Very Vintage Two-Step Bird

Apr 8, 2010 | Big Shot, Cards, Create with Connie & Julie, Occasion Mini 2010, Sale-A-Bration 2010, Thank You | 3 comments

Hi everyone!  Did you miss me?  Sorry I have been MIA.  I have been working on my Stampin’ Up! Artisan Award entries – nothing like waiting until the last minute.  I think I get more creative with a deadline bearing down on top of me.  Since Easter I have been frantically trying to finalize my last few projects, get them photographed (since I didn’t make duplicates), write the supply lists and carefully packaged to send the Stampin’ Up!  So as of this morning they are on the way – postmarked by April the 10th according to the rules.  Now it is time to wait – by the end of May they should have decided on and contacted the winners.  I can’t show you any of the projects so you will have to wait until later  – sorry.  And then I shopped and packed for our little Spring Break trip.  Right now I’m sitting in the mountains of North Georgia!  It should be a nice few days for a little get away.

Now are you ready for a project.  I created this card for last months Birds & Butterflies class.  The card is an additional design to a set of cards I created for the Create with Connie  & Julie class that I guest designed for earlier this year.  So if you particpated in that you can add this card to my Vintage Card Kit project.

This is a long card – the ones that fit in the small open end envelopes.  The card base is So Saffron 6″ x 6″  folded in half with a Chocolate Chip piece of trim that was punched with the Scallop Trim border punch.  The punch was part of the Sale-A-Bration rewards and isn’t available right now but it will be back in the 2010-2011 Idea Book & Catalog coming out in July.  The Very Vintage Jumbo wheel was used on the base of the card and I also used the Color Spritzer to add some spritz to the card – you can do this just to the base or at the end so everything gets some spritz. 

The Old Olive Strip was sent through the Big Shot Die -Cut machine with the Perfect Details texturz plate – I think this gives the look of lattice.  I stamped the vine on it too and sponged it with Old Olive.  The flowers and bird are punched from the Rich Razzleberry  Patterns Designer Series Paper.  The flowers are just circles that have been scrunched up.  I added a yellow Rhinestone brad to the center of each.  I thought these looked like Morning Glories. 

I hope you like it.  To create a matching envelope – use the wheel across one end and then stamp the vine. 

Thanks for stopping by today!  And the bluebird had 4 eggs on Wed afternoon. 

Happy Easter!

Apr 4, 2010 | Big Shot, Easter, Occasion Mini 2010 | 3 comments

I hope you are having a wonderful Easter Sunday!  The weather is supposed to be just perfect today.  Which is wonderful for me since I have 36 family and friends here today and I need to seat some of them outside on my screened porch and on the deck.  So I always hope for nice weather on Easter.  And we need to have our Easter Egg hunt outside too.

I wanted to share a couple of quick pictures of my Easter items – I’ll have more to share later but here are a couple of things –

This is my basket with all the flatware in it.  I rolled the flat wear inside each napkin and then wrapped it with a piece of Chocolate Chip card stock that was cut with the Big Shot and the Two Tags die – this is the tag with the scallop at one end.  I used the little flowers from the Eggcellent Eggs Kit that was in the mini and through the center is a brad – I used the Soft Subtles brads.

On the front of the basket is the other tag from the Tow Tags die and the Chocolate Bunny stamp and more flowers.  Some Satin Ribbon at the top and then it is tied with linen thread.

And then I made the little 1×8 bags – filled with M&Ms and tied at the top with the Chocolate Bunny that is attached to a Scallop Circle punch out which has the Happy Easter stamped on it.  I added a piece of ribbon at the top which is tied with thread at the top around the top of the bag.  I made a bunch of these little treats.

I hope you enjoy your day!

More Birthday cards

Apr 2, 2010 | Big Shot, Birthday, Cards, My Digital Studio, Occasion Mini 2010, Upsy Daisy | 0 comments

So sorry about not posting yesterday – just trying to get a lot done.  So today I’ll share two cards.  These are birthday cards that I received earlier this month.

This first card is from my sister-in-law, Stephanie.  This is a hybrid card – she created the focal element using My Digital Studio and printed it on Whisper White card stock and then added it as a layer on the front of her card.  Here is a list of Stampin’ Up! supplies that she used:

  • Old Olive card stock
  • Regal Rose card stock
  • Basic Grey card stock
  • Whisper White card stock
  • Sweet Always Designer Series paper (retired)
  • Upsy Daisy stamp set (in My Digital Studio)
  • Canvas stamp set (retired) – it is on the Old Olive background
  • Garden Whimsy (in My Digital Studio)
  • Fundamental Phrases (in My Digital Studio)
  • Small Oval Punch
  • Large Oval Punch
  • 1/16″ punch
  • Pretty in Pink Satin Ribbon

What do you think of that?  A quick way to create a card using My Digital Studio and it still looks like it is completely hand stamped card.  The great thing about My Digital Studio is you can adjust the size and make images smaller.  And you can flip and turn the images – if you have the Garden Whimsy stamp set the butterfly stamp is actually facing the other way – so on this card it was flipped in My Digital Studio so it would face the flowers.  This would be a quick for making cards – create the focal image and print it out multiple times, cut and add to the front of your card.

And here is another card from the Utah Divas International Group – I don’t know specifically who made it because there wasn’t a name on the back of it.

The card uses just two colors – Melon Mambo and Whisper White.  Here are the Stampin’ Up! products that were used:

  • Melon Mambo card stock
  • Whisper White card stock
  • Wedding Sweet stamp set
  • Well Scripted stamp set
  • Melon Mambo ink
  • Melon Mambo Polka Dot ribbon
  • Scallop Trim Border Punch
  • Perfect Polka Dots Impression Folder
  • Big Shot Die Cut machine

It is so much fun to see these hand stamped cards coming in the mail!

I’m off to finish up for my Stamp Club Meeting tonight, this afternoon we will be at an awards ceremony at KSU for Kyle.  And Saturday I’ll be finishing up everything for Easter – my shopping is done and the house is clean (need to keep it that way though).  Sunday I’ll have 36 people here for Easter lunch.  Busy, busy for the next few days and then it will  be spring break.

Thanks for stopping by.

Totally Tess

Mar 29, 2010 | Birthday, In Colors, Occasion Mini 2010, Sale-A-Bration 2010 | 0 comments

Today’s card is one that I received for my birthday earlier this month from my friend Yvonne.  She used the Stampin’ Up! Totally Tess stamp set from the Occasions Mini Catalog.  Totally Tess is a fun new set with Tess and a bunch of stamping accessories – a bag, an apron, a stamp, a card, scissors, a marker, and a stampin’ wheel and the phrases “I (heart) STAMPS” and “The best things in life a made, not bought.”  For this card Yvonne used the Family Accessories to create a birthday card – look how perfectly they fit.

I love the ruffled circle that Yvonne made using the Scallop Trim Border Punch from the Sale-A-Bration Brochure.  And if you haven’t already received this punch for FREE you better hurry you only have a couple more days.  Sale-A-Bration ends on March 31st.  Spend $50 on Stampin’ Up! products and earn this punch or other items for free.  You can email me or call me with an order or place an order online – visit my website HERE and shop at my online store.

A little bit more about the card – Yvonne used last years In-Colors – Kiwi Kiss and Pacific Point.  And the Designer Series Paper is a retired pack.  But you could make the same card using Old Olive and Bermuda Bay and choose a coordinating Designer Series paper.

Thanks Yvonne for my FUN birthday card!

I checked the bluebird house this morning – no eggs yet.  But they are hanging around and tapping on all my windows which is driving the dogs crazy.  Thanks for stopping by today!

Chocolate Easter Bunny

Mar 27, 2010 | Cards, Easter, Occasion Mini 2010 | 0 comments

The Chocolate Bunny stamp from the Stampin’ Up! Occasions Mini Catalog has been a popular stamp the last few months.  I think it is because everyone loves chocolate – I know I do.  This card not only uses the fun Chocolate Bunny stamp set but also the Jewelry Tag punch to make a picket fence – isn’t that cute?

This card was one that we made at the Starz Meeting this month – it is an easel style card – it stands up by itself so you can set it out as  a decoration for everyone to see.  Wendy designed this card and everyone at the meeting got to make one.

The colors are Barely Banana (or you could use So Saffron), Chocolate Chip, Certainly Celery and Whisper White.  The bunny is stamped on Close to Cocoa card stock.

I’m taking Ryan to a tennis match this afternoon and then going tonight with Greg to a tennis social – he is playing and I’m socializing.

Have a great weekend.

Picnic Parade

Mar 25, 2010 | Big Shot, Cards, Occasion Mini 2010, Thank You | 0 comments

I needed to make some more 3×3 tags for my orders and saw an email from my friend Lisa sharing a 3×3 and a card that she completed for a challenge on Heather’s Blog.  Since I was already making 3×3’s I thought I would hop on over to Heather’s Blog and see about her challenge.  He idea was to create a Progressive Card – where you take a 3×3 card and turn it into a regular sized card.  We often talk about progressive scrapbook pages – create a 6×6, then turn it into an 8-1/2 x 11, then turn it into a 12×12.  Heather wanted to apply this same concept to a card – great idea – 3×3’s are small and fun to make and it doesn’t take much to turn it into a regular sized card.  I was up for the challenge so here it goes…..

Here is my 3×3 card that I made.  I used the Stampin’ Up! Picnic Parade Level 2 Hostess set.  Oh how I wish it wasn’t a hostess set – I want it to be in the new catalog!  This is just the cutest little set and with my obsession with bluebirds – the perfect little bird is in this set.

So that was my inspiration was to make a little bluebird card using this set.  The colors are Crushed Curry, Basic Black, Ballet Blue and Whisper White for the card stock.  I used my Aqua Painter and the ink from the ink pads to watercolor all my little stamped images.

These will be Thank You tags on some of my orders this month.

So the challenge was to take a 3×3 and turn it into a regular sized card – that is a 5-1/2″ x 4-1/4″ card.  So here is my card.

I took out another piece of Ballet Blue card stock and ran it through my Big Shot.  I added texture to just the front of the card – does everyone know how to do that – maybe I need to show that one day.  I used the Perfect Details Texturz Plate for this one – I like this pattern because to me it looks like lattice which is often in gardens and outside.

My 3×3 was added on the left side of the card with a piece of the Crushed Curry polka dot ribbon underneath and then tied in a knot.  I added 3 black brads from the Vintage Brad set to the bottom right had corner.  And then I decided to add a little tag on the ribbon.  I just recently go the Tiny Tags stamp set and the Medium Jewelry Punch from the Occasions Mini Catalog.  I decided that would be the perfect little touch for this card.  I stamped the little dotted tag image from the Tiny Tags set and then added the little flower from the Picnic Parade set – the same one I used on my 3×3.  Punched that out and added it to my ribbon.  I don’t think you can really see it in the picture but I did sponge around the edge of the little tag with the Crushed Curry ink just very lightly.

So that is my progressive card – I hope you like it!

Here is a quick bluebird update for you – the last two days Mrs. Bluebird has decided to return to house #3 and she has continued building a nest in there.  I checked both houses this morning and each had 1/2 of a nest – the around part but not the bottom part.  I have watched her a bit throughout the day and she is adding more to the nest in house #3.  So either she is just unable to make up her mind, or she is forgetful, or she is planning on a big family and needs two nests, or it is possible she made a decoy nest so no one else would build in the other house.  I don’t know but I’ll keep my eye on her and let you know.

Thanks for stopping by!