Jul 7, 2012 | Big Shot, Cards, In Colors |
Last month in my Hands-On class I featured the 5 new Stampin’ Up! In-colors. This was one of the cards that we made – it features the new Gumball Green with one of our new stamp sets – Animal Talk. The frog was perfect for the Gumball Green and this z-fold card idea seemed to suit the jumping frog too. My friend Cindy brought a swap card with a z-fold to my last demonstrator meeting so I adapted that idea for this card. Make a regular card, score it like normal, then score the front of the card again and fold it back. Then add the focal point image to the folded front.
Something else new on this card is the large scallop edge that I cut using one of our new Edgelits and the Big Shot and then I used our new Piercing Template (and the mat and piercer) to pierce along the large scallops.
I had the whole card finished and then got a little smudge of green ink on it – ugh! Now what – I found the solution! Get out my Color Spritzer and the Gumball Green Stampin’ Write marker and spritz on the card. That was perfect and actually suited this card well anyway. I also decorated the envelope. But when I stamped it I got just the top edge of some of the letters – another ugh moment! So I put on my thinking cap again and realized I could use my marker and make more lines to create “grass” for the hopping frog. Another perfect solution!
Some of the finishing touches is the Linen Thread tied around the card front. And the little frog is actually stamped a second time on a scrap of white, cut out and then popped up with a bit of Stampin’ Dimensional on the original one. The dimension looks good in real life – it’s hard to tell that its there in the photo.
So that just goes to show you that once you get your creative mind going you can fix your own mistakes and turn up with a cute card. I hope you like it!
Have a good weekend!
Jul 5, 2012 | Big Shot, Cards, Create with Connie & Mary |
Guess what? I have some exciting news to share today. A month or so ago I submitted some cards to be considered for the Thursday Challenge Design Team at Create with Connie & Mary. They had a design team call and I was selected – yeah! So every Thursday I’ll be participating in the Thursday challenge and I hope you will too. Just visit their site to add your creation with the linky tool. You’ll be able to see the design team creations and then creations that other crafters just like you are creating using the challenge criteria. I hope you’ll play along.
This weeks challenge is a sketch –
And my creation for you using this weeks sketch –
I really like this stamp set – For the Birds. The little mailbox is perfect for paper piecing. I cut pieces from the Comfort Cafe designer series paper to cover the mail box. Isn’t it cute?
I’d love to see what you create with this sketch. Make something and then visit Create with Connie & Mary and submit your entry. Each challenge is open for a week. And then a new challenge will be issued.
Here are a few more details about my card.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Card stock: Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, Cajun Craze, Very Vanilla
- Ink: JetBlack StazOn, Crumb Cake, Cajun Craze, and Soft Suede Stampin’ Write Markers, Crumb Cake ink
- Stamp sets: For the Birds, En Francias
- Accessories: Big Shot Die-cut Machine, Fancy Fan Embossing Folder, Comfort Cafe Designer Series paper, Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch, Linen Thread, Stampin’ Sponge
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
Jun 20, 2012 | Big Shot, Cards, Create with Connie & Mary, Designer Series Paper, In Colors |
I do like to use sketches to create a card or scrapbook page. Recently I made a card using one of the sketches from Create with Connie & Mary – it is an older one from a few weeks ago. The card I ended up with looks like this
I used the new In-Color Primrose Petals for the base, then a layer of Chocolate Chip – I cut it with the Scallop Edgelit and embosses it with the matching Accent Folder – actually I did the embossing part first and then cut – that is easier for me to get it lined up. You can’t see it real well in the photo but I used the set Creative Elements to stamp in the background behind the flower.
The flower is cut from the Floral District Designer paper – I used the Fun Flowers Bigz Die and the Big Shot for the largest petals, the smaller petals are the blossom punch – 3 layers and then I snipped in between the little scallops on the petals. In the center is one of the new Naturals Designer Buttons – they look like wood – I threaded some Linen Thread through the holes. And tied some around the card layer – I love my Linen thread.
Finally I added a tag – stamp set Four Frames and Teeny Tiny Wishes – punches with the Decorative Label punch.
here is what the sketch looked like –
A sketch is a good place to start when you are creating – it maps out where to place your elements. Then you play around with your design, your stamp sets, your papers and punches until you get something in the end that you are happy with.
I have more people to thank for placing orders – Debbie, Sherrie, Alicia, Candis, and Pam. Every order helps me get closer no matter what size it is. Thank you guys! I speeding along to 55 orders – Read more here.
Today was an animal kind of day – I came home from exercising and found a turtle in the road right near the house. I didn’t want him to get run over so I went out to get him and move him on across the street. Well he was not happy about that – did you know turtles make a hissing sound? I moved him anyway so a car wouldn’t run him over. Then I keep hearing banging on the window – and Aspen hears it to and goes and barks – its a bluebird – I’m wondering if he is trying to get bugs from the spider webs that are in the corner of the windows – there are lots of them – I guess I need to do something about that but spraying them with a hose doesn’t really get them to come off. Then I began to wonder if the bluebirds built another nest in the bird house – so I decided to check. Sure enough they built a nest while we were gone on vacation and when I checked this morning – guess what – there are 3 eggs inside! I don’t think I have had a nest this late before – spring is over and summer is here now. Oh and one more thing – there were a bunch of robins in the yard today – and I noticed a little moth flitting about – the moth landed on the fern near one of the robins – the robins popped up and snatched it and had a yummy breakfast. Poor moth. Anyway those are my animal stories for today.
Have a great day!
Jun 7, 2012 | Big Shot, Cards, In Colors |
Thanks for hearing my plea! I wanted to update you that I have 2 of my 55 orders and 3 more people that said they would be placing orders in the coming days. I’ll keep you updated and if you’d like to help me out that would be so greatly appreciated!
Summer Starfruit is one of the new Stampin’ Up! In-Colors. And I’ve featured it on this card –
I think it is such a different color not like anything we already have in our color families. I used the Comfort Cafe Designer Series paper on this card so that helped decide the rest of the colors – Soft Suede, Midnight Muse, Pool Party and Very Vanilla. The card “sketch” was one I saw recently on another blog. The stamp sets I used are Betsy’s Blossom – that’s the bird, and Itty Bitty Banners with the new Itty Bitty Framelits. I’m going to have to look up all these names – I know they are close but I haven’t learned the names for all the new things yet.
Thanks so much – have a good day!
Jun 6, 2012 | Big Shot, Cards, Vintage |
Hi everyone!
Here is a new stamp set and a fun technique for you today. This idea came from my friend Michele from Iowa – she was my very first convention roommate – and we have been friends and roommates ever since. This year at Leadership we were roommates and everyone that attended Leadership received this sneak peek stamp set from the new catalog – it is called Everything Eleanor. Michele was also the lucky winner of one of the Simply Scored Diagonal plates during Leadership – the rest of us were so jealous! Since we didn’t get to play with the Diagonal plate back in January I asked Michele to play for us and send us an idea. Well this was the idea she came up with – a faux tile technique. I have been saving it because the stamp set was coming in the new catalog and now I can share it. We actually made this card at my stamp club last Friday night and it is slightly different from the one the Michele sent me.
I decided to use the new Midnight Muse ink pad (Michele had used black which was really nice on this card) so I could show case not only a new color but the new Firm Foam ink pad. They stamp so nicely – I find that I don’t want to use any of my old colors, because I’d have to use my old ink pads. It looks like there will be an order for the new pads in my future…..
Anyhow for the faux tile technique – first take the card stock and put it on the Diagonal Plate on the Simply Scored board and score diagonally in both directions every 1/2″. After the piece has been scored then stamp the image – the ink won’t go into the scored indentations so it ends up looking like tile.
The colors are Crumb Cake, Baja Breeze, and Midnight Muse. I stamped and cut out both the large and medium sized flowers and layered them on top of each other. Also the Baja Breeze piece is embossed with the Elegant Lines Embossing Folder. And to finish there is a piece of the Baja Breeze Seam Binding and an Antique Brad.
I hope you like it and thanks so much to Michele for the idea!
Jun 1, 2012 | Big Shot, Birthday, Cards, In Colors, Open House |
June 1st is here. The much anticipated early arrival of the new Stampin’ Up! 2012-2013 catalog is finally here. We will be able to start ordering from later this afternoon (2pm eastern time). This morning Stampin’ Up! is transitioning from the old catalog to the new one so the ordering systems are all down for the morning. Later today the online store will be up and links on my website and blog will be added to the new catalog.
My Stamper’s Club is starting tonight with the new catalog and on Sunday I’ll be having an Open House – come join the fun – Details for my Open House are on my website and at the bottom of this post.
Along with this new catalog we have 5 new In-Colors – and here they are –
Gumball Green, Midnight Muse, Primrose Petals, Raspberry Ripple, and Summer Starfruit. You need to come see them in person at my open house and try out the new Firm Foam ink pads.
And here is a new card for you – it features new products from the Patio Party product suite and 4 of the new In-Colors.
New Designer Paper – Patio Party, two new stamp sets – Make a Cake and Itty Bitty Banners, and the new Bitty Banners Framelits!
Now I need to finish my list so I can place my order this afternoon. And I have to finish getting ready for Stamper’s Club too.
Have a great day! Oh – one more thing – for everyone that orders from me during the month of June – I will have a special coupon sheet for you for specials the rest of the summer exclusively from me.
Come Join at my New Catalog Open House Sunday, June 3rd from 2-5 pm.
· See products from the New Stampin’ Up! catalog
· Come make two projects
· See the new In-Colors and use the new Firm Foam ink pads
· All Customers who have ordered from me during the past year can pick up their FREE CATALOG.
· Buy a new stamp set from the catalog and choose a retired stamp set from my stash for free (equal or less original value). Retired sets are used in most cases.
· Place a $100 or more order from the new catalog today and get Free Shipping from me. Place a $150 or more order and receive a free Stampin’ Up! shopping bag plus $25 hostess benefits
· Bring a new friend that I haven’t met before and you both receive a gift from me.
· Enjoy yummy snacks and visiting with friends.
If you can’t attend my open house but would like a new catalog I can mail one directly to you for $5.
Click here to email me.
Last month in my Hands-On class I featured the 5 new Stampin’ Up! In-colors. This was one of the cards that we made – it features the new Gumball Green with one of our new stamp sets – Animal Talk. The frog was perfect for the Gumball Green and this z-fold card idea seemed to suit the jumping frog too. My friend Cindy brought a swap card with a z-fold to my last demonstrator meeting so I adapted that idea for this card. Make a regular card, score it like normal, then score the front of the card again and fold it back. Then add the focal point image to the folded front.
