Inspiration Challenge

The cake above is the "inspiration" that was given for the Inspiration Challenge #54 this week on the Late Night Stampers. Here is my card below... I am not so much of a fan but I did it so I thought I would share. I might have to try again.

New Top Note Shapes!

I have been playing around with the Top Note die and the Big Shot and have come up with some fun new shapes. The regal rose shape in the card above is using the top note die.
Here is a step by step of how to make them!

Cut out a top note shape, turn it 90 degrees and put it through again.


Turn it 45 degrees and put it through again.


Turn it 90 degrees and put it through again.(I have a card coming using this shape too!)


Now you have this great circle shape!

LOVE Candle Holder Luminary

This is a great easy to make candle holder luminary!

It is 4” square so it holds a 3" pillar candle very nicely! The light shines through the sides making it a great centerpiece. It makes a wonderful gift for Valentine’s Day with LOVE spelled out on the sides or you can change the colors for any occasion!

This would also be a great project for a Valentine's Day class!

Cupcake Box Contest Entry

I stumbled across the contest below and thought it would be fun to enter. You have to use purple, brown and kraft to make any type of project or card and it has to include stripes. I really liked these colors together and I love the striped Bride Specialty DSP that you can brayer any color so it was perfect!
On this box for stamps I used Voila to Go and Once Upon a Time and the colors are Chocolate Chip, Kraft, and Rich Razzleberry. This Box fits two cupcakes inside(or anything else you want to put in) and you can use it for any occasion! I thought this would make a great wedding box. You can get the template and directions to make this box by CLICKING HERE!

CLICK HERE to see more about the contest!

Scallop Circle Folded Flower

This scallop flower is made using the scallop circle punch and is really easy to do! Carrie Wilson demonstrated it in our last Green Mtn. Stampers meeting. I added a few pictures of the steps to make it but all the credit for this goes to her! I thought it was great and she said I could share it on my blog, so here it is!
Below are her directions and then I have some more pictures of doing it after. I would suggest using Designer Series Paper that has two very different patterns or colors on the two sides for some contrast.

The first picture is the front of step 6, then unfolded and cut in half.


Refold the two halves and you have two opposite halves showing both colors. Punch another scallop circle out of cardstock and put tape all over it.


Start taping down your triangles centered near the middle. You will not see the cardstock scallop at all so don't worry if it overlaps the edges.


Here it is finished and then with the rhinestone brad in the center.


This is the back just to give you an idea about the overlap.


Here is a picture of Carries' flower using the large scallop die cut with the scallop punched circle in the center!


Thanks Carrie for your great technique!

Pull-Out Pages Scrapbook

Here is a great new scrapbook! It opens like a book and has four hidden pull-out pages so you can add more pictures or writing and slide them in and out. The overall size of the book is 8" x 5 1/2" and easily fits 7 - 4" x 6" photos or more if they are smaller. This album is great to give as a gift for any occasion or scrapbook for yourself of a fun family event or holiday. This would make a great project for a scrapbooking class too!
To see all the details or purchase this tutorial CLICK HERE!

Heart Topped Box WINNER!!

The winner to the heart topped box design contest is Madeline Morcelo. Her site is The Stamping Studio and her winning box you can see above! CLICK HERE to see the details on her design. Thanks for playing everyone! Congratulations Madeline, let me know which two free tutorials you want!

I Hit 100,000 Blog Hits!!

Hooray, hooray! My counter hit 100,000 hits today! I will announce the winner to the heart topped box contest later tonight. Thank you to all of you for visiting my blog, I have had this site for under three months and it already hit 100,000 so I am pretty excited!

Green Mtn Stampers Monthly Meeting

I had a meeting this morning hosted by my upline, Jen Heffernan, from the Green Mountain Stampers. We have this meeting once a month and Jen has three make-n-takes for us to do and we all make cards to swap. There are also usually two demonstrations to show us new things that other people have come up with.
If anyone is looking to become a demonstrator, this is a great group to be a part of! Even if you live far away, Jen sends an email summarizing the whole meeting with directions to some of the projects and you can even do a long distance swap!
Here are some of the swaps that all the women swapped today. I didn't post them all since there were a lot but I wanted to share a few.

Here is one by the wonderfully talented Marti Jurnak

Martha Kenfield

Tonya Ditzler

Angela Farrar

Kealey

Rachael Ellison

Heather Seeley

Shanti Mckenna

Carrie Wilson- She was one of the demonstrations today and showed how to make this flower. She told me I could post the directions so
CLICK HERE for the link to make this flower!

Here are the cards that we made at the meeting today. The top one is Jen's sample and I did mine a little different so I wanted to post them both.
It was a great meeting like always, thanks again Jen!

Last day for Heart topped box contest!

Today will be the last day for my heart topped box contest!! The site should hit 100,000 today!! Woo hoo!!
If you have not downloaded your free box template and entered the contest, do it today, time is almost out. Remember you can win two free tutorials of your choice if you win!
CLICK HERE to see all the details!

Ustamp Free Pass winner

The winner to the free Ustamp with Dawn pass is Richelle! She wrote:

Richelle said...

hi I would love to win a free pass..ps i love your creations too..

Thanks for playing along everyone! If you didn't win, the Ustamp site starts today if you still want to join!

Ice Cream Cones

I saw these ice cream cones somewhere and just had to try them. I wish I could give someone credit but where I saw them didn't know where she copied them from!
I did the top one for the Stamping 411 challenge. CLICK HERE to see the site and the challenge. It was to use melon mambo, pretty in pink and old olive. These are some of my favorite colors so I thought I would try it.
For the saying on the top card I used the All holidays and Holiday best stamp sets with the stamp-a-ma-jig. For the second card it is a retired set called Yummy. I used the texture plates for the cone and the scallop circle punch for the ice cream and just cut the bottoms to look like drips. The heart to heart punch is for the sprinkles.

My mothers Heart Topped Box entry!

My Mom doesn't have a blog of her own and she wanted to enter the heart shaped box challenge so I am going to post her entry on mine! She just emailed me these pictures, so creative! I love it! Go Mommo! Her name is Gerry Dyer and she lives in CT. If anyone lives in that area and wants to go to some great card classes let me know!
(Of course she gets all the tutorials anyway since she's my mom so someone else will still win!)

Pop-Up Valentine Piggy card

So... I had to try another one of these great cards. CLICK HERE to see all about where I found the template for these great pop-up cards!
I had to make my piggy holding a Valentine heart of course! The LOVE YOU is from Fundamental Phrases and punched out with the word window punch. His nose holes are with the slot punch and eyes are the 1/4" circle punch.

One more FREE UStamp with Dawn pass!

I have been chosen to be a guest designer on UStamp with Dawn and Friends with love... 2010! I have posted a new project to this site and I have one more free pass for access to the site to give away!(I have already given one away)
If you respond to this post by the end of tomorrow, Thursday January 14th, you will be in the running to get the free pass to the site with access to all the projects!
CLICK HERE to see what this site is all about!
Just comment on this post and I will announce the winner tomorrow night! Good luck!