Masked Butterfly Sympathy Card

When you become a Stampin' Up! demonstrator, you get access to the exclusive Stampin' Success Magazine that Stampin' Up! publishes.  It is full of great ideas, and this card is one of them .....

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To make this card, you cut out a "mask" in a piece of copy paper using the Beautiful Butterflies die (the biggest whole butterfly).  Then you place it over your cardstock and hold it in place with sticky notes.  Then you stamp the En Francais background stamp in Pool Party right over top of the mask.  Then, with the mask still in place, you sponge on Soft Sky in the whole of the mask. When you remove the mask, you are left with this great image.  I finished it off with some Basic Pearls and a Raspberry Ripple heart from the Owl Punch.

  Stamps:  En Francais, Petite Pairs
  Ink:  Pool Party, Soft Sky, Raspberry Ripple
  Paper:  Whisper white
  Other:  Copy paper, Beautiful Butterflies die, sticky notes, sponge, Basic Pearls, Owl Punch

This card is light weight if you have to mail it, but I would use smaller pearls if you do.

Happy Stampin' ....  

Black and White Sympathy and Prayers

Hi, I am back, finally.  I have not created a card or project in a few days now, so I have not posted.  I want this blog to be stamping related, so I won't be posting day after day of just information.  My commitment to you!  You may see stretches of time without a post, but I hope you will understand.
Today's card is a sympathy card.  Not the typical type of card you want to be making at this time of the year, but sometimes they are necessary .....

This one will help you see all the bling I put on it.

Stamps:  Petite Pairs
Ink:  Basic Black
Cardstock:  Whisper White, Basic Black
Other:  Ribbon Lace Punch, Elegant Lines Embossing Folder, 1/8" Basic Black Taffeta
Twenty more sleeps until the big day.  I know our Grandson is getting very excited!  I hope you are well on your way to being ready.  If Christmas is not your holiday, I hope your December is going well too.
Bye for now, and Happy Stampin' ......

Calypso Coral Birthday card

A long while ago I saw a card like this on the internet somewhere.  If it is yours, please email me so I can give you proper credit.  I changed it a bit, including the colours and embossing folders ....

I bought the new Designer Frames Embossing Folders but have not used them much yet.  So out it came for this one.  I like Calypso Coral and it goes so well with Early Espresso!
Stamps:  Petite Pairs, Four Frames
Ink:  Early Espresso, Calypso Coral
Cardstock:  Whisper White, Calypso Coral
Other:  Designer Frames and Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folders, Calypso Coral Ruffled Ribbon, Champagne Mist Shimmer Spritz
I hand cut the Four Frames image because I wanted it very close to the stamped image, and I hand cut out the Designer Frame as well.
Happy Stampin' .....

Watercolour Roses Sympathy Card

My task for this card was to use the new Tempting Turquoise Embossing Powder by Stampin' Up! (Main Catalogue, page 201, Item 122950, $5.95).  I have not painted any roses lately, so thought it would be a good time to do that ...

I used Pool Party and Tempting Turquoise Classic Reinkers to paint the roses, and added a Brights Glimmer Brad (page 199, Item 121006, $6.50) to the middle of the smaller flowers.  I wanted to use this sentiment from Petite Pairs and wanted to punch it out.  I did not have a punch that would work the way I wanted it to work, so I used the Postage Stamp Punch and punched it twice, making it a bit smaller.  I will do a tutorial on how I did this in the next few days. 
Stamps:  Fifth Avenue Floral, Petite Pairs, En Francais background
Ink:  VersaMark
Cardstock:  Basic Black, Tempting Turquoise, Whisper White, Shimmery White
Other:  Postage Stamp punch, White Embossing Powder, Tempting Turquoise Embossing Powder, Pool Party and Tempting Turquoise Classic Reinkers, Aqua Pen, Brights Glimmer Brads, Tempting Turquoise 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon.
Happy Stampin' .....

Owl Santa Ghirardelli Christmas Favour - TUTORIAL

As promised, I am back today with a tutorial on how I made THIS cute Christmas goodie holder.
Supplies you will need are:
   Simply Scored Tool
   Silver Glimmer, Real Red, Whisper White and Basic Black cardstock
   Stapler and Staples
   Bone Folder
   Owl Builder and Decorative Label Punches
   Snow Burst Embossing Folder
   Champagne Mist Shimmer Spritz
   Sentiment Stamp - I used Petite Pairs
   Basic Black Classic Ink
   Real Red Stampin' Write Marker

Cut a piece of Real Red cardstock 6-1/4 x 2-1/2"
Score at 5/8, 3-3/8, and 3-3/4' using your Simply Scored Tool (notice the markers I placed so that I can quickly repeat the score lines and not loose my place!)

 Cut a piece of Basic Black and Whisper White cardstock to the sizes below.  Spritz the Whisper White piece with Champagne Mist Shimmer Spritz:

 Using the Owl Builder Punch, Real Red, Basic Black and Silver Shimmer cardstocks, punch out the following owl pieces:

 Put the owl together:

Run the Whisper White piece through the Big Shot using the Snow Burst Embossing Folder:

 Using the bone folder, fold along all the lines of the Real Red base:

 Add the Ghirardelli Chocolate inside the base, fold over the bottom and staple it closed.  Make sure you staple towards the bottom so you have a flap left to slip the top under:

To make the sentiment - Stamp on a piece of Whisper White cardstock. Insert into the Decorative Label punch as shown below: (sorry this picture is a bit blurry)

 Take the piece out, turn it around, insert it into the punch, line up and punch as shown:

 Then edge the sentiment piece using a Real Red Stampin' Write Marker:

 Attach the owl and the sentiment to the front of the chocolate holder using dimensionals:

You are now done!  Now the hard part, do not eat it before you give it away!  Good Luck!!!

Happy Stampin' ...    

Language of Friendship Birthday

This was a quick CAS (clean and simple) card to put together.  I already had the Whisper White embossed layer done, so that saved a bit of time too!

 I used Pool Party as my colour and added bling (well of course I did, lol).  I spritzed most of the layers with Champagne Mist Shimmer Spritz.  I think I better mix up another batch as I am almost out!
Here is a closer view of the bling and the sentiment layers.

Stamps: Language Of Friendship, Petite Pairs

Ink:  Basic Black, Pool Party. Island Indigo

Cardstock:  Whisper White, Pool Party

Other:  Champagne Mist Shimmer Spritz, Elegant Bouquet Embossing Folder, Basic Rhinestones, Perfect Pennants Die, Circles #2 Die, Bird Builder Punch

Then just as I finished the card I looked out my craft room window and saw this picture perfect moment ...

Four lovely deer visiting.  They did not last long as soon after "Mr. Brown" delivered a wonderful box of goodies which I now have to go and rescue from the cold.
Bye for now
Happy Stampin'..  

Owl Santa Ghirardelli Christmas Favour

It is time to start thinking about Craft Fairs and Favours for my Customer Appreciation Month.  I found some Ghirardelli Chocolates on a super duper sale at the local Shopper's Drug Mart the other day and knew instantly what I could do with them.  Here is what I came up with ....

 A closer view of the cute Santa Owl and if you look close you can see the sparkle from the Champagne Mist Shimmer Spritz I used on the white pieces ...

 And the inside where the chocolate is ....

These little match book party favours would be so cute as place cards for a Christmas Dinner, or as favours for work mates, school mates, or any get together you have at Christmas.  I will try to get a tutorial done for you on how to make these, with all the dimensions.
Stamps:  Petite Pairs
Ink:  Basic Black
Cardstock:  Real Red, Whisper White, Basic Black, Silver Glimmer Paper
Other:  Owl Builder Punch, Small Oval Punch {retired :-(  }, Snow Burst Embossing Folder, Stapler, Ghirardelli Chocolates, Real Red Stampin' Write Marker, Champagne Mist Shimmer Spritz
Thanks for taking time out of your busy day to visit my blog.  Have a super weekend!
Happy Stampin' ......  

So Glad You're Here

There is going to be a big reunion in our town soon (50th) for the local high school.  The organizers were looking for items to put into goodie bags for the participants.  I offered to make small welcome cards.  I made them 2.75 x 2.75 because I wanted to use 8.5 x 11 paper and 1/2 of 11 is 5.5 and 1/2 of 5.5 is 2.75 - see the reason now?
Here is what I came up with.....

I stamped the leaf swirl image from Best Friends Forever in Always Artichoke.  Then stamped the bird image from the Language of Friendship set in Pacific Point on separate very vanilla cardstock and punched and the wing out.  The words are from Petite Pairs and they are in Early Espresso.
They wanted to make sure we included our company information as it was to showcase local businesses as well as welcome participants back into Port Alberni for the reunion.  So inside I stamped the Stampin' UP! stamp I got at convention, and a personalized stamp that has my contact information on it.
I hope they like them!
Happy Stampin' ... ... ...

Hello, Doily Wedding Card

Today felt like a wedding card kind of day.  I just got this awesome background stamp called "Hello, Doily" (page 127 and 150 Item 122845 $21.95)  .  This was on my mind since yesterday and had to come out LOL ....

It is a different fold.  Here is how it opens ....

Stamps:  Hello, Doily, Petite Pairs, Four Frames
Ink:  Pink Pirouette, Wisteria Wonder, Basic Black
Cardstock:  Whisper White, Pink Pirouette
Other:  Lace Ribbon Border Punch, Basic Pearls
This card could be done in almost any colour scheme to match any bride`s colours and would still look awesome.
  Whisper White - 5.5 x 4.24 scored at 2-1/8 from each side
  Pink Pirouette - 5.25 x 4
  Whisper White - 5-1/8 x 3-7/8
  Pink Pirouette - 2 x 2.5
  Whisper White - 1-7/8 x 2-3/8
Hope you are having a great week!
Happy Stampin` ... ... ... ... ... ... ...

Embossed Stitched Stockings Christmas Card

I am continuing on with the "Stitched Stockings" theme today.  I made another card from this awesome set that has a matching punch!  Life can't get much better when you have a punch to match a favourite stamp set.  I did some embossing and used some of the new ribbon coming out in the Holiday Mini Catalogue....

This card does not fold in the usual way.  The Whisper White piece in behind is a single piece, then the Cherry Cobbler piece is the one that folds. 
  Whisper White - 5.5 x 4.25
  Cherry Cobbler - 7.5 x 5
  Whisper White (embossed layer) 4-7/8 x 3-5/8
  Cherry Cobbler - 3-1/8 x 2-1/4
  Whisper White - 3 x 2-1/8
Here is a closer view of how it folds ....

Stamps:  Stitched Stockings, Petite Pairs
Ink:  Cherry Cobbler
Cardstock:  Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler
Other:  Snowburst Embossing Folder (new), Cherry Cobbler Polka Dot Ribbon, Cherry Cobbler Quilted Satin Ribbon (new), Stocking Builder Punch
Off to make another Christmas Card with this same stamp set. Come back tomorrow and I will share that one with you.
Happy Stampin' ... ... ...    

Butterfly Easel Card

Well, we returned from our 16 day "cruise" on our sailboat safe and sound.  We had a wonderful time and now its time to get back In My Craft Room and get crafty again.
Today I have a shaped easel card to share with you.  It is made using the Beautiful Butterflies die and my Big Shot machine ... ... ...

Most of the ones I've seen out there have used different die cuts than I used.  I used the biggest butterfly (the one that you fold the cardstock over before you cut it out) and folded the cardstock in 4 so it made a really nice sized card.  Then I added the designer paper butterfly on top and put rhinestones on for the body.
It feels good to get back into crafty things again. 
Stamps:  Petite Pairs
Ink:  Marina Mist
Paper: Beyond The Garden DSP
Cardstock:  Daffodil Delight, Tangerine Tango, Whisper White
Other:  Beautiful Butterflies die, Basic Rhinestones, Scallop Oval Punch, Oval Punch
Thanks for visiting, Happy Stampin' ...........