Spring Stamp Camp chick card...

It was a marathon stamping day yesterday as my American Ink Stampin' Up! group first met at 11 a.m. for a "meeting" (i.e. lots of stamping and door prizes), followed by my Spring Stamp Camp, which featured five projects.

I love the ladies in my group, as well as all they have to share (stamping and food!). We had quite a spread yesterday.

This chick, from the Eggcoutrements stamp set, was stamped off in Regal Rose ink on Whisper White card stock, hand cut, and adhered with dimensionals. The sentiment is from the FREE Sale-a-Bration stamp set Happy Moments.

The white layer is adhered to Pretty in Pink, then those layers are adhered with dimensionals to some gorgeous and sparkly Sending Love paper, also layered on Pretty in Pink on a Whisper White card.

It's simple, sparkly, mostly monochromatic (except for the Basic Brown sentiment), and lots of layers for a nice feel.

This card was CASE'd (except for the designer paper) from one I saw on Andrea Walford's blog here.

Spring Stamp Camp bird house

Using the Mini Milk Carton die for the Big Shot, I made this bird house one of the Spring Stamp Camp projects Saturday.

The milk carton is So Saffron, then we ran a Hugs (Occasions Mini) through the Polka Dot embossing folder for the roof. For embellishment, we added a Chocolate Chip felt flower, a 3/4" circle of So Saffron and a Filigree Flower brad with a silver center.

Before the milk carton was put together using Sticky Strip, I punched a 1" hole for the pink bird (these chicks always conjure up fond memories of Easters past for me).
I used the Eggcoutrements stamp set to stamp the long scallop image along the bottom of the bird house.

My great idea: Make a bunch of these bird houses in pastel colors and hang from a tree, or make a mobile! How fun is that?

Spring Stamp Camp basket...

The coolest thing about this basket is that it uses one 12" x 12" sheet of designer paper, a metal ring and some ribbon. After that, add grass or goodies or whatever you like!

To make this: Score at 4" and 8", then turn the paper and score at 4" and 8" again. It should look like a tic-tac-toe board. Now take one corner into your hands and score from where the score lines meet to the outside corner. Repeat on each corner. You should have a diagonal score line on each corner.

I punched a 1/8" hole about 1/2" down from each corner. You bring those to the middle and put the metal ring through the holes. The ring will be mostly horizontal. Now add knots of ribbon all the way around (so you don't see the ring anymore), and finish as desired.

(Note: If you fold the corners out instead of in, you can overlap two corners and staple/add a brad to secure them in place, then do the same on the other side and get a box - without the lid - that you can add a handle to.)

Valentine Stamp Camp...

New products in the Occasions Mini made my Valentine Stamp Camp so much fun!

We used the Sending Love specialty paper on a couple projects, as well as the Extra Large Fancy Flower punch, I (Heart) Hearts and With All My Heart stamp sets, the new
Mini Milk Carton die for the Big Shot, Pretty in Pink corduroy buttons, Sending Love epoxy brads, Glassine Bags, Sweet Pea Stitched Felt, and satin ribbon.

See the posts below for details on all of the projects! And enjoy your weekend.

Big Shot faux alligator purse...

This little purse was the last project at my Autumn Thanks Stamp Camp and it was popular!
I'd love to take credit for it, but I CASE'd it from Gretchen Barron.

This project takes 3 Top Note diecuts and one Box #2 diecut. Mine are all Dusty Durango card stock, with polka-dotted Dusty Durango ribbon, a filigree flower with a fire rhinestone brad and Velcro for the closure.

Here's the Faux Alligator Technique: Cover your card stock with VersaMark ink, and cover with Clear Embossing Powder, tapping off the excess. Then using your bone folder, make wavy lines vertically and horizontally on each Top Note piece and heat.

Other tips for this purse include: Cutting 1" off of two of the Top Notes; Cutting the top side flaps off the Box #2 diecut; and using Sticky Strip to hold the Top Notes to either side of the box.

Halloween Stamp Camp with Twick or Tweet stamps...

Here are the five projects we made at my Halloween Stamp Camp.

All of the projects use the Twick or Tweet stamp set, as well as Night and Day or Cast-a-Spell designer series paper.

Several items used dies for the Big Shot. If you don't have one yet, I can help you with that!

Have a wonderful Saturday. My kids are excited about dressing up for their school's Fall Festival tonight.

More Summer Stamp Camp projects...

Today, I'll show you the outsides of the other projects. The insides are quite cute, if I do say so myself. I'll have to take photos of those to show you. Everyone was very happy with their projects yesterday. We had fun!

Using three paper bags and the 1-1/4" striped Old Olive ribbon, we made this paper bag scrapbook. There are three pull-outs with roundtabs and vanilla jumbo brads for easy access to them.

The binding is a textured piece of Chocolate Chip that's been distressed all around with the Cutter Kit. I used the Crop-a-dile to make three 3/16" holes for the ribbon.

I love the scenic Tall Tales paper for the front and back covers. There are strips of other papers from the pack inside, along with So Saffron, Old Olive and Chocolate Chip card stock.

Another project we made is a padfolio. It uses Vanilla Hodgepodge Hardware with So Saffron brads on the outside, two paper bags, a memo pad, mini pen and two pull-outs.

It's a great size for your purse, and you can keep photos, notes, coupons and more in it!

We used Chocolate Chip and Old Olive markers to ink up the "Just For You" stamp from the Oval All stamp set.

This was a working sample, so there's a faint image of the giraffe on the front, along with the three owls. I'd spruce that up a bit... or just leave it plain.

Finally, there's a 4-1/4" tall paper bag that's been covered with Chocolate Chip card stock and Tall Tales paper. Again, it uses the striped Old Olive ribbon, and uses an oval from the die for the Big Shot, as well as the Wide Oval Punch, the leaf sizzlet for the Big Shot, and two Animal Stories owls that were stamped in Chocolate Chip and Melon Mambo and cut out.

The purse is held closed with a Velcro button. I CASE'd it from here.

Tall Tales stamp camp...

Here are two of the five projects featured at my Summer Stamp Camp today. The camp highlights Tall Tales designer paper and paper bags.

The first is a hand puppet. My kids saw this and wanted one. In the end, I had them make their own. I'll show photos of those later. They're adorable! Anyway, I digress. I used the Big Shot die - Scallop Circle - in Crushed Curry for the lion's head. The oval scallop and Blush Blossom card stock make up the insides of the ears, while the wide oval punch and Chocolate Chip card stock are the ears themselves.

The eyes are the large oval (Whisper White cs), and 1/2" circle (Basic Black) punches. The nose is one of the three hearts from that punch (Basic Black). I used the black journaling marker to mark the cheeks, and cut the whiskers from Basic Black cs.

The paws are two petals cut from the largest Flower Fold (another Big Shot die) flower. Then I snipped Basic Black cs for the claws.

This Old Olive card is simple and cute. The owl from Animal Stories is stamped in Chocolate Chip ink on Whisper White, and layered on a 1 3/8" So Saffron circle, then a Chocolate Chip scallop circle.

I used a 2" piece of Tall Tales paper, layered on Chocolate Chip behind the scallop circle, and finished the card with "thinking of you" from the Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set.

Razzle Dazzle Stamp Camp...

At the Razzle Dazzle Stamp Camp this month, I offered a bonus card to anyone bringing someone I haven't met before. Both people got to make this card, which uses the Razzle Dazzle stamp set.

I used markers - Rich Razzleberry, Melon Mambo and Crushed Curry - to ink up the rubber on the flower image, stamped it on Whisper White card stock, and layered it on Melon Mambo.

I ran a piece of Razzleberry Lemonade designer series paper through the Big Shot using the Top Note die, and finished the card with a knot of Melon Mambo ribbon. The sentiment is from the same stamp set, inked in Melon Mambo and punched using the Word Window punch.

This photo shows a sideview of the gorgeous flowers made using the new Flower Folds die for the Big Shot.

This was added to a white gift bag after adhering an 8" x 6" piece of Razzleberry Lemonade to each side of the bag at the bottom, and another coordinating piece of the same paper (8" x 4-1/2") to the top.

I adhered a strip of Rich Razzleberry ribbon on each side of the bag, then adhered this layered flower with dimensionals. In the middle of the flower is a 1" So Saffron circle and a white jumbo brad.

To finish the bag, I ran some Razzleberry Lemonade paper through the new Tags die (using the slit tag), and tied a bow of Rich Razzleberry ribbon around one handle.

Next month's stamp camp features paper bags and Tall Tales designer paper.

2 more Razzle Dazzle stamp camp projects...

I'm a big fan of texture. This card uses textured Crushed Curry card stock for the flower (made using the Flower Folds die for the Big Shot), and I used a texturz plate on the Whisper White card stock.

I punched 4 1-3/8" squares from a couple pieces of Razzleberry Lemonade paper, and layered them on a square of Rich Razzleberry card stock. I added the flower, a 1-1/4" Rich Razzleberry circle, then a 1" circle from the dsp pack, and a white jumbo brad.

The "happy birthday" comes from the Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set and was punched out using the Modern Label punch. It's layered on a larger piece I made using the Movers & Shapers die with one of the four Punch Windows pieces.

The final touch is a knot of Rich Razzleberry ribbon knotted in front.

Kim designed this decorative jar for the stamp camp. She bought a case of jars at Wal-Mart for approximately $8. She added three Rose Red decor elements flower (a demo bulk item), then used a mini glue dot to hold on the button.

In addition to the Melon Mambo knot of ribbon on the lid, there's a circle of that card stock on the lid, along with a flower from the Flower Folds die, and a polka-dotted circle stamped with the For All You Do stamp set and punched out with the 1" circle punch.

Sorry, I'll add a photo of the lid later.....

I also used Chocolate Chip decor elements (flowers again), along with a variety of colored buttons - celery, white and turquoise - with Soft Suede ribbon and the same lid design. That one proved more popular with my customers Wednesday by a 3-1 margin.

Stamp Camp project: Wings of Friendship...

With the new Finial Press embossing folder, this Whisper White card just feels cool.

I used Melon Mambo, Old Olive, Perfect Plum and So Saffron markers to color in the bird stamp from Wings of Friendship, a Level 2 hostess set. Then I added a wiggly eye with a mini glue dot, as well as popped up flowers (using dimensionals).

The "just for you" is from Teeny Tiny Wishes.

The designer paper is from Razzleberry Lemonade. It's layered on a strip of Melon Mambo that's been scalloped edged punched on both sides, with the scallops pierced. Then a knot of Melon Mambo polka dotted ribbon is the finishing touch.

Font of You Summer Spectacular...

I'm hosting a class today featuring the Font of You stamp set. It will be available to order in the new Stampin' Up! year, which starts July 1, though it's not pictured in the new catalog.

Individual photos with descriptions are below. There are three regular cards, a matchbox, and a pop-up gift card holder.

Have a wonderful Sunday! Thanks for visiting.