March Scrapbook Club Layout

This month for Scrapbook Club, I wanted to use the Springtime Vintage suite, so I CASEd the cute layout in the Occasions Mini Catalgue.

The Springtime Vintage designer series paper has become one of my favourites!  I really hope it makes it into the new 2011-2012 Idea Book & Catalogue.  This layout includes Not Quite Navy and Very Vanilla cardstock accents on a base of River Rock.  I also used the paper daisies, Vintage Flower adornments and some Crumb Cake and Rose Red seam binding. 

Sew Suite Flower Card

This is a card I prepped for our WeCanStamp group meeting.  Every two months, our group leader, Christy Harsch, hosts a meeting for all the Stampin' Up! demonstrators in her downline.  I'm on the make & take committee, so I get to help come up with cards and prepare them for the ladies to make.  This month, I cut paper to make 200 cards!

The card is CASEd from one that was apparently shown at Leadership this year (I wasn't there, but my friend, Donna Wizniuk, brought back photos!).

It is a departure from my usual style, but I like the bright colours.  Here are the steps to make the card:

Fold the Daffodil Delight card so the shorter part is the front of your card.  Adhere the Sweet Stitches Designer Series Paper strip to the inside right part of your card.

     Adhere the Wild Wasabi stem right against the right edge of the card front.  Punch a “leaf” out of Wild Wasabi textured paper using either the wing of the Two-Step Bird punch or the leaf of the Blossom Petals punch.  Glue this to the left of your stem.

To make the flower: 

-  Place sticky strip around the outside edge of the 1-inch circle you have in your cello bag (the circle should match your pompom trim).

-  Poke a hole through the center of the 1-inch circle with the paper piercer. 

-  Remove the sticky strip backing and put your fabric designer brad through the hole you punched.

-  Wrap your pompom trim around the fabric brad, pressing it into the sticky strip and tucking it into the bottom of the brad.

-  Punch a large scallop circle out of Melon Mambo textured cardstock. 

-  Adhere the pompom/fabric brad piece to the center of your Melon Mambo scallop circle “flower”.

Place adhesive on the back of one half of the Melon Mambo flower and adhere it to the top of your stem on the card so that half of the flower is overlapping the designer series paper when you close the card.  Stamp your greeting on the bottom left of the card front in Melon Mambo ink.

Thanks for reading!

Blessings to you,

Watery Image Stamping

I thought this was a cool technique: water image stamping!  I know I saw this on someone's blog and CASEd the card, but I'm afraid I can't remember where I saw it.  (If you know, please leave me a comment and I'll credit the person!)

All you do for this one is stamp your image first on neutral cardstock.  Then stamp it again on a window sheet or the smooth side of the Stamp-a-Ma-Jig clear sheet.  Cover the image you stamped on the neutral cardstock and press the window sheet onto the other side of the cardstock.

Keep the first image covered while you sponge ink over the mirror image, darker at the middle line of the paper, to look like water.

Here are the supplies I used:
Stamps: Thanks for Caring, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Ink: Bravo Burgundy, Always Artichoke, Marina Mist
Cardstock: Bravo Burgundy, Very Vanilla, Always Artichoke
Accessories: Word Window punch, Stampin' Dimensionals

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Blessings to you,

Fun With My Fun Flowers Die!

I haven't bought a lot of dies for my Big Shot.  I have tons of embossing folders, sizzlits, embosslits, etc., but I'm a bit frugal when it comes to spending a lot of money for a die.  But I did fall in love with the Fun Flowers die when I saw it in the mini catalogue!

I decided that I want to make quick, easy thank you cards to put in with my customers' orders.  And this die is perfect for that!  I can make 16 flowers with eight sheets of cardstock (I used Perfect Plum, Marina Mist, Wild Wasabi and Rose Red).  The card base is So Saffron, embossed with the Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder.  I put the flowers together with Brights glimmer brads (I would have used Subtles, but I don't have those yet!).  It took me about 20 minutes to make all these cards!

I can't wait to make more fun cards with this die.  And I think it will be perfect for some spring scrapbook layouts...

Thanks for stopping by!

Blessings to you,

Ribbon Share Update

I have a few spots left in some Ribbon Shares, so let me know if you're interested!  (See my earlier post for more information)  Sign up for as many as you want!  I’ll order the ribbon for each share once I have all the spots filled.  Just email me or leave me a comment to sign up.  (Prices are in Canadian dollars, and you'll need to pay for shipping if you're not in my area.)
 

Spring Ribbon Share

All ribbon comes pre-cut and neatly rolled in clear, labeled Ziploc bags.

½” Seam Binding  - $15 (3 more people)

Get 2 yards (about 1.8 metres) each of 7 colours of ½” seam binding (Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler, Always Artichoke, Baja Breeze, Crumb Cake, Pear Pizzazz, Rose Red)

5/8” Satin Ribbon - $35 (5 more people)

Get 2 ½ yards (2 metres) each of 13 colours of satin ribbon (Whisper White, Very Vanilla, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, Pretty in Pink, Real Red, Rich Razzleberry, Night of Navy, Marina Mist, Certainly Celery, Old Olive, Early Espresso, Basic Black).

Special Ribbon - $10 Filled

·        Whisper White Organza Ribbon (3 yards)

·        Victoria Crochet Trim (1 yard)

·        Chantilly Crochet Trim (1 yard)

·        Very Vanilla 3/8” Taffeta (2 yards)

1/8” Taffeta Ribbon - $25 (1 more person)

Get 2 yards (about 1.8 metres) each of 13 colours of 1/8” taffeta ribbon (Whisper White, Very Vanilla, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, Pretty in Pink, Real Red, Rich Razzleberry, Night of Navy, Marina Mist, Certainly Celery, Old Olive, Early Espresso, Basic Black).

In Color ½” Stitched-Poly Ribbon - $12 Filled

Get 2 ½ yards (2 metres) each of the 5 In Colors Stitched-Poly ribbon (Blushing Bride, Peach Parfait, Poppy Parade, Concord Crush, Pear Pizzazz).

February Scrapbook Club Layout

I just realized that I forgot to post the layout we did at my last Scrapbook Club meeting!

We did a cute baby layout, with my club ladies having the choice of Pretty in Pink or Bashful Blue.  The boy layout had Marina Mist accents and the girl layout had Blushing Bride accents.  I used the adorable Baby Bundle stamp set and Baby tees jumbo wheel for this one.  And of course, Bitty Buttons and Subtles brads with satin ribbon to make cute baby accents!

Blessings to you,

We Have A Winner!

My 50 For 50 board filled up this week, and random.org chose number 16!  Our winner this time is Celeste M.  Congratulations on winning a $50 gift certificate from me!

 

Remember that for every $50 you order from me at one time (before tax & shipping), you get to choose a square on the 50 For 50 board.  When the board fills up, I use random.org to choose a number, and whoever has that number wins a $50 gift certificate!  Online orders count as well.

A new round starts now, and the board is already filling up!  Since it's Sale-A-Bration right now, every $60 order gets you a free SAB item AND a spot on the 50 For 50 board AND an entry into my SUPER Sale-A-Bration draw for over $150 in Stampin' Up! products!

Blessings to you,

Spring Ribbon Share!

I don’t know about you, but when I start making Spring cards, I get very excited about putting all kinds of pretty ribbon on them!  It just goes so nicely with the floral stamps and pretty spring paper.  So I thought it was time once again to do a ribbon share so we can all have lots of colours of ribbon without paying for the entire rolls.  Sign up for as many as you want!  I’ll order the ribbon for each share once I have all the spots filled.  Just email me or leave me a comment to sign up.  (Prices are in Canadian dollars, and you'll need to pay for shipping if you're not in my area.)

Spring Ribbon Share

All ribbon comes pre-cut and neatly rolled in clear, labeled Ziploc bags.

½” Seam Binding  - $15 (4 more people)

Get 2 yards (about 1.8 metres) each of 7 colours of ½” seam binding (Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler, Always Artichoke, Baja Breeze, Crumb Cake, Pear Pizzazz, Rose Red)

5/8” Satin Ribbon - $35 (5 more people)

Get 2 ½ yards (2 metres) each of 13 colours of satin ribbon (Whisper White, Very Vanilla, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, Pretty in Pink, Real Red, Rich Razzleberry, Night of Navy, Marina Mist, Certainly Celery, Old Olive, Early Espresso, Basic Black).

Special Ribbon - $10 (4 more people)

·        Whisper White Organza Ribbon (3 yards)

·        Victoria Crochet Trim (1 yard)

·        Chantilly Crochet Trim (1 yard)

·        Very Vanilla 3/8” Taffeta (2 yards)

1/8” Taffeta Ribbon - $25 (2 more people)

Get 2 yards (about 1.8 metres) each of 13 colours of 1/8” taffeta ribbon (Whisper White, Very Vanilla, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, Pretty in Pink, Real Red, Rich Razzleberry, Night of Navy, Marina Mist, Certainly Celery, Old Olive, Early Espresso, Basic Black).

In Color ½” Stitched-Poly Ribbon - $12 (2 more people)

Get 2 ½ yards (2 metres) each of the 5 In Colors Stitched-Poly ribbon (Blushing Bride, Peach Parfait, Poppy Parade, Concord Crush, Pear Pizzazz).

March Stamp Club Cards

I've got Spring Fever!  Even though it's still cold and snowy here, I've been itching to get out my spring stamps and colours and make some floral cards.  So we're having a spring theme this month!

I've been wanting to make a clear envelope brag book with this group for awhile, and I love the way the Springtime Vintage designer series paper looks for a little memory book.  I used the Baja Breeze dsp, cardstock and seam binding for this card, along with the Baby Blossoms and Define Your Life stamp sets.

This next card uses a cool technique I learned at one of my upline, Winona's, meetings.  I used my embosslits die to cut out the flower in Melon Mambo and Daffodil Delight, then cut window sheets with the embosslits as well.  I attached a window sheet flower over each coloured flower with a Brights brad.  It makes a really fun, bright flower!  I finished off the card with some of the Sale-A-Bration Ice Cream Parlor designer series paper, some Polka Dot embossed Whisper White cardstock and Old Olive 5/8" grosgrain ribbon, all layered on an Old Olive card.  The sentiment is from the Sale-A-Bration set So Happy For You, stamped in Old Olive as well.

I also thought it would be fun to make a waterfall card, and this one is a simple kid's birthday card.  I used a couple of stamp sets: Look Who's Turning and Animal Stories.  I used some fun kids colours from the Subtles colour collection: Perfect Plum, Marina Mist, So Saffron, Wild Wasabi and Rose Red.  For the card and designer series paper (from the Subtles Paper Stack), my club will have a choice of colours from the five listed above.  I also added some Subtles brads to hold the slider part in place.

Should be lots of fun!

Blessings to you,