Jul 12, 2012 | Baby, Cards |
It’s a new challenge at Create with Connie & Mary. This weeks challenge CCMC210 is going to last for two weeks. Some of the design team will be at the Stampin’ Up! Convention next week – so you have two weeks to play along. And this week is a color challenge. I came up with this fun card with a brand new stamp set – the set is called Moving Forward – and it is the cute new Ronald McDonald House stamp set. You can find it in the very back of the catalog.
I decided that I wanted to separate the images and the words so I could use them by themselves. But since I got this set as a clear mount I figured out it was super easy to keep them separated and use them together – I just cut between the image and the words and when I want to use them together I can just mount them on the clear block together – because I cut them apart – they will fit perfectly back together when I put them on the block to stamp.
Oh before I forget here are the colors we are using – in case you didn’t already figure it out –
This card is a 4-1/4″ x 4-1/4″ So Saffron card base. Then I added a Pool Party panel on the front that was punched with the scallop border punch and then I pierced it. The front is Old Olive with the Whisper White and the stamped image – stamp in Old Olive, add Cherry Cobbler accents and color the sail So Saffron. I used the little swirly image in Pool Party to randomly stamp around the bottom of the boat for waves. And I sponged all the way around the white square.
Here is a close up of the Baker’s Twine – that has a tag and a heart button tied to the card front.
And the inside –
I’d love to see what you create with these colors. Make something and then visit Create with Connie & Mary and submit your entry. Each challenge is open for a week. And then a new challenge will be issued. Except this one will be TWO WEEKS long.
Here are a few more details about my card.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Card stock: So Saffron, Pool Party, Old Olive, Whisper White
- Ink: Old Olive, Pool Party, Cherry Cobbler, Stampin’ Write Markers – So Saffron, Cherry Cobbler
- Stamp sets: Moving Forward, A Word For You, Tiny Tags
- Accessories: Scallop Border Punch, Jewelry Tag punch, Cherry Cobbler Baker’s Twine, Bitty Button, Paper piercer & Mat, Stampin’ Sponge.
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
Jul 9, 2012 | Cards |
With you is my favorite place to be. Isn’t that just a nice thing to say? Stamping with my friends is one of my favorite places to be. And here is a sweet little card that you can give to someone to tell them the same thing.
This card is 4-1/4″ square – so it fits in the medium envelope with just some extra space on the side. Sometimes I like making a square card instead of it always being a rectangle. And the other nice thing about this one is I can cut my Designer paper into 4×4 inch pieces and not waste one single bit. I also did paper piecing on the wagon – if you really wanted to be frugal you could take that part out of the center of the square where everything is covered up. I didn’t actually do that – but you could. This paper is the new Patio Party Designer paper – I think that’s what its called – let me go check – yep – that’s what its called. I like this pattern with all the little butterflies and it fits nicely with this stamp image from For the Birds. I used Stampin’ Write Markers to color the image – except for the wagon that has the paper on it. And I used a piece of Whisper White 1/4″ stitched grosgrain ribbon – I like this new ribbon lots better than the old one – it is much softer and easier to work with.
Oh – I got an email from Stampin’ Up! a little while ago – it said Congratualtions on earning the Getaway trip! Yeah! And included this little badge that I can put on my blog and in my emails and such. Now I’m waiting on an email to tell me what to do to register so we can actually go. I hope it comes soon – I’m anxious to get all the details and make it a for sure thing.
In the meantime I’m working on getting ready for convention. I did take a few hours of “me” time today though. I walked this morning, then came home and filled my bird feeders and picked blueberries in the back yard. Later I dropped Ryan and band camp and then when and got a pedicure and manicure – so I’ll have pretty toes and fingers for convention. I stopped to get lunch too – but got it to go and ate it at home. Now back to working on swaps. I’ve finished 50 punch art swaps, 12 full card swaps for my team, almost done with 30 general swaps. I have a wow project designed for our team retreat and I’m waiting on some orders to get here so I can finish getting those ready. I have plans to make some little gifty things for some of my friends I’ll see at Convention. And if there is time more general swaps to make. So back to the craft room – talk to you later!
Jul 7, 2012 | Big Shot, Cards, In Colors |
Last month in my Hands-On class I featured the 5 new Stampin’ Up! In-colors. This was one of the cards that we made – it features the new Gumball Green with one of our new stamp sets – Animal Talk. The frog was perfect for the Gumball Green and this z-fold card idea seemed to suit the jumping frog too. My friend Cindy brought a swap card with a z-fold to my last demonstrator meeting so I adapted that idea for this card. Make a regular card, score it like normal, then score the front of the card again and fold it back. Then add the focal point image to the folded front.
Something else new on this card is the large scallop edge that I cut using one of our new Edgelits and the Big Shot and then I used our new Piercing Template (and the mat and piercer) to pierce along the large scallops.
I had the whole card finished and then got a little smudge of green ink on it – ugh! Now what – I found the solution! Get out my Color Spritzer and the Gumball Green Stampin’ Write marker and spritz on the card. That was perfect and actually suited this card well anyway. I also decorated the envelope. But when I stamped it I got just the top edge of some of the letters – another ugh moment! So I put on my thinking cap again and realized I could use my marker and make more lines to create “grass” for the hopping frog. Another perfect solution!
Some of the finishing touches is the Linen Thread tied around the card front. And the little frog is actually stamped a second time on a scrap of white, cut out and then popped up with a bit of Stampin’ Dimensional on the original one. The dimension looks good in real life – it’s hard to tell that its there in the photo.
So that just goes to show you that once you get your creative mind going you can fix your own mistakes and turn up with a cute card. I hope you like it!
Have a good weekend!
Jul 6, 2012 | Almost Artisan, Cards, SU Buttons, sympathy |
I’m back today with another card from my Stampin’ Up! Artisan Design Team entry. I saw this idea somewhere in my browsing – where the corner of the card front was folded up. I thought this would be a perfect idea for our stamp set Petite Pairs – it has sentiments that are split into pairs.
These are very trendy colors right now – Basic Gray, Daffodil Delight and Whisper White. I wanted it to be simple. The base of the card is Basic Gray with a Whisper White layer on the front and on the inside. I scored the front corner with my Simply Scored tool and folded it up and adhered it with glue. Then I added the button with the Baker’s Twine in it. The front has the Field Flowers stamp set and then the first part of the sentiment. Then on the inside peeking out of the folded corner is the second part of the sentiment. Here is a picture of the inside –
I think it is a winner – clean and simple with a little twist to it. There isn’t anything I would change. We will be making this tonight at stamp club. I’ll be leaving for Salt Lake City in only 9 days – I’m going first to see my upline Wendy for a couple of days of stamping fun and then to convention for the rest of the week. I can’t wait – it is going to be so fun. I’m working on swaps and stuff for that.
I’m also working on the ribbon shares – the In-color ribbon is packaged and the 1/4″ ribbon is all cut and I’m working on packaging it.
Have a great day!
Jul 5, 2012 | Big Shot, Cards, Create with Connie & Mary |
Guess what? I have some exciting news to share today. A month or so ago I submitted some cards to be considered for the Thursday Challenge Design Team at Create with Connie & Mary. They had a design team call and I was selected – yeah! So every Thursday I’ll be participating in the Thursday challenge and I hope you will too. Just visit their site to add your creation with the linky tool. You’ll be able to see the design team creations and then creations that other crafters just like you are creating using the challenge criteria. I hope you’ll play along.
This weeks challenge is a sketch –
And my creation for you using this weeks sketch –
I really like this stamp set – For the Birds. The little mailbox is perfect for paper piecing. I cut pieces from the Comfort Cafe designer series paper to cover the mail box. Isn’t it cute?
I’d love to see what you create with this sketch. Make something and then visit Create with Connie & Mary and submit your entry. Each challenge is open for a week. And then a new challenge will be issued.
Here are a few more details about my card.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Card stock: Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, Cajun Craze, Very Vanilla
- Ink: JetBlack StazOn, Crumb Cake, Cajun Craze, and Soft Suede Stampin’ Write Markers, Crumb Cake ink
- Stamp sets: For the Birds, En Francias
- Accessories: Big Shot Die-cut Machine, Fancy Fan Embossing Folder, Comfort Cafe Designer Series paper, Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch, Linen Thread, Stampin’ Sponge
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
Jun 28, 2012 | Almost Artisan, Cards, Punch Art, Thank You |
The thermometer is nearly at the top! Yeah! Thank you to Dana, Merri, Stacey, Lana and Bethany.
Today’s card is a fun one. It was my second card for the Artisan Design Team contest. It is a Bobble-Head card. I came up with the bobble-head card a few years ago – my first one was a dog card. So this time I decided to try a frog and fly.
The frog’s head and the fly both bobble around when you move the card. Here is another view.
This is punch art with the head attached to a brad that is put through a hole and left loose so it will wobble. The card is layered with dimensionals so the brad can wiggle around underneath the top layer. Here is a view from the side –
The top layer is stacked on double high dimensionals to give it space. There is lots of sponging, punching and piercing to put this card together but it sure is fun. To create the woodgrain look of the fence background – drag the ink pad across the card stock – starting and stopping in different places. Then add little “nails” with the Stampin’ Write marker.
I figure no one else had made anything like this and that it was a unique idea. Moveable cards are fun aren’t they?
Have a great day!
