Weekend Projects

The project I have to show today is for my monthly stamp class.  Its a patriotic theme even though its after the Fourth. Still its in July so I think that counts.

I used clear acetate for the card base.  I haven't made a clear card in a while and I don't think I've ever done one for my class so this should be fun.  I used Pure Poppy striped paper for the front and back covers (the front and back have the same red layer on them).  Inside I added white card stock to cover the adhesive lines of the red on the outside.

The star is from Star Prints, stamped in Midnight Muse on white cards stock.  I used one of the more open stamps so the white shown through the blue.  The button is a Enchanted Evening vintage button tied with natural jute.

The sentiment is also from Star Prints and stamped in Midnight Muse directly on the patterned paper. The banners were cute form Midnight Muse card stock using the Double Ended Banner die

Stamp Camp is gonna be a dirty one this month

Dirty as in inky fingers ... geez! :)

Here are are the 2 cards we'll be making next week

 I haven't made a baby wipe card in a long time. I was hoarding my water color paper because I thought it was getting discontinued.  Then I found out it was just getting repackaged ... Now I am using it up :)

So we'll play with re-inkers and baby wipes and make beautiful, dreamy backgrounds

I also promised the stampy crew clean, simple and bright colors ... I think the flower card fits the bill on that

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Stamp Camp Card - Flip Flop

I was taking requests for my June card class and got a request for a flip flop card.  Here in Iowa, its "supposed" to be summer, but today its rainy and in the high 50s ... not summerish if you ask me :)

I found the template a template at this website for the shoe part.  The rest was just playing around.

Even if the weather isn't very summery, the colors in the card are.  That'll have to do for now I guess

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OWH Sunday Sketch and Stamp Camp Card

I used this weeks OWH Sunday Sketch to make a card for my May stamp camp.  I had a request for a Mothers Day card, and I thought I better get a move on since that's only 2 weeks away

Here's my take on it:

Its really fairly simple.  I used the Friends til the End patterned paper and also stamped the large blossom on the focal layer.

For the bow, I created the look from paper using the double ended banner die, and layering the cut pieces.

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A versatile card for all occassions ... seriously!

I made this one for an upcoming stamp camp.  One of my regulars requested a new baby card, but I knew most people wouldn't need one of those.  So I figured out how to make it more versatile

The sample for my class is a wedding one, but if you look closely you'll see that the center circle is punched out.  I'll be bringing a baby carriage, birthday cake and the champagne flutes.  The congats sentiment can be replaced with baby or birthday wishes ... see versatile :)

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{Supplies}
Stamps: Bitty Background Blocks, Mat Stack 4 [PTI]; Cheer To You [SU!]
Paper: Plum Pudding, True Black, White [PTI]
Ink: Pudding [PTI]; Basic Black [SU!]

A little birdie ...

I love the Little Bitty Birdie set.  I haven't bought the dies yet {gasp} but the bodies are fairly easy to cut out and paper piece so I'm just doing that for now

My last birdie card was  a blue bird of happiness, so I thought I'd make this one a canary ... bright and welcoming spring

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{Supplies - all PTI unless noted}
Stamps: Little Bitty Birdie
Ink: Early Espresso [SU!]
Paper: White, Itty Bitty Dots patterned
Other: Copic Sketch YG93

Get Well Soon

I have been seeing lots of clean and graphic designs out on the web lately on the blogs I follow.   Thought I would try my own hand at it ...

I used the school lines from Library Ledger and one of the Fillable Frames for the sentiment.  I also die cut from Beautiful Blooms and used an oval punch then trimmed it to a point for the leaves.

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{Supplies -PTI unless noted}
Stamps: Library Ledge, Fillable Frames #2
Ink: Marina Mist, Basic Black [SU!]
Paper: White, Tangerine Tango, Delightful Daffodil [SU!]
Dies: Beautiful Blooms #1;  small oval punch [SU!]

You're So Sweet

Playing around with some old stamps and new dies ... Cupcake Collection any one?  I'm also loving the shape of the Mat Stack 3 die and the frame stamps for it !

I  had a stampy date with a friend of mine and she suggested the color scheme.  I don't think I would have put purple and black together on my own  but I love how it turned out!  The layout is from Card Patterns sketch challenge (last weeks ... late again :\)

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{Supplies - PTI unless noted}
Stamps: Mat Stack 3, Cupcake Collection; Scratched background [SU!]
Paper: Basic Black, Concorde Crush, White [SU!]
Ink: True Black; Concorde Crush [SU!]
Other:
Mat Stack 3 die, Cupcake Collection die; Tasteful Trimmings {?}[SU! BigzXL die]

Newspaper Flowers

A friend from work got this great new punch at a craft store -
its a gi-normous flower from EK Success.  She made some of the cutest newspaper flowers - so I CASEd the idea for my next camp

The flowers are made up of 3 layers of punched newspaper flowers.  I  dabbed them with Summer Sun craft ink, then dried them with a paper towel.  I finished the flower off with a vintage chocolate button center tied with twine.

The "stem" of the flower  is layers of dark chocolate and kiwi kiss. 

The sweet sentiment is from Everyday Button Bits.

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{From me to you card supplies - PTI unless noted}

Stamps: Every Day Button Bits

Paper: White, Dark Chocolate, (SU!) Kiwi Kiss, the Classified Ads

Ink: (SU!) Chocolate Chip, Summer Sun craft

Tools: EK Success flower punch

Embellies: (SU!) 1" chocolate stitched  grosgrain, (PTI) chocolate vintage buttons

A little birdie told me ...

After getting my new box of Papertrey goodness, I wanted to make a simple card for my monthly stamp camp.  I love sharing all the goodness , but we are also limited to 1 hour (stamping at lunch is such a great break in the day!)

I thought a fun little hello card would be great this month and the Enchanted Evening buttons are so lovely I thought they would make a great "blue bird of happiness"

I love (love love) this blue. 

I stamped a border from Borders&Corners: Squares, then the rolling hills and bird parts from Everyday Button Bits

The embossed square is a nestability, that I embossed only (the tutorial is on StampTV)

The sentiment is also from EveryDay Button Bits as well

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{Blue Bird card supplies - All PTI unless noted}

Stamps: Everday Button Bits, Borders & Corners: Square

Paper: White, Enchanted Evening

Ink: Enchanted Evening, Momento Tuxedo Black, SU! Old Olive

Tools: Copic Y35

Embellies: Enchanted Evening vintage buttons, twine

July Stamp Camp Project

When I saw this mini pizza box the Splitcoast Stampers newsletter a few weeks ago, I knew I wanted to make it for my monthly camp.  I love the idea of small gifts (for teachers, or just as a pick-me-up for a friend or coworker)  I once made a little muffin box for a friend at work.  It really made her day.  I figure a mini pizza box filled with chocolate would be a super gift too.

I used the new Bermuda Bay and Melon Mambo card stock (now available from SU!) and the new Razzle Dazzle stamp set to make my own background papers.

The poor little box got crunched a little when I kept taking the belly band off.  The belly band was new melon mambo dotted grosgrain ribbon.  I sandwiched the ribbon between the melon and stamped layers.

The medallion was a combination of punches (melon mambo scalloped circle, white 1.25" circle, new Razzleberry Lemonade patterned paper and the new modern lable punch and white with the word window punch.)  The sentiment is stamped in rich razzleberry and is from the hostess set, Kind & Caring Thoughts.

I also stamped white mailing labels in rich razzleberry using the same stamp I used on the box to decoreate the inside too!

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{Mini pizza box supplies - all SU! except for the chocolate :o)}

Stamps: Razzle Dazzle, Kind & Caring Thoughts

Paper: Bermuda Bay, Melon Mambo, Razzleberry Lemonade DSP, white

Ink: Bermuda Bay, Melon Mambo, Rich Razzleberry

Tools: Scalloped circle punch, circle punch, modern label punch, word window punch

Embellies: Melon Mambo dotted grosgrain ribbon, 12 white mailing labels, 12 Hershey nuggets

Stamp Camp Gatefold Card

It would help sometimes to read the manual!  I found out on a blog that the Scor-Pal comes with instructions for easily making gatefold cards ... I've had my Scor-Pal for 6 months or more and never knew that! LOL!

So once I learned this vital tidbit I just knew I had to make one.  This is again for an upcoming stamp camp. 

I stamped the front layer using SU!'s Floral background stamp and then sponged the edges.  I used the square flourish-y image from Baroque Motifs for the square layer.

Inside I pulled a page from Michelle Wooderson's book and decorated ribbon,  She is one talented, crafty lady and makes the most adorable embellishments.  For this one I stamped the Floral background on a quarter sheet of cream card stock and then sliced it very thin, to fit between the stitching on the raspberry fizz saddle stitched grosgrain.

I really like how this one turned out - bright and happy.

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{Floral Gatefold Card - all supplies SU! unless noted}

Stamps: Floral background, Baroque Motifs

Paper: Very Vanilla, Raspberry Fizz (PTI)

Ink:Pink Passion

Accessories: Raspberry Fizz saddle stitched grosgrain (PTI)

Wedding Life

... sigh ...

A good friend of mine asked me if I would make her wedding invitations. I decided to make that my gift to her. I asked her permission first to post this, and she said by all means, so here they are (I think they even look pretty just sitting in the box!)

She wanted just random wild flowers and Life was just the perfect set for this. In fact, I had ordered the set but hadn't received it when I suggested it to her. I showed her the images online - she loved it from just that one look!

This was a multi -step process though because of all the stamping.

I first stamped the leaves on the back of the vellum using old olive ink. I let these dry for several hours because I didn't want to risk any smudges or smears.

Then I inked up the tall flower (is it lavendar? I made it orange :o). I used pumpkin pie ink and an always artichoke marker for this. Stamped these images and again let dry, this time over night because it was late and I was tired.

For the final step I used summer sun and rock-n-rolled it with pumpkin pie on the small wild flower in the set (the clear stamps made this a cinch). Then I inked up the stem of the flower with always artichoke and stamped away.

I was prepared for a 4th step, but this seemed to fill everything in nicely.

When this was all dried and the announcement part was printed, I tied them together with Ripe Avocado satin ribbon.

My friend love them and I think I found a new stamping niche ... now I'm helping another friend make invites for her son's wedding. And another friend asked if I could make her invites too.

{Wedding Invitation supplies}

Stamps: Life (PTI)

Paper:Vintage Cream, Vellum Cardstock (PTI!)

Ink:Old Olive, ALways Artichoke, Summer Sun, Pumpkin Pie (SU!)

Accesories: ripe avocado satin ribbon

Tools: double circle punch