Label Love Birthday with Scraps

 

Again, I was trying to make use of some scraps on these cards, it didn't dent my pile too much, but I still like the cards :)

 

I added some strips of card stock and designer series paper to a strip of Whisper White and layered it onto my Basic Gray embossed card stock for this one.

 

This is more the type of card I make even without using scraps, but the die cut piece and flag were also scraps.

 

Label love

Coastal Cabana, Crisp Cantaloupe, Raspberry Ripple, Baked Brown Sugar, Very Vanilla card stock

Coastal Cabana ink

Birthday Basics dsp

Artisan label punch

 

Special Season

 

I combined the Delicate Doilies and Special Season stamp sets for this card.  As you can see, there is a Garden Green base behind the folded Whisper White card, my base is 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" and the Whisper White piece is 51/4"  4" folded.

 

When you lay it flat it just looks like the Garden Green is the folded card base.

Supplies:

Special Season, Delicate Doilies

Whisper White, Island Indigo, Crumb Cake and Garden Green card stock

Island Indigo, Soft Suede, Early Espresso and Garden Green ink and markers

 

 

New Sales and Specials!

15% off the Butterfly Bundle
Papillion Potpourri Stamp Set and Bitty Butterfly Punch

Butterfly Clear Mount Bundle 135311 $26.27 sale price
Butterfly Wood Mount Bundle  135312 $29.67 sale price

and available today...September's "Best of" set
 Best of Autumn clear mount 134390 $14.95

Still looking for a few Virtual Stamp Club members to round out one of my groups, e-mail me if you think this is a good fit for you.  You can find more information right here.

Hey there!

Those fun little Paper Pumpkin kits are so much fun, but remember, you can still use them after the project in the box is completed!  I have used a couple different sets of stamps from previous kits on these quick and fun cards.

 

The Chevron border punch is super fun to play with as well and you can use either the chevrons you punch out or the piece you punched them from!

 

The background is embossed with the Alphabet Press Folder on Smoky Slate for each of the cards.

 

Supplies:

My Paper Pumpkin kits

Smoky Slate, Night of Navy, Whisper white and Wild Wasabi card stock

I Am Me dsp

Smoky Slate, Wild Wasabi and Night of Navy classic ink

Alphabet Press folder

Chevron border punch

 

Don't forget you can still get 2 months of My Paper Pumpkin for just $10 plus tax if you sign up before August 31st!  Just go here to get started!

 

Thankful

The new Expressions Thinlits Dies are great to add to cards, scrapbook pages or other projects (the trick to get them out is wax paper between the card stock and the thinlit).  Since the "thankful" is a little longer, I wanted to make a card that it fit on a little bit better and that meant a bigger card...

 

But then what do I do for an envelope?  Well, starting September 1st, we have a brand new AWESOME option called the Envelope Punch Board that will take card of any envelope dilemma you might come across :)

 

It will give you envelope dimensions for tons of different card sizes and then you just score, punch and go!  I wanted to add a liner to this envelope so I made a smaller size one and cut it down to place inside the envelope I made...

 

Look like fun?  Check back on September 1st and get one of your own!!

 

Supplies:

Day of Gratitude

Very Vanilla, Pool Party card stock

Sweater Weather dsp

Night of Navy, Early Espresso ink

Antique brads

Envelope Punch Board

Expressions thinlit dies

 

 

Christmas Card Kits still available for August...be on the lookout for September's kit as well! 

 

 

 

Cheers!

I really love the single stamps that Stampin' Up! recently added to our fabulous product line up.  It is nice to be able to pick just one sentiment and the price is definitely right!

 

Supplies:

Cheers

Old Olive ink

Baked Brown Sugar, Whisper White, Old Olive card stock

Season of Style dsp

Quatrefancy specialty paper

In color boutique details

 

 

 

 

Stamp images reduced to 50%.

September Christmas Card Kit!

I have the new September Christmas Card kit available for purchase!  Precut pieces and envelopes to make 12 cards quickly to get you ready for the Christmas season.  The sentiments can easily be changed to be used with stamps you currently own if you so choose to do that. 

 

Do you always wait until it is almost Christmas to send out your holiday cards and then don't have time to make your own? What if you had the chance to make 12 each month that were cut out for you and ready to assemble so that by the time December 1st rolls around, you would have 60 cards ready to mail?

For the first time, I have put together a 5 month program for you that will help you be ready when it is time to send out those holiday cards. Each month from now through December, I will have a different kit. Each kit contains card pieces, embellishments and envelopes for making 12 cards and will include a picture to follow as you recreate them. All you will need is adhesive, ink and stamps.

 

 

E-mail me to order your kit(s) today!  If they need to be mailed, I can combine kits to save you on postage as well. 

 

 

Summer Catch

 

Our Late Night Stampers Challenge right now is to make a project that screams summer.  For us summer means farming and baseball, but occasionally we get to throw in a weekend at the lake and go fishing.  I thought I would scrap our swimming and fishing adventure at the lake.

 

I used the Gingham Garden designer series paper along with the By the Tide and Yippee Skippee stamp sets.

 

I added some elements from the Tag a Bag Accessories kit as well...and my title and journaling were done in My Digital Studio.

 

Supplies:

My Digital Studio

By the Tide

Yippee Skippee

Whisper White, Pear Pizzazz, Melon Mambo, Island Indigo, Daffodil Delight card stock

Pear Pizzazz, Crumb Cake and Island Indigo classic ink

Tag a Bag accessories kit

Gingham Garden dsp

 

Come on over and see the samples and join in the fun!

 

 

 

Play Ball with Thinlits

 

The new Thinlits are so much fun to play with and have so many possibilities!  For these cards I went with a boyish birthday there and used the Gorgeous Grunge, Bring on the Cake, Great Sport and Blue Ribbon stamp sets.

 

On each one, I added a scallop circle to both sides of the portion that flips and either a baseball or a Happy Birthday.

 

On one card, I added some brights Candy Dots as well.

 

Supplies:

Circle Card Die Thinlit

Great Sport

Blue Ribbon

Bring on the Cake

Gorgeous Grunge

Real Red, Soft Suede, Soft Sky classic ink and markers

Island Indigo, Whisper White card stock

brights candy dots

Hybrid splatter

The two cards I have to share with you today come from printed leftovers from a hybrid card I made for the Artisan Award contest last spring. 

 



 

I used My Digital Studio to print the splatters and sentiments and then just added some mats and embellishments to finish off the cards.

 

Supplies:

My digital studio

Melon Mambo, , Pool Party and Very Vanilla card stock

Victoria Crochet trim

Fancy Flower punch

Antique Brad

1 1/4" burlap ribbon

Vintage designer button

linen thread

Count Your Blessings

My final project for this session of UStamp with Dawn and Friends is a Count Your Blessings frame.  No matter what is going on around us, I think that is something we need to stop and think about every day.

 



 

 

 

There are still some awesome projects on the way and you can catch what you have missed as well!  Join us at www.ustampwithdawnandfriends.com

 

August My Paper Pumpkin

I think it is a first for me to be able to sit down the day after I get my Paper Pumpkin kit in the mail and put it together!  While I did use all the supplies in the kit, I made my own designs and added a couple extras from the Tag a Bag accessories kit.

 

On he second card I used a scrap of Epic Day This and That dsp.

 

The stickers were easy to play with when I decided to pleat them on this last card...I bet that would work well with washi tape too, I might have to give it a shot!

 

Look like fun?  Only a few more days to get in on the $10 kits for your first two months!  Go here to get started and you can have a fun kit like this in your mailbox next month.

Special Season of Joy Card Set

 

I have another UStamp with Dawn and Friends Heating up the Holidays project to share with you. 

 



 

This one is another Christmas card set and I will have one more project to share with you before too long!  Come on over and join us for some fun and lots of great projects (with fabulous tutorials!).

www.ustampwithdawnandfriends.com

 

 

 

Have a great day!

Kris

Simple Thank Yous and LNS Fall Treasure Hunt!

It is that time of year again to play for a chance to win free Stampin' Up! products!


Here’s how to play:

-visit each of the blogs listed (it’s always nice to leave a comment!) -look for participating Treasure Hunt players – they will have the picture of the SU! box and they will list their clue

-make a note of what the clue is, and whose blog it is on

-once you’ve collected 50 clues, email them to ME at (ksobolik@hotmail.com) listing each clue & where you found it

-you have from Tuesday August 20th to Friday, October 25th 2013 to collect 50 clues and email them to me, to be entered into the contest -Contest closes Friday Oct. 25th at midnight PST

My Clue is....

So one down and 49 to go!  You will really enjoy checking out all the blogs while you find the clues. 

LIST OF PARTICIPATING DEMOS & BLOGS

First Name Last Name Blog Address Country Tammy Baldwin www.creativeapplescrampers.blogspot.com US Carolyn Bennett www.carolynstamps.com US Jody Brechbill www.jodybrechbillstampinqueen.com US Brenda Cook http://www.cardscraps.com US Carolee Crabb Care2stampwithcarolee.blogspot.com US Tina Davis http://www.tinadavisstamps.blogspot.com/ US Beverly Farmer www.createwithbev.blogspot.com US Sherrill Graff http://yourhiredscrapbooksupplies.blogspot.com/ US Penny Hanuszak http://pennytokensstampinspot.blogspot.com Canada Lori Helvick createwithlori2.blogspot.com/ US Diane Ison http://teachtostamp.blogspot.ca/ Canada Suzanne Johnson www.gottastampwithsuzanne.com US Nancy Legate www.stampnnuggets.com US Carolyn Lindenmayer http://carolynscardcreations.blogspot.com.au/ Other Rhonda Macnally http://rhondalovesstamping.wordpress.com Canada Serena Marsh www.reenybeanies.blogspot.ca Canada Robin Messenheimer http://robinscraftroom.com US Joni Metras www.joniinthespotlightstamping.com US Cynthia Millan http://www.StampWithCynthia.blogspot.com Canada Kimberley Morris http://procrastistamper.blogspot.com US Ruth Pearson http://pearsonifiedcrafting.blogspot.co.uk/ UK Ginger Rabesa http://www.stampingginger.com US Brenda Riehle www.stampandscrapwithbrenda.blogspot.com US Linda Rodenberg www.prettyinky.blogspot.com US Heather Sewczak heatherscutecards.com/blog US Cynthia Simpson http://cynthiastampinhappening.wordpress.com/ US Dee Slater http://createwithdee.typepad.com US Deborah Smart www.stampandcreate.net Canada B Jayne Stenstrom http://www.jaynestamps.com/ US Tanya Stottlemire www.scramptastic.blogspot.com US Charlene Tackvic www.AlwaysStamping.com US Heidi Tekunoff www.twohappystampers.blogspot.com US Jackie Watson jackielwatson.blogspot.com US
Lesley Lendon                 http://lellyjellys.blogspot.com/                              UK Kris Sobolik                     www.maddiebugdesigns.blogspot.com                 US Misty Snell                      http://snellmisty.wordpress.com                            US Rhonda Price                 www.stampbyrhonda.blogspot.com                        US Jaime Barnett                http://kankiepopscards.blogspot.co.uk                    UK Janet Yates                    www.stampinnerd.blogspot.com                         Canada Avery Murphy               http://alongcamestamping.blogspot.ca                Canada Jennifer King                http://stampingcontact.com                                     US Erika Trowell                 www.idigstamps.com                                            US Mary K. Wessling        http://maryscraftroom.blogspot.com                      US Jean Piersanti               www.Beautyandthestamper.blogspot.com              US Karina Chin                 www.karinaskreation.com                                    Canada Samantha Joyce            www.crafty-sammy.blogspot.co.uk                        UK Jennifer Wren              www.txjennywren.blogspot.com                          US Susan Timchack         http://susan-stampinsue.blogspot.com                  US Cindy Mitchell-Clark    www.cindysstampingcorner.wordpress.com       US Cindy Fodor         www.stampthelove.blogspot.com                                 US Amber Meulenbelt    www.stampwithamber.com                             Canada Anastasia Radloff    www.stampinblondie.blogspot.com                         US Robin Boyer    www.robinscreativecorner.com                                      US Amy Hoffman    www.stampandscrapwithamy.blogspot.com               US Louise Radies    www.creationsbylouise.blogspot.com                     Canada Holly Stene          http://hollyshobbs.blogspot.com                              US Melissa Banbury              www.porchswingcreations.com              Canada Laura Leuenberger          www.stamplaura.blogspot.com              US Denise Willerton             http://chezmoicreations.blogspot.com    Canada Raissa Spatola                www.raissastamps.com                            US Sandy Risi                  http://thecrewquarters.blogspot.com               US Rachel Bateman                http://rachelscraft.blogspot.com/               US Nicole Mahler                      www.creationsbynikki.blogspot.com     US Cathy Parlitsis              http://www.stampsandscrapbooks.com          US Laurie Reaume         www.stampwithlaur.blogspot.com             Canada Jacqueline Dorer-Russell   http://sugarssmilinpapercrafts.blogspot.com US Kay Marini       www.stampingforsanity.blogspot.com                US Cary Payette       http://stampingbandit.blogspot.com              US And now on to the card for today!

 

I have been making a lot of thank you cards lately because I like to give them as part of a gift when I go to a bridal shower.  These were quick and easy to put together  using the Hello Lovely and Gorgeous Grunge stamp sets.

 

I added the layered butterflies and some basic rhinestones to complete them.

 

Supplies:

Hello Lovely

Gorgeous Grunge

Whisper White, Calypso Coral and Coastal Cabana card stock

Calypso Coral, Bermuda Bay and Crisp Cantaloupe classic ink

Elegant butterfly

Bitty Butterfly

basic rhinestones