Susanna Boyd over at Card of the Week has a GREAT blog if you are looking for TONS of inspiration! She was kind enough to feature my Faux Seaglass Bracelets this week on her blog.. go check out all the links to billions of fun blogs and project ideas on her site! (OK.. maybe not billions... but definitely enough to keep you crafting for years to come!)
Patty
Over the weekend we celebrated one of my downline's birthdays... Karen had requested "no gifts"... but I asked the gals to each bring her 10 swap cards that she could take to convention and swap... it was SO fun to do this for her, and she was very appreciative of the time it will save her this week. Here are the cards we gave her:
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all images copyright Stampin' Up! 1990-2008
and Sharon made a great swap box to put them all in:
Have a great day!
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Patty
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We had the MOST fun on Saturday... working on our Faux Seaglass bracelets... of course.. yes.. this is another SHARON IDEA! :) She helped me lead the class with instructions of how to make the faux seaglass pieces from Shrink Plastic!!
Oh ya, did I mention there was chocolate?
To aid in making the class a little quicker, I preshrunk and colored about 300 pieces for them to use, and they created the ones with the swirl impressions in class:
Rip the shrink plastic into pieces approx. 1-1/2"x3" and punch a hole with the large hole of the Crop A Dile, then shrink it with the heat tool. While it's still hot, impress a swirly stamp into it (we used the swirls from Priceless).
Then mix reinker and crystal effects and paint it on the pieces... voila... faux seaglass! It is amazing!
Then put jump rings through the holes and add them to bracelet chain. We also added rhinestone brads and charms to ours! LOVE THEM!!
Here are a few of them:
Now.. go buy shrink plastic and make one! :)
For the first time ever, Stampin' Up! is discounting some of their Retiring Accessories!!
CLICK HERE or see below for the list of accessories being offered at 25% OFF!!
Offer begins Monday, but feel free to email me your order in advance and I will place your order on Monday!
This is only a partial Retiring Accessories list, Please check back with me on Monday for the FULL list!
Item# Pg Description Price listed is after the 25% discount
Yep.. I figured with less than 2 weeks to go, I better start my Convention swaps!! Yikes!!
Here is a sneak peek.....
I wanted to make a few special gifts to take to Convention, and this is what I came up with. I used the CD folders (see this post) and Stampin' Up!'s Le Jardin Designer Paper.. I love this paper... I sure hope it stays in the next catalog! :) I have saved all of my SU! inspirational stamps over the years, so you'll see some retired things in here... but they are very meaningful to me, so I still use them.
You can click on any photo to see it larger.
Front:
Inside:
I had the personalized stamps made through Stampin' Up!. I have used them on many projects.. including my Gratitude Journals HERE. The tags go in the pocket on the right side of the folder. I borrowed Sharon's die cut machine to make the tags.
Have a wonderful day!
On Monday, July 21, Stampin' Up! will release the "Retiring Accessories" list. This includes items featuring the current In Colors... see below for this year's In Colors:
As of today, July 17, Stampin' Up! has already run out of BLUE BAYOU Double Stiched ribbon and PURELY POMEGRANATE Double Stitched ribbon! I did not expect that at all!
What that tells me is... there may be more In Color items that sell out before Monday.
If you need ANY accessories that feature the new In Colors (ink, refills, cardstock, ribbons, Simply Scrappin' Kits or Designer papers), I URGE YOU TO PLACE YOUR ORDER WITH ME ASAP, and do NOT WAIT until Monday.
Conatct me if I can help you or answer any questions!
I needed several Thank You cards for recent customer orders, so I used some left over pieces of the Bella Rose Designer Paper I had on my desk after making the CD Folder Book yesterday!
Notice the paper rick rack on the upper left card (you can click the photo to make it larger)... I learned how to do that with our new scallop edge punch on Julie's blog HERE. GREAT idea!
OOOOOOOOOOH my goodness.... I am sooooooooo in love with these new designer papers from Stampin' Up! This package will be available in the new catalog on August 11th. Demonstrators could order it early. It's right up my alley - with my love of roses and gardening!! It's called Bella Rose! I love it!
I spent my free time today making this booklet... it's the same type of booklet that I shared last week from Sharon (here). This book uses CD folders - I used 2 in my project, Sharon used 3. I've tried to take pix from many angles to help you see how it's put together. I'll definitely be teaching this as a class with one of our new Simply Scrappin' Kits in August or Sept., and will offer it as a kit on my blog too! It's an amazing book.. it is so fun to hold in your hands... it doesn't come across as well in the photos,.. but trust me.. this is a "must make" project!! :)
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here is the cover with Bella Rose paper and Kiwi Kiss textured c/s and new Riding Hood Red button:
view from the front with the pages open:
Inside the first pages with Bella Rose paper and Pink Pirouette textured c/s - 3x3 pages are attached to the accordion folds in the center:
Inside the center section - Kiwi Kiss textured c/s:
Inside the last set of pages with Bella Rose papers and Riding Hood Red textured c/s - 3x3 envelops are attached to the accordion folds in the center:
(wow those polkadots look funky on my screen.. they look FABulous in person! - more issues with typepad! ugh)
The front/back covers:
top view from the front:
top view from the back:
I just thought to add this... I took this photo of the Bella Rose paper on the 2008 Stampin' Up! cruise.. you can see all the gorgeous patterns:
And I know you'll ask.. I got the cd folders from Uline HERE. They are $29 for a box of 125.
Whew.. that's all for now... can't wait to get back to my new stuff, but need to take my son to the golf course first! (Monday night church golf league) :)
TUTORIAL INFO for this project:
Video tutorial for this project can be found on Craft TV Weekly HERE.
So... guess what... the 18 kits are already spoken for.. BUT.. thanks to my dear friend (yep, Sharon to the rescue again) she has the red flowers from the die cut bloom packs for me to use.. so I can offer at least 28 more kits!! Patty
Thank you for all your kind comments and private emails about my Pockets and Pieces class today! It was fun and everyone enjoyed working with that packet!!
I've had a ton of requests to make this class into a kit in the mail, so here we go... the only trouble is.. I can only offer 18 kits because I only have 18 of those red die cut bloom flowers and they are now retired and no longer available. So this OFFER IS LIMITED TO THE FIRST 18 KITS ORDERED. I'll put in the Stampin' Up! order for the Pockets and Pieces kits and the Messenger tins when I reach the 18 kit limit, and the kits should all go out in the mail by July 25.
(the kit makes the above 4 projects - see more photos here)
The Kit Includes the following supplies to make the above projects, plus left over supplies to make approx. 4 more projects:
The kit does not include the rub on stars as pictured above, as I have run out of those. They may be purchased in the "Anchored" rub on pack on pg 182 of the catalog. Please let me know if you would like to add that to your kit order.
YOU WILL NEED: Crop a Dile, snail, 1/16" punch, sponge dauber, stamps from True Friend, and Ruby Red and Chocolate Chip ink pads to complete the projects as shown.
U.S. Orders Only.
The kit is $20 plus $4.80 shipping in a Priority Box.
Email me with any questions.
For more photos of this kit, see THIS POST.
Today I am teaching two classes using the Pockets & Pieces kit (pg 192 ) and the Messenger Accents & Elements Tin (pg 177). These are great products when paired together and the Messenger tin contents help give some "color direction" to the plain tan colors in the Pockets & Pieces kit. The only other thing I added was a die cut bloom flower (photo below) and lots of brads. Oh ya, and some star punchouts and rub-ons. Oh, and ribbon.. ok.. so I added a few things..
Enjoy the samples!
oh please typepad.. stop this.. it keeps giving me boxes with red X's instead of the rest of the photos.. I REALLY am getting tired of this!
and finally the Book Kit:
Ok.. well.. that's as many as I can do.. typepad doesn't like the rest of my photos... I'm so glad to know that I'm not the only one with typepad issues.. I'm sorry so many of us are so frustrated with their service. I told them today that if I didn't have a year invested in this blog plus over 3,500 hits a day, I'd cancel my service with them!
Anyway.. hope you have a great weekend.. and I hope you get time to stamp!
