Beautiful Bunch Post-It Note Holder

Completed Post-It Notepad Holder

This wonderful creation holds a 3" x 3" sized Post-It note.  For this post-it note holder, I used the Confetti Celebration DSP to add lots of color.  The flowers were created by stamping on Window Sheets with Memento ink (alcohol based ink used with Blendabilities) then coloring the back of the window sheets with Blendabilities.  I punched the flowers out using the Fun Flower punch and heated the flower/window sheet on a Silicone Craft Mat with the Heat Tool.  Tip: It is best to keep the Heat Tool approximately 1-2" from the flower and aim at the outside of the flower petals.  They will begin to curl up and shrink a bit.  Do not overheat the window sheets or they will melt!
I put together the post-it note holder using Basic Gray card stock and some Fast Fuse to keep the Post-It notepad in place.  I added Whisper White Organza Ribbon to keep the Post-It notepad closed when not in use.  Then I added some Bermuda Bay card stock and a DSP layer on the top using Stampin' Dimensionals.  Finally, I added the window sheet flowers using glue dots and added a Vintage Faceted Designer Button colored with a Blendabilities marker.  It was a fun and easy project that I will be duplicating for some quick holiday gifts for a local craft fair this year.

Close up of Window Sheet Flowers and Button colored with Blendabilities

Ingredients

·         Stamps:

o   Beautiful Bunch  

·         Paper:

o   3 ¼” x 7" Basic Gray card stock (scored at 3 ¼” and 3 ¾”)

o   3" x 3" Bermuda Bay card stock

o   2 ¾” x 2 ¾” Confetti Celebration DSP

·         Ink:

o   Memento Ink Pad or Staz On Ink Pad in Black

o   Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blendabilities Markers

o   Rich Razzleberry Stampin' Blendabilities Markers

·         Tools and Accessories:

o   5/8" Organza Ribbon - approximately

o   Vintage Faceted Designer Buttons

o   Fun Flower Punch

o   Window Sheets
o   Heat Tool
o   Silicone Craft Sheet

o   Stampin’ Dimensionals

o   Fast Fuse Adhesive (stronger than Snail adhesive and used to attach Post-It notepad to card stock)

Thankful for You Pumpkin Card

I CASED this idea from Pinterest.  It was the perfect fall card for my Club members this month and used punches to create a few pumpkins.  I haven't used punches to create pumpkins in a couple of years with my Stamp Club so I knew that I had to CASE this card just as it was.  Rae Harper-Burnet did a great job choosing the right color combination and adding a few embellishments that really add to this card without taking away from the other details.  To view her card, click here and to learn how to create a pumpkin from punches, check out her wonderful instructions here.

Close up of sponged pumpkins

My Club members loved creating this card.  They had so much fun putting together the punches to create the pumpkins that it felt like fall was coming early to NC.  I hope you will enjoy CASEing this card as well.  So grab your small and extra large oval punches, some card stock and adhesive, and have fun!

Ingredients

·         Stamps:

o   Banner Blast (retired)

·         Paper:

o   Naturals White card stock scraps for banner

o   4" x 5¼” Chocolate Chip card stock 

o   5 ½” x 8 ½” (scored at 4 ¼”) Cajun Craze card stock

o   Pumpkin Pie and Cajun Craze card stock scraps for pumpkin punches

o   Old Olive card stock scraps for stem and leaves for pumpkins

·         Ink:

o   Crushed Curry - sponged oval punches to give more dimension to the pumpkins

o   Old Olive

·         Tools and Accessories:

o   1 ¼” Burlap Ribbon

o   Small Oval Punch

o   Extra Large Oval Punch

o   Season of Style Washi Tape (retired)

o Honeycomb Embossing Folder

o   Bitty Banners Framelits

o   Stampin’ Dimensionals

o   Neutrals Designer Buttons (retired)

o   Linen Thread

For All Things Grateful Card

my version of autumn card

I was in a playful mood when I was creating this FALL card.  Spritzing water onto stamps (before stamping onto card stock), flicking ink from an aquapainter and adding a fun wooden leaf accent made this card a JOY to create!  The original layout came from our demonstrator only magazine - Stampin' Success.  This magazine gives such great ideas to begin with and then I change them up to make the card suit my style.  If you want to know more about becoming a Stampin' Up! demonstrator and the benefits of being a demonstrator including receiving this wonderful magazine, feel free to contact any of the demonstrators listed on the right.

Close-up of wooden leaf accent and splattered ink

For my card, I used the same neutral card base in Crumb Cake, added a Crushed Curry layer and added watercolored leaves in three wonderful colors (Crushed Curry, Blackberry Bliss and Crumb Cake) onto a piece of Whisper White card stock.  I tore both the Whisper White layer and the Crushed Curry layer to give the card a more interesting look.  The original card used the new Color Me Autumn DSP and a Basic Gold Metal Button in the upper left corner but I substituted a few things to make it suit my style more.  I went with the Color Me Autumn Washi Tape and used linen thread to tie on a wooden leaf accent from the Autumn Wooden Elements.  My fingers are still a Blackberry Bliss color from where I was splattering the ink on my card but it was so much fun to make.  I hope you'll give it a try some time.

original card from Stampin' Success magazine

Ingredients

·         Stamps:

o   For All Things

·         Paper:

o   4 ½” x 3 ¼”  Whisper White card stock

o   4 3/4" x 3 ½”  Crushed Curry card stock

o   5 ½” x 8 ½” (scored at 4 ¼”) Crumb Cake card stock

·         Ink:

o   Blackberry Bliss

o   Crumb Cake

o   Crushed Curry

·         Tools and Accessories:

o   Linen Thread

o   Autumn Wooden Elements

o   Color Me Autumn Washi Tape

o   Stampin’ Dimensionals

o   Spray bottle and water

For All Things hello FALL! Card

A fun hello FALL! card

My favorite season is almost here...FALL!  I love the cooler weather, pulling out jeans and sweaters to wear, and enjoying fall sports.  To help me get into the mood for FALL when it is 90 degrees here in NC, I decided to use the new For All Things stamp set from the Holiday Catalog. I also decided to add more of a watercolor look to the stamp set by spraying water on the stamps before stamping them onto a neutral card stock color.  I love how this card turned out and the colors remind me that FALL is only a few weeks away even if it doesn't feel like it yet.

Ingredients

·         Stamps:

o   For All Things

·         Paper:

o   3 7/8” x 5 1/8”  Crumb Cake card stock

o   4 x 5 ¼”  Mossy Meadow card stock

o   5 ½” x 8 ½” (scored at 4 ¼”) Blackberry Bliss card stock

·         Ink:

o   Blackberry Bliss

o   Crushed Curry

o   Mossy Meadow

·         Tools and Accessories:

o   Linen Thread

o   Gold Basic Metal Buttons

o   Color Me Autumn Washi Tape

o   Stampin’ Dimensionals

o   Spray bottle and water