Sep 5, 2011 | Cards, Mini - Love Notes, Smooch Spritz techniques, Summer Mini 2011 |
Happy Monday! We are hoping to take the boys and head north to go apple picking today – however the weather might not cooperate with us. We are supposed to have 100% chance of rain with 6-10 inches over the next day or two. That’s a lot of rain and we haven’t had any in quite a while – we just don’t need that much at one time. So we will see if we actually get to go.
I have two more mini cards today. The first one came from the +FUN class that I took at convention called Every Last Detail. I took just one element from our project and used it on a 3×3 mini card.
This picture doesn’t show the sparkle on the butterfly very well. Let me tell you how I did it and then I’ll show you a close up of the butterfly so you can see the sparkle. A piece of Vellum Paper is punched with the Butterfly punch and also a piece of the Daffodil Delight card stock. Then take a Stampin’ Sponge (I cut mine into 1/8s) – spray a little bit of water on it – then dab the Smooch Pearlized Top Coat on the sponge.
Now dab the sponge on the vellum butterfly – it will curl up a bit and then flatten out as it dries. Layer the vellum butterfly on the Daddofil Butterfly. Punch hole in the center and add a small paper flower and then a brad.
In the close up you can see the sparkle on the vellum.
The base of the card is Lucky Limeade. The bottom is stamped with the image from the Borderlines stamp set. There is a strip of Daffodil Delight and Whisper White. And some Lucky Limeade Ruffled ribbon tied on the side. The butterfly is attached with a Stampin’ Dimensional.
The second card was and idea from one of the swaps I received – I changed the stamp set and orientation of the card.
I called it a window card or peek-a-boo card because the inside peeks through to the front. It is similar to one of the swap cards that I made for convention but this one is just smaller. To begin with you need to punch the scallop edge on the card front. Then you can punch the circle into the front using the 1-3/4″ circle punch.
Then for the inside I punched a circle from Whisper White card stock using the 2-1/2″ circle punch and stamped on it using the Love & Care stamp set from the Summer Mini Catalog. On the front of the card use a white Gel pen to add the doodles around the circle.
There is also a strip of So Saffron card stock on the inside that shows off behind the scalloped front. To finish I added a jewelry tag punch stamped with Hello and added with the White Baker’s Twine to the side of the card.
I hope you like these little cards today! Have a happy Labor Day!
Aug 31, 2011 | Big Shot, Holiday Mini catalog 2011, Mini - Love Notes, Smooch Spritz techniques |
Last week I had my monthly Hands-On class and we made Mini Cards – little 3×3 cards with envelopes. I wanted a box to hold them all in and found the perfect box in the Stampin’ Up! Holiday Mini Catalog. It is the new Kraft Gift Box. This one decorated in a very vintage style because I wanted to stick with neutral colors since I had an assortment of various colors and styles of cards that we were making in the class. The box is the perfect size to fit 3×3 mini cards and envelopes but it is also a food safe box so you can fill it with cookies, candies or a muffin or cupcake – yum yum!
This is the side view of the box. I stamped directly on the box using Early Espresso ink. I used two different stamp sets – Best Friends Forever and French Foliage. I also sponged the edges of the box on all corners with Early Espresso ink. Around the base of the box is a strip of Early Espresso Patterns Designer Series paper – you need two strips punched with the Lace Ribbon Border punch. You need a strip that has 12 full flowers – three for each side of the box. So match up the ends of the two strips and glue together – I use a 2-way glue pen. Then punch out 1″ circles in Very Vanilla card stock and glue to the back of the strip behind each flower. It will look like this:
Then glue the strip around the base of the box – I used the Multipurpose Liquid glue in the green bottle to do this. Just put a tiny bit on the back of each circle and then glue three on each side of the box meeting in the back.
Here is a view of the top of the box –
I created a 3d flower for the top of the box. I used the First Edition Specialty Designer Series paper. I cut 3 of each layer – 3″ Circle die, 2-3/8″ Scallop Circle punch, 1-3/4″ Scallop Circle punch, and 1″ Circle punch. Crumple up all the circles and then flatten out a bit and stack them. They are not perfectly lined up on top of each other you want them to be a little off center from one another. Once they are all stacked poke a hole through with the paper piercer and then stick in an Antique Brad. Also poke a hole in the center of the box lid – push the brad through to secure the flower to the top of the box. Take a Stampin’ Sponge and Early Espresso ink and sponge the petals of the flowers.
To finish I stamped “hand crafted” from Tiny Tags on Crumb Cake card stock and punched with the Jewelry Tag punch, sponge the edges, poke a hole and tie to the brad with a piece of Early Espresso Baker’s Twine. Tie a piece of Crumb Cake Seam Binding around the base of the flower.
Now close the lid and take the whole box and put it inside the color catcher. Spritz it all over with the Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz. On all sides and the top. Let dry and you are done! A beautiful gift box to give to someone special.
Over the next few days I’ll be sharing all the 3×3 mini cards that we made along with some instructions for each one. So please come back to see them.
And here are a couple of other pictures I wanted to share with you from the class. Aspen and Magnolia love my stamp classes because they get lots of attention from all of my stampers. And they like to sit with us too. So most everyone is willing to share a chair with the dogs – especially Aspen. Here he is sharing a chair with Jeannette.
The chairs are just the perfect little head rest for the dogs. Usually they sit on the other side of the table because then they can look out the window and see the chipmunks, squirrels, and birds out there.
A couple more things – it’s the LAST DAY for the Summer Mini Catalog on the Buy 3 Get 1 Free Designer Series paper sale. Hurry and order today Wednesday, August 31st by midnight. You can order online through my website store – click here.
Jun 21, 2011 | Big Shot, Cards, Smooch Spritz techniques, UDI Color Challenge |
Hello Tuesday!
Are you ready for the weekly Utah Diva’s International Color Challenge? This week we have a pretty color combination. Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Rose Red and Pretty in Pink. Here is the inspiration picture that we had for this week.
If you are a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator it’s very likely you have been doing what I have been doing for the last week or so and that is looking at your new 2011-2012 Idea Book & Catalog. Yep – one of the many perks of being a demonstrator is that we get the catalog a bit early. While browsing the new catalog I found a really pretty project that I used as inspiration for my card today. And I love it! I think you will too –
Isn’t it pretty? The base is Crumb Cake and then a layer of Early Espresso. There is a strip of Pretty in Pink and a edge of Crumb Cake punched with the Scallop Trim Border Punch. The whole card front is sprayed with the Vanilla Shimmer Mist spray. I put a line of Snail adhesive across the pink card stock and then rippled some Pretty in Pink Taffeta ribbon across it.
I die cut two butterflies using the Big Shot and the Beautiful Butterflies die. Stamped them with En Francias stamp in Crumb Cake and then the Rosemary image from Herb Expressions in Early Espresso. I used the Stampin’ Write markers – Rose Red and Crumb Cake to color the image and then the edges were sponged with Crumb Cake ink. I tied Linen Thread around the centers to create antenna. One is mounted on a Crumb Cake scallop circle that is a little crinkled and sponged. To finish there is a little flower punch – the bitty punch – two layers – crumpled and then a pearl in the center.
The whole card front is sprayed with the Vanilla Shimmer Mist spray. and also with the Color Spritzer and Early Espresso Stampin’ Write Marker. The greeting is a word window – stamped in Early Espresso, sponged and a little pearl added to one end. I hope you like it as much as I did.
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: Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Pretty in Pink, Rose Red, Very Vanilla
- Ink: Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Early Espresso, Crumb Cake and Rose Red Stampin’ Write marker
- Stamp sets: En Francais, Herb Expressions, Teeny Tiny Wishes
- Accessories: Big Shot, Beautiful Butterflies die, Scallop Trim Border punch, Word Window punch, Bitty Punch pack, Scallop Circle punch, Pretty in Pink Taffeta Ribbon, Linen Thread, Basic Pearls, Vanilla Shimmer Mist, Color Spritzer, Stampin’ Sponge,
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
Sep 22, 2010 | Big Shot, Bingo, Cards, Halloween, Holiday Mini Catalog 2010, Smooch Spritz techniques |
Another Halloween project to share with you. This is my spooky witch boots card. I bought this stamp set Wicked Cool because I like these witch boots. For this card I added several new products –
First, the new Web Embossing Folder for the Big Shot, then the new Waffle Paper in Basic Back, and Smooch Spritz and Chunky Black Glitter.
The base of the card is Rich Razzleberry card stock. To create the spider web piece I used Basic Black card stock and ran it through the Big Shot with the Web Embossing Folder. Then I used a sponge dauber to add Whisper White craft ink on the embossed portions of the web. Finally I took it outside (I have bad aim) and used the Color Catcher and my Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz and spritzed on it. Ta-da a shimmery spooky web for my card.
To create the medallion for the front of the card – at least that’s what I call it – starts with a piece of Whisper White card stock punched with the 2″ Circle Punch. Then I stamped the boots and the Spooky on it. I also stamped an extra pair of boots in Rich Razzleberry and cut those out and added them to the top of the others with Stampin’ Dimensionals. Now to add the ruffle around the circle I cut a strip of the Waffle Paper about 1/2″ wide, put snail adhesive all around the edge of my circle on the back, start with one end of the Waffle Paper and stick it on the snail kind of crunching it up a little – once it is stuck you won’t be able to move it. I used 1-1/2 strips and just overlapped where one ended and the other started – you can’t see it because of the wrinkles. Turn it to the front and trim anything that looks uneven. To add the glitter put some Tombo Multipurpose Adhesive all around the edge of the white circle – then sprinkle with the Chunky Black Glitter. Then I put the medallion on the front of the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
Still no emails about a Bingo winner – oh where oh where has my Bingo winner gone……so here we go again…
It’s BINGO TIME! We are playing Round 3 of Monika’s Blog Bingo. I’m currently taking names for Round 6. See this POST for more details on how to join, how to play and the Round 1 and 2 winners.
Here is piece #13 –the friends sunflower from
Cute by the Inch stamp set (stamped in Peach Parfait).
Maybe 13 is going to be lucky for someone today!
Jun 5, 2010 | Cards, Create with Connie & Mary, Decor Elements, Smooch Spritz techniques, Stamper's Club, Summer Mini 2010 |
Hey everyone it’s Saturday and no I don’t have another challenge card for Create with Connie & Mary. The summer session of posting new projects and challenges has ended. But if you are looking for some GREAT ideas on how to use your summer mini stuff, you can still subscribe for $24.95 and have access to ALL the GREAT ideas that were shared.
And guess what Connie & Mary are continuing to do weekly challenges that are open to everyone! They will be posting on Thursdays – and the first one was this week. I hope you’ll visit the Create with Connie & Mary blog and try to play along. I will when I can fit it in.
So on to my card for today. Last night was my Stamper’s Club meeting – we normally make three projects – 2 cards and a 3D. This was one of the cards we made – it looks so much harder than it is. The card was designed by my friend and upline Wendy and uses several products from the Stampin’ Up! Summer Mini catalog.
It has a masculine look to but also looks elegant and vintage at the same time. So i think you could use for a variety of things – Father’s Day, Anniversary, etc.
The card base is Basic Black – which is a little hard to see in the photo because it kind of disappears into the background.
Then you need two Whisper White pieces – one for the front and one for the inside so you have a place to write. So here is a fun technique that you can do with the Smooch Spritz . Use a plastic project folder like you use for a school report – spritz inside the folder – Silver Foil – you could also add the gold if you want. Close up the folder and smoosh the spritz around a bit. Open it up and lay the two pieces of white card stock back to back inside the folder. Close it again and smoosh the spritz on to the card stock. Take the card stock out and you have the marbleized looking pieces. Each person will get a different looking piece.
Then add the Decor Elements stencil to the front – the stencil is called Mostly Vintage and it is in the Summer Mini. Use a Stamping Sponge and Jet Black StazOn ink and add the stencil to the front of the card. Remember to pounce the sponge and don’t rub or you will bend the little pieces of the stencil.
To finish add one of the little vintage tags that are in the Summer Mini. I hope you like it.
This picture doesn’t show the sparkle on the butterfly very well. Let me tell you how I did it and then I’ll show you a close up of the butterfly so you can see the sparkle. A piece of Vellum Paper is punched with the Butterfly punch and also a piece of the Daffodil Delight card stock. Then take a Stampin’ Sponge (I cut mine into 1/8s) – spray a little bit of water on it – then dab the Smooch Pearlized Top Coat on the sponge.
Now dab the sponge on the vellum butterfly – it will curl up a bit and then flatten out as it dries. Layer the vellum butterfly on the Daddofil Butterfly. Punch hole in the center and add a small paper flower and then a brad.
In the close up you can see the sparkle on the vellum.
I called it a window card or peek-a-boo card because the inside peeks through to the front. It is similar to one of the swap cards that I made for convention but this one is just smaller. To begin with you need to punch the scallop edge on the card front. Then you can punch the circle into the front using the 1-3/4″ circle punch.
Then for the inside I punched a circle from Whisper White card stock using the 2-1/2″ circle punch and stamped on it using the Love & Care stamp set from the Summer Mini Catalog. On the front of the card use a white Gel pen to add the doodles around the circle.
There is also a strip of So Saffron card stock on the inside that shows off behind the scalloped front. To finish I added a jewelry tag punch stamped with Hello and added with the White Baker’s Twine to the side of the card.
