Happy Hour Wine glass charms

Today I wanted to share with you one of my swaps I took to the Stampin'Up! Convention last week in Salt Lake City, Utah.  I used our wonderful Stampin'Up! punches, Watercolor Pencils, Embossing Gun and stamps to create these awesome wine glass charms.  These are so fun and easy to make.  I am working on a video with details.  I hope to post it soon.
Thanks,
Charlotte

Countdown to Halloween ~ Day One

Welcome to my Countdown to Halloween Day One! Today I am sharing with you a cute little treat that my daughter and her little friend made one afternoon with me after school. 

Here's what we used:
Warmest of Wishes hostess set
Pick Your Poison Designer Series Paper
Cellophane Bags 1" x 8" (50)
Basic Black Cardstock
Basic Black Ink
Pumpkin Pie Cardstock
2-3/8" Scallop Circle punch
Owl Builder punch
Hershey's Cookies & Cream Drops

Hope you enjoyed my project for the day!
Charlotte

Last Day of School Teacher Gifts

Today I wanted to share with you some of the Teacher Gifts I gave to the rest of Tommy's Teachers.  I made three more notebook tins with coordinating Thank You cards.

The first Notebook Tin is using the Greenhouse Gala Designer Series paper that it on the retired list! 

By the way, the products retiring from the 2010-11 Stampin'Up! Idea Book & Catalog are now available for final purchase thru June 30th!  I recommend you order what you want early, especially the accessories, they sell out fast!

The second tin with the flowers has a cute card made with the new Blossom Bouquet Triple Layer punch!  I really love this punch and will share more on it soon!

The final tin is decorated with the Greenhouse Gala Designer Series paper.  I really love how bright and cheery the inside of this one turned out!  I used the Friends Never Fade stamp set that coordinates beautifully with the Greenhouse Gala paper, can you tell that I really like this paper? LOL...

I hope to share more with you soon!

Charlotte

Recess! School is almost out and it is time to play!

School is almost out for the Summer Break and I am excited to share one of the teachers gifts I made up for Tommy's Speech teacher! When we moved from Colorado last Summer I was really worried about Tommy starting at a new school. But I was so excited when I found out that a previous customer and friend would be his Speech Therapist at school! What a blessing she has been to our family this school year! I am just praying that she will be at our school next year to continue working with Tommy and his little sister Paige who is starting Kindergarten! Hmm... what will I be doing alot more of this Fall? Stamping of course!

So I created this fun little scene using the new stamp set Recess from the Summer Mini Catalog! I really love all the techniques you can do with the brayer! It is especially fun to create landscapes and backgrounds to stamp on!  On this card I brayered the background with Marina Mist in the sky and Garden Green for the ground.  I took the tree from the Nature Silhouettes stamp set in the big Stampin'Up! catalog.  I chose the sentiment from Full of Life, also found in the Big Cattie ;)  Other products I used:  

• 119882  Scallop Edge border punch
• 120906  2 1/2" Circle punch
• Whisper White Cardstock
• Real Red CS, ink pad, marker
• Marina Mist CS, ink pad
• Chocolate Chip CS, ink pad, marker
• Daffodil Delight CS, ink pad, marker
• Blender pen
• Brayer

The next Teachers Gift I made was this Notebook Tin on the left.  I really love the sentiment that I stamped from the Word Play stamp set, "Go confidently in the direction of your dreams"! Love that! I used Greenhouse Gala Designer Series Paper, Baja Breeze cardstock and ink to decorate this tin, along with the coordinating stamp set Friends Never Fade, found in the Big Catalog.

On the inside of the Notebook Tin is a notepad, pen and storage for little notes, coupons, postage stamps, etc.  I really love how this project turned out.

Last but certainly not least is the adorable hand santizer I made! I used a retired stamp set for the A+ and the apples stamped across the bottom.  I used the following supplies:

• Real Red cardstock, ink pad, marker                              
• Garden Green cardstock, ink pad, marker                      
• Whisper White cardstock                                              
• 119275  Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border punch               
• 119861 1-1/4" Circle punch                                           
• 119860  1-3/8" Circle punch

If you are interested in purchasing any of the above products, please contact me directly by email: stamptramp@hotmail.com or purchase online at: http://www.cmhollingsworth.stampinup.net/

Have a great Tuesday!

Charlotte

aka Stamptramp

Sunny Fun with Fish Frenzy card

Here is a cute little card that I made with some awesome new stamps from the new Summer Mini catalog!  Here's what I used:

Sunny Fun stamp set 123040- wood mount or 123042- clear mount

Fish Frenzy jumbo wheeel 123105

Not Quite Navy cardstock

Pumpkin Pie cardstock

Bashful Blue cardstock

Black Craft ink pad

Clear Embossing Powder

Watercolor crayons

Aqua painter

Word Window punch

White Craft Ink pad

Stampin' Pastels

Paper Piercer

Marina Mist Ribbon

Scallop Border punch

Sponge

I really love how this card turned out! I made 18 for a swap and now I am going to make a few more to send out to some of my new stampin' friends!

~Charlotte

Daddys Girl Canvas

Wow, I had too much fun making this canvas of my dear hubby and sweetheart daughter!  Fred took Paige to the Daddy Daughter Dance a few months ago and I finally finished up the canvas to share with you and hang up in Paige's room ;)

~Charlotte

Square Lattice Shamrock card

This was quick and easy card to make today! First I punched out 14 small hearts in Garden Green cardstock, 2 of those were used for stem pieces. I stamped the Lucky Shamrock stamp from the 2011 Occasions Mini catalog with Garden Green Classic Ink onto Whisper White cardstock and punched it out with the 1 3/4" Circle punch and layered it on a 2 3/8" Scallop circle punch. I used snail to adhere it to the Whisper White and ran it through my Big Shot with the Square Lattice Embossing Folder.  This smashes everything into a beautiful thin layer, a really cool effect! Then I adhered it onto a Garden Green card base.  It took less than 5 minutes to make!

~Charlotte

Sweet Treats Cup Card and Candy Bars

I sure had alot of fun making this little treat! The hardest part was figuring out how to get the candy to dispense out of the treat cup so you could get to it! Here is where I found out how:

http://inkingidaho.blogspot.com/2009/09/sweet-treat-cup-with-sliding-door.html

Here is what I used:

120780 Sweethart stamp set clear mount

119883 Full Heart punch

120435 Heart Treat cups

119864 Round Tab punch

118402 Scallop Trim border punch

119260 1/8" Pretty In Pink Taffeta ribbon

119685 Cherry Cobbler cardstock

119669 Cherry Cobbler Classic inkpad

101650 Very Vanilla cardstock

100459 Pretty In Pink cardstock

This prettied up candy bar is another treat we made in the Sweet Treats class. I used a bunch of goodies out of the Occasions Mini.              

122000 Baby Blossoms clear mount set

121782 Springtime Vintage Designer Series Paper

121879 Vintage Flower Adornments (Rose Red rose)

121884 1/2" Rose Red Seam Binding Ribbon

119795 Pear Pizzaz cardstock

119784 Pear Pizzaz Classic inkpad

I hope you enjoy my projects, I love to share them with you!

~Charlotte

Build a Blossom Butterfly Card ~ Leadership 2011 Swap Card

Hello Stampin' friends!  I have been in my happy place creating again!  I really love the NEW Framed Tulips Embossing Folder from the Occasions Mini Catalog.  It is so much fun to create your own "framed" little piece of artwork!

So first, I used the the NEW Build a Blossom stamp set, stamping the flower petals and butterfly wings in a plastic stamp storage box with just enough bleach to cover the top surface of the stamp. You will want to put a folded paper towel in the bottom of the plastic container to keep from having too much bleach on your stamp that might cause your image to run. When the image is dry it will change colors. I recommend trying the bleach out in advance on some scraps until you figure out your what color combination you like.  After it was completely dry I used the NEW Blossoms Petals Punch to punch out the different pieces.  To make the middle of the flower I wrapped some Daffodil Delight Pompom Trim around itself and stuck it down with a dimensional.  Can you guess how I made the butterfly body? Check the pictures below!

So I took a scrap of Chocolate Chip cardstock and punched out this little bat friend and chopped off his wings with my paper snips, turning him into a butterfly body!  This card was so much fun to make! I wasn't able to go to Leadership this week in Nashville so one of my demo friends took it down to swap some for me.  I am really looking forward to what she will bring home from swapping and Momento Mall!

I hope to have more to share with you soon!

~Charlotte

It's a Pony Party Birthday Card!

How much fun did I have this morning making this little piece of artwork for my little girl to take to her friend's birthday party today? Alot! My little girl, Paige, loves the My Little Ponies, so I let her help pick the colors for the pony and then we built the card around that. The Pony Party stamp set is really cool because it comes with wings for a pegasus, a horn for a unicorn, and tons of little "cutie marks" to choose from for it's little rump!  I stamped a second wing and colored it in and popped it up for a little more dimension. Of course a flying pony must be in action in the sky, so I sponged some Marina Mist around my clouds! I snailed together 3 Scallop Circles from the punch  to do that. I also really wanted to use the new Pompom Trim in Daffodil Delight from the NEW Occasion Mini catalog (Check out the link on the right, click and see all of the new, must have beautiful items in there!) I also used the NEW Framed Tulips Textured Impressions Embossing Folder from the Occasions Mini to "frame" my little piece of artwork! Last but not least I added a little bit of bling in the form of the self adhesive rhinestones!  Paige has another birthday gift to drop off, both parties were at the same time... so we are making another special pony card for her other little friend! Now that I have rambled on... I will list what I used to make this sweet little piece of art:

115217 - Pony Party (wood mount) $20.95
120015 - Pony Party (clear mount) $15.95
100730 - Whisper White cardstock
121074 - Melon Mambo marker $3.50
115320 - Melon Mambo cardstock $6.95
119677 - Daffodil Delight marker $3.50
120974 - Tangerine Tango marker $3.50
111349 - Tangerine Tango cardstock $6.95
119668 - Marina Mist ink pad $5.95
101406 - Black Stazon pad $7.95
119246 - Rhinestone jewels $4.95
121809 - Framed Tulips Embossing Folder $7.95 *
121885 - Daffodil Delight Pompom Trim $6.50 *


* items from the NEW Occasions Mini Catalog available NOW!

I hope you got a little inspiration to go out and stamp something today! 

Thanks for stopping by!
Charlotte