July 8, 16/ 2019 Three not so Quick Cards
It was a Stamparatus evening. Each card used it for a different purpose – for proper placement on an small oval, for stamping a word multiple times and to accurately line up a stem and leaf (on the inside of the vases card). The time consuming card in this batch was Best Wishes. It took a while to arrange the ’spray’ of leaves with the flower and the oval but I think it was worth the extra time.
June 15/ 2019 New Catalogue Open House
Fun and games, stamping and chatting, snacking and ‘coffeeing’ and of course seeing some new products and comparing notes about the catalogue – that was what the day was all about.
Using the new In Colours we created a bookmark and then stamped a card with the Good Morning Magnolia set.
Using the new In Colours we created a bookmark and then stamped a card with the Good Morning Magnolia set.
June 10, 11, 12/ 2019 Three not so Quick Cards
A rose and two very masculine cards were the cards for this month. The rose was a new technique as we stamped and embossed on designer paper using just a die. Something a little different to expand the use of your dies. Then we had to fussy cut it so it took a little longer to create.
The other 2 cards went together a little quicker. They all used a little DSP – loving it and chopping it!
May 27, 2019 Love it, Chop it, Use it, Send it
In other words make a card using DSP and actually mail it to someone! Novel idea!!
We talked about Kylie Bertucci’s idea of chopping up designer paper into usable sizes as soon as it arrived in our stamping room instead of just lovingly gazing at the 12x12 sheets. Then we proceeded to make some cards with those chopped up pieces and use the paper in a few different ways. This included an origami shirt (as Father’s Day is coming up) and an envelope made just by folding the DSP.
We talked about Kylie Bertucci’s idea of chopping up designer paper into usable sizes as soon as it arrived in our stamping room instead of just lovingly gazing at the 12x12 sheets. Then we proceeded to make some cards with those chopped up pieces and use the paper in a few different ways. This included an origami shirt (as Father’s Day is coming up) and an envelope made just by folding the DSP.
May 8, 13, 14/ 2019 Three not so Quick Cards
Roses and daisies and deer – suitable for any occasion with one especially masculine one. The rose was die cut and coloured with sponge daubers. It's the card that took the most time with embossing, die cutting and colouring, but I think it turned out pretty nice!
The daisies are just pretty and soon to disappear as they are retiring. The deer are from an old set, ‘In the Meadow’, but a great masculine one.
The daisies are just pretty and soon to disappear as they are retiring. The deer are from an old set, ‘In the Meadow’, but a great masculine one.
April 27, 28/ 2019 Three not so Quick Cards
Perhaps a wedding card, perhaps a Father’s Day card and perhaps a thinking of you card. Or it could be grad, birthday and haven’t talked in a while cards. That’s the fun of cardmaking… change the sentiment and it’s a brand new card!
We were die cutting, embossing, masking and sponging with great results…
We were die cutting, embossing, masking and sponging with great results…
September 22 & 23/2018 A Christmas Card Buffet
Four months until Christmas may seem like a long time away, BUT there are Christmas cards to be made, addressed and mailed!
Stampin’ Up! has made it easy this year with lots of coordinating stamps and dies in the Holiday Mini.
This first card uses ‘Peaceful Poinsettia 'with Blends to color. The second card uses the tree from ‘Rooted in Nature’ with the ‘Hometown Greetings’ edgelits. Unfortunately the glittery greeting doesn’t show in the photo – a mixture of black embossing powder and glitter was used to heat emboss it.
This ‘Blizzard’ Thinlits die is wonderful! Not only can you use the snowflakes that are cut out, but the cut up paper (or vellum as we used here) can be used as a background. The Merry Christmas card uses ‘Joyous Noel’ DSP - with its copper foil accents it’s beautiful. Add a strip of copper foil and a snowflake and put it on a layer of whisper white embossed with the Tufted embossing folder and a pretty quick card is the result.
This is a trifold card – hard to take a photo of it! Gold embossed to match the gold in the ‘All is Bright’ DSP.
Tumbling ‘Spirited Snowmen’… I love snowmen! The top of the card was EMBOSSED with the CUTTING Framelit from ‘Stitched Labels’. It’s easy to do using the Big Shot Embossing Mats (p.221 in the Annual Catalogue).
Just the dies from ‘Peaceful Poinsettia’ were used on the first card. We cut two solid images from Very Vanilla and then the outline image from Gold foil. The gold glitter sprigs were punched with the ‘Sprig’ punch. The Merry Christmas card uses the ‘Dashing Deer’ Thinlits and the ‘Tin Tile’ dynamic embossing folder. A light sponging with bright copper ‘Shimmer Paint’ highlighted the design. Did you notice the little scallops on the left of the Merry Christmas banner? They are the tiny die cut snowflakes like the one in the top right of the card.
The ‘Spirited Snowmen’ couple are cute but the card is almost elegant with it’s forest of ‘Winter Woods’ trees. The glittery snow on the trees and the snow banks is hard to see in the photo but its there!! The Making Spirits Bright card uses retired Stampin’ Up! layering star dies. The music, although not Christmas (Sheet Music p. 174 in the Annual Catalogue), makes for a joyful card.
Stampin’ Up! has made it easy this year with lots of coordinating stamps and dies in the Holiday Mini.
This first card uses ‘Peaceful Poinsettia 'with Blends to color. The second card uses the tree from ‘Rooted in Nature’ with the ‘Hometown Greetings’ edgelits. Unfortunately the glittery greeting doesn’t show in the photo – a mixture of black embossing powder and glitter was used to heat emboss it.
This ‘Blizzard’ Thinlits die is wonderful! Not only can you use the snowflakes that are cut out, but the cut up paper (or vellum as we used here) can be used as a background. The Merry Christmas card uses ‘Joyous Noel’ DSP - with its copper foil accents it’s beautiful. Add a strip of copper foil and a snowflake and put it on a layer of whisper white embossed with the Tufted embossing folder and a pretty quick card is the result.
This is a trifold card – hard to take a photo of it! Gold embossed to match the gold in the ‘All is Bright’ DSP.
Tumbling ‘Spirited Snowmen’… I love snowmen! The top of the card was EMBOSSED with the CUTTING Framelit from ‘Stitched Labels’. It’s easy to do using the Big Shot Embossing Mats (p.221 in the Annual Catalogue).
Just the dies from ‘Peaceful Poinsettia’ were used on the first card. We cut two solid images from Very Vanilla and then the outline image from Gold foil. The gold glitter sprigs were punched with the ‘Sprig’ punch. The Merry Christmas card uses the ‘Dashing Deer’ Thinlits and the ‘Tin Tile’ dynamic embossing folder. A light sponging with bright copper ‘Shimmer Paint’ highlighted the design. Did you notice the little scallops on the left of the Merry Christmas banner? They are the tiny die cut snowflakes like the one in the top right of the card.
The ‘Spirited Snowmen’ couple are cute but the card is almost elegant with it’s forest of ‘Winter Woods’ trees. The glittery snow on the trees and the snow banks is hard to see in the photo but its there!! The Making Spirits Bright card uses retired Stampin’ Up! layering star dies. The music, although not Christmas (Sheet Music p. 174 in the Annual Catalogue), makes for a joyful card.
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