Dr. Seuss' Inspirations

If you guessed the Lorax from the last post, you are absolutely right!  The movie was released last month.  It seems that his eyes are blue, but when you buy color Googlie Eyes, you only get like a pair of each color! :)

My kids brought home these hats that they made in school to celebrate Dr. Seuss' Birthday in March.  I made these Party Favors for a few weeks already.  I use a paper towel roll as my guide to create the container which looks like the hat from The Cat in the Hat.

I inserted some wrapped bubble gums inside the 1" x 8" cellophane bags (#124134).  I use the new Small Oval Punch (#120908) and Large Oval Punch (#119855) to create the Cat in the Hat punch art.  I inserted these favors in the container to decorate as my center piece.  I missed the old Small Oval Punch and I thought I would not have too much use on the new Small Oval Punch.  However, I was wrong as I use it a lot, even on the Lorax!

Have fun creating!

Danee

Tool Time - Paper Snips

Can you guess what this is?  One of the many inspirations I get is from my kid's interests.  It can be anything they bring home from school to shirts they like to wear and books they like to read.  The answer to this will be on the next post.

To get the precision of the cut for the eyebrows, sometimes I need to use scissors to do the job.  I owe many pairs of scissors, but Stampin' Up! Paper Snips is the best of all!  Its sharp and pointy tips do the trick of getting these fine thin cuts.

103579 Paper Snips

Until next time...have a wonderful day!

Danee

Sprinkled Expressions - Flowers

Today's card combines the flowers from the Sprinkled Expressions stamp set with the Adorning Accents Edgelits Die. This time I use the scallop border Edgelits Die and a marker to color a single flower to be added to the individual scallop.


I actually trim the smaller flowers on top of the sentiment to separate them into 2 stamps. This way it's easier for me to stamp the border. It adds such a cute effect to the border!

Adorning Accents Edgelits Die: 125595
Enjoy!

Danee

Winter Post - Do Not Open

This gift card holder is the same as my last post. I add Letters to Santa DSP in front, stamp the image from Winter Post, color it with markers, punch it out with the Designer Label (retired), and put in on a belly band.


Stamp Set: Winter Post, Four the Holidays

Paper: Riding Hood Red, Basic Gray, Whisper White, Letters to Santa DSP

Ink: Basic Black, Basic Gray

Accessories: Big Shot, Adorning Accents Edgelits and Framelits Dies, sponges, Marina Mist, Pear Pizzaz, and Riding Hood Red markers.

Winter Post (111780)
Enjoy!

Danee

Santa Cards

If you are in a hurry and need quick cards the last minute, here is one that has been inspired by Macy's mailings. Clean and Simple with a pop-up belt and embossing greeting and you're good to go.



If time permits, try creating this Santa Snow Globe card. It was pretty simple too with the Jolliest Time of the Year stamp set.


A little glitter, glimmer paper, and gold embossing and it becomes cute, cute, cute!

Jolliest Time of the Year (116584)

Ho!Ho!Ho! I wish I have that stamp for the first card! :)

Danee

Christmas Greeting with Chocolate

This will be the last stamp that I use from Tags til Christmas.


These are matchbooks that hold Ghirardelli chocolate inside. I saw this idea from Becky Roberts last year. It's nice that we have some DSP for men this year and the matchbook is just perfect for them... Well, I couldn't resist using up my retired DSP to pack some of the same chocolate for the women, in a different way. :) Thanks to Holly Krautkremer for this idea.


I hope you enjoy samples from this stamp set. It is such a great stamp set to have to make some quick tags and goodies.

Tags til Christmas Wood-mount(120847) Clear-mount(121169)
Enjoy!

Danee

Medallion Happy Holidays

It was a busy weekend for me! We had a family engagement on Saturday. Congratulations, Vincent and Claire! Also, every year we attend Children's Christmas Mass which is around the first Sunday of December and have Breakfast with Santa at our church. The boys are so cute, they actually didn't make too much fuss this year when I dress them up alike! :) Well, they did on Saturday when I dressed them up for the Engagement. Jake said he doesn't want to go to a "Fancy Party" because he doesn't want to dress up with vest and fancy shoes! Well, he got his point because when we were at Claire's house, they were diving in the grass and leaves, having too much fun to care for their fancy clothes!

I've also updated the post with Rudolph since many people have inquired about how I did the oval.

Today, I want to share with you the last card with Four the Holidays stamp set along with the beautiful Medallion Background stamp. It didn't make it to the Fun and Fast Christmas Card Class for a few reasons, but it sure is really beautiful! OK, so one of the reasons is the coloring of those small circles. It can get so uneven that it doesn't look as good!



Stamp Set: Medallion Background and Four the Holidays

Cardstock: Old Olive, Whisper White

Ink: Old Olive and Cherry Cobbler Classic ink

Accessories: Pearl Basic Jewels, Cherry Cobbler marker, Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding Ribbon, Sponge

Four The Holidays(116921)
Hope you will have a beautiful day!

Danee

Ornament Card

I love to use punches in more than the way it was built for - making it more valuable. I made an acorn using the Ornament Punch from this post which I CASE from Ellen Kemper.


This is another Christmas card that I selected for my Christmas Card Class. It's really simple and still beautiful. The only thing you have to remember is once you stamp, let the image be completely dried before you proceed. Otherwise, it get smeared! I add another ornament punched out with the Ornament Punch and pop up with Stampin' Dimensionals and the card is completed.


I CASE the little Elf from Sophia Landry about a year or so ago. I also used the Ornament Punch for his face and hat. I added a piece of candy in between and got a cute little gift.

Ornament Punch (119847)
I got another 3-D gift idea using the Ornament Punch - so stay tuned! Meanwhile, have fun creating with punches!

Danee

5-Petal Poinsettias

I got a card with punch art today. This card was inspired by Connie Stewart and it was one of the cards that I selected for my Christmas Card Class.


I use the 5-Petal Flower Punch that I used for the Angry Bird's feather from the last 3 posts to create the Poinsettias. I am also using one of the stamps from Four the Holidays stamp set.
5 Petal Flower Punch (119880)
Thank you for stopping by!

Danee

It's A Wrap Holidays

Happy Thanksgiving! I don't have a turkey for you because I am sure most of you will be having turkey today. :) However, I have a couple of birds and a pumpkin to show you. I am featuring It's A Wrap Holidays stamp set.



I love wrapping Hershey's Nuggets and Punch Arts! So of course I got to have this stamp set and combine it with my Punch Arts! Here is the pumpkin with 3 Hershey's Nuggets inside for Thanksgiving.



Yes, that is an Angry Bird. I will show the details soon. :)


It's A Wrap Holdays: Wood-Mount (122770) Clear-Mount (122772)
Have a great Thanksgiving!

Danee

Pines and Poinsettias Christmas Cards

This is another card we made for the Fun and Fast Christmas Cards class. I CASE this from Connie Stewart.

Here are a couple of my versions of this stamp set. They are Clean and Simple. The first one was a Make and Take on one of my workshops and they love it! I got this stamp set for free with the Christmas Keepsake Box in August. After I finished the box, I love using it!

Add Top Note Die and Holly Berry Bouquet DSP.



Pines & Poinsettias Stamp Set Wood-Mount(123762) Clear-Mount(123764)

Have a great Thanksgiving tomorrow!

Danee

Merry Christmas Card - Fun Fold

This is one of the cards we made for the Fun and Fast Christmas Card class. This card has the greeting from Delightful Dozen stamp set. I made a few different projects from this set already. I CASE this from LeAnn Greff - just using different stamp sets.


I actually started with this one using the stamp from a Hostess stamp set Warmest of Wishes from the Holiday Mini catalog. This is the same fold that I made for the Butterfly Easel Card.

Delightful Dozen: Wood-mount (122650) Clear-Mount (122652)

Enjoy!

Danee

Online Extravaganza

The Online Extravaganza is going on now!

Click here for the PDF list of all the items that on sale from today until November 30th.

For Today Special:


Simply Scored Board: Was $29.95 Today only $23.96


Was $16.95 Today only $13.56

Make sure you log onto my Online Store to take advantage of great savings! It will be under Products > Shop Now > Online Extravaganza.

Have fun shopping!

Danee

Autum Splendor Center Step Card

Step cards have been around for sometimes now and I don't know who started them, but lately I see a lot of different versions of it. Different cuts and sizes of cards and boxes mean that paper crafters have to do a lot of basic Math to calculate too! For today's card, which I got the idea from Julie Davison, I use Autumn Splendor again with Spice Cake DSP and SU! markers. I also decided to use Old Olive CS instead of the Pear Pizzaz CS since it gives a more richer color and yet still coordinates well with the DSP.
116503 Autumn Splendor
I hope you enjoy all the different ways to use Autumn Splendor stamp set! You might see me using this stamp set again in the future, but starting tomorrow, I will show some 3-D ideas using the Spice Cake DSP.

Enjoy!

Danee

Autumn Bright Blessings

Last month, we had a team meeting and we made one of these cards along with the Kids and Mummies projects. I love the use of Bright Blessings Jumbo Wheel in these cards. I also added more colors to my background and the leaves from Autumn Splendor stamp set.


Wheels are so versatile. There are many ways to take advantage of wheels.

1. Use them as it is (see above).
2. Highlight part of the wheel to emphasize part of the image (see above).
3. Unmount them to use them on clear block and save space.
4. Unmount and cut parts of the wheel up to create more stamps!


Look at all these potential stamps in one wheel! You can create about a dozen stamps out of this wheel along with the Clear-Mount Cling Foam (124236). If you like me to show you how to do this, contact me to book a workshop today!

From now until December 15th, it's good to be a Hostess! Hostesses will receive an additional $35 in free Stampin' Up! products when they hold a workshop totaling $350 or more (excluding tax and shipping)! This is in addition to all the other benefits they already get as a Stampin' Up! hostess.


The Big Shot promotion has been extended through the 11th of November as well!! Click below for more information and how to join.



Enjoy wheeling around! :)

Danee