My Wild Irish Rose

I've posted before how much I LOVE sketches... there is nothing like a great sketch to get your creativity flowing :). I was surfing some blogs early, early, this morning and found a new sketch blog (to me, anyway). I loved the sketch they posted for this week and I immediately put together the card below in my head when I saw the sketch. Took me less than ten minutes to make this card- love that! Back to the blog I found... it's Freshly Made Sketches. You should pop on over there and check out the sketches and all the gorgeous cards overflowing the posts :). You will not be disappointed! For this week, here is the sketch...

I made this rose a few days ago, but I just wasn't happy with anything I did with it, soooo, when I saw the sketch, it took me seconds to visualize the card below :D. After I made the rose, I had the song, "My Wild Irish Rose," stuck in my head for hours, so what else was I gonna do with it, other than make a St. Patrick's Day card with it? Not the traditional colors for St. Patrick's  Day, but hey, I'm Irish, I can get away with it don't ya' think? ;-)

 Inside the card is a lovely Irish Blessing matted on Daffodil Yellow card stock. I added another little four leaf clover for a bit of extra luck ;-) in the lower right corner.

 Here is a close up of the rose....

Thanks for stopping by today, have a GREAT day!!!

Blessings!

Barb

Supplies:

Whisper White, Daffodil Yellow, Old Olive, Marina Mist card stock

Tangerine Tango, Chocolate Chip Classic Stampin' Ink, Daffodil Delight Stampin' Write marker

Beau Chateau Designer Series Paper

Finial Press, Square Lattice embossing folders

Scallop Trim border punch and various non Stampin' Up! punches

Christmas List Organizer

I saw this beyond brilliant idea on Artful Imagination's blog! She made a Christmas List Organizer! Every year I have several Christmas lists with me when I do my Christmas shopping, all written out on separate sheets of lined paper. You can imagine how much fun it is trying to switch between all those sheets of paper while shopping. With this little organizer you have all your Christmas lists handy in one conveniently sized little organizer, and it's pretty too! Many thanks to Artful Imagination for coming up with this fantastic organizer and sharing it! You have made my Christmas shopping so much easier!!!!

Back to the organizer :). She made inserts for the inside of her organizer, so I made my own inserts as well, using Word. I also made my organizer slightly different, in that I put a piece of Designer Series Paper at the top of mine to hide the top of my list sheets. I think that I'll make another one for next year and laminate my covers, so that all I have to do is print out new lists each year to add to the organizer. (Sigh) Hindsight is often better than foresight.

Have you started your Thanksgiving preparations yet? I'm off to start on mine now! I do a lot of baking for the holidays and it's so much easier to make up the pie crusts and freeze them a couple of days before I need them :). Have a great day today!

Blessings!

Barb

Supplies:

Paper: Baja Breeze, Marina Mist, Wild Wasabi, Real Red, Whisper White, Designer Series Paper (retired)

Classic Stampin' Ink: Garden Green, Melon Mambo, Wild Wasabi, Real Red

Stamps: Dear Santa, Sweets for the Sweet

Punches: 1" Circle, Decorative Label

Dies: Tasteful Trim, Stocking Accents, Northern Frost

Other: 1" Prong Fasterner

A Sweet Gift Box

As a demonstrator, I have access to a lot of wonderful ideas and projects, not only through Stampin' Connection (an online community for demonstrators only), but also through the Stampin' Up! site for demonstrators. We have access to online videos showing projects made with Stampin' Up! products. The gift box below was one of the video projects. I used different stamps to make mine and different ribbon and a different tag, but the box idea came from Stampin' Up! To make the box itself, you simply die cut two Fancy Favor boxes, stamp them, and then slip one box into the other. The result is a box that is closed on both ends, but easy to open :). 

For my box I used Real Red, Very Vanilla, and Always Artichoke. Those are great colors to use for Christmas projects! My tag is made with the Ovals die and the Designer Frames embossing folders. I used the medium oval for the tag and embossed it inside the Designer Frames folder. For the center of the tag, I die cut the smallest oval and embossed it with the Square Lattice embossing folder. I finished off the tag with a stamped image from Winter Post. Adhere some seam binding ribbon and add a bow and you have a pretty box for a gift or for special treats. I may add home baked Christmas cookies to mine- this is ideal packaging for a few Christmas cookies :). I hope your day is wonderful today! See you tomorrow!

Blessings!

Barb

Supplies:

Paper: Real Red, Very Vanilla, Always Artichoke

Classic Stampin' Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Soft Suede, Always Artichoke

Stamps: Winter Post

Dies: Fancy Favor, Ovals

Embossing Folders: Designer Frames, Square Lattice

Other: Always Artichoke Seam Binding ribbon, gold crochet thread, 1/8 Circle punch

Christmas Stocking Banner

THIS is the project that started with my creative spark from visiting the flea markets and antique malls over the weekend. I was so happy to be feeling creative that I stayed up all night on Saturday evening! I was tired on Sunday, but it was so much fun to be in the creative flow again, that I didn't want to stop :). I made a banner using the Stocking die in the Holiday Mini. If you don't have this die yet, you really should get it! I did individual photos of each stocking for you, with the full banner at the end. I plan to attach them together with seam binding ribbon, but I'm torn between Baja Breeze and Cherry Cobbler. Hmmmm, maybe Always Artichoke seam binding ribbon? I can't decide (sigh). My stocking banner spells out 'Merry' and I plan to use this in my Christmas decorating this year. I die cut the stockings and the cuffs from acid/lignin free mat board so that it would be sturdier and hold up for a few years :). I covered the stocking with Marina Mist, the cuffs with embossed Whisper White, and the little stocking toe and heel is die cut from Frostwood Lodge Designer Series paper in the Holiday Mini. A few of the elements in the stockings are die cut from mat board and covered with card stock or Designer Series Paper as well. If you make one of these, use your own judgement as to what elements you die cut from mat board. Timeless Type die cut letters were used for each stocking. The first stocking is the M in Merry. I used the holly leaves die cut from the Stocking Accents die in the Holiday Mini and added a jingle bell punch. The jingle bell is punched from More Mustard, backed with Basic Black, and the top of the bell only has been embossed with the Snow Burst folder (Holiday Mini). The bell was also inked with More Mustard ink. I stamped the little candy bag on vellum and adhered my Cherry Cobbler stamped candy to the back.

 Next up is the E stocking. I added a little note to Santa ;-). I stamped 'Dear Santa' in Cherry Cobbler and inked the edges with Crumb Cake ink. Crinkle up the paper a bit :-). I added a button die cut with the Sweet Buttons embosslit and tied with the Cherry Cobbler and White bakers twine.

 On to R... I used the Stocking Accents die to die cut the little Christmas Tree- covered with Snow Burst embossed Old Olive, the candy cane, and added a little package to the back. The package is just a rectangle of Designer Series Paper and the bow was made with the Blossom Bouquet Triple Layer punch.

 The other R... I was trying to think of things that go inside stockings and decided that a little spin top and a little elf doll were just the things to add to this stocking :). The elf is made using the Build a Bear dies (you really do need the Build a Bear dies :D !) and the top is made from the ornament on the Stocking Accents die. I covered the mat board ornament with some wood paper from Frostwood Lodge Designer Series Paper, which was also inked around the edges and over the paper to lessen the white shock of the paper ;-)   I tied Cherry Cobbler and White bakers twine around the top of the top and added a Jewelry Tag punch under the twine. The tag says "Super Spin Top". The elf's little sign says, "Wish Big".

                                                   

 Last, the Y. The last stocking is a mirror of the first stocking, so it would be made exactly the same, just reversing the elements to the right side.

 And here they are all together in a row. Until I decide which seam binding ribbon to use, you'll just have to visualize that the ribbon is there :D.

See you tomorrow! Have a wonderful day!

Blessings!
Barb

Supplies:
Paper: Marina Mist, Whisper White, Old Olive, Real Red, More Mustard, Basic Black, vellum, Frostwood Lodge Designer Series Paper
Classic Stampin' Ink: More Mustard, Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Old Olive
Stamps: Dear Santa, Sweets for the Sweet, Pennant Parade, Tagtastic
Dies: Holiday Stocking, Stocking Accents, Sweet Buttons embosslit, Timeless Type alpha, Build a Bear Bear,  Beary Essentials
Other: Snow Burst embossing folder, Jewelry Tag punch, 1" Circle punch, Curly Label punch, white gel pen, red gems

Christmas Tree Treat Box

Did you know that the Petal Cone die makes a great Christmas Tree? These will be cute to place beside each place setting on your Christmas table or just for special little treats for those special people in your life. I die cut two Petal Cones from Garden Green card stock and embossed them with the new Snow Burst embossing folder in the Holiday Mini- love this folder! I inked the edges and lightly inked over the embossed design with Garden Green ink. You can add little punched out circles to your tree if you'd like. Using 1/8" circle punch outs is time consuming, but cute :D ! 

 You'll want to add your treats inside the tree before you add the tree skirt. Close up the flaps on the Petal Cone after adding your treat or little gift inside. Die cut a circle with the Clear Circle die in Very Vanilla and another circle from the Scallop Circle die in Cherry Cobbler. Emboss the Very Vanilla with the embossing folder of choice and ink over it lightly with Crumb Cake ink. Adhere to the bottom of your Christmas Tree. Punch out or die cut two little stars from More Mustard and add the little star to the top attached to a toothpick. You'll want to trim the toothpick to make it shorter though.

You could also leave out the treats and just make a few of these for decoration around your house :). Have an awesome day today!

Blessings!
Barb

Colors used: Garden Green, Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla

More French Foliage

All right, so I was pretty into the French Foliage stamp set the two days I worked in my stamp room last week. After I got done with my box that you saw yesterday, I worked on this little autumn album. The cover is a Bind-it-all Cover All that I had just gotten to try out. It came with craft paper already on it and I LOVE the look of craft paper, so there was no need to do anything else, but stamp on it :-). Oh,  and add the strap...

Back and spine of the book

You don't have to have a Cover All to complete this project. You can make your own covers if you have a way to bind your books or you can use the On Board Journal from Stampin' Up! (108495). The inside has 6x6 Very Vanilla pages with some Old Olive, Cajun Craze, and More Mustard pages thrown into the mix. I haven't gotten to decorating the pages yet, but as autumn leaves begin to turn, I'll be adding some of those photos to it. Maybe when I get it done I'll re-post the completed book :-). Have a wonderful day today! 

Blessings!

Barb

Supplies:

Paper: Old Olive, Very Vanilla, More Mustard, Cajun Craze for the pages inside

Classic Stampin' Ink: Cajun Craze 119671, Old Olive 102277, More Mustard 103162, Early Espresso 119670, Crumb Cake 121030

Stamps: French Foliage 121166

Roses

I had these tag pieces laying on my counter top in my stamping room and I had just made the tiny rose, so I combined them into the tag you see in the photo. The card evolved from there :). 

This is definitely not one of those cards that you mail, unless you pack it into a box. I don't usually make cards that are this 3D, but that little rose just called out for a big rose, and who am I to argue :-) ? Thanks for stopping by today... see ya' on Monday!

Blessings!

Barb

Supplies:
Paper: Regal Rose 105130, Pear Pizzazz 119795, Very Vanilla 101650, So Saffron 105118, Old Olive 100702

Classic Stampin' Ink: Old Olive 102277, Regal Rose 105211, Early Espresso 119670

Stamps: French Foliage 121166, Touch of Kindness 123203 (Summer Mini 2011)

Punches: Extra Large Tag 119866, Large Tag 119876, Fancy Flower 118073, Boho Blossoms 119858, Triple Flower (retired)

Other: Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder 117335

Post It Note Pad Holder

Do you have tools that kind of hit the wayside and you hardly use them, if at all? I have to sometimes make myself think of stamp sets, dies, punches, and other tools that I have that are neglected for long periods of time. Such was the case with my Simple Flower embosslit, so I pulled it out and gave it some love last week :-). 

A local store had the new pink Bind-it-all version 2 on sale for half price and it came with some extras- like chipboard covers. I've been wanting the pink one since it came out, but since I already had the blue one, I really couldn't justify the purchase. So glad it was on sale! Uh huh, yes I did get one :-). I used it on my post it note holder below....

I inked the edges of the So Saffron Simple Flower die cut with Peach Parfait. The two colors really work well together. My covers are just two coasters that I covered with Blushing Bride Designer Series Paper from the Level One Hostess sets.  

I used another Blushing Bride Designer Series Paper for the inside of my covers. The coasters both started out as black ones, but now they are nice and pretty :-). I plan to keep this little note holder in my purse for those quick notes that I sometimes need to write. This is a pretty quick and easy project and you could make a bunch of them in very little time. Have a great day!

Blessings!
Barb

Supplies:
Paper: So Saffron- 105118, Pear Pizzazz-119795, In Color Designer Series Paper Pack-121028
Classic Stampin' Ink: Pear Pizzazz-119784, Peach Parfait- 119783, Soft Suede- 115657
Stamps: Notes & Details- 122060 clear mount, Build a Blossom- 121994 clear mount
Dies: Simple Flower- 114514
Punches: Blossom Petals- 121808
Other: pearls, 4" coasters, post it pad

A Little Gift Bag!

One of my favorite dies for my Big Shot is the Fancy Favor die, exclusive to Stampin' Up! The bag can be used as a treat bag or a gift bag, it can even be used as a basket :-). It can be dressed up, dressed down, made into an elegant bag or any other theme you can imagine. It's a very versatile die! My personal opinion is that this die is a MUST HAVE in every paper crafter's tool basket :-).

I embossed my bag first with the Square Lattice embossing folder. It kind of reminds me of burlap :-). I simply added some leaves, a daisy with a button center, and a small butterfly. Quick and easy project to make for any occasion :-). Pop the daisy and the butterfly up on Stampin' Dimensionals and it's ready to go. Have a great day!

Blessings!

Barb

Supplies:

Paper: Pear Pizzazz-119795, Wild Wasabi-108641, Whisper White-100730, So Saffron-105118, Marina Mist-119682

Dies: Fancy Favor-115965, Beautiful Wings-118138, Little Leaves-114511, Daisies #2114520, Sweet Buttons embosslit-121813

Textured Impressions Embossing Folder: Square Lattice-119976

Other: Stampin' Dimensionals-104430

Tri-Shutter Card

This type of card is called a Tri-Shutter Card. Interesting name, huh? It's a pretty cool card since it stands up all by itself for display and is always a nice surprise for whoever gets one. It's not your everyday, ordinary type of card :-). For my card, I used Marina Mist, So Saffron, and Cherry Cobbler, with just a splash of Very Vanilla. This color combo really makes all three colors pop, so I was really happy with my color choices.

Did you notice those cool little buttons in the centers of the flowers? I love them. They were made with the new Sweet Buttons embosslit in the Occasions Mini. A little bit of ink always adds more dimension to any die cut- especially die cuts that are embossed as they are cut. My buttons were done in So Saffron and Marina Mist, but only the So Saffron buttons were inked with More Mustard. Inking the Marina Mist buttons would have interrupted the flow of the card and would have left no place for the eye to rest. If you look closely though, the So Saffron flowers are inked a little around the edges with More Mustard, so it still draws the eye, but isn't busy.

Instead of using Designer Series Paper for my background, I chose to use texture for more interest. I chose the Square Lattice embossing folder. It reminds me of baskets and/or a woven background :-). Wishing you all a very happy day today! Thanks so much for visiting me!

Blessings!

Barb

Supplies:

Paper: So Saffron-105118, Marina Mist-119682, Cherry Cobbler-119685, Very Vanilla-101650, Old Olive-100702

Classic Stampin' Ink: More Mustard-103162, Cherry Cobbler-119669, So Saffron-105213, Marina Mist-119668

Stamps: Bliss-123217, Bold Blossom-122232

Punches: Butterfly-119848, 1.75" Scallop Circle-119854, Boho Blossoms-119858

Dies: Sweet Button-121813, Daisies #2-114520, Beautiful Wings-118138, Little Leaves-114511

Textured Impressions Embossing Folder: Square Lattice-119976

Couple of Treat Ideas

Here are the other two projects that we did in class on Monday evening. The first one was done with the Scallop Square die and the Circle die. The Circle die was embossed with the Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder. Both of the projects below are quick and easy to create, so if you need a bunch to give out, it won't take you long to get them done.

This was done with the new Candy Wrapper die from the Holiday mini 2010. It is still available for purchase too :-). 

The inside holds some Valentine M&M's in a cello bag, tied with a silver twisty tie. The Candy Wrapper die is really the perfect size for treats. You can fit Hershey's Kisses or Nuggets or Gummy Bears or.... well, you get the point :-D. Have a great day!!! Did you get snow? We did!!!

Blessings!

Barb

Supplies:

Stamps: Filled with Love Bundle-124381

Paper: Cherry Cobbler-119685, Whisper White-100730, Pretty in Pink-100459, Love Patterns Designer Series Paper- 124156

Classic Stampin' Ink: Cherry Cobbler-119669

Punches: 1" Circle-119868, 1.25" Circle-119861, Full Heart-119883, Heart to Heart-119881, Scallop Trim Border-118870

Dies: Clear Scallop Square-115950, Clear Circle-114533, Candy Wrapper-

Treat Box Card

My blogging friend Kim had posted some cool cards on her blog recently. They are so cool, I wanted to make one too :-). I chose to use a Valentine theme for my card. The card actually has a treat box that folds onto the card and the card has a little pocket to hold tags or gift cards. I know, cool, right? Here is the card with the tag tucked in.....

 And here with the tag on the outside so you can see it better.....

Yes, that is chocolate in there!!!! Hershey's Nuggets fit perfectly- five of them to be exact :-). We made this in class on Monday evening, along with two other projects that I will be posting tomorrow. I'm at the rink, so I'm going to watch my daughter practice for a bit :-D. Have a great evening!!!!

Blessings!

Barb

Supplies:

Stamps: Sweetheart-120780, Filled with Love Bundle- 124381, Teeny Tiny Wishes-115370

Classic Stampin' Ink: Cherry Cobbler-119669, Old Olive-102277

Paper: Cherry Cobbler-119690, Whisper White-100730, Pretty in Pink-100459, Love Patterns Designer Series Paper-124381

Punches: Full Heart-119883, Heart to Heart 119881, Round Tab-119864, Modern Label-119849

Other: Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder-117335, Window Sheet-114323

The New Petal Cone Die

Just a few more days and the brand new Occasions Mini for 2011 goes live- whoo hoo! Lots of cute stuff in it! (Drum roll please...) Introducing one of the new dies in the Occasions Mini- the brand new Petal Cone die- taaa daaa! Isn't it sweet? Can you imagine the possibilities with this?!!

I used Pirouette Pink to die cut my cone. The scalloped edge and the little banner in Very Vanilla that you see are part of the die- cool, huh? You can fold in the top flaps of the cone the same way you would fold in the flaps on the retired Petal Card die and the new Petal Card punch. If you add the scalloped edge though, you won't be able to fold the flaps inside the cone, but doesn't it look pretty on the outside :-) ? 

This was the project that I started a couple of days ago and I just finished it. Instead of moving on to my next project, I grabbed my camera so I could post it for you :D.

I hope you are all rested up after the holiday season! I've been having a shoulder issue for the last two days, but I think I am rested up now :-). Wishing you all a wonderful day today!

Blessings!

Barb

Supplies:

Stamps: Filled with Love- 121154 (from the Holiday mini 2010- better grab it before January 3rd), Teeny Tiny Wishes-115370

Paper: Pink Pirouette-111351, Very Vanilla-101650, Daffodil Delight-119683, Certainly Celery-105125

Classic Stampin' Ink: Pink Pirouette-111838, Cherry Cobbler-119669

Punches: Oval Large-119855, Scallop Oval- 119856, Heart to Heart- 119881, Flower Trio (retired), 1/8" circle (not Stampin' Up!)

Dies: Petal Cone-121810

Other: Real Red 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon-109034

Candy Wrapper Die

I finally got the Candy Wrapper die a couple of weeks ago and it's quickly become one of my favorite dies. I made a bunch of these for little hand outs during the Christmas Season. You can put chocolates in them or small gifts. I've been putting chocolate in mine :-). 

To make these, I die cut the Candy Wrapper and embossed just down the center of my die cut so that the ends are not embossed. After embossing them, I added some gold ink with a sponge dauber to make the embossing stand out. The gold really brings out the red and makes them look so rich. I stamped a sentiment and punched it out with the Small Oval punch and added a gold snowflake on a dimensional from the Northern Frost strip die. Tied the ends with gold cord and done!! Easy peasy...and fast! Thanks for stopping by today. I know everyone is busy- Christmas is almost here!!!! Have a wonderful day today!!

Blessings!

Barb

Supplies:

Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes-115370

Card Stock: Cherry Cobbler-119685, Very Vanilla-101650

Ink: gold

Dies: Candy Wrapper-120890, Northern Frost-120901

Punches: Small Oval-119855

Another Packaging Idea

I know other blogs are moving on to Valentine's Day, but I just can't quite bring myself to do Valentine's Day yet. Christmas isn't over yet :-). So, on that note, I just wanted to share another last minute packaging idea with you. I bake cookies like crazy in December and we always give them out to friends, well, of course, we keep some for us too ;-). My good friend Donna gave me the most awesome sugar cookie recipe last year when she came to visit and we baked Christmas cookies together. I am not kidding about the cookies. They are the lightest, tastiest sugar cookies ever! I usually put them in little tins that I purchase at the store for giving away. This year though, I thought they would look really cute in the Fancy Favor boxes.

Just add a little handle and you have a cute little box/basket! You can include a tag on the side for the recipient's name- great for personalizations! Have you gotten snow yet? I know some parts of the country have already gotten snow. Waving "hi" to Carol who has gotten snow already where she lives :D. Hope you are all staying warm and toasty!!!! Have a wonderful day today!

Blessings!

Barb

Supplies:

Card Stock: Marina Mist-119682, Cherry Cobbler-119685, Very Vanilla-101650, So Saffron-105118

Classic Stampin' Ink: Marina Mist-119668

Punches: Extra Large Oval-119859, Word Window-119857, Scallop Trim border-118402

Dies: Stars #2- 113461, Lots of Tags-114508, Fancy Favor- 115965, Northern Frost-120901

York Peppermint Patty Treats

I think there were many of us papercrafters who were really disappointed when The Hershey Company changed the packaging for York Peppermint Patties. We had this lovely little round peppermint patty covered in a 'fitted' foil wrapper that could be covered with a stamped Scalloped Circle punch for any holiday. I know that there is another company who is sticking with the fitted foil wrapper, but in my opinion, they just don't taste as good as a York (sorry other company) :D. Scallop Envelope die to the rescue!!!! I die cut two Scallop Envelopes in Pink Pirouette and trimmed the very bottom flap of the envelope so that the flap was 1/2" long. Punch a shape out of the top of the envelope for a little handle and glue the sides and the bottoms- viola! It holds two York Peppermint Patties in their 'new' packaging perfectly!

I'll be making these for my daughter to give out to her team mates this year. So glad they don't read my blog :D. Have a great day!!!!

Blessings!

Barb

Supplies:

Card Stock: Pink Pirouette-111351, Very Vanilla-101650

Classic Stampin' Ink: Real Red-103133

Punches: Word Window-119857

Dies: Northern Frost-120901

Other: gold brad-104337

Place Setting Card

This one is kind of a re-run. Recently, I posted some place setting cards that I made for my Christmas table. There were two- one with a poinsettia and one with a snowflake. The snowflake one was done in Bashful Blue, Marina Mist, and Very Vanilla. JoAnne's was having a Wilton baking supplies sale last week and I found these cute snowman paper plates with matching napkins. Since our children spend the night on Christmas Eve each year, we always have snacking food out- beef summer sausauge, cheese slices, crackers, veggie trays, punch, home made cookies and candy, etc. To go with the cute paper plates I found, I just changed the color of the name holder on the card :D. Instead of using Bashful Blue, I used Cherry Cobbler instead.

Cherry Cobbler and Marina Mist are an amazing little match for these snowman paper plates. I got the paper plates and napkins for 60% off! :D Aren't they cute?

Have a wonderful day today! I hope you are staying warm and dry!

Blessings!

Barb

Supplies:

Card Stock: Very Vanilla-101650, Whisper White-100730, Cherry Cobbler-119685, Marina Mist-119682

Punches: Modern Label-119849, Word Window-119857

Dies: Northern Frost decorative strip-120901, Table Setting-116819

Christmas Table Setting

Remember last week I showed you the place cards that I made for my Christmas table? I made some napkin rings to go with them :-).

I used the Petals-a-Plenty embossing folder to emboss the napkin ring from the Table Setting die, both, exclusive to Stampin' Up! The place card is made from the Table Setting die also.

To make the poinsettia that I used on my napkin rings, I punched two flowers out from the 5 Petal Flower punch- one in Old Olive and one in Cherry Cobbler. I inked the edges of the leaves with Garden Green ink. I punched the center of the poinsettia out from More Mustard with one of the flowers from the Boho Blossoms punch and stamped the center with the same center stamp I used on my place card. The edges and the center are inked/stamped with Cajun Craze. I will be using red napkins on my dinner table on Christmas, but white was what I grabbed for the photos :D. I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!! Have a wonderful day today!

Blessings!

Barb

Supplies:

Card Stock: More Mustard-100946, Cherry Cobbler-119685, Old Olive-100702, Very Vanilla-101650, Whisper White-100730, Garden Green- 102584

Classic Stampin' Ink: Cherry Cobbler-119669, Cajun Craze-119671, Garden Green-102272, More Mustard-103162

Punches: 5 Petal Flower- 119880, Modern Label- 119849, Word Window- 119857

Dies: Table Setting- 116819

Candle with Die Cuts

Yesterday, I showed you a stamped image candle. Today, I wanted to show you that you can do the same method of melting images into a candle with die cuts too. I die cut several different sizes of snowflakes from the Northern Frost strip die in the 2010 Holiday mini. The snowflakes on this strip die are GORGEOUS!!!!

To apply the die cuts, you would place your die cuts where you want them to be on the candle and wrap the candle tightly with waxed paper, making sure the waxed paper is smooth. Using your heat tool, quickly and evenly heat the die cut and around its edges. This takes just seconds so be careful not to burn a hole into your candle. Pull the waxed paper gently away from the candle. You will be able to tell if the die cut melted into the candle all the way. If it didn't, just re-place the waxed paper and heat again. After the die cuts are set into the candle, add some stick on rhinestones.

Die cuts on candles are so pretty! I use my candles just for decorating purposes. I wouldn't recommend burning these and if they were lit, I wouldn't burn it past the start of the die cuts or the rhinestones. Once again, the Scallop Circle die makes pretty little candle coasters for displaying the candle :D. Have a holly jolly day today!!!

Blessings!

Barb

Supplies:

Dies: Northern Frost strip- 120901, Scallop Circle- 113468

Dasher Stamped Candle

I'm feeling better today- so far :-), so I got some photos this morning. I've been working on things for my daughter's skate team Christmas Show raffle. The raffle helps to raise money for the team. I'm showing this kind of backwards today :D. I sewed a bag for the candle on my serger using sparkle tulle that comes on a roll. I topped it with a tag, a poinsettia flower, and tied it with gold crochet thread. The flower is punched from the 5 Petal Flower punch and the petals are curled under slightly with a chop stick. I added a star shaped gold brad to the center and an Old Olive holly leaves die cut (holly leaves not Stampin' Up!).

I LOVE the Dasher stamp!! He is the most elegant reindeer stamp I think I've ever seen. I stamped him on white tissue paper with Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' Ink and cut him out close to the image. I placed him on the candle where I wanted him to be and covered him with a sheet of waxed paper. Holding the waxed paper tight and smooth over the image on the candle, I used my heat tool to melt the image and tissue paper into the candle. This takes literally seconds, so if you try this be careful that you don't melt a hole into your candle. Be sure to keep the heat tool moving quickly over the image.

I finished him off by stamping my sentiment on another piece of tissue paper and repeating the process outlined above. I also added some red stick on rhinestones to his antlers. The gold base that my candle is standing on was made with mat board, gold metallic card stock, the Scalloped Circle die, and my Big Shot. These make quick and inexpensive, but lovely gifts, for just about anyone on your shopping list. My tall pillar candles cost about $3.00 each, but if you were to buy a candle with an image on it in the store, you would pay about $10.00 - $12.00 each. Have a wonderful day today!!!

Blessings!

Barb

Supplies:

Stamps: Dasher- 116816, Many Merry Messages- 116586

Classic Stampin' Ink: Cherry Cobbler- 119669

Punches: Extra Large Tag- 119866, 5 Petal Flower- 119880

Dies: Scallop Circle- 113468