Stamping Art With Heart

I finally was able to get to making some of the great projects that we got to see at Convention '07 in Denver! 
Two Lanterns hung from Black Organdy Ribbon - attached with a black bradShelli Gardner showed a great Halloween display and one of the items was a garland that she created using many different lanterns made from Stampin' Up!'s Creepy Crawly Designer Series Paper.  These were so easy to make from a half sheet of 12x12 DSP.  You simply cut the 6x12 piece into 12 one inch strips that are each 6" long.  Then, using the "just gotta have" Cropadile from Stampin' Up! punch a hole in each end of the stack of 6" strips. 
Close Up of Lantern & Batty for You CharmUsing the black Gingham Ribbon, thread it through each end and secure with a knot at the top and bottom, squooshing the lantern to your desired height.  I've added little double sided charms onto the tails of these Jack-o-Lanterns that were created with the Batty for You stamp set.  Bitty Boos Too and Booglie Eyes would also make great charms to be added to the bottom of these lanterns.
The Cropadile Makes punching a hole through the 12 layers easy as can be!  If you would like to receive by mail an envelope containing all the supplies you need to assemble one of these lanterns, just leave a comment below!  Be sure to include your email address so that I can contact you.  I'll draw a name from those comments left and send out the lucky winner's envelope on September 12th!

This little project was in fact created as a Fathers' Day momento... unfortunately my dear husband took the one that we made for him to the office and now I can't photograph it!  These Sam Adams coasters were collected at a restaurant, I simple asked for a few and the waitress brought me over a stack of 200!  Needless to say I've had fun playing with them.  I covered the coasters with Stampin' Up!'s designer paper, using the liquid glue (which I LOVE for this purpose).  Then I accordion folded cardstock, decorated with other paper and stamping.  I actually left off the embellishments to apply after the photographs and journaling were in place so that they wouldn't dictate the amount of available space.  I hope you like it!

This month I wanted to show my clubbers a great little box that opens and stores flat, along with a great card.  Have a look!

This card uses two retiring stamp sets, Sew Seasonal from page 127 and Sampler Sayings on page 187 in the Idea Book & Catalog.  I loved the way that the flowers resembled blackeyed susans, my grandmother's favorite flower.  I used to pick them for her when I was a little girl!  Here we used different bits of our On Board pieces to make frames for the word "Friendship" and colored them with Old Olive Craft ink.  The Aida Background stamp suits the theme of this card too.  What do you think?

This box uses the Watercolor Vine Jumbo Stampin' Around wheel with Mellow Moss ink on Mellow Moss card stock. Then we layered some of the Recollections paper (p 208) before tying up with ribbons.  We also stamped with Watercolor Minis (p118) which is also retiring on June 30th.  This set will be sorely missed!