Decor Elements Season of Thanks
February 10, 2009
This is an odd time of the year to share this picture but I haven’t posted it yet so I thought why not?! I love this tile which uses the Season of Thanks from our Decor Elements line and then leaves die cut with the Bigshot.
I made this several months ago but I still smile each time I see it. I also crimped the leaves and then darkened them up a bit with some ink. I had a discussion with someone this weekend about if this saying could be used year round. I’ve had people go both ways - some say it’s only a Fall sentiment but others think you could change out the leaves (they are attached with mini glue dots) for other seasonal items and use it year round.
What do you think? I’d love to hear your comments!
Oh and I think I might actually get to stamp this evening so keep your fingers crossed that I’ll be able to post something new with PAPER tomorrow! 
Merry Christmas!
December 24, 2008
Hope that you and yours are enjoying this holiday season. We are lucky enough not to have to travel today or tomorrow. Today we have all to ourselves and it’s awesome! The girls and Patrick are baking/decorating some cookies right now, I’ve been wrapping presents!
One lucky gal has this lovely present under her tree full of SU! goodies today! Hope you enjoy it Tammy!
And here’s a close up of the bow and tag - I was so pleased with myself! I made the tag using the Big Shot with our *exclusive* Top Note die out of the same wrapping paper - how smart am I? And then since the top note is perforated I ran another using Confetti White so I could trim it and use it for a greeting. The snowflake is also a die cut with a little glue pen action and Dazzling Diamonds! Everything needs a little sparkle <wink>
Oh and the ribbon and wrapping paper are all from SU! - retired from 2007 Holiday Mini. I love the ribbon it’s so luxurious mabye we’ll see it again one day.
I’m off to wrap more presents - Merry Christmas to you!
Scrap Paper Storage
December 3, 2008
Please tell me I’m not the only one who can’t part with paper scraps?!? I’m convinced that I’ll be able to use all those small bits again somewhere along the way. Unfortunately until this point I’ve not had a way to organize them. So I’ve just been dumping them into a container like this …
Needless to say this isn’t the only bin like this that I own! Since Patrick has agreed to move out of “our” office (let’s be honest, he had a tiny little place to sit and the rest was all STAMP paraphanelia!) and take his computer upstairs in the playroom I have more space for storage. So I decided to find a way to organize these tubs of paper so I might actually use them. Especially now that I have my Big Shot - scraps are fabulous with that little baby - I want to be able to see what I have easily!
Here’s what I’ve come up with to sort and store the scraps…
These will fit under the desk where I sit now so I’ll have easy acces to them but they won’t be taking up valuable real estate. I have a drawer for each Stampin’ Up! color family, one for Whisper White and Very Vanilla, one for Neutrals, one for In-Colors, one for Designer Series Paper, and the last one is for all Retired papers.
I’m excited that I have a plan now I just have to sort those bins! Believe it or not I have already taken a lot out of that black one and it looks like it hasn’t been touched! It might take a while but I’m already using the bins for classes and clubs as I prep. Let’s hope it works!
Stinkin’ Cute BOO Banner!
October 27, 2008
Okay so I’m late to the game to actaully make a banner, I know. But trust me I’ve had ideas and plans for a while. The ones created at Founders Circle were quite an inspiration but I didn’t want to sew. I don’t particularly like to sew so I kept delaying. We finally went for fabric - OH MY WORD! what an experience - and look what I made with ZERO sewing….
Admit it, it’s STINKIN’ CUTE! I’m quite pleased with my efforts - can you tell? 
Anyhoo, Tangerine Tango for the back pennant, groovy sparkly spider web fabric from local craft store (1/2 off!!) , Tangerine Tango again for the scallops, Tangerine Tango ribbon through jumbo eyelets (applied with the Crop-a-Dile of course) and then I made my letters from coasters with the Sans Serif dies and my BigShot. WHOA! Watch out, I’m getting creative, it’s going to get scarey hahahaha After I had the letters in hand I took some Black Craft Ink to them with a dauber (something I learned from eyeing smarter people observing my colleagues at Convention 2008). Imagine that, I learned something because I had to sit with unknown people for make and takes! Hmmm, might have to do that again next year
For those who know me, well you know I wear as much or more ink than my projects usually. The dauber is the excellent solution to this problem. I had minimal damage afterwards and NONE on my clothes HURRAY! After they were dry, which wasn’t long because with the dauber you actually get the ink down in the coasters/chipboard better, I then attacked myself them with the Tombow glue and then the Black Chunky Glitter. I love how they look and the mess really was minimal. I’m no good with glue so of course I was wearing quite a bit of that but that’s my fault not the the glue!
As for the no sewing - MINI GLUE DOTS BABY! Positioned pretty evenly around each pennant and virtually invisible I think I’m pretty smart! I used mini glue dots for the letters to the scallops and then the big pop up glue dots for the scallops to the fabric. I’ll let you know tomorrow if I find them in the floor.
Off now to finish up projects for our team meeting tonight. I have some cute little projects for the gals to make after we talk just a small bit of business. Stamping is more fun anyway!
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