February 2008 - Beautiful Brocade Catagory Winner;
August 2008 - Brayer Bonanza Catagory Winner
SO SHELLI CREATIVE CHALLENGE
December 2011 - Love Is In The Air Challenge Winner; February 2010 - Happy Heart Challenge Winner; August 2009 - Autumn Challenge Winner;
May 2009 - Father's Day Challenge Winner
If you have been visiting my blog, then you probably know that I enjoy felt projects...especially during the Fall and Winter months. So I decided to take that love of felt and make a fun and easy Christmas project using the Holiday Stocking die and the Circle #2 die along with felt to create a fun felted stocking. These are a fun project that you can do over the holidays. I even uploaded a video tutorial to show you how easy it is. The green on this stocking is really a pretty bright green but for some reason my camera has difficulty capturing "true greens".
Here's the video tutorial. Be sure to scroll down to see more stocking that I have made using this technique.
Here' are a few more "almost" finished pieces that I have been working on. I don't normally show things without the "finishing touches" on them, but if I waited any longer, I probably wouldn't have shown them at all. I will probably end up finishing them right at the last minute as I add them to packages and such, so I thought I had better get them posted today.
This stocking is almost exactly the same except I hand cut a little notch in the toe area to make it look more like an elf stocking.
White with black dots for the dalmation lover in the family.
A modern twist using charcoal felt with bright colored dots.
Red & White "Scandanivian-style" using the Snowflake Die.
Blue & White Snowflakes.
Holly Leaves and Berries using the Stocking Accents Die.
Stampin' Up! just released the latest version of My Digital Studio (v. 1.0.6) and it is available for free to everyone who has purchased the software. Here's are two quick videos from the home office on how to group and align objects using the new version of MDS. If you are an advanced user, you may have already figured this out, but these are great tutorials for beginner/innermediate users.
If you would like to know more about the MDS Content DVD available for FREE during Sale-a-bration, check out this cute project from the SU home office.
Last week I accidentally deleted this post. I don't have time to redo the entire thing, but I wanted to get the video posted again for those of you who have requested it. You can see the original embellishment here. You will need to go to my photo and then click "view winning entry here". Be sure to check out the other fabulous winning entries to the MDS contest.
Today I have another video to share that shows how I use the Scallop Trim Border & Corner Punches together to create cardstock squares and rectangles. You will immediately notice that I use a different method in my tutorial than the video that was made by the training department at Stampin' UP! Their method may work fine for you...but I found my approach to yield more consistent results for me once I found the "sweet spot" on my paper cutter. Hopefully, this will help some of you who are struggling. The punches are wonderful once you master the approach that works best for you. Also, I highly suggest that you invest in a Tabletop Paper Cutter that has the handle that chops the paper. I have found that they are one of the most accurate ways to cut paper. I regret that I haven't purchased the one from SU yet. I have spent a fortune in replacement cutting blades for my Personal Paper Cutter and the Tabletop Cutter from Stampin' UP! cuts 12"x12" paper. It is definitely on my wish list. The smaller version by Fiskars that I used in the video only cuts smaller CS and therefore isn't as versatile.
Here are the measurments that I use in the video (your cutter may vary slightly):
2 7/8" = 4 center scallops + 2 corners
3 5/16" = 5 center scallops + 2 corners
3 13/16" = 6 center scallops + 2 corners
New Sizes (use guides on front of border punch for these...requires punching 2 times with border punch per side)
4 1/4" = 7 center scallops + 2 corners
4 3/4" = 8 center scallops + 2 corners
As I mentioned in the video, you aren't limited to squares. You can use any combination of these measurements to create rectangles too. These are the only sizes that I have come up with so far, but of course there are more, so I will update this post as I find new ones. Also, be sure to check on my tutorial on using the Scallop Trim Corner Punch to create smaller squares here.
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Several weeks ago I promised to do a tutorial video on how to make the elegant square that I used on the Bitty Friend Box. You can see the original project here. Today's card uses the same technique, so I thought I had better share a video tutorial on how I made it. I can't tell you how many attempts I made before I was able to have a video that I was able to share. I apologize in advance for some of the out of focus segments, but I just ran out of time and needed to move on to other things.
This is the card that I featured on the tutorial. I have had this card made for a while now, but I didn't want to post it without the video. The card base is 5"x5" Bordering Blue Cardstock layered with Bella Bleu DSP. I used Very Vanilla CS and stamped Elegant Thank You in Brocade Blue Ink. I used the Finial Press Embossing folder and finished off everything with some Very Vanilla Satin Ribbon. Hope you enjoyed the tutorial. Purchase supplies in my online store 24/7. Have a wonderful day!
It's here...finally. Before saying anything else, let me say that this method of making ribbon roses isn't new and I did not invent this idea, but I have found a way to get less wasted ribbon. So even if you have seen these ribbon roses before, you may want to give this video a peek. Hope you enjoy!
