Photo Card with Stampin’ Up’s Jolly Holiday Designer PaperNovember 24th, 2010 Posted on November 24th, 2010, no responses.
Today I have another photo card for you. The photo certainly takes center stage here and is dressed up a bit with some Designer Series Paper, Very Vanilla Ribbon, a super fabulous glittery snowflake and a greeting. If you didn’t see last week’s photo card, click here! STAMPIN’ UP SUPPLIES:
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Contempo Christmas Stamp Set Clean and SimpleNovember 12th, 2010 Posted on November 12th, 2010, one response.
I love this Contempo Christmas Stamp Set! Darling images and a fabulous font for adding a greeting to your card. And paired with the Jolly Holiday Designer Series Paper, you can get it for a steal this month! If you would like to purchase the Contempo Christmas Stamp Set AND the Designer Series Paper Pack, it is part of Stampin’ Up’s holiday promotion! Contempo Christmas Set (p. 45) and Jolly Holiday Designer Series Paper (p. 174):
Click here for the brochure and all the goodies on sale! Click here to see my card from earlier this week using the same supplies. Making this card today put me in the perfect mood for going to a tree lighting and the arrival of Santa tonight! Do you have any festive activites planned for this weekend?
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Tags Til Christmas Stamp Set Holiday CardOctober 28th, 2010 Posted on October 28th, 2010, 16 responses.
I hope you are having a super day today! I made this card early this morning, but then got a hair cut and went in to carve pumpkins with the kindergartener and now here it is almost 3 and I’m finally finishing getting it out to you! I wanted to make sure you knew about Stampin’ Up’s Handmade Holiday Promotion. SU has put together some fabulous bundles at 20% off and today’s card features one of them. Stampin’ Up’s Tags Til Christmas Bundle, what a steal!:
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Tip: Run your cardstock through the Big Shot with the Northern Frost Embossing Folder, then sponge White Craft Ink over the snowflakes with a Stampin’ Sponge to highlight the snowflakes! STAMPIN’ UP SUPPLIES:
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Got 10? 10 Minute Card with Elements of Style Stamp Set and the Masking TechniqueOctober 20th, 2010 Posted on October 20th, 2010, 14 responses.
Welcome to this week’s Got 10 feature! We are all busy, but love to craft, right? So a card in 10 minutes or less is something that we can all fit into our lives. The first thing I did for this card is cut an oval from the Scallop Oval Big Shot Die to use as a mask. I sponged Pretty in Pink ink around it, then stamped Elements of Style Stamp Set on top of it before removing the mask. Next, I stamped Thank You right in the middle of the mask. For a 5 minute card, this is all you do! Adhere this to your card base and you are DONE! Imagine this in blue with snowflakes and you’ve got your quick, easily mass-produced Holiday Cards! If you want to "fancy up" your card a bit, add some ribbon and a Filigree Brad if you like. Here, I added a rhinestone brad in the middle of the Filigree Brad.
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Stampers’ Q&A: How Do I Get My Clear Mount Stamps To Stick to the Blocks??October 18th, 2010 Posted on October 18th, 2010, 10 responses.
Before I get to today’s card, I wanted to answer a question that came to me recently. Jill wanted to know how to keep her Clear Mount Stampin’ Up Stamps from falling off her blocks and messing up her projects! First thing, you want to make sure the cling side of your stamp is clean. Rub it on your pants or sleeve. Then, lay your stamp, cling side up, and press your block onto it. You should get a good cling now. If you don’t, you can clean your clear mount blocks with some Stampin’ Mist. That should do the trick!
View the video to see what I mean!
Today’s card is a mix of Halloween, scary, and birthday. My husband turns 40 tomorrow! Do you think this would be an appropriate 40th birthday card? (I know, my daughter just turned 11 a few days ago, and my mom’s birthday was on Sat. 3 birthdays in ONE WEEK!). I got this stamp set for FREE from Stampin’ Up this past spring for my sales and recruiting during Sale-a-bration. If you have thought about becoming a demonstrator click here for more information. Now is a great time to get signed up so you can establish your business and earn your own FREE STAMP SETS this year!!!
My 12 Weeks of Christmas Campaign has begun! Are you a newsletter subscriber? Week #3 comes out on Wednesday with another great idea. Click here to SUBSCRIBE right away so you don’t miss another thing! You will get subscriber-only projects, tutorials, a sign up gift and a holiday idea every Wednesday for the next 10 weeks delivered straight to your inbox! Don’t miss BLOG CANDY!! Thanks to the following challenges for today’s inspiration: mojo monday, paper playtime, ooh, la la, crafty cardmakers, lexi’s creations and the pink elephant
Stampers’ Q&A: How Do I Assemble Stampin’ Up’s Candy Wrapper Die?October 4th, 2010 Posted on October 4th, 2010, 5 responses.
Have you seen this stinkin’ cute (120890) Candy Wrapper Die in the Stampin’ Up Holiday Mini Catalog? It is too darned cute for words! I had a little trouble figuring out how to assemble it, so I thought I would film a video to show you how! Once you power through the learning curve, it’s easy peasy and ADORABLE! See for yourself!
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Two For Tuesday, I {Heart} Hearts Stamp Set, Elegant Soiree and the Dotted Scallop Border PunchJuly 20th, 2010 Posted on July 20th, 2010, 3 responses.
Welcome to this week’s Two for Tuesday! My inspiration this week came straight from the Stampin’ Up Idea Book and Catalog…page 106. It’s a simple layout, very similar to last week’s actually! But this one uses the strip across the card, then various embellishments sprinkled across it. Instead of hearts and buttons or butterflies, why not try out flowers, snowflakes, or leaves? Stampin’ Tip: I like to give my buttons a finished look, but I don’t always want to use linen thread. If you take a super duper skinny piece of cardstock, you can thread it through your button and secure it on the other side with Mini Glue Dots. Nifty! STAMPIN’ UP SUPPLIES:
This card I’ll be swapping this year at the Stampin’ Up Convention (did I tell you I leave tonight? Check back for updates and photos!). Be sure to view the video to see how it comes together, how to use the new Dotted Scallop Border Punch and a little different twist on the greeting. STAMPIN’ UP SUPPLIES:
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Two for Tuesday: Tropical Party Stamp Set and Island Oasis Designer Series PaperJune 2nd, 2010 Posted on June 2nd, 2010, 3 responses.Oh. My. Word. I cannot even tell you how much I LOVE THIS CARD! What I love most is all the different textures on it. What I love second is the colors. I looove these fun and fabulously bright colors. They make me HAPPY! What I love third is the little tag cut from the Matchbox Die for the Big Shot. What I love fourth is how I got 2 different textures from the same embossing folder. I ran the Pumpkin Pie flower through the Square Lattice Textured Impressions Embossing Folder and I ran a piece of the Island Oasis Designer Series Paper with the Old Olive palm fronds pattern through it as well. I adhered them to the card showing opposite sides to give the different textured looks. loooove IT! That, coupled with the corduroy button and the satin ribbon, it’s a texture dream come true!
For the second card, I used the exact same layout, just tweaked it up a bit! I stamped the coconut from the Tropical Party Stamp Set on Close to Cocoa Cardstock, then cut it out and used the Faux Suede Technique (Video Here) to make it look fuzzy…like a coconut! Then, I stamped the grass and the coconut on my Whisper White Cardstock, colored it in with my Stampin’ Write Markers and adhered my Faux Suede coconut to it.
I hope you like today’s cards for Two for Tuesday…why don’t you try this template for yourself? Have a wonderful Wednesday! Supplies:
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Stampers’ Q&A: Two Tone Background via Square Lattice Embossing FolderMay 28th, 2010 Posted on May 28th, 2010, 3 responses.Hi Stampers! For today’s Stampers’ Q&A, I have a fun technique for you. When I posted these cards, Ashley wanted to know: “May I ask how you got the two tone on the background using the lattice folder? It is very pretty. Thanks for the ideas, they are great.” It’s really rather simple and packs a punch, you all know I flip for that! All you need is a brayer, an ink pad and the Square Lattice Impressions Embossing Folder. Ink up your brayer.
Roll your brayer across your embossing folder. I’m using Stampin’ Up’s Certainly Celery Ink.
Run your Stampin’ Up Square Lattice Textured Impressions Embossing Folder through the Big Shot Machine.
Oh, yeah, baby! How cool is this?
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Two For Tuesday: Elements of Style Stamp Set and Pocket Silhouettes Stamp SetMay 25th, 2010 Posted on May 25th, 2010, one response.
Hey, stamper friends! Thanks to all of you that e-mailed or commented here about my new features. Seems like you like them! So here goes my second Two For Tuesday! These card layouts are exactly the same, I just used different colors, stamps and embellishments. It’s a simple layout with a 5 1/2 x 4 1/4″ cardstock base and a 5 1/4 x 4″ layer on top of that. The next layer is 3 1/2 x 4 1/4″ and that’s the piece I stamped on. Thanks So Much card supplies:
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Stampin’ Up Smooch Spritz with the Tulipe Big Shot Die StencilMay 11th, 2010 Posted on May 11th, 2010, 2 responses.
You might know that I am a big fan of the Vintage Style, but I don’t feel “good” at it. Quick and simple with a punch is usually my style…but I’m trying to branch out a bit for fun. I was perusing Shelli Gardner’s website (CEO and Co-founder of Stampin’ Up) and saw a card that inspired me, so I CASED it! I changed the colors and embellishments and used a different stencil and this is what I came up with. I hope you like it! It’s a great way to showcase the brand new Smooch Spritz (try saying that 5 times fast!) by Stampin’ Up, which comes in 4 colors: Gold Glow, Silver Foil, Vanilla Shimmer and Log Cabin. First, sponge Creamy Caramel and Ruby Red ink (both retiring June 30) on your Very Vanilla Cardstock. Then, lay your stencil (this one was made by die cutting a peice of Window Sheet with the Tulipe Die for the Big Shot). Give it a couple quick pumps of Smooch Spritz, remove your stencil and Oooh and Aaaah at your creation! I used the distressing tool from the Cutter Kit to distress the edges of the cardstock. The layered peices in the middle are labels cut from the Big Shot Matchbox Die, and it was stamped using the flourish-y stamp from the Friends 24-7 Stamp Set (ink in Creamy Caramel and stamp off once). Topped off with a P for Pooler from the Lovely Letters Stamp Set! Have you visited my Youtube Channel? I have almost 70 videos on there now to teach you all about Rubber Stamping! Have you signed up for my e-mail newsletter so we can stay in touch?
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Blossom Party Big Shot Die Gift BagApril 27th, 2010 Posted on April 27th, 2010, one response.
If you are a Facebook Fan (click here to visit), you would have seen the cards that Eva made last month for her friends’ birthdays. Between my 3 girls, we had about 15 birthday party invitations. Wowsas! That puts a pinch on the wallet, and really works out the Mom Taxi Service. Luckily, my girls love to craft and they make the cards and even decorate the gift bags. You know Stampin’ Up’s In Color Line has Rich Razzleberry and Melon Mambo, but did you know Target has those 2 colors in TISSUE PAPER!!?? That sure made it a snap to get Kraft Gift Bags and make a quick, coordinating bag for the gift. Eva and I cut out a bunch of flowers from the Blossom Party Big Shot Die and she went to town! This bag is her creation! And if you’re a new blog reader of mine….Eva is FIVE. She did a great job, didn’t she? Stayed tuned…next month you will see more of the Blossom Party Die, and club gals, you’ll be playing with it! Want to join one of my clubs? Details here for Local Club and Online Club.
Stampin’ Up Fancy Favor Box DieApril 3rd, 2010 Posted on April 3rd, 2010, one response.
Happy Easter Weekend everyone! Today I have another little Easter treat to share with you in case you have a last minute gift you need to put together. You can also make these for other types of candies for use all spring long and again for Mother’s Day! Here is my first project. I used the Fancy Favor Big Shot Die and cut out my box, then I put a 2 x 12″ strip in to cut again the wavy top and make the score lines. I adhered that to my box, then assembled, then punched the Curly Label Punch to make a window for the bunny. I thought this was cute, but it wasn’t really what I was going for. See how to assemble the Fancy Favor Box here.
My next shot at creating a cutie little Easter Treat was to cut the Fancy Favor Box about 2″ short of the top as shown in the picture. This gave me a short box perfect for a basket with a handle. This was it! Alana claimed these for her teachers, I hope they liked them!
View the video to see how to make this sweet eyeleted handle!
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Have a wonderful Easter and be sure to check back here Monday morning. I have a special announcement for you! Movers and Shapers Curly Label Die- PURSE!March 18th, 2010 Posted on March 18th, 2010, 2 responses.STAMPERS!!!!!!!!!!!! I’m dyin’ over here…just dyin’. My super crafty mom is visiting and today was our big crafting day. I had the idea of….hold onto your hat…using the Movers and Shapers Curly Label Big Shot die to make a little purse for my cell phone. My mom was a bit of a doubting Thomas. She hasn’t sunk her teeth into the Stampin’ Up world (I know, big gasp) and wasn’t sure how this would turn out. I kept telling her to trust me. I just needed a little pouch for my new super cool phone because it doesn’t have any protection on the outside. It was a snap to cut out the fabric with the Big Shot Die. So, after cutting out the fabric and batting with the die, we sewed that puppy up! (when I was rushing upstairs full of excitement, yelling, “Let’s sew this puppy up!!!” Alana was a bit concerned for Kenly’s safety…”what puppy are we sewing up, mom???!!!”) Look how perfect my phone fits into this cutie little pouch. Yeah, you can bet I’ll be making more…different patterns, seasonal ones, you name it. Now I’ll be able to throw my cell phone in the bottom of the pool bag or my big ole mommy purse and I don’t run the risk of phoning my demonstrator friends in Australia! I also plan to use the other Movers and Shapers dies….stars, hearts, etc. Can you believe how perfectly it fits? And the window, how flippin’ cute is THAT!!??? I used Stampin’ Up window sheets and beads. I’m guessing you all might want to see a video….hmmm??? I’m off to my downline event and I can’t wait to show those girls this project and the other project we designed for them using CHIPBOARD, DESIGNER PAPER AND FELT FLOWERS!!! Check back tomorrow to see a few of the projects and Find me on Facebook to see them all!
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