Think Spring: Sweet Sorbet Banner

Are you ready for Spring yet? This Think Spring banner will certainly make you think of Spring!

The colors of Pool Party, Crisp Cantaloupe & Pistachio Pudding were chosen from the Sweet Sorbet DSP. Don't tell me you haven't got a pack of this beautiful paper yet?! It's FREE during Sale-a-Bration!

I cut each letter out of chipboard using the Typeset Bigz Dies. Each pennant has lots of little details...like the adorable stamped & punched flowers using the Banner Blast set & Itty Bitty Punches. Here's a closer look...

With just a little inspiration from the beautiful colors in the Sweet Sorbet DSP and my new Spiral Flower Die I created this entire Spring-themed set to decorate my antique side board just in time for Spring. If you don't have this great new Spiral Flower Die yet...I highly recommend it!

Here's a little closer look...

Pssst...Mother Nature, I'm all ready for Spring!

Have a GREAT weekend!
Product List

• Occasions Alphabet - Clear-Mount Stamp
• Banner Blast Wood-Mount Stamp Set
• Sweet Sorbet Designer Series Paper
• Pool Party 8-1/2 X 11 Card Stock
• Crisp Cantaloupe 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
• Pistachio Pudding 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
• Blushing Bride 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
• Whisper White 8-1/2X11 Card Stock
• Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad
• Crisp Cantaloupe Classic Stampin' Pad
• Extra-Large Oval Punch
• 1/2 Inch Circle Punch
• 7/8" Scallop Circle Punch
• Itty Bitty Shapes punch pack
• Perfect Pennants Bigz Die
• Typeset Alphabet Bigz Die
• Spiral Flower Bigz Die
• Beautiful Wings Stampin' Up! Embosslits Die
• Set Designer Frames Textured Impressions Embossing Folder Die
• Whisper White 5/8 Inch Organza Ribbon
• White Baker's Twine
• Basic Pearls Jewel Accents

Wicked Wednesday: Witches' Boo Banner

I like to decorate my mantel and hearth for the holidays so I thought I needed a spooky banner to go with my Halloween decor.

I used Witches' Brew DSP along with the Toil & Trouble stamp set. Both of these items along with lots of other spooktacular items can be found in the 2013 Holiday Catalog. Here's a closer look at the left side of my banner.

and a closer look of the right...

For some sparkle I used Silver Glimmer Paper, Silver Dazzling Details and colored Rhinestones. The large word collage image from Toil & Trouble was embossed with orange embossing powder onto the Black Card stock and then cut out with the Apothecary Accents Framelits. 

The Perfect Pennants Bigz Die made cutting the other base pieces so simple it's scary! 

If you clicked on the top photo to enlarge, you may have noticed a few other projects I've shared here in the past... 

Spooky Luminary

Be-Jeweled Pumpkin

Witches' Brew Shadowbox

Have a wicked good day!

BOO!

Today I have a BOO! banner to share with you. I created this to hang from my antique buffet.

I used my favorite SU! Halloween papers...Cast A Spell which are available as a digital download through My Digital Studio. I still have some left in my stash and love that it has purple in the prints, and it goes well with my other Halloween decor. The pennant and the letters were cut using my Big Shot and the Perfect Pennants and Serif Essentials Dies.

Embellishing my pennant was the fun part and I used all kinds of goodies...including plastic spiders hanging from the end of each pennant using fishing line. Glimmer Brads and Black Flourish Rhinestones added some sparkle to my project. I had just enough black ribbon with spiderweb design left in my stash to string the pieces together. Here's another look at my buffet decorated for Halloween.

I've recieved several nice emails & comments regarding my sweet kitten Stevie and how some of you love to see photos of him. Today I did a fall photo shoot with him in honor of his 1st Halloween. So for my fellow cat lovers, here's one of my favorite shots.

Happy Halloween!

Create!

I just finished a project that I've had in mind since I first saw the new Perfect Pennants Die. This was a lot of fun to make and it's going to look cute hanging in my stampin' space.

I used a variety of DSP...some current, like the Regal Rose polka dot print from the Brights DSP Pack & Paisley Petals and some retired, such as Springtime Vintage & Elegant Soiree. As long as it fit into my color scheme of Baja Breeze, Certainly Celery, Regal Rose & So Saffron it was fair game! It's a great way to use up some scraps. Here's a closer look at the left side...

I just love the scalloped circle included on the Perfect Pennant die! Each pennant has 3 layers...one is chipboard, one card stock and the last one is dsp which I just cut off about 1/2 inch of the top so it makes a nice layer on the base. The chipboard just gives it a little more stability. Here's a look at the right side...

The letters were cut using the Simple Letters Dies. I used grosgrain ribbon and the frayed ribbon technique to make the little "tassels" on each pennant. Then I topped it with a button or brad. See the little polka dotted brad on the "c" & the "e"? Those are the new Designer Printed Brads...and they are sooooo CUTE! They are available only in the newest In Colors...but I figured the Pool Party looked close enough to Baja Breeze to work here. I was almost finished with my banner when UPS showed up with my 1st new catalog order! So I was able to use the brads and one other new item.  Check out the last "e"...

That's one of the new Designer Frames Embossing Folders. I was surprised that they are smaller than I thought, but happy that the Extra Large Oval punch layers nicely inside. I used a variety of other dies, punches, etc to make my "create" banner, but I'm too excited to go play with my new stuff, so I'm going to wrap this post up. I'm sure you won't blame me...LOOK... It's like Christmas in July!
Can you guess which set of new stamps I'm going to play with first? Stop back by again soon to see. :-)

Love Swag

Yesterday I showed you three projects from my Sending Love Valentine Class. I promised to share more on my favorite project, the LOVE banner today. I created mine horizontally so that I could attach it to pegs on a shelf, but another option is to have it run vertically to enable you to hang easily from a door knob or a single peg,  nail, etc...

The base of each square is a chipboard coaster, which I covered in card stock ran thru my Big Shot using the Polka Dot Textured Impressions Folder. The letters are also chip board which was cut using the Serif Essentials Bigz Dies. I had fun decorating each lettered square with different patterned papers from the Sending Love specialty pack. Here's a closer look at each letter.

The "L" uses Chocolate Chip Satin Ribbon that is on sale in the Clearance Rack right now. I also used a cute button from the Latte Button pack. The "love" phrase on the side of the letter is cut from card stock wheeled with the I{Love}Love jumbo wheel.

Inside the center of the letter "O" is also is cut from card stock wheeled with the I{Love}Love jumbo wheel. I accented the center of the glittery flower, cut from Sending Love paper, with one of the cute Chocolate Chip Epoxy Brads. The "all you need is love" sentiment comes from a retired set called Cute Converse.

My favorite print from the Sending Love pack is this red piece with the pink and vanilla glittery flowers. I decorated the "V" with a Real Red Corduroy Button attached with a piece of Linen Thread.

The "E" is also embellished with a cute Chocolate Chip Epoxy Brad. The XOXOXOXO phrase is cut from card stock wheeled with the I{Love}Love jumbo wheel. I used my Crop-A-Dile to punch holes in the top corner of each square and joined them together using Pretty In Pink Satin Ribbon.

Happy Spring!

Today is the first day of Spring! While the sun is shining brightly today, the temperature doesn't feel too spring like...but that's OK, I'm sure before we know it everything will be blooming and turning green...my favorite time of the year! I love to decorate my antique buffet for each season, so I created this banner to celebrate spring.
The Tea Party papers are just perfect for spring, and I used many of the pretty patterns from that pack. I used my Big Shot along with the Serif Essentials Alphabet, Beautiful Butterflies, Daisies #2 and the Button dies. On the background for the letters "P" and "N" I also used the Polka Dot Texturz plate. The only stamp I used was the hummingbird from the Dream a Little hostess set. To embellish my creation I used the celery & saffron ribbon from the SAB ribbon bundle, Button Latte and Soft Subtle brads. Here is what it looks life on my buffet.
Unfortunately I do not have all my other Spring/Easter decor out as we are waiting for our new flooring to be installed. I was hoping it would be done today but now we're looking at next week. We pulled up our carpet over a week ago while my hubby was off and I'm growing tired of walking on plywood. lol Oh well, it will be nice when it's done, and worth the wait I'm sure. I'll try to post another photo showing my buffet in all it's spring-time glory after our floor is done.
Think Spring is also the challenge posted today on the Stamp Something blog and I think my banner definitely qualifies. :-)
Have a wonderful weekend!