Sep 12, 2017 | 2017 Holiday Catalog, Cards, Uncategorized |
Are you ready for fall? It sure does feel like it’s coming. What’s left of Hurricane Irma just passed through and here where I live it was a very cool and very rainy windy day. I had to pull out some fall clothes because I was cold. So I know it’s coming. We didn’t have any issues from the storm here at my house. We are thankful for that. And thankful that our family is all safe as well.
For today I have a fun fall card to share with you. It uses the Merry Cafe stamp set from the Holiday catalog. And while I’m not a coffee drinker I do really love this stamp set – it’s for so much more than coffee and coordinates with the Coffee Cafe bundle in the annual catalog.
I paired it with the Painted Autumn Designer Series Paper.
Did you notice that it’s actually the same basic layout as the Spooky Cat card I just shared. This is an easy layout to use for a variety of cards. And since it uses a 2″ x 4″ strip of the Designer Series paper it makes it easy to do a stack of cards. The little squares in this print remind me of some paper we had years ago that I really loved.
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Sep 9, 2017 | 2017 Holiday Catalog, Cards, Designer Series Paper, Halloween, Stamper's Club |
Have you heard of a Double Z Fold card? It’s a fun fold card idea and when it’s open the card easily stands on its own. You could create all kind of fun scenes with this style of card. I decided to try this fun card with the Spooky Cat bundle. We made this in my September Stamper’s Club.
This is the card closed up. And remember when I told you about the Cat punch and using it to punch out the paper cats – well that is what I did for this black cat – she is just punched from the paper. Plus there is Designer paper on the front panels of both Z pieces. Here is a look at the card opened up.
You basically take a normal sized card – this one is 4-1/4″ wide by 11″ long – Score in the middle like normal – that is 5-1/2 on this card. And then take the front piece and score it in half again – 2-3/4″ on this card. That makes your first Z.
Then to make the second Z – so that its a Double Z fold card – I used a strip that was 1-1/2″ side and 11″ long. Do the same thing – score in half at 5-1/2 and then score the back panel at 2-3/4. Fold it in the opposite direction.
I added Very Vanilla panels to the other end of the Z folds – 5-1/4″ x 4″ piece on the main back – stamped with the little rat in the corner. I also added the black starburst punch. Then on the strip the pieces are 2-1/2″ x 1-1/4″. On one I stamped the Happy Halloween and the little striped image. On the other I stamped the potion bottles. Plus a scrap of Very Vanilla for the Owl. Now one of the fun things about this stamp set is the two-step stamping! You have the outlines for the potion bottles – those are in black. Then each bottle has an image to stamp the inside potion and bubbles. I used 3 colors – Pumpkin Pie, Cajun Craze and Smoky Slate for mine. And went over them with the Aqua Painter and a little bit more ink to give them a real smoky look.
There are more 2-step images in the set – the Owl – there is a stamp for the talons and beak. And then another for the eyes and rings around the eyes – that one also included words that fit on the belly. But I decided to cut my stamp apart so I had the option to use separately. For this particular card I just used a marker for the eye balls because I didn’t want the rings to be black.
The witches hat in the set is also 2-step with a second image for the buckle on the hat.
Happy OWL oween!
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Aug 29, 2017 | Birthday, Cards |
The new Pretty Label Punch is quickly becoming one of my new go to punches. If you pair it with the coordinating Label Me Pretty stamp set (they are available as a bundle) you can make some quick cards and tags.
Today I have a quick and easy birthday card. It’s a great little layout perfect for using up some strips of designer paper and/or ribbon or even use washi tape.
This card features the new Berry Burst In-Color but also includes 3 other In-colors. I used the In-Color Stampin’ Write Markers for 2017-2019 to color the stamped image – Berry Burst, Fresh Fig, Powder Pink and Lemon Lime Twist.
Underneath the stamped & punched image are little strips of Designer Paper from the Fresh Florals Designer series Paper stack – I used all 4 of the Berry Burst Prints and then added a little piece of the Berry Burst Woven Ribbon. I finished the cards with some Rhinestone jewels.
This would be an easy card to switch out to different colors using other strips of paper that are on your craft table. Enjoy!
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Aug 23, 2017 | Big Shot, Cards |
Yesterday’s Coffee Cafe card was super simple and used only the stamp set. Today’s card adds a few more products from the suite. The Coffee Break Designer Series Paper and the Coffee Cups Framelits Dies.
This time I stamped the coffee cup and the lid and cut them out with the coordinating die set. Plus that little heart shaped stopper. Honestly since I don’t drink coffee I’m really not sure what that thing is called – but I guess it keeps anything from spilling out of the hole in the top of the lid. It’s a little bit hard to see against the Designer Paper background – but it really is there. I also added the Garden Green Stitched Satin Ribbon – which isn’t part of the suite but matches perfectly with it in m opinion.
For this card you could really use any of the prints in the Designer Paper for the background piece. Here is a look at all the designs.
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Aug 22, 2017 | Cards |
Happiness is a really fun suite of products from Stampin’ Up! Have you seen the Coffee Break Suite on pages 30 & 31 in the Stampin’ Up! catalog? I’m not actually a coffee drinker but I still love this suite of products. A fun stamp set with coordinating Framelits – available as a bundle to save you a little. Use that savings to go get yourself a cup of coffee. There is also Designer Paper, Embellishments, a card stock pack and ribbons. Plus coming soon in the Holiday Catalog is another coordinating stamp set that stretches this suite through the fall and winter holidays!
Today I have a quick and simple card for you using only the Coffee Cafe stamp set.
The Photopolymer stamp set makes it easy to line everything up when stamping. I stamp the cup first and then the words. And let me tell you a trick with the cup – really with any of the photopolymer stamps that are open in the center – they are very easy to bend and manipulate on a block into a shape other than how they are made. In order to make sure you get the cup image as it was intended lay the stamp on the table so it keeps its natural shape and then place your block on top of it and pick it up.
The Garden Green layer is embossed with the new Polka Dot Basics Textured Embossing Folder. It just adds some texture to the background. I also added some Linen Thread – its’ my favorite!
Does coffee make you happy?
Aug 16, 2017 | Cards |
The new Stampin’ Up! Daisy punch has been outselling every other punch for the last 5 years and it’s only been available for a few months now. It is currently in stock but once again showing as low inventory. So if you didn’t already buy it and you have it on your wish list you may want to go ahead and get it now. It’s also part of the Daisy Delight bundle that includes the coordinating stamp set.
Here is a really pretty card I made with the bundle and the coordinating Designer Series paper.
Delightful Daisy bundle
Im trying to write this post from my iPad and find that I’m not having the same ease of doing what I want when I’m on my computer. So I’m going to keep this short.
I hope you like this cute card. I like the blues with the yellows against the white card base.
Have a delightful day!
