one of the wood mount clear cases that you can buy in packs.  I filled it with 13 assorted cards for a Teacher Appreciation gift.  I made 2 of these for the boys teachers.

  It was fun working with these new products and I can't wait to have more time today to play!

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

Stamps: You've Got This (new 2015-2016 catalog!!), Many Thanks (retiring)

Ink: Stazon, Watermelon Wonder, Delightful Dijon, Cucumber Crush (New 2015-2017 In Colors!!)

Paper: Very Vanilla, Cucumber Crush, DSP (retired)

Accessories: 1" Dotted Lace Trim, oval punch, scallop oval punch, Scallop Tag Topper punch, blender pen, clear wood case

Customer Appreciation Gift - Stampin' Up! One Tag Fits All

  At the beginning of February I went to a Stampin' Up! demonstrator get together hosted by a fellow demo up in Northern Virginia.  It was great to catch up with friends and make some new ones.  In true Stampin' Up! event style there were door prizes and I won the Tag A Bag Accessories Kit.  I hadn't used any of the fun treat kits yet from this Annual Catalog so it was fun to get something I didn't already have.

  My customers are the best and I have such a good time seeing them every month and they are always so supportive of the projects I design for them I wanted to do a little something to say thanks.

  What better way to say thanks than to give them some bling to use on their own projects and dress them up with some fun tags.  I paired up the One Tag Fits All with the Tag A Bag Accessories kit for some fun treats!

  I mixed up the small and large tags so there would be a different combination and look for each one.

  I actually cut the sentiment apart from the gem image so that I could use them more easily and not have to mask.  The sentiment is stamped with Smoky Slate onto the small tags.  The gem is embossed with silver embossing powder onto Shimmery White cardstock and then cut out.

  The gem is popped up with dimensionals on the the small tag and then the small tag is popped up onto the larger tag.

  In the Tag A Bag Accessories Kit you get a whole roll of thick white Baker's Twine (60 feet worth!) that's worth the $7.95 cost of the kit right there!  I tied the tag around the rhinestones and then added the coordinating binder clip.

  I'm trying to think what I could use to make some teacher appreciation gifts using the kit....Any ideas?

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

Stamps: One Tag Fits All

Ink: Smoky Slate, Versamark

Paper: Shimmery White

Accessories: Tag A Bag Accessories Kit, silver embossing powder, dimensionals, rhinestones

Lotus Blossom Tag

  Happy Occasions catalog day & Happy Sale-a-Bration day as well!  So many great new items in each of the catalogs!  Remember during Sale-a-Bration (SAB) you earn free products for each $50 you spend (before tax/shipping).  Head over to my online store to place your order today and get started on your spring projects!  Link on the sidebar.

  Here is a cute card using one of the free SAB stamp sets, Lotus Blossom:

  My stamping ladies made this one at my Open House yesterday.  The purples really pop don't they? The trick with this stamp set is in the 3 layers that you stamp to give the depth and detail on the petals.  It's a great way to use those Dynamic Duo colors listed on the Color Coach.  The lighter color is stamped off once on the final layer so you get the look of 3 colors with only 2 ink pads.

  After stamping the flower and sentiment I used the scallop tag topper punch and added a bit of Blackberry Bliss satin ribbon anchored with a staple.  I'll be honest here and tell you that I'm not sure I like the staple trend and I can't decide if it works with this card or not but sometimes you've got to try new things or you'll miss out on something great!  In this case the staple holds the ribbon down and also doesn't add any bulk to the card the way a bow or knot or brad would.  Give it a try and see what you think!

  Before adhering the tag to the card front with dimensionals I tore a bit of the Typeset DSP and adhered it to the Old Olive card base.

  As a side note the Tag Topper punch, Typeset DSP, ribbon and a pack of colored cardstock add up to just over $50 earning the Lotus Blossom set as a free SAB reward.  A nice card design using minimal supplies!

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

Stamps: Lotus Blossom (SAB)

Ink: Old Olive, Blackberry Bliss, Wisteria Wonder

Paper: Old Olive, Typeset DSP, Very Vanilla

Accessories: Blackberry Bliss ribbon, Scallop Tag Topper punch, staple, dimensionals

Trendy Tree Tag

  Today I've got the last project we did at my Christmas class last week.  This is a fun little tag using the Festival of Trees stamp set and matching punch.  This one uses the colors that are found in the All is Calm DSP.

  The tag base is Lost Lagoon punched with the scalloped tag topper punch.  Then a layer of Whisper White with some strips of All is Calm washi tape.  It's so easy to mix and match looks with these colors and the washi tape.

  The large tree is stamped in Pear Pizzazz with silver for the ornaments.  The photopolymer stamps makes it really easy to line up.  Next the tree is punched and adhered to the tag just slightly hanging off the edge.

  The really neat thing about this tag is the mini trees.  You make them using the same punch as for the large tree!  Just punch out whatever color tree you want, in this case I have one in Brushed Silver and one in Lost Lagoon.  Then using a Post It note hold your punched tree and slide it into the tree punch lining it up so that you have a small version of the tree and punch.  Do it again with the other color of cardstock.  Now you have mini trees!  So cool right?  The only thing that I did was trim the trunk of the mini trees down a bit so the scale would look better.

  The mini trees are layered with dimensionals; the Brushed Silver one has a single dimensional and the Lost Lagoon one has 2 stacked to make it higher.

  The final stamping is a star in silver and the greeting from And Many More in Lost Lagoon.  Add a Smokly Slate taffeta ribbon for the tie and you're finished!

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

Stamps: Festival of Trees, And Many More

Ink: Pear Pizzazz, Lost Lagoon, Silver

Paper: Lost Lagoon, Whisper White, Brushed Silver

Accessories: Tree punch, scalloped tag topper punch, All is Calm Washi tape, dimensionals, Smoky Slate taffeta ribbon

Classic Tree Tag

  Here is another one of my class projects from Tuesday.  It's basic but cute, you can make a whole bunch of these in no time at all!

  You can get 9 circles cut from one sheet of the 12x12 kraft cardstock and all the patterns from the Trim the Tree DSP stack give you lots of choices for different trees.

  You can even make this tag and attach it to the front of a card!

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

Stamps: Festival of Trees

Ink: Early Espresso

Paper: kraft, Trim the Tree DSP stack, Gold Glimmer paper

Accessories: tree punch, star punch, Dazzling Details, Cherry Cobbler sheer linen ribbon, Early Espresso baker's twine, hand held circle punch

Flower Patch Bookmark

  We have been quite the reading family this summer.  The boys were very excited to participate in our local library's summer reading challenge.  Not only did they get some small prizes for participating and completing the challenge they are now entered into a drawing for an iPad mini.  The  Holy Grail of the elementary age!  They are eagerly waiting to see if their school will win again this year.  I am so proud of the awesome readers they've become and it's so nice to sit outside on our patio and have everyone reading quietly....emphasis on quietly.  =)

  Since I am always reading a book my bookmarks get kind of beat up so occasionally I need to make a new one.  I designed this bookmark for my New Catalog party in June.  I wanted to show off some of the 2014-2016 In Colors and the Flower Patch stamp set.  This design would also make a nice gift tag for a birthday or thinking of you gift.

 The Crumb Cake piece is punched with the scallop tag topper punch and stamped in Crumb Cake with one of the flower shaped stamps.  The large flower was stamped off once with Hello Honey and then Tangelo Twist was used for the center.  The leaf is the solid shape stamped off once with Mossy Meadow and then the leaf shape stamped right on top in full strength Mossy Meadow.  The photopolymer is so easy to line up!  You can see right through them!

  The matching Flower Fair framelits make it super easy to cut out these images.  A few of them you just have to play with to get them lined up but it's well worth it!

  

  The flower and leaf are both popped up with dimensionals.  The sentiment is stamped in Mossy Meadow.  The final touches are a rhinestone in the center of the flower and a length of Tangelo Twist satin ribbon through to the top and tied off.

  What good books have you read lately?  What books do your kids like?

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

Stamps: Flower Patch

Ink: Crumb Cake, Mossy Meadow, Hello Honey, Tangelo Twist

Paper: Crumb Cake, Whisper White

Accessories: scalloped tag topper punch, Flower Fair framelits, satin ribbon, rhinestone, dimensionals

In Color Butterflies

  Happy Friday and Happy Last Day of School and Happy New Fab Friday Challenge!  Wow!  That's a lot of happy isn't it?

  It is actually the 20th Fab Friday challenge!  I can't believe we've had that many already.  Time flies when you're having fun.  I hope you've been inspired as much as I have.  I love seeing my fellow design team members cards and get so many ideas from them for my own stamping.  I hope you'll join us this week and break out those new In Colors and create something fabulous!

  Here is the color palette:

  I'll be honest with you…when Mindy gave us this group of colors to work with I was a bit scared…5 colors is a lot and while I like all the colors individually I wasn't quite sure how to combine them into one card.  I thought and thought and then decided that a CAS design was in order to keep a handle on all the color!

  Here is what I came up with:

  This was a super hard card to photograph for some reason…all the white?  The sparkle?  The photographer?  I seriously took about 40 pictures in various rooms, different lighting, phone and camera…It just wasn't happening and this is the best of the bunch.  I like it way more in person.

  The base is Strawberry Slush and then a layer of Silver Glimmer paper.  Next, I embossed a layer of Shimmery White with the new Modern Mosaic embossing folder.  I used the edge of my tag as a guide to trim the corners from these 2 layers to echo the shape of the tag.

  Ink pads and an Aquapainter were used to brush the In Color inks right onto another piece of Shimmery White.  Then I cut out the tag shape with the new Chalk Talk framelits (LOVE these!).

  Then I punched out matching butterflies with the Bitty Butterfly punch and added them to the tag with glue dots.  I dressed them up a bit with rhinestones and then finished the tag with an organza ribbon knot.

  The congratulations banner was stamped with Baked Brown Sugar ink onto more Shimmery White cardstock.  Even though the Sweet Essentials stamp set isn't new I'm still digging it.  I just love the font and the long skinny designs are perfect for banners/flags.  I finished off the sentiment with a large rhinestone.

  So don't be afraid of all these new colors!  Get to stamping and show us your stuff over at Fab Friday!

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

Stamps: Sweet Essentials

Ink: Strawberry Slush, Crisp Cantaloupe, Pistachio Pudding, Coastal Cabana, Baked Brown Sugar

Paper: Shimmery White, Silver Glimmer, Strawberry Slush, Crisp Cantaloupe, Pistachio Pudding, Coastal Cabana

Accessories: Modern Mosaic e.f., Chalk Talk framelits, organza ribbon, Bitty Butterfly punch, rhinestones

A Tag Makes It Better!

  My project today it one that took literally 5 minutes but makes all the difference!  My husband likes bourbon and in the spring and summer makes a lot of mint juleps with mint we have growing in our garden.  Last year he introduced one of our neighbors to mint juleps and now the neighbor loves them too.  Our mint hasn't quite taken off yet this year but we got a nice bunch in our farm box one week so Matt decided to make a big batch of mint simple syrup and share some with the neighbor.

  Once it was cooled enough Matt tried to find a container to put it in to bring over to the neighbors.  I remembered a mason jar I had from a cookie mix gift that I was given.  We poured it in and it was ready to go.  The only problem; the mint simple syrup totally looked liked pee in a jar.  Gross right?  You can't just go walking around the neighborhood and have people think you're carrying around a sample that should go to a lab or something.

  Stampin' Up! to the rescue!  I told Matt to wait a few minutes while I made a tag to put on the jar to tone down the bodily fluid vibe of the gift.

 See a tag makes it better!  I love this Happy Hour set.  It's perfect for so many occasions, though I do wish it had a rocks or old fashioned glass in the line up….none of the glasses really fit a mint julep.  I used a few of the new colors on the tag and cut it out with an Apothecary Accents framelit.  I tied the tag around the jar with some retired Certainly Celery taffeta ribbon.

  So remember, when in doubt add a tag!  =)

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

Stamps: Happy Hour

Ink: Smoky Slate, Pistachio Pudding, Strawberry Slush

Paper: Whisper White

Accessories: Apothecary Accents framelits, Taffeta ribbon (retired)

Sweater Trim Pom Pom Tag

 Here's another project that my ladies made at my Tags, Bags & Boxes class.  It's a super sweet snowman tag.  The fun part about this tag is the pom pom made from the awesome sweater trim!  I think some of my ladies didn't like the pom pom but with a little patience they come out adorable!  I need to make some more this weekend….I have some trim left that probably won't look very good on spring cards!

  We used a tag made from the 2 Tags die and Crumb Cake cardstock.  Then it was embossed with the Northern Flurry embossing folder.

  The snowman from Snow Much Fun was stamped, colored in and bit of Dazzling Details added to his edges that you can't see in the photo.  He is punched out and mounted on a Garden Green scalloped circle.

  The pom pom is really easy….along the same lines as a fork bow.  Just wrap the sweater trim around the tines of a serving fork about 15-20 times.  Then take another length of trim and thread it between the center tine at the top and the bottom so it goes around the trim you wound around the fork.   Tie it really tight in a knot and then slide the trim off of the fork.  You'll have loops on both sides of the knot, just use sharp scissors to cut the loops.  Then fluff and shape the pom pom.  You'll get some shedding (I thought it looked like something bad had happened to a muppet in my stamp room!) and you'll probably have some longer strands, just trim those down with scissors. Ta-da!!  A pom pom!

  So much to do, so little time!  Have a great day!

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

Stamps: Snow Much Fun

Ink: Black   Markers - Pumpkin Pie, Cherry Cobbler, Garden Green

Paper: Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Garden Green

Accessories: Northern Flurry e.f., Two Tags die, circle punch, scallop circle punch, Cherry Cobbler sweater trim

 

Holly Christmas Gift Tag

Here's a cute tag that my stamping ladies made at last week's class.

  We started with a Crumb Cake tag cut from the Two Tags die.  The holly branch from Watercolor Winter was stamped in Garden Green and then the berries filled in with the Cherry Cobbler Dazzling Details.  The Very Vanilla flag was also stamped in Garden Green with the "Merry Christmas" from More Merry Messages.

  The bow was tied with Cherry Cobbler tulle ribbon and accented with an Antique Brad.  Instead of trying to shove the brad through the tulle we just folded over the prongs and used a hot glue gun to adhere the brad to the bow.  Super easy!  Just make sure you get your bow just right before gluing the brad!

  I usually don't get my act together enough to make hand stamped gift tags but this one was so easy I might try to make enough for at least the teacher gifts this year.   They all work so hard that they certainly deserve some special packaging for their gifts.

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

Stamps: Watercolor Winter, More Merry Messages

Ink: Garden Green

Paper: Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla

Accessories: Cherry Cobbler tulle ribbon, Antique Brad, Cherry Cobbler Dazzling Details, glue gun, Two Tags die