May 19, 2015 | Cards, class, Masculine, Retired List |
Do you need the perfect card for Father’s Day? Did you see these “parts” that I shared on my Instagram account?
Everyone loved the colors – Soft Sky, Soft Suede and Very Vanilla – together they made a perfect father’s day card.
I used the Open Sea stamp set along with Gorgeous Grunge (it makes everything better) and the And Many More stamp set for the greeting. You can easily switch out the “BEST DAD EVER” for something else. I used two retiring items on this card the Distressing tool to distress the Soft Suede layer under the sailboat and then the Baked Brown Sugar Thick Baker’s Twine. All the rest is carrying over to the new catalog including all the stamp sets I used – yeah!
This card will be one of the choices in my Card Maker’s Class this week – Friday May 22nd. Join me for a morning or evening class – RSVP here.
Here are all the supplies:
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Thanks for visiting today.
May 18, 2015 | Big Shot, Cards, Retired List, Stamper's Club, Thinlits, Tutorial |
It’s true right – you can never have too much happy!
I’d love to be able to make everyone happy all the time. This past weekend was my Stamp, Scrap & Create retreat at my house and it seemed to me everyone was very happy for the whole weekend. We had so much fun creating and getting to know each other better. I loved having everyone here. There were 13 of us this time – a full house! We had a birthday theme for the retreat and everything was bright and colorful – a rainbow of goodie bags and balloons, bright Make&Take projects, good food, and birthday presents for everyone. I can’t wait to do it again.
With happy and rainbow and bright colors on my mind I thought I would share this fun happy card that my stamper’s club made earlier this month. It’s not as hard as it looks and I even wrote a step-by-step tutorial for how I made it. Look for it at the end of my post.
(I actually wrote a post for this card over the weekend but couldn’t find it in my drafts folder in order to finish and post it so I had to start over.)
To make this card you need the Bright Collection of ink pads and a bunch of the sponge daubers to make the rainbow – Real Red, Tangerine Tango, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, Bermuda Bay, Tempting Turquoise, Pacific Point, Rich Razzleberry, and Melon Mambo. The scallops are from the Striped Scallops Thinlits die – I cut it out in black. I did use the Transfer Adhesive Sheets – they are on the retired list! So get them now they make this project so quick and easy and my tutorial shows you how I used them.
Other retiring products on this card are the Label Collection Framelits, the Festive Paper piercing pack, the Yippee Skippy stamp set and the Painted Petals cotton twine is in the Occasions catalog which is ending June 2nd also.
rainbow card tutorial <==== Get the tutorial
Enjoy! Thanks for stopping by today.
May 11, 2015 | Big Shot, Cards, Masculine, Occasions Catalog 2015 |
This idea is really quick and easy and I’ve used it for a masculine card but it could just as easily be feminine, kids, or anything else with a change of the Designer Paper and colors.
I used the Adventure Bound Designer Series Paper stack for my card. I cut the sheets in half for this design. This paper stack is great for masculine cards it has some nice patterns on one side and then photographed images on the other. The one i used here is like a knit sweater.
The Crazy About You stamp set has become one of my favorites and if you get the bundle with the coordinating Hello You Thinlits you have endless possibilities for what you want your card to say. I cut out the word happy from Early Espresso card stock and then stamped “Father’s Day” on a strip of Whisper White card stock. I stapled both of them to my piece of Designer Paper and then put it on the front of my card with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
Just to add a little bit of extra – if you look closely in the upper left and lower right corners I added some paper piercing using the Essentials Paper Piercing Template, a Stampin’ Pierce Mat, and a Paper-Piercing Tool.
You can’t see it here but I stapled a piece of Whisper White card stock on the inside of my card too – so there was an easy place to write a message.
I hope you like this simple idea.
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Apr 23, 2015 | Cards, Occasions Catalog 2015 |
I just love the Zoo Babies stamp set and I’m so happy to see that it is staying in the catalog for another year. I’ve been trying to challenge myself to always have a card with this stamp set in my Card Maker’s Class. This is the current card choice and my Card Maker’s class is on Friday, April 24th –
It uses the Sweet Dreams Designer Series Paper in the Occasions catalog. The colors are Hello Honey, Lost Lagoon, Sahara Sand and if you want a girl version then switch out the Lost Lagoon for Crisp Cantaloupe and turn the designer paper over.
I used the File Tabs Edgelits to cut the top of the card. The bottom strip is punched with the Hearts Border punch. And the little hearts were added to the card too. A pretty bow made with the Sahara Sand Lace Trim – it’s also in the Occasions catalog.
A sweet little baby card. Enjoy.
Apr 17, 2015 | Big Shot, Birthday, Cards, Occasions Catalog 2015 |
Here is my creation when I paired the Crazy About You stamp set & Framelit Bundle with the Flower Pot Designer Series Paper.
I really love how this card turned out. It is a great way to use up different sizes of Designer Paper – you don’t need to have the same shape with equal borders around every layer. Just pick up whatever sizes you have and layer them up – mixing the patterns and colors. I created a bunch of variations that I used for a swap this past weekend.
The die cut HAPPY is added to the skinny strip with some staples using the Stampin’ Up! stapler – don’t miss it in this week’s WEEKLY DEALS! And don’t forget to add the extra staples to your order too.
The leaves are stamped in Garden Green and then hand cut – I used 3 leaves instead of the full image. At the base of the leaves I added a button – the ones I used were from the Sale-A-Bration pack but you could pull from various colors in our Designer Buttons in the catalog. Or make your own using the clay and molds. Here is a close up of the button –
Do you know where the twine that I tied through the button comes from? It may be a little hard to figure out. Remember the Two-Tone Trim from the Holiday catalog – we had White & Tangerine Tango and it actually carried over into the Occasions Catalog – its’ on page 49. I took the trim and untwisted it to separate the colors and then used about 4 or 5 strands two go through my button. I used both the white and the tangerine tango throughout the full assortment of cards that I made. I thought it was a fun way to use it and get solid Tangerine threads in there. The trim also comes in Natural & Old Olive.
I hope you like this card as much as I do. Below is the full list of supplies that I used – click on any of them to go straight to my online store.
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Thanks for stopping by today – I hope this card brightens your day.
Mar 28, 2015 | Cards, Sale-A-Bration 2015 |
March 31st is coming up quickly and with it the end of our Sale-a-bration promotion! Don’t let it pass you by!
Here is a little pocket card I made a few weeks ago.
I used Early Espresso card stock to create the pocket card. On the front a piece of designer paper and a tag made with sale-a-bration products. On the inside a piece of whisper white card stock stamped with hearts and doodled with a marker.
Write your message on the card and slip it in the the pocket card.
Be sure to order before time runs out. One free item for each $50 in product that you order.
Everyone loved the colors – Soft Sky, Soft Suede and Very Vanilla – together they made a perfect father’s day card.
I used the Open Sea stamp set along with Gorgeous Grunge (it makes everything better) and the And Many More stamp set for the greeting. You can easily switch out the “BEST DAD EVER” for something else. I used two retiring items on this card the Distressing tool to distress the Soft Suede layer under the sailboat and then the Baked Brown Sugar Thick Baker’s Twine. All the rest is carrying over to the new catalog including all the stamp sets I used – yeah!
