Patty's Stamping Spot

Workshop Wow DVD - Simply Scrappin' Kit Presentation

If you are looking for my Simply Scrappin' Kit Presentation information, as mentioned on the Stampin' Up! Workshop Wow DVD, CLICK HERE, and HERE.

This DVD was available at Convention in Memento Mall and features 18 demonstrators presenting a "Workshop Wow" idea at a Regional Seminar over the past year or so. I believe it will be available to all demonstrators on a Supply Order Form, and I am going to suggest that it be made available to customers as well! 

I got a free copy since I'm on it.. too cool, huh? :)

FABULOUSLY fun book from Sharon

I know... again.. SHARON is at it AGAIN!!  She made this AMAZING book for Jen for her birthday, and I photographed it at dinner the other night... OH MY GOSH>> it's way too fun and ultra cool!

The good news... this will be an upcoming class (for those of you who are local) and it will be a kit in the mail for those who cannot attend class!  I'm going to WAIT for the NEW STAMPIN' UP! CATALOG in August and decide which Simply Scrappin' kit will work best with this project.. so stay tuned and watch for my upcoming offers on this HOT project!!

oh man.. i'm soooooooooo sick of typepad... it keeps giving me boxes with red x's instead of images.. I have about 5 more pix of this book to share... ugh!!!  Why me??

well crud. . after 30 more minutes of trying I got ONE more pnoto to upload. 

Does anyone else with Typepad have ISSUES with trying to post or the quality of their posted photos???

Patty

 

 

Special Delivery Baby Book

My friend Tai had a baby girl 2 weeks ago and I made this little scrapbook for her using the Stampin' Up! "Special Delivery - Girl" Simply Scrappin' kit (pg 173).  I used the On Board Book Basic chipboard pieces (pg 179) for the front and back cover.  It's similar to THIS BOOK I made for my husband, but I used the cardstock pieces in the Simply Scrappin' kit for the pages of this baby book instead of making all the pages out of the chipboard. 

 

Here are a few of the inside pages from the book:

  

Congratulation, Tai and Martin!  Your little girl is adorable!

Thanks to my stampin' friend Erin for inpiring me to do this - see her great baby girl project HERE.

 

 

Happy Anniversary to my hubby!

  Yesterday my hubby and I celebrated 22 years of marriage!  I made him a book using the Stampin' Up! On Board Book Basics small chipboard pages (pg 179).  I covered them with a variety of Desgner Papers and Simply Scrappin' Kit pieces.  Of course I used my Bind It All to bind the pages together (my favorite "toy").  Enjoy the trip down memory lane...

you can click any photo to see it larger..

a bit of trivia... the photo below, right, was taken the day after the 1998 Stampin' Up! Convention in San Diego. That was our Stampin' Up! 10 year anniversary Convention! 

 

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.

Luv 2 Stamp Group meeting - part 2

One of the projects we did at our meeting last Saturday was the 2 pocket purse/tote with 3x3 Mini Love Notes inside.  You know my addiction to the Summer Days Simply Scrappin' kit.... well.. I had to use it for this project, of course! :) 

They turned out so cute!

I originally saw the instructions on Melissa Rawlin's blog HERE.  I know several demonstrators have done this project, but I wanted to give Melissa credit for her great step by step directions!

Here is what a few of the demonstrators in my group came up with as they played with the supplies at the table (Summer Days SS kit, Die Cut Blooms, White Gel Pen, Striped Ribbon and White Taffeta Ribbon):

Bermuda Cruise Journal

My dear, sweet friend Sharon brought me a gift last week that gave me the idea to make these journals for our Stampin' Up! Cruise to Bermuda!!  (if all our travel plans go smoothly, we'll be boarding the ship tomorrow!)

This is the coolest idea... see if you can guess what these are made from.... answers below...  and THANK YOU SHARON for this awesome idea! You are the BESTEST! :)

and of course I needed to use my Bind It All machine... gotta love new toys!!

All of the patterned paper and cardstock comes from my FAVORITE Simply Scrappin' Kit:  Summer Days.  I stamped the "lines" stamp from Live Your Dream and made journaling boxes for Day 1 to Day 7 on each page..  a fun mini-journal to keep track of the highlights of the criuse!!

Cruise Journal... just a tease

Here's a quick teaser....  tomorrow I'll be posting the FUN FUN FUN Cruise Journals I made for our Stampin' Up! Bermuda Cruise!! 

Bamboo Skewer Spine book with photos of my Mom

In January, we made these Bamboo Skewer Spine books in class.  I knew I wanted to use one of them to make a book with photos of my mom as a young girl.  Do you remember THIS MESS I had to sort through??  Old family photos and memorabilia?? Well.. I thought even though it was now nicely sorted, it wasn't doing much good in boxes, so I went through 2 boxes and color copied several dozen photos to put into a book.  I made one for my brother, too.  It's really nice to remember my mom this way.. it will be a comfort to me to look at whenever I need a "lift".  This book covers photos from her birth (1929) to her wedding day (1955).  Enjoy!

I used the Tie the Knot Simply Scrappin' kit for this project, with a few rub-ons added. 

Hope you have a FABULOUS weekend!  GO STAMP! :)

All 12 Months of my Coaster Calendar

Many of you have asked to see all 12 months of my Coaster Calendar class.  Details can be found HERE and Bind It All info can be found HERE.  I got the calendars at www.vippies.com   We will replace the 2008 pages with 2009 next year.

You'll notice many of the months use retired SU! DSP ......... if you could see the HUGE STACK of retired paper I have, you'd know why I opted to use it.. not only because it was the perfect pattern for that month, but because I think my 2nd floor is going to collapse if I keep piling packs of DSP up there!  LOL

 

Hope that is helpful!  Enjoy and have a GREAT stampin' day!

ADDED ON 2-22-08:  I was asked how many coasters were used and what size coils did I use.. here is the info:

The entire calendar is 6 coasters.. the months are "back to back".  You can see it better here:

Instructions I found on line (after 1.5 hours of searching) said to measure the thickness of your finished project, and add 1/8" to 1/4" of an inch and that is the size of your coils.  So... we actually used both 5/8" and 3/4" coils in class (one size was black, one size was silver), and both worked fine.. it was a matter of which color each person wanted.

So for ordering coils or having them on hand, you really need quite a variety, since you don't always know what the thickness of your final project will be until you are done (wow, that was profound, huh?) : ) 

12 More Samples and 200,000 hits!

Here are 12 MORE samples of 4x4 cards using the Tie the Knot Simply Scrappin' Kit from Stampin' Up!   I just love this kit and as you can see, I have combined it with our Sale-A-Bration Rub-Ons, taffeta ribbon, wide Grosgrain ribbon, and the fabulous new Poly-Twill ribbon from the upcoming Occasions Mini Catalog.

AND... WAHOOOOOOOOO... can you believe it... my blog received it's 200,000th hit overnight last night!!!  OH MY GOSH!  In just 9 short months - 200,000 hits!!  wowza!!!  To celebrate, I'll be randomly picking 4 people who leave a comment to this post, and I'll be sending you some of these Tie the Knot Cards!  good luck! (winners selected at 9:00am Tuesday, Feb. 19)

Did you know our Scallop Circle punch fits the "heart/flower" rub-on perfectly?? (upper left card below).. I didn't know that until I tried it .. but it's too cute!

Have a terrific day and THANKS for stopping by!

Info from my Stampin' Up! Regional presentation

NOTE - Sunday AM:  I have added a couple photos to this post since yesterday.. please see below.

My quick 5 minute "Workshop Wow" presentation today at the Stampin' Up! Regional Seminar included info on how to cut your 12x12 cardstock to make at least 36 cards from a Simply Scrappin' Kit! 

Using the 9 pieces of textured cardstock, and cutting them according the the figure above will yield 36 4x4 cards, and you still have 6 sheets of patterned cardstock in the kit to use!  Use the little 4x4 piece to punch out embellishments for your cards.

I added these supplies to embellish the cards:

And came up with several different card designs.. here are some of them.. enjoy!

"Altered" clothespin using the Tie the Knot SS kit.

 

More info can be found in the following previous posts:

I Polka-Dotted my ribbon

Tie the Knot Details

So Why 4x4 Cards You Ask?

Let me know if you have any questions,

Coaster Calendar Class samples

Here are a few more pages from my Coaster Calendar this week.  Enjoy!

Tag Books!

My sweet friend, Sharon, die cut a ton of mat board tags for me.. so I HAD to come up with a project, and what better project than to try out my new Bind It All machine!?  TOO FUN! 

I embellished the tags with the following Stampin' Up! supplies:

• Summer Days Simply Scrappin' Kit - pg 175
• Jersey Shore Designer Series Papers - pg 168
• Make it Count hostess set - pg 19
• Enjoy Every Moment set - pg 51
• A Beautiful Thing set - pg 82
• True Friend set - pg 106
• One of a Kind set - pg 109
• Lots of Thoughts SAB set - mini catalog pg 6
• Celebrate Everything - pg 142
• Real Red and Brilliant Blue ink
• Jumbo Square punch and Key Tag punch, corner rounder

Enjoy!

A few of my favorite pages: