Welcome to the last stop on the Stampin’ Addicts 2011 New Catalog Blog Hop! If you’re hopping in order, you’ve just been admiring Yapha’s creations at Rubber Stamping & Card Making with Yapha. She always comes up with such fun ideas!
Here at InkPaperStamps, we’re playing with the new Sizzix Perfect Pennants Bigz L die, a Stampin’ Up! exclusive. (To add to the fun, we’re also offering some blog candy!)
PARTY TIME: Send in a Clown
The Perfect Pennants die is chock full of possibilities for punch art fans, kinda like a Volkswagon at a circus. So it’s only fitting that the first thing we share with you today is this cute clown:
Want a more colorful collar for your clown? Layer half a circle (punched from cardstock that coordinates with the pompom) under the half doily.
PRETTY PANTRY: Label Your Lentils
Recently, I’ve been reorganizing our pantry to make it easier to cook from scratch. All my dry goods look so pretty in their new Mason jar homes, but it’s a little hard to tell the jasmine rice from the basmati, the red beans from the adzuki.
Perfect Pennants die to the rescue!
Back some metallic shelf liner paper with a fresh DSP, run it through your Big Shot and cut a length of linen thread to tie the shiny doily diecut to your jar. All you need now is a china marker (aka a grease pencil) to add what’s in the jar.
if you want a little fancier look (or, in my case, have handwriting that leaves something to be desired), punch out computer-generated labels and attach them with a Stampin' Dimensional.
HANUKKAH SPINNER GAME: Are We There Already?
With Perfect Pennants and some spinner hands, it’s easy to create a little travel game for long car rides or for waiting at the airport.
Hanukkah starts late this year (December 20, I believe), so I imagine many Jewish families will be able to travel further than usual to share the celebrations with loved ones.
When available surfaces aren’t stable enough or suitable for spinning dreidels, maybe this spinner game will help young ones pass the time en route?
Being Methodist, my collection of Star of David stamps is sorely lacking, so I used the 6-petal flower from the Boho Blossoms. Boy, I hope that's not a smite-able offense. . . .
The Perfect Pennants die is so versatile, The Dog and I really had to debate how to narrow down the ideas to show you today. If you’d like to be among the first to see the rest of them, kindly subscribe to InkPaperStamps’ free updates.
AND NOW, THE BLOG CANDY
So, would you like to win the Best Blossoms stamp set?
Best Blossoms offers a variety of images, and a terrific sentiment.
Well, you are eligible to submit an entry for each applicable category below. Click here for the entry form. (The form lets you check off all the ways you qualify, so you only need to submit it once.)
- Commenting. (leaving a comment below about your favorite project here today, or what you might like to create using the Perfect Pennant die.)
- Belonging. (being a member of Stampin Addicts, a free public website for Stampin’ Up! fans–click here if you’d like to join now).
- Subscribing. (being a subscriber to InkPaperStamps’ free updates.)
Winner will be randomly selected from all entries submitted by 11:59 pm (CT) Monday August 1. Terms and conditions apply.
Now, if you joined the hop in the middle, it’s time to continue on–next stop: Escape2Stamp, where Adriana (escape2stamp on Stampin Addicts) is featuring Ain’t Love Grand.
Thanks for visiting InkPaperStamps–hope you’ll come back again soon!
Love the Clown!!! I have made a couple of cards already with the Pennant punch for birthdays, it’s so versitile.
Thanks for sharing
Kathy C.
i love your clown and spinner! would you please let me know where you got your letters for your spinner card? i desperately would love to have some and have had no luck finding any. thanks for your help!! love your blog!
You are always so creative! I think I know a certain Jewish family that made a long trek recently.
I love the new pennant punch. It seems so versatile. The clown you made is so cute! I really like the idea of using the pennant punches on a string with words. Thanks for the opportunity to win!!
As usual, such great projects! I will be casing the jar idea right away. I cook from scratch a lot but am just now starting to repackage pantry items and buy some in bulk. Why not have a pantry that is functional AND pretty? TFS!
Your Hannukah spinner is awesome, and the boho blosson six petal flower IS close to a Star of David…. how clever of you to notice it!!!
I love the Hannukah spinner…what a fabulous idea!! I would love to win this stamp set!!
Thanks,
Christy
Very creative! The idea of labeling your cupboards is excellent. If only I could convince my dh.
Holly, you are always so creative! The cute clown is my favorite today.
I love your spinner card and I’m not even Jewish! Very cute ideas!
This little clown isn’t scary at all. Cute even!
Holly, I just love how your brain works! Fabulous projects as always!
I received that adorable clown in a swap – it’s even cuter IRL! Your “outside the box” thinking never ceases to amaze me, Holly. The dreidel game is sheer brilliance!!!
Such a beautiful Hannukah spinner Holly! Your ideas are so fun and wonderfully made. Great job!
Love what you did for the clown card- so creative!!!
Awesome!! As always. That clown is sooooo cute, even if you didn’t use any purple on him. Tsk, tsk tsk. lol Love how you used the punch out pieces for the eyes. And that flat dreidel!! Genius!! And has Yapha’s seal of approval. Hope you sneaked this idea to her for the trip they just took. I am a Christian but we lean strongly to Christianity’s Hebrew heritage, and I did some lattice die cross cards for our church that had the boho blossom flower on them awhile back, and it struck me just how much it resembled the Star of David on there. Loved it. Now I’m wondering if I can recreate any of these with the petal cone die since that’s the one I just ordered!! lol Oh, and not entering for the blog candy, just wanted to give you kudos!! Hugs
love the clown! Feel free to send him my way!
What a genius way to use every tiny bit of a punch/die on the clown!! Love it
Thanks for the chance at some sweet blog candy!!
I liked the Pretty Labels. Thanks for the chance to win.
All projects are great. However, I love the card using the new pennant and the spinner.
Great projects – the clown is so cute..
I already receive updates from you and am a member of Stampin Addicts.
TFS,
Barb S (FL
love the spinner – thinking of many ways to use it
OK my favorite has got to be the clown although the others are equally fantastic. Thanks Holly and The Dog, you both did a great job. Holly you are quite the homemaker for doing your kitchen all up like that. I love it.
Carey Rogers
aka Roscoe’s mommy
Love your ideas – can’t wait to check out your blog for more. This die is on the top of my wish list
What a clever and cute spinner game! I like the card and lentil label, too. TFS.
You always amaze me with your creative thinking! I, too, have that fabulous clown card and my stampers were oh so amazed at my Open House!
Oh Holly, these are fantastic as always, but you have truly out done yourself with the Hanukkah spinner card!! I love, love, love it!! I have to make one as soon as I get home!
Thanks for the great ideas for the penant punch set- I ordered it , but then went blank for ideas. LOVE the punch art clown!
Thanks for a chance to win the candy!
Toni
Just FAB! I love the jaunty angle of the clown and using the tiny punch outs under the eyes is adorable!
Holly you are simply BRILLIANT! Your Hanukkah spinner card is amazing. I ♥ that you thought of it and spent the time research the letters. I think I just found my holiday card this year!!
I enjoyed all your projects for various reasons! The clown was just plain cute and would be a fun birthday card. I could see the cute label for food gifts or just on my stuff at home! Love the game. I have Jewish friends from when we lived in Houston and they might enjoy this for their grandkids to play. As another person asked – where did you get the letters or symbols? Thanks for sharing your talent. Hugs to the dog!
Thanks for the inspiration today! I love the mason jar idea with labels. So pretty and I bet your pantry is just gorgeous! Cute clown card and spinner game too. Awesome ideas, thanks!
Love, love, love the clown card! Great projects.
I love seeing how folks use their stamps and dies to create something totally different than what they were designed for. So cute and creative to make a clown with your supplies. I love Clowns and the little blue pieces under his/her eyes is simply adorable!
All of your projects are so fun and adorable! I particularly like the idea for the spinner game, but the jar labels are just beautiful!
Holly – love em all – especially that spinner – utterly fabulous
Hi Holly,
I love the HANUKKAH SPINNER GAME idea you have shown me today! I know one family that I will a few of these games for =) Thank you.
Holly, I know I can always count on you to show off dies and punches to their ultimate and you’ve done it again. Love the jar label the best.
I love the idea of labeling your pantry items. I’ve been know as the label queen in a previous life, this just may elevate that status!
AMAZING as always!!!