Some great demonstrator friends and I got together today to share some ideas and projects.   The first project, was my contribution which was a special delivery, loaded pizza pie!  The mini pizza box tutorial, by Jen Muro, can be found here on Scor-Pal’s website. 

This is my adaptation, using theVoila Stamp Set.  I stamped the main image in stazon ink, and highlighted with going gray ink and a blender pen, and real red marker for the scarf.  I created the box with Kraft cardstock, because it was the most like a pizza box.

I used our two original oval punches, but trimmed the larger one down to make the crust more anatomically correct.  lol.  I used a sponge dauber in creamy caramel on both edges of both ovals, which were punched in more mustard cs.  I used our 1/4" circle punch for the pepperonis and slivers of the GLORIOUS GREEN cardstock, from the Brights collection!  WOW! I can’t believe I used the Brights!  I used the same colors real red in 3 3/4" x 3 3/4" and green in 3.5 x 3.5 for mats.  Since these are the colors found in the Italian flag, I figured I would pay tribute.   I used 4" wide strips of both green and red, but used the scalloped edge punch on the red.  Ok, so here’s how the box looks from the side:

And the BEST part is what is inside the box:

It’s a 5-slice piece of fruit gummi pizza, and it got two thumbs up from my 11 year old son! 

Ok, so now the 2nd project, presented by my friend Susan, was this cute little box made with Stampin’ Up!’s exclusive die cut,  the scalloped edge envelope.   You cut four dies at a time in the new in-color, kiwi kiss, cardstock.  You use red sticky tape to tape all of the side flaps to the next envelope’s side flap, all the way around.  The bottom is already scored by the die, and folds in on all four envelopes, which you can adhere two opposite sides and then two more opposite or you can fold one on top of the next, until you tuck the last corner in (like all boxes with a temporary close).  Anyway, then you can decorate the side with a piece of red, pink and white Bella Rose designer series paper.  We stamped the larger image from the Dreams du Jour  stamp set in chocolate chip and used blender pens in kiwi kiss, riding hood red, and pink piroutte to color it in.  We popped up this image with stampin dimensionals onto a die cut flower cut from the brown pattern of Bella Rose,made from the Pennants exclusive die.

Ok, last but not least, we have the cutest little snowman card, made another friend and team member, Robin Satterwhite.  We used the Window Dressing, Level 3 FREE Hostess set with qualifying party.

We started with a piece of Baja Breeze for the card base.  We used Kiwi Kiss for the larger mat, Pacific Point for the 2nd mat, and then we stamped the snowman image and sentiment on Whisper White.  Before we stamped the image and sentiment, we actually sponged Pacific Point ink all over the mat, using a 2" circle punch as a mask.  Once the background was sponged, we removed the mask, and stamped the snowman and sentiment. As you can see from my example, this is a good set to use your Stamp-a-ma-jig tool.  I thought the circle was from "Seeing Spots" but it’s not, and I know I don’t have this set, so I would have substituted the circle with the one in Priceless.  We used the 1/4" circle punch at the edge (centered) of each left and right sides of the whisper white cardstock mat that we sponged, and  inserted a brad into the Pacific Point cardstock in that space.  We used the 1/16" punch for that. 

WHEW!  I haven’t posted for a week I think, because I’ve been working on creating classes for the next couple of months, as well as combining all my contacts’ lists into one major list with I-Contact which is Constant Contact’s competitor.  It’s a marketing/communication/newsletter tool, so you can be expecting better quality newsletters, and more customizable by me, so I can actually provide a lot more information and pictures that you’ll like to see of projects, classes, and things you can make, on a monthly or semi-monthly basis.  Stay tuned.

Thanks for stopping by!  I hoped you liked the projects we made as much as we liked making them.

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Gosh, I had five birthdays this week!  what the heck?  I guess all those xmas party babies, huh?  This one is late too.  whah!  I know I’m not supposed to get notified that it is their birthday and THEN start making their present.  I have to go figure out how to change all of my notifications to warn me like 10 days in advance instead of the day before. 

Here’s my gift for another friend.  I stamped the background with Linen background stamp.  Then I colored Pocket Silhouettes with markers and spritzed them with water.  Then I stamped them on top of the linen stamped background.  I repeated this several times, varying shading and colors of markers.  Then I stamped another flower image from the same set onto a spare scrap of white cardstock, twice.  I cut both of them out carefully, as the stems are quite thin.  I cut slivers of dimensionals, and placed on these two flowered images, and placed on top of the first flowered images.  Then I stamped the sentiment, also from the same set.  I’m sooooo lovin’ these nature-inspired stamp sets with the grasses, and flowers.  Since it’s too hot to landscape, it’s the next best way to bring my outdoors into my stamp room.

The paperweight is from photoweights.com and they have some really cool shapes to work with.  The big deal about them is that they have depth that allows scrapbooking, embellishments, and dimension to the base.  So you create your artwork either directly on the supplied white chipboard background that comes with the paperweights, or you can do what I do which is to trace it first and then cut it out, and then adhere it to the base chipboard.  To finish them off, they provide a nice velvet black bottom.  So all you do is turn the paperweight over upside down, insert your artwork upside down (adhered to the provided chipboard) and then peel away the backing behind the velvet and stick over  the entire thing.  It’s the exact shape and size of the paperweight itself. They come with instructions and there’s even a video to Martha Stewart’s website when she and Dianna Ross made them together.  I tivo Martha because she’s so crafty and I also love cooking. 

Here’s another view so you can see how thick it is:

I’ll be holding a class on these too, since they make great gifts for ANYONE, but I would think they’d make an excellent Christmas gift for a teacher, business owner, secretary, etc. I’ll be starting at mid -October having almost weekly events to create wonderful gifts for everyone on your list.  I hate shopping at the mall, and I hate waiting to the last minute at Christmas time because there’s just too much to do.  Believe it or not, I do my Christmas shopping all  year long and stash stuff away in my closet; when I see something that reminds me of someone, I buy it then and there.  It sure takes the sting out of waiting until December, and having to put it on a credit card.  So I’m going to help you out, and who wouldn’t prefer a handmade gift by you over a gift card? 

Enjoy!

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I love to cook, as does my sister, who is actually a chef.  I borrowed this Voila set from my friend Tina Sullivan to make the Take Out Menu Holder, found on my SU website.  More recently, I won this set from my upline for my monthly sales a couple months ago.  I have used this Voila Chef set in order to make my sister a recipe scrapbook, and then I made her a set of note cards.  I’ve recently made this recipe box, and the contents are tabbed divider cards made with From the Kitchen Of.  I also mailed her a little note pad/pen set and then Julie made one for me!

The apron is done by stamping onto the apron background, then the fabric which I cut into pieces for his uniform, and finally onto fabric sizing, which are then ironed onto my apron.

Of course the Voila set doesn’t need to be used just for cooking and as gifts for cooks.  There are other items that you can place onto his large platter, for weddings, birthdays, etc. 

This recipe box is an altered tin, and is a little more time consuming than some projects.  My plan is to have a class where we all bring a recipe and share them with the other class members so that our box is filled when we go home.  It would make a great addition to anyone’s kitchen, but of course great for gift giving too!  I will be sending out a newsletter update soon, for the upcoming classes.  Thanks for stopping by.

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