Postage Due

Here is a card from Buffy Cooper, and yes I ordered the stamp set after I received it.

• Stamp Set: Postage Due
• Inks: Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Raspberry Ripple, Island Indigo and Versamark 
• Paper: Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Pool Party, Soft Suede, Island Indigo and Raspberry Ripple
• Misc: Clear Embossing Powder, Pool Party Seam Binding, Vintage Trinkets, Jewelry Tag Punch, Big Shot and the retired Finial Press Embossing Folder

I love swapping with my friends!

Field Flowers

This card was the favorite of the ladies that came to my Ribbons and Pearls class today.

I CASEd Vicki's Card found here. The layout was a Splitcoaststampers challenge. It is hard to see but the image is completely covered with Dazzling Diamonds.

• The card base is Naturals White with a front of Marina Mist that is layer with a piece of DSP from Beau Château.
• I ran a 2 1/4"x 3 1/4" Marina Mist CS through the Big Shot in the Finial Press Embossing folder and layered it onto a piece of Not Quite Navy CS then it was layered onto the card front catty corner.
• A second piece of DSP from Beau Château was layered onto a piece of Marina Mist CS, it was layered onto the card front. 
• On a piece of Very Vanilla I stamped Field Flower in Old Olive, Marina Mist and Not Quite Navy.
• I cut a piece of Multipurpose Adhesive Sheets the same size as the Very Vanilla CS and burnished it onto the CS, after removing the covering I added Dazzling Diamonds to the adhesive. I then layered it onto a piece of Not Quite Navy CS, I wrapped a piece of Island Indigo Bakers Twine around the image and then added it to the front going catty corner the opposite direction. 
• I threaded a small piece of the Bakers Twine through the hole in a flower button from the Bitty Buttons then added it onto a Marina Mist CS flower from the Itty Bitty punches  and added to the DSP band on the front of the card.
• Four of the large Pearls from those in the main catalog were put in the corners of the front.

The image and all its sparkle was what the ladies in the class loved. I hope you like this card and if you haven't bought Multipurpose Adhesive sheets I hope you do and then give this card a try.

Apothecary Art

Here is another card in my Tuesday Card Buffet. This one uses Apothecary Art and matching Framelit.

• The card base is Whisper White that has the front ran through the Big Shot with the Finial Press embossing folder.
• I inked the image in Calypso Coral and stamped it on a scrap of Whisper White CS and then cut it out with a Framelit.  After cleaning the stamp I used markers to color the image in the center(Lucky Limeade, Calypso Coral, Poppy Parade) stamped it onto another scrap and found the corresponding circle punch and punched, popped the center with Dimensionals.
• I cut a Calypso Coral CS with the next size larger Framelit, centered it near the top of the card and then used Dimensionals to pop the image up on it.

You are welcome to stop by on Tuesdays to stamp, I have 8 or more cards choices every week, two cards that you can choose to make use retired but well loved sets, you know the ones that go for a small fortune if they come up for sale.

Pretty Postage

The new summer mini has a cool new punch! The Postage Stamp punch, there is even a stamp set that coordinates with the punch.

• The card base is Pear Pizzazz with a front of Rich Razzleberry that was run through the big shot with the Vintage Wallpaper folder.
• The image from the Pretty Postage is of raspberries, I colored the stamp with the Pear Pizzazz and Rich Razzleberry markers and stamped it onto Whisper White and punched it out with the new Postage Stamp punch.
• The image was layered onto a piece of Rich Razzleberry punched with the Square Scallop. It was then layered onto Basic Black that was ran through the Big Shot with Scallop Rectangle Clearlit with a narrow Taffeta ribbon in Rich Razzleberry tied around it.
• The layered image was added to a square of Pear Pizzazz that was ran through the Big Shot with the Finial Press folder then was layered onto a piece of Basic Black.
• The square was added to the card front.

Thanks for Caring

Both of these cards use the same stamp from the set Thanks for Caring found in the Occasions Mini (10 more days Left to order from this Mini)

The top card

•  Card base is Baja Breeze with a front of Whisper White that was ran through the Big Shot with the Finial Press folder.
• The Top Note Die was used cut a piece of Not Quite Navy and then it was ran through with the Vintage Wallpaper folder.
• The oval was cut with the Ovals die and then stamp with the phrase using NQN ink. It is popped up with Dimensionals.

The bottom card

• The card base and all the layers are Whisper White.
• Layer one was ran through the Big Shout with the Square Lattice folder.
• Layer two was ran through with the Vintage Wallpaper folder and the corners were punched with the Ticket Corner punch.
• The oval was cut the same as in the top card but was sprayed with Frost Shimmer Paint spray and stamped with Marina Mist.
• Pearl Jewels were used at the corners that were punched out.

Hope that you like today's cards, need to order anything? Give me a call or order through the link at the side bar.

Have a wonderful day!

Water Cooler Swaps part 3

Card #1 was made by Marsha, another one of my Water Cooler friends it has been so fun getting to know her.  She used  two Stamp Sets: For All You Do and a Sale-a-bration set  So Happy For You

The Card stocks and DSP she used is: Very Vanilla; Old Olive; Brights DSP Old Olive Stripe, Tangerine Tango Stripe; Daffodil Delight; Tangerine Tango; Neutrals Very Vanilla DSP (dot side). She uses  Old Olive; Pumpkin Pie ink.  Boho Blossoms Punch; Eyelet Border Punch; Modern Label Punch; Dimensionals; Square Lattice Embossing Folder were also used to make the card.

Card #2 was made by Jackie another lady that I have been getting to know though our Stampin' Connection Water Cooler Group.  She used the following: Paper: cherry cobbler, daffodil delight, certainly celery, pretty in pink, red glimmer paper, patterns love DSP, and a very small piece chocolate chip for cherry; The Ink: chocolate chip The Stamp set: Curly Cute (mine is coming Monday, saw the cardm had to get it); she also used a paper crimper, cupcake punch, 2 3/8 scallop circle punch, big shot, tulip embossing folder, perfect polka dots embossing folder, dimensionals.

Card #3 was made by Patti, Patti has added so much fun to our discussions her sense of humor keeps us laughing. She used Cherry Cobbler and Very Vanilla Card stock with the Finial Press embossing folder and the Ticket Corner punch, Cherry Cobbler seam binding,  and the stamp sets Charmed and Totally Tess (words) and one of the tiny Pearl Jewels.

Card #4 was from Darrah, Darrah is another fellow demo that has been answering my questions from the time I first started with Stampin' UP!.  Darrah used the Stamp sets: Fresh Cuts and Easter Blossoms (mini); Inks: Old Olive and River Rock (the dirt on the pot);  CS: Old Olive, Whisper White and Pumpkin Pie; Punches: 2 1/2" Circle, Word Window (fold cs in half to get a longer window) and Scallop oval; also used is
Sticky strip and 5/8 organza ribbon.

One of the best things I have found as a demo is the friendships as well as the willingness that so many of the demos to share their ideas and knowledge, these ladies and the others that are a part of our Water Cooler group have added so much humor and fun to my days.  I am often laughing at what they write, my kids have even started asking whats going on with your friend at the Water Cooler. . . who would've thunk it?

So I realize my camera takes rotton pictures, sorry. Good news is I will be getting a new one. . .bad news not until the end of April so until then I will keep posting, just know many of the cards look much better in real life. ;)