Stampin' Friends Blog Hop - Babies!

Welcome to the Stampin Friends Blog Hop!

This month’s theme is Congrats, Grads, Brides & Babies! If you are following along the hop, you have arrived from Barbara Welch's blog. Be sure to read through my blog, comment below and continue to Rachel Rife's blog. If you get lost along the way, you can find a list of Blog Hoppers at the end of each Blog. 

Now for my projects, this month I choose to focus on babies.  I've been meaning to try my hand at making a teepee which I had found on Pinterest quite some time ago.  And what a better way to do this, than to make it as a party favor for a baby shower!


Here are my projects:

I used Stampin' Up!'s stamp set A Little Wild, aren't these just the cutest!  The following is the recipes and some instructions of how they came together.

 

GREETING CARD

SUPPLIES

Stamp Set: A Little Wild

Paper: Whisper White, Soft Seafoam, and Twinkle, Twinkle Designer Series Paper

Ink/Coloring Medium: Momento Black, Crushed Curry and colored pencils

Accessories: Little Loves Framelits, Circles Collection Framelits and Pinewood Planks 3D Embossing Folder.

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Card base is 11" x 8 1/2" Soft Seafoam card stock.
2. The next layer is a piece of Whisper White card stock, 4 1/8"x5 3/8".  I then used the circle framelit sized 3 5/8" and die cut out 3/4 of the circle towards the right hand side.  This then gets passed through the Big Shot with the Pinewood 3D Embossing folder.
3. Cut a piece of the Twinkle Twinkle DSP to cover up the circle I cut.
4. On a piece of scrap Whisper White card stock I stamped the bear (both front and back), bee hive and some flowers.  I colored them in with pencils and die cut them out to decorate the circle.
5. On a piece of 7/8"x2 1/2" Whisper White card stock, I stamped the words and some bees.  To give is some contrast, I sponged the edges with Crushed Curry Ink.
6. Also, I used snail for everything except the words and the bear, they are attached with dimensionals.

Now how could I make a card with the "A Little Wild" stamp set and not use both sides.  So, as you can see in the photo, I mimicked the outside of the card on the inside of the card, so I could put the "butt" view of the bear.  That will be quite a surprise for the person receiving this card, don't you think.

For my other project other than a card, I tried my hand at a cute teepee that can be used as a party favor for a baby shower or a first birthday!

TEEPEE FAVOR BOX

SUPPLIES

Stamp Set: A Little Wild

Paper: Grey Granite, Whisper White and Twinkle, Twinkle Designer Series Paper

Ink/Coloring Medium: Momento Black and colored pencils

Accessories: Little Loves Framelits, Pyramid Pals Thinlits and large toothpicks

INSTRUCTIONS

1. I die cut out two pieces of the Pyramid Pals out of Twinkle, Twinkle DSP to create the pyramid box.  
2. Before assembling, I did the following...
3. I trimmed the point at the top of the pyramid so that the tooth picks had enough space to stick out the top.
4. On one of the triangles I cut a slit about an inch from the top all the way to the bottom. And I also cut the bottom to the corners so that I could fold back the pieces to make the opening.  I lined the opening with a piece of Grey Granite card stock.
5. I then glued the toothpicks at each angle of the triangle.  
6. Lastly, I glued it all together to make the triangle box.
7. To decorate the teepee, I stamped one bear and a bee hive and snailed it to front of the teepee in front of the entrance.

If you are going to fill these with candy, I would use repositionable tape to glue the back panel, opposite the door of the teepee.


Well there you have it, my Baby project ideas!  Thanks for stopping by, oh and any constructive feedback is greatly appreciated, since this is my first blog hop!

Don't forget to hop around the other blogs and see what everyone else is making for their, "Congrats, Grads, Brides and Babies" theme - there are lots of very creative people in this hop so enjoy!

Rachel Rife

Teri Pocock

Ketja Ettig

Jean Beaulieu

Kim Quade

Maureen Rauchfuss

Ann Marie Hile

Steph Jandrow

Barbara Welch

Tiziana Milano - you are here!

Scrapbook 101 - February 2020

Hello fellow stampers and crafters.  Just doing some catching up on my blog.  At the end of February I hosted my Scrapbook 101 Class.  We made a mini folio which could be used for just about any occasion.  I pretty much copied Candace's Canvases Mini Album.  Here is a link to her video https://youtu.be/7b9aUuTAmwU.  I couldn't believe how quick and easy it was to put together. 

The book consists of six 6"x13" designer series paper or any patterned paper you have for the inside pages. Scored at 1", 6" and 11".

The cover is a 6"x12" piece of card stock. Scored at 5", 6" and 7".

The spine is a piece of 2"x6". This is scored at 1".

The inside pages get folded in half and glued just at the bottom to the score line.  This creates a pockets so we can add inserts (yay, room for more pictures and memories).

Then you gather all the inside pages (trim about 1/8" of the open side of the folded pages) and tuck the side with the score fold inside the cover.  So once secured in the cover they all become pockets.

I adhered the spine to the cover and held all the pages together and punched three holes on the spine.  Then I fed some ribbon through and tied a bow to hold the pages in.

Then this is where YOUR creativity takes place.  The inserts I made for the pockets are 4.5"x5.5" or 9"x5.5" and scored at 4.5" to create a folded insert (more space for pictures!).

Other than that, just make more pockets where you want them to add inserts.  Or if you glue a picture on a blank page, you can always turn that into a pocket by not gluing either the top or one of the sides.

If you watch Candace's video right to the end, you can see how she finished it.

The ladies in my class where going to use this for all kinds of things.  One put all her favorite pictures in it, another will use it for memorizing her bridal shower and I may use them to house pictures of my nephews. One young lady had brought pictures to add as she was going along!  They all came out awesome! 

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you like my project!


    

    

Welcome to the Stampin Friends Blog Hop!

Welcome to the Stampin Friends Blog Hop!

This month’s theme is Favorites! If you are following along the hop, you have arrived from Katja Ettig blog. 
Be sure to read through my blog, comment below and continue to Kim Quades blog. 
If you get lost along the way, you can find a list of Blog Hoppers at the end of each Blog. 

Here are the projects I created for this month’s hop, since the hop is all about favorites I thought I would showcase my Favorite from Stampin' Up!, Magnolia Lane Suite!  I used this suite for all the things needed for my Wedding: Invitations, Favors, Centerpieces and a 12x12 Scrapbook spread.  

So let's get started!


Here is my Wedding Invitation:

• Card Base: I used the Magnolia Lane Large Specialty Memories & More Cards & Envelopes for the base. This made prepping so much easier.
• Stamp Sets: Magnolia Blooms Stamp Set and Good Morning Magnolia Stamp Set
• Ink: Momento Black/Colored Pencils
• Stock: Whisper White, Vellum
• Accessories: Magnolia Memory Dies, Heart Punch, Silver Metallic Thread, Sequins

Here is a view of the inside of the card.

I actually had two favors, one for the men and one for the women.  Here's the one for the women.  A mini calendar that can be hung any where in the home or office.

• The base is a wooden cut out 3.25" x 5".  I drilled two holes in the top corners so I could string some hemp twine to create a loop.
• I covered it with a piece of Magnolia Lane Designer Series Paper.  
• Then I made a paper magnolia flower using the Magnolia Memories Die Set.  
• And the phrase comes from Good Morning Magnolia.

Lastly, I made a 12"x12" Scrapbook Spread to add to my Wedding Scrapbook Album.

Here's the recipe for the pages:

1.  Spread Base: Whisper White
2.  Patterned paper is the Magnolia Lane Designer Series Paper.
3.  All the flowers were stamped and colored and either die cut out or fussy cut.  The images came from Magnolia Blooms Stamp Set and Good Morning Magnolia Stamp Set.
4.  The Card with the phrase "You & Me" came from the Magnolia Lane Memories & More Card Pack
5.  Picture mats are Mossy Meadow
6.  The accessories came from Magnolia Lane Cork Embellishments, Butterfly & Heart Wood Elements, Antique Buttons and Pearl basic Jewels.

 Well there you have it, can you see why Magnolia Lane Suite from Stampin' Up! is my "Favorites"  It was the perfect suite for all of my Wedding decor needs!

Thanks for stopping by!!  Oh and any constructive feedback is greatly appreciated seeing as this is my first blog hop.  

Don't forget to hop around the other blogs and see what everyone else is making for their "Favorites" - there are lots of very creative people in this hop! 

Rachael Rife

Jo Blackman (UK)

Teri Pocock

Jean Bolen Beaulieu

Stephanie Jandrow

Katja Ettig

Tiziana Milano **you are here**
Kim Quade

Kim Lamos

Anne Marie Hile

Cheryl Taylor (UK)

Heidi Collins

Barbara Welch
Maureen Rauchfuss

Technique/Punch Art - January 202

Do you love learning new stamping techniques??
         Do you love creating with your punches???


Well, once a month I have a technique/punch art class which I would love to share here as well!

Many of my techniques come from https://www.splitcoaststampers.com.  If you haven't heard of this site, you REALLY need to go check it out.  There is so much there, you can spend days navigating their site!!

Now lets get to my January class.  Calling all quilters!!!  This is definitely a technique that would appeal to you! In this class we learned the Stack and Cut Quilt Cards.  When doing this technique it is best to make five cards at one time, so that  your "quilt" will have a pattern from each DSP (Designer Series Paper).

The technique is shown here as the background, I've even added some stitches so it really looks like a quilt. Don't you think?



OK, now onto one of my favorite things to do....PUNCH ART!!!  We invest so much money in punches that I just love to see what people create with them.  I'm sure we all basically purchase punches for their basic shapes, however, there are a ton of you that can see beyond the basic shape and create all sorts of fun things with them.  For that I am very envious...maybe one day I will too.

Any hoot, in January I thought it would be fun to make a seal.  This idea came from surfing Pinterest with punch art in the search bar.  Then I see what will work with the punches I already own.  This seal was so much fun to make and easy too!  I "borrowed" the idea from kartenparadies.blogspot.de.  All it takes is a couple of oval punches and a couple of circle punches and the five petal punch from Stampin' Up! and presto...there's a seal.

What do you think? Isn't he just the cutest!

Thanks for looking and stopping by! 

To order these fabulous products please visit https://tiziana.stampinup.net/

If you're not stampin', you should be!

Tiziana

January S.O.S. Card Class - Card #3

Hello fellow stampers and crafters.  Today I would like to show you the last card we made in my S.O.S. class.  This card is a mash up of a few cards I've seen on Pinterest.  Believe it or not, there really wasn't much I could find using this set.  So, I actually had to brainstorm a little and came up with this slightly time consuming yet beautiful "male" card.

The stamp set used is the new double sided Mountain Air from Stampin ' Up's Jan-June Mini Catalog!  along with the Merry Moose Bundle from the 2019 Holiday catalog which will be available again in the 2020 Holiday Catalog, woo hooo, yippeeee!  Also, the sentiment came from Best Catch which was in the 2019 Occasions catalog.

Now onto the card...I was trying to make this card "Class User Friendly" which I did accomplish.  There are a lot of steps to this card, but believe me, it wasn't overly complicated.  To create the focal point circle, we stamped the mountain scene on a piece of Very Vanilla card stock. Then flipped the stamp over and stamped over the mountain scene to color it in and to create background mountains.  We punched this out with the 2.5" circle punch.  Then on a separate sheet of card stock, we stamped the trees and die cut them out first and adhered it below the mountain scene.  Trimming the excess off to round it off. The rest I believe is self explanatory. But if you have any questions, please let me know!

Card Recipe: 

Stamp Set: Mountain Air, Merry Moose and Best Catch
Stock: Very Vanilla CS, Crumb Cake CS,
Accessories/Tools: Moose Punch, 2.5" Circle Punch, Majestic Mountain Dies, Gingham Gala Adhesive-Backed Sequins
Ink: Early Espresso, Mossy Meadow, Mango Melody, Momento Black, Soft Suede

Stock Cut Sizes:
Card base is you standard card size = 5.5"x8.5" scored at 4.25".
Background layer = 4"x5.25"
Scraps of Very Vanilla and Crumb Cake cs for the tree, circle and moose.

Here's the whole stamp set with coordinating dies, along with samples from the Jan-Jun 2020 Mini Catalog.

  

  

Thanks for looking and stopping by! 

To order these fabulous products please visit https://tiziana.stampinup.net/

If you're not stampin', you should be!

Tiziana

January S.O.S. Card Class - Card #2

Hello fellow stampers and crafters.  Today I would like to show you the second card we made in my S.O.S. class.  I'll admit, I do case many of my card designs, and I believe this is another one!

The stamp set used is Happy Birthday To You from Stampin ' Up's Sale-A-Bration Catalog!  This is part of our best promotions of the year!!!  With every $50 you spend in product form either of the catalogs, you'll receive a FREE stamp set/paper/embelishment, etc!!  The catalog is full of awesome sets and accessories!!  There's also an item or two your can get if you spend $100.

So, with that said, you may say, another "birthday" stamp set or another "cake" stamp set...I say YIPPEEE another BIRTHDAY/CAKE set!!  Trust me, you can never have to many of these in your collections!!  This cake can be used for Weddings, Anniversaries, and of course Birthdays and Celebrations!

Now onto the card...yes, this one is 100% cased by krazy_kat_kylie.  I may have left out a step or two...but it is pretty much the same card!  Also, if you subscribe to Paper Pumpkin, February's Kit will go hand and hand with this kit.  What???? you're not a Paper Pumpkin Subscriber, well you need to subscribe TODAY or at least by the 10th of the month!  To do so, just click on the link with the Paper Pumpkin Logo!

Card Recipe: 

Stamp Set: Happy Birthday To You
Stock: Whisper Whie CS, Berry Burst (ooops this is retired)
Accessories/Tools: Scalloped Lace Trim, Sweet Sugar Plum Glitter Ribbon, Share What You Love Artisan Pearls (yikes, even more stuff that is retired)
Ink: Momento Black and Colored Pencils

Stock Cut Sizes:
Card base is you standard card size = 5.5"x8.5" scored at 4.25".
Background layer = 4"x5.25"
Second Layer = 3.5"x4.75"
Scrap whisper white cs for the cake which I then fussy cut.

Here is the full stamp set and samples from the Sale-A-Bration Catalog.

  

  

Thanks for looking and stopping by! 

To order these fabulous products please visit https://tiziana.stampinup.net/

If you're not stampin', you should be!

Tiziana

January S.O.S. Card Class - Card #1

Hello fellow stampers and crafters.  Today I would like to show you one of the cards we made in my S.O.S. class.  I'll admit, I do case many of my card designs, and I believe this is one!

The stamp set used is WITTY-CISMS from Stampin ' Up!  I love that they want back to an old school style of stamp set.  The whole reason why I LOVED and love Stampin' Up! is because they would have a stamp set with a ton of versatile sayings and images, just like this one.  And to make it even more versatile, I usually trim the words away, so now I can use the image or words independently. I've seen other demonstrators stating not to be afraid of doing this, and I totally agree!

Now onto the card...yes, this one is 100% cased by Tina Gillespie from Scissors Paper Card.  I may have left out a step or two...but it is pretty much the same card, but I love how it shows you can use the images independently.

Card Recipe: 

Stamp Set: WITTY-CISMS  and The Gangs All Mere
Stock: Whisper Whie CS, Blackberry Bliss CS, Cajun Craze CS and Mossy Meadow CS
Accessories/Tools: Scattered Sequins Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder and Stitched Shaped Dies
Ink: Momento Black and Colored Pencils

Stock Cut Sizes:
Card base is you standard card size = 4.25"x11" scored at 5.5".
Background layer = 4"x5.25"
Colored squares = 2"x2"
Whisper White stamped squares = 1.875"x1.875"

Here is the full stamp set and samples from the January - June 2020 Mini Catalog.

  

Thanks for looking and stopping by! 

To order these fabulous products please visit https://tiziana.stampinup.net/

If you're not stampin', you should be!

Tiziana