I’m back today to share the little table gift for the last day of the Northwest Crafty Escape Weekend.
These are super fun purses made with the Gift Bag Punch Board following a great design by Brenda Quintana aka QBee
Tips for making this purse:
I picked the ribbons for the handles and then chose my cardstock for the base of the purse to match! Love that Stampin’ Up makes it so easy to match!
Use your Fast Fuse to hold your purse together and make sure it won’t pop open with goodies inside.
Make a cutie tag to go with using the sentiment from the Watercolor Wings stamp set and it punches out perfectly with the Note Tag punch!
Cut your paper to cover the back of your purse and front flap by cutting it at 3 1/8 x 4 1/8″.
I used candy dot brad bases and the 1/4″ punch to make the closure. It is a tight fit but it totally works!
The purses I made use the new Stitched Satin ribbons in the pretty new colors (I followed Brenda’s ideas and used Melon Mambo, Pacific Point, and Crumb Cake). And of course the patterns from the lovely Pretty Petals designer paper. Front and back even!
And have to have some fun treats inside!
It was another fun day at the Northwest Crafty Escape Weekend yesterday too! We made lots and lots of messes, and the tables were piled to overflowing so you know it was a good day!
And in the afternoon, some folks had signed up to do my Sprinkles of Life Class…
So everyone got their kit and we had a table with all the supplies for folks to share.
I’ll have the dates up for the next one in October posted tomorrow! I hope you can join us!
You’ve seen the new In Colors, right? I couldn’t decide what I thought of them at first… but once you start stamping and playing with them, you see how bright and cheery they can be! I mean, check these out:
I could tell I would love Tip Top Taupe and I thought that Mint Macaron would be my other top choice, but turns out that Watermelon Wonder is my surprise go-to color right now! It is just so perfect for summer! I mean look at the projects you can create, especially with the beautiful Watermelon Wonder Dotted Lace Trim:
Get Everything In Color with the In Color Club!
Folks loved this last year and so I’m back with a new In Color Club! I know a lot of folks like to collect the In Color items and like the idea of having all the coordinating products to give you a chance to make lots of projects with matching elements.
How does it work? The club runs for 5 consecutive months and by the 5th month you will have received some of everything in the In Colors! Each month you will receive the following items in the color of the month:
Ink Pad
12 sheets of cardstock
Marker
Ink Refill
4 In Color Blossom embellishments
1 yd of Lace Trim Ribbon
4- 6″x6″ sheets of the In Color paper stack (2 each of 2 designs)
Two card samples based on the color of the month with supply sheets!
Idea sheet with pictures of some of my favorite projects I’ve found using the Color of the Month
All for only $32 a month SHIPPED
BONUS- With your first month, you will receive:
an In Color Bookmark & Stampin’ Up catalog (if you haven’t already received them)
as well as a full sheet of cardstock from ALL the new In Colors so you can try them all out from the beginning in addition to your first month’s kit.
BONUS PERK! New this year – all members of my In Color club receive a $5 discount on the monthly Class by Maileach month they are in In Color Club!
So, sign up for In Color Club today and you could register for the Sprinkles of Life Card Class and save $5 off the class! If you ended up ordering the stamp set and punch with your kit… as an In Color Club member, you would end up getting your class kit for only $5! Total steal of a deal, right?
Join now! Sign up by June 10th to get in on the first Color of the Month kit shipment! The cards will be better this year and I can’t wait to share these cute products AND some extra great ideas!
If you missed it yesterday, the new 2015 Stampin’ Up annual catalog launched yesterday and so today we are in full swing of everything ramped up and ready to go with all the changes that come with the new catalog. If you haven’t seen yours yet, here is the link to the new catalog and to my new catalog walkthrough video that went up on my YouTube channel yesterday.
But not only is the new catalog here but it is once again time for another Fun n’ Crafty Stampers Blog Hop! We were supposed to be mixing products from the new catalog with items from the prior catalog… you know, the good ol’ mixing of old and new. And I can tell you, the new products do that great, especially the new In Colors! So, while I got a little excited playing with my new stuff, I did at least mix in some old colors and my 2-1/2” circle punch to do a bit of old and new. So it counts, right?
Triple Banner Punch + Cherry on Top paper + Sprinkles of Life stamp set = a Bright Birthday Card!
As I was working on this card, I got inspired to put together a whole Card Class by Mail around this super duper awesome stamp set – so this is card 1 from my new Sprinkles of Life card class by mail!
Tips for making this card:
The new “Banner Triple Punch” or as I call it, the Triple Banner punch, makes these banners come together super easy. Sure, it doesn’t take that long to trim paper ends by hand with your scissors, but after using this, I can tell how great it is to not have to worry about being a little off… or wanting to go quick because I want to have 2 or 3 banner ends per card!
Use the color palatte of your designer paper to get you started! In this case, I pulled the Crushed Curry ink, Watermelon Wonder, and Bermuda Bay from the Cherry on Top designer paper pack. It really pulls everything together!
The Sprinkles of Life stamp set gives you a TON of options for your projects – especially when you add in the Tree Builder punch. Because then suddenly you get so much dimension for your clouds, trees, and cupcakes!
Sponge the edges of your banners to help them POP and keep from blending into one another. It use Crushed Curry as a bright alternative to my typical browns.
Get more control and a better sponged edge when you use a Sponge Dauber for your inking as opposed to direct to inkpad or the yellow sponges.
Don’t be afraid to stamp onto non-traditional colors! I don’t think of Watermelon Wonder and Bermuda Bay as real-life cupcake colors, but they still totally work on a card!
Use the flower punch from the Tree Builder punch to get the little accent flower and then bling it up with the smallest sized rhinestone.
Add the perfect finishing touch with the new Dotted Lace Trim in all the new In Colors (though I have to say the Watermelon color in the lace is my FAV!)
Watch my Wednesday Walkthrough video for even more tips and to see just how easy it is to pull this card together! And then make sure to hop along to all the other great project ideas on our Hop!
(viewing this in email? You can find the Wednesday Walkthrough video here)
Don’t miss out on all the other great project ideas waiting for you on the hop!
And if you are interested in more ideas with this stamp set and/or are interested in being able to make all of these cards at home, make sure to register soon for this class by mail!
Did you know? Members of my Fun n’ Crafty downline get all my class by mail tutorials for free? Its my way of helping you learn more ideas for sharing classes or projects with your friends and customers!
Plus, with the get 2 free additional stamp sets when you sign up this month, you can pick up this Sprinkles of Life stamp set as a free bonus item! Get started here
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