Stampin' Up! Memo Board

     At our team demonstrator meeting yesterday we discussed ways to help us get our business where we'd like it to be.  Of course we all love to be making a million dollars a year, but for me, that's not a realistic goal at this point in my life.  I'd be happy to make a little more a month and to add a card club to my monthly activities.  These will be my goals this year.

     Also at our meeting, Sally Chuchman, my upline, brought a memo board she made.  I instantly fell in love with it.  So, I went home, stopping at a big box store to pick up a canvas and some quilting batting, and went home and made my own.  I plan to use mine as a visualization board for my business goals.

    Here is my memo board.  What do you think?

      I also made fabric flowers as an embellishment to my board.  I followed the tutorial in the video I posted yesterday - HERE.  They were so easy to make.  As you can see, my flowers are two different sizes.  To make them different sizes, use a wider or thinner strip of fabric.  I did do like they suggested in the video, I made two flowers for each one flower.  They ended up being too thin for my liking with just one flower.  I really like how the blue one turned out.

     Here are close ups of my fabric flowers:

RECIPE:

CARD STOCK:  Blushing Bride, Riding Hood Red, Baja Breeze, & a tiny scrap of Twitterpated Designer Series Paper

FABRIC:  Twitterpated & Springtime Vintage

ACCESSORIES:  Antique Brads, Fire Square Brads, Flower Designer Brads, & 3/8" Whisper White Taffeta Ribbon

TOOLS:  Big Shot & Fun Flowers Bigz Die

NON-SU! TOOLS:  11 x 14 painter's canvas, quilting batting, hot glue gun & staple gun

Click HERE to order Stampin' Up! products from my website, 24/7

     I plan to make a second memo board.  This went together so quick and easy.  Watch out - memo boards galore!

Happy Sunday!

Fabric Flower & Dying Baker's Twine

     Don't you just love the flower on this card?  It's made using fabric from Stampin' Up!   Also, the Baker's twine used on this card was originally the white Baker's twine.

This photo is from the Sale-A-Bration catalog.
The stamp set is Outlined Occasions.
You can get it for FREE with a $50 purchase.

     Want to know how to make both the flower and how to dye the Baker's twine?  Watch the video to learn how to make the fabric flower (just ignore the title of the video - it doesn't show you how to dye to twine).  Then scroll down after the video for the written tutorial, from Stampin' Up!, on how to dye your twine any color you want.  Both are so simple to make, you won't believe it!

MINI TUTORIAL

Dying Baker's Twine Tutorial:

     Create a mixture using rubbing alcohol and any color of our Classic or Craft Stampin' Ink refills.  A god starting ratio is one tablespoon of alcohol to one drop of ink refill (you can adjust from there to get the right color intensity for your project).  Place the Baker's twine in the mixture, allowing enough time for the dye to fully soak the twine.  Lay the dyed twine on a clean paper towel to dry.  Use as desired.

Click HERE to order Stampin' Up! products from my website, 24/7

     I hope you find these tutorials easy to follow.  In my next post, I hope to have a picture of the flower I made.  They really aren't hard to make, just take a little time.

Happy Saturday!

Stampin' UP! Fabric

Look what you can make with the newest Stampin' UP! product!

     In the new Holiday Mini catalog, Stampin' UP! is selling fabric.  It is terrific!  Right now they are selling two different lines:

Deck the Halls (121716)

Candy Cane Christmas (121715)

     Both are $9.95 each (page 16 in the Holiday Mini catalog).  They each include three different coordinating patterns, and a projects planner.  The patterns match the new Design Series Paper, also in the new Holiday Mini catalog.

    Here is a video, from Stampin' UP! on their fabulous fabric:

     If you would like to host a fabric workshop, OR take a class using this fabulous fabric (and I have the cutest fabric tools cubby that folds up), please contact me.  I'd love to share this wonderful new product with you and your friends.

Happy Wednesday!