Disney Wreath with Stampin' Up!

Have you ever seen a project and just had the perfect person who would love it?  This was the project below for me that I saw somewhere on Facebook.

My closest friend from when we lived in San Diego, who I desperately miss everyday, is a HUGE Disney fan.  And I mean HUGE!!  When I saw that picture I knew I had to create it for her.  I didn't have enough paper to make it exactly like that so I changed it to look more like the wreath Janet Wakeland created in her post here.  I sent this off at Christmas and it was a BIG success in her home.

Print Recipe

Product List
Ink

• Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad [126944]
• Real Red Stampin' Write Marker [100052]
• White Stampin Chalk Marker [132133]

Card Stock

• Basic Black 8-1/2X11 Card Stock [121045]
• Modern Medley Designer Series Paper [126926]
• Polka Dot Parade Designer Series Paper [126902]
• Real Red 8-1/2X11 Card Stock [102482]
• Whisper White 8-1/2X11 Card Stock [100730]

Tools & Adhesive

• Sponge Daubers [102892]

Punch

• Full Heart Punch [119883]

Accessory

• Large Rhinestone Basic Jewels [129324]
• Very Vintage Designer Buttons [129327]

Big Shot

• Circles Collection Framelits Dies [130911]
• Typeset Alphabet Bigz Die [127553]

Fall Decorations with Stampin' Up!

	Q&A Q:  I want to make some fall decorations. Do you have any suggestions?  A:  Pumpkins are fantastic for fall décor! Pumpkins can be used through both Halloween and Thanksgiving. I have 3 favorite ways to create pumpkin décor: Washi Tape, Punched Pumpkins, and 3-D Paper Pumpkins. All three ways are mess-free and fun for the whole family. Washi Tape Pumpkins Washi Tape is all the rage in décor and papercrafting. It's fast and something you can even do with kids. Try decorating real fresh pumpkins or decorative pumpkins with the Halloween-themed Witches' Brew Designer Washi Tape (#132156). Create fun and colorful vertical stripes by alternating strips of different Washi Tape patterns. Begin each strip at the stem on top then wrap down the side and end at the bottom. Or create a spiral pattern by wrapping strips of alternating patterns diagonally around the pumpkin. Kids of all ages have fun creating jack-o-lantern faces - make yours from Washi Tape and avoid the mess of carving pumpkins! Punched Pumpkins Punch art is a great way to create fun accents for cards, scrapbooks, and décor. Create paper napkin rings, name tags for the Thanksgiving Table, belly-band type wraps for candles, or tags on yummy fall treats with punch art pumpkins!  Our Small, Large, and Extra-Large Oval Punches are perfect for creating pumpkins.  Punch three ovals of the same size from Pumpkin Pie or Tangerine Tango cardstock. Sponge the edges of the ovals to add depth and dimension. If you want even more pop, try stamping the punched pieces with a graphic patterns like Positively Chevron or using the Big Shot with the Houndstooth or your favorite Textured Impressions Embossing Folder to add texture. To create the punch art pumpkins, adhere two ovals side by side so they overlap slightly. Add the third oval centered over the other ovals. Use a Stampin' Dimensional to create a 3-D effect. Add a little sliver of Chocolate Chip or Soft Suede cardstock behind the top of the pumpkin to create a stem. Group several punch art pumpkins created with different-sized oval punches for larger tags or in a row around a candle. 3-D Paper Pumpkins Create 3-D pumpkins from strips of Witches' Brew (#132185) or Sweater Weather (#132184) Designer Series Papers or cardstock. Cut 8 strips 1" wide and 4" long for small pumpkins or 12 strips 1" wide and 6" long for larger pumpkins. Stack the strips for each pumpkin neatly. Punch 1/8" hole near both ends of each strip. Knot one end of a 12" or 18" ribbon. Thread the unknotted end up through the holes the bottom of each strip. Bend the strips gently to create a "C" shape. Thread the ribbon up from the inside of the "C" shape through the other punched holes. Knot the ribbon above the paper strips at the top of the "C". Fan out the strips to create the pumpkin shape. Create a bunch of pumpkins and use them to create a garland, fill a basket with various colors and patterns, or set at the table with a tag on each with the names of your dinner guests. Easy as Pumpkin Pie! I think you'll have fun creating all three types of fun and easy pumpkin projects. Enjoy ... and as always, if you have questions, contact me!
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Stampin' Up! Easter Treats and Decorations

 Q&A

Q: I’d like to make some treats and decorations for Easter, but I’m not sure what. Do you have any suggestions?

A: Spring and Easter are coming up quickly! This time of year we think about the weather warming up and start looking forward to spring flowers. Spring also brings to mind holidays like Easter and Mother’s Day, and small gifts for teachers at the end of the school year. Stamping and paper crafting have virtually unlimited possibilities, but some of the most popular are tags, treats, and baskets. Read on to get your creativity blooming this spring!

Tags & Décor
Tags are a quick and easy way to personalize gifts, holiday tables, and Easter baskets. Tags can be made for:
• Spring themes with small stamps like Spring Sampler (#125510 wood, #125512 clear).
• Floral themes with the Secret Garden stamp set (#129141 wood, #129144 clear) and coordinating Secret Garden Framelits Dies (#129372). You can save when you bundle the stamps and framelits together in the Secret Garden Bundle (#131100 wood, #131099 clear)!
• Easter themes with the A Little Bit of Spring stamp set (#126009 wood, #126011 clear) or use punches to create punch-art bunnies, chicks, eggs, and more!
• Family events with the Amazing Family stamp set (#129189 wood, #129192 clear).

Treats
A little special packaging makes even a simple and small gift feel special and heartfelt. Try creating a quick and pretty small box using the Fancy Favors Bigz XL die (#115965) and the Tea for Two Designer Series Paper (#129311). Fill it with homemade candy, small gifts, or seasonal candy like jelly beans or chocolate eggs. Or fill a Small Cello Bag (#102757) with homemade cookies and make a quick topper by folding the tag from the Pop-Up Posies Designer Kit (#131395) in half. Decorate the tag topper with one of the beautiful flowers from the kit and stamp “just for you” using the stamp included in the kit and you have a very special gift!

Baskets
Store-bought baskets can be decorated with stamped embellishments, torn fabric bows, ribbon, and tags. Or create your own basket using card stock. This small basket features the Mixed Bunch stamp set (#125535 wood, #125537 clear) and the coordinating Blossom punch (#125603). The Dragonfly is created using Vellum card stock (#101856) that has been stamped and heat embossed with Iridescent Ice Stampin’ Emboss Powder (#101930). The body is created from the Word Window (#119857) and 1/2” Circle (#119869) punches.

Let Your Creativity Bloom
I hope some of these ideas for tags, treats, and baskets have given you a few seeds to help your ideas grow and bloom into beautiful handmade gifts and décor this spring! As always, I love to brainstorm ideas with you and can demonstrate some spring-themed projects for you and your friends. Just get in touch with me!
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Spider-Man Name Banner

If you haven't read about my son's third birthday party do so by clicking here.

 

Here is the banner that I made for the party and is now hanging in his room with the Spider-Man letters I made that you can also see by clicking the link above.

Supplies Needed:

Card Stock: Real Red, Real Red DSP, Pacific Point, Basic Black, Whisper White

Ink: Basic Black

Accessories: Big Shot
                     Perfect Pennants Bigz Die
                     Spider Web Textured Impressions Embossing Folder
                     Typeset Alphabet Bigz Die
                     Bird Punch
                     Paper Snips
                     1/16" Handheld Circle Punch
                     Basic Black 3/8" Taffeta Ribbon

Directions: Using the Perfect Pennants Bigz Die and the Big Shot, make as many triangles as you need for the name.  Glue the Real Red circles from the Pennants Die to the blue triangles.  Run the Real Red triangles through the Big Shot using the Spider web folder.  Use the Basic Black pad to rub the ink on the raised side. (Make sure to cover your workspace as you will get messy doing this.)  Punch Basic Black and Whisper White with the Bird Punch twice.  Glue the birds together like this.

To make Spider-Man's eyes, use paper snips to cut off the heads and tails of the birds using the Whisper White wings as your guide.  (Sorry birdies!)  Glue the eyes to the Real Red triangle.

Click here to watch a video on how to make the paper rosettes that are behind each letter.  Glue the rosettes to the Real Red circle already glued to the blue triangles.

Die cut the letters for the name using the Typeset Alphabet Bigz Die and the Big Shot.  Glue these letters to the rosettes using Stampin' Dimensionals.

Use the handheld circle punch to make circles and run the ribbon through to assemble your banner.

Spider-Man 3rd Birthday Party

I can't believe that we celebrated my sons 3rd birthday on Dec 2, 2012! He is getting so big and turning in to such a neat little boy. He has become obsessed, and I mean OBSESSED with Spider-Man. We really don't even know how it happened. Before we let him watch any Spider-Man cartoons, he was asking for toys and clothes that were Spider-Man themed. Eventually I found the Ultimate Spider-Man on Disney XD that he started to watch. He could watch that all day long if I let him.

So needless to say, our theme for his birthday was going to be Spider-Man! I did a bunch of online searching for Spider-Man themed birthdays and found some cute ideas. I didn't get pictures of everything I did but I'm hoping between the guests I can track down all of the pictures. This post will just be about the party and later posts will be how I created the crafts I made.

Our happy birthday boy by his Spider-Man ice cream cake!

The first thing I did was send out these Spider-Man invitations.  Read how to make these cards here.

The next thing I created was a banner to hang. Unfortunately since we call him D.J. it didn't come out too big. My husband made fun of it cause it was so short :( I still think it's adorable. I was inspired by Mary Ross's spider man banner.  Read how I made this banner by clicking here

This will be hanging in his room probably forever!
 

I found some great ideas on Pinterest.  One of them was comic book letters by The Party Wall.  Click on the link to see a tutorial how to make these letters like I did for DJ.

We had Spider-Man balloons and created a web  using black streamers on our fan to the edge of our dining room.  I am most upset that I didn't get a picture of this to share.

Our food items were red, black and blue themed or I created names to match our food like Super Spidey Sandwiches, Green Goblin Guacamole, etc.

Pinterest also inspired me to try my hand at Spider-man cake pops.  I have never done them myself but after reading and watching videos on how to make them, I didn't think they would be that hard.  Boy was I wrong!  People make things look so easy sometimes.  I had a hard time dipping the cake pops into the chocolate without having the pop fall off the stick and into the chocolate.  I think I made mine too big which caused them to be too heavy.  So I compromised and poured the chocolate over the top instead of dipping and had them be hand held cake pops.  The best part is they tasted good and that's all that mattered.  Here's what two of my cake pops with sticks looked like.

My niece asked to help draw on the spider webs so I let her!

All of the kids went home with a Spider-Man cup and this handmade box with lots of candy and other Spider-Man themed gifts.  Learn how I made this favor box by clicking here

Lastly, I created these thank you cards to mail out.  See how to make this card here

 

I really had such a blast planning and creating this party.  I am going to try to start doing this more with my Stampin' Up! business.  Who wouldn't want a personalized birthday party like this one?!  Next up is my other sons 2nd birthday which will be car and truck themed!

*I will be updating this post when I have posts written about each craft so stay tuned for how to make each of these crafts.*



Fall Wreath Class



I've FINALLY found the time to create a class for November.  It's been too long and I'm SO excited to get back in to teaching classes and this is what I came up with, a Fall Wreath!

 

During this class you will be creating your own fall wreath to take home with you.  It will look great hanging on your front door welcoming guests into your home for Thanksgiving or would make a great gift if you are going to someone else's house for dinner.

 

Class Details:

 

Date: Tuesday, November 20th, 2012

Time: 7pm

Place: My home, (Castle Shannon, PA)

Cost: $5 or FREE if you place a minimum $25 order that night.

 

You can prepay to reserve your spot through paypal at the top of my page or pay with cash when you attend my class.  Please email me to reserve your spot if paying cash at the event; brittnycreates@gmail.com

 

I hope that you can join me for a fun night of crafting and chatting!

 

 



July 4th Banner

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!

Sorry for the flash reflecting off the window in this picture

I just recently purchased the Perfect Pennants Bigz Die for the Big Shot.  I wanted to use it and thought what a better time to try it out than for a 4th of July decoration!  I love how this banner turned out and am looking forward to making more, especially for birthdays!  This is hanging in my front door window.  It brings a smile to my face everytime I open my door.

Supplies needed to make this project:

Card Stock: Real Red
                    Real Red from Designer Series Patterns Pack - Brights Collection
                    Pacific Point
                    Pacific Point from Designer Series Patters Pack - Brights Collection
                    Whisper White
                    Silver Glimmer Paper

Stamp Set: Broadsheet Alphabet

Ink: Real Red
       Pacific Point

Accessories: Real Red Satin Ribbon (retired)
                     White Bakers Twine
                     Cherry Cobbler Dazzling Details
          Tools: Big Shot
                     Perfect Pennants Bigz Die
                     Petite Pennants Builder Punch
                     Paper Piercing Tool
                     Paper Piercing Mat
   Adhesives: Snail
                     Mini Glue Dots
                    
*Please note: I try not to use any retired items like the real red satin ribbon in this project so if anyone wants to duplicate this project they can order everything from my website. Unfortunately, I haven't replaced my retired ribbon yet since the launch of the new catalog last month. Sorry if you love that ribbon and wanted to order some because Stampin' Up! no longer carries this ribbon anymore.  Check out the current ribbon by heading to my site www.brittnysmith.stampinup.net