Large Fry Box

Here is the Fry Box we worked on at Stamp Club this past Sunday. Using Stampin' Up! punches allows the creating of all projects to go by so quickly. On this Fry Box, we used the Designer Label Punch, the Large Circle Punch, and the Scalloped punch. SO easy... and oh so cute!

Many suggestions were made for what to put inside for a gift. Would you believe GREETING CARDS and envelopes fit perfectly into the pouch area?! Perfect gift! One stampers suggest an assortment of items for teachers (ie. pencils, post its, paper clips, dry erase marker.) All of those goodies would fit in one little pouch. Then, of course, chocolates were suggested by just about everyone present. he he he...

Here is how I created this box...

1. Go to ChicfilA and purchase a medium french fry (and a sandwich... save the cows, he he he...)
2. After eating your fries, cut the top of the box so it is straight instead of rounded.
3. Gently open the box and trim the bottom of the box so the bottom flap is about 1/2".
4. Trace your altered pattern onto a 12x12 piece VELLUM CARD STOCK OR PAPER. (Stampin' Up! offers 12x12 vellum paper only)
5. Cut out the vellum template and SCORE ONLY ONCE DOWN EACH SIDE. (There are other scored areas on the original box. You only want the single center score.)
6. Trace the pattern onto your choie of colored card stock. Cut out. Assemble and decorate.
7. Give as a gift full of goodies.
8. Enjoy the oohs and aahs of your recipient.

Have a great day in our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ!

Template Tragedy

October Stamp Club has come and gone but not without a surprise or two. Behind the scenes, I always have a minor tragedy take place that most members know nothing about. However, this tragedy was one that could not be kept concealed.

We were all going to create the adorable Peek-a-Boo Box shown here on the right. Everything went just fine for me to create the two you see here. Sadly though, when I joined union with my printer to print the club members' templates, my printer went on strike. Actually, she decided to just be naughty and not pull Stampin' Up!'s fabulously thick card stock through her little elements. Hm!

Soooooo... everyone still received the template but on heavy weight typing paper for safe keeping. They can make as many copies of this template on their own cooperating printer. An office supply store could also be of great assistance. Just take the copy and your SU! card stock to the store and ask for however many copies you need. The cost of copying is very inexpensive. Of course you can use a lighter weight card stock but SU!'s weight, in my opinion, is the absolute BEST for creating BOXES. When I give a box, I hope the recipent will enjoy the box just as much as the gift and that they will want to reuse it for a gift to someone they care for as well. So, the heavier of weight the box is... the better it will keep its form.

WANT THE TEMPLATE ALREADY PRINTED ON THAT FABULOUS STAMPIN' UP! CARD STOCK AND READY TO BE CUT AND PUT TOGETHER? Place an order of $50 or more and receive FIVE SHEETS (that's ten boxes total- two per each sheet) of assorted colored Stampin' Up! card stock with this template already printed on them. Just email your order to me. Once I have received your order payment, your order will be placed with SU! and you will have your goodies within a week or so. This offer will be good through the end of November.

Tomorrow I will post a pic of the French Fry Box we created instead of the Peek-a-Boo Box. The French Fry Box turned out to be a HUGE HIT. Stampers were sharing what all they were planning to put in the boxes as gifts. I love that about Stamp Club... sharing our ideas with one another. Can't wait for the next Stamp Club!!!

Google YOU!

Created this one for my sweet neice. In an otherwise trying time (most of you know what our family is going through right now,) she made me laugh this morning. She stumbled upon my blog. WELL! Imagine my surprise! For someone to JUST STUMBLE upon my blog... that seemed so cool. Then she sweetly confessed she was googling herself, he he he... (we share the same initials.) Thanks again, Kathleen, for all of your nice compliments. I'm not creative at all. It is Christ Who lives within me. I'm only "borrowing" from His creativity (John 1:3.)

So here's a challenge for anyone stopping by my blog... GOOGLE YOU. See who you come up with. You just might find someone you know. If you do, SEND THEM A CARD. Paper encouragement does more for the soul than we could ever imagine. Just knowing someone has thought enough of you to send a card can LIFT ANY SPIRIT. And if you don't come up with someone you know, send a card anyway! C'mon, LIFT A SPIRIT today!

Peek-a-Boo Boxes

Would you just look at how stinkin' cute this box is?! Let me tell ya... the pattern is sooooooo very easy. If I knew how to include it in my blog, I would. I found it on Splitcoast Stampers website for today's challenge. I love taking the challenges on SCS because it really forces my creativity to spark. Remember, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE CREATIVE TO CREATE! If you can COPY, you can create.

I will be sharing the template for this adorable box at my October Stamp Club. If you are able to join us, you will recieve a sheet of colored cardstock with TWO boxes on it as well as the template printed on regular paper for safe keeping. I will also give some little helpful hints for the assembly of the box. Some lucky stamper will take home the box you see here. I used the "Dashing" DSP (Designer Series Paper) from Stampin' Up! and the stamp set titled "Merry Merry." Join us at club! This Sunday (October 28th) from 2:00 to 6:00. Email and let me know you're coming so I have plenty of boxes prepared for everyone.

Bargain Books

Bargain books, indeed! Would you believe I found all of these cute little board books at a garage sale for just $1 total?! Oh yeah! I knew right away what I wanted to do with them. Check it out...

Isn't this just adorable?! I can't wait to fill it with all kinds of little wallet size photos. As a matter of fact, my little secret sister suggested this little booklet for kids school photos... you know, the ones everybody goes around "trading?" So cute! And talk about easy! Each page measured the same so I cut enough to make three books at one time. The Autumn Harvest set from Stampin' Up! is so fun and easy to use as well. OH! And the Apple Cider DSPaper! How fun is stamping in the fall?!

Would you like FRIES with that?

So my dear daughter and I were at the local Chic Filet restaurant munching on our shared LARGE FRIES when I discovered the size of the box looked the perfect size for 1/2 a 12x12 sheet of card stock. I started tearing apart that box in a heartbeat! (Wynne, of course, asked me not to embarass her, he he he...) Wouldn't you know it?! With a little tweeking, it fit right onto a sheet of 12x12. This was my results. Don't you just love it?! I did have to trim it down just a bit and since then, I am thinking the medium fry box would fit directly on half the sheet of 12x12. It is the same in width as the large, just not the height. And GUESS WHAT! Our regular size 4.1/4 x 5.1/2 greeting cards fit PERFECTLY inside this cute little package! I think five along with envelopes work very nicely for a great gift. This is what I plan to demo at our next Stamp Club. Last club three lucky winners took home the 2-5-7-10 boxes that were created. Be sure to attend October's club on Sunday the 28th. You just might take home a Fry Box!

"Septen-ten-tenber" Stamp CAMP

Fall is upon us (even though the heat is still hangin' around!) This time of year for us stampers here means it's "ten-ten-ten" time. TEN CARDS that take LESS THAN TEN MINUTES EACH to create for just TEN DOLLARS! This is one of the fun cards we will be stampin' up. (See the other just below.) I love this one because it uses the Round Tab Punch to create the circle encasing the flower; very easy to do.

So for just $10 you can create five cards of this design and five cards of the next design (fun folding card below.) Keep them for your own greeting purposes or use them as gift sets. Christmas is right around the corner!

You will need to RSVP for this event. You can pay when you arrive, however, you MUST be certain you will be attending. I will have all supplies cut and ready for you when you arrive. Call or email me today and save your spot.

Sept-ten-ten-tember

This fun folding card is one of the "Septen-ten-tenber" cards we will create at this Sunday's Stamp CAMP immediately following club. Stamp Club is from 2:00 to 6:00pm. The "Septen-ten-tenber" CAMP is from 6:30 to 8:00. RSVP right away to save your spot. Spaces are limited. Call or email me today.

Sneak Peak

Just giving you a sneak peak at what's to come for October's Stamp Camp immediately following Stamp Club on Sunday, October 28th. We will create 10 DIFFERENT Christmas cards all from one single Simply Scrappin' Kit. All for just $15. These cards coordinate with the "Box"tober boxes (scroll down to see a picture of these fun and fantastic boxes.)

Register and pay for the "Box"tober Stamp Camp (Saturday, October 13th from 10am to 12noon) and receive a $10 coupon toward October's Card Camp (photos shown above.) You will be stampin' TEN CARDS FOR FIVE BUCKS! That's a huge deal, stampers!!! You must register and pay for the "Box"tober camp before September 30th. Call or email me today to save your spot.

To see all ten cards up close and personal, you will have to attend Stamp Club this Sunday, September 30th from 2:00 to 6:00pm. These cards are just adorable! And how they match the boxes is just too stinkin' cute! (Not to worry, my blogger friends, pictures of each individual card will be uploaded next month.)

Let's All Cheer! 2-5-7-10...

Now THIS is a fun project!!! It's called the 2-5-7-10 box. It is incredibly easy to create!!! And Stampin' Up!'s Designer Series Paper makes it even easier! I used "Apple Cider" papers from the Holiday Mini Catalog. (If you haven't gotten your mini catalog yet, you will want to attend Stamp Club on the 30th to pick up your copy.) I will be demonstrating this box at our next Stamp Club. Be sure to let me know you are coming. You just might win this gem!

Here are instructions for this box...
1. Begin with an 8.1/2 x 11 piece of card stock.
2. Score it (11" side horizontal) 2, 5, 7, and 10.
3. Turn card stock and score at 2 and 7.
4. Stamp card stock.
5. With the 2" scored section at the top, cut away all but one large section.
6. Cut slits on the scored lines of the 1.1/2" areas, trimming away smaller portion of tab.
7. Fold and assemble box with Sticky Strip.
8. Punch holes in top flap. Close and pencil mark holes on box. Punch holes on box.
9. Feed ribbon through holes.
10. Embellish and fill with goodies.

If you have any questions, feel free to email me. Or come to Stamp Club on Sunday, September 30th from 2:00 to 6:00. I will be demonstrating and giving away this bag.

Try a New Technique!

This fun little Holiday Greeting card showcases the "Mosaic Technique." I love this technique because it is easy and creates an amazing "WOW" effect. I recently demonstrated the Mosaic Technique at the Lousiville Stampin' Up! Regional Seminar. How much fun... for Stampin' Up! to kick off their regional trianings right here in my stompin' (and stampin') ground!!!

Below you will find step by step instructions for this great technique. Plus there is a little challenge in conclusion. C'mon! Try a New Technique!!! I have no doubt you are up for the challenge!

Mosaic Instructions

Step 1: Cut strips of colored card stock (two or three different colors about 1/2" wide) and one strip of DSP or patterned paper.

Step 2: Cut strips into little jagged pieces.

Step 3: Apply pieces to sticky side of sticker paper (found in most craft stores.)

Step 4: Sprinkle entire piece of sticker paper with embossing powder and heat.

Step 5: Trim excess peices from edges of embossed mosaic.

Step 6: Embellish project using gorgeous mosaic pattern.

You can email me if you have any questions. My email is found to the right near my picture.

So here is the challenge... TRY THIS TECHNIQUE AND SEND ME YOUR SAMPLE. I WILL SEND YOU A LITTLE GIFT IN RETURN. TRUST ME! YOU WILL LOVE THE GIFT! I WOULD LOVE TO SEE JUST WHAT YOU COME UP WITH!!! Send your mosaic card to: Gettelfinger Insurance, Attention Kelly, 330 East Court Ave. Jeffersonville, Indiana, 47130. C'mon! Everyone loves happy mail. Make me happy! I am looking forward to doing the same for you!!!

Get Organized!

Check out this fun planner created from a TWO POCKET FOLDER! Can you beleive it?! It's just a folder! You know, the ones that were just $.05 during the back-to-school sales? This one uses SU!'s fabulously yummy "Apple Cidar" Designer Series Paper found in the Holiday Mini Catalog. The folder was simply folded BACKWARD and then accordian folded foward on each side. There is a large open ended envelope cut just at the top for "receipts" and another cut just a bit more than half for "stuff." I also included some note paper (can you believe I found a matching clippy?!). And there is also a 2008 calendar with plenty of room for notes. I am LOVIN' this little planner! I can't wait to give it for Christmas gifts!

If you would like one of these fabulous planners, send me one of your hand-stamped greetings with $5 (to cover postage/handling. Send your card to: Attention Kelly Jean Gettelfinger, 330 East Court Ave, Jeffersonville, IN 47130. Can't wait to see what kind of fabulous design you select to send me. (I prefer ALL SU! product when creating a card for me. However, if you just aren't a SU! kind of stamper, I understand.)