Silhouette Sentiments Card & Some Winners

Don’t you just love the colors of the designer paper I used for today’s card?  I sure do – the blues and the green look so serene.  Who would have thought that the paper comes from the Nursery Suite DP collection – a collection of designer paper with a baby theme.  That’s one of the things I love about Stampin’ Up! – their products are so versatile.

Here’s how I made today’s card:

1. Center and stick a 4″ x 4″ piece of DP to a 4 1/4″ x 4 1/4″ piece of Old Olive CS. 
2. Center and stick the matted DP to the front of a 5 1/4″ x 5 1/4″ Crumb Cake CS card (formerly called Kraft CS).
3. Place a strip of Sticky Strip across the card, over top of the matted DP, about 1 3/4″ up from the bottom of the card.
4. For the ribbon I used a technique called ribbon ruching.  I ruched the ribbon across the first 3″ of the card, and then I laid the ribbon flat for the remainder of the card.  It’s a bit difficult to explain this technique but I will have a video on how to do it on my new Paper Crafter’s Library site.  If you haven’t already signed up, and you’re interested in more info about this site, you can sign up for my advance notification email list AND receive a free video on creating a ribbon flower by answering one simple survey question.
5. Stamp the silhouette bird image onto a scrap of Whisper White CS in Early Espresso Classic ink.  Stamp the greeting underneath also using Early Espresso ink.
6. Punch out the image and greeting using the new extra large decorative label punch.
7. Sponge the edges of the greeting label with Old Olive Classic ink.
8. Thread some CS through the button to create the look of “faux” thread. Stick the button to the left of the image with a mini glue dot.
9. Stick the image to the right of the card, over the flat part of the ribbon with two Stampin’ Dimensionals. 
10. Place some 3mm clear rhinestones at the center of the Baja Breeze diamonds.  You’re done!

Supplies used are all Stampin’ Up! unless otherwise noted:

Stamps: Silhouette Sentiments, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: Early Espresso Classic ink, Old Olive Classic ink
Paper: Crumb Cake CS, Old Olive CS, Whisper White CS, Nursery Suite DP
Accessories: Extra-large Decorative Label punch, Old Olive Satin Ribbon, Sticky Strip, mini glue dots, Brights designer buttons, Stampin’ Dimensionals, bone folder, paper snips, Basic Rhinestones, stamping sponge

 Okay and now for some winners……

Calendar and Note Pad Tins

The two winners of the Calendar and Note Pad tin tutorial (does not include supplies to make it) are listed below.  Just a quick note, if you read that post then you’ll know I’ve also got some of the calendars and note pads for sale. I don’t want to have to keep a lot of those in stock, so I’m pretty much selling out what I have and then they’ll be gone.  If you want to make sure you get some then please be sure to put in your order before Sunday.  The winners are:

Jerri Ann Holdaway
August 30th, 2010 at 11:08 pm
Andrea,
Love your calender and note pad tins! As always, your projects are terrific and useful! Thanks for the opportunity.

Darlene Gabriel
September 7th, 2010 at 5:37 pm  
Oh I love these tins – what great gifts they would make. Am I too late to get in on this? Thanks for sharing your creativity with us.

Mini Backpack Scrapbook Album Tutorial

This tutorial was released the last week of August. The two winners of the Mini Backpack Scrapbook Album tutorial are: 

cary
August 28th, 2010 at 6:22 am   edit
What a simply delightful way to make a start into scraping for the raw beginner like myself!!!
Your projects are always a great mix of something for the beginner and something for those who are ready to challenge themselves.
Thank you this project was well worth the effort and waiting for!!!

Julie
September 2nd, 2010 at 12:17 am   edit
I am a reasonably new demonstator but have been stamping for just over 2 years now. I love projects like this one and wished there were more classes available in stuff like this. I will be trying to offer more now I’m a demonstrator too. Love your website and will certainly be keeping an eye on the tutorials available. I admire the effort you put into everything. Thanks, Jules

If your name was drawn for either of these tutorials and you already purchased it, then you can substitute your prize for any digital product from the Sunny Stampin’ Store of equivalent value.  Please email me at andrea@sunnystampin.com to claim your prize.

Finally, new classes in the store:

This month’s “You Make Me Smile” class features the fun, bright colors and bold patterns of the Play Date Designer Paper and Funky Four stamp set.  In this class you’ll make 4 cards and a fun window portfolio box to put them in.   For more details on the class planner version and to purchase it, please click HERE.  For more details on the Stamp Class by Email version, and to purchase yours, click HERE. You can find more great class planners at thethe Demo to Demo store.

With a soft elegance and versatility to using different techniques, the Growing Green stamp set lends itself to endless possibilities. Not sure how to run a workshop, needing a boost or just running out of time? With the Woodland Walk Workshop Planner, we take all the tears and fears out of workshop’s for you. For more details on the workshop planner and to order yours, please click HERE. You can find more great workshop planners at the Demo to Demo store.