Journaling Booklets

These are a few of the quick and simple journaling booklets that I made for the kids in my bible study group last year. The chipboard letter is from the Stampin' Up! On Board series. I just patted the letter into a SU! ink pad. After it dried, I coated it with Crystal Effects for that glossy sheen.

Happy Stampin'
☺ Dawn

Watercolor Wonder Crayons

I love how easily you can get a watercolor effect with these Stampin’ Up! Watercolor Wonder Crayons. There are several different techniques on how to use this modality. For this card, lightly mist your stamp. Then quickly color directly onto your stamp with your crayons. Start with the lightest first and progress to the darker shades. Once your stamp is colored in, check to see if it’s still moist. If not, then mist lightly again. Then quickly stamp onto your watercolor paper. To get a more soft effect, also mist your watercolor paper before stamping. Voila! A beautifully soft watercolor effect via stamping ☺ Stamp your sentiment and punch out with the small oval punch. Add color to the edges by sponging and then pop it up with a dimensional. Add a little extra interest by paper piercing the corners using the SU! paper piercing template/mat. Tie your taffeta ribbon (LOVE this ribbon! It’s so easy to tie and lies flat).

Happy Stampin',
☺ Dawn

All supplies by Stampin’ Up! unless otherwise noted.
Stamp Set(s): Inspired by Nature (#111656 - this beautiful 4 piece set is still available although not shown in the current catalog), Short & Sweet
Ink(s): Always Artichoke, Watercolor Wonder Crayons
Cardstock/Paper(s): Always Artichoke cardstock, Mellow Moss cardstock, Watercolor paper
Accessories: Small Oval punch, Stampin’ Sponge,
Whisper White Taffeta ribbon,
Paper Piercing tool, paper piercing template & mat, Tombow Multi Purpose Adhesive, Stampin’ Dimensionals, non-su water mister

Teeny Thank You Box

Sorry I've been absent again :( Seems like sharing my computer with the kids, doesn't leave much time for me. Anyway, we're still continuing on the "blast from the past" track with class projects from last year.

The belly band slips off, revealing a hinged lid. This cute little box easily fits a little treasure or 2 peppermint patties :)

All supplies by Stampin’ Up! unless otherwise noted.
Stamp Set(s): Wow Flowers
Ink(s): Pacific Point
Cardstock/Paper(s): Bella Rose Designer Series Paper, Pink Pirouette cardstock, Pacific Point cardstock, Kiwi Kiss cardstock, Whisper White cardstock
Accessories: Soft Subtles Brad (Pretty in Pink), 1-3/8" Circle punch, 1-1/4" Circle punch, Scallop Circle punch, Ticket Corner punch, Mini Glue Dots, Sticky Strip, Paper piercing tool, Mat Pack

:) Dawn

Quick Hi and Ronald McDonald Charities

I really love this set and how versatile it is. It’s super easy to use especially since Stampin’ Up! designed it to work beautifully with our Scallop Square punch. I can’t believe I don’t use this more often. So I’ve made a promise to myself that I will make a minimum of 10 different designs with this set over the next few months. I hope you all keep me accountable. When I’ve reached my goal, I’ll do a blog give-away of all 10 stamped cards.

This is a quick tri-fold card using the slit punch on the inside of the card for placement of a gift card. The image is stamped in Chocolate Chip on Whisper White cardstock. Then it’s punched out with the Scallop Square punch, glittered, popped up with Stampin’ Dimensionals and outlined with the best white gel pen (Signo). Punch the edge with the Scallop Edge punch and add a strip of the polka dotted designer paper from the Bella Rose Series.

Isn’t it wonderful that I didn’t have to struggle with matching all my accessories. The Stampin’ Up! ribbon, ink, designer paper all perfectly coordinates. They take out the guess work… I don’t spend hours pulling out several different colors of ink, paper, designer paper, ribbon, and other accessories trying to get them to match. Pre-Stampin' Up!, ask my stampin’ friends about how I’d be so frustrated with the process that I never got around to stamping! LOL! Now using the Stampin' Up! coordinating product lines, stampin’ is a breeze!! ☺.

Stampin’ Up! designs an exclusive stamp set every year to help raise money for the Ronal McDonald House Charities (RMHC). When you purchase this year’s RMHC set, “Say It with Scallops” set, Stampin’ Up! donates a portion of the sales to RMHC. Won’t you join us in making a difference? I know I make it a point to make the RMHC set my first purchase of the new catalog year ☺.


All supplies by Stampin’ Up! unless otherwise noted.
Stamp Set(s): Say It with Scallops (Ronald McDonald House Charities set)
Ink(s): Chocolate Chip
Cardstock(s): Bella Rose Designer Series Paper, Pink Pirouette, Whisper White
Accessories: Chocolate Chip 5/8” Grosgrain ribbon, Scallop Edge punch, Scallop Square punch, Slit punch, White Gel Pen, Dazzling Diamond Ultrafine Glitter, 2-way Glue Pen, Paper Piercing tool, SNAIL adhesive, Stampin’ Dimensionals

Bag Box

OK, here's another oldie but goodie. It'll take me a while to catch up, so be patient with me ☺. Anyway, this was a fun project from a class that I taught last year. I first saw this cute bag design years ago by the talented papercrafter and vintage paper company owner, Melissa Neufeld. She demo’d the bag on the Martha Stewart show. But I couldn’t remember the exact date. So I looked it up on the MS website and it shows that it was “published 12/2006”. Wow, was it that long ago? Time flies☺. There are tons of fun adaptations of Melissa's original concept all over the stampin’ and papercraftin’ community, like the clever addition of the Round Tab punch to create a cute closure for the top of the bag.

For my next class on March 21st, we’ll be making a shorter variation of this bag and coordinating 3x3 cards to fit inside. We’ll be using different designer paper for this class. I love how it easy it is to coordinate all the different products – ribbons, cardstock, designer paper, buttons – because Stampin’ Up! does it for us ☺.

All supplies by Stampin’ Up! unless otherwise noted.
Cardstock/Paper(s): Bella Rose Designer Series Paper, Riding Hood Red cardstock
Accessories: Pink Pirouette 5/8” Striped Grosgrain ribbon, Boho Blossoms punch, Scallop Edge punch, Round Tab punch, Button Bouquet, Mini Glue Dots, Sticky Strip, Tombow Multi Purpose Adhesive, Crop-a-dile

stampin' hugs!
☺Dawn

Basket and Blooms

Here's a cute basket using the Big Shot die Baskets and Blooms that we made for a class I taught a while back. I used the the very sweet but now retired Georgia Peach designer series paper. Yes, (head hanging in embarrassment), it's taken me that long to post pictures on my blog. LOL! But the Washington Apple dsp which is the same print pattern as Georgia Peach except in reds and blues, is still available.

The tag and the flower are all part of the basket die. Note the yummy ribbon is double-sided! The "thank you" is punched with SU!'s coordinating scallop square punch. I love the fact that SU! creates their own exclusive images to coordinate with the punches that we carry.

The matching tag uses the exclusive Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) stamp set, Say It With Scallops. Every year, Stampin' Up! creates an exclusive set with a portion of the sales donated to the RMHC. I make it a point to purchase the RMHC set every year :)


Supplies: All Stampin' Up! unless otherwise stated.
Stamp: Say It With Scallops (RMHC set)
Ink: Old Olive
Paper: Georgia Peach dsp (retired)
Accessories: Scallop Square punch, SU! Exclusive Baskets and Blooms Bigz XL die, silver mini brad, Kiwi Kiss/Very Vanilla (double-sided) satin ribbon, Sticky Strip, Tombow Multi Purpose Adhesive, Stampin' Dimensionals.

stampin' hugs,
:) Dawn

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stampin' hugs!
:) Dawn