Mother's Day gift...continued ;)

Hello! I have been BUSY BUSY! We are building a house this summer, Mother's Day is around the corner....and of course, I have all my children to attend too ;) So I apologize for not posting so much lately! Here is 1/2 of my gift to my mother. I know the one photo was already posted in an earlier post (Quinten),
but I connected it with the others posted here in this post. I used the On Board Book Basics Chipboard (ON SALE THE MONTH OF MAY 2008, check it out!!!). I decided to double side these with photo's. My mom can change it up when ever she feels like it. My photo's are Black and White so that I could coordinate the DSP on all sides. I did try and leave Taylor's photo in full color, it was hideous. Not the photo, but the colors I would have had to go with would have looked awful with the papers I chose. My children were all wearing Tye Dye t-shirts. So I had to re-print her photo in bl & wh. The Designer Series Paper I went with for this project is the Le Jardin paper. I also used Clear Transparency Sheets to protect the photo's and pages. Their names were stamped with Black Stazon directly on the transparency sheets.Working on Taylor's "page" was a lot of fun! I got to use flowers and bling!! A lot of punches were used for his project. The Scallop Punch was used on Taylors along with the retired Spring Bouquet flower trio punch. The 1 3/8"circle and the 1 1/2" circle punches were used on Tay's too.For Elliott's 'page': The 1 3/8 circle, 1 1/2 circle, 1/2" circle punch (used for the faux scallop), Photo Corner Punch, Key Tag Punch (behind the Designer Label punch), Designer Label Punch, and Ticket Corner Punch were all used!!
For Ewan's page, a lot of Paper Piercing was used! What?!? No punches?? must have been a mistake ;) I doodled with my white gel pen, had a bit to journal as well. The Double Stitched River Rock Ribbon was used to hold this project together. I was able to punch through the chip board EASY with my Crop-a-Dile!!
Hope you like!! Happy Stampin'

For a friend

Here is a cute card! I haven't used this set in a long time! Thought is was perfect for a friend of mine that is having hard times. The set is called Hang In There. It is a retired Stampin' Up! set.
My color scheme, is Pretty In Pink, Soft Sky and Basic Black. I like how a bit of black bordering ties everything together. It works great because the image was first inked in Basic Black! I then water colored the image with Creamy Caramel, Pretty in Pink (for the cheeks and birdie), Certainly Celery for leaves of tree, and Close to Cocoa. The sky was brayered Sky Blue with a touch of Pretty in Pink. The grass is Certainly Celery with Pretty in Pink Flowers, and Always Artichoke stems. I added some white doodling on the flowers with my gel pen. There is a bit of paper piercing on everything! The tag was created with my Window Word Punch, Scallop Punch, 1 3/8 circle punch, and 1 1/2 circle punch. I also used the Photo Corners punch!
For emboss resist technique:
I went over the entire cat, branch and bird with VersaMark marker. Then I sprinkled clear embossing powder over the stamped image and embossed. This was done so I could then brayer the sky over the cat with out messing up the job I did with coloring. I also just love the touch it adds when you emboss your images. The stamped image is glossy, and just pops!
Hope you like!!
Happy Stampin'

Simple Simple

Hello! Here is another simple card. I used the set Simply Said by Stampin' Up! I really liked this color scheme, and the way it turned out. You can't see it very well, but the background was stamped in Whisper White Craft. It looks nice :)

My color scheme Groovy Guava and Bashful Blue. I stamped the strip with those colors, and for the solid stamps, I first inked them in VersaMark, then in the Groovy Guava or Bashful Blue. This was done so I could emboss those images. That made the simple card a bit more special. I love the look of the clear embossing over the bold stamps. They really pop with that added shine. I created the scallops with the corner rounder, then added dots with my white gel pen. I like the look of the doodling around the Key Tag punch too. All the added touches really improve a card. After some Hodgepodge Hardware and some Double Stitched Groovy Guava, my card was complete.

What do you all think of the simple cards I have been making? I think it is important to know, not all cards need to take hours to create. You need to know, a quick and simple card can be made at anytime. You don't need to run to the card shop to pick up a quick card for an occasion that snuck up on you. Just make it, and pop it in the mail!! I know I need to know quick cards are good to make. I have a lot of children and plan to spend a lot of time with them. The weather has been BEAUTIFUL!! Time to play outside ;)

Happy Stampin' Friends~

Another Simple card

Hey! Yet another SIMPLE card! You have to have simple cards too. Some days, you just don't have a ton of time. Here is an idea for you that times hardly any! I used Polka Dots & Paisleys. My color scheme was Blue Bayou, Groovy Guava, and White. I simply stamped the background in Whisper White Craft. Then I used the Groovy Guava pad and inked up the top of the flower, took the Brocade Blue Stampin' Write Marker and added some blue right on top of the Guava, held my stamp about 12" away from me, rubber facing me, then squirted a water bottle at it. After that, I stamped the image on white. It looks water colored! The outline of the flower was inked in Blue Bayou. I did a lot of Paper Piercing and a bit of punching. For punches I used the Scallop Punch, Key Tag Punch, 1 3/8 circle punch, and 1 1/2" circle punch. The ribbon is the Blue Bayou Double Stitched ribbon.

Happy Stampin'

joy

Hello!! Now THIS is a EASY and QUICK card! And I love it! I used Polka Dots & Paisley by Stampin' Up! (still trying NOT to use all those cutsie stamps ) and then my fav color is blue, so I started with those!

Card base is 6 X 6 for a 3X6 finished card. I used Blue Bayou and stamped with Whisper White Craft Ink. The dots and doodling were created with my gel pen. The scallop was punched in Groovy Guava. Then the Blue Bayou was punched using the 1 3/8" circle punch. The saying was inked in Groovy Guava, and then punched with the Key Tag Punch. I added a few brads from Hodgepodge Hardware, and that is it! How easy is that? Everyone has time to make this card!!!

Hope you like it!

Happy Stampin'

Credit Card Orders for SU!

Stampin' Up! is now allowing demonstrators to accept credit card orders from customers!!! I can now keep your credit card on file (encrypt on SU! site) and you can place an order EASY and have it shipped directly to you in no time!! Woo Hoo!! This is GREAT!
Happy Stampin'!

Pretty

Hello Friends! I decided to start stamping some "pretty" cards since I have been stamping "cute" cards lately. So my next few posts are more floral.
The stamp set I chose to use here is one of my all time favorites. Heartfelt Thanks by Stampin' Up! If you don't have this set, you just have to get it before it is retired. (no retired list, I am just saying if you see it on there this year, grab it!!) I LOVE it. It is absolutely beautiful. The image just makes the card spectacular every time.
My color scheme is Bashful Blue and Groovy Guava. I just LOVE how that main flower turned out. I first inked it in Bashful Blue, then added Groovy Guava around the edges. The stem I used Green Galore Stampin' Write Marker. I held the stamp, rubber side facing me, about 12" and then sprayed a mist of water on it with my water bottle. You then immediately stamp the image. "Misting With Marker's" is the technique. I think it turned out fabulous. Looks like I water colored the image! The outline of the flower is Groovy Guava and Always Artichoke. The "heartfelt" is Blue Bayou. To get the oval, I used the Creative Memories Cutting System. It is the only thing I use of Creative Memories. I love their cutting system. I cut the top of the oval, skipped the lettering for the heartfelt, WITH OUT MOVING THE CUTTING TEMPLATE, and then continued cutting the bottom of the oval. It was easy to do. The next two ovals, were cut in full.
I am not very good at using circles and ovals. It took me a while to come up with a layout/sketch. I decided squares on the side looked good, and I just knew I wanted to use my scallop punch. I will create a label for my cards where I used circles and ovals. That way if you aren't comfy with them either, you can see what I have done with them, and maybe it will help you!
I stamped the outline of the single flower head all over the back with White Craft ink. That made a nice background. A little hard to see in the photo. There is a lot of Paper Piercing and White doodling with the gel pen. The ribbon is the Double Stitched Blue Bayou Ribbon.
Hope you like my card! Sorry I didn't get on the computer yesterday. Wednesday is a busy day for me. And then we end it with Church in the evening. I was just whipped after church. Have fun stampin'! I hope I have inspired you to get that "Heartfelt Thanks" stamp set out!!
Andi

Shore do Love you

Hello friends! Here is yet another card using the Crab & Company stamp set by Stampin' Up! What a fun set!! I plan to make a bunch of cards for my sister for her birthday. That is the #1 reason I bought this set. I love gifts like that. I keep the set and get years and years of use with them, my friends and family get the cards. They love the cards, because they are all done and ready to send. It is "win, win" ;)

This card's color scheme is Taken with Teal and Chocolate Chip. Love that color combo!! I stamped the crab twice, once for the main image, and once so I could cut out the claws and then pop them out to hold the sign (Key Tag Punch was used to create sign). I used my Aqua Pen to water color the crab. The clam was colored in full with the Taken with Teal Stampin' Write Marker. I added doodling with my white gel pen to the clam, the crab's claws, and around the border of the full card. The scallops were created using my Slit Punch. I have taken a couple photo's of the process to help show you how.

I used my Paper Piercer and Mat Pack for some more details, and the Taken with Teal Stampin' Write Marker was used for details around the Key Tag Punch.

What do you think?? Isn't this crab cute!! Cute stamps are so fun and easy!!

Have fun Stampin' ;)

Crabby Birthday color challenge CC161

Hey! I saw this color combo challenge a few weeks ago and was like "NO WAY" how can you make a card NOT look like a Christmas card when you use Real Red and Glorious Green? I guess I liked the idea of this challenge more than I thought, because I kept thinking about it, and then today I took the challenge!! SO! Here it is! Splitcoastchallenge CC161 Glorious Green, Real Red and Night of Navy. Whew! A challenge indeed. I chose to use Crab & Company. My newest addition to my stamp collection. I really, really like how this card turned out. Glad I took the challenge. I did a bit of Paper Tole (stamped the image twice and cut out the face to pop it out, and then cut out part of the claws to pop them out) The face, claws, cake and gift are all embossed. I wanted them to stand out. I off set the google eyes to make him humorous! The eyes were too large for the shrimp, so I added some glaze to the shrimps eyes. The hat was actually punched out using SU!'s retired Birthday Hat punch. It worked perfectly! I added some doodling with my white Gel Pen, and some red gingham ribbon.

Hope you like it! What do you think about those color's?!?

Happy Stampin' Friends ;)

Featured Stamper Challenge

Hello! This is the first time I have ever tried the Featured Stampers Challenge on Splitcoaststampers. I chose a card, and used it for inspiration. I kept the same color scheme and sketch. My stamps are different, and I used flower eyelets and a lot of piercing. I THINK I followed the rules! The card I featured was first created by Jodi, AKA KHARAGIRL

I used Pretty Princess, retired by Stampin' Up!. The princess was stamped with Basic Black onto white card stock. I then stamped her again on Almost Amethyst and Pretty in Pink. the crown & top of the dress was cut out of the Almost Amethyst, and the heart from her crown, and star were cut out of Pretty in Pink. I water colored the dress that was stamped on white with those colors as well. I used my paper piercer and Mat Pack to create a border around the girl and the card. The larger crown was stamped twice. Once on white, and once on Pretty In Pink. I punched out a scallop out of Almost Amethysts, and two circles, one 1 3/8 out of Pretty in Pink, and 1 1/2 with the crown centered on the white. The ribb0n is Stampin' Up's Gingham ribbon. LOOOVE it! The eyelets are retired :( Sorry! Some white doodling with my gel pen, and I think that sums it up! Thanks for looking! Happy Stampin'

Crabby Pop up card

Hey! We had a nice day. Sun was shining, kids were good, and the stampin' was fun! I created a pop-up card as shown by Dawn. Check out her cute card and her tutorial!

I used crab from Crab & Company. First time using this set! It really is cute! I chose my color scheme from the Color Challenge CC162 on splitcoaststampers. Basic Grey (I had to substitute Going Gray for Basic Grey), Blush Blossom, and Groovy Guava. I also used a Paper Tole (I call it paper piecing ) technique/ challenge TLC162 and an emboss resist technique for the crab. For the layering technique, I first stamped the crab on white. I colored him all in using my aquapainter and SU! Groovy Guava & Going Grey ink pads. Then I stamped him AGAIN. I colored in his face, and his claws. I then stamped him AGAIN, this time I colored in half of his claw. Next for the embossing. I used my VersaMark marker, colored over the images, sprinkled clear embossing powder over the crabs, and then heat embossed with my embossing gun. This seals in the coloring I did earlier. Time for a bit of brayering. I brayered the sky Soft Sky. The sand is Blush Blossom. Very simple. No shading or anything. A bit of Groovy Guava was added to the the top and sides. Time for some Piercing! I got my piercer out and my Mat Pack and pierced around Mr. Crab. I then continued with my layering technique. I cut out the face and claws I had colored in separate. To adhere them, I used Pop Dots. Mr. Crab is very dimensional!! Googly eyes added some life to the party crab too. Lets see, Groovy Guava and Going Gray border Mr. Crab and I paper pierced that too ;) The piece behind Mr. Crab is SIMPLE. I just took the shell and stamped all over for a background. I used Going Grey on the Blush Blossom Card Stock, backed that up with Going Grey.

This is such a cute card, and it closes up flat, fits right into a regular sized envelope! Check out Dawns Blog for instructions!! She has video, so I will let her do the tutorials ;)

Quinten's birthday shots

Hey! I know this is't stampin', and that is what my blog is all about....but...I thought you might like it if I shared my cutie with you??? Don't you just love the blue frosting and chocolate icecream dripping from his chin to his little fingers! Yesterday was his birthday. I was really busy the whole day! Today I will stamp. I already have the card cut out...just have to stamp and decorate. I am having a get together to stamp today, so I will post tonight! See you then!! Now Get STAMPIN'

Mother's Day Gift 2

Hello! I apologize for not getting this posted yesterday! It was completed, but I didn't get a chance to get on my blog! I am really loving this project. I am loving how fast it is. I hope they still look really good even though they are not as involved as my cards. I got some great snaps of Quinten while we were decorating eggs. There will be two of him. The sun was coming in bright while we were decorating. I love all the shadowing. Of course, hard to really capture through a photo. The transparency sheet really wants to glare and reflect...

Starting off with the On Board Book Basics, I stuck to the plan to use the same DSP through out this project. I am using Le Jardin DSP. The colors I chose to compliment are So Saffron and Basic Black. I stamped the "Quinten" with Basic Black onto a transparency sheet. Pure and Simple Alphabet was used. This set is retired, but any nice solid lined, clear print alphabet would work. I guess that is it for stamps. I decorated with all my punches (Slit punch for the scallops, Tag & small Tag punches), and I used my uni-ball White Gel Pen for doodling, some brads, and of course, some piercing. I love the mat pack to go along with the piercer. It really helps to make those holes all line up perfect. I also pierced the scallops.

Hope you like! Happy Stampin'!

Mother's Day gift part 1

Here is a sneak peak at my Mother's Day gift for "mom's mom" as my little ones call her!! This is my first attempt at decorating chipboard. The chipboard is 5 X7 On Board Book Basics . I thought they would make a great gift for my mothers. This is like the first of about 8! There are 4 "pages" and then double sided.... I thought they could be used like frames and they could rotate them around for a different photo. I will hook them together when I have them all done.

One Scrapbook basic for me is, if the photo is black and white, it is much easier to group a bunch of photos together to "unite" them all. Actually, that is a basic for my for any photo project. For example, one of the walls in my home is full of 5X7 photos of my children. All at different ages, different seasons. They all match because they are in the same frames, and all the photos are black and white. Had the photos been all full color, my wall would be crazy. Just way too much. I keep the same idea for my scrapbooking. That way, you can match up photos that wouldn't normally match, or pick out background paper that you really like, and not have to worry about it matching the color of the shirt your child it wearing...Ethan is wearing Tie-dye in this photo! Bright colors would look great with him if it were full color photo, but then the bright colors really wouldn't match my mother and her home decor. WHEW, now that I explained that!!!
SO, I used the On Board Basics, Photo Corner Punch, Key Tag punch, Tab punch, Le Jardin DSP, Mellow Moss, and Basic Black card stocks. Pretty simple design really. The final touches really set it off. What I really like about this "page" is that I used the clear transparency sheet right on top of the page. This way, not only will it protect the photo, but I stamped Ethan's name right on the transparency sheet with Black Stazon ink. It really looks sharp. I plan to carry this technique through out the pages. Hope you like it!!
Happy Stampin' and craftin' y'all!!

Thank you for my mother

Hello Friends! What a gorgeous day here in upstate NY!! I just got back with a couple of my kids from a bike ride. It is breezy out, but nice and sunny ;)

I made a thank you for my mother. She watched all of my boys at the drop of a hat this weekend. My family is all great. They are all always there for me!! The weekend, my mom gave me the opportunity to take my daughter shopping at the mall. This is a rare thing. With one daughter and five boys, the mall just isn't appealing to me!! Much more fun with just my daughter! ;)

I decided to make another Surprise Pop-Up card. The other one is already in the mail, so I figure, she hasn't seen this yet, so!, a good design to make again!! My mother really likes pink, so I went with Close to Cocoa and Pretty in Pink for my color scheme. I used the Stampin' Up! set Because of You (sorry, retired). I haven't really ever used this set yet, and it really spoke to me last night. Perfect for my mom! She LOVES flowers, and the saying is right on! I colored one of the flowers, Almost Amethyst & Pretty in Pink, and the other flower I colored Apricot Appeal and a bit of Pretty in Pink again with the Close to Cocoa in the middle. The butterfly's are amethyst and pink. I went over the flowers and the butterfly's with the VersaMark marker so I could emboss them and the brayer the background a bit. I used Certainly Celery for the grass, and Soft Sky with a touch of Pretty in Pink for the sky. Some of the grass was hand drawn, some was with the stamp that came with the set. I used Always Artichoke for that. A bit of white doodling with my handy dandy gel pen, and I think that sums it up! Feel free to contact me if you have any questions!

Happy Stampin'

Birthday card for a Friend

Hey Friends! Here is a card I made for a friend who has a little cutie that is turning 2 just before my little cutie!! Literally JUST before! We were in the hospital together. Only I always say, she "cheated" because she had her little boy 3 weeks early and I had to go the full 9 months!! ha ha ;)


The card I made today is a suprise pop - up card. Pull the ribbon and the inside is revealed.

You can find instructions for this type of card in the gallery under resource. This Stampin' Up! set is old. The boy is actually holding a ice slushy, I didn't ink that up. I inked up the balloon the little girl in the set is holding. I did this twice so he could be holding up "2" balloons. Going with the "two" theme here!! Two balloons, two brads and the number "2". My color scheme is Wild Wasabi and Apricot Appeal. I stamped the balloons on the white with the little boy (we'll call him Matthew), then one on Wild Wasabi, and one on Apricot Appeal. I cut them out of the colored paper, then pasted them on the white. The white dots were added with gel pen. I also paper pieced the little coverals. I stamped the little boy a second time onto Certainly Celery Designers Series Prints, then cut the overals out and pasted them onto "Matthew"on the white paper. I framed the image with Black and Apricot Appeal. The dots are with my gel pen. I added glitter to the popcorn. Glitter always seems to mess my photo's up, but I think you get the idea.
Hope you like it!! Hope Matthew likes it!!
Happy Stampin' !!

My baby is almost TWO

Hello Friends! I am sorry I have been away from my blog for a couple days :( Friday was crazy. I was really busy with my little ones. Then I had a workshop that afternoon. Saturday my daughter had a tournament all day. I did stamp, but by the time the card was done, it was too dark to take a photo! I just LOVE this card. (can I toot my own horn?) There is a lot of inspiration with this card. My baby is turning 2 this week. I thought I would make him a card. I don't always make cards for my children. I feel like I am making a card for myself. I think I will do something with this card after his birthday, maybe add a photo to it and scrap them together? Or something with chip board and have a them framed together? More inspiration came from Beate's technique "thumping". The title of her technique was intriguing. I thought maybe I had done it before and just didn't call it anything. Maybe I have....I don't know. BUT I wouldn't have last night if I weren't on Split Coast Stampers, checking out what is new! Check it out!! Very cool Technique and I think it turned out great on this card. My other inspiration came from the sketch challenge. I checked out this weeks sketch, then went on to figure out what would go with it! I had the idea to use 2 cupcakes (the cupcake is from Treat Yourself by Stampin' Up!), I wanted to use my Wild Wasabi Double Stitched Ribbon, and the Print Pattern Background stamp. Wild Wasabi Ribbon started me off on a color scheme. Night of Navy I thought would look great with it and I chose some DSP for the cupcakes - Certainly Celery and So Saffron. I stamped the Cupcakes on white card stock. Then again on the Celery DSP and on the So Saffron paper. From the images stamped on the DSP, I cut out the cupcake bottoms, the little flame, and the cupcake tops. The only thing I water colored in is the candle, with Night of Navy. Because the cupcakes are so large, I trimmed them close. Not trying to over do it, I only paper pierced a bit in the corners on these pieces. I trimmed some Night of Navy behind them closely too in hopes to keep them looking as "one" piece. (as shown on sketch) I then used Wild Wasabi behind the navy, leaving enough border so that I could paper pierce. I used the "thumping" technique on the large background stamp. I first inked it in Wild Wasabi, then took my Night of Navy marker and started tapping the side of it onto the already inked stamp. It left navy markings all over. I "huffed" on the stamp to make sure the ink was moist enough before stamping, and then stamped it, trimmed it to size, and added some Wasabi behind it. I then tried the same technique with the #2 from Pure & Simple Numbers. I inked it in Wild Wasabi and then added Night of Navy taps from the marker. I stamped it on white, then cut it out leaving a border around the #2. I stamped the "you're" from the Family Phrases stamp "you're invited". I did this by taking my Night of Navy marker and only inking the "you're" and omitting the invited. The window punch worked perfectly for this image. I wanted it to really tie the two cupcakes in together, so I placed it touching both cupcakes, added the #2 right on top, and then added a couple brads to really drill the "2" theme in!! I think the whole card just says "2" to me!! Two squares, two cupcakes, two brads, two corners with ribbon, and of course the number 2!! Add some white doodling, some Dazzling Diamonds glitter, and I think that sums it all up!!

I hope you like my card!!

Happy Stampin'

Birthday card with bookmark for my cousin

Hello Friends! I got the idea to add a bookmark as shown, from Mary Jones. I like the idea of having a circle behind the scalloped bookmark. I don't think this card photographed well, I used a lot of Glaze and the card glared a lot with the camera. Sorry. I think you get the idea though.

I made this card for my cousin. She is pretty young, so I wanted to make it girly and cutsie. Happy Heart Day I thought would be perfect!! I knew I had some of this retired DSP left from Stampin' Up! I used that as a starting point and pulled out Tempting Turquoise, Yo Yo Yellow and Orchid Opulence for my color scheme. There is a lot of paper piecing in this card. I used the floral Orchid paper for the shirt of the mouse, and for the butterfly wings. Both of those then have glaze right over the paper. The heart is paper pieced with another DSP from the same set of papers. I think the DSP is called Sweet. I colored in the flower on the heart with Tempting Turquoise and then added glaze on top of it to make it pop. The birthday hat is actually from Crab & Company. The Happy Birthday is from Family Phrases. It is cute, I doodled around the HB with Yo Yo Yellow. You can't really see it in the photo. I also did a lot of paper piercing. You really can't see it all in the photo. I paper pierced around the large floral square, around the oval, under the scallop bookmark, the large white piece is paper pierced and so are the dots on the butterfly's "journey". The flower on the bookmark has glaze as well. I water colored in the flower and then added glaze. As for punches, I used the Scallop Punch, Word Window Punch, 1 3/8 circle punch, 1 1/4 circle punch and the Key Tag Punch.

It is a bummer it didn't photo well. I tried several shots and just couldn't get it to photograph. Must be because there is so much glaze. It really is a cute card...hope you like it anyway!

Happy Stampin'

Andi

Tutorial on Plastic Bag Double Slider

Here is the tutorial I promised. Dawn has created one on video if you can't understand mine. I am still a new blogger. I haven't gotten into video yet!! I took photo's of every stage. In this tutorial, I am going to let you into my head....my thought process of this card. Are you scared??

Here is a photo of supplies.

• Your card front layout, approx size for my card is 3 1/2 by 5 1/2




• card base, for my card I used 5 1/2 by 11"




• Sticky strip tape, this is recommended because it is so strong




• strip from grocery bag, about 1" wide, about 12" long
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

I started with my color scheme. This card is for my sister, her favorite color is green. So I started with Always Artichoke. From there I used my color coach. GOTTA HAVE ONE!! I got the idea to use Brilliant Blue and Bravo Burgundy with the green. CRAZY!! Bright blue??? I know! But, I like it. I really do. Next, the stamp set. I really wanted to use True Friend. I have seen so many cards with that set that I really like. I wanted to try and make one I could be proud of. Then I just started choosing stamps and working the colors in. Fist stamp I used is the "Thank U" stamp. I really wanted to make it POP, so I wanted to emboss it. I couldn't find my VersaMark pad, so I tried something new...I used my pen directly on the rubber stamp. I wasn't sure if it would work... I went over the stamp with the pen, then with the Brilliant Blue on "thank" and the inside of the "U". I then used the Always Artichoke and tapped the "AA" pen on the rest of the stamp. It kind of looks COOL. I then stamped it on white, and used clear powder to emboss the image. I then trimmed the image, added a piece of Brilliant Blue close cut, and then Always Artichoke, with a larger border so I could paper pierce. You have to kind of plan for these things. I really like close borders, but for paper piercing, the border should be larger. The next image I played with is the large flower with stem. I used my markers and colored the image in. No embossing. I just wanted the one image to "pop". I bordered it tightly with Always Artichoke, and then with a larger border using Bravo Burgundy. I used the white gel pen and doodled a bit on the Burgundy. Then I stamped the small flower's with the circle border. I inked them with markers too. Then punched them out with the 1 1/4 punch, the blue is with the 1 3/8 punch.

ok, next, I set my pieces out and figured out how I wanted them to be on my card front.

Next, I placed them on the Always Artichoke Paper, cut 12 X 5 1/2 and then Scored my card.

Score at 1", 4 1/2, 8" and then at 11" the last inch will be cut off so the total dimension of card is 5 1/2 X 11

Ok, this photo is confusing. There isn't much shadowing on the photo, so it LOOKS like there are only three sections, in reality, there are FOUR sections. The fourth is folded over the third. SO SORRY. I didn't notice until now. The piece of plastic bag is wrapped around the FOURTH section. It goes like this

• first section (I scalloped it) is the flap that folds over the BACK of the card to keep the card shut



• the second section is the FRONT of the card



• the third section is the BACK of the card



• the fourth section is the piece that goes in the MIDDLE of the card (wrap the plastic bag here, use sticky tape to keep it wrapped together, make sure it slides around the card good )

You will need two pieces for the inside of your card. The total size on these is about 3 X 5 1/2. You want the inside pieces to be a little less wide than your card so they can slide easy. On one inside piece, you stamp your image at the top. This piece will slide up the top. The other piece, stamp image at bottom. It will slide out bottom.

This is a better shot. You can see the construction here.


Here I am attempting to show you how you put the inside pieces in. These are not taped yet. I just want you to see what the inside of the card will look like while it is opened up.

Ok, the sticky tape against the scalloped side is the BACK FLAP. The next section is actually the inside of the FRONT. Next you can see a bit of the pull-out section that pulls out to the bottom. You will tape the inside piece that pops UP to the plastic bag, on the BOTTOM. The piece that pops DOWN will be stuck to the plastic bag on the TOP.

Here is a photo showing you the sticky strip on the TOP of the baggy strip.

I ended up stamping the large flower in Always Artichoke all over my card front and back. Then added a bit of white with the gel pen. The little circle flowers were not needed after that.

I added some ribbon at top of card to encourage you to pull up. When you pull the ribbon up, the inside of the card pop's up, and down pop's down, at the same time! Really need a video to show how cool this card is. Check out Dawns blog if you want to see it in action!! Her address is in my favorite blogs...

WHEW!!

Happy Stampin' All!!

cute 3X3 cards

Hello Friends! Here are a couple cute little 3X3 cards. Now I know why Beate loves them so much. They ARE cute and FUN to make. They work great with the Pun Fun Stampin' Up! set! WHICH IS ON SPECIAL this month. If you buy the set, you get the coordinately wheel FREE!!! Contact me if you are interested in the set!! The special is through the end of April, 2008.

The Birdie's color scheme is Regal Rose, Certainly Celery and So Saffron. I water colored the bird in with my Aqua Painter, did some Paper Piercing, and added a bit of ribbon. Boom, done.

The Latte color scheme was Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip and Regal Rose. Very simple cards. But cute. I used the Word Window punch, and some brads. Boom, done. Hee Hee! Hope you like!!

Thank Ewe for sister

Hello Friends!! I'm ba-ack!! I had a really nice trip with my sister this weekend. Another sister of mine kept a couple of my children so I didn't have to travel with all of my kids. I thought I would make her a thank you. Here it is. It really needs a tutorial. In fact, I saw this card made on Dawns blog, remembered the "gist" of it and made it from memory....that is, made it wrong from memory. I had to rip part of it apart and fix it ;) I will create tutorial for it tomorrow. I am still backed up with laundry and kitchen work today, I only had time to create the card, not tutorial ;)
SO!

My color scheme is Old Olive, and Pink Passion to match the Flower Fusion on the lower right corner. I stamped the cute ewe in black Stazon then colored over it with VersaMark so I could emboss resist. I used Gable Green and Old Olive for the grass (Always Artichoke Marker for individual blades) My flowers were Pink Passion Marker. The sky is Sky Blue with Pink Passion highlights. I finished the card off with my Photo Corner Punch, some Paper Piercing, the Flower Fusion flowers and some brads. On the inside of the card, the top pull-out reads "Thank Ewe" in pink passion. I decorated with the Rub-On's for the SAB. I have never used rub on's before. They were fun! And I think they look cool. I used the Double Stitched Soft Sky ribbon at the top of the card to encourage the receiver to pull up on inside tab.
When you pull the top of the card, the bottom comes out at the same time! Very Cool. I promise to do a tutorial for this card. If you would like to check it NOW, check out Dawn's blog. She has a bunch of tutorials on her blog, including the Plastic Bag Double Slider card!!
Happy Stampin' Friends and I hope you like my card!!

Baskets made by my mom and sister ;)

Hello! Here are the baskets I told you about yesterday. My mother and sister came over yesterday and I taught them how to make that adorable basket. I think they had fun. The baskets they made turned out GREAT!!

Debby's color scheme is Chocolate Chip and Bashful Blue. She used a few different stamp sets together. Debby used Boho Backgrounds for the background. The flower is from Priceless, and the cute little purse is from A Little Love. I don't use that set much, but how adorable on this little basket! Great job!


Heidi's color scheme is Mellow Moss, Chocolate Chip, White and So Saffron. The Stampin' Up! set she used is Boho Backgrounds. The flower in the center was created by first inking up with VersaMark ink and then with Chocolate Chip right on top. She then embossed with clear powder. This allowed her to then color in the image with So Saffron with out smearing brown. Heidi paper pierced the handle and added some white with the uniball white gel pen.
This basket Heidi created using Close to Cocoa and Chocolate Chip, with Bashful Blue as an accent. The two stamp sets used are Boho Backgrounds and A Little Love. Heidi crimped some Bashful Blue for the inside of the basket!
All turned out GREAT!
Thanks for looking. I think I am going away for the full weekend, so I won't be stamping and posting....sorry!
Have a great weekend!
As always, happy stampin'

Cute basket and matching note card

Hello! I know I posted a basket yesterday. Yesterday I was trying to post a more "elegant" basket. Today's basket is CUTE. I used Stampin' Up!'s Pun Fun. There is a cute note card to match. My color scheme is Regal Rose, Certainly Celery and Whisper White. I colored the skunk in with Almost Amethyst, Certainly Celery and Regal Rose. A bit of paper piercing, some punches, and a bit of ribbon, and DONE! Quick and EASY! ;)

....upcoming for tomorrow....MORE baskets. I have to share. My sister and mom came over and stamped a bit. Their baskets, yes same pattern, are different yet! So great. My house is a disaster, I must clean tomorrow, and FOLD LAUNDRY!!! So I am posting my mom and sisters baskets tomorrow! Better come back and check them out too ;)

Happy Stampin' Friends!!

Andi

Pretty Basket

Hey, I thought this was a cute basket when I saw it made up for Easter. I had never made one before. I thought I would attempt to make a favor for a wedding (?) I wanted to make it pretty. A friend of mine is looking for ideas....


This was SOOOO easy. If you like the look of it, TRY IT! Wow, easy. Another friend was looking for a project to make for 60 guests, this would be great. It is quick and easy, REALLY!!


For this project, my color scheme is Close to Cocoa and Taken with Teal. I used two different wheels. The wheel on the left is (LOVE LOVE LOVE the jumbo wheels! Contact me for more info on Stampin' Up!'s FREE WHEELING promotion!!) Jumbo Petals the wheel on the right is Jumbo So Swirly. The stamp sets I used are Polka Dots & Paisley and Priceless. Ok, the flowers aren't a perfect match...but I didn't want to add candy. I wanted it to have more of an elegant look rather than just cute. If the flowers matched, I think it would be better...;)


I made directions up with a photo.
REVISED!! OH MY I forgot to tell you how big the square is!!
The base of the basket is a 5 1/2 square! Score all sides at 1 3/4

#1 are the strips for the handle measuring 3/4" and 1/4"
#2 wheel or stamp out background
#3 score all around 1 3/4"
#4 add sticky strip pieces to inside corners of outer corners
#5 round corners if you want (only one shown)
#6 cut into center corner (4 cuts)
I hope this helps!

Below I was trying to show how you pull up ends and then adhere to the middle square. Do this on both sides. Adhere the strip for a handle and you are done!

Happy Stampin' Friends!!