Birthday Wishes box

Hi everyone!  I have a Spellbinders project to share with you today.  I was thrilled when Spellbinders released 4 box templates over the summer.  These boxes are quick and easy to make and you can decorate them for any occasion!  You can see all of them on the New Releases page on the website.

I made my box using the LF-012 Square Petal Top Box.  The box measures 2.75" wide and 1.5" tall.  I went pretty CAS with this one, using white cardstock for my box and a single piece of pattern paper for the side accents.  The flower at the top was made with S5-061 Daisy Flower Topper and I used 2 different colors to make it.  I just love the layers of this flower and the way you can curl up the borders on the petals, giving it a nice "fluffy" look!

 Here is what the die templates in the set look like:

See the 4 curved pieces at each end?  When folded, these end up being the top pieces and they tuck into each other and stay closed.  You can see that I used the negative diamond shaped pieces to accent the tag.  I just love using those little pieces instead of throwing them away.

 This picture shows how I added a strip of Scor-Pal 1/8" Scor-Tape around the top and bottom of each side and added glitter to them. 

You can see all the amazing projects from the Design Team on the Spellbinders website in the Idea Gallery!  The gallery has been updated and improved, sorted into the categories Cards, Scrapbook Pages and Mixed Media projects -be sure to check it out! 

That's all for today!  Thanks for stopping by and Happy Halloween everyone!

Spellbinders Supplies:

• S5-061 Daisy Flower Topper
• LF-012 Square Petal Top Box
• Spellbinders Grand Calibur machine

Preferred Partner Products:

• Gina K. Designs, Pure Luxury White Cardstock, Framed Greetings Stamp Set
• Sparkle N' Sprinkle, Semi-Transparent Glitter Crystal Ice Ultrafine Glitter

Cross Promotional Partner Products:

• Jillibean Soup, Watermelon Gazpacho Soup 6 x 6" Mini Pad Patterned Paper, Bean Stalks Blue Twine
• Bazzill Basics Paper, Prismatics Skylar and Frosted Yellow Cardstock
• Clearsnap, ColorBox Black Pigment Ink
• Cosmic Shimmer, Cosmic Twinkles Aqua Glitter Glue
• Scor-Pal, ⅛" Scor-Tape
• SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES BY 3L, 3D Foam Squares

Friends with Flair -Missing you

Hi everyone!  Welcome to Friends with Flair!  It's been awhile since I had a chance to play along with FWF.  Unity changed how they do FWF now, and all we have to do is post a card with Unity on Friday and link it up to the Unity Blog.  EPLS!

My card today uses the totally cute Itty Bitty set, Love Runs Deep (all Itty Bitty stamps are on sale for only $4 right now).  To add a bit of detail to the Spellbinders Heart Circles die cut, I outlined the heart part with a rose marker, the triangle with yellow and the border with a green marker.  Then I took the NEGATIVE heart parts of the die cut, colored them with a rose marker and used them as accents.  Using those little "extra" bits is a great way to coordinate accents!

That's it for today.  I am knee deep in Ninja and Darth Vader costumes.  Tonight is the Fall Carnival at my boys' Elementary school and they are allowed to wear costumes!  Both my boys are small for their age, so all the costumes need to be altered.  I don't like doing things at the last minute, but I have had a horrendous head cold for the last 3 weeks and this is the first day I have felt normal, so off I go to sew!

Thanks for stopping by, here is a close up picture.

Card Deets:

Stamps - (Unity) Love Runs Deep Itty Bitty

Paper -white cardstock, (Jillibean Soup) Sweet and Sour Soup 6x6 pad

Accessories -Spellbinders S4-316 Heart Circles, button (Buttons Galore), (Stamp Simply Ribbon Store) 1/4" yellow silk ribbon, (Pizzazz Aplenty) 2, 3 and 4mm gold rhinestones, copic markers

Spellbinders/Unity Stamp Co blog hop: Day 2

Hi everyone!  Welcome to our TWO-day event!

You should be joining me from Shemaine Smith’s blog, if not then head to the beginning on the Unity Stamp Co. Blog.

With all the blog-swaps that are happening out there lately, I can't think of one more exciting than when the amazing women of SPELLBINDERS™ get together with the rock stars of UNITY STAMP COMPANY!

We can't wait to show you a special line of coordinating products featuring SPELLBINDERS dies and SAMANTHA WALKER for Unity Stamp Co. rubber stamps!  
Not only are we thrilled to be collaborating on such a special 2-day event, but ONE of you will win ALL of the coordinating stamps and dies from the Samantha Walker collection!  We will also chose 1 winner each day from the comments who will receive 1 Samantha Walker stamp set and coordinating dies.
So be sure to enjoy our hop both days, leave comments on all of the blogs each day and check back to see if you won!  Winners will be posted on Wednesday, October 19^th on the Unity Blog and Spellbinders Blog.

I made a set of quick and easy birthday cards.  I used the stamp set, Blossom Stackers that coordinate with the Spellbinder dies, Blossom Tags and Accents.  The cards are almost identical, except I changed the colors and had a little fun with the Spellbinders Decorative Inserts I used at the bottom!

 

 

Head on over to the fabulous Angie Bloom and see what she has to share with you today!

 

Card Deets:
Stamps - Blossom Stackers (Unity Stamp Co)
Ink - Orange, Brown, Rose Red and Yellow
Paper - white and brown cardstock, Dots and Stripes PP (Echo Park)
Spellbinder dies - S5-072 Blossom Tags and Accents, E8-002 Classic Bracket, E8-004 Classic Ric Rac and E8-006 Classic Petal Edgeabilities
Other accessories -  Yellow, red and orange rhinestones, Scor-Pal, various white ribbons

The 12 Days of a Clean and Simple Christmas - Stamp Simply Style

Hi everyone!  Welcome to Day 1 of The 12 Days of a Clean and Simple Christmas - Stamp Simply Style.  This ongoing series will feature cards from the Stamp Simply Ribbon Store DT that are CAS (clean and simple).  These will be quick and easy to recreate or even mass produce for the Christmas season.  Unfortunately, I won't be posting all of the 12 days, but Sharon will, so be sure to check out her blog over these next few weeks.

I have 2 cards to share today, both are nice and flat -easy to mail with no extra postage.  My first card uses the JustRite stamp set, Merry and Bright and strips of pattern paper from the Kaisercraft, Silly Season 6x6 pad.  The accessories are very simple, Spellbinders circles Nestabilities, some silver cord and a few rhinestones.

This card uses another ornament from Merry and Bright with a sentiment from Deck the Halls.  The pattern paper is MME, Lost and Found Christmas.  Again, not many accessories on this card, just some gold cord and a couple gold pearls.

Here are the girls who have CAS Christmas cards for you today:

 Sharon Johnson, The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store

Deb Saaranen

Michelle Woerner - me

Here are a some close up shots.  Thanks for stopping by!!

Swimming For Katie

Hi Everyone!!  Welcome to Day 3 of the Swimming for Katie blog hop.  From October 10-12th some of the best stampers are joining together to support and encourage our friend and fellow stamper, Katie Renz, who is currently battling inoperable gastric cancer.  If you're not familiar with her, Katie’s cancer story started just before Christmas last year.  This young, beautiful, healthy, vibrant mother of 3 with her infectious smile was suddenly diagnosed with an inoperable cancer, virtually overnight.  A few tummy aches and then stage 4 gastric cancer.  Her first post about it is HERE.  The idea of “Swimming for Katie” came from her recent post HERE.

Here is my card.  I colored the image with copics and added a bit of stickles here and there for sparkle! 

This exclusive stamp used in my sample, designed by Becky Oehlers is available as a clear stamp, as well as a digis or a dig and SVG cut file.  In addition to the Keep Swimming Octopus, Marianne Walker and True =D Doodle Designs both also donated digis that are for sale.  

Click HERE for all the items available for sale. 

Direct donations are also being accepted.

100% of the profits go to Katie's fund to help her and her young family.  Her husband Kevin and her three young children need our help and support. 

IN ADDITION:

To help raise money for Katie, Creating for Causes has generously donated a FREE ticket (value: $249.95) to one of their upcoming 3-day Scrap & Stamp Retreats.

The winner of the free ticket will enjoy 3 days of non-stop fun and creativity with fellow scrappers, stampers and paper crafters, and can choose between the Charlotte, NC Scrap & Stamp Ritzy Retreat at The Ritz-Carlton on October 21-23 or the Orlando, FL Scrap & Stamp Retreat at the Marriott World Center on November 4-6. Both retreats promise to spoil you and provide 48-straight hours of creating, camaraderie and fun!

To learn more about the events, please visit: http://www.creatingforcauses.org/our-events/scrapbook-events/.

Here's how it works:

 Simply make a $33 donation (or more) for Katie and indicate that you want to be entered in the Creating for Causes Retreat ticket drawing. Everyone who makes a qualifying donation will be entered into the drawing and one lucky person will be attending this 3-day retreat for FREE! That lucky person could just be you!  (If you have already donated and wish to be included, just email kate(at) iheartpapers (dot) com)

DEADLINE TO ENTER FOR THIS GIVEAWAY IS FRIDAY 9PM EST, although other donations will be accepted for weeks to come.

The following is a list of everyone who has projects posted today.  I hope you will be inspired by them and moved to purchase or donate.   

Amy Heller- Jackie Pedro- Julie Masse- Kecia Waters- Sandie Dunne- Susan Liles - Latisha Yoast- Laurie Schmidlin- Lisa Arana - Lisa Henke- Lisa Silver- Lydia Fiedler- Lyn Bernatovich- Lynette- Maria Gurnsey- Meg Craig- Melissa Bickford- Michelle Woerner- Mona Pendleton- Niki Estes- Robyn Weatherspoon- Sarah Jay- Sarah Martina Parker- Savannah O'Gwynn- Stephanie Washburn- Susanna Boyd- Tobi Crawford- Julie Lacey- Kim Kesti - Shemaine Smith- Danielle Lounds- Debbie Carriere- DoBea A.- Fran Gumprecht- Geny Cassady- Gina K.- Holly McMillen- Jak Heath- Javablustamper/Jacquie- Kimberly Crawford- Jeanne Streiff- Trudy Sjolander

If you would like to send Katie a card, her mailing address is:

Katie Renz

PO Box 5913

Bellingham, WA 98227-5913

We have a winner for the Pleated Ribbon!

Hi everyone!  I am happy to announce the winner from the Ribbon Inspiration Stamp Simply Style blog posts came from my blog this week.  Woohoo!  Here was the amazing blog candy from the Stamp Simply Ribbon Store!  And a big thank you to everyone who left comments and visited us.  We appreciate them very much!

 Random.org helped me chose the winner!

Here are your random numbers:

63

Timestamp: 2011-10-11 22:55:18 UTC 

irishgalkelly said...
Beautiful Michelle! Love your card and this beautiful pleated ribbon with the velvet on top. Gorgeous!! Your embellishment cluster almost looks like your blog signiture!

Congrats irishgalkelly!  Head on to Sharon's blog to get the info on how to claim your lovely blog candy!

Ribbon Inspiration Stamp Simply Style -Pleats

Hi everyone!  Welcome to this week's Ribbon Inspiration Stamp Simply Style. This week we are showcasing PLEATED RIBBON.  Pleats are all the rage right now.  There are lots of ways to do pleats, so be prepared for some wonderful PLEATS inspiration today!

All Pleated ribbons can be found here

My card uses the silver 5/8" satin pleated ribbon with a layer of 1/8" velvet ribbon.  The fabulous papers are from the Pink Paislee Phantom pad -this has very elegant Halloween patterns!!  I also used some Prima flowers from the Alla Prima collection.  My frame is made from a Spellbinders Labels Twenty-Two and the cat image and sentiment are from the JustRite set, Happy Halloween.  

Each week we will have fabulous Blog Candy (this week's is pictured below) made up of the ribbons that we feature.  The winner will be drawn from comments on one of today’s participating blogs, so leaving a comment on each blog to increases your chance to win.  Only one comment per blog, please.  The winner will be selected at 6 p.m. EST on Tuesday, October 11th and posted on Sharon's blog on Wednesday. 

Here is the list of today's participants:

--blog hop closed--

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!  I'll leave you with a close up picture.

Card Deets:

Stamps - Happy Halloween (JustRite)
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Cardstock - White and black
Pattern Paper - Phantom 6x6 (Pink Paislee)
Accessories - black/white baker's twine, black rhinestones, Prima flowers, stickles, Spellbinders Labels Twenty-two and Standard Circles LG and SM Nestabilities.

To have and to hold

Hi everyone!  I have a wedding card to share today.  This was actually made for a publication call awhile ago for the Paper Crafts Card Ideas issue, it was for the sketch found on page 78.  In seeing which cards made the cut, I can see why they were chosen (one of them is from my BFF, Charlene Austin and another is from my Spellbinders team mate, Lesley Langdon -woohoo!).  

But the good news is my friend needed a wedding card and this card was perfect for her to send!! I used the Gina K set,  With This Ring, I just love these elegant bells!  So pretty.  I went with simple white, aqua and silver colors.  They just scream wedding to me!!  I used the border die from Spellbinders Parisian Accents and the image panel is from Labels Seventeen.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!  Here is a close up pic.

Card Deets:

Stamps - With this Ring (Gina K Designs); Ink - Memento tuxedo black
Paper - White and Aqua Mist cs (PTI), Springtime collection "Spring Feathers" 12x12 paper (Echo Park); Accessories - copic markers, silver pearls (Recollections by Michael's), silver edged organdy ribbon (Offray), Spellbinders Parisian Accents (S5-034) and Labels Seventeen (S5-025), silver cord (May Arts)

You've come a long way baby

Hi everyone!!  Today's card uses Gina K older stamp TV kit set, Vintage Chic.  I love the images in this set and really want to make a point to use them ALL!  I based the colors off the pattern papers in Lost & Found 2 by MME, I used Blush and Breeze pads.  These papers are my new LOVE.  I cut the balloons out, colored them and added glossy accents to each.  I separated the sentiment to fit on the pennants.

 

 This sketch was from the last Card Maker magazine call.  This card didn't make the cut, next time, right?  That's about it today.  Up to my eyeballs in projects and school stuff with the boys.  Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Card Deets:

Stamps - Vintage Chic (Gina K Designs)
Ink - Memento Rich Cocoa
Paper - white and brown cardstock; Lost & Found 2 "Blush" and "Breeze" 6x6 pads (My Mind's Eye)
Accessories - Spellbinders™ S5-029 Nested Lacey Pennants and S4-142 Long Classic Rectangles, mulberry flower (Wild Orchid Crafts), burlap string, Copic markers, rhinestones (Pizzazz Aplenty), ruffled ribbon, Glossy Accents

Happy World Card Making Day!

 Hi everyone!  Happy World Card Making day!!!  I didn't think I would have anything to post today (things are crazy busy around the Woerner house), but since I couldn't remove my name from the Paper Crafts WCMD Blog Tour, I thought I better make a little something PRONTO!

This Christmas card uses a cutie snowman from Gina K Design's Snow Much Fun.  I love that this little guy is holding a sign that can say anything!!  The embossing is from Spellbinders Impressabilities, Snowflakes.  This one is pretty easy peasy, just the way I like it!

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Have a great day and enjoy the Blog Tour!!

Card Deets:

Stamps - Snow Much Fun
Paper - Pure Luxury Cardstock Lipstick Red and White
Pattern Paper - Echo Park, Dots and Stripes Christmas
Accessories - Spellbinders Labels Eleven and Snowflakes Impressabilities, Cranberry rhinestones in 2mm and 3mm (Pizzazz Aplenty), Dotted grosgrain ribbon (SU), Poinsettia mulberry flower (Wild Orchid Crafts), Stickles in Stardust, corner rounder, copic markers