Gift ideas

Featured Demonstrator of the month! (Part 1)

Each month I am showcasing one of my talented downline as a "featured demo of the month" and this month it is Melissa Carr!

She has only been a demonstrator for a short while but already she is doing some fantastic things including those quilt bags. She has made some unbelievable bags that I have already shown on my blog.  Here are a few of her other creative projects….

She brought all of these to our meeting last night and this was definitely my favorite one! I just loved these coasters and the box she made to put them in. She has made a ton of them for gifts and I told her she needs to sell them at craft shows.

She stamped the coasters in black stazon and then colored them using a blender pen and the craft inks. THen she baked them at 350 for 20 minutes and sprayed them with acrylic sealer.  I think they came out fantastic! Here are directions for the box

This is for a set of 4×4 inch coasters with felt feet.  

Cut CS 7 ½ x 8 ¾

With 8 ¾ in. side against the top of score pad, score 3 ½ in. from each side.

With 7 ½ in. side against the top of score pad, score 1 ¾ in. from each side.

Melissa has also provided a tutorial on her own brand new blog! Check it out here!

This is a card made out of the clear window sheets that are in our catalog. I loved this card too.

THis card reminded me of the string art projects my daughter used to make all the time. I thought it was so cool looking. That is the sweet pea designer paper in the back.

I thought this card was just gorgeous and very manly looking. It looks like cracked glass but she made it using scotch tape! If you look closely at the clock, you can see the little pieces of tape all over it and then you sponge it with creamy caramel on top. How cool is that. I will post the rest of Melissa's projects in a couple days. Please leave a comment and let Melissa know what you think.

Bella Bleu Stamp camp!

Hey stampers,
Here is my April stamp camp sneak peek!  We will be making this gorgeous box with these 4 cards to go inside. All of the cards are made with the Bella Bleu designer papers which are my favorite! Click on my calendar for dates and times this month. Cost of the class is $20. Send me an email if  you would like to sign up. I will hopefully be doing a tutorial for this class also but it will not be available for a few weeks. I have too much to do before that Stampin Up cruise which is in a couple weeks!!

Easy to make notebooks!

I picked up a couple dozen of these notebooks in the dollar bin at Target a while back and finally got around to doing something with them…..you know how that is….

Well, I looked through my giant slab of Stampin Up Sweet Pea designer papers and found this one. I also used the Charming stamp set with Pretty in Pink and Chocolate chip inks and cardstock and the pretty in pink taffeta ribbon. I have already given several of these away as gifts and everyone loved them.

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Mini Easter Basket

Check out this adorable little Easter basket I made out of the Big Shot Square scallop die. Isn't it just precious? I did this project in all of my clubs this past month and everyone loved it.  All you have to do is punch out a scallop square using your favorite DSP and then score it between  every 3 scallops on all 4 sides. There are 9 scallops across each side so that splits it evenly into thirds. Then cut the ends up to the first crease on oppsite sides and fold up to make your box. The handles are just left over scraps from the DSP. THey are 6 inches by 3/4 of an inch.  I cut the squares at 5×5 so you have a big strip left over on each piece. I attached those with brads for extra support.  Then add your favite candy and decorate the front.

Here is the front view.

More quilt purses!

Yesterday I had some of my downline over to make the quilt purses using the scallop square die in the big shot. We had so much fun making them but I forgot to take pictures until the very end and Brenda was the only one still here. So, here is my downline Brenda. She made a Valentine bag for her little granddaughter. It was so cute.

I made 3 bags throughout the day and here is the biggest one. I just love these colors together.

Here are the 2 smaller bags……

I made flower pins using the flower folds die (big shot) for all of the bags this time too. It was a great day. I made 3 more bags today too. I will post them tomorrow. I wish there were more hours in the day so I could stamp and sew all day!

Simply Adorned Charms….simply beautiful!

I received my simply adorned charms not too long ago and I think they are simply gorgeous! Shelli showed a few of her samples on stage at Leadership (shown here) and I couldn't wait to come home and make some.  These first 2 photos are the bigger charms. I think this is the medium one and it shows the front and back view. I am sure anyone would love to receive a gift like this.

I bought the charm bracelet  and charms too  so I could make some of the smaller ones. These are so adorable and look  so great on the charm bracelet.  I am offering these to my downline as rewards for meeting certain goals.

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A couple more from Shelli’s presentation…..

Here are a couple more of the fabulous projects that Shelli demoed on stage at Leadership in Phoenix. The first one is the Fancy Favor box which is one of my favorite dies. It is so easy to make a great gift box with it. I think the silver hodgepodge hardware adds a nice touch to this one.

Here is a close up of the front. She also used the Very Vintage wheel in the Occasions mini.

This is a card she made using the stencils from the decor elements catalog. Love it!

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More stamp camp sneak peeks…..

Ok everyone, here are 2 more projects we will be doing at stamp camp next weekend. The first one is a giant candy bar with a gift card envelope on the front. One of my downline (Kristi Brock) came up with this idea for Christmas and I just changed it to Valentine's Day.

The second project is a Ghirardelli Chocolate holder. This pattern came from Kimberly Morris. I used the new luscious Valentine paper from the Occasions mini. To make this, all you do is take a 3×8 piece of cardstock and score it at 3-7/8" and at 4-1/8". Then on one end, push your word window punch in as far as it will go and punch, then move it a smidge to the left and punch and a smidge to the right and punch. The window is just a little too small to fit the chocolate with just one punch so you have to make it wider.

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Stamp Camp Sneak Peek!!

Next weekend I am having my January stamp camp classes so here is a sneak peek at a couple of the projects. One of my friends gave me a similar notebook a while back so I traced the pattern from that. I have seen the pattern on several different blogs though. This is made with our THoroughly Modern folders. Once you figure out how to cut it, they are easy to make.

Here is a close up of the pretties kit flower and the scallop circle.

Here is a view of the inside of the folder. You could also tuck a pen inside with velcro.

When you cut the folders to make the notebook, you are left with about a 3 1/2 inch strip and I started to throw these away and then I thought there had to be something I could make them so I made these little post it note holders. I put a half of a postit pad in each one so it wasn't too thick.  Super quick and easy project.

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And More Quilt Purses!

Here are the 2nd batch of purses that I made. I love this brown fabric. It is so yummy! I haven't tried washing any of these yet to get that shabby chic look but I might try it after I get back from Leadership. This is the bag I am taking to Leadership in case any of you see me there. THese are so easy to make with the Stampin Up Big SHot! It goes through 8 layers of fabric at a time.

Here is a close up of the flower pin on the front.

Here are a couple of the 2×2 size ones.