My Stamping Friends: Hispanic Market

Friday, May 23, 2014

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:

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.

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.

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

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Stampin' Up! Convention - Day 2 (Thursday)

Howdy My Stamping Friends, The Stampin' Up! convention is amazing this year. The +one theme is really proving to be true. Stampin' Up! has done so many fantastic +one things for us this year. Today started off with a main stage general session and included a walk across the stage for all the VIPs ~ me included. Here is a photo of what it looks like from the stage.

After that they had all the first time convention goers walk across the stage. What a rush for all the new-comers. I can't wait to take some of my downline next year for the first time. If you'd like to join me any my team at the convention let me know and I can help you get there (we are having a $99 starter kit promotion right now).

Next up was Pam Morgan and she introduced some FANTASTICALLY AMAZING new products that are going to be in our upcoming Holiday Mini. I can't show you the products just yet, but I can show you some projects. Check this out. Of COURSE we have new items for the Big Shot. We'll have a stocking die....

Big Shot Stocking Die

...and a die to cut out 5 different size pop-up windows, which will come in handy for projects like this advent calendar (and many more) ....

another Big Shot Die

...and what do you think about our new cookie press? Here are just two of the patterns in this set. I CAN NOT wait to get these and make cookies with my kiddos. Stampin' Up! also includes a recipe that they've tested and adjusted to work well with the cookie press.

We spent the afternoon in break out classes and even got a free Simply Sent card kit to match one of the stamp sets that we got in our convention bag when we checked in.

Dinner was at the Olive Garden getting to know our Stampin' Up! Hispanic Market Manager Sandra Manwill and some fantastic hispanic market demonstrators. I really had a great time meeting and chatting with them, and gaining more of an understanding of the market from thier point of view.

Wonderful dinne with leaders of the Stampin' Up! Hispanic Market

After dinner I made it to the Awards Night and AfterParty. Lots of fun dancing, catching up with old friends and making new ones.

Rose-Ellen, Julie, Diane, Della, Michelle, Stephanie and April

Rose-Ellen and Stella

Rose-Ellen and Robin

Mandy and Rose-Ellen

All in all it was an amazing day. I'm really looking forward to sharing my Friday activities with you because that was the evening that I presented for the first time at a Stampin' Up! event. I created and presented a WOW project for the Hispanic Night Event. It was sooooo much fun.

Catch ya tomorrow,
Rose-Ellen