Gingham Garden Swap Card

This is a card I  made for a new catalogue swap I participated in. I am loving the new Gingham Garden product suite!

This card features the Chalk Talk stamp set (stamped in Island Indigo ink) and coordinating framelits dies.  I also used the Gingham Garden designer series paper and washi tape.  The coordinating cardstock is Old Olive and Strawberry Slush (my favourite new In Color!).  I embossed the Whisper White piece with the Chevron embossing folder.

I added a clay flower that I made with our new Simply Pressed Clay and Buttons & Blossoms Clay Molds as an embellishment. I love that we can now create our own embellishments and make them any colour we want!  I spritzed it with Rose Red reinker mixed with rubbing alcohol in a Spritzer tool.  (I don't have the Strawberry Slush reinker yet, so I used Rose Red, and it coordinates nicely.)  The Chalk Talk tag is placed on the card using dimensionals.  The clay flower

I  made 25 of these babies and received 25 amazingly gorgeous cards in return.  I'll post some of my favourites from this swap in the coming weeks.

Blessings to you,

Marvelous Sale-A-Bration!

I finally found my camera cord so I could upload photos onto my computer!  I had a bunch of cards made and photos taken, but I couldn't do anything with them for about a week.  But I finally got around to cleaning my house after Christmas, and the cord turned up! 

This is a card I made for a swap I participated in this past weekend.

I was inspired by this card by Deena Boos.  I used the new Sale-A-Bration designer series paper that will be available January 22.  Isn't it gorgeous?  The stamp set is Bloomin' Marvelous, another Sale-a-Bration item, stamped in Rich Razzleberry, Island Indigo and Lucky Limeade to match the paper.  The Island Indigo flowers and hte leaves are stamped right on the Whisper White cardstock piece, but the Razzleberry flower is stamped on a scrap of white, cut out and attached with a dimensional. 

The ribbon is Island Indigo Ruffled ribbon.  I wrapped a little piece around the bottom part of the card where the designer paper is, and another little piece around the top of the stamped piece.  Then I tied a bow out of the ribbon and attached it with a mini glue dot, so it is a separate piece from the other ribbons (if that makes sense!).  A rhinestone jewel in the center of each flower finishes off the card.

I LOVE the new spring-y colours that are starting now after months of Christmas reds and greens!  You can earn these Sale-A-Bration products (and many more)! for FREE from January 22 - March 22 when you host a workshop and with each $60 you  purchase.  I'll have more details to come next week, but start thinking about hosting a workshop and what you'd like to order to start getting free stuff!

Blessings,

Evergreen Glimmer

I love the new Evergreen stamp set in the Holiday catalogue.  I recently saw this card by Heather Cooper, and I fell in love with it, so I had to CASE it.   

The card base is Cherry Cobbler.  I stamped the Woodgrain background on some Very Vanilla cardstock in Soft Suede ink, then swiped the ink pad over the edges of the vanilla paper.  I used the Labels Framelits with the Big Shot for the Always Artichoke, Champagne Glimmer and Very Vanilla layers.  The tree is stamped in Always Artichoke, then I embossed the words over the tree with gold embossing powder.  Finally, there are some dots of Cherry Cobbler dazzling details over the tree with a rhinestone jewel at the top.  Some Cherry Cobbler seam binding finishes off the card. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Blessings,

Sale-A-Brate!

This is another swap card I came up with, this time for a Sale-A-Bration swap. 

I really love the upcoming Sale-A-Bration ribbon and brad combo pack!  I threaded some of the Lucky Limeade ribbon through a strip of Everyday Enchantment SAB designer series paper that I had punched with the Lace Border punch.  This went onto a Vintage Wallpaper-embossed Very Vanilla background that I sponged with Soft Suede and Pool Party ink. 

The main piece is stamped with the Elementary Elegance stamp set.  Before I stamped, I inked the stamp in Soft Suede ink, then used a blender pen to remove some ink from a few of the little images in the stamp.  I coloured those images with the Pool Party Stampin' Write marker before stamping, so there is a multi-coloured image.  The center is punched out with the Curly Label punch, then the sentiment is stamped in Lucky Limeade.  A few rhinestone jewels finish off the card.

Again, I received some beautiful cards in this swap.  I'll post photos in a few days.

Blessings to you,

Mixed Bunch

This is a card I created for an Occasions Mini catalogue swap that I participated in.

As soon as I saw the new Blossom punch in the mini catalogue, I knew I had to have it!  I'm such a sucker for punches! And of course, you can't get the punch without the coordinating stamp set, so Mixed Bunch went onto my order as well. 

It may sound silly, but I actually chose my colours based on the In Color designer brads because I have tons of them and I wanted to use them up on my swaps!  So, In Colors it was!  This card has Pool Party, Island Indigo, Pear Pizzazz and Wisteria Wonder.  To finish off the flowers, I added some polka dot designer brads - as previously mentioned - some mini brads and some rhinestone jewels.

The Island Indigo background piece is embossed with the Finial Press embossing folder, and I added some Pear Pizzazz pleated satin ribbon as well.

You wouldn't believe all the gorgeous cards I received in this swap!  My card board is full of new amazing samples to show my customers and club ladies!  I'll try and post a few photos in the next few days.

Blessings to you,

Spice Cake Weave

This is a card I made for a Holiday Mini swap I'm participating in with my upline, Winona's, group.

I was inspired to use this paper weaving technique by this cute card by Noelle.  I used the Spice Cake designer series paper, cut it into 1/2" strips and wove it together.  Then I added some Early Espresso quilted satin ribbon with sticky strip.  I finished that part with a Regals flower button. 

For the greeting part, I stamped the leaves from Gently Falling (my new favourite stamp set!) in River Rock and More Mustard with Early Espresso for the outlines, then cut them out.  The greeting is stamped from Teeny Tiny Wishes and punched out with the Modern Label punch.  I also stamped the leaf over the greeting piece for some texture.  I tied some hemp twine through the sentiment piece, then attached the leaves and sentiment together with a mini clothespin.  I attached the whole piece to the card with Stampin' Dimensionals.

Hope you like it!

Blessings to you,

Bells & Boughs

This is a card I made for a swap I'm participating in featuring new accessories.

I am so loving this new Deck the Halls designer series paper from the Holiday Mini Catalogue!  I pulled colours out of the paper to complete this card - Cherry Cobbler, Always Artichoke and Crumb Cake.  I started by sponging all the layers with Crumb Cake ink to add texture.  The Crumb Cake layer is punched with the Scallop Border punch.

I stamped the bells from Bells & Boughs in Crumb Cake ink, then used my blender pens to lightly colour it in with Artichoke, Cherry and Crumb Cake before punching it out with the 1 3/4" circle punch. 

I tied some Cherry Cobbler seam binding around the whole thing and threaded it through a jumbo button (these are fantastic!) before tying a big bow.  To finish, I added a Merry Christmas (from Teeny Tiny Wishes), punched it out with the Word Window punch and layered it on a piece of Always Artichoke punched from the Modern Label punch.

I think I'll be using a lot of Cherry Cobbler in my Christmas cards this year! It's gorgeous!

Blessings to you,

Sparkly Christmas Ornaments!

This is my second card for the Christmas in July One Layer Card swap. 

I started with a Bravo Burgundy base and embossed the greeting from Contempo Christmas in gold embossing powder.  Then I sprayed the card with gold Smooch Spritz.  I stamped the ornament pieces using the rock and roll technique with More Mustard and Bravo Burgundy ink before punching them out with the Ornament punch.  I then put a little yellow rhinestone circle brad through the center ornament and added Dazzling Diamonds glitter to all three ornaments before attaching them to the card with Stampin' Dimensionals.  It looks a lot more sparkly and glittery in real life!

Blessings to you,

Come to Bethlehem!

I signed up for a Christmas in July swap where we are only supposed to use the new Christmas sets.  I signed up excitedly for two spots, thinking it would be easy.  The trick is that it's a One Layer Card swap!  It sounded simple, but it's much harder than I thought it would be to come up with a nice card that only has one layer (that layer being the card base!).

So for this card, I CASEd this card by Allee.  She used some layers, but I adapted it to be just the card base!

I used masking, brayering and sponging for this card.  I stamped the images from Come to Bethlehem in VersaMark on the Whisper White card, then embossed with silver embossing powder.  Then I tore some scrap paper to have a curved edge and used it to cover the bottom portion of the card.  I then brayered Marina Mist ink across the top portion.  After that, I moved the mask down a bit and sponged some Sahara Sand ink across the top.  I kept moving the paper down and sponging more ink to give a sand dune effect.  Finally, to finish off the card, I tied some Whisper White organdy ribbon around it.

I'm pretty happy with how this card turned out.  Hopefully the ladies in the swap will like it too!

Blessings to you,

Greenhouse Gala Butterfly

This is a card I made for a swap I'm in with my upline's group.  We had to use new catalogue items.  I can't wait to see what the other ladies came up with!

It's pretty straight-forward!  Here's the recipe:

Stamps: Artistic Etchings
Paper: Greenhouse Gala dsp; Early Espresso, Whisper White, Pear Pizzazz, Daffodil Delight cardstock
Ink: Early Espresso
Accessories: Punches (Eyelet border, Modern Label, Word Window), Big Shot Beautiful Butterflies Bigz die, Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder, crimper, Vintage brads, Early Espresso 1/8" taffeta ribbon

I ran the Daffodil cardstock through the Big Shot with the Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder, then rubbed the Early Espresso ink pad over it.  I also sponged Espresso ink around the butterfly wings.  For the Whisper White layer, I punched it with the Eyelet border punch, then ran it through the paper crimper.

Thanks for reading today!

Blessings to you,

Manhattan Blues

I made this card for a swap I'm doing with my downline.

I really wanted to use the Manhattan flower embossing folder with vellum cardstock, but it took awhile to figure out what to do with it after!  I decided to use Basic Gray and Bashful Blue.  I haven't used this colour combination before, but I love it!

I made the scallop square with the Scallop Border and Scallop Corner punches (see Gretchen Baron's blog for a fantastic tutorial on all the sizing of different squares for this technique).  I punched the corners with the Horizontal Slot punch and tucked the vellum piece in those (I didn't want the adhesive to show through, so I put it on the corners on the back side after they were tucked in).

Then I layered it on some Bashful Blue wrapped with Gray Taffeta ribbon and stamped the greeting in Basic Gray.

Hopefully they'll like it!

Blessings to you,

Polished Stone Snowflakes

This is a card I made for a Christmas card swap that I'm participating in.  I can't wait to see all the cards the other ladies have made!

I've been wanting to do Polished Stone Technique with my stamp club, and I thought the Serene Snowflakes stamp set was perfect for this! 

I used Bashful Blue, Brocade Blue, Pale Plum and Silver re-inkers for the polished stone background on glossy white cardstock.  Then I embossed the snowflakes in silver over top.  I layered that piece on some Night of Navy cardstock and wrapped some Whisper White Organdy ribbon around it. 

To finish the card, I added some snowflakes that I punched with the Snowflake punch in Brushed Silver cardstock and Vellum paper.  I layered these and attached a clear rhinestone brad through them.  I put the whole snowflake piece on a Bashful Blue card base, stamped the sentiment from Four the Holidays in Night of Navy and voila!

Hopefully the other ladies in the swap like it!  My Stamp Club will be making this card either this month or next month (I haven't quite decided yet!).

Thanks for reading!

Blessings to you,

Delightful Decorations

This is a card I made for a Holiday Mini swap that my friend, Donna, hosted on Splitcoast. I love this new Christmas Cocoa designer series paper, so I used that as the base and chose my colours from there (Soft Suede and Real Red). It's hard to tell from the photo, but the "joy" ornament is actually punched out with the Ornament punch and raised on dimensionals for a 3-d effect. When I get my other swap cards from this, I'll post them here. I'm excited to see what everyone makes!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Blessings to you,

Mini Catalogue Swap Card

This is a card I made for a swap I'm in using products from the new Holiday Mini Catalogue, which, by the way, is the best mini catalogue Stampin' Up! has ever come out with IMHO!

I started with a Rich Razzleberry base and rolled the Sparkle & Shine jumbo wheel on it as a background. I stamped the Delightful Decorations on the Whisper White piece in Rich Razzleberry, Glorious Green and Crushed Curry. Then I layered the white piece on the card front and punched out the hole using the Ornament punch. I then adhered a small window sheet on the back of the white piece using mini glue dots before adhering the white piece to the card front.

To finish it off, I wrapped some Rich Razzleberry polka dot ribbon around the front and stamped the sentiment from Teeny Tiny wishes in white Staz-On on the window sheet.

Thanks for stopping by!

Blessings to you,

Fabulous Chick!

This is a card I made for an upcoming punch art swap. I will give complete credit to my friend, Treena, aka Papertree on Splitcoast, since I CASEd the design of the card from one she made and she showed me how to make the little punch chick (isn't she cute?). Treena is amazingly talented!

The chick is made with the Scallop Circle, Boho Blossoms, 1/2" Circle and Crop-A-Dile punches in Barely Banana with Only Orange and Whisper White. I stamped the grass from Inspired by Nature in Garden Green on the same colour of cardstock that has been punched with the Top Notes Bigz die. The greeting is from Only Ovals. I ran the Whisper White background piece through the Big Shot with the flowered Texturz plate, then adhered the whole thing to a Barely Banana card base.

I have another busy week coming up, with my son in baseball twice a week, an Arbonne party to go to tonight, a Stamp-a-Stack on Wednesday, shopping club tomorrow, and we're meeting with a mortgage broker tomorrow as well since we want to sell our house! I'll post some of my upcoming Stamp-a-Stack cards later in the week! Thanks for stopping by!

Blessings to you,

May Stamp Club Cards

I am very excited about Stamp Club this month and the promotions that Stampin' Up! has for National Scrapbooking Month! I wanted to incorporate the specials into the projects, so here's what we're doing. Since designer paper and textured cardstock are on sale (buy 3, get one free!), I wanted to make sure I used lots of them in our cards.
The first card is a Triangle Trifold card (an oldie but goodie!). I used the Walk in the Park designer series paper from the Occasions mini catalogue, and pulled the Kiwi Kiss, Baja Breeze and Regal Rose from there as my colour scheme. I used the Great Friend stamp set (also from the Occasions Mini) because it goes so well with the paper! To finish off, I added some Kiwi Kiss satin ribbon.
This birthday card uses designer series paper and textured card stock, plus features the Jumble Alphabet that will be in the new catalogue in July (and is on sale this month as a Sneak Peek promotion!). I used the Good Morning Sunshine paper with Tangerine Tango textured cardstock. I haven't used Tangerine Tango very much, so I thought it was time to pull some out! I also used Certainly Celery, Pacific Point and Old Olive, along with some Celery twill ribbon. The tag has stamps from Party Hearty and On Your Birthday.
The final card is one I received in a swap. It was designed by Donna Wizniuk, a very talented stamper! I had it up on my display board and everyone kept asking to make it, so I thought it was time! I used the sticky pages with the Beautiful Butterflies die to cut out the butterfly. Then it's covered with silver microbeads and Dazzling Diamonds glitter. There is a layer of vellum underneath dry embossed with the Big Shot swirly texturz plate. It also features one of my new favourite ribbons - Organza ribbon! The antennae are stems from the flowers in the Pretties kit. I love this combination of Very Vanilla and Whisper White. I never would have thought of putting those two together, but it's such a beautiful, soft look.

I hope the ladies enjoy these cards! Thanks for reading!

Blessings to you,

Baroque Butterflies

This is a card I made for an Occasions Mini Catalogue swap that I'm participating in. I CASEd this gorgeous card by Lisa that I found on Splitcoast Stampers.

I'm loving this new Great Friend stamp set, paired with Baroque Motifs (is there anything you can't use Baroque Motifs for?!) I used Night of Navy, Baja Breeze and Barely Banana ink, then added a touch of Dazzling Diamonds glitter down the center of each butterfly.

The butterflies are cut out and attached with mini glue dots. Now, I don't think I will mass produce this card again! I cut out 90 butterflies to make 30 cards - my husband thinks I'm crazy (I think he may be right)!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Blessings to you,

New Accessories Swap

I recently participated in a swap my upline, Winona, hosted featuring cards with Stampin' Up!'s newest accessories. Here's a quick slideshow of the cards I received in the swap:

Baja Blossoms

I guess it's been awhile since I've posted! I've been so busy with family and other stuff that I haven't had time to blog. I thought I'd have more time for fun being a stay-at-home mom, but it's a gong show!

Anyway, this is a card I made for a new accessories swap I'm participating in with my upline, Winona and her group. I think I may use it as a Stamp Club card in the near future as well! I love these colours together. For the flower, I used the Flower Blossom sizzlets to cut three flowers and I layered them together.

Here's the recipe:
Paper: Manchester dsp, Baja Breeze, Chocolate Chip, Kraft
Accessories: Ticket Corner punch, Latte Buttons, Linen Thread, Baja Breeze ribbon, Flower Blossom sizzlet, Stampin' Dimensionals, mini glue dots

Thanks to all of you who keep coming back. I'm starting to accept that I can't blog everyday during the school year, but I will try my best to post at least once a week, so don't give up on me!

Blessings to you,

From the Heart

This is a card I made for a Sale-A-Bration swap that my upline, Winona is having with her downline. We have our downline meeting tonight, so I'm excited to see what other cards the ladies have come up with! I'll post them here when I get some photos of them. There are 15 of us in the swap, so there should be a great variety of SAB cards!

I used the mat pack and paper piercer to create some faux stitching at the bottom with the SAB Delicate Dots designer series paper and a Chocolate Chip Stampin' Write marker. In hindsight, I think I would prefer a lighter marker, like Close to Cocoa, but I already made 20 of these, so I'm not redoing them! The hearts and "leaves" are from the SAB Polka Dot Punches set, punched out with the Full Heart and 5-Petal Flower punches. The sentiment is from Holidays & Wishes.

Here's the recipe:
Stamps: Polka Dot Punches, Holidays & Wishes
Paper: Delicate Dots dsp, Bashful Blue, Brocade Blue, Whisper White, Certainly Celery
Ink: Brocade Blue, So Saffron, Certainly Celery, Chocolate Chip Stampin' Write marker
Accessories: Stampin' Dimensionals, paper piercer, mat pack, Full Heart punch, 5-Petal Flower punch, 1-3/8" Square punch

Thanks for reading!

Blessings to you,