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Bloggers Challenge – Alter it!

It is Friday and time for another Bloggers Challenge!  The theme this week is Alter it!  Well…I think everyone knows this is one of my favorite themes.  I’ve been holding off on sharing these until this week.

At the Stampin’ Up! Convention, they showed how to make beautiful magnet boards showcasing our gorgeous Designer Paper!  After Convention, our group does a Round Up meeting and shows the other members in our downlines what we learned at Convention.  I focused on this project and made the following magnet boards for my home.

The first one uses one of the Large On Board Book Basics that I painted with Chalkboard Paint.  This is available at your local hardware store in the spray paint area.  It is in a pint sized can, but inside a box if you are looking for it.  Runs about $21.  It took 2 coats to get covered and you need to have them shake it and use it right away, or spend some time stirring up the magnetic particles from the bottom settling of the can. 

I stamped some Game Day images on Whisper White and cut them to 1" size, then adhered them to Scallop Square punches.  There is a strong magent on the back of each of them.  I cut the Let’s Play with the Big Shot and Stampin’ Up!’s exclusive Timeless Type dies and Real Red Cardstock.  I added a strip of Jackpot Designer Paper, layered on So Saffron cardstock along the left side and some 5/8 Real Red Grosgrain Ribbon.  I used my Crop-A-Dile to punch two holes in the top of the decorated On Board and added additional 5/8 Real Red Grosgrain Ribbon for a hanger.  The back is also covered with Jackpot Designer Paper.  Wouldn’t this be great to put a note on reminding everyone of the time for Game Night or your sports schedule?

The second one, I actually found a square 9×9 metal sign that was flat on the front.  I rounded the corners and used Sticky Strip to adhere the Tall Tales Designer Paper to the front.  Can you see the animal magnets?  I cut out the animal/tree images from the Tall Tales Designer Paper pattern and laminated them to keep them from getting torn.  Then I placed a heavy magnet on the back with Crystal Effects.  I added some magnets to the back of a couple Designer Buttons, too.  The sign already had hangers on the back, so I tied on the 1" Rose Red Double-Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon to them to make the hanger.  Wouldn’t this be cute in a kid’s room? 

Those are my two altered projects for this week!  Hope you like them!

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Game Night again!

Oops…can you believe I forgot to post this morning?  I usually have a routine and prepare it first thing.  I don’t know what I did different, just didn’t get around to having it done before I left on my errands this morning.  Oh well, better late than never, right?  I guess I could have just SKIPPED today…nahhhh….

Here is another Game Night card…it was one of the prototypes I worked on to make my Control Freaks swap.  I don’t know why, it just didn’t "float my boat".  I think I don’t like the placement of the words on it.  But…other than that, it is pretty similar to the one I did do. (Check back HERE if you missed it!)  Since I describe that one, I’ll just list the supplies here.

Have a great evening!

Stamps:  Game Night, Family Phrases
C/S:  Kiwi Kiss, Basic Black, Riding Hood Red, Pacific Point, Whisper White,
  KK, PP and RHR Designer Paper
Inks:  Basic Black, Kiwi Kiss, Riding Hood Red, Pacific Point
Other:  1 3/8 and Scallop circle punches, 1/4 circle punch

Game Night

This card is the original thought I had when I purchased Game Night on my demo preorder.  I thought it would make an awesome invitation for Bunco using the calendar with the date highlighted.  I ended up not using it for my Control Freaks swap, but instead made up a few for a mini organized swap I did at Leadership. 

I printed off some calendar pages, then stamped the flower from Short & Sweet over the date.  I stamped Game Night in Basic Black on Real Red and punched it with the My Way punch.  The die I stamped with Craft Real Red and Craft So Saffron, then embossed them with clear embossing powder to make them shiny.  I punched with the 1 3/8 circle, then matted with the Scallop Circle punch in Basic Black and popped it up with dimensionals.  I cut a strip of the dice designer paper from Jackpot and layered it onto Real Red.  I covered the seam with the Red striped ribbon.  Bunco was cut with my Big Shot using the Go Go Boots die…what a fun font! 

Trivia for you…there are two correct ways to spell the name of this game…Bunco or Bunko.  I was in several groups when I lived in Canton…unfortunately, I haven’t found a group down here in Dublin that plays regularly.  It is a fun, mindless throwing dice game that allows you to talk and play at the same time.  Loads of fun!

Stamps:  Stampin’ Up! Game Night, Short & Sweet
C/S:  So Saffron, Basic Black, Real Red, Whisper White, Jackpot DSP
Inks:  Basic Black, Craft Real Red, Craft So Saffron
Other:  Clear Embossing Powder, 1 3/8 and Scallop Circle Punch, My Way punch, Go Go Boots Sizzix Die set, dimensionals

Game Night – DCBD Color 110

I’m finally glad to be getting back into a routine I’ve been out of since before the holidays!  One of the things I’ve missed doing is the Diva Coffee Break Designer challenges.  This week’s challenge was to use the color combination of Riding Hood Red, Very Vanilla, Kraft and Close to Cocoa.  Close to Cocoa isn’t  really a poker chip color in real life, but I still liked how this turned out!

Thanks to Annette for the inspiration on what to use for the center of a poker chip.  I used the circle stamp in Think Happy Thoughts.  (Annette used one of the circles in Big Flowers.)  As I mentioned before, I was confused on why Stampin’ Up! didn’t include a poker chip in the set, but did on the Jackpot Designer Paper…now I can make them up in any color I want!

This card started with a base of Riding Hood Red, then a layer of Kraft cardstock.  I added a 2" strip of Jackpot Designer Paper and a strip of Riding Hood Red that I punched with the scallop edge punch.  The Poker Chip is the bottom of the basket die from Basket & Blooms and I cut one out of Very Vanilla and Close to Cocoa.  I stamped Big Winner in Close to Cocoa on Very Vanilla, then trimmed the edge to a pennant shape with my Photo Corner punch.  I think this would make a great masculine birthday card!

It is SNOWING big time here.  Guess I need to get out there and run the snow blower.  I have to run to the post office, too.  Yuk!

Check out the rest of the DCBD challenge cards this week!

Selene Kempton
Dannie Graves
Chris Austin
Dee Tollaksen
Heidi Michel
Julie Semones
Kristen Moore
Lisa Freeman
 

EDIT:  OK…the Close to Cocoa chip bugged me so I made another one with the Black Poker Chip…I like it better!  I did do a little research online and I guess poker chips do come in ALL colors!

I’m back!

Yes!  I’m back from Leadership.  I came home Sunday afternoon and really needed yesterday to catch up on laundry and the house, so I tried to stay off the computer.

Regarding Leadership, all I can say is WOW!  I love the smaller size and intimacy of Leadership and I heard so many great ideas.  Of course, the new catalog is awesome!  I already have a full page list of things I want!  I’m hoping that the tracking is correct and my catalogs will be here tomorrow (or Wednesday at latest!)  I’ll be sure to email all those that preordered as soon as they appearl

I wish I could show you some of the awesome things we saw in the catalog…but we aren’t allowed to show display boards, etc, until the catalog goes live…so…you’ll need to wait another week.  However, I can show you one of the swap cards I made.

A couple of my fellow Control Freaks and I got together for dinner (hi Julie, Liz and Annette!) and did a mini swap.  We made 4 cards for each of the others.  I loved doing this last year and those swaps were some of my favorites…this year is the same!

So, here is card #1…be watching over the next few days for the rest, plus the cute little box I put them in.  I’ll be doing the box tutorial later this week.  I ordered Game Night right away because of the dice.  Then when I received it, I was kind of stumped on what I wanted to do with it.  I was using this set for my Control Freaks swap, so here is one of the cards I made while working on that swap.  I decided to use it for my SSUS group swap at Leadership and for my Swappers 4 group instead of the Control Freaks.

I started with a base of Basic Black, then layered So Saffron.  I cut a 4×4 piece of the Jackpot Designer Paper.  I love the poker chips, but they didn’t include a poker chip stamp.  So, I used the bottom of the Basket & Blooms die and made my own poker chip out of black!  On that I layered the 1 3/4 Real Red circle punch and then the game piece stamped in red on Glossy White cardstock and punched with the 1 3/8" circle punch.  I added Real Red 5/8 grosgrain ribbon to separate the DSP from the cardstock, and stamped Big Winner in Basic Black on the bottom right, adding a couple gold mini brads under it. 

What do you think?  Leave me a comment…would love to hear from you!  Got to run get ready for class tonight!  Yikes!  I know what I’m doing, but haven’t started cutting paper yet.