Stampin' Up! Oven Shaped Cupcake Holder with a BONUS Washing Machine (or Dryer) sample made with my Hispanic Stamping Friends in mind

Hidey-Ho My Stamping Friends,  Have you been enjoying spring so far? We have been having some AMAZING weather and I’ve been really enjoying it! If you've missed me here, you can always find me posting on my Facebook page at www.facebook.com/StampinUpWithRoseEllen ) to find out the latest news about what Stampin’ Up! is up to, what I’m up to, and what projects I’m working on.

Last weekend I went to Christina Crawford’s team meeting and presented a WOW demonstration. Everyone’s definition of a WOW is different so that always poses a challenge for me, plus by the time I’m done creating my WOW I’m often left with the thought that it’s not as cool or as WOW as I think it is. Anyway, I thought I’d show this awesome oven shaped cupcake holder I made for some of my daughter’s teachers for Teacher Appreciation Week and for the end of year gifts for the other teachers. The first time I saw this was at the Hispanic Market Booth at the Stampin’ Up! Convention and I KNEW I had to give it a try.  Here is what I came up with:

Stampin' Up! #Cupcake holder turned into an Oven and a WashingMachine
using Glimmer Paper, Buttons, Pearls, Blendabilites, Candle, BabySocks and more
#TeacherAppreciation #BabyShower #PartyFavor
#MyStampingFriends www.facebook.com/StampinUpWithRoseEllen
 

 This is the first one I made:


Stampin' Up! #Cupcake holder turned into an Oven and a WashingMachine
using Glimmer Paper, Buttons, Pearls, Blendabilites, Candle, BabySocks and more
#TeacherAppreciation #BabyShower #PartyFavor
#MyStampingFriends www.facebook.com/StampinUpWithRoseEllen

 I used the Watercolor Wonder Designer Series Paper from the Occasions Catalog for the dishcloths and burners. For the oven controls, I used the Large Basic Pearls and the Pearl Basic Jewels and colored them with my Blendabilities. That was SOOOOO easy and I can tell I’m going to be coloring a lot of accessories for my future projects.

And here is the next one.

Stampin' Up! #Cupcake holder turned into an Oven and a WashingMachine
using Glimmer Paper, Buttons, Pearls, Blendabilites, Candle, BabySocks and more
#TeacherAppreciation #BabyShower #PartyFavor
#MyStampingFriends www.facebook.com/StampinUpWithRoseEllen

For this I changed the oven controls to a Silver Button from the Basic Metal Buttons and the Candy Dots Brad Bases. I also added a drawer front on this one.

And here is the last one I made.

Stampin' Up! #Cupcake holder turned into an Oven and a WashingMachine
using Glimmer Paper, Buttons, Pearls, Blendabilites, Candle, BabySocks and more
#TeacherAppreciation #BabyShower #PartyFavor
#MyStampingFriends www.facebook.com/StampinUpWithRoseEllen

This one was made with my Hispanic Market Stamping Friends in mind. I turned the basic box on its side and made this into a Washing Machine or maybe its a Dryer. Instead of putting a candle inside, I used baby socks to make a cupcake shape. If I had the new Baby Themed framelits from the upcoming catalog, I would have strung some twine around the sides and back of the washing machine with a few onsies hung on it to decorate it.

Stampin' Up! #Cupcake holder turned into an #Oven and a #WashingMachine #Dryer
using Glimmer Paper, Buttons, Pearls, Blendabilites, Candle, BabySocks and more
#TeacherAppreciation #BabyShower #PartyFavor
#MyStampingFriends www.facebook.com/StampinUpWithRoseEllen
#Hispanic #GiftIdea #BabyShower

 

I jazzed it up by making the cupcake holder insert from the Stampin’ Up! Glimmer Paper. I also used the Glimmer Paper for the door handle, a circle on the front of the dryer and as some sparkle for the dryer buttons.  I love the sparkle.

Do you want to give this a try? Here are some photos and measurements to help you out:


Measurements for #Cupcake holder turned into an #Oven and a #WashingMachine
#StampinUp #CardStock #TeacherAppreciation #BabyShower #PartyFavor
#MyStampingFriends www.facebook.com/StampinUpWithRoseEllen

Oven sides and top:  Cut a piece of cardstock to 9x6. Score in half at 3 inches and then turn and score at 3 and 6 inches. Along the 9 inch side, cut at 2 ½ and 6 ½ from the top to the center of the paper. Use my photo as a guide to see what parts to cut off.

Oven bottom and door:  Cut a piece of cardstock to 7x4 and score in half (at 3 ½ inches) Then score each side at ½ inch. Use my photo as a guide to see what parts to cut off. Cut out a window for the oven and attach this to the sides and top of the oven.

Insert  (cupcake holder):  Cut a 3-7/8^th square and score each side at ½ inch. Snip a small ½ oval shape from each side as a finger pull. Cut a circle in the center of the square, for the cupcake to sit in. Adhere the 4 corners and you’re done.

Control Panel:  Cut a piece of cardstock to a 3 inch square. Score in half at 1 ½ inches and score again at ½ inch.  Attach sticky strip to the ½ inch area. Use the 2 ½ inch area as the control panel and the 3x1 ½ inch area gets attached to the back of the oven.

And here are a few more views.

Stampin' Up! #Cupcake holder turned into an Oven and a #WashingMachine
using Glimmer Paper, Buttons, Pearls, Blendabilites, Candle, BabySocks and more
#TeacherAppreciation #BabyShower #PartyFavor #Dryer
#MyStampingFriends www.facebook.com/StampinUpWithRoseEllen

Stampin' Up! #Cupcake holder turned into an #Oven and a WashingMachine
using Glimmer Paper, Buttons, Pearls, Blendabilites, Candle, BabySocks and more
#TeacherAppreciation #BabyShower #PartyFavor #Dryer
#MyStampingFriends www.facebook.com/StampinUpWithRoseEllen

It really is pretty easy peasy so have fun with making and accessorizing your own.

Happy Stamping,

Rose-Ellen

 

Thinking of You layout challenge with Stampin' Up!'s Secret Garden and Print Poetry DSP stack

Hello there My Stamping Friends!! I was in a bit of a stamping slump the other day and it seemed like nothing I made was 'working' for me. I guess my mind was less on stamping and more on my almost-done stamp space. So, I gave up went to facebook to see what my friends were up to and the first post I saw was from SUDSOL and it was a layout challenge. That was as good a place as any to start so I went back to my desk and used that layout challenge and ended up a card that looked like ......

Its my floral Thinking Of You card. I know you can't see how glittery and shimmery it is in this photo so I tried to take a side view photo so you can get an idea.

What do you think? Its not 100% my style per se, but I do really like it and it got me out of my stamping slump. And with the card done I could get to work on cleaning, moving, reorganizing my stamping space.  If I hadn't mentioned, I'm taking over our 12x25 basement as my stamping area. I'm sooooo excited about it and even though today it still looks like a wreck I know that we'll be having stamp club in there THIS WEEKEND so I've got to get some serious work done. My work desk has been installed. I have a station for my Big Shots (just need to get some shelves for all my dies) and my Stampin' Score tools, and a cutting station for when I'm prepping for my bigger events (speaking of which, the next Crop Weekend at the Dunn Loring Volunteer Fire Department is February 22 & 23. The registration form and list of optional classes are posted on the website www.dlvfrd.org  and the date for my Open House will be posted soon). In my new space I have room for tables and chairs for my stamping friends, but I have to go pick them out and purchase them. Yikes, so much more to do.

Anyway, enough about that. For this project I used, the Print Poetry Designer Series Paper stack, Secret Garden, circle punch, blender pen, midnight muse ink, basic pearls, a retired eyelet border punch, shimmer paint and stampin' spritzer,

Have you been in a stamping slump before? How did you get out of it?

Rose-Ellen

Faux Triple Time Stamping using Affection Collection stamp set and more from Stampin' Up!

Good Morning My Stamping Friends,  I've seen this Triple Time Stamping technique floating around for a while so I thought I'd give it a try. I made two cards (which I'll post soon) but they came out a little bulky and I wondered if it might cost extra to mail it. A few days ago I saw my card sitting on my desk next to my Big Shot and I got a fantastic idea....or at least I think its a fantastic idea. Today I finally got a chance to try out my idea and I sorta like the way it turned out.

For those that havent heard of the Triple Time Stamping technique I tracked it back to Dawn Olchefske so you can google the technique and see a few tutorial videos. For my FAUX Triple Time Stamping technique I wanted a similiar look with not so much bulk soooooooooo, I pulled out my handy dandy Big Shot and my Labels Collection Framelits. The photo below shows how I cut my frames.

Stampin' Up! Labels Collection Framelits

I used the smallest 4 framelits (the collection comes with 6) on a 1/4 sheet of black cardstock to make my 'layers'. Once I ran that through the Big Shot I had three frames (and a center piece). I used the largest and smallest of the black cardstock frames on my card. This eliminates the three layers but still has the same look so I'm calling it the FAUX Triple Time Stamping technique.

Stampin' Up! Affection Collection Faux Triple Time Stamping

To make the white layer of the card I cut a piece of whisper white cardstock with the 5th largest framelet (the one that is just a bit bigger than the one shown above). I used the new Stampin' Up! In Color inkpad called Raspberry Ripple along with Crumb Cake ink. The stamp set is the Affection Collection stamp set that I received FREE with my 2012 Convention Attendance. After I stamped and sponged my main card layer I used snail to adhere the two black frames. I added a few basic pearls to the image, added a sentiment using the Modern Label Punch and finished it up with a linen thread bow.

If you haven't seen the Affection Collection stamp set in your Catalog thats because its not there! It's in the BRAND NEW HOLIDAY MINI CATALOG and is available for purchase starting TODAY. If you didn't get your holiday mini catalog yet and would like one, send me an email or give me a call and I can get one in the mail to you. If you are like me and can't wait another second, click on the holiday mini catalog link on the right sidebar of my blog. You can place your order online 24/7 or contact me and I can place the order for you.

I'd love to hear what you think about the card and the technique so feel free to leave a comment. And you can follow me on facebook on my business page at Stampin' Up! with Rose-Ellen or on Twitter @REEastman .

Have a fantastic day,
Rose-Ellen

Betsy's Blossoms and Itty Bitty Banners by Stampin' Up!

I was so, so, so stinkin' excited to get my box of sneak peek goodies that I ordered from Stampin' Up! this week (an awesome benefit of being a demonstrator is that we get to order products one month before they are available to the public).I wish I could show you photos of all the products in my box of goodies, but at this point, I'm only allowed to show projects, not products.

I finally got a few minutes to stamp and play around for a bit on Sunday and here is what I came up with.

I had several frames that I picked up at a craft store years ago, sitting on my desk (honestly, they were waiting to go in the donation box) and as soon as I saw this wonderfully colorful Designer Series Paper from from the Floral District pack, I knew I had to alter the frame. I cut the

Una Feliz Navidad using Tradiciones Navidenas / Bells & Boughs from Stampin' Up

Hi there My Stamping Friends,
It is starting to get a little cooler in my neck of the woods so I tried to cheer myself up by breaking out one of my new Stampin' Up! sets (Tradiciones Navidenas) and seeing what I could make. I found out I LOVE this set and can't wait to make a few more samples for my upcoming Spanish/English card classes. I love it so much that I'll probably make a similar card using an English language sentiment for one of my Christmas Card classes too.

For this card I used the