Love & Sympathy

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This card uses the new Circle Card Thinlits Die. I have always liked flip/swing cards but often found it difficult to line everything up just right. With the new Thinlits Dies it is easy! This card was done with the Faux Watercoloring Technique using the Love & Sympathy stamp set.

Mostly closed

Open

• The card is Marina Mist CS. I ran it through the Big Shot with the Circle Card Thinlits Die, it does the hard part by cutting and scoring all at once.
• On Watercolor Paper I stamped the iris from Love & Sympathy using the Faux Watercolor Technique(instructions in this post), and cut it out with a Circle Framelit. I attached it to the card so that when closed it is on the front.
• The sentiment is from Create a Cupcake and is stamped on Very Vanilla CS with Old Olive ink than punched with the Word Window Punch. I layered it on Old Olive CS punched with the Modern Label Punch. I added the smallest of the Pearl Jewels on both ends and added it to the card.
• I stamped an additional sentiment from Create a Cupcake on Very Vanilla CS again in Old Olive. I cut it with a Circle framelit and added it to the opposite side of the card.
• I added one each of the three small sizes of Pearls to the top curve of the card.

These flip/swing cards are so fast and easy to make!

The Wacky Watercooler

Welcome to our hop! You may have just come from Jeanne's blog and if you have I'm sure you enjoyed her projects. If you are starting here just keep clicking until you make your way back to me.

My first 3 projects use the Build a Banner Simply Created Kit(133507) on page 31 of the Holiday Catalog.

I made the create banner for my craft room. I used Sponge Daubers for all my stenciling. The colors I used are Coastal Cabana, Bermuda Bay and Rose Red. I strung the banner flags from Rose Red Seam Binding.

The next banner is a work in progress, I won't be finishing it until I hold my banner class because I will be using it for demonstration purposes.

I did this banner in Real Red and Encore Silver. I used the Red and Silver Glimmer papers and the now retired snowflake die. I layered the snow flake either Silver, Red, Silver or Red, Silver, Red. The centers of the snow flakes have a Vintage Faceted Designer Button with Rhinestone centered on it. Santa Banner stamped with Santa's List found on page 31 of the Holiday Catalog.

The Halloween Banner uses Most of the pieces from the Halloween Simply Created Accessory Kit, page 31. I couldn't use the Summer Starfruit pieces.

I made additional Lollies from DSP the Pumpkin Pie piece is from Quatrefancy Specialty DSP and Old Olive is from the DSP Stacks. I stenciled with Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Elegant Eggplant and Stazon.

My last project is a card using Truly Grateful stamp set found on page 19 of the Holiday Catalog.

The card base is Naturals White I stamped the panel stamp with Baked Brown Sugar. I cut banner cut strips of CS in Crushed Curry, Old Olive and Cherry Cobbler. I banner cut Cherry Cobbler Chevron Ribbon as well as Cotton Ribbon. I Stamped Happy Birthday from Create a Cupcake on the Cotton Ribbon in Early Espresso. I layers all the banners together an topped the off with two stamped acorns I used Crumb Cake, Soft Suede and Cajon Craze for the acorn.


Hop on over to Terri's Blog and see what she has in store for you.

For those of you that visit my blog regularly I will be posting irregularly for a couple of weeks, sadly I came home from work a week ago and found that my lap top no longer works I will be getting another one as soon as I can, until then I have to borrow computers to post.

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.

Lovely As a Tree

I decided I needed to make a masculine birthday card so this is what I came up with.

• The card base is Naturals White.
• The front is Soft Suede that I ran through the Big Shot in the Woodgrain Embossing Folder then lightly sponged the grain with Crumb Cake Ink.
• On a piece of Naturals White I stamped the Oak Tree from Lovely as a Tree in Soft Suede then cut it out with a Window Collection Framelit as well as a Naturals White in the next size up. I sponged all but the center of the  the image with Crumb Cake Ink. I layered it on the plain piece of Naturals White. I added the image to the front of the card.
• On a piece of Natural Trim Ribbon(from the Spring Catalog) I stamped the Happy Birthday from Create a Cupcake in Early Espresso, then wrappped it around the front and tacked it on with two Antique Brads.  I then added the fron to the base.

So I am really liking how this turned out. I hope you like it too!

Create a Cupcake!

Another card from last weeks Ribbon & Pearls class.

This card uses a retiring stamp, retiring paper, retiring tool and a retiring punch.

• The card base is Confetti White(retiring) With a front of Pretty in Pink
• I inked up the phrase from Create a Cupcake with Chocolate Chip and stamped it onto a scrap of Naturals White then ran it through the Big Shot with the smallest Label Framelit, I cut 2 more of the smallest Framelit out of Chocolate Chip, cut each in half in opposite directions and frames my phrase with them.
• On a 3" square of Regal Rose I stamped Fine Flourish(retiring) with Versamark and stamped it on the CS and embossed it with Iridescent Ice. I punch it out with the 2 1/2" Circle punch.
• I cut a strip of Chocolate Chip and a rectangle of Crumb Cake DSP from the Naturals Stack. I punched the strip with the Lace Ribbon Border punch (retiring) I threaded Regal Rose 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon through the center holes and tied a knot 2/3s of the way down.
• I used the Crimper(retiring) on a scrap of Chocolate Chip CS and punched it with the Cupcake punch I ran a scrap of Pretty in Pink through the Big Shot in the Elegant Lines embossing folder, then punched it with the Cupcake punch. The Cherry was punched from Real Red and Crystal Effects was added to make it shinny and rounded..
• I used a Sharpies to color the Pearls.

From the photo I think you can see how it all went together, if you have any questions let me know.

Crazy for Cupcakes!

I love Calypso Coral and Poppy Parade together, I added So Saffron with them.

• The card base is Whisper White 
• I layered So Saffron on top of Calypso Coral, near the bottom in Poppy Parade I stamp the phrase from Create a Cupcake. Next, approximately 3/4" from the bottom I punched two holes, threaded ribbon down from the top, and back up from the back, then attached this to the card base.
• I stamped the stack of cupcakes from Crazy for Cupcakes in Stazon onto Whisper White. I colored the image with Ink and a Blender pen, using So Saffron, Poppy Parade, Calypso Coral, and Sahara Sand. I layered it and added it to the card front.

Have a wonderful day!

Uncharted Territory- reflection

This is the card we made for my reflection class, it was a little easier to make then the Lovely as a Tree card from my last post.

• The card base is Not Quite Navy.
• The Top Note die was used to cut a Cherry Cobbler and a Naturals White, I trimmed the Naturals  White along the dotted line that the die cuts into the Top Note.
• I colored the sailboat stamp with markers, I used Not Quite Navy, Marina Mist, Cherry Cobbler, and More Mustard. and stamped it on the top half of the Top Note, I recolored the stamp but lest the sun uncolored and stamped it on a Window Sheet, flipped it over and pressed the image below the stamped boat.
• I lightly sponged Marina Mist over the water.
• I stamped Happy Birthday from Create a Cupcake in Cherry Cobbler on a 3/4" strip of paper I layered it onto a 1" strip of Not Quite Navy and wrapped it around the Top Note.
• Last I added the Top Note to my base.

Simple- Sail Away

I want to share a simple and fast card using Sail Away from the Summer Mini

• The card base is Not Quite Navy with a front of DSP Nautical Expedition(also in the Summer Mini).
• For the image I used Whisper White. I  inked up Block size D with Marina Mist ink and pressed the block to the paper. I inked up the boat in Not Quite Navy and stamped it in the block outline. The image was layered onto Cherry Cobbler CS and added to the front.
• The Happy Birthday is from Create a Cupcake(here's hoping it is in the New catalog) stamped on Whisper White with NQN, punched with the Word Window and layered onto a Cherry Cobbler Modern Label, then it was popped up with Dimensionals and added to the front. 

A fast and easy card!
I'm hoping you all find time to stamp something today. . .

Faux Leather Cards

The first card is the card that we made for club this month (we are taking a break for the summer, next club will be September) then second card I made as an example. The Faux Leather oval started as the same size as the oval that mats it, it shrinks that much when you heat them.




To do the Faux Leather you need to start with Fun Foam (go ahead and swipe a piece from the kids). Using the stamp of your choice ink if in Early Espresso Ink, leave it sitting on the ink pad while you heat the Fun Foam with you heat gun, heat it until it gets very soft and the edges start to curl up. Quickly stamp your inked image onto the Fun Foam pressing lightly (if you press to hard you will get the outline of your stamp imbedded as well, if that happens turn the Fun Foam over and heat and stamp again)



Wolf Card



• The card base is Confetti White with a front of Early Espresso that was run through the Big Shot with the Square Lattice folder

• The Faux Leather Wolf head was added to a 2 ½" circle of Confetti White and the phrase was stamped in Cherry Cobbler onto Confetti White,

• Linen thread was tied around the card base and feathers with retired SU beads threaded onto the ends, was tied to the thread.

Sail Boat

• The Card Base is Confetti White with a front of Early Espresso

• A piece of Not Quite Navy with a Marina Mist Oval and a Modern Label was ran through the Big Shot with the Square Lattice folder

• The sail boat was layered onto the embedded oval and a piece of Bakers twine was tied around the card front.

• Happy Birthday was stamped in Early Espresso and stamped on Confetti White and punched with the Word Window

Give Faux Leather a try and leave a link in the comments so I can see what you came up with.

3" x 3" cards

Sometimes you only need a small card to slip into a gift bag, here are 4 from a recent class. From top to bottom:

• Card base Pacific Point cut 3" x 6" and folded in half, a 2 3/4" square of DSP Ice Cream Parlor (free with a $50 order- end March 31)
• I punched a star from Daffodil Delight and More Mustard both were sprayed with Champagne Shimmer Paint spray. I 1 3/4" circle was also punched from the sprayed More Mustard. The stars were layered off center on top of each other.  The Circles was layered be hind the phrase.
• The phrase is from Word Play and color was added directly to the stamp with the Daffodil Delight, Pacific Point and Real Red markers on Whisper White, then it was punched with the 1 3/4" circle and layered onto the card front.

• Card base is a 3" x 6" piece of Whisper White folded in half with a 2 3/4" square of Basic Black as a front.
•  a 2 3/8" of Whisper White was sprayed with Frost Shimmer Paint spray. then stamped with a phrase from Word Play in Stazon. A Rhinestone Jewel was used as the diamond in the ring.
• A piece of Whisper White Satin Ribbon was knotted at the top of the card.

• Card base is a piece of 3" x 6" Bashful Blue folder in half.
• On a 2 3/4" square of Regal Rose the Image from Baby Steps was stamped on with Vesamark and heat embossed with White embossing powder. It was then added to the card base.
• A piece of Organza Ribbon was knotted at the top.
• The word baby from Tiny Tags was stamped in Regal Rose onto Whisper White and punched out with the Jewel Tag punch. It was pinned to the knot with a pin from the Vintage Trinkets.

• Card base is a 3" x 6" piece of Crumb Cake folded in half.
• A 2 1/2" circle was punched from Pretty in Pink. a phrase from Create a Cup Cake was stamped with Regal Rose.
• The cupcake is punched from Crumb Cake(frosting) and Regal Rose DSP(cake) the cherry is Poppy Parade with Crystal Effects to give it dimension. The cupcake was added to the circle with Dimensionals.

So 4 easy cards for different occasions.
Tomorrow is Open Stamping so stop in if you want, it will be fun!

Build a Cupcake- Sale-a-bration

I used the paper, ribbon and buttons you can receive free with each $50 order during Sale-a-bration, remember it comes to an end at the end of this month.

• The cards base is Whisper White.
• I cut a piece of the DSP 5 1/8" x 2" and added it to the card front, I then wrapped the ribbon around it and tied it in a knot.
• I punched the cupcake in Melon Mambo, Pacific Point and Daffodil Delight alternated the colors of wrapper, frosting and buttons they are popped up with Dimensionals.
• I stamped the Happy Birthday from Create a Cupcake, the stamp set that matches the punch, in Pacific Point. I punched it out using the Word Window Punch, adhered it to a piece of Daffodil Delight that was punched with the Modern Label punch, this was also added with Dimensionals.

So if I were to remake this I would run the frosting bits through the Big Shot with the Elegant Lines folder to add swirls to it.

So go have some fun stamping!