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Back to School Card, Secret Comment Patrol & Workhsop Planner winners

Posted: Monday, September 7th, 2009 | Comments (44)

BacktoSchool

Happy Labor Day weekend! Well I never did make it back to my blog on Saturday as I had intended so today’s post is going to include this card, some secret comment patrol winners AND the winners to the Autumn Days workshop planner.

First off…the card. Now I don’t normally make “Back to School” projects, but as my oldest is starting grade 6 I thought it might be nice to make him a special card to let him know how proud we are of him. In fact I think this year, I’ll probably do that for all my kids.

If you’ve been following my blog for awhile, then you probably know how much I love using chipboard. The only problem of course is that once I’ve run out of vowels, I have all these letters left over that I can no longer use to spell words. Today I wanted to show you a fun and fantastic way to use up all those leftover chipboard letters and numbers – this card would work well with those of you that love to use letter stickers in your papercrafting and have the same problem.

Here’s how I made my card:

Cut a 4 3/4″ x 4 3/4″ piece of Whisper White CS. Lay it on your grid paper. Grab your chipboard and start arranging letters, numbers and even symbols or shapes on your CS piece. This will give you a general idea of placement. Now if you really like the arrangement you came up with, then I’d suggest taking a picture with your digital camera to help you remember.
Once you’re happy with your placement, stick all your chipboard pieces to a scrap piece of grid paper using Dotto adhesive. Decide upon your ink colors and then start inking up your chipboard. I used Real Red, Green Galore and Tempting Turquoise. I have the craft Stampin’ Spots for all the color families and find that they are the perfect size for inking up chipboard letters. Press your craft Stampin’ Spots onto your letters until you have the level of coverage that you desire. Let the letters dry OR to speed up the drying process you can heat them with a heat tool. Arrange and stick the letters back onto your Whisper White CS with Tombow multi-purpose adhesive. Make sure you leave room in the corners for your brads. Set aside for a moment.
Grab some scraps of CS in colors matching the letters you inked up. For my card I grabbed scraps of textured Gable Green, Real Red and Tempting Turquoise CS. Punch out small circles out of your CS scraps using a regular 1/4″ hole punch. Stick the circles to your Whisper White CS piece with 2-way glue – arrange them in between the letters.
Mat your Whisper White CS piece onto a 5″ x 5″ piece of Real Red CS. Pierce a hole in each of the four corners using a paper-piercing tool and foam mat. Insert a 5/16″ jumbo silver brad into each hole. Open up the prongs at the back of the CS.
Center and mat your Real Red CS to a 5 1/5″ x 5 1/4″ textured Tempting Turquoise card front using Snail adhesive (created by folding a 5 1/4″ x 10 1/2″ piece of tempting turqoise CS in half with a bone folder).
Take a 1 ” x 5″ strip of Whisper White CS. Stamp your greeting in Basic Black ink using the Just Perfect Alphabet. Sponge the edges of the Whisper White CS piece with Green Galore ink and a wedge of Stamping Sponge.
Stick the greeting to the card front on an angle using Stampin’ Dimensionals – position your Stampin’ Dimensionals so that they are between rather than on, the letters.
Take a Real Red and Tempting Turquoise button from the Playground Designer Buttons collection and create faux thread for each using slivers of matching CS. Stick the buttons to the greeting strip with mini glue dots. You’re done!

*Note: you may notice I use a lot of textured CS and 12″ x 12″ when I make square cards. It just happens that I keep a lot of that type of paper on hand and have lots of scraps to work with. For the supply list I listed the numbers of regular 8 1/2″ x 11″ CS as that is all you really need to make this card.

Secret Comment Patrol Winners

Okay, and now it’s time for some “Secret Comment Patrol” winners! For those of you that may be new to my blog I’ll take a minute to explain what the “Secret Comment Patrol” is. Basically it is my way of saying thank you to all of you that not only take the time to visit my blog – but who take the few extra minutes to leave me a comment. I absolutely LOVE reading all your comments, and through your comments getting to know you better. Every so often - at least once a month, sometimes more – I draw names from those that have left comments – if your name is drawn then you are a “Secret Comment Patrol” Winner and you get to choose any one of my stamp or scrapbook classes by email OR my class planner versions for Stampin’ Up! Demos.

If your name was drawn then please email me at andrea@demotodemo.com and put “Secret Comment Patrol Winner” in the subject line. Make sure you visit HERE to choose a class by email version OR click HERE to choose a class planner version and then list your choice in your email to me. If your name wasn’t chosen, don’t worry – you have an ongoing opportunity to become a winner – all you have to do is leave a comment on my posts. Every comment you leave gets you one “ticket”. So here are the 5 lucky winners:

1. chrissie szarejko
September 4th, 2009 at 9:45 pm

Hi Andrea, thank you so much for doing this! As a fairly new demo still, I really struggle with all the assumptions that “everybody knows how to do this simple card, technique, fold, etc…” I would search and search and all my time was spent trying to find out HOW to do something that everyone thinks every knows already! This is great-keep up the work!

2. laura j
September 3rd, 2009 at 7:16 pm

I am so glad I scrolled down to find this post! Wow, Sophie, it’s fabulous! You don’t know how long I’ve been searching for sushi stamps and now I can do it with punches! You are amazingly talented!!!

3. Roberta Smith
August 28th, 2009 at 2:52 pm

I love your Halloween story. I have made my kids’ halloween costumes before and didn’t have as many troubles as you did. Last year my son was a fisherman. I made his pants too big and the hat too small. He wore the pants and not the hat. The lures that were supposed to be on the hat went on the vest. He was the cutest trick or treater out there.

I love this card. I really need to get me some of that Halloween DSP. I like how you used black for the card base. You don’t see that much. I LOVE the orange buttons. Thanks for sharing!

4. Krista
August 26th, 2009 at 4:56 pm

Wow – love this scrapbook page! Thank you for the inspiration, I have been into making cards and neglecting my scrapbook pages. This is the boost I needed to get back at those pages and preserving memories. You have got me thinking I should scrapbook my Gram on this page. Thanks so much for sharing!

5. Becky Robinson
August 25th, 2009 at 6:12 am

Andrea,
Thank you very much for the video! I am a visual learner and videos make things so much easier! Love the faux flock idea. I wanted to try some but wanted SU colors….now I know how! Becky

Autumn Days Workshop Planner Winners

Okay, and now onto the winners of the Autumn Days Workshop Planner. If you see your name below please email me at andrea@demotodemo.com and put “Autumn Days Workshop Planner Winner” in the subject line. All winners were drawn using the integer generator at www.random.org.

1. Leah Loy
September 2nd, 2009 at 9:34 am
Another great class…I love your ideas. You are so creative. Thanks for sharing your talent with us!!!

2. Beverly
September 1st, 2009 at 6:34 pm
What a tempting sampling. It looks very interesting. You girls are certainly busy, school or no school. The pumpkin is very cute nestled down there in the corner. Thanks for the opportunity to win the planner.

3. annie
September 6th, 2009 at 9:27 pm
thank you so much for putting these together! Just got my first one, can’t wait to try it!

4. Ilene B.
September 2nd, 2009 at 6:48 am
I would love to win one of your planners, they sound awesome and the sneak peeks are beautiful! I love fall. Thanks for all of your hard work in putting these together!

5. Jeanne Nielsen
September 4th, 2009 at 9:15 pm
Love the planner! Thanks for the backup using the snowflake stamp set too! Now to book the workshops! TFS!

Congrats to all the winners. See you tomorrow with the Technique Tuesday Video.

andreasiggy

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Stamps: Just Perfect Alphabet (115358)
Ink: Basic Black Classic ink (101179), Green Galore Classic ink (102122); Real Red, Green Galore, Tempting Turquoise Craft Stampin’ Spots (105439)
Paper: Whisper White CS (100730), Real Red CS (102482), Tempting Turquoise CS (102067), Green Galore CS (101768)
Accessories: Bone Folder (102300), Paper snips (103579), Snail adhesive (104332), 2-way glue (100425), Tombow Multi-purpose adhesive (110755), mini glue dots (103683), Playground Designer Buttons (116313), 5/16″ jumbo neutrals brads (112534), paper-piercing tool (116631), foam mat (105826), Dotto adhesive (103305), Stamping Sponges (101610), regular 1/4″ hole punch

Categories : Back to School, Chipboard, Secret Patrol Winners

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Jul

Melon Mambo Thanks & some Secret Comment Patrol Winners!

Posted: Monday, July 6th, 2009 | Comments (65)

MelonMamboThanks

Over the last few posts I’ve slowly been working my way through the In Colors looking for combinations that tone them down a bit. Today’s In Color combination is one that I think is slowly becoming my favorite – Melon Mambo and Pretty in Pink. It’s funny because with Stampin’ Up!’s last In Colors, once Pink Pirouette was released I almost never touched Pretty in Pink. I just loved the paleness of the Pink Pirouette, especially in comparison to Pretty in Pink. Now that Stampin’ Up!’s new In Colors have been released I find that by pairing Melon Mambo – a bright and intense color – with Pretty in Pink, it makes the Pretty in Pink seem paler than it really is.

Today’s card is a very simple one which was designed based on the DP. I had to laugh when I read the comment below that was left on my last post. I really do use a lot of DP on my cards beause I love the extra interest that they add to the design. So Elissa, I’m back to DP today *lol* and YOU are going to be one of my lucky Secret Comment Patrol winners – so read on to the end of the post to see what you and the others listed at the end of this post won.

Elissa Moise
July 4th, 2009 at 4:21 pm

Andrea, I’m amazed that you made a card without Designer Series Paper! But this one is beautiful–great job with the color combo

Here’s how I made my card:

Take a 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ piece of Kraft CS and fold it in half using a bone folder. Set aside for a moment.
You will now need a 3 1/4″ x 4 1/2″ piece of Melon Mambo DP from the Razzleberry Lemonade Collection. Lay a 5 1/2″ piece of Pretty in Pink taffeta ribbon across the bottom of the DP about 1″ up from the bottom of the DP – bring the ends around back and stick them down with Snail adhesive.
Mat the DP onto a 3 3/8″ x 4 5/8″ piece of Pretty in Pink CS. Take a 4″ piece of Pretty in Pink ribbon and tie it in a half knot (left over right and pull really tight) around the first piece of ribbon. Position the knot towards the right side of the DP.
Use the Big Shot and Stampin’ Up! Billboard Sizzlet Decorative Strip die and die cut the word “thanks” out of Basic Black CS. Stick the greeting to the DP just above the knot of ribbon with 2-way glue.
Use the Big Shot and Flower, Daisies #2 die and die cut out a medium daisy from Pretty in Pink CS and a small daisy from Melon Mambo CS. Stick the small flower onto the medium flower with 2-way glue. Center and stick a Stampin’ Dimensionals to the back of the medium daisy. Stick the daisy onto the card so that it overlaps the ribbon.
Punch out the smallest flower from the Boho Blossoms punch in Pretty and Pink CS. Stick it onto the portion of the Stampin’ Dimensional that shows through the center of the flowers.
Lay the Melon Mambo DP piece onto a foam mat. Stick the Daisy flowers onto the DP piece so that the flower overlaps the ribbon. Pierce a hole through the center of the flowers with a paper-piercing tool. Insert a large clear rhinestone brad.
Pierce two holes, one on top of the other in the top left corner of the DP piece – insert two black brads from the Vintage brads collection.
Mat the Pretty in Pink/Melon Mambo DP piece onto the Kraft card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals. You’re done!

Okay, and now it’s time for some “Secret Comment Patrol” winners! For those of you that may be new to my blog I’ll take a minute to explain what the “Secret Comment Patrol” is. Basically it is my way of saying thank you to all of you that not only take the time to visit my blog – but who take the few extra minutes to leave me a comment. I absolutely LOVE reading all your comments, and through your comments getting to know you better. Every so often - two to three times a month – I draw names from those that have left comments – if your name is drawn then you are a “Secret Comment Patrol” Winner and you get to choose any one of my stamp or scrapbook classes by email OR my class planner versions for Stampin’ Up! Demos.

1. Elissa Moise
July 4th, 2009 at 4:21 pm

2. Irene Poe
July 4th, 2009 at 7:31 am
I agree with you about the boldness of the new In Color set. I have grown to love them! The lay out of your card is great because I can see several other stamp sets working well instead of the “Bots” set. This is great!!! Thanks

3. carol marbach (udi)
July 2nd, 2009 at 8:48 am
This flower is stunning!!! i love the color combination of the purple and green together. both of your talents are amazing and i love your blog! xoxo

4. Ellie Augustin
June 28th, 2009 at 7:23 am
Oh I truly do love those colors.. ok a little bias since those are my fav. colors! lol.. BUT WOW beautiful as always!

5. Candyce Mathews
June 24th, 2009 at 8:06 pm
these are so sweet! It amazes me what everyone does with the punches… Love to see all the ideas because I don’t have the ability to think outside the box.

6. Dreena Guptill
June 23rd, 2009 at 7:22 pm
Great interpretation! I have this set and i’m glad to see it used again in different ways. I can’t wait to play with it some more!

7. Rebecce Ednie
June 23rd, 2009 at 7:12 pm
Awww, your DD looks sooo cute! I have two boys so no recitals in my future. Love the card. I need a gymnastics coach card and this layout should do the trick! Thanks for the inspiration.

8. Ann-Marie
June 19th, 2009 at 4:27 pm
Have fun on your date with your husband!! It’s so important to do that. I wish that I had won the class planner, but I’ll keep trying. I’m feeling lucky.

9. Renee
June 19th, 2009 at 11:24 pm
This is the cutest and oh so special punchart fairy one can imagine! My ten year old daughter was spellbound to see this while coming into the room behind me as I read this post, and now she is begging to make some herself. Thank you for this wonderful post!!!

10. Laura Howell
June 17th, 2009 at 7:55 pm
Great card for a guy. I’m sure my brother would like getting this one. I like the cute button you just had to add.

andreasiggy

Click Here to Order your Stampin’ Up! Products Online 24/7! (Canada Only)

Paper: Pretty in Pink CS (100459), Basic Black CS (102851), Kraft CS (102125), Razzleberry Lemondae DP (115675)
Accessories: Big Shot (113439), Stampin’ Up! Billboard Sizzlit Decorative Strip Die (114510), Flower, Daisies #2 die (114520), paper snips (103579), Mat Pack (105826), Paper-Piercing Tool (116631), Bone Folder (102300), Snail Adhesive (104332), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), 2-way glue pen (100425), Pretty in Pink Taffeta Ribbon (109067), Clear Rhinestone Brads (113144)

Categories : Big Shot, Blog Give-Aways, Cards, Designer Paper, Secret Patrol Winners, Thank you

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Jun

Fun and Fast Notes Baby Card & some Secret Comment Patrol Winners

Posted: Tuesday, June 9th, 2009 | Comments (59)

babycarriage

Today I thought I’d share a simple baby card with you. I don’t actually have anyone that I need a baby card for at the moment but I saw a very similar card layout to this one in my most recent issue of Scrapbooks Etc. magazine and wanted to try it out. Unlike some of the cards I’ve posted recently where the idea started with the embellishments, in this case the starting point of my card was the layout.

After I had the layout idea, I then started looking through my Inspiration Book for patterns of designer paper (DP) that might “fit” the idea. The Tea Party DP collection immediately jumped out at me because the colors are all in shades of pastels and it has so many soft, subtle patterns – perfect for baby cards.

After I had settled on my DP, I then started digging through my stamp sets to see what I had that was for babies. It turns out, I have very little (guess that means I *NEED* to buy more *lol*) – the only current sent I have is the Nursery Necessities stamp set, which didn’t have the “look” I was going for. I was just about to give up on the whole baby card idea when I found my Fun & Fast Notes stamp set.

Now Fun & Fast Notes is a perfect “starter” stamp set because it has a variety of different images and greetings suited to a bunch of different occasions. In fact when it first came out a few years ago, it was at the top of my list and one of the first things I purchased. As my stamp collection grew though, it kind of fell by the wayside. In fact I think the last time I used it was 2 years ago for a Fun & Fast Notes class. When I pulled it out, it was kind of like greeting an old friend *grin* AND it was just perfect for this card layout.

Here’s how I made my card:

Take a 4 1/4″ x 11″ piece of Pretty in Pink CS and fold it in half using your bone folder. This will be your card base. Set aside for a moment.
Cut a 4″ x 5 1/4″ piece of Whisper White CS and emboss it using the Big Shot and the small polka dot texturz plate from the Stampin’ Up! Backgrounds 1 collection.
Cut a 1″ x 4 3/4″ piece of striped DP and a 2″ x 5″ piece of pink DP. Center and layer the striped DP over top of the pink DP – you only want to them to overlap a bit. Stamp a greeting (I used the greeting from Nursery Necessities) underneath the striped DP, towards the left, in Basic Black ink. Center and mount the DP along the bottom of the Whisper White CS piece.
Pierce two holes along the left edge of the striped DP and insert two Pretty in Pink brads from the Soft Subtles collection. Center and mount the Whisper White CS piece to the Pretty in Pink card front.
Stamp the baby carriage from Fun and Fast Notes onto a scrap of Whisper White CS. Punch it out using the 1 3/4″ circle punch. Color it in using a blender pen and Pink Pirouette and Pretty in Pink Classic ink. Place small dabs of Crystal Effects onto the polka dots on the baby carriage and sprinkle on some Dazzling Diamonds glitter. Let dry.
Use your Big Shot and the Stampin’ Up! Pennant die to die cut a scalloped circle out of Pretty in Pink CS.
Pierce a hole in the center of each scallop with a paper piercer and foam mat.
Mat the image onto the scalloped circle using two Stampin’ Dimensionals and then mat the scalloped circle onto your card front using two Stampin’ Dimensionals. You’re done!

Okay, and now onto my “Secret Comment Patrol” winners. For those of you that may be new to my blog I’ll take a minute to explain what the “Secret Comment Patrol” is. Basically it is my way of saying thank you to all of you that not only take the time to visit my blog – but who take the few extra minutes to leave me a comment. I absolutely LOVE reading all your comments, and through your comments getting to know you better. Every so often (usually about once a week or every week and half) I draw names from those that have left comments – if your name is drawn then you are a “Secret Comment Patrol” Winner and you get to choose any one of my stamp or scrapbook classes by email OR my class planner versions for Stampin’ Up! Demos.

1. Janis Miller
June 6th, 2009 at 6:51 pm

Thanks so much for doing this. I haven’t tried the card yet myself and this will make it so much easier.

2. Peggie Sue
June 6th, 2009 at 10:12 am

What a cute card – I too love buttons and this is a cute way to use them!

3. Jennine
June 4th, 2009 at 11:19 ammake that from a stamp! Great thinking. Well done.

Oh my! This is sooooo cute. I haven’t seen anything like this before. Now that is inspiration! I never would of thought of trying to

4. Candyce Mathews
June 3rd, 2009 at 7:43 am

I love the bright colors on this one… & I really like the slide show on your blog…TFS.
Candyce Mathews

5. Ellie M.
June 1st, 2009 at 10:45 pm

Very pretty card! I will have to use this to get rid of my retired/retiring DSP! Thanks for the tip

6. Laura Howell
May 31st, 2009 at 7:10 pm

I am planning on having a workshop in June, but my customers seem to like to attend workshops at my house. I’ve only had one customer host a workshop and now she is my downline and hosting her own workshops (which are even more fun for me because I don’t have to plan them)! Anyway workshops are a great time to get together and have fun with all the ladies in my life.

7. Bonnie m
May 30th, 2009 at 2:22 pma great idea too! Thank you for sharing your wonderful creations, they’re most inspiring.

Love the card! It’s so cheerful – it’s been gloomy in Southern California so this was a perfect pick me up I think the slide show is

8. Betty T
May 31st, 2009 at 8:55 pm

The rhinestones are a classy touch on this card – lovely!

9. Sue D
May 28th, 2009 at 6:17 am

Cool technique–I am definitely going to try this one!

andreasiggy

Click Here to Order your Stampin’ Up! Products Online 24/7! (Canada Only)

Stamps: Fun and Fast Notes (113500), Nursery Necessities (113506)
Ink: Basic Black Classic Ink (101179), Pink Pirouette Classic Ink (111838), Pretty in Pink Classic Ink (101301)
Paper: Pretty in Pink CS (100459), Whisper White CS (100730), Tea Party DP (113992)
Accessories: Big Shot (113439), Stampin’ Up! Backgrounds 1 Texturz Plates (114512), Stampin’ Up! Pennant Die (113483), 1 3/4″ Circle Punch (112004), Blender Pen (102845), Crystal Effects (101055), Dazzling Diamonds (102023), 1/16″ Circle Punch (101227) or Mat Pack and needle (105826), Soft Subtles brads (106954), paper snips (103579), Snail Adhesive (104332), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430)