Happy Birthday Dude!!

EEK!! I am super excited to show you this card!! It's my first Pop Up Box Card and I LOVE LOVE LOVE the way it came out! I made it for my nephew's 6th Birthday. He is obsessed with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles…which is kind of cool, because I remember my brother to be their #1 fan when he was a little boy! The TMNT love has come full circle ;)

This card honestly took me forever to make LOL! Mostly because it was a ton of die cutting! Very little punches were used and just the one stamp on the back of the box, which you'll see later on in the post. I'll also list all of the dies that I used at the end.

 I knew I wanted to make Lucas a TMNT card, as we got him some turtle gear and toys and his party was also TMNT themed! So I searched on Splitcoast Stampers and found THIS card, which was my inspiration. So thanks, Rochelle, at Creative Corner Studio! I wish I could say that I came up with this idea on my own, but I'm just not that good ;)
I also followed the SCS tutorial on how to make a Pop Up Box Card. You can find that tutorial HERE. I used the A2 Horizontal size.

The 'Pizza' was so fun to make!! I really dug into my stash of die-namics to find the right shapes for my toppings (plain pepperoni, cheese and sauce is what the kids go for!)…thankfully I have a good haul of dies from my days as a designer for My Favorite Things. Every die cut shape you see on the card is from MFT, with the exception of the turtles eyes and their smiley mouths! That is it! Those things were made using small circle punches for the eyes and a large oval punch, all Stampin' Up!

Seriously, how CUTE is this pie???? Yum!

I wanted a little birthday greeting stamp or something to add and this pizza stamp from Pizza My Heart by SugarPea Designs was PERFECT! I wrote in a message on the top and bottom of the circle. You can see here the back of the box once its standing up. I used a reptile embossing folder to add some interest to the CS (and YES, I know turtles are amphibians hehe). Every side panel and the underside of the flaps are a different turtle colour. I backed each of the turtle heads with more CS so you can't see the mask tails glued to the back.

Each of the turtles is a different colour of green! Just like the real turtles!

Here is the card laying flat. If you wanted it to fit in an A2 envie, just don't make things hang off the edges so much LOL! The manhole cover is way off the top, as well as the blue mask.
I just used a larger envelope.

And here's the flaps folded up.

Supplies
Dies:
Turtles- Circle STAX 1 and 2, Oval STAX, Woven Basket (bow ends for mask tails)
Pizza- Sunflower (pepperoni), pie chart (slices/crust), Circle STAX (cheese), Artist palette paint splotches (tomato sauce)
Other- Skyline border (solid and overlay)
Manhole- Circle STAX 1 and 2
Other- High Rise Upper (TMNT), By The Number (6), LLD Accent It- Celebrate (Happy, TH), 

Stamps: Pizza My Heart (SPD)

CS:
MFT- Factory Green, Jellybean Green, Sour Apple, Gumdrop Green, Orange Fizz, Black, Sweet Tooth, Kraft, Wild Cherry, Grape Jelly, and Lemon Drop 
SU- light yellow, blue, brick red, silver

Silver brads (SU); Acetate paper; embossing folders (reptile and checker plate); SU punches (circles for eyes, oval for mouth) dimensionals; 

{SPD} November Release- Day One

Welcome to Day 1 of SugarPea Designs 2014 Holiday Release - our LARGEST release yet and all just in time for the holiday crafting season!!  Today we are extremely excited to start Sneak Peek Week off with the introduction of Sugar Cuts (our Brand NEW line of wafer-thin steel dies) and our Sweet Chic Collection of clear stamp sets – all designed by our very own Simonne Clay.  Simonne’s graphic and playful style shines through everything she does– and we know you are going to love it just as much as we do.   

Would you like to WIN the Sweet Treats – Christmas and Layered Treat Labels stamp sets?!   Hop along and visit with our SugarPeas, leaving some comment love along the way!  One lucky person will be randomly selected to win BOTH the Sweet Treats – Christmas and Layered Treat Labels  stamp sets!

Don't forget…our entire Holiday Release will be available in the SugarPea Designs Online Boutique at 6:00 PM EST this Friday, November 7th. 

I also used the new products to make a label wrapper for a little jarred giftie for someone special! I cut the large tag once, then cut the other side again with the round tab side of the die. I added the smaller label topped with the circle die and stamped with the mug stamp and one of the sentiments. I cut a thin mat around the labels with scissors. I added some twine to tie it to the jar. I added some patterned paper and ribbon to the lid.

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{Tiddly Inks} Breathe Easier

I have another entry for the Tiddly Inks designer call that's going on this month. You can find all of the details HERE if you would like to throw your hat in for a chance to be on the TI team! I just started collecting a few Tiddly Inks images not that long ago, but just never had the time to use them (I'm sure you all know how that goes!! lol) Lately, I've had a bit more stampy time on my hands and have started using a few companies that I hadn't had the chance to before! Change is good they say ;)

I made a 5x7 home decor frame using Wryn- New Wings. I am in LOVE with these Wryn images~ I went through my TI digi's and Wryn's are all I have at the moment, lol!

I used a computer generated sentiment, printed it out and die cut and sponged. I love the quote, 'To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived- that is to have succeeded' Ralph Waldo Emerson.

I used OA DP, sponged with distress ink and machine stitched 1" strips to a white CS base. The image is coloured with Copics and pastels. I added a twill bow, tearing a 1.5" strip (SU) in half to get the frayed look. I wanted the bow to look like cotton dressing strips. I added a button (PTI) tied with hemp cord (MFT). I used a Deconstructed Sketch (109) for my layout.

I LOVE the way this turned out! It's staying with me, and is going to decorate my studio! Thanks for popping in today :D

{MFT} Teasers Day 6

 Today I have a fun and easy little project to share with you! I altered a tea tin (from Epicure if any of you are Canadian and familiar with this YUMMY company!). I always save tins that are nice, so I have a little stash in my crafting room all waiting to get reused or repurposed :)
I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE epicures tins- they are really good quality and seem to seal nice to keep things fairly fresh (there is the square cocoa one that I just finished up- can't wait to alter it!!). This was actually a tin that tea came in, so I am using it today for the same thing!

I used the new Chalkboard Greetings set, stamped it with SU's black craft ink and heat embossed it with black powder. That's directly on designer paper (Farmhouse) cut with the new Vertical Frame die-namic. I cut another frame with Paver Red CS and popped that one up on foam tape. All of the DP is sponged with Kraft Ink. I added some Black Licorice buttons and Hemp Cord. The flowers were cut using the smallest flower from Blueprints 3. The leaf was cut from MFT's Jellybean Green felt using the Royal Leaves die (I actually had a leftover leaf from my frame project still sitting on my desk- Score!!)

Here is a closer look at the super shiny embossing!

You can see the loose tea that I filled the tin with- oooooo, the aroma almost had me salivating when I was taking the pic- Rosehips and Pomegranate.....Yummy!

The belly band that I wrapped around the tin was created using Kraft CS and stamping it in Kraft ink with the distressed dots from Distressed Background Blocks. A great option for making your own tone-on-tone (or not) patterned paper!! LOVE this look :)

Here are the links to the current MFT products that I've used on my Tea Tin:

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See the MFT blog for a list of designers teasing today!

{MFT} Teasers Day 4

Hi Stampy Friends! Today I'm going to show you MFT's new Vertical Frame die-namic. 

I had the idea to use the frame as a fancy front door and thought I needed some new decor on my mantle piece, so I converted a 5x7 wood frame into a crafty homemade dimensional piece of art!

I wanted the frame art to look similar to my front entrance, so I stamped the woodgrain stamp from Western Backgrounds in Kraft ink, onto my 'door' (which cuts into 2 pieces- hence the frame part of the name) and then popped up the middle section for some depth. I also sponged around the door with Hot Fudge ink and added some nails (mini brads) and a doorknob. 

The wreath is actually a Mini Doily die, with the middle cut out using a Circle STAX die. I added flowers and greenery using the Trellis and Vine die-namic. Another mini brad nails the wreath to the door, and I added a double Hemp Cord bow.

The 'siding' was created using Paver Red CS (which is pretty much the same colour as the siding on my house!). I cut two strips of 5x11 CS and scored them both, alternating between 1 and 1/2" intervals (1, 1.5, 2.5, 3, 4, 4.5, 5.5, 6, 7, 7.5, 8.5, 9, 10, 10.5) and accordion folded them, making crisp edges with my bone folder. I then cut a 5x7 piece of lightweight chipboard and covered it with heavy duty double sided tape. I adhered the siding to the chipboard. Trim off access siding.

My door doesn't open right onto grass, but I felt the door needed to be grounded a bit and the Grassy Edges die was called for ;) I cut the letters from Kraft CS with the By the Numbers Uppercase die-namics. I adhered the wide double sided tape to the backside of the CS prior to cutting so that I could easily stick the letters to the frame (I gave the frame a good vinegar wash so that the letters would adhere nicely). The flowers were cut from MFT Felt, using Mini Hybrid Heirloom Rose, Royal Rose and Rolled Rose die-namics. The leaves were cut from the Royal Leaves die.

Here is the frame, in it's new home on the mantle. 

And here is my actual front door with my paver red siding :) I snapped a few shots of my middle boy, Jake, this afternoon! Finally the snow is melted and spring is rolling in!! Yay!

Be sure to check out the MFT blog to see what the other designers have in store for us today!!

Here are the MFT supplies that I've used today:

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