Jo-Ann Unrau, Stampin' Up Demonstrator

Heart Pouch project

Hi everyone, I just wanted to share with you the heart pouch I made recently.

 

It is made using the new Petal Cone Die, and the Fun Flowers Die, both found in the Occasions Mini Catalogue. My friend, Pamela, and I made 25 of these for swaps for a recent Stampin' Up seminar!

I used Always Artichoke cardstock for the base, cut 2 out with the Petal Cone Die, and then ran them through the Polka Dot embossing folder. I adhered the two pieces together with Sticky Strip, and added some designer Paper, and 1/8" Marina Mist ribbon. The flowers were cut out of Marina Mist cardstock, (thanks to Sher and Alexa for the help:)), then embossed with the Polka Dots and Vintage Wallpaper embossing folders, and added a Big Button and some Linen Thread.

 

It makes a cute little pouch, perfect for a package of homemade cookies, or some flavored tea, made just to brighten a friend's day!

Hope you enjoyed it!

Jo-Ann 

 

Mother's Day gift

Hi everyone! I am back from the Stampin' Up Cruise, and over the coming week or so, I will be sharing some pics from my fabulous trip!

For now, here's a cute Mother's Day idea using the Top Note Die from Stampin' Up, as well as the gorgeous Cottage Wall designer paper set.

You can easily make a little booklet by binding together a bunch of pages from the Top Note Die, using a binding system like Bind-It-All. The little booklet can fit inside the matching purse.

I added a mini lunch bag (from the dollar store) for the inside of the purse, and topped it with a Scallop Circle, with a little zelcro to close it.  

Inside the booklet, you can write all the things you love about her!

To learn more about how to make projects like this one, join my Stamp Club, and get products to keep, ideas to inspire, and free stuff to smile about! Contact me today to join my monthly club!

Happy Mother's Day everyone!

Jo-Ann
 

Merry Christmas!

Here's a snapshot of the teachers Christmas gifts we made this year for my kids teachers.

I got these pails from a local scrapbook shop, and added designer paper from the Christmas Cocoa set, along with 5/8 Real Red grosgrain ribbon, and Soft Suede polkadot ribbon.

I cut out the circle on top using my Circle Scissors Plus. We also added a Whisper White snowflake using the Snowflake Punch, and a tag made with the Christmas Punch stamp set, Real Red and Soft Suede markers, and punched out with the Scallop Oval Punch.

We popped in some home-baked goodies, and a gift card, and off the kids went to deliver them! I think these pails would make really cute Valentine's gifts too!

Wishing you all a wonderful Merry Christmas!

Thanks for popping by!

Jo-Ann
 

Christmas Trees!

 
Good Morning!

I wanted to share with you these Christmas trees I made with my kids recently. We had a great time!

You can see from the bottom view here that I used styrofoam cones from the craft store, and added the paper curls all around. 

You just cut double sided paper (I used the retired set called Holiday Thyme) into 1" X 6" strips. (You need about 3 12X12 sheets per tree.)  Then, using your Bone Folder, curl one end at a time, as you would with curling ribbon. Leave a flat space in the middle, and put a sewing straight pin thru that area into your styrofoam shape. No glue required! 

You can also do this on foam wreath shapes too, but make sure to get the dense foam so the pins don't fall out! This was easy enough for my 7 and 11 year olds to do, but I did help them with the curling part.

Enjoy!

 
 

Holiday Gift Giving Guide!

Check out the new Holiday Gift-Giving Guide from Stampin' Up! Great ideas!

Click here to download the PDF: Holiday Gift-Giving Guide

Remember to place your order with me prior to Dec 1st for arrival before Christmas! These will make fabulous gifts for anyone on your list!

 
stampinwithjoann@shaw.ca

Gift Jam

Hello Stampers! Here's a little idea to make for gifts during our fabulous summer season. You could do this with pretty much any fruits or veggies that you are harvesting!

The kids and I made some Strawberry Freezer Jam, and packaged it up for gifts for their teachers a few weeks ago.

 Here are my little helpers...

 

 

Then, we put the jam in cute little jars, and stamped some white fabric with the strawberry stamp from Tart & Tangy.

 

We also made some matching tags, and the kids wrote little thankyou notes to their teachers on the back of them.

 

 

We used Real Red, Tempting Turquoise and Gable Green for the colors.

Hope you like them!

Jo-Ann

Personalized Christmas Crackers!

I am offering a class on Nov 21st (7:00pm) to learn how to make these Personalized Christmas Crackers!

There are limited spaces available, so register today. The class is $25 and you will learn how to make these beautiful Christmas Crackers. The class includes 3 completed crackers, and you will also get instructions to take home, so you can make more for your additional family members!

Inside, you will be able to place little gifts, jokes, chocolates, or even diamonds (!) to bring a smile to people's faces ;)

Register here for the class by Nov 14th.....

 

Can't make the class, and would like the instructions via email ? Click below, it's only $9.00....