This week’s Blogger’s Challenge was to create a Patriotic card or Baby card. I chose to combine the Patriotic card with my need for a birthday card this weekend!
My Stamp Camp group last weekend sort of issued a challenge on what I would do with all the frames I had left from making purses with the Top Note Die. Luckily some were Bali Breeze, so I pulled one out. Western Sky (now retired) was always my go-to designer paper for Patriotic cards, so I pulled out a scrap of it and backed the Top Note Frame. The base card is Riding Hood Red. I was very pleased on how well Bali Breeze and Riding Hood Red went together with the Western Sky!
I stamped Outlined for Fun in Basic Black on Whisper White, then colored with my Ruby Red marker and Bali Breeze ink (with Blender Pen). Punched a lot of Riding Hood Red and Bali Breeze stars and applied them around the Happy Birthday center.
Nothing fancy, but I like how it turned out!
I’m off to check out the rest of the Blogger’s this week! Enjoy the weekend…
I’m back from my trip! Had a fun time with my friends and teaching a couple stamping classes! Time always goes by SO fast while I’m there. It is tiring, but I’m always happy to see everyone.
This card was the one that I did for my Control Freaks Swapping group. I think it is safe to share it now…everyone should have received their package of swaps. They ALL were awesome, like usual! This is a great group of gals. It was fun getting together with them at lunch time during one day at Convention. Several I had met…some were new faces. Love to put faces with names.
Funny story about making this card. I took all the pieces with me when I had to do a 2 hour glucose test at my doctor’s office. While I was waiting for results, I grabbed the table in the waiting room and spread out. I had several people stop by and comment on them…wondering why I was working on Christmas cards in August! I gave my card out to a couple people…would be fun to get a new customer from that experience!
This card uses the new Snowflake #2 die! I used Shimmer paper so it is really sparkly in real life. The base card is Whisper White with a layer of Baja Breeze. I inked up a blank jumbo cartridge with Baja Breeze refill so I could use the Jumbo snowflake wheel in the background. The Window Dressing snowmen I stamped in Basic Black on Whisper White, then watercolored the background with Bashful Blue. I used Really Red markers for the scarves and Only Orange for the nose. They were punched with the 1 3/8 circle punch and layered on Not Quite Navy Scallop Circle. I wrapped the 5/8" Real Red ribbon around the Baja Breeze layer and attached to the base card. I am very happy with how this card turned out!
Tomorrow is the Blogger’s Challenge Friday again! Check back for my post. (Guess I’d better get working on it, huh?)
The first day I received my Big Shot Kit, I noticed that the Scallop Envelope Die looked like Frankenstein’s head at a certain angle! I immediately sat down and made one. I cut the sides of the envelope so it looked more like the bolts coming out of the side of his head and placed some mini brads there, too. Well…that is as far as he got. His head is almost too big for a standard sized card. Last week, I showed him to my upline, Candy, and she thought the verse, "Friend. Good." would be perfect! I agree! So I ended up finishing the card, making it a little longer style. Simple, but cute.
A few days ago the subject of Frankenstein came up on SUDSOL and someone’s husband saw the same thing I did. Too funny how minds think the same. So, here is my version.
His face is made with Green Galore cardstock. I used the large and small ovals for his eyes. I trimmed small slivers of Basic Black cardstock for the mouth and eyebrows. I used 1/4 and 1/2 circles for his pupils and nose. Basic Gray was cut for the bolts on the side of his neck. I hand drew the scars on his face with a Black marker.
I wrapped Basic Gray taffeta around the Whisper White layer and stamped, Friend. Good. from Smarty Pants with Basic Black. I think this will be a fun Halloween card to give someone!
I’m going out of town to do a couple classes over the next couple days. I may or may not get to post tomorrow. If not, I’ll be back on Thursday. Have a great week!
I’ve been busy pulling things together of our Demo Roundup meeting today. Several of us that went to Convention are hosting the meeting for our downline to show what we learned. We will be doing several Make & Takes. I was really happy with how mine turned out. You’ll see it in a couple days…I want to keep it a surprise for the group!
Here is a card we did at my New Catalog Stamp Camp. I think Inspired by Nature is one of the best sets in the new catalog! I was happy we got it free in our Convention bag! I also LOVE the colors in the Hawaii Papaya Designer Paper…especially this check pattern!
I used a variation of the Pencil over Ink technique from February 2005 Technique Junkies Newsletter to do the shading on the flowers…it makes such a BIG difference! And note, the new Curly Label stamp set and punch! I punched two holes towards the top of the label so I could tie the ribbon on top of it. The new In Color Stripe ribbons are awesome, too…they have a great "hand" to them, easy to tie and love that wide size.
Hope you are having a great weekend. I’m excited to see my demo friends today. It is amazing the people that Stampin’ Up! has brought into my life and I’m blessed to know them!
This week’s Blogger’s Challenge was to use the colors of Chocolate Chip, Ruby Red, Old Olive and MORE MUSTARD (oops…I just realized that I forgot to include More Mustard! Yikes!!!) Forgive me! lol! Just pretend that the tag is punched from More Mustard…I’m going to change it now. I’d retake the photo, but I need to leave in a few minutes.
The photo really doesn’t do this card justice. You can’t see the effect of the Vanilla embossed flowers on the cardstock vellum as well as it looks in person. Plus, the vellum in the picture fades out the background designer papers from Bella Rose. It really is striking in person!
Inspired by Nature was one of the awesome sets that I received free for going to Convention. And this is one of the designer papers we were able to preorder, Bella Rose. It is the same paper as the previous post, just different patterns. I think it is one of my favorites this season…because of the colors and the patterns in it!
For this card, I layered 1 5/8 inch strips of designer paper onto Very Vanilla cardstock, leaving an 1/8 gap between the patterns. I stamped the flowers on the cardstock vellum with Very Vanilla Craft ink and embossed with clear embossing powder. I layered the vellum onto the designer paper panel and secured with the Ruby mini brads in the corners. Next I added the 5/8" wide Old Olive grosgrain around that entire panel. I stamped Live with Passion in Chocolate Chip on Very Vanilla (More Mustard) and punched with the Key Tag punch and the slot punch for the ribbon to go through. The tab has a dimensional behind it to hold it iin place.
Really, this was a pretty easy card to put together! Hope you enjoy it! I’m off to check out the other Blogger’s this week!
Hey Barbara…this post is for YOU! lol! She was commenting that I hadn’t posted since yesterday! I’m glad she noticed… As I mentioned yesterday, I have been stamping, just haven’t been able to share anything quite yet!
I saw this cute CD Folder on Patty Bennett’s blog and made them up for my roommates and upline for Convention gifts. Each "page" has plenty of room for photos. I took these photos before I added some titles…like Friends, Swapping, Salt Lake City. I made one for myself, too, but haven’t had time to print off my photos and add them.
I found the hardware online at The Hardware Elf…they are called thumb latches, and this is size small. They are SO cute!
I used a ton of Bella Rose paper and Riding Hood Red and Kiwi Kiss cardstock. The last page shows the 3×3 envelopes…each has a little pull-out piece for even more pictures or journaling! A little time-consuming, but they are fun to make!
Have a great evening…I’ll be watching the Olympics again! These late nights are killing me…lol!
I needed a birthday card for my dad, so I pulled this one out of my stash. Even though it has some retired items on it, I still thought you’d like to see it! I know I always need ideas for masculine cards. Plus, I’m on a mission to use up some of this retired designer paper I have laying around! lol!
I also haven’t used the My Way punch very much, so it seemed a perfect choice to fill that empty space! The DSP is Western Sky, with Real Red, Whisper White and River Rock cardstock (sniff…I miss it!). I used the Sanded in Real Red on the Real Red cardstock. The Dotted Circle is from Think Happy Thoughts and I punched it with the 1-1/4 circle. Then the Large and Small punches from Blue Bayou and Whisper White. A red mini brad in the center. The greeting is from It’s Your Birthday…a retired set now. Really, a pretty simple card!
I have several things I’m in the middle of working on right now for swaps and design calls…except I can’t show you yet! Our demo Round Up meeting is this weekend, so I’m trying to prepare things for that, too. I’ll be able to share those with you next week!
Have a good weekend…I’ve been up late watching the Olympics (what is it with the judges for the Gymnastics! USA has been RIPPED off TWICE now!)
Woohoo! Saturday was a GREAT mail day! I received a new publication magazine called Just Invitations (by Just Cards and Scott Publications) with a card of mine published inside! I wasn’t aware that they would be using it the Summer Vol 1 issue! I don’t think I’m breaking any rules by posting it here. I loved it when I made it for a challenge with Mary and Lisa and decided to mail it on to Just Cards for possible publication!
It was just luck that they were publishing Just Invitations and my card matched!
I used the Summer Picnic designer paper and All in the Family stamp set. Stampin’ Up!’s onboard is the template to punch the circles out of the DSP, then I stamped the heads and party hats with Basic Black on the Whisper White that is layered behind the DSP. You’re Invited is from the Family Phrases stamp set and I stamped it in black on Bashful Blue and cut them out to fit in the circle. The images are colored with markers and the red striped ribbon is just wrapped around the circle and first layer of DSP. Overall size is 4×4.
The SECOND bit of news was that I received notice that I will be getting a check from Craft n Things magazine for the card that is published in this month’s magazine! Double Woohoo! That makes me VERY happy…more $$$ for rubbah or at least pay off my new Big Shot purchase from the last order! lol!
We had a nice time at the birthday party for my niece and nephew…both liked their cards and presents! My youngest son was able to join us, too!
I’m helping to get ready for a downline Round Up from Convention that my upline is hosting. Need to prepare a M&T for everyone and get my displays finished. We always have a FUN time getting together at these events!
This challenge came in handy because we are celebrating my niece and nephew’s birthdays this weekend. They were born one year and one week apart! So what to get pre-teens? Gift cards, of course! So…those will be tucked inside these cards. I hope they don’t feel they are too juvenile…I think this set is so sweet for kids.
I’m trying to use up my previous catalog designer papers, so I pulled out one of my favorites…Jersey Shore. I think the colors in this are so cheery! I also did the Bandanna Technique from the current Technique Junkies Newsletter issue, and used a sketch from SCS (thanks, Nancy for the idea!) Canton…we’ll be doing this technique next week! I used the Flower circle stamp and the star stamp from Wanted to start the Bandanna Technique.
Colors used are previous In-color Wild Wasabi, Pumpkin Pie, Brilliant Blue and Bashful Blue. I used my ink pads and the AquaPainter to color the images. No embellishments except for a mini brad in the space ship. As colorful as the papers were, I didn’t think they needed it.
I’m off to check out the other Bloggers today. Don’t forget to order my August Card Kit…last day is today!
I’m going to have fun playing with my new Big Shot and catalog items today while I get ready for my Stamp Camp tomorrow!
My Stampin’ Up! new catalog order arrived today! Yeah! Due to unforeseen circumstances, I didn’t get to play as much as I wanted to, but I did get to open up all the packages of designer papers I purchased (so much more YUMMY in person!) and set up my new Big Shot! Oh…love it!
For this card I used the Top Note Bigz Die cut from the new Ghostly Greetings designer paper. I folded it over and used it as the "card" on a cardfront base. Since the designer paper is double sided you get more bang for your buck, you can see both sides of it by using the die this way!
I think the skull paper is great…so cute! It matched the skull from Batty for You pretty well! Inside, I stamped Happy Halloween from the All Holidays set and punched it with the Word Window punch. The base of the card is the new Tango Tangerine and color blocked with the skull paper and Whisper White cardstock. The Kiwi Kiss word designer paper is fun, too.
Tomorrow I’ll be getting ready for my New Catalog Stamp Camp this Saturday. We’ll be doing several fun things!
I am a stay-at-home wife with two grown boys. Several years ago, I decided I needed something fun in my life after quitting my corporate job of 22 years. I attended a Stampin' Up! workshop, came home with three cards and anxiously waited for my order to arrive. I signed up to sell a couple months later, and just had my six year Stampin' Up! anniversary in May! I love being part of something that sparks my creativity and hear people comment, "you MADE this?" I also enjoy sharing that passion with others in my classes!
