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Wednesday, September 20, 2023

Post-it note book covers

When I saw these, I HAD to CASE them. So fun and easy to make. Obviously you can select any color cardstock and any stamp set to create these cute little Post-it notebooks but this is what I chose. I also used a designer series paper (Bright & Beautiful) that all coordinated together. On the inside cover, you can skip the designer paper and stamp on the white cardstock or put a personal message for the recipient. Great little gifts for teachers.

Also please not that the post-it notes and pens are not products of Stampin' Up!. I purchased both on Amazon. There are also tiny mechanical pencils that would fit as opposed to pens if you wanted to go that route.

Have fun!

POST -IT BOOKS

CASED Marsha LaFroth

HOW TO CREATE & ASSEMBLE:

Take your base piece of cardstock (3 1/4” x 10 1/2". Scored at 3 1/4, 3 5/8, 4, and 7 1/2.) folding in at the 7 1/2” score line, burnish and adhere closed.
Adhere a (3”) square piece of green cardstock to the front and the back of first panel of your “book”.
Stamp the design and sentiment on one of the white (2 3/4”) squares then adhere this to the front cover.
Adhere the other white square to the inside of the front cover.
Adhere the (2 1/2”) square piece of DSP over the white piece.
On a scrap of white card stop, stamp inside sentiment and punch out with oval punch.
Punch out a scalloped oval out of Berry Burst cardstock, and adhere the oval sentiment to this then adhere to the inside fold of your cover.
Fold the at the 3 5/8” score line and make two cuts in to the other two score Iines about 1/2” apart, then fold at the score lines valley-mountain-valley.
Adhere the post-it note pad to the inside back cover. (Make sure you don’t stick it in upside down.)
Slip the pen into to slots cut out in step 8.
Embellish with pearls that you have colored with stampin’ blend to coordinate with your design.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED:

Color & Contour Photopolymer Stamp Set

[154994]

$21.00

Double Oval Punch

[154242]

$22.00

Berry Burst 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[144243]

$10.00

Granny Apple Green 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[146990]

$10.00

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]

$10.50

Berry Burst Classic Stampin' Pad

[147143]

$9.00

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$6.50

Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154885]

$10.00

Water Painters

[151298]

$13.00

Pearl Basic Jewels

[144219]

$6.00

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

[110755]

$5.50

Wednesday, September 13, 2023

Bird's Eye View Sending Birthday Smiles

SENDING BIRTHDAY SMILES

HOW TO CREATE & ASSEMBLE:

Start with your (5 1/8” x 3 7/8”) piece of Crumb Cake cardstock and stamp it with the Rays of Light stamp and Crumb Cake ink. Set it aside. If. You would like your envelope to coordinate, you can stamp the flap of your envelope with the same stamp and ink.
On your scrap of Pecan Pie cardstock, stamp the branch in the pecan ink. Fussy cut it out with your snips. Set aside.
Stamp your bird on the scrap of white cardstock, then stamp only the top part of his head again off to the side and stamp with the eye glasses over the eyes. Color in using the Stampin’ Blends. Fussy cut out the two pieces. If you would like to have the glasses have a little of “shine” to them, using the fine tip glue pen, carefully make a thin layer of the glue over the lenses and let it dry. Be careful not to get bubbles. Set it aside to dry.
On the small piece of blue cardstock, stamp the sentiment and run through die cut machine with the deckled rectangle die. Adhere to the Crumb Cake stamped cardstock in the upper right hand corner with dimensionals. Embellish with gems.
Using the scrap of mossy meadow, die cut out some leaves for your branch.
(Optional) I opted to give my Crumb Cake layer a “rough” look so to do this, take your open snips around the edges of the cardstock and scratch around all the edges. Adhere to the card front with dimensionals.
Stamp the inside with your sentiment
Create your scene for the front of your card and adhere using dimensionals. ** your bird’s glasses will not be dry yet so just set them aside until later before adhering.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED:

Bird’s Eye View Photopolymer Stamp Set

[161436]

$20.00

Very Best Occasions Cling Stamp Set (English)

[159871]

$25.00

Rays Of Light Cling Stamp Set

[158925]

$18.00

Deckled Rectangles Dies

[159173]

$30.00

Apple Blossoms Dies

[160255]

$35.00

Boho Blue 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[161724]

$10.00

Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[120953]

$10.00

Mossy Meadow 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[133676]

$10.00

Pecan Pie 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[161717]

$10.00

Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin' Pad

[153118]

$9.00

Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad

[147116]

$9.00

Misty Moonlight Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[153108]

$10.00

Smoky Slate Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154904]

$10.00

Stampin' Blends Color Lifter

[144608]

$5.00

Adhesive Backed Sparkle Gems

[161288]

$8.50

Stampin' Seal

[152813]

$8.00

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

[110755]

$5.50

Fine-Tip Glue Pen

[138309]

$7.25

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.25

Paper Snips

[103579]

$11.00

Clear Block B

[117147]

$7.00

Clear Block D

[118485]

$9.50

Clear Block F

[118483]

$19.00

Clear Block G

[118489]

$5.50

Clear Block H

[118490]

$9.50

Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[150673]

$66.00

Basic White Medium Envelopes

[159236]

$8.50

Wednesday, September 6, 2023

Timeless Arrangement I Really Appreciate You

I fell in love with this bundle. With the dies you can create such fun things and then I love the variety of sentiments included.

TIMELESS ARRANGEMENT I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU

Double Decker Pop Out

Cased Sue Campfield

HOW TO CREATE AND ASSEMBLE:

Take your card base (8 1/2” x 5 1/2” scored at 2 1/8” and 4 1/4”), fold and burnish at the score lines into a Z-fold. Set aside
Run the two (1 7/8” x 5 1/4”) strips of white cardstock through the embossing machine with the Countryside Blossoms Embossing folder. Adhere to the two small panels of your card. Set aside.
Adhere the (4” x 51/4”) piece of DSP to the inside of your card.
Take the small piece of white cardstock (3” x 2 14” scored at 3/4”, 1 1/2”, and 2 1/4”) fold and burnish to make the “pop up” mechanism ( a “square” cylinder). Using your Tear & Tape put strips on the two cut edge sections. Use a little extra to ensure that it will stay adhered into the card. Then adhere it into the centerfold of your card centered top and bottom. Set aside.
On the small (non scored 2 3/4” x 3 3/4”) piece of white cardstock, stamp the sentiment top center. I chose to “de-stress” the edges using a dauber and Misty Moonlight ink. Adhere to the (3” x 4”) piece of Misty Moonlight cardstock. Set aside.
Stamp sentiment on your last piece of white cardstock (3” x4 1/2”) De-stress if you would like to .
Run the colored pieces of cardstock through the die cut machine to get all the pieces for your flower box.
Create your flower box by adhering the flowers to the back of the box.
Take the piece of ribbon, tie a knot in its center then wrap the end around back and adhere.
Stick dimensionally on the back then adhere your flyer box to your matted piece from step 5.
Now before actually adhering I suggest that you take your inside sentiment and lay it on the inside centered over the “pop up” mechanism so that you have an idea where you will be adhering the front sentiment.
Once you have it all figured out, adhere the inside piece only onto the “pop up” mechanismThen adhere the front sentiment. Here again I suggest using the Tear & Tape because it is the stronger adhesive.
If you would like to have your envelope coordinate, run the flap through the embossing machine in the Countryside Blossoms embossing folder.