INKin' All Night! with Rhonda

Four More to Go!

Well, it's a marathon here at the computer!  I said I'd try to get them all posted this weekend and I think I'm gonna make it!  ;-)  Here are four more projects that we did on Saturday at our Fall Fest event in Arizona.

These are the turquoise punch box tins, available for a limited time while supplies last for $3.95 each, The item # is 114673.  You can order them by ordering online 24/7 (anyday, anytime) via my website www.rhondamorgan.stampinup.net if you need a few and aren't a fellow demo (get em yer-self!!). 

We did an easy peasy decorate on this one, it is meant to be fancied up once the owner knows what they want to put inside.  You can always add some ribbon, make a paper bow (visit SCS tutorials for directions), tie off a scallop circle tag card, endless possibilities!  Think of the fun things you could stick inside!  And the SU Rainbow Sherbert DSP would be so YUMMY YUMMY, talk about a perfect match!

   

We also made one the Pennant Trees from the XL Pennat Die.  Our version uses 6 of the small pennants, rotating the patterns.  A straight pin and the small star punch to trim the top of the tree.  Add some different size cirlce punches and crystal effects, glitter and decorate away!  We did the "mans job" (ok, the tree is in the house & up, there ya go) at the event and left the "wife & kids duties' (make it pretty) for the at home portion. 

Another one we did was the Treat Box container.  These are adorable and a cute little centerpiece for any table, filled with candies or as we did here, they hold a tea light candle w/mini holder.  Our version is a little bit smaller than the one in the tutorial, available at http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/treat_box/ .  Of course you shouldnt burn that candle while sitting inside a little paper basket but it sure is cute to package one that way!  Our version begins with a 7.5" square of real red cardstock, scored at 2.5" on each side, with DSPs cut to 2.25" for each section.

And another project we did today is the 5 Point 3D Star which features the Big Shot machine and the 5 pt 3D star die cut and crease pad.  We used the Ski Slope DSP and silver brads.  Easy Peasy but looks much cuter in person!  A few of these laying on the table as dimensional centerpieces or tied onto gift packaging or loop a little ribbon through the back and they could hang anywhere in your house or on your tree!  If you aren't sure how to assemble one, my partner in crime Diana already has this tutorial on her blog so I won't be loading those steps here, just visit her site (www.dianagibbs.typepad.com).

 

I also made this one using the blue/bown ski slope paper, just trimmed it off with the darker brads from the vintage brads.  Added an extra one to the center as I didnt mount my pieces with the center tips close enough together, so it was my way to "creatively alter" the project to cover up my boo-boo.

 

Have a GREAT day!  I'm off to make the kids some lunch!  Happy Stamping!
Rhonda

Mini Magazine Holder & Mini Env Cards

This is one of my favorite items of the day!  I saw these adorable Mini Magazine Holders online at various places, a couple that I saved as original inspiration were from "LunarLana" & "Kendra Richardson".  Anyhow through one of their blogs I was able to trace down a jpg photo of the layout through Becky Roberts blog at www.inkingidaho.blogspot.com.  She has a SLEW of samples you should see!  I have recreated her photo's layout and added some additional markings and a few instructions, it is available at the end of this post.  Her jpg photo was free, so is my file and if you use it, please continue to pass it along for FREE.  This size holder fits the mini envelope cards or 3x3 love note sized cards. 

My version is Baja Breeze with the Ski Slope DSP and it uses the Snow Swirled stamp set for some tone on tone stamping, white taffeta ribbon and then they could make whatever mini cards they wanted to go inside the mini envelopes which were cut using the Big Shot machine and SU Mini Envelope die cut.

   

They actually made 4 mini envelopes and tag cards.  My picture with all 4 was blurry so here is an earlier version when there were only 2 done! 

These are ~"2x3" card fronts, layered and embellished however you want, like little tag cards that you could use with any gift you're handing out this holiday season.

 So if you want to give this project a try, you may download the Mini Magazine File here for FREE, keep it free and keep sharing!  Download Mini Magazine Holder

Please link back to my site for my version of the file or directly to her site for her jpg version.  Please do not post my file directly on your blog, thanks for understanding and your cooperation.  I did not photograph the steps as Becky has some tutorial steps already on her blog for you.

Hope you enjoy the projects!  I know these ladies were having fun on Saturday, although they were quite busy!!

Happy Sunday!
Rhonda

Cards Anyone?

We did a series of cards today too!  The inspiration for these began by seeing some doozies by Andrea Walford at www.andreawalford.com and from there I made a couple and then cranked out some designs of my own.  Ya know how that happens, sometimes you sit down to copy and then you start to stray!  She does some beautiful work, so check out her site if you havent already!  Here they are, they all use basically baja breeze, choc chip, little felt flurries, build-a-brads, silver brads, real red and/or choc chip 5/8" grosgrain ribbon and the Ski Slope DSP.  The stamping was kept pretty simple, just tone on tone and white craft for the greetings (or choc) and the layouts are similar (makes for easier cutting of your DSP and cardstock too).

         

Another Acetate, Pillow Box Time!

This litle guy was inspired by none other than Shelli herself, CEO & CoFounder of Stampin' Up!  She did a tv spot a couple of weeks ago and it had wonderful table displays all using one "set up" and basically changing the color scheme for mutliple holidays, featuring just one package of DSP too, same as we used, Ski Slope from the Holiday Mini Catalog.  This acetate pillow box was one of the table favors from her spread.  Visit www.SoShelli.com and you can view the link yourself, cute short video.  Today they made a holiday version, the other samples are just additional displays I had for them to see.  You could fill these with pre-punched flowers, a sampling of our felt fusion flowers, buttons, etc ... great hostess gift!

We also shared how you could stamp on the acetate with the White StazOn ink pad - just give it a few minutes to dry completely before folding and scoring into shape. 

TIP: once you seal your pillow box shut on the side seam, fold in the "full flaps" first as it helps to hold your items inside the pillow box and then fold the "small flaps" in over top last.  This way when you are looking at the front of the pillow box its all pretty (the long seam & top flaps both face the back).  Tie off with some ribbon of your choice to help keep the box shut, then belly band around & decorate!

 

Acetate Gift Box

Here is my version of the Acetate 2-5-7-10 box.  Several of these cutie-patooties are floating around out there in the web world... but I found instructions at Beate's blog, <<ETA direct link to blogpost>>    http://beate.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2008/09/20/really-sweet-snowman/ and they made one today.  We also demo'd how you can dye the white taffeta ribbon with your ink pad (baja or olive shown) and stamping sponge, just for fun!  I also had one on display that had been run through the Big Shot with a CB Emb Folder as well (one on the left).  I had the best luck and price (way better) at the 6th store in my search for the heavyweight acetate - Xpedx Paper Supply.  It is actually called "spiral binding clear cover" and I bought the 7mil thickness, sold in pkgs of 100 sheets, 8.5x11".  They have other thicknesses and sizes, well if you live here they did anyhow!

   

Happy Stamping!
Rhonda

Fun at Fall Fest Event!

Hi!

Well we sure had a FUN time at our Annual AZ Fall Fest event today!  This is a full day of stamping and sharing and swapping!  Kind of like a stamp camp for demonstrators and they can bring their customers too!  One of my downline, Diana, and I have been co-hosting events for years together and I love it because we get to work together and be creative and it provides an outlet for my demonstrator team to both ENJOY a day of stamping as the student and then they also go home prepared and ready to put the day to work in their own businesses where they get to be the TEACHER!  So its a win-win!  And it's fun to get together with our sidelines and fellow local orphaned non sideline demo friends too!  What can beat a long fun filled day of stamping, ... the MARGARITA afterwards!!  ;-)

So here are several of the projects that we did today, I will be uploading them all over the next little bit.  First off I'd like to say that some are original ideas, some are inspired by convention ideas, some are inspired by swaps and what-not, and of course some are inspired by wonderful bloggers out there on the internet that are sharing their artwork and tutorials to spark our own creativity!  So THANKS to many of you.  I will try to give credit to any source of inspiration, at least from where it might have been found or further back to an originator if additional linkage online was able to be tracked. 

Here's a little gem to start off with!  I loved the idea of the BOO pennants that Patty Bennett  at www.pattystamps.com shared after one of her downline meetings, and well let's just say that Halloween was behind me when I sat down to finally make one.  So here's one that I came up with and I've included it in two layout options -- one as a pennant flag and the other as a pennant banner, you decide!

 

   

These smaller pictures are just to give you additional views of the Flag version of the pennant.  It uses 2 of the Lg Snowflake Big Shot die (1 cut in 1/2) and the largest of the Little Felt Flurries (holiday mini) 2 of them cut in 1/2 and the Serif Essentials alpahbet, 1-3/4" circle punch, the scallop circle from the pennant die and the Pennant itself is the large one of the XL die, combination of using white Felt from the craft store and Ski Slope DSP from the Holiday Mini Catalog, oh and white taffeta ribbon (gotta love it!) and the image is from the Jolliest of Holidays stamp set.

Here is the alternate version which they made today at the event - they could really do either, they just needed to buy their own 1/8" dowel if they wanted to finish it with the flag pole!

   

   these smaller photos show you how the ribbons were looped through the 3 standard size eyelets.  this used the same components as above. 

Well, I hope you enjoyed the first of several projects!  I think I am going to load them one project at a time!

Enjoy, come back for more!
Rhonda

Wow, what a week!

Howdy!

Well, it's been another busy week with classes and with Fall Fest just around the corner!  Lots going on!  If you are in the Phoenix, AZ area and interested in an all day SU stamping event, please contact me asap at inkinallnight@cox.net for info, registration ends Saturday, Nov 8th.

Time to share some samples!  I have several things to upload, finally got a few pics uploaded to the computer and out of the camera!  So I will try to get back to more regular posts.

My INKin' All Night! demonstrator team meeting was Monday night and our swap theme was "Using the Big Shot or SU Punches".  Here is my swap card - which I must say a thank you to Patty for her awesome video tutorial, check it out at www.pattystamps.com under her Big Shot category!

  Card Recipe:

 Big Shot Machine & the Pennant & Top Note die, using the smaller pennant of the two and the larger scallop is from that as well.

Other accessories include the Scallop Circle Punch and 1-3/8" circle punch, dimensionals and Tangerine Tango striped ribbon

Papers include Tangerine Tango, Baja Breeze and Frosty DSP from the Holiday Mini catalog, oh and very vanilla and choc chip c/s.

Inks were Choc Chip and Baja Breeze.

This card was really easy to pull together, over a dozen cards in less than 2 hours easily!  If you haven't made one, go grab some scraps and get busy!  You'll be so happy you did!

I will be posting some of the othe swaps in my WEBSHOTS gallery too, which you can find the link too in my left sidebar column.

I have the rest of my Christmas Stamp-a-Stack, session 3 to share with you as well as the other 1/2 of the Birthday 101020 card class that was last week too.

I have to thank the gals that came to class on VOTING DAY, they endured my trauma story of the morning and we all had great laughs, til our belly hurt because they all know me so well and could very vividly imagine me in their minds...  thanks gals for making my SLOW morning a good chuckle!  Glad to report that the situation is FULLY under control now, know what I mean!!

Well, here's one more for the road!  I love all of the swaps from the other night but i really like this layout, so I hope you do too!  Thanks LORI for this wonderful card!

Features the scallop circle die, scallop circle punch, ski slope dsp, felt flurries, ribbon, rhinestone brads, and the new Country Living Stamp set (greeting).

Have a great night and hopefully I'll be back tomorrow too!

Hugs,
Rhonda

Cute Acetate Treat Box!

Well it's a super cute fantastic adorable little box that you could easily fill with yummy yummy treats for any special someone in your life!  I found the tutorial on Beate's Blog or it is also known as the 2-5-7-10 box, made with an acetate sheet, clear cardstock, heavyweight transparency sheet or if you're like me and happen to still have a few retired SU window sheets laying around... basically they are all similar and will probably work just the same!

This box features the cute little snowman from the Punch Pals set and both the Large and Small SU Tag punches, along with the scallop edge punch too (top and bottom) and the NEW Ski Slope DSP from the Holiday mini catalog (order some now, it's sooooo nice!!  look for the 24/7 online link). 

I also died my ribbon to coordinate with the project (white tafetta ribbon and baja breeze ink pad and a stamping sponge) -- so add some of that to your order too!!!  Easy Peasy, LUV it!  I remember seeing it on several projects at convention (ah, way back in Aug) but this is the 1st time I've done it with the tafetta.  If you haven't used the tafetta, you should definitely try it!  It feels so nice, lays so flat, ties off really nice and it's so rich looking too!

Right now the box is empty, I tried filling it with YORK Peppermint Patties but they didnt lay right - so back in the bag they went.  They really are for something else anyhow!  Guess I need Nuggets or Kisses or something.

 And one other thing I did with my box, is I folded the box flat and tucked in the "odd" side flap and then grabbed my CB Snowflakes embossing folder and ran it through the SU Big Shot machine ONCE! It embossed the whole thing -- I'm not sure how good you can see it in the pic's but I tried to get one shot with filler and one without so hopefully you could see the cool snowflakes! 

I sure hope SU carries these SOON or something EXACTLY like them!  They are the ONE thing I find myself addicted too these days!

Enjoy and I hope you give this cutie a try!  Thanks for stopping by!
Rhonda

Fabulous Friends, Seriously Sweet Swaps

I'm off today to do some running around, deliveries, lunch, trip to the bank, etc...  But I won't leave you waiting for something cute!  Two of my favorite stamping friends made these adorable swap cards for our event last Saturday.  You can see all of the SWAPS by clicking on the webshots art (photo) gallery link in my left sidebar!  Anyhow, back to these great ladies and their cards!

Marlene is the queen of glitter and anything bling-y and we LOVE her for it!  Just check out the shoes that this gal is wearing! 

If they dont show up to well, it is green glittery shoes! How fabulous is it that the little witch with her shoe is facing straight on -- and the greeting is perfect-o!!

Thanks Marlene for gifting me this swap card, it's going right in with my fav's.

The wheel and the shoe stamp set, along with the Ghostly Greetings DSP are in the main IB&C! 

And most certainly not to be overlooked by the witch with the pretty shoes is Mr Twigster!  He is from the NEW mini catalog as well.  There are SO MANY cute sets and did I mention the new papers, ribbons and more!

Our wonderful artist here is my buddy Elizabeth!  It's so nice to have someone close by to stamp with!  Although we seriously need some more play-dates sista!

Okay, Mr Twigster is watercolored, several circle punches, the Peace is from the Decorative Strip "LoveJoyPeace" die for the Big Shot and the large snowflake in the background is our Snowflake BigZ die for the Big Shot too!  Sure beats cutting out all those pieces huh!  Especially for a swap, so much quicker!

And check out the glitter on this one too!  Many thanks to my sweet stamping friends for their lovely swaps!

More later!  Happy Thursday everyone!
Rhonda

Bonus Swap Card

Here is the swap card that I made for the gals that got their Holiday Mini Catalog swap cards in one week early -- bonus day --.  Hope you enjoy!  Rhonda

It uses the Holiday Treasures DSP from the main IB&C and choc chip & whisper white cardstock, chocolate chip grosgrain ribbon, and the Christmas Cardinal stamp set from the NEW Holiday mini catalog!  I was trying to do a card that didn't use the cardinal since all the swaps that came in for my swap used the bird image, this way they get a variety!  I used the Old Olive & Ruby Red markers to ink the image, the stamp-a-ma-jig and the good ol' 2-way glue pen & dazzling diamonds glitter, oh and the ticket corner punch too.