A Few Fun Ideas

Here are a few fun ideas from my demonstrator meeting last night: I was asked to demonstrate the crayon resist technique at our meeting last night & so this is the card I used to showcase that. The pink square in the very center is actually white glossy paper. Then I stamped the flower in black StazOn ink. I used a white crayon to outline the black lines of the flower image. Then I used a sponge with Pink Passion ink to cover the entire square of glossy paper with ink. To finish I just rubbed a tissue over the entire glossy square. The crayon resist technique is so easy & you get such beautiful results!
This is a card we made last night. The large star is from our On Board Chipboard. We just covered it with designer paper, sanded the edges, & then applied 2 different star rub-ons as well. We also used the Small Star Punch to punch out stars in the same color as the card base which gives a neat embossed look.
Here is a candy wrapper we made. These are so easy to make & are a great little gift to give out. We added the Chunky Essentials Glitter to the center of the "o" in "enjoy," but it's hard to tell in the photo.

It's so much fun to be able to go once a month to these meetings with fellow demonstrators to share ideas with one another. Isn't that what this craft is all about? Thanks again for all you do Margaret & Kelli!

Fun with Rub-Ons

I was experimenting with some Stampin' Up! Rub-Ons last night. They are so easy & so much fun! You can stick these things on just about anything! The ones I used are from the Sale-A-Bration catalog.

It's hard to see, but it says "friend" in white & has flowers. I thought this jar filled with M&Ms would make a great little gift for a friend.

The lid of the jar.

I went a little crazy on this candle! The Rub-Ons are pretty addicting because they are so easy! I'm looking around my house for other things I can stick them on! And in the Sale-A-Bration set you get 4 full sheets-white, black, Chocolate Chip & Old Olive!

A Card Without Any Stamps???

I am pretty simple when it comes to cardmaking. I usually just stick to stamps, ink & some ribbon. Lately I've been trying to expand my list of supplies & try some new stamping techniques. I just got a bunch of stuff from the new catalog, some of the new Sale-A-Bration promotion FREE sets & my preorder from the upcoming Occasions Mini Collection (available March 1st). My sister-in-law's birthday is next week (Happy Birthday, Michelle!) & I decided that for her card I was going to play with some of my new stuff. After I was done I realized that I didn't even use one single stamp on the card! (Sorry for the slightly fuzzy picture-it's a lesson to me to always check my camera's setting before snapping away!)

The Old Olive flower, the Whisper White flowers on the left & the Chocolate Chip "happy day" are all from rub-ons you can get for FREE from Sale-A-Bration (you get 4 sheets, 1 each in White, Black, Old Olive & Chocolate Chip with many different designs). They are so easy to use & you can use them on just about any kind of surface! I think I will be using these a lot more often! The Rose Red felt flower is from the Flower Fusion kit (p. 177, 130 pieces [colors: Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Rose Red], $14.95, 110720). These felt flowers are awesome! And I attached it with one of my old favorites-a rhinestone brad (p. 189, 80 Brads [4 colors, 2 sizes], $10.95, your choice of Fire or Ice). The ribbon is a preview of the new Poly-Twill Ribbon which will be available in the upcoming Occasions Mini Collection. It is so pretty! And you will be able to get it in Old Olive or Chocolate Chip. The Hodgepodge Hardware Flower Ribbon Slide will also be available in the Occasions Mini Collection. It is part of a new Hodgeppodge Hardware kit-Styled Silver. Look for this kit, it's great!

All supplies Stampin' Up!: Soft Sky, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White card stock; Love & Happiness Rub-Ons, Flower Fusion, Rhinestone Brads-Ice, Old Olive Poly-Twill Ribbon, Hodgepodge Hardware-Styled Silver, Stampin' Dimensionals.