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!
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
Today is the last day to get the Love you Much Bundle at 20% off, and really, it's the last day to get it in time for Valentine's, and that's cutting it close, let's be honest. So Anywho...I was playing with my set tonight, and I have to say, it's a lovely little set. It would be fund for other times of year as well, not just Valentine's, of course, but when you combine the punch, paper, and stamps it really is a Love-ly bundle...great for a day all about Love...
Here we have another variation of the bird card above, only difference really is the window punch on the bottom. The second card here is using the large heart stamp in the set, versamarked once, and then stamped in Ruby Red and popped. This one is actually 2 1/2 in" high, because it has a 1 " bottom and is attached on the top like a little triangle. Did I mention that each Valentine has a chocolate heart taped to the inside? The back of this Valentine has hearts punched out as well.
Here are those little birdies again, neither popped this time, just coloured, and still cute. Those hearts are stamped and punched, and they are really sweet. The Love you Much stamp is sweet as well, accompanied by two of the three punches from the punch...just manouvered so that one is left off.
Today it's Arnold's birthday (Chase and Shaelin's poppy who lives here in town), so this morning, amongst my cleaning and napping with Shaelin...(why not!) I made this card for him. We're giving him tickets for dinner and a movie for him and a date...(wonder who he'll take?! lol), so this little gift card-type holder was perfect. I saw a variation on this at the last Demonstrator's meeting, but there's was a little more structured. As you can see in the next picture, the inside is simply folded up and cut in the middle for easy folding. The one I saw was glued on both ends and in the middle, and was designed for gift tags I believe. Anyways, since these gift cards are just long vouchers rather than an actual card, I changed the structure a little and came up with this.
Anyways, on the inside I just stamped the balloon in Versamark. The ribbon I used is NOT Stampin' Up, as I have no invested in any SU ribbons yet. I will, but for now, this one has a polka dot that perfectly matches the So Saffron, so I'm happy with that.
Soooo....of course a new baby in the family means another card to make! And what better reason? Sadie was born today at 3:30 pm, 7 lbs 6 oz, and cute as a button! We had a chance to see her today, so before rushing out the door, I put together this card, which I LOVE. Amazing how sometimes the best ones are the ones that you don't even really have to think about...they're just waiting to be made. this is the Flight of the Butterfly stamp set, and I tell ya, there is no greater tool when using this set than a Stamp-a-ma-jig. And sooo easy to use! I was amazed...mine sat in the box for about 2 months and I broke it out the other night, and I'm not sure how I ever did without it! Anyways, I love these butterflies, and how they are stamped off center of the white paper. The Deisgner series paper is the Raspberry Tart set. The colours used here are Cameo Coral (getting a LOT of use of that one lately), and Rose Red. The Unique stamp is from Define Your Life. I don't get a lot of use from that set, and I'm not sure why, because its a great set. I should use it more often, but I sort of forget about it. But it definetly fits here, because anyone who knows Colin and Lori would definetly describe them as unique...in a good way, of course! So here's my card....this one might have to go into another party I think...I just love looking at it. :) Good night all... :)
My brand-spankin'-new beautiful little niece Sadie. Welcome to the world, little girl. :) Ain't she cute?!
So I was up pretty late last night because I was having a wickedly creative night...(although much of what I did was cased!) And I think this card takes the...well...cupcake! (cheesy, I know!) This card is totally cased from a card my upline, Cheryl, made to bring to our last meeting. Since I had some requests from my stamp club to do some birthday cards, I decided I wouldn't even change the stamp set that Cheryl used, just the colours and style a little. This set is soo super cute. It's called Crazy for Cupcakes. The colours I used here were the same in inks and papers - Baja Breeze, Chocolate chip, and Very Vanilla. The only other ink was rose red for the cherries! Then the cupcake icing was covered in sprinkles (Dazzling Diamonds). I guess you're wondering why theres a little cut out on the top of the card? Have a look at the next picture....(love this!)........
Here's what the card does...although I won't go into great detail, I will say that it works with a plastic bag!! lol Here's a link for a tutorial on Split Coast Stampers...man, that website is truely awesome. You can see it here. Anyways, you pull up on the top flap through the hole in the front (I need to add a ribbon for easy grasping), and the top and bottom slide out together. Sooooo cute!
Well, today my stamp set that I pre-ordered from the new catalogue arrived, and I'm so excited because I've been DYING to play with this one. It's called Sweet Stems, and as you can see, they are adorable! It's a set of four stamps for 19.95, and totally worth every penny. This is one of the cards I'll be doing for my upcoming class on Tuesday night. It's actually cased from a card I saw at the demonstrators meeting last Sunday at Kay's, and if I'm not mistaken, I think it came from a swap at the Leadership Conference that she went to in Florida. The colours are Pink Pirouette, Kiwi Kiss and Rose Red. The Designer Series paper is from the Raspberry Tart set. Love this set of Designer papers, they have some really pretty papers in there. The 'Thank you So Very Much' is from Flight of the Butterfly.
This is the picture that you got a preview of earlier....it's a coaster holder! I love the look of this Eastern Bloom Rub-on, from the Hidden Garden set on this black woodem holder. Gorgeous!
