Retiring Colors Samples

A few weeks ago I did a "Going Away Party" where everyone got to make four cards all with retiring colors. I finally took photos of the cards today, so here they are:

This one uses Brilliant Blue and Gable Green with the Party Hearty set.

This is using Taken with Teal and Close to Cocoa and the Hello Again set.

Apricot Appeal, Pixie Pink, and a strip of Orchid Opulence here, using the Pick a Petal set.

This was the favorite of many... using Creamy Caramel, Bordering Blue and Very Vanilla (not retiring, of course!). The Pocket Silhouettes stamps were used here along with the new Lattice embossing folder and the Butterfly Sizzix die.

Happy Stamping!

Brycia

Stampin' Up's Color Renovation

Big news from Stampin' Up! this week!!! There is going to be a HUGE "renovation" of the Stampin' Up! colors coming with the new catalog July 1st. They are changing the "color familes" so that now there are going to be four "color collections" plus the "In Color" colors. The collections will contain ten colors each, and each year five new "In Color" colors will be introduced. The "In Color" colors will stay for TWO years, so eventually we'll have ten "In Colors" and thankfully they will be around awhile! Here are the new "Color Collections":

Of course, with change there is always some pain... here are the colors that will soon be gone forever! What will I ever do without Mellow Moss!!!

Stay tuned for more info!

Happy Stamping!

Brycia

Spring Scrapbook Page

This was the last project for my scrapbook club. After all the snow, I was in the mood for spring but didn't have any good spring photos so I made an empty page.

We used Certainly Celery for the base with Old Olive Designer Series Paper along the bottom. The flowers were created by paper piecing with a variety of punches and strips of cardstock using Old Olive, Melon Mambo, Basic Black, and some random printed paper retrieved from the recycle bin. This spread is green in more than one way! We also used an assortment of silver brads from the Styled Silver Hodgepodge and the Circle Brads collection, clear buttons, black buttons, and green buttons. I encouraged the club members to make each flower unique from their neighbors and mine... some double punched from the Extra Large Fancy Flower (117191) punch and each with a different arrangement of circle punches and button in the center. The leaves were punched from Old Olive using the large oval punch twice on each leaf.

I punched my title with the Stampin' Up! Simple Letters (115960) dies out of Old Olive card stock, but since I'm not positive what I'll want my title to be until I decide on my photos, I attached the letters to a strip of card stock and attached it temporarily.

Gift Card Holder

I've been taking lots of photos, but none of them have been of my stamping projects. Today I decided to get a project or two photographed for my club members who weren't able to make the meeting and this is one of those. This is a easy gift card holder:

1. Use a 4 1/4" by 7 3/4" piece of cardstock

2. Score at 2 1/2" from one end and 2 1/4" from the other (this will leave you a 3" center panel)

3. Punch the center of each flap with the slit punch from Stampin' Up!

4. Cut the tab part from the middle of the punch on the 2 1/4" flap

5. Measure 1/4" in from the edge on each side of the center panel

6. Use these marks to punch slits to hold the gift card.

7. Decorate as desired

This card was decorated by using a piece of Sticky Pages adhered to Tempting Turquoise card stock and punched with the Extra Large Fancy Flower punch (118073). Then I added the aqua glitter from the Fine Supernova glitter collection. The brad is one of the Circle brads (112571). The leaf and and circle were both punched from Old Olive.

Valentine Treat Container

I got a small order of things in for myself the other day and I had to try out this new Sizzix die right away. This little milk carton is so cute, and just perfect for Valentine's Day. It would be great for any ocassion, really.

On this, I used Mambo Melon card stock and ink and the dot from Enjoy Every Moment. The hearts are from Heart to Heart punch.

Happy Halloween Megapost

Happy Halloween Everyone!!!

I guess I'm still a slacker, since it is Halloween evening and I still didn't post all my Halloween stuff for this year. If you are looking for a VERY last minute Halloween idea, here goes:
The colors for all three projects are Pumpkin Pie, Basic Black, Whisper White, and Old Olive.

Don't eat too much candy!

Halloween 2-4-6-8 Treat Box

This is a favorite little treat/gift container of mine. It is so simple and quick to make, and doesn't require any special tools. You can make a short container like this one with a 1/2 sheet of card stock, or make a tall skinny one if you use a whole sheet. Here are the directions:

Start with an 8 1/2" x 11" sheet of cardstock. Cut it in half to 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" for a short container as shown above, or use the whole sheet for a tall one. Measuring along the 8 1/2" side, score the card stock all the way across at 2", 4", 6", and 8". This should leave you with a 1/2" piece at the one edge, which is your "tab" to apply adhesive on later. Then, turn your card stock 90 degrees and score one line 2" from the edge. Then using scissors, snip the first four score lines from the edge of the paper to the intersecting score line. These are now your flaps for the bottom of the box. Use the scissors to cut off the 1/2" x 2" piece, which is the only waste. Stamp your box as desired and then assemble with a strong adhesive along the 1/2" tab. (I like to use Sticky Strip here.) Fold the bottom flaps in and adhere. Then pinch two sides in and squeeze together. Use a hole punch to punch two holes and run ribbon through to tie the box closed. That's it!

For this Halloween box, I used Basic Black card stock and embossed the Batty wheel with Versamark and clear powder. The tag is from the Eat, Drink, and Be Scary set and was inked with Black, Pumpkin Pie, and Green Galore markers and layered on a Green Galore tag.

Happy Treating!
Brycia