April Wacky Watercooler Hop

Time for another Wacky Watercooler Hop!

Don't you love it!

You have likely arrived from Stephanie's blog.

She presented such a wonderful projects!

 If you want to back up, click this button to go backwards.

 

So... there are lots of samples using the Circle Treat Cups

(p 160) to hold snacks.  I pulled mine out but didn't

have M&Ms (if I did, they'd be eaten before they made

it to the treat cup!).  I kept looking at it and thought that

it would make a perfect straw hat.  My Dad liked to wear straw

hats, so this is kind of a tribute to him.   These hats can't

be put in the mail, but they sure are addictive to make!

 I messed with the 1-1/4 inch Burlap Ribbon on 

page 37 of the Celebrations Mini.  I could lay a 3"

strip across the top of the hat, but had uncovered spots

on either side.  I ended up adding small pieces of the

Burlap Ribbon and the top of the straw hat was complete.

(Note:  You need to use Sticky Strip adhesive)

For the brim, I just cut 2 circles of Crumb Cake,

using the 3" Bigz Circle Die.

Punch a 1-3/4" circle out of 1 of the Crumb Cake

pieces.  Run them both through a Square Lattice

Embossing Folder, inked with VersaMark on both sides,

(to give a textured straw-hat look) and you

have a dandy straw hat.  Insert the treat cup through

the 1-3/4" hole and glue the 2 Crumb Cake circles together.

 I added some 3/8" Raspberry Ripple Ribbon around the 

crown of the hat, to camouflage some of the adhesive.

   The "look" was completed with flowers, punched

out with the Boho Blossoms punch (p 183),

 Set: Really Good Greetings

You could also adhere natural trim ribbon, or

washi tape around the straw hat crown, to

change it up or make it more masculine.

Please look for more samples of "straw hats" in

my upcoming posts!

   My second concept is a penny spinner card.

You don't have to make it a spinner card, 

as you can simply glue the butterfly in place.

The surprise is that it uses the "throw-away" portion of

the Spiral Flower Originals Die (p 32 in the Occasions).

The inner portion of the spiral is covered with

a 3 inch circle of DSP or card stock,

cut with the 3" Bigz Circle Die. 

I used the sentiment from the Kind & Cozy set

to complete the card.

The DSP used came from the This and That Epic Day pack. 

Thank you so much for stopping by jackotterstamp,

to see my hop projects.

Now hop to the next blog, to see Debbie's delightful creations.
You don't want to miss her little bees, either!

Or hop to the Home Page for the list of all 11 "hoppers".

  

 

March Wacky Watercooler Hop

Welcome to our March Wacky Watercooler Blog Hop!

I know that you enjoyed looking at  
Deborah's delightful hop projects.
Didn't she do a great job!  If you missed her site, please
hop on back so that you can see her samples.

I have a couple of projects, including a set of directions,

for your hopping pleasure!

I decided to try using Spiral Flower Originals Die,

 for another different purposes.  In this example, it forms 

a card closure.  One suggestion: I doubled the Spiral Flower,

 because of the "stress" on the element, esp after

it was embossed with the Woodgrain Embossing Folder.

Otherwise, it is too flimsy to act as a closure.

Set:  Chalk Talk

Colors:  Very Vanilla, Early Espresso, Old Olive,

Epic Day This and That Designer Series Paper

Other:  Woodgrain Embossing Folder,

Spiral Flower Originals Die

 

Here is a view with the card partially open.

 My next project is a technique that I saw years ago,
but have not seen on the internet.  This is a 4x6 cello bag  (p 160)
(cut down to 4x4), attached to the front of a gift bag.
It makes for easy goody bags, as you can quickly drop a card or
tag into the cello bag.  It's another way to decorate
a gift bag, but really lends itself to mass production.


Set:  Simply Celebrate (p 30 of the Occasions Mini)
Colors:  Whisper White, Crisp Cantalope,
2013-2015 In-Color Designer Series Paper Stack
Other:  White Embossing Powder, Rhinestones,
Tag a Bag Gift Bags (p 158)
4x6 Cellophane Bags

You can also use the same technique to decorate
store-bought bags.  In this sample, I used Lovely As a Tree
with the Simply Celebrate Set stamped in Metallic Gold.

 

 My final project is a "Rose Purse-Box", again featuring
the Spiral Flower Original Die.  This is a good sized
box, with room for 4-6 nuggets or several Reeses Cups.
I mean really, it's a waste of effort if a box only
has room for one chocolate!!

Products:  Core'dinations Paper (Gumball Green
and Primrose Petals), Very Vanilla c/s,
Beautifully Baroque Embossing Folder,
Ovals Collection Framelits Dies,
Spiral Flower Originals Die (p 32 in Occasions),
Antique Brads (p 170), Bone Folder, Stampin Sponge,
Tombo Multipurpose, Glue Gun

Directions:
1.  Score 9x9 c/s or paper at 3" and 6" on both sides.
You can change the dimensions of this box, as long as
the square is divisible by 3.

2. To form corners, squeeze 2 center panels together,
forcing a diagonal score in the corner,
pointing towards the inside of the box.
Repeat at each corner.

3. Use Tombo to glue the corner points together,
and then fold 2 corners into each (opposite) end of the box.
You want the corners positioned at opposite ends 
of the box, so that the sides will remain 1 layer thick,
so that they easily fold inwards when you close the box. 

  
4. For the box flap/closure, take a piece of c/s or DSP
approximately 3x6 inches.  Position it in the 
Scallop Tag Topper Punch as shown below,
wiggling it to force the strip into the punch opening.

5. The resulting punched end will have straight edges,
where the width of the card stock exceeded the punch size.
In order to round out these straight edges, position
the 4th oval framelit from the Ovals Collection Framelits
as shown and run only the forward portion of this
strip through your Big Shot (back it out after the end is cut).

6.  Emboss the top flap as desired.  I used the 
Beautifully Baroque Embossing Folder to add
texture to my Core'Dinations flap.
I then sanded the paper with Stampin Sanding System (p 157).
In the photo below, you can see how the
box sides "fold" in when the box is closed.

7.  I wound TWO vanilla c/s Spiral Flowers together, 
to ensure fullness.  They were initially
"softened" with a Bone Folder and then sponged
with Primrose Petals ink.
I cut the prongs off of an Antique Brad and used a
dimensional to fasten it inside of the rose.

 8.  I used velcro for the Rose Box closure.
The photo above shows the ample space within
for your stash of Chocolate... yum, YUM

So I hope that you enjoy my projects.

Now hop on over to Susan's blog.
She does a spectacular job and I 
know that you will enjoy her amazing projects!


Or hop to our Home Page to go through sites
as you wish.

 

Flower Shop Post-it Holder

This is a very quick post-it note holder that my

club will be doing at their first new catty meeting.

I want them to have the ability to take notes on 

projects we make this year!

Colors: Early Espresso, Island Indigo, 

Soho Subway DSP

Set:  Flower Shop

Other:  Simply Pressed Clay, Buttons and Blossoms

 Clay Mold, Simply Scored

Scoring Tool,  Pansy Punch

Here is the opened version.  The holder measures

8 x 3 1/2 inches

It is scored at 2, 2 3/8, 5 1/2 and 5 7/8

 

Christmas Box

Sorry that I haven't offered up any new projects recently.

I've been busy getting the house ready for some painting.

I enjoy simple projects, that pack a punch.  This is

an easy little box to make using your Simply Scored

and Diagonal Score Tools.  I don't have a picture

of the scoring directions at the moment...

This box uses the Cobbler Core'dinations

Card Stock and Candlelight Christmas Specialty DSP.
The front edge of the "lid" was cut/shaped with the
Labels Collection Framelit.

This is a side view of the box, which has a

Brad and Linen Thread closure.

Gift Box

The new  Holiday Mini is almost here!

 Check out the new gift boxes on page 15.  

This box is a great size, perfect for cookies,

candy or a small gift.  It is VERY sturdy.

 

I covered this box with Berry Blossoms DSP

(found on page 184) and Lucky Limeade card stock.

The "lollies" on top of the gift box were made with

the NEW Simply Scored scoring tool found on 

page 6-7 of the Holiday Mini.  A Printed In-Color

brad completes the center of the lollie.

Tombo Multi Purpose adhesive and Sticky

Strip are needed to secure the lollies.

Jackie 

 

SU Fabric Purses

 

I make purses for myself and have been thinking about using my Stampin' Up!

Deck the Halls Designer Fabric.

Here's my project.   The black base is a little too muted for me, but it

was the best I could do.  Hard to find a background fabric that went with 

the patterns.  Hope that you like it.

Jackie

Waffle Paper Clutch

This clutch features the Waffle Paper (page 8) and Silver Tinsel Trim

(page 21) from the Holiday Mini.

The "fastening" is made by punching the new Decorative Label punch out
 of  Silver card stock.  Gold card stock was stamped and punched with a
1 inch circle punch.  Finally, Glimmer Basics Glimmer Grads were
added for a little more "glitz".

Jackie

Big Shot Rag Bag

Sorry I've been quiet.  I've been working on this Rag Bag.

I cut out Scalloped Squares of fabric with my Big Shot.

Then sewed them  together, with the edges out to form the bag.

The zipper was the hardest part. Typically, people just leave the top open.

I used retired SU ribbon for the strap.

I hope that you like it.

Jackie

SAB HOME Banner.

 

Now this is a FUN little project that was inspired by the 

AMAZING Mary Brown.  Mary likes to cut things out.  I DO NOT.

Marys' sample involved stamping and cutting out images from the 

Good Neighbors  SAB stamp set.  In my example, I "cheated"

and used the Welcome Neighbor SAB Designer Series Paper Pack.

First, I used the Big Shot to process some components.  The Scallop Square Die

(page 199) was used to cut out 8 black scalloped squares.  The Serif Essentials

(page 199) alphabet dies were used to cut out the letters 

H, O, M, E in black card stock.  

Next, I selected strips of houses from the Welcome Neighbor SAB 

paper pack (Page 7 of the SAB mini).  I then selected background papers

to go with each strip of houses.  The houses were layered on the background.

I then added the large letters.  The only thing that I cut out were the clouds, which

were layered around the letters.

Each "page" was then layered on a black scallop square.

Medium Window Sheets (page 158) were scored and attached to

the back of each scallop, so that the set of scallop squares would stand

on it's own (valley and mountain folds were alternated).

Another black scallop square was then attached to the back of each 

"page", to cover the window sheet edges.

Thank you Mary, for the inspiration!

Jackie

Big Shot Double Milk

I very much enjoy the new Big Shot Mini Milk Carton Bigz L Die.

This Die fits on a "regular" piece of card stock, rather than requiring

use of 12 inch card stock.

In this example, the card stock colors include Pretty in Pink, Chocolate Chip

and DP from the Sweet Pea Pack.   I cut out 2 milk cartons and used

Tombo MultiPurpose adhesive to glue them together at the bottom.

Additional card stock, trimmed with the Scallop Edge border punch, was

wrapped around these conjoined milk cartons, to strengthen this bond.

The DP was added around the center and to close each milk carton.

A tag was attached to 5/8 inch Chocolate Chip grosgrain ribbon.

This again, came together rather quickly and is a fun gift idea.

Jackie

Beautiful Butterflies Mini Notebook

 

This is a fast, fun little gift project, using the Big Shot

Beautiful Butterflies Die.  Just cut front and back covers, 

and Designer Series Paper (Bella Bleu in this example).

 Glue the DP to the cover (and inside if you want to)

and wrap a ribbon around to form the butterfly body.

 

Cut out notebook paper with the Beautiful Butterflies

Die and Big Shot.    Punch through all the layers with 

your Crop-A-Dial.   Put a ring through the hole and you're done.

If you want to put the first initial of the person you are gifting
the notepad to, it makes it a personalized gift.

This really is a very fast little project!

Jackie

Sweet Pea Things I Love

This is a quick treat back, using So Saffron and Sweet Pea

paper.   The chocolate image from the Things I Love set

was stamped as a background and a main image.  

Punches included the Large Fancy Flower (from the Occasions Mini), 

1 inch circle,   1 3/4 inch circle,  small oval and Scallop Edge.

Jackie

On Board Heart Basket

A demonstrator by the name of Aimee Gandara published a heart

basket on her blog.   This is my version.

The back and front heart portions of this basket

are made out of the On Board Heart

Book on page 34 of the Occasions Mini.  I cut a piece off the bottom

of each heart and then covered them with designer series paper from

the SAB paper pack.  I made a small box to hold the 2 hearts together

and form the basket.  The handle and one heart, are made out of

Sending Love Designer Series Paper.  The Full Heart Punch and

Big Shot Scalloped Heart of Hearts Embosslits (page 15) were

used to cut out the hearts.  The sentiment is from the Level 1 hostess

set, Picture This, and trimmed out with a Chocolate Chip Epoxy Brad

(page 13).   The Pinking Heart Border Punch was layered beneath

Real Red Wide Grosgrain.

This basket will actually hold card or candy (or other

treats that you come up with)!

Jackie

Valentine Altoids

I believe in recycling whenever possible and have

been saving Altoids containers for a project.

This  Altoids container is dressed up for Valentines.

Sending Love Specialty Designer paper was used to decorate the cover.

Chocolate Chip card stock with Pink Tafetta ribbon and

 a Corduroy button were combined to form a band around

the container.  2 Hearts from the Timeless Type

Alphabet Junior were run through the Big Shot, to complete the band.

"Love", from Vintage Vogue (Occasions Mini) was stamped

on the inner Pretty In Pink heart.

 

When you open the container, it is filled with Big Shot

Scalloped Heart of Hearts, with Valentine wishes and praises,
written on attached Full Heart punched hearts.

It is a fun, fast way to surprise your Valentine Sweetie.

Jackie

Big Shot Milk Carton

This is another REALLY EXCELLENT new product on

page 23 of the Occasions Mini.

I love this little milk carton!  I placed the Tombo adhesive in the shot

because it gives you a perspective on the size of this Big Shot design.  This

die, by the way, does NOT require use of the extended cutting pads!

For the milk carton on the right, I used Soft Suede card sock and

Thoroughly Modern Designer Paper (LOVE THIS DP).  The

Brushed Gold heart was cut out with a die from

the Big Shot Timeless Type Alphabet Junior (page 197).

The smaller heart is from the Heart to Heart punch on page 187.

Did you notice the little rhinestone on the heart?  That rhinestone

comes from the Eggcellent Eggs Kit on page 23 of the Occasions Mini.

This kit is NOT just for decorating eggs.  It has DP, flowers, rub-ons AND

the lovely rhinestones, making it a nice packet of products for

all kinds of projects.   PLEASE NOTE:  SU indicates that they

have a limited number of this Eggcellent Eggs kit,

so first come, first served.

I hope you are enjoying your first weekend of 2010!

Take a little time for some stampin!

Jackie

Ornament Punch Bag

This is a CASE (Copy And Steal Everything) of a treat bag presented by

Traci Gentry.  It is made out of the Christmas Cocoa Specialty

Designer Paper and the Ornament Punch, both featured in the Winter Mini.

A Cello bag, filled with "goodies" was attached inside the bag. 

It is a VERY quick gift idea!

Jackie

Vintage Ornaments !

It's easy to create a unique gift, by modifying store-bought

items with your stamping products.

This is a modified notebook Christmas Gift, made with the Vintage

Ornament Stencils on page 29 of the Definitely Decorative Brochure.

Mellow Moss, Bravo Burgundy and Champaign Shimmer paint

were simply sponged over the stencils.  Add some Mellow

Moss Taffeta ribbon and the look is complete.

REMEMBER THE BIG SHOT SPECIAL

DESCRIBED BELOW!!

Jackie

Christmas Cocoa Cigar box

I enjoy making little gift boxes and bags.  It's kind of a

"brain stimulation thing".   I LOVE cigar boxes and the Christmas Cocoa

paper, so decided to combine the 2.

 

Basically,  I made a box that is 3 1/2 square and 1 inch deep.

I then wrapped a piece of basic gray card stock around the box, scoring it at

2 places at the 'back' of the box.   I attached the  gray taffeta ribbon with

sticky strip and then attached the box to the card stock.  I decorated with

Christmas Cocoa Designer Series paper and the box was done.

My next post will reveal the items I made to put inside the box!

Jackie