Rubber Stamping & Card Making with Yapha

I have another project for you today made by Stampin’ Up. I have to apologize, between the horrible colds going around and the new puppy, there hasn’t been a lot of time for stamping! I’m hoping to remedy that very soon. In the meantime, here is an adorable milk carton for you.

Stamps: Good Neighbors, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Paper: Kraft, Old Olive, Whisper White, Welcome Neighbor Designer Series paper pad
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie
Other: Old Olive 1/4″ grosgrain ribbon, Linen thread, Stampin’ Dimensionals, 1/16″ Circle punch, 1-1/4″ Circle punch, Sizzix Big Shot, Mini Milk Carton Bigz L die

How cute is this to welcome someone to the neighborhood? Love it!

Here’s a quick and easy card, thanks to the Big Shot! With the embossed white card stock, it  is simple and elegant. It looks better in real life, but if you click on it to enlarge the photo you can get a better view. I really love the Rich Razzleberry and Old Olive together.

Stamps: Thoughts & Prayers
Ink: Rich Razzleberry Stampin’ Write Marker
Paper: Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive, Whisper White
Other: Elegant Bouquet Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Rich Razzleberry Polka Dot Grosgrain Ribbon, Scallop Oval Punch, Large Oval Punch, Big Shot

There are some days that I just don’t know how I managed without my Big Shot!

As part of today’s presentation on teaching Visual Literacy through Digital Scrapbooking, I made up a few scrapbook pages to show different ways teachers could incorporate digital scrapbooking into their courses. I made these pages using Stampin’ Up’s My Digital Studio. At the end of my presentation I will be demoing how to use the software, as well.

If your students need to do a family history report, a family tree, immigration report, homeland report, or report on a historical time period, a heritage style scrapbook would be a great way to present the information. This is an actual picture of my great great grandmother and her three daughters.

Any type of biography would make a great digital scrapbook. You can find a lot of historical photographs and documents online at the American Memory Collection. Below is a scrapbook page about the world famous aviatrix, Bessie Coleman. (It also was created for this week’s Stampin’ Addicts Scrapbook Sketch Challenge.)

The final page I wanted to show you could be used for a book report. How great would it be to have a every student in the class do a two-page spread as a book report, then make them all into one book that students could look through when they wanted to find something to read? I would love to put something like that in my library!

What other ideas do you have for digital scrapbooking in the classroom?

I am presenting tomorrow at the Southern Regional Conference of the California Association of Independent Schools. My topic this year? Teaching Visual Literacy Through Digital Scrapbooking and Storytelling. (I like to weave my obsession with stamping and scrapbooking into all aspects of my life.) Over the next few days, I will share most of that presentation with you. If you would like to read the source material that I used, you can find links to it all on the LibGuide I created. Here are my opening slides, created in My Digital Studio, of course.

One of the main reasons that teaching visual literacy is important is that children believe everything they see. By learning the basics of design, they will see how to manipulate images, as well how to communicate effectively through them. This will open their eyes up to the messages other people are sending via imagery.

Wow! I just hosted a swap with fellow Stampin’ Up demonstrators around the country, and I know have 50 (FIFTY!) samples of fabulous items made with fabric cut with dies from the Big Shot. They are truly amazing! If you are in the Los Angeles area and would like to see these works of art in person, let me know. They are truly incredible!

But even if you are not nearby, I have a fabric project for you today. This is another one from the Stampin’ Up website.

Supplies: Corduroy button, Sizzix Big Shot, Scallop Circle #2 Bigz die, Fabric, Needle and thread, Ponytail elastic

Instructions

1. Die cut 10 large scallop circles using Big Shot and Scallop Circles #2 Bigz die. Cut off eight of the scallops from each scallop circle. Gather together across the flat side about 1/4″ from edge, gathering all ten circles on the same double-thread. Tie off.
2. Die cut 10 small scallop circles using Big Shot and Scallop Circles #2 Bigz die. Gather the circles across three of the scallops on the same double-thread. Tie off.
3. To cover Corduroy button, die cut a small scallop circle, then cut off all scallops. Gather the fabric around the edge, place button in the middle, then gather up threads and tie off.
4. Attach ponytail elastic to back, then sew through all layers of fabric (including fabric around button), so fabric layers are connected to elastic.

One of my favorite things about March is St. Patrick’s Day. When I was in junior high school, a friend of mine and I used to make green tuna sandwiches — I made green tuna, she baked green bread. Nowadays I’m all about the green bagels with green cream cheese!  It’s played up big at my school, making it even more fun. Here is a card I am making with the Faculty Card Making Club after school today, and also at another workshop this month. I just love making a shamrock out of heart punches! The stem is made with the Wide Oval Punch. You punch a partial oval, then punch another sliver off it.

Stamps: Define Your Life
Ink: Old Olive
Paper: Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Sweet Pea Designer Series Paper Pack
Other: 5/16″ Neutral Brads (Chocolate Chip), 1/4″ Chocolate Chip Grosgrain Ribbon, Full Heart Punch, Wide Oval Punch

Hope this month is lucky for you!

My father-in-law is having back surgery today. I wanted to make a Get Well Card for my husband to bring with to the hospital. I am really pleased with the sentiment from the Thoughts & Prayers stamp set for a a quick and complete recovery, because that is truly what we wish him — a refu’ah shelamah!

Stamps: Thoughts & Prayers
Ink: Old Olive, Chocolate Chip
Paper: Old Olive, Whisper White, Sweet Pea Designer Series Paper Pack

If you want to keep him in your prayers that would be appreciated. His Hebrew name is Lazar ben Sarah.

Wow, the holidays this year are coming up early! Purim is usually mid-March, but this year it is the last day pf February. We are off to a Purim carnival, but before we go I have a quick Purim card for you. (Want to learn more about Purim? Visit JewFAQ) One of the reasons that I bought the set Princess Time (other than that my daughter is a princess fanatic) was for the great crown image that I knew would be perfect for Purim cards! I was also really excited to use Rich Razzleberry since it is such a royal color. Here is what I came up with for this year:

Stamps: Princess Time, Calendar Alphabet and Numbers
Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Crushed Curry
Paper: Rich Razzleberry, Crushed Curry, Whisper White, Razzleberry Lemonade Designer Series Paper
Other: Circle Rhinestone Brads (Fire), Rich Razzleberry Polka Dot Grosgrain Ribbon, Crushed Curry Polka Dot Grosgrain Ribbon

I bet your wondering how I stamped that fabulous “Happy Purim” at the bottom. I did it with the magic of Stampin’ Write Markers. I took “Happy P” from the “Happy Birthday Princess” stamp — see below — and then used the Calendar Alphabet and Numbers set to finish the word.

Pretty sneaky, huh?

It’s raining here in Los Angeles, and there are crazy amounts of snow across the rest of the country. What we really need right now is a bright spring-y card! I decided to combine the Pals Paper Arts Inspiration Challenge with this week’s ColourQ Challenge.

From the inspiration challenge I used the ideas of “birds on a branch”  and pulled out my Cheep Talk set which hasn’t seen much ink lately. (It was between that and the bird cage stamp set from Happy Moments, but I wanted my birds to be free and happy.)

Here’s what I came up with:

Stamps: Cheep Talk
Ink: Melon Mambo, Regal Rose, Apricot Appeal, Green Galore
Paper: Melon Mambo, Regal Rose, Apricot Appeal, Green Galore, Whisper White, Razzleberry Lemonade Designer Series Paper
Other: Stamp-a-ma-jig

Hope you like it, and I hope spring comes your way soon!

Did you miss out on some of your favorites from the Holiday Mini Catalog? Then I have some good news for you! Stampin’ Up has  chosen to carryover several products from the Holiday Mini Catalog. This list of products (shown below) is available for purchase either at a workshop or through Online Ordering. In addition, these products will be available in the next Idea Book & Catalog. The great news is that by ordering these items now, you can earn free items through Sale-a-Bration!

As usual, there may be additional products from the Holiday Mini Catalog (not currently listed as write-in products) that also may appear in your next Idea Book & Catalog.