Mini Milk Carton

Happy Memorial Day weekend! I hope everyone is having a safe and enjoyable weekend.

Here’s another project using the Mini Milk Carton die. I used a window sheet from the retired Night & Day Speciality paper from the 2009-2010 Holiday Mini catalog. The window sheet is thick so you should use a bone folder to fold on the score lines.




I used Sticky Strip to adhere the milk carton but it wouldn’t hold the back of the carton closed (behind the flower), so I used a brad to close it. I adhered the Sweet Pea stitched felt flower with glue dots, filled the carton with pink and green Skittles, and there you have it, a very simple but cute project.

Thanks for stopping by. Have a great long weekend, and have fun stampin’ and creatin’!

Circle Circus clear card

I created the following card several months ago but didn’t post it to my blog because I sent it in to some contests. The contests are past and I didn’t win, so I can share the card with you now.

Stamp set: Circle Circus, Define Your Life
Paper: Bermuda Bay, Basic Black, Whisper White card stock, Medium Window Sheet
Ink: Black StazOn, White StazOn
Accessories: 1/16” circle punch, ¼” Basic Black grosgrain ribbon, Vintage brad, Filigree Designer brad, glue dots, SNAIL adhesive, bone folder, paper cutter, Craft & Paper scissors

(It’s difficult to photograph clear sheets, so sorry for the bad picture)

I had fun creating this card. It came together quickly and looks like what I had imagined before I started working on it. The best part is that I finally had time to create a project that was of my own design. I have many original ideas running around in my head but not a lot of time to work on them. I’m sure you know what that’s like ;)

I hope you get a chance to sit down and create something of your own this weekend. Have fun stampin’ and creatin’!

Window Sheet Class

I recently taught a class showcasing our window sheets (otherwise known as acetate). Some of the products used in the following projects are now discontinued, but we have plenty of new products that would work just as well.

We created two cards and one 3D project:

Stamp set: Eastern Blooms, Warm Words
Paper: Basic Black, Whisper White card stock, Always DSP, medium Window Sheet
Ink: Black StazOn ink, White StazOn
Accessories: 1/8” circle punch, scallop edge punch, Big Shot, Beautiful Butterflies Bigz die, clear rhinestone brads, Stampin’ Pastels, sponge dauber, SNAIL adhesive, sticky strip, paper cutter, Stamp-a-ma-jig

I used the layout of a card sample I saw in the new 2009-2010 Idea Book & Catalog, on page 197.

I was inspired by Lauren Meader’s blog post about creating her own embellishments and I used her Marvelous Poppin' Acetate tutorial to create my butterfly. I was amazed at how well this technique works. You would think the ink would smear since the pastels are applied to the wet ink, but it doesn’t smear. If you don’t have White StazOn ink, I would think VersaMark ink would work just as well. I haven’t tried it with VersaMark though so I can’t guarantee the results. If you experiment with it, I would love to know how it turned out for you.

Stamp set: Seeing Spots
Paper: Basic Gray, Whisper White card stock, A Walk in the Park DSP, medium Window Sheet
Ink: Baja Breeze Classic ink
Accessories: scallop circle punch, 1 ¼” circle punch, 1 3/8” circle punch, scallop edge punch, Crop-A-Dile, Whisper White taffeta ribbon, uni-ball Signo white gel pen, SNAIL adhesive, sticky strip, Stampin’ Dimensionals, paper cutter, Stamp-a-ma-jig, shredded paper, Hershey’s Kisses

I used the Acetate Box tutorial on Splitcoaststampers to create this box. To fill the box, I used 10 Hershey Kisses and shredded paper.

Stamp set: A Rose Is A Rose, Very Versatile
Paper: Basic Black, Whisper White card stock, A Walk in the Park DSP, medium Window Sheet
Ink: Ruby Red, Riding Hood Red, Old Olive, Kiwi Kiss Classic ink, Black StazOn ink
Accessories: 1/16” circle punch, 1 ¾” circle punch, clear rhinestone brads, Whisper White taffeta ribbon, SNAIL adhesive, sticky strip, paper cutter, Stamp-a-ma-jig

I CASEd this card from Julie Davison from her SCS gallery juls716.

These are just a few of the many projects you can make using window sheets. The ideas are endless! At least, it seems that way to me ;) If you create projects using window sheets, I hope you’ll send me your project link so I can take a look.

Have fun stampin’ and creatin’!

Acetate Box

I have wanted to create a clear box for awhile now, and since we now sell window sheets, I decided to give it a try. I used the acetate box tutorial on Splitcoaststampers.

Paper: Pretty in Pink, Kiwi Kiss card stock, Raspberry Tart DSP
Accessories: Punches: Scallop edge, scallop circle, 1 3/8” circle, 1 ¼” circle, 1/16” circle, Crop-A-Dile, white Uni-Ball Signo Gel pen, Kiwi Kiss/Very Vanilla satin ribbon, Stampin’ Dimensionals, SNAIL adhesive, Sticky Strip, Craft & Paper scissors, Hershey’s mini bars

This box might look familiar to you if you view my posts. I created a scallop circle card for a sketch challenge recently. You can view that post here. I made the box to match one of the cards since both the card and box were gifts for my mother-in-law.

Here I photographed the set together:

The card looks huge compared to the box in this picture but I don’t think there is such a size difference in real life. If I had positioned the box in front of the card, the proportions might look more realistic. At least you can see that the box and card coordinate :)

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you have fun stampin’ and creatin’!

Clear Cheep Talk Card

I didn’t have time to create a card for this week’s UDI sketch challenge, so I thought I’d post a card I recently made for a friend.

Since clear cards are popular right now, I thought I’d give it a try and make one using the medium window sheets from the Occasions mini catalog. I followed the acetate card tutorial found on Splitcoaststampers to create the following card:


Stamp set: Cheep Talk, Polka Dot background
Paper: Pacific Point, Kiwi Kiss, Rose Red, Whisper White card stock, Medium Window Sheet
Ink: Pacific Point, Kiwi Kiss, Rose Red, More Mustard, Chocolate Chip classic ink, White StazOn
Accessories: 1/8” circle punch, 5/8” Chocolate Chip grosgrain ribbon, clear rhinestone brad, glue dots, SNAIL adhesive, bone folder, paper cutter, scissors, Stampin’ Dimensional, Stamp-a-ma-jig

I used white StazOn ink to stamp the Polka Dot background on the front of the card. If the image smears, you can wipe off the extra ink with a Q-tip soaked in StazOn all-purpose cleaner.

The flower is adhered with a stampin’ dimensional to give it a 3D look, though you can’t tell from this picture.

I think the rest is self explanatory, but if you have any questions, please be sure to ask. Have a great holiday weekend, and have fun stampin’ and creatin’!