Dec 28, 2010 | Birthday, Cards, Designer Series Paper |
Can you believe Christmas has passed and the new year is almost here? How long will it take everyone to remember to write 2011 instead of 2010? I’m excited for January to get here because I’m excited to be attending the Stampin’ Up! Leadership conference! Not much longer now…… but lets move on to the Utah Diva’s Color Challenge – this is #16. Click on this link to go to the Utah Diva’s Color Challenge blog. This is the inspiration that Gretchen gave us this week –
So this made me think of Valentine’s Day and Chocolates. I even thought about just creating a box that looked like the cake in the picture. But I still had my Paper Crafts magazine lying on my craft room table and there was a card sketch in there that I wanted to try – so that is what I ended up with – actually a birthday card in these colors. Real Red, Soft Suede, Regal Rose, and Blushing Bride. Here it is:
I used several designs of Designer Series Paper – Love Patterns pack (the special right now) – In-Color Hostess Paper Pack – Neutrals Patterns Paper Stack – I didn’t have any Regal Rose designer paper so I used card stock to add the Regal Rose to the card. The triangles are very easy to make – I used the large Star punch – and cut off two points on either side of the point I kept – the other end which then has a notch in it from the remaining two points was tucked under the card stock. I tucked them all under different amounts so they appear to be different sizes but they are really all the same.
My card base is actually the Soft Suede but I cut the front short to be only 1-1/2″ and then added the points and then a Whisper White front panel to complete the front of the card. A Real Red piece of the Love Patterns Designer paper, punched with the Scallop edge border punch was added to the left size. And the stamp is from Afterthoughts stamp set – a Level 1 Hostess set.
Now it is your turn to play with these colors – then go to the UDI blog and add your creation to the linky section.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Card stock: Soft Suede, Whisper White, Regal Rose
- Ink: Soft Suede
- Stamp sets: Afterthoughts (Hostess Level 1)
- Accessories: Love Patterns Designer Series Paper Pack (Filled with Love promotion), In Color Designer Series paper pack (Hostess Level 1), Neutrals Patterns Designer Series paper stack, Scallop Edge Border punch, Star punch
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
Dec 21, 2010 | Cards, Occasions Mini 2011, Sale-A-Bration 2011, UDI Color Challenge, Valentine's Day |
It’s Tuesday and time for the Utah Diva’s Color Challenge – this is #15. Click on this link to go to the Utah Diva’s Color Challenge blog. This is the inspiration that Gretchen gave us this week –
These are not my idea of Christmas colors but I think you could do a Christmas project with them – but I didn’t – I went with a different Holiday. This was another idea from my issue of Paper Crafts magazine. With that in my hand, my sneak peek items from the upcoming mini catalog and Sale-a-Bration brochure in my craft room and the new Filled with Love promotion in my mind – I ended up with a card that has a Heart theme to it – perfect for Valentine’s Day!
There are several sneak peeks in this card – a new stamp set called Valentine Defined that will be in the Occasions Mini Catalog starting on January 4th. A new Designer Series Paper – Ice Cream Parlor – that is one of the Sale-A-Bration product choices beginning on January 25th. And another Designer Series Paper – Love Patterns pack – this one you can get now as part of the new Filled with Love Promotion.
The Filled with Love Promotion runs from December 17, 2010 – January 24, 2011. Valentine’s Day is the second biggest holiday for sending cards, and during the Filled with Love promotion, you can get an exclusive package of Designer Series Paper perfect for creating cards for family, friends, classmates, and more! And you get a FREE package of Bitty Buttons–a $4.95 value–when you purchase an exclusive Filled with Love Bundle. Contact me for more details or click on the picture below to go to my website.
Now for some more information about my card. The grid paper on the card is not one of the Designer Papers – I actually created it using a piece of Very Vanilla card stock, my Stampin’ Write Markers, a ruler and my Stampin’ Up! Grid Paper. I cut my card stock to size and lined it up on a piece of my grid paper. I used the ruler for my straight edge and varied the colors of the lines using the colors from the color challenge – Old Olive, Pear Pizzazz, Pretty in Pink and Melon Mambo.
Once my colored grid paper was created I added a strip of Melon Mambo card stock to the back that was punched with the Scallop Border Punch. I punched hearts out using all of our Stampin’ Up! Heart punches and various Designer Series Paper. These were all folded in half and then attached to my card front – only in the center. I used a marker to add a faux zig-zag stitch to the center of each heart. The punches make for quick decorating.
At the bottom is the Love You stamp – with the heart punched out and layered on top.
I hope you like this little sneak peek. Now it is your turn to play with these colors – then go to the UDI blog and add your creation to the linky section.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Card stock: Pear Pizzazz, Melon Mambo, Very Vanilla, Old Olive
- Ink: Old Olive, Melon Mambo, Stampin’ Write Markers: Pear Pizzazz, Old Olive, Melon Mambo, Pretty in Pink
- Stamp sets: Valentine Defined (Occasions 2011)
- Accessories: Love Patterns Designer Series Paper Pack (Filled with Love promotion), Ice Cream Parlor Designer Paper & Quick Accents Pack (SAB 2011), In Color Designer Series paper stack, Scallop Edge Border punch, Heart to Heart punch, Small Heart punch, Full Heart Punch. Grid Paper, ruler
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
Dec 19, 2010 | Cards, Christmas, Season of Friendship, Stamper's Club |
Are you still in need of Christmas card ideas? Here is a card using a stamp set you may already have in your stash – Season of Friendship. It is an all season stamp set and might not come to mind when you are thinking about making Christmas cards. But look at how beautiful this card turned out to be.
The idea for this card came from a non-Stampin’ Up! blog. But the idea translated perfectly to this Stampin’ Up! stamp set.
I started with a Cherry Cobbler card base, then a layer of Whisper White, then a layer of Crumb Cake. On the Crumb Cake card stock I stamped the tree from Season of Friendship using Early Espresso ink. Then the snowflakes using Whisper White Craft ink. The bird is stamped in Cherry Cobbler ink. I punched a heart using the small heart punch and then used the white gel pen to draw a string.
This sentiment comes from Heard from the Heart stamp set – it was stamped in Early Espresso ink on Whisper White card stock. Underneath is a strip of Cherry Cobbler that was punched with the scallop border punch.
We made this one at the Stamper’s Club meeting last week. Roxanne wanted an idea for this stamp set and this was it.
This year I’m mostly sending out Christmas Cards that I made using My Digital Studio – but I have some like this one that are hand stamped to send out too.
Kyle came home from college on Friday – I picked him up after my Treats & Tags class was over. Everyone is home for Christmas now! My decorating is done. My cards are mostly done – just adding the addresses, stamps and sealing the envelopes. Oh by the way – if you hate licking the envelopes – doesn’t everyone? – use your AquaPainter to moisten the strips! I even have presents wrapped and under the tree. I have a few more Christmas projects to share with you this week.
Dec 14, 2010 | Big Shot, Cards, Sale-A-Bration 2011, UDI Color Challenge |
Today is another Utah Diva’s Color Challenge – We are on week #14 click on this link to go to the Utah Diva’s Color Challenge. Here is our inspiration for this week:
I just received a new issue of Paper Crafts magazine. And one of the articles in there was that “gray” was the new black. They used gray, white and yellow for several examples in the article. So I decided to use one of those ideas for this color challenge. Another thing that I just got was my pre-order items for the upcoming Sale-A-Bration promotion (starting late January) and the upcoming Occasions Mini catalog (starting January 4th). It’s like an early Christmas present getting to open that box and see all the new products that are inside. It was hard to decide what to get and what to wait on. I tried hard to be good. I’ll probably go back and get some more though – just too much fun stuff to choose from it’s hard to stop!
Are you ready to see my creation using the colors for today’s color challenge – Old Olive, Basic Black, So Saffron and Very Vanilla – AND a sneak peek for a new Sale-A-Bration stamp set?
The stamp set that I used on this card will be in the Stampin’ Up! Sale-A-Bration promotion – it is called Punch Bunch and you’ll be able to earn it FREE beginning on January 25, 2011. My picture doesn’t quite show the So Saffron card base very well. It was snowing this weekend when I took this picture so the light was reflecting funny. This card made me think of spring – I’m already looking forward to spring and it isn’t even officially winter yet!
This card is a finished 4-1/4″ x 4-1/4″ square card – the base is So Saffron, then a layer of Very Vanilla and then a layer of Basic Black that was embossed with the Square Lattice Embossing Folder and the Big Shot.
The stamped image was stamped twice – once in Old Olive and punched out with the Scallop Circle punch and then once in So Saffron – this one I cut out the flowers to add on top of the first one. A little brad is in the center of the flower. I just love our stamp sets that coordinate with our punches – I seem to gravitate to those first when I see them in our catalogs.
I hope you like this little sneak peek. Now it is your turn to play with these colors – then go to the UDI blog and add your creation to the linky section.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Card stock: So Saffron, Very Vanilla, Basic Black
- Ink: Old Olive, So Saffron
- Stamp sets: Punch Bunch (SAB 2011)
- Accessories: Old Olive Satin ribbon, Subtles Brads, Big Shot Die-Cut Machine, Square Lattice Embossing Folder, 1-3/4″ Scallop Circle Exra-Large Punch, 1/16″ handheld punch, Stampin’ Dimensionals
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
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Dec 10, 2010 | Bingo, Cards, Christmas, Holiday Mini Catalog 2010 |
One more card from my Holiday Stamp-a-Stack class. This one was an idea from Dawn Olchefske. Another simple card that is easy to replicate. This is the Peaceful Season stamp set which is a level 2 Hostess set in the Stampin’ Up! Holiday mini catalog. I love the big curly swirly font on the Season’s Greetings. The little trick I used for this one (I’m not sure if Dawn did it the same way or not) is that I first inked the holly stamp with Always Artichoke ink. Then I used a blender pen to remove the ink from the berries. Next use a Cherry Cobbler Stampin’ Write marker to add the ink back to the berries. Stamp on your card stock, without re-inking stamp again to create the lighter image next to the original.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies for this card:
- Card stock: Always Artichoke, Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White
- Ink: Always Artichoke, Cherry Cobbler, Cherry Cobbler Stampin’ Write Marker
- Stamp sets: Peaceful Season Hostess Level 2 set (from Holiday Mini)
- Accessories: Scallop Trim Border punch, Blender Pen, Medium Whisper White Envelope
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
I’ve heard from some of my Bingo players that they have 3 in a row and someone has 4 in a row. Maybe today will be the magic day for someone. Are you ready to play?
Here we go with Monika’s Blog Bingo. This is Round 7! The group is full and all the cards were emailed out Monday 11/29. See this POST for more details on how to play and the previous winners and the players for this round.
And now for the next piece – Here is piece #10–the little mug from Itty Bitty Bits stamp set (stamped in Chocolate Chip).
If you have Bingo – 5 in a row be sure to email me. Are you getting closer to Bingo?
Dec 9, 2010 | Bingo, Cards, Christmas |
Here is another card from the Holiday Stamp-a-Stack class. This idea is from my friend Cindy Schuster. She brought this card and three others to one of our demonstrator meetings. The elements for each card were exactly the same – she used different colors and a different sentiment on each one. Because it was such a quick card I decided to use it for my class.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies for this card:
- Card stock: Real Red, Old Olive, Early Espresso, Whisper White
- Ink: Old Olive, Early Espresso
- Stamp sets: Word Play
- Accessories: Real Red Grosgrain ribbon, Big Shot Die-Cut Machine, Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder, Decorative Label Punch, Boho Blossoms Punch, Basic Pearls, Stampin’ Sponge, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Medium Whisper White Envelope
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
I went to my Pokeeno Group last night which is played like Bingo – I didn’t win – not even one time – bummer. When it’s my turn to be the hostess I think I’m going to have them play my way with Bingo Cards that I make – most of these ladies are not stampers – I wonder how they will react. Well for now let’s continue ….
Here we go with Monika’s Blog Bingo. This is Round 7! The group is full and all the cards were emailed out Monday 11/29. See this POST for more details on how to play and the previous winners and the players for this round.
And now for the next piece – Here is piece #9–the little cupcake from Itty Bitty Bits stamp set (stamped in Poppy Parade).
If you have Bingo – 5 in a row be sure to email me. Is anyone close??
So this made me think of Valentine’s Day and Chocolates. I even thought about just creating a box that looked like the cake in the picture. But I still had my Paper Crafts magazine lying on my craft room table and there was a card sketch in there that I wanted to try – so that is what I ended up with – actually a birthday card in these colors. Real Red, Soft Suede, Regal Rose, and Blushing Bride. Here it is:
