Apr 4, 2012 | Big Shot, Cards, Demonstrator, In Colors, Mini - Love Notes, Wildlife |
Look at these cute little note cards! Cindy designed these as one of the Make&Takes for my last PAWS meeting. She used all five of the 2011 In-Colors – Pool Party, Island Indigo, Lucky Limeade, Calypso Coral and Wisteria Wonder. These are 3×3 folded notes. The fronts are embossed with the polka dot embossing folder and then a strip of card stock is added to the front. The flower from the Mixed Bunch stamp set and punched out with the coordinating Blossom punch. The centers were stamped and punched with the 3/4″ circle punch and added to the flower with one of the In-Color brads. On the side of each card is a half of the decorative label punch with one of the words from the Fabulous Phrases stamp set.
On the inside is a business message from the special stamp set that demonstrators were able to earn at convention last year. There are some messages like “thank you for your order” and “Bring a Friend”.
I have a few wildlife pictures for you – the robin gathering materials for a nest.
Robin gathering nesting material
And check out this squirrel that I saw the other day – I wonder who he stole that big apple from!
squirrel that stole an apple
Its so big he has to stop along the way – or maybe he is just hungry and keeps stopping for a bite. Here he continues on his way….
running away with the stolen apple
And here is another squirrel sitting on the wall – it looks to be a mama squirrel to me – maybe she is praying for the peanut feeder to open up for her. The new feeder which is in the tree right behind her is squirrel proof – it shuts when the squirrel gets on it.
mama squirrel
Have a great day!
Apr 3, 2012 | Cards, Easter, In Colors, Occasions Mini 2012, Retired List, Watercoloring |
These are the Easter invitations I made this year to send to our family. We always invite everyone to our house for lunch and an afternoon Easter Egg hunt. Our largest group was around 40 people. This year we have a small group there will only be 14 of us and just two little ones hunting Easter Eggs this time. The menu is planned and the seating arrangements are figured out – now to finish up the decorations and get the house and yard in order.
These cute little cards use the Every Bunny stamp set – it was one of the first sets I wanted last summer out of the new catalog – but I had to wait for so long to use if for Easter.
The base of the card is Pear Pizzazz and wheeled with the Every Egg Stampin’ Around wheel that matches the stamp set – I actually used Old Olive ink in my ink cartridge for the wheel – and I wheeled the envelope to match. Above the eggs the Happy Easter Everbunny stamp is done in Jet Black StazOn – which is also what the bunnies and mushrooms are stamped in so I could watercolor them. The bunnies and mushrooms are stamped on a piece of Naturals White card stock that was cut with one of the Framelits Labels (love them). The images are watercolored with an aquapainter – colors I used are – Pear Pizzazz, Baja Breeze, Crumb Cake, Riding Hood Red, Blushing Bride. I also sponged around the label with the Baja Breeze along the top (the sky) and Pear Pizzazz along the bottom (the ground).
I ripped 1″ strips of fabric from the Twitterpated pack – I used all three prints but just noticed the cards in my picture both use the striped print. I tied the strip with a piece of the Whisper White Baker’s Twine and on some I added one of the Twitterpated buttons. The buttons and fabric are from the Stampin’ Up! Occasions Mini catalog. I really like how they turned out.
Just a couple of reminders April is the last month for the Occasions Mini Catalog – so if there are things you still want out of there don’t let the month slip by before you order them. Hopefully some items will carry over into the new catalog but so far no word on that. This year the In-Colors from 2010 are retiring – Pear Pizzazz, Blushing Bride, Peach Parfait, Poppy Parade and Concord Crush – so don’t delay ordering your ink refills and card stock so you’ll have when you want to use those colors later. The retiring stamp sets and accessories will be announced later this month and anything on the accessories list is only while supplies last so once they are out – they are out. You can order online on my website or email me and I’ll get them ordered for you.
Mar 25, 2012 | Cards, Sale-A-Bration 2012 |
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Get this kit FREE with a $50 purchase during Sale-A-Bration, January 24-March 31, 2012!
Kit creates 8 total cards (4 each of 2 designs) and coordinates with Baja Breeze, Cherry Cobbler, and Whisper White.
Kit Contents:
■ 8 printed, embossed, die-cut cards (5-1/2″ x 4-1/4″)
■ 16 self-adhesive tags (8 each of 2 designs)
■ 8 White envelopes (5-3/4″ x 4-3/8″)
You can step up these easy cards by adding some extra embellishments – for this one I added Whisper White Baker’s Twine and popped up the adhesive tag on Stampin’ Dimensionals.
The sentiment that I used is from the A Word For You stamp set.
Have a great day!
Mar 21, 2012 | Cards, Demonstrator, Easter, Masculine, Occasions Mini 2012 |
My March Demonstrator Meeting was a ton of fun. I wanted to share with you the swaps from our meeting – our theme was Easter, Mother’s Day or Father’s Day.
Anne's Swap
Christine's Swap
Cindy's Swap
Diane's Swap
Fran's Swap
LaRee's Swap
Leishman's Swap
Lisa's Swap
Monika's Swap - and matching envelope made with the Simply Scored and Diagonal Plate
I hope you enjoyed all these ideas.
Mar 14, 2012 | Cards, Designer Series Paper, Occasions Mini 2012 |
Look at this cute card that we made at the San Antonio Regional (way back in January). This is a good example of how to use a stamp set and a punch in a new way. Aren’t we always looking for different ways to use what we have – thinking outside the box…
The stamp set used on this card is the Send Me Soaring set from the Stampin’ Up! Occasions Mini catalog. Its the set with all the kites and clouds. But there aren’t any kites on on this card – its a flower. The polka dot kite was used – stamped on Whisper White card stock and then punched. The little flower petals are the small heart punch – four hearts with the points together in the center make up the center of the flower. The same polka dot kite was used to make the leaf – punch with a circle punch and the put the punched piece back inside the circle and punch again on the other side to create the leaf.
The Designer Paper on this card is from Sweet Shop (the Pool Party waves) and from Berry Blossoms (the Expresso Polka Dots). The other layers of the flower are from the Blossom Bouquet Triple Layer punch – there are two layers. And a bitty button in the center with some Baker’s Twine tied through.
One more trick on this card – the rounded corners – that’s not the corner rounder punch (which is smaller) – the corners were actually stuck into the Circle punch to round the corners.
I asked Diane to do this as the Make&Take card at our January Demonstrator meeting – but neither of us actually had the Send Me Soaring stamp set. So we decided to find another set to use – there are several that you could use but what I
used was Up, Up & Away – there is a hot air balloon with polka dots. Some other stamp sets you could use for the polka dots – Delightful Decorations and Sweetheart – or you you use designer paper or choose another pattern besides polka dots and then there are lots of other options. Here is the alternate version with a pearl in the flower instead of the bitty button. We added a different greeting set – Friendly Phrases and actually used the corner rounder punch.
I hope you like seeing some different ways to use your stamps, punches other than the way you thought!
Have a great day!
Mar 7, 2012 | Big Shot, Cards, Occasions Mini 2012, Sale-A-Bration 2012, Thank You |
I’m back – so sorry for being MIA for a while. I had a super busy weekend – I spent all day Saturday (literally all day – left at 7:30 am and got back at 11:00 pm) at the Bascomb UMC Scrapbook Crop. What a fun day! The days leading up to that I was frantically getting ready, printing flyers, packing scrapbook layouts, die-cutting hearts, butterflies, buttons and more for goody bags, prepping a make&take and packing up everything for my booth. The crop was a blast and I met so many nice ladies! I can’t believe I have never been to a crop before – they were so right about having more stuff than you had room for – even I needed more table space and I had 2 6foot tables for all my stuff. But one table was my M&T station which was a lot of fun. I hope to see many of those ladies at my classes and then again in October at the next crop.
So after that my parents came on Sunday to spend the night so I could spend time with them for my birthday. Kyle and Tyler both came home from college too and we had my birthday dinner Sunday night. That was a good thing because Monday (my actual birthday) was not a good day. I was sick and spent most of the day horizontal – so my parents went on home and I slept most of the day and missed my whole birthday. Yesterday I was up and about but not 100% – so I still ate very little but I was able to get back to work. I think I lost weight on Monday since it had to be an almost zero calorie day – I drank water, ate 4 saltine crackers and had some gatorade. Greg brought flowers home that evening and my dad brought me an orchid before they left to head back home. We make up our lunch and dinner plans later. Does this mean I didn’t really get a year older if I slept through my birthday?
Ok – sorry for the rambling but I wanted to let you know why I was gone for so long….
And I have one other issue – I put my camera in a safe place and now I can’t find it. So until then my pictures are from my iphone – so this one isn’t that great. This card uses both Sale-A-Bration and Occasions Mini Catalog products.
The main image is Apothecary Art which coordinates perfectly with the new Label Collection Framelits. I really love the framelits and can’t wait to see what new designs they have in our next catalog (coming June 1st). I stamped the image on Very Vanilla card stock first. Then use the Stamp-a-ma-jig to add the words in the banner section – I used Soft Suede ink by the way. I find it easier to color first – I used my Stampin’ Write Markers – Blushing Bride and Certainly Celery – then cut it with the Big Shot and the Label – and sponge the edges. I cut a Blushing Bride layer in the label that was one size larger – and sponge the edges of it too.
On the base of the card I stamped the Fresh Vintage stamp set which is one of the Sale-A-Bration stamp set choices – it is very subtle – Soft Suede ink on the Soft Suede card stock. I used Very Vanilla Seam Binding tied around the card base – tied in a knot. Attach the layered labels over the top with Stampin’ Dimensionals. To finish – cut some of the butterflies using the Beautiful Wings Embosslit – sponge those too – and add a couple of basic pearls.
The idea for this card came from the box that I created in February – I just decided to turned that idea into a card – here is that post.
I hope I didn’t bore you today with rambling – I wish I was a better writer – but I’m not sorry. I will probably be posting some more MDS projects since I don’t need my camera for those pictures. Have a great day!
Look at these cute little note cards! Cindy designed these as one of the Make&Takes for my last PAWS meeting. She used all five of the 2011 In-Colors – Pool Party, Island Indigo, Lucky Limeade, Calypso Coral and Wisteria Wonder. These are 3×3 folded notes. The fronts are embossed with the polka dot embossing folder and then a strip of card stock is added to the front. The flower from the Mixed Bunch stamp set and punched out with the coordinating Blossom punch. The centers were stamped and punched with the 3/4″ circle punch and added to the flower with one of the In-Color brads. On the side of each card is a half of the decorative label punch with one of the words from the Fabulous Phrases stamp set.
