Oct 18, 2011 | Cards, Flight of the Butterfly, Thank You, UDI Color Challenge |
I’m taking a quick break from my little paper bag ideas for the UDI Color Challenge today. We are on week #58.
Here is the inspiration picture:
These colors had me stumped for a while. Wisteria Wonder, Blushing Bride, Calypso Coral, Rich Razzleberry and Very Vanilla. Very girly colors. What should I do with them. It always surprises me how hard it is to use some of these color combinations. It is certainly called a challenge for a reason.
So I flipped through my Stampin’ Up! Idea Book & Catalog for some little kick of an idea on what to do with these colors. I finally got near the end of the stamp sets and saw a card with a hand full of butterflies in different colors – it is on page 152. That was an idea –
So here is the result –
The base is Calypso Coral with a piece of the First Edition Specialty Designer Series Paper on it (I know that pulled in some black but that’s a neutral – right?). The butterflies are in the four colors – Wisteria Wonder, Calypso Coral, Rich Razzleberry, and Blushing Bride. The images are stamped on Very Vanilla card stock and punched out. then I punched a matching butterfly out of the colored card stock and cut it in half. I layered the wings behind the stamped butterflies. Then I punched a small bitty flower in the colored card stock. I crinkled it up and then put it in the center. I attached them to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals and then added a pearl to the center of each flower.
Across the bottom of the card is a strip of Calypso Coral card stock and covered it with Very Vanilla Seam Binding. Then I stamped “thank you so very much” directly on the ribbon using the Calypso Coral ink. So what do you think? For not liking these colors very much I do like how the card turned out.
Click on this link to go to the Utah Diva’s Color Challenge blog. There you can see the creations from the entire design team and add a link to your creation if you decide to play along.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Card stock: Calypso Coral, Very Vanilla, Wisteria Wonder, Rich Razzleberry, Blushing Bride
- Ink: Wisteria Wonder, Calypso Coral, Rich Razzleberry, Blushing Bride
- Stamp sets: Flight of the Butterfly, Butterfly Prints
- Accessories: Butterfly Punch, First Edition DSP, Basic Pearls, Bitty Flower punch, Very Vanilla Seam Binding, Stampin’ Dimensionals
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
Oct 7, 2011 | Cards, Holiday Mini catalog 2011, Thank You |
Do you have the new Simply Scored tool from Stampin’ Up!? I love mine.
This card today uses the Simply Scored tool to create a frame on the front of the card.
The frame is a subtle scored outline around the center element on the card. I put the card on the Simply Scored tool and added a scored line 1/2″ from all four sides of the card front. Inside the rectangle is the focal element – a piece of More Mustard card stock, layered with a piece of Spice Cake Designer Series paper. I used the Spice Cake Fabric to tie around the front – it is just a 1″ strip of fabric tied in a knot.
To finish it off I used the Gently Falling stamp set – stamp the leaf in More Mustard ink and then the outline of the leaf in Soft Suede ink. It is stamped on Very Vanilla card stock and then cut out and add to the front of the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. There is also a little Jewelry tag punch stamped with Thanks so Much from Tiny Tags and attached with the Vintage Safety Pin to the fabric knot.
The fabric, the designer paper, the stamp set and the Simply Scored are all in the Holiday Mini catalog – and you can order from me any time through my website – www.monika.stampinup.net.
Enjoy this nice fall card on a nice fall day – at least we have been having nice fall days for the last little while. It’s a busy weekend – tonight I have Stamper’s Club and we are making the Advent Calendar projects. And tomorrow is the Birmingham Regional Stampin’ Up! Regional conference – I can’t wait. I’ll be going with two of my downline – Lisa and Travice and a bunch of my demonstrator friends – about 11 of us will be there together. And wish me luck because I’m doing a Workshop Wow demonstration on stage – and I am super nervous – I hope I don’t shake too much and that everyone can hear me. I’ll share my projects next week. If you are a going be sure to say hi.
Have a great day!
Sep 15, 2011 | Big Shot, Cards, Thank You |
I accidentally discovered a new technique when I was working on creating this card. I’ll show you the card first and then I’ll tell you what I did.
I took a piece of Cajun Craze card stock and ran it through the Big Shot with the Stripes Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. I decided that it wasn’t exactly what I wanted but I didn’t want to use up another piece of card stock while I was planning my card. So instead I used the same piece and ran it through the Big Shot a second time but this time I used the Framed Tulips Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. When I did that it added the frame and slightly flattened out the stripes. While I wasn’t trying to create a double embossed piece once I had it I decided I liked it! So I did use it for my card.
The card base is River Rock (which is a little hard to see in this picture). Then the double embossed layer of Cajun Craze. I used a piece of the Well Worn Designer Series Paper and cut out a leaf with the Big Shot and Leaves #2 die. On the card I stamped “Three Little Words” from the stamp set by the same name. And then the “thanks so much” from the same set is stamped on River Rock card stock and punched with a modern label punch. The leaf has Linen Thread tied around the stem and then it is attached with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
This was one of the cards for my August KSU card class. The September class is coming up next week and I have planned a Fall, Halloween and a Christmas card. It should be fun.
The county schools are on Fall Break next week. We are not going any where this time but I do have Ryan signed up for the Driver’s Ed class – so he will be busy with that all week. This is just the classroom part not the driving part. He still needs to get his permit.
Thanks for stopping by today!
Aug 23, 2011 | Baroque Motifs, Big Shot, Cards, Thank You, UDI Color Challenge |
Welcome to the Utah Diva’s Color Challenge this week. I wasn’t sure exactly what to do with these colors except flowers – but I didn’t want to do flowers – that was the obvious choice. So I went way outside my comfort zone and created a card that is so not my style. Here is the inspiration picture for this week –
These are some really bright colors – Concord Crush, Perfect Plum, Melon Mambo, Old Olive and Very Vanilla. Here is my funky card….
How do you like that lady with the bright pink hair? She is really bright wearing that Concord Crush dress. But this isn’t just an ordinary card. I saw this idea in a magazine and wanted to try it – see that little tab on the side – well you give that a little tug and look what happens –
The scallop circle rotates to reveal a secret message underneath. I think this idea is really fun and I want to try it again on a different style of card.
Click on this link to go to the Utah Diva’s Color Challenge blog. There you can see the creations from the entire design team and add a link to your creation if you decide to play along.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Card stock: Old Olive, Melon Mambo, Perfect Plum, Very Vanilla
- Ink: Jet Black StazOn, Concord Crush, Melon Mambo, Perfect Plum, Crumb cake (just a touch for the skin color), Stampin’ Write Markers – Old Olive, Melon Mambo, Concord Crush
- Stamp sets: Not So Seriously, Baroque Motifs, Got Treats
- Accessories: Big Shot Die Cut Machine, 3″ Circle Die, Scallop Circle #2 Die, Mini Silver Brad, Round Tab Punch, Very Vanilla Seam Binding, Cheerful Treat Designer Series paper
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
One more thing –
I have to tell you that Monday’s news was very unsettling. They are reporting a KSU student named Tyler Davis died after eating at the Commons (the campus dining hall). While this is very sad news the unsettling part is that my son is Tyler Davis and my son goes to KSU and eats at the dining hall too. So it is very strange to listen to the news and hear them say his name. I was very glad that I saw him this morning. Tyler says he has been getting phone calls and text messages all day.
Aug 22, 2011 | Cards, Ronald McDonald House Charities, Thank You |
Last week we made another visit to the Ronald McDonald House. When we go there we always meet someone new. And not only are we there to stamp and provide some distraction. But sometimes we are there to listen to their stories. This month a grandmother was their with her granddaughter and she talked to us for a long time, she had a lot to get off her chest and even though she didn’t want to stamp we finally talked her into making one of the cards for the scrapbook she was making her granddaughter. They had traveled here from Tennessee.
I designed the card this month – we (the demonstrators) take turns designing the card and bringing the supplies.
The card featured the Owl punch – I made up all the owl ahead of time. The card is Poppy Parade and So Saffron. The Designer Paper is retired, and so are the stamp sets – the Sanded background and the Family Phrases. The branch is from the Bird Punch. Here is the card in the other direction –
And some pictures I took while everyone was stamping –
This little boy was so cute! And so excited to make a card. He even wrote a note inside and then was so sweet to take it to his mom – hiding it behind his back. He came back and made another one – I think it was for his grandma. He was 10 years old with a big smile – he didn’t say much but was happy to be there with us.
Have a great week!
May 27, 2011 | Cards, Summer Mini 2011, Thank You |
Well today is the last official day of school here were we live. It wasn’t much of a day though. Ryan was the only one that had to go – the seniors were finished last week so Tyler only had graduation practice this week. Ryan’s last day was one final – Band – which wasn’t a final since their spring concert counts as their final and we already had that. Tomorrow morning is Graduation for Tyler – I’m headed out in a little bit to pick up balloons to hang on the mailbox. He doesn’t want a party and Kyle didn’t want one last year either. So we will go out to a fancy dinner just the 5 of us one day next week.
With that being said I thought I would share this card today as I thought it made a cute Thank You card for a teacher. It was one of the cards offered in my Card Makers Club this week – which by the way was a lot of fun!
I stuck to some of the more basic school colors – a red (Real Red), a yellow (Daffodil Delight), and a green (Old Olive). And combined it with the cute little Summer Mini Hostess set called Swirls & Curls Verses. It has 5 different versus in it – “thanks so much”, “thinking of you”, “happy birthday”, “hello”, and “congratulations”. I think you could just as easily use this for a graduation card since owl’s are often associated with being smart. Remember the tootsie pop commercial on TV ages ago? Just out of curiosity I thought I’d see what the internet had to say about how many licks it takes to get to the center of the tootsie pop – well through various studies the results showed anywhere from 70 to 3,481 – hmmm…..
Oh well – I hope you have a fun day on the last day of school!
The base is Calypso Coral with a piece of the First Edition Specialty Designer Series Paper on it (I know that pulled in some black but that’s a neutral – right?). The butterflies are in the four colors – Wisteria Wonder, Calypso Coral, Rich Razzleberry, and Blushing Bride. The images are stamped on Very Vanilla card stock and punched out. then I punched a matching butterfly out of the colored card stock and cut it in half. I layered the wings behind the stamped butterflies. Then I punched a small bitty flower in the colored card stock. I crinkled it up and then put it in the center. I attached them to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals and then added a pearl to the center of each flower.
