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Yesterday I showed you the coasters I made using the Scallop Circle # 2 Bigz die. That die cuts TWO scallops, one medium (I used for coasters) and one small. As I looked at those small scallops and wondered what to do with them, it hit me! They'd make great glass "charms" to help identify your glass in a large group! Since I made the coasters with a "child" theme, I decided to use the All in the Family stamp set to keep that theme going. I punched holes with the Crop-a-dile tool and then I slipped a rubber band through the hole and used the rubber band to wrap around the glass! See picture below.
These aren't fancy, but they'd do the trick. It seems like all the children's cups look alike - this should help make them "identifiable" and perhaps lesson the spreading of germs from drinking after each other! You could stamp their in ital on them instead of the picture, but there are 3 "B's" in our family! I used Staz-On Jet Black ink on these just as I did the coasters in yesterday's post! See that post for complete instructions.
Not everyone is a "cork" type person, so I looked around the table of items I've cut out with the Big Shot and found these little flowers! Add a ribbon and use different colors and you've got another set of glass "charms" or "identifiers." The more I looked, the more ideas I came up with, the leaves and the butterflies to mention just two. Use your imagination and see what you come up with. Recall that the Big Shot has a list of over 50 materials that it will cut out and here I've just used two! Leave a comment and a picture if you can, and let us know what ideas you come up with!
Happy Creating and Stamping!
No, they're NOT Chocolate Chip cookies, although they do resemble them in this picture (or I've just been dieting too long!). They're coasters cut with the Scallop Circle # 2 Bigz Die and the Big Shot from Stampin' Up! I used a roll of cork for the coaster and glued a piece of felt to the bottom (see one in front) to keep any moisture or roughness off furniture. I used Staz-on Jet Black Ink to add the images. These images are from the Animal Stories stamp set. I have a nice stone coaster set and thought it would be nice for the visiting children to have a more "child friendly" set. However, you could use any stamp set to set any tone or mood you wished. It takes the Staz-On a few minutes to dry and then I sprayed them with Krylon's Matte finisher.
The Scallop CIrcle # 2 Bigz Die cuts both a medium and a small scallop circle. This is the larger of the two. Check back tomorrow to see what I did with the small one!
Happy Stamping!
Here's the last of the hair clips/label pins I've been creating - at least for a while. This has been fun, and I've done way more than I've shown you. So if you're local, and want to buy some for yourself or your "little darlings," just let me know! I'll even do special orders if you need certain colors.
This one may be my favorite so far - but that could change...... I used the fall leaves and ribbon and a button. On all of these, I've used needle and thread to hold them in place and then hot glued as needed to stabilize pieces and add the backing. In fact, I got a great deal this weekend on a hunter green cashmere-type sweater! I think this pin will look great on that sweater. Now if the temperature will only drop a little more so I can wear it!
Then I decided I was using too many different colors and just went monotone.
I hope you can see the varity of ideas you can use this machine for. I'll be posting some other ideas later in the week!
Don't forget, if you buy Stampin' Up's Big Shot from me, (or someone buys it FOR you, but from me!), then you'll be eligible to recieve a special newsletter from me with all kinds of things to create and tips to make it even more fun to use the Big Shot.
Meantime,
Happy Creating!
Here are some "fall/Thanksgiving" ideas I created using Stampin' Up's Big Shot. This past weekend I cut a variety of shapes in a variety of colors and then just "played around." Here's a little "turkey" pin I came up with.
Here's something that could be a lapel pin or a hairclip, depending on what kind of "thing" you attach to the back!
I'm telling you, folks, this is so much FUN! I little felt, a little netting and a little ribbon and with the uniform, smooth cuts you get from the Big Shot, you can create all sorts of happy things!
More to come......
Happy Creating!
This weekend I created some more items using Stampin' Up!'s Big Shot. I'll show them to you throughout the week. They are all fast and easy and take little explanation, but leave a comment and let me know if you like them or not!
The first one is a child's hat I bought already made and added the decorations. These are cut witht the Leaves # 2 Orginal Die in a variety of felt colors. I added some netting over some to give them a different texture/feel. The ribbon is from my "stash" - every crafter and seamtress has a "stash" somewhere, don't we? I loosly stitched the leaves and ribbon to the hat and then used the glue gun to get them set and in place.
So, of course, I had to do gloves:
These flowers are from the Island Floral Bigz Die. This die is desgined to be able to make lies, so has wholes in the center. Here, I used a Rhinestone brad to attach the flowers to the glove. I put them right next to the seam and opened the brad ends far enough to "bend back" and get lost in the weave so they don't hurt your hand putting the glove on. Another advantage to doing it this way is that you can change the colors of the flowers to match each outfit you wear them with!
I'll post more ideas for gifts and useful things you can do with the Big Shot tomorrow!
Happy Stamping! or, in this case, Happy Creating!
