Card in a Box

For club we made birthday cards in a box. On of my fellow blog hoppers shared the instruction on her blog.

We followed her instructions for the shorter box/card.

• The box is Island Indigo CS with Daffodil Delight and Raspberry Ripple CS for the panels
• The banner is Gingham Garden Washi Tape
• The phrase on the front flap is from Label Love and colored with markers before stamping with Island Indigo, Raspberry Ripple and Crushed Curry, it was popped up with Dimensionals
• All the sayings and the cupcakes are attached to Window Sheets. the sayings came from the following sets: Bring On the Cake, Remembering Your Birthday, Just Saying and Tag It they were cut out with the Word Bubble Framelits

My son saw it and asked if he could have it to give to his girlfriend on her birthday.

My daughter came from California to help out for a couple of weeks while her dad, my husband, had both of his knees replaced. she made this for her friend back in California.

We had fun making them.  I made the first box in more manly colors for my boss for his birthday, he loved it!

Secret Garden

• The card base is Pear Pizzazz with the front of the card embossed with the Modern Mosaic Embossing Folder.
• I stamped the flowers from Secret Garden was stamped on Naturals White CS with Versamark and Heat embossed with White Embossing Powder. I used a Sponge Dauber to sponge Crushed Curry Ink on the centers of the flowers then worked out from the centers with Daffodil Delight Ink. I ran them through the Big Shot with the Secret Garden Framelits.
•  On a piece of Naturals White CS I stamped the greeting from Bring on the Cake in Versamark and heat embossed it with Wild Wasabi Embossing Powder. I cut it with a Circle Collection Framelit and layered it on a circle of Daffodil Delight CS. I layered it on a Tea Lace Paper Doily and then layered it on the card base.
• I adhered two of the flowers and a leaf cut from Pear Pizzazz CS to the card base, I added Dimensionals to the back of the third flower and popped it up over the two flowers on the base. 

Llama Mini Blog Hop

Many of our Hop friends are busy this time around so we are have a Mini Hop. We are sharing items from the Holiday Catalog.

My first two cards are birthday card using items from both catalogs.

• The card base is Very Vanilla.
• I used the wood paneling from Truly Grateful stamp set found on page 19 of the Holiday Catalog to stamp the card base with Baked Brown Sugar.  I also stamped it on Baked Brown Sugar CS that I cut as a banner flag.
• I cut a piece of Cherry Cobbler CS as a banner flag.
• I stamped the phrase from the Hostess set Express Yourself in Cherry Cobbler on a strip of Very Vanilla CS, then cut it as a banner flag.
• I stacked the flags starting with the Cherry Cobbler flag, than added a piece of Natural Trim, than the Baked Brown Sugar flag, last the Very Vanilla flag.  I added the largest button from Naturals Designer Buttons with Linen Thread threaded through the holes. Adding it all to the card base,

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• The card base is Whisper White with a front of DSP from Season of Style DSP Stack found on page 22 of the Holiday Catalog.
• I stamped the phrase from Bring On the Cake in Cherry Cobbler on a scrap of Whisper White and cut it out with the Circle Collection Framelits, I layered it onto a piece of Cherry Cobbler CS cut the next size larger and added it to the card front. 
• I layered Season of Style Designer Washi tape on a scrap of Whisper White CS and punched 2 circles with the 3/4" Circle Punch. I covered a retired button with a second strip of tape from the same bundle. I threaded Cherry Cobbler Bakers Twine through the button Holes. I added them overlapping on the sentiment,

• The card base is Whisper White, I ran it through the Big Shot cutting an opening with the Labels Collection Framelits. I ran it through a second time in the Petals a Plenty Embossing Folder. I added a piece of Seasons of Style DSP on the inside of of the front of the card.
• On the piece of Whisper White CS cut out from the front of the card I stamped the phrase from Christmas Messages found on page 34 of the Holiday catalog. I stamped it with Versamark and heat embossed it with a mixture of Cherry Cobbler EP mix with a little bit of Dazzling Diamonds to make it sparkle. I re-cut the piece with the next smaller Framelit. I then popped it up with Dimensionals on the DSP.

I hope you enjoy our small hop, the bloggers are:

Kath (me)  http://kath-allthatscrap.blogspot.com/

Debbie http://cleverandcute.blogspot.com/

Jackie http://jackotterstamp.blogspot.com/

Buffy http://buffycooper.com/

The Stampin' Llamas are Hopping Again!

Welcome to our blog hop, we are small in numbers this time but I am sure there has been things you have pinned for inspiration.  You might have hopped over from Buffy's Blog and if you did I hope you enjoyed her blog as much as I do.

For our hop I decided to use the same floral stamp set on all of my cards, I decided on Secret Garden. So here are the cards I came up with.

For my first card I used Red, White and Black.

• The card base is Whisper White CS, layered with Basic Black CS, then Real Red CS.
• On a piece of 3 3/4" x 5" Whisper White CS I stamped the same flower over and over with Stazon. I started at the middle of the bottom and masked the flower as I stamped.
• The sentiment is from Express Yourself, I stamped it with Real Red.

Card number #2 uses Rose Red, Very Vanilla, Baked Brown Sugar, Strawberry Slush, Crumb Cake and Soft Suede

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• The card base is Baked Brown Sugar CS layered with Rose Red CS then Crumb Cake DSP,
• On a piece of Very Vanilla CS I stamped three of the flowers from Secret Garden. I started with the largest flower and stamped it in the lower right corner using Baked Brown Sugar. Next I took the second largest flower and stamped it overlapping both sides of the large flower using Rose Red. On the other side of the second flower I stamped the lily, again overlapping using Strawberry Slush.
• The sentiment is from Bring on the Cake stamped with Soft Suede, I layered it onto Rose Red CS and then onto Soft Suede CS. I then added it onto the card.

My last card uses Rose Red, Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla, Crisp Cantaloupe, Calypso Coral, Primrose Petals and Crushed Curry.

• The card base is Very Vanilla CS layered with a piece of Rose Red CS that I ran through the Big Shot using the Stripes Embossing Folder.
• I stamped the flowers on a piece of Watercolor paper using Stazon.
• I colored the flowers using Rose Red and Crushed Curry on the largest flower, then Primrose Petals and Chocolate Chip and the next largest flower and the lily I used Crisp Cantaloupe and Calypso Coral ink. I used an Aqua Painter to color them.
• I layered it onto a piece of Chocolate Chip CS.
• I punched a strip of Very Vanilla CS with the Dotted Scallop Ribbon Punch and attached it to the bottom of the layered image.
• On a scrap of Rose Red CS I stamped the sentiment from Blooming with Kindness with Versamark and then heat embossed it with White Embossing Powder. I ran it through the Big Shot and cut it out with one of the Apothecary Accents Framelit. I popped the sentiment up with Dimensionals.

I hope you found some inspiration for Secret Garden. Thanks for stopping by! Hop on over to Stephanie's Blog and check out her projects.

Chalkboard Graffiti

Club was yesterday and this is the technique we did. It took several stamp sets to make this card.

• The card base is Naturals White layered with Tempting Turquoise, then Melon Mamba, then Basic Black.
• On the Basic Black piece we drew a line about 1/4" around the inside with the White Watercolor Pencil.  Then we stamped the phrases with White Craft Ink and Embossed them with White Embossing Powder. The phrases came from: Bring on the Cake, Curly Cute, Bloomin' Marvelous(SAB), Feeling Sentimental(SAB).
• The images were stamped in White Craft Ink and are from: Create a Cupcake and Bloomin' Marvelous(SAB).
• A cotton ball was uses to swish on some White Craft Ink ans then buff off most of it.
• More lines were added with the Watercolor Pencil.

Bring on the Cake

I am sure you have seen many cards with the DSP candles on them here is my version.

• The card base is Midnight Muse,
• I cut a piece of Old Olive CS using the Big Shot and the largest of the Apothecary Accents Framelits, I the stamped the phrase from Bring on the cake near the bottom using Stazon. I added it to the base.
• I rolled tubes of DSP using every color(two of them twice) in the Polka Dot Parade pack, The wick is a piece of Bakers Twine, I added these to the card.

That is it pretty fast and easy and a fun way to add some dimension to a card.

Bring On the Cake- 1,2,3. . .

The stamp set is from the new Occasions mini and the DSP is Celebrations

• Fold the Whisper White CS in half, layer the Old Olive CS front to base, then layer the 2 pieces of DSP to the front.


• Using the Dotted Scallop Ribbon Punch and a scrap of Real Red CS punch a ribbon long enough to cover the DSP seam.

• Stamp the image from "Bring on the Cake" onto Whisper White CS using Pacific Point ink. (color in the birthday number before giving) Punch it out using the 2 ½" circle punch. Sponge the edges with Real Red. Add to card front using Dimensionals.

• Add a phrase to the inside if desired.



Bring On the Cake

Today the Occasions mini starts(see side bar for catalog) the saying on this card is from the new mini the stamp set is called Bring on the Cake.
so many Candles, so little Cake




• Fold the Baja Breeze CS in half

• Layer the DSP with even edges to the bottom front of the card

• On the Very Vanilla CS strip stamp the candle randomly using alternating colors, Colors used Early Espresso, Soft Suede, Baja Breese

• Layer the stamped image onto the strip of Soft Suede CS shimmer side up, nest layer the strips onto the card covering the top edge of the DSP

• Using Versamark stamp the phrase (use the "C" block) from "Bring on the Cake" onto the top, front of the card, pour black embossing powder over the Versamark shake off excess into the container then melt with heat gun

• If desired stamp a phrase to the inside of card

So on to the mini and new things to love. . .
Valentine Defined page 9
Take a Spin page 10, 4 large stamps in the set

Game Spinner hands, page 10 (12 hands for $3.95)
Blossom Petals Punch page 12 (matching stamp set Build a Blossom)
Easter Blossoms page 17, 6 stamps in this set
Bring on the Cake page 20/21, 13 stamps in the set!
Build a Cupcake Punch page 22(matching stamp set Create a Cupcake)
Nature Walk page27, 7 stamps in this set
Framed Tulips Embossing Folder page 28
Plane & Simple page 40, 7 stamps in this set
Also look for
Glimmer Paper, Petal Cone die, Rosettes, Seam Binding, Glass Glitter, Trinket crowns and keys, Beveled Windowpanes and so many more