Life's Adventure

I borrowed this Hostess set from my daughter and her friend.

Stamps: Life's Adventure
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Ink, Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo & Coastal Cabana Blendabilities
Paper:Whisper White & Coastal Cabana CS, Sweet Taffy DSP
Misc:  Big Shot, Apothecary Accents Framelits


On Tuesday I will be having Shoulder surgery I have scheduled posts for the next few weeks.

The Wacky Watercooler August Blog Hop.

Welcome  to another Wacky Watercooler Blog Hop! Our Hop Runs in a circle so you can hop from anywhere on our loop and view all of the blogs. You may have hopped here from my  friend Marsha's blog.  I'm sure you enjoyed all of her projects.

My first project is a Dream Catcher.

Stamps: Four Feathers
Ink: Soft Suede & Pool Party
Paper: Pool Party & Sahara Sands CS
Misc: 1 1/4" Burlap Ribbon, Twine, Pony Beads & Ring & Feather Framelits

Next is a Christmas Card using old and new stamp sets.

Stamps: Holiday Home, Lovely as a Tree & Good Greetings
Ink: Stazon, Island Indigo, Pool Party, So Saffron, Cajun Craze, Soft Suede, Smoky Slate, Mossy Meadow and Real Red
Paper: Whisper White, Mossy Meadow & Real Red CS & Watercolor Paper.
Misc: Aqua Painter & Dazzling Details


Almost 5 years ago I made a wedding card with a tuxedo heart and a craze began. It was fun the first few times I saw them with credit given to me. So many people have now made them and added twists of their own.

Stamps: Petite Pairs
Ink: Blackberry Bliss
Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, Blushing Bride, Blackberry Bliss & Mossy Meadow
Misc: Heart Collection Framelits, Sweetheart Punch, Zig Zag Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Big Shot, Rhinestone Jewels(colored with Stazon), Dimensionals & Envelope Punch Board(Corner rounding)

I hope you enjoyed my projects, now hop on over to Deborah's blog

Let Your Hair Down

Another Card Buffet offering.

Stamps: Let Your Hair Down
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper: Crisp Cantaloupe, Calypso Coral, Whisper White, Basic Black, Old Olive
Misc: Tea Lace Doilies, Heart Border, Petite Petals and Bird Builder Punches, Big Shot, Banners Framelits Pearl Jewels colored with Stazon.

Sometimes You just have to CASE

I needed a nice masculine birthday card and saw this card on Pinterest. It isn't an exact copy, but it is close.

Stamps: Open Sea, Blue Ribbon, World Map
Paper: Naturals White, Early Espresso, Midnight Muse, Early Espresso Core'dinations
Ink: Crumb Cake, Midnight Muse, Early Espresso
Accessories: Big Shot, Square Lattice Embossing Folder, Dimensionals

Washi Tape

I love Washi Tape but can't bring myself to use it in the torn grungy look. I have bought all that Stampin' Up has released and this card uses both current and retired Washi Tape

Stamps: Delightful Dozen
Paper: Very Vanilla CS, Cherry Cobbler CS
Ink(markers): Cherry Cobbler, Basic Gray, Crumb Cake
Accessories: Epic Day This and That Tape and retire tape from the Holiday Catalog. Dimensionals

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. 

Simply Sketched

I love poppies!

• The card base is Whisper White CS, layered with Calypso Coral CS then Pear Pizzazz CS. I rounded the corners on all the layers.
• I colored the stamp of the poppy from Simply Sketched with markers and then stamped it on a piece of Whisper White CS.
• I colored the phrase from the same set with markers and stamped it on a scrap of Whisper White CS and cut it out with a Labels Framelit.  I sponged the edges with Calypso Coral Ink then added Dimensionals to pop it up on the card base.

Happy Birthday

I love the winged starburst from Great Sport, I have never used it with any of the stamps from the same set but have used it with stamps from Blue Ribbon.

• The card base is Pool Party CS layer with Whisper White and then Pacific Point.
• With Versamark I stamped the image from Great Sport and heat embossed it with White Embossing Powder.
• I stamped the greeting from Blue Ribbon in Pacific Point onto a scrap of Whisper White CS and the punched it out with the 1 3/8" circle punch and popped it up with Dimensionals and centered it in the embossed image.

Fast and easy, my kind of card.

Envelope Punch Board File Folder Birthday Card

I am loving the new Envelope Punch Board. For Club this month we made File Folder Cards. This is the card that I designed for club.

This is the card that we ended up with.

• The card base is Coastal Cabana CS. The sentiment on the tab is from Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp in Melon Mambo.
• Melon Mambo CS was run through the Big Shot and cut with the largest of the Apothecary Accents Framelit.
• On a piece of Whisper White CS we stamped Birthday Cake, colors are Coastal Cabana, Melon Mambo, Bermuda Bay, Smoky Slate and Daffodil Delight it was ran through the Big Shot and cut with another Apothecary Accent Framelit, we rounded the square corners with the corner rounder. We layered it onto the Melon Mambo piece and added it to the card front. Rveryone was able to choose the color of Candy Dots to embellish their card with.
• On a scrap of Whisper White CS they had a choice of stamping Wish Big from A Dozen Thoughts or the Happy Birthday from Banner Greetings. We flagged the ends and tucked it behind the image.

We had a lot of fun making these cards!

Love & Sympathy

Were you wondering if I'd ever post?
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!

Rev Up the Fun!

• The card base is Whisper White CS.
• I ran a 4" x 3 1/4" Baked Brown Sugar CS through the Big Shot in the Houndstooth Embossing Folder I attached it to a 4" x 3" piece of Whisper White over lapping them so that the finished size was 4" x 5 1/4" Front for the card base.
• I inked up the car from Rev Up the Fun with Real Red and the colored the wheels with the Black Marker. I used a Q-tip to remove the red from the hub caps and colored them Smoky Slate, I then stamped it on the White Panel. I inked up the phrase with Pacific Point and stamped it under the car.
• I stamped the banner from Hearts a Flutter once in Real Red, twice in Pacific Point stamping the on Whisper White CS and cutting them with the Hearts a Flutter Framelit. I made narrow banner from Daffodil Delight CS. I stamped the tread mark twice on a strip of Whisper White and attached the banners to it.
• I punched an opening in the Baked Brown Sugar CS then layer it over the card base and using Real Red Ink I stamped the greeting from Teeny Tiny Wishes. I the added Dimensional to the back of the Front and added it to the base.

I thought that the card turned out to be a fun Boy/Man Birthday card.

I have started updating my fall class schedule so make sure you check out the class tab at the top of the blog.

Swallowtail

Here is the second card I made with the Emboss Resist Technique.

• The card is Whisper White CS I stamped the Swallowtail in Versamark on the front of the card and Heat Embossed it with Clear Embossing Powder.
• I used a Sponge Dauber and Pistachio Ink to bring out the butterflies details.
• On a scrap of Whisper White CS I stamped the sentiment from Blooming With Kindness and then ran it through the Bid Shot cutting it out with Chalk Talk Framelit(I trimmed the top and bottom off with the paper trimmer so that it was framed evenly).
• I popped the sentiment up with Dimensionals then added a Old Olive Candy Dot above the sentiment.

Another fast and easy card!

Blooming With Kindness

I had about an hour to stamp yesterday, I decided to do Emboss Resist.

• On a 4" x 5 1/4" piece of Whisper White CS I stamped the flower from Blooming with Kindness in Versamark and heat embossed it with Clear Embossing Powder. 
• With Sponge Daubers I swirled Crisp Cantaloupe Ink over the flower and Pistachio Pudding over the stem.
• I used markers in the matching colors to ink up the sentiment from that same set and stamped it in the upper corner.
• I rounded the corners with the corner punch and then added Dimensionals to the back and popped it up on a Whisper White card base. 

It was fast and easy and the first time I have used those two In colors.

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,

The

• 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/

Stampin' UP! Convention and Llama Swaps

Strange Title huh?

Stampin' UP! convention started yesterday in Salt Lake City, Utah. I was unable to attend this year but the Opening Ceremonies were streamed live and recorded for us to share. So if you are interested here is the video.

I was able to meet my Llama Friends for a long lunch in SLC and we swapped cards so I will be sharing them over the next few posts.

The first one I received was from Buffy, she was also the first Llama I met.

Here are some details as I see them:
Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes, Gorgeous Grunge
Ink: Crisp Cantaloupe, Crumb Cake, Old Olive, Soft Suede and Basic Black
Paper: Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Soho Subway DSP (remember DSP is buy 3 get one free until the end of July)
Punches:Word Window, Modern Label, Pansy
Misc: paper doilies(sponged), Crumb Cake 3/8" Taffeta Ribbon, Large Pearls. Basic Pearls, Little Leaves Sizzlits.

Love Buffy's Cards I've been following her blog since she started it.



You might wonder why we call ourselves Llamas so here is our story(it's a long one) as I remember it...

Stampin! Up! has a demo forum that demos can chat, ask questions share idea etc. in theory a great idea but it doesn't always run smoothly. They have several categories/topics that they have a short description of what you should be able to find in that category sadly not everyone reads what they are and since there is not a board moderator (strange huh?) the board was and still is a mess. The top category is the default dump for any thread started that does not have a category selected at the time of posting. In an effort to make questions easier to find and answer and in an effort to make the un-moderated board more useful Darrah started a thread explaining how to locate categories and tag posts. In an effort to keep that information at the top of the board several of us started "bumping" the thread but after a few "bumps" we started chatting thus keeping the thread alive and at the top.  SU! finally added additional categories and Darrah moved the thread to "All About You" and renamed it the  Wacky Women's Watercooler (a place to stop and talk just like an office watercooler in days gone bye. To make it easier to find and because the interesting conversations we had(one all about Llamas, from weaving their wool? to raising them and more) Darrah added the word Llama to the tags because she was pretty sure nothing else would have that tag. So many of the original participants started referring to ourselves as Llama, some of us have a Llama as an Avatar.
We wanted a place to talk about everything going on in our lives and so we started a site where we can meet and talk about life and Stampin' Up, a place we can vent about anything or share our joys and know that someone else is happy for us. Together we started blog hopping and have a site with links to all our hops http://stampinllamas.blogspot.com/. The watercooler is still there, faces and tones have changed since the day(Dec 2, 2010) it started, some of the originals still stop in from time to time. The watercooler will be having their own hop very soon here is the landing page for it http://wackywatercoolerstamping.blogspot.com/

Any way after 2 1/2 years as on line friends I was able to meet a few of them in person yesterday, it was a fun afternoon!

Remembering Your Birthday -masculine

I made a masculine birthday card using the same sentiment as my last post.

• The card base is Whisper White CS.
• On the upper right corner I stamped the sentiment with Versamark and heat embossed it with Early Espresso Embossing Powder.
• Using the Hexagon punch and Early Espresso, Soft Suede and Baked Brown Sugar CS I punched a stack of shapes.
• I popped the Hexagons up on the card with Dimensionals. 

Fast and easy!

For the Newlyweds

I made another Wedding card to add to my rack.  White and Strawberry.

• The card base is Whisper White CS layered with Shimmery White CS. I rounded the corners on both pieces.
• The cake is three different sizes of rectangles of Whisper Whiter CS with the top corners rounded. I ran each rectangle through the Big Shot with a different Embossing Folder. I used Beautifully Baroque, Perfect Polka Dots and from the upcoming Holiday Catalog(sneak peek) Stylish Stripes Embossing Folders,
• I added Strawberry Slush In color Ribbon to the bottoms of each rectangle then cover the seam where the CS overlapped the ribbon with a strip of the pearls. I layered the rectangles to make the cake and used Dimensionals to pop the cake on the card front. 
• I punched a pile of flowers from a scrap of Whisper White CS using the flower from the Itty Bitty Punch Pack,  using a foam mat and the stylus from the Simply Scored Board a cupped the flowers the added a small Pearl that I had colored with a sharpie. I added a pile of flowers on top of the cake and a small cluster on each layer of the cake,
• I stamped the sentiment from Teeny Tiny Wishes on a scrap of Whisper White CS with Strawberry Slush Ink I cut it out with a Bitty Banners Framelit. I popped it with Dimensionals at the base of the cake.

I think if I remake this card I will make the cake slightly smaller.

CASEing Pinterest punch art

Here is a link to my Pinterest punch art pin.

• The card base is Real Red CS layered with Pacific Point CS.
• I ran a 3 3/4" x 5" piece of Whisper White CS through the Big Shot in the Houndstooth Embossing Folder. I used the Decorative Label Punch to punch an opening in the CS.
• I made the punch art following the directions I found on Pinterest changing the color from baby colors to:
• Giraffe- So Saffron and Baked Brown Sugar.
• Lion- Daffodil Delight and Soft Suede.
• Elephant- Smoky Slate and Basic Gray. I also used the Elegant Butterfly Punch for the ears. 
• I added the punch art pieces peeking through the opening in the CS and layered it onto the card base.
• In a scrap of Whisper White CS I stamped the sentiment from Itty Bitty Banners inking the stamp with Real Red and Pacific Point markers. I cut it out with the Itty Bitty Banners Framelits and used Dimensionals to pop it up on the card front.

I'm still trying to catch up on filling my card rack.

Mr & Mrs

I thought I'd change things up and share a wedding card!

• The card base is Whisper White CS. I added a layer of Coastal Cabana CS.
• On a 3 3/4" x 5" piece of Shimmer White CS I stamped the Mr & Mrs in Coastal Cabana than quickly poured on Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder(next time I will stamp the stamp in Versamark than in the Ink) I heat embossed it so that is has some sparkle. I added this to the layered card base.
• Using the smallest heart from both the Hearts Collection and Hearts a Flutter Framelits I cut hearts from the Silver Glimmer Paper. I also punched hearts with the small heart punch and the heart on the Owl punch.  With a sponge dauber I added Coastal Cabana Ink to about half of them. I used Glue Dots and Dimensionals to add these to the card.

I liked how the card turned out. and plan to make a couple more using different colors.

Birthday Cake

Still making birthday cards this one uses a "single" stamp set.

• The card base is Coastal Cabana CS.
• I used Melon Mambo, Strawberry Slush, Coastal Cabana, Bermuda Bay and Crushed Curry Markers to color the stamp, I then stamped it on a piece of Whisper White CS. I used the Labels Collection Framelits to cut it out as well as cutting a piece of Melon Mambo CS a size larger. I sponged Bermuda Bay around the edges of the Whisper White CS before layering it onto the Melon Mambo and adding it to the base.
• On a scrap of Whisper White CS I stamped the phrase from A Dozen Thoughts with Bermuda Bay Ink. I used a Apothecary Accents Framelit to cut it out using the magnetic base it was easy to move the framelit  to make it smaller so that it would fit inside one that was cut from Melon Mambo. I sponged the edges of the Whisper White with Coastal Cabana Ink.

One more card to add to my rack.

I thought I'd share how I store my Bakers Twine.

I don't like the bend that the cardboard leaves in the Bakers Twine so I save the empty spools from work and wrap the twine around them. I punch a circle from matching CS and adhere it to the ends. These fir over a peg on my peg board. I have been able to do all of my Bakers Twine as well as giving them to my customers so that they can do theirs.

Have a wonderful day!