Happy Moments

March 10, 2010 By Connie | 1 Comment

Pam Downs made a square card for the Control Freaks swap that I loved. I wanted to recreate it into a regular sized card. I used many of the same elements, but reduced them in size. I also added the Tiny Tags embellishment.

The base of the card is made from Melon Mambo cardstock. I layered on Old Olive and pierced around the top edges. I added the stripe and hearts from Welcome Home Designer Paper to the bottom. I wrapped the Melon Mambo Polka Dot Ribbon around the top of the Designer Paper to hide the seam there.

For the focal piece, I used my Scallop Trim Border Punch on a piece of Melon Mambo cardstock. In the center I added a piece of Pretty in Pink cardstock. I stamped on one of the Kisses Love Notes with Basic Brown ink and the floral image from Stampin' Up!'s Happy Thoughts stamp set. Then I stamped again on a scrap piece of Whisper White, cut out the buds and adhered them to the top of the flowers with Stampin' Dimensionals. I watercolored them with my Old Olive, Melon Mambo and Pretty in Pink Stampin' Write Markers and the AquaPainter.

Finally, I stamped 4 You from Tiny Tags stamp set in Chocolate Chip on Whisper White, punched it with my Jewelry Tag punch and overstamped with the floral pattern in Tiny Tags with Pretty in Pink. I pierced a hole and thread thru the Linen Thread and tied it to one of the scallops from the Border Trim.

I made up several of these for birthday cards over the next few weeks! Enjoy!

Bloggers Challenge – Happy Moments

March 5, 2010 By Connie | 13 Comments

Today is Friday and time for Bloggers' Challenge! This week's challenge was to use the color Green and a neutral! Wow! I had a tough time finding a stamp that I could just color in greens. Now…I'm sure all the fabulous ladies will find lots of ways to use the color green!

My card started with a base of Garden Green cardstock. I layered on the green print from Kaleidoscope (I know…I'm hooked on this paper!) I did the scallop rectangle with both the Scallop Corner Trim Punch and Scallop Border Trim Punch from Confetti White cardstock. Then I layered Garden Green and Certainly Celery in the center. I stamped the gifts from Stampin' Up!'s free Sale-A-Bration set, Happy Moments, in Basic Black on Confetti White and watercolored it with my Stampin' Write Markers and AquaPainter. Finally, I added the White Satin Ribbon in the background and added a pretty Satin White bow on the front!

Hope you have a great weekend! While you are reading this, I'm at a long weekend stamping retreat! I'm SURE I'm having fun!

Bloggers’ Challenge – Bags or Boxes

February 26, 2010 By Connie | 20 Comments

This week's Friday Bloggers' Challenge is the theme of boxes or bags! That worked out well for me, because this is the bag that my Stamp Club members made last night. I saw a card someone had made that was similar, and I thought it would be cute turned into a bag for a small gift. I love being able to papercraft a bag that matches a card that I'm giving the recipient!

I found these smaller white paper bags at a local paper store in Ohio and trimmed down the top a little. I used Rose Red cardstock on the front and back. I added a layer of the Chocolate Polka Dot from Sweet Pea Designer Paper on the front and punched the Wide Oval Punch at the top (actually, you do need to punch each layer separately). I added a strip of Rose Red cardstock I punched with the Scallop Trim Border Punch (a FREE option with Sale-A-Bration) and wrapped some of the yummy Chocolate Satin Ribbon around it before I placed it on the front.

I stamped the gifts image from Happy Moments stamp set (FREE with Sale-A-bration order!) on Whisper White with Basic Brown ink, then used my Stampin' Write Markers in Rose Red, Pretty in Pink and Chocolate Chip along with my AquaPainter to watercolor. It was layered on Pretty in Pink. Finally, I added the Sweet Pea Stitched flower and leaves to the front with Glue Dots.

I hope you have a wonderful weekend! I need to start thinking about what I'm taking to the stamping retreat next weekend. Well, besides the Bridal Shower invites and Wedding Invitations I need to make!

Happy Moments

January 27, 2010 By Connie | Leave a Comment

I made this card for a small swap I was in at the end of December. I love using the Scallop Square die for the base of my card! In this case, it is a cardfront, so I only used one layer of the Scallop Square.

I started with a base of Old Olive cardstock and ran it thru the Big Shot with the Scallop Square die. I stamped the tree limb image from Cheep Talk on a square of So Saffron Patterns Designer Paper, then stamped the bird cage from Stampin' Up!'s Happy Moments Sale-A-Bration set in Chocolate Chip as if it were hanging on the limb. I added a small Gold Mini Brad as a hanger. Then I stamped Love You Much from Well Scripted in Chocolate Chip in the bottom right corner. This piece was layered onto Chocolate Chip cardstock.

I cut a piece of Very Vanilla and used the Scallop Trim Border Punch (another Sale-A-Bration option!) along the right side. I used my Paper Piercing Tool to punch holes along each of the scallops. I wrapped some Kraft Taffeta Ribbon around the left side and adhered it to my base card. That bird cage is my favorite stamp in that set!

I hope you have a wonderful day. I'm starting to see areas of my floor in my studio again. Need to get it mostly picked up today so I can get ready for tomorrow's Stamp Club members!

Only a few spots remain in my 5/8 Satin Ribbon Shares and then it will close! Click here for more information.

Stamping 411 – Happy Moments

January 15, 2010 By Connie | 5 Comments

As you can see, I've done some MAJOR rennovations on my Blog! Thanks to Michelle Laycock for the awesome new Blog Layout! Leave me a comment and let me know what you think!

Time for this week's Stamping 411 sketch challenge! On my card, I used two of the new Stampin' Up! Sale-A-Bration sets, Happy Moments and Vintage Labels. I really like BOTH of these…well, truly, I like ALL the Sale-A-Bration selections this year!

For my card, I started with a base of Almost Amethyst and layered on the floral paper from Tea Party. Then I cut a diagonal piece of the stripe pattern and placed that over the floral (that way I didn't have to worry about seams matching up!)

I stamped the birdcage in Basic Brown on Whisper White and layered it on Almost Amethyst. I added a couple of the Little Leave Sizzlets diecuts in Certainly Celery. The top of the birdcage has a gold mini brad.

I stamped the Vintage Label in Basic Brown and Happy Birthday in Certainly Celery, then punched it with the Curly Label punch. It was placed over the 5/8 Certainly Celery Satin Ribbon…yummy!

This card came together pretty easy with the sketch. I hope you check out the rest of the Operators on Stamping 411 this week and make up a card and play along!

CPS 148 – Happy Moments SAB

January 3, 2010 By Connie | 6 Comments

Here's a sneak peek of a Stampin' Up! Sale-A-Bration set, Happy Moments, coming out on TUESDAY, January 5! It has some FUN images in it…my favorite is the birdcage. However, the Birthday Cake filled my requirement today. I wanted to do the sketch from Card Positioning Systems.

I liked that the birthday cake had a couple rows of flowers that look just like the Sizzlet Strip Die, Flowers. I took my colors from the YUMMY Stampin' Up! Designer Paper, Sweet Pea, that is in the Occasions Mini, too! LOVE the patterns in that Designer Pack!

I started with a base card of Rose Red and layered on the Sweet Pea Designer Paper, layered onto Old Olive cardstock. I added the strip of Pretty in Pink cardstock across the front, and then used my Flowers Strip Die to cut Rose Red Flowers to layer on top. In the larger flowers, I added Latte Designer Buttons and in the small ones, I punched circles from the Crop-A-Dile from So Saffron, then used some Tombow Glue and Dazzling Diamonds to make them sparkle.

My focal element, I stamped the Birthday Cake from Happy Moments in Basic Brown, then watercolored with my Stampin' Write Markers in Rose Red, Sahara Sand, Chocolate Chip and So Saffron to match the paper. The flower center and candles I used a little Tombow Glue and Dazzling Diamonds. I layered the Whisper White on Old Olive, then Chocolate Chip cardstock and popped it up with Stampin' Dimensionals!

I think it is a FUN card and I loved the sketch! Will be playing with that one some more on another day!

Hope you have a wonderful week! I'll be BUSY packing for Leadership. WOOHOO!

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