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.
Mar 21, 2007 | rubber stamping
A short while ago, I participated in a swap with my upline’s group. We were to use a particular set from the spring mini. I had volunteered for a particular set, but switched (after a suggestion from my upline, Sue ) to the doodle alpha & doodle number sets, so that we could get better "coverage" of the assortment of (fantastic!) sets in the spring mini and thus more ideas. Can I just say…..when you’re doing cards, sometimes it’s a bit of a challenge to stick to letters & numbers??!!!! So thus was my task. Lucky for me, the doodle number set also includes a couple of….doodles (?!) so I did have some images to work with. The heart with wings became a focal image, and the letters "x" and "o" fulfilled my "alphabet" requirement. *phew*!! LOL. I’ll be posting more of the swap cards into the spring mini photo album as I get the chance. (maybe after I watch tonight’s "Survivor" show which I’m currently taping (well, PVRing)…I hope…I’m such a non-techno type sometimes- why do they move shows around to different nights? Just to confuse me?!)
Mar 18, 2007 | rubber stamping
What’s with the SNOW?! At least it’s sunny today so hopefully it will encourage melting! Should have known that balmy mid-week weather was a little too good to be true….
This is one of the cards we made yesterday. The scrapbook/stamping group at the Church of St. Bride in Mississauga invited me to do a workshop and we had a great time! This card uses the same colour palette as the double slider card I posted earlier, and it’s taken directly from the designer paper – we used a strip of it on this card, so you can see how it all coordinates! Featuring the petals & paisley bundle (are you sick of me raving about this yet?) – we used the petals jumbo wheel in white on the old olive cardstock; the strip of designer paper and the flower from Polka Dots & Paisley. We coloured directly onto the rubber with pretty in pink, tempting turquoise & old olive stampin’ write markers (because I love that look!). The "just a note" comes from All Year Cheer III one of my indispensible sentiments sets. We also used the spiral punch along the edge of the whisper white cardstock to create added interest. I’ll be posting more samples into the spring mini photo album, so check out the link when you get the chance. (and I promise to post cards that use sets OTHER than the petals & paisley bundle!!).
Mar 9, 2007 | rubber stamping
This is one of the cards we did at this week’s movers & shakers class. Everyone had a good time & was so impressed with themselves at the projects they created!! This is a double slider card, using the Polka Dots & Paisley set, plus the Petals jumbo wheel. We used the wheel with a white cartridge – love the effect. I think it looks just like patterned paper! I pulled the colour combination directly off one of the Petals & Paisleys double sided designer paper – old olive, pretty in pink & tempting turquoise. We used the stampin’ write markers directly on the flower stamp to get the three colours on the front image. The round tab punch creates the pull tab, and we used the word "friend" from the Everyday Flexible Phrases stamp set. I think if I were to do this card again, I might move the ribbon, or not include it at all…
Don’t forget to take advantage of the Spring Fling promotion – purchase the Polka Dots & Paisley stamp set, Petals wheel and the Petal & Paisley designer papers – receive anything in the Spring Mini Catalogue for 50% off! Consider purchasing the Simply Sent kit, "Remembering You" and attend the free class April 19th using this set to create a few more fantastic cards!
Mar 1, 2007 | rubber stamping
Ugh! March has certainly come in like a lion around these parts. Driving around the city was not that fun this afternoon! Came in from shovelling the driveway to collapse in a heap for a while. I live in a condo complex, so technically, I don’t have to shovel my own drive, but the snow clearers aren’t always swift coming to our neck of the woods, so I figured that this might increase the odds that I’ll be able to get out of my own garage tomorrow. This lion was created from the Sketch It set, with hand drawn mouth & whiskers (I know, there’s a reason that I _stamp_ my art….but it was that kind of a day!). I added earth elements beads to the bottom using a liquid glue that I’m trying out (more on that later). (*edited to add link to set & comment*) *comment* this lion has been floating around in demonstrator circles for a while, so I definitely can’t take credit for coming up with the idea (sorry, can’t give credit where credit is due at this point, either!). However, we demonstrators are great at copying great ideas!! LOL
Created this card in the meantime to help remind me that spring is around the corner…and the spring mini catalogue is the mini of the moment!! I used the long notes in so saffron, and the Polka Dots & Paisley stamp set, which demonstrators received FREE (gotta love that) in December as a gift from Shelli Gardner (co-founder & CEO of Stampin’ Up!). I stamped the large paisley stamp in so saffron onto the card, & used the Petals & Paisleys designer series paper on the bottom part of the card. Turquoise grosgrain ribbon for accents. Used cameo coral, tempting turquoise & old olive stampin’ write markers on the flower stamp, and cameo coral on the "happy" stamp. Hodgepodge hardware belt on the grosgrain.
There’s a fantastic MARCH SPECIAL! Purchase the Polka Dots & Paisley stamp set, the Petals & Paisleys designer paper and the Petals jumbo wheel, for $48.40 (plus shipping & taxes) and be eligible to get 50% off ANY one item in the spring mini catalogue!! Hosts of workshops with $600 in sales are also eligible for 50% off any one item in the spring mini catalogue. It’s almost enough to make me not mind shovelling snow….
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!
