Feeling Sentimental

A very simple card... maybe to simple

• The card base is Crumb Cake with the corners rounded.
• The image is from an upcoming Sale-a-bration set called Feeling Sentimental, I used Versa Mark and Early Espresso Embossing Powder.
• I used Makers Twine on the fold to tie three tags one is Island Indigo, one is Crumb Cake and the top one is Naturals White was stamped with a stamp from Tiny Tags.

I going to work more with this set to see if I can come up with one I like better.

Kindness Matters

To me when I first saw this stamp set I thought that the butterflies should be blue... I can't seem to do a different color.

• The card base is Sahara Sand I cut an opening with the second smallest Label Framelit(if you like these you will be excited for the new catalog in June). I also rounded the right corners of this card.
• I cut a piece of Watercolor paper with the next larger Framelit. I stamped the three butterflies in the center of the paper with Stazon. On a small scrap of Watercolor paper I stamped just the center butterfly. I colored the butterflies Island Indigo.
• I stamped Kindness Matters in the bottom right corner in Island Indigo.
• I wrapped the matching ribbon around the card and knotted it. I stamped thanks so much from the Tiny Tags set and punched it out with the Jewelry Tag punch I punched an additional tag in Marina Mist and on in Not Quite Navy. I punched a small hole and threaded them onto Island Indigo Backers Twine. I colored a small Pearl with a teal Sharpie and added it to the tag.

So that's my latest Thank you card. . .

A Wedding Card

I think this must be a CASE but I can not find the card if it is, I try to keep a file on my computer of cards that catch my eye, some because of color combos, some for there layouts and some to just plain copy. This card is not in that folder and I can'r find one with Goggle, I just don't think I came up with this on my own. Now with that disclaimer are you ready to see what the heck I am talking about?  Well here it is. . .

So have you seen this card somewhere else? If so link to this so I can see it. If not maybe I am better at card making then I thought ;).

One of these cards was cut 4 1/4" x 11" and one 5 1/2" x 8 1/2"

For this card

• The card base is Whisper White 4 1/4" x 11" folder in half
• En Francais was stamped in Versamark then onto the front, then covered with gold embossing powder and heat set.
• On a piece of CS Vellum cut at 4" x 5 1/4" I stamped an image from Elements of Style in Versamark and heat embossed with Gold, this was attached to the front with two Mini Glue dots in the upper corners then a satin Whisper White Ribbon was tied around it to cover where it is attached.
• On a scrap of Whisper White Mr & Mrs from Tiny Tags was heat embossed Gold I then cut it out with the smallest Heart Framelit. It was layered onto the next larger heart cut from Brushed Gold CS. I small hole was punched in the heart and it was threaded onto some non Stampin' UP!(I've had for years and don't even remember where it came from) wire edged ribbon that I tied around the Satin ribbon the then wrapped the ends around the paint brush that comes with the Embossing trays.

A fairly Elegant card!

Gold & White Wedding

This card uses 3 different stamp sets.

• The card base is Whisper White cut at 4 1/4" x 11" folded to make it the standard 4 1/4"x 5 1/2". The front was stamped with En Francais inked with Versamark and heat embossed with Gold Embossing Powder.
• The Vellum CS over lay is 4" x 5 1/4" an image from Elements of Style was stamped with Versamark and embossed gold. It is attached at the top to the front with 4 mini glue dots. A Whisper White Ribbon is knotted around the front covering where the glue dots show through the Vellum CS.
• Using the Hearts Framelits a heart was cut from Brushed Gold and a second smaller one from Whisper White.
• Mr & Mrs from Tiny Tags was inked with Versamark and stamped onto the smallest heart and embossed gold, then it was attached to the Gold Heart. the Hearts were attached to the Whisper White Ribbon with a scrap of wire edge ribbon I had in a scrap box

Sale a bration Card

I had fun with the Double Z fold card that we made in club I had to make another one, The DSP and one of the stamp sets are from the Sale a bration catalog.

Stamps: Elementary Elegance, You're a Gem & Tiny Tags
Paper: Old Olive, Very Vanilla CS, Everyday Enchantment DSP
Ink: Versamark, Soft Suede & Poppy Parade
Other: Gold Embossing Powder, Curly Label punch, Very Vanilla Velvet Ribbon (retired), Simply Scored & Key

I will probably add Happy Anniversary to the inside.

The card base is 5 1/4" x 12"  scored at 2", 4", 8" & 10".

Stampin' Llamas Occasionally Occasions Blog Hop

Welcome! If you lose your way along the hop please return to our home blog http://stampinllamas.blogspot.com/2012/01/stampin-llamas-occasionally-occasions.html

you may have hopped here from Kathe's - http://kathesadventure.blogspot.com/2012/01/occasions-blog-hop-adventure.html 

My first card is using the stamp set Heaven Blessed on pg 20 of the Occasions Mini I fell in love with the cute little boy and the cute animal images.

Here are the details

·                     The card base is Marina Mist layered with Old Olive and then a layer of DSP, the DSP is Letters to Santa (I think I like the non Christmas sides of these paper better then the Christmas side.

·                     I used the Framelits Dies (pg 6 Occasions Mini) Labels Collection to cut Watercolor Paper and Old Olive CS.

·                     I stamped the image with Stazon onto the Watercolor paper and the colored it with Ink and an Aqua Painter.

·                     My Easter Greeting is on the inside of the card.

The second card uses Baby Prints found on pg 38 of the Occasions Mini

·                     The card base is Whisper White and I used the Edgelits (pg 7)  for the bottom of the card and the Framelits for the image

·                     A strip of DSP Cheerful Treat was used behind the scallops on the bottom

·                     The tiny feet were inked with Wisteria Wonder ink and stamped on Whisper White CS the edges of the Framelit cut is sponged with Lucky Limeade.   Baby from Tiny Tags was stamped with Lucky Limeade and punched out with the Jewelry Tag punch, a Lucky Limeade and Wistera Wonder tag was also punched they were pinned through the CS with a pin from Vintage Trinkets.

·                     it was then layered onto a Framelit cut from DSP Paper Stacks 2011-2013 In color.

Third up was hard for me to pick but decided to show a card from the Upcoming Sale-a-bration Catalog I used a set the is free with a $50 order, it is found on pg 15 of that catalog

·                     The card base is Naturals White Sponged with Soft Suede the DSP is another Sale-a-bration Freebie found on pg 7 called Everyday Enchantment I used pieces from two different sheets, the edges are also sponged.

·                     The stamp set is called Elementary Elegance, I stamped the frame with Versamark and Embossed with Gold Embossing Powder in the middle I stamped Happy Birthday from the set using Poppy Parade. I hand cut it out and popped it up on the card with Dimensionals.

I hope that you were inspired by the cards we are showing remember the Mini runs until April 30th but Sale-a-bration is only Jan 24th- Mar 31st. Next stop on the hop is Linda - http://www.nutty4stampin.blogspot.com/2012/01/occasionally-occasions-llama-blog-hop.html
You are going to love her Packed for Birthday

Until next time Happy Stampin'

Medallion

I had the embossed Medallion sitting in my unfinished pile from last year I thought I better use it.

• Card base is Whisper White with a front of Real Red
• The Medallion was inked with Versamark, stamped on Crumb Cake and embossed with white Embossing Powder. 
• Real Red Satin Ribbon was knotted and then attached to the back of the Crumb Cake then added to the card front.
• The ornament from Delightful Decorations was inked in Versamark and embossed with the sparkly red embossing powder that I mixed this year, then it was punched out with the Ornament punch. A pearl was added to the O in joy and then it was popped up in the center of the Medallion.
• Merry from Tiny Tags was stamped in Real Red on Whisper White and punched out with the tiny tag punch it was tied to the ribbon with Cherry Cobbler Bakers Twine.

Sometimes it is good to use up piece you have laying around.

Have a Wonderful Day!

Animal Stories

This is another card that can be made on the 2nd or 4th Tuesdays for $1.75 a card, make 1 or more if you want, there are 11 others to choose from.

• The card base is Melon Mamba with a strip of DSP The corners on the right have been rounded with the corner punch.
• The giraffe is stamped on Very Vanilla CS with Peach Parfait. The corners were rounded and the edges were sponged with Daffodil Delight. The image was layered onto a piece of Pacific Point CS.
• A piece of Daffodil Delight Taffeta ribbon was knotted around the image. The word "baby" from Tiny Tags was stamped onto a scrap of Very Vanilla with Pacific Point, then punched with the Jewelry Tag punch, then the edges were sponged, it was tied to the ribbon with crochet thread.
• The image was added to the card front.

Remember to leave a comment because I will be drawing a name tomorrow for the hostess stamp set Birthday Bakery.

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!

Because I Care- Beveled Windowpane

Happy St. Patrick's Day, I hope you are wearing green ;). 

When I was playing with the Beveled Windowpanes I had a stack of Watercolor paper strips lest over from when I had cut paper for a different project so I decided to try and use them up.

• The card base is Confetti White(I bet you thought I only use Whisper White)
• I stamped the Hydrangea from Because I Care randomly on the strip of Watercolor paper using Stazon. I colored the with Watercolor Crayons, Markers and an Aqua Painter. I tried to stick with Hydrangea colors so I used Bashful Blue and Marina Mist and Pretty in Pink and Regal Rose. The leaves are Old Olive.
• I layered the image onto a piece of Old Olive and I punched the Regal Rose strips with the Dotted Scallop Ribbon and layered it with only the scallops showing on another piece of Old Olive.
• I added the layered image to the card base.
• I stamped the Thanks so much from Tiny Tags onto a scrap of Confetti White and layered a Windowpane over it with Marina Mist Taffeta Ribbon tied with Linen Thread with a button from  Bitty Buttons.

So I hope you like this second Windowpane card and yes the blob on the card front must have been something on the camera lens because it isn't on the card.

Tiny Tags with Elements of Style

I was trying to come up with ideas for my club this month (before I had decided to go with the Easter theme) this was one I decided not to do (I couldn't think of a coordinating project).  I really like how the card turned out and may add a variation to one of the upcoming classes I am holding.

• My card base is Very Vanilla
• The front is cut a little smaller then I normally cut them 3 3/4" x 5" I used Cherry Cobbler with Elements of Style stamped with Versa Mark. I added a layer of Wild Wasabi also stamped with Elements of Style and Versa Mark.
• I used the Beveled Windowpanes from the Occasions Mini for the focal point of the card. I stamped a flower image from Tiny Tags on Very Vanilla using the Cherry Cobbler and Wild Wasabi Markers. The image is held to the Windowpane with Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding and instead of a knot it is held together with one of the Green Rhinestone Brads from the main catalog.  I used snail adhesive to attach it to the card front.

I really like the richness of the colors and it was fun to work with the windowpanes.  I made one other card with the windowpanes that I'll show to you later.  Have a great day and go ahead and stamp something. ;)

Sale-a-bration Punch Bunch

This is the card that we made for February's club meeting. It isn't my usual style. but it was fun and everyone seemed to like it. There were tons of new things that they hadn't tried yet on this card.  Almost everyone of them picked this stamp set for their free set.

• The card base is Crumb Cake onto the front of the card we splattered Early Espresso and Pumpkin Pie ink. We did this by filling the large tipped Aqua Painter with Rubbing Alcohol and picking up reinker ink and flicking it onto the card front. We stamped the swirled image from Elements of Style in both Early Espresso ans Pumpkin Pie. Then splotchy sprayed shimmer paint spray here and there.
• We layered a piece of Peach Parfait DSP on Early Espresso CS, punched the edge with the Scallop Trim Boarder punch. then cut a V from the bottom of it and attached it to the card front.
• We used markers to color the poppies, using Old Olive for the stems and Pumpkin Pie and Poppy Parade for the flower. This was stamped onto Very Vanilla CS and punched with the 1 3/4" circle punch.  We added Sticky strip to the back of the image and pleated Early Espresso Satin ribbon around the edge of it.  This was added to the card front with Dimensionals.
• We used Crumb Cake Seam Binding to make the ruffled bow, this was done by tying a bow and then fraying the ends and pulling one of the frayed threads to make it ruffle up. We attached this with a Mini Glue Dot.e
• We chose a phrase from Tiny Tags and stamped the on Very Vanilla and punched with the Jewelry Tag punch. and tied it to the bow with Linen Thread.

So a lot went into the cards but I think they turned out pretty, the girls were able to try so many products and techniques with this card.  I hope you enjoy the card. The idea for this card came from here.  http://www.soshelli.com/so-shelli-blog/2011/1/28/what-stampin-up-is-all-about.html

Plane and Simple- 4 You

Here is another card using the Plane and Simple stamp set as well as some retired flight charts from my husband. To my friend Jean, this plane is in an even steeper nose dive then the last one, maybe he is barn storming. On to the card details. . .

• The card base is Not Quite Navy with a layer of Rich Razzleberry and then a layer done with the flight chart. Two opposite corners were punched with the corner rounder.
• I stamped the plane on Very Vanilla with Early Espresso ink, rounded two corners and layered it onto NQN with the two corners rounded.
• On scraps of Very Vanilla I stamped  the 4 You from Tiny Tags with NQN, the goggles with Soft Suede and the compass with Rich Razzleberry. I punched the phrase with the Jewelry Tag punch and cut out the other two images. I also punched a tag from NQN and Rich Razzleberry.
• I attached the 3 tags to the corner of the matted plane, layering the colored tags behind the phrase, with a brad.
• I attached compass directly to the card front in the upper corner then overlapped the plane on top then added the goggles with Dimensionals.

I like this card better then the first, my husband likes the other one. How about you?

A Christmas Wish. . .Welcome Christmas

Here is another card using Welcome Christmas, I hope you like it.

• The card base is Garden Green with a front of Very Vanilla, then a layer of Cherry Cobbler,
• I stamped the image in Cherry Cobbler onto Very Vanilla, using the same color I stamped the phrase from Home for Christmas.
• After stamping I ran the image through the Big Shot in the Square Lattice folder and added it to the layers on the card base.
• I wrapped a piece of the Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding around the card and knotted.
• I stamped the word Merry in Garden Green on Very Vanilla and punched it out with the jewelry tag punch. I threaded it onto a piece of crochet thread that I had colored Garden Green and tied it to the knot of the seam binding.

I hope you have a wonderful Sunday!

Countryside

Yesterday was the first day for my new club, I think everyone had a great time. This is the card we made, after I get some pictures taken I'll post the other project we did as well.  I show cased markers, showing watercoloring with markers and coloring directly on stamps with markers. The card. . .

• The card base is Very Vanilla with a front of Not Quite Navy.
• I stamped the truck from Countryside with Stazon on Watercolor paper, we stamped the apple 3 times on scraps of Watercolor paper.
• Using Markers and an Aqua Painter we colored the images. By coloring directly on the paper in the areas you want the darkest shadows to be you can use the Aqua painter to pull the colors to the other areas. Going back and adding more marker and pulling it until satisfied with the depth of color. I used Not Quite Navy for the truck, Maria Mist for the sky(lay some water down on the sky area first and then maker to get a light even wash), More Mustard and Soft Suede for the ground, Garden Green for the sign, Riding Hood Red, Old Olive, Crumb Cake and Soft Suede for the apples and baskets.
• I layered the image on Riding Hood Red CS, wrapped Linen Thread around one side and added a Jewelry Tag stamped with a phrase from Tiny tags in Riding Hood Red on Very Vanilla CS.
• The 3 apples were colored with Riding Hood Red and Old Olive and then cut out. Using Glue dots I added them to the card front and then ran the card front through the Big Shot using the Square Lattice Die, embedding the apple images into the card front. I then added the front to the card base.
• Finished the card off by adding the image to the card and using Soft Suede to add the Pump image from the same set to the inside of the card.

Happiness Shared

The first thing I look for every time we get a new catalog is for stamp sets I can use for water coloring, this was on my watercolor wish list.

• Card base is Whisper White with a front of Pearch Parfait, then a layer  from the Hostess Level 1 DSP In Colors Pear Pizzazz.
• I stamped the image in Stazon on Watercolor paper for the rose I used Peach Parfait and Pumpkin Pie markers and an Aqua Painter, leaves are Old Olive and Always Artichoke.
• I layered the image on Peach Parfait and again on Pear Pizzazz.
• I warped a piece of Pumpkin Pie Ribbon around the Pear Pizzazz and knotted.
• I stamped the 4 You from Tiny Tags on Whisper White and punched out with the Jewelry Tag punch. I used croquet thread to tie it to the ribbon.
• I used Diemensionals to layer the image onto the card.

SU watercolor paper is outstanding, I had a customer over on an Open Studio Tuesday, she was the only person in at that time, I had a watercolor card in the designed cards that they could choose to make, it had been very popular and I only had 3 left in the box for her to make she wanted to make 12. I was out of SU watercolor paper but I let her talk me into cutting up a page of my sons watercolor paper.  It just did not seem to blend as well as the paper we get from SU, even my customer comment on the difference.  It was good to learn how good SU's is :).

Because I Care- again

I made another card with the level 1 Hostess set called Because I Care and the set Tiny Tags.

• The base of the card is Regal Rose with a layer of Old Olive.
• I stamped the hydrangea using Regal Rose and Old Olive randomly on Very Vanilla. After stamping I ran the CS through the Big Shot using the Square Lattice folder (I think it kind of makes the background look like fabric). I wrapped a piece of Old Olive ribbon around the lower half and added this to the other layers.
• I stamped the hydrangea 4 times on scrap CS and cut each one out smaller then the one before. I layered each layer with dimensionals and then added the smallest pearls to the centers of the flowers. I cut the leaves out and left off the stem. I added the finished flower to a piece of Old Olive CS that I had punched the corners with the Ticket Corner punch.
• I stamped a couple of phrases from Tiny Tags and punched them out and tied them to the knot on the ribbon with croquet thread.

If I were to redo the card I think I would make the piece of Old Olive CS under the flower a square instead of a rectangle. Tell me what you think and have a wonderful night.

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Collage of Me

There have been several collages on blogs that I have visited and I decided to make one for my small stamping studio.

• I punched squares from Cherry Cobbler, Not Quite Navy and Early Espresso using the 1 1/4" square punch.
• I attached the squares to some watercolor paper left over from my sons art projects.
• I stamped and colored a few things, made some small punch art, embossed, used the Big Shot, etc.

Over all I'm happy with it.

All New! Birthday Block

The new mini catalog that starts May 1st has 4 stamps sold as singles, they are $8.95 or less. This makes a simple card, in card #1 I used markers to color in the different colors. I used Melon Mambo, Old Olive and Pumpkin Pie CS on a base of Whisper White CS. The Ribbon is Melon Mambo and the Tag Punch and Tiny Tags from the Occasions Mini will be in the new catalog in July.

On card #2 I Used Melon Mambo, Basic Black and Whisper White CS. I used the Scallop Edge punch on the card front and on a piece of Basic Black that is attached on the inside of the card.