Patty's Stamping Spot

Faux Seaglass Bracelet Class

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! :)

Pockets and Pieces Class samples

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!

Pockets & Pieces SNEAK PEEK

OOOOOOOOOoooohhhhhhh we are going to have SO much fun in our Pockets & Pieces class next Saturday!!  I can't wait!   AND.. everything is all ready and cut, too!  Now THAT'S a miracle! :)

Here's a sneak peek of a few of the projects we'll be making.. each class participant will also be using sticker sheets from the MESSENGER Accents & Elements tin. Yahoo - we are going to have fun!!

You'll need to wait a week to see ALL the projects and get all the details, but I'll be sure to post them after class next Saturday.

Geesh, I'm still upset with the quality of the text on the photos.. it's a Typepad "known issue".. what's so frustrating is that it only happened AFTER their system upgrade... ugh.. Oh well.. please bear with me.

Double Pull Out Books - part 3

Here is the last batch of the pull out books that I took photos of in class last Saturday.  My gals did a GREAT job and really enjoyed this project.  More info and photos of this project may be found HERE and HERE. 

  

Karen inpsired us to make scalloped edges on our project with the Corner Rounder.. .I CANNOT wait until we get that scallop punch that will scallop the entire edge of a card!  (well, at least that's what they told us on the cruise.. so I'm counting on it! :)  See my post HERE for that info)

Thanks for looking! Hope you enjoyed all the wonderful creativity of my gals!

 

More from the Double Pull Out Book class

I previously posted 2 of my sample Books from class, and as promised, here are some of the books that my students made. I didn't get photos of them all, but this is a great representation of the use of various Stampin' Up! Designer papers we used in our projects.  More to come tomorrow!

 

 

 

 

Typepad is giving me FITS today... ugh!!  so.. no fancy signature and I'll continue this tomorrow.

Patty

 

Double Pull-Out Book - class project

 We had such a fun time in our stamping class today!! We made Double Pull Out Books using Stampin' Up! Designer Series papers. Each student picked their own paper ahead of time. The tutorial for this project was featured on SCS this week, so THANK YOU Corinne for saving me the time in not having to come up with the handout all on my own! :)

Today I'm showing you the 2 projects I made, and I'll feature the student's projects on Tuesday.

 I used WESTERN SKY designer paper for this one:

  

(click on any image to make them bigger)

   

And I used AFTERNOON TEA designer paper for this one:

    

Did ya catch that cute little star pattern on the extreme left and right squares?? I actually figured this out by myself.. TOOOOOOOO cool:

Use the Photo Corner Punch to punch out 4 green corners and layer then onto your 2-3/4" square and you get that TOTALLY COOL STAR DESIGN!

Paper Bag Book - Rose Cottage Simply Scrappin' Kit

Remember my super stampin' friend, Sharon?? Well.. yep, she did it again.. she gave me a gift a few months ago that I turned into this Paper Bag Book class!   I revamped the design slightly and used the same Rose Cottage Simply Scrappin' kit she did.. LOVE these colors!!  Everyone who made this in class this week really enjoyed it, not only how easily it goes together but decorating it with the Simply Scrappin' Kit is tooooo fun!

Each paper bag has a "pocket page" that slips inside:

and there are also cardstock pages in between each bag.

TOP VIEW:

 

 

 

 

 

 

The pages in between the bags are all decorated with the Simply Scrappin' kit:

Here are some dimensions for you:

Paper Bag Book cutting dimensions

By Patty Bennett ~ www.PattyStamps.com

Paper Bags used:  6-1/8” x 4” x 12-3/8”  “Giant Size AJM” bags from Smart & Final (50 pk)

          Cut the bottoms off of 4 bags as follows:

                   1 bag cut at 4-1/2”

                   1 bag cut at 5-1/2”

                   1 bag cut at 6-1/2”

                   1 bag cut at 7-1/2”

Cutting Directions: Using your Simply Scrappin’ Kit, follow these cutting directions to make a decorated Paper Bag Book:

1.        take 3 of the solid color cardstock sheets from your pack

2.       cut each sheet in ½ (so they are 6”x12”)

·        cut one color at 5” (yield: 5”x6”)

·        cut a 2^nd color at 6” (yield: 6”x6”)

·        cut a 3^rd color at 7” (yield: 7”x6”)

a.       this creates 3 “pages” for in between the paper bags

3.       using 3 of your remaining 6x12 sheets, trim them down to 5-3/4”x12”

·        cut one color at 4” (use the remaining 7”x5-3/4” piece)

·        cut a 2^nd color at 5”

·        cut a 3^rd color at 6”

a.       this creates 4 pieces for inside each paper bag (you may have to trim them again slightly if they stick out of the bag too far)

Assembly – top to bottom:
          4-1/2” bag

          5x6 cardstock page

          5-1/2” bag

          6x6 cardstock page

          6-1/2” bag

          7x6 cardstock page

          7-1/2” bag

   Staple them together, and cover staples with a cardstock or patterned paper strip using STICKY STRIP.

Decorate your paper bag books with the patterned paper in the SS kit and the self adhesive die cuts.  Use the “tabs” in the die cuts for your paper bag book inserts or use the Round Tag Punch for tabs.

1 Simply Scrappin’ kit yields supplies for 4 Paper Bag books of this size.

Technique Class - Blender Pens

The 4th technique we did in my Technique Book class this week was using Blender Pens.  I demo'd 4 ways to use Blender Pens. 

Blender Pen/Watercolor Crayon       Blender Pen/Watercolor Pencil

Blender Pen/ Stampin' Pastels       Blender Pen/Reinkers

              BLENDER PENS

Blender pens give the flexibility of watercolors with the convenience of a marker.  Achieve a beautiful watercolor effect using blender pens with watercolor pencils, Stampin’ Pastels, ink pads or refills, watercolor crayons or Stampin’ Write Markers.

Supplies: 

Outline images stamped in Basic Black or Black StazOn ink.

Blender Pens

Your choice: watercolor pencils, watercolor crayons, Stampin’ Pastels, ink pads or refills, Stampin’ Write markers.

Directions:

Stamp your outline image and then color with Stampin’ Write markers, Watercolor Crayons, or Watercolor pencils and use the blender pen to blend the colors together.

                                -or-

“Dip Method”:  you can use your blender pen to dip into a reinker puddle or into Stampin’ Pastels and color in your outline image this way. 

               

TIP:  use your blender pen and a puddle of “In Color” reinker to create an “In Color” marker!

Technique Class sample - Craft Smoosh Background

This was another technique we did at my 6x6 Technique Book class this week. I saw this technique demonstrated on a video on the recent Stampin' Up! Cruise to Bermuda... they had a TV station playing demo's from Workshop Wow's all day long.. how cool is THAT?  Anyway.. this was a fun technique using Craft Ink Spots and glossy paper. I am pretty sure that credit for this technique goes to Beckie Carlson, and you can see her post from her Workshop Wow HERE.  My version of the Instructions are below. 

CRAFT INK

SMOOSH BACKGROUND

One of a kind fun and funky backgrounds!

Supplies: 

Craft Stampin’ Spots (well inked)

Glossy paper

6x6 page protector

Brayer

Optional but fun: Iridescent ice embossing powder and heat tool

Outline stamps and ink

Directions:

1. Slit open a 6x6 page protector so that it opens like a book – hinged at one side
2. Using several coordinating colors of craft ink, “smoosh” the craft ink spots all over one INSIDE page of the 6x6 page protector
3. Close the pages of the page protector and “smoosh” it around with your fingers
4. Take 2 pieces of glossy cardstock and lightly adhere them BACK TO BACK (glossy sides out) using Dotto adhesive
5. Place the 2 pieces of cardstock (glossy sides out) into the page protector pages
6. Using a brayer, roll over the page protector, transferring the ink to the glossy paper
7. Take the paper out, and you have 2 pieces of one of a kind backgrounds!

Optional:  while the ink is still wet on the glossy cardstock, emboss it with clear or Iridescent ice embossing powder for a WOW factor.

You can stamp over your backgrounds or just leave them as a colorful background.

 

Technique Class - Watercolor Wash background

Part 2 from my Stamping Techniques class this week...  Watercolor Wash Background... WOW.. LOVE THIS... watercolor paper and Aquapainters with reinkers... WOWZA!

This sample features the new "Fresh Cuts" stamp set... click HERE for more info.

Thanks to Caroline (See June 5, 2008) for the inspiration! She used a brayer and ink pads to achieve a similar look.

WATERCOLOR

WASH

Use Aquapainters and reinkers to create fabulous watercolor backgrounds!

Supplies: 

Aquapainters

Classic ink reinkers

Watercolor paper

Optional: spray bottle with water

Stamps and ink to stamp over your watercolor background

Directions:

1. Optional but helpful: use a spray bottle to wet the back and front of your watercolor paper (this will help it to curl a bit less than only wetting the front side)
2. Using an Aquapainter with only water and no ink, wash over the front side of the watercolor paper to thoroughly soak the paper
3. Squeeze several drops of 2 or 3 or 4 reinker colors onto a plastic lid or into the lids of the classic ink pads
4. Working fairly quickly, using an Aquapainter for each color, pick up the reinker color one at a time, and “wash” in a back and forth motion onto your watercolor paper. (Keep repeating with each of your selected colors).  Let them bleed and blend a little bit.
5. Let dry and stamp over your beautiful background.

TIP:  do not pick colors that when blended will turn muddy or brownish (avoid purple and green, or orange and purple, etc.)

You can create sunsets, rainbows, or random color combos.

 

Technique Class - Faux Bleach - Riot of Petals stamp

This technique REALLY caught my eye when my friend Jan sent me a sample a few months ago.. WOW.. this is stunning in person!!  The Riot of Petals background stamp (Stampin' Up! catalog pg 136) is stamped with the Silver Encore pad and then embossed with silver embossing powder.  The petals are colored in with >>> GET THIS>>> Blender Pens and CRAFT INK refills!!  AMAZING!!!

I used White craft ink, Glorious Green and Brilliant Blue craft ink for this project.

It's REALLY really gorgeous in person.. I'm not sure these photos are doi