Aug 6, 2010 | Baroque Motifs, Big Shot, Cards, Great Friend |
I wore a shirt the other day that had dragonflies on it – Ryan asked if it was a Stampin’ Up! shirt. I said “no”. Then Greg said “well it sure does look like it would be a Stampin’ up! shirt”. But it is not. Since they seemed to think it looked so much like a Stampin’ Up! shirt I decided to try to recreate the design in a card. I saw a card challenge on Lynn Pratt’s blog that I had wanted to try and with the shirt in my mind decided to combine the sketch idea with the color/theme of my shirt.
Here is the shirt that I had on. I pulled out my Color Coach to determine what colors I wanted to use for my card. The dragonflies seemed to be Tempting Turquoise and Sahara Sand, while the back ground was two tones of green. I decided to use Garden Green and Wild Wasabi.
I used the sketch from the challenge I found which was a card base with a folded Top Note die-cut as the flap on the card. When you lift this piece the message is underneath.
I decided to stamp the dragonflies on vellum paper using StazOn Black ink and then color them with my Stampin’ Write markers and cut them out. I slightly curled the wings and tails and used a mini glue dot to attach them to my card. The dragonfly image is from the Nature’s Nest stamp set.
The swirl is from Baroque Motifs, and the “for you” and the words on the inside (which I didn’t take a picture of) are from the Great Friend stamp set.
I added some random splattering using my Color Spritzer Tool and the Garden Green marker – I miss my Itty Bitty Backgrounds splatter which would have worked well on this card too. The shirt had little brad like things scattered throughout the design so I decided to add that too. I used a few brads from the vintage set.
What do you think? I’m not sure, but it does resemble the design and colors of the shirt and fits the sketch.
Thanks for stopping by today!
Jul 25, 2010 | Cards, Stampin' Up! Convention, Thank You, Upsy Daisy |
This is my last swap for the Stampin’ Convention this year.
I had the Cherry Cobbler, Basic Black and Very Vanilla combination on my mind and decided to work with that. I made several different attempts at the swap before deciding on this one and I am happy with the result in the end. The card base is Cherry Cobbler and I stamped the Upsy Daisy set randomly on the front of the card – stamping multiple times before reinking so there would be multiple shades. I did the same thing on the Very Vanilla square. The square is on a Basic Black mat which was attached over a piece of Very Vanilla Satin Ribbon.
I added my greeting on the front which is from the new stamp set called Perfect Punches. It is stamped in Cherry Cobbler and punched out with the scallop oval and then layered on a Basic Black wide oval.
I finished this swap on the airplane flying from Atlanta to Salt Lake city.
Today is Sunday and convention is over and I am on my way back home.
I hope you had a great week – I sure did!
Jul 20, 2010 | Great Friend, Stampin' Up! Events, Tags |
I am off to convention today! I’m so excited! I hope my flight goes well.
While I’m gone I’ll be sharing my swaps with you on my blog. I’m going to start with these little M&M Treats.
I have made these little treats before for Easter, St. Patrick’s Day and some summer treats too. I thought I would make these to give to my friends that I see at convention this year.
The tag uses a color combo that I got from the new Color Coach. I really like having it. The colors are Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler, and Daffodil Delight.
The Early Espresso looked like the brown M&Ms. I punched those out using the new extra-large scallop circle punch.
Then I punch a layer of Daffodil Delight with the regular scallop circle punch. The middle is Whisper White card stock and I stamped it with the saying from the Great Friend stamp set using Cherry Cobbler ink. Then stamped the butterfly image in Daffodil Delight. I punched it out with the 1-3/8″ Circle punch and then added Cherry Cobbler around the edges with a Stampin’ Write marker. I tied the tag to the top of my treat bags with white crochet thread. Quick and cute!
UPDATE: I have had many people ask about the bags – I ordered them online from clearbags.com – they are called 1×8 + flap crystal clear bags – I purchased 1000 of them in packs of 100 along with a few other items to make the shipping cost reasonable. Ordering just one pack has a very high shipping cost. I split my order with some other demonstrators and we shared the cost of the shipping.
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Jul 18, 2010 | Baroque Motifs, Cards, Punch Art, Summer Mini 2010, Wedding |
I’m continuing to share with you from our STARZ meeting last weekend. I asked several of the girls to bring a make&take project for everyone and I have two I’m going to show today. I decided that both of these would be perfect for Wedding Cards. I know for me I had my wedding on my mind during this time of year. Our wedding anniversary is next week on July 22nd. It will be our 21st anniversary! And I will be in Salt Lake City at the Stampin’ Up! convention. I told Greg to make sure he went out and played golf that day.
So on to the cards to show you. The first is a wedding card that Cindy brought and you can find out more about it on her blog – click here. She got the idea from another demonstrator and added her own little touch to it – the flower bouquet. We decided the new rhinestones and pearls that are in the new catalog would work well on this card too for adding bling to the dress.
This card was not very hard to make – it is a regular sized card but scored a bit different. There are two sides that fold in to meet in the center. Then one side is decorated as the groom in his tux and the other is the bride in her dress. When you close the card they are standing next to each other with the brides dress overlapping the front of the card. I’m sure that I will use this idea again when I need a wedding card. We used the Trio Flower punch to make the bouquet and it was one of the punches that retired. But any flower ideas would work. I’m so glad that Cindy shared this with us and that we all got to actually make it.
This next card is another share that Michelle brought for us to make. She taught us how to make these beautiful rose buds using the Two-Step Bird punch. It really is the bird punch – can you believe it!
Michelle does not have a blog yet but you can see another one of her projects this month on the Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator website in the Online Extras for the Monthly art contest – she didn’t win but she got an Honorable Mention. She does some beautiful work with sponging and shading on her projects that really make things look real.
I think this card could also be used as a wedding card and you could even adjust the colors of the card and rose buds to match the wedding colors. This card took some time punching out the various pieces, shading them all with the sponge dauber and then glueing them together. When working with little pieces like these I prefer to use a pair of craft tweezers and a 2-way glue pen.
The ideas from these cards could also be used on a scrapbook page for a wedding – you could create a bouquet of roses if you spent some time with it. Thank you to both of them for sharing their ideas with our group.
Here is my convention prep work update – I have 2 more full days to work on stuff and then I leave on Tuesday!
Shoebox swap – 49 cards – designed, cut, all the kits are assembled and I have 24 assembled with just one more step to finish on most of them – and then I need to make one more – I was supposed to have 25. Then I need to pack the supplies to make the kits and I will be done – so Almost Done.
UDI card swap – 19 cards – designed, cut and needs to be assembled
UDI 3-D swap – I only have to make 1! And I know what it is just need to decide if I want to give away my sample or make a new one.
General swap 1 – 25 card fronts – All DONE
General swap 2 – 25 card fronts – All DONE
General swap 3 – 25 card fronts – I have an idea in mind, I just need to work on it – this may not get done at all.
General swap 4 – 25 card fronts – I realized I started cutting for a swap, used part of it for my STARZ swap this weekend, but I think I want to redesign this because I wasn’t completely happy with it, so I need to work with what I already cut
Friend gifts – planning to make some amount of something to give to friends I see
Roommate gifts – 3 – designed
Well I better go get busy – I still have lots to do!
Jun 30, 2010 | Big Shot, Designer Series Paper, family, Scrapbook Pages, Sporting, Summer Mini 2010 |
Today is Wednesday and usually I have a scrapbook class on the last Wednesday of the month. With the lack of internet last week I didn’t get out a class reminder and once I got home and looked at my calendar I decided it would be best not to have the class today. So instead I am posting a scrapbook layout today with supplies and measurements so you can create a similar version for yourself at home.
These are pictures that I took in March when it was Spring break for the colleges. Kyle was on spring break and so was my nephew Nicholas. The boys hung out for a few days and one afternoon decided to throw the football in the backyard. Tyler joined them.
I was glad to see them outside playing instead of inside on the computer. But the fun time didn’t last long. Nicholas threw the football and Tyler and Kyle were trying to catch it. Tyler got in front and went for the ball which hit the end of his little finger at just the wrong angle. See the last picture where Tyler is grabbing his hand. That was it for the football that day. Since his finger didn’t improve I ended up taking him to the doctor the next day and then they sent us to xrays. Yep the result was a broken finger!
Now for some information about this layout. I used a football from an old retired stamp set but you could use another ball or another image for whatever you need.
The base of the layout is Night of Navy 12″ x 12″. Both backgrounds are stamped with the football in Night of Navy ink. I used strips of the Travel Journal Designer Series paper from the Summer Mini catalog – 1″ and 1/2″ strips of different patterns and then I trimmed them to different lengths so they could be staggered.
The journaling was typed on the computer and printed on Whisper White card stock. I stamped a football in Sahara Sand ink where the word “football” was in the journaling. The title is cut from Sahara Sand card stock using the Big Shot and the GoGo Boots Alphabet dies.
I also cut arrows and brackets using the Big Shot – the brackets are from the Hearts & Brackets die and the curvy arrows are from the Curves Ahead Sizzlit die. The large straight arrow if from the My Way punch. The footballs are stamped on Whisper White card stock with Night of Navy ink and cut out.
I put all the footballs and the brackets on Stampin’ Dimensionals to lift them off the page. “Game On” is from the Sporting stamp set and punched out with the 1-1/4″ square punch. A piece of Pumpkin Pie card stock was punched with the 1-3/8″ square punch to create a layer. This is also on Stampin’ Dimensionals.
My pictures are 3″ wide and 4-1/2″ tall on the left page and 3″ wide and 5″ tall on the right page. I put a Pumpkin Pie mat on the one where Tyler is holding his finger after the ball hit him. I just never got a picture of his finger in the custom made splint that he had.
I hope you like the page – have fun making your own. Thanks for stopping by today!
Jun 23, 2010 | Cards, Celebrate Everything, Game Night, Masculine, Retired List |
This is another card from my Last Chance class this month. I really like this Game Night stamp set and hate that it is on the Last Chance list – it is so very different from everything else and works great for both masculine cards and party invitations – things like Bunko, Pokeeno, Game Night. It is also a good set for scrapbooking. I have used this stamp set for many things.
The card base is Ruby Red (one of the retiring colors) – I used two strips of the Jackpot Designer Series Paper (the paper is retiring) on the left side and then added a piece of the Black Gingham ribbon (this ribbon is retiring).
On a piece of Whisper White card stock I stamped the game pieces one in Ruby Red and one in So Saffron. The domino was stamped in VersaMark ink and covered with Black Embossing Powder and heat set. All the pieces were cut out.
First stamp the chess piece in VersaMark on the card base – carefully cover with Black Embossing Powder and heat set. Then I stamped the CELEBRATE in VersaMark along the ribbon. Add the cut out pieces and then stamp “your day” underneath using VersaMark ink. These stamps are from the Celebrate Everything stamp set which is also on the Last Chance list. I did emboss on the envelope too so that I could have it match my card.
Our monthly pokeeno game night will be coming around again soon – maybe I need to come up with some little treats to bring everyone.
Thanks for the visit – have a great day!
Here is the shirt that I had on. I pulled out my Color Coach to determine what colors I wanted to use for my card. The dragonflies seemed to be Tempting Turquoise and Sahara Sand, while the back ground was two tones of green. I decided to use Garden Green and Wild Wasabi.
I decided to stamp the dragonflies on vellum paper using StazOn Black ink and then color them with my Stampin’ Write markers and cut them out. I slightly curled the wings and tails and used a mini glue dot to attach them to my card. The dragonfly image is from the Nature’s Nest stamp set.
