Sentiment Free Cards

 

Sometimes it is nice to have some cards on hand without a specific sentiment on them so you can use them for any purpose.  I made a few of this type of card with the Kinda Eclectic stamp set a few days ago.

 

The cards are also one layer with the exception of the butterflies that are popped up. 

 

Supplies:

Kinda Eclectic

Crushed Curry, Real Red, Garden Green, Blackberry Bliss ink

Whisper White card stock

Bitty butterfly punch

Elegant butterfly punch

Your Awesomeness!

 

I have to say I REALLY like the stamp sets with the big sentiments in the new catalog!  The set I used on this card is called Big News and there are several other ones that are similar in size.

 

This card ties in with our Late Night Stampers challenge of butterflies that is going on right now.  I chose to use some washi tape on Whisper White card stock and then punched out the bitty butterfly and layered it onto an elegant butterfly.

 

The designer paper is from the Gold Soiree collection - one of the new specialty paper collections.  Another new item is the embossing folder, called Large Polka Dot (another new favorite!!).

 

Supplies:

Big News

Gold Metallic ink

Garden Green, Calypso Coral, Crisp Cantaloupe, Whisper White card stock

Gold Soiree specialty paper

Watercolor wonder washi tape

Bitty butterfly punch

Elegant butterfly punch

Corner punch

linen thread

Large Polka Dot folder

 

Hope you play along with us - you can see the other design team samples or play along right here. 

 

Happy Easter!

 

Today is a fun day to celebrate with family, I hope that you are able to spend time with family on this Easter Sunday as well. 

 

I have a couple things to share today, the first is an Easter card that has a lot of fun texture and the cloud is a framelit in the word bubbles framelits set.



 

The grass is die cut from the tasteful trim die and the eggs are oval framelits. 

 

Next, I was playing with some of the eggs I had boiled for the kids to dye.  The one on the left has 3 colors of reinkers - Coastal Cabana, Crumb Cake and Strawberry Slush.  I used a kleenex to apply the ink and also wipe off the excess.  The glimmer paper came from a past Paper Pumpkin kit.

 

The one on the right has some itty bitty punch shapes that I added with glue dots and there is some Retro Fresh washi tape around the middle.  The stands are made with a 1" strip of Gold card stock and I taped the back with washi tape. 

 

Happy Easter!

Christ the Lord is Risen Today!  Alleluia!

 

 

 

Off the Grid

As I created the thank you cards for graduates last weekend, I made several of the styles simple instead of lots of layers and busy.  This is another sample of some of the gifts.

 



 

I used the Off the Grid, Gorgeous Grunge and Lots of Thanks stamp sets along with the Elegant Butterfly and Bitty Butterfly punches and some basic rhinestones. I think with all the cards I made, I went through 3 packages of Very Vanilla/Whisper White card stock! 

 

 

Oh Happy Day!

Another paper mache project to share today, this time it is a book box that I converted into a card box.  This was a really fun project to put together - I might have to pick up another book box  and do it again with a different theme!

 

I decided to go with the colors in the Gingham Garden designer series paper and also used the washi tape to cover the raised edges on the side of the "book". 

 

To decorate the cover, I used another spiral flower die and some dazzling details along with an Elegant butterfly and sentiment from Starburst Sayings.

 

This is what the whole ensemble looks like, cards and all.  Each of the cards have a different feel while they all contain Starburst Sayings and Framelits images.

 

Lots of layers, designer series paper and some fun things to embellish are included on all the cards in the box.

 

 

 

The one below might have become a little too busy...

 

The box from the top...

 

Supplies:

Starburst sayings

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

Island Indigo, Melon Mambo, Pear Pizzazz and Daffodil Delight ink

Spirals flower die

Starburst framelits

tea lace paper doilies

elegant butterfly punch

dazzling details

basic rhinestones

Island Indigo bakers twine

Gingham Garden designer series paper and washi tape

1 3/8" circle punch

1 3/4" circle punch

2 1/2" circle punch

hardware clips essentials

Simple Butterflies

 

 

This card is another I have used in stamp a stacks and I know that I wasn't the first to come up with this design, I have seen many similar ones around and just love the simplicity of it.

 

Supplies:

Simply Sketched

Coastal Cabana ink

Crumb Cake, Crisp Cantaloupe, Whisper White, Strawberry Slush, Coastal Cabana card stock

basic pearls

elegant butter fly punch

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

Vintage Verse Butterfly

The card I have for you today uses some Print Poetry dsp behind a tag from the Two Tags die.  I used the 1 1/4" and 7/8" scallop circle punches on the tag so the dsp would show through.

 

 

The elegant butterfly was also punched from from the same dsp stack.

 

The background is the Distressed Dots stamp with Crumb Cake ink on Crumb Cake card stock. 

 

Supplies:

Vintage Verses, Distressed Dots

Midnight Muse, Crumb Cake ink

Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler card stock

Natural 7/16" trim ribbon

7/8" and 1 1/4" scallop circle punches

elegant butterfly punch

Two Tags die

basic pearls

Print Poetry dsp stack

Thinking of you

 

I still haven't had a lot of time to get my fingers inky since we finished harvest so I am going back to my stash of pictures that I haven't shared with you yet.  This one is from a Stamp A Stack I did in July...

 

 

Supplies:

Teeny Tiny Wishes

Very Vanilla, Pool Party, Wisteria Wonder cards stock

Naturals Composition specialty paper

Pink Pirouette, Soft Suede classic ink

elegant butterfly punch

itty bitty punches

word window punch

modern label punch

corner rounder

Fancy Fan folder

basic pearls

Pink Pirouette taffeta ribbon

 

 

Butterfly for you

As you read this post, we will be starting to harvest potatoes so if my posting is a little inconsistent the next month or so while we dig potatoes and harvest soybeans you will know why!

 

 

 

Supplies:

Just Believe

Orchard Harvest dsp

Cajun Craze classic ink

Crumb Cake, Island Indigo, Raspberry Ripple, Cajun Craze, Very Vanilla card stock

Delicate Doilies sizzlit

Elegant butterfly punch

Scallop edge punch

Petal Cone die

Perfect Polka Dots folder

1 3/4" circle punch

linen thread

 

A Sympathy Card

This card in one that I put together using mostly scraps that were on my table.  I used the Loving Thoughts and Creative Elements stamp sets and combined them with some Naturals Composition paper, Subtles dsp stack and some retired dsp.

I chose Crumb Cake, Pool Party, Pretty in Pink and Certainly Celery for the card stock colors and used Crumb Cake and Pool Party as my ink colors.

Have a wonderful day!

This Day Easel

My last project for the current UStamp with Dawn and Friends session called Keep Calm and UStamp On posted yesterday so I am able to share it with you.  It was another fun one to work on!

There is still time to catch all the great projects and you can start by going to www.ustampwithdawnandfriends.com