Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Father's Day

With Mother's Day just on our Tails (Hope you were all spoiled rotten btw!), We have to start thinking a little more masculine. Sometime's it's a little difficult to get out heads around a card that would appeal to a man. Obviously bling is out...no dazzling diamonds! :( So what says Masculine better than rusty nuts and sandpaper? Ok...I didn't actually use sandpaper on the card...but hmmm....that's an idea....but this card has been sanded. And not just a little bit of sanding like you would see on a distressed card...this is sanding on steriods. It's called the faux linen technique, and can be seen in detail on splitcoaststampers.com. It's glossy white paper, stamped and sponged, and then sanded vertically and horizontally. Then the large tree was stamped after. This set is Lovely as a Tree from Stampin' Up. The ribbon is Chocolate Chip grosgrain. The saying is from Define Your Life, (also SU, of course). I realy love this card, and I'll be doing it at my Gander stamp club meeting (If I ever get out there! lol).

I hope you all have a great weekend, and also, check out my Facebook Group, Come Stamp with me! http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=73540154176
I'm trying to get video's uploaded on a semi-regular basis with new ideas and techniques. And of course, if you would like to book a party, or join me for one, email me, amie.greene@gmail.com, and we'll set something up! That's where the fun really is!!

Have a safe and fun weekend, and don't drink and drive!

And of course, Happy Scrappin'!!

Amie
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Friday, March 6, 2009

Now it's your turn.....

That's right, you heard me. It's your turn. I need your help. I've been working on this card for two nights now, and it won't quite come to life like I'd like. I added the ribbon, which is not a Stampin' Up product, to try and spice it up a little, but there is still something about it thats not quite right. I don't know if I like the congrats stamped on the DSP. there are little flowers stamped all over the background in versamark, so that fills it up a little...but I think maybe it's the 1 dimensionalness of it all. I'd love to hear some suggestions!! amie.greene@gmail.com

Thanks!! :)


Happy Stampin'!

Amie
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Flower Power

I recently bought the scallop circle punch, and I can't say I've played with it a lot yet. I've seen a few cards done with this little scalloped flowers, and it turns out that I really like them! It's super easy, and combined with the 1/2 cirlce punch and the scallop edge punch, it's a nice little easy card to use at parties to show off some of Stampin' Up's fun punches! I got the layout idea from Gina K's recent "kissing" video on her stamp tv website . The flower stems are from one of the new level two hostess sets, Itty Bitty Buds. the edge of the scalloped circle is shaded using the chocolate chip Stampin' Pastels. The DSP is Sweet Always, and the colours are Chocolate Chip and Pink Pirouette. The "Congratulations" stamp is from the SAB set, Congrats, (earn after buying $60.00 of merchandise!) (Email me to place an order!) (amie.greene@gmail.com) lol


Stay Tuned for more, and as always, Happy Stampin'!
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Cherish


I'm involved in a swap between demonstrators all across Canada, (optional, of course, make 11 cards, get back 10), so I'm still assembling mine, but they have to get in the mail by the end of this weekend! The theme for the swap is Wedding card invitations. I don't actually have either SU wedding set, and I think that even if I did, I would still use this set. Partly because I think that the few Wedding sets that are available will probably get lots of coverage in this swap (I hope so, so that I can still show them). But mostly because I Love love love this tree, and let me tell you that this picture does not even do this card justice. (man, I need a light box!) I love everything about this card...it almost makes me want to get married again! It looks more like a wedding card than an invitation, perhaps, but whatever, I love it.
It's a rather simple design, the colours are Chocolate chip and Very Vanilla, a nice classic combination. The background is dry embossed with one of the new swirly Texturz Plates from Stampin' Up. The tree is first stamped in Chocolate, and then stamped overtop with Versamark, and then embossed with clear embossing powder. This look could also be accomplished by using Chocolate chip craft ink, or versamark and chocolate EP. (neither of which I have). Cherish comes from the Baroque Motifs set. The brown strip up the side has the leaves from the tree embossed on it in clear EP. I think its a nice classic look. This stamp set is amazing. Out next stamp club meeting with be using this tree for a sympathy card.

Makes you rethink finding a place in your house for the matching Decor Element, doesn't it? Email me to order!
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Yummy!


Since one of the SAB sets is called Yummy, I thought I'd share something else thats Yummy! lol I'm also an Epicure Consultant, for those of you who didn't know and might keep track! Anyways, they have some great specials for March, and I've included the flyer for you to have a look. If you wish to place an order, you can email me at amie.greene@gmail.com and I can have it shipped to you!
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Egg-tra Early Easter!

Betcha didn't know I could make such a cheesy title! lol Although everyone's probably sick to death of this little chick already, I had to share a couple of cards I had at a previous workshop. This top one was one I made to show, and the bottom was one that we did for a make-and-take. Both ideas are CASED from cards I saw on Splitcoaststampers. The top was by a member who calls themselves J Bracht. The bottom was a member called msb4u. The top is such a cute idea, the top half of the card opens up to show the chick underneath. This is using A Good Egg stamp set, and the DSP is from Washington Apple, cardstock is Bashful blue and Tangerine Tango. Please excuse me if any of this is wrong, as I'm trying to remember from 3 weeks ago!


This card is a cutie! Ive done spinner cards before, made with two pennies, but I think this one is one of the cuter ones. Using this egg in the shell is a neat idea for this stamp set. I'm not all about the Easter cards, but this is a neat idea. the first spinner card I ever saw was one mom made for the kids last year or the year before, using a solid egg. So I had the idea in my mind to do this when a hostess requested an Easter card, and it went over really well. This is also using Washington Apple DSP and the colours are Summer Yellow, Tangerine Tango, Real Red and Whisper White. I've got some major catching up to do on my blogging, (sorry about that!) So stay tuned for more today, as long as the kids co-operate! I had a party booked for this Sunday morning, but it's been postponed until next weekend, so I have a little time to catch up and get organized for my next trip out to my Stamp Club (aka mom's house for a visit!)

Happy Stampin'!
Amie
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Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Workshop card #2

Last night we had a nice little workshop here at my house, 6 people and myself, and we have a lovely time. We did two make-and-takes, one was shown in an earlier post with the four flowers from Sweet Stems, and this is the second. I love this card. It was a nice, easy one to make, but it did show the girls some techniques that some of them hadn't seen before. Since a lot of the girls last night were fairly new (or totally new) to paper crafting, I wanted some that weren't too advanced. This card features a Designer paper from the Candy Cane Lane series, and the cardstock is Very Vanilla and Chocolate Chip (mmmm.....candycane, vanilla and chocolate...sounds like a yummy Christmasy milkshake or something! hehe) The flowers are adorable, from the Simply Said set, and the butterfly and the trail of words are from Flight of the Butterly. I think last night I was referring to the sentiment as the tail....hehe....I do know that butterflies don't have tails, btw. Don't ask me what I was thinking! lol

Anyways, the flowers are stamped in Chocolate Chip and the sentiment in Close to Cocoa, while the butterfly is in Riding Hood Red. We used the Stamp-a-ma-jig to line up the sentiment, and that was something new that some of the girls hadn't tried before. We also embossed a few random flowers with versamarker and clear EP. I like it...nice...simple...fun, and sharp looking. Hope you enjoy. Now I gotta get down to business again and try to plan something good for my stamp club! :)Happy Scrappin'...hope to post more later!
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