Mar 2, 2012 | Big Shot, Cards, Sale-A-Bration 2012 |
This card uses the Elementary Elegance stamp set that is one of the Free sets you can get during Sale-a-Bration. The inside of the frame is the perfect fit for the Curly Label punch. This card idea is from Shelli – the head of Stampin’ Up! (there is a link to her blog in the side-bar).
First Edition Designer Series Paper, the Beautiful Wings Embosslit (one of my favorite) and some Lucky Limeade Baker’s Twine all finish off this card.
The front panel is cut short and punched with the scallop border punch. The First Edition Designer paper is attached to the front behind the scallop. Here is a little trick that I do so that it is lined up with the back of the card. Put adhesive on the inside of the card front right where the scallops are punched. Lay the First Edition designer paper on the inside of the card back and line it up with the right edge and top and bottom. Now close the front of the card and the adhesive will stick to the designer paper and it will be in exactly the right place.
Busy, busy today and for the weekend.
Feb 24, 2012 | Cards, Masculine, Occasions Mini 2012 |
I have to tell you that I didn’t think much of this stamp set in the Stampin’ Up! Occasions Mini catalog when I first saw it. It is called You’re My Type and includes the type-writer and 6 different sets of words to go with it. But then I saw what other demonstrators were doing with and thought I probably need to get this set – it is actually very versatile and works great for a masculine or gender neutral card. But you can dress it up and bling it up and change the colors and you can even use the Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set with it and other too. Now the possibilities are really growing. And I really wanted it – lucky me that I got it free at Leadership!
So this is a quick and easy card (idea from the Stampin’ Success magazine – Feb 2012 issue). I didn’t want to cut out the typewriter so the card front has a Very Vanilla panel and the typewriter is stamped on it using Early Espresso ink. At the bottom of the panel is an Early Espresso strip and then a piece of First Edition Designer Series paper punch with the Scallop Border.
Tie a piece of Early Espresso Baker’s Twine around it. Stamp “a little note…” on Sahara Sand card stock strip and cut to create a banner. I also stamped the words on the paper part of the typewriter image without reinking – so it is just a faint hint of typing. Attach the banner with a brad and then add the whole panel to the front of an Old Olive card.
Happy Stamping!
Feb 22, 2012 | Big Shot, Cards, Occasions Mini 2012, Sale-A-Bration 2012, Thank You |
Have you earned any of the Stampin’ Up! Sale-a-Bration items for free yet? This is a set you might want to get – it’s called Outlined Occasions.
This was a quick card to make using strips of Designer Series Paper from the Everyday Enchantment paper (also a Sale-A-Bration item). You could easily use strips of any paper that you have. I used the Stampin’ Write Markers that matched the colors in the paper to color the Outlined Occasions word. There are three word choices – Thanks, Celebrate, and Love. Any of them could be used on this card. I stamped the word first with JetBlack StazOn ink on Whisper White card stock. Then cut the word out with one of the labels from the Framelit Labels Collection (in the Occasions Mini Catalog).
The coordinating phrase was stamped on Lucky Limeade card stock and punched out with the Modern Label punch. I added some Rhinestones as accents.
The background is Crumb Cake and the colors I used that match the paper are Lucky Limeade, Pool Party, Peach Parfait.
Sale-A-Bration continues through the end of March. For every $50 of product that you order you can choose 1 Sale-A-Bration item for Free. If you’d like to see the brochure CLICK HERE.
Thanks for visiting today!
Feb 20, 2012 | Big Shot, Cards, Designer Series Paper, My Digital Studio, Sale-A-Bration 2012 |
Many people like to have a small calendar on their desk so they can see the month at a quick glance. You don’t want it to be too small that you can’t see the days but you don’t want it too large either because then it takes up lots of space on your desk. This years 2012 calendar is just that. Now that we have the latest Calendar update in My Digital Studio the calendar part is easy to create and you can change the colors of the month, days, lines, numbers to match the rest of the calendar project – the card stock and designer paper. This year I used the new Everyday Enchantment Designer Series Paper from Sale-A-Bration – the colors in the paper are Lucky Limeade, Pool Party, Peach Parfait, Calypso Coral, Poppy Parade and Soft Suede.
2012 Jan - Mar Calendar
The base of the calendar is Soft Suede. It is basically like a card with three months of the year on each of the four sides of the card. For each side I added a strip of the Everyday Enchantment Designer Series paper at the top. On the bottom are the three monthly calendars layered on a coordinating piece of card stock. Since the calendars were created using My Digital Studio I was able to match my colors to my project. Notice on Jan – Mar I was able to use Pool Party for the months and numbers which matches the paper.
2012 Apr - June Calendar
I used the Beautiful Wings Embosslit and the Fashionable Hearts Embosslit to cut butterflies and hearts to decorate the tops of each side.
To finish I tied some of the Organdy Ribbon in the Everyday Enchantment Sale-A-Bration pack around each side – Lucky Limeade on one side and the Calypso Coral on the other. Tie so that you have a bow on one side, then cut another smaller piece of ribbon and use it to add a bow to the other side – then you have a bow for each season.
2012 Jul - Sep Calendar
The hearts and butterflies are on dimensionals and you can dress up the butterfiles with brads or pearls or rhinestones.
2012 Oct - Dec Calendar
When assembling each side leave a gap at the bottom of the center month. Then cut a strip of card stock that will be used as the stand to keep the card from sliding apart and falling. My strip was maybe 1″ wide and 5 or so long and then scored twice to create a ‘U’ shape. Stick the ends inside those gaps between the card stock layers and it will hold your calendar up.
Have a nice day! After a rainy weekend we have sunshine today.
Feb 17, 2012 | Big Shot, Cards, Occasions Mini 2012, Sale-A-Bration 2012, Vintage |
Happy Birthday to my Mom! I’ll be spending the day with her today. But here is a quick post to show you the birthday card I made for her.
Hopefully I’ll get to her house and give it to her before she see’s my blog. This card may look a bit familiar if you follow Shelli Gardner’s blog – she is the head of Stampin’ Up! and this card was on her blog. This card uses some new items in the Occasions Mini Catalog – Elegant Bird Bigz Die for the Big Shot and the Pleated Ribbon in Baja Breeze. And there are two products from the Sale-a-Bration brochure – Fresh Vintage stamp set and the Everyday Enchantment Designer Series paper.
The paper has Lucky Limeade but I actually used Certainly Celery for the card base and the button. The bird wings are embossed with the Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder which is hard to see in the picture. To attach the Pleated Ribbon I ran a strip of snail across the base of my card stock and then attached the ribbon to it – rather than trying to put adhesive on the ribbon itself. This has worked for me. Sticky strip is another option. There is also a piece of stamped twill tape.
And speaking of birds – its that time of year where the birds are house hunting and if you have followed my blog over the past few years you know I blog about the birds in my yard throughout the spring. I’ve been noticing a woodpecker checking out the woodpecker house – so I’m crossing my fingers that I’ll have a nesting woodpecker this year. This week I also noticed some chick-a-dees going in and out of one of the houses – its the same house they used last year – so maybe they will be back. No activity on any of the other houses right now.
Happy Birthday to you mom! I love you!
Feb 16, 2012 | Big Shot, Cards, Occasions Mini 2012 |
We made this card in one of my classes this month. The idea is from a card that was on display at the Stampin’ Up! Leadership conference. I though the idea was really neat – and at first glance you probably can’t tell that the large blossom flower is actually the negative portion of the punched image. It is a bit of an illusion.
The card base is Calypso Coral and then there is a piece of the Berry Blossoms Designer Series Paper attached. The white layer was run through the Stripes Embossing Folder (you can get it free during Sale-A-Bration) and then the Blossom Punch (Occasions Mini catalog) is punched in the side to create the opening of the flower. Put this over the designer paper with Stampin’ Dimensionals. Add the center circle with a matching brad to finish the large flower. We used the In-Color Printed brads and everyone got to choose between – Calypso Coral, Lucky Limeade, and Wisteria Wonder brads. The Boho Blossoms punch was used to add the smaller flowers and they have the silver mini brads as their centers.
The strip across the front is stamped with words from the Loving Thoughts stamp set (Occasions Mini Catalog). I gave this card to my downline Lisa for her birthday last week. And most of the girls at my class called it a “Vera” card.
Enjoy the day!
This card uses the Elementary Elegance stamp set that is one of the Free sets you can get during Sale-a-Bration. The inside of the frame is the perfect fit for the Curly Label punch. This card idea is from Shelli – the head of Stampin’ Up! (there is a link to her blog in the side-bar).
