Craft Project Central

Here are some more great projects that are featured on the Craft Project Central site for June!

Here is my project!
Planting Party Birthday Invitation and Favor Box

Vintage Scrap Album & Tote Box – Monika – www.stampnmad.typepad.com

Fabulous Florets Seed Keeper & Garden Journal – Kim – www.paperpunchaddiction.com

Love Letter Watering Can Treat Container – Connie – www.constantlystamping.com

Travel Log Travel Organizer – Naoko – www.nstampage.com

Dress Shirt Gift Bag & Father’s Day Card - Julie - www.inkrediblestamping.com

Fourth of July Party Ensemble- June Bonus Project – Heidi – www.stuckonstampin.blogspot.com post date 6-14

D is for Dog: Homemade Dog Treats – Kris – www.paperfairykris.blogspot.com

Fabulous Florets Wedding Ensemble Part II – Sonya – http://www.stampwithsonya.com/

Fabulous Florets Trifold Card Holder – Wendy – www.wickedlywonderfulcreations.blogspot.com

Growing Green Pedestal Pop-Up Card – Kim – http://www.paperpunchaddiction.com/

Scallop Circle Fabric Bear

I saw one of these fabric bears at a recent demonstrator meeting that I went to made by Fran Trischetta (who saw it on Shelli's blog), using different sized circles. I wanted to make them using only Stampin' Up dies with the Big Shot, so I made these using the Scallop Circle and Scallop Circle #2 Die Cuts. Needless to say, my daughter is in love with this little bear! He is so cute and little, only about 3" tall.

Here is how I did it!

You will need one large scallop for the body, one medium scallop for the head, and six small ones for the ears, arms and legs. You are going to sew around them, going in and out every scallop with thread. (This is called making a yoyo.) I used the new Flirtatious fabric from the new catalog to make this. You can get yours July 1st!

Now when you pull the thread it will gather the edges like shown below.

You are going to put a little bit of pillow stuffing (or cotton balls) in each one and then pull your string tight and tie it to make these little balls. You want them stuffed pretty full.

Then I just used a hot glue gun to put the head, ears, arms and legs onto the body. I used the Filigree brads for the nose and black brads for the eyes and nose. You might want to put these on before you stuff the head. I did it after and made it kind of tough. Then add the bow and you are finished!

Swap Holder Garden Bag - Perfect for Convention!

Here is my Garden Bag style purse, which perfectly holds over 100 cards. It is the perfect bag to bring to Convention or any Stampin’ Up event to hold your cards to swap! You can also use it to carry along all of your tools and materials!
This bag is large enough to also be great to use as a purse or gift bag for any occasion.
You do not need 12"x12" paper to make this project.

CLICK HERE
to see more details or purchase this tutorial!

Mommos' Circle Snowman Card

I don't know if you guys have seen these great circle cards that are all over the place now, but my Mommo (and fellow SU demo, Gerry Dyer) came up with a great idea.
She thought it would make the perfect snowman card!
Here is the card that she thought up and I put together. If you are lucky enough to get into a swap with her at convention, you might get one of hers!

First I punched/die cut 1-3/4", 2-1/2" and 3-7/8" circles in Whisper White card stock. Then I sponged the edges with Bashful Blue ink.


Take off the top circle, and you are going to put a brad through the two larger circles, while they are centered on top of each other.


Then put the smallest circle on top and put a brad through this one and the middle size only (not the bottom one). Do this lined up right on top of the other brad like shown. (I changed the color of brads at the end to black and white so they would blend in better.)


Now when you open them up, this is what you have! When they are closed, they fit in an envelope!


For the hat, I used the Word Window and Cupcake (bottom) punch. The circles are from the Cupcake punch also.


The arms are from the snowflake punch and the nose is cut with scissors. When he is all folded up, he looks like he is starting to melt!


My Mommo is so talented!
This would be the perfect card for a Christmas in July class!

Caramel Popcorn Teacher Gifts

So I came up with a fun idea for end of the year teacher gifts! We made homemade caramel popcorn and put it in canning jars (I found the great jars with the red and white tops at Walmart) to give to the teachers and ladies at front desk and our wonderful nurse of course. For the kids main teachers and the nurse we also included a gift certificate to go to the movies in the card.
Here is a brief run-down of how I made them!
(I was going to write a free mini tutorial for this, but I am just way behind with everything right now! It is our last week of school and I am working on convention swaps!)

For the strip that goes around the jar, it is an 11" x 3-1/2" piece of red card stock. I used the scallop Border punch on both sides, making sure to line the scallops up across from each other. I made a second identical strip out of white card stock, and then cut between each scallop, to give me a bunch of long word window looking shapes. I used Tombow to stick these on every other scallop section to give me the striped look. The red center square is 3" x 3-1/2" and the white on top is 3-1/4" x 2-3/4" with the edges sponged with Bashful blue. (Sorry, I forgot to take pictures of this part!) I attached this to the jars with red Sticky Strip tape.

For the popcorn I used the small flower in the Punch Pack punches and punched them in white card stock. I colored them in with the So Saffron marker leaving some white and doubling in some areas to make it darker. Then I trimmed off three of the petals to give it the popcorn shape.


The popcorn container is just a 2" x 1-1/4" piece of red paper with the sides cut at a slight angle, then using the scallop oval punch on the top. Do the same to a white piece of paper, then cut it into strips and alternate gluing them on the red. (One white will make stripes for two red pieces) Then just put the popcorn on the top!


For the movie strip on the card, I used the Spiral Border punch on the edges of the 2-1/4" x 7" black piece. The white squares are 1-3/8" x 1-3/4".


The white part of the card is sponged with Bashful Blue ink put on a red main card. Just trim your photo strip that hangs over. The bucket and popcorn are put on with dimensionals.


To make the background for the sentiment, (Afterthoughts- Hostess stamp set) I just cut one red Decorative Label punched piece in quarters and glued it on the back with the edges showing.


Here is all of them that I made!
And yes, I gave up on having any free time in the last few weeks punching out, cutting and coloring all of the little popcorn pieces!

The people at my kids school are more then worth it!

Barn Card

Here is a barn card that I made for a friend as a congratulations (they own a farm and had a great success!).

I made this using the template from my Barn Box and Animal Cards project. I just shrunk the template down to half size, printed it out, and its perfect for a card!
Below is the project that I got it from.

CLICK HERE
to see more details about this project.

Craft Project Central

I have been asked to do another project for the Craft Project Central Blog this month and it will come up later this month.

Here is what they have so far on there for this month!

Dress Shirt Gift Bag & Father’s Day Card - Julie - www.inkrediblestamping.com

Travel Log Travel Organizer – Naoko – www.nstampage.com

Love Letter Watering Can Treat Container – Connie – www.constantlystamping.com

Fabulous Florets Seed Keeper & Garden Journal – Kim – www.paperpunchaddiction.com

Fourth of July Party Ensemble- June Bonus Project – Heidi – www.stuckonstampin.blogspot.com

Retirement List - with Photos!

Another demonstrator, Virginia Killmore, was nice enough to make up this retirement list of stamps and accessories with PHOTOS!!
Below you can see everything page-by-page or click to print it out!

Don't forget, the stamps are available until the end of June!
However, the accessories are only available as long as they last. So if you want any of those, place your order soon, they will go fast!!

Retirement List 2011

Map Envelopes

I saw a photo of something like this on a website, and thought it was such a great idea!

Here is how I did mine:

I used Google maps to map my address to where I am sending my letter to.
Then I saved the image as a pdf and printed it out larger then I needed it.
I put glue stick on the back of my envelope and stuck on my map, and then trimmed the edges.
I wrote my return and sender addresses on address label stickers and then cut them out. ( I have whited out the addresses on here)
I lined them with black marker so they would stick out, and stuck them where they go.

All finished! Adorable personalized envelopes!

Last Chance Lists Are Out!

The Last Chance Lists are out!
Stamp sets that are retiring will be available until the end of June.
The accessories will only be available until they are sold out!!! If you want something on the Last Chance Accessory list, order it quick! A lot of the things are discounted and they will go fast. Lots of punches and Big Shot dies are going! You do not want to miss this!

CLICK HERE
for the Last Chance STAMPS!

CLICK HERE
for the Last Chance ACCESSORIES!

And remember... for every $50 that you spend, you get a FREE tutorial from me. Spend over $150 in merchandise and you qualify for hostess benefits, which means FREE sets, FREE merchandise and FREE tutorials!
You can place and order online HERE or just email me your list and I can do it for you!
pratt.lynn@gmail.com