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And this card is fast, not so sure about fabulous, but fast it was.
I do love the flowers in this set, and these are stamped with Black Stazon and then colored with Melon Mambo and my blender pen with Daffodil Delight centers. The sentiment is from another Hostess set, Occasional Quotes, a wonderful set with so many great sentiments.
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I used this one last year for Christmas cards. The best part about this design, it is SO easy, but looks hard, and anyone who knows me, knows that I love that.
I am also loving the Celebrations Designer Series paper, such bright fun colors. Today I used the two tone Red print and made the focal image circular as well. The happy hippo is colored with Bashful Blue watercolor crayons and Real Red marker for the toes and bow. Sorry, Watercolor Crayons are still on backorder, hopefully we will be getting them soon. The sentiment is from a retired set but the size was perfect.
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I saw a card that Dawn Easton did along time ago and it was such a cute card, I saved a picture of it. The stamp set and paper she used are long retired, but the design is perfect for the Jolly Bingo Bits in the Holiday Mini.
Cherry Cobbler and Old Olive with Jolly Holiday Designer Series paper just make the card pop. The ribbon, Cherry Cobbler seam binding, also in the Mini is wonderful to work with, ties so nicely. Inside I used one of the stamps from Christmas Greetings
and another little stamp from the Jolly Bingo Bits. This set is fabulous, 24 little images that work so well in both our circle and square punches.
Yes, this will be a card I will be making a few of,
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Halloween person, but I seem to get one Halloween stamp set a year. This year it is Wicked Cool, just love the witch's boots! Check out the images
And add these to a Gable Box and you get
I used Concord Crush for the box and stamped the spider web with Whisper White Craft ink and the Witch's boots and hat in Black Stazon. A couple of rhinestones to add some bling to the boots and the stockings colored with my Concord Crush marker. Add some Old Olive to add some pop and it is done.
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In the catalogue Stampin' Up has so many great inexpensive stamps, one being Engraved Greetings on page 182. A first glance it is easy to pass over but take another look. For $15.95 you get two fabulous stamps, Thank You and Happy Birthday.
Stamp these in any color of ink or emboss for a little extra Wow factor, punch out with Circle or Oval punches or simply stamp onto a rectangle or square and create a different look each time you use them.
How about this Birthday card geared towards guys. Wild Wasabi and Bashful Blue make a nice combination. Cropping the corners with the now retired tag corner punch softens all the straight lines.
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I love doing different folds for cards instead of your basic card fold. Easel cards are so fun and easy to make and really make a statement.
This is one of the cards we will be doing at Christine's Stamp a Stack. I have used the wonderful sentiment set, Word Play for the focal point. Word Play is one of the new sentiment sets that came out in the 2010-11 Idea Book and Catalogue. It has so many great stamps playing with words.
I do love the Sick one, cause if you are anything like me, I do feel ICK when I am sick.
For the card, I used Celebrations Designer Series paper (117164) and pulled all the colors out of it. The base is Old Olive and all the larger mats, Pacific Point.
A big splash of red to frame the sentiment uses the new
2 3/8" Scallop Circle punch. The easel is held up with a simple "happy birthday" from Teeny Tiny Wishes and inside
lots of room for writing. Is this a fun Birthday card or what?
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Do you have a little stash of pieces that you don't want to throw away cause you will use them later? I do, and yesterday became later. It was time to get rid of the little pieces that are taking over the back corner of my desk.
A offcut of Poppy Parade, a scrap of Chocolate Chip and a square of Whisper White. I ran the Poppy Parade through the Big Shot with the Vintage Wallpaper Embossing folder (120175) and the Chocolate Chip has one edge scalloped with the Scallop Edge punch and the other two corners rounded. The bird cage from Aviary is stamped with Basic Grey and the little bird with Poppy Parade, round opposite corners attach with dimensionals. Now I did not put on a sentiment but there is plenty of room either top or bottom on the right hand side.
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of ribbon, can't tie a bow for the life of you, or need something and the ribbon just doesn't look right? How about creating your own fancy ribbon with paper? With this punch you can, the Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border punch( 119275). With each squeeze of the punch, it cuts both sides of the paper so you end up with a wonderful scalloped strip
See, even the reindeer is amazed by the punch, just check out his expression. On this card, I have used it in place of ribbon to cover the seam between the Designer Series Paper and the card base.
Here is the punch from page 201 in the 2010-11 Idea Book and Catalogue.
And here is the entire card, a perfect card for mailing without the extra bulk of ribbon. The reindeer from Holiday Line up are stamped onto Very Vanilla with Black Stazon and colored with blender pen and watercolor crayons. The Designer Series paper is from Jolly Holiday (117159) a absolutely beautiful pack of Christmas papers. If you haven't started your Christmas cards yet, what are you waiting for? It's only thirteen weeks from Saturday!!!!
Happy Stamping,
Here is a simple page that I made for our neighbours. Just look at that beautiful little face.
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I do not have a green thumb. I am not one to putter in the garden, making beautiful beds of flowers, and if I did, I am sure my neighbours would come and take my temperature! But give me three punches (not that kind of punch, thank you) and look what can be created.
Ok maybe not regular run of the mill flowers, but pretty ones all the same. I used the 1 3/8", 1 1/4" and 1" punches and Tempting Turquoise, Real Red and Tangerine Tangerine and punched one circle of each size in each color. Using the Distressing tool, all the edges were roughed up and then glued together and a Basic Black Owl Punch eye was used for the centers. The leaves, yes, they are made from the Two Step Bird Punch in Old Olive.
The sentiment is from a retired Hostess set but I thought the little ladybug fit the gardening mood. Add some rhinestones to give a little extra pizzazz and this is done.
Happy Stamping,