Creativity With Stamps

Recipe Box Class

WHAT: Paper crafting class showing you how to make a beautiful keepsake recipe box with dividers and a bonus project of a gift recipe card

WHEN:  Friday, September 30^th (7:00 PM – 9:30 PM)

WHERE:  My place (32 Parker Street / Lexington, MA)

COST: $45 (RSVP and Payment must be made by Saturday, September 10^th)

Note:  Cash/Checks or Paypal payments only

 

Here is what you will get:

 2 1/2 hours of full instructions (both written and personal one-on-one)

Full 12X12 paper pack (total of 12 pages to make box, recipe cards for yourself and/or friends)

Apron template (you will keep forever)

snacks/beverages

10 of my most coveted recipes

Finished recipe box (6” X 6.25” X 4.75”) with six recipe dividers and one beautiful matching recipe card made to be used as a gift recipe card

Cash/Checks must be made out to Laura Pinto-Nguyen and mailed to the following address:

32 Parker Street

Lexington, MA 02421

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Dream Air Balloon - 3D Non/Winning Artisan Project

This is the last 3D project submitted for the 2011 Artisan Award.  I always wanted to make an air ballon out of paper and so I decided to give it a try and you know what?   It was a lot easier than expected but it sure was time consuming.

The actual balloon was made using a paper mache technique and those little sparkly circles covering the entire balloon were made by spraying the newsprint DSP with my custom made glimmery spritzers using classic ink reinkers.

I used a lot of seam binding all over this project and the basket was made by coving a plastic container I had found at Michaels with more newspring dsp.

Stamps:  Broadsheet Alphabet

Paper/Cardstock:  Newsprint DSP, shimmer white, pretty in pink, wild wasabi

Ink:  wild wasabi, tempting turquoise, so saffron, rich razzleberry (can't see this on this picture because it's on the other side of the balloon), basic black

Accessories: pom pom trim, dazzling diamonds, seam binding, white baker's twine, Fun Flowers Bigz Die, 1 3/8" circle punch, 1" circle punch, Itty Bitty Shapes Punch (small circle), fleurettes II (top and bottom of balloon as finishing touches)

Birthday Layout - Last Non-Winning Artisan Award Layout

This was the last layout I created for the 2011 Artisan Award. 

Stamp Sets:  Seeing Stars

Paper/Cardstock:  In Color DSP Paper Pack (retired), Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo, whisper white, real red, Peach Parfait, very vanilla

Ink:  real red, versamark

Accessories:  In Color DSP Paper Pack (retired), white EP, melon mambo pom pom trim, top note bigz die, small star punch, toothpicks

 

Nature Cards - Non Winning Artisan Award Entries

These are the last two cards I made for the Artisan Award. 

 

Stamp Set:  Friends 24/7

Paper/Cardstock:  Sahara Sand, Poppy Parade, Woodland Walk DSP (retired)

Ink:  Versamark, early espresso, stampin'up markers for coloring

Accessories: white EP, Beautiful Wings Sizzlit Die, old olive taffeta ribbon, 3/4" circle punch, 1 3/8" circle punch

 

Stamp Set:  Just Believe, En Francais

Paper/Cardstock: whisper white, watercolor paper

Ink: crumb cake, melon mambo marker, old olive marker, tempting turquoise marker

Accessories: acrylic block for background, sticky tape, dazzling diamonds, victoria lace, baja breeze rosette, twine, water spritzer

 

There are more projects that I made for the Artisan Award and I will keep posting them!!!

 

Cousins Beach Layout - Non Winning Artisan Award Project

This is my second scrapbook page I made for the Artisan award.  It is an 8 1/2 X 11 page.  I always loved that picture and it was fun to scrapbook it with one of my all time favorite stamps Circle Circus.  Supplies used are all Stampin'Up.

Stamps:  Circle Circus

Ink:  Craft Basic Black

Cardstock/Paper:  Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Tempting Turquoise, Daffodil Delight, Basic Black, In Color DSP (retired)

Accessories:  Daffodil Delight Pom Pom Trim (retired), Vintage Type Rub Ons (retired), Soft Subtles buttons, Fancy Flower Punch, Timeless Type Die

Back from vacation and Origami Dress Video Tutorial

I am finally back home from a 4,000 mile road trip (taken in a two week time span). This vacation was simply amazing and fun and adventurous and also a bit tiring and it was all so worth it.  I really think we all needed a break from our responsibilities and worries.  However, I know that both my kids and I are also happy to be back home and continuing on from where we left off.

Kids now are in summer camp for 4 weeks so that I have time to organize myself before the madness with school, sports and other kids activities start again at the end of this month.

I turned 40 this past May and since I always had a dream to swim with a dolphin, I decided to include Discovery Cove in our vacation.  Discovery Cove is an amazing resort park in Orlando right by Sea World and my whole family and I got to have a 30 minute swim with a dolphin and then we swam with and touched sting rays and colorful fish.  Here are a few pics making one of my dreams come true:

I meant to have the origami dress vide tutorial done and uploaded before I left for vacation but my son got sick the day before we left and I spent most of the day at the doctor's office and pharmacy so that we could have everything straightened out before we headed out on our road trip.  By the way, he also got an ear infection right after he finished the antibiotics for the previous illness so I spent two weeks administering antibiotics about 4 times a day...that was a PAIN! 

All right....so here is the long awaited video tutorial:

 

 

 And here is a card I made with that little dress

 

I am in the process of organizing my studio so that it is more in sync with the way I work but I will keep posting other projects I entered for the Artisan Award.