Stamping with Pennie

MOVERS & SHAPERS BOX - WITH EXTENSION TUTORIAL

I LOVE the Movers and Shapers die and the accessory dies that you can purchase to go along with them.  This die of the ornament is in the current Holiday Mini Catalog.  I wanted to make a box with the Movers and Shapers die, but knew that the end result would be a "too flat box", even Candy Kisses wouldn't be able to fit into it.

An AH-HA moment came upon me - I decided that all I needed to do was to add narrow extensions to the four sides of the BOX BOTTOM!

So here is what I did:  I cut out the die with the movable ornament cutting piece in the middle.  Then I cut the two pieces apart on the score line. 

LID:  I scored the ornament piece(to be the lid of the box) on all four sides at 3/4", and then cut the ends of the two opposite sides and assembled the lid as you normally would.   

BOX BOTTOM:  Next I cut off about 1/16" on two adjacent sides of the piece that was for the bottom (the other half of the die cut with no opening in it).  Proceeded to score and assemble it just as I did the LID using 3/4" score lines.

EXTENSIONS:  I cut two pieces of the same card stock at 3 3/4" x 1" and glued them to the inside long sides of the box bottom.  I cut two pieces of the same card stock at 3 1/2" x 1" and SCORED each of them on both short ends at 1/2" so that they would glue perfectly into the inside of the short ends of the box bottom.

THERE YOU HAVE IT, A MOVERS AND SHAPERS BOX WITH EXTENSIONS! Hope you like this neat trick! 
 

Just Can't Resist

.... I need to show pictures taken about a week ago with my granddaughter and grandson. 

Here is Cole with Grandma Pennie - be sure to check out the matching outfits - by chance!

Now here is Grandma Pennie baking biscuits with Lauren, we know how to make some fun:

 

Bashful Blue Bride Paper

 I love the Bride Paper for this reason, if for no other - YOU CAN MAKE IT ANY COLOR YOU WOULD LIKE!  This time I used my brayer and my Bashful blue ink pad and made it into this gorgeous Bashful Blue card stock with the pearly shimmer all over it!

SUPPLIES:  Stamp Set:  Serene Snowflake (Holiday Mini Catalog); Ink:  Bashful Blue Classic Ink; Card Stock:  Whisper White, Bashful Blue, Bride Designer Paper;  Accessories:  Hard Rubber Brayer, Bashful Blue Taffeta Ribbon, Bashful Blue 1/2" striped Grosgrain Ribbon.
 

Falling Leaves Simplicity

 
Your Fall Stamping just couldn't get any easier than this when you need to get a note off to someone.

SUPPLIES:  Stamp Set:  Falling Leaves;  Card Stock:  Whisper White;  Ink:  Old Olive, Ruby Red and More Mustard
 

Another Pennant Park Picture

One of my favorite pieces in this stamp set is the print stripe that you can see here in Crushed Curry.  It is so easy to stamp onto a scrap piece of card stock and trim down the edges and snip off the ends and adhere on to your project just where you want it.  HINT: here is an easy way to ink the tree and get two colors.  Ink up the whole tree stamp with the green color (this time Old Olive) then with my Chocolate Chip Marker I drew right over the tree trunk on the actual stamp and then stamped it on to the card stock - very EASY!

SUPPLIES:  Stamp Set:  Pennant Park;  Card Stock:  Whisper White, Crushed Curry, Chocolate Chip;  Ink: Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, Crushed Curry, Chocolate Chip Marker;  Accessories:  1 14/" circle punch, 1 3/8" circle punch, gold Mini Brad.
 

Anniversary Wishes

So, did you know that I recently celebrated my 42nd Wedding Anniversary?  Of course you didn't!  I needed a simple manly card for my Sweet Heart and this is what I created (It would have helped tremendously if I had held the camera straight).  I still wanted to share this card with you even thought he picture was not taken well.

I cut the WOOD oval with the Big Shot using the Oval die. Simple card, and I really like the way the colors came out.  Supply list is below, but first I want to show you what 42 Red Roses in ONE Vase looks like:

This is one huge vase of roses!

Card SUPPLIES:  Stamp Set:  Pennant Park, Teeny Tiny Wishes;  Card Stock:  Night of Navy, Really Rust Textured Card Stock, Whisper White and Wood Sheet (hmm... maybe this is an accessory?) Ink:  Jet Black StazOn;  Accessories:  Top Note Die, Ovals Die, Big Shot, Night of Navy 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon.
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Pendant Park Possibilities

 This is a great little stamp set that you might have over looked.  I hope you don't over look it any longer, I have a few cards that I made with it to show you, be sure to come back for the next couple of days and see what I did with it.  My next post will include the WONDERFUL WOOD sheets that I have been boasting about!

SUPPLIES:  Stamp Set:  Pendant Park;  Card Stock:  Kraft, Chocolate Chip, Sage Shadow;  Ink:  Chocolate Chip;  Accessories:  1/4" Sage Shadow Grosgrain Ribbon, Small Oval Punch, Large Oval Punch, Petals-A-Plenty Embossing Folder and Big Shot.
 

Party Favors, Place Cards or just a Sweet Treat

Or maybe just a TREAT for someone!  Actually, I did make these for a treat for EVERYONE at dinner to celebrate my sons birthday (last month, I am just getting around to posting them - am I shameless?).  I thought for a guy they fit the bill of not being frilly, or over fussy, but still had some color and a little pizazz.  Inside when you open the little drawer that has their name on it, you will find two delightfully wrapped Ghirardelli Chocolate Squares (hey, I am partial to the 60 % Cacao ones).  I did wrap each of the chocolate squares to dress them up a bit for a party.  If you want to wrap some just cut a piece of Double Sided Designer Paper to measure 4 1/4" x 1 1/2" - fits perfectly!

SUPPLIES:  Stamp Set:  Short and Sweet (see that teeny cupcake?);  Card Stock:  Always Artichoke, More Mustard, Whisper White and Autumn Traditions Double Sided Designer Paper;  Ink:  More Mustard and Sahara Sand (both for sponging), Jet Black StazOn for stamping the cupcake and to color the cupcake I used Soft Suede, More Mustard and Ruby Red Markers;  Accessories:  Silver Pieces from the Silver HodgePodge Hardware Kit, I/2" circle Punch, 3/4" circle Punch, Match Box die, Big Shot,1/4" More Mustard Grosgrain Ribbon.
 

Double Lattice - FITS PERFECTLY

Isn't this just the greatest, what versatility! I love that when you cut out two dies of the Lattice Die, you only need to overlap one of the bottom rows with one of the top rows on the other one and it looks SEAMLESS!  Hmmmm...... maybe I could say it seems seamless!  LOL!  the layers and the sponging on this card really make it stand out.  After overlapping the two lattice die images I did sponge around them with Ruby Red Ink - really makes them settle in to the card front.  Hope you like this one!

SUPPLIES:   Stamp Set:  Autumn Splendor;  Card Stock:  Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip, Really Rust, Ruby Red; Ink:  Ruby Red, Chocolate Chip, Really Rust;  Accessories:  Lattice Die, Big Shot, 1 1/4" Circle Punch, 1 3/8" Circle Punch, Cutter Kit, Ruby Red Mini Brads, Dimensionals
 

Falling Leaves with a ribbon

Here is another card, using another of the pieces from the Autumn Traditions papers.  I think with this stamp set and this DSDP you can get so many different looks.  I have also used one of oldest stamp sets - Itty Bitty Backgrounds, it has been on my shelf close to my desk for many years and it is a perfect accompaniment to any Fall Project - well almost anything really!  This card uses the "masking" technique for layering the lovely leaves - NO CUTTING INVOLVED HERE - well except for making the mask.

SUPPLIES:  Stamp Set:  Falling Leaves, Itty Bitty Backgrounds (speckle);  Card Stock:  More Mustard, Always Artichoke, Ruby Red, Whisper White, and Autumn Traditions Double Sided designer Paper;  Inks:  More Mustard, Always Artichoke, Ruby Red;  Accessories:  More Mustard 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon.