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More Paper Dolls for the Divas!
Aloha, all!
A couple of weeks back, I told you how much I used to love playing with paper dolls when I was a little girl, and I shared a card made with some Build-A-Bear Workshop stamps. So when I saw this color challenge from the Diva Coffee Break Design Team, my heart went back to that little girl bear from the Beary Best Friends Stamp Set. So here she is again, with her neatly cut out dress, made from Designer Series Paper. This time I even added the shoes!
The Stampin' Up! 2010 Holiday Mini Catalog is just the best mini catalog of the year. I know, I probably said that about the last couple of minis. But really, when you can get Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and even some Valentine's Day products all in one catalog, how can it get any better?!
Before I start describing what I did to make this cute little card (one of my granddaughters will certainly be the recipient of it!), I should tell you about the color challenge for this week's Diva Coffee Break Design Team. Yup, them's definitely fall colors. I just can't get away from it now that September is not only here but half-way done!
For our little girl Build a Bear stamp from the stamp set, Beary Best Friends, I first decided to use Crumb Cake as her little bear skin color. Not too bad, actually! I think that's the color I'll use for the bears for awhile at least. To bring in the other colors, I chose a basket of fruit that nicely used the other three colors in the challenge. Of course, there was the rest of the card to create. So I layered up with the Wasabi, Cajun, and Peach colors, and added a Taffeta Bow in the Pumpkin Pie color. The taffeta ribbons are really very light renditions of their colors, and I think that the bow accents the Peach Parfait color quite nicely, thank you!
I made the sign using the brand new Oval Medium Punch, also featured in the 2010 Holiday Mini Catalog. To mat it, I traced the punched image and then trimmed just outside of the line that I traced. The central stamped motif is all mounted on a piece of Peach Parfait card stock that I embossed using the Perfect Details Texturz Plate. Perfect, I think!
This is a really nice color challenge this week. I hope you'll visit the Diva blog and add your own creation! If you have any questions about how to do this, please just let me know, either by e-mail or by phone (808.854.6145).
Have fun with it!
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Aloha, all!
When I was a little girl (loooooong time ago!) one of my favorite toys was paper dolls. I'd love it when my mom would bring home a book or a box with the doll and her clothes all ready for me to cut out. I was in little girl heaven for days!
And here I am at it again! The minute that Stampin' Up! came out with the Build-A-Bear line, I knew I'd be playing paper dolls again! Later in the season I'll probably bring out the Sizzix Die Cut Bear and make her some clothes. But for today, I'm just going to play with the Beary Best Friends Stamp Set from the Idea Book and Catalog, and the brand new Season of Hugs Stamp Set from the new Holiday Mini Catalog.
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What I love to do with the little girl bear is make her dress out of Designer Series Papers – just like I used to do when I cut out clothes for my paper dolls! Except, I can glue the dress to this little "doll" and not have to worry about making sure I don't mistakenly cut off a tab. I just have to call this sweetie Glenda, because she looks like such a good little witch all decked out for Trick or Treat. The paper that I used for her dress is, appropriately I think, from the Wicked Fun Specialty Designer Series Paper set. The witch's hat, the star and the bear "pumpkin" are all from the Season of Hugs Stamp Set, from the Stampin' Up! 2010 Holiday Mini Catalog.
What I have been doing with the little girl bears is putting a coordinating Flower Brad above their ears. However, this card was part of a swap in which I had to make 21 cards. I did not have 21 of those brads to coordinate with the dress. But I wanted something more than just a punched out flowerette. So I took a piece of Pumpkin Pie Card Stock and ran it through the Petals a Plenty Embossing Folder. I then used one of the punches from the Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack and punched out the centers of all the embossed flowers. Nice!
I had lots of fun coloring in the candy in the pumpkin with matching colors. But rather than just color in the pumpkin, I stamped 21 of them on Cajun Craze Card Stock and cut all those little critters out just like I did the dress. Oh, and the Witch's Hat – I stamped the hats and cut them out. But I used the back unstamped side of the Rich Razzleberry hat for Miss Glenda.
The greeting is also from the Season of Hugs Stamp Set, and is just too perfect for this sweet cutie. I tied the card front all up with a piece of Old Olive Taffeta Ribbon, and stamped a few stars in the "sky." It's all ready to send off to some sweet little girl for this Halloween!
Here's the sketch for this card – Have fun with it!!
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Don’t Forget the Envelopes!
Aloha, all!
I just put that last card in the mail this morning (Uh, oh! Not only won’t it get there by Monday, it won’t get there until Tuesday because Monday is Presidents Day!).
But while I was licking the envelope, I was reminded that, while I keep sharing cards with you, I forget that I decorate the envelopes, too. Here’s one of the cards from earlier in the week showing the envelope I used for it. All it takes is one little rubber stamp to make that envelope stand out in the mail box crowd when it’s received at the other end! This stamp is from the new set, I {Heart} Hearts.
And Stampin’ Up! has a nice variety of envelopes to complement all your greeting cards. From the Medium (A2) sized Whisper White and Very Vanilla, to the Medium and Mini Squares, to the Note Cards and Small Open-End, these envelopes are among the best around for your precious art work!
Valentines for the Grandkids
Aloha, all!
After I finally got the craft room back in shape, I started tearing it apart again to make these cards for our grandchildren. The bears are from the Build A Bear Workshop set, Beary Best Friends (118052) and the greeting is from the set, Beary Nice Wishes (118050). While these sets were introduced in the 2009 Holiday Mini Catalog, which has expired, they're in the 2010 Occasions Mini Catalog, too! If it's in the Build a Bear collection, it's still current!
NOT ONLY THAT – THERE'S A SPECIAL DEAL RIGHT NOW! For any $20 you spend on the Stampin' Up! Build A Bear collection, you'll get a certificate for $5 off a $25 purchase at any product at a Build A Bear Workshop store.
Now back to my cards. I had so much fun cutting out the "paper doll" bears and the little girl bears' dresses that I felt like a little girl again myself!
Each of the dresses is made from a different one of the glittery papers from the Designer Series Paper set, Sending Love, and I used Crystal Effects to make their patent leather shoes and accent the heart in the "I {heart} You Beary Much." I stamped "Happy Valentine's Day" from Teeny Tiny Wishes inside each of the cards.
I used the new Scallop Trim Border and Scallop Trim Corner punches for the girl cards, and the Pinking Hearts Border and Corner punches for the boy cards. This is the first time that I used the Pinking Hearts to make a square, and I found it to be a lot easier than the Scallop Trim punches. But I think I've got the Scallop Trim punches down now, and I'm ready to write my own tutorial on it. I've read tutorials and still had to figure it out my own way. 
OK–A Few More Bears!
Aloha, all!
I just can’t stay away from the Build-A-Bear Workshop stuff that’s in the upcoming Stampin’ Up! 2009 Holiday Mini Catalog! But I promise: I’ll get to the holiday stuff really quickly! Enough of the bears (or not).
This lovely lady is stamped on Stampin’ Up! Watercolor paper using Jet Black Stazon ink, and watercolored using Ballet Blue (you haven’t seen that color here before, have you?!) and Creamy Caramel Classic Stampin Ink. I touched the flower in her hair with a bit of Pumpkin Pie ink. The card stock is Ballet Blue, Brilliant Blue and Pumpkin Pie, with some Pawsitively Prints Designer Series Paper (also from the 2009 Holiday Mini). I added a couple of Brilliant Blue brads for accent, and a greeting from the new set, Beary Nice Wishes. Cute, huh?
And they’ll get cuter as I see all the wonderful projects that Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators are going to be producing with these great new products!
You should be getting your mini Catalog in the mail any day now. If you haven’t received one, I have plenty of them, and will be happy to send you one if you call (808.854.6145) or e-mail me with a request.
Build-A-Bear Paper Dolls
Aloha, all!
I know, I know–they’re paper BEARS not paper dolls. But playing with these Build-A-Bear Workshop (BABW) bears and their clothes has reminded me so much of my childhood times playing with paper dolls.
Yesterday I shared one of the BABW Sizzix Bears that I had made up with some magnets to work with a Magnetic White Board. I realize as I’ve been playing (er, working?) with these, that there’s a fine line between too little magnetic force and too much. As I’ve been making up the magnet board, I’ve been trying to remember what it’s like to watch children play with their toys. And I’ve designed this board to be used by a 6-year old. Kids that age are just not as fussy as I am when it comes to things like this magnet board. So I’m just cutting the big pieces, and leaving the small things such as cuffs for the pants and blouse and pleats for the skirts out.
So here is the first scene for my BABW magnet board project. I’m probably going to laminate the background as well as the bears and their clothes to help them last a little bit longer than if they were left as just plain paper and cardstock. This, of course, makes everything a little bit heavier and just a teensy bit too heavy for the light magnetism of the Business Card magnets. But just a teensy bit. I think that the kids are going to love it just the way it is. After all, they’re more likely to be laying the magnet board on the table, and they might not even notice if there are no magnets at all!
Notice that I set one of the BABW Sizzix Bears up "backwards." In this case, the indentations for the ears, eyebrows and heart aren’t as pronounced. So I’ve helped them out by drawing a bit of Chocolate Chip marker on those lines.
The backdrop is made up of Stampin’ Up! Cardstock–Garden Green, Close to Cocoa, Blush Blossom and Rose Red. I punched two butterlfies using the Stampin’ Up! Butterfly Punch and some
Regal Rose and Summer Sun card stock. A cute scene for these VERY cute bears! I can hardly wait to start selling them in just two weeks! But, if you’re in East Hawaii, I’ll be glad to set up a time to show them off to you before that if you call (808.854.6145) or e-mail me.
More Paper Dolls (er, Bears)
Aloha, all!
I mentioned earlier that I was going to be working to make a magnet board for my grandchildren to use for the Build-A-Bear-Workshop (BABW) bears and their clothes. I’ve finally go the magnet routine down, and thought I’d share it. I’m not sure when I’m going to get back to more of this project because, believe it or not, there’s more than BABW and the Sizzix Bears in the mini catalog that you’ll be seeing before long. TONS more!! And I’d like to whet your appetite for some of the holiday-relates projects that you can make with the wonderful new products in the mini.
Here’s my first magnetic bear with his magnetic clothes (or is a "her"? We have skirts for the girl bears, but I’d think a girl bear could wear slacks, too, huh?). I found it a bit tricky to get magnets working on all levels with the bear and the clothes. But I finally did figure out a fairly simple way of getting the job done, and I’ve included a tutorial on that here on my blog.
Stay tuned as tomorrow I’ll have the whole magnet board set up with bears and other Stampin’ Up! related "stuff."
Build-A-Bear-Workshop and Stampin’ Up!
Aloha, all!
By now everyone seems to know that our 2009 Holiday Mini Catalog is going to feature a TON of stuff related to the Build-A-Bear-Workshop (or BABW). What fun! And I have been having a TON of fun trying to figure out how to play with my new toys to show them off to you. Because I just want to keep playing, and not bother with sending out newsletters and writing blog posts and writing tutorials! Playing with the bears is just too much fun.
But work calls (not that I really think of any of this as "work"!) And I’ll be sharing with you this week some of what I’ve been doing with many of the products. Unfortunately, I cannot afford to buy EVERYTHING in the mini catalog. For now, I have the basics, and I’m finding that that is just fine.
The first thing that caught my attention with the BABW products is that Stampin’ Up! has not only partnered with BABW for this line of products. It’s also partnered with Sizzix! There’s a Sizzix Bear and clothes and accessories and costumes, and oh my! The minute I arrived home from convention and had time to play (a few days, as my husband was ill and required most of my attention), I first went for the Sizzix Big Shot and started making paper dolls, er, paper BEARS. Here are come of the clothes I cut out, and here is one of my bears. I used this Bear to make a greeting card.
Later this week I’ll share how I’m working to make a magnet board for my granddaughters to have to play with the BABW bear cut-outs I’ll be giving them for a Birthday present. I’ll also be showing off some of the stamp sets that have BABW images.
If you’re interested in not waiting to see all of this in person, please feel free to call (808.854.6145) me and I’ll arrange a time you can come over to the Craft Room. Or, if you’re not in East Hawaii, just call or e-mail me and let me know you’d like a sample, and I’ll be glad to send it out to you.
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