Dannie's Designs

May Stamp Class

I worked late last night finishing up my samples for my May stamp class.   I wanted to incorporate scrapbooking in honor of national scrapbook month.  I also wanted to use chipboard because it's on sale starting May 1st (spend $35 on Stampin' Up! products and get 25 percent off any On Board items from the Spring-Summer Collection).   So I made these chipboard, scrapbook wall hangings.



This idea was originally shared at Stampin' Up!'s leadership training in January.  It was so cute that I had to give it a try.  Each of these wall hangings measures 7 1/2" wide and 20 1/2" tall (measuring from the knot in the ribbon to the bottom of the last piece of chipboard).  Class details...

When:  Wednesday, May 14th at 7pm
Where: My House
Who: You and your friends.  If you live too far away to attend you can take this class through the mail.  **If you're a SU! demonstrator, see below for more details.
What: You pick if you'd like to make the boy wall hanging OR the girl wall hanging.
Cost: $25 each (plus postage if needed).  You can choose to make both wall hangings, but the cost of the class only covers ONE wall hanging.
Registration Deadline: Friday, May 9th

Email me (DannieGrvs@hotmail.com) to register and for more detailed information about the class.

**Stampin' Up! demonstrators--If this is a class you'd like to offer to your customers, you can purchase a class planning kit for $15 from me (available May 1st).  It will include detailed information, directions, and pictures so you can recreate this class for your customers.  Email me for more details.

Oakland Make-n-takes part 2

As I mentioned in my post this past Saturday, there were a couple more make-n-takes that we did at the Oakland regional.  I finished putting my scrapbook pages together and have those to show you.



Here's a 6x6 scrapbook page that uses the "Live Your Dream" stamp set from the Occasions mini catalog.  It's such a quick, simple layout and this page went together really quickly. 

I know I should have pictures on my scrapbook pages, but I'm one of those protective moms who can't stand the idea of her children's pictures on the internet.  I just can't do it! 



Here's the 12x12 page we made.  Again, another simple layout.  There are a few things about the page that I want to show you.



We embossed the little dots around the Wild Wasabi square using a crop-a-dial. 



We also embossed the little photo corner.  I think it's so cute.  Here's how we lined it all up.



With the paper piercing template!  We used the medium sized holes in the section that says "for small eyelet placement."  Simply set your crop-a-dial to the A1 setting and emboss through the holes like this....



Just be sure not to squeeze too hard (yes I'm speaking from experience) or you'll make holes in your cardstock.  I know that's not a very good photo, but I took that picture myself.  It's the best I could do with one hand holding the camera. 

For the photo corner, I embossed the 5 dots and then turned my photo corner punch upside down, lined it up and then punched it out.

There is one more card that we made, but I'll have to post that later.  It needs a tutorial on how to fold it to get the pocket inside.  So I'll work on that and post it at a later date.

6x6 Page
Stamps: Live Your Dream
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Groovy Guava, Soft Sky, Very Vanilla, Afternoon Tea DSP
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Groovy Guava
Accessories: Groovy Guava Double Stitched Ribbon, Aged Copper Hodgepodge Hardware, Dimensionals
Punches: Corner Rounder, Circle (1 1/4" and 1 3/8")

12x12 Page
Stamps: So Much, Big Deal Alphabet
Paper: Kraft, Real Red, Soft Sky, So Saffron, Wild Wasabi
Ink: Basic Gray, Wild Wasabi, White Stazon, Versamark
Accessories: Linen Thread, So Saffron Button, Dimensionals, Crafters' Tool Kit, Crop-a-dial
Punches: Photo Corner

Leadership Make-n-Take Directions

I posted my leadership make-n-takes last week (click here to see the post), but I have a couple of things to add as well as directions for one of the cards.  First is my scrapbook page.  I thought it looked a little bare without a photo on it and the star just floating on the page.  Here it is again with a photo.

That looks much better!  I also mentioned that it was glued onto chipboard.  What I didn't realize at the time is that it's our new On Board Book Basics chipboard.  Let me tell you...this stuff is THICK (almost an 1/8" thick) and sturdy!!  I will definitely be ordering some of this on my next order.

Here's the card that needs directions.

The base of this card is made from a piece of our new East Coast Prep Designer Series Paper.  Take a piece of the 12" x 12" Wild Wasabi polka dot DSP and cut off a 1" strip.  Cut the strip down to 1" x 10" and set it aside (this is the belly band for the card).  Next you need this piece from our On Board Ginormous Pieces.

Punch out the largest circle from the chipboard and use that to trace a circle on your DSP.  Then cut out the circle. 

Edited to Add:  For those of you who don't have this chipboard, the circle is 8 1/2" across.

I'm using some yellow paper for this tutorial...just pretend like it's the gorgeous DSP from Stampin' Up!

Next you need to score your circle at 3 1/2".  To do this, I took a pencil and marked a heavy line along my 3 1/2" mark on the grid paper from the bottom of the paper to the top.  That way I could see the heavy line at the top after I placed my circle on the grid paper.   Lay your circle on your grid paper making sure to line up the left and bottom sides of the circle with the edges of the grid paper.

Lay your ruler down and line it up with your penciled line on the 3 1/2" mark and score it with your bone folder.  Fold your paper along the score line and rotate it like this...

lining up the folded edge with the bottom of your grid paper.  Now you need to score two more lines just like you did before.  One at 2 1/8" and another at 6 3/8".  Fold it on the new score lines.

Now cut out the two smaller pieces of the circle following the score lines.  When you're done it will look like this.

Fold the bottom flap in first and then the two side flaps.  That's it for the card base.  You don't need any adhesive to hold it together--that's what the belly band is for.

Grab your 1" x 10" strip that you previously cut.  Score it at 1 3/4" and 6".  Fold on the score lines and adhere the ends together making sure the longer side is on top.  Slide the belly band onto your DSP.

The card insert is a 4 1/8" x 4 1/4" piece of More Mustard cardstock.  Punch a hole in the top with your crop-a-dial and set a large eyelet in the hole.  Tie a ribbon through it and that piece is done.

We decorated the belly band with some rub-ons and the Sweet Celebrations stamp set.  Here's a picture of all three pieces of the card together.

This was my favorite card that we made at leadership.  Have fun making one!