RainyDay Stamper

It's definitely spring

Talk about crazy weather, that's how you know it is springQ  Sunday we woke up to  fog, then it rained, then  sunshine, then hail & wind, back to glorious sunshine then back to pouring but hey, it wasn't freezing! So I made a spring card

I cased this layout from the fabulous Ronda Wade.  I used Lovely Lipstick as my main colour and then used a pieces of Vellum that I ran through the Big Shot with the Subtles embossing folder.  The dancer is from Beautiful You stamp set and I stamped her onto Vellum with Memento ink and coloured her on the backside with my Blends and layered her onto Whisper White so she pops off the page.  The sentiment is from Fable Friends and I punched it out with my  1 1/4" circle punch and layered it onto a Mango Melody Scalloped Circle.  It is a retired punch but it is one that I will never get rid of.

Today the retirement list comes out, I will pop in later post it for you.  Remember if you want any of the retiring In Colours, papers or embellishments, order then quick, once they are gone, they are gone.  Stamp sets, are made by Stampin' Up so those will definitely be available until May 30.

Happy Stamping, 

How many years have

you been friends?  This card is heading to my friend of 47 years!  I know hard to believe that I am that old!!!!  We started off as penpals when we were in Grade 7 and still are friends today.  They have been to Canada twice, me I haven't returned the visit yet.  I am saying yet because I really do want to visit, it is just a matter of time and money. Leonie was gifted August 2018 Paper Pumpkin box, Blissful Blooms by a Australian demo and she had yet to crack it open.  I challenged her to make a card and send it to me and I would send her one.  It is just like a challenge, everyone gets the same products and everyone makes a card and they all are different.  I know this card will not have reached her yet, but hey, she will get a preview as I know she reads my blog.

As I said this is made using Blissful Blooms Paper Pumpkin and I added a Lovely Lipstick base and mat.  The Whisper White in the Paper Pumpkin kits, is not the same white as our Whisper White so I cut the back off one of the card bases that came with the kit and used that for embossing with the Layered Leave embossing folder.  The center flowered panel is cut from the front of the card base I cut off and I added a few of the pretty flower stamps that were included in the kit to the sentiment.  The lovely green vellum leaves are from the kit.  

Happy Stamping,

Center Step Easter

Fable Friends Rabbit is back with another Fun Fold card.  This time it is a Center Step card, again looks complicated but is simply a standard card base 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, with a couple of cuts up each side and a couple extra scores and you get this great card that really makes a statement.

Today I used Balmy Blue and Blueberry Bushel together and for the sentiment strip I used March 2017 Paper Pumpkin set, Bunny Buddies.

Here is the side view.

Have a great day and 

Happy Stamping,

Bright, beautiful Birthday

This is the last card from my Birthday card class,  I do love Melon Mambo and our Gorgeous Grape and Highland Heather together.

I used the How Sweet It is DSP and the sentiment is from Sweetest Thing stamp set, and even though they had to fussy cut the cupcake from the DSP they didn't complain, it is a super easy thing to cut.  Funny that the cupcake isn't in the coordinating framelits but it's ok.

Happy Stamping,

Product List

Melon Mambo 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

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$11.50

Gorgeous Grape 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

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$11.50

How Sweet It Is 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[148568]

$15.00

Gorgeous Grape Classic Stampin' Pad

[147099]

$10.25

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

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$13.25

Coastal Cabana 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[131297]

$11.50

2" Circle Punch

[133782]

$24.00

Banner Triple Punch

[138292]

$31.00

Twofer Tuesday

Today I have two similar cards for you that let the DSP do all the work and highlight those little stamps that are generally ignored in a set.  The stamp set is one of my favourites, Incredible Like You but I love it for the sentiments, I had yet to use the images.  

As you can see the sentiments have cool mixed fonts and say perfect statements, but now look at the images.  We have wild lines, large and small flowers, leaves, dots  and a circle thing that could be a flower.  Well, check out that little tiny flower, it is really cute

Even thought, this is a two step stamp, you stamp the stem, then the flower then the leaves, with one stamp you get a shaded image, light and dark for the flower and the leaves.  I used my favourite colours, Lovely Lipstick and Granny Apple Green then Memento Black for the sentiment.  Matted with Basic Black and the image really pops off the Lovely Lipstick DSP.  I used our Notecards for the base, they are so perfect, 20 cards and envelopes for $$8.75 you can't go wrong.

And for this card I used the All My Love DSP and Lovely Lipstick cardstock to mat the image.

Happy Stamping,

It's Monday

Start of a new week and hopefully you had a great weekend and enjoyed a little bit of sun in your area.  We had extreme rain in the evenings and night,  misty mornings and beautiful sunny afternoons.  Definitely  spring weather.  Snow has all gone from the yard (yay) and the lawn is getting lots of green areas, and I am doing my indoor planting getting ready for the garden.  I have tomatoes, romaine, cucumbers, spaghetti squash and Cascading Petunias all planted. I have my strawberries plants out on the deck in bags introducing them to light again.  This week I will add more Romaine & Yellow Peppers and probably some Green beans.  Can you tell we eat a ton of veggies?  Our Aerogarden Farm has been producing tomatoes all winter but unfortunately just not as many as we eat.  Last year, our first garden, we had incredible tomatoes and great lettuce, a few strawberries, tasty but very small, hoping that this year to add more veggies with the same success.  But hey, I bet you came here to see a card and here I am gabbing about gardening!  So here is a card for you.

 It's our friendly little Otter again from Postcard Pals. I used All My Love Designer Series Paper for the background adding Basic Black cardstock for the real punch and our little otter is coloured with Soft Suede. Crumb Cake and Dark Basic Gray  blends.  I have been on the fence about buying the Basic Black blends but they will be on my next order I do think. His shirt is Call Me Clover and even though  you can't see in the picture, I used our Wink of Stella clear on the Light Basic Gray mailbox to give it a metallic feel.

Well have a great Monday, and I will  see you tomorrow.

Happy Stamping,

A super fun fold

This card is super cute and a totally fun fold.  The card size is standard 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 but the card doesn't open.  The back panel is 4 1/4 x 8 3/8  and then a smaller piece of cardstock, 3 x 4 7/8 , a couple scores, some Tear n' Tape and you have a 3D card.  I am not really sure of the name of this type of fold, but let's just say it is a version of a step card pop up card.

I used the Painted Petals DSP from Sale-a-bration, so perfect for a spring card.

 

And a really bad picture of the back, (sorry, it's already gone in the mail and I didn't notice the super shaky picture) you can see there is lots of room for writing.

And as you see, it folds flat to pop in an envelope. once you lick the flap and close it, the envelope is perfectly flat.

Have a great weekend and hopefully you will get a little "me" time to stamp!

Happy Stamping,

 

 

Calypso Coral 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[122925]

$11.50

Painted Seasons Designer Series Paper

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$0.00

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[100730]

$13.25

Fable Friends Cling Stamp Set

[148670]

$30.00

Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

[144601]

$12.00

Calypso Coral Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

[144045]

$12.00

Dark Petal Pink Stampin' Blends Marker

[146871]

$6.00

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$8.25

Believe it or not

This is the same fold as yesterday but I just changed the orientation and theposition of the opening card instead of being at the bottom and the card going vertical, I turned the card and added the folded part more in the center.

 

Change the shape of the die cut and you get a totally different look.  The squirrel is from Fable Friends and I layered it onto a Blueberry Bushel Scalloped Square and then layered it again onto another piece of Whisper White.  Open the card

 

and you have lots of room to write.

Happy Stamping,

Hey Love Crocodile

This fun fold was one of the cards we made at my Birthday Class.  Yes, it is a fun fold even though it looks like a regular card

Just open it and you will see

 

 

  Just the bottom opens.

We used the Hey, Love set, see I told you it was more than just Valentine's Day.  perfect for a kid's birthday.

  

Our Blends colored the Crocodile perfectly and the DSP is from Animal Expedition and the Starburst Impressions folder.  The images from Hey, Love are perfect with our Framelits and today, we used the Layering Circles and Stitched Shape dies.   The birthday and inside you are from A Sara Thing, Paper Pumpkin set.

 

Happy Stamping,

 

 

 

Hey Love Cling Stamp Set

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$26.00

Animal Expedition Designer Series Paper

[146902]

$15.00

Call Me Clover 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[146969]

$11.50

Call Me Clover 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[146969]

$11.50

Call Me Clover Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

[147282]

$12.00

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$8.25

Pineapple Punch Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

[147280]

$12.00

Light Petal Pink Stampin' Blends Marker

[146866]

$6.00

Bright Sunshine

Love the brightness of this Lemon Lime Twist and Daffodil Delight card, very spring like.  Again we start with a half a sheet of cardstock, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 and by adding a couple extra score lines you get a totally different fun fold. 

Angie Juda of Chic'n Scratch had this fold on her blog last week and of course, I just had to try it.  Take your piece of cardstock and score at 2 & 3 1/8 on both sides and fold.

I used the Daffodil Delight Gingham Gala paper and then the Adhesive backed sequins from the Gingham Gala suite for the flowers.  Peter is stamped with Black Memento and coloured with my Blends.  If you haven't tried the Blends, you really should, they are fabulous.  At my last class, it was the first time they had used Stampin' Up blends and they were impressed at the ease of blending.  And remember, just like everything else in the Stampin' Up world, colour coordination,   And here is the back, lots of room to write

 

 Yes, the Duckling is fromFable Friends set.

Happy Stamping,