We have a die cut for the little white bird (cutting 2 & gluing them together makes him dimensional). With a little thought, you can create any bird you like, such as this beautiful glittered cardinal. It would be beautiful on top of a present & something to cherish as an ornament. And it's relatively easy to make, too!
December 20, 2010
Page of the Week #48
I love easy pages, don't you?
Here's what you need:
- one 12x12 print background
- one 4x12 solid cardstock (red)
- one 4x12 solid cardstock (cream)
- two 4 1/4 x 6 1/4 cardstock mats (cream)
- one 1 1/4 x 3 1/4 cardstock mat (cream...under the 2010)
- ten brass brads
- a ten inch piece of ribbon
- letters for the title (we used QuicKutz Zelda Grand & Heidi Swapp Handwriting)
- two horizontal 4x6 photos
Here's what you do:
- mat your photos
- draw a wavy line on your red piece of cardstock & cut out
- using the piece of red cardstock as a guide, draw a wavy line about 1/2 inch inside of the red piece & cut out
- rough up the edges of the photo mats & the wavy lines with your fingernail, an edge distressor, or scissors
- layout the page & adhere as shown
- using a thumbtack (with a mouse pad behind the page) poke the holes for the brads approximately 1 1/2 inches apart
- poke the brads through & set
- using an exacto knife, cut a slit wide enough for the ribbon to poke through near the top left of the top photo
- thread your ribbon through & wrap around the page as shown & tie a knot
- add your title
Kits are available at the store. They do not include the cut letters, but they do include the paper to cut them. You are welcome to use the classroom dies to cut the letters. Get your kit before they're gone!
December 19, 2010
On the nineteenth day of Christmas...
Did you send out holiday cards yet? It's not too late! And something simple like this snowman is just perfect! And it's fast!
December 18, 2010
On the eighteenth day of Christmas...
This little star looks hard (well, to me it does) but it's super easy. Die cut out two stars, crease with a bone folder to give it some dimension & then glue them together (leave an opening to place over a branch). You could add some glitter or Stickles around the edges & really make it stand out.
December 17, 2010
On the seventeenth day of Christmas...
Admittedly, this is little snowman takes a little more effort that the previous projects. But the results are way worth it! All you do is machine stitch a batting between two pieces of cardstock, glitter him & then embellish. There's a little more to it than that...you're welcome to come talk to Andi if you'd like to make him. She made bunches of these little cuties last year!
December 16, 2010
On the sixteenth day of Christmas...
Here's the sister to yesterday's bear. Let your imagination go wild!
December 15, 2010
On the fifteenth day of Christmas...
Rember that cute little gingerbread garland from day one? This is the same die cut...add an upside down heart to his face & you have a bear. I'm serious. It's that easy! I've been making bear heads out of hearts for years. Picture this: the base heart, right side up is the ears. Add the same sized heart upside down & you have a face. Add a smaller upside down heart & you have a muzzle. Super cute & super easy!
December 14, 2010
On the fourteenth day of Christmas...
"noel", "joy", "peace"...what's your word for the season? Why not cut it out in big letters on the die cut machine & glitter them? An easy reminder of the spirit of the season, don't you think?
December 13, 2010
Arizona Cardinals Fans
Yesterday was my first trip to an Arizona Cardinals game in, oh, ten or more years. I'd never seen the new stadium (which is AWESOME!). Or really had any desire to go to a game (I had been banned from all professional sporting events, too...more on that later). I'm really not into football...or sports for that matter. I'd just prefer to let the people who enjoy it go. But we had an opportunity for some tickets & my husband needed someone to go with him. Armed with almost 5 seasons of Friday Night Lights, I thought, what the heck, I'll go!
I even borrowed my daughter's t-shirt. I own nothing remotely Cardinals. My husband on the other hand, could outfit a team.
We had great seats...in the end zone. I had no idea we'd be so close to the field!
I don't have a zoom lens, something that's on my wish list.
Before I give you my impression of last nights game, let me tell you why I was banned from all professional sporting events. You see, 10 or more years ago I went to a Cardinals game with my husband & brother at Sun Devil Stadium. I believe they were playing the Raiders...it might have been the Vikings...and well they lost. Now, the Cardinal's back then sucked. There's no nice way to put it. But my husband is a loyal fan in good times & in bad. My brother, while a fan, gets totally ticked off when his team loses. So we're exiting the stadium & my brother is grumbling about how the Cardinals lost (again) and I chimed in as only a sister can & said, "well what did you expect...hahaha!" Let me tell you that I had to run! My brother chased me til my husband caught him & then my brother started yelling that I was banned from all professional sporting events...hockey, golf, football, baseball...and then he got so worked up I was banned from little league & everything in between. Now, not being a big sports fan, I didn't care. At all. It was actually pretty dang funny.
In the years since that event, my husband & brother got season tickets a few times & my brother held steadfast to his rule that I was banned. Again, no big deal to me. My daughter to this day reminds everyone she can about it. But again, no big deal. I think he's grown weary of the teasing & let Don take me to last nights game.
Now on to the game. First of all, the stadium is AWESOME! We walked around & tried to find Bridget & her family (we found them!). I oohed & aahed at all the right places. Noticed things my husband hadn't noticed...one of the murals has white space around it that is filled in with fans photos. It's pretty cool!
Here's what I learned:
- Watching Friday Night Lights obessively does NOT prepare you for a football game
- My husband is most patient answering any and all questions (and I had a LOT)
- Cheerleaders change their uniforms at half time
- Only one cheerleader had short hair
- Football players look like normal sized men from the stands...even when you're close
- This was Feeley's game for sure...I didn't know kickers did anything but kick, but the dude won the game for the Cardinals
- Fans are CRAZY!
Do you see the orange metallic wigs on the two Bronco's fans? Yeah, I'd never do that.
- My husband (and every man around me) calls the plays with the ref's...makes the hand motions too
- When the Cardinal's do well, everyone gives high fives all around (well, not me, because I'm plugging my ears)
- Professional football teams have what amount to flag girls...but they're boys. Who knew?
- It is so loud in there I wish I'd brought ear plugs
- The season ticket holder next to me brought their 2 month old baby...with no ear protection...she said her house is really loud & it doesn't bother the baby. I hope her house isn't THAT loud, holy cow! I want to buy her baby head phone & send them to her...
- I thought "how sweet!" when I saw a 50 some odd year old guy there with his 20 some odd year daughter...um, that WASN'T his daughter. My bad.
- The guy who sits in front of our seats is in the Army. On Veteran's Day he got to wear his uniform on the field & then finished up watching the game in his uniform. So cool!
- With 10 minutes left in the 4th quater people begin to leave...in mass. Ok, this I don't get. Your team is winning. 10 minutes on a football clock can last, oh, 45 minutes. You paid good money for your tickets...and you're leaving? I don't get it.
(this is before the game started...from my phone)
- We saw someone get ejected from the stands...while a fight was going on on the other side of us (I missed it)
- People try hard to get on that jumbo tron
- The grass in the stadium is real grass. It's on a platform that they slide out of the stadium & out into the sun. I just can't wrap my mind around that, it's so massive!
- Why rush to get to the parking lot? You'll just sit in your car waiting to pull out of your spot for an hour.
- Speaking of parking lots, tailgaters are CRAZY, too!
- Have never seen that much beer...in my life!
- My husband says that the University of Phoenix Stadium holds 72,000...that's more than the population of Flagstaff! And our game was sold out...
We had a fantastic time! And you'll be happy to know that I'm no longer banned from professional sporting events. I behaved myself.
On the thirteenth day of Christmas...
We sell glasine bags for .20 cents a piece & they make fantastic treat bags! Fill them with a single decorated cookie or a handful of candy canes...whatever makes you happy! Fold over & add a tag & you're done! They are a bit transparent, so if I'm trying to hide the gift inside I'll wrap it in a piece of colored tissue paper. It just adds to the coolness of it all!
Page of the Week #47
Here's what you need:
- one 12x12 base cardstock (straw)
- four 2 1/2 inch circles one of each of different paper
- gold star (die cut at the store)
- 1 1/4 x 11 1/8 strip of the striped paper
- 1/4 x 10 strip of the striped paper
- 1/4 x 10 1/2 strip of the lime green paper
- 4x8 piece of print paper (it's between the strips)
- 7 1/2 inch piece of felt scalloped "ribbon"
- 3 inches gold ribbon for the star at the top of the page
- twelve gold photo corners
- one vertical 4x6 photo
- two horizontal 2x3 photos
- journaling pen
- three small gold stars
- four gold ornament hangers
- black paper for the letters (Heidi Swapp font by QuicKutz)
Heres' what you do:
- layout the paper for the page as shown & adhere
- add the photos using photo corners
- use a pencil & lightly draw the wavy lines through the ornaments, the journaling lines & underline the title, then trace over with a journaling pen
- when the ink is completely dry, erase your lines with a white eraser (tip: regular pencil erasers will break down the fibers of the paper & be obvious)
Kits are available at the store. Get yours before they're gone!
December 12, 2010
On the twelfth day of Christmas...
Did you know we're printing calendar blanks for you? You get to pick the cardstock & it's $1.00 per page for 12x12 and .75 cent a page for 8 1/2 x 11. You'll have to decorate them & add the days of the month. You can bind it yourself or take it to an office supply store. And I have friends who post the calendar on their fridge & then slide it directly into their scrapbooks at the end of the month. Kind of a month in review page...done quick! Don't you think this would make a cool gift?
December 11, 2010
On the eleventh day of Christmas...
There are so many things you can do with a circle punch. And this snowman is adorable proof of that! Try this: pull out two circle punches & some scrap paper. Punch out circles to your hearts content & make some little snow creatures with them. Better yet, set it out for the kids & tell them you want snowmen & see what you get. I'd bet money on it that they'll be super creative! Kids are good with their imaginations...I wonder when we lost that ability?
December 10, 2010
On the tenth day of Christmas...
Ahhhh, paper snowflakes...I love them! As a matter of fact, each Christmas you'll see them suspended from my living room ceiling with fishing line & thumb tacks.
We keep the ones from each year wedged in this old map book of Kendall's. Then we add to them. That's the best part...every year there are more & more! And it's addicting! Need some inspiration? Watch the movie Elf. It's what gave me the idea in the first place. Love that movie!
December 09, 2010
On the ninth day of Christmas...
Boxes & bags, oh my! I have a die cut addiction. Which works out really well for you! It means you have lots of little boxes & bags to choose from...all of which are free to use when you purchase your paper from us. It only takes a second (ok, maybe five seconds) to cut a box. And then another minute to glue it together. You end up with a really nice, inexpensive gift box, and who doesn't love that?
December 08, 2010
On the eighth day of Christmas...
Glittered reindeer tags...ornaments...they're just pretty! This one is red cardstock & red glitter. But he's equally as beutiful with gold glitter...and white, too! Easy, easy, easy.
December 07, 2010
Wednesday's Make-n-Take for $1
Join us Wednesday, 12/8 from 10:30 am to 4:30 pm to make this quick & clever holiday card! And it's just $1!
On the seventh day of Christmas...
Using paint cans for gift bags is super fun, easy & affordable! Head on over to Heath's Paint Center & buy a couple of paint cans. You can get quart size or gallon size...whatever fits your needs. (Home Depot has them too, but I like the folks at Heaths & the cans are actually cheaper there.) I like to cover the cans with paper. I've learned through trial & error that this is one of the things my beloved Art Institute Glue does NOT work well on. Use a runner such as ATG or Tombow Mono Adhesive. And really, you can decorate it any way you'd like. One of my favorites is to use red cardstock on the can. Add a black strip for a belt & a piece of gold for a buckle. Then run a wide strip of quilt batting down the center to create a bucket that looks like santa's belly. Don't get me started...I have hundreds of ideas for these cans!
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