I am a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator in the San Francisco Bay Area. I LOVE what I do, and I would love to help you with any of your stamping or crafting needs no matter where you live in the U.S.! In my nearly 18 years as a demonstrator, I have been blessed to earn 10 Stampin' Up! Cruises/Trips and to be honored with the Heart of Stampin' Up! award, appointment to the Advisory Board and placing in the top 100 of the company for the past 6 years. Please email me if you have any questions, need to place an order for Stamping Supplies or would like to join my Luv 2 Stamp Group of demonstrators!
Patty Bennett www.PattyStamps.com
PattyStamps@comcast.net
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Rather than make green flowers (which come in the kit) I decided to cut the green flowers apart and use them as leaves. I used the brads from the pop up posies kit for the centers of some flowers.
You can WATCH THE Stampin' Up! VIDEO here for more instructions
WELCOME to the January 2013 Control Freaks Blog Tour!!!
We are excited to bring you delightful
Stampin' UP! 2013
Sale a Bration ideas
in the tour this month!!
Sale a Bration starts on
TUESDAY, Jan. 22!
You have probably joined me after visiting Cindy's wonderful blog,and you can click on the "next blog" link at the bottom of the post to continue on the tour.
My first project was a card I made for Cindee's birthday. I love the bright springy colors.. reminds me of my bedroom when I was about 10 or 12 :)
This card features the super-cool FREE NOTECARDS and Envelopes you can earn FREE during Stampin' Up!'s Sale a Bration 2013 with your $50 purchase. The packet is called HAPPY HELLO (#130149) and you get 8 printed notecards, 8 envelopes, baker's twine, rhinestones and self adhesive die cut flowers. I have added a Calypso Coral flower from the Pop-Up Posies kit (pg 18 in the Spring Catalog, #131395). (side note: I added a 4-1/4"x 5-1/2" piece of Daffodil Delight cardstock to the back of the card and a piece of DSP from Parker's Patterns - the yellow chevrons).
Do you want to know how I made this tag?? Cindee taught me this.. fold your cardstock in 1/2 and then run it in your big shot with the tag framelit as shown below, then unfold your tag! Too cool! I found it helps to burnish the folded line with my Bone Folder.
Hearts a Flutter Tag Framelits, pg 11 Spring Catalog or HERE ONLINE.
Next Up... HELLO>>> are you there? How about a fun English Phone Booth.. cute way to stay in touch with a friend! This fun stamp comes from the FEELING SENTIMENTAL stamp set.. yours FREE during Sale a Bration! I colored directly on the rubber with my Real Red and Early Espresso Stampin' Write markers. I also used the FREE PETITE CURLY LABEL PUNCH (#129405) .. another GREAT free Sale a Bration item you can earn with your $50 purchase from Jan. 22 to March 22. I used my free little punch to punch out the HELLO greeting.. YET ANOTHER cute FREE item .. it's from the Sale a Bration set called PRETTY PETITES (#129639 / 129642)
I embossed the Pool Party background piece with the new Cloudy Day embossing folder, found on pg 28 of the Spring Catalog (#127022). It's mounted on a 4-1/4" square Real Red Card. I also spritzed a few dots onto the phone booth die cut with the Stampin' Up! Color Spritzter Tool (#107066) and my Early Espresso marker.
You can place your order by clicking any of the shop online buttons on my blog and typing in the ordering codes found in this blog post. Questions? email me. PattyStamps@comcast.net
Have you used the new Creped Filter Paper from the Stampin' Up! Spring Catalog yet? (you'll find it on pg 6). It's easy to work with and although it seems really thin, it's fabulously durable (and super inexpensive!)!
Here is a card I created and embellished with the creped filter paper flower.
I love how the Thank You tag turned out...I stamped Whisper White Cardstock with Calypso Coral ink and the new oval stamp from Oh Hello (I stamped off onto scratch paper first), and then die cut it with the Labels Collection Framelit! Then sponged the edges to add some depth.
OK, now on to the
Creped Filter Paper Flower Tutorial!
You'll need the Creped Filter Paper, and a variety of Scalloped Circle punches (see below)
I used ONE of the 6"x12" sheets in the package to punch about 12 scallop circles.
IMPORTANT TO NOTE: When punching... i needed to put the creped filter paper on a sheet of computer paper (I actually just used the Stampin' Up! Grid sheet show in the photo, available here) and punch both layers at once... the filter paper was too thin to punch by itself.
Step 5, add brad through all layers and you are done!
If you'd like to make a BIGGER flower, use the Floral Frames Framelits and follow the instructions in this Stampin' Up! Video.
You will find the kit on pg 18 of the new Spring Stampin' Up! catalog.
Don't have a catalog? let me know.. I will send you one (email me if you don't have a demonstrator and would like a catalog: pattystamps@comcast.net )
You can also find this kit and order it online here.
This fun kit makes several flowers and includes tags, brads, and a stamp! See pg 18 of the Spring catalog to view the stamp, or see it above on the sample on the right (Just For You).
Stampin' Up! Spring catalog products I also used in these samples:
On Friday night about a dozen of my Luv 2 Stamp Group demonstrators got together to celebrate the holidays with dinner, a gift exchange and we made a very special project led by Cindee Wilkinson. I wanted to share the amazing hand made gifts we exchanged.
I'll share a few each day and I'll share our special project, too.
We bring our gifts in a brown shopping bag and set them on a table, then we go around in a circle and each person selects one bag, and opens it. (no we do not steal gifts once opened).
Ellen received an AMAAAAZING wreath created by Rosie.
(Left: Rosie, Right: Ellen)
Rosie used the large 3-1/2" Circle Big Shot die (pg 193, #121811) to cut about 200 white paper circles, then she cut them in a spiral and spiraled them into little paper flower cones and hot glued them to a styrofoam wreath. This wreath is just STUNNING!
I LOVE the new Tulle ribbon from Stampin' Up! You'll find it on page 4 in the Holiday catalog in 3 yummy colors. Don't have your Holiday catalog yet? Contact your demonstrator for one, or ask me about it, and I'll be happy to mail one if you don't have a demosntrator.
Here are the Supplies you'll need and step by step instructions:
STEP 1: Fold the Tulle in 1/2 lengthwise (I used about 24"), and use a needle and thread to put a running stitch through the folded edge as shown above, then gather tulle
STEP 2: Peel off one side of the sticky round backing paper, and press the folded/stitched edge of the Tulle around the perimeter of the sticky round as shown below:
STEP 3: Punch out about 6 to 10 flowers with Designer Paper of your choice and the BLOSSOM PUNCH (#125603), then spritz with your choice of Smooch Spritz or any mixture of ink and Shimmer Paint in a Stampin' Spritzer (see THIS VIDEO), and spray your flowers on a scrap paper.
WELCOME to the July 2012 Control Freaks Blog Tour!!!
We are showcasing our Swaps from the annual Control Freak Convention Lunch Swap
and
Holiday Catalog Sneak Peeks!
in this tour.
You have probably joined me after visitingCindy Major's blog, and you can click on the "next blog" link at the bottom of the post to continue on the tour. (All of our projects will be live no later than Friday morning.. if you are joining me Thurs. night, you may need to check back tomorrow if all links are not quite working yet.)
This was one of my Control Freak convention lunch swaps.. made with My Digital Studio! Speaking of My Digital Studio... check back in a couple days for more info about My Digital Studio 2 !! I got to play with it at convention and it is aaaaaaaaaaaaaaamazing!!!!
inside of my MDS card:
and my 2nd lunchtime Convention swap, created with the awesome Postage Due stamp set, found on pg 108 in the Stampin' Up! catalog.. also featuring 4 new Holiday catalog products...striped ribbon (pg 26 holiday catalog) and ribbon slides (pg 31 holiday catalog), plus the new Friendship Preserves stamp set and matching framelit dies (pg 30 holiday catalog):
My 3rd item for you today, is my 3-d item, a flower pin I created using some new products from the Holiday catalog: the AMAZING new Scalloped Tulle Ribbon and the Gumball Green Core'dinations paper embossed with the new Lacy Brocade embossing folder (all found on pgs 4 and 6 in the Holiday catalog), and the new STICKY ROUNDS on pg 31. NEED a holiday catalog? contact your demonstrator or email me: pattystamps@comcast.net
I will be posting step by step photos for this pin project in early August.. check back next week!
My sweet friend and downline member, Cindee, made these gorgeous gifts for me for my birthday last month.. she used the beautiful Floral District DSP from the new Stampin' Up! catalog to decorate the bag and gifts.. thank you Cindee!!
Many of you asked to see the "results" of our Blossom Punch Wreath Class, so I'm sharing some photos with you today.. .
This is how my wreath turned out using theBlossom Punch, and adding some of the retired Blossom Builders die cut flowers... I love the addition of the Daffodil yellow to the wreath! (see original wreath here)
It was delightful to have Nicki and Pam with us.. new to our stamping classes!
a little "organized chaos"....
Saundra brought her new sweeeeeet grandbaby for a quick visit... he is a dol!!
I am truly hoping that there are left over Blossom Builder sheets and that we'll see them on the Clearance Rack soon.. if i notice them there, i'll let you know!!
Wow! just wanted to say THANK YOU for all your kind comments and inquiries about my Spring Wreath post! Many of you have asked if I'll be selling a tutorial for this.. no, I won't be doing that but I'm happy to share a few more details to help you make your own wreath.
If you'd like to join us in class, I have 2 spots open in the 2pm class on May 12.
you will need to bring your own Blossom Punch and hot glue gun.
Supplies used for the wreath:
10" styrofoam wreath base (available at craft stores)
hot glue gun (it didn't seem to matter if i used high or low temp glue)
Designer Paper from Stampin' Up! (Sale a Bration paper shown)
cardstock
3/4" and 1" circle punch
paper piercer and mat pack
assorted brads
1-1/4" wide striped grosgrain ribbon
NOTE: I used ABOUT 60 punched Blossom flowers for this 10" wreath.
Step 1: start by punching a TON of blossom punches and circle punches
Step 2: curl blossom punchouts with a bone folder, like you were curling "curling ribbon"
Step 3: layer a circle or 2 onto a blossom punch, and poke a hole and add a brad, set aside
Step 4: same as step 3, but layer TWO blossom punches with the circles and brad
Step 5: once you have about a dozen or 15 of the flowers ready, start hot gluing them onto your wreath... if you put the glue on the back of your flower, and then put that onto the wreath, it allows you to place the flowers at the exact angle you want
Step 6: before you have covered the entire wreath, add a loop of ribbon around the wreath for the bow, and/or a loop of ribbon to hang your wreath with
Step 7: finish adding flowers as desired, hang your wreath and enjoy!
here are a few close ups of my wreath... be creative.. mix and match various punches, papers, brads, etc... have fun with this one!
Did you get your Blossom Punch yet!? It's in the Occasions mini catalog on pg 17, or HERE ONLINE, but the mini catalog EXPIRES (GASP!!!!!) on Monday, April 30th. I am HOPING HOPING that this punch will be in our new Stampin' Up! catalog on June 1st.. but no hints from headquarters on that yet... so .. get it while you can, cuz you'll need it for our upcoming WREATH CLASS!!!!
Are YOU coming on May 12th to make this beautiful Blossom Punch Spring Wreath with us??? All you need to bring is your Blossom punch and a hot glue gun/hot glue sticks.. all other supplies included.
I wanted to say thanks to Paula Mangum for the inspiration on this project!!
As previously mentioned in THIS BLOG POST, here is the PAPER FLOWER VIDEO TUTORIAL for you!
<<< I was so excited when I made this card... it features the Attic Boutique Designer paper from Stampin' Up! and a paper flower made with the same paper and the BLOSSOM PUNCH.
I saw a video by Cathy Parlitsis (see it here) and was inspired to make my own version of her flowers. They are SO fun and easy so I wanted to share my version with you.
Please see my video below for a step by step guide to making these. And Thank You to Cathy for sharing this idea!
(if you are viewing this in an email, please visit my blog to view the video)
If you don't have this Attic Boutique paper yet.. .DON'T WAIT... it's GOING GOING GONE... April 30, 2012 is the last day to order it from the Occasions Mini Catalog!! item #125407
Here is the paper flower pin in my video:
Paper flower pin (see video above for instructions) with 1-1/4" Striped Grosgrain Stampin' Up! ribbon and Simply Adorned Charms.
