Stampin' Up! Inspiration Saturday and a giveaway!

Hello my friends, and thank you for inviting me to share on Stampin’ Up! Saturday! Today I have some really fun projects for you, all using the Cutie Pie Thinlits and the Big Shot.

This die makes the most adorable pieces of cake. You could make just one, or several! These three cute pieces were made by the Concept Artists at the Stampin’ Up! Home Office. They are seriously sweet! 

The triangle shape of this thinlit sent my creative mind into overdrive as I thought of the many different triangle items I could make. I finally settled on three projects that I’m very excited to share with you.

First up, the triangle shape of this thinlit is absolutely perfect for party hat favour. Can you imagine how thrilled your birthday party guests would be to receive this filled with treats as their take away?

To create the hat I used the bold and beautiful It’s My Party Designer Series Paper, paired with the Party With Cake stamp set, and of course the Crushed Curry Baker’s Twine and Cherry On Top Cotton Paper make the perfect coordinating embellishments.

Once I’d made the party hat, I was in the party mood! Next up, I was ready to play with this die to create some wedding decor and favours. Living so close to the Rocky Mountains, I have been invited to several mountain weddings, so with the mountain reception decor in mind I created these very modern and chic snowcapped paper mountains.

Just a few extra snips with my scissors and some additional scoring, and I was able to create little mini mountains to accompany the full size one.

And what’s some diy wedding decor without some diy wedding favours? I simply added a tag to the largest mountain to create glammed up mountain favour box.

The Going Global stamp set and Going Places Designer Series Paper are the touch to a mountain theme wedding.

After creating the mountains, I was thinking big! I wanted a bold statement piece that could be used at several different parties, that’s when this diamond was born!

Using five die cuts that I altered with my paper snips and trimmer, I glued them all together to create a cardstock base, and then went to work adding the most blingy of fringe! Doesn’t the Silver Glimmer Paper make this hanging diamond a showstopper?!

So whether you have a fun birthday party with friends, a modern and chic mountain wedding, or the blingiest bashes planned, I hope you’ll remember that the Cutie Pie Thinlits really are so much more than just a piece of cake! It’s an absolute honour to be asked to showcase my creativity on the Scrapbook & Cards Today blog. Thank you so much for having me!" - Allison Okamitsu

Thank you Allison for sharing the versatility of these amazing thinlit dies! As always our very sweet and generous friends at Stampin' Up! would love to share the dies that Allison used with one lucky winner! For an opportunity to win, be sure to leave a comment below by April 30th!!! Now let's see who won the Botanical Blooms prize package from March!

 And the winner is....

Stampin Up products are always fun and of high quality and these stamps and dies are so versatile. Love that they included a feather and vine in with the flowers for even more fun! Thanks for the chance to win and congrats to last month's winner. Posted by: karenladd | March 14, 2016 at 05:10 PM

Congratulations Karen! Please send us an email at catherine@scrapbookandcards.com with your mailing information and we'll send that right off to American Crafts!

Thank you to our friends at Stampin' Up! and to Allison for sharing. Have a wonderful weekend and be sure to check out (enabler alert!!!) the latest Stampin' Up! catalogue too!

~  Catherine

 

Comments

[Laurie Black]

The cake pieces are so cute. The alternative projects are so creative!

[Beverly Jordan]

Fabulous tools to take us to new horizons!!

[Arianna Barbara]

Wow! Love the dies and these projects are really stunning! Great ideas for a funny party! Thank you for sharing!

[Kendra]

These little cake pieces are adorable! Thanks for all the additional ideas for using them.

[Shannon]

Love the versatility of this thinlites set!! so many fun ways to use these dies. Thanks for the opportunity to win this lovely prize.

[Sharon K.]

Let them eat cake! Let's scale a mountain, let's have some creative fun with StampinUp Even make some diamonds...love love love these thinlits!!! Love the possibilities of StampinUp and SCT together. Thank you. Sharon k.

[Karen Carvell]

I never thought this set could be so versatile! Great job by Allison - "shining bright like a diamond" is all I can think of! What a great opportunity to win a great set.

[Lori Martin]

Great prize lots of ideas for wonderful projects.

[Lynne Gaudet]

I didn't realize that Stampin' Up was selling these! Will have to go take a closer look. They look amazing!! Thanks for all the great ideas--love how you guys can always think out of the box and make something 10 different ways!!!!!

[Jeanette]

What a great die cut set! Love how the cake turns into so many different objects! Such wonderful ideas Allison!

[Julie A. Shearer]

Wonderful ideas!!! Love your diamond, very chic and oh so fun. I would love to win this very versital set. Thank you for a chance to win.

[maria f.]

I don't actually own any SU product yet (I know, unbelieveable). But that cake box, as a cake is so sweet. Then to see those other ideas - wow! I'm in love with the party hat (with that sentiment).

[Monika/buzsy]

Oh, these are fabulous! Especially love the bright and festive 'hat'! I didn't think I needed this die set, but after seeing all these fantastic projects, I HAVE to have it! LOL! :)

[Cindy P.]

These projects are really great Alison! What a versatile die! Can be used for many projects! Such as a Halloween witches hat. Thanks for donating this giveaway.

[NinaS]

Love how you used the set in so many different ways. This set has been on my wish list for a while now, and i never tought i could use it any other way than just a cake.

[Giorgia Rossini]

lovely projects and thanks for the amazing prize!

[Carmen N]

Love those pie-shaped boxes!