{CAS50} A Color Challenge and some 3x3 Note Cards

How's that for a long post? Well you may not believe it but I whipped this little collection up fairly quickly (like in 1/2 an hour or so)! I've been scrapbooking and sort of ran out of time on my CAS challenge card. This stamp set I used here, Happy Moments, is one of the FREE choices in the Sale-a-Bration brochure with a $50 order. Isn't it versatile?!

The Clean & Simple challenge for today is a color challenge to use a shade of teal, white and one other color. My "other" color is Basic Brown.

The little box to hold these 3x3 cards is made simply by putting to scallop envelopes together with a few minor adjustments. I've included a tutorial on my blog a while back that you can find HERE.

Thanks for stopping by. I'm not including a list of supplies used because there are so few and I've already listed most of them.

Be sure to go check out my FIRST EVER BLOG CANDY post and leave a comment for your chance to win! You have until this Wednesday to leave your comment. I'll post the winner on Thursday January 21st.

Sorry for the photos- I guess I'll never get it quite right. I need a class and some new software I think. Any suggestions??

~Kristin

Wish Big

Wishing I am feeling better soon. This mild sore throat has turned into worse than mild sore throat, headache and generally feeling crappy. I tried to lay down today after spending some time at school this morning, but that wasn't helping so I decided to try stamping. I'm not feeling any better, but at least I got a few cards done! I'll post one now and save the other for tomorrow in case I don't feel like stamping again.

This is very clean, simple & fast too! I did a little bit of masking- using the circle that came out of the center of this circle frame. Just temorarily adhered it then stamped some polka dots. Then remove the circle and voila!

When you aren't feeling well and Splitcoast is down for maintenance so you have no challenge prompting you, I recommend going to the Color Coach Wheel! That's where I got this color combo of Taken with Teal, Appricot Appeal and Certainly Celery. I think the rest is mostly self-explanatory!

Thanks for stopping by!

~Kristin

SUO Supplies

Stamps: Flight of the Butterfly, Short & Sweet, Polka Dot Background

Cardstock: Whisper White, Taken With Teal, Textured Certainly Celery

Ink: Taken With Teal, Appricot Appeal

Accessories: Circle cutter, Celery Grosgrain, small oval punch, paper piercing tool, Spiral punch

You're Nothing But a Big Shot!

On a previous post I showed lots of different projects without any real detail so I thought I would give a quick explanation for a few of them. First of all, this little boxed gift set with 3 note cards and a little box to put them in... the holder is made from 2 Scallop Envelopes (made with the Big Shot). Basically you trim the bottom flap off so it is only about a 1/2" wide and glue all the flaps of the two together. If you have the envelopes it is pretty easy to figure out. BTW, I did NOT come up with this idea, it has been widely shared by demonstrators, and I have been unable to trace it back to the originator so far.

The three matching cards I made are 3x3 and fit easily into the 3.25" wide box. Each of these was made with Sale-a-Bration products, including the Delicate Dots DSP as well as stamp set Polka Dot Punches. I also included sentiments from Short & Sweet as well as Think Happy Thoughts.

This adorable little box was also made with the Scalloped Envelope Die & Big Shot- but four of them this time! Also, there is no need for trimming as the bottom flaps form to make the bottom of the box. I wanted to show all the fun patterns in this pack of DSP so I used a different paper for each side.

The embellishment on the front is a stamp from Polka Dot Punches again, embossed in white, then punched out and layered with a clear button and some Certainly Celery Grosgrain ribbon. It would be a perfect little basket to hold a chocolate Easter bunny for a special someone! Best part it, it is so easy!

Well, I haven't stamped for 2 days (wore myself out on Friday I think and it was my DH's birthday yesterday) so I'll get busy and have something new to show you soon!

Thanks for stopping by,

~Kristin

Sale-a-Brating in Style!

Let me know if this sounds familiar... I am the type of gal who doesn't usually prioritize what I "play" with when I stamp. I use my retired stuff right along beside the brand new current stuff. Sometimes I regretfully don't show samples of products that are on special like I should. And even occasionally I will not actually use something until it is no longer available (or close to it). I look around at other SU demonstrators and envy their discipline of making sample after beautiful timely sample while a promotion is still going on! Well, this time I am joining those dedicated and successful Stampin' Up! Demonstrators.

Lately I have seen so many fun projects I wanted to try, or challenges to play along with that I did them but I consciously decided to use SAB products when possible! And look what I have accumulated in the last few weeks (most of it today!). This is a picture of everything I've done with one or more of the FREE products that can be earned with a $50 order. I need to pass credit on to several other people for their inspiration and ideas, including but probably not limited to Angie Tieman, LeeAnn Greff, Julie Davison and Dawn Olchefske

Some of these things you've seen on here recently, but many you have not. I even included a few 3D projects- FUN! I will post a few individual pictures now and might focus on a few of these in posts of their own later on (like next week)- we'll see.

I hope you are having fun playing with your new Sale-a-Bration items!

I'd love for you to let me know what you think, and link the projects you are working on right now! Thanks for stopping by!

~Kristin

My DD the Little Stamper

Yesterday my DD was antsy and wanting to stamp. I had already been working with inchies and thought she would enjoy them too. I gave her some ideas, paper and a stamp set and then I got back to blogging. Next thing I know she says she's done and here's what she did all on her own!

Initially she was making them to give her teacher but she decided she really wanted to keep them to use as quick little cards to go on birthday packages. We have lots of birthday parties it seems and inevitably are searching my piles for a card at the last minute, so these will be perfect! They are little 3x3 cards which will fit in SU's small envelopes and you can get three out of one sheet of cardstock- BONUS! The only thing she failed at is punching the squares out of both sheets of the same paper instead of all out of one piece! UGH! I pointed it out so that next time she'd realize. I guess that's not too bad for a 7 year old. At least it was retired paper too.

Anyway, she was very exciting to ask if I would post these on my blog and Splitcoast so I agreed! How could I refuse? And I think they are pretty good too!

Thanks for visiting!
~Kristin (& my DD)

Stampin' Up! Supplies

Stamps: Darling Dots

Paper: Sahara Sand, Playhouse DSP

3x3 Gift Box with Notecards

I spotted a tutorial on Splitcoast yesterday by Lauraly to make this cute little 3x3 gift box and thought I'd try it out. I'm still looking for cute ideas that I think might sell at my last craft fair this weekend. For this one I used the Bella Rose Designer Series papers.

For the top of the box I used the scallop edge punch on a square, which obviously didn't work out real well on the corners. I'm not sure how to get that just right... The felt flowers in the center are from Flower Fusion Too. The punched circle behind them is the new large circle punch, 1 3/4". I also added a vintage brad to the center and some Riding Hood Red ribbon around the box lid.
So far I've made 5 notecards to fit inside, but it appears I could easily fit 5 more at least! I may just do that, make more to fill it up then add envelopes. At this point I'm not sure how much to sell this for- it is not hard, but is a bit time consuming. But I LOVE how it turned out!

Stay tuned because the rest of the week will be scheduled posts with a few ornaments, some place cards for Thanksgiving and Christmas, as well as possibly my domino necklaces (Finally!) and maybe even some bookmarks. We'll see!

Thanks for stopping by!
~Kristin~

Congratulations Dawn McVey!

Dawn McVey (AKA Dawnsing) was Sunday's Featured Stamper on Splitcoast- yeah Dawn! Her gallery is full of beautiful creations and she is very deserving! Here is Dawn's card that I was inspired by- this time I copied her general layout but I changed up the colors, stamps and even changed the card size to a 3x3. These tiny cards are fun and quick, help get creativity flowing and are perfect for a gift card on a package or gift bag. If you haven't tried one I highly recommend it!

In case you are interested, I used the Color Coach for this card. I knew I wanted to use the tiny felt flowers from SU's Flower Fusion collection and they come in Old Olive, Purely Pomegranate and Pumpkin Pie (such a scrumptious combo!). First I selected Kraft as the card base because... well, it was laying here handy, and it looks great with these colors.

Next I decided on the Old Olive Polytwill since it's still new to me and it matches. This led to using the Color Coach to find Old Olive's "Dyanamic Duo" which happens to be Certainly Celery. (The truth is I initially had a piece of mellow moss there and when it looked barfy with the twill I thought I'd better double check my memory and sure enough I had the wrong greens together!)

As a side note, if you have the Color Coach but get discouraged because it does not include the current In Colors, don't fear, SU puts a color guide together for them as well. I just print it out and keep it with my In Color scraps so it is always handy. If you would like a copy of this color guide just let me know (via comment, PM or email) and I will get it to you!

Well, thanks for stopping by, and be sure to play along with the Great Swaps Girls challenges. We generally post at least 2 a week- one being the Featured Swapper challenge.

Stampin' Up! Supplies

Stamps: Vases in Vogue (retired)
Paper: Kraft, Certainly Celery, Rose Red Prints
Ink: Purely Pomegranate
Accessories: Felt Fusion Flowers, Vintage Brads, Old Olive Polytwill