Here for You

We are keeping in what might be the theme of the week today - simple cards with layers.  I chose to use more colors of card stock today than in the card I shared yesterday and like the finished look better I think.

My base is Sweet Sugarplum and I used Pool Party to mat the designer series paper and sentiment.  There is some metallic thread and Sweet Sugarplum ruched ribbon behind the sentiment for accents as well.

Supplies:

Sending Thoughts

Sweet Sugarplum ink

Sweet Sugarplum, Pool Party, Whisper White card stock

Succulent Garden dsp

Sweet Sugarplum ruched ribbon

metallic thread

Succulent Garden

I made this card box to use as a Christmas gift and filled it with some cards of various occasions.  It is a metal box (maybe called a recipe box?) and I covered it with the Succulent Garden designer series paper from the Occasions catalog. 

I have used these boxes a few times over the years and at one point made a template for cutting out the handle holes on the top of the box - that sure makes putting the designer series paper on a lot faster!

I added some Sweet Sugarplum ruched ribbon and some Old Olive cotton ribbon around the box, added some designer buttons to cover up where the ribbon ended and then did a little decorating on the front with the Blooms and Wishes stamp set.

Supplies:

Blooms and Wishes

Sweet Sugarplum ink

Whisper White, Sweet Sugarplum card stock

2" and 2 1/2" circle punches

tea paper lace doily

enamel dots

designer buttons

ruched ribbon

cotton ribbon

Succulent Garden dsp

tear and tape adhesive

Jars of Goodness

Before I talk about my project for the day I first want to say thank you to any Veterans or those who are currently serving our country that might be reading this blog post.  Thank you for your service and sacrifices to keep us safe.

I make a few different kinds of jelly or jam in the summer and thought it would be fun to dress up some of the jars that I give away.  The Homemade for you and Jar of Love stamp sets seemed like a great idea for this project.

Of course I had to pair the Everyday Jars framelits with the Jar of Love stamp set too :)

I stamped the "delish" image and then cut it down a little bit on the top jar, added some designer series paper and my jar pieces to the top along with some ribbon and a designer button around the ring.

For the second jar, I also added a die cut jar to the top, but instead of using the ring, I wrapped some designer series paper around the top and secured it with baker's twine.

Supplies:

Jar of Love, Homemade for You

Basic Black, Smoky Slate, Watermelon Wonder ink

Whisper White, Watermelon Wonder card stock

baker's twine

designer buttons

 ruched ribbon

Fruit Stand dsp

Everyday Jars framelits

Live Laugh Love

I have been trying to find some good projects for my nieces to do when they come over for their annual 4H project day with me.  This is one of the things I thought they might have fun with. 

When Stampin' Up! had fabric, I played around with these hoops a little and had a few of them leftover.  I opened the hoop and carefully placed the designer series paper in between the two pieces, cutting around the circle leaving about 1/2" to 3/4".  Then, I tightened the hoops together as much as I was able to and trimmed any remaining edges on the back.

The decorating is pretty self explanatory, but I did take some White Perfect accents and add some color to them with markers.  Fearing that they might not dry well like that, I added some Wink of Stella glitter brush over the top so they also have a little sparkle!

Supplies:

Layering Love

Dapper Denim, Mint Macaron ink and markers

Whisper White, Dapper Denim card stock

2" and 2 1/2" circle punches

metallic thread

burlap ribbon

ruched ribbon 5/8" Dapper Denim

In color doilies

delicate doilies

Blooms and Bliss dsp

White perfect accents

Wink of Stella glitter brush

Mini Treat Bag - Double Sized

I wanted to make the mini treat bag a little larger so I cut out two of each piece and put them together so they created a bag with a wider opening for goodies.  Then I just added some card stock to the bottom to close the bag.

I thought some images from the Playful Backgrounds stamp set would pair nicely with the pattern in the Playful Palette designer series paper I used for the bag so I added that to my sentiment layer.

A little ribbon, a binder clip and the bag is complete!

Supplies:

Better together, Playful Backgrounds

Sweet Sugarplum, Basic Black ink

Very Vanilla card stock

ruched ribbon

cotton ribbon

gold binder clip

Playful Palette dsp

Mini treat bag thinlit

Ovals thinlits

Enjoy!

I have found that the Timeless Textures stamp set can be used in a lot of different ways for cards and scrapbook pages.  For this one, I did quite a bit of distressing with it using some new In Colors.

I chose Sweet Sugarplum, Peekaboo Peach and Flirty Flamingo for my inks and added a sentiment from Layering Love, another set that is easy to use for both card making and scrapbooking.

I added a little bit of ruched ribbon and a safety pin to finish the card.

Supplies:

Layering Love, Timeless Textures

Sweet Sugarplum, Peekaboo Peach and Flirty Flamingo ink

Very Vanilla, Peekaboo Peach card stock

Flirty Flamingo ruched ribbon

safety pin

Washi Birthday

I thought I would play with washi tape again on the card I am sharing with you today - that seems to be a theme this week although it wasn't planned that way!

I stamped my sentiment on some Whisper White card stock and then added some strips of Pop of Pink washi tape over the top of it.  Then I layered it onto a piece of Basic Black card stock.

My background is embossed with the Large polka dots folder and I added a little bit of Peekaboo Peach ruched ribbon for a little extra color.

Supplies:

Watercolor Words

Basic Black ink

Whisper White, Basic Black, Pear Pizzazz card stock

Pop of Pink washi tape

Peekaboo Peach ruched ribbon

Large polka dot folder

Layering Ribbon

I was messing around with some of the new ruched ribbon on this card, just adding several strips across some Playful Palette designer series paper.  It might look better with some different colors...?

I added a little glitter with the Wink of Stella glitter brush under my sentiment and inside the heart.  There are some brush stroke images from the Painter's Palette stamp set on the card base, I used Dapper Denim ink on the same color card stock.

Supplies:

Painter's Palette, Layering Love

Dapper Denim, Flirty Flamingo ink

Playful Palette dsp

Dapper Denim, Very Vanilla, Sweet Sugarplum card stock

ruched ribbon - Dapper Denim

Wink of Stella glitter brush

Time of Year

The sentiment on this card comes from one of the Hostess stamp sets in the new catalog called Time of Year.  I stamped the image with Dapper Denim ink, one of the new 2016-2018 In Colors and added the same color of ruched ribbon behind it.

The specialty paper behind the sentiment comes from the Affectionately yours collection.

Supplies:

Time of Year

Dapper Denim ink

Mint Macaron, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla card stock

Dapper Denim ruched ribbon

curvy corner trio punch

June Stamp Club Projects

I wanted to use as many new catalog items on our stamp club projects as I could this month.  There are two different designer series papers in the projects below - Playful Palette and Affectionately Yours...a new punch called duet banners and a couple different stamp sets - Layering Love, Swirly Bird and Pun intended.

I chose some new in colors for this card - Flirty Flamingo and Sweet Sugarplum as well as some ruched ribbon.

This one uses the Swirly scribbles thinlits and some Peekaboo Peach card stock...

And finally the layout which again uses the duet banner punch, Affectionately yours specialty paper and Pun intended stamp set.

Hope you enjoyed these projects!  I always have room for more in my monthly stamp club or my Virtual (every other month) stamp clubs!  Contact me here if you would like more information about either one of them.

You Always Make Me Smile

It is new catalog day!  In honor of that, I have used a couple of the new stamp sets on this card along with a couple others.  First, I added an image from Summer Silhouettes in the background and used Sweet Sugarplum (new In Color) ink. 

My flower layer is stamped with the Wild about Flowers stamp set using Garden Green and Sweet Sugarplum ink.  The sentiment uses two different stamp sets that are in the new catalog - the "friend" comes from the Thoughtful Banners set and the "you will always make me smile" from the Sitting Here set.  They are stamped with the new color Dapper Denim and punched out with the modern label punch.

I added a few basic pearls and some Sweet Sugarplum ruched ribbon to complete the card.

Supplies:

Sitting Here, Wild about flowers, Thoughtful banners, Summer silhouettes

Dapper Denim, Garden Green, Sweet Sugarplum ink

Whisper White, Sweet Sugarplum card stock

modern label punch

ruched ribbon

basic pearls

Layering Love

Finally, some new catalog samples for you!  This card use a few of the new In Colors - Dapper Denim, Peekaboo Peach and Flirty Flamingo.

The sentiment comes from a stamp set called Layering Love and the background is a stamp set called Perfectly Wrapped.  I added a little bit of Playful Palette designer series paper and some 3/8" ruched ribbon in Sweet Sugarplum.

Supplies:

Perfectly Wrapped, Layering Love

Dapper Denim, Peekaboo Peach, Flirty Flamingo ink

Peekaboo Peach, Dapper Denim, Flirty Flamingo, Whisper White card stock

3/8" Sweet Sugarplum ruched ribbon

Playful Palette dsp