January 2012 Club Project #2

I've been so busy lately helping my adult children with their taxes that I got behind and didn't have anything for my next card makers meeting. I went to other blogs for inspiration. This card was inspired by Deb Currier's "Vintage Postage" card. I actually found it on SCS and then went to her blog for more details. I used Naturals White, Whisper White, Pool Party, and Early Espresso card stocks along with Everyday Enchantment DSP from the Sale-a-Bration brochure. The only changes I made were using Pool Party ribbon instead of Vanilla, Pool Party card stock for the vertical punched panel, punched little flowers from Pool Party card stock using a Punch Pack Punch and embossing them, using tiny pearls in the flower centers instead of mini brads, and I used a retired set, "Elegant Cheer" for the sentiment because I thought "Just a Note" ties in with the stamped images so well. Thank you, Deb, for the inspiration! Everything used to make this card came from Stampin' Up! Thanks for stopping by!!

January 2012 Club Project #1

Christena Bagne is a Stampin' Up! demo who is also a member of a Yahoo group that I'm in. She posted a card to the group, and I was so impressed that I went to her blog to get more details and CASE it. Her blog is "Gettin' Crafty". The only changes I made were the sentiment and the center of the flower beneath the button. My sentiment is from "Sincere Salutations", and I made that center piece by punching with the Triple Layer Blossom Punch. The base card is Naturals White, the flower is punched with the new Blossom Punch from the Occasions mini from Whisper White, and the center piece was punched from Naturals Ivory. The flowers are stamped using "Mixed Bunch" and Daffodil Delight Classic Ink. Very simple yet effective. Everything is from Stampin' Up! Thanks for stopping by!!!

Bear-ied in Paperwork (TSC0127)

I had my Stamp Camp yesterday, so I was really busy, but I managed to make my card this morning for the Twisted Sistahs Challenge. wannabcre8tive was our presenter this week. Shirley gave us a theme, "It's all about paper." She said we could interpret that however we like. Well, I got this image from Shirley for my birthday a couple of years ago. It's called, "Bear-ied in Paperwork". I also used some Newsprint DSP from Stampin' Up! The background is recycled packing paper that we get with our Stampin' Up! orders. I cut a piece to size and embossed it with the Stripes Impressions Folder from SU! It's all matted on Basic Black, and the base card is also Basic Black. The image was stamped on Very Vanilla and colored with SU! Markers. I added three black brads to finish it off. Thanks for stopping by!

2012 January Stamp Camp

Here's what I've been doing the past few days. I've been designing my Stamp Camp cards. Now, all I have to do is cut, score, die cut and punch everything!

Project #1 is a simple Valentine card. We'll use a Sale-A-Bration set and Real Red Ink, base card and Satin Ribbon. The Whisper White layer is punched with the Scallop Border Punch.


Project #2 is another Valentine using the embedding and embossing technique. The hearts were punched with the Heart to Heart Punch using Pink Pirouette, Pretty In Pink and Melon Mambo card stocks. Then, the punched hearts were adhered to the Whisper White panel and the whole thing was embossed with the Square Lattice folder. The sentiment is from a Sale-A-Bration set.


Project #3 is a birthday card using a Sale-A-Bration set. I thought this could be for a male or female. The colors are Lucky Limeade and Basic Black card stocks plus DSP. The stamp set coordinates with the Curly Label Punch.


Project #4 is a simple sympathy card using "Apothecary Art" and Labels Framelits. The colors are Pool Party and Whisper White. The flowers were colored with Pool Party, Lucky Limeade and Calypso Coral Markers. The ribbon is the coordinating Pool Party Ruffled Ribbon.


Project #5 is the card I made on Monday. I thought everyone would enjoy trying that technique where we use a brayer to ink up the embossing folder and then emboss. More details about this card may be found here.

Everything used to make all five cards is from Stampin' Up! Thanks for stopping by!!!

Love & Sympathy (CAS154, TLC361)

Happy Chinese New Year, everyone!! It is now the year of the Dragon! I sent my son and daughter-in-law my Asian card that I made a week or so ago. My daughter-in-law is Chinese. Anyway, back to the challenges!!

This is for two challenges: The Technique Lovers Challenge is for us to be inspired by Belleek pottery. The way in which we were to do that was to choose and embossing folder with negative spaces, ink it up and emboss. I used the Vintage Wallpaper folder and my brayer, using Sahara Sand ink to ink up the folder. It turned out pretty cool, I think. The Clean and Simple Challenge was a color challenge. We were to use Pink, White and Certainly Celery. I used the "Love & Sympathy" set, colored the flower image with Pretty In Pink and Certainly Celery Markers and stamped. Then, I stamped over it with the sentiment in Black Stazon. I used Labels Framelits for the Whisper White panel and then traced around the same one with pencil on Pretty In Pink to create the mat. The base card is also Pretty In Pink. Thanks for stopping by!!!

CASEing Kim (FS259)

This week's Featured Stamper is Luv Flowers. Kim and I have exchanged comments on each others cards for some time, and I've always admired her talent. I chose to CASE her SUO Peach Set card. I changed the colors, DSP, stamp set for the main image, sentiment, and I added three tiny flowers on the main image panel. I used "Simply Soft" (hostess) set for the main image. It's a two-step stamping set, and I don't do well with those unless they're wood mounted, but I tried. I stamped my image too low on the panel, so I added those three punched/embossed flowers. I used "Sincere Salutations" for the sentiment which Kim used also, but I used a different stamp. The colors are Melon Mambo and Whisper White. The DSP is from the "Welcome Neighbor Designer Series Paper Pad". (retired) Everything here is from Stampin' Up! Thanks for stopping by!!!

Little Things (TSC0120)

This one is for the Twisted Sistahs Challenge. Marleygo presented the challenge this week. Lesley asked us to make a card with a floral background for our BFF. I don't really have just one BFF. I have several online friends that mean as much to me as anyone. I have a few friends from church whose friendships I really cherish. This card will go to one of them. I used Pear Pizzazz, Concord Crush, Poppy Parade and Whisper White card stocks along with Cheerful Treat DSP (hostess). The sentiment is from "Full of Life" and I colored the stamp with Concord Crush, Poppy Parade and Pear Pizzazz Markers before huffing and stamping. I used the Flower Trio Punch (retired), Bird Builder Punch and a 1/4" Circle Punch to make the flowers and leaves. Everything is from Stampin' Up! Thanks for stopping by!!

Got Love? (F4A100, QFTD96)

I was kind of busy yesterday, so I'm posting my Friday Challenge cards today and hope to have time to do a Saturday challenge later. This is for two challenges. First, the Free 4 All Challenge is called, "Have a Heart", and we were to have at least two hearts on our projects. The other challenge is the Queen For The Day challenge. Our queen this week is Lisa Lara. I have admired her work for some time. I chose to CASE her "Got Cake?" card. She was CASEing Roxie, but she changed the layout a bit and the image. I changed the sentiment, colors and used punched hearts. Thanks for stopping by!!

Year of.... (CCEE1203, CC358, WT358)

This card covers three challenges. First, the CCEE Stampers Challenge is celebrating Chinese New Year, and we were to use either a dragon (because this is the year of the dragon) or use the Chinese Zodiac sign for the year we were born. I was born in the year of the pig, but I don't have any pig images, so I found one online. Piglet!! He's a cutie! I thought the "Thinking of You" sentiment from "Teeny Tiny Wishes" went so well with his look! The Ways to Use It Challenge is called, "Sew Beautiful", and we were to either use stitching, faux stitching or images having to do with sewing. I got out my sewing machine and stitched on this card. This is something I usually don't do. This is also another card for this week's Color Challenge, using Pink Pirouette, Pretty In Pink and Rose Red. Thanks for stopping by!!