Apr 15, 2007 | rubber stamping
This card uses Flower Fest which I pulled out when prepping for a workshop I had this AM (thanks, Alison!). I haven’t used this set as much as I should! This card is based on the card we did in the workshop, but I used green ribbon on the corners (we used blue this AM) and I added "thank you" from Wonderful Words, since I needed a thank you card! That would be the joy of having word sets – one design, many possibilities – the other words in this set are: friendship, love and celebrate. I also popped up the flower portion with stampin’ dimensionals.
Card Recipe:
Stamp Sets: Flower Fest, Wonderful Words
Cardstock: Whisper White, Bashful Blue & Barely Banana
Inks: Bashful Blue, Brilliant Blue and So Saffrong
Accessories: Stampin’ Dimensionals & Celery Grosgrain
Apr 8, 2007 | rubber stamping
Made this cute bunny card for a friend. Card is naturals white, so it has little flecks in it, which I thought made the bunny stand out a little more. I punched out squares of the various Easter-like colours for the background. The bunny itself is made from many punches, and was inspired by bunnies I’ve seen hopping around various blogs & websites, including Splitcoast Stampers (that’s probably where it was first seen, I’m guessing).
Anyway – head is the large circle punch, ears are the 2 oval punches. Smaller circle punches for the eyes, nose & ummm….upper lip? snout? what’s that area called on a bunny? I added a dot of white to the eyes with the white gel pen (love that pen) and drew in (rather badly…further evidence as to why I’m a stamper, not an illustrator) whiskers with the stampin’ write black marker.
This card was also photographed rather than scanned. Any feedback? Prefer one method over another? Feel free to leave a comment & let me know…and thanks for the input!
Apr 8, 2007 | rubber stamping
Here’s a few shots of a trifold Easter card that we did in class this week. I took pics with my camera vs the scanner because the scanner is acting up, plus I think a picture gives a better idea of how the card "works".
This first shot is the card closed (I actually had to use some Dotto temporary adhesive to hold it shut for the photo!).
This next shot is the card slightly ajar so that you can see that the pink tag bunny is actually on the middle layer.
I pulled out my crimper to do a strip of lavender lace for the edge of the trifold – I like it!! I think it looks like a little ruffle.
All the colouring on the bunnies was done with blender pens & Stampin’ Pastels. Another tool I hadn’t used in a little while – so time to pull the pastels out again!
The open card. The sentiment is stamped in versamark & lavender lace pastel is dabbed onto it. I love how all the SU colours coordinate – makes my life so much easier, and that’s VERY important to me!!
Hope you all have a Happy Easter. I have one more Easter card to share, will schedule it to "publish" later ‘today’ (since it’s verrrrrrrry late here)
Apr 5, 2007 | rubber stamping
This is one of the cards we did in the spring class. Using Doodle This with stazon jet black ink, watercoloured with aqua painters & reinker. One drop of pink passion reinker did 6 cards (and probably could have done at least 6 more?!)! Hey – I could use this as a Frugal Friday tip! LOL. The reinker means that even with the watercolouring technique, you can still get quite vibrant colours if you wish. I am veering towards this colour combo a lot lately it seems. I really like the bright pink & green together (Can you tell I’m a child of the 80’s with these preppy colours?!), and brilliant blue is one of my favourite colours anyway. This card was scanned, but I’m going to try photographing cards soon, as I find the scans don’t seem to do the cards justice.
OK off to watch my PVR’d Survivor!
Apr 4, 2007 | rubber stamping
I’ve finished uploading a few more swaps into the spring mini photo album. Burlington spring card class was this evening, tomorrow is Hamilton & I’ll post our class cards soon thereafter….don’t want to spoil the surprise for the class attendees. So until then!
Apr 1, 2007 | Announcements
It’s April – and this is no joke – there are some great specials! The first 2 are offered by Stampin’ Up! Share What You Love When you purchase your starter kit in April, you’ll also get two of the new hostess sets from the new catalogue! One of these sets is a new "bundle" that includes 2 jumbo wheels PLUS a stamp set – so…2 wheels, 2 stamp sets PLUS all the other fantastic items in the starter kit! The other special is Say It With Stamps – six sentiment sets (say that six times quickly!) for 20% off regular price! Also, a heads up on the retirement list – 2 of these sets are retiring, to be gone forever at the end of June, so grab them while you can!
I am personally offering an April special to celebrate my 5 years with Stampin’ Up! During April, I will double your free hostess merchandise benefits. For example, If your workshop or class sales (before shipping & tax) total $450, you normally earn $50 in free merchandise of your choice. For April, I will make that a total of $100 in free merchandise! This is one way for me to say thank you. The other way I am saying "thanks" will be an ongoing one – I am launching my customer rewards program. Each order you place will get you one point for each dollar (not including tax/shipping costs). Five hundred points gets you $20 free merchandise. Contact me for details….I’m starting the tracking now!!
Mar 31, 2007 | Uncategorized
I thought that I would add a link to this site right now, since you can pay by Paypal, which will allow non-US residents to make a donation. Ali Edwards is a fantastic scrapbook artist/designer, and she created this 6 Degree badge to raise funds for Autism Speaks, a cause she supports – her son has been diagnosed with Autism. The 6 Degree competition is on until tonight. The top 10 badges (most donations, not highest amounts) will receive matching donations up to $10,000 from actor Kevin Bacon, so consider contributing. Minimum contribution is $10 USD. Every little bit helps!
Mar 30, 2007 | Information
I regularly use the stampin’ mist on the stampin’ scrub pads to get my stamps clean. The best buy is to get the large refill size bottle and refill your some sprayer bottle with it. You can also slightly dilute it with a bit of water to stretch it even further!
Mar 28, 2007 | rubber stamping
This is my other card for the spring swap using the doodle alphabet & doodle number set. With this card, I also used one of the doodle flourishes from the Doodle This set. This is an envelope card, using a medium whisper white envelope. With the flap of the envelope open, I folded the 2 sides of the envelope to the centre, then brought the flap down. This creates a pocket that is perfect for holding gift cards! I adhered this to brilliant blue cardstock. Rose grosgrain ribbon and a double spiral clip from the hodgepodge hardware keep the flap closed. The doodles are on gable green cardstock & then mounted onto a brilliant blue piece of cardstock that is 4.25" x 5.5" Since the envelope flaps open, you don’t have to make a regular folded card! (although you could if you wanted…might be a bit bulky for mailing, though!). Little by little, I am adding in other swap cards to the spring mini photo album (link is also at the top right) so be sure to take a peek! In the meantime, I’ll be prepping for my spring card class and getting my next email newsletter done – please be sure to sign up for the newsletter if you’re not already receiving one (link is at top left). Looking forward to seeing you soon!
Mar 25, 2007 | rubber stamping
the impact of a handmade card!! I’ve had a busy but fun weekend, went to a group meeting on Saturday of fellow SU demonstrators, where we made some WOW make & takes (I will try to post pics later). It’s always great to catch up with friends and feed off of others’ enthusiasm. I also was "enabled" by my friend Karen, so did a bit of shopping at a craft superstore en route. (Yes, it’s true, I actually do have some crafty things in my house that aren’t Stampin’ Up!). Anyway, thought I would share this beautiful card! Created by the tag team of my 6 year old and his grandmother….Dylan decorated the pieces of the double slider (leftovers from my movers & shakers class prep) plus managed to "wheel" the outside of the card as well. Grandma did the construction work.
This card uses Flower Fest which I pulled out when prepping for a workshop I had this AM (thanks, Alison!). I haven’t used this set as much as I should! This card is based on the card we did in the workshop, but I used green ribbon on the corners (we used blue this AM) and I added "thank you" from Wonderful Words, since I needed a thank you card! That would be the joy of having word sets – one design, many possibilities – the other words in this set are: friendship, love and celebrate. I also popped up the flower portion with stampin’ dimensionals.
