Feeling Sentimental Sale-A-Bration Set

This matchbook-like card with the Feeling Sentimental Sale-A-Bration set is nearly all occasion.  The Happy Ferris Wheel could celbrate anything.  You can leave the inside blank or add "Happy Birthday". It is perfect for adding a gift card too. We'll make this card at class this Thursday or Friday.

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Whalecome! Sweet Baby and Thanks a Ton!

 

Another two cards that will be possibilities for Stamp A Stack in April.  I love the versatility of the Oh, Whale! stamp set...Four occasions from one happy set! (These 3 plus Valentine's Day.)

 

Last Week's MOJO278

I'm just getting around to posting last week's MOJO Monday Challenge Sketch card....It will be one of the birthday choices at my Stamp A Stack in April.  I think the Cross my Heart set (of crossword puzzle sentiments) adds a bit more fun to this classic punch.

Stampin' Up! Valentine Petal Cone Die Treat Sleeve

This More Amore Petal Cone Treat Sleeve is so quick. You'll have it ready for giving (includes candy) in a jiffy.  It was inspired by both Dawn Olchefske and Anne Matasci, but our creation will not be exactly like either of theirs :).  We'll make this Treat Sleeve on Thursday and Friday of this week.

Bottle Caps, Hearts and Demands for your health!

 

We'll make this card this Thursday and Friday at class! (I hope to see you all! Join me, won't you? :) ) 

 

The cute hearts and embellished bottle cap (Spring, p. 24) focal point will surely convince your friend or loved one to "Recover Rapidly" by golly. It uses a piece of the Sale-A-Bration designer series paper, a bit of the Sale-A-Bration ribbon and one of the stamps from the Patterned Occasions stamp set.  It includes a heart shaped paper clip too. (Spring, p. 28)

Puzzle Piece Resist Technique

We may not make this card this month because I have a lot of Birthday cards planned, but we will definitely make this one in class soon.  The Puzzle Piece Resist Technique was in an SCS newsletter from Beate, and the technique was invented by Jennifer McGuire.

I just used the netting background after I stamped the flowers and leaves from the Secret Garden set. Then you emboss with versamark and clear embossing powder, punch the butterflies and sponge on your color choices for a very cool texture.  The original tutorial used die cuts, but it works for punches too, I think.

Stampin' Addicts Sale-A-Bration Blog Hop 2013

Welcome to the Stampin' Addicts Sale-A-Bration Blog Hop. Join us as we focus on the new items and catalog items that you may choose for free with a $50 purchase from January 22 to March 22 as shown in the Sale-A-Brations flyer.

If you are hopping in order, you've arrived from Tanya's blog, Tinkerin In Ink with Tanya on which she featured the Madison Avenue Stamp Set with a gorgeous variety of colors and projects. I love her gorgeous honeycomb swap card and also that she incorporated the MDS content on one of her cards! Should you get lost (or want to chat), go to the Chat Thread on Stampin' Addicts to find a list of hop stops.


I chose to highlight the Vine Street Textured Impressions Embossing Folder.  I like how it gives a leafy garden feel to projects, so I thought it gave a great texture to this card I made using another Sale-A-Bration  offering, the Bloomin' Marvelous set.  The Sale-A-Bration Sycamore Street satin Ribbons and Buttons Pack were so easy to incorporate on this card in rich Tangerine Tango.  The Pack consists of three 5 yard long rolls of ribbons in Island Indigo, Pool Party and Tangerine Tango. The 36 buttons consist of 12 each Rich Razzleberry, Tangerine Tango and Pool Party.  These products work so well together!

You can't fully cover a card front vertically with this embossing folder.  You can however emboss half of the card and then strategically place the spot where you have the edge of the embossing folder at the place you'd like some ribbon.  The ribbon will then cover the unfortunate line created by the edge of the folder. (The Pool Party ribbon would have covered the line on its own...I just wanted a little more white on the card.) You'll be surprised how easily this folder fits into the grooves made by the first embossing-it makes it really simple to line them up. 

You could also choose the Itty Bitty Banners stamp set with your Sale-A-Bration reward.  The set has matching framelits too for ease of use. The "Thank you" banner below and four other cutie pie banners definitely make it a "go to" stamp set for me.  I admit I'm not sure what I was thinking with this card design, and I can't decide if I like it or not. :)

Finally, I wanted to show the folder with the matching paper sheet from the Sale-A-Bration Designer Series Paper, Sycamore Street.  I had to include the Madison Avenue stamp set to repeat it that third time...just couldn't hold back. The MOJO176 MOJO Monday sketch was great to meld these papers together, and TLC412 from Splitcoaststampers was a fun way to let designer series paper on the inside of the card show through the front by cutting off the front of the card a bit.  (The Tangerine Tango edgelit piece is the edge of the front of the card.)

They combined so easily with the folder....the paper isn't exactly the same size, but I still think it fools the eye a little. (~And~ I used Summer Starfruit-it is such a challenge for me. :))  The shiny satin Sale-A-Bration  Sycamore Street Island Indigo satin ribbon created the strip dictated by the sketch across the bottom of the card.

Next, will be Cindy's blog, Hearts Delight Cards, with the Bloomin' Wonderful set.  Her out of the box technique card is fabulous...love those flowing leaves!  And you've got to see her gorgeous nosegay card for your self!  Happy blog hopping and Happy Sale-A-Bration!

 

 

Border framelit waves and Oh, Whale! couple...

First, I apologize, this should have posted right after the other Oh, Whale! card, but I see now that I messed up the date (since it wasn't there).  Since it didn't post, I'm going to post it today-right before the Sale-A-Bration Stampin' Addicts blog hop.  Please come back tomorrow at noon and see our various creations with the Sale-A-Bration offerings.

I think the Happy Whale Clearlit is plenty cute even without he stamp set, so I wanted to make the whales "kiss" by just flipping one of them over.  Easy as pie and fun too.  Our girl has lipstick and a bow too.

For the waves, I used Bashful Blue and Whisper White cut with the Large Scallop Edgelit and used the negative obviously.  They create cartoon-like white caps.  For the Cloudy Day embossing folder, I simply added White Craft ink to the clouds with a sponge dauber and heated to dry the ink. Whale you be mine?

Then, it occurred to me that adding a heart would make the card better, but sadly, the pictures I took next were a little dark.

 

 

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Red Heart Valentine Hearts a Flutter

I wanted to make a bright Valentine, so I used Real Red and White...The outer heart is from the More Amore dsp sheet, and the white heart was stamped using Hearts a Flutter Stamp set. The white heart, red and white striped paper ribbons and smaller red heart were cut using the Hearts a Flutter Framlits. I used the heart embossing border and the Itty Bitty Borders framelit as well.

Oh, Whale! Whale you be mine? Valentine card....

 

I had originally intended to make a card with two whales kissing (check back tomorrow for that), but since I forgot (woe is me!) to order the framelits to match this set on my first order, I had to cut out this little guy.  He's still a sweetie, and I do enjoy cutting out the clouds from the Cloudy Day embossing folder and popping them up on dimensionals in the sky...I drew his mouth and added a googlie eye too.  Simple and Sweet, I think.

 

MOJO275 sketch More Amore

So, I'm the last person to make a card with the More Amore Designer Series Paper color scheme, but the MOJO Monday (MOJO275) sketch really helped me decide how to use these pretty papers. I do have a difficult time trying to make a card with "stuff" on it, but I tried.  I need a class to teach me to attach more things to my cards!

The small center heart design was done with a bit of baby wipe ink pad technique...using Pool Party, Riding Hood Red and Pretty in Pink reinkers. (Shhh....it looks fine with the Real? Red and Primrose Petals in the dsp.) I love the flower from the new flower trim and the Primrose Petals lace from the Artisan Embellishments Kit. Locals, I hope you'll enjoy making this card at class next week!

Stampin' Addicts 2013 Spring Catalog Blog Hop Secret Garden

 

 

Welcome to the Stampin' Addicts 2013 Spring Catalog Blog Hop! Stampin' Up! will celebrate 25 great years in 2013, and they've started the year well with a lot of cute stamp sets and products.

 

If you're following the hop in order you've arrived from Cindy's Blog, Hearts Delight Cards. Should you get lost, just click to go to the Blog Hop thread on Stampin' Addicts.

 

My choice for this hop was the Secret Garden bundle (page 17)...I've only scratched the surface of all the wonderful possibilities this set provides.  Anytime I can have flowers cut for me, I'm a happy girl! :)

 

First I used the new Oval Framelits to create a scalloped oval card. I used the technique of cutting a card base while leaving a fold at the top then covering it with another scalloped oval.  For this card, I cut the largest plain oval from Basic Black and embossed Happy Birthday from the Memorable Moments Stamp set (page 139 of the Big Catalog) using Melon Mambo embossing powder. I surrounded the oval with lilies and dahlias from the secret garden set which were also embossed with Melon Mambo embossing powder. Gumball Green leaves (also cut with the Secret Garden framelits) and a So Saffron Bitty Butterfly punch (page 13) fill the remaining space. I was inspired by a Lilly Pulitzer agenda for this card.

 

 

It is difficult to see, but I punched the tiny flowers and stamped the large flower on Shimmery White cardstock to connect with the Dazzling Diamonds I added to the "back"/sticky side of the Delicate Details Lace Tape (page 3 ) for the border below the Primrose Petals ribbon.  One of the needlepoint borders embossing borders (page 5) is centered on the Primrose Petals horizontal layer, and I used the dove-tailed banner from the Hearts A Flutter framelits die for the bottom of the vertical banner.

 

For this card, I used a Z-fold and black embossing powder...the Tiger Lily has dots which I just added with a marker, and I used the stem from the set for the Tiger and Stargazer lilies.  The Window Frame framelits and the itty bitty banners framelits provided the center and the sentiment for this card.

 

This final card has the Daisy from this set with Honey Comb embossing folder and the Bee from Nature Walk. I think the combination is cutesy. I'll have a better picture of the card for you when the hop is over, but I wanted to share this somewhat obvious ~tip~.

 

It can be time-consuming to line up the embosslits on the stamped round flower image, so I put an arrow pointing up on each one as well as the matching stamp.  Then, when either my customers or I plan to cut them out, we can stamp the image with the arrow up, and be sure that the embosslit will also fit with the arrow up. Little things to make life easier.

 

 

 

Now, it is time to continue forward to Paula's blog, Stampin' With Paula for a preview of the Poppin' Up Posies Designer Kit.

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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

We made this calendar at Stamp Club and also at my Christmas downline appreciation day....

 

I used the instructions listed on Barb Mullikin's blog....Love the idea!  The calendars came from Stamp on This dot com.

 

This Friday, December 28th is the Stampin' Addicts Spring Catalog Blog Hop--I hope you'll join us for some cute projects!

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2013 Calendar December

Another year of Santa pictures as well as Christmas morning to finish out the year.

 

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2013 Calendar November

Both girls made Turkey hats for the Turkey Trot at school this year.  Emma won and had her hat on display at Elite Feet. :)

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2013 Calendar October

A "Spooky" girl from India and Angry Bird...Daddy helped Sara paint a pink poodle on her Jack O'Lantern, and Emma used a pattern and cut her pumpkin herself.

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2013 Calendar September

Emma taught Sara to dive this summer...I was so surprised by her patience and aptitude for teaching.

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