Mar 26, 2010 | Sale-A-Bration 2010, Thank You, Upsy Daisy |
A quick post today with another 3×3 tag. 
This one uses the Upsy Daisy stamp set. I stamped it in Melon Mambo and Crushed Curry. Each one was stamped multiple times before re-inking so there are several shades of each color.
I added black doodling around the Melon Mambo base and some splatters with the Itty Bitty Backgrounds stamp set. A small trim of Crushed Curry punched with the Scallop Trim Border punch is on one side.
I stamped the Thanks from the Picnic Parade and also the little ladybug is amongst the flowers.
I checked on the bluebirds this morning and it looks like she finished the nest in House #3 – so now I’ll start checking for eggs. I guess House #2 was just a decoy or practice nest.
Thanks for checking in today.
Mar 25, 2010 | Big Shot, Cards, Occasion Mini 2010, Thank You |
I needed to make some more 3×3 tags for my orders and saw an email from my friend Lisa sharing a 3×3 and a card that she completed for a challenge on Heather’s Blog. Since I was already making 3×3’s I thought I would hop on over to Heather’s Blog and see about her challenge. He idea was to create a Progressive Card – where you take a 3×3 card and turn it into a regular sized card. We often talk about progressive scrapbook pages – create a 6×6, then turn it into an 8-1/2 x 11, then turn it into a 12×12. Heather wanted to apply this same concept to a card – great idea – 3×3’s are small and fun to make and it doesn’t take much to turn it into a regular sized card. I was up for the challenge so here it goes…..
Here is my 3×3 card that I made. I used the Stampin’ Up! Picnic Parade Level 2 Hostess set. Oh how I wish it wasn’t a hostess set – I want it to be in the new catalog! This is just the cutest little set and with my obsession with bluebirds – the perfect little bird is in this set.
So that was my inspiration was to make a little bluebird card using this set. The colors are Crushed Curry, Basic Black, Ballet Blue and Whisper White for the card stock. I used my Aqua Painter and the ink from the ink pads to watercolor all my little stamped images.
These will be Thank You tags on some of my orders this month.
So the challenge was to take a 3×3 and turn it into a regular sized card – that is a 5-1/2″ x 4-1/4″ card. So here is my card.
I took out another piece of Ballet Blue card stock and ran it through my Big Shot. I added texture to just the front of the card – does everyone know how to do that – maybe I need to show that one day. I used the Perfect Details Texturz Plate for this one – I like this pattern because to me it looks like lattice which is often in gardens and outside.
My 3×3 was added on the left side of the card with a piece of the Crushed Curry polka dot ribbon underneath and then tied in a knot. I added 3 black brads from the Vintage Brad set to the bottom right had corner. And then I decided to add a little tag on the ribbon. I just recently go the Tiny Tags stamp set and the Medium Jewelry Punch from the Occasions Mini Catalog. I decided that would be the perfect little touch for this card. I stamped the little dotted tag image from the Tiny Tags set and then added the little flower from the Picnic Parade set – the same one I used on my 3×3. Punched that out and added it to my ribbon. I don’t think you can really see it in the picture but I did sponge around the edge of the little tag with the Crushed Curry ink just very lightly.
So that is my progressive card – I hope you like it!
Here is a quick bluebird update for you – the last two days Mrs. Bluebird has decided to return to house #3 and she has continued building a nest in there. I checked both houses this morning and each had 1/2 of a nest – the around part but not the bottom part. I have watched her a bit throughout the day and she is adding more to the nest in house #3. So either she is just unable to make up her mind, or she is forgetful, or she is planning on a big family and needs two nests, or it is possible she made a decoy nest so no one else would build in the other house. I don’t know but I’ll keep my eye on her and let you know.
Thanks for stopping by!
Mar 23, 2010 | Big Shot, Birthday, Cards, Designer Series Paper |
Lollipop Flowers – that’s what I call them – maybe you call them something else – but to me they look like lollipops – here is a card that Wendy made for her swap at our Starz meeting.
The flower is made from a bunch of circles cut with the Big Shot and the Circles #2 die. Wendy used the Cottage Wall Designer Series Paper for this card. Rich Razzleberry, Orchid Opulence and Old Olive are the colors. The center of the flower is a white jumbo brad.
All the circles are cut and crumpled up to add texture to them – so they aren’t flat. Even the leaf is a circle with a fold to make it look like a leaf.
A quick, cute card – don’t you think?
So I think Spring is really here now – yesterday was cold and rainy but today the sun is out, the sky is blue, the trees are really starting to bloom and the birds are busy. The blue birds have been very busy today at house #2 so I think they are finally building a nest. They started one in house #3 but it seems they have decided to try the other house now. I’ll try to get some pictures today so I can post tomorrow.
I’m also working on projects for the Stampin’ Up! Artisan Award – the big award that demonstrators can win – actually there are 10 winners. We have to create 5 cards, 3 scrapbook pages and 2 3-d items. I’m a bit behind but I do have a few more weeks left to finish and mail my entry. I finished one 3-D, I’m working on the second one and I have 1 card completed. I’m working on the scrapbook pages. My problem is I keep changing my mind or thinking of something else I should do instead. I have too many thoughts rolling around in my head I can’t get them out so I’m not getting it done as quickly as I had hoped. And I can’t show any of the projects – that’s hard for me too – I want to show you the things I’m excited about. But you will have to wait – sorry.
Have a good day – thanks for stopping by.
Mar 20, 2010 | Big Shot, Cards, Pocket Silhouettes |
I’m glad I’m not in a spelling bee and my word is Silhouettes – I would get it wrong every time – I always have to look it up. Today’s card is a swap I received at the STARZ meeting this month. It was created by my friend Cindy – her blog is here. She is also featuring the swaps and projects from the STARZ meeting right now – I’ll be posting some of the same creations that she already has up.
I was going to use Cindy’s card for my class yesterday but I already had all the projects I needed so I didn’t have room for more. I could make another Birds and Butterflies class because there are so many stamp sets that I didn’t even use that feature birds and butterflies.
She used one of my favorite little stamp sets – Pocket Silhouettes. The set itself doesn’t have birds or butterflies but she added some die-cut butterflies to the card so it would have fit my theme. I would not have put these colors together but they are great! Soft Suede, Regal Rose and So Saffron.
And notice on the bottom it is ruffled lace. Using the Eyelet Border punch she punched a piece of So Saffron card stock and then ran it through the crimper to create ruffles. When you do this make sure you start with a piece that is longer than what you want the finished piece to be. Running it through the crimper causes a “shrink” effect.
I love the card Cindy! Thanks for sharing it.
Mar 18, 2010 | Cards, Occasion Mini 2010 |
Today’s card share is a card I made for a friend of my mom’s. She called and wanted a special card that she could send to her sisters. This is what I came up with –
It is a pocket card with an insert that you pull out – in the picture I have one in the pocket and one shown out of the pocket. I used the Garden from the Heart stamp set from the Stampin’ Up! Occasions Mini Catalog – it is a pretty set. Here is the list of supplies that I used:
- Garden from the Heart stamp set
- Wonderful Favorites stamp set
- Kraft card stock: Kraft, Mellow Moss, Perfect Plum, Whisper White
- Jet Black StazOn ink
- Stampin’ Write Markers: Mellow Moss, Perfect Plum, Pale Plum, Creamy Carmel
- Linen Thread
- Curly Label Punch
- Scallop Trim Border Punch
- Corner Rounder Punch
- Color Spritzer
- Stamp-a-ma-Jig
- Medium Whisper White Envelope
Spring is coming – the trees are getting little blossoms – I can just see the first white flowers on our Bradford Pear trees – they are pretty but they stink. It has still been fairly cool here so still no bird nests but I have seen some activity around the houses this morning. The Bluebirds have been inside both house #2 and house #3 today. The Chick-a-dees have been hanging around too and I saw a Tufted Titmouse looking inside house #1. So maybe soon they will be busy building nests.
Mar 14, 2010 | Birthday, Cards, Designer Series Paper, Occasion Mini 2010, Sale-A-Bration 2010 |
I almost forgot to tell you who won the last Create with Connie & Julie Challenge – 1st place was Lori, 2nd place was Becky and honorable mention went to Lisa – thanks to everyone that played along. I hope you enjoyed all the projects and tutorials – I know I did.
I had a great Stamper’s Club meeting Friday night. It was so much fun with several new members joining us. Everyone made three projects – 1 3d and 2 cards. One card was what I considered the quick and easy card. It was with the Stampin’ Up! Sale-a-Bration stamp set called Vintage Labels. I designed the card so that everyone could use the frame that they wanted along with the words that they wanted – I didn’t see what everyone picked but I know they all turned out great. This would make a great masculine card (even with the pink in the striped paper).
I used one of the beautiful striped patterns in the Sweet Pea Designer Series paper stack. The paper has Pumpkin Pie and Chocolate Chip in the pattern so I used those colors on the card.
On the base I originally had it plain but then decided to dress it up just a bit – I wheeled across it with the Very Vintage Jumbo Wheel to add a faint background. And then I went back and added paper piercing on the corners. It really made the card pop when I did that.
I hope you like it. Hopefully you remembered to change your clocks for Daylight Savings time – spring FORWARD – we knew about it but none of us actually changed the clocks – oops.
Tomorrow I’ll share some bird pictures again – I’m still waiting on them to work more on the nest building – I think with all the rain and then it is kind of cold again maybe they are holding off on actually building – I’ll check again tomorrow to see if they made any progress on the nest – they didn’t do anything for the 2 days that it rained.
See ya!
