Jun 17, 2014 | Big Shot, Birthday, Cards |
Here is a fun summer birthday card made with some brand new Stampin’ up! products.
Red, White and Blue are fun summer colors and the new Sea Street stamp set is really cute – a fun smiling octopus. I created this card for a swap group that I’m part of. A group of us each create a card and then we swap with each other and get a whole bunch of ideas from the group. Here are some details about this card –
- Real Red card base stamped with the starfish image randomly across the bottom
- Night of Navy die cut with the Starburst Framelits and the Big Shot then embossed with the Decorative Dots embossing folder – I think it looks like bubbles
- A strip of Designer Paper from the new Maritime paper pack.
- tied some Whisper White Bakers twine around the card front
- 2-1/2″ Circle punch – a whisper white piece and stamp with the Octopus and the school of fish – add to the front with Stampin’ Dimesnionals
- stamp “Happy Birthday” from the new Something to Say stamp set – punch out with the Word Window punch
Here are all the Stampin’ Up! products I used – click on them to go the my online store.
Thanks for stopping by today!
Jun 10, 2014 | Big Shot, Cards, Designer Series Paper, Masculine, Occasions Catalog 2014, Sale-A-Bration 2014, Stamp, Scrap, & Create Retreat |
This was our third Make&Take project at the Stamp, Scrap & Create Retreat. A Birthday card kit that included a birthday cards for a variety of people – a kids card, a teen card, a feminine card and a masculine card. I wanted to accomplish a few things for this project and set of cards. While designing it the plan was to use a consistent color scheme – so the whole set coordinates, and I wanted to use the same layout for each of the cards – to show that changing just the stamp set could make it a completely different card. I was able to use items from my pre-order for the new Stampin’ Up! catalog along with items from the Occasions catalog that continued on into the new annual catalog.
I decided to use the new Moonlight Designer Series Paper Stack for this project so the color scheme is Sahara Sand, Basic Gray, Whisper White and two brand new colors – Hello Honey and Lost Lagoon. I’m not sure if you have noticed this before but with the paper stacks if you look at one side you have one set of colors and if you flip over and look at the other side you have a slightly different set of colors. For this moonlight stack one side includes the Lost Lagoon (that’s what I used for this project) while the other side included the Blackberry Bliss.
Here is a closer look at each piece of this project.
The box that holds the 4 cards and envelopes was made with the Envelope Punch Board. The front decorated with the Starburst Sayings and Starburst Framelits.
The kids card uses the new Sea Street stamp set and the “happy birthday” is from a new set called Something to Say. A strip of the Moonlight paper stack – that looks like waves and the Starburst die cut is embossed with the Decorative Dots Embossing Folder – to look like bubbles. Does that embossing folder look familiar? It was one of the Sale-A-Bration free choices a few months ago.
The teen card uses the Geometrical stamp set and the Triangle punch. For this one the greeting is on the circle and then the punched triangles were added around the front of the card giving a little different look to the same card layout.
Here is the feminine card – it uses the new So Very Happy stamp set. While this wasn’t part of our pre-order it was a set that I received during the Leadership conference back in January. The flower in the set coordinates with the Blossom Punch.
And finally the masculine card – it uses the set called Timeless Talk. This isn’t a new set it was actually in last years catalog too. But sometimes you don’t notice a set until its presented in a different way. For the center of the dial on the phone I added a little Basic Gray candy dot.
For all the cards I used the Hardwood Background stamp. And they each have the large starburst that is embossed, the strip of Moonlight Designer Paper and the 2-1/2″ circle punch with an image plus the punched greeting.
Thanks for stopping by today!
Jun 4, 2014 | Big Shot, Paper Pumpkin, Stamp, Scrap, & Create Retreat |
Really you are! This was one of our Make & Take Projects at the Stamp, Scrap & Create Retreat. While it took some time to roll all the flowers and attach them to the bag the results were gorgeous!
This idea was from my friend Jeanna who is on the Artisan Design team. My bag is in coral colors – Calypso Coral, Crisp Cantaloupe, Blushing Bride and Pink Pirouette. The bag is from one of the past Paper Pumpkin kits – and if you are a current subscriber the refill packs were available – that is what I ordered for the retreat. We used the bag and ribbon handles for this project and then I used the other pieces on the little pillow gifts that I made. Here is a closer look at the little tag.
We gave the Big Shot and the Spiral Flower die a work out for this project. Cut and rolled 28 flowers for each bag! The craft tweezers and hot glue guns were also well loved for this project.
I hope you like this project!
Jun 3, 2014 | Big Shot, Cards, Retired List, Washi Tape |
Today and tomorrow you can order from the old 2013-2014 Stampin’ Up! catalog and the NEW 2014-2015 Stampin’ Up! catalog at the same time. There is an overlap of a couple of days. Many of the retiring items are already sold out but those that aren’t can be ordered through tomorrow and Stampin’ Up! has even discounted some of the retiring items. You can see the most current availability list by looking in my online store – SHOP HERE.
This card combines the Gingham Garden Washi tape (it’s retiring and on sale) with the Vivid Vases stamp set (from the Occasions catalog and now in the new catalog!).
I wanted to make the vases look like a decoupage glass and decided the Washi tape would give me that look. This card does take a little time to make. I put the Washi Tape on a piece of Whisper White card stock and then stamped the vases on top of it with Black StazOn ink. Then I cut out each of the vases with my paper snips – so yes it is some fussy cutting but the vases are fairly easy to cut out.
This is how I completed the card:
- Card base is Daffodil Delight
- Front layer of Whisper White – stamp the Vivid Vases in Black StazOn ink.
- Color in the flowers/leaves with Stampin’ Write markers – Daffodil Delight, Pear Pizzazz, Melon Mambo, Island Indigo
- add the cut out washi tape vases on top of the stamped vases
- die cut a frame with the On Film Framelits and the Big Shot from Basic Black card stock
- tie a Whisper White Baker’s Twine Bow (or the Island Indigo Baker’s Twine works too) on the edge of the frame
- Attach the frame around the stamped image using Stampin’ Dimensionals – I cut little bits of dimensionals to attach the frame.
If you wanted different words you could cover the words with the bottom of the frame and add other words underneath.
I really love how it turned out. I’m going to try another one with different colors of washi tape.
May 19, 2014 | Big Shot, Cards, Retired List |
Oh Hello! Really I’m still here….I just had a super busy week and weekend! It was the weekend of the Stamp, Scrap & Create Retreat at my house. Last week I was finishing up the preparations, shopping and cleaning up before everyone arrived. It was a fun long weekend of time with friends stamping and scrapping and hanging out. The retreat started Thursday evening and we finished up in the early afternoon on Sunday. Let me tell you that I was tired and went to bed early last night and slept for 11 hours!! You can see pictures from the retreat on my Facebook Business page – and I’ll be posting more here on my blog – the Make&Take projects and the “pillow gifts” for everyone that attended.
For today I have a card to share from my last hands-on class featuring retiring stamps and products.
Here are some details:
- So Saffron Card Base – stamp with the So Saffron ink
- Oh Hello stamp set (retired list) – stamp the oval, the Oh, Hello on Whisper White
- Use Stampin’ Write markers – So Saffron, Pear Pizzazz – to color flower and stamp on Whisper White and on the envelope
- Cut oval image and flower with the Oval Framelits, Cut the Oh Hello with the Banner Framelits
- Two tea lace doilies glue together in the center with some snail adhesive and then attached to the card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
- The Banner is attached flat to the oval. Both oval die cut pieces are on Dimensionals and added to the front of the card.
- Add Candy Dots.
Here is the list of supplies. The Oh, Hello stamp set is on the retired list – so get it before it’s gone.
Enjoy your day!
May 7, 2014 | Big Shot, Mini Scrapbook, Retired List |
We made this adorable mini scrapbook in my May Stampers Club. I love how it turned out. We used the Bright Blossoms stamp set that is on the retired list – it’s a cute little set that you can make various combinations of flowers with.
I like the fact that this one will stand up by itself. It’s perfect for adding photos and journaling and then setting out on a table or desk as a display item. It would make a sweet gift. 
Here is some more on how I made it:
- I used 4 of the Crumb Cake note card envelopes (on the retired list), I tucked the flaps into the inside but you could choose to leave them out or even cut them off. Tucking them in gives some added stability. Inside each envelope I would slide a photo or journal a story or note that you might want to stay hidden instead of having it on the page.
- Place two envelopes end to end and connect them with Washi Tape – I used the Gingham Garden Washi tape which is also on the Retired List. Then add another envelope on either side – connecting with Washi tape. So you end up with a “book” of envelopes.
- I added another piece of Washi tape around the outside spine and then the extra flower piece as a decoration on the front.
- Then decorate the front and the pages of the mini scrapbook. For the front I added a frame from the On Film framelits cut from Island Indigo card stock – with a piece of Island Indigo Baker’s Twine (on the retired list). Attach it with bits of dimensionals at the top and bottom and then you can slide in a photo from the side later. Stamp a vase of flowers and punch with the Decorative Label punch. Punch a second one from Melon Mambo card stock – cut it in half and layer it behind the stamped one. Add to the front with dimensionals. Finish with a little designer button.
- For pages 1 & 2 – I used Daffodil Delight and the On Film Framelits – cut a frame and a camera. Add a Rhinestone to the camera. Stamp a flower – cut with the oval punch and then layer with the scallop oval punch.
- For pages 3 & 4 – This page has a Pear Pizzazz frame, Island Indigo Baker’s Twine and another stamped flower punched with the Oval punch and a scalloped oval punch frame.
- For pages 5 & 6 – For the last two pages there are frames in Island Indigo and Daffodil Delight. A Melon Mambo Camera. Another flower punched with the 1-1/4 ” circle punch and a 1-3/8″ Melon Mambo punch. Finish with some twine and Rhinestones.
On each page I added the frames with Dimensionals only along the top and bottom so I could go back and slide some photos underneath. On the blank pages I’ll plan to add journaling. Inside the pockets – larger photos. You could also use the pockets to hold a ticket stub or something else that goes along with the photos.
A really pretty project. I hope you like it!
Red, White and Blue are fun summer colors and the new Sea Street stamp set is really cute – a fun smiling octopus. I created this card for a swap group that I’m part of. A group of us each create a card and then we swap with each other and get a whole bunch of ideas from the group. Here are some details about this card –
