Valentine's Day Treat

This fun little treat is made using the brand new Mini Milk Carton die, available in the Occasions Mini Catalog. The milk carton is made from Pretty in Pink cardstock. The belly band is another great pattern from the Sending Love DSP, and the ribbon is the Taffeta in Pretty in Pink. I closed the top of the carton with a Mini Library Clip so you can open it up to get at the loot inside without destroying the box! The heart is punched using the Heart to Heart punch and is popped up with a dimensional. The "for you" is a greeting from the Sale-A-Bration stamp set "Happy Moments". I received this stamp set in the new clear-mount style as one of my SAB bonuses. I love clear-mount and am moving my stamp collection in that direction. With the labels on the stamps, you can see through the clear block and see exactly where the image will stamp! PLUS, the stamps store in a DVD case. So far, I'm lovin' it!

The inspiration for this came from Jacque Craig and a posting she placed on Stampin' Connection, YET ANOTHER resource provided by Stampin' Up. It is an exclusive online forum for Stampin' Up demonstrators.

Contact me for more information about becoming a Stampin' Up demonstrator. Sale-a-Bration is the perfect time to join. Join between now and March 31st and receive 15% off the price of your starter kit PLUS choose a FREE stamp set from the Idea Book & Catalog up to $47.95! I joined during SAB two years ago and have been having a blast ever since! Email me at anita.konvicka@gmail.com for details!

January Stamp Camp Cards

This first card is CASED from Heather Summer's card except I left off the bird and changed the greeting. This greeting is from Teeny Tiny Wishes. The great thing about that set is it has nearly every greeting you could ask for! This card works great with that set because you could add a Happy Birthday greeting and have a birthday card for a little girl or use Happy Valentine's Day to make it into a valentine! There are two new products from the Occasions Mini Catalog used here: the Sending Love DSP and the new Epoxy Brads in Pretty in Pink! The Sending Love paper is gorgeous and my photography doesn't do it justice. Each sheet has one side that is glittery. On this card, the large pattern has the sparkle!

The second card is CASED from the January 2010 Stampin' Success magazine, a special magazine from Stampin' Up just for their demonstrators! It's full of great creative inspiration. This card uses the Butterfly punch and the Scallop Edge punch. One butterly is punched from cardstock. Another butterfly has been embossed using the Perfect Polka Dots Textured Impressions Folder and the Sizzix Big Shot. I embossed and then punched, but it might have been easier to punch and then emboss. This definitely will take a toll on your punch after a while :-) The two layers are tied together using Linen Thread and mounted on the card using dimensionals. The greeting used here is from the Bitty Birthday stamp set that I received FREE as a Sale-A-Bration product with my $50 purchase!

The third card is CASED from Jen Sannes' blog, Simple & Sincere. I changed it slightly. I used a Tempting Turquoise button with a sliver of Certainly Celery threaded through. The birthday wishes greeting is from the WOW Flowers stamp set, another set you could get FREE with a $50 purchase OR by hosting a $300 home workshop between now and March 31st!

Card 4 is CASED from Mary Fish's blog, Stampin' Pretty from her Masculine Cards section. I used the birthday wishes greeting from WOW Flowers again. The circles are from the Circle Circus stamp set, stamped in Black Stazon ink and punched with the 1" and 1-1/4" circle punches.

And the last, but not least card, is a little Valentine's Day note. This is CASED from the Online Extras section of the January 2010 Stampin' Success. In addition to all of the great ideas from the hard copy magazine that we demonstrators receive, Stampin' Up offers additional samples with recipes on the Stampin' Up demonstrator website. It's one of the MANY ways Stampin' Up supports its demonstrators. But I digress.....the card details....this 3.5"X5" card is made with Pretty in Pink cardstock and uses three brand new products available in the Occasions Mini Catalog: Small Heart Punch, Dot Dot Dot a la carte stamp, and the Pinking Hearts Border punch. Both of these new punches are in the NEW punch style which is very modern looking and locks flat for easier storage! The greeting on this card is from Teeny Tiny Wishes (one of my favorite stamp sets!)

Christmas Boutique Items

This is my favorite boutique item so far! It's a set of monogrammed notecards with envelopes in a matching box with a matching tag!

Christmas Boutique Items

Here is a monogrammed notebook made using the Thoroughly Modern File Folders and DSP! This item is also being offered at my Christmas Boutique workshop.

Christmas Boutique Items

Below are some of the items we'll be making on December 12th at my Christmas Boutique!

2010 Coaster Calendar

Treat Bag with Tag

Grocery List

Gift Card Holder

Snowman Treat Bag and Tag

Dry Erase Board

Though it's a bit hard to see because it's already packaged, this is a small dry erase board made from a 4X6 acrylic frame. I got the idea from Diana Gibbs and her Artisan Award submission. They are quick and easy to make. Design a 4X6 panel and slide it into the picture frame. This can be adapted to any size frame, acrylic or glass. The A2 box instructions are at Splitcoast Stampers. Just follow this link. I used an overhead transparency (are these outdated or what?!) as the acetate sheet for the top of the box. The box is designed for holding a set of A2 sized (4.25X5.5) cards and envelopes!

Halloween Treat

Here is a small Halloween treat box that we made at camp this month. I used a box pattern from Stampin' Up! (#33) and printed it onto Pumpkin Pie cardstock, cut it out, scored, and added some sticky strip. The Trick or Treat is a stamp from the Holiday Best level 1 hostess set. I used the Basic Black and Old Olive markers and my Versamarker (on the pumpkin) to color directly onto the rubber stamp before stamping. Many say it looks like an apple pie box from McDs, but it is smaller than that. It is large enough to hold a few pieces of Halloween candy or other small gift items!