The TAC Seminar in Wichita was a blast, but soooo exhausting. I saw lots of friends (old and new) and tried out some of the new stamp sets in the new catalogue. Yes, folks, we have new rubber (samples of which I’ll be stamping and sharing over the next few weeks).
One of the more fun activities at a stamp company’s annual convention is that time-honored tradition of swapping (or trading) stamped items with a hundred other (or more) like-minded crafters. My contributions included 100 Halloween themed cardfronts (a nod to a Halloween-loving angel…you know who you are); 36 chocolate filled, patterned paper covered, layered scallop circle topped round tins; 60 little faux crocodile chocolate filled treasure chests (ohmigosh, those were fun to do); 8 little pop-up notepad holders (good for golfers and bunco players!); and my absolute favorite trades were the 3 trinket boxes I made for my managers lunch prop swap and my two roomies.
Can you say ‘over achiever’? I mean really. I knew I wanted to do the Halloween set, I knew I wanted to use kraft cardstock sponged with white (um…100 cardfronts x 4 sides to each cardfront…not thinking too clearly there). Oh, and I wanted it to be special, so of course I would color the image. Let’s count how many colors I used. Yellow and orange markers for the moon, three colors of prisma pencils for the fence, two purples for the hat, one green (oh, how dull), two prismas for the broom straw, a silver prisma for the hat buckle, gray tombow marker for shadows, and stardust glitter pen on the hat buckle and broom straw for bling. All that on 100 cardfronts. Yikes!
Here’s a sneak peek of my faux alligator treasure chests. I’m working on a step by step tutorial. I actually took photos of each step.
Here’s a picture of the three trinket boxes. The bases are 8 four-inch circles folded into squares, cool, huh? A picture tut will also be forthcoming within the next few days.
And here’s a photo of my team gifts. I love how the pencil flips up when the front is opened. Very easy to make using the ScorPal too.
So there you have it, fun little paper goodies.
Posted on July 1st, 2009 by kellyrae
Filed under: 3D projects, Tutorials
Seminar sure was fun! Was great seeing you. And you projects are wonderful!! Looking forward to your tutorials!! Hugs!
These are really wonderful projects. I will be waiting and watching for the “how too’s!”
All of these projects look fantastic! And your Halloween card is one of my FAVORITE swaps from Seminar!! It was so nice meeting you in real life, and the event was way too short… hope to see you again soon!
Wow! I’m in awe of your creativity. I thought the seminar trades were cards or ATC. I too, will be waiting for the tutorials.
I was lucky enough to receive one of those faux leather trinket boxes. I love it. It’s so great. Who would have thought you could make a regular piece of cardstock look like that?!!
It was so great meeting you at seminar! I can’t wait ’til next year so we can do it all over again! Great projects! I’m looking forward to your sep by step!