Cinema Saturday #69 - "Dan in Real Life"

Yay! I got to play along with a Cinema Saturday Creative Challenge again! Alright - I have to admit that this one fell into my lap. How? When the Cinema Sisters posted this challenge for the movie "Dan in Real Life", they also included as part of the challenge to use a 'collage' technique. I was already working on this one!

The collage technique I used here is called One Sheet Wonder. This isn't the first time you've seen it here on my blog, and with this fabulous Circle Circus stamp set too! The sentiment is new for me - it is an ElzyBells UK sentiment. Isn't it great?

I have been making this style of card, using current SU! In Colors of Crushed Curry, Rich Razzleberry and Melon Mambo for Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend support letters. This is the main beauty of the One Sheet Wonder (OSW) technique - stamp a whole sheet of neutral card stock, then cut it into pieces and layer on a coordinating color. OSW really makes mass producing cards easier - try it and link your designs to this post!

Now - what does this design have to do with the movie itself? Not a clue! Haven't seen it! :) I just went with the challenge part of using the collage technique this time. I think I'll go add this movie to our Netflix queue... ENJOY!

Circle Circus SAB Open House M-n-T

I am co-hosting an Open House this weekend (2/27/10) with my s-i-l who is a PartyLite rep. This is my free make-n-take for all who attend.

Sale-abration (SAB) is still in full swing - so if you haven't taken advantage of it, or still have SAB FREE sets you want - contact me or place your order online via My SU Website.

This card showcases 3 different stamp sets - first is the super versatile "Circle Circus". The other two stamp sets are both available as FREE SAB sets - in the oval punch is "Whimsical Words" (available in NEW! Clear Mount or traditional wood mount) and the background sentiment, stamped tone-on-tone, is from "Thank You Kindly" - one of the MANY catalog sets currently available as a choice as a FREE SAB set.

The colors are current are three of the six current In Colors - Bermuda Bay, Melon Mambo & Crushed Curry. And are used with a technique called 'One Sheet Wonder' - where you stamp an entire piece of 8 1/2" x 11" card stock, collage style - then you cut it apart in different pieces to use on a variety of designs (like THIS) - or to reproduce the same design like the one shown above.

Accessories here include the Oval and Scallop Oval Punches - popped up on Dimensionals and Melon Mambo Polka Dot Grosgrain Ribbon. ENJOY!

Circle Circus, New In Colors and OSW!

These are the projects we did for the New Catalog Workshop this past week! They showcase many, many NEW products from the NEW 2009/10 Idea Book and Catalog released by Stampin' Up! at the beginning of July.

Already have a bunch of the NEW products, and looking for a way to play with them all at once?! Then OSW is for you! OSW is a technique that stands for "One Sheet Wonder". The OSW technique is simply this - you stamp a neutral piece of card stock, collage style (randomly stamp multiple images and multiple colors all over), then you cut it up to make your cards. The cards you see above are from a half sheet of Whisper White, so had I done the whole sheet I could have made TWO of each design if I wanted. OR I could have cut up the other half a sheet of stamped card stock differently and made 4-5 more designs.


There are lots of OSW templates out there, but I liked these because they were minimal cutting. Just cut your stamped, half sheet (5 1/2" x 8") of card stock into quarter sheets (4 1/2 " x 5 1/2"). Tear ONE quarter sheet from corner to corner. Cut the other quarter sheet in half again (2 1/8" x 5 1/2"). Choose a color you used in the OSW as your base color, and apply one of the torn or cut pieces of OSW card stock to your base. Add a sentiment and you are done! OR add some embellishments like I did on these four samples. It's really up to you how you do finish your OSW projects.

As you can see - on the first card, I simply added a knotted piece of coordinating Rich Razzleberry Polka Dot Grosgrain Ribbon and stamped my sentiment.

On the second design, I added a little bit of layering, again, using a coordinating color card stock chosen from the colors I used to stamp the OSW. I also added a little interest by using the Corner Rounder Punch on my sentiment focal image.

On this third design, I've got the layers going again - but this time I used the Big Shot, the Movers and Shapers Die with the NEW set of Magnetic Movers & Shapers Dies that coordinate beautifully with four of the SU! Punches.

On the fourth card, I used a Metal Edged Tag, and the NEW Modern Label Punch along with coordinating card stock, In Color Polka Dot Grosgrain Ribbon and the Corner Rounder Punch.


Stamps: Circle Circus (NEW!) for OSW, Then, in order as shown for sentiments: Heard from the Heart, All Holidays, Oval All and Crazy for Cupcakes
Card Stock & Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Melon Mambo, Crushed Curry (ALL 3 NEW In colors) and whisper White
Accessories: Rich Razzleberry & Melon Mambo Polka Dot Grosgrain Ribbons, Corner Rounder Punch, Big Shot, Movers & Shapers, Magnetic Movers & Shapers, Scallop Oval and Large Oval Punches, Modern Label Punch, Metal Edge Tags, Mini Glue Dots & Dimensionals.

ENJOY!