Halloween Decorations Tutorial

I am so excited about what I am going to share tonight.  This may not get your silly's going, but I have been giddy ALL day!  My bestie came over today so I was giddy to stamp with her.  We had a plan and we succeeded in making it happen.  We just wanted to make some beautiful Halloween decorations to put on our Halloween Tree.  Let me share!

Here is my tree:

Here are the Halloween Cone Decorations that we made. 

Aren't these the cutest things?  Seriously, so fun to make.  Remember that ribbon tutorial I said I would show you…. tonight I have a video on it. I wanted to incorporate it with these spooky little decorations.  The ribbon technique works on any project and it's messy and fun.  You will notice the Striped Grosgrain ribbon is thinner because I cut it in half.  When you do this it makes the ribbon fray. If you are looking for that messy frayed look this is a GREAT way to get it.  

Here is the video!  I hope you enjoy and I would love to see your creations.  I'm getting ready to make more for my Fall Tree.  Can you tell I love these fun trees? 

  As for the products used on these cones… if there is anything Halloween in the Mini Catalog or the Main Idea Book & Catalog, I used it! <smile>  Really, I did! 

Lastly, I am so excited about something else!  Friday I will be on a jet plane headed to Colorado for our 4th Annual Stampin' for a Cure event.  We have broken a record this year on the amount of attendee's coming.  I'm over the moon.  Each year every single RED cent goes to the Susan G. Komen Foundation.  It's such an honor to do this event and I am amazed at the amount of time, effort and work that each demonstrator puts into it every year.  These demonstrators give not only their time but they donate ALL the products too.  Last year we raised $4700.  This year our goal is $6K.  I feel strong that we can make that goal and even if we don't we gave it our ALL.  I hope you can keep these great women in your thoughts on Saturday.  They will be working hard. I'm going to hug them as much as I can this weekend.  <sigh>

Have a GREAT Thursday!

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Stampin’ with New Toys!

It's no secret that I've had a few new toys in my stamp room and they are sitting there starring at me as I walk by them day after day.  Not that I'm neglecting them on purpose but it's happened because my life is crazy.  This weekend was a little rainy and blah so I had extra time to sit in my stamp room and create away.  I've been excited to test out our new Letterpress plates in the Occasions Mini Catalog.  There are four different Letterpress plates offered.  I've tried various ways using them but the one I fell in love with the most was the easiest way to use it.  I just ran the Letterpress plate through my Big Shot with a piece of Watercolor paper.  It looks elegant and feels great.  Here is a simple card I made. 

The photo is terrible because there is so much WHITE. Grrr…. Here is the Letterpress close:

I know it's not easy to see, but if you look close… REAL close… you can see that the Letterpress is very elegant.  Nice!  Love it. 

As for the rest of the card, it's simple stamping using the Northern Hearts Level 1 stamp set in the mini.  I also used the Tiny Tags stamp set (#118091) with the Jewerly Tag punch (#117190). 

The rest of our weekend was spent with the little chicks.  Alexis had requested a "spa" day and we said ABSOLUTELY!  Here are my little chicks being pampered by Russ and I!

I think we were all relaxed.  <smile>  It was GREAT!!! 

Lastly, I said I would give a list of products I used on the Boo Banner.  You will find them below. 

I'm excited to head to Colorado Springs this weekend for our 4th Annual Stampin' for a Cure event. We have tried to stamp out breast cancer the last three years and I know this year we are really going to STAMP it out!!!!! We have over 100 people attending the event and WE are over the MOON!  My team of demonstrators and adopted demos have worked HARD for months on this event.  It's almost time to watch their hard work come to action.  Wish us luck this weekend.  I can't wait to share the results with you.  Have a GREAT week!

Boo Banner Products Used:

Naturals Ivory cardstock, From the Crypt stamp set (115460), Serif Essentials Alphabet Die Cuts (113464), Wicked Fun Specialty DSP (117400), Antique Brads (117273), Modern Label punch (119849), Bat punch (119743), Neutral buttons (119743), Linen Thread (104199), Baubles- Clear (121012), Black (121011), Vanilla Pearl (121014), Vintage Trinkets (118764), Decorative Label (120907), 2 1/2 Circle punch (120906), 2 3/8 Scallop Circle punch (118874), Raven Lace (120988), Scallop Border punch

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Decorating for Halloween

I was so excited yesterday to pull all my Fall decorations out and put them around the house.  My stamp room has looked like Fall for about a month, but it felt great to decorate the rest of the house.  I fought off putting Halloween decorations up.  I love decorating for Halloween because you can find some of the coolest decorations.  You can also find them right in your stamp room.  Isn't it great to use Stampin' Up! products to decorate your home?  This next piece I'm going to show you is something I made for Shelli.  Every year at Founders I love watching her stamp and it's always a Halloween theme.  I'm also impressed that she is so ahead of the game.  Me… NOT so much.  Anyways, I know how much she likes this holiday so I wanted to make her something that she could use in her home or in the office.  It's over the top with products so I will give you a product list tomorrow.  Truth be known I am too lazy to go get my catalog with exact names.  <ahhhh>

Using the dimensions I gave you yesterday I made the banner with Naturals Ivory cardstock.  This is a great cardstock to use for these types of projects because the cardstock is heavy.  <I SO LOVE OUR CARDSTOCK!> I used lots of DSP, Stamps, our Serif Alphabet Die Cuts with my Big Shot.  I wanted to keep the project fairly small so I just made a "Boo Banner".  The entire thing from start to finish probably took me an hour.  My favorite product on this banner was the use of our new baubles.  They are so vintage FUN!  I love them.  I just hung them from the safety pins from our Vintage Trinkets.  Easy enough.  I think I will have to make my own Boo Banner now. 

Today I spent all day with my prince!  The past two weeks we haven't seen much of each other since one of us has been out of town.  It was so nice to spend the entire day with him.  We were able to get lots accomplished around the house and I am starting to feel like this house is coming together. We still have lots to do but it's coming together. 

I'm hoping tomorrow brings me a moment to shoot the ribbon video.  I know you are patiently waiting…. It's that other job I have that's been keeping me busy…MOTHERHOOD! Jeesh!

I hope your weekend is filled with Fall Fun!  There is so much to do here this weekend and not enough time for me to get it all in.

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Fall Banner

It's hard to believe that Fall is here, isn't it?  I hate to see Summer go, but I love the fall and all the color inspiration that comes with it.  Here in Virginia the leaves are already starting to turn colors.  It's quite stunning.  While I'm still getting to know Virginia one of the things I love about here is the TREES!  B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L!

While at Founders Circle we had enjoyed a 1/2 day regional.  I was able to present at the regional and I wanted to share a few projects with you.  This first project is a banner that I made for my own stamp room.  I love being able to use Stampin' Up! products for decor uses in my house during the holidays. 

To make this project I started out with a Naturals Ivory cardstock measuring 3 1/2 x 8.  Score along the 8" side at 6 1/2.  This score line basically provided me away to snake a piece of White Linen thread through to make the banner.  It also gave the top piece a little more stability.  The bottom of the banner pieces I just cut a large upside down V for character.  I curled the ends using my bone folder.  There are lots of stamps used on this project.  The main image uses the Day of Gratitude stamp set.  What a beautiful set. I used the the Rock n Roll technique to get the variations of colors.  I love using Cajun Craze, More Mustard, Cherry Cobbler Old Olive and Early Espresso for Fall Colors.  YUMMO.  The large Circles were cut using the new 2 1/2" Circle punch (120906) from the Mini Catalog. I then stamped the Style Beautiful stamp set (120483) onto each of the circles and sponged around the edges using the coordinating ink. The letters were die cut using the Simple Letters Alphabet (115960).  This is a GREAT alphabet Die Cut to have.  They are simple and perfect for ANY project!

The rest of the banner uses lots of fun embellishments.  From Buttons, ribbon, Linen Thread and the awesome Vintage Trinkets… You really cannot go wrong.  

I'll share my BOO Banner tomorrow.  I made this banner for Shelli.  It has lots of Shelli's on it.  Shelli's = Vintage

Life update——-> Went back to the Dentist yesterday!  Looks like I'm going to survive the dentist trauma and the temporary crown went well.  Thankfully the staff was able to see me "normal!"  The day I walked in I was not my prettiest!  <SIGH> I brought them a card to say a BIG Thank You for the amazing care they had given me.  They were life savers! 

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Kimberly’s Drama!

In my life, drama never ends.  In fact… I'm pretty darn use to it.  I have a lot to share so you may want to get comfy in your chair. 

When I last left you I was getting ready for Founders.  Now that means I was getting my swaps ready.  No packing.  That typically doesn't happen until 24 hours prior to the flight.  I may have to change that game plan the next time I travel because of the mess I had.  Last Sunday night I ended up in the ER with "tooth pain!"  Honestly I could have delivered 14 babies with a smile instead of the pain I was having in my mouth.  Long story short… it was an abscessed tooth.  All I can say is OUCH! I came home from the ER and did not sleep all night.  Landed in the Dentist chair Monday morning at 10am for an emergency Root Canal and then came home to THROW (not lying) my clothes in my suitcase because I had a flight to Vegas that was leaving at 5:15pm.  Good grief! DRAMA!  It was very apparent when I got to Vegas that my head was not in the game when I opened my suitcase only to find mismatched clothes and no battery for my camera.  Seriously, who does this?  I guess someone like me completely zoned out on pain medication.  <sigh>  The good news was I had my friend on the plane with me and she took care of my sorry self!

Vegas…. well you know the saying, "What goes on in Vegas… stays in Vegas!"  Boy did we have a GREAT time there. 

On Wednesday last week we boarded our bus for St. George and more fun began!  I love the Founders Circle trip because it is TRUE pampering by the Stampin' Up! staff.  They make everything perfect.  Just perfect.  It was awesome to see so many faces from last year and new faces.  All these faces had smiles!  We were showered with gifts each night and able to network and catch up with friends.  Truly a great time. 

Here is my swap!

This is a fairly simple card.  I used the new Die Cut from the Holiday Mini Catalog called Scallop Squares Duo (120903).  It's 21.95 and a super die cut.  I used the new Deck the Halls buttons (121002) and two stamp sets: Welcome Christmas (120597) and the sentiment comes from Christmas Greetings (115448).  Two great sets!!!  I love how Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake and Early Espresso make this card so rich in color.  So yummy!

Another fun thing I did was present at the 1/2 day Regionals. I will show you some of the pics each night this week.  My presentation was on Ribbon Tricks. 

Here is one of the cards I shared:

I'm going to show a video on how to make this ribbon flower this week.  While it may look difficult, it's NOT.  So fun and easy.  I used the Seam Binding ribbon in the Holiday Mini.  It's extremely flexible and easy to make the ribbon flowers. 

Lastly, I will leave you with some of my favorite photos from Founders:

Here are my fabulous downline Jenny and Holle!  I was so excited for them and from the appearance of HUGE smiles they had a GREAT time!

Needless to say… since the big DRAMA happened I didn't finish my swaps before I left.  First time doing that but my friends chipped in to help me.  I was SO Grateful.

These were on each of our doors.  Is that not just CUTE! I really loved it. 

I love seeing this sign!  Makes me smile. 

Okay, off to bed for me.  More inspiration tomorrow. 

Enjoy your week!!!

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