Beary Christmas Projects

 

Happy November Friends!  Even though fall is my favorite season, I want to share some Christmas projects with you today.  I've been wanting to share these projects for a couple of months now, but life has been SO busy!

In September, I hosted a Beary Christmas craft retreat where we made six beary cute projects with the new Beary Cute bundle!

I shared how to make the following fun-fold card and two of the table gifts on a Facebook Live.  You can CLICK HERE to watch the video on how to make this card.  I also show how best to cut the DSP with these images to maximize use for other cards as well. 

Fun Fold Card Measurements (in inches):

• Night of Navy card base: 5-1/2 x 8-1/2, score at 4-1/4
• DSP (speckled navy): 4 x 5-1/4
• Basic White: 5-1/4 x 8; with 8" side at the tope, score at 4" and 6"
• DSP (balmy blue with stars): 2 x 5-1/4
• DSP (baby bear): Use Stylish Shapes Dies to die-cut a circle with the baby bear image on it
• Basic White: Die-cut a circle (I used retired Layering Circle Dies)
• DSP (sleeping bears): 6" wide.  After di-cutting the baby bear, fussy cut the sleeping bears image along the top, keeping it 6" wide

Be sure to watch the video for tips on how to put this together.

These are some of the other make & takes we made at the retreat:

A simple card where the DSP does most of the work!

This is a pouch to hold a 3 x 3 pack of Highland brand sticky notes.  
I forgot to take a picture of the inside!

This card was a labor of love with all the fussy cutting
and embossing, but I love how it turned out!

I cased the next two cards from Helen Read at All Things Stampy.

Those are the six projects we made.  If you would like the PDF and video tutorials for making all six projects, you can purchase it with the button below for $15.

My guests also received some adorable bear-themed table gifts. I showed how to make the first two gifts in the video linked above. 

First, the classic Hershey Nugget Tray (shown in the video at 23:38 minute mark):

The greeting on the brown bear version is from a retired set.

The greeting on the back is from Festive & Fun set.

Hershey Nugget Tray Measurements (in inches):

• Night of Navy (for tray): 2-3/8 x 4-1/4, score at 1/2 and 1-7/8 (or 1/2" in from each side)
• DSP strips (to go around nuggets): 1 x 3
• Night of Navy (for topper): 2-1/4 x 4-1/2, score at 2-1/4
• DSP (on topper): 2 x 2

Next I made little booklet to gift some Extra gum, Polar Ice flavor of course!  You can find me making this in the video at the 34:09 mark.

The greeting on the front is from So Very Merry stamp set.
The greeting on the inside is from Festive & Fun.

Extra Gum Booklet Measurements (in inches):

• Night of Navy: 3-1/4 x 5-1/2, score at 2-1/2 and 3
• DSP (front and inside): 2-1/2 x 5
• Greeting circle was cut with Deckled Circle Dies, inside rectangle was cut with Deckled Rectangle Dies

This final gift was not handmade by me.  I purchased these little snowflake and bear soaps on Etsy.

I hope you found some ideas in this post to inspire your creativity!  Have a Beary Merry Christmas!

Before I go, I must share the news about the Sail-Away Stampers crafting cruise I'm co-hosting with my friend, Cindy Lake.  Click on the image below to read all about it!

Please use the following host code on your November orders: PH9K94F2. When your order is over $50, you will receive a free gift from me!

Happy Stamping!

Marsha

Product List

Beary Cute Bundle (English) [162023] $42.25	Beary Christmas 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [162015] $12.50	Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad [147110] $9.00	Stylish Shapes Dies [159183] $30.00
White 3/8'' (1 Cm) Glittered Organdy Ribbon [156408] $8.50	Layering Circles Dies [151770] $35.00	Adhesive Backed Glitter Sequins [162029] $8.00	Deckled Circles Dies [162286] $37.00
Deckled Rectangles Dies [159173] $30.00	Festive & Fun Cling Stamp Set (English) [162078] $26.00	So Very Merry Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [162345] $24.00	Silver & White 1/2" (1.3 Cm) Sheer Ribbon [162149] $9.00

Post-it Pouch with Adorable Owls

 

It's an exciting time of year with the arrival of the new Mini Catalog and the Sale-a-Bration Brochure!  I used the new Adorable Owls set and the Friendly Gnomes set to make some cute post-it note pouches.  These are great little gifts for Valentine's day or to tuck into an Easter Basket.  The owl set is a Sale-a-bration item you can get free with a $50 order placed between Jan 5 through Feb. 28th.

Following are the measurements for the pouch.  You can also watch me make it in THIS VIDEO.  Please note: These notes are not the Post-it Note brand and the measurements won't fit that brand correctly.  These measurements are made to fit the Highland Notes brand. 

• Real Red Cardstock: 3-1/4" x 8-1/2"
• With 8-1/2" side at the top, score at 3-1/8", 3-9/16" (one tick past 3-1/2), 6-5/8", 7-1/16"
• DSP strip (from Country Floral Lane): 1" x 3-1/4"
• Use a corner rounder punch to round your top and bottom corners.
• The bling is the new Opaque Adhesive-Backed Gems
• I used Blushing Bride cardstock for the greeting strips.

The Friendly Gnomes set is available in the Mini Catalog which goes live tomorrow!  The set coordinates with the Gnome dies from the retiring Holiday Catalog.  Now we can have gnomes all year long! I used the Country Floral Lane DSP and Country Gingham DSP.

Thanks for stopping by!  Don't forget that Sale-a-bration starts tomorrow which means you get free product with every $50 order.  When you place a $50 order and use the monthly host code at check out, you also get a free gift from me!

January Host Code: 3WAMPFAM

Happy Stamping!

Marsha

  

Post-it Books

I'm excited to share this fun project with you today.  You can take some ordinary post-it notes and turn them into a beautiful gift!  I have shared a different pattern for making post-it note pouches in the past.  Check it out HERE if you would like to see both styles.

I found the instructions for this post-it note holder on the Song of My Heart stampers blog.  I found my pens in the Easter section at Michaels.  I think next time I might try using mini-mechanical pencils like the ones found HERE.  

You can see me make these post-it books on THIS VIDEO.

I always use the Highland brand of sticky notes.  You can get a great price on Amazon.

This is the front of the books:

And this is the inside: 

I thought the sentiments from the Waterfront stamp set were so perfect.  My stamping friends always make the good times better and have especially made the hard times easier this past year!

Measurements:

• Cut Melon Mambo or Highland Heather cardstock at 3-1/4" x 10-1/2".  With 10-1/2" side at the top, score at 3-1/4, 3-5/8, 4, and 7-1/2.
• Watch the video to see how to put the book together.
• Black layer: 3 x 3 (cut two)
• White layer: 2-3/4 x 2-3/4 (cut two)
• DSP layer on the inside: 2-1/2 x 2-1/2
• Use the Double Oval Punch for the inside greeting.
• The tulips were stamped in Melon Mambo and Gorgeous Grape.
•   Immediately after stamping, I ran over the images with a water painter to soften the lines (it also lightened the color). The leaves and stems were stamped in Granny Apple Green.    

I gave these post-it books to my team members who attended On Tour with me.  I put them in a goody bag with a few other things.

I hope you'll give these post-it books a try!  If you make them before 4/20/21, go post a picture on my Happy Stampers with Marsha Facebook group to get entered to win a $5 coupon toward one of my classes.  I'll post the winner on 4/21/21. Be sure to use the hashtag: #postit to get entered.

If you would like to order this month, please use the following host code: GKRWNCXV.  You will get a free pack of Rhinestone basic jewels from me on orders of $50 or more.

Happy Stamping!

Marsha

Product List

Timeless Tulips Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [151534] $18.00	Waterfront Photopolymer Stamp Set [146386] $17.00	Highland Heather 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146986] $8.75	Melon Mambo 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [115320] $8.75
Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [121045] $8.75	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] $9.75	Brights 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [152487] $11.50	Double Oval Punch [154242] $18.00
Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad [147051] $7.50	Gorgeous Grape Classic Stampin' Pad [147099] $7.50	Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad [147095] $7.50	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $6.00
Water Painters [151298] $12.00

Sunflower Mini Post-it Note Pouch

I love post-it notes!  I use them all the time, both as a piano teacher and in my stamping world.  Sometimes I like the regular size, and sometimes this mini size is just perfect.  I recently used the last of my sticky notes from a mini-post it note holder that was given to me as a gift over 15 years ago!  I decided it was time to make more.  These pouches made a nice little gift for attendees at our recent Celebrate Sunflowers session of Super Saturday.  I did not use the Post-It brand.  You can see the brand I bought from Amazon HERE.

Measurements and Steps:

1. Cut Bumblebee Cardstock at 2" x 5".
2. With the 5" side at the top, score at 1-1/2", 2", 3-1/2", and 4".
3. Stamp the small sunflower image from the Celebrate Sunflower stamp set on the piece of cardstock using Bumblebee ink.
4. Round your top and bottom corners with a corner rounder.
5. If you want to stamp something on the inside, do it before you add your post-it notes and magnet.
6. Fold along the score lines and glue your post-its in the middle.
7. Cut a magnetic strip to hold it closed and attach with strong tape such as tear tape or scor-pal tape.  (I cut up magnetic vent covers from Lowes for projects like this, as well as to store my dies).
8. Stamp the Sunflower image on a separate piece of white cardstock using Memento Black ink.  Color with Stampin' Blends--Dark & Light Daffodil Delight, Dark & Light Just Jade, and Dark Soft Suede for the center.  Die-cut and attach to the post-it pouch with Stampin' Dimensionals.

Post-it pouches are great for any season.  I love to give them to teachers.  See the big version HERE.

Thank you for stopping by!  Please use the following host code online orders this month: Y6DZBVGA.  If your order is over $50, you will get a free acrylic block from me, your choice of C, D, or H.  If your order is over $150, do not use the code as you will get your own host rewards, plus the free block.  Email your choice to me after you place your order.

Product List

Celebrate Sunflowers Bundle (English) [154065] $51.25	Bumblebee 8-1/2X11 Cardstock [153077] $8.75	Bumblebee Classic Stampin' Pad [153116] $7.50	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $6.00
Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154883] $9.00	Just Jade Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [153107] $9.00	Soft Suede Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154906] $9.00