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

For the Newlyweds

Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes
Paper: Whisper White CS, Elegant Eggplant CS, Mossy Meadow CS, Old Olive CS, Pear Pizzazz CS, Crushed Curry CS
Ink: Elegant Eggplant
Misc: Builder Bird Punch, Itty Bitty Accents Punch, Beautifully Baroque Textured Embossing Folder. Bitty Banners Framelits

Another Simply Fabulous Simply Sent

I made another wedding card here is the link to the first one.

• Stamps: Forever with You, Label Love
• Paper: Whisper WHite CS, Pistachio Pudding CS, Smoky Slate CS
• Ink: Pistachio Pudding, Versamark
• Accessories: Simply Fabulous Simply Sent, Pewter Embossing Powder

Simply Fabulous Simply Sent

I love the laser cut of the of the Simply Fabulous kit, I love it as a layer on a card.

• The card base is Smoky Slate, layered with the piece from the Simply Fabulous Simply Sent Kit.
• I added a layer of Crisp Cantaloup then another of Whisper White. I stamped the floral image from Forever With You in Crisp Cantaloup, twice.
• On a scrap of Whisper White I stamped the phrase from Best of Greetings in Versamark and heat embossed it with Pewter Embossing Powder. I cut it out with the Labels Collection Framelits and popped it up with Dimensionals over the stamped images on the card front.

I think it makes a pretty card.

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.

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.

Pear Pizzazz

Have you heard they are bringing back Pear Pizzazz with the new catalog!

And who doesn't like Pear Pizzazz with Soft Suede?

• The card base is Whisper White layered with Pear Pizzazz then Soft Suede ant then Whisper White.
• On the Whisper White front I stamped the phrase from Loving Thoughts in Soft Suede.
• On a scrap of Whisper White I stamped En Francais in Soft Suede that had been stamped off once. Over that I stamped the flower from Love & Sympathy in VersaMark and embossed it with Clear Embossing Powder. I sponged Pear Pizzazz over the image then ran it through the Big Shot with the Ovals Collection Framelits.
• Last of all I popped the image up on the front with Dimensionals. 

So are you happy that Pear Pizzazz is coming back? 

Herringbone- All White

I have been playing with the Herringbone technique we did this month in club and I thought I would share with you over the next few days some of the results. Here is an all Whisper White Card.

This card was so pretty in real life (it was sold with in 30 minutes of completing.

•  The card base is Whisper White with a front of Textured Whisper White CS.
• I ran Whisper White CS through the Big Shot with different Embossing Folders and with Texturz™ Plates. I then cut them into strips 1/8" to 3/8" wide.
•  The herringbone design was done by cutting a piece of Whisper White CS 3 3/4" x 5" and layering it with a piece of Multipurpose Adhesive Sheet cut the same size. I then filled the design in with the strips I had cut. I then popped it up with Dimensionals on the card front.
• The Basic Black CS was sprayed with Champagne Shimmer Paint Spray and cut with the Label Framelit.
• Best Wishes is from Petite Pairs and it was inked with Versamark stamped onto Whisper White CS and embossed with Black Embossing powder that had BlackFine Galaxy Glitter mixed in. When Embossed the word were sparkly black. I punched the words out with the Small Oval punch and then added to the Basic Black piece then centered on the card.

I hope that you like this card, herringbone is a fun design and a great way to use up scraps of DSP or even CS.

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

Apothecary Art

Somethings you might want to know:

1. Sale-a-bration starts tomorrow! For every $50 you spend you can choose some free product.
2. The catalog year at Stampin' UP! is changing the new catalog will begin on JUNE 1 not on July 1, what does that mean to you? If you love the  in colors that came out the summer of 2010(Concord Crush, Pear Pizzazz, Blushing Bride, Peach Parfait and Poppy Parade) they will be gone in the catalog that begins June1, so now is the time to stock up.
3. There will only be two mini catalogs a year they will be larger in size and have more pages and each will last 5 month.
4. Decor Elements and the Simply Adorned will not be carried in the new catalog, those lines will be discontinued. 

So on to a card. . .

This card uses Framelits and Edgelits and two stamp sets from the Occasions Mini!

• The card base is Whisper White with the front edge cut with an Edgelit. I strip of Pink Pirouette was also cut to match and adhered to the inside of the card. 
• Using the Label Framelits I cut Marina Mist CS and with a nesting size cut a Pink Pirouette Label, the Marina Mist Label was run through the Big Shot with the Starburst Embossing Folder.
• I stamped the image from Apothecary Art with Versamark onto Whisper White CS and heat embossed it with Black Embossing powder. I then colored the flowers lightly with a Blender Pen and Marina Mist Ink. I then hand cut it out close the the line so that it would leave a small line of Pink Pirouette showing under it.
• The phrase is from Loving Thoughts and was stamped in Marina Mist.

I hope that you have a wonderful day.

Full of Life

I needed a fast wedding card so I grabbed Full of Life;

• The card base is Whisper White  with a front of Regal Rose, then the In Color DSP in Pool Party. I wrapped White Taffeta ribbon around the DSP and tied a charm that had been laying around for awhile. 
• I cut a 3" circle with the Big Shot, sponged the edges with Pool Party and Dazzling Details.
• Using Pool Party and Regal Rose Markers I colored the words on the stamp and then stamped them in the center of the circle.
• The circle was added to the card with Dimensionals.

Have a wonderful day!

I CASEd this card

http://www.stampinconnection.com/photo/wedding-card-97?context=lates


She CASEd this card

http://stampspaperscissors.typepad.com/stamps_paper_scissors/2011/03/something-old-something-new-something-freaky-just-for-you.html

This card can be made at the 2nd and 4th Tuesday Open stamping.

• The card base is Whisper White with a 4" x 5 1/4" Pretty in Pink front and then a background layer.
• For my background paper I used glossy White and with crumpled plastic wrap I dabbed both Frost and Champagne Shimmer paint on it.
• The bells are Round Tab punch, punched from the Glossy White, Brushed Silver and Pretty in Pink and layered with the pearl jewels added for decoration.
• I ran Pretty in Pink through the Big Shot with the sizzlit Swirls and Scribbles the bells were added on top of these. I bow of the Organza ribbon was added to the top of the bells.
• Mr. and Mrs. is from All Holidays and was stamped on the Glossy White with Basic Gray and punched out with the smallest oval punch it was layered onto a Pretty in Pink label that is on the Match Box die.

Have a wonderful stamping day!

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!

Help! and Fifth Avenue Floral

I have had random computer problems and have lost many of my files (both Stamping and Scouts) one of the files was my CASEd file, and so while I know I CASEd this card I can't remember how exact I was or who I CASEd.  Please if you know where I may have seen this card let me know(I do know from my photo log the this picture was taken 9/3/10).

So on to the card. . .

• Card base is Blushing Bride with a 4" x 5 1/4" layer of Regal Rose, a layer of 3 7/8" x 5 1/8" Whisper White and a layer of 3 3/4" x 5" Blushing Bride DSP
• The images are stamped with Stazon onto Watercolor Paper scraps and colored them with Blushing Bride, Regal Rose, Melon Mamba, and Chocolate Chip, then cut them out.
• I used a 3" x 3 3/8" piece of Watercolor Paper, with Stazon I stamped the lily off center and off the edge and colored it with Blushing Bride and Melon Mamba , I stamped the daisy type flower in the upper corner off the edge and colored it Melon Mamba and Chocolate Chip.  I layered the rose and the second daisy type flower with Dimensionals. I layered the Watercolor Paper on Regal Rose and punch a scrap of Whisper White with the Scallop Trim Border punch and added it to the bottom off the layers
• The phrase from Teeny Tiny Wishes was stamped on Whisper White with Melon Mamba and punched with the Word Window, layered onto a punched Blushing Bride Modern Label with two of the medium sizes Pearl Jewels this is raised on Dimensionals and layered onto a punched Blushing Bride Wide Oval with a Regal Rose Large Oval in the center of it

I really like this card and want to thank whoever created the inspiration piece!

Year in Review

So here are the best of each month, well maybe. . .
January

I thought I was the first to do the Tux heart, maybe I was maybe I wasn't, it was a favorite in the class I used it in for January, and I have seen variations of it all over blogdom. You can find it here
http://kath-allthatscrap.blogspot.com/2010/01/wedding-no-stamping-2.html

February

This card was a favorite of many both here and at Stampin' Connection a SU demo board.
You can find the post here
http://kath-allthatscrap.blogspot.com/2010/02/well-scripted-mothers-day.html

March
A card to choose for March was hard to come up with, their were so many that I liked or others did. This is the one. . .

The post for this one is here
http://kath-allthatscrap.blogspot.com/2010/03/country-morning.html

April
According to popular post this post has had the second most hits

You can find it here
http://kath-allthatscrap.blogspot.com/2010/04/punch-art-scrapbook-elephant-car-wash.html

May

There really was two that tied as most popular for this month
You can find this post here
http://kath-allthatscrap.blogspot.com/2010/05/little-bit-of-magic-gift-set.html

June
This post has had the most hits, and while it isn't my favorite of the month I am adding it for June

Post is here
http://kath-allthatscrap.blogspot.com/2010/06/birthday-block.html

July
The new catalog started and there were so many new sets to play with!

This is the card I picked two cards from that month made the most popular according to hits you can find this one here

http://kath-allthatscrap.blogspot.com/2010/07/fast-and-fabulous-ii.html

The other post was on July 11.

August

This card received the most comments here and on Stampin' Connection.  You can find the post here
http://kath-allthatscrap.blogspot.com/2010/08/is-almost-case-still-case.html

September

Well school started and my class schedule picked up :)

This was hugely popular as a class and here as well as Stampin' Connection.
Post can be found here
http://kath-allthatscrap.blogspot.com/2010/09/halloween-card-and-candles.html

October

Two posts that  made the popular post list were made and posted this month

This post is found here
http://kath-allthatscrap.blogspot.com/2010/10/more-happiness-shared.html
The other post here
http://kath-allthatscrap.blogspot.com/2010/10/happiness-shared.html
But one of my personal favorite can be found here
http://kath-allthatscrap.blogspot.com/2010/10/birthday-bakery-cakes.html

November

This seemed to be the favorite from my Delightful decorations class
Post is here
http://kath-allthatscrap.blogspot.com/2010/11/ornament-punch-elves.html


This brings us to December and this post received a high number of hits

You can find it here

http://kath-allthatscrap.blogspot.com/2010/12/my-card-inspiration-came-from-pratt.html

So this is my year in review, let me know if your favorites were different then what I picked. 

I won't be back before the new Year so be safe and happy!

Just Believe/Newlyweds

Yes another fast and easy card!

• Card base is Very Vanilla with a front of Soft suede ran through the Big Shot using the Vintage Wallpaper folder, I decided to use the debossed side for a different look.
• I sprayed the piece of Very Vanilla CS with Champagne Shimmer Paint Spray then I stamped the image using Soft Suede ink.
• I layered the image on Early Espresso and mounted it with Dimensionals.
• On a scrap of Very Vanilla CS Istamped a phrase from Teeny Tiny Wishes in Soft Suede, punching it out with the Word Window punch.  I layered the phrase on a piece of Early Espresso punched with the Modern Label punch. This was mounted overlapping the image on one side and with a Dimensional on the other.  I added two of the smallest Pearls to the ends of the Modern Label.

Happy I Do Day

This was a very fast and simple card!

• The card base is Basic Black
• I ran a piece of Whisper White through the Big Shot with the Elegant Lines folder
• I punch a heart from Basic Black and one from Whisper White
• I ran the black heart through the Big Shot in the Square Lattice folder and the white heart I sprayed with shimmer paint spray and added the tiniest pearls to the front
• I stamped the phrase from Word Play on the Whisper White card front with stazon, I added a rhinestone on the ring that the O makes
• I popped the hearts up on the card with Dimensionals

Fast and easy!

For the Newlyweds

This is the card we made in my free class, they had the choice on Marina Mist, Pink Pirouette, Daffodil Delight, of Pear Pizazz.

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  The card base is Whisper White.
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  Made layer with a piece of Early Espresso DSP and their choice of CS ran through the Big Shot with the Elegant Lines folder.
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  We colored the White Ribbon with the Early Espresso markers smoothing out the lines with a baby wipe. (I love how we can have any color of ribbon we want!), we wrapped the ribbon around the DSP/CS layer to cover the line where they met.
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  The sentiment was stamped in the matching color on Whisper White CS and punched with the large Oval punch, sponging the edges with the matching ink.  These were layered on an Early Espresso Scallop Oval.
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  Each guest was given 3 large, 5 medium and 5 small pearls to add as they wanted on the swirls, circles and sentiment on the card.

I will be offering this in a card kit later this week so check the sidebar in a couple of days.

Sence of Time & Good-Things-to-Come

After making the card that I posted on June 24, I wondered what else cold be done with this stamp set, I realize this is very much the same, the first a masculine version and this a more feminine version.

• This card was stamped on Whisper White that was sprayed with Shimmer spray the was made with the Frost Shimmer Paint.
• The clocks are Crumb Cake.
• The gears with Soft Suede.
• The phrase is from a level 3 Hostess Set and I thought the words fit perfect with the images. The set is called Occasional Quotes, I stamped it on Whisper White with Soft Suede. I mounted it on Soft Suede also sprayed with Shimmer Spray.

I added Pearl Jewels to the center of the clock hands, these Pearls are wonderful they are found on page 188 of the catalog. the ribbon is threaded through a slit at the top of the card.

To purchase this card, click below:

Here is todays Sunday video share:

Good-Things-to-Come

Fast and Fabulous

I ordered this Hostess Set with my Pre-order, this is the first card I made with it, it will be in my Open Studio Tuesday Stamping for anyone to come and make.

• I ran the front of the card base, Whisper White, through the Big Shot with the Square Lattice folder. Love the texture! Score and fold after you run it through, the folders make the paper shrink slightly.
• I colored the stamp with Markers and then stamped it onto a piece of Whisper White.
• I mounted it on Concord Crush and Old Olive.
• For the Mr & Mrs I stamped it with Concord Crush on Whisper White, punched it out with the 1" circle, layered on 1 1/4" Old Olive circle, layered it with Dimensionals on a Concord Crush Large Oval, layered on a sizzlit cut with the Lots of Tags in Old Olive.
  
  Hope you like this card!