Non-Winning Artisan Award- Sew Mini Products 3D entry

Here is one of the two 3d items I made for the Artisan Award contest. It is a wooden thread spool holder that was altered to make a cute display of some of the sewing themed products that were in the Occasions Mini catalog. (Click on the picture to see it bigger aka more detail!)

I had a BLAST putting this project together with all the little details and elements. I used fabric, buttons, pom-pom trim, linen thread, designer series paper, designer fabric brads, stamps, ink and a few non SU! items (the wooden thread spool holder, the mini clay pots, the wooden spools in different sizes, the bobbins and the mini straight pins) oh and don't forget the millions :) of mini glue dots used to hold everything in place so it will never move!

Here is a close up of one of the mini clay pots filled with tiny rolls of the Sweet Stitches fabric pined together using the mini straight pins.

Here is another close up picture of another mini clay pot. This one acts as a pin cushion adorned with a matching brad on top as well as linen thread for details. You can kind of see it on this pot if look very closely...I stamped all the clay pots with images from the Sew Suite stamp set (retired now) in crumb cake classic ink to give them a little more interest and aged look. In this picture you can also see a bobbin that is wrapped with linen thread.

In this close up picture you can see some more fabric wrapped up in mini bolts tired up with the hemp twine. You can also see the pom-pom trim wrapped around a spool and that I stamped the tops of all of the spools using the Button, Button stamp set.

You can also see the designer series paper that lines all of the "shelves" that the pots, spools and bobbins are sitting on.

What a fun little project to make! I love it!

Thanks for looking!
if you were at convention you may have seen this on the display...it was there!

My Digital Studio- Easter Tag- SCIC48

It's Thursday and that means time for another Stampin' Celebration Inspiration Challenge! This week we are celebrating Easter (and soft pastel colors!) I decided to use My Digital Studio (MDS) and make an Easter tag this week inspired by the Baja Breeze and Pretty in Pink egg in the bottom right inspiration picture.

Here is what I came up with (front and back view)! This tag was fun and simple to create. Stampin' Up! has made it so easy to use their digital program, it is fantastic! With their newest (FREE!!) upgrade one of the templates they included was a tag.

I bet you can tell what egg I used as my inspiration! :) I used the digital Vintage Adornments and the Easter Blossoms stamp set to make my tag.

I hope I have inspired you to create something with us this week and if I haven't then the other design team members will defiantly do so! Drop by the Stampin' Celebration blog to see their creations....you never know, you may be our next "Party Guest" designer!

Thanks for looking!

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Elegant Nature Walk- SCIC44

It's Thursday and that means it is time for another Stampin' Celebration Inspiration challenge! This week we are going elegant, classic and earthy with the greens, golds, browns and vanillas.

When I saw the inspiration pictures this week I thought of the Nature Walk stamp set, so that is what I used!

I stamped both images onto watercolor paper using Black StazOn and then colored them in using my blender pens and classic ink (Pear Pizzazz, Chocolate Chip, and Crumb Cake).

I mounted the main images panel onto a piece of Crumb Cake card stock and then onto a whole piece of watercolor paper and then onto the Crumb Cake card base.

The sentiment is from the Say it Simply stamp set and was stamped in classic Chocolate chip ink.

Here are the inspiration pictures this week. Very clean and earthy I think.

I hope I have inspired you to join us this week! If you do, you have a chance at being our next "party guest" designer! Be sure to check out the other design team members creations this week too!

Thanks for looking!

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Trio of Cupcakes- SCIC43

It's Friday and that means yesterday was Thursday and that means it is time for another Stampin' Celebration Inspiration challenge! (Yes, I am late....eeek!) This week we are celebrating St. Patrick's day with a lot of chocolate!

I kind of had a hard time creating something this week, because I really didn't need another St. Partick's day card and as you can see from the inspiration pictures they scream St. Patrick's day, but I decided to focus on those yummy looking chocolate cupcakes.

Here is what I came up with, a trio of Early Espresso cupcakes adorned with a few Pear Pizzazz sprinkles!

I used the Build a Cupcake punch to make the cupcakes and did a little something different with the frosting....can you see it has a a little different shape to it than the normal frosting shape the punch punches?

Here is what I did with the frosting. I inserted a piece of Early Espresso card stock that had a Decorative Label already punched out of it into the Build a Cupcake punch and arranged it as the picture to the right shows and there you go, frosting that looks a little different! I think it looks a little more realistic.

Here is a close up. You can see the sprinkles on top of the cupcakes are the little tiny hearts from the Pinking Hearts Border punch.

I hope to see your creation over at the Stampin' Celebration this week too! You never know, you may be the next "Party Guest" Designer with us!

Thanks for looking!

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Simple Cupcake

Here is a super simple cute birthday card I made using the Build a Cupcake stamp and punch from the Occasions Mini catalog. The colors are Crumb Cake and Rose Red.

I pulled the inspiration straight from the mini catalog on page 23. I just mounted the image panel onto a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" card base and it was done!

Thanks for looking!

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Natural Bird- ccmc-om4

We had another great week full of awesome projects and tutorials over at the Create with Connie and Mary Occasions Mini Edition! The end is nearing for this edition, but it is NEVER to late to join! If you join now you will have access to all of the fabulous projects and tutorials we have shared over the past 4 weeks (that's over 20 projects!! and still one whole week to come!!!) This week we have been creating using all the products in the Botanical Gazette Suite from the Occasions Mini. What are you waiting for? Join us over at the Create with Connie and Mary Occasions Mini Edition and trust me....you will not regret it! Click here to subscribe and get in on all the fun!

Ok, on to this week's Saturday challenge which is a sketch challenge. Saturday challenges are for our subscribers to join in and every time they do they are entered to win a $75 Stampin' Up! merchandise gift certificate and a FREE registration to Create with Connie and Mary Summer Mini Edition!

For this week's sketch I decided to flip it on its side. And here is what I came up with.

I used the Nature Walk stamp set and the Botanical Gazette DSP. I stamped the branch onto water color paper using Black StazOn and then perched the bird on top the branch. I colored them in useing my blender pens and classic inks (Marina Mist, Old Olive and Cherry Cobbler).

I mounted the main image on to a few pieces of the DSP and added a piece of Early Espresso Taffeta Ribbon. The card base is Early Espresso. The sentiment is from the Bring on the Cake stamp set.

Be sure to head over to the Create with Connie and Mary site to check out the other Design Team Members cards using the sketch this week. While you are there make sure you check out their blogs as well!

Thanks for looking!

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Crisp Birhtday- SCIC#40

Ready for a fresh inspiration piece? This week over at the Stampin' Celebration blog we have the perfect collection of pictures for inspiration full of white, yellow and a splash of red.

Here is what I came up with, a clean crisp birthday card. I made the yellow background by stamping images from the Baby Blossoms stamp set in So Saffron and Daffodil Delight all over the Whisper White card stock and mounted it onto a piece of So Saffron card stock.

The sentiment was stamped using Cherry Cobbler ink and then punched out using the Decorative Label punch.

I ruffled a piece of Cherry Cobbler seam binding ribbon behind the main panel and attached it to the Whisper White card base that has a piece of vellum over the top of it.

What a refreshing color combination to work with! I hope you decide to play along with us this week too!

Recipe:
Stamps: Bring on the Cake, Baby Blossoms
Paper: Whisper White, Vellum cards stock, So Saffron
Ink: SO Saffron, Daffodil Delight, Cherry Cobbler
Accessories: Decorative Label punch, Chery Cobbler seam binding

Thanks for looking!

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Monogrammed Springtime Journal- ccmc-om3

We had another great week full of awesome projects and tutorials over at the Create with Connie and Mary Occasions Mini Edition! We have been creating using all the products in the Springtime Vintage Suite from the Occasions Mini this week! Do you want to see these projects? Do you want easy to follow tutorials to make these projects? I bet you do! It is never to late to join the Create with Connie and Mary Occasions Mini Edition and trust me....you will not regret it! Click here to find out how to subscribe and get in on all the fun!

Ok, on to this week's Saturday challenge which is a color challenge using Rose Red, Baja Breeze, Pear Pizazz and Very Vanilla. Saturday Challenges are for our subscribers to join in and every time they do they are entered to win a $75 Stampin' Up! merchandise gift certificate and a FREE registration to Create with Connie and Mary Summer Mini Edition!

Here is what I made, a monogrammed journal. This was fun and simple to make yet it makes a bold statement.

I used an Art Journal from Stampin' Up! as the journal. To create the background I used Very Vanilla card stock and the Dotted Scallop ribbon border, Scallop Trim border, Scallop Edge border and the Eyelet border punches and just layered them horizontally on the journal.

I made the flowers using scraps of the Springtime Vintage fabric glued to a circle of sticky sheet in a circular pattern starting in the center.

I added a few basic pearls to the center of the flowers as well as some Pear Pizazz card stock leaves made using the Build a Blossom punch.

The "R" was die cut from Rose Red card stock using the Big Shot and the Serif Essentials die. I used the Baby Blossoms stamp set to stamp a small leaf print onto the "R" using Rose Red ink and then mounted it to the journal using dimensionals.

Be sure to head over to the Create with Connie and Mary site to check out the other Design Team Members cards using these colors as inspiration. While you are there make sure you check out their blogs as well!

Thanks for looking!

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Simply Sophisticated Valentine- SCIC#38

It's Thursday and that means time for a Stampin' Celebration Inspiration Challenge! This week we are inspired by the bold red, black and white in these photos.

Feel inspired? We would love to see what you create using these photo's as inspiration by uploading your project to the Stampin' Celebration blog here!

Here is what I made, a simply sophisticated valentine! With the clean and simple lines this card has, it would be a perfect masculine card (even thought it has some of the new Red Glimmer paper on it!)

If you haven't had a chance to get your hands on any of that glimmer paper, you need to....it is awesome! It gives your project that glittery look and feel without actual glitter getting all over everything everywhere!

Recipe:
Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes
Paper: Very Vanilla, textured Basic Black, First Edition DSP and Red Glimmer paper
Accessories: Big Shot, Perfect Polka-Dots embossing folder, Full Heart extra large punch.

Thanks for looking!

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Dressed-up Paper Bag Favor- CCMC-OM1

Wow has it been an AMAZING week one over at the Create with Connie and Mary Occasions Mini Edition! We have been creating using all the "Bring on the Cake Suite" things from the mini and let me tell you...there have been some SUPER cute and some one of a kind projects made using these products! Do I have you interested yet? Do you want to see what I am talking about? I bet you do! It is never to late to join the Create with Connie and Mary Occasions Mini Edition. Click here to find out how to subscribe and get in on all the fun!

It is time for the Create with Connie and Mary Occasions Mini Edition Saturday Challenge...week one we are making party favors using the "Bring on the Cake Suite" products! What perfect products to make a party favor!

Here is what I made, a dressed-up paper bag party favor! I started with a plain old paper bag (you can use any size you want) and stamped the number image from the Bring on the Cake stamp set. Then I measured the circumference around the bottom of the bag and then cut the Cherry Cobble card stock to that size and then cut slits in it to give it some interest. I then adhered it to the bag using sticky strip.

I used a few little strips of acetate to mount a few small paper stars to the bag so it looks like they are flying up behind the cupcake.

The cupcake was made using the new Create a Cupcake punch from the Occasions Mini Catalog using Daffodil Delight and Basic Black card stock and was mounted onto a 1 3/4" circle Naturals White card stock using dimensionals.

Change the color scheme and you would have a super cute party favor for a girl's birthday, or baby shower or wedding! So many options for this cute little favor!

The Saturday challenges are for our subscribers to play along with us! When they enter the challenges, they have their name put in the drawing for one of two $75 merchandise certificates and one of two FREE subscriptions to Create with Connie and Mary SUMMER Editon. The more they enter the challenges, the more times their name is entered into the drawing! You can subscribe here!

Be sure to head over to the Create with Connie and Mary site to check out the other Design Team Members party favors and their blogs as well!

Oh....I also heard there is a FREE tutorial for one of the projects over on their blog as well as a bonus this week!!

Thanks for looking!
and I hope to see you over on the Create with Connie and Mary site soon!

Pile of Cupcakes- SCIC#35

Are you ready to celebrate?!? We over at the Stampin' Celebration blog are, and we want you to join us! This week we are welcoming two new design team members and a brand new blog design/look!

We have our weekly inspiration challenge as well as some BLOG CANDY! Head over to the Stampin' Celebration blog for more details, to see the new look and to welcome the new design team members!!

Look at these fun bright inspiration pictures we have to work with this week! Here is what I came up with!

I used the new Cupcake punch from the Occasions mini and different colors of card stock (Pear Pizazz, Marina Mist, Real Red, Blushing Bride, Daffodil Delight and Baja Breeze) to make the cupcakes. I sent the "frosting" through the Big Shot with the Perfect polka dots embossing folder. To give the cupcakes a little more depth, I sponged the coordinating inks on them.

I made the cupcake stand using the scalloped edge punch and a few circles. The swirl's are from the Swirls Scribble Sizzlits die and the Big Shot. The sentiment was stamped in Early Espresso ink on to Whisper White card stock ans then made into a banner.

I hope you join us in our celebrating this week over at the Stampin' Celebration blog!

Thanks for looking!

and if this wasn't exciting enough, you must check out the Create with Connie and Mary blog too! The preview period (aka FREE tutorials for awesome projects) is in full swing and you do not want to miss out on the blog candy there too!

Shimmering Flakes- SCIC34

It's Thursday and that means time for another Stampin' Celebration Inspiration Challenge! This week we are celebrating frosty cold winter! I love all the blue's and sparkle in the inspiration pictures. Feel free to play along with us by uploading your creation at the Stampin' Celebration blog!
Here is what I came up with for this week. The colors are Whisper White and Bashful Blue and a hint of Frost White Shimmer Paint.

I used a piece of Vellum card stock and embossed it using the Northern Flurry embossing folder (you can still get it, even though it was in the Holiday Mini) and then sponge-daubed over the snowflakes using Bashful Blue and a tiny bit of Marina Mist classic inks. Then I sponge-daubed over the blue snowflakes with the Frost White Shimmer Paint to give them a bit of a shimmer.

In this picture, you can see the shimmer a little bit better.

The sentiment comes from the new stamp set in the Occasions Mini catalog called Bring on the Cake and it was stamped on the Vellum card stock using Black Staz-On.

Thanks for looking!

I hope I inspired you to create something too!

OH!!! You are NOT going to want to miss out on next week's (1/13) celebration on the Stampin' Celebration blog....trust me! :)