by Susan Itell | Nov 29, 2014 | 3-D Projects, Tips and Tricks!!! |
Woot-woot…it is Sunday and it is time for my "PEEPS" to go back to their nests – I will be thankful to get the call that they made it home safely! One thing that is great about having "Adult Peeps" is that they raid your refrigerator and you are "cleaned out" with the things John and I probably should not eat!
We have had a fabulous past couple of days and as much as I will miss them being home….going back to a schedule will be a joy! As I blogged on Friday, I have become not a fan of doing the crazy Black Friday craze….but I sure do like cyber Monday!
Let's get to today's post! I am SUPER happy that Stampin' Up! is "bundling" them up (Item # 140353) for just tomorrow and it will be at a 30% savings~
One thing that I will never forget that my Mom taught me and also I continue to share (or preach as the PEEPS say)…when you give a package…(no matter what the monetary value is) – always….ALWAYS make it special…and these (3) products will do this for you! Let's get going….
PLEASE REMEMBER to use the item code of #140353 to get the "bundle" discount but below I will showcase the items for you to see the quantities of each of the products!
Here are the trio's and I hope you enjoy how I have "jazzed" them up a bit – still so simple and classic!
I have blogged many times with these boxes…. and I am just doing the "Happy Dance" with them! Not only do they make fabulous "Advent Boxes"…they are great for Party favors, small gifts…notes of inspiration….just a fun box that can be decorated in many ways! They are called the Tiny Treat Boxes.
This is a great box that already has a "window in it" which makes it great to see thru! The are called the Decorative Window Gift Box and being the "type A" that I am….I did use the circle framelits in #'s 5 & 7 and cut a ring to cover up the decorative part ( you really do not need to do this)…..but I thought that the total look of this was great!
The stamp set I used was the Wonderous Wreath…and I highly recommend that you get this beauty as a bundle as it is GREAT that you have matching framelits to make cutting a breeze!
Last but not least….the "take out box" – this is a great box and soooo darn easy to jazz up! I used the sponge daubers in Old Olive and not only is it easy – it is FUN!
I do hope that you take advantage of this great deal tomorrow….(I sure am)….and do not forget about the Blendabilities! This is a special deal as it is great that they are not only bundling them….but they will be 30% off! That deserves a huge woot-woot!
WOULD YOU LIKE TO WIN THIS BUNDLE????? In the season of Thanksgiving…I would like to give someone this! Just leave me a comment and let me know what your favorite childhood memory "gift" was…and I will pick (1) person and let you know tomorrow!
I love to read your comments and I know that others do as well! Let's have fun going down "Memory Lane" and I deeply thank you for popping by!
Until tomorrow…..it will be super – duper exciting!
P.S – I am sorry if you have received this post twice – I am not sure what happened but hopefully tomorrow…a.new week…no hiccups!
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by Susan Itell | Nov 11, 2014 | 3-D Projects, Christmas, Tips and Tricks!!! |
This is one of my favorite projects to do! I do hope that this post inspires you as much as it does me! I do some craft events and also I have customers that want a "little something" to give at the holidays and this is just a super sweet and fun 3-D fun to make!
I have blogged about this before and I am going to ask you to click here and then here to see the posts that I have done before as I have all of the dimensions but please email me and feel free to ask away any questions you have!
I know with all of the pictures that I have on the previous post, that you will go to town making these! I love the fact that you can use minimal paper and these are SUPER EASY to mass produce!
Remember what I have blogged about before, break a project down and take it into steps…this way you will not be overwhelmed! One step…cut all of your top notes…another time, have fun stamping or decorating the top etc…
I have lots of pictures for you today and I am super happy with this! You can see that I did not list the individuals Blendabilities as I really used a bunch! Click here to see all of the pens offered!
Here is my thoughts about these great pens…if you can swing it, buy them all! I know that this is a BIG statement to say but they really are a great product and one that you will use all of the colors offered….as they blend well and the - "no streaks" is just a dream! True there is a learning curve, but once you get past that turn….you are in for home stretch!
When I saw this single stamp in the catalog, I knew that it would live at my home! How do you not have a soft spot for Polar Bears and it is called "Bearing Gifts" I just knew that this would fill up the top note die perfectly!
Please refer to the links that I have from the past…but here are a couple of photos that will reinforce the "ins and outs" of this easy but fun project!
To me…using the labels are the "Trump Card".…but it you would rather cut your paper and wrap it around….I say – GO FOR IT….but this works for me! These labels wrap around perfectly! LOVE IT!
That is it! Are you going to try to make this fun project! WOWZERS….it uses minimal paper and delivers such a BIG punch! Please let me know your thoughts about this!
Remember, it is Tuesday so that means a new group of products on sale for just a short week – click here to see this weeks offerings….and you can hit the pictures below and shop from home!
I appreciate you all and I deeply thank you for your time! I blog daily so please tell your family and friends about my daily dose of inspiration! Tomorrow is a GREAT day as it is the monthly PALS Blog Hop….please hop on by!
Until tomorrow!
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by Susan Itell | Nov 9, 2014 | Christmas, Super Easy, Tips and Tricks!!! |
Now this is as simple as it gets and I am going to share with you a template "how to" so you can go back and make this over and over! This is a fabulous layout to make not only "quantities of" but also a great layout for small stamp images!
This image is from the Endless Wishes Stamp Set and I am so glad that Stampin' Up!! brought this back this year. I love the font, but I also love the fact that you can use it for chocolates….hmmmmm……pop back on Tuesday and you will see what I am talking about!
Let's get going as this is one that you will want to CASE and keep the handy template handy! It all starts with the Note-Card Whisper White Card & Envelopes (I just love this size) and I highly suggest that you make a template so you can "pencil line" the squares!
Let's make the template! Below you will see that I made it in a wisteria wonder so I could find it easier in my work area…so easy – lets go!
- Start with a piece of paper that is the same size as the Note Card = 5" X 3 1/2"
- Find the center and make a pencil line = 2 1/2" line
- Take the 1" Square Punch and make the center your 1st punch using the pencil line as your giude. Slide the punch all the way in to meet the edge of the paper.
- Punch the sides lining up the outer edge of the punch to the side of the paper, this way your punches will be even!
- Now take the template pack to your cutter and trim off a smidge – 1/8" off of each side so your end result will be a template of PRESTO…DONE!!! – now you have a template that is 4 3/4" X 3 1/4"
Hopefully these below pictures will help you! Please email me of you have any questions, I know that sometimes it is hard to put it into words but once you try it – I hope it makes sense!
Now that your template is completed, I simply place it over the front of my note card and take a pencil and quickly make my pencil squares so when I go to do my stampin', it will be perfect!
Stamp away and then simply erase your pencil lines before putting the top piece on! Make sure that you use a bunch of Stampin' Dimensionals on this top piece – (it is a great card to use those outer edges of the dimensionals as they are the long and skinny pieces!!!)
You might be thinking, Why do I need to make a template if I still have to punch the top part? Well, I find having a template makes if easy to just get right to the stampin part and also if you have a random pencil lines on the edges, it no biggie!
You also might want to make the top piece a different color and wouldn't it be fun to run it through the Big Shot with a simple embossing folder? Hmmmm…..sounds like a possibility!
I knew that I wanted to keep this a super simple card for you, but I also knew that adding a very simple touch of thin stripes of paper would be all that is needed!
In the picture above you can see that I used the silicone mat…they are a must have and while you are at it – get 2….as I find that if one has glue on it, I go to the other one especially if I am making a bunch of cards!
Why do I love this mat = I use the green glue for these strips and this makes it super easy for straight placement…I always make the strips longer than I need to make it easy on myself. You can pick them right up from the mat and then snip them off!
FUN and DONE….one great card that is timeless and will never let you down! Just look at your stamps sets that you have and start doing the happy dance when you see one that has small images…..
Lastly, the fabulous envelope! I did stamp the front with the sentiment and snowflakes (which was so easy because of the stamps being photoploymer) and then I lined the outer flap with the fun paper from the Santa & Company….so quick and easy!
I hope that these tips and tricks that I shared with you made not only sense…but also inspired you to go to your work area and make a template! You can easily use the same formula for using a regular A-2 card.
I realize that your time is precious and I thank you for popping in! Please feel free to email me if I can be of help and also remember that you can shop away from home in your jammies for these products that I have used today!
Tomorrow is make it mine Monday….hope to see you back!
p.s. – guess what I am doing today? I wish that we could all be together for this fun……I am going to Jeanie's house as her 2 sisters are here from Massachusetts and we are going to be 4 stampin…crazy….fun ladies!
Sounds like a dream day…..right!?!?! – I hope that there is a football game on for her poor husband to watch as there is going to be a bunch of laughter and creativity happening!
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by Susan Itell | Sep 3, 2014 | Tips and Tricks!!! |
Good Morning! Today is a different post for me as I am out of town and did not plan on being away.
If you follow my blog, I have blogged about my friend Ted that has been very ill. Well sadly, he has taken a turn for the worse and being that it was his son Birthday on Monday, (Brandon –remember I did a card for him)I drove down to Ted's hometown to be with the family and I needed to stay for another day to help the family! It truIy meant a lot to Brandon that I came down.
Have no fear – this is what I love about being a part of Stampin' Up! – I can blog from wherever I am and the best thing I am able to watch videos and share them with you with some comments….so I hope that you find something useful from today's post!
I want to touch on some of the great resources that Stampin' Up! has that I truly find useful…Please go to You Tube and subscribe to Stampin' Ups! You Tube Channel….there is a wealth of information there and I am going to highlight some of the products that I simply think are going to be a huge hit! Let's go!
Please click here and watch this video. I find that watching these videos are a HUGE help before I tackle trying to figure it out myself…(that type A person in me sometimes does not have the patience!)
- The sky is the limit of the sizes you can make…the color you choose and the new Under the Tree Speciality Paper works GREAT with this as it is a "heavier" weight of paper…plus it is super cute!
Next…a product that has been and will continue to be SUPER popular – the Wonderous Wreath Bundle! This is a fantastic bundle and I am sure that you have seen many samples with it! Please click here to see a post I did several days ago!
Please click here to watch another great Video on this product! Here are some of the things that I love about it!
- You are not limited to just the holiday season, you can make it a fall wreath a beautiful Spring Wreath is pink, yellows and greens etc…
- These framlits of joy and noel as fabulous…keep things super simple…let the word be your focal point!
Lastly for today I wanted to point out something on my shopping website that I have not played around with as I never noticed it before and WOW – I like it….it is a section called "Shop By Solution" Click here to see it! Why do I like it?
- I like the way it breaks down products to specific themes
- Remember to also use the search space to look up specific stamp sets etc…just type in the key words!
Another tip…if you have a specific stamp set you want to use and you are just having a mental road block…simply google that specific stamp name and PRESTO – ideas galore and then there is Pinterest….oh my we all love pinterest!
Thanks for popping in and I hope that you check out the videos and enjoyed the tips I shared with you! I am hoping to be back home tomorrow but no worries – tomorrow is PPA Challenge and I already had that post completed!
Please keep Ted in your thoughts…he has fought a courageous battle…
Until tomorrow!
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by Susan Itell | Aug 2, 2014 | 3-D Projects, Get Well, Tips and Tricks!!! |
I am sure that you have seen this card before but the 1st time I saw it was when Jeanie gave a card similiar to me last winter when I was sick! My dear friends daughter McKenna just had her Wisdom Teeth yesterday and has "chubby cheeks" and I thought that this would be PERFECT for her!
So here is my take on it! If you have ever had your wisdom teeth out you know that it is not the most comfortable thing to go through…2 of my children went through with no problems…then when Hannah had hers out she was the cutest "chimp munk" you have ever seen!
I am going to do a quick run through and I hope that you try this and to me…this is one that you need to keep in your "dear little head" as it is a TOTAL keeper! I am going to share with you some tips and tricks that I hope you take me up on!
You can see that the card is the good old A-2 size in Strawberry Slush but folded to make a vertical card! I know that you are probably tired of me using the Large Polka Dot Embossing Folder but what can I say…I just love it – Polka Dots just make me happy!
The Blushing Bride is 3 3/4" X 5" and then the Strawberry Slush before I ran it through the Big Shot is 3 1/2" X 4 3/4"! Next is to the part that you are going to NOT GOING TO STRESS ABOUT as it is easy peasy!
Making the box is very easy. I took a 3″ by 2 1/4″ piece of All Abloom designer paper and scored in 1/4″ on all sides. I then cut out each end to make it come together for a box and voila. I had a kleenex by my side to go forward!
Yes, this is an open backed box BUT being the "type A" person I am…I needed to have a little support so I could adhere it the way I thought it should be so I added a piece of scraps. I cut a 1/2" strip that was 3 1/2" long and scored it at 1/4" so I could "green glue" it….and WOWZERS – it worked!
Jeanie used an oval punch but I could not find that anywhere so PLAN B went into effect and I went for the 1" circle punch and then accented it with the 1 1/4" Scalloped Circle Punch! I added my Kleenex inside and voila! Let's put this aside!
Let's go to the base that the box sits on….a blushing bride piece of 3" X 2 1/4" piece of paper but I thought that it needed something simple! PAPER to the rescue….I adore the stampin' trimmer and I just made "slivers" to make it a bit interesting!
The MUST HAVE is the Silicone Craft Sheet…this is the TOTAL lifesaver and for just $5.95 – you will be amazed at how you use it over and over! Love…love…LOVE! It is the best to work with adhesives…after it dries – it rubs right off!
Can you see that you can use all sorts of DSP to make this different but I would suggest that you use a print that is rather small and one that you can "accent with"
The sentiment is PERFECT for McKenna…."Happy Healing" and it is from the MUST HAVE sentiment set…And Many More – it truly is a keeper and one that you will never look back at! I try to learn…always – and when Mary Fish told me…when in doubt – GO FOR THE SENTIMENTS!
At first I scratched my head but she is so right. You can so soooooo much with paper….let the sentiments shine!
I could have easily dropped this off in their mailbox but when I went to the Post Office for work and saw this padded envelope….I just knew that it was meant to be and I needed to purchase it!!! Doesn't it work perfectly!
After writing a "chipmunk" note to McKenna (don't you love that name) I tucked in 3 movie passes for her and her parents to "go in the dark" and have fun! I can remember when Hannah was healing, that's what we did…sneak off and have some time together!
I am super excited that I was able to order the NEW goodies…..from the NEW Holiday Catalog! I know that you are going to love them as much as I do and I am looking forward to inspiring you with samples!
Please feel free to email me and please POP back tomorrow….it is a card that has been a hit for a long time and I have some very special young people to send it to!
Let's have a great Saturday , I relalize that I usually do "simple saturday's" for you…but tomorrow is "simple sunday!"…until tomorrow!
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by Susan Itell | Jul 29, 2014 | Tips and Tricks!!! |
Today is a “happy card” and it is a card that I sent to Susan Hayes for winning the Blog Candy! That was a FUN 2 days of posts…I am enjoying going back and making comments to everyone’s happiness and joys that they experience!
I have a question for you…do you ever create a card and then look at it and smile and say – WOW…I really like this!!! Well…if you are like me and do this sometimes – this is one that I sure did this with this card!
I was so happy with it that I decided to make this my “thank you” card for those great people that placed orders with me in July! I know that you will love it and when you see it in person – you will be smiling!
My inspiration came from Pinterest (we all love pinterest) and it was from a SUD, Angela McCay from in 2012. Click here to see her post. The minute I saw it I smiled and knew I had to take a try on making it!
This card is about as simple as it gets! This is also one of my favorite "flower stamp sets" – Flower Shop and when it was unveiled eons ago…I knew it was going to find a way to my home.
I will say that I did become a bit frustrated with it when I had this LOVE/HATE relationship with the stamped image and then punching it out! (Does this ring a bell to anyone else???)
Want a tip?!? My dear and patient friend Jeanie came to my rescue when she knew how frustrated I was. The tip is to stamp your image and then find out where the punch will do it's job and then use a sharpie marker and put a dot! (hope this makes sense – look at the below picture)
The card is a 5" square and the "vase" was made from the #7 circle framelit. At first, I embossed the "vase" and then when I was putting it together I felt it was to much….so into my scraps it went and I went for the easy way….super clean!
The other "clean thing" I did was not to fru-fru the insides of the flowers…true that would be super cute to have pearls…perhaps some glitz but I thought using good old paper and the 1/2" punch did the trick! Again…less is best!
My stampin vitamins, the stampin' dimensionals were the other easy-peasy touch to the card. I first glued the 4 flowers down with the "green glue" as I adore the "wiggle room" it gives to us and then I put 2 dimensionals together to give it a bigger boost! Woot-Woot!
The simple sentiment of "hello" did the trick – remember to use the Embossing Buddy to "prep" the surface before you use the versa mark and stamp the image! Another tip for you is to have a paint brush handy so if you get some extra embossing powder on that won't flick off…a quick swipe with a paint brush does the trick.
I adore how our white embossing powder comes to life. The is so simple and it truly took no time to make! These are the kind of cards that I like to make LOTS OF….mass producing is fun when you know that end result will be super rewarding!
Please leave me a message and let me know how you like this! I am trying to S T R E T C H myself by using colors that I do not usually use…like this – Wild Wasabi…how about challenging yourself and making a project this week with a color you do not use often!
I am getting super excited to be able to order some of the new products from the Holiday catalog! It is a super cute catalog and please know that of you have ordered from me in the past year…I will automatically send you a catalog as soon as I get them myself!
If you do not currently work with a SDU I would be honored to help you! Please email me and I will mail you a catalog. I think that it is very clear that I love my passion for Stampin' Up! and I just continue to grow and learn…
Remember, the time-frame to take advantage of the buy 3 get 1 free Designer Paper offer is coming to an end…click here to see the papers being offered and you know that today is Tuesday – click here to see the special this great company is offering!
Thanks for popping by, please email me if you have any specific questions and I thank you for sharing my love of stamping and blogging with your family and friends!
Until tomorrow!
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