MeGa Stampin Studio

Heart-Shaped Pin Cushion

We created an adorable heart pin cushion with some of the mini heart tins we have for sale on Two Paper Divas.  This little tin was covered with Stampin' Up's Love Impressions Designer Series Paper, crocheted lace trim, 1/8" ribbon and Baker's Twine.  The pin cushion is covered with white fleece and embellished with a small red button.  We found red pins that really complete this project.

 

How fun are these and they are created like our Cupcake Pin Cushions that can be found here or the tutorial can be found here.

 

Thanks for stopping.  Come back and see us real soon!!

Mega Team - Melissa & Gayla

Candy Cane Christmas Fabric

We had some fun playing with the new Designer Series fabrics!

This is the cutest pin cushion jar.  There is no sewing and very little gluing.  These are very quick and easy and adorable.  This is a 4 ounce jelly jar.  We put some batting between the fabric and the jar flat.  We then "stuffed" it up into the jar ring.  We did end up using a little glue to hold the fabric to the jar ring.....but not much.  We glued on red rick rack.  Be sure to check out the new Big Shot die, Tasteful Trims, so you can cut your own rick rack or other trims.  You can find the fabric and the die in the new Holiday Mini Catalog that started on September 1st.

This small jar is the perfect size for your pins, needles, buttons or odds-and-ends.  You could even fill these with candy, marbles...use your imagination.  We thought we could create a new lid for each season or holiday.  This one will work through the winter but get ready for a fun Valentine jar "topper".

 

Take 2 Tuesday! - Vintage Altoid Tin

Welcome to our first "Take 2 Tuesday".   Here is how it works.   Each month we will feature a "take 2" (additional ideas) of one of our tutorials.  You will get to see a new idea every Tuesday that month.  We know sometimes it is hard to come up with more ideas once you have seen a project done one way. For those of you who have already purchased the tutorials, you'll get several fun, new ideas.  For those of you who haven't,  maybe this will give you enough ideas to justify one more tutorial.  We believe you can never have too many....we buy our share!

This month we will feature one of our most popular tutorials  - the Altoid Tin!!  Who doesn't have a small stash of these saved for the perfect project and who wouldn't want to receive one of these completed.  Some of the examples we share will be available in our Etsy shop the day they post.  

We LOVE the new "Newsprint" DSP from Stampin' Up! The Altoid tin was covered with this DSP and lots of unique embellishments including a wooden domino, paper flowers, covered chipboard and buttons.

The top of the tin is embellished with an "R" from the Serifs Essential Alphabet die set cut from Very Vanilla card stock, sponged and embellished with a star button with linen thread.

The rim of the lid is covered with black grosgrain ribbon and for this one, we left the bottom of the tin uncovered keeping with th vintage look.  It looks great in person!

The inside of the tin holds the accordion-fold album that will accommodate several photos. 

We've covered the pages with additional pieces of DSP and sponged the edges.

The last page is secured inside the tin with sticky strip.  We covered a chipboard "M" with DSP and added an "R" game piece tile. 

We hope you have enjoyed our first "Take 2 Tuesday" and have been inspired to create one of these tantalizing tins!!

Melissa & Gayla

Big Shot Wednesday - Week #1 Buttons #5

Buttons here; buttons there; buttons everywhere!!  Or not, if you create these perfect containers to store all your buttons.  The colored buttons on top were made with the Sizzlit die, Buttons #5, and shows you what color of buttons are stored in the tin.  We used all kinds of scraps - card stock and DSP.  We used all four shapes and sizes of buttons and each one has been threaded with button twine.  We used a fun DSP to cover the outside of the die coordinating with the button colors. 

This is a great way to store your buttons but it would also be a great party favor or gift container.  We LOVE buttons and this was a fun way to use up scraps.

For the pink tin we used several shades of pink card stock and DSP.   The tin is covered with DSP from Tea Party but you could use anything you love.

 
For the black and white container, we used retired DSP BUT some we absolutely LOVE.  The buttons on top are Whisper White card stock (some have been embossed) and Basic Black card stock and DSP from Grooms Specialty paper.

So there you have it.  Our first Big Shot project for the month of June.  If this is your first time visiting, we pick a new die each month and show various ways to use the die - sometimes really thinking outside the box.  We'll have some more fun button ideas for you next week!

  

Blog Tour Follow-Up!

All of our projects for the Royal Blog Tour use the following color combinations - Real Red, Summer Sun, Cameo Coral, Tempting Turquoise and Pink Flamingo DSP. 

This square round jar is decorated with a medallion flower on top.  There are also four scalloped layers created with the Nestabilities.  The nuggets inside have all been decorated with the featured DSP.  We have added bling to the "i's" on "things i love".  This jar (minus the nuggets) is part of our blog candy. 

Here is another close-up of the necklace and matching box.  The box is actually a jewelry box that we covered with DSP and added Tempting Turquoise grosgrain ribbon.  The flower is made with the XL Fancy Flower punch, vellum that has been textured with the Polka Dot embossing folder.  We cut out the shoe and layered the strap and the toe piece.  The shoe was covered with Crystal Effects and embellished with turquoise bling.

The necklace was created with two pieces of Styled Silver Hodgepodge Hardware.  We stamped the shoe with black Staz-On on DSP.  Then it was punched with the Designer Label punch.  This piece was glued in to one of the hardware pieces.  Another punched piece of DSP was glued into the second piece of hardware.  Tiny turquoise bling was added to the shoe.  Both pieces were covered with Crystal Effects - being careful to not run onto the hardware.   We let both pieces dry over night.  Then both pieces were glued together - back-to-back.  We further embellished with charms and bling. 

We created another set of card candy.  This set also uses the "platter" from On a Pedestal.  The turquoise platter uses just the top part.  It is two layers and covered in Crystal Effects.  It has been embellished with small pearls.  The small "bag" of chocolates is one we just made up. 

 Both card candy sheets and the necklace will be available on Etsy.  Please let us know if you have any questions! 

  

Royal Blog Tour - "Things I Love" Treats

Welcome to the Royal Blog Tour.  Please be sure to leave a comment so you will be added to the drawing for blog candy.  Also, come back after the tour for more photos, ideas and all the details.  Enjoy!

We are featuring projects made with the stamp set, "Things I Love".  It was not hard to come up with things we love, it was hard to limit it!!!  For this tour, we are focusing on - chocolate and shopping (and embellishments, of course)! 

This square round jar is filled with nuggets.  Probably not surprising for those of you who follow us regularly.  We LOVE projects with nuggets!  The lid is embellished with a medallion-style flower!

Here is a close-up of a few of the nuggets.  The plain white wrapping really stands out with the bright colors from the Pink Flamingo DSP.

  

What an adorable necklace (or charm).  This necklace is easily personalized for a special girlfriend (or yourself) by changing the stamp, color and/or embellishments.

The gift box has been designed to coordinate with this special necklace.  

Our last project is a sheet of card candy.  It is one of our new favorite things.  You will be seeing more and more of these showing up in our Etsy shop.  As we said earlier, this package of card candy covers two of our favorite things - chocolate and shopping. 

Don forget to stop back by the week after the tour ends to see more photos and to get all the details and maybe a few patterns and measurements!  We will have a couple of other coordinating projects to share!  Enjoy the tour and thanks for stopping by MeGa Stampin Studio!

Big Shot Wednesday - Week #3, Bag w/Scallops

This week we took two "bags" and created a jumbo belly band.  This band uses only the large main piece of the die.  This band is around one of SU!'s new stamp cases.  We added DSP in the plastic "sleeve".  What a great way to embellish a stamp set for a friend, a hostess, your downline, etc.  These cases can hold other gifts as well.  What a great way to store Build-a-Bear paper dolls.  You can create these belly bands to go around DVDs or adjust the size and embellish CD's, or other small gift boxes, etc. 

 Here is a another view.  You can see we used DSP from the Sweet Pea collection. The belly band is Tempting Turquoise card stock that was embossed with a polka dot embossing folder and it is embellished with rhinestones, white ribbon and jumbo eyelets.

Lastly, here is a picture of what the belly band looks like off the package.  You can see we adhered two scallop bags together.  And, notice, the belly band will slide off and on so that you don't have to undo the ribbon.

Heart Mini Tins

Here are a couple of mini heart tins (only 2 inches in diameter) we decorated with the Sending Love DSP.  Single or stacked, these tins are fun.  We filled ours with chocolate hearts but we have made a few other items to fill these with.  Check out this link to see some of the other ideas we came up with.  Heart Tins  

We thought a stack of these would be fun to organize your craft desk - paper clips, buttons, brads, etc.  They are also a great size for favors - wedding, birthday, any kind of party. 

  

Don't forget, anything you can do with these mini heart tins, you can do with any shape.  Here is a picture of a coordinating mini square tin....notice the buttons???  These are not just for treats!