Display Stamper Audition

...application...try out?  Hi stampers!  So Stampin' Up is looking for display stampers for future events!  How fun!  Of course I have to audition or apply or try out...what to call it?  Hehe!  This has been a good warm up for the Artisan contest of as well.  We have to submit 3 cards, 2 3-D items and a scrap page....so here are my entries (warning...this is kind of long)!

This little box was inspired by the one in the catalog but I wanted to take it a little further.  So, I used the yummy pool party embossing powder to dress up the bottom of the box a little (I can't tell you how much I love that stuff).  I also jazzed up the flower a bit by poking the brad through not only the pool party flower but one of the little flower trim flowers as well.  I think it's so cute!  I also added a little ribbon leaf.  It's such a cute little box and really didn't take 5 minutes to put together even with the embossing with a little help from my SAMJ!

Stampin' Supplies:

Stamps:  Madison Avenue (SAB)

Paper:  Crumb cake

Ink:  Versamark

Accessories:  Gumball green stitched satin ribbon, pool party embossing powder, flower trim, 2011-2013 in color polka dot brads, pop-up posies kit, fancy favor die

For my second 3-D item I have another flower item but it's spring or at least it's supposed to be even if it doesn't feel it weather wise and spring means flowers!  And flowers make me think of my momma so I made her a fabric brooch for Mother's Day.  The more amore fabric was perfect because her favorite colors are red and blue.  The silicone craft mat made this so easy to put together with a little hot glue!

Stampin' Supplies:
Accessories:  More amore designer fabric, sycamore street ribbon & button pack (SAB), large basic pearls, gumball green stitched satin ribbon, fun flowers die

I'm kind of on a roll with the pop up posies kit!  It's probably one of my favorite items in the mini catalog and maybe one of my top picks of all time!  It's just so fun and cute and can be used in so many more ways than just some tags!  So, I decided I'd try to use parts of it on most of my projects.

As soon as I saw the little "cupcake liner" flowers I immediately thought of one of my all time favorite flowers...the daffodil.  So of course I had to make my own daffodil.  It makes the perfect Easter card!

Stampin" Supplies:

Stamps:  Teeny tiny wishes

Paper:  Very vanilla, crumb cake, daffodil delight, tea for two DSP

Ink:  Daffodil delight, calypso coral

Accessories:  Honeycomb embossing folder, pop-up posies kit, linen thread, lucky limeade ruffled ribbon

I love this next card and the bottle caps!  They are so fun to smash in the big shot and then pop something fun into the middle!  I also love the little pennant stamp from collage curios and thought it would work great with the patio party paper!  My sentiment is actually from the bitty banners stamp set.  I just carefully inked it as to not get the banner border which I didn't want.

Stampin' Supplies:
Stamps:  Collage curios, itty bitty banners
Paper:  Whisper white, baja breeze, midnight muse, summer starfruit, patio party DSP
Ink:  Baja breeze, midnight muse, summer starfruit, primrose petals (markers)
Accessories:  Soda pop tops, 1" circle punch, 1-3/4" scalloped circle punch, argyle embossing folder, primrose petals stitched satin ribbon, apothecary accents framelits, basic rhinestones

For my final card I wanted to do something more clean and simple...and of course use something else from the pop-up posies kit, ha!  I found the oval famelits work PERFECT in the kraft colored labels!

Stampin' Supplies:
Stamps:  Feel goods, Oh, hello
Paper:  Whisper white, calypso coral
Ink:  So saffron, calypso coral, island indigo
Accessories:  Oval framelits, pop-up posies kit, vintage faceted designer buttons, linen thread

And finally we have my scrap page.  I used the you are my sunshine single stamp since my photo was of my and my hubby at a beach on our honeymoon!  The page is a BIT bright so I used a black and white photo as to not be TOO overwhelming:-)  The Oh, whale stamp set added some nice little waves!  I also added some glimmer paper to my sun rays and really liked the way it turned out! So sunny!

Stampin' Supplies:
Stamps:  Sunshine (single stamp), Oh, whale
Paper:  Whisper white, daffodil delight, pool party, island indigo, summer smooches DSP, floral district DSP. brights DSP stack, champaign glimmer paper
Ink:  Daffodil delight, pool party, island indigo (ink and markers)
Accessories:  labels collection framelits

Whew!  Ok, I think that's it!  Thanks for sticking with me and wish me good luck:-)

Happy stamping!

2012 Artisan Finalist Blog Tour - Day 9

Hi stampers!  Welcome to day 9 of our blog hop!  Wow, where has the time gone???  You probably just came from Tara's blog and her fabulous project!  Didn't you love it?  Don't worry if you didn't come from her blog though, we make a big loop so you can still see all the pretty pictures:-)

So, in the theme for the last three days I've got another baby project.  This was my other 3-D project and it's a cute little baby onesie that not only did I sew on but stamped on too!  I had seen some ruffled onesies on Pintrest and it got the wheels turning!  Most of them on Pintrest had ruffled bums but I wanted mine to be more like a skirt.  I can't thank my mother in law enough for helping me with this one too!  I'm so not a seamstress so she helped me big time!

Isn't it cute?  It turned out great although next time I think I'll spread my ruffles out a bit more.  So, besides the ruffles I added some eggplant ribbon (which I safety pinned on so it could be removed for washing) and I also stamped the giraffe from fox and friends and the word baby from pennant parade using craft ink (sadly craft ink has been retired).  I used my iron to heat set it.

Make sure to come back tomorrow for my very favorite project of my entires!  Now head on over to Connie's blog to see her awesome project! And make sure to check out everyone else's too!

1:  Connie Collins 
2:  Holly VanDyne
3:  Melissa Stout
4:  Amy O'Neill
5:  Sandie Conner
6:  Amy Rogers
7:  Mercedes Weber
8:  Tara (Murphy) Bougroin
9:  Mindy Bingamon (You are here)

Happy stamping!

HSS 120

Hi stampers!  It's Tuesday and time for another challenge over at Hand Stamped Sentiments!  This week is a little bit different....it's time for anything but a card!  This week is wearable art!

How fun????  So...anything wearable...pins, jewelry, head bands, clothing even!!!! Whatever you can come up with that is wearable!  Show us what you got!!!!  And feel free to model it:-P

I made a pin and it's kind of BIG:-)  It's almost 6 inches across!!!!  I have a few sweaters that are really plain so I thought a big pin might liven them up!  I might also put in on my purse. 

Stampin' Supplies:
Flirtatious designer series fabric, elegant eggplant scalloped dotted ribbon, subtles buttons, baker's twine, fun flowers die, thread, fabric glue, hot glue, pin

It was very easy to make.  First I took a strip of the hot pink fabric and sewed two rows of stitches and then pulled the top two threads to gather it into a circle and stitched the ends together (which is a big deal since I don't really sew much....SO if I can do this...anyone can, ha).  Then I took three of the wisteria flowers and two of the light pink ones and hand stitched them all together.  It might have looked even cooler with more flowers for more dimension!  I used fabric adhesive to glue on the ribbon and to glue the small group of flowers to the big base.  I then hot glued the button on top!  The bottom is just some felt cut in a circle and a pin hot glued on.  I used a magnetic one so it won't harm any fabric!  It took less than an hour to make!

Now, what wearable art can YOU make?????  Go check out what the rest of the team came up with....they are FABULOUS....and link up your creation!

Happy stamping....or sewing...or whatever:-)

Rosette Wreath - Video Tutorial

Hi stampers!  I told you I'd be back with a video tutorial for my fabric rosettes that I used on my creative crew wreath.

So here it is.  I hope you enjoy and make a wreath or two of your own!  If you have any questions please feel free to contact me!  You can also purchase your designer fabric by clicking on the shop 24/7 button to the right!


Happy stamping....or rosetting:-)

Rosette Wreath

Hi stampers! I don't have a stamping project today......BUT I have something just as fun!  Over on Splitcoast Stampers I'm part of the Creative Crew design team.  Each month we are given four new challenges and one of those for October was to make a holiday themed gift from SU products.  Well, given my aforementioned addiction to Pintrest, I found a wreath with fabric rosettes that was just the cutest thing ever!  I immediately had to make my own using our SU exclusive fabric!  So given that I'm totally addicted to our spice cake collection, that was the fabric I chose.  It made a gorgeous fall wreath!

The rosettes are really easy to make but they do take a little bit of time.  I worked on them here and there as time allowed.  They are good project to do when sitting and waiting somewhere, watching tv or in the car!  Really all it takes is some fabric glue,  folding, twisting, and rolling...NO SEWING!  :-)  You don't even have to cut the fabric, I just tore it, hehe!  To adhere them to my wreath I simply hot glued them on.

I'll have a video tutorial later this week on how to make the flowers.  Make sure to come back and check it out!

Happy stamping!