Fat Free Box of Chocolate

This is my new Fat Free Box of Chocolates Project! Whats better then fat free, diet safe chocolates?!
The box is about 4 1/2" x 4 1/2" x 2" and includes a variety of four chocolates. You can make your own combination of chocolates depending on what type of chocolate the person you are giving it to likes! You will also get a pdf. file to print out the Nutrition facts with 110% of Love!
For all of you demonstrators that have seen the May issue of Stampin' Success, the cover has some yummy looking candy made out of paper. That was my inspiration for this project!

To see more details or to order directions for this project CLICK HERE!

Stampin' Up's Color Renovation!

Stampin' Up! has decided to reorganizing their color families, retiring some less popular colors, bringing back some In Colors, and introducing 5 brand new colors. This will all take effect when the new catalog comes out in July! So don't worry, you still have time to stock up on your favorite colors that are going out.

There will now be four color families of 10 colors each: Rich Regals, Soft Subtles, Bold Brights, and Neutrals.

We will now have 5 new In Colors each year and they will stay for two years instead of one!!
The colors staying will be:
Old Olive
Real Red
Pumpkin Pie
Regal Rose
Tempting Turquoise
Basic Black
Basic Gray
Chocolate Chip
Whisper White
Very Vanilla
Kraft (renamed Crumb Cake)
Sahara Sand
Bravo Burgundy
Always Artichoke
Elegant Eggplant
Garden Green
More Mustard
Not Quite Navy
Night of Navy
Bashful Blue
Certainly Celery
So Saffron
Perfect Plum
Pretty In Pink
Rose Red

The returning In Colors:
Melon Mambo
Soft Suede
Rich Razzleberry
Wild Wasabi
Pacific Point
Tangerine Tango
Riding Hood Red
Pink Pirouette
Baha Breeze
River Rock

Brand NEW Colors!!!
Daffodil Delight (warm yellow)
Cajun Craze (spicy Orange)
Early Expresso (warm, rich brown)
Cherry Cobbler (rich red)
Marina Mist (cool, clear carribean blue)

Colors that are retiring: (My asterisks are next to the colors that I am crying over losing)
Pixie Pink
Pink Passion
Pale Plum
Orchid Opulence
Lovely Lilac
Lavendar Lace
Almost Amethyst
Bordering Blue
***Brocade Blue
Brilliant Blue
Ballet Blue
Glorious Green
Taken with Teal
Handsome Hunter
Sage Shadow
Mellow Moss
Green Galore
Gable Green
Barely Banana
Yoyo Yellow
Summer Sun
Apricot Appeal
Only Orange
Really Rust
Ruby Red
Cameo Coral
***Blush Blossom
Creamy Caramel
***Close to Cocoa
***Going Gray
If you want to order any of the paper, ink, ink refills or extra markers or any other accessories in any of these colors you will have until June to get them, after that they are gone. I wouldn't wait too long though, just in case!!

Stamping with Sweetened Condensed Milk

I saw in a magazine how to stamp with sweetened condensed milk so I thought I would try it. It comes out really neat but I don't know if you would want to save it for along time since its really food.
Here is how I did it!


I spread out sweetened condensed milk on a paper plate and dipped my stamp into it just like ink. I made sure to not get any on the foam of the stamp since its really milk.


I stamped that onto may paper. Then I sprinkled clear embossing powder over the image.


You are going to heat it with the heat tool. The milk will bubble and then turn brown. The more you heat it the darker it gets. Just be careful not to burn the paper too!

To make these cards I used Asian Artistry, Well Scripted and the Inspired by Nature stamp sets. I also used the big shot with the Top Note die, large oval punch, the wide oval punch and satin ribbon.

3-D Bird in a Cage Project

This is my three-dimensional Cockatiel bird in a cage project!

I just have to say that this is my all-time favorite project and it was my mother's idea to make this! My mom, Gerry Dyer, is also a Stampin' Up demonstrator and is in my downline. She came up with the idea and I figured out how to make it!

This project DOES NOT use the two-step bird punch, it is a template that I will send you to make the bird three-dimensional. It is slightly larger in size then the bird punch. The cage stands about 9 1/2" tall and is about 4 1/2" wide. The pictures do not do this project justice, it is very elegant and beautiful. This would make a great piece to put on a shelf for decoration or in a child's room instead of a real pet! What's better then a pet that you never have to feed? These birds would also be cute all by themselves sitting around the house or in a plant!

The bottom and top of this project uses the Tulipe die. You can do this project without it, it just wouldn't be as fancy.

To find out more about this project or get the directions CLICK HERE!

Bird Punch Roses

I made these roses using the Two-step bird punch. I thought this would be a great card for Mother's Day!

Here is how I made them:
All of the pieces of the flower are using the wing from the bird punch.
Punch out three Bravo burgundy wings. Use the marker to shadow the edges then glue them on top of each other like shown.


Cut a wing out of Always artichoke and cut the end like shown, you will need two of these for each flower. Shadow the edges with the marker and glue them on like shown.


I used the marker to connect the outline so the leaves look a little better.


To glue them on I used half of a dimensional at the top and two way glue at the base. The leaves and branch became the stem. The vase is the large and small tag punch.

Hope you like it!

Pool Table Box and Cards Set

This project makes a great gift for any pool player or game lover. It is also the perfect present for Father’s Day or a great guy gift for any occasion!

The pool table box measures approximately 6" x 4 1/2" x 2" and the set includes 16 pool ball cards.

To see more details or order the directions CLICK HERE!

Planting Flowers Wheelbarrow and Cards

This is the perfect project for the beginning of spring! Everyone has their wheelbarrows out and they are getting their gardens ready. This project would also be great for Mother’s Day or for flower lovers year round! You can even put candy or a small plant in the wheelbarrow and use it for a decoration!

Due to popular demand I have decided to put this project up for sale individually. It was originally part of my Stamp-n-Design into Spring event but I have had so many requests for just this project I am going to put it up!

To see more details or to order the directions for this project CLICK HERE!

Tulipe Wedding Gift Set

The entire gift!

The oven mitt...

And the matching card!

I used the Tulipe die cut with the Big Shot to make this great wedding gift!
It is his and hers matching aprons and kitchen mitts. I thought I would make a set of towels to match too (I actually made 5 towels but I only have two in the photo.)! I used freezer paper and an iron to make stencils and ironed them onto my fabric and then painted on the fabric paint.
And of course the card to match! This used Bravo burgundy textured cardstock and gold cardstock with the white satin ribbon.
You can see more details about this stenciling technique HERE!