Stampin' Up Display Board Samples

 Greetings! I hope you like my entries for Stampin' Up's call for display board samples. These are some items I have enjoyed creating over the past few months. Enjoy!
#1 - 8x8 Scrapbook Page (above) - Made primarily from Tea for Two DSP and coordinating cardstock. I loved making the flower pop off the page and using all the vivid colors.

 

 Card #1 - A simple Easter card in Whisper White and Pool Party with some special embossing and an easel fold. The bunny is colored in and given some champagne shimmer on his egg.

Card #2 - Moving from Spring to Fall in a hurry, this is a fun fall card that uses SU's new coordinating cardstock and some ever-playful buttons albeit with some retired leaf stamps.

Card # 3 - Love Card - Made with the Artisan embellishment kit and lots of other fun details. The flower trim roses are showing up on all my spring cards.

 3-D Item #1 - I love making 3-D items, so it was tough to choose only two items, but this is one of my favorites from Christmas using SU's fabrics, the new framelits, and some DSP'd clothespins. I put some cocoa and treats in these to give away as gifts. They were so fun and easy to make!

3-D Item #2 - Spice-Cake Wreath- I needed a new wreath for our front door and got excited about the burlap craze. I think the Spice Cake fabric is so pretty and perfect for fall.

 

Those are my entries! Thanks for stopping by!

 

 

Spring Bird Pedestal

 

 Happy Spring! I hope you are enjoying the sunshine where you are and that it inspires you to do some creative, kind things for someone else. Today I was inspired by the Late Night Stamper 3D Challenge to create this sweet little bird decor item. I have the perfect shelf for him! You can find the steps for  how I made it below, and it's so easy, you can do it too with just a bit of paper, a block, some rosettes, and your own little spring statue. Some other great challenges I would like to enter are:
D. L. Art - Spring Inspiration Challenge
Crafting By Design - Vintage Easter/Spring
Crafting for all Seasons- Anything but a card
Frilly and Funky  Challenge- Easter/Spring gifts not in a basket
Easter Impression - Easter/Spring
Craft Room Challenge - Anything but a card

Steps:
1. My block is a retired Stampin Up Decor block that is 3x3, but you could use any wooden block. I cut my Tea for Two DSP from the Spring Stampin' Up catalog to fit each side and adhered it.

2. For the base, I used the large scallop square Sizzix die and cut one square from Crumb Cake CS.

3. I applied mono around the bottom of the block and applied the rosette flower trim strand all the way around until I had enough and then I cut the end.

4. To add some interest to the sides, I punched out some pretty images from the same Tea for Two DSP and backed with colored CS like you see with the roses above.

5. I also stamped "My Thoughts are Happiest when you're in them" from the Field Flowers stamp set and backed it with a scalloped piece of green DSP.

6. I had the glass bird already, so I just set him on top. If I find a cute bunny rabbit, I might swap him out, but he looks good there for now!

Thanks for Looking!

Goodbye SAB!

Well, it's just about time to say goodbye to SAB, and so here is my very tangerine card that suggest a nice ride off into the sunset of retired items. Enjoy! I made this to play along with Late Night Stampers' New challenge!

Raspberry Cocoa Holder

 

Brrrrr! It's cold here in the frozen tundra that is Minnesota at this time of year, so thinking up a snowman project for Late Night Stampers challenge wasn't difficult. I also added some textured elements too for the Clear It Out Challenge which requires "warm fuzzies" and/or a stash item of patterned papers. I got this cocoa holder idea from Stampin' Connection and just tweaked the colors and theme. What inspired the colors of orange and raspberry ripple was the Raspberry cocoa package I had. Normally, I doubt I would ever have paired these colors, but it came out looking vibrant and different. Thanks for looking!

Here's how I made it:
1. Cut a piece of Early Expresso CS 8.5 x 5.5. Fold in half. Unfold and use your trimmer to cut a notch off one corner.
2. Embellish the front by adding DSP (here I used Twitterpated & Sycamore Street.)
3. Stamp snowman image and sentiment on white, punch out and color.
4. Add new Delicate Details Lace tape across bottom.
5. Tie ribbon around card and add cocoa inside!

Having Fun on Sycamore Street

Before you know it, Stampin' Up's sale-a-bration will be in full swing, and you will be able to get "Sycamore Street" - a new gorgeous designer paper. I had some fun this weekend putting some vibrant cards together. Check them out!

Hello Card Details: Not Quite Navy CS, Tangerine Tango CS, Sycamore Street DSP, Small Scallop Punch, Elegant Bouquet Embossing Folder, White CS, old Hello stamp,  Pop-up-Posies Designer Kit ($12.95 available now from new Spring catalog!)

 

Just Because Card - Not Quite Navy CS, Whisper White CS, Woodgrain Embossing Folder, "Just Because" sentiment from upcoming Sale-a-bration Vintage Verses set, Sycamore Street Ribbon, Rich Razzleberry flower with Champagne glitter center.

 

Enjoy your day! Email me if you would like a new Spring Catalog!

Sweets for the Sweet...

 Love is in the air whenever there's a wedding, and my husband and I recently were in Chicago for a fun wedding. This is a copy of the card I made for the happy couple.

One of the couple's colors was a Tiffany blue, so this card features Baja Breeze along with some Cherry Cobbler and white instead of pink.  I tried to do a box pleat along the bottom of the card which didn't really turn out, but it still looks acceptable, so there we go!

 

I thought this card would work for most of the CCMC challenge this week. Thanks for the visit!
Made also for this fine challenge:
Art Impressions Banners and Bunting Challenge

Spice Cake Fall Wreath

 

Happy Autumnal Days to everyone! Today I want to share a brief tutorial with you about how to create your own fall burlap wreath. Before you know it all the leaves will be falling and there will be trick-or-treaters at your door. So, let's get started!

MATERIALS NEEDED: Straw/foam wreath, burlap, pearl-headed straight pins,scissors, fabric, buttons, designer paper, hot glue gun, sticky strip circles, and tulle.

STEP #1 - Cut your burlap into 4" strips. You will need about 7-10 of these depending upon how tight you wrap your wreath.

Step #2: Begin wrapping your wreath with one strip at a time. Secure strips with straight pins in the back of your wreath.

Step 3: Once you have the wreath covered in burlap, grab some tulle (I used a vanilla shade) and wrap it in the same fashion only more loosely along one side of your wreath. I tried to scrunch and gather mine as I pinned it to give it some fluff!
 

 

Step 4: To make the fabric flowers, tear 1-2" strips of fabric. Get a stricky strip circle (I cut mine from SU's sticky strip pages) and start to adhere one edge of the fabric in a pinch and gather motion around the sticky circle. The center will be bare, but it's okay because you will cover it with a rosette or another fabric middle. To make a flower center, create a paper rosette/lolly, or cut a scallop shape using your Big Shot. In my picture you can see I just mixed and matched paper lollies with fabric scallops.

 Step 5: To secure the flowers, pick out a button and push your pearl-headed straight pins right through the wreath. Keep positioning them until you get the look you want. Add a pretty ribbon at the top and hang it up to show off some autumn glory!

Made for these challenges:
Inspire Me Fridays Anything Goes Challenge
Stampin For the Weekend Floral Challenge
Divas by Design Lots of Layers Challenge
Frilly and Funky Vintage Challenge
Ink it Pink Material Challenge
The Three Muses Autumn Challenge
Paperminutes Autumn Challenge
Papertake Weekly - A Hazy Shade of Autumn Challenge