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Beautiful Butterflies Cupcake Stand by Sharon and Ellen

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Last month at our Luv 2 Stamp Group Stamp A Rama gathering, Sharon and Ellen collaborated on the cutest project...

a butterfly cupcake stand and butterfly card!

(yep, they are sisters :) )

Ellen's Cupcake stand:

Made out of 3 butterfly die cuts from the Beautiful Butterflies die (and the Big Shot). pg 222, #114507 and the butterfly punch, pg 210, #119848

and the top is made from the Scallop Circle Die and the 3-1/2" circle and a doily

Sharon's coordinating Butterfly Card:

This card is made from die cuts from the same Beautiful Butterflies die, as follows:

Side view of Sharon's card:

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MORE Fabulous Paper Flower Cards by Sharon

When my friend Sharon said she was making "boxes for some birthday cards" i was perplexed... but... then she showed me the amazing cards she had made and I understood why she was putting them in boxes :)

Sharon got the instructions for these amazing cards on Valita's blog HERE.

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Absolutely Amazing Paper Flowers by Sharon

I was recently blessed to receive an AMAZING birthday card by my friend Sharon ... she is such a talented stamper and crafter!!

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You know i love anything with flowers... and this card was no exception!

Thank you Sharon!

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Flower Daisies #2 Die - with the Big Shot

Wonder what THIS is all about??  :)  Sharon was here working on her swaps last week.. I couldn't resist a few pix....  check out HER BLOG for the finished card!  I'm so lucky... I get to swap with her at my Luv 2 Stamp Group meeting on Saturday!! :)

  

Christmas samples from my Luv 2 Stamp Group meeting

Sharon Howard (yes, THE FAMOUS Sharon), did a wonderful Christmas project demo at my downline meeting on Saturday... she is soooooooooo creative!!  CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS.. look what she did with the Stampin' Up! Big Shot Pennant Die!!

       

 

A few more Christmas projects from Sharon:

   

More info on the Open End Envelope book above can be found here.

    

   

        

More info on the CD Folder book above, can be found here.

OK>> and then just when you THOUGHT YOU'D SEEN IT ALL with the PENNANT DIE.. check it out...

 

Those are the tips of the small pennant die!!  Isn't that amazing!?

and... another one with the pennant die..

 

OK.. I think that's enough creativity for one day.. more Christmas samples tomorrow.. and watch for BLOG CANDY on Friday!!  

 

Sharon's CUTE Sheep card!

You remember my dear friend Sharon... the one with all the amazing stamping ideas..  well, check this out... this was one of her Convention Swaps.... IS THIS NOT THE CUTEST CARD YOU'VE EVER SEEN IN YOUR LIFE?????????

 

This sweet little sheep was made using all Stampin' Up! punches!!  How clever and how TOTALLY cute!!  Thanks Sharon! :)

Faux Seaglass Bracelet Class

We had the MOST fun on Saturday... working on our Faux Seaglass bracelets...  of course.. yes.. this is another SHARON IDEA!  :)  She helped me lead the class with instructions of how to make the faux seaglass pieces from Shrink Plastic!! 

Oh ya, did I mention there was chocolate?

  

 

To aid in making the class a little quicker, I preshrunk and colored about 300 pieces for them to use, and they created the ones with the swirl impressions in class:

Rip the shrink plastic into pieces approx. 1-1/2"x3" and punch a hole with the large hole of the Crop A Dile, then shrink it with the heat tool.  While it's still hot, impress a swirly stamp into it (we used the swirls from Priceless).

  

Then mix reinker and crystal effects and paint it on the pieces... voila... faux seaglass!  It is amazing!

Then put jump rings through the holes and add them to bracelet chain.  We also added rhinestone brads and charms to ours!  LOVE THEM!!

Here are a few of them:

 

Now.. go buy shrink plastic and make one! :)

FABULOUSLY fun book from Sharon

I know... again.. SHARON is at it AGAIN!!  She made this AMAZING book for Jen for her birthday, and I photographed it at dinner the other night... OH MY GOSH>> it's way too fun and ultra cool!

The good news... this will be an upcoming class (for those of you who are local) and it will be a kit in the mail for those who cannot attend class!  I'm going to WAIT for the NEW STAMPIN' UP! CATALOG in August and decide which Simply Scrappin' kit will work best with this project.. so stay tuned and watch for my upcoming offers on this HOT project!!

oh man.. i'm soooooooooo sick of typepad... it keeps giving me boxes with red x's instead of images.. I have about 5 more pix of this book to share... ugh!!!  Why me??

well crud. . after 30 more minutes of trying I got ONE more pnoto to upload. 

Does anyone else with Typepad have ISSUES with trying to post or the quality of their posted photos???

Patty

 

 

Open End Envelope Book idea

My super stampin' friend Sharon gave this to me quite awhile ago - what a super friend!!  I realize that the Tart & Tangy set and the Summer Picnic paper are no longer available, but you can certainly adapt this GREAT book idea to any stamp set and paper. 

She used an Open End Envelope as the front and back cover for this book with Real Red cardstock pages in between, all bound with the Bind It All machine.. too cool, don't ya think?

 

She decorated the pages with Sticky Strip and glitter.. how quick and easy but so fun !

 

Thanks, AGAIN Sharon, for the AWESOME gift!

"Sea Glass" Bracelet - FABULOUS!!

Yep... SHE'S AT IT AGAIN!!  Sharon made me this AMAZING bracelet.. it's "faux sea glass".  She made it by coloring shrink plastic with a mix of crystal effects and reinkers!!  Isn't this just GORGEOUS!!?

 

It looks like wonderful pieces of sea glass, doesn't it??  She combined Stampin' Up! Rhinestone brads and various charms to complete the bracelet.  I am ONE LUCKY GIRL!  Thanks Sharon!

On a different note.. I'm having fits with typepad lately.. I am so upset with the quality of the text on all my photos.. they say they are fixing the issue, but so far, no dice. If you click on the photo to make it larger, the text looks fine - just like I saved it on my computer.. but it looks so unprofessional when displayed on my blog.... so come on typepad.. let's get this fixed please! And I apologize for the way my posts have been displaying lately.. I'm totally embarassed.  ugh.

Have a great weekend.. I will have a special wedding anniversary project to share with you at some point this weekend, but I can't take pix right now.. the light coming in my house is all ORANGE due to all the fires all around here.

Paper Bag Book - Rose Cottage Simply Scrappin' Kit

Remember my super stampin' friend, Sharon?? Well.. yep, she did it again.. she gave me a gift a few months ago that I turned into this Paper Bag Book class!   I revamped the design slightly and used the same Rose Cottage Simply Scrappin' kit she did.. LOVE these colors!!  Everyone who made this in class this week really enjoyed it, not only how easily it goes together but decorating it with the Simply Scrappin' Kit is tooooo fun!

Each paper bag has a "pocket page" that slips inside:

and there are also cardstock pages in between each bag.

TOP VIEW:

 

 

 

 

 

 

The pages in between the bags are all decorated with the Simply Scrappin' kit:

Here are some dimensions for you:

Paper Bag Book cutting dimensions

By Patty Bennett ~ www.PattyStamps.com

Paper Bags used:  6-1/8” x 4” x 12-3/8”  “Giant Size AJM” bags from Smart & Final (50 pk)

          Cut the bottoms off of 4 bags as follows:

                   1 bag cut at 4-1/2”

                   1 bag cut at 5-1/2”

                   1 bag cut at 6-1/2”

                   1 bag cut at 7-1/2”

Cutting Directions: Using your Simply Scrappin’ Kit, follow these cutting directions to make a decorated Paper Bag Book:

1.        take 3 of the solid color cardstock sheets from your pack

2.       cut each sheet in ½ (so they are 6”x12”)

·        cut one color at 5” (yield: 5”x6”)

·        cut a 2^nd color at 6” (yield: 6”x6”)

·        cut a 3^rd color at 7” (yield: 7”x6”)

a.       this creates 3 “pages” for in between the paper bags

3.       using 3 of your remaining 6x12 sheets, trim them down to 5-3/4”x12”

·        cut one color at 4” (use the remaining 7”x5-3/4” piece)

·        cut a 2^nd color at 5”

·        cut a 3^rd color at 6”

a.       this creates 4 pieces for inside each paper bag (you may have to trim them again slightly if they stick out of the bag too far)

Assembly – top to bottom:
          4-1/2” bag

          5x6 cardstock page

          5-1/2” bag

          6x6 cardstock page

          6-1/2” bag

          7x6 cardstock page

          7-1/2” bag

   Staple them together, and cover staples with a cardstock or patterned paper strip using STICKY STRIP.

Decorate your paper bag books with the patterned paper in the SS kit and the self adhesive die cuts.  Use the “tabs” in the die cuts for your paper bag book inserts or use the Round Tag Punch for tabs.

1 Simply Scrappin’ kit yields supplies for 4 Paper Bag books of this size.

Card Candy - whooooohooo!

You've heard me mention my friend Sharon before.. well, let me tell you, She's At It Again.. showering me with the most awsome stamped creations!! 

CHECK THIS OUT.. RED, WHITE AND BLACK CARD CANDY GALORE!!

Sharon stamped and punched and embellished all these cute little tags and card candy pieces for me to use when decorating the album below.. isn't the whole thing just fabulous?

I've seen these cute little plastic purses at the Dollar Store.. SO FUN!

Thanks Sharon!!  :)

I have several more projects from Sharon to share soon... not enough days in the week to blog all the cool stuff she makes for me!