Flying Home Calendar Easel

Good Morning peeps!  Well...I completely forgot to blog yesterday!  I had a storm hanging over me ALL day! There were SEVERE WEATHER WARNINGS so I left early for my monthly class down the mountain. The storm didn't develop so I went to lunch with a couple of girlfriends after class...still no storm.  I picked up pizzas (for youth group) and stable mix (for my daughter's horse) and headed back up the mountain. When we got to the top of Buckhorn Pass, it was trying to spit out a little snow! When I got home kids were just getting home and it was snowing a bit more.  I quickly got dinner (meatloaf) in the oven so I could get my class orders in before the power went out! This was the kind of storm that was expected to hit!  Well...the storm never arrived...the power never went out...we didn't get a foot of snow...there was no snow day this morning (to my sons disappointment) but I FORGOT TO BLOG!  

Here I am today...we're still expecting a storm, I slept through my alarm and missed the gym, I poured ice tea on my Honey Not Cheerios...BUT I remembered to blog! Here is one of the fun projects we made at my class yesterday! My upline, Sarah Wills, made a similar one for me! I love it and hope you do too!

I used the Flying Home stamp set to stamp the top half of a 4" X 5 1/4" piece of Whisper White cardstock. I colored my image using my Stampin' Blend markers. Next I matted my image onto a piece of 4 1/8" X 5 3/8" piece of Crushed Curry cardstock. Before I attached it to the easel, I added a piece of Bermuda Bay 3/8" Mini Chevron ribbon, tying it in a knot and attaching the self-adhered calendar. 

I found the calendar at Vippies.com and just got an email saying that they are on sale and that 2019 calendars would be coming soon...now I can be ahead of things!   

The easel is Bermuda Bay cardstock, measures 4 1/4" X 11" and is scored at 5 1/2".  To turn the card into an easel, I used a 4" X 4" piece of cardstock that I scored at 1/2", 2" and 3 1/2" and adhered it to the inside of the card (easel) base. I'm hoping you can see how it's folded in this photo!

It's a REALLY FUN project and now that I know where to find the calendars, I think it will become a December project instead of a February (almost March) project.  I think it would be a super cute announcement card...you could circle the date of a birthday, a graduation, a wedding, a vacation, retirement, an anniversary...you get the drift I'm sure! I have some extra calendars, so I think I'll play with it!

Flying Home Clear Mount Stamp Set  #145929 - $18.00

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Hearts & Stars Elements

(a $6.00 value)

You'll also receive the following...

• FREE Sale-A-Bration items for every $50 spent (before tax & shipping) 
• Get a Darla Daisy for every $50 spent (before tax & shipping)
• The projects we make in my March classes!

If your order is $150 or more, DO NOT use the code because you will receive hostess credits. You will get the gift from me FREE automatically along with  the projects we make in January's classes!

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~Today's Thought~

Flying Home - Occasions/Sale-A-Bration SWAP - Day 5

Good morning!  I'm skipping "Make-It Monday" today because its another day of vacation and there's another swap card to share!  This one is created by my UP-UPLINE, Stella MacKay using the Flying Home Stamp Set!  Be INSPIRED!

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Stampin' UP! Piercing Mat (great for a base to stamp on using Photopolymer stamps)

You'll also receive the following...

• FREE Sale-A-Bration items for every $50 spent (before tax & shipping) 
• Get a Darla Daisy for every $50 spent (before tax & shipping)
• The projects we make in my February classes!

If your order is $150 or more, DO NOT use the code because you will receive hostess credits. You will get the gift from me FREE automatically along with  the projects we make in January's classes!

Your FREE gifts will be shipped separately and will be shipped by the 1st week in March or before.

~Today's Thought~

"Make-It Monday" Flying Home

Good morning everyone! I hope you had a TERRIFIC weekend, got lots done, relaxed a bit and found a moment or two to CREATE! I had my 5th Annual 14 Days of Love class on Saturday and it was so much FUN!  I had 16 ladies attend, they made 14 projects in four hours even with a break for lunch! I served Taco Soup and it was delicious! I get to do it again on the 23rd in Redding...I'm so looking forward to it! I'll be sharing these FUN projects over the next couple of weeks so you'll have time to create them for your Valentine!

Today, it's time for another "Make-It Monday"....I hope you are INSPIRED!

"Make-It Monday": Flying Home card using NEW Stampin' Up! products
All images © 1990-2017 Stampin’ Up!® 

This stamp sets and the Designer Series Paper are in the Occasions catalog which begins January 3.

Supplies:

• Stamp Sets: Flying Home (145926-w; 145929-c), Lovely Wishes (145924)
• Card stock & paper: Elegant Eggplant (105126), Whisper White (100730), Tutti-fruitti 6” x 6” Designer Series Paper (145606)
• Stampin’ Pad: Elegant Eggplant (126969) and Tuxedo Black Memento Pad (132708)
• Miscellaneous: Stampin' Blends Markers Collection (147475), White Stampin’ Chalk Marker (132133), Lots of Labels Framelits (138281), Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine (143263), Magnetic Platform (130658), Rhinestone Basic Jewels (144220), SNAIL Adhesive (104332), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Paper Snips (103579)

Measurements:

• Elegant Eggplant: 4-1/4” x 11”, scored at 5-1/2 then folded to create card base plus 3-1/4” x 5”
• Designer Series Paper: 4” x 5-1/4”
• Whisper White: 3-1/2” x 5” plus scrap for sentiment that is about 3” x ¾”

Instructions:

• Stamp bird houses with Memento black ink.
• Color in with your choice of Stampin’ Blends using a variety to make it colorful
• Die cut with the Lots of Labels die that is about 4” wide. You will be cutting off the wood-looking treehouse stands so they “bleed off” the page
• Using die that is about 4-3/4” wide, die cut Elegant Eggplant card stock
• Using SNAIL adhere birdhouse piece to Elegant Eggplant piece
• Using chalk marker, write on stitches all around on edge of Elegant Eggplant
• Add 3 rhinestones to each side
• Mount Designer Series Paper to card base
• Mount birdhouse focal point to card base with Dimensionals
• Stamp sentiment on Whisper White scrap and trim long sides so it’s about 3/8” wide. Using Paper Snips, cut banner ends on sentiment. Add one rhinestone to each side.
• Using SNAIL, adhere sentiment to DSP

Remember, you do not have to invent the wheel to be creative, just copy this project! Did you make it with your own hands? Then you have created!

Really CUTE card and lots of FUN to create!

Thanks BUNCHES for stopping by today!  Enjoy your day!

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1/4" Copper Trim (see image below) 

You'll also receive the following...

• FREE Sale-A-Bration items for every $50 spent (befor tax & shipping) 
• Get a Darla Daisy for every $50 spent (before tax & shipping)
• The projects we make in my January classes!

If your order is $150 or more, DO NOT use the code because you will receive hostess credits. You will get the gift from me FREE automatically along with  the projects we make in January's classes!

Your FREE gifts will be shipped separately and will be shipped by the 1st week in February or before.

~Today's Thought~