Aug 10, 2011 | Big Shot, Cards, Embossing, Inspired by Nature, Masking, uStamp |
Hi everyone! Only a few more days before we move Tyler down to his dorm to start college. We shopped yesterday and the girl at the check out gave us a funny look and said “is he going to college or why are you buying all this stuff?” And yes we are getting ready for college – there were many other things that I thought he needed and his answer was “I’ll let you know later if/when I need that.” Fortunately he isn’t going to be that far from home and I do a monthly card class down on the campus so I will be around.
Well that probably isn’t why you are here on my blog so let’s get on to a stamping project. This card is one that I made for the UStamp Swap at convention. Oh by the way the next UStamp class starts this Friday and I designed TWO projects for the class. If you haven’t signed up for this online class you should – there are over 40 projects from demonstrators all over the world with complete tutorials. CLICK HERE for more information.
Anyway back to my card for today. A bunch of us got together from the last Ustamp Blog Hop and did a swap at convention. Here is my card:
This card has a lot of steps and masking going on and I am writing a tutorial with the instructions for it. I will add it to this post later today.
Colors are Basic Black, Old Olive, Whisper White and Crumb Cake.
Stamp Sets -Nature’s Nest and Inspired by Nature.
This was also my card swap for my PAWS team meeting in July. I’ll be back later today.
UPDATE: I was having some trouble getting my tutorial converted to a PDF so that I can post it for you – I’ll get it fixed in the morning. Thanks.
Aug 2, 2011 | Cards, My Digital Studio, UDI Color Challenge |
Hi! Well the first day of school is behind us – at least Ryan’s first day. Our county public schools started today! So summer is over for Ryan. Tyler and Kyle are still home – their college schedules give them a little bit more time before they have to be back. Until then we will be cleaning out their rooms, shopping and packing up to move them in to their dorms.
And now for the Tuesday Utah Diva’s Color Challenge.
I see lots of purple in this weeks colors – which reminds me of my friend Laree! Concord Crush, Perfect Plum and Night of Navy and I decided to add Whisper White to the mix. I went with a My Digital Studio Hybrid card this week. Combining the digital elements with traditional elements is just one more option with paper crafting. Here is my creation for this week…..
The digital element is the main panel that was printed on Whisper White card stock. Using My Digital Studio I created a card – I added Perfect Plum Soft Flowers Designer Series paper as the background. On top of that I added the print digital stamp from the First Edition stamp brush set in Concord Crush and the flowers in Night of Navy. For the flowers I added a drop shadow that gives in a sponged look inside the flower. At the bottom of the panel I added two punches – the square punch stretched to a rectangle to fill the bottom of the card front and the Scallop Trim Border punch – both filled with Perfect Plum. On top of that I added an overlay from the Vintage Overlays – it is hard to see in this picture because it is pretty light. Using a text box I added the Happy Birthday choosing a font that I have on my computer. After printing this out I cut it to fit on my card front.
The traditional elements include adding the Taffeta Ribbon around the printed panel. Then attach that to a piece of Whisper White and then on the Concord Crush card base. Finally I added some of the tiny basic pearls – in the center of each flower and also for the dot on the “i” in Birthday.
I hope you like this quick hybrid card.
Click on this link to go to the Utah Diva’s Color Challenge blog. There you can see the creations from the entire design team and add a link to your creation if you decide to play along.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Card stock: Concord Crush, Whisper White
- Ink: from my printer
- Stamp sets: First Edition Digital Stamp Brush Set, Vintage Overlays Digital Stamp Brush Set
- Accessories: My Digital Studio, Whisper White Taffeta Ribbon, Basic Pearls
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
Aug 1, 2011 | Cards, Mini - Love Notes, Stampin' Up! Convention |
Here are more of the 3×3 Love Note Swaps that I got at convention. I am planning a class for August – my Hands-On class will feature these mini 3×3 cards. I’ll have more details on the class soon. I plan to pick out of the 100+ swaps that I got at convention.
On the ones below I will put the name of the person that made it if I know – I have a couple where the names fell off (they were on post-it notes or slips of paper) and some just didn’t seem to have any info at all. If one of these is yours and I didn’t have your name please leave me a comment.
Here are the creators for the 1st set shown.
Top Row left to right – no name, Jennifer Taylor, Natasha Byrne
Middle Row left to right – Andrea Skillman, Monica Chan, no name
Bottom Row left to right – Vanessa Zhong, Shauna Smith, Sandy Carlson
3x3 convention swaps
Here are the creators for the second set shown.
Top Row left to right – Gerry Dyer, no name, no name
Middle Row left to right – Linda Madison, no name, Tammy Doll
Bottom Row left to right – Donna Snider, Jenice Detro, Eva Davalos
I still have more to share later in the week….
Today was Ryan’s first day back to school. I know most people are probably still on summer break but ours has quickly come to and end.
Jul 30, 2011 | Cards, Ronald McDonald House Charities |
Right after I got back from convention I went with Jenn, Joyce, Christine, and Nadine to stamp with the kids and families staying at the Ronald McDonald House. I always enjoy going down there and spending time with the families and giving them a fun evening activity. This month Joyce designed the card using some old Stampin’ Up! stamp sets.
It was a fun card featuring a Lion face and then everyone had their choice of greetings that came from one of this years Sale-A-Bration stamp sets. Everyone got to do some paper tearing to accent the side of their own card. Here are a few pictures of the fun evening we had.
we had a busy night with a full table most of the night
Jenn working with one of the girls.
Christine and one of the girls
Nadine was helping this cute girl with her cards.
These two brothers were practicing their lion ROARS!
If you would like to learn more about the Ronald McDonald house here is a link to the Atlanta site – http://www.armhc.org/aboutus.html We are volunteering at the Peachtree Dunwoody house. If you are a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator and would like to join us please contact me. If you don’t live near me contact Stampin’ Up! to find the house near you and a group of demonstrators that you can join. It is always a joy to go down and stamp with these families!
This month we all laughed as some of the kids were in the room next door dancing away to the WII – they were having a blast.
Thanks for stopping by today!
Jul 27, 2011 | Big Shot, Cards, Rock 'n Roll, Stampin' Up! Convention, Tutorial |
On our first night in Salt Lake City my roommates and I attended a Shoebox Swap – I already wrote one post about it – Click Here – and shared the card. But I wanted to give you the instructions on how I made this card. I call it a peek-a-boo card – because the inside of the card peeks through to the front. Here is the finished card again –
And now some instructions on how to actually make it –
1. Cut the base of the card which is So Saffron to 4-1/4″ by 10″ and score at 5-1/2″ so you have a card that opens on the right side with a short front.
2. Use the 2-1/2″ Circle Punch and push it all the way in from the end of the short card front to punch the circle. Here is a picture.
So you end of with this. Basically I cut down the front so that I could get the punched hole close to the center then I build the front of the card back up.
3. I stamped the front with the Creative Elements stamp set and spritzed the front of the card using a Color Spritzer and my Stampin’ Write Markers – So Saffron and Soft Suede.
4. To build up the front of the card I used a strip of Cherry Cobbler that was stamped with the border image, and a strip of Soft Suede that was punched with the Scallop Trim Border Punch. Glue the two strips together and then glue them to the front of the card lining up with the back to make the front of the card be even.
5. To finish the front I cut a Scallop Circle using the Big Shot Die Cut machine and the Scallop Circle #2 die – the larger circle is the one I used. This was cut from Soft Suede card stock. Then insert the scallop circle into the 2-1/2″ Circle punch – push it all the way in and then center it to punch the circle. I centered it by having about 3 scallops show out on either side of my punch.
6. Then glue the scallop circle to the front of the card matching it up with the circle that you punched out of the front. This creates the frame.
7. To create the flower I used the Rock ‘n Roll technique – ink the flower first in So Saffron ink and then roll the edges in Soft Suede ink. Stamp on Whisper White and cut out. 
8. To finish the inside of the card I cut a Whisper White circle using the Big Shot Die Cut machine and the 3″ Circle punch. Stamp this piece with the vine image in So Saffron, the create image in Soft Suede, add spritzing with the Stampin’ Write markers, and sponging around the edges. Glue the cut flower to the circle.
9. Finally cut some butterflies with the Big Shot Die Cut machine and the Beautiful Wings Embosslit – the tiny one is glued to the inside circle and the large one has Linen Thread wrapped around the center and then attached to the front of the card on the frame using a Stampin’ Dimensional.
Hopefully all that makes sense and the pictures help you understand.
And how about some pictures of us at the actual shoebox swap –
Tuesday night Shoebox Swap
Dawn and Cindy at the Shoebox Swap
Monika and Michele at the Shoebox Swap
Sherri the swap organizer at the end of the night resting her feet
We had a lot of fun! And got a lot of great cards in the process. The room is divided into two sections so we stamp all the cards on one half of the room and we get finished cards for the other half of the room. Sherri has snacks for us and gives away prizes! I won a package of the Big Top Designer Series paper.
Thanks for visiting!
Jul 26, 2011 | Cards, Embellishments, Inspired by Nature, SU Buttons, UDI Color Challenge |
Hi everyone! I’m back. I took a few days off to spend some time with my sweetie! Friday was our 22nd wedding anniversary – 22 years on July 22nd. So we went away for a long weekend to a peaceful cabin in the mountains of Tennessee. It was nice, quiet, and relaxing and now we are home and back to the real world.
So today is Tuesday and I did just get my card made for the Color Challenge this week – but it turned out really cute. The inspiration picture for our colors was this one –
Tempting Turquoise, So Saffron, Old Olive and Whisper White and a beautiful floral sundress. With these colors out on my desk I was trying to decide what to do. I spent a few minutes looking through my convention photos and came across a project from the display area that Stampin’ Up! set up. They were flowerpots that had the crochet flowers in them with buttons for the centers. So I decided I wanted to recreate the flowers on a card. And here is the result.
I used Inspired by Nature for the background – both the grass image and the flower image (but without the flowers – i only inked the stems and leaves). Both are in Old Olive ink. Then I sponged around the top with the Tempting Turquoise to create the sky and at the base with Old Olive to add to the grass. The flowers are the Crochet Flowers in the catalog called Fleurette’s II. I used the two smaller sizes – there is also one larger size. I pulled a piece of White Baker’s Twine through the flower and then tied a button to the front and tied a bow. The funny thing is that I tied such pretty little bows in each of my buttons and then didn’t realize until after I took the picture that I put all the flowers on either upside down or sideways – so just pretend my bows are blowing in the wind and it is a windy day! Around the base I tied a piece of So Saffron Taffeta ribbon – so glad to see that we have So Saffron ribbon in the catalog – yeah! I use this color a lot and really missed having matching ribbon lat year. The little jewelry tag has “hello” from Tiny Tags on it.
And here is the photo from convention of the flowers that Stampin’ Up! created –
Click on this link to go to the Utah Diva’s Color Challenge blog. There you can see the creations from the entire design team and add a link to your creation if you decide to play along.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Card stock: Whisper White, Old Olive
- Ink: Old Olive, Tempting Turquoise
- Stamp sets: Inspired by Nature, Tiny Tags
- Accessories: Fleurettes II, Brights & Subtles Buttons, White Baker’s Twine, So Saffron Taffeta ribbon, Jewelry Tag punch, Stampin’ Sponge
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
