A New Ink on Life

Simple Box and Notes Stamp Club Project

 

 

  Here is a close up of the bow that I made on the note card. I love Stampin' Up's Whisper White Note Cards as they come in a pack of 20 with envelopes for only $8.95! And with them measuring 3 1/2 x 5 they make such a quick cute card! My club ladies are always complaining about how they hate to tie bows but love having ribbon on there cards. For this bow I just used 3 different size pieces.

I wrapped a 4" piece of Real Red Grosgrain Ribbon around the Christmas Cocoa DSP and then folded another 4" piece over on both ends attching it to it's self with Mini Glue Dots. Next I used a 3" piece and did the same thing but also attached it to the other looped piece with the glue dots, put a white button from the Button Latte pack stuck it on with those fabulous glue dots! Easy Peasy and the result is so pretty!

I designed the box to match the card and can easily hold 8 cards with envelopes! For the main image the Cardinal from A Cardinal Christmas was used and the base of the box is Soft Suede Cardstock and Christmas Cocoa Speciality Designer Series Paper-one of my favourites! The lid is made from Real Red Cardstock and embossed using the Big Shot and the exclusive Petals a Plenty Folder. And the yummy Satin White Ribbon was used to tie it shut. This would make a great gift filled with thank you notes or all occasion cards.

Hope everyone is enjoying there day and "see" you soon!
  
 
 

Happy Bearthday -My Baby Turns 10!

 

Well here I am -"Bearly" okay could not resist! There is really no point to go into detail as to why my posts have been lacking but let's just say things have been crazy around here which is not unusual but then put a Very Sick Husband into the mix and forget about getting anything done lol! Thankfully he is now on the mend and I am thankful things should return to normal (the regular everyday chaos known as my life) by early next week.

So this is the card I made my "Peanut" for her birthday today. Wow she is "finally double digits"(her words not mine). She still loves her Build A Bears and I was lucky enough to be able to get her a Stampin' Up! one from Convention.

I will not go into total detail as to how the card was assemble, one because I am short on time and two because it is very straight forward. I will mention though that the Bear itself was cut out in Kraft Paper and I then sponged it heavily with Soft Suede ink to give her a more textured appearance. I also stamped the sentiment on a strip of Pretty In Pink then cut it out free hand in the shape of a banner.

* I will be back later to post all the supplies used but just NEEDED to atleast get something posted!

Thanks for stopping by,

ETA: Supply List

Stamps: Beary Nice Wishes  Paper: Razzleberry Lemonade DSP,Pink Flamingo DSP, Rich Razzleberry,Very Vanilla,Pretty In Pink,Tempting Turquoise, Textured Chocolate Chip  Ink: Soft Suede, Melon Mambo    Accesssories: Big Shot, SU! Bear Bigz Die,SU! Beary Essentials Bigz Die, Tempting Turquiose Ribbon, Vanilla Hodgepodge ribbon slide, Pretty In Pink Ribbon, Mini Glue Dots, Final Press Textured Impressions 

A New Baby Girl and A New Challenge

 

 

So in case you haven't noticed I love a good challenge, I find it really helps me to get creating. I was thrilled when I found this challenge at Pals Paper Arts, a new challenge blog hosted by some amazing paper crafters. You have to check it out and see their beautifully inspiring creations.

So when a friend called this morning asking if I could whip up a baby card for her because her neighbour gave birth to a beautiful baby girl this morning,I knew just what I wanted to do! I have been looking for an excuse to CASE this amazing card  and today seemed to be the perfect day to do so. I will not go into detail as LeeAnn has done a fabulous tutorial on how to recreate this cute baby buggy. But I did dry emboss the Very Vanilla card stock with the Big Shot and SU! impressions die called Final Press-I love the delicate swirls and flowers that it has on it.

So that is my Challenge card using the three colours Melon Mambo, Bermuda Bay and Chocolate Chip. I just love the way they go together and will definately be using this combo again!

Stamps: Nusery Necessaries  Paper: Melon Mambo, Chocolate Chip, Bermuda Bay and Very Vanilla Accesseries: Big Shot, Scallop 2 die, Final Press Impressions, Swirls Die, Jumbo Brads Neautrals, Word Window Punch, Trio Flower Punch, Melon Mambo Ribbon

One Swap... Two Swap

 

Okay so I know I have been MIA as of late and I truly didn't realize how crazy the month of July was going to be. Yes I knew I was going to be away for a week and half and yes I knew I would have 3 BORED kids at home to deal with and yes I knew I had commited to several organized swaps for the Stampin' Up! Convention in Salt Lake City (only 7 more sleeps until I leave!) but some how I had obviously mistaken myself for Wonder Woman I thought I could manage all that and keep up with blogging! So guess what? Not so good at multi-tasking LOL! But I have managed to have some great fun with my kids and design two of the many swaps that I need to do so I guess the month hasn't been a total wash!

This first card is for a really fun Shoebox swap that we are making full cards for. I really knew I had wanted to use the Friends 24-7 Stamp set and some new in Colours but it also has to be a card that can be completed in 5 minutes. Okay seriously challenged when designibg something simple! But I am really happy with the result and hopefully so will the other participants. The card base is Sahara Sand and I used the same ink colour to randomly stamp the 24-7 after stamping the Damask image in Soft Suede (love, love, love this image). I then used a strip of Crushed Curry and a thinner strip of Textured Soft Suede which I roughed up with the Cutter Kit. The ribbon is the awesom Taffeta in Kraft. I need to do something different with that layer piece as it just looked to plain when attached flat, so to give it more interested and a little bit more of a vintage feel I turned down the corner. The sentiment was stamped in Soft Suede on Very Vanilla card stock punched out and layered on a Bermuda Bay Circle than that was layer on a Crushed Curry Textured Wide Oval. I think the Antique Brass brads just finish it off perfectly.

 

This second card is for a Christmas Card Swap and looks sooooo much better in person as the Reindeer and the dry embossed panel are both done using Shimmer White Card stock. I was inspired by this beauty HERE for my card. The dry embossing was done with a new Stampin' Up exclusive Textured Impressions folder called Final Press.The Reindeer was inked with Soft Suede and the edges of the cardstock was also sponged with it. The image was then layer on Bravo Burgady and Night of Navy. The Brocard Blue layer was randomly stamped with a Snowflake from the stampset Snow Swirled and I love that this set corresponds nicely with the singled Reindeer image. The Be Merry is stamped using Night of Navy ink on Whisper White and punched out with the Large Oval then layered on a Bravo Burgandy Scallop Oval. And of course I just couldn't use an In Color with out the yummy Polka Dot Ribbon.

Stamps: Friends 24-7, Dasher, Snow Swirled, Warm Wishes  Paper: Sahara Sand, Crushed Curry, Soft Suede Textured, Bermuda Bay, Shimmery White, Bravo Burgundy, Night Of Navy, Whisper White, Brocade Blue  Ink: Soft Suede, Sahara Sand, Night Of Navy, Brocade Blue  Accessories: Big Shot, Final Press Impressions folder, Kraft Taffeta Ribbon, Soft Suede Polka Dot Ribbon, Antique Brass Brads, Cutter Kit  Punches: Large and Scallop Oval, 1 1/4 and 1 3/8 Circles, Wide Oval

Well it  crazy hot here right now and I am off the set up the sprinkler for the kids, have a great day!

"Suite" Color Combination

 

 

Dawn McVey is an extremely talented stamper and designer, and I love visiting her blog for inspiration. Recently she started a weekly colour challenge and I finally found the nerve and time to enter it. I just got another order of stampining goodies the other day and was so excited to try out my new background stamp. I had been eyeing this one for a while and am so glad I finally decided to get it. Using background stamps is such a great way to step up a card with out using patterned paper or to give terture and depth to a card depending on the image. I just love all the different fonts and the script style of this Tres Chic one. For the challeng I chose to use the colours Cameo Coral, Chocolate Chip, Melon Mambo and Very Vanilla. The background was stamped in Chocolate Chip on Very Vanilla cardstock and I sponged the edges with Close to Cocoa. Sponging is such a quick and easy technique that can really change the whole feel of a card. Instead of stamping a main image I decided to use two butterflies from the Beautiful Butterflies die for the big shot. I used two different Designer Series Papers for them; Bella Rose and A Walk in the Park, then used a Vanilla Jumbo Brad in the middle and popped them up with dimensionals on a Vanilla square that is matted with Melon. The sentiment was stamped then punched out with the Wide Oval and layered on a Cameo Coral tag, all were sponged again with Close to Cocoa. The ribbon is the very yummy Melon Mambo Poka Dot Ribbon, I know some of you out there think that this is such a bright colour and trust me I was one of them until I started playing with it-Love It! Chocolate Chip and Melon Mambo is quickly becoming one of my new favourite colour combos-but then again doesn't Chocolate go good with everything?! On that note there is some Purdy's Chocolate Peanut Butter ice cream calling my name!

Stamps: Warm Words, Tres Chic BG

Paper: Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip, Melon Mambo, Cameo Coral, Bella Rose and Walk in the Park

Ink: Chocolate Chip, Close to Cocoa

Accessories: Big Shot, SU! Lots of Tags and Beautiful Butterflies die, Melon Mambo Ribbon, Jumbo Brads, Wide Oval Punch.                                                               

                                                                     

Pretty Purse

 

 

For any of you that know me or may follow my blog you will notice my Big Shot is used a lot in my projects. It's just such a versatile tool and makes anything from cards to embelishments in a matter of minutes-sometimes seconds! This is a purse that I had made for a 3D swap and also worked for a demo challenge over on Splitcoast Stampers. This cute little purse is based on the one seen HERE by the very talented Becky Roberts.  I just heart the the top Note Die, it can be used  for everything from simple card fronts to journaling boxes and of course really cool 3D projects. And it is one of the dies that is included in the BIG SHOT STARTER KIT available from Stampin Up!

This great KIT includes the following:                                  
• Big Shot Die Cutting Machine
• Multipurpose Platform
• Standard Cutting Pads
• Stampin’ Up! Exclusive Scallop Envelope Bigz Die
• Stampin’ Up! Exclusive Top Note Bigz Die
• Stampin’ Up! Exclusive Sizzix Birds & Blooms Four Pack
• Stampin’ Up! Exclusive Decorative Strip Billboard
• Decorative Strip Cutting Pads
• Decorative Strip Extended Spacer Platform

All this for only $232.95 {Item #116314}!

The new Catalogue starts on July 1st and this exclusive deal will no longer be available. So if you haven't gotten your Big Shot yet now is the time because starting July 1st to purchase everything listed above will cost you over $277! Click on my Order on Line button or contact me for more details (Canadians Orders Only).

For my version of the Top Note Purse I used two So Saffron Top notes and wheeled the Friendly Words wheel in Chocolate Chip ink and sponged the edges as well. The large scallop die for the Big Shot was used for the top of the purse and was dry embossed again using the Big Shot with a Stampin Up! exclusive Texture Plate. The Beautiful Butterflies die (another SU! exclusive) was cut of twice, once in Cameo Coral and again in Vellum Cardstock that was also run through with the Texture Plate. The little butterflies that are stamped on the sentiment circle are from the Branch Out set. I think that this would be a cute idea for a thank you gift. You could fill it with a treat or several note cards.

Paper: So Saffron, Chocolate Chip, Cameo Coral, Very Vanilla, Vellum Cardstock

Ink: Cameo Coral, Chocolate Chip, So Saffron

Stamps: Matchbox messages, Branch Out, Friendly Words Wheel

Accessories: Jumbo eyelets, Very Vanilla Ribbon, Scallop Circle Punch, 1 3/8 and 1 1/4 Circle punch, neutral brads, paper piercer, Big Shot, Large Scallop Circle, Beautiful Butterflies and Top Note Dies.

Friendly Words

 

As soon as I saw this wheel in the catalogue way back in January I knew I had to have it! This card is very similar to a swap I hard made for the Seattle Regionals back in April. In fact I still hard pieces on my table that were stamped out from making the swaps (I know I am terrible and put things away, I like to call it my "Creative Clutter LOL).  So today I decide it was time to clean up and make something with them. Also this card fits in with the LAST CHANCE list as I have used two current in colours as well as DSP that will only be around until the end of the month. Riding Hood Red, Chocolate Chip and Kiwi Kiss have become a favourite colour combo over the last five months. I never would have thought red and green could go so well together with out looking Christmas-y. I also just love this sentiment from the All Holidays Stamp Set, and was very glad to see that it will be around for another year. This card has a lot of sponging around the edges with Creamy Caramel, giving it a more vintage appeal. The Riding Hood Red layer was dry embossed using the Texture plates for the Big Shot and also sponged on the raised impressions to bring them out even more. I have to say I was really pleased with the way the wheeled image turned out on the patterned paper it just adds that little bit extra!

Well I am off to do the things I should have been doing all day-but stamping is so much more fun!

Stamps: Friendly Words Jumbo Wheel, All Holidays

Ink: Chocolate Chip, Creamy Caramel, Riding Hood Red, Chocolate Chip Marker

Paper: Riding Hood Red, Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip, Bella Rose Designer Series Paper.

Accessories: Jumbo Wheel handle, Jumbo Brads 5/16 Vanilla, Sponges, Chocolate Chip Taffeta Ribbon, Big Shot, Stampin' Up! Backgrounds 1 Texture plate, Dimensionals 

B is for..........

 

BIG BIRD!  So after my pretty post yesterday I figured it was some time for a fun (or should I say funny) post again. I'm sure most of you will recognize this goofy bird. To bad I couldn't figure out how to make him Radar as well.(who you ask? You know that homely little Teddy Bear that a 8 foot yellow bird could not sleep with out?!)

So on to how I created this Fluffy guy. Yes I said guy, he is a boy right? I was having this discussion with another grown woman the other day (yes she too has nothing better to than dream up how to make muppets out of paper!) and she thought HE was a girl. She was actually the clever one who suggested that I use the sizzlets little leaves as BB tuffs of feathers (you can view her blog HERE) . I know how smart right? So I used my Big Shot again and the scallop die to cut out two pieces of Yo-yo Yellow, lots punches (making the beak was the hardest part, right Natasha?)  and asembled him on a circular card base that I made with my circle scissors plus. That circle cutter is such a cool tool as you can also cut out rings with it!  And I thought putting this bright and happy character on a non-trational shaped card would be just the right fit.

Ink: Whiper White Craft to sponge around the top of BB's head

Paper: Yo-Yo Yellow, Pixie Pink, Blilliant Blue, Real Red, Whisper White, Basic Black

Punches: Circle punches1/2',1 1/4',1 3/4", Wide Oval, Large Oval

Accessories: Big Shot, sizzlet little leaves, Scallop circle die, Circle Scissors Plus

So do you know what today is? It is the last day for my no shipping special and the LAST question for my MYSTER BLOG CANDY give away!

Today's question is...

What cool new tool or accessory would you like to see in the new Stampin' Up! Catalogue when it comes out in July?

(I would like to see the Scor-Pal, I know wishful thinking, but a girl can dream!) Also I am in loooove with the corduroy buttons and brads so I hope there are lots more in tons of colors!

Remember to post your answers in the comments and tomorrow ALL will be revealed!!!!!!!!! Including the Blog candy winner. And thanks to everyone who has been playing a long so far.

 

"Sunny Days..........."

 

 

Gee, I can still hear that Sesame Street theme song in my head like it was yesterday, when I would sit and watch my favourite characters... WAIT it was yesterday LOL! That is what life is like with a two year old. I'm sure many of you can still hear that song too, whether it be from your childhood or from your children's. Everybody loves Sesame Street right?! Well I sure hope so because ever since I made the Elmo and Cookie Monster cards that I posted on May 19th ( sorry haven't figured out how to link previous posts yet-promise I'll get better!) my daughter and well I admit myself too, have been obsessed with recreating the whole gang. So here is BERT in all his glory! Of course I brought out my trusty Big Shot and used the Scallop Oval Frame die, using the oval part for his egg shaped head. Can't you just hear that annoying but cute laugh and see that obnoxious striped shirt when looking at his face? Then there were all of Stampin' Up's great punches involved. Try looking at your punches in a new way you'll be surprised what you can create with different shapes. All in all the whole production was not to hard to create. Now Big Bird was another story, but you will have to wait to see that one!!!!!

Stamps: On Your Birthday

Ink: Many marvelous markers Real Red and Brilliant Blue

CardStock: Kiwi Kiss Textured, Real Red Textured, Pacific Point, Tangerine Tango, So Saffron, Basic Black, Whisper White, Cameo Coral, Real Red, Pumpkin Pie.

Punches: 1/2' ,1' and 1 3/4' Circles, Large Oval, Scalloped Oval, Five Petal, Word Window.

SO Remember I am still offering you the chance to win my MYSTERY BLOG CANDY! Just 3 more days until my BIG announcement, you can hardly wait -RIGHT?!!!!!! So here is the QUESTION of the day:

"Who is/was YOUR favourite Sesame Street Character?"

(I know not stamping related but I'm giddy from finally finishing BIG BIRD!)

Mine was Oscar. I know I was a strange kid, but I remember feeling sorry for him for being so grouchy and thought he could use a friend!

Can't wait to read yours, remember to leave your answer in the comments section of this post. The more questions you answer the better your chances are for SOMETHING FREE! If you haven't already answered the other questions they start with my post on May 23.

Happy Wishes

 

This is one of the cards that we made at last month's Stamp Club Meeting. Again I pulled out my trusty Big Shot- it's truly amazing how you can create WOW projects in such little time. I was excited to show everyone Stampin' Up's exclusive embossing die. This folder will cover a full size card from edge to edge and dry emboss it in a snap with one quick run through the Big Shot! After we embossed the Designer Series Paper I showed how to give more texture to the paper with a sanding block. This give such a great effect as the DSP has a white core so the raised flower image pops even more. This was a quick and easy card but with very elegant results. Enjoy and may your day be filled with happiness.

Stamps: Warm wishes,Fith Avenue Floral, Heard From The Heart

Cardstock: Pink Piroette, Very Vanilla, Basic Grey, Walk In The Park DSP

Inks: Basic Grey, Kiwi Kiss, Pink Piroette(sponged around the "happiness")

Acesssories: Vanilla Hodge Podge Hardware, Big Shot, Manhattan Embossing Die, Basic Grey Taffeta Ribbon