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Stampin’ Up! Snow Day Froggie!

Posted on September 26, 2013 by Carol Payne

Ever since I mounted my Snow Day stamp set from the Holiday Catalog I've been thinking about how much the little face stamp looked like a froggie's face. I came home from Dawn's workshop tonight, sat down and made one! Lookie:

Isn't he just the cutest little guy?

Here's the flip side of the card, then I will show you how I made his little froggy face!

Up close:

His face and body are the Small Oval Punch. His legs are the Small Heart Punch, and his feet are from the Owl Builder Punch!

To make his little froggy face, first I stamped this face image from Snow Day on a scrap of Pistachio Pudding cardstock with Jet Black StazOn ink. Then I centered the eyes in two of the scallops of the 2 3/8" Scallop Circle Punch like this before I punched it out:

Next, I put the stamped-and-scalloped part in the Small Oval Punch and punched again:

After punching this time I had to do a little bit of trimming around the edges of his cheeks with my Paper Snips, but that's all!

Here's my supply list:

Stamps: Snow Day, Yippee Skippee!, Wetlands, Postage Collection Hostess (happy birthday)

Cardstock: Coastal Cabana (my new FAV color!), Very Vanilla, Pistachio Pudding, Blushing Bride, Basic Black, Venetian Romance Designer Series Paper

Ink: Pistachio Pudding, Jet Black StazOn

Big Shot: Circle Card Thinlet Dies

Accessories: Small Oval Punch, 2 3/8" Scallop Circle Punch, Small Heart Punch, Owl Builder Punch, 1 1/4" Scallop Circle Punch, Stampin' Sponge, Glue Dots, SNAIL adhesive, Stampin' Dimensionals

If you find yourself in need of ordering some of these supplies to try your hand at making your little Snow Day Froggie, just click on the Shop Now Button at the top right side of my blog. If you have any questions, need a catalog, or would like to have an in-home or catalog party, just email me : carol@carolpaynestamps.com

With my Bluesox Rewards program, all orders of at least $25 qualify for "Bluesox Tokens" to earn free stamps!

I would love to help you create your dreams!

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

All products used are ©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013

Stampin’ Up! Snow Day Froggie!

Posted on September 26, 2013 by Carol Payne

Isn't he just the cutest little guy?

Here's the flip side of the card, then I will show you how I made his little froggy face!

Up close:

His face and body are the Small Oval Punch. His legs are the Small Heart Punch, and his feet are from the Owl Builder Punch!

Next, I put the stamped-and-scalloped part in the Small Oval Punch and punched again:

After punching this time I had to do a little bit of trimming around the edges of his cheeks with my Paper Snips, but that's all!

Here's my supply list:

Stamps: Snow Day, Yippee Skippee!, Wetlands, Postage Collection Hostess (happy birthday)

Cardstock: Coastal Cabana (my new FAV color!), Very Vanilla, Pistachio Pudding, Blushing Bride, Basic Black, Venetian Romance Designer Series Paper

Ink: Pistachio Pudding, Jet Black StazOn

Big Shot: Circle Card Thinlet Dies

Accessories: Small Oval Punch, 2 3/8" Scallop Circle Punch, Small Heart Punch, Owl Builder Punch, 1 1/4" Scallop Circle Punch, Stampin' Sponge, Glue Dots, SNAIL adhesive, Stampin' Dimensionals

With my Bluesox Rewards program, all orders of at least $25 qualify for "Bluesox Tokens" to earn free stamps!

I would love to help you create your dreams!

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

All products used are ©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013

Stampin’ Up! Halloween Monster Montage!

Posted on September 26, 2013 by Carol Payne

My son Logan likes to drink those "energy" drinks, especially when he is driving the 3 hours home from college. Last weekend he came in with an empty nifty green "Ubermonster" Energy Brew bottle. When he asked me how did I want him to throw it away since it was glass I told him I wanted it for my blog. He thought I was crazy, but this is what I did:

I call it my "Monster Montage"! It's not my usual style, but I'm diggin' it!

I thought I had found a Circle Thinlet card similar to this one last week when I was blog surfing, but I didn't save it, not even to Pinterest, and now I can't find it anywhere, not even when I Google for it, so I just went ahead and made my own version. Did I just dream I saw this card? Sometimes I DO dream I'm stamping, so maybe so!

I used Basic Black and Old Olive cardstock with the Circle Card Thinlet Die. The eyes were made with the 1 3/4" and 1" Circle Punches. Mr. Frankenstein's hair was cut with the Tasteful Trim Die, and his "bolts" are Basic Black Glimmer Brads. The light in his eyes is with the White Chalk Marker. I like the Chalk Marker almost better than the White Gel Pen when I need a thicker line of white.

The greeting is from Halloween Hello in the Holiday Catalog, punched with the Hexagon Punch and matted on a Basic Black Hexagon-punched layer.

When you open the card you see the rest of his "smile" and when the Circle Card "flips" you see the "it's all about the candy", also from Halloween Hello.

I decorated Logan's "ubermonster" bottle with a tag that I cut with a Chalk Talk Framelit from Brushed Silver cardstock for the bottom layer, then one of the designs from the Witches' Brew Designer Paper on top. "For You" is a stamp from the Chalk Talk set, black heat-embossed on Gumball Green cardstock, punched with the 1 3/8" Circle Punch, then layered on a Basic Black Label Bracket. It is adhered to the tag with a couple of Stampin' Dimensionals.

The tag is tied to the bottle with Pear Pizzazz Chevron Ribbon. I added a Basic Black Glimmer Brad to the ribbon at the base of the tag to cinch it up and for a little extra bling.

That's all for now! Thanks so much for stopping by today to see my "Monster Montage"!

As always, you can shop my Online Store for the products to create your own "monster montage" by clicking on the "shop now" button over there on the right side of my blog. I would love to help you with any project you might have in mind. Let me know if you need the current catalogs by emailing me at carol@carolpaynestamps.com. I would love to chat and help you out.

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

All products used are ©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013

Stampin’ Up! Halloween Monster Montage!

Posted on September 26, 2013 by Carol Payne

I call it my "Monster Montage"! It's not my usual style, but I'm diggin' it!

The greeting is from Halloween Hello in the Holiday Catalog, punched with the Hexagon Punch and matted on a Basic Black Hexagon-punched layer.

When you open the card you see the rest of his "smile" and when the Circle Card "flips" you see the "it's all about the candy", also from Halloween Hello.

The tag is tied to the bottle with Pear Pizzazz Chevron Ribbon. I added a Basic Black Glimmer Brad to the ribbon at the base of the tag to cinch it up and for a little extra bling.

That's all for now! Thanks so much for stopping by today to see my "Monster Montage"!

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

All products used are ©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013

Stampin’ Up! Pistachio Trim Tree!

Posted on September 24, 2013 by Carol Payne

Hey there! I just got home from a FUN workshop with some dear stampin' friends of mine! We stamped, ate, shared, and laughed ALOT! I am so priviledged to get to stamp with the White Street girls once a month!

Today's card is one I found inspiration from a Founder's Circle sample, so I have no idea who the creator was! It many have even been Stampin' Up! I CASED the idea, but then went ahead and made it almost completely my own:

This card turned out so cute, I'm really diggin' it!

Inside is stamped with more of the wording from the Wishing You set, as well as the tiny present in the lower right corner.

Here's the recipe:

·
Stamp
Sets – Wishing You #131748 Wood
$14.95, #131751 Clear $11.95

·
Card
Stock – Early Espresso #119686, Crumb Cake #120953, Gumball Green #126840,
Cherry Cobbler #119685 all $6.95 each, Very Vanilla #101650 $8.50

·
Stamp
Pads – Cherry Cobbler #126966, Crumb Cake #126975 $5.95 each

·
Misc. –
Pistachio Pudding 3/8” Ruffle Stretch Trim #130020 $8.95, Perfect
Pennants Bigz L Die #123126 $32.95, Petals-a-Plenty Textured Impressions Folder
#116824 $7.95, Framed Tulips Textured Impressions Folder #121809 $7.95, Circle
Thinlets Card Dies #133480 $32.95, Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine #113439 $99.95,
Modern Label Punch #119849 $16.95, Merry Minis Punch Pack #126882 $16.95,
Pearls Basic Jewels #119247 $4.95, Champagne Glimmer Paper #127885 $4.95,
Stampin’ Sponges #101610 $3.50, SNAIL Adhesive #104332 $6.95, Sticky Strip
#104294 $6.95, Stampin’ Dimensionals #104430 $3.95, Craft Scissors #103860
$29.95

A Fun Stampingrox! feature of this card: I embossed the tree with the Petals-a-Plenty Textured Impressions folder AFTER I had adhered the ribbon to the tree shape!

That's all for now! I have a BIG DAY of stamping ahead of me tomorrow and I can't wait! Lots of ideas and plans rolling around in my head, so we shall see how many of them I can transfer to ink and paper by the end of the day!

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

A All products used are ©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013

Stampin’ Up! Pistachio Trim Tree!

Posted on September 24, 2013 by Carol Payne

This card turned out so cute, I'm really diggin' it!

Inside is stamped with more of the wording from the Wishing You set, as well as the tiny present in the lower right corner.

Here's the recipe:

·
Stamp
Sets – Wishing You #131748 Wood
$14.95, #131751 Clear $11.95

·
Card
Stock – Early Espresso #119686, Crumb Cake #120953, Gumball Green #126840,
Cherry Cobbler #119685 all $6.95 each, Very Vanilla #101650 $8.50

·
Stamp
Pads – Cherry Cobbler #126966, Crumb Cake #126975 $5.95 each

A Fun Stampingrox! feature of this card: I embossed the tree with the Petals-a-Plenty Textured Impressions folder AFTER I had adhered the ribbon to the tree shape!

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

A All products used are ©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013

Stampin’ Up! Halloween Owl Candy Pockets!

Posted on September 23, 2013 by Carol Payne

Hey there! I'm back with the Halloween treat holders I promised you yesterday!

I found similar little owl pocket treat holders on several different sites, so not sure exactly who to give original credit to, but here they are!

Aren't they just ADORABLE???? They are super easy to make, as you can see by the whole PILE of them I made in practically no time this evening!

Here are the dimensions: 8 1/2" x 2 3/4", scored at 4 1/4. Punch each end with the 2 1/2" Circle Punch. Fold on the scored line, add strong adhesive (Sticky Strip or Tear & Tape) along the long sides. Add the owl pieces and you are done1

I used Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie, & Whisper White cardstock along with Witches' Brew Designer Series Paper. Punches used were the 2 1/2" Circle, 1 1/4" Scallop Circle, 1" Circle, 3/4" Circle, Small Heart, Label Bracket, and Hexagon.

I stamped images from the Holiday Catalog sets: Perfectly You Hostess Set, Tags 4 You, and Halloween Hello in Jet Black StazOn. I used Sticky Strip, SNAIL adhesive, Tombow Glue, and Stampin' Dimensionals.

Here's each little guy up close:

I LOVE these little guys! They are so fun to make and one piece of candy fits snugly in them!

Whether you need cute little pockets for Trick-or-Treaters, Halloween Party favors, or for classroom gifts, these would be just perfect! I'm thinking I need to make some of these for Thanksgiving too, what do you think? If I do, I will be sure to share them with you!

That's all for now! You can purchase all the supplies to make these fun little owly guys from my Online Store! Just click on the "shop now" button on the right side of this blog to get there and start shopping!

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

Stampin’Up! Witches’ Brew Halloween Hello!

Posted on September 22, 2013 by Carol Payne

Hey there! Hope you had a good weekend! My church had their 85th Annual Homecoming Service yesterday with special music, a special speaker, and "dinner on the grounds"! The rest of our day was spent relaxing with our family here at our house!

I have another swap card for you today, this one by Pat Ertman. Pat combined the Halloween Hello stamp set with Witches' Brew Designer Paper and the Circle Thinlet Card Die:

I love all the fun halloween-ey patterns in the Witches Brew paper, don't you? The pattern on the left looks a little bit like googly eyes, and the pattern on the right is just perfect vintage halloween to me! Pat stamped her Halloween Hello images in Jet Black StazOn, then colored the candy corn with Stampin' Write Markers and the White Chalk Marker!

When the card is opened and "flipped", it reveals the little witchy from this same set. Pat stamped her on Summer Starfruit with Jet Black StazOn, then punched her with the 1" Circle punch to create a really easy full-moon effect!

That's all for now! I need to hit the hay because Liam is spending the night with me again for the second Sunday night in a row and he will be up bright and early! I usually go to his house in the morning, but there's some crazy railroad crossing construction going on between his house and mine last Monday and tomorrow, so we decided it would be best if he just spent the night with me on Sunday nights until it is over. I love my job! What other job lets me take care of my grandbabies AND stamp too??!

Halloween will soon be here! Will you be ready? Tomorrow I will have some fun candy projects for Halloween to show you!

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

Stampin’Up! Sunday Swap Day Cuddles & Kisses!

Posted on September 22, 2013 by Carol Payne

Hey there! I had a fun day today! The girls had a wedding to shoot, which is not uncommon for Saturdays, especially in the fall, but the neat thing today was that I got to baby-sit both Liam AND Oakley! A 13-month old and a 2-month old! Wow, things were really hopping around here for awhile! Liam is fascinated by Oakley. He is very careful around him and mostly just likes to watch him wiggling and kicking in the swing. Needless to say, I had no time for blogging while they were here!

One of my monthly swaps arrived today, and it was fabulous! The theme this month was cards that move, with a focus on the Thinlet Card Dies. In honor of Liam & Oakley today, I'm going to share the two baby cards from the swap!

First up, Audra Moncur used Embellished Events with Cuddles & Kisses and the Circle Thinlet Card Die:

She used Coastal Cabana & Whisper White cardstock, 2013-2015 In-Color Designer Paper, the Perfect Polka Dot Textured Impressions Folder, Daffodil Delight ink and Basic Black ink.

Inside she repeated the ducky from the front on the extra fold. I will have to show you how to do this, won't I? The verse is from Cuddles and Kisses in Basic Black.

I LOVE these flip cards, don't you? Back in the day when I first started as a Stampin' Up! demo, I learned how to make a flip card, but is was all squares and the folds had to be scored with the paper trimmer, then the flip part had to be individually cut with the trimmer too. It could be done, but now the Thinlet Card Dies and the Big Shot make it SO EASY!!!!

Next, Lorraine Duran partnered Soft Sky, So Saffron, and Whisper White with the Baby Prints and Cuddles & Kisses stamp sets for a softer look. Surprisingly, the Designer Series Paper is from the Winter Frost Designer Paper Stack! She used the same Perfect Polka Dots folder on the front flap, along with a So Saffron ink-dyed 3/8" White Taffeta Ribbon. A neat benefit of the Thinlet Card Dies; they come with more than just the basic die to cut and score the card! The Circle Thinlet Card Die has a total of 10 dies in the set! The So Saffron scallop circle on this card was cut with one of these dies and is created to fit perfectly! No joke!

Open the card "flips" to show the "it's a boy" from Baby Prints, and the extra added flap again provides more room for the Cuddles & Kisses sentiment. Lorraine also sponged a bit of So Saffron ink around the scallop circle on this side to keep the color continuity going.

That's all for today! To order your Thinlet Card Dies or any of the other supplies used to make these cards, just click on the Shop Now! button in the upper right side of my blog to shop and place yoru order at my open-24-7 Online Store.

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

Stampin’Up! Remembering Christmas!

Posted on September 19, 2013 by Carol Payne

Hello! I'm back with a couple of swaps I've received using the Holiday Catalog set, Remembering Christmas!

When I first saw this set in the catalog, I thought, "I don't need this set! That's at least ONE set I won't buy!"

Well, I was WRONG!

First, here's what you might consider the "traditional" use of the deer head in this set:

The deer has been stamped on Night of Navy with Whisper White Craft ink( just found out she used the Illuminate Glimmer Pad. There are no recipes on our swap cards so sometimes I just have to guess), then cut out with one of the Apothecary Accents Framelits. A Smokey Slate Apothecary Accents Framelit was cut in half and layered behind it. Merry Christmas from More Merry Messages (on the Carryover List) was stamped on a strip of Winter Frost Designer Specialty Paper, then snipped on one end to create the banner look. A tiny snippet of Silver 1/8" Ribbon was tied on the other end for a little sparkle. The Whisper White layer was embossed with the Stylish Striped Textured Impressions Folder to complete the classic look.

It was a nice card, but still not enough to make me buy this set. My husband doesn't hunt, but one of my SIL's is an avid hunter. Imagine my surprise when I opened my swap envelope last month and found this:

This swap was created by Meg Wheeler. She used the Woodgrain Textured Impressions Folder for her card base. She inked the negative side of the folder with Basic Black ink before running through the Big Shot. Meg used one of the Clear-Mount Perfectly Placed Guides on her copier to print the "bulls-eye" and grid on the Very Vanilla cardstock. She stamped the deer head and the bullet-hole-resembling splotches from Gorgeous Grunge in Jet Black StazOn before adding "Greetings of the Season" from the Greetings of the Season stamp set to a Window Sheet.The adhesive to hold the window sheet on the card are Glue Dots and are located on the splotches in order to camoflage them.

To tell you how neat this card is, when I showed it to my husband, even HE was impressed, and I think "greetings of the season" is a great play on words for hunting season, yes?

This second card would make a perfect card for any reason for the hunter in your life!

Well, I'd better get going! Lots to do today!

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Until tomrrow, have a Stampgingrox! day!