Carrie Stamps

It's a Lolly Christmas Card

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I was so excited at convention this year to find out Stampin' Up! will be offering it's very own scoring system, the Simply Scored, as of Sept. 1st!  Then when I was one of the lucky ones to actually WIN a Simply Scored at convention, I went a little crazy!  Like a kid who actually gets a pony on Christmas!  This is a product I have been wanting Stampin' Up! to carry for years now and I am so thrilled it has happend!  

So, this past Saturday, our demonstrator group had it's montly creative meeting and I wanted to demo the Simply Scored.  One of the coolest things to make with it are Paper Lollies!  They are very popular right now!!! I saw them all over convention...

Donna Griffith shared this cute framed wreath that is a Paper Lolly! 

There was THIS fabulous display of HUGE Paper Lollies on sticks, so cute! 

A paper lolly on a Halloween card, yeah I might have to case that! (You can also find this card on page 26 of the current Idea Book/Catalog!)

And adorable Paper Lollies all over Carrie Cudney's Candy Banner.

For my paper lolly I knew I wanted to be on a card and that I wanted the card to be Christmas, mostly because I wanted to use my new stamp set Pines and Poinsettias (#123764, available September 1st).

Here is my card...

I knew for a paper lolly to work on a card front it could not be too thick, so here is how I made my paper lolly card front friendly...

1. Cut desired card stock, Always Artichoke(#105119)  is the card stock I on my card, to 1" x12".  Note: I used textured cardstock as it has a little more give and I needed that for this small lolly, designer paper would be great too. 

2. Score the 1" x 12" strip every 1/4"

3. Accordian fold the scored strip.

4. Adhere the two ends together, I like Mulitpurpose Liquid glue (#110755)  for this.  You need to adhere a peak to a valley, which means you will need cut off one section most likely.

5.You will need a hot glue gun for this step!!! And a small circle of card stock to glue your lolly to.  Put a small puddle of hot glue on the circle. Take your accordian folded strip who's ends are glued together and make it lay flat (it will fight you, but remember, you are the BOSS!).  Carefully pick this up and press it into the hot glue. Hold it there till the hot glue dries, maybe 30 seconds.

6. You need to have something on the front of the lolly as well to help hold it in place, a button, a brad, a stamped image, etc.  Hot glue this as well, or you can use dimensionals. 

 
For this lolly, I pressed the Glimmer Brad (#121006) into the center of the lolly while the hot glue from underneath was still hot, as it was oozing out the top, perfect! 

These are totally fun to make and the possiblities are endless, as far as size and colors, paper and toppers. Just have fun with it! 

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Owl Birthday Party

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What a fun and busy weekend we had.  Saturday was my daughter Hannah's 3rd birthday party!  Having and Owl themed birthday party was super fun.  Plus, I got to use my favorite color combination PINK AND BROWN!  I thought I would share with you one of the birthday gifts I made for her. 

It is a fabric crayon roll, or at least that is what I call them and a home made color book of ALL OWLS! 

This is what it looks like when you untie it and unroll it.  It has twistable crayons in it.  I learned how to make this at Stampin' Up! Convention, Donna Griffith showed us how to make one with Stampin' Up! fabric.  She used hers to hold all 10 of the in- color markers!  Yeah, I need to make me one!  

If you want to make one.... Here's some help....

You need; 2 different kinds of fabric, both cut to... 11-1/2" x 16"

Sew these right sides together, leaving a small opening to turn it right side out, stich opening closed. 

Fold bottom up 4-1/4"

Mark along the fold every 1" using a fabric marker, stitch were you marked up to the edge of the folded piece, creating your crayon/marker pockets.

Ribbon = 28" sew it on to the seam, I did mine on the left hand side, so that the piece to the left of the seam was 2" shorter than the other side, as you need a little more to go around the crayons roll.  

Add crayons, mine will hold 11, or 10 and one pencil.  

FUN!!! and EASY!!!

Now for the owl color book. To make this mini color book.  I searched for owl color sheets and found SEVERAL, before printing them out I shrunk them down to about 40% so that they would fit on the Top Note (#113463).  

I did not just print out color sheets, I made my own...

Using My digital studio (#118108)!  

I just love how versitile My Digital Studio (#118108) is! 

I also made a Welcome Sign for the front door using My Digital Studio...

After printing it, I trimmed it down, corner rounded the corners, mounted it on coordinating cardstock, colored in some of the letters and added some punched arrows.  

That's not all the Owl things I made...

These are OWL CAKE POPS.  Can I just tell you I love BAKERELLA!  She got me stared on Cake Pops, which are cake and frosting mixed together to make a dough, rolled into a ball, put on a stick and dipped in candy melt.  I got the idea for these from the Cake Pop cookbook by Bakerella!  Aren't the a HOOT!  And looking at the picture makes me love my husband a little bit more today, since he helped decorate at least half of the 40 or so we made and drilled the holes in my tree slice, sorry had to throw in a warm fuzzy!  

Okay, one more warm fuzzy!!!

This is Hannah, my crazy cute three year old, full of sugar and spice and vinegar too.  My teeny tiny miniature person who I love.  She is wearing her "swim dress"  we got the coolest wading pool for her as a bday gift, so the kids could take a dip in the bird bath at the party.  Here they took a break to blow bubbles.  Love you Pancakes!  

I think that is owl the fun to be had for this post!  

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Denim Flower

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I have the CUTEST denim flower to show you today!!!!  It is not too late to make this creation for the 4th!!!

Isn't that so fun!!!  Perfect accessory for this time of year!  And, you don't have to bye any fabric!  Just pull out a pair of old jeans!!!  

Want to know how to make it?!!  Can you tell I like exclamation points?!?  I get excited about my creations. Anyhow, follow these step by step instructions to make your own Denim Flower.

1) Using Circle Die #2 (#114526), die cut 2 of each circle out of denim. 

2)Match up your circles, stack the two matching circles so that they are lined up and then snip the edges with your Craft Scissors (#108360), all the way around the circle about 1/4" apart and as deep as you like.  Repeat this step with each size of circle, cutting two at a time saves time.  

3) Time to hot glue the circles together.  Layering them from largest to smallest. 

4) As you lay the circle on top of the glue, if you press it down firmly it will help the edges to curl up. 

5) Now the fun part, fluff and rough up the edges with your fingers. 

6) Add a button (#119747) or brad  to the center and then you have a cute denim flower that you can use on a card, as a pin, on a clip or head band. 

Now, take this idea and run with it.  Here I used a larger circle die, 3" Circle (#122125), in addition to Circle Die #2 to make a bigger flower to go on a head band for my daughter.  She loves it and has been wearing it everyday! 

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Lace Ribbon Wedding Card

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Last week my demonstrator group held it's monthly creative meeting.  The theme was Wedding and Baby, since it seems there are a lot of both this time of year.  I was a little worried when planning my demonstration for this event because I do not seem to make many cards or projects for these themes, but I decided to rise to the challenge!  This card I just LOVE!  

This card uses the new Large Border Lace Ribbon Punch from Stampin' Up!  Which will be available for purchase July 1st.  I got the idea for the frame from another stamper, but now I can not find her blog post to give her credit.  Sorry.  However she did not have directions on how to make it, so I had to figure it out and now I am going to share it with you!!

To make the Border Lace Ribbon Frame: 

1) Cut a piece of card stock to 4-1/2" x 4-1/2", I know you will want to do a 4-1/4" square, but trust me it is a hair too small!!

2) Center the Border Lace Ribbon punch on each side of the square punching one time per side.

3)After you have punched all four sides you will have a nice square of card stock left over from the middle!  That is the piece I used in the center of this card!  

4)Very carefully dry emboss the four corners with the embossing folder of your choice.  I used Elegant Lines (#119277).  Note: Make sure that you put the paper on the same side of the folder each time so that you do not have a square that is DE-BOSSED instead of EMBOSSED, like my lower left corner!  I know, not a biggy, unless you are a total anal perfectionist about having your card just right, well, enough about me!

5) Punch 8 one inch circles (#119868) from a contrasting card stock, I used Early Espresso (#119686).  Glue these behind each of the flower like pieces to make them pop!

6)Glue this to a 4-3/4" square mat of card stock, Pretty in Pink(#100459) on this card.  The card its self is 5" x 10".

7)Now, find that center square that was left over after punching your frame and stamp it up!  I used Fabulous Florets (#123027) and Happy Greetings (#123313) from the current Summer Mini Catalog.  

8)Top it all off with a Satin Ribbon bow (#119753) with a Rhinestone (#113144) center! 

Now all I have to do is wait for someone to get married! 

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Stuffed Owl Tutorial!

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Recently Stampin' Up! came to Boise, ID, my home town, for a Regional Seminar.  I submitted a project to demonstrate and was asked to demo it at the Boise Regional.  I was so excited!  It was my first time demoing at a Stampin' Up! event.  I was also excited to share my project because it is something I really love.

Here's how it all began... After seeing several stuffed owls online I decided I wanted to make one using Stampin' Up!'s fabrics!  Then the idea came to me, after reading an article in the Stampin' Success Magazine,I could use My Digital Studio to create a pattern for the owl.  So, not only would my owl be made with Stampin' Up! fabric, but it would be the same owl as our XL Owl Punch!!  

The owl has been a BIG hit!  Especially with my two year old, who immediately adopted the first Owl I made.  I have to sneak the Owl out when I want to share it!!!  And now, I am overly excited to share my Owls with all my blog friends! So, here are some pictures of my owls, AND! if you want to make your own I have prepared a tutorial for you!!!  Keep reading for more details!

 

Brace yourself for cuteness!!!

THIS...is Rosie, the first Owl I made, with the Candy Cane Christmas Fabric.

This is Poinsettia, made with the Deck the Halls Fabric. Do you like her eyelashes!?!

This sweetie is Chrysanthemum, made with the Springtime Vintage Fabric, this is the one I demonstrated at Regionals.  

This is Tulip, she is sure to get a Hoot where ever she goes!  She is a pin cushion!  Don't you love the new Sweet Stitches line!  I used Buttons from the line for her eyes and the new Pompom trim to dress her up!

Would you love to make one for yourself, or as a gift!  WELL, YOU CAN!!!

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Milk Carton Holder

Welcome Stampin' Friends! 

Today I have a cute project to show you that I shared during my demonstration at the Stampadelicious Group meeting on Monday night.  I did not demonstrate this as I already had 5 other projects, but I brought it to show. 

This is a holder for the milk cartons made out of the Fancy Favor Die. I had seen it before and have really wanted to make one.  The trick is to cut out part of the box and then assemble so that you can see the milk cartons. Here is how I do it...

Before I even begin, let me start by telling you that I have stared writing on my die with a painty pen the smallest size of paper I will need to cut out the die.  For the Fancy Favor, it is 11x5.  Here is how I make that work.

Line one end up with the edge of the box, the other end will not cut out the entire end flap, making the flap that you put sticky strip on smaller, but just the right size for sticky strip, it works great.  So, if you don't have 12x12 paper, don't let that limit you when using this die! 

Then when it is all die cut you only have a small strip at the top and bottom to remove.  I would save the top piece to use as a border on another project (like this one).

Now you want to cut away the piece from the front of the box...

I took a ruler and measured diagonally first, from the top of the side panel of the box down to about the middle of the front panel, trace this line with a pencil.

Draw a line from that point across the front panel to the intersecting score line of the second side panel.

Draw a line from that point to the top corner of the second side panel.  

Cut this piece away and save it, to use as a pattern for the second box. 

For the handle you will need a piece of matching or coordinating card stock that measures 3" x 6-1/2". 

Now you can put your box together, before you put the sticky strip on the small flap, you will want to snip the top of the flap at an angle or it will stick out when you put your box together. 

For the handle, I cut the heart out of the handle with my Movers and Shapers Die, using the heart piece. Because, if I would have punched with the Full Heart Punch the heart would be upside down.  This is how to get the heart right side up...

Place the magnetic heart at the top of the die, in the center, as seen in the picture above.

Lay your card stock so that the top of it is flush with the edge of the opening on the die.  Now run it through, using the Crease Pad on top so as not to cut the paper where it overlaps the crease line on the die.  Your paper will come out with a crease line, but that is okay because this piece will be sandwiched between your two boxes. 

Corner round the top two corners and your ready to assemble and decorate! 

Please note, that when you get your milk cartons in Fancy Favor Box, they will sit very snug side by side, but there will be extra room in front or in back of them depending on how you sit them in the box. So, plan accordingly when embellishing your milk cartons. 

Here are the stars of this project!

#115965 XL Fancy Favor Die

#114506 Movers and Shapers Die

#115953 Punch Windows (this is the set that the Heart for the movers and shapers is in)

#117310 Bigz Large Die Milk Carton

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Wicked Cool Projects

I am might be overly tooting my own horn with the title of this post, don't get me wrong, they are COOL projects, but actually, Wicked Cool is the name of my new favorite Halloween stamp set that I used to create these two projects that my Stamp Club did earlier this month. 

WICKED COOL (#118738 - Wood Mount) (#120600 - Clear Mount)

Now, you tell me if I am overly tooting my own horn with the title "Wicked Cool Projects"...

This box is the all new Candy Wrapper Die, Love it.  It is embossed with the new Spider Web embossing folder, which is a MUST HAVE item! 

Candy Wrapper Die (#120890)

Spider Web Textured Embossing Folder (#120889)

This will be a fun treat holder to give to friends, both big and small! Here is another treat holder, I got this idea from Erica at Pink Buckaroo Designs. 

When you open it up it holds,

A mini hand sanitizer from Bath and Body works, they come is several Halloween scents, like this one, Bat Bite (green apple).  How fun is that!?!  I think Samantha's teacher will like this one!  You can also fit fun size candy bars in the opening. 

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Happy Stampin' 

Carrie 

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Gift Card Holder for Coffee Lovers

Last night I attended my demonstrator group meeting!  It was super fun.  I had volunteered to demonstrate some ideas using products from the upcoming Summer Mini Catalog.  I thought I would share those ideas with you guys too!  Starting with my Gift Card Holder for Coffee Lovers! 

First let me tell you about the stamping and then I have a little tutorial on how to make it into a gift card holder! 

This project showcases the new Rough Type Alphabet set, Log Cabin Smooch Spritz, Itty Bitty Bits stamp set and the flower is one of the punches from the new Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack (it is a set of three punches!).  

After stamping my Medallion (which I inked with Choc. Chip then stamped off on my scratch paper first) I then sprayed my card with the Log Cabin Smooch Spritz.  Stampin' Up! carries a box  set your project in when spraying it.  I thought I don't really need that do I?!?  So, I did not order it and that, was a BIG mistake.  Smooch Spritz is a sweet sounding name, but don't that that fool you that stuff sprays EVERYWHERE!   SO, get the box, I know I will be!!!  But, it did add a nice spray of metallic to my card front.  To get a subtle spritz you want to make sure to hold the bottle back aways when spraying. 

For the sentiment, I lined up the letter and coffee cup on one clear block so that I was able to stamp it as one word!!!  

See how cute!  If you click to enlarge this picture you might be able to see the metallic look of the smooch spritz.  

I punched the small flower out with the new Itty bitty shapes punch using Sweet Pea DSP!

To give it a shabby chic look I added a ruffled eyelet border and some satin ribbon. 

Now for the inside: 

See the little gift card peeking out, here is how to make the gift card holder: 

 

You might not be able to read the dimensions I typed on the photo so here they are again: 

Cut card stock: 11" x 4-1/4"

Score at: 3",5-1/2",8"

Fold as shown above. 

Use the word window punch to punch out 1/2 a word window on the center fold, one on each end, like this: 

 

Now it is time to glue it shut, grab your Tombow Liquid glue....

Flip the card over add glue to the very edge, on the three sides, as shown above. Press and hold it shut and wait a few second for the glue to dry. 

 

Now your card is ready to hold a gift card and to be all dressed up with stamps, ink and embellishments! 

 Happy Stampin' 

Carrie

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Scrunchie Flower Tutorial

Well, as promised I have a tutorial for the paper flower I made on yesterday's card.  Here is another version of the flower, my favorite!  I was inspired to make this paper flower by Jennifer Ingericks' flower brooch. Thanks Jennifer!!!

 I named it the Scrunchie Flower because what makes it look so good is how you scrunch it up. 

 I have created a step by step photo tutorial for you so that you can recreate this cute Scrunchie Flower for your paper crafting projects! 

Here is what you need:

 

Scallop Circle Punch

ELEVEN scallop circle punched out of Designer paper.  I did mine all the same ( I just turned one over for this picture.)

THREE Pop Up Glue Dots

Scissors

STEP 1

Time to SCRUNCH!!!

Scrunch up each scalloped circle by wading it up into a ball and then open it.  If you want it to be more scrunchie repeat this as many times as you like to get the desired look.

I did mine at least 2 times. 

STEP 2

Fold 10 of the scallop circles into triangles, by folding it in half and then in half again.  You do not want to line them up exactly when folding.

STEP 3

Add a Pop Up Glue dot to the center of the 1 scallop circle that you did not fold up. 

Add your triangles one at a time, laying it on the glue dot and pressing it in slightly.  Add the second triangle so that the open sides of each triangle face each other.  You want open ends together and folded ends together.  So, the first layer will end up with four triangles: 

You can see they are opening up a little, we want that, it makes it fuller in the end.  You do not want to use the bone folder on the folds for this project.      

STEP 4

Add your second Pop Up glue dot to the center of layer one and add four more triangles.  This time when you lay them down stager them so that they cover the seams of layer one.  You still want to lay them so that the open ends are together and the folds are together. 

STEP 5

Add your final Pop Up Glue dot the the center of layer two.  Snip the corners off your last two remaining triangles and discard the tips. I know some of you are thinking DISCARD, okay, save them and use them in another project!  Or, if you have an obscene amount of scraps, you really should recycle them. 

STEP 6

Press the flat end of one triangle into the center of the glue dot but leaving room for the last triangle. When you mount the last triangle, put it on in the opposite direction of the first, so that an open end is next to a fold. 

STEP 7

SCRUCH, SCRUNCH, SCRUNCH!  Until you get the desired look.  

For a last little something extra I like to spritz mine with Shimmer Paint ( mix 5 drops of shimmer paint with 1 oz of alcohol).  Don't get it too wet!  The adhere it to your project, use another Pop Up Glue dot or Tombow Liquid glue.  Have fun making your Scrunchie Flower!  

BONUS: VERSION 2

Now, if you want to make the version I made in yesterday's post, here is what you do.  Instead of scrunching the flowers in Step 2, you snip in between each scallop about 1/2', then repeat all the remaining steps to complete!  

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Happy Stampin"

Carrie      

 
 
 

Witches Hat Tutorial

I wanted to share with you how I made this Witches Hat for my Ladies Night Out stamping event.

I was inspired by Connie Collins, who created a witches hat treat box for a 3D for her Artisan Projects, I loved it and created my own version. 

I have made a photo tutorial for you, so that you can create your own Witches Hat.

Take a 4-1/4" x 11" piece of card stock and score it at 5-1/2" (like you were making a card)

Then, make a tic mark at 2-1/8" at the top and bottom of the card stock, this is the middle of the card stock.

Now line up the tic mark and the scored line, as seen here with the cutting groove on your paper cutter, now connect those two marks with a scored line.

Repeat this on the other side and the bottom half of the card stock, creating two triangles.

I like to use my bone folder for this.

To make the brim of the hat you need a 7 x 1-1/4" strip of matching card stock.  Fold the card base in half, center the strip over it so that the fold and the bottom of the strip are aligned.  With your bone folder, make a tic mark where top of the strip intersects with the scored line on both sides. 

Take the strip to your paper cutter.  Line up the tic mark and the corner in the groove of your paper cutterr, and cut off the corner on each side.

Time to assemble. Fold on the scored lines to create a box.

 There is no adhesive needed for this box.  Just hold the box together and....

Punch through all four layers with the largest whole of your crop-a-dile.  It does feel like you are cramming is in there, but it comes out fine. Now is the time to fill your hat with a goody!

Then tie it shut with coordinating ribbon.  I use Rich Razzleberry polka-dot ribbon. Attached the hat brim, I use Tombow Liquid glue for all my glueing on this project.

Here are the pieces you need to make the buckle for your hat.  The Old Olive piece was made with the Curly Label punch.

First glue on the curly label piece and then the 1" square in the center of that and you have a faux buckle.

 Using the small star punch, punch out several stars to randomly cover your hat. I punched mine from the Cottage Wall designer paper.

 Glue on your faux buckle/hat band, so that the edge of the Rich Razzleberry band and the edge of the basic black hat brim are lined up and touching.  Now trim off all the star and hat band so they are flush with the edge of the hat.

Add a tag to the top of the hat if you like, mine is from Grateful Greetings in the current Holiday Mini Catalog.

And, there you have it, a super cute Halloween goody yo give to all your Ghoul Friends!

Recipe:

Stamps: Grateful Greetings

Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive and Basic Black Markers (to color stamp for the tag)

Paper: Basic Black (4-1/4" x11 and 1-1/4" x 7"), Rich Razzleberry (1" x 4-1/4", 1"x1" and piece to punch large tag), Old Olive (punch out Curly Label), Whisper White (punch out small tag)

Accessories: Rich Razzleberry Polka-dot ribbon, Black Gingham ribbon

Tools: Bone Folder, Paper Trimmer, Crop-a-dile, Lrg and Sm Tag Punch, Curly Label punch, Sm. Star punch, Tombow Liquid glue

Happy Stampin'

Carrie