I decided I wanted to make the Burlap & Blooms Wreath as soon as I saw it in the Occasions Catalog, but I wasn't sure how I would do the class. I finally thought, well, I'll just have everyone buy the kit from me with no class fee...we'll just make them together and have fun!
It was so much fun that I'll probably do more like this. I ordered the kits ahead of the party and everyone just came with hot glue gun loaded and ready...lol. Anyone could do a get together like this. Just order 3 kits and invite over a couple of friends for instant fun.
Here's my finished wreath except I haven't put a piece of burlap to hang it by or maybe I'll add a burlap bow. It came with an extra piece of burlap ribbon for hanging it by. Some of us also had a good-sized piece of burlap leftover from the spool after wrapping our wreath.
The flowers are easy after you watch Stampin' Up!'s video below of how to make them plus the kit has everything cut, punched, and ready for you to hot glue. The fringe ones that require sticky strip even already have the sticky strip on them! Love that!
We gabbed about everything under the sun, and I just interrupted occasionally to teach them how to do the next type of flower that I learned from the video.
I hope you order one of these kits and try it out. Here's a link to order if you're interested.
The Hexagon Hive Thinlit Die from the Celebrate the Everyday catalog makes a cool, quick background. Since it makes thin borders, it works best if you put a piece of waxed paper between your card stock and your Thinlit similar to using the Thinlits we had in the Holiday catalog. Also, I found that I just needed the waxed paper every other time.
The color scheme was inspired by the Sweet Sorbet Designer Series Paper in the Sale-a-Bration brochure. And, if you need a lot of small hexagons, the Thinlit will cut 2 at a time of designer paper. These are smaller hexagons than the ones you get with the Stampin' Up! Hexagon Punch so they will layer for projects using the punch.
Stamps:
Perfect Pennants (Celebrate the Everyday Catalog)
Colors:
Pool Party
Summer Starfruit
Basic Black
Cantaloupe Crisp
Whisper White
Tools / Extras:
Hexagon Hive Thinlits Die
Banners Framelits Dies
Petite Petals Punch - 5 Petal Flower - LOVE!
Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack - Small Flower
Linen Thread
Basic Jewels Rhinestone (colored with Sharpie)
Sweet Sorbet Designer Series Paper (Sale-a-Bration)
Snail, Dimensionals & Glue Dots
I also like that there's enough solid area on the back of the Hexagon Hive shape to use mostly snail to stick it down. Along with the snail, it really only needs a glue dot on that bottom right corner.
Don't forget to crumple up your flower shapes before sticking them on if you like that look!
This Twisty Treats Sale-a-Bration freebie kit is cute on it's own, but I decided to kick it up a notch with the help of the Spiral Flower Die and the Elegant Butterfly punch. My February Stamp Night ladies enjoyed making this as one of their projects last month...especially since they could sneak a few pieces of taffy before putting the rest in the Twisty Treats bag.
The kit comes with the polka dot cello bags, heart printed twisty ties, 2 styles of printed tags, and the glitter adhesive-backed hearts to make 12 treats. Here's a closer look at my tag add-ons.
I did the flower in Whisper White, then used the Stampin' Spritzer to bring the flower to life with a few drops of Tangerine Tango re-inker and rubbing alcohol. I also really love the butterfly glued onto the Mini Metallic Clothespin. And, so that the tag wouldn't get destroyed opening and closing the twisty tie, I used some Baker's Twine to hold the two tags on.
Colors:
Tangerine Tango
Bermuda Bay
Whisper White
Silver
Tools / Extras:
Twisty Treats Kit
Spiral Flower Die
Stampin' Spritzer (w/ re-inker & rubbing alcohol)
Elegant Butterfly Punch
Rhinestone Basic Jewels
Mini Metallic Clothepins
Baker's Twine
Hot Glue (flower)
2-Way Glue Pen (butterfly)
These cute little cello bags are great gifts as party favors or just because. There were extra striped tags in the kit that I've already used on other gifts for my Stamp'n'Share night.
At Leadership we got this set free which was great because it was on my wishlist anyway...love that! I couldn't wait to play with this again, so in January, I designed a Stamp Night project using it and some of the other great new items in the Occasions catalog. Here's what I came up with:
Stamp Sets:
Vivid Vases
Hardwood
Colors:
Pool Party
Melon Mambo
Daffodil Delight
Old Olive
Tangerine Tango
Basic Black
Gold
Tools / Extras:
Gold Baker's Twine
Watercolor Paper
Gold Foil Sheets
Watercolor Wonder Designer Washi Tape
Stazon Black ink
Scallop Edge Border Punch
Banner Punch
Basic Jewel Pearl
Aqua Painter
Glue Dots / Dimensionals
Here's another way to use your washi tape. Just cover a strip of card stock with it. I put one end into the Banner punch to punch the "V" shape. Here's another tip: When using a wood mount stamp as a focal point, cut your card stock the same size as your wood block. Then if you've mounted your stamp straight and centered on your block, you can just line up the edges of your wood block with your paper edges when stamping to center your image on your paper. Otherwise, use your Stamp-a-ma-jig.
In case you didn't know...there's a gold rush going on. Gold is a current trend, and I love our new Gold Fancy Foil Designer Vellum. The design for this card was inspired by a card presented at Leadership.
Stamp Sets:
Daydream Medallions
Perfect Pennants (the "hello" banner)
Colors:
Pink Pirouette
Blushing Bride
Gold
Whisper White
Tools / Extras:
White Tea Lace Paper Doilies
Fancy Foil Designer Vellum - Gold
Gold Baker's Twine
Gold Foil Sheets
Floral Frames Framelits (on sale this week! - link)
Bitty Butterfly punch
Elegant Butterfly punch
Dimensionals / Glue Dots
Gold Sequin Trim
When using the Fancy Foil Designer Vellum, just hide your adhesive on the under side of the gold dots, stripes, or hearts (these are the 3 patterns this paper comes with - 3 sheets of each!). For the butterflies, I just cut the sequin trim so I could pull off single sequins. Also when you cut your hello banner, leave some extra margin on the left to tuck it under the butterfly.
Check out all the specialty papers in gold and silver - here's the link.
