Just For You

Another Artisan Award entry card today, this one using the Just Believe stamp set.  I started with Faux Mother of Pearl on the inside panel and the two pieces on the front with stamped images.  Before I stamped them, I added some Pear Pizzazz spritz and then stamped with Soft Suede.

For the background I used the Vintage wallpaper folder and then started sprizting with Silver smooch spritz and Vanilla shimmer smooch spritz that I added a few drops of Soft Suede reinker to; next, I added some Pear Pizzazz spritz.

Bunny Hugs

This is my first scrapbook page to share with you from the Artisan Award entries and it is a hybrid page using My Digital Studio. 

I should have taken more pictures of it before I packed it up, but the base is Crumb Cake that was distressed with an ink pad directly on the card stock.  The next layer is from Berry Blossoms DSP and the a layer of Old Olive card stock with a stamp in the corner from Creative Elements. 

The corner is folded over and I added some more DSP to it along with an embossed flower.

Thanks so much

Another Artisan Award contest entry using the Creative Elements stamp set and some homemade color spritz.

The flowers have 3 and 4 layers separated by dimensionals and were not colored in, but spritzed with a mixture of Regal Rose re-inker, alcohol and Champagne shimmer mist.

Live in the Sunshine...

This is a hybrid project that I entered for the Artisan Award contest.   The base is a piece of board covered with fabric.  The center was printed with My Digital Studio and then stamped and the scallop circles are made from the wood sheets and then stamped.

The whole thing was covered with Vanilla Shimmer smooch spritz after I put it together.

This one would have been fun to have back but maybe it will make one of the displays at convention.

Simply Wonderful

Our Late Night Stampers Challenge this week is to use paper piercing on our projects.  One of my non winning Artisan Award projects included that element so I thought I would share it today.

I pierced around the Peach Parfait and then added some white gel pen for a faux stitched look.

The Pool Party and Wisteria Wonder on the inside were embossed with the Stripes impressions folder.

The card uses a lot of little elements and texture, mostly made from scraps.

Chevron Circles

This is a fun and quick card made using the 2 1/2" and 1 3/4" circle punches and the Chevron folder.  The colors I chose were Certainly Celery, Marina Mist, Basic Gray and Whisper White and I used some Neutral and Soft Subtles buttons and also some retired ones I had on hand.

The sentiment is from Itty Bitty Banners.

Fancy Butterflies

The Fan Fair designer series paper is really starting to be my go to paper these days.  I love the designs in the card below that look like lace and thought the butterflies would look fun using it.

I plan to add a sentiment when I decide what I want to use the card for in the future.

Supplies:

Island Indigo, Pink Pirouette, Basic Gray card stock

Butterfly punch

Pink Pirouette taffeta ribbon

Fancy Fan folder

Basic Pearls

50th Anniversary

Another card along the same lines as yesterday's using Very Vanilla and Marina Mist.  I used the Silver Glimmer paper and added some gold metallic reinker with a sponge dauber to alter the color slightly. 

Although you can't really see it in the picture, I also spritzed the card with Vanilla Shimmer smooch.

Supplies:

Very Vanilla and Marina Mist card stock

Silver Glimmer paper

Soft Suede classic ink

Vanilla velvet ribbon (retired)

Basic pearls

gold metallic reinker (retired)

Scallop square duo die

Simple alphabet numbers die (retired)

Basic Pearls

Vintage Wallpaper folder

Vanilla shimmer smooch spritz

dimensionals

Forever and Always

With so many weddings and anniversaries this time of year, I have a card today and tomorrow in those themes for you.  Today's card is a quick and easy one until you add the pearls to the dots on the ribbon, that takes a little bit of time.

I wanted to use the scallop dots ribbon but since the dots are white and I was using vanilla, I thought this would be a fun way to alter it. 

Supplies:

Loving Thoughts

Very Vanilla and Marina Mist card stock

Basic Black classic ink

Vintage Wallpaper folder

Basic pearls

Marina Mist scallop dots ribbon

dimensionals

Heartfelt

I was playing with the Layered Labels set again, this time using the largest stamp.  The base of it is stamped with Gumball Green and I stamped again using Midnight Muse and cut out the oval.  the letters are colored in with Pool Party.

Supplies:

Layered Labels

Very Vanilla, Elegant Eggplant card stock

Pool Party, Midnight Muse, Gumball Green classic ink and markers

Comfort Cafe DSP

Vintage wallpaper folder

Apothecary accents framelits

Victoria crochet trim

Antique brad

dimensionals

Simple Sympathy

This is another card using the Reason to Smile stamp set that will be available during a promotion next month. 

I colored the flower in with Pink Pirouette and Certainly Celery markers and the sentiment and flower are stamped with Early Espresso ink.

Supplies:

Loving Thoughts, Reason to Smile

Comfort Cafe DSP

Early Espresso, Pool Party, Pink Pirouette and Very vanilla card stock

Early espresso, Pink pirouette and Certainly celery classic ink and markers

Pink pirouette 3/8" taffeta ribbon

scallop edge punch

Thanks so much

This week's Late Night Stampers Challenge is to use bugs on our projects.  I think I only have one stamp set with a bug in it so my card is made with the Nature Walk stamp set.

The bug image is stamped on the Raspberry Ripple piece using the same color ink.

Supplies:

Tiny Tags, Nature Walk

Raspberry Ripple, Basic Gray, Very Vanilla and Certainly Celery card stock

Raspberry Ripple and Old Olive classic ink and markers

Jewelry tag punch

Certainly Celery 3/8" taffeta ribbon

Elegant lines folder

Linen thread

Vintage trinkets

dimensionals

Betsy's Blossoms

I left the sentiment off this card for now, but thought I would share it with you anyway.  Again, I am using the Naturals Composition specialty paper and I paired it with Very Vanilla, Midnight Muse, Primrose Petals, Raspberry Ripple and Gumball Green. 

The background behind the flowers and stems is just a clear block dipped in Primrose Petals ink. 

Father's Day

I found a printable with this poem on Pinterest and thought I would put together a quick little gift for Joe using the poem.  I typed it out and printed it using My Digital Studio and then added some card stock and Storytime designer series paper. 

Behind the Basic Black card stock, I cut down a piece of cardboard that comes with most of the specialty papers and adhered it to make it stronger, then used another piece of it to help it stand up.

It was really quick and easy to make - no stamping or embellishments, just card stock and designer paper.

Reason to Smile

In July, customers can purchase a special stamp set for only $5 with a $50 purchase.  The set is called Reason to Smile and I have used it in the card below.

Supplies:

Reason to Smile

Teeny Tiny Wishes

Certainly Celery, Blushing Bride, Whisper White card stock

Naturals Composition paper

Early Espresso, Daffodil Delight and Wild Wasabi classic ink and markers

Soft Suede taffeta ribbon

Perfect Polka dots folder

dimensionals

Textures

Embossing folders are some of my favorite tools to use for cards and we have a few new ones in the catalog that are larger than the ones we have previously had available.  The new size (6 3/8" x 4 1/4" is awesome for use on scrapbook pages as well as cards. 

One difference with the larger folders is that they cannot go through the Big Shot sideways, but there are lots of ways around that and personally I do not use them that direction very often anyway.  If you have questions about how to adjust their use, e-mail me and I will be happy to help.

The first layer in these cards is one of the new In Colors called Primrose Petals and it coordinates well with Old Olive and Baja Breeze.  The top card uses the Argyle Folder and the bottom one uses the Chevron folder; they both have Perfect Polka Dots used for the Old Olive layer.

Supplies:

Bordering on Romance, Teeny Tiny Wishes, Thoughts and Prayers

Very Vanilla, Primrose Petals, Baja Breeze, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Marina Mist card stock

Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Regal Rose and Primrose Petals classic ink and markers

Apothecary Accents framelits

Labels collection framelits

Perfect Polka Dots folder

Chevron folder

Argyle folder

Scallop oval punch

large oval punch

oval punch

basic pearls

Beau Chateau fabric

Vintage trinkets

Chocolate Chip satin ribbon

dimensionals

Chevron Circles

I was just kind of messing around with this card trying out the new Chevron Folder.  What I did was use a circle larger than the one I attached to the card stock and put it over the circle off center and then used my white gel pen to make some marks.

Supplies:

Teeny Tiny Wishes

Soft Suede, Raspberry Ripple, Primrose Petals, Baja Breeze card stock

Raspberry Ripple classic ink

white gel pen

Chevron folder

Perfect polka dots folder

Apothecary accents framelit

Soft Suede taffeta ribbon

sticky strip

snail adhesive

dimensionals

Word window punch

Layered Labels

I really love the Naturals Composition specialty paper!  The cards below combine that with the Layered Labels stamp set and Apothecary Accents framelits.

Supplies:

Layered Labels

Naturals Composition specialty paper

Apothecary Accents Framelit

Wisteria Wonder, Very Vanilla, Pool Party, Raspberry Ripple, Bashful Blue and Midnight Muse card stock

Square lattice impressions folder

Wisteria Wonder ruffled ribbon

brads

dimensionals

Cousins

The Late Night Stampers challenge this week is Anything But a Card so today I have a scrapbook page featuring the Fan Fair Designer Series Paper.

Under the title I have used the Large Scallop Edgelit to cut out some Crumb Cake card stock.

The sentiment and surrounding image are part of the designer series paper - one of the patterns has lots of pieces you can cut out with sayings or journaling pieces.

Supplies:

Fan Fair DSP

Crumb Cake, Riding Hood Red, Island Indigo, Very Vanilla and Basic Gray card stock

Basic Gray classic ink

Basic Gray marker

Neutrals buttons

Mini Wallet Album

I have seen several little albums that would fit in a wallet recently and I thought I would put a quick and easy one together too. 

There aren't really any fancy embellishments, just some card stock, designer series paper and pictures in the album.

3 1/2" x 12" Midnight Muse scored at 3", 6" and 9"

2 - 2 3/4" x 6 1/2" Summer Starfruit scored at 3 1/4"

2 3/4" x 6 1/2" Raspberry Ripple scored at 3 1/4"

Belly Band

1 1/2" x 9" Patio Party DSP

In Color Dahlia

Apothecary accents framelit (Baja Breeze)

1 3/4" circle (Midnight Muse)

1 3/8" circle (Raspberry Ripple)

1 1/4" circle Patio party DSP

Mats for pictures

2 1/2" x 3" for 1st layer

2 1/4" x 2 3/4" for second layer

I embossed the cover of the album with the Fancy Fan impressions folder

New Catalog Stamp Camp projects

We had such a fun time at our Stamp Camp yesterday and I wanted to share the projects we created using some new catalog items.

Aren't these little thank yous that Lisa made adorable?

We had a great time showing off the new In colors and other fun products and samples!



June Stamp Club projects

The cards we did for Stamp Club this month were cased from some I found on Pinterest and I just changed them up a little bit.

The layout uses the Floral District Designer Series paper and the oval accents die and apothecary accents framelits.

Fun with Scraps

Last weekend I took the kids to the cabin and as I usually do, I took some things along to stamp for after they go to bed or if it is raining, etc.  This time when I packed, I only took scraps so I forced myself to make a dent in the pile that has accumulated!  These are a couple of cards that came out of the scrap pile.

Supplies:

Mixed Bunch

Teeny Tiny Wishes

Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Wisteria Wonder, Baja Breeze, Bashful Blue, Lucky Limeade, Pacific Point, Peach Parfait card stock

Wisteria Wonder, Pacific Point classic ink

Blossoms punch

2 1/2" circle punch

Modern label punch

Word Window punch

Perfect Polka Dots impressions folder

Vintage wallpaper impressions folder

Square lattice impressions folder

Finial Press impressions folder