Stampin' Jane

Second Half of Liz's Workshop

2010-04-08T22:39:00.002-04:00

Here are two more of the cards we had at my sister-in-law's workshop, we did make another card, but I am not going to share it right now as I am using the same card for another card event coming up, I will share it then.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Abundant Hope
Ink: Black StazOn, Certainly Celery, So Saffron
Cardstock: So Saffron, Certainly Celery, Basic Black, Whisper White
Accessories: Blender Pen, Stampin' Dimensionals

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Embrace Life, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: White Craft, Black StazOn
Cardstock: Basic Black, Bermuda Bay, Rich Razzleberry, Melon Mambo, Whisper White
Accessories: Word Window Punch, Modern Label Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals

Liz's Workshop

2010-04-07T23:03:00.004-04:00

A while ago I did a workshop at my sister-in-law's house where we made 5 cards for various events. The following two are ones we made for a wedding and a new baby. Hope you like them.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: I {Heart} Hearts, Kind & Caring Thoughts
Ink: Perfect Plum
Cardstock: Pale Plum, Perfect Plum, Whisper White

Accessories: White Taffeta Ribbon, Scallop Trim punch, Stampin' Dimensionals

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Love Bug, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: Always Artichoke, Certainly Celery, Barely Banana, So Saffron, Almost Amethyst Markers
Cardstock: Certainly Celery, So Saffron, Whisper White, Tea Party DSP
Accessories: Certainly Celery Wide Grosgrain Ribbon, 1 1/4 Circle Punch, 1 3/8 Circle Punch, Scallop Circle Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals

2010-04-05T21:40:00.002-04:00

It's been almost a month since I posted. I have been in a stamping slump a bit and haven't stamped much other than prepping for classes and even to do that I have had to really force myself. I am still somewhat in a slump but I feel if I challenge myself by making sure I post to my blog at least a couple times a week hopefully I can get out my stamping slump. To resume posting to my blog I have created a video for you. Hope you enjoy.

Faux Grid Class Part 3

2010-03-08T23:32:00.002-05:00

Sorry it took so long to post the third card of the Faux Grid class. This past weekend was spend doing fun things out of the house, so I did not get much done around the house and that included making any cards or updating my blog. It was a nice fun weekend, we spent Saturday getting some much needed shopping done. Priority items was to find new running/walking shoes for both Andrew and I for our upcoming trip. I love wearing heals and always feel funny anytime I wear any type of flats, so needless to say my only shoes that could be considered flats are flip-flops and these will not work for the walking we plan on doing. And Andrew was in desperate need of new shoes, his runners we starting to look pretty bad. We did have a productive day and both found shoes that should work good and keep our feet comfortable. I guess we will find out. We then ended the weekend by spending the day with friends and checking out fish stores. For those of you who know my husband, before you ask, yes he did buy a new fish. No shocker there eh? Today was back to work and trying lots done. Now that you know all about my weekend I will show you a card since that is really why you came to my blog in the first place, right? This card was the third card we made at the Faux Grid class I was telling you about last week.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Crazy for Cupcakes
Ink: Black StazOn, Basic Black, Bermuda Bay, Crushed Curry, Melon Mambo Markers
Cardstock: Basic Black, Bermuda Bay, Whisper White
Accessories: Modern Label Punch, Word Window Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals, Ruler

Faux Grid Class Part 2

2010-03-05T00:05:00.000-05:00

These is another one of the cards we made at the faux grid class. This is my favourite card from the class. I love these flowers from the Fifth Avenue Floral set. This card is just so bright and cheery even with the Black base. Each square is 1", instead of adding the dots on the lines to make it look like a stitched quilt I coloured in some of the squares. I think the colouring of the squares really makes the flowers pop off the page even more. I have a few extra of these cards left, I think I will dig some out of my stash and mail them out to some friends to remind them spring it just around the corner.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Fifth Avenue Floral, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: Almost Amethyst, Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery, Pretty in Pink, Barely Banana Markers, Black StazOn
Cardstock: Basic Black, Whisper White
Accessories: Small Oval Punch, Large Oval Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals

Faux Grid Class

2010-03-04T18:11:00.002-05:00

I just realized I never shared the cards we made at my Faux Grid class that I had before Christmas. I can't believe I never shared these cards. I really like this technique and love how the cards turned out. At the class we made three cards using the technique two different ways. Each square is 1". This is one of the cards we made I will share the other two over the weekend.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Season of Joy, Four the Holidays
Ink: Old Olive, Ruby Red Marker, Brocade Blue Marker
Cardstock: Ruby Red, Whisper White, Brocade Blue
Accessories: Mellow Moss Taffeta Ribbon

Happy Together Class Part 2

2010-03-03T00:05:00.000-05:00

These are the last two cards we made at the Happy Together Class this past weekend. Lately I have been really white base cards. This card was inspired from Putri at SCS I changed up the colours and layout a little bit. I rarely use the colour Tempting Turquoise because it is such a bright colour but on this card I just love it. It really make the main image stand out. The second card was inspired from Soshiro at SCS. I love how this card turned out, I tried so many different embellishments for the middle band of the card, but had to come back to the Chocolate Chip ribbon, it just seemed to fit the card the best.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Happy Together
Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Tempting Turquoise
Cardstock: Whisper White, Tempting Turquoise, Rich Razzleberry
Accessories: Word Window Punch, Modern Label Punch, Certainly Celery Button, Linen Thread, Rich Razzleberry Polka-Dot Ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals, Glue Dots

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Happy Together
Ink: Chocolate Chip
Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla, So Saffron, Old Olive
Accessories: Corner Rounder Punch, Scallop Trim Punch, Chocolate Chip Wide Ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals

Happy Together Class Part 1

2010-03-02T00:05:00.001-05:00

This past weekend I held a class featuring the Happy Together Stamp set. This is such a cute stamp set and I was so excited when I found out it was one of the sets you could choose for free during Sale-A-Bration. I had been eying this set since it came out in the catalogue but never could convince myself to buy it, but because I waited I ended up getting it for free! Free is always good. At the class we made 5 cards using this set. The first three cards I am going to show you were cased from Heather Summers. Tomorrow I will show you the other two cards we made.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Happy Together
Ink: Chocolate Chip
Cardstock: Old Olive, Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Cottage Wall DSP
Accessories: Scallop Border Punch, Paper Piercer, Mat Pack, Striped Old Olive Ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Happy Together
Ink: Chocolate Chip,
Cardstock: Certainly Celery, Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Rich Razzleberry, Cottage Wall DSP
Accessories: Scallop Border Punch, Small Oval Punch, Large Oval Punch, Double Stitched Chocolate Chip Ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Happy Together
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Pale Plum, Rich Razzleberry
Cardstock: Old Olive, Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Pale Plum, Cottage Wall DSP
Accessories: Modern Label Punch, Paper Piercer, Mat Pack, Striped Old Olive Ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals

Simple Thank You

2010-02-24T00:05:00.000-05:00

This was the thank you card I used for orders placed in the month of Feb. I love this Jumbo Snowflake punch and want to use it as much as possible while I still can. I figure we still have snow outside so there is nothing wrong with giving my customers cards with snowflakes on it. This card is actually a bit smaller than an average card side, all I did was place the main focal point where I wanted and then trimmed down the card so I had the order I wanted. This card was cased from Juls716 over at SCS. I was going to change the Bermuda Bay colour to something else, but I couldn't find another colour I liked as much as I liked the way the Bermuda Bay stood out. Lately I have been really attracted to the simple white cards, sometimes it is the simplest cards that really stand out.

Supplies Used:

(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Thank You Kindly
Ink: Bermuda Bay
Cardstock: Bermuda Bay, Whisper White
Accessories: Jumbo Snowflake Punch, Silver Brad, Stampin' Dimensionals

Birthday Cupcakes

2010-02-23T00:05:00.000-05:00

The Crazy for Cupcakes set has become my go to set for birthday cards. I really wasn't a fan when the set first came out and I only got it because I needed a birthday set and it was on sale! But now I tend to reach for it first even though I do have other sets I could use for birthday cards. This is a card I made before Christmas for a friends birthday. This card was cased from Daotz over at SCS. I basically just changed up the happy birthday parts to stamps I had.

Supplies used:

(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Crazy for Cupcakes, Jumbo Alphabet, A Little Birthday CheerInk: Black StazOn, Old Olive Marker, Bashful Blue Marker , Real Red Marker, Brocade Blue Marker, Not Quite Navy, Versamark
Cardstock: Kraft, Not Quite Navy, Old Olive, Whisper White, Retired DSP
Accessories: Jumbo Eyelet, Linen Thread, Stampin' Dimensionals, Crystal Effects

Shimmer Snowflakes

2010-02-22T21:58:00.002-05:00

I only just realized this weekend that Stampin' Up! has carried over a bunch of items from the holiday mini catalogue. We have been told that these items will also be in the new catalogue coming in July. I don't know why I only just noticed this on the demo website, it has been posted for over a month now. Where has my head been? I am so excited about this list. (See post below for complete list). One of the items being carried over is the Shimmer Mist. This just adds so much to a project. The card below is one I created at Christmas using the Shimmer Mist. The background is created using the Faux Suede technique and then stamping the snowflake with the Shimmer Mist. The punch snowflake is also covered with the Shimmer Mist. You can't tell from the picture but it just shimmers in real life. I love this card, it was very simple to make and I was able to do lots at once.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Simple Snowflake, Four the Holidays
Ink: Soft Suede
Cardstock: Soft Suede, Rose Red, Whisper White
Accessories: Jumbo Snowflake Punch, Soft Sude Polka-Dot Ribbon, Silver Brad, Stampin' Dimensional

2010-02-22T21:30:00.000-05:00

The following items have been carried over from the Holiday Mini Catalogue and are still available for purchase. These items will also be available in the new Catalogue available in July.

Item #	Description	Price
116794	Ornament punch	$22.95
116806	Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint	$8.95
116854	Frost White Shimmer Paint	$8.95
116807	Platinum Shimmer Paint	$8.95
116829	Décor Elements Blocks	$13.95
116824	Stampin' Up! Textured Impressions Folder Petals-A-Plenty	$10.95
116821	Stampin' Up! Holiday Windows Magnetic Movers & Shapers	$39.95
116819	Stampin' Up! Table Setting Bigz XL die	$57.95
116820	Stampin' Up! Embosslits Merry die	$15.95
116823	Stampin' Up! Sizzlits Merry Details die	$7.50
116822	Stampin' Up! O Christmas Tree Pop-Up Bigz XL die	$57.95
118140	Stampin' Up! Tree Decorations Sizzlits die	$7.50
118108	My Digital Studio	$106.95
116519	Charming stamp set	$26.95

Treats for Co-workers

2010-02-19T00:05:00.000-05:00

I previously showed you the treat cards that I made for our nephews at Christmas. I also made similar treat cards for all my co-workers at work. I made 14 in total. I wanted something simple and that would not break my heart when I saw them tear the card apart to get to the candy. As I don't eat chocolate I used skittles for the candy. I think most enjoyed these treats.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Sweet Treats, Christmas Blessing
Ink: Real Red, Chocolate Chip, Garden Green
Cardstock: Real Red, Chocolate Chip, Garden Green, Whisper White
Accessories: Sweet Treat Cups, Glue Dots, 1 3/4 Circle Punch

Still Christmas ?

2010-02-18T00:05:00.000-05:00

I never did finish showing you all the Christmas cards I made for this past Christmas, so I am going to show you these cards over the next few days. This is the same layout I used for one of the cards at the Christmas Stamp-A-Stack. I changed up the colours and added a little bit more technique. I used the colour spritzer with the Chocolate Chip marker to create the speckled background. I really like the way this card turned out.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Tree Trimmings, Four the Holidays
Ink: Real Red, Chocolate Chip
Cardstock: Kraft, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White
Accessories: Colour Spritzer, Sponge, Chocolate Chip Wide Grosgrain Ribbon

Hubby's Valentine's Card

2010-02-17T00:05:00.000-05:00

My husband and I don't really go all out for Valentine's Day. This year we spend the day at the in-law's celebrating my father-in-law's birthday. Once we got home the rest of the day was spent doing laundry and grocery shopping. However we did exchange cards and my husband bought me some roses. This is the card that I gave to Andrew. This is a remake of a card I showed you earlier. This time I used Chocolate Chip Prints Designer Paper for the base, changed the colours of the hearts, and added a button. The saying is a rub-on from Chit Chat.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: I {Heart} Hearts
Ink: Rose Red, Certainly Celery, So Saffron, Ballet Blue
Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Kraft, Whisper White, Rose Red
Accessories: Chit Chat Rub-on, Scallop Edge Punch, White Gel Pen, Paper Piercer, Mat Pack, Rose Red Button, Linen Thread, Stampin' Dimensionals

Productive Weekend

2010-02-16T00:05:00.001-05:00

I had a very productive weekend stamping. I can't show you a lot of what I created this weekend because it is for upcoming classes and events but I promise you will see them over the next little while. However I do have cards to share with you in the meantime. This is a card that I made for a friend's birthday back in December. I cased the layout of this card from Petal Pusher over at SCS. I changed up the colours and stamp set used. To create the circles I used the Circle Scissor Plus, the sayings are actually three separate stamps from the set 'A Little Birthday Cheer'.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: A Little Birthday Cheer
Ink: Bermuda Bay, Rose Red, Close to Cocoa
Cardstock: Bermuda Bay, Close to Cocoa, Whisper White, Thoroughly Modern DSP
Accessories: Silver Brads, Small Star Punch, Large Star Punch, Paper Piercer, Circle Scissors Plus

Happy Birthday Dad

2010-02-15T22:49:00.002-05:00

Today is my Father-in-Law's birthday. This is the card I decided to make him. I am loving the easel cards, they are actually really easy to make and so impressive looking. My father-in-law loves to bake and makes really good apple pie and apple crisp so I thought this apple image from the For Father set was the perfect one to use for his card. I actually used some of my retired items for this card, both the stamp set and the Designer Paper is retired. Hope you like the card.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: For Father, A Little Birthday Cheer
Ink: Black Staz On
Cardstock: Not Quite Navy, Very Vanilla, Old Olive, Watercolour Paper, Retired DSP
Accessories: Watercolour Crayons, Aqua Painter, Stampin' Dimensionals

Thinking of you Christine

2010-02-11T00:05:00.000-05:00

My best friend's sister passed away suddenly yesterday afternoon. So I had to make a card for her as soon as I found out. I used one of my all time favourite sets, Fifth Avenue Floral, with one of my favourite techniques, masking. I love the way this card turned out. The next few while is going to be very difficult for Christine, I hope this card will put a smile on her face.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Fifth Avenue Floral, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Pale Plum, White Craft
Cardstock: Rich Razzleberry, Pale Plum, Whisper White
Accessories: Scallop Edge Punch, Rich Razzleberry Polka-Dot Ribbon, Sponge

Lots of Hearts

2010-02-10T00:05:00.000-05:00

This is the last card we made at my Valentine's Day class last week. I cased this card from January's Stampin' Success (this is a magazine for SU demos). I really like the layout of this card. Each heart is cut out and popped up with Stampin' Dimensionals.

Supplies Used:

(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: I {Heart} Hearts, Three Little Words
Ink: Always Artichoke, Bravo Burgundy, Brocade Blue, Summer Sun, Black StazOn
Cardstock: Sahara Sand, Always Artichoke, Whisper White, Thoroughly Modern DSP
Accessories: Scallop Edge Punch, Corner Rounder Punch, Paper Piercer, Mat Pack, Stampin' Dimensionals

Happy Birthday Christine

2010-02-07T21:31:00.002-05:00

Today is my BFF's birthday. This is the card I made for her. She really like's Stampin' Up!'s Rich Razzleberry colour, so I knew I wanted to use that ribbon. The ribbon was my starting point for this card. I have seen lots of card recently where there a scallop edge has been placed along the side of the main image and really like this look, I think it just makes the image pop of the card more. You can't tell in the picture but I used Crystal Effects on the tops of the cupcakes to make it look more like icing. All supplies are Stampin' Up! except for the textured background, this was created using a Cuttlebug folder, sorry I don't know the name of it).

Happy Birthday Christine! Hope you are having an awesome day! Wish I could be with you right now.

Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets: Crazy for Cupcakes
Ink: Black StazOn, Crushed Curry, Rich Razzleberry Marker, Soft Suede Marker, Bermuda Bay Marker, Real Red Marker
Cardstock: Soft Suede, Crusted Curry, Bermuda Bay, Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White
Accessories: Rich Razzleberry Polka-Dot Ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals, Crystal Effects

Valentine's Treat Box

2010-02-05T23:57:00.000-05:00

This is another one of the projects we did at my Valentine's Class earlier this week. This is a little treat box that would be great to put some candies in and give to someone. I am thinking I might fill this box with some little treats and put in my husband's lunch bag for work. This box was very simple to make. The cardstock was 6 1/2 x 8 3/8 and then I scored 2" for the bottom and at 2", 4", 6", 8" for the sides of the box. Then just cut some slits in the bottom to create the flaps and folded the box together. To close the top of the box I just pinched in the side and placed a clip on the top to hold it closed. I tied some ribbon onto the clip, just to add a little extra. I am really happy with the way it turned out.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: I {Heart} Hearts, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: Chocolate Chip
Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Real Red, Whisper White
Accessories: Real Red Grosgrain Ribbon, White Grosgrain Ribbon, Full Heart Punch, Word Window Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals

3x3 Valentine's

2010-02-04T00:05:00.000-05:00

Last night I held a class where we made valentine's card. These are the 3x3 cards that we did. As you know I love this heart set called, I {Heart} Hearts. These cards are so easy to do and would be great to do a bunch at a time as they are so quick to do.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: I {Heart} Hearts
Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Orchid Opulence, Old Olive, Real Red
Cardstock: Orchid Opulence, Old Olive, Real Red, Basic Black, Whisper White
Accessories: Rich Razzleberry Polka-Dot Grosgrain Ribbon, Old Olive Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals

Valentine Card 1

2010-01-31T14:04:00.003-05:00

Valentine's day is getting close and I have been working on coming up with projects for my valentine's class this week. This is one of the cards I created while planning this class.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: I {Heart} Hearts, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: Dusty Durango, Soft Suede
Cardstock: Dusty Durango, Soft Suede, Whisper White
Accessories: Scallop Trim Border, Stampin' Dimensionals

Sizzix Thank You

2010-01-29T00:05:00.000-05:00

This card was cased directly from the catalogue. I used my big shot, the little leaves sizzix and the thank you sizzix. I did the direct to paper technique to make the leaves look like it has some texture. This was such a simple card to make.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: None
Ink: Old Olive
Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Whisper White, Old Olive Patterns DSP
Accessories: Scallop Edge Punch, Little Leaves Sizzix, Thank You Sizzix, Mat Pack, Paper Piercer

Treats for Nephews

2010-01-28T00:05:00.000-05:00

I wasn't too sure about the sweet treat cups when they first showed up in the Holiday Mini catalogue. I just couldn't handle the thought of someone having to take the card apart to get to the candy, but as I saw more and more people make these cards, I noticed that alot were making them with some sort of trap door in the back so you could get the candy out and still keep the card together. So I decided I would try some with this technique. I made these cards for my nephews at Christmas time. They boys loved them, and I didn't have to watch someone tear the card apart to get to the candy.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Beary Best Friends, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: Black Staz On, Assorted Markers
Cardstock: Garden Green, Real Red, Kraft, Whisper White
Accessories: Mistletoe Ribbon, Linen Thread, Glue Dots, 1 3/8 Circle Punch

Christmas Catch-Up

2010-01-27T00:05:00.000-05:00

As I was going through my files on my computer I noticed that I haven't shared all my Christmas projects with you, so I thought over the next few days I will work on sharing these projects with you. This is a gift card holder done for my gift card holder class I did before Christmas. I got the template for this holder from Holly Krautkremer. You just attach the gift card with glue dots to the bottom section of the Whisper White piece and write your note on the top section.

Supplies Used:

(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Season of Joy
Ink: Old Olive, White Craft
Cardstock: Real Red, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Whisper White, Summer Sun
Accessories: Small Star Punch, Large Star Punch, Silver Brad, Old Olive Grosgrain Ribbon, Real Red Polka-Dot 3/4" Grosgrain Ribbon, Glue Dots, Stampin' Dimensionals

Frosty is back!

2010-01-26T00:05:00.000-05:00

It is snowing here so I decided it was the perfect time to bring Frosty back. This was one of the Christmas cards I made this year. This card was cased from Sparklegirl on SCS. This stamp set has to be one of my favorites. There is just something about snowmen that I love, not sure why because I am not a fan of snow at all. Sometimes things are just funny like that.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Frosty, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: Black StazOn, Real Red Marker, Night of Navy Marker, Only Orange Marker, Old Olive Marker
Cardstock: Whisper White, Real Red, Night of Navy
Accessories: Shimmer Paint, Stampin' Dimensionals, Silver Brads, Mistletoe Ribbon

Fish Note

2010-01-22T00:05:00.000-05:00

One of the favourite techniques is to create a masked off area for an image. I don't know if there is a actual name for this technique. I absolutely love this look but don't use it enough. The hardest part of this card was the create the mask for the stamped area, but once that was done I can keep it with the stamp set and have it readily available next time I want to use it.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Ocean Commotion
Ink: Pacific Point, Bashful Blue
Cardstock: Whisper White
Accessories: Bashful Blue Double Stitched Ribbon

Going Back to Christmas

2010-01-21T00:05:00.000-05:00

Not a flower card today! Are you surprised? Today I am going to share with you a Christmas card that I made with one of my favourite snowman stamps. This snowman comes from the stamp set Merry & Bright. I was so sad when Stampin' Up! retired this stamp set. I will be keeping this set for a very long time. This card was cased from Kristina Werner.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Merry & Bright
Ink: Black StazOn, Real Red, Old Olive
Cardstock: Real Red, Bashful Blue, Old Olive Prints DSP
Accessories: Blender Pen, Certainly Celery Wide Grosgrain Ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals, 1 1/4" Square Punch

Saffron Flower

2010-01-19T00:05:00.000-05:00

Can you tell I am in a flower mood recently? It might be hard to believe but when I first started cardmaking, flower images were the last thing I would go for. I was not a fan of anything flowery. I still have my limits but I do like simple flower images. These fresh note cards make it so easy to complete a card. All I did was stamp cut out a small Mellow Moss flower, attach it to the card with a So Saffron Brad, then attached a piece of So Saffron cardstock behind the cut out image. Stamped a sentiment on the front of the card. I paper pierced the edges and then attached the Mellow Moss taffeta ribbon. Simple, but a stunning look.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Fresh Cuts
Ink: So Saffron, Mellow Moss
Cardstock: So Saffron, Whisper White
Accessories: Fresh Cut Notes, So Saffron Brad, Mellow Moss Taffeta Ribbon

Simple Greenhouse Garden

2010-01-18T00:03:00.003-05:00

Let me start off by saying how much I love this card. It was so simple to make and didn't require any additional layers. Two step-stamping really adds to the look of an image. I cased this card from Dawn Griffith.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Greenhouse Garden, Kind & Caring Thoughts
Ink: Pale Plum, Perfect Plum, Cameo Coral, Really Rust, Regal Rose, Rose Red
Cardstock: Whisper White

Think Spring

2010-01-15T00:05:00.000-05:00

Every time I look at this card I think of spring. Now if only spring would actually come. Anyone who knows me knows that I am not a fan of winter at all. This card is a Z fold card. This is the first card of this kind I have done, but I really like how it turned out so I just might have to do more of this style.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Cheep Talk
Ink: Chocolate Chip, So Saffron, Old Olive, Ballet Blue
Cardstock: Old Olive Patterns, So Saffron, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White
Accessories: Chocolate Chip 5/16" Brad, Eyelet Border Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals

SU Haul - New Products

2010-01-13T21:37:00.002-05:00

I am so excited to share with you my first video! I hope to try to do some more videos in the future of actually making cards for now I decided to start with showing you my first order from the new Occassions Mini and Sale-A-Bration. Hope you enjoy.

Colour Blocked Flowers

2010-01-13T00:05:00.001-05:00

For some reason I love to do black card bases for cards. When you add colour to the card the black really makes it stand out. This card was actually very simple to make. All I did was take a piece of White cardstock and attach the strips of coloured cardstock to it and then stamp the flower image with White craft on them. I just love the look of this card. I was just thinking maybe I will do a class using this card and colour blocking. Hmm....

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Fifth Avenue Floral, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: White Craft, Black StazOn
Cardstock: Basic Black, Whisper White, Bermuda Bay, Rich Razzleberry, Melon Mambo
Accessories: Word Window Punch, Modern Label, Stampin' Dimensionals

Faux Linen

2010-01-12T00:05:00.001-05:00

It took me a while to get the stamp set Freinds 24-7 because it wasn't one that really caught my eye at first, but after seeing a ton of great cards made with this set, I decided to get it. Now it is one of the sets I tend to reach for first when I am stamping. Funny how that works sometimes. This card was cased from Dawn Griffith, I just changed up the colours. The background with the flowers uses the faux Linen technique, it is hard to see it in the picture, but in real life it gives the background a really soft look.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin Up!)
Stamp Sets: Friends 24-7, Friendly Words Jumbo Wheel
Ink: Ruby Red, Old Olive Marker, Ruby Red Marker
Cardstock: Ruby Red, Basic Black, Whisper White
Accessories: Word Window Punch, Modern Label Punch, Photo Corners Punch, White Grosgrain Ribbon, Tissue Paper, Stampin' Dimensionals

2010-01-11T22:14:00.002-05:00

There are so many great samples of cards, scrapbook pages, and 3-d items in the catalogue to use for inspiration or to copy. I cased the following card directly from the catalogue. This card uses a few of my favourite things - Kraft cardstock, Chocolate Chip Ribbon, Old Olive and the 5/16" Neutrals brads.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: A Beautiful Thing
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Old Olive
Cardstock: Kraft, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Old Olive Prints
Accessories: 5/16" Neutrals Brads, Chocolate Chip Narrow Grosgrain, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Stampin' Dimensionals

Big on Christmas

2010-01-08T00:05:00.000-05:00

This is the fourth card we made at my Christmas card Stamp-a-Stack. I love this card. Each person could choose which card they wanted to make and if they wanted to make one of each they could. If they wanted to make two of one design and one of the other designs, they could. This was one of my favourite cards that I used it for a lot of my own Christmas cards. These cards were cased from Renaelindzey at SCS.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Big on Christmas
Ink: Black StazOn, Markers - Basic Black, Real Red, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, Garden Green, Only Orange, Summer Sun
Cardstock: Old Olive, Real Red, Garden Green, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Merry Moments DSP

More Christmas

2010-01-07T00:05:00.000-05:00

Here is another card we did at my Christmas Card Stamp-A-Stack. This card was cased from Marlenelo over at SCS. I love how you can use the exact same supplies on each card and yet they each look different. This was such a simple card to do, but turned out great. I love it when cards come together so well.

Supplies Used:

(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Simple Season of Grace, Four the Holidays, Season of Joy
Ink: Real Red, Old Olive
Cardstock: Real Red, Old Olive
Accessories: White Gel Pen, Eyelet Border Punch, Silver Brads, Mat Pack, Paper Piercer, Stamp-a-ma-jig

Happy Birthday Sue

2010-01-06T00:09:00.003-05:00

Today I would like to say happy birthday to Sue and I am going to share the card I made for her. We both got a Big Shot for Christmas, so I knew I wanted to do something with it. I also got the Curly Label Movers & Shapers Die so that's where I started with this card. I hand cut the little flowers out, this was alot harder than I thought I would be but I love the way it turned out. The first picture is a view of the card with it closed so you can see the inside and the second picture is of just the front so that you can see the window.

Supplies Used:

(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Embrace Life, Little Flowers, A Little Birthday Cheer
Ink: Old Olive, Rich Razzleberry, Dusty Durango, Crushed Curry
Cardstock: Kraft
Accessories: Big Shot, Movers & Shapers Die, Elegant Eggplant Grosgrain Ribbon, Transparency Sheet, Glue Dots

2010-01-05T23:55:00.003-05:00

Well, it has been quite a while since I posted. The last few months have been very busy for me, however I have been stamping, I honestly kind of forgot about keeping my blog updated. Now that a new year is here I am planning on trying to commit to my blog more. I really like to keep a record of cards I make and what better way than a blog. For this first blog entry in a while I will show you some of my Christmas cards. These are two of the cards we made at my Stamp-A-Stack in November.

This first card was cased from hoefaser at SCS

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Delightful Decorations, Teeny Tiny Wishes, Patterned Pines
Ink: Night of Navy
Cardstock: Night of Navy, Certainly Celery, Real Red, Whisper White
Accessories: Stampin' Dimensionals, Mistletoe Ribbon, Silver Cord, Ornament Punch, Frost White Shimmer Paint, Modern Label Punch

This second card was cased from Juliestampsx3 over at SCS

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Tree Trimmings, Four the Holidays
Ink: Ballet Blue, Real Red, Mellow Moss, Chocolate Chip
Cardstock: Mellow Moss, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White
Accessories: Mellow Moss Taffeta Ribbon, Scallop Edge Punch, Stamp-a-ma-jig

More Cupcakes

2009-09-03T23:59:00.002-04:00

These are the last two cards we made at the crazy for cupcakes class. The first card was cased from Traciac at SCS. I love the designer series paper with the scallop edge folded over the image. On the second card I used Dazzling Diamonds to cover the icing section. I love how sparkly this card turned out. After the class I used this card as a birthday card for my brother-in-law Dave.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Crazy for Cupcakes
Ink: Black StazOn, Rich Razzleberry Marker, Orchid Opulence Marker, Old Olive Marker
Cardstock: Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive, Whisper White, Cottage Wall DSP

Accessories: Scallop Edge Punch, Rich Razzleberry Polka-Dot Ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals

Supplies Used:

(All Stampin' Up!)

Stamp Sets: Crazy for Cupcakes

Ink: Black StazOn, Chocolate Chip Maker, Sage Shadow Marker, So Saffron Marker

Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, So Saffron, Sage Shadow, Whisper White, To The Nines DSP
Accessories: Modern Label Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals, 2-Way Glue Pen, Dazzling Diamonds

More Crazy for Cupcakes

2009-09-02T23:50:00.002-04:00

Here are two more of the cards we made at the Crazy for Cupcakes class a little while ago. This first card I cased from Linda Heller. The second card was cased from atsamom at splitcoaststampers.com.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)

Stamp Sets: Crazy for Cupcakes, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: Black StazOn
Cardstock: Rich Razzleberry, Orchid Opulance, Old Olive, Cottage Wall DSP
Accessories: Linen Thread, Old Olive Grosgrain Ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Crazy for Cupcakes, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: Black StazOn, Rich Razzleberry Marker
Cardstock: Rich Razzleberry, Basic Black, Whisper White
Accessories: Word Window Punch, 3/4" Circle Punch, Large Oval Punch, White Gel Pen, Stampin' Dimensionals

August Thank You Notes

2009-09-01T22:53:00.003-04:00

I try to include a thank you note with every customer order. I know I always love to receive little notes, so I like to try to send them as much as possible. I don't nearly send out enough cards but I am trying to send out more, I really need to get my cards more organized so that I can easily grab the one for the right occasion. This is the thank you card I made for all August orders. I have always loved the Tart & Tangy stamp set, it just seems perfect for a summer card. You can't tell in the picture but I used one of the Texturz Plates for the Big Shot to dry emboss the background. I love the way this card turned out.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Tart & Tangy, Thank You Kindly
Ink: Old Olive, Real Red Marker, Old Olive Marker
Cardstock: Whisper White, Real Red, Old Olive
Accessories: Texturz Plate SU Backgrounds 1, Scallop Edge Punch, 1 1/4 Circle Punch, 1 3/8 Circle Punch, Old Olive Grosgrain Ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals

2009-08-31T23:44:00.002-04:00

I have been meaning to post the pictures of the rest of the cards from the Crazy for Cupcakes class, but I have not got around to it yet. I have not been feeling very well lately, and have been very busy, so posting has really slipped from my to do list.

Supplies Used:

(All Stampin' Up!)

Stamp Set: Crazy for Cupcakes

Ink: Black StazOn

Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Real Red, Whisper White

Accessories: White Grosgrain Ribbon, Glue Dots, Stampin' Dimensionals

Crazy for Cupcakes Class

2009-08-27T21:47:00.002-04:00

Recently I did a class with the stamp set Crazy for Cupcakes. When this set first came out, I didn't really think much of it. I thought, how much can you really do with a couple cupcake images and a balloon. But after seeing so many great samples with it, I finally broke down and bought it, used it a bunch, fell in love with it and decided I just had to do a class with the set. It really is so versitile. This is one of the cards that we made at the class. I cased this idea from Tessa at splitcoaststampers.com. You can't tell in the picture, but I added Crystal Effects to the cherries. I just love this stuff, it really adds to a card. I love this colour combination. I tend to use Old Olive and So Saffron quite a bit and now Basic Gray has been added to my go to colors.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Crazy for Cupcakes
Ink: Black StazOn, Old Olive Marker, So Saffron Marker, Basic Gray Marker, Real Red Marker
Cardstock: Basic Gray, So Saffron, Whisper White, Old Olive DS Prints
Accessories: Scallop Edge Punch, So Saffron Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, Crystal Effects

Spotlighting Trees

2009-08-25T23:25:00.002-04:00

This is the third card we made at the spotlighting class. I love this card. I think I might use it for one of my Christmas cards this year. I cased this card from Maggie's Mommy at splitcoaststampers.com. It is hard to tell in the picture but I put dazzling diamonds on the popped up tree. This just adds so much to the card.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Lovely As A Tree, Many Merry Messages, Sanded
Ink: Always Artichoke, Mellow Moss
Cardstock: Mellow Moss, Always Artichoke, Very Vanilla
Accessories: Always Artichoke Brads, 1 1/4" Circle Punch, 1 3/8" Circle Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals, 2-Way Glue Pen, Dazzling Diamonds

Spotlighting Cupcakes

2009-08-24T22:46:00.002-04:00

This is the second card we made at my spotlighting class this month. I cased this card from Dawn Griffith, I just changed the colours and the layout a little bit (not much, just moved the ovals). She is very talented and comes up with lots of great ideas, if you haven't checked out her blog, you really should, click here to go to her blog.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Crazy for Cupcakes, Cupcakes Wheel
Ink: Black StazOn, Bermuda Bay
Cardstock: Bermuda Bay, Basic Black, Whisper White
Accessories: 1" Circle Punch, 1 1/4" Circle Punch, Large Oval Punch, Scallop Oval Punch, White Gel Pen, Sponge, Stampin' Dimensionals

Spotlighting Class

2009-08-22T00:48:00.002-04:00

I have really been slacking on keeping this blog updated lately. The past few weeks have been very busy and stressful and when I get home at I night I am just wiped out. Last weekend I started my monthly classes up again. It was so good to get together and stamp with others again. I have missed the classes. The technique for this class was spotlighting. The first card we made was cased from Linda Heller at Stamping School. I used the same colours and just changed the stamp set.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Fresh Cuts
Cardstock: Kraft, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Very Vanilla, Bordering Blue
Ink: Chocolate Chip
Accessories: Wide Oval Punch, Modern Label Punch, Antique Brads, 1" Double Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals

A Day Late

2009-08-17T22:37:00.003-04:00

I promised I would post the card I made for my husband's birthday yesterday, but that did not happen. I hadn't been feeling very well most of the weekend, and yesterday after the birthday party at my in-law's I came home and just crashed on the bed. I spent the rest of the day laying down, not a very exciting birthday for my husband. I hope you will forgive me that I am a day late but here is the card that I made for my husband.

Anyone who knows him, knows he loves fish. When I first saw the set Ocean Commotion and it had a fish that looks like an Angel fish, I knew I had to get it. Angel fish are the reason my husband first started an aquiraim and it is the main fish in our biggest tank. I say biggest because we have three tanks. Yes you read that right, 3! One in the living room and two in dining room. And yet my husband had the nerve to ask me for another fish tank for his birthday, however that did not happen. We only have so much room. I did promise him I would think about it when the basement is finished. Maybe he will change his mind by then :)

Anyways, here is the card:

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Ocean Commotion, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Cardstock: Basic Black, Bashful Blue, Bashful Blue DS, Whisper White
Ink: Black Craft
Accessories: Clear Embossing Powder, White Jumbo Grommet, Black 5/8 Grosgrain Ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals, Circle Scissors Plus

Dotted Flowers

2009-08-12T23:09:00.002-04:00

This week has been a long week already and it is only Wednesday night. I can't wait for the weekend for a couple of reasons. This Saturday my Stampin' Up! classes start again and second I don't have to go to work for two whole days. I haven't done much stamping recently because I have had to bring some work home at night, so I haven't had much time and once I finish the work, I have been so tired. Tonight I did make a card for Andrew's birthday this weekend, which I will share on his birthday. For now, I do have a card to show you. I am so glad I was able to get alot of cards done during my holidays because I still have cards to show you even though I haven't stamped much. I love today's card. If you have been reading my blog for a while you know I love the Fifith Avenue Floral set, so it should be no surpise that I used this set again. This was such a simple card to make. After I stamped the main floral image randomly on the card, it looked a little plain so I decided to add little doodle dots with the white gel pen, I was only going to do a couple of the flowers, but I loved the way it was looking and decided to go ahead and do the rest. I love the way it turned out. The only thing I would change, is the way I stamped the saying, next time I would probably stamp it on another piece of cardstock and pop it up with dimensionals, but again that might be just because I love dimensionals and I didn't use any on this card.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Fifth Avenue Floral
Ink: Black StazOn
Cardstock: Dusty Durango, Basic Black
Accessories: White Gel Pen, White Organza Ribbon, Scallop Edge Punch

Cool Down On A Really Hot Day

2009-08-10T22:49:00.003-04:00

The last couple of days have been extremely hot here, in the 30's but with the humidity feeling like the 40's. So I thought what better card to show you today was a card that reminds us of the cooler weather. When it is extremely cold, we are always looking forward to the heat and when it is extremely hot we wish it was cooler. So maybe thinking about snow will cool you down a little. I made this card when I was on holidays in July, I was trying out the reflection technique. I did a couple cards with this technique, this one is not my favourite, but I think it turned out okay. I hope to do a future class on the reflection technique, so I can't show you some of the other cards I did because they will be for the class. Now the card:

Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets: Big on Christmas
Ink: Black StazOn, Real Red Marker, Old Olive Marker, Pumpkin Pie Marker
Cardstock: Old Olive, Whisper White
Accessories: Real Red Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, Top Note Die, Window Sheet, Blender Pen, Stampin' Dimensionals

Best Ever Scrapbooking

2009-08-05T22:45:00.002-04:00

Two things that have made my scrapbook so much simpler are: Stampin' Up!'s Simply Scrappin Kits and my Cricut. I have used both of these items for pretty much every page I have made recently. They just make scrapping so much simpler for me. I love them!!! Here are two more birthday pages I created recently using the Best Ever kit. As you can tell, I am not one to do alot of journalling. Really how much can I say about a birthday party, basically every time is the same, the family gathers at the in-laws, the birthday person or people, open the gifts and that's the party. I figure as long as I have the dates and who's birthday it is, I am good. Simple and to the point, that's the way I like things. For the David page, I actually pulled out some of my alphabet stamps I haven't used in ages and stamped eached letter on the squares with Black craft ink.

Faux Ripped Paper

2009-08-04T20:00:00.003-04:00

While I was on holidays last month, I spent alot of time in my stamp room. The goal was to try some techniques I have never attempted before. Most of them were alot easier than what I thought they would be. I was really surprise, because when you see the samples, some of these techniques look really hard to do. Over the next little while, I will be sharing some of the cards that I made. The card below was inspired by a card I saw on Dawn Griffith's blog. She calls this technique 'Faux Ripped Paper'.

Supplies Used:

(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamps: A Beautiful Thing
Ink: Mellow Moss, Regal Rose, Black StazOn
Cardstock: Regal Rose, Basic Black, Glossy White
Accessories: Sponge Daubers, Black Brads, Stampin' Dimensionals

Happy Birthday Dan!

2009-07-30T22:43:00.004-04:00

Last night Andrew and I went over to his parent's house to celebrate his brother's birthday with the family. His birthday is not until Saturday but last night worked for most the family. This is the card I had made for him. I cased this card from Karen Graff-Provis (you can view her blog here). I just made a few changes on the card. I made this card a few weeks ago and forgot to write inside the card, so I left it on my stamp people before I left for work in the morning and planned on doing the inside when I got home from work, before we headed over to the in-laws. However when I got home Andrew said he had already finished the card and sealed the envelope, so I had no idea what he wrote on the inside. When Dan opened the card, Andrew tried to convince Dan that I wrote the card, but Dan knows his brother better than that. Andrew had written some smart comment inside, that only he could have come up with. I will need to ask Andrew what it was, because I can't remember now. There is always alot of laughing when Andrew and Dan get together they are have the typical brother relationship. Andrew constanting tries to pick on Dan and get him going, but being the younger brother, he never wins. It was a good night.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Lovely As A Tree, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: Old Olive, Chocolate Chip
Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Old Olive, Old Olive DS Prints
Accessories: Chocolate Chip 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon, Scallop Edge Punch, 5/8" Brad, Corner Rounder, Stampin' Dimensionals

More Scrapbook Pages

2009-07-28T21:50:00.002-04:00

I am so excited that I have been able to get lots of scrapbooking done recently. Here are another two pages that I created. I love the look of simple and clean pages. They come together fairly quickly and I get a sense of accomplishment. As you will notice I don't do alot of journalling I figure as long as the page has who, what, where and when I am happy with that. These pages use some paper from the Stampin' Up! Simply Scrappin Kit 'Best Ever' (now retired).

Scrapbooking

2009-07-26T20:55:00.002-04:00

On my holidays recently I was able to spend some time scrapbooking. It was great to have lots of time that I could dedicate just to stamping and scrapbooking. It was so relaxing. I really need to set aside time to do this more often. The Christmas layout was cased from jaymemuc at Splitcoaststampers. The second layout was a sketch from a recent Creating Keepsakes magazine. I find it so much easier to scrapbook with sketches. Whenever I see a sketch I like, I will copy it and place it in my sketch binder which is sorted by number of photos on the page(s). Since I started doing this it has helped me so much with my scrapbooking.

Cheep Talk Thank You Notes

2009-07-23T21:52:00.002-04:00

My newest stamp set in June was Cheep Talk (I know I should have got it a long time ago). I knew I wanted to use this set for my July thank you notes. I cased this card from Dawn Griffith, I just changed the colours. Because it was using the card for my July thank you notes, I knew I wanted to use some of the new in-colors. The colors used on this card are: Soft Suede, Bermuda Bay and Rich Razzleberry.

Supplies Used:

(All Stampin' Up!)

Stamp Sets: Cheep Talk

Ink: Bermuda Bay, Rich Razzleberry, Soft Suede

Cardstock: Whisper White

Accessories: Stamp-A-Ma-Jig

Nephew's Birthday Party

2009-07-22T22:26:00.003-04:00

This past weekend we went over to Andrew's parents for a birthday party for our four nephews. Their birthday are all between the end of May and the beginning of July, and since three of the nephews live about 3 hours away, we usually wait until the beginning of July to hold a birthday party for all four boys together. This year though the party ended up being a little later than normal, so we just had it. The boys are between the ages of 4 and 12. Below are pictures of the cards that I made for them. I have posted the crocodile before (it was one of the cards we made at the Wild About You class), I justed added some googly eyes to it. I also added googly eyes to the little bulldozer. I added crystal effects to the jelly fish and the the cupcake cards.

Supplies Used:

(All Stampin' Up!)

Stamp Sets: Little Trucks, It's Your Birthday
Ink: Black StazOn, Close to Cocoa, So Saffron, Basic Gray, Going Gray, Basic Black Markers

Cardstock: So Saffron, Basic Black, So Saffron Prints DS, Whisper White

Accessories: Black 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon, Googly Eyes, Stampin' Dimensionals

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Crazy for Cupcakes
Ink: Black StazOn, Bashful Blue, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie Markers
Cardstock: Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, Bashful Blue, Whisper White, Summer Picnic DS
Accessories: Crystal Effects, Stampin' Dimensionals

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Wild About You, See You Around Wheel
Ink: Old Olive
Cardstock: Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Basic Gray, Whisper White, Urban Oasis DS
Accessories: Scallop Circle Punch, Googly Eyes, Stampin' Dimensionals

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Fishey Friends
Ink: Black StazOn, Old Olive Marker
Cardstock: Old Olive, Bashful Blue, Whisper White, Green Tea DS
Accessories: Bashful Blue Double Stitched Ribbon, Crystal Effects, Stampin' Dimensionals

Soft Suede Kind Thoughts

2009-07-21T21:44:00.003-04:00

This is another card I had on display at my new catalogue open house. I used lots of new products for this card, Soft Suede cardstock, Soft Suede Polka-Dot Ribbon, Modern Label punch and two new stamp sets - Kind & Caring Thoughts and Teeny Tiny Wishes. This card was cased from Wendy Bell, I just changed a few things are the card. I love how this card, the picture really doesn't do it just.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Kind & Caring Thoughts, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: Soft Suede

Cardstock: Soft Suede, Kraft, Whisper White

Accessories: Eyelet Border Punch, Modern Label Punch, Paper Piercer, Mat Pack, Soft Suede Polka-Dot Ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals

New In-Colors

2009-07-20T21:42:00.003-04:00

These are the cards I had on display at my open house earlier this month. I kept the cards simple and used black cardstock as the mat for the main image, the only thing I changed on the card was the color the image and sentiment was stamped in. Each version is made with one of the new in-colors. When I first saw these color, I wasn't sure if I would like them, but the more I use them they are really growing on me. I am sure by the spring, I will be so attached to them, I will be sad to know that they will not be available after June.

Colors Left to Right: Bermuda Bay, Crushed Curry, Soft Suede

Colors Left to Right: Dusty Durango, Melon Mambo, Rich Razzleberry

June Thank You Notes

2009-07-19T23:09:00.004-04:00

Okay, I broke my promise and did not post on holidays, however I did do alot of stamping, so I do have lots to share with you. This is the card that I made for my thank you notes for the month of June. This card was cased from a card in the Occasions mini that just ended in June. For this card I kept the colors and just changed the stamp set. I used the new hostess set 'Kind & Caring Thoughts'. This set has so many great sayings, I can see myself using it so much.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Kind & Caring Thoughts, All Holidays
Ink: Rose Red Marker, Mellow Moss Marker, Chocolate Chip
Cardstock: Rose Red, So Saffron, Chocolate Chip
Accessories: Scallop Edge Punch, Small Oval, Large Oval

New Catty Open House

2009-07-07T13:13:00.003-04:00

Last night I held a new catty open house in celebration of the new SU catalogue. It was so much fun. Along with showing off the new in-colors I also had some of my retired sets for sale. Below is the card we did for the make and take. I wanted a card that used the new in-colors and ribbon. As this is the only in color ribbon I currently had it was the starting point for choosing the colours of this card. I love how the new in-colors work so well together.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Fifth Avenue Floral
Ink: Bermuda Bay, Melon Mambo
Cardstock: Bermuda Bay, Melon Mambo, Soft Suede, Whisper White
Accessories: Soft Suede Polka-Dot Ribbon, Glue Dots, Paper Piercer, Mat Pack

Shadowed Daises

2009-07-03T21:38:00.002-04:00

This is the third card we did at my Shadowing class last weekend. I just love this card. I have made this card many times before but always with different colours. I really have a thing for stripped paper so it shouldn't be any surprise that every card like this has always used stripped paper. The paper used on this card is from the Designer Series Washington Apple pack (now retired:( ) I think this is such a bright and cheerful card, I just love it.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Upsy Daisy
Ink: Pumpkin Pie, So Saffron
Cardstock: Pumpkin Pie, So Saffron, Whisper White, Washington Apple DS
Accessories: 1" Circle Punch, Silver Brad, Stampin' Dimensionals

I hope to be able to post quite a bit over the next couple of weeks, I am on holidays and we are staying around the house. My plan is to spend alot of time in my stamp room, stamping and hopefully getting some scrapbooking done too. My husband is suppose to be working on drywalling our basement with a couple of friends, however if the drywalling goes anything like the building the shed earlier this week went, I think I might have to take his spot in the drywalling process. Tuesday evening we starting building the shed and in the process Andrew cut his finger pretty bad, I had to take him to the hospital, got it bandaged, he just has to be careful for a while. So Wednesday morning I called a friend to help me finish the shed. Just as we were finishing up we asked Andrew to just hold something for us and he ends up getting poked a little bit with the drill, nothing serious. But he sure has been accident prone this week. Hopefully we can get through the next couple of weeks without having to go back to the hospital.

The New Catalogue is Here!

2009-07-01T21:22:00.002-04:00

The new Stampin' Up! catalogue is here. I am so excited about this catalgoue and all the new products in it. One thing I am extremly excited about is the fact that this catalogue is good for a whole year, so that gives me lots of time to purchase everything I want. The second thing I am so excited about is the new in-colors. I loved this colours we had this past year, and I have to say I wasn't really sure about the new in-colors when I first saw them, but after having some chance to see the actual colors in paper and ink, I have really started to like them. Soft Suede and Rich Razzleberry are my favourites right now. My favourite stamp set that I can't wait to order is Greenhouse Garden and the second thing I can't wait to order is the Paper Piercer. I know this seems like such a little thing, but I love paper piercing. This will definately be on my first order. When you have had a chance to look through this great catalogue, let me know what are your favorite things in this catalogue.

Shadowed Cherries

2009-06-29T20:38:00.002-04:00

This is the second card we did at the shadowing class this past weekend. I love the stamp set Tart & Tangy and used it tons when I first got it, but lately it has been neglected. It was great to pull it out again. We stamped the cherry image first in the co-ordinating ink as the cardstock, (for example we stamped the cherries in Kiwi Kiss ink on the Kiwi Kiss cardstock), and then we stamped the cherry image again with White craft ink just a little off of the first stamped image so that the image looks like it has a shadow.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Tart & Tangy, Really Retro
Ink: Riding Hood Red, Kiwi Kiss, Tangerine Tango
Cardstock: Riding Hood Red, Kiwi Kiss, Tangerine Tango, Baja Breeze, Basic Black
Accessories: 1 1/4" Square Punch, 1 3/8" Square Punch, Key Tag Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals

Shadowing Class

2009-06-28T21:05:00.003-04:00

It's been a week since I last posted, but that doesn't mean I haven't been stamping. I actually have got alot of stamping done this past week. However, I can't post any of the cards yet, because they are for my new catalogue open house and upcoming classes.

This past saturday I held a class on shadowing. We made three cards. This first one is so simple. You just stamp the image and then again off to the side of the first stamped image without re-inking stamp and you get a lighter image which looks like a shadow. I have to say I am going to miss Baja Breeze so much. I really got attached to this colour this year.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Pocket Silhouettes, Sweet Little Sentiments
Ink: Baja Breeze, Kiwi Kiss
Cardstock: Baja Breeze, Whisper White
Accessories: Mat Pack, Paper Piercer, Baja Breeze Striped Ribbon

Happy Father's Day

2009-06-21T10:00:00.001-04:00

Thursday night Andrew and I celebrated Father's Day with his dad. This is the card that I made for him. It was very simple, but once again uses my favourite Designer Series paper from the current Stampin' Up! catalogue - Urban Oasis. This card was cased from Kari at splitcoaststampers.com.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: All Holidays
Ink: Kiwi Kiss
Cardstock: Baja Breeze, Basic Gray, Sahara Sand, Urban Oasis DS Paper
Accessories: Baja Breeze Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, Glue Dots, Stampin' Dimensionals

Thank You June

2009-06-19T22:23:00.000-04:00

I try to always include thank you cards for my customers with every order they place. This month this the card I made. It was very simple and uses up some of my designer series paper. I am sad that I can't demo this paper anymore at the end of the month. I just love it and currently have three open packages. Guess I got some scrapbooking to do to use up some of this paper.

Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets: Note of Thanks

Ink: Black StazOn

Cardstock: Kraft, Urban Oasis DS Paper

Accessories: Baja Breeze Striped Grosgrain Ribbon

All Ocassion SAS Card 4

2009-06-18T22:16:00.002-04:00

This is the fourth and final card we made at the Stamp-A-Stack last weekend. I actually made this card almost a year ago for my parents 37th wedding anniversary. It was the last card I ever gave to my dad and it seemed so suitable to be making it again at a fundraiser for the Canadian Cancer Society. My dad passed away from cancer and he is the reason that I decided to do the fundraiser in the first place. I have loved this stamp set Upsy Daisy since it came out and it just seems so perfect for either males or females.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Upsy Daisy, Hugs & Wishes
Ink: Basic Gray
Cardstock: Whisper White, Basic Gray, Basic Black
Accessories: Scallop Edge Punch, Mellow Moss Taffeta Ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Glue Dots

All Ocassion SAS Card 3

2009-06-17T22:43:00.002-04:00

This is the third card we made at the Stamp-A-Stack last weekend. This was such a simple card to do, but I feel the dotted lines really make the tree image stand out. This would make a great masculine card.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Lovely As A Tree, Sincere Salutations
Ink: Mellow Moss, Always Artichoke, Always Artichoke Marker
Cardstock: Mellow Moss, Always Artichoke, Very Vanilla
Accessories: Ruler

All Ocassion SAS Card 2

2009-06-16T22:43:00.003-04:00

This is another card we made at the All Ocassions Stamp-A-Stack recently. Of course I had to use the set Fifth Avenue Floral. I know I have said this lots but I just love this set. It is so simple to use and always produces a great card. This card would be great for a wedding, bridal shower, or engagement.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Fifth Avenue Floral
Ink: Baja Breeze, Sahara Sand, Black StazOn
Cardstock: Baja Breeze, Basic Black, Glossy White
Accessories: Eyelet Border Punch, White Organza Ribbon

Fundraiser for Canadian Cancer Society

2009-06-15T22:25:00.007-04:00

This past Saturday I held a All Ocassions Card Stamp-A-Stack as a fundraiser for the Canadian Cancer Society. Stampin' Up! graciously donated a bunch of items to help this event become a success. I took the items that Stampin' Up! donated and did a silent auction. For a first time event I am fairly happy with how it went, I was able to raise $240.82. For the Stamp-A-Stack portion each person made 3 cards each of 3 designs for a total of 12 cards. I also had a table set up with all my saying stamps, so that each person could choose their sayings and make each card different if they wished. I feel this event went really well for being the first time and I definately plan on doing another one again.

This is one of the cards we made.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Four Square
Ink: Chocolate Chip
Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Kraft, Very Vanilla, Urban Oasis DS
Accessories: Chocolate Chip Wide Grosgrain Ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals

Happy Anniversary

2009-06-07T21:36:00.002-04:00

Today is my brother and sister-in-law's 1 year annivrsary. I can't belive my little brother has been married for a year now. Time just flies by so quickly. This is the card I made for them. This card was cased from ChristyS. at splitcoaststampers.com

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamps: Fifth Avenue Floral, Hugs & Wishes
Ink: Night of Navy, Brocade Blue, White Craft, Black StazOn
Cardstock: Brocade Blue, Night of Navy, Sahara Sand, Brocade Blue Patterns Designer Series Paper
Accessories: White Organza Ribbon

Another Thank You

2009-06-03T22:07:00.002-04:00

I just found this picture of this card on my camera, it was a thank you card I made for some of my customers. I can't remember what month I used this card, but it had to be sometime between January and June because of the designer series paper. I can't believe I never shared this card before now. I just love the simplicity of this card.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp: All Holidays
Ink: Kiwi Kiss
Cardstock: Whisper White, Urban Oasis DS Paper
Accessories: Square Rhinestone Brads, Paper Piercer

May Thank You Cards

2009-06-01T22:14:00.000-04:00

I try to send out thank you cards to all my customers each time they order from me. This is the card I used for May order. It was so simple to make, but yet so cute. I thought this was a great card to get us in the summer mood. I love strawberries and can't wait for fresh strawberries.

Supplies Used:

(All Stampin' Up!)

Stamp Sets: Tart & Tangy

Ink: Real Red, Real Red Marker, Old Olive Marker
Cardstock: Old Olive, Whisper White

Accessories: 1 1/4" Circle Punch, 1 3/8" Circle Punch, Scallop Circle Punch, Paper Piercer, Stampin' Dimensionals

Wild About You Class 5

2009-05-31T21:58:00.000-04:00

I think this fifth card is my favourite of all the Wild About You cards I made at the class. It was a tough decision though. But I love these little penguins. They are just so cute! The card uses the spiral punch to make the film strip look, I just love this and it is so easy. However it does create a mess, after the class there was so many little punched pieces on the floor from doing all this card.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Wild About You
Ink: Black StazOn, Baja Breeze
Cardstock: Baja Breeze, Basic Black, Whisper White
Accessories: Spiral Punch, 1/3" Square Punch, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Stampin' Dimensionals

This is a picture of the topper we made for the gift bag, basically we just used the same images and colours on the cards to create this topper.

Wild About You Class 4

2009-05-30T21:47:00.000-04:00

For this fourth card I got the layout from a birthday card I made for my best friend Christine a few years ago, I just changed the colours. I love this layout. The stripped paper is from Washington Apple Designer Series paper pack. I have a thing for stripped paper, any pack of designer series paper that has stripped paper in it, I most likely have it or had it at one point. I sponged the edges of the strip of So Saffron paper with Riding Hood Red ink so that it would stand out a bit from the stripped paper.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Wild About You, All Holidays
Ink: Riding Hood Red Ink
Cardstock: So Saffron, Riding Hood Red, Bashful Blue, Whisper White, Washington Apple DS
Accessories: Ticket Corner Punch, Bashful Blue Brads, Stampin' Dimensionals

Wild About You Class 3

2009-05-29T21:38:00.000-04:00

This third card from the Wild About You class would make a create baby congratulations card. I love the apricot colour. The sponging of Chocolate Chip ink around the White cardstock really makes the giraffe image stand out. It is so easy to do but add so much to the card.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Wild About You, Hugs & Wishes
Ink: Apricot Appeal, Chocolate Chip
Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Apricot Appeal, Whisper White
Accessories: Silver Brads, 1/2" Circle Punch, Sponge

Wild About You Class 2

2009-05-28T21:31:00.000-04:00

This is the second card we made at the Wild About You Clas. I love this card. It is a great masculine card. I also love this paper from the Urban Oasis Designer Series paper. I paired it with Kraft cardstock and Kraft taffeta ribbon. I cut out the lion's mane and popped it up with dimensionals.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Wild About You
Ink: Pumpkin Pie, Black StazOn
Cardstock: Kraft, Really Rust, Whisper White, Urban Oasis DS
Accessories: Kraft Taffeta Ribbon, Black Brads, Mat Pack, Stampin' Dimensionals

Wild About You Class 1

2009-05-27T21:14:00.003-04:00

This past weekend I held a class based around the stamp set 'Wild About You'. I love this set, it is so versitile. I first bought it to make cards for my nephews but I have used it so much more for adult birthday cards. At the class we made five cards and a topper for a gift bag. It was so much fun. Over the next few days I will share the five cards that we made at the class.

This first one was made with the crocodile stamp. This card would be great for any little boys. You can't tell from the picture but I stamped a little greating just instead the bottom corner of the card and when the card is flat you can see it through the scallop circle bite.

Supplies Used:

(All Stampin' Up!)

Stamp Sets: Wild About You, See You Around Wheel, Really Retro

Cardstock: Old Olive, Tangerine Tango, Basic Gray, Whisper White, Urban Oasis DS

Ink: Old Olive, Basic Gray

Accessories: Scallop Circle Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals

Page 89 Case

2009-05-23T23:18:00.001-04:00

This is the third card that we did at the Case It Class. For this card I used the stamp set and changed the colours.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up)
Stamp Sets: Garden Whimsy
Ink: Elegant Eggplant, Lavendar Lace, Ruby Red
Cardstock: Elegant Eggplant, Ruby Red, So Saffron, Whisper White
Accessories: 2-Way Glue Pen, Clear Rhinestone Brads, Crop-A-Dile, Scallop Edge Punch, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig

Page 67 Case

2009-05-22T23:12:00.000-04:00

This is another one of the cards that we did at the Case It Class. For this one I took a card on page 67 and just changed up the stamp sets. This is my favourite card from the class.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Fifth Avenue Floral, Matchbox Messages
Ink: Baja Breeze, Kiwi Kiss, Sahara Sand
Cardstock: Kiwi Kiss, Whisper White, Urban Oasis DS
Accessories: Circle Scissors Plus, Baja Breeze 5/8" Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, 1 1/4" Circle Punch, Metal Edge Tab, Stampin' Dimensionals

Page 55 Case

2009-05-21T22:42:00.002-04:00

At the beginning of this month I did a class about casing. This class was based on how easily you can take any of the samples from the Idea Book & Catalogue and re-create them to make them your own, by just changing up the colours or the stamp sets. Over the next few days I will share the cards we made. This first card was from page 55, I just changed the stamp set and the cardstock.

Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets: Priceless, Sweet Little Sentiments
Ink: Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery, Regal Rose
Cardstock: So Saffron, Certainly Celery, Whisper White, Washington Apple DS
Accessories: Word Window Punch, Certainly Celery 1/4" Ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals

April Thank You Cards

2009-05-20T23:31:00.000-04:00

This is the thank you card I used to give to customers who ordered in the month of April.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Cute & Curly
Ink: Chocolate Chip
Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Kraft
Accesories: Paper Piecer, Curly Label Punch, Filigree Brads, Stampin' Dimensionals

6th Anniversary

2009-05-19T22:34:00.000-04:00

On May 10th, my husband and I celebrated our 6th anniversary. We spent the day just hanging out at home and watching movies together. It was so nice to just stay home and enjoy each other's company. This is the card I made for Andrew. I love striped designer paper and this tone on tone look is just so great.

Supplies Used:

(All Stampin' Up!)

Stamp Sets: A Light Heart

Ink: Regal Rose, Chocolate Chip

Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Urban Oasis DS Paper

Accessories: 1" Circle Punch, Chocolate Chip Wide Grosgrain Ribbon, Corner Rounder Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals

Love Mom

2009-05-18T22:16:00.002-04:00

I am so sorry it has been almost three weeks since I posted. Things have been crazy busy for me and over the last few days I have been fighting the flu. However I do have cards to show you. Below is the card I made for my mom and mother-in-law for Mother's Day last weekend. It shouldn't be any surprise, to those that know me, that I used a flower image from Fifth Avenue Floral. This is my favourite set right now.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Fifth Avenue Floral, All Holidays
Ink: Kiwi Kiss, Black StazOn
Cardstock: Kraft, Basic Black, Whisper White, Urban Oasis DS Paper
Accessories: Kraft Taffeta Ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals

Congrats Christine!

2009-05-02T09:00:00.000-04:00

Today my best friend from college is getting married in Saskatchewan. I so wish I could be there, but things just didn't work out for me to attend. I am definately thinking of you today Christine, and want to wish you and Adam the best of luck as you start your new life together. This is the card that I made for them. I am just loving this fifth avenue floral set, I have done so many cards with it.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamps: Fifth Avenue Floral
Ink: Sahara Sand, Perfect Plum
Cardstock: Mellow Moss, Perfect Plum, Very Vanilla
Accessories: Metallic Eyelets, White Organza Ribbon

What a week!

2009-05-01T09:00:00.000-04:00

Have you ever had one of those weeks? At the beginning of the week you have your whole week planned out and somewhere along the lines that plan just doesn't happen, other items seem to keep coming up. That has been my week this week. I had a to do list for each day of what I wanted to get done but here it is Friday and I can't say I got much of my list done.

Today my mom offically retires and we are having a retirement party for her tonight. This is the card I made for her:

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamps: Uspy Daisy, Congrats
Ink: White Craft
Cardstock: Riding Hood Red, Basic Gray, Whisper White
Accessories: White Embossing Powder, Mat Pack

Monday, Monday, Monday

2009-04-27T22:22:00.003-04:00

Why are Mondays always so crazy. Today just seemed to be one of those days. Good thing I had a relaxing weekend. Friday night we went out for supper with my mom and "grandma" (not blood related". Saturday we went shopping for our nephews birthday and finally after a year and a half of living at our new place, we finally sorted out the boxes in the basement. The corner of the basement looks so empty now. Sunday we spent the day just relaxing at home. As I didn't do any stamping this weekend, I didn't know what I was going to show you but I found this card on my computer and can't believe I never shared this before. This card I made for one of my good friends from college who just had twins, a girl and a boy. I had seen a bunch of these onesie shaped cards on SCS, and thought it would be really fun to make one. I made this card double sided, one side is for the girl and the other for the boy.

A Beautiful Thing # 5

2009-04-25T09:00:00.000-04:00

This is my favourite card out of all the cards we did at my 'A Beautiful Thing' class. Chocolate Chip and Bashful Blue are one of my favourite colour combos. At the class not only did we make five cards but also a little box to hold the cards if you wanted to give away these cards as a set. I made the box to match this card because I just loved this card so much. The template for the box came from Dawn Griffith.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamps: A Beautiful Thing, It's Beautiful Wheel
Ink: Bashful Blue, Chocolate Chip
Cardstock: Bashful Blue, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White
Accessories: Chocolate Chip Wide Grosgrain Ribbon, Bashful Blue Narrow Grosgrain Ribbon, Corner Rounder, Stampin' Dimensionals

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamps: A Beautiful Thing, It's Beautiful Wheel
Ink: Chocolate Chip
Cardstock: Bashful Blue, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White
Accessories: Whisper White Grosgrain Ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals

A Beautiful Thing # 4

2009-04-24T09:00:00.000-04:00

Another card we did at my 'A Beautiful Thing'. This card was inspired by Laura Fredrickson. I just love the simplicity of this card. You can't tell from the picture but the two right hand corners of the Rose Red cardstock are pierced using the mat pack. I think it just finishes off the card nicely.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamps: A Beautiful Thing
Ink: Black StazOn, Brocade Blue, Versamark
Cardstock: Brocade Blue, Rose Red, Certainly Celery
Accessories: Brocade Blue Wide Grosgrain Ribbon, Brocade Blue Ribbon, Mat Pack, Stampin' Dimensionals

Happy Birthday Megan!

2009-04-23T00:01:00.000-04:00

Today I would like to send birthday wishes out to a member of my stamp group and a regular follower of my blog. Happy Birthday Megan! I hope you have an awesome day.

This is the card that I made for her. I just love this polka dot paper from the Urban Oasis Designer Paper, this has to be at least the second birthday card I have used this paper for. I just love it. I watercoloured the cupcake with a aqua painter and watercolour paper. You can't tell in the picture but I also added Dazzling Diamonds to the cupcake. I used the Basic Gray marker to add the lines around the image. I love how something so simple can add so much to a card. To those who know me of course I used Stampin' Dimensionals to pop up the cupcake off the card. I love Stampin' Dimensionals, every time I order I get at least one pack. You can never have too many! Anyways, on to the card.

Again have a great day Megan!

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamps: Crazy for Cupcakes
Ink: Baja Breeze, Kiwi Kiss, Basic Gray, Basic Gray Marker
Cardstock: Basic Gray, Baja Breeze, Kiwi Kiss, Sahara Sand, Urban Oasis DS, Watercolor Paper
Accessories: Word Window Punch, Aqua Painter, Stampin' Dimensionals

A Beautiful Thing # 3

2009-04-22T09:00:00.000-04:00

This is the third card we made at my 'A Beautiful Thing' this past weekend. This card was cased from Elaine Scader, to see her card click here. I changed the colours. Right now one of my favourite colours is Baja Breeze and I just the way this card turned out. It is so easy to create backgrounds with Stampin' Up!'s wheels.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamps: A Beautiful Thing, It's Beautiful Wheel
Ink: Baja Breeze, Black StazOn
Cardstock: Baja Breeze, Basic Black, Very Vanilla
Accessories: Baja Breeze Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, Black Brad, Stampin' Dimensionals

A Beautiful Thing # 2

2009-04-21T19:08:00.000-04:00

This the second card we made at my 'A Beautiful Thing' class on the weekend. This is one of my favourite cards out of them all. I just love how well the Pink Pirouette goes with the Riding Hood Red. Who would have ever thought you could put these two colours together. I think the only reason this card works is because of the Kiwi Kiss. Because we ran out of time in the class we skipped the stamping of the little circles above and below the main image, but the cards turned out great without it.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamps: A Beautiful Thing
Ink: Pink Pirouette, Riding Hood Red, Kiwi Kiss
Cardstock: Pink Pirouette, Riding Hood Red, Kiwi Kiss, Very Vanilla
Accessories: Pretty in Pink Grosgrain Ribbon, Large Oval Punch, Stamp-a-ma-jig

Beautiful Thing Class

2009-04-20T18:45:00.002-04:00

Yesterday afternoon I had a class using based around the stamp set 'A Beautiful Thing'. This week I will be sharing the cards we made at this class. The first card shown here really seemed to create a challenge for us. Trying to get the little flowers right inside the bigger flowers on the bottom of the card, even with the Stamp-a-ma-jig it was difficult.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamps: A Beautiful Thing
Ink: Apricot Appeal, Mellow Moss
Cardstock: Apricot Appeal, Mellow Moss, Whisper White
Accessories: Apricot Appeal Grosgrain Ribbon, Trio Flower Punch, Scallop Edge Punch, Soft Subtles Brads

February Thank You Cards

2009-04-18T16:25:00.003-04:00

I saw this thank you card on splitcoaststampers.com by KarenG. I loved this card and decided to use it for my thank you cards in February.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamps: Heartfelt Thanks
Ink: So Saffron, Certainly Celery, Old Olive, More Mustard Markers
Cardstock: So Saffron, Certainly Celery, Whisper White, So Saffron DS Prints
Accessories: Certainly Celery Wide Grosgrain Ribbon, Chit Chat Rub-ons

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamps: Heartfelt Thanks
Ink: Baja Breeze, Old Olive Marker, Always Artichoke Marker, Brocade Blue Marker
Cardstock: Rose Red, Baja Breeze, Whisper White, Rose Red DS Prints
Accessories: Baja Breeze Stripped Grosgrain Ribbon, Chit Chat Rub-ons

Another Christmas Card

2009-04-17T00:02:00.002-04:00

Here is another Christmas card I made last year. I love this card and I made a whole bunch of them in different colour schemes, but I can't find any pictures of the other cards. Maybe I will just have to make this card again sometime. I love this little snowman, he seemed to be my go to stamp for Christmas last year I used him on almost every card. Now that he is a retired stamp I guess I will need to find another stamp for this coming Christmas. But as I said earlier this week, it is way too early to start thinking about Christmas cards.

Supplies Used:

(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamps: Merry & Bright, Snow Wheel
Ink: Certainly Celery, Black StazOn, Certainly Celergy Marker, Chocolate Chip Marker
Cardstock: Certainly Celery, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White
Accessories: 1 1/4 Circle Punch, 1 3/8 Circle Punch, Scallop Circle Punch, Chocolate Chip Double-Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon, Silver Cord

2nd Birdie Card

2009-04-16T23:35:00.002-04:00

I posted a card very similar to this a couple days ago and thought I would show you this card that has just a slight change on the birdies. I had made this card previously with the paper piecing technique and while I was preparing for my masking class this one was sitting on my desk and I thought it would be perfect to change up and use it to teach the masking technique. I used Washington Apple DS paper for the paper piecing on the birds.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamps: A Little Birdie Told Me
Ink: Black StazOn
Cardstock: So Saffron, Bashful Blue, Whisper White, Washington Apple DS
Accessories: Scallop Edge Punch, White Gel Pen, Bashful Blue Narrow Grosgrain Ribbon, So Saffron Button, Linen Thread, Glue Dots, Stampin' Dimensionals, 2-Way Glue Pen

Christmas???

2009-04-15T23:52:00.002-04:00

I have been cleaning out some of my computer files and found some pictures of Christmas cards I did this year but never shared on my blog. So even though Christmas was months ago and trust me I am in no rush for it to come around again but I thought I would share them with you anyways. I will be sharing these cards over the next few days.

This card was inspired by Emily Weems her card can be seen here. I did the acetate card first and then did another in real red. I really like them both.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamps: Crazy for Christmas
Ink: Black StazOn, Old Olive, Markers
Cardstock: Real Red, Bashful Blue, Whisper White, Summer Picnic DS
Accessories: White Narrow Grosgrain Ribbon, Acetate, Glue Dots

Masking Class

2009-04-14T23:10:00.003-04:00

A couple of weeks ago I held a masking class. All three cards featured some sort of masking technique. I love masking, it gives you so many more options with the stamps. The first card we did was a simple masking technique using a circle punch and a sponge to create the masked circle. This was such a simple card, but I love the look of it. I got the idea for this card from Dawn Griffith.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamps: Pocket Silhouettes
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Mellow Moss
Cardstock: Whisper White
Accessories: 1 3/4 Circle Punch, 2-Way Glue Pen, Dazzling Diamonds, Sponge

The second card we did was learning how to mask using stamp sets so that they look like they are overlapped or behind each other. Of course I had to use the little birdie stamp set (currently in a tie for my favourite stamp set.) This card was inspired by Jamie Sears, you can see her card here.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamps: A Little Birdie Told Me
Ink: Black StazOn, Bashful Blue Marker, So Saffron Marker, Summer Sun Marker
Cardstock: So Saffron, Bashful Blue, Whisper White, Washington Apple DS
Accessories: Scallop Edge Punch, White Gel Pen, Bashful Blue Narrow Grosgrain Ribbon, So Saffron Button, Linen Thread, Glue Dots, Stampin' Dimensionals

This last card is my favourite. This masking technique is great for the set Fifth Avenue Floral. It should be no surprise that I used this set. I am sure you can guess that this set is the set that is in a tie with A Little Birdie for my favourite stamp set. What is there not to love about this card. It uses Fifith Avenue Floral, the Scallop Edge Punch, Chocolate Chip Ribbon and Dazzling Diamonds. Four great products.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamps: Fifth Avenue Floral
Ink: Riding Hood Red, Pretty in Pink
Cardstock: Riding Hood Red, Chocolate Chip, Pretty in Pink, Whisper White
Accessories: Hobby Blade, 2-Way Glue Pen, Dazzling Diamonds, Sponge, Chocolate Chip Wide Grosgrain Ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals