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Rustic Cabin

While browsing Pinterest a while back I saw a really cute easel card that was designed to look like a rustic cabin.  There was a link to the designer of the card but unfortunately it was no longer an active website.  I did find the new blog but unfortunately there were no details.  You can see the original HERE

I decided I was going to make the card for Judy and have had it ready for a few weeks now but couldn't post it until I gave it to her.

Here is the front of the card

and a view from the side

This is definitely not a card to pop in the mail.

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Snow Place, Wondrous Wreath, Peaceful Pines
Ink - Mint Macaron, Garden Green, Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler, Memento Black, Always Artichoke
Card Stock - Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Vellum, Gold Glimmer, Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer
Other - Snow Friends, Wonderful Wreath and Hearth & Home Framelits, Stampin' Dimensionals, Itty Bitty Punch Pack

Gold and White Cards - Final

This card is the last one in Andrea Walford's series of Gold and White "glammed up" cards.  You can see Andrea's card and view her video HERE.

I don't have the Winter Wonderland Designer Vellum Stack that Andrea used so I used a piece of the Gold Fancy Foil Vellum I had on hand.  Although I am happy with my card I prefer the vellum Andrea used with it's more subtle background.  If I were to make this card again I would just use a strip of the striped vellum as opposed to the 4" x 5 1/4" piece I used on this card.

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Jolly Greetings
Ink - Versamark
Card Stock - Whisper White, Gold Fancy Foil Vellum
Other - Gold Embossing Powder, Christmas Greetings Thinlits, Stars Collection Framelits, Gold Sequin Trim, Rhinestones, Stampin' Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots

Gold and White Cards - 4

The fourth card in the series used the Winterland Wonderland Designer Washi Tape.  The gold Washi Tape I had on hand worked fairly well on my card.  The gold foil doily makes a great mat for the snowflake that was cut out using the Circles Collection Framelits.

Stampin' Supplies
Stamp Set - Flurry of Wishes
Ink - Versamark
Card Stock - Whisper White
Other - Gold Foil Doilies, Snowflake Elements, Gold Embossing Powder, Rhinestones, Washi Tape (retired), Circles Collection Framelits

Gold and White Cards - 3

The third card in Andrea Walford's series of "glammed up" Holiday Cards used the Winter Wonderland Designer Washi tape in the Holiday Catalogue which I don't have.  I remembered that I still had some retired gold washi tape from a few years ago (can't remember the name) so I pulled that out and was very happy with the result.  The only stamping on this card is "Christmas" from the Jolly Greetings stamp set.  The word merry was cut out from the coordinating Christmas Greetings thinlits.

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Jolly Greetings
Ink - Versamark
Card Stock - Whisper White, Gold Foil Sheets
Other - Retired Washi Tape, Snowflake Elements, Rhinestones, Gold Sequin Trim, Gold Metallic Thread, Gold Embossing Powder, Christmas Greetings Thinlits, Mini Glue Dots, Fine Tip Glue Pen, Stampin' Dimensionals

Gold and White Cards - 2

This is the second of the four cards in Andrea Walford's online class.

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Flurry of Wishes
Ink - Versamark
Card Stock - Whisper White, Gold Glimmer Paper, Gold Foil Sheets
Other - Snowflake Elements, Gold Metallic Thread, Rhinestones, Gold Sequin Trim, Christmas Greetings Thinlits, Mini Glue Dots, Fine Tip Glue Pen, Gold Embossing Powder

Gold and White Cards - 1

Recently Andrea Walford at Sunny Stampin'  offered a bonus online class for those who had subscribed to her SUO Christmas Card Class - 2015.  All four cards in the series were gold and white.  Andrea had posted a video on 9 Ways to add Glam to your Holiday Cards HERE and the cards in the class were all based on those techniques.  She also posted a card and video for a fifth card.  You can it HERE.

I don't have the Washi Tape or Vellum that Andrea used but I did have some substitutes in my stash of goodies so I used them and am very happy with my cards.

This is the first card I made - Andrea had used a strip of vellum from the Winter Wonderland Designer Vellum Stack.  I didn't have that but I did have the Gold Fancy Foil Vellum from the annual Catalogue so I used that.

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Flurry of Wishes
Ink - Versamark
Card Stock - Whisper White, Gold Fancy Foil Vellum
Other - Snowflake Elements, Rhinestones, Gold Sequin Trim, Stampin' Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots, Gold Embossing Powder, Metallic Gold Thread, Fine Tip Glue Pen

Inky Divas Challenge - Week of November 30

This week's challenge was to create a card based on this sketch:

Just before I had seen the challenge I had seen THIS card posted by Tami White.  I decided that her Rudolph the Red Nosed Penguin would be the focal point of my entry for the challenge.

Although not identical to the sketch it is pretty close.  The brick wall panel was also something I had seen on Tami's blog.  I swiped the raised side of the Brick Wall embossing folder with Early Espresso ink and then ran it through the big shot onto a piece of Cherry Cobbler card stock.  

Stampin' Supplies

Stamp Set - Snow Place, Festive Fireplace, Christmas Messages (retired)

Ink - Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso, Garden Green, Memento Black, Pumpkin Pie Marker

Card Stock - Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler, Garden Green, Early Espresso, Gold Glimmer, Red Glimmer, retired DSP

Other - Circle Collection Framelits, Festive Fireplace Framelits, Hearth and Home Framelits, Tree Builder Punch, 1/4" Circle Punch, Brick Wall Embossing Folder, Mini Glue Dots, Stampin' Dimensionals, Googly Eyes

Inky Divas Challenge - Week of November 23

Last week's challenge posted by Crystal was to create a card using either the circle or oval collection framelits.  The card had to include the colours Pool Party and Lost Lagoon as well.

I did a search on Pinterest for Pool Party and Lost Lagoon and was amazed at the number of cards out there that included both of these colours.  The one I decided to CASE was one posted by Brian King - check it out HERE.  I love the little bit of green along with the two shades of blue.

I covered the snowflake with Whisper White Craft Ink, sprinkled it with Iridescent Ice embossing powder and then heat set it.  I added an iced rhinestone to add a bit more sparkle.

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Flurry of Wishes
Ink - Lost Lagoon, Pool Party, Pear Pizzazz, Whisper White
Card Stock - Lost Lagoon, Whisper White
Other - Snowflake Elements, Iced Rhinestones, Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder, Stampin' Dimensionals, Circle Collection Framelits

Woodlands

When I first saw the Woodlands Embossing folder in the 2015 Holiday Catalogue it didn't register with me that this was something I was going to need.  As more and more samples hit Pinterest and various blogs I follow I quickly realized that I better order it.  By the time I placed the order the item was backordered and I was pretty far down the list.  The folder finally arrived a couple of weeks ago and I couldn't wait to get a card made.  Most of the cards I have seen used the beautiful stand of pine trees in the Wonderland Stamp set but I used the single pine included with the Lovely as a Tree stamp set.

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Lovely as a Tree, Festival of Trees, Versatile Christmas
Ink - Soft Sky, Mossy Meadow, Cherry Cobbler
Card Stock - Whisper White, Mossy Meadow
Other - Woodlands Embossing Folder, Banner Punch, nonSU cutting dies, Rhinestones, Stampin' Dimensionals

Stampin' Up! Video - Masking Technique

Fun Fold

Kimberly Van Diepen recently shared a cute fun fold card she had made and her post included a video on how to make the card.  Check it out HERE.  I decided to make mine using the cute penguin from the Snow Place stamp set.  I also used the coordinating framelits to cut out the hat and tie.

Stampin' Supplies

Stamps - Snow Place

Ink - Memento Black, Cherry Cobbler, Tangelo Twist Marker

Card Stock - Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White, Old Olive, Merry Moments DSP

Other - Rhinstones, Stampin' Dimensionals, Snow Friends Framelits, Scallop Border Punch, Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper, 2" and 2 1/2" Circle Punches, Googly Eyes, Fine Tip Glue Pen, Banner Punch

Let it Snow

I recently ordered the Stampin' Up! bundle that includes the Window Framelit and the Happy Scenes stamp set.  Unfortunaely the framelit is on backorder but I did receive the stamp set.  I saw a card posted by Peggy Murwin and had to CASE it.  You can see Peggy's card HERE.  I copied everything but instead of using glitter I used some Stickles glitter glue and added an Iced Rhinestone to the centre of the snowflake element.

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Happy Scenes
Ink - Soft Sky, Mossy Meadow
Card Stock - Whisper White, Soft Sky
Other - Iced Rhinestones, Stampin' Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots, Circles Collection Framelits, 2 1/2" Circle Punch, Banner Punch, Stickles, Softly Falling Embossing Folder, Snowflake Elements

Stampin' Up! Video - Make a Notepad

Stampin' Up! Video - Bold Butterfly and Butterfly Framelits

Another Pillowbox Treat Holder

For this snowflake pillowbox I used pretty much all retired Stampin' Up! products.  I used one of the white pillowboxes I had cut, stamped it with the three sizes of snowflakes from the Endless Wishes stamp set (retired), added a bit of Washi Tape (retired) and a long retired felt snow flake that I embellished with a large rhinestone (retired).

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Endless Wishes (retired)
Ink - Smoky Slate
Card Stock - Whisper White
Other - Silhouette Cameo eCutter, Large Rhinestone (retired), Washi Tape (retired)

Remember Them

They are our fathers, brothers, mothers and sisters, neighbours … heroes.

Canada's Veterans.

Their courage, service and sacrifice will never be forgotten.

November 11, let’s remember them.  #Remember Them

2015 Remembrance Vignette click for a short video

Christmas Treat Holders 3

For this treat holder I went back to one Judy and I had made last year.  It had been shared on Mary Fish's blog - you can find it HERE.  There is also a video with the steps to make the treat holder. Mary's sample holds one Ghiradelli chocolate square but we wanted it to hold two so we cut the card stock a little longer and scored it so that there was a little over 1/2" between the two lines.

I decided to use the penguin from the Snow Place stamp set and cut him out using the coordinating Snow Friends Framelits.  The penguin's tie and candy cane are from the same sets.

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Snow Place
Ink - Black Memento, Real Red, Pumpkin Pie Stampin' Write Marker
Card Stock - Whisper White, Merry Moments DSP
Other - Snow Friends Framelits, Ornate Tag Topper Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals, 1/8" Real Red Taffeta Ribbon (retired), Googly Eyes

Stampin' Up! Video - Alternate Ideas for Spider Web Doilies

Check out this video showing alternate ways to use the Stampin' Up! Spider Web Doilies

Inky Divas Weekly Creative Challenge

This week's challenge was to CASE (Copy And Share Everything) a card and post it to the Inky Divas Facebook page along with a link to the original card.

My card is one I found on Peggy Murwin's blog HERE.  There were no dimensions or directions but I did see in the comments that Peggy had followed directions posted by Julie Davison HERE.  I followed the directions for the card dimensions as the score lines but adjusted the placement of the cut line.  Rather than using Julie's measurement of 1 1/2" my cut line is at 1".

Card closed:

Card open:

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Snow Place, Lots of Joy
Ink - Memento Black, Pool Party, Cherry Cobbler
Card Stock - Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler, Garden Green, Basic Black, retired DSP
Other - Rhinestones, Stampin' Dimensionals, Snow Friends Framelits, Mini Glue Dots

Happy Halloween

Inky Divas Weekly Challenge - Week of October 26

This week's challenge was to create a winter themed card using vellum and at least one of the colours Lost Lagoon, Smoky Slate and Cherry Cobbler.

My card uses Lost Lagoon and Smoky Slate with a little Basic Black card stock and Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer paper.

I stamped the trees onto the vellum panel using Versamark Ink and heat embossed it using white embossing powder.  I then ran it through the Softly Falling embossing folder to add a little texture. Behind the vellum is a Smoky Slate panel.  I stamped the single pine tree using Lost Lagoon ink. The vellum panel was adhered with glue dots.  They do show through so I added some rhinestones and snowflakes to cover them.

Using the Sleigh Ride edgelits I cut the houses from Lost Lagoon card stock and the horse and sleigh from Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer paper.

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Lovely as a Tree, Happy Scenes
Ink - Lost Lagoon, Versamark
Card Stock - Smoky Slate, Lost Lagoon, Basic Black, Vellum, Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper, Whisper White
Other - Softly Falling Embossing Folder, Sleigh Ride Edgelits, Mini Glue Dots, Stampin' Dimensionals, Word Window Punch, Candy Dots (Neutrals Collection), Rhinestones, White Embossing Powder,  Modern Label Punch (retired), Snowflake Embellishments (retired), Lost Lagoon 3/8" Silky Taffeta Ribbon (retired but on Clearance Rack)

Christmas Treat Holders 2

This is a second pillowbox I amde using my eCutter.  I do like the snowman but I think he may be a bit big for a table favour.

Stampin' Supplies
Ink - Basic Black Stampin' Write Marker
Card Stock - Whisper White, Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie
Other - Silhouette Cameo eCutter, Itty Bitty Accent Punches (Hearts), Star Punch (retired); Real Red 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon (retired), Iced Rhinestones, Google Eyes, Poinsettia Embellishment (non SU)

Christmas Treat Holders

I have started playing with ideas for treat holders to use as table favours and to have on hand for little gifts.  In the 2015 Holiday Catalogue Stampin' Up! included a square pillowbox die.  Although I didn't buy it, I was intrigued with it.  The finished box is about 4" square and the package of dies includes several dies to cut out embellishments.

I thought a pillowbox would be a great treat holder but a 4" square box would be too big for what I wanted so I decided to see if I could create my own using my Silhouette Cameo eCutter.  I did have a pillowbox in my downloads but it was not a square but I was able to resize it to create a box with a finished size of 3" x 3" - a perfect size to hold two Ghiradelli Chocolate Squares.  I was able to cut three boxes from one sheet of 8 1/2" x 11" card stock.

The first one I made is a "Santa".  Pretty quick to make and I think it will make a great little gift or table favour.

Stampin' Supplies
Card Stock - Real Red, Black Glimmer Paper, Silver Glimmer Paper
Other - Silhouette Cameo eCutter, 1 1/4" Square Punch, 7/8" Square Punch (nonSU), Owl Builder Punch (buttons)

Note - when I make more of these Santa boxes I will probably reduce the size of the belly band to 3/4"; the silver buckle will be punched with the 1" square punch and the black insert will be 3/4" square.

Inky Divas Weekly Challenge - Week of October 19

This week's challenge was to create Fall or Halloween Card Candy.  For those of you who aren't familiar with Card Candy - it is simply elements that can be attached when making cards.

I decided on a Halloween theme for my entry.  There were no restrictions on what Stampin' Up! products could be used - current/retired.  I used a combination of current and retired products including My Digital Studio.  All of the elements have been attached with repositionable adhesive so could be easily removed to add to a card front.

Once all of the elements had been adhered to the background piece I packaged it in a cellophane bag and attached a topper.  Sorry for the glare - no matter what I did I couldn't get a good photo.

Stampin' Supplies

Stamps - Teeny Tiny Wishes, Merry Everything, Mingle All The Way (retired), Fall Fest (retired)

Ink - Memento Black, Pumpkin Pie

Card Stock - Smoky Slate, Whisper White, Basic Black, Black Glimmer

Other - Spider Web Doilies, Tag Punch, Owl Punch, Oval Punch, 3/4" Circle Punch, 1" Circle Punch, 1 3/4" Circle Punch, 2 1/2" Circle Punch, Word Window Punch, Modern Label Punch (retired), Fun Fall Framelits (retired), My Digital Studio (retired), Silhouette Cameo eCutter

Sheltering Tree

This is another card I on World Card Making Day.  I wanted to see if I could create an Autumn card using the Sheltering Tree stamp set.  Overall I am happy with the card but there are a few things I might change if I were to make it again - for sure I would not smudge the ink!

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Sheltering Tree
Ink - Early Espresso, So Saffron, Pumpkin Pie, Cajun Craze, Pear Pizzazz, Gold Glimmer
Card Stock - Whisper White, Early Espresso
Other - Confetti Hearts Border Punch, Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack

Inky Divas Challenge - Week of October 12

This week's challenge was to create a card using one of Stampin' Up's decorative masks and to include punch art.  I had seen THIS card on Pinterest and decided to recreate it using punches for the pumpkins rather than stamps and framelits.

I am quite happy with my little ghost in the pumpkin patch!

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Tags 4 You (retired)
Ink - Basic Grey, Memento Black, Pumpkin Pie
Card Stock - Basic Grey, Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie, Garden Green, Chocolate Chip
Other - Large Oval Punch, Oval Punch, Small Oval Punch (retired), Tag Punch (Retired); Fun Fall Framelits (retired), Circles Decorative Mask, Stampin' Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots, Black Baker's Twine, Black Chevron Ribbon (retired), Pumpkin Pie Button (retired)

Time to Chill

I love the little penguin in the Snow Place stamp set.  I have borrowed that set along with the coordinating framelits from Judy for a little bit.  When I saw Connie Babbert's card a few days ago I knew that I would be CASEing it.  You can see Connie's card HERE.

I totally copied Connie's card except for the "iceberg" the penguin is standing on.  Rather than using Whisper White card stock,  I used Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer paper.  Love it!  I don't have the Washi Label punch so I improvised the look by using a deckle edge blade in my rotary cutter.

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Snow Place
Ink - Memento Black, Real Red, Pumpkin Pie Marker
Card Stock - Whisper White, Real Red, Smoky Slate, Merry Moments DSP, Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper
Other - Softly Falling Embossing Folder, Snow Friends Framelits, Silver Mini Brad, Stampin' Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots

Inky Divas Weekly Challenge

Crystal's challenge for the week of October 5 was to create a tag with either a Halloween or Autumn theme.  I decided to use the Wondrous Wreath stamp set and coordinating framelits to create my tag,

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Wondrous Wreath, Another Thank You
Ink - Crushed Curry, Cajun Craze, Always Artichoke, Elegant Eggplant
Card Stock - Very Vanilla
Other - Burlap Ribbon, Linen Thread

Merry Moments

Some of my most favourite cards are clean and simple.  I saw THIS card posted by Brian King and knew right away that I wanted to copy it.  I had the card stock, the DSP and the Enamel Dot embellishments but I didn't have the stamp set.  I looked through the sets I do have and although there were many that might have worked I decided to create the greeting in My Digital Studio (retired).  I used the Alphabet Soup punches and then resized the phrase to fit the card.  Although I selected Real Red as the colour, it looks more like Cherry Cobbler.

Stampin' Supplies
Card Stock - Crumb Cake, Mossy Meadow, Whisper White, Merry Moments DSP
Other - Home for Christmas Enamel Dots; Banner Punch, My Digital Studio (retired)

Watercolour Wings

I wanted to make a card using some of the DSP I received in the product share I purchased.  I saw THIS card when I was searching for cards using the Go wild DSP.  I did like it a lot with that choice but I wanted to use a piece of DSP from the Everyday Chic papers.  In the photo the doily does not show up as well as it does in person.

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Watercolor Wings; Express Yourself (retired)
Ink - Watermelon Wonder; Tip Top Taupe; Memento Black
Card Stock - Whisper White; Tip Top Taupe; Cardstock Vellum; Everyday Chic DSP
Other - Bold Butterfly Framelits; Tea Lace Doilies; Large Pearl (retired); Mini Glue Dots

World Card Making Day - October 3

Yesterday was World Card Making Day and although I did make a card but forgot to post it.  So here it is:

While tidying up in my craft room I found a partially made card featuring the Bokeh technique.  I decided to use that for my card. Using VersaMark Ink I stamped the sentiment onto a piece of vellum and heat embossed it using white embossing powder.  I then adhered it to my bokeh panel with mini glue dots and covered those up with rhinestones.  The whole panel was then added to the Blackberry Bliss card base.  I wish I had done a Lost Lagoon layer between the focal panel and the card base but I am pretty happy with it.

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Happy Birthday Everyone
Ink - VersaMark, Blackberry Bliss, Lost Lagoon, Whisper White
Card Stock - Blackberry Bliss, Whisper White, Vellum
Other - Sponge Daubers, White Embossing Powder, Rhinestones, Mini Glue Dots

Lots of Joy

This card is one I saw a week or so ago while browsing the internet.  I forgot to make a note of where I found it - as soon as I find it I will amend this post to add the link.

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Lots of Joy
Ink - Old Olive, Black Memento
Card Stock - Whisper White, Mossy Meadow, Old Olive, Real Red, Gold Glimmer
Other - Circles Collection Framelits, Stylish Stripes Embossing Folder, Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack

Inky Divas Challenge - Week of September 28

This week's challenge was to create a card or project using leaves.  There was nothing stating that only current Stampin' Up! products had to be used so I pulled out my retired Autumn Leaves die for the Big Shot as well as the retired Four You stamp set.

I sponged a piece of Delightful Dijon card stock with Cajun Craze, Delightful Dijon and Always Artichoke.  After cutting off the strip for the greeting I cut out the leaf shape. I crumpled up the leaf and straightened it out a bit, stamped the greeting onto the strip of card stock and then coated them both with VersaMark.  Once well coated I sprinkled on clear embossing powder and heat embossed both pieces.

I probably should have used Delightful Dijon cardstock for the middle layer rather than the Cajun Craze.

Stampin' Supplies

Stamps - Four You (retired)

Ink - Cajun Craze; Always Artichoke, Delightful Dijon; Memento Black

Card Stock - Basic Black; Delightful Dijon, Cajun Craze

Other - Autumn Leaves die for the Big Shot (retired), Candy Dots, Stampin' Dimensionals, Clear Embossing Powder

Sleigh Ride Edgelits

I have started playing with some of my new stuff from the 2015 Holiday Catalogue.  This card uses the Sleigh Ride edgelits.  The set includes three edeglits - the houses, some trees and a horse drawn sleigh.

For this card I used Watercolour Paper for the background.  I used the Midnight Muse reinker (retired) as I couldn't find my Night of Navy.  I used an aquapainter to pick up the colour and just painted it onto the page that I had already spritzed with water.

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Lots of Joy; Holiday Home (retired)
Ink - Midnight Muse (retired)
Card Stock - Whisper White; Watercolour Paper; Whisper White; Midnight Muse (retired)
Other - Sleigh Ride Edgeelits; Rhinestones; Frosted Sequins Embellishments (retired)

Sleigh Ride

I hope you can see the little horse drawn sleigh on this card - I think I should have used a darker green for the trees.  This is the second card I have made using the Sleigh Ride Edgelits.

Stampin' Supplies

Stamps - Lovely as a Tree; nonSU stamp for HO HO HO

Ink - Old Olive; Cherry Cobbler

Card Stock - Old Olive; Cherry Cobbler; Whisper White; Merry Moments DSP

Other - Circle Card Framelits; 7/8" circle punch (nonSU); 1" circle punch; 2 1/2" circle punch; Cherry Cobbler Thick Baker's Twine; Frosted Sequins Embellishments (retired); Stampin' Dimensionals; Rhinestones

Go Wild Birthday - Sister

While I had the Go Wild DSP out I found THIS card posted on Pinterest - I loved the pink and black.  I don't make many square cards and initially was going to adapt it to a standard 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" card until I remembered that I had a small supply of square envelopes.

My card is pretty much identical to the original, however I don't have the silver thread that was used and the card was going to be for my sister rather than a friend.  I used one of the Iced Rhinestone embellishments from the 2015 Holiday catalogue for the centre of the large flower.

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Happy Birthday Everyone; Flower Shop; Family Reunion (retired)
Ink - Versamark
Card Stock - Whisper White; Melon Mambo; Cardstock Vellum; Go Wild DSP; Wild Wasabi
Other - White Embossing Powder; Black Embossing Powder; 2 Step Bird Punch; Pansy Punch; Petite Petals Punch; Rhinestones; Iced Rhinestones; Stampin' Dimensionals; Mini Glue Dots

Go Wild Birthday - Masculine

I was looking on Pinterest for cards using the Go Wild Designer Series Paper.  I was in need of a birthday card for my brother in law and when I saw THIS one I knew it would be perfect for him.   To make the banner piece I cut my card stock to the width I wanted, punched it with the Triple Banner punch making to sure to save all of the pieces.  I stamped the sentiment and placed that panel on the card - trimming to fit.  I then added added the "waste" piece from the punch.

Rather than try to line up all my panels on the card base I cut a piece of Crumb Cake to 4" x 5 1/4", added my elements and then adhered it to the Crumb Cake base.

 

Stampin' Supplies

Stamps - Endless Birthday Wishes

Ink - Memento Black

Card Stock - Crumb Cake; Whisper White; Go Wild DSP

Other - Triple Banner Punch; Candy Dots - Neutrals

Inky Divas Challenge - Week of September 21

Julie's challenge this week was to create a Thanksgiving project.  Her sample was a treat box that could be used as a table favour so I decided that is what I would do.  I had seen a project on Becky Robert's website detailing how to made a little favour using the Envelope Punch Board - you can her project HERE.  I had also seen a cute project on Pinterest that looked about the same size and didn't require any DSP.  You can see that project HERE.  I decided to combine the two projects and this is what I ended up with:

I also made one using SU's Linen Thread in place of the ribbon.  Here is a photo of both styles side by side - I like them both.

If using the treat holder as a table favour it could work as a place card as well - just write in the names on the back tab of the folder.

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Wetlands; Tags 4 You (retired)
Ink - Cajun Craze; Baked Brown Sugar (retired)
Card Stock - Very Vanilla
Other - Baked Brown Sugar Ruffled Ribbon (retired); Stampin' Dimensionals; Envelope Punch Board; Label Bracket Punch; Linen Thread; Ghiradelli Chocolate Squares

Halloween Window

For this card I used my Silhouette Cameo eCutter to create the window.  I love that I can resize the windows and decided to go pretty big on this one.  Although not much of the card base shows I embossed it with the Brick Wall embossing folder.

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Fall Fest (retired); Holiday Home (retired)
Ink - Memento Black; Pumpkin Pie; Early Espresso
Card Stock - Whisper White; Basic Black; Basic Grey; Crushed Curry
Other - eCutter; Fun Fall Framelits (retired); Bitty Banners Framelits; Brick Wall Embossing Folder; Google Eyes; 2" Circle Punch; Stampin' Dimensionals

Celebrate Today

I have almost depleted my supply of the Bohemian DSP.  This card was perfect to use up some of the small scraps I have been hoarding.  The original was posted by Mary Brown (aka stampercamper) HERE.

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Celebrate Today
Ink - Bermuda Bay; Blackberry Bliss; Hello Honey
Card Stock - Whisper White; So Saffron; Bohemian DSP
Other - Ballons Framelits; Stampin' Dimensionals; Rhinestones; InColor Sequins (retired); Mini Glue Dots

Freshly Made Sketches 204

This morning I decided to participate in the Freshly Made Sketches challenge for this week.  This is the sketch posted on the website HERE.

I had some scraps on my table from a couple of recent projects so I thought I could use some of them to create a card.

I had a little piece of the vellum I had stamped with silver snowflakes left over from yesterday's card and a scrap of Night of Navy cardstock from the stairstep card I posted earlier today.  I also had a scrap of Shimmery White on the table along with the Endless Wishes stamp set.

I wanted a "mailable" card so rather than add a layer stamped with the snowflakes I masked the card base and stamped the snowflakes directly onto it.  I trimmed the Night of Navy and vellum pieces to the size I wanted and used the scrap of Shimmery White to die cut the sleigh.

Stampin' Supplies

Stamps - Teeny Tiny Wishes; Jingle all the Way; Endless Wishes (retired)

Ink - Night of Navy; Encore Silver Metallic (retired)

Card Stock - Whisper White (thick); Night of Navy; Vellum

Other - Sleigh Ride Edgelits; Stampin' Dimensionals; Mini Glue Dots; Rhinestones

Stairstep Card

During the summer I had been browsing on Pinterest and was quite intrigued to find a link to purchase cutting dies coordinating with the Lovely as a Tree Stamp Set by Stampin' Up!.  I knew I had to have them as well as the dies to coordinate with Ornamental Pine.  After thinking about it for a couple of days I ordered them and they arrived last week.

I saw THIS card on Pinterest and followed the link to the stamper's website.  I have never done this style of stairstep card before so I decided I was going to give it a try.  The trees on the original card were hand cut - I was so happy to be able to use my new dies.

I'm not sure about the sentiment stamped directly on the Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer paper.

Here's a look from the side -

Stampin' Supplies

Stamps - Lovely as a Tree; Gorgeous Grunge; Many Merry Messages (retired)

Ink - Versamark; Midnight Muse (retired)

Card Stock - Whisper White; Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper; Midnight Muse (retired); Brushed Silver (retired)

Other - Heat Tool; Stampin' Dimensionals; White Embossing Powder; nonSU Framelits

Merry Everything

Today's card is a CASE of a card I saw this morning on my upline Josée Smuck's blog.  You can see her card HERE.

Josée used the Holiday Foil Designer Vellum available in the 2015 Stampin' Up! Holiday Catalogue for her background.  I don't have that but wanted to make this card right away.  I used vellum cardstock and stamped the snowflakes and stars with Encore Silver Metallic ink.  The snowflake stamp and silver ink are both retired items.  The little stars are included in the Jingle all the Way stamp set.  I adhered the vellum panel to the card stock layer with glue dots and then added the rhinestones to the snowflakes to hide the glue dots.

I used Shimmery White cardstock to cut the trees and houses using the Sleigh Ride edgelits.  The house layer is adhered with stampin' dimensionals.  The greeting is stamped with Memento Black ink and is from the Jingle all the Way stamp set.

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Jingle all the Way; Endless Wishes (retired)
Ink - Memento Black; Encore Silver Metallic (retired)
Card Stock - Whisper White (thick); Pacific Point; Shimmery White; Vellum
Other - Sleigh Ride Edgelits; Rhinestones; Stampin' Dimensionals; Mini Glue Dots

Christmas in Summer 12

This is another card I saw on Pinterest last year.  The original has some stitching and a bit of sponging on the edges but I didn't do that for my card.  I wish I had as it really added a lot to the look of the card.  You can see the original HERE (you will have to scroll down a bit).

The patterned paper is from the retired Trim the Tree Paper Stack.  I may have to go back to the card and perhaps do a little faux stitching - I just don't see me pulling out my sewing machine to stitch on a card.

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Festival of Threes
Ink - Garden Green; Memento Black
Card Stock - Crumb Cake; Crushed Curry; Chocolate Chip (scrap); Trim the Tree Paper Stack
Other - Linen Thread; Tree Punch; Itty Bitty Punch Pack; Stampin' Dimensionals

Inky Divas Challenge - Week of September 13

This week's challenge was to create a fall themed card using brayer and/or sponging techniques.  It's been a while since I picked up my brayer so this was definitely a challenge for me.  I don't know how many backgrounds I discarded during the process.  In the end I am pretty happy with my card.  No falling leaves but I think the colours at least meet the fall theme.

The sky was brayered using So Saffron, Calypso Coral and Cajun Craze.  I sponged the hills with Chocolate Chip.  The sand was sponged with Sahara Sand and Soft Suede.

Stampin' Supplies
Stamps - Wetlands; Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink - So Saffron; Calypso Coral; Cajun Craze; Chocolate Chip; Sahara Sand; Soft Suede; Memento Black
Card Stock - Whisper White; Chocolate Chip; Cajun Craze
Other - Brayer; Sponges; Stampin' Dimensionals

Christmas in Summer 11

I decided to duplicate a card I had made earlier (HERE) but used a different die from the Wonderful Wreath Framelits set.  I really like the simplicity of the design and a bonus is that it won't need extra postage to mail it.

Stampin' Supplies:
Stamps - Festival of Trees
Ink - Old Olive
Card Stock - Cherry Cobbler; Whisper White; Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper; Under The Tree Specialty DSP (retired)
Other - Wonderful Wreath Framelits; Tree Punch; Rhinestones; Frosted Sequins Embellishments (retired)