Dzines by MEG

2011 Stampin' Up Artisan Award - Non-Winning Entry #7

This is my other 3D project from my submissions to the 2011 Stampn' Up Artisan Award that I didn't win. I really enjoyed making these flowers though. I made a little upside down pocket on the back of each flower that slips over the dowel and holds the flower up! I purchased some plastic bottles, and filled them with white sand from the craft store to stand the flowers up in. The lighting was off in my basement where I photographed these, but hopefully you can still enjoy them. Thanks for stopping by!

2011 Stampin' Up Artisan Award - Non-Winning Entry #6

I have a few more projects to share from the 2011 Stampin' Up Artisan Award contest that were not winning entries. I'm really proud of my projects though. So, without further ado, here is the first of my 3D items...a banner made with the now retired Pennant Bigz XL Die from Stampn' Up. I used their Springtime Vintage fabric, felt and lots of SU embellishments. The saying is "encourage your hopes, not your fears". I used an alaphabet stamp on the half circle pennants for all but the "hopes" portion, which I highlighted on the larger triangular pennants. This was the only project that I didn't make an extra one of to keep for myself, but I plan to make one in slightly different colors to hang in my craft area. Anyway, enjoy!

 

Christmas Tags Part 6

The other gem sticker that was with the candy canes was these small crystal snowflakes. I love them! I made these fold in half with the greeting to/from inside.I hope you enjoy them! At first I was thinking I would buy some of the Martha Steward doiles, but I desided to download some shapes to my Silhouette instead! One of them was this cool snowflake. So, I hope you enjoy!

Ink: ZIG Writer Grey

Paper: Mistletoe and Pears Basic Grey, White Neenah

Accessories: Crystal Snowflake sticker, Silver Snowflake Sequins, Silhouette Snowflake Die

Christmas Tags Part 5

So, I made these tags as part of my series of Christmas tags. I'll probably use some for myself, and maybe give some away as gifts also! So, I really like how these started out with using some gem candy canes that have been in my stash for awhile, and how I used a vellum circly over the busier paper to stamp on. But, then I started to think that the striped section on the oval tags looked more like a surf board than a Christmas tag! I don't think the final product is that way. What do you think? Maybe I should have included the song "Surfin' Santa" on this blog entry!

Stamps: Signature Christmas

Ink: Chocolate Chip Classic SU

Paper: Mistletoe and Pears Basic Grey, SU Vellum Cardstock

Accessories: Gem Christmas Canes (?), Limiteless Layers Dies PTI, Sizzix Oval Tags Die, SU Star Eyelets, Red Hemp SU

Christmas Tags Part 4

I intended to post these tags for the Papertrey Blog Hop on the 25th, but I didn't have time to complete the post. I really like how these turned out. I used the Tag Sale Die #2 from PTI as the base, the Limitless Layers set for the circle and the scalloped circle, and a small Quickutz christmas tree die for the little felt trees. I layered beads over sequins on the tress for ornaments and finished off the tags with some retired large circle eyelets from Stampin' Up. Enjoy!

Stamps: Holiday Button Bits PTI

Ink: SU Chocolate Chip Classic

Paper: Basic Grey Mistletoe and Pears, SU Pear Pizazz, Neenah White

Accessories: Red and White beads SU, sequins, Red and White Narrow Grosgrain Ribbon SU, Large Circle Eyelets SU, Tag Sale Die #2 PTI, Limitless Layers dies PTI, Christmas Tree Die Quickutz

Christmas Tags Pt. 3

So, continuing on my Christmas Tags theme, I have a few other tags to share. I made these using the "lazy stamper's accordian medallion" technique that Nichole Heady shared on her blog in this post. I used the tag sale #2 die from papertrey Ink, but I used the scallop circle punch from Stampin' Up for the medallions. Also, I made my own scrunch ribbon from rayon seam binding from this Etsy shop, and some red Tattered Angels glimmer mist (can't remember the shade I used). I finished it off with some buttons from PTI. Enjoy!

 

Stamps: Papertrey Ink 2009 Holiday Tags Collection, Vintage Ornament Additions

Ink: Stampin' Up Chocolate Chip, SU Sage Shadow

Paper: Basic Grey Mistletoe and Pears, Neenah white

Accessories: SU large red circle eyelets, rayon seam binding white, red Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist, PTI red buttons, SU scalloped circle punch and 3/4" circle punch, PTI Tag Sale Die #2

Christmas Tags 2010 Pt. 2

Here are some more Christmas tags using my stash of Christmas paper (a lot of Basic Grey and Stampin' Up!) and embellishments. The American Crafts stickers I received free with a purchase contained two stickers, so I made this set of tags with the snowflake sticker. I had a harder time using this sticker because of the gray background, but I found that it looked nice against the very patterned Christmas paper. For the title, I made a long, thin strip of paper 1/2" wide and notched the ends. I also folded the ends under, and put a dimensional foam sticker under the middle. I really like how these turned out as well. The back has "To: From:" stamped on it. Enjoy!

 

Stamps: Papertrey Ink Fillable Frames #9

Ink: Stampin' Up Classic Real Red Ink

Paper: Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses, Basic Grey Mistletoe and Pears (red), Nina white

Accessories: American Crafts Details snowflake sticker, Nestabilities Pinking Circles large, Standard Circles large, Stampin' Up Large white eyelets, SU Narrow Whisper White grosgrain ribbon

Christmas Tags 2010 Pt. 1

My crafting buddy and friend Tiffany came over a couple of weekends ago, and we started working on Christmas projects. With the cooler weather and most of the fall leaves off the trees, I'm definitely getting in the mood for Christmas projects. I have a really large stash of Christmas paper and embellishments to pull from. So does my friend Tiffany. She brought a few of the older products, and challenged herself to use them. I decided to accept the same challenge, and I pulled out many of my older embellilshments onto my work table. I have some American Crafts Details stickers that were free with a purchase at Archiver's. I'm sure I have had them for at least one year, maybe two! Tiffany had the same stickers, and made some cute tags using them. Here is my take on the stocking stickers. I stamped the title on green paper, cut the letters apart and then glued them to the white title area. I hope you enjoy these tags. There will be many more projects to come over the next couple of weeks.

 

Stamps: Stampin' Up Calendar Alpahbet and Numbers

Ink: Stampin' Up Real Red Classic Ink

Paper: Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses, Basic Grey Mistletoe and Pears (green)

Accessories: American Crafts Details stocking stickers, Nestabilities Petite Scalloped Circles Large and Standard Circles Large, SU white large eyelet circles, green fibers

Seaside Cards #4

So, here are the last two cards in my simple, watercolor series of cards. I'd like to get out the other 4 stamps from these 3 sets that I haven't used yet, and make some cards with them as well. It's so much fun to get out favorite, older sets and get creative with them again. It's good to use what you have! I even managed to use some eyelets on some of the cards. At the bottom of the post is the index card with the templates that I used. I hope you enjoy seeing everything!

 

Thoughts of You:

Stamps: Sketches

Ink: Stazon Black, Stampin’ Write Markers Close to Cocoa, Regal Rose, Apricot Appeal, Peach Parfait, Elegant Eggplant, Bashful Blue, Sahara Sand, Close to Cocoa

Paper: Watercolor Paper Card

Accessories: SU Copper Brads

Joy In Us:

Stamps: Seaside Sketches, Summer by the Sea

Ink: Stazon Black, Stampin’ Write Markers Sahara Sand, Close to Cocoa, Bashful Blue, Ballet Blue, Blush Blossom, Pretty in Pink, Cajun Craze, Baja Breeze

Paper: Watercolor Paper Card, Baja Breeze

Accessories: SU Brilliant Blue Eyelets

Seaside Cards #3

So, here are another 2 cards in my simple, watercolor series. I have already shown the 4 different templates that I used to make these cards. So, I have repeated those in the next 4 cards, but using different images and greetings. To select the templates, I looked through a few of my idea books and just drew a few out on index cards to try them out. When I post the next two cards, I'll add in the index card of the templates to show as well. I hope you enjoy them!

 

You Touch My Life:

Stamps: Sketches

Ink: Stazon Black, Stampin’ Write Markers Certainly Celery, Blush Blossom, Close to Cocoa, Real Red,  Sahara Sand, Early Espresso

Paper: Watercolor Paper Card, SU Certainly Celery

Accessories: SU Certainly Celery Twill ribbon

 

A Note for You:

Stamps: Summer by the Sea, Sweet Little Sentiments

Ink: Stazon Black, Stampin’ Write Markers Bordering Blue, Brocade Blue, Sahara Sand, Blush Blossom, Handsome Hunter, Peach Parfait, Really Rust, Dusty Durango

Paper: Watercolor Paper Card, Brocade Blue

Accessories: SU Bordering Blue Eyelets