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Sunday Fun Day: Sailing Home card set

 

  Hello and Happy Sunday! For this week's Sunday Fun Day theme over on the Sisters in Stamping blog we are sharing projects created using the Sailing Home stamp set.  I decided to make a card set once again using the Harvest Meadow DSP and featuring a color combo of Crumb Cake, Misty Moonlight and Basic White.

 

  When I looked at this stamp set I knew I wanted to use Misty Moonlight since it reminds me of the blue ocean.  I remembered that Misty Moonlight is included in the Harvest Meadow DSP and that I had used the crumb cake pattern last week for the monochromatic card. I thought it would work great with this stamp set. In addition, I also used the Stitched So Sweetly dies, Checks and Dots embossing folders and twine from the Flowers for Every Occasion ribbon pack.   To purchase the items used with today's project - please hop over to my Stampin' Up! store or click on any of the images above.

 

 

 

  This first card is a thank you card and features the large sail boat image which fit perfectly in the largest label die from the Stitched So Sweetly set.  I wanted to add some fun texture so used the checkered embossing folder from the Checks and Dots set.  I added a simple strip of crumb cake card stock stamped with the Thanks sentiment and notched the ends with my paper snips.  I left the inside of the card blank.

 

 

 

  My second card features the lighthouse image that I stamped on crumb cake card stock. I added a simple bow tied from the bakers twin included in the Flowers for Every Occasion pack.  I tried stamping the Congrats directly on the DSP, but it didn't show up well enough so I stamped it again on a strip of basic white card stock, notched the end and added it to the DSP.  A simple card, but I really like how it turned out!

  For even more ideas and inspiration using the Sailing Home stamp set, don't forget to hop over to the Sisters in Stamping blog.

 

Thanks for visiting and have a fabulous week!

 

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Sunday Fun Day: Happy Halloween!

 

  Hello and Happy Halloween!  For this week's Sunday Fun Day theme over on the Sisters in Stamping blog we are sharing Halloween projects.  I decided to make a little favor treat bag to take to our neighbors across the street. My dog Bruno will be terrified of the constantly ringing doorbell tonight, so sadly I will not be handing out candy.

 

  I once again used this fun Clever Cats stamp set along with a middle sized rectangle die from the Stitched So Sweetly dies set.  To purchase the items used with today's project - please hop over to my Stampin' Up! store. 

 

 

  I pulled out my Tuxedo Black Memento pad, Granny Apple Green, Gorgeous Grape and Pumpkin Pie ink pads and stamped the smaller images from the stamp set onto white tissue paper to make it more festive. Did you know that you can stamp on tissue paper to personalize it for any occasion? I haven't done this in a while and forgot how messy it can be - be sure to let it dry completely so you don't smudge! 

 

 

 

  Here is a close-up of the stamped panel that I attached to the front of the gift bag with stampin' dimensionals. I think this kitty cat is the cutest!  Remember how I warned you about smudging above? Well, I had some of the gorgeous grape ink on my fingers after inking the tissue paper and smudged my stamped panel when attaching it to the bag. You can see it a little by the cat's tail - I just stamped the sentiment again on a piece of Highland Heather card stock and snipped it to make a banner and hide it. Bet you wouldn't have known if I had not told you, right? Don't ever fret over a smudge, use it as an opportunity to add another layer.  

 

 

   Here is one last look at my little favor bag. I think it turned out super-cute!  Don't forget to hop over to the Sisters in Stamping blog for even more great Halloween ideas and inspiration!!  

 

Thanks for visiting and have a fabulous week!

 

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Sunday Fun Day: Christmas card set featuring a fun card sketch

 

  Hello and Happy Sunday!  For this week's Sunday Fun Day theme over on the Sisters in Stamping blog we are sharing cards made using a fun card sketch, courtesy of Karla.

 

 

  This is the layout that we are using for this week's projects. I stuck pretty close to it with my two cards today that feature a few products from the Holiday catalog.

 

 

  I chose to use the Holly Jolly Wishes stamp set along with the Gingerbread & Peppermint 6" x 6" DSP from the Holiday catalog along with the largest rectangle die from the Stitched So Sweetly dies set.  To purchase the items used with today's project - please hop over to my Stampin' Up! store.

 

 

 

  This first card feaures the tiny peppermint DSP for the corners and I cut out the cookie cutter Christmas tree from one of the sheets. I started with a 3" x 3" piece of the DSP that I cut in half diagonally.  The sentiment was inked with cinnamon cider, old olive and real red stampin' write markers. To top off the tree, I added a basic rhinestone for a little bling.  For the inside of the card, I just added a simple strip of the DSP that features larger peppermint candies.

 

 

 

   For my second card I used this fun swirly patterned DSP and cut out a snowflake, which I adorned with a basic rhinestone right in the center.  The sentiment was inked with old olive ink and I added a strip of the same DSP to the inside of the card.

 

 

 

   So which one do you like better? My daughter Amanda prefers the Christmas Tree card, but I think I like the snowflake one just a little bit better.  I plan to make more of these quick & easy cards to send out to my friends and family this year.  I hope I have inspired you to get started on  your Christmas cards also! Don't forget to hop over to the Sisters in Stamping blog for even more great card ideas featuring this great card layout for additional ideas and inspiration!!  

 

Thanks for visiting and have a fabulous week!

 

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October 2021 Stampers Dozen Blog Hop: Chalkboard Technique

 

  Hi there and welcome to the October 2021 Stampers Dozen Blog Hop!  This month we are sharing cards featuring the Chalkboard technique and I thought it would be fun to use the Clever Cats stamp set that I just got in my last order to make a fun Halloween card.

 

 

  I think this Clever Cats stamp set from the Holiday catalog is so fun for Halloween, lots of non-spooky images and sentiments to use for kids of all ages.  The color scheme I am using includes Basic Black along with several of the Brights: Gorgeous Grape, Granny Apple Green and Mango Melody. I used only Whisper White craft ink for the "chalk" and for the inside of the card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. The Black & White 1/4" Gingham ribbon sure is fun! You can color it with stampin' blends, but I left it as is for this card.  The added texture on the Gorgeous Grape card stock is from the Tasteful Textile 3D embossing folder. Be sure to click on any of the images above to visit my Stampin' Up! store to purchase.

 

 

  Here is a view from above of the card - you can really see the texture and the fun chalkboard effect. To make it look even more like a chalkboard, I took a Q-tip and lightly brushed the Whisper White craft ink in different areas on the basic black card stock.  Here's a tip - I was off just a smidge when I added the peeking cat to the top of the jack-o-lantern image. I was able to use a Blender Pen and fill in the blank space easily!

 

 

  Here is a sideview of the stamped panel where you can really see the smudged chalk look that I was going for - what do you think? Does it look realistic?  I just love this little gingham ribbon bow!

 

 

  For the inside of the card, I kept it super simple and added a few of the fun images from the set using Tuxedo Black ink. Since this is a photopolymer stamp set, that is my go-to ink for black images. Isn't that cat in the corner so funny?!

 

 

  Here is one last view of my Halloween card featuring the chalkboard technique. I hope I have inspired you to make some cards using this technique. For even more card inspiration and ideas, be sure to check out the other designer's blog posts using the links below.

 

Thanks for visiting and have a great day!! 

 

 

 

Stamper's Dozen October 2021 Blog Hop

1. Kelly Acheson - A Stamp Above
2. Donna Burk Schneidtmiller – Donna Stamps
3. Jodi Petersen – Jodi’s Card Designs
4. Rose Grunewald – Country Cards by Rose
5. Patty Chenail – Stamp-Patty’s - Stamping in My Flops
6. Carol Payne – Carol Payne Stamps
7. Joanne Cantrell – Keep It Simple, Stampers
8. Rachel Yurkanin – Rachel’s Stamping Place
9. Debbie Naylor – Unfrogettable Stamping!
10. Bonnie O'Neill – Bonnie Stamped

 

 

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Sunday Fun Day: Seashells and Vellum Birthday Card

 

  Hello and Happy Sunday!  For this week's Sunday Fun Day theme over on the Sisters in Stamping blog we are sharing cards featuring vellum cardstock. I must admit, I had to dust off my pack as it has been quite a while since I've used it.  The hardest part about vellum is adhering it - since it is totally translucent, it is hard to hide the glue. I decided to use a very busy texture folder and use little drops of Tombow multipurpose liquid glue strategically under a card stock strip with the sentiment as well as in the corners under the design.  If you look really closely, you can spot it, but I think it turned out okay.

 

 

  The products I used with today's project include the 8-1/2" x 11" Vellum cardstock, Friends are Like Seashells stamp set, coordinating Seashells 3D embossing folder and Flowers for Every Season ribbon combo pack.

 

 

 

   Here is another view of my card - the rhinestones show up a little better in this view and look a little like water drops to me.  At least that is the look I was going for - did it work?  

 

 

 

  From this angle, you can see the great texture provided by the Seashells 3D embossing folder on the vellum cardstock.  I found that having a piece of the darker Pacific Point cardstock underneath really brought out the white design details. I added these to a base card of Coastal Cabana card stock since it looks so great with Pacific Point, very beach-y.  Although the bakers twine is misty moonlight, it does match the blue of the Pacific Point card stock that shows through the vellum.

 

 

 

   And here is how I stamped the inside of my card - I used Coastal Cabana ink with the large shell in the corner and stamped the sentiment with Pacific Point ink, leaving lots of room to write.

 

 

   Here is one last look at my card.  I hope I have inspired you with my vellum card. Don't forget to hop over to the Sisters in Stamping blog for even more great card ideas and inspiration and to find out who won the Blog Candy from last week's post!!  

 

Thanks for visiting and have a fabulous week!

 

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Sunday Fun Day: Color Combo card and a Blog Candy giveaway

 

  Hello and Happy Sunday!  For this week's Sunday Fun Day theme over on the Sisters in Stamping blog we are sharing cards featuring a fun color combination that Rachel selected for us.  Also, we have big news to share...

 

 

  Our Sisters in Stamping blog turned 12 this month!!! It's hard to believe that this blog idea was born at the Stampin' Up! convention in Salt Lake  City a dozen years ago. We have had some designers come and go over the years, but Karla, Rachel and I have been stamping sisters from the very beginning! As part of our celebration we are giving away THREE blog candy prizes.  To enter into the drawing to be held and announced on our blog post next Sunday, be sure to visit the blog post from today (09/26/2021) and leave us a comment letting us know what ideas, themes, products and techniques you'd like to see over the coming months. Drawing closes at Midnight ET on Friday, October 1st, so don't forget to visit our post and leave us a comment to enter!!

 

 

  Our fun color combination for this week's project includes 2 of the 2020-2022 In Colors - Bumblebee and Just Jade - along with Night of Navy. These colors are great together!

 

 

 

 These are the fabulous products used with today's card: Positive Thoughts stamp set and coordinating Nature's Thoughts die set, one of the folders included in the Meadow Moments set as well as Linen Thread.

 

 

 

  From this angle, you can see the great texture provided to the night of navy card stock from the embossing folder along with the whimsical dotted border along the basic white panel (this is a die included in the Nature's Thoughts set).

 

 

   And here is how I stamped the inside of my card - the leaf image is 3rd generation, so very light.  It didn't photograph very well, sorry!  The inside panel is basic white card stock with night of navy ink used with the sentiment and bumblebee ink used with the decorative element.  This would make a great pick-me-up card to someone going through a hard time or alternatively as a sympathy card.

 

 

 

   Here is one last look at my card.  I hope I have inspired you with my color combo card. Don't forget to hop over to the Sisters in Stamping blog for even more great card ideas and inspiration and to enter to win Blog Candy!! 

 

Thanks for visiting and have a fabulous week!

 

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Sunday Fun Day: Banner Year thank you card set

 

  Hello and Happy Sunday!  For this week's Sunday Fun Day theme over on the Sisters in Stamping blog we are sharing fall thank you projects.  I decided to make a set of 2 clean and simple (CAS) cards.

 

 

 

  I created my DIY "designer paper" using a variety of images from the Banner Year stamp set with a multitude of fall colors on a sheet of 6" x 6" basic white card stock.  I then used the cutting guide above to cut up the pieces to make my two cards.  The colors I used include Bumblebee, Cajun Craze, Cherry Cobbler, Garden Green, Pumpkin Pie and Soft Suede.  If you take a close look at the stamped paper you'll notice dots of Soft Suede - I used the smallest water painter and soft suede ink that was very watered down to flick the dots onto the paper. 

 

 

  In addition to the Banner Year stamp set, I pulled out my Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine and Tasteful Labels Dies to cut out the sentiments for each.

 

 

 

  This first card features the two 3" x 2" pieces of the stamped paper.  I kept this one very clean and simple with a simple mat of Pumpkin Pie card stock. I stamped the sentiment using Cherry Cobbler ink onto Bumblebee card stock and then cut that out using one of the dies.  I added a piece of basic white card stock to the inside of the card, which I left blank.

 

 

 

  For my second card, I used the larger piece as the background for my card front and then added a banner of Cherry Cobbler card stock. For the sentiment, I stamped a leaf with Cherry Cobbler and the sentiment with Soft Suede onto Bumblebee card stock and cut it out using a die from the die set.  The thin 4" x 3/4" strip fit perfectly on the bottom of the basic white card stock panel that I added to the inside of the card.

 

 

 

   Here is one last look at my cards.  I hope I have inspired you with my DIY designer paper and OSW template. Don't forget to hop over to the Sisters in Stamping blog for even more Fall thank you card ideas and inspiration. 

 

Thanks for visiting and have a fabulous week!

 

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Sunday Fun Day: Celebrating Sale-a-Bration Beautifully Penned card set

 

  Hello and Happy Sunday!  For this week's Sunday Fun Day theme over on the Sisters in Stamping blog we are sharing projects featuring Sale-a-Bration (SAB) items since we are in that promotion period once again through the end of September!! I designed this trio of clean and simple (CAS) cards that feature several different patterns of DSP from the Beautifully Penned pack.

 

 

  During the period August 3 - September 30th you can earn these exclusive Sale-a-Bration products for FREE with a qualifying $50+ and $100+ merchandise order during the months of August and September.   Want to see all of the products available? Be sure to check them out here in my Stampin' Up! store.

 

 

  These cards feature the gorgeous patterns of the Beautifully Penned DSP, which is an exclusive Sale-a-Bration selection that you can only earn for free with a qualifying $50 purchase.  I paired it with the Free as a Bird stamp set found in the Annual Catalog and the Stitched so Sweetly dies.  

 

 

 

  This first card features the gorgeous DSP pattern without any alteration. I love how gorgeous the images are and wanted to let them shine. I added a sentiment from the stamp set along with a sprig of leaves that mimic the foliage in the DSP.  I colored it with old olive and soft suede stampin' blends markers, then cut out and mounted it to the die cut.

 

 

 

  For my second card, I wanted the leaves to pop on the patterned DSP, so used a blending brush to add the old olive ink all over the DSP piece.  I colored the bird image with daffodil delight, pumpkin pie, old olive and smoky slate stampin' blends markers. I wanted it to look like the pretty goldfinches in my yard. It, too, was fussy cut and added to the die.

 

 

 

  For this last card I colored the DSP piece with daffodil delight, pumpkin pie, old olive and pool party stampin' blends markers. Since the DSP was so pretty, I added a simple sentiment only.

 

 

 

   Here is one last look at my cards.  I hope I have inspired you with the variety of ways you can use this gorgeous DSP available exclusively during our Fall Sale-a-Bration promotion. Don't forget to hop over to the Sisters in Stamping blog for even more SAB card ideas and inspiration. 

 

Thanks for visiting and have a fabulous week!

 

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Color Hues challenge TCH #24: CAS Art Gallery birthday card

 

  Hello and thanks for visiting!  Today's card is a clean and simple (CAS) birthday card featuring a beautiful color palette.

 

  I  recently discovered a fun challenge blog called Color Hues - The Color Challenge that has a bi-monthly color challenge. I am trying to get more cards made and posted to my blog, so plan to participate in these challenges each month!  The current TCH challenge #24 colors include Turquoise and Coral.  Since we no longer have a turquoise, I used Bermuda Bay and Calypso Coral for my card.

 

  My birthday card features the Art Gallery stamp set and Pretty Flowers embossing folder from the Annual Catalog.  Please click the hyperlink or images above to visit my Stampin' Up! store to place an online order.

 

 

  Here's a view of my card from above - it helps to see the texture a little bit better. Instead of using the embossed side of the card stock, I decided I liked the debossed side better - the patterns aren't as bold so don't take away from the stamped flower image.  

 

 

  This view of the stamped panel really shows the gorgeous flower, which was stamped with three different images. The more solid image was stamped with 2nd generation ink, so is lighter, while the more detailed images were stamped full-strength.  The birthday sentiment is stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink since this is a photopolymer stamp set.  I kept it super simple on a skinny strip of card stock I had in my scrap pile and trimmed the ends to fit across the bottom of the stamped panel. I popped it up with some mini stampin' dimensionals.

 

 

  Here's a view of the inside of the card. I used the smallest detail stamp and stamped off prior to stamping on the card stock. The foliage is from the bottom of the large stem stamp.  I left the card blank inside to have more room to write.

 

 

   Here is one last look at my card.  I hope I have inspired you with this gorgeous color palette!  Be sure to check out the other submissions and designer creations on the Color Hues blog.

 

Thanks for visiting and happy stamping!

 

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Sunday Fun Day: Celebrating America's Birthday with Red, White and Blue!!

 

  Hello and Happy Independence Day to all my American readers!  For this week's Sunday Fun Day theme over on the Sisters in Stamping blog, we designed projects featuring a color palette of Red, White and Blue in honor of the July Fourth holiday today. I chose to make a birthday card (for America's birthday) and am featuring Basic White, Night of Navy and Real Red with Crumb Cake for my card along with a few punches.

 

 

  From this angle I think you can see how shimmery the Opal Rounds are that I put in the centers of my flowers, created using the Daisy and Medium Daisy punches. I wanted to do flowers because it is summer, but also these kind of remind me of fireworks a little.  Fireworks and July 4th just go hand-in-hand.  I also just realized that the Itty Bitty Birthday set that I used for my sentiment has retired *after* I finished my card - big ooops!  

 

 

  Here's another view of the card front. I added texture to the Crumb Cake card stock using the Tasteful Textiles 3D embossing folder and then sponged on top of it with Crumb Cake ink to make it more noticeable. I love the added texture!

 

 

  Did you notice the sentiment piece? Wondering how I did that?  I used the Everyday Label punch to cut out the sentiment sideways. Then I attached it to the back of a sticky note and fed it back into the punch as shown in the photo above. I love getting more versatility out of my punches this way!

 

 

  For the inside of the card I just added some tiny strips of card stock (left over after I cut down my squares from 2" to 1-3/4") to break up all the white, and added the birthday sentiment with Night of Navy ink.

 

 

 

  Here is one last look at my card. I hope I have inspired you to use your punches in different ways!  Don't forget to hop over to the Sisters in Stamping blog for even more Red, White & Blue ideas and inspiration. 

 

Thanks for visiting and have a fabulous 4th!

 

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