Stamps, Paper, and Ink

Spice Cake Thankful Banner

Good morning!

One of the best perks about being a Stampin' Up! demonstrator is getting to buy porducts at great discounts! When I received my Spice Cake Bundle of Designer Paper, the Big Buttons, and fabric to match I was determined to design a project that used all three.

I did it with the help of the Perfect Pennant Die. Lookie!

One way to see the details is to come to the class I'm having on this next Monday if you live in the area of Fayetteville, NC.

The letters H, N, and F are decorated with die cut leaves. I did use the fabric on a rolled flower on the U, and tied a strp of fabric into the button on the T.

These are so much fun to make I couldn't stop at just one. Here's a wedding banner!

  

  I made this in about an hour! At each end is a doily from the Flirtatious Specialty paper. The sentiments stamped are "Happy I do day!"  and  "Happiness Always."

If you have this die, I want to encourage you to try a banner or two. If you don't have the Perfect Pennant die, contact me to order yours!

I only wish there was a better way for me to photgraph them. I've been editing and fiddling with re-edits until my eyes are crossed. Hope you can catch the idea. I'd love to hear from you about how you like my projects today.

All supplies by Stampin' Up!

 

So Cute for a Little One

Yesterday I checked out the CASE Study Challenge where the muse for the month is fellow Dirty Girl, Julie Lacey. I LOVE her work and wanted to play along this week and make a card inspired by this gorgeous one of hers.

 

I took inspiration for my card from Julie's bold elements - images and sentiment text, and vivid colors. She combined a great mix of patterns and subtle backgrounds, and used a beautiful ribbon treatment. I did manage to get in polka dots too!

I also fit this card into the Color Combinations Challenge at SCS, and the lovely sketch by Anne Marie of The Paper Players. Whew!  I rarely try even two challenges together, but today I was on a roll and enjoyed multi-tasking.

I think now you'd like to see my card!

Each element in the oval was stamped and cut out separately to make the little scene. Oh, except for the cluster of things on the wall - I stamped on white, cut them out as one, and colored them in using markers. The set is called Little Additions, and I love the creative options it offers.

Thanks so much for joining me today. May the rest of your day include much crafting fun!

  All supplies by Stampin' Up!

Stamps: Little Additions, Empire Alphabet Lower

Paper: Domestic Goddess and Letters to Santa DSP, Pool Party, Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White

Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso, Basic Brown, Pool Party

Accessories: White Taffeta ribbon, Pool Party Ruffled Ribbon, In Color Brads, markers, Dotted Scallop Ribbon Punch

 

Kindness Matters

Welcome to my blog.

I needed a day to rest and catch up after our busy weekend, so I was quite happy this morning to check out the sketch at Mojo Monday and find some time to make a card today. Although I am feeling rather un-MOJO-ish due to being under the weather with a chest cold and cough. Wanting nothing more than to wrap myself up in a quilt in front of the TV and doze, instead I holed up in the craft room while all the carpets in the house and the furniture in the living room were steam cleaned.

I think the need for something soft and comforting carried over into the style of my card too. What do you think?

The sweet and subtle colors of the Beau Chateau designer paper are so feminine, especially when paired with lace, taffeta ribbon and pearls! I added lots of distressed edges and sponging to the die cut oval for vintage appeal. The pink pattern and polka dots are opposite sides of our double-sided paper, which made it very easy to work with the sketch by cutting one piece to size and then flipping the remaining pieces for the other side.

While I'm writing, the smell of homemade chicken soup that our daughter has made for dinner is wafting up the stairs. I may be regaining my appetite soon. Off to check it out but I'll be back tomorrow!

 

 

  All supplies by Stampin' Up!

Stamps:  Kindness Matters

Paper:  Beau Chatueau DSP, Confetti Cream, Pink Pirouette, Crumb Cake, Rose Red

Ink:  Soft Suede

Accessories:  Crumb Cake Taffeta Seam Binding, Antique Brads, Basic Pearls, Designer Frames Embossing Folder

with LOVE

Just a quick post today of a shabby card I made recently on a creative blitz using the Pocketful of Posies Designer Series Paper. The patterns on the paper are on different ends of the specturm. Most are quite bold, but I enjoyed using the subtle patterns today and making a bold statement with color instead and the denim ribbon trim.

A brief post for today is how it must be this time. I'm off to get some sleep.  Do you know I have a BIG weekend planned because our son is getting married!!!! Just thought I'd shout the very happy news.

 

Stocking Builder Punch again!

Here's another idea for using the Stocking Builder punch for a non-Christmas card. How about these sweet baby booties?

I took the layout for this tall card right out of the Holiday Mini, but changed the Christmas stocking to baby booties with just a snip!  I cut the tops of the punched booties and added glittered ruffles using the Dotted Scallop Ribbon punch and voila!  An easy card to weclome baby. Hope you like it!

The doily comes with the Flirtacious Specialty Designer Series Paper which includes 2 sheets of doiles in various sizes and the lovely patterns you see on my card. I think the floral pattern on the bootie really resembles something warm, soft and woven, don't you? You may check this great paper out at my online store HERE.

This card measures 3" x 6" and fits in the small open ended envelopes for mailing.

Have a great day!

 

  All supplies by Stampin' Up!

Stamps:  Petite Pairs

Paper:  Flirtacious Specialty Designer Series, Pretty in Pink, Wisteria Wonder, Whisper White

Ink:  Wisteria Wonder

Accessories:  Stocking Builder Punch, Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch, oval punches, Designer Button

Hip Hooray, It's a Special Day!

I'm getting ready to host my stamping club tonight and that makes it a very very special day.

I've had a blast making projects for them featuring the Stocking Builder Punch for Christmas. ( I may be sharing those later this week.) Today's card is a sample showing just one of the very fun "out of the box" ideas for using this punch. The hobby horse. Not my original idea, but of course I had to make my own take on it with today's design.

I used Baker's Twine which I wound around the barrel of a pen to make loops, then slid those off and adhered them with Sticky Strip to form the mane. The ear comes from the part of the stocking punch that would form the heel, it's the perfect size!

I love the Frostwood Lodge DSP and think it works wonderfully here for a birthday card combined with Crumb Cake. The stick is a Bamboo Skewer that I cut off and secured with Sticky Strip. I added a scalloped ruffle to the horse and popped up the head with double-stacked dimensionals.

Could you just imagine the smiles and delight of a little son, grandson or nephew when he opens this card? You can order supplies to make this card for your special little someone, contact me today and I'll get you clip-clopping in no time.

 

  All supplies by Stampin' Up!

Stamps:  Happiest Birthday Wishes

Paper:  Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Frostwood Lodge Designer Series Paper, Basic Black for eye, Garden Green

Ink:  Chocolate Chip

Accessories:  Baker's Twine, Stocking Builder and Decorative Label punches, Neutral Brads, 1-3/4" Circle and Scalloped Border punches, Buttons (Neutrals), Top Note Die

 

It's Time for Friday Flashback!

 Welcome to Friday Flashback! where I share a stamp set or accessory that deserves to be in the spotlight even though it often gets overlooked or has retired. I began this feature to encourage myself and all of us to dust off those horded supplies and give them a new look!

I know it's been quite awhile since I posted a Friday Flashback for you, and there's ONE big reason why I haven't - NEW stamps! I find I hardly have time to use them enough. But I had fun pulling out the Trendy Trees set for today's whimsical card.

How about trees using Peach Parfait and Poppy Parade?

There's a bit of a story behind this card. I was enjoying pulling out the colors (the combo was for the color challenge at Splitcoaststampers.)  I was beginning to make a card with butterflies when my daughter just casually remarked that I always use butterflies!

Determined to use something ELSE, I chose this set. Just so you don't think I could visualize Poppy and peach trees right off the bat!  Oh no, I stumbled into them. <g> But it's fun when that happens!

I stamped the dotted border from the Borderlines set and tore the edges to create a little scene. The card base was embossed and then I rubbed the white craft pad in places to add texture and a hint of clouds.

Hope you've enjoyed this little vignette and that you'll be inspired to pull out an old favorite and ink it up. Won't you take a moment and let me know what you think of today's card?

 

  All supplies by Stampin' Up!

Stamps: Trendy Trees, Borderlines

Paper: Pool Party, Whisper White, In Color Designer Packs, Certainly Celery, Poppy Parade, Pear Pizazz

Ink: Poppy Parade, Peach Parfait, Soft Suede, Pear Pizazz

Accessories: Ruffled Ribbon, In Color Brads, Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border punch

Perfectly Penned Wish

Good morning! And it's early - I am sitting here wide awake at 2:24 AM. After two hours of staring at the ceiling and NOT sleeping I decided to get up and do something for a little while, so how about a post? This is followed by a disclaimer that anything I say may be prone to be a wee bit punchy. I may even have to laugh at my own jokes since everyone is asleep! (Ahh, what a blissful thought. Elusive sleep.) Has this ever happened to you?

I know you're here for the card, here it is!

These delicate colors were hard to photograph, but they are so pretty IRL. I stamped the flower and embossed it in white on Pretty in Pink card stock, then snipped it and popped it on a dimensional. The flourish background and the sentiment (from the Perfectly Penned set) were also embossed. Coloring with a Crumb Cake marker added some definition to the flourishes. I inked the sides of the panel with the white craft inkpad.

The Creative Elements set is one I'm going to use again and again! I love it's versatility and classic elegance.

I'm off to try to dream of a sparkling new morning.....

 

  All supplies by Stampin' Up!

Stamps:  Creative Elements, Perfectly Penned

Paper:  Crumb Cake, Pretty in Pink, Pool Party

Ink:  White craft ink

Accessories:  Beautiful Wings Embosslit, White Embossing powder, Satin Ribbon, Stampin' Write markers

It's Raining Flowers!

It's a new week and I am posting kind of late this morning - so I'll keep this short!

When I saw the great sketch Karen has this week at the Sweetest Sunday Sketch Challenge, I decided right away to pull out the never-inked-yet-set called Raining Flowers that we received at convention. It has 13 stamps for two step stamping of gorgeous flowers and leaves that are textured.

I snipped and popped up both flowers and stamped the leaves behind them with the image from the Best Friends Forever set. Doesn't this regal color combo from the challenge at The Paper Players make an elegant wedding card?

The elegance of pearls adorns the punched scalloped trim, and I used glitter brads for a bit more bling.

I love the Petite Pairs stamp set! It has sentiments in twos that you can use as suggested or mix up to make your own combinations. The inside sentiment reads, "Best Wishes."

And that ends my post for today. See you tomorrow!

 

  All supplies by Stampin' Up!

Stamps:  Raining Flowers, Best Freinds Forever, Petite Pairs

Paper:  Rich Razzleberry, Basic Gray, Whisper White, Brights Patterns Designer Series Paper Stack

Ink:  Basic Gray, Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive

Accessories:  Basic Pearls, Glitter Brads, Basic Gray Taffeta ribbon, Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch, Square Lattice Embossing Folder

 

 

 

His and Hers for Christmas

The Stocking Builder punch has been sitting on my work table for about a month now, just waiting for me to pick it up!

Well, I did it! How about His 'n Hers stockings?

   
I love the way this punch cuts out not only the stocking but the top of the stocking and the heel and toe so that you can come up with cute or elegant variations. For "His" I used the bold glitter stripes pattern of the Holly Berry Bouquet Specialty paper, adding mini jingle bells and a button tied up with a Baker's Twine bow.

"Hers" is a dainty floral pattern decked out with pearls! I used Wild Wasabi card stock embossed with the Snow Burst folder for the circle. Layering red satin ribbon and Very Vanilla Velvet Stitched ribbon adds texture and a touch of vintage.

Wouldn't you love to create some personalized stockings for your cards and Christmas tags this year? Contact me today to find out more ideas and order your supplies.

This card was created using another great sketch by Karen at the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge.

Did you notice that the only stamping done was the sentiments?

  All supplies by Stampin' Up! unless noted *

Stamps:  A Word for You, Petite Pairs

Paper:  Holly Berry Bouquet Specialty Paper, Real Red, Very Vanilla, Wild Wasabi

Ink:  Chocolate Chip

Accessories:  Mini Jingle Bells, Brights Designer Buttons, Baker's Twine, Satin and Velvet Stitched ribbons, Stocking Builder and Scallop Border punches, Nestablilties*