Goin', Goin', Going!

Boy, have we been a little busy around here! It feels like we have been goin', goin', going!

Keara's last day of 7th grade was last Thursday and Shaylin's last day of 3rd grade was this past Wednesday.  In that time, Keara has attended 2 birthday parties, Shaylin had an ALL day fieldtrip to Tucson, AZ on Monday then the 3rd grade classes at her school had a Mad Science Day on Tuesday and I had my Technique Tuesday Class that night!  I'm in exhale mode now.

Shaylin and I at the cave near Tucson, AZ.  Wish we could have taken pictures inside the caves!

Getting ready to go down in the copper mine in Bisbee, AZ.

Shaylin and I on the bus back to school at the end of a fun and long day.  What a Great time we had!

This Techique Tuesday class was Pop-up cards, again.  They were a different type of pop-up card than the ones we learned in the last class.  I would call them Pop-Out cards.

This is the inside of the each of the 2 cards we made.  I will share the WWYD (What Would You Do) cards and guts for the next one, in the next few days.  So, look for that!

I also wanted to say a big *Thank You* to Michelle for bringing a cake to Celebrate my 100th Meetup!  (www.meetup.com/inkie-pinkies)  I didn't even notice but she did and it was so nice! 

Thanks again, Michelle!

Don't forget, the Stampin' Up! retiring items are Goin', Goin', Going!  You only have 'til May 31st to get them before they are gone!  You can order 24/7:  HERE

Have a fun and safe Memorial Weekend!  Thanks for stopping by!

Envie Basket

I had my *Envie Class* last night and it was so much fun!  There are so many beautiful things you can create with a simple envelope, who knew!?!  Over the next few days, I will share some of the different projects we made.

Today, I am sharing the *Envie Basket*.  We made this project with Stampin' Up!'s Crumb Cake envelope #107297.  The feel/look of this was inspired by a card made by Becky @ Inking Idaho.  You can view her card here:  http://inkingidaho.blogspot.com/2012/04/crumb-cake-embossingsounds-yummy.html

Wondering how to make this?  Here we go!

  

You will seal the envelope closed then punch either side with the Large Tag Punch #119876.

Then, you will cut up, on both sides, following the punched part to create the *handle*.  You will notice I crimped the *handle* with the Crimper #101618 and the *basket* was run through the Big Shot #113439 with the Vintage Wallpaper Folder #120175.  From there you can decorate it any way you'd like!  You can also use any size envelope you want.

Here's how to make the flower.  Not sure if it's the same way Becky made hers but this is what I did.

I punched  2 ~ 1 3/4" Scallop Punch #119854 (I stacked them & cut @ each indent almost to the center to make *petals*) and 1 Blossom Punch #125603 in Pool Party cardstock.  The leaves are from the Blossom Punch also in Lucky Limeade.  The center of the flower is from the Mixed Bunch stamp set w #125535 c #125537 with a Basic Rhinestone #119246 in the center.

Then, you will scrunch up all of the pieces except for the center.

Open them up and glue together with Multipurpose Liquid Glue #110755. 

I placed an Oatmeal Pie inside the basket because that's what I had on hand but you can fill it with whatever you want.  Have Fun!

Thanks for stopping by!  Enjoy!

Technique Tuesday!

Tonight is my Technique Tuesday class so I thought I would share projects we have made at a past Technique Tuesday class.  On this card, we used the *Double Emboss* Technique.  When you do this technique, you end up with a dry embossed and heat embossed look in one. 

Started with white cardstock and embossed with black embossing powder.

Started with Baja Breeze cardstock and embossed with Clear Embossing Powder.

Want to know how to *Double Emboss*?  Here's how: 

Choose an Embossing Folder or Texturz Plate and ink it up with Versamark.  Place your cardstock on top of ink and run it thru the Big Shot.  Versamark will transfer on to the cardstock only in the places that it touches.  Dust cardstock with your choice of embossing powder then heat with embossing heat gun.  That's it!  Try it out and let me know how it goes.

Thanks for stopping by!

Spring Break is here!

Today was officially Keara and Shaylin's 1st day of Spring Break, yippee!  I think they had visions of fun and games but I had something else in mind, Spring Cleaning!  I really wanted to say we got *something* done before we started to enjoy this time off.  We pretty much got their bedrooms done and that took up most of the day.  If that's all the cleaning we get done this week, I'm fine with that.  I love to spend time with my girls, not worrying about homework, bed times, etc... so we really look forward to their vacation days!

Since my *Petal Cone* class is tomorrow night, I thought I'd share one of the projects we will be making.  It's a cute carrot that can be filled with goodies.

These pictures are of the one I made last year but this years' carrot will have a scrunched flower on the top, using Wild Wasabi cardstock, instead of just the 2 pieces of scallop punched Certainly Celery.

Stampin' Supplies List:

• Stamps:  Classic Alphabet (retired but you could use any small alphabet set)
• Ink:  Wild Wasabi #109014
• Paper:  Pumpkin Pie #105117, Certainly Celery #105125, Whisper White #100730
• Accessories:  Big Shot Machine #113439, Petal Cone Die #121810, Backgrounds 1 Texturz Plates #114512, 1 3/4" Scallop Circle Punch #119854, 1/4" Certainly Celery Grosgrain Ribbon #109031, Sticky Strip #104294

Enjoy and thanks for visiting!

Superstar!

Yesterday, Keara tried out for a part in a commercial for her school, ACAA, and she got a part!  We are so excited for her!  She will be playing the part of a, drumroll.......STUDENT!  We know she will do a great job in this role because she is a great student and she's our *Superstar*!  :o) 
I will keep you posted and let you know when it will air (probably just here in Arizona).

The project I am showing today is just something I had laying around the house but I thought you might be able to take the idea and apply it to other items.  It's a plain picture holder and they were pretty ugly.  I just knew I could make them into something much cuter!

I used my trusty *Scrunched Flower* to dress it up a bit, as well as, some cute polka dot paper. 

To make the scrunched flower, I used 4 scallop punches in Basic Black and 1 from black netting.  Spritz the cardstock pieces with water and scrunch them into balls.  Let them start to dry then open them up and either lay them out (if you want them flatter) or fold them up (if you want them to stand up more) and let them completely dry.  For the picture holder, I needed to get them to go around the wire somehow.  I decided to punch a hole in the middle then cut a slit from the edge to the punched hole.  Then, just layer them starting with the netting, on top of the base and adjust until it looks the way you want.  Then glue each layer into place and wha~la, you have a scrunched flower.  To finish it off, I Sticky Stripped the designer paper on the base.  Now I can use it to hold pictures or stamped cards.

Stampin' Supply List:

• Paper:  Basic Black 8 1/2 x 11  #121045  Love Letter Designer Paper (retired~boo hoo, I loved this paper soooo much)
• Accessories:  2 3/8" Scallop Circle Punch  #118874  Crop-a-dile  #108362  Sticky Strip  #104294  Multipurpose Liquid Glue  #110755  Netting

Enjoy and Have a Happy Stampin' Day!

Jill

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