Santa Hershey

The Hershey Santa bar is a fun little gift to give!

I have used the Large Hershey Chocolate bar but of course you can use any large bar.

Items you will need.

1. Envelope punch Board (page 194)
2. 7 x 7 Red Cardstock
3. 1  1/2  x 8 Black Cardstock
4. Black Scallop circle cut with the 2 3/8 inch scallop punch (page 220)
5. Ho Ho Ho stamped in Real Red from the Embellished Events set (page 105)
6. 1 3/4 scallop punch (page 220)
7. Silver Glimmer paper (page 193)
8. Dazzling Details (page 213)
9. Candy Dot Brad base (page 208)
10. Rhinestones (page 209)
11. Blendable markers (page 212
12. Artisian label punch (page 220)
13. Adhesive and Dimensionals (page 204)
14. Silver ribbon (page 206)

Cut your Red Cardstock to 7 x 7.

1. Punch @ 2 3/4 and score.
2. Punch @ 4/ 1/4
3. Rotate left
4. Punch at 4 1/4
5. Rotate left
6. Punch @ 2 3/4 score
7. Rotate left
8. Punch at  2 3/4
9. Punch at 4 1/4 score
10. Fold your bottom tab up.
11. Fold your left tab over the bottom tab.
12. Fold the right tab over all.
13. Adhere just on the overlapping parts.

 Stamp Santa hat on Whisper White cardstock with Real Red ink. 
Punch out with 1 3/4 punch. 
Punch out 2 3/4 scallop circle with Basic Black cardstock.
Adhere together with stampin dimensional.

Using the Blendable Marker, color the Rhinestones.
Our blendable markers are great for coloring on surfaces such as rhinestones, pearls, glass, etc.
They are alcohol based so work really slick.
Add one of the Rhinestones to the tip of the Santa Hat.

Next, we are going to make the Santa belt.
Fold your black strip around your already folded red case.
Gently crease the black belt so you know how big it should be.
Take it back off and adhere the ends together. Layer your silver buckle which you punched with your Artisian label punch. Cut a small 3/4 square to layer on top of the silver. Using the small 1/16 punch through and place your base brad to hold your three layers together. Add a colored Rhinestone to the base of the brad.

Slide the Belt on to your folded red packet.

Next using the silver Dazzling Diamonds, outline the bottom of the packet. 
This will need to dry so be careful not to smudge it.

Attach your Scallop circles to the top back.

Insert your candy bar and you are done!

Whoops I forgot to mention that I added some silver ribbon to his belt sold on page 206. Just  add this before you attach the buckle and punch right through it all to attach with brad. 

Have a Merry Christmas and hopefully you will get to have lots of family time too.

Happy Stampin,

Paulette

This is the box we made in our Sweet Taffy Class. I promised I would put the directions on my blog since so many wanted to recreate it for gifts.
 Supplies needed:
6 x 11 Rich Razzleberry 
4 x 5 Daffadil Delight (you will need 2 of these)
2 x 6 top border using the designer paper from Sweet Taffy (2 of these)
Tea lace doilies Page 192
Rich Razzelberry Ribbon page 207
Buttons in the Bright  page 208
Dazzling Details page 213
Sticky Strip page 204
Variety of punches sold on page 220 and 222
Scallop Circles, word window, and Scallop Edge Border.

I forgot to mention that I also used the Simply Scored Scoring Tool sold on page 214.
It makes projects like this a whole lot easier! Great for trifold cards too.
With the 6 x 11 Rich Razzelberry cardstock, score it at 4 1/2  inches in on both ends.
Take the Daffodil Delight 4 wide x 5 long, you will need two of these, one for each side. Score at 1, 2, and 3 on the 4 wide side. Turn and score one end at 1 inch. 
Fold in all of your score marks. Where you have the one inch score mark, use your scissors and cut in one inch or to the next score mark as shown on the right in this photo. Using your sticky strip, place a strip on the sides and bottom center. The bottom two corners will fold up inside of the box which you can adhere with snail.

 Punch out 2 each of Tempting Turquoise and Daffadil Delight using the 2 3/8 scallop circle punch. Next punch out 2 Mellon Mambo with the 1  3/4 scallop circle punch. 2 tempting turquoise using the 1  1/4 circle punch.
I than used my bone folder to loosen the paper fibers which means, I ran my bone folder over the scallops to curl them so they were not so flat and would give my flower a little more texture.
Next apply the Dazzling details to the out scallop edges of the Daffodil Delight circles and dots on the smaller Tempting Turquoise circles. These will take some time to dry so be careful so they won't smear. 

 After the glitter is dry, start layering your flower. I used my snail to layer. Add  your button last. I used the mini glue dots to attach the button to the last scallop circle.  On the side of the box, add your tea lace doilie with snail. Then attach your scalloped flower with a dimensional. I have done this to both sides.

Using the scallop edge border,  punch the top of the 2 x 6 designer paper.  Place the two papers together and punch the word window punch at the same time to make it easier to center.
Then place Sticky Strip on the lower portion and adhere to the top of your box.
Cut a 15 inch strip of the Rich Razzelberry Ribbon. Cut out 4 scallop circles using the 7/8 scallop circle punch, 2 each of the Tempting Turquoise and 2 each of the Melon Mambo. Attach one scallop to the end of ribbon and place another circle over the top. Do this to the other end of ribbon too. You are done!

Great gift idea. At our class, we made four coordinating cards to put inside!
 

This class will be on Thursday, the 30th, at 7 PM.

Class is $15 for the four cards and coordinating gift box.

The 4 cards and gift box feature the Sweet Taffy Designer paper which uses fun colors like Melon Mambo, Daffadil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, and Tempting Tuquoise!

This will be a fun gift for that special person or to keep for yourself. All four cards fit nicely into the box or give out separately and have a gift box for a special gift.

Class is FREE with a $35 order.

Card Club members pay only $10 or FREE with a $30 order.

This was the adorable set I received for the Paper Pumpkin last month. Simply adorable! Each month a new surprise and the kit comes with everything you need except the adhesive. This month happened to be cute little burlap bags just right to fill with some Halloween treats. Just go to mypaperpumpkin.com to start getting your cute kits. Kits costs $19.95 a month which includes shipping.  These kits are great for those of you that would like to start some stamping but do not have a lot of supplies yet.
Enjoy
Paulette

Savings on select papers, inks, stamps, and adhesive starting Oct 1!

NOTE: ALL INDIVIDUAL INK PADS WILL BE OFFERED AT A 15% DISCOUNT OCTOBER 1-6

Item Number	Stamp Set	Price	After Discount
135540	Grandes nouvelles (Clear) FRA	31.95	25.56
134018	Big News (Clear)	31.95	25.56
134015	Big News (Wood)	43.95	35.16
134288	Playful Pennants (Clear)	16.95	13.56
134285	Playful Pennants (Wood)	21.95	17.56
134198	Choose Happiness (Clear)	17.95	14.36
134195	Choose Happiness (Wood)	24.95	19.96
125682	Quelques Lignes (Clear) FRA	20.95	16.76
122497	Petite Pairs (Clear)	20.95	16.76
128706	Petite Pairs (Wood)	28.95	23.16
135594	Tellement heureuse (Clear) FRA	17.95	14.36
134234	So Very Happy (Clear)	17.95	14.36
134231	So Very Happy (Wood)	24.95	19.96
135653	Y muchos más (Clear) ESP	26.95	21.56

Item Number	Product	Price	After Discount
133681	Card Stock In Color 8-1/2" x 11" 2014-2016	$6.95	$5.91
131200	Card Stock 8-1/2 x 11 In Color 2013-2015	$6.95	$5.91
131190	Card Stock  8-1/2 x 11 Brights	$6.95	$5.91
131193	Card Stock  8-1/2 x 11 Subtles	$6.95	$5.91
131192	Card Stock  8-1/2 x 11 Regals	$6.95	$5.91
131191	Card Stock  8-1/2 x 11 Neutrals	$6.95	$5.91
100730	Card Stock 8-1/2" x 11" Whisper White	$8.50	$7.23

Item Number	Product	Price	After Discount
107297	Envelopes Medium Crumb Cake	$6.50	$5.53
107300	Envelopes Medium Very Vanilla	$6.50	$5.53
107301	Envelopes Medium Whisper White	$6.50	$5.53
102619	Envelopes Medium Clear Translucent	$4.95	$4.21

Item Number	Product	Price	After Discount
129026	Adhesive Fast Fuse	$9.95	$8.46
129027	Adhesive Refill Fast Fuse	$7.50	$6.38

 

Vendor Event On October 11 at St. Agnes School in Osakis. Great gift ideas, Food , and give aways! I will have Stampin Up crafts and cash and carry items 

for sale.

Four Feathers Birthday Greetings Card

Sometimes it is hard to come up with a more masculine card for the guys. I tend to pick out flowers and cute ribbons. Because of this, I was happy to see the new Four Feathers Stamp Set and matching Feathers Framelits from the Holiday Mini shown on page 42.  If you haven't seen this catalog in person, please let me know and I will send you one right away....way too much cute stuff that you don't want to miss.

 This is what the stamp set and matching framelits look like. I ordered the stamp set in wood but it also comes in clear. 
Item number : wood 135050 for $13.95 and the clear is 135053 for $10.95 
Order the Bundle which includes the framelits and save 15%.
Wood set 137629 for $2275 and the Clear set 137630 for $20.25

For this card I used Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Cajun Craze, and Very Vanilla.
Cut your Crumb Cake Cardstock in 1/2 to make a 4 1/4 x 5 1/2  sheet. Fold that in half to make your card base. Next cut your Early Espresso to be 4 x 5 1/4. Emboss this piece using the Woodgrain embossing folder sold on page 227 through the Big Shot and set aside.
Cut Very Vanilla to 2 1/2 x 4. Cut the Cajun Craze to 2 3/4 x 4 1/4. 
Using the Stamp Set Wetlands, sold on page 172, stamp the goose and grassland in Crumb Cake. Now holding the stamp vanilla piece, tear some of the bottom off. Tear towards you instead of away. This leaves more of the paper grain. Do this also with the Cajun Craze piece. Gently ink the bottom of each piece by rubbing the stamp pad over the torn part.

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This shows you the Cajun Cardstock. I use the Crumb Cake on the Very Vanilla piece.

 Now attached your Early Espresso piece to your card base. Attached your vanilla piece to your Cajun Craze.

I like to use dimensionals which are sold on page 204 to make some things on my card standout more. Here I put one in each corner. Simply pull off the protective paper and it sticks to your card.

Next we need to make the feathers. I used three of the four feathers from the stamp set. The smaller feather, I stamp with Crajun Craze on Crumb Cake paper. One of the larger feathers, I stamped in Crajun Craze on Very Vanilla paper and the third is a large feather stamped in Early Espresso on Very Vanilla.

After you have stamped your feathers, you will need to cut them out with your framelits using the Big Shot. The best thing is this is a great way to use up your small scraps. When using the framelits, have the grooved side down making a sandwich of plexiglass, paper, framelits, and the top plexiglass.

After you have them all cut, put a little adhesive on while you stack your feathers. I then used our Espresso Baker's Twine sold on page 206. I used a fork to make a perfect bow and attached it with a Mini Glue dot to the feathers. If you can't remember how to make a fork bow, look back in my archives where I gave a step by step direction on how to.

 

 My Birthday Greetings is also from the Stamp Set Wetlands. Love how Stampin Up puts their stamp sets together so it is complete. Remember to stamp something on your envelope to make it complete! Envelopes are sold on page 194. The medium ones fit this card.

Thank you for your time and I hope you enjoy this card.  Check out my Facebook page too!
www.facebook.com/happytostamp
 

Fun Card that we made in last week's card class.

This card uses the new Blendabilities Markers sold on page 212 of the large catalog. This set is the Daffodil Delight color.
Materials used are:
Very Vanilla 
Early Espresso cardstock and ribbon
Hello Honey Designer paper
Small accent punch
Rhinestones

 Stamp your image using the Memento pad sold on page 212. The blendable markers are alcohol based so you need to use this ink pad so your color does not bleed. Whisper white or Very Vanilla works best.

 Using your darker marker, outline where you would like a darker shadow to be.

Using the lighter marker, make circular motions and fill in. Carefully color where the darker color is. The more you go over the dark color, the darker your whole project will be. These are blendables, they will not leave a stroke mark if that makes sense. These markers also work well on coloring our pearls and rhinstones too!

 I used our Woodgrain embossing folder sold on page 227 to add depth to the Early Espress cardstock. You can either use or Big Shot or the Texture Boutique Machine both sold on page 224.

 Using our Early Espresso ribbon sold on page 207 and my handy fork, make a perfect bow and attach to the card with our mini glue dots. 
Forgot how to make the bow? Just go to the archives and follow the directions.

Yah! Another beautiful card is done to share with a friend!

Enjoy!

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Happy Stampin,

Paulette

Fun new cards with a Work of Art!

We had a fun time at our last Card Class making these cards. There is an awesome set called Work Of Art that is just so fun to use. It is sold on page 165 of the big catalog. It is featured on the center card and the one to the right. 

The first card uses the stamp set called Flower Patch which is sold on page 156. The fun part about this set is that it also has a matching framelit set sold on page 230. Stampin Up has sweeten this set for you by making it a bundle so  you can save 15% too. Pricing for that is also on page 156. 

Also featured is the background stamp called Hardwood, sold on page 175. These stamps will cover a whole card front. Great for masculine cards that are sometimes hard to create.

We can forget the Designer Paper featured on the center card. This is from our Moonlight Designer Series paper stack sold on page 185. Great for cards or scrapbooking. 

Thank you and check back often,

Paulette Dunn

Photopolymer Stamp Sets

Wow time's a flying by! Have we had Spring yet? I am so waiting for nice weather. We have been getting quite a bit of rain here lately so that gives me some time inside for more stamping. This card features some new product from the New Stampin Up Catalog that was issued on June 2. Do you have your catalog yet? Let me know and I will certainly send you one.
This card features some of the new colors that came out in the new book. Hello Honey......no  I am not talking to my hubby....that is the name of the new golden color you see on this card. The matching ribbon is just "yummy" has Shelli, Stampin Up CEO would say. It is nice ribbon, so soft and easy to work with. The other color is called Lost Lagoon. I used some of the coordinating designer paper from the paper stack called Moonlight.
The stamp set I used is called Bravo which is a Photopolymer set. These sets will require the clear blocks if you don't have any of these yet. Fun to work with because they are see through and you can see right where you are stamping.

We will be making this card plus 3 others at my next card class on Monday, June 16, at 7 PM.
All are welcome, just let me know by Sunday if you wish to attend. Class is $10 or FREE with a $25 order. This is also a Card Club night which means one of the members gets to pick out Hostess Benefits for FREE.

Please email me if you have questions about any of the new products or if there is an item you would like me to feature on my blog!

Happy Stampin,
Paulette

Stamp a Stack

Thursday, May 29, 7 PM

This class will be a little different this time.

You will be making six cards of two different styles.

This is a busy time with weddings and graduations.

The one is a Congratulations card that can be used for many occassions.

The other does say Lookin' Fine in that cap and gown but I will have other stamps available if you wish to have a different occasion.

Make 6 cards, 3 each of 2 designs for $15 or FREE with a $30 order.

 

Know a friend that might enjoy a night out? Tell her about the class and you both get to make the "May FREE Card"! A great "guy" birthday card. I get asked quite often to make more masculine cards so why not get one for free.

 

R.S.V.P by Wednesday, the 28th.

Thank you.

 

Live a distance away?

I can mail you the cards for $18. Tell a friend, and you both will recieve the FREE card too!

 

 

New Catalog Premiere

Monday, June 2nd, 6:30 - 8:30

This is my annual appreciation fun night. Lots of great specials and drawings for everyone.

This is also open to any friends you might want to invite too, even if they have never stamped before.

• Make a card using brand new products from the New catalog.
• Everyone attending will receive the new catalog that night. Can order from catalog starting June2.
• Introduce a new friend to my stampin room and both of your names will go into a drawing that evening.
• Sign up for the monthly card club. Take turns with the members receiving hostess benefits. Each month you purchase a minimum of $25 product. We make 4 cards each month. It is always held in My Stamp Room, third Monday of the month.

There will be a few changes this year to the club.

• Monthly Club Perks. Discounted prices for other monthly classes.
• You may join with a friend: you each would attend every other month. You both would share the Hostess Benefits.
• You can also be a Distance Member. I will send you your cards each month and have your order shipped directly to you. The month,you are scheduled to be the hostess, I will make your treats for our club night and you would receive the hostess benefits.
• You can also pick a fill in. Sign up for the club, if you can't make it one month, have your "sub" come to make your cards for you. As the Thank you, your sub can pick out 2 cards from my "card basket".

 

I will have my retired stamp sets, paper, ribbon, etc all for sale. The best part is for every stamp set you pick out, you get that price off of a new stamp set in the Brand New Catalog! So it is like getting one stamp set FREE!

 

Please R.S.V.P by May 31 so I have enough supplies cut for your fun project. I will also have food and refreshments available.

 

 

Here is the FREE card both you and your invited guest will make!

 

Retired stamp sets.

Stampin up brings out a new catalog on June 1. Some of the stamp sets will be retiring. The Rev Up the Fun is one of those stamp sets. I have shown it here on this sample card. This card also features the fringe scissors which adds some depth and texture to the card. For the cute banner in the background, I used the Kaleidoscope Designer paper sold on page 27 on the Occasion Mini. You can order from this Mini Catalog until June 1. The framelit I used to cut the pennant is from the Banners Framelit dies also sold on page 27. Just a fun combination. 

New Catalogs will be available to order from June 2. I will be hosting a new Catalog Premier on June 2, at my Stampin Room. Stamping with new product, Retired items to purchase, and door prizes.

Monthly Scrap A Page

Once a month, I have a Scrap A Page class. This month features the following items:

1. Hardwood Background stamp set from the mini catalog on page 36
2. Fringe Scissors on page 31 of the mini catalog.
3. Burlap Ribbon found on page 37 of the mini catalog.
4. Pear Pizzazz ribbon on page 173 of the large catalog.
5. Natural Designer Buttons on page 169 of the large catalog.
6. Stamp from the Chalk Talk set on page 12
7. Little Leaves Sizzlits on page 188 of the large catalog
8. Bird Builder punch on page 183 of the large catalog
9. Chocolate Chip, Pear Pizzazz Cardstock
10. Gingham Garden designer paper on page 153 of the large catalog.

I keep my pages simple,

 I like the focus to stay on my precious photos

 that tell the story of our lives.

Exploding Box

This tutorial will explain how to make the fun and versatile gift of a Exploding Box. Here I have pictured how it looks as a regular box.

For this project you will need:

• 3 sheets of 12 x 12 card stock (2 will be trimmed down a little bit)
• 3 coordinating pieces of designer paper 
• 7 1/8 x 7 1/8 cardstock for the cover
• 25 inch of ribbon 
• Rhinestones, brads, Candy dots with candy dot brad bases page 171
• Your favorite stamp set for your saying. I used the Layered Labels with matching framelit page 104 and 187
• Multi Purpose liquid glue on page 175
• Sticky Strip on page 175
• Embossing folder of your choice
• 7/8 inch scallop circle to add cute flowers on page 182
• Scoring tool of some kind. I used the simply scorer on page 178
• Corner rounder sold on page 181
• Snail adhesive sold on page 174

So let's get started.

1. Starting with your 3 sheets of solid cardstock. Choose which order you would like them in. I have used Smokey Slate, Gumball Green, and Calypso Coral.

• The Smoke Slate will be my bottom layer 
•  so that will stay a 12 x 12.
• Gumball Green is my next layer. I will trim this one to measure 11 3/4 x 11 3/4
• Calypso Coral is my top or third layer. I will trim that to measure 11 1/2 x 11 1/2.

Next Step is the Scoring. Score each piece at 4 inches, then rotate and score again at 4 inches, rotate again and score at 4 inches, and rotate and score again at 4 inches. You should end up with 9 different squares on each piece of cardstock. 

• Now there is a little cutting involved. On all three pieces of cardstock, cut out the corner squares, so you end up with a cross or plus sign. They should look like the photo above. 
• Using the corner rounder punch, round all of the corners of all three layers.

Next we want to add our splash of fun with your coordinating designer paper. I used the beautiful Watercolor Paper sold on page 23 of the current Mini Catalog.
Here are the sizes for those papers.

• 1st layer on my Smokey Slate. 4 pieces of 3  3/4 x 3  3/4.
• Middle layer on my Gumball Green. 4 pieces of 3  1/2  x  3  3/4
• Top layer on my Calypso Coral. 4 pieces of  3  1/4  x  3  3/4.
• Round just two of the corners on these pieces that will be on the top part
• Glue designer papers on to the appropriate card stock using our snail adhesive.

Using the liquid glue, apply glue to the back center square of the second layer and glue it to the center of the bottom or gray layer.
Apply glue then to the top or Coral layer and apply that to the center of the 2nd layer to look like this when finished.

Next, we will start adding some embellishments to our box. I used the 2  1/2 inch circle punch sold on page 182 and cut out a Daffadil Delight circle and then embossed it with one of the many cute ones that Stampin Up has featured on page 191.
I then stamped the saying "For You" with our Label Love stamp set and Gumball Green. Using the Big Shot and framelits that coordinate with the stamp set, cut out our cute label to top off the circle as shown. Make another set just like this to put on the top of your box cover too.

Next comes our cover.

Using the 7 1/8  x 7  1/8 piece of Gumball Green cardstock, score it on all four sides at 1 1/2. On two of the sides, make a slit up to the score line.

Fold the edges up on the score lines and tuck the corner tabs in to form the lid. This is where I use my the sticky strip on those corner tabs to keep your lid together. Sticky Strip is great for this kind of project that gets a lot of use.

We will now decorate the outside of our box. Using some of the cardstock from the Squares that you cut out way back on step one, cut 4 strips of 1 1/2 x 4. Also using any of the coordinating designer paper, cut 4 strips of 1 x 4. Glue these together. I then added a brad on each end and glued them on the four backsides of the bottom layer. Make sure to have them fairly close to the bottom score line of your four tabs so that when you close your box and put your cover on, there will be a slight space between your cover and this cute decoration.

One more thing before we close the box!! 

 Using some of the left over cardstock from those squares you cut out, cut some cute little scallop circles to make some cute flowers. I cut two and kind of ruffles them up before I put my brad in. I then attached them to my flap using one of our dimensionals sold on page 175. You can put them on all the flaps or space them out whichever you prefer!!  Fun, Fun!

Using another one of your left over squares, use one of your favorite emboss folders and attach it to the top of your box cover. Remember to round the corners. Attach your circle and cute saying too. Ooops almost forgot. I added some rhinestones to the ends of the For You label for a little bling.

Attach your ribbon around the cover. I like to add a little snail to hold it in place.

Well I hope you have fun making this fun project. Fill it with goodies for a fun gift that will "explode" before their very eyes!

Enjoy and thanks for stopping.

Paulette