Motorcycle Valentine

I think this is the sample that was the deciding factor in the local store deciding to carry my cards.

I was so sad that this stamp had such a short catalog life.

• Card base is Real Red, layered with Basic Black then Brushed Silver that was ran through the Big Shot with a Texturz Plate.
• I stamped the motorcycle on Watercolor Paper and then used the Framelits Hearts to cut it out. I used Ink and Aqua Painter to color the Image.
• The same computer generated phrase as I used yesterday was popped up with Dimensionals on the card front. 

This is the other card that I have already sold some of from my stash.

Out West- Valentine

Our only store in town is a combined Grocery/Ace hardware store, but we were happy when it opened 2 1/2 months ago.  They are going to be carrying my cards for sale. I have been busy making cards to replace the cards my granddaughter sold at Christmas time, with Valentines coming up I have been making a wide variety of cards. Here is one using Out West.

• Card base is Marina Mist with a front of DSP (from the holiday mini so sadly no longer available).
• On a piece of Very Vanilla  CS I stamped the cowboy with Chocolate Chip Craft Ink and Clear Embossed it. I then cut it out with the Label Framelits, I layered it on a piece of Chocolate Chip CS cut the next size up.
• The phrase is computer generated and printed on Very Vanilla, the hearts (Very Vanilla and Real Red) were punched one with the lg Heart Punch and one with a Framelit Heart.
• The Embossed hearts in the upper corner are Very Vanilla, Real Red and Chocolate Chip(my granddaughter spent an hour in my craft room running CS through the Big Shot using up a lot of my scraps, she even sorted them by size into a divided box) cut with the Fashionable Hearts Embosslit from the Occasions Mini.

I have already sold some of this one and it hasn't even made it to the store yet.

Framelits Label Dies

If you haven't bought the Framelits yet you need to!

• The card base is Melon Mambo cut with the largest of the Framelit Label Dies. The front is Basic Black cut with the next smaller size.
• On the Basic Black CS I stamped the branch of roses with White Craft ink
• On a scrap of Whisper White I stamped the Valentine phrase from Delightful Dozen, I inked it with Melon Mambo then went over the "Be my" with a Black marker before stamping. I then laid different Framelits over it until I found the one that framed the phrase the best. I sponged the edges with Melon Mambo ink and popped it up with Dimensionals.
• After I had it put together I decided to add the 3 Rhinestones under the phrase.

So what do you think of Framelits?

Perfectly Penned

One of the girls that went to school with my daughter just got married her colors were red and silver. For her shower I gave her a card keeper and a collection of cards, along with general occasions I made a  dozen Thank Yous.

• Card base is Whisper White, with a front of Real Red.
• A layer of Whisper White sprayed with Frost Shimmer Paint Spray was ran through the Big Shot with the Elegant Lines folder, leaving the top 1 1/4" out.
• Using Versamark and Cherry Cobbler embossing powder(mixed with fine red glitter) I stamped the Perfectly Penned thank you in the top flat space.
• I wrapped a 1/4" strip of Silver Glimmer paper around the Whisper White at the break line.

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!

Granddaughters Own Class

Last month after Club, my seven year old granddaughter came in while I was finishing up. She asked, "Grandma why can't I ever come to one of your classes?" I told her I would do a class for her and one friend that she could choose. They made gifts for their mothers for Christmas, the following is what they made. . .

I let them use the Hostess DSP Cheerful Treat, I lined up the Framelits, they cranked the handle and we went through a lot of tape and glue dots, they were so happy to make something and I became the "Best Grandma!"

My club ladies want me to do this as a class.

I hope you enjoyed our blog hop, here is another card from the Occasions Mini

This card uses the stamp set Sweet Cake found on pg 33

• The card base is Confetti White layered with Soft Suede and then a piece of DSP from the Well Worn collection. the corners of the two layers were punched with the Ticket Corner punch
• I colored the stamp with Markers and stamped it on a piece of Confetti White(until I posted the picture I didn't notice how bad it is, the frosting on the cupcake is Pink Piorette) I stamped the Happy Birthday in the rectangle  coloring it first with Markers.
• I popped the image up with Dimensionals.

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'

Say Hello to the Occasions Mini Catalog!

Haven't received one? view it here http://204.228.150.61/catalogs/2012Occasions/20120104_Occasions_en-US.pdf

In 24 hour the Stampin' Llamas Occasions Mini Blog Hop starts!

Happy New Year!

On our demonstrator forum there has been many discussions on CASEing
Copy
And
Share
Everything
there are a wide range of opinions from it is OK to CASE to you should never CASE, fortunately more are for then against. Pretty much everyone agrees if you CASE you must credit who you are CASEing.  Now sometimes I have a problem doing that. . . and the cards I am sharing today are cards I made that I know might be a CASE, but I didn't bookmark the idea. Why didn't I? Well as I scan blogs looking at what others have done I am usually looking at layouts and color combo not necessarily looking for something to CASE, but sometimes I will see a card that makes me decide to buy a stamp set that I don't already have, I guess we all have done that. Now sometimes by the time I order the set and then get the chance to use it I don't have anything but a memory of what I saw that made me decide to buy it, I have no idea how close these cards are to the one that inspired me to buy them but here they are, if you recognize them let me know I'd like to be able to compare what I have done with what inspired me to buy the set.

First up Field Flowers, I had marked this as a set I liked but hadn't bought it until October of last year, I bought it because I saw a card that "spoke to me" and though I couldn't find it when I had the set this is what it reminded me of.

• The card base is Very Vanilla
• Front of Basic Black under Very Vanilla
• Hello Doily is stamped with Crumb Cake and the Field Flowers are stamped with Versamark and embossed in Black, Very Vanilla Seam Binding is knotted around the front
• Best Wishes from Petite Pairs was embossed and punched out with a 1" circle, it is popped up with Dimensionals and the tiniest of the Pearls are added under the words

The next card uses stamp sets I had, I know that the color (purple isn't a color I use often) and lay out are the same but I am pretty sure that the card I had seen used different stamp sets.

• Card base is Perfect Plumb 
• Front of Elegant Eggplant under Confetti White
• The rose spray from Elements of Style was stamped with Elegant Eggplant
• An oval of Elegant Eggplant was cut with the Ovals die and the Big Shot, a piece of the scallop polka dotted ribbon was attached to the back of the oval and it was popped up with Dimensionals on the card
• Thank you was stamped with Elegant Eggplant and stamped onto a strip of Confetti White that had the ends punched with the corner of the Curly Label punch it was added to the oval and Rhinestones were added to the ends.

So here are the two card that I made last year that how closely they are CASEd I am not sure, whoever you are that inspired me to make these cards I thank you!

So have a Happy New Year! 

Wrapping Up the Year in Review

OCTOBER 2011
#1
The Holiday Llama Hop was #1 for October, if you missed it you can go to our home page http://stampinllamas.blogspot.com/ for all the links, we will be doing another next week with the upcoming mini
http://kath-allthatscrap.blogspot.com/2011/10/welcome-to-holiday-do-llama-hop.html#comments
#2

http://kath-allthatscrap.blogspot.com/2011/10/stamping-with-bleach.html
#3

http://kath-allthatscrap.blogspot.com/2011/10/halloween-treats.html

NOVEMBER 2011
My daughter Jamie was married this month and much of my time was spent celebrating this event with her. A little stamping happened in between :)
#1

http://kath-allthatscrap.blogspot.com/2011/11/i-put-this-stamp-set-on-my-wish-list.html

#2

http://kath-allthatscrap.blogspot.com/2011/11/turtle-co.html

DECEMBER 2011
What are your favorites of this month?
Here are the ones with the most hits
#1

http://kath-allthatscrap.blogspot.com/2011/12/welcome-christmas.html
#2

http://kath-allthatscrap.blogspot.com/2011/12/my-door.html
#3

http://kath-allthatscrap.blogspot.com/2011/12/fast-and-easy-lovely-as-tree.html

I hope that this year has been a good one for all of you and that 2012 brings the best for all of us!

Year in Review- July-September

I was working at a Boy Scout Camp for most of the summer so my postings were few.
JULY 2011

http://kath-allthatscrap.blogspot.com/2011/07/elebration.html
tied with a Scout camp post
http://kath-allthatscrap.blogspot.com/2011/07/two-weeks-of-scout-camp-left.html

AUGUST 2011
#1

http://kath-allthatscrap.blogspot.com/2011/08/greeting-card-kids.html
#2

http://kath-allthatscrap.blogspot.com/2011/08/on-grow-home-from-scout-camp.html

SEPTEMBER 2011
#1
The Llama Hop had the most hits my post is here
http://kath-allthatscrap.blogspot.com/2011/09/welcome-to-do-llama-hop.html
#2

http://kath-allthatscrap.blogspot.com/2011/09/dinoroar-birthday-card.html
#3

http://kath-allthatscrap.blogspot.com/2011/09/lovely-as-tree-reflections.html

The Year is almost over so come back tomorrow and see the last of my review.

Year in Review- April - June

These are the cards that had the most hits for there months.

APRIL 2011

#1

http://kath-allthatscrap.blogspot.com/2011/04/wonderful-favorites-vintage-vogue.html

#2

http://kath-allthatscrap.blogspot.com/2011/04/sneak-peek.html

#3

http://kath-allthatscrap.blogspot.com/2011/04/thanks-for-caringjust-believe.html

MAY 2011

#1

http://kath-allthatscrap.blogspot.com/2011/05/word-play-graduation.html#comments

#2

http://kath-allthatscrap.blogspot.com/2011/05/faux-leather-cards.html

#3

http://kath-allthatscrap.blogspot.com/2011/05/pretty-postage.html

JUNE 2011

Sadly for my blog the summer had minimal postings as I was working at a Scout Camp for the summer.

#1

http://kath-allthatscrap.blogspot.com/2011/06/on-grow-with-swirls-and-curls-verses.html

#2

http://kath-allthatscrap.blogspot.com/2011/06/strength-and-hope.html

So were there others that you liked better?

Have a wonderful day, I will be working on my projects for the Blog Hop coming next week.