Feb 5, 2013 | Big Shot, Cards, Spring Catalog 2013, Valentine's Day |
It’ a little love from Henry the elephant today! He brings Heart #6 to you today. Henry Says was the first thing I bought from the Stampin’ Up! Spring catalog.
I don’t know about you but I think Henry is so cute! And since I collected elephants growing up I had to add this to my “collection”. And today I’m have a super cute Valentine card with Henry sharing his love. Here are the details.
- Basic Gray card base
- Layer of Pool Party card stock
- Layer of Very Vanilla – stamp Henry on the Very Vanilla in Basic Gray. Then stamp the hearts in Primrose Petals – the hearts were so easy to stamp so that they looked like they were pouring right out of Henry’s trunk. I colored the outlined hearts with a Pink Pirouette Stampin’ Write marker.
- Stamp the Happy Valentine’s Day(from the Wacky Wishes Hostess stamp set) in Primrose Petals.
- I cut a strip of Primrose Petals card stock and embossed it with the cross stitch folder from the Needlepoint Textured Embossing folders (do that with the Big Shot)
- Stamp Henry on a piece of the designer paper from the More Amore specialty pack and cut him out. And yes I “painted” his toe nails – just seemed like they needed it.
- Not sure why but I seem to always want to tie something on his trunk – so I did – a piece of Pool Party Baker’s twine and a heart shaped Bitty Button.
This was the card I made as a swap card for my PAWS team meeting in January. Hmm – now I’m wondering if I shared all the swaps from the meeting – I don’t think I did that yet. I must have shared the make&take projects.
Have a happy day!
Feb 1, 2013 | Big Shot, Cards, Spring Catalog 2013, Valentine's Day |
Now begins the countdown to Valentine’s day. Are you getting ready? Have you made your cards? Your sweet little treat or little surprises for your loved ones? Well never fear I’m going to be sharing ideas with you over the next 2 weeks. I’m going to do my best to share 14 different ideas for Valentine’s Day – that’s 14 heart related projects for you. Now there may not be one each and every day (I don’t always post on the weekends) – and I will have some other things mixed in between – so some days you’ll see more than one post! I do hope you feel the LOVE!
Hearts A Flutter Hands On Class
Heart #1 – is a project from my Hearts A Flutter Hands On class that I had in January. The photo above shows you all the projects. And the card on the right was one I previously shared with you. Today I’ll share the card on the left.
This card features the More Amore Specialty Designer Series paper and the Hearts A Flutter Bundle. It’s inspired by a little scrapbook project that I received in a swap and was created by Glenda Travelstead. I enjoyed meeting her at Leadership this year and she even walked with us late one night as we returned to our hotel telling us all about how she got started in her Stampin’ Up! business. It is always fun to meet other demonstrators and hear their stories and inspiration.
Here are some details on this card –
- Crumb Cake card base stamped with the En Francais stamp set in Crumb Cake ink
- Add a strip of the More Amore Specialty Designer Series paper to the left side of the card front
- Cut apart one of the hearts from the More Amore Specialty Designer Series paper laser cut sheet attach to the front of the card
- Stamp the flag in Pool Party ink on Pool Party card stock and cut out with the die using the Big Shot- both from Hearts a Flutter bundle
- Stamp the scallop tag in Primrose Petals ink on Primrose Petals card stock and cut out with the die – Hearts a Flutter again
- Cut a tag from the designer paper using the tag die from the Hearts a Flutter framelits
- Stamp your word – my card shows Happiness from the Loving Thoughts stamp set, but we also used Amour from Artistic Etchings – use Real Red ink and punch out with the Modern Label punch
- punch holes in each of those with the 1/16″ circle punch and string on a piece of Pool Party Baker’s Twine – tie the Baker’s Twine around the front of the card and finish with a bow.
The More Amore Specialty Designer Paper and the Hearts A Flutter Bundle (the stamp set and framelits) are both available in the Stampin’ Up! Spring Catalog. You can order all the supplies for this project through my website – www.monika.stampinup.net.
So that is your first heart project. There are more to come!
Jan 31, 2013 | Big Shot, Cards, Create with Connie & Mary, Sale-A-Bration 2013, Thank You |
Have you seen the new Petite Curly Label punch? It is the cutest and coordinates perfectly with the Pretty Petites stamp set from Sale-A-Bration and also with the Ciao, Baby! stamp set from the Spring Catalog. I really love this cute little punch and I have another Creation for this weeks challenge from Create with Connie & Mary .
This week is a new sketch challenge – and I have to admit – I was not very excited about this one. But I got through it and came up with a cute little card.
Trying to decide what to do with this sketch – I kept coming to the little Petite Curly Label punch. For the little sections I decide to use the Curly Label punch and use half pieces on the side. Here it is –
Here are some details on this card –
- card base is Summer Starfruit – 4-1/4″ square
- emboss with the Needlepoint Border Textured Impressions Folder
- Punch with the Curly Label punch from the Print Poetry Designer Series Paper Stack – punch 4 and cut 2 in half
- Stamp images from the Pretty Petites stamp set – I used Raspberry Ripple and Summer Starfruit
- Punch out with the Petite Curly Label punch and also punch some from coordinating card stock – turn the card stock punches in the opposite direction and glue behind the stamped ones – see how it creates a little frame on the top and bottom
- Punch a flower using the Itty Bitty Shapes punch pack. Crumple and add a mini silver brad to the center
- Add the flower to the frame image.
- Ta-da!
So what do you think? It turned out pretty cute – didn’t it. The stamp set and the punch are both available during Sale-A-Bration for free with a qualifying order. But in case you can’t get both or you have lots of others that you want – the punch will be available for sale after Sale-A-Bration ends.
Visit the Create with Connie & Mary site to see the creations from the rest of the design team and to submit your own creation for this new challenge. I hope you will play along with us this week – I’d love to see what you do with this sketch.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Ink: Raspberry Ripple, Summer Starfruit
- Card Stock: Summer Starfruit, Raspberry Ripple, Very Vanilla
- Accessories: Big Shot die-cut Machine, Needlepoint Border Textured Impressions Embossing folders, Curly Label punch, Petite Curly Label punch, Itty Bitty Shapes Punch pack, Silver Mini brads.
Jan 30, 2013 | Birthday, Cards, Sale-A-Bration 2013 |
I wanted to share this quick card to brighten a dreary day. Yep it is one of those days – the TV is on and it has pretty much been weather reports all day – strong storms, tornado watches and warnings, rain, flooding, wind – everything all around us. Our tornado sirens have gone off several times. I took the dogs down to the basement for a while – Magnolia decided to stay down there curled up in the blankets. I’ve gotten reports from Ryan at school and Tyler down at KSU. Plus I have a new lake in the backyard and side yard and a little waterfall coming through the back wall. It’s not over yet but hopefully will be soon.
So here is a bright cherry card to show you today – I took it with my cell phone so I hope the quality isn’t too bad.
This was a card choice today in my Card Maker’s class. It’s pretty quick and easy to make and uses some of the Sale-A-Bration items that you can get free right now by placing a qualifying order.
- Card Base is Rose Red
- then a layer of Whisper White
- a panel of Whisper white that was embossed with the Vine Street embossing folder
- stamps from the Madison Avenue stamp set – stem in Lucky Limeade on Whisper White – punch with the 2-1/2″ circle punch
- stamp the flower in Rose Red card stock in Rose Red ink and punch out with the 7/8″ scallop circle
- stamp small flower on Pretty in Pink card stock in Rose Red ink and punch out with flower from Itty Bitty Shapes punch pack
- crumple those, pierce a hole in the center and add a brad through the middle add above the stem with a dimensional
- stamp a greeting in Basic Grey ink on the circle
- Add the circle to the front of the card.
This cute idea came from one of the photos I took at Leadership. I made a few changes but generally it is the same. Cute card don’t you think?
Jan 29, 2013 | Cards, Demonstrator, Sale-A-Bration 2013, Spring Catalog 2013 |
I have several fun cards to share today. These were the Make&Take projects from my last team meeting that I had earlier this month. I love having these meetings every other month – sharing with other demonstrators and creating together is always fun! Since its a demonstrator meeting we do cover business and Stampin’ Up! news but we also have a swap and we do Make&Takes. You have to have stamping because that’s the fun part! We normally have 4 projects – one was the little box of Love Notes I shared last week – that’s the one I created. These other three were shared by other demonstrators that come to my meeting.
Diane’s Make&Take featuring the Patterned Occasions stamp set from Sale-A-Bration.
Lisa’s Make & Take featuring the Chalkboard Technique and the More Amore Designer paper.
Cindy’s Make & Take card featuring lots of Sale-A-Bration products – Madison Avenue stamp set, Sycamore Street Designer paper, Sycamore Street Ribbon & Button pack, Vine Street Embossing folder.
I’d love for you to be part of my team – PAWS – Play A lot With Stamps! You can join now during Sale-A-Bration for $99 and you starter kit will include 25% more than normal – a total of $156.50 worth of Stampin’ Up! products that you get to choose. I have three new team members since Sale-A-Bration started – Welcome to Kimberly, Jennifer and Terri! On February 9th I’ll be having a new demonstrator training session. Join today and plan to come on the 9th!
Learn more about joining Stampin’ Up! by visiting my website – www.monika.stampinup.net – click on JOIN THE FUN.
Jan 28, 2013 | Birthday, Cards, My Digital Studio |
You can use My Digital Studio to create a digital card to post on your friends Facebook pages on their birthday. That was what I did this weekend. I made two cards – a “girl” card and a “boy” card.
Boy birthday card
girl birthday card
And I’ve already used them since Facebook tells you whose birthday it is – assuming you check Facebook each day – when you see the notice then you can click over to their page and post a photo message. I created the cards in My Digital Studio and then exported them to a .jpg file so that I could use it anywhere I want. I may even get a couple of these printed.
Both were actually from templates. The boy one was easy – all I really added was the Happy Birthday stamp underneath. The girl one was a bit harder – I found a quote that I wanted to use – then I searched for stamps of the key words and added those in different colors ( I replaced the quote that was in the template) and then added the rest in text boxes. I did have one tricky word – smiles – the word was actually smile and I needed to add an ‘s’ – well thank goodness we have the new CROP a stamp feature in MDS2 – I was able to find another word in that stamp set with an ‘s’ and crop the rest of the letters away and tack the ‘s’ onto the word smile – I bet you didn’t even notice! Here is a photo so you can see what I mean
And one more thing on the girl card – the template was actually a 11 x 8-1/2″ scrapbook page and I converted it to the card and removed the photo box replacing it with the birthday cake stamps.
Oh the things you can do in MDS2!!! Hey that rhymes!
On Tuesday nights a group of us get together here near my house at the Panera restaurant and work on our MDS projectst together – we usually have a new trick or idea to share too. Come join us.
I don’t know about you but I think Henry is so cute! And since I collected elephants growing up I had to add this to my “collection”. And today I’m have a super cute Valentine card with Henry sharing his love. Here are the details.
