LAKESIDE STAMPER

"FAN-tastic" Class...

This is the first of four projects we made at Friday Night's Class. The class had the option of leaving each fan blade separate to use or give as a book-mark. These turned out wonderful and this fan can be made with almost any stamp set. Let me show you the finished project and how it's done.

 We first cut 10 blades from Vary Vanilla Card Stock. I pre-traced the blades, using a template I made. I also gave each attendee a template to use for future fans. You can simply make a template in really any shaped blade as long as it tapers on one end by hand-drawing it onto a piece of cardboard. Cut out the blade and use it to trace onto any Color Card Stock or Designer Series Paper you want  I traced out 10 blades, one for the front and one for the back of each fan blade. The extra stiffness helps and the two pieces work as a good sandwich for the Scallop Circle. On each blade I did the following:

Blade 1. Stamped Elements of Style Stamp Set in Basic Black Craft Ink

                Colored the image with Stampin' Up!  Watercolor Markers

                Punched a 2-3/8" Scallop Circle  out of Regal Rose Card Stock

                Sponged Regal Rose Ink with a Dauber along the blade's edge

 Blade 2: Stamped motif from Elements of Style in Old Olive Ink

 Punched a 2-3/8" Scallop CIrcle out of Old Olive Card Stock

 Sponged Old Olive Ink on edges

Blade 3: Stamped Filigree Block (retired) in Baja Breeze Ink

                 Punched a 2-3/8" Scallop Circle out of Baja Breeze Card Stock

                 Sponged Baja Breeze Ink on edges

Blade 4:  Stamped motif from Friends 24/7 Stamp Set in Perfect Plum Ink

                 Punched a 2-3/8" Scallop Circle out of Perfect Plum Card Stock

                 Sponged Perfect Plum Ink on the edges

Blade 5:  Stamped Serenity Toille Block Stamp (retired) in Basic Black Craft Ink

                 Colored the image with Stampin' Up! Watercolor Markers

                 Punched a 2-3/8" Scallop Circle out of Regal Rose Card Stock

                 Sponged Regal Rose Ink on the edges

I need to warn you when you stamp with your craft ink you need to really let it dry before you use markers to color it. 

I then sandwiched a blank blade, 2-3/8" scallop circle and the stamped blade together. Don't worry if the blades don't match up perfectly because you can trim them down a bit.

To put the fan together I punched a hole with my Crop-A-Dile on each tapered end of each blade. Then using an Antique Brass Jumbo Eyelet I joined all the blades to form a fan. The eyelet just held together all the blades.   

 Through the eyelet I placed a piece of Old Olive 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon with a slip knot.  I think it's called a slip knot. This is a picture of the knot I mean.

Thanks for stopping by!

Stampin' Hugs,

STAMP SETS: Elements of Style (118611) W (120045) C, Serenity Toille (retired0. Friends 24/7 (113218) W, Filigree Block (retired)

PAPER: Regal Rose Card Stock (105130), Old Olive (100702), Baja Breeze (111352), Perfect Plum (101889), Peach Parfait (119794)

INKS: Basic Black Craft (102995), Old Olive (102277), Baja Breeze (111833), Perfect Plum (101437), Peach Parfait (119783)

Extras: 2-3/8" Scallop Circle (118874), Old Olive 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon (119256), Antique Brass Jumbo Eyelet (108431), Crop-A-Dile 9108362)

Bird in a Tiny Frame...

This is the last project we made at Friday's class. I tried for a more vintage look on this small framed bird wall hanging. It's a simple fun process and no two came out the same in the class.

After measuring the frame's opening and adding 1/4" on all four sides, I cut a 2-1/2' x 3-1/2" piece of Bella Bleu Designer Series Paper and proceeded to stamp it with motifs from the Friends 24-7, Rustic Rooster and Priceless Stamp Sets in Baja Breeze and Basic Black Ink. I stamped randomly until I felt the look of the layered images was acceptable without being too busy or over powering. 

I then stamped the bird from Friends 24-7 Stamp Set in Soft Suede, on Very Vanilla Card Stock, colored in the bird and cut the stamped image out. I adhered the bird with dimensionals so it would pop out of the opening.

Here is a close-up of the result. 

Once the stamping was done I cut another 2-1/2" x 3-1/2" piece of Soft Suede Card Stock for the backing. I placed a small plastic loop onto a piece of Baja Breeze Ribbon (retired). Then I adhered the bird image on the back of the frame so that the image showed through the opening. On the back of the image piece, I adhered the ribbon then on top of that the piece of Soft Suede Card Stock. 

I'm pleased with the result and I have my tiny framed bird hanging in my kitchen. The moral of this story is keep your eyes open for small inexpensive frames so, you too can create one of these for your very own.

I'd love to hear from you. Leave me a comment because I would love to know where you are reading from. Let me know what kinds of cards and projects you love and would like to see in the future. Your feedback is important to me. I'm still waiting for your submissions so I can post your hand made card and projects using Stampin' Up! products. I hope I inspired you, because that is my intention.

Make it a great day and thanks for visiting!

HUGS _{& stamps,}

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STAMP SET: Priceless (115052), Friends 24-7 (113218), Rustic Rooster (retired hostess set),

PAPER: Bella Bleu Designer Series (retired), Soft Suede (115318), Baja Breeze (coming July 1), Very Vanilla 101650)

INK: Soft Suede (115657), Basic Black (101179), Baja Breeze (coming July 1)

FINISHING FRILLS: Baja Breeze Ribbon (coming July 1), Small Frame

TOOLS: Dimensinonals (104430), Many Marvelous Markers (105541)