Tag: Home Decor

Summer Lollies: Picture Perfect

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I’m pretty excited about this fun project we are making today at the Big Shot Class! These “Lollies” or “Medallions” are created with the Designer Rosette Bigz XL Die (item 125594) and the Big Shot (obviously) and when I was trying to figure out what to put on them, my husband suggested pictures of the kids! And it turned out adorable (mostly because I have pretty adorable kids)! Of course, if you know my kids, you can see that these pictures were taken a LONG time ago~giggle~But the fun thing about this project is that you could switch out pictures anytime to keep it “fresh”…and these pretty poppies don’t need watering!

I found the sugar shaker at Dollar Tree and it works perfectly for keeping the skewers in place 🙂 then I “upcycled” some old magazine pages along with some scraps of card stock that match the new Patio Party Designer Series Paper (item 126916) to fill the shaker base. You could also fill it with candy or marbles or SPRINKLES!!!

Such fun, such fun…and if you missed the Big Shot Class today, I’ll be teaching another one (3 new projects) in August, so watch for the announcement and register early 🙂

Christmas Cottage

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Despite a busy schedule at the bookstore, I did find time to build a house! This cute little Christmas Cottage was made using the Stampin’ Up! Decor Accents Design-a-House and the Candy Cane Christmas Designer Series Paper and some leftover batting for the snow covered roof:

It was really quite easy to make, and at $5.95 each, you could make a whole village! You could also make it into a cute Valentine decoration: “A House Filled with Love”. After I finished this one, it was claimed by my daughter for her room. If you make one, send me a picture and I’ll share it here on my blog!

P.S. You CAN still order Stampin’ Up! online to be delivered by Christmas…all orders placed by December 15th will be picked and packaged in time for Christmas Eve Delivery! CLICK HERE to order.

Flutterby, Butterfly

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At a family reunion a few weeks ago, we made these beautiful butterflies using the Big Shot and Stampin’ Up! Designer Series Paper and old magazines. It makes me feel like a true lepidopterist (Word of the day: The scientific name for someone who studies and collects moths and butterflies).

It was such a hit with the family–as well as a fun way to use up those scraps creative people save–that I took it to Convention and invited my friends to make one, too: Sue, Penny, Kristi and Murlynn show off their personalized creations below.

I found Ghostline Grid paper in 11″x17″ (also available in postersize that you can cut to whichever size you want) at Walmart. It’s the perfect background as it looks scientific and popped the butterflies up with Stampin’ Dimensionals (or your excess rubber as pop dots to be “green”). Some of our favorite magazines to find amazing pictures to make into insects were Martha Stewart Living, Real Simple and Country Living. Try this at home, or we could make it a workshop at your house!