Envelope Liner Framelits Dies-Recycle and Reuse
I think my favorite item found in the Holiday Catalog from Stampin’ Up! is the Envelope Liner Framelits Dies (#132172 for $26.95-to be used with the Big Shot). What a great way to incorporate used grid paper work sheets or other paper scraps to make coordinating, one of a kind envelope liners for your cards! […]
Glimmer Candles-Nacho Average Challenge #53
Welcome back to the Nacho Average Design Team weekly challenges. We took a break for the summer, but are now back with a new blog site and some new members of the Design Team. We hope you will enjoy our creations, find some inspiration and participate in the challenges with us! So, let’s get started […]
Baby Wipe Technique-Reuse and Recycle
What do you do with the dried baby wipes after you’ve spent time creating cards using the Baby Swipe and Baby Wipe Techniques? Why you use them to create other projects. Never throw anything away! Here is the collection of used baby wipes after our Fall-Themed class for the ladies of Wetmore: I used 1 […]
Baby Wipe Technique-Lovely as a Tree
This is one of the projects we created at a recent fall-themed class I held for the ladies of Wetmore. We used the Baby Wipe Technique, one of my all-time favorite stamping techniques! All you need is a baby wipe and some reinkers to create a fun ink palette. Any kind of baby wipes will […]
Baby Swipe Technique-Serene Silhouettes
I held a fall-themed card class for the ladies of Wetmore this past weekend. This is one of the cards we created using the Baby Swipe Technique: I couldn’t believe that I had not already shared the baby swipe technique with the Wetmore ladies since it is one of my top ten favorite stamping techniques. […]
Hey There Friend-Left Over Circles
I had left over circles from my punched circle lollipop project (posted on 08/06), and since I never want to throw anything away, I thought I better make something out of them. For the lollipop project, I started out punching 1″ circles, and then decided they were too big. So, I punched the middles out […]
Sweet Treats Lollipop
Sweet Treats Lollipop Our cue word this week over at CASology challenge site is “Dessert!” Here’s my contribution: I saw this idea to make a lollipop out of punched circles from Sandra Farrell a while ago and loved it. I thought this challenge would be the perfect time to give it a try myself. To […]
Embossed Copper Flashing
I recently created a bunch of these quick and simple cards to send out as thank you’s. I simply embossed copper roof flashing using my Big Shot and Elegant Bouquet embossing folder. The flashing comes in a 12″ x 20 ‘ roll and can be found in the roofing section of most home improvement stores. […]
Bottle Cap Hello
The idea for this card came from this week’s online challenges over at Less is More and One Layer Wednesday. The LIM theme was “Drinks” and the OLW was “Cheers.” I initially created the card without the red circles around the beer bottle caps so it would truely be a one layer card. But then, […]
Copper Flashing Snowflake Ornaments
Copper Flashing Snowflake Ornaments For the Christmas tree! I created these to give as gifts at my recent Wrap It Up! class. The big snowflakes were cut out of copper roof flashing (see more copper roof flashing on my posting dated 12/20 here) using my Big Shot and Snow Flurry die. Supplies Used (all supplies […]
Steam Punk Christmas Trees
In August, my Saturday Stamp Club decided that our monthly card swap theme would be “Steam Punk”. What is Steam Punk you may ask? Well as Emilee our August Hostess explained, Steam Punk is an art form featuring images of industrialized steam powered machinery. Victorian Steam Punk features gears and cogs. American West Steam Punk […]
Circle Circus-Recycled Packing Paper
Recently, I was dying paper daisies in a variety of colors as part of a gift for one of my hostesses. I would place the daisies in a jar with a mixture of water, rubbing alcohol and stamp pad reinkers and let them set for a few minutes. I would then place them on a […]
Build A Blossom-Stamping 411 SSC 263
It’s time for a new Stamping 411 Saturday Sketch. Here’s my contribution: If you look closely at the background paper, you will see that it is Stampin’ Up! grid paper cut down to size. It started out as my worksheet for a series of recent Polished Stone technique projects. This is what the worksheet […]
Less is More Recipe Week 72-Paper Piecing
This week’s challenge over at Less is More is the Paper Piecing Technique. This is a new one for me, and at first I read the challenge as paper pieRcing! It is Paper Piecing, no “R”. So what is paper piecing? This is what I found on about.com: “Papercraft paper piecing involves cutting pieces out […]
Bottle Cap Inspired-OLW 92 In the Kitchen
Oh my, another great challenge over at One Layer Wednesday. This one is entitled “In the Kitchen.” The challenge was to find something in your kitchen to provide inspiration for a one layer card. Here is my card: It was inspired by two bottle caps from Marble Brewery located in Albuquerque, NM. My husband left […]