Blue Leafy Vine Thank You Card

Ingredients:

Card/Paper: Brocade Blue, Night of Navy, Whisper White
Ink: Brocade Blue
Stamps: Fresh Cuts
Other: Pearl from the Pretties Kit
Card Size: 15cm x 10.5cm (approx 4" x 6")

Method:

This is a little card I made to send to the newest member of my team, the lovely Emma.

The flower is made using two layers of the scallop circle punch, plus one of the shapes from the Boho Blossoms Punch. The layers were sponged with brocade blue before assembling, and the flower finished off with a large pearl from the Pretties Kit. The background was scored and then also sponged with brocade blue to highlight the score lines. I used my Stamp-a-ma-jig to create the leafy vine, and to position the greeting. The Night of Navy card has been edged with the scallop edge punch. All finished with some stitching lines drawn in using a matching Brocade Blue marker.

Birthday Oak Make and Take

Ingredients:

Card/Paper: Chocolate Chip, Creamy Caramel, Summer Picnic Designer Paper, Watercolour paper for image
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Basic Grey, Old Olive, Creamy Caramel,
Stamps: Lovely as a Tree, Sincere Salutations
Other: Stampin' Pastels (blue for sky), Vintage Brads
Card Size: 15cm x 10.5cm (approx 4" x 6")

Method:

This is the other make and take card from our last stamper's ten meeting. The image was stamped using Basic Grey ink, and then watercoloured using the markers scribbled onto a plastic sheet, and an aquabrush. The sky was coloured using blue chalk. The brads are fixed on to a tab punched shape. The image is matted onto a chocolate chip square, and then mounted onto the designer paper with foam pads. The right hand edge of the card base has five score lines at 1/4" spacing, which have been sponged with Chocolate Chip for an extra bit of definition.

Bright and Cheery Balloons

Ingredients:

Card/Paper: Old Olive, Whisper White, Summer Picnic DP
Ink: Old Olive, Real Red, Bashful Blue, Pumpkin Pie
Stamps: Big Bold Birthday
Other: Linen Thread, White Gel Pen
Card Size: 15cm x 10.5cm (approx 4" x 6")

Method:

This is one of the make and takes from our last stamper's ten meeting. Very simple card, and quick to make. The balloons and present are popped up on foam pads for a bit of dimension.

Apricot Blossom Bookmark Card

Ingredients:

Card/Paper: Bazzill Fern, Just Peachy plus white card for the base and image.
Ink: Versafine Olympia Green, Marvy marker 32 Laurel Green
Stamps: Funstamps Best Wishes (Elegant) and Hero Arts Flower & Leaf Branch
Other: 5 mm pearls, Liquid Pearls White Opal, peach polka dot ribbon Nestabilities Classic Scalloped Circle and Circle dies, Woodware Corner Squared, Big Lilac Blossom and Super Multi Sun Flower punches
Card Size: 15cm x 15cm (approx 6" x 6")

Method:

This is the last of the cards from my Glitter Pot class last Saturday. It's a book mark card - the right hand side of the back with the ribbon attached is perforated so that the recipient can tear off the bookmark to use. Great to go with a gift of a book. We used the Woodware Fingerguard trimmer with the perforating blade to do this.

Lilac Blooms

Ingredients:

Card/Paper: Bazzill Lilac, Fairy Dust, Saguaro, Ivy, Hillary, plus cream for card base.
Ink: Versafine Spanish Moss, Marvy Marker 92 Celery
Stamps: Penny Black Spring Branch, Funstamps Best Wishes
Other: Nestabilities Labels 3 Die, Classic Circles dies, Woodware Punches Super Multi Christmas Flower, Large Birch Leaf and Large Oak Leaf and Regular Butterfly 2 punches also 5mm pearls and Lemon Yellow Liquid Pearls
Card Size: Approx 12.5cm x 12.5cm ( 5" x 5")

This is one of the cards we made in the my afternoon class at the Glitter Pot on Saturday. I really like the Labels 3 shape - goes so perfectly with the circles. The flowers and leaves were shaped very simply to give them some dimension before arranging on the card base.

I haven't forgotten about the template for the flower pot card - it's on my list of things to do!

Soft Summer Butterfly

Card/Paper: Pretty in Pink, Whisper White, Chocolate Chip
Ink: Close to Cocoa, Creamy Caramel, Pretty in Pink, Certainly Celery, Apricot Appeal
Stamps: Soft Summer & Touch of Nature from Stampin' Up! and Greeting is a Hobby Art Stamp
Other: Flat backed Pearls
Card Size: 15cm x 10.5cm (approx 4" x 6")

Soft Summer is a two step stamp set. The outline was stamped with Creamy Caramel, and then I used my markers to colour different parts of the branch with Certainly Celery, Close to Cocoa and Pretty in Pink. I left the centres of the flowers blank, and then coloured them in afterwards with Apricot Appeal direct to paper. I just dabbed the colour on gently so as not to make the Creamy Caramel run.

The butterfly was stamped with Creamy Caramel on a scrap of Whisper White, and colour added with Apricot Appeal and Pretty in Pink markers. I cut it out minus the antennae, and marked it's position on the image. Then inked up just the body part with Creamy Caramel and used my stampamajig to stamp it onto the main image. Finally I stuck the body part of the cut out butterfly over the stamped body. The wings have foam pads on the back near to the body. The pads are only stuck to the wings - the backing paper is still on so that the wings are held up by the foam, but not actually stuck to the main image.

The base card has been stamped with the outline of the other image in the Soft Summer set using Pretty in Pink. The greeting is stamped in Close to Cocoa. The main image has the corners punched using a half inch circle punch and then matted on to Chocolate Chip - finished off with the flat backed pearls.

Little Pumpkin Butterflies

Ingredients:

Card/Paper: Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla, Haiku designer paper
Ink: Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie
Stamps: Pocket Silhouettes, Live Your Dream, Fresh Cuts
Other: 1/4" Pumpkin Pie Grosgrain ribbon
Card Size: 9.5cm x 9.5cm (3.75" x 3.75")

Method:

This is the second of the make and take cards from our stampers ten meeting this month. Simply stamped across the Vanilla card with one of the Pocket Silhouettes stamps, alternating Pumpkin Pie and Old Olive - the Old Olive was stamped off once first on scrap paper to lighten the shade. A very quick card - even with cutting out the little butterflies!

Space Monkeys

Ingredients:

Card/Paper: Bazzill Bling Handsome, SU Basic Black and Whisper White, water colour paper
Ink: Versamark, Stazon Black, Whispers Permanent markers in red, blue and orange, SU Chocolate Chip, Green Galore, Brocade Blue, Cameo Coral, Night of Navy, Bashful Blue
Stamps: Stampendous Changito in Space, Inca Dot Birthday
Other: SU Silver Embossing powder, Acetate, red and orange gems, aluminium drink can
Card Size: 13.5cm x 12cm (approx 5" x 4.5")

Method:

My son's birthday has come around for the second time since I started my blog, so those who saw his card last year may remember the comment about monkeys on cards. For the curious the post is here. As you can see - monkeys this year too!

I designed the card base using a font called Pagoda SF, and Serif Draw, then cut it with my Silhouette (Robo). The stars and swooshes are from the Changito in Space set, and were stamped with Versamark and embossed in silver. The inside white part of the card is sponged around the edges with Bashful Blue, and stamped with the stars. It also has the happy birthday stamp in Night of Navy.

I stamped the rocket images in Stazon onto water colour card, cut them out, and just coloured in the monkey/cockpit parts using an aquabrush and the SU markers scribbled onto my Stamp-a-ma-jig sheet. I then cut out pieces of acetate to cover over the cockpit part, and extend a little below the cockpit. The part that extends below is the part that I stuck onto the coloured in image, so the glue won't show through the cockpit. I then stamped the images again with Stazon onto the back of an aluminium drink can, and cut them out - including cutting away the cockpit part. I coloured the rockets with the permanent markers, shaped them a little with a large embossing tool, and glued them on top of the coloured image with silicone. Then fixed them onto the card base. Finished off with little orange gems for the alien monkey ufo, and a red one on the top left space ship.

And I bet most of you will spend longer looking at it than he will! But at least I had fun making it . . .

Amethyst Potted Plant

Ingredients: All from Stampin' Up!

Card/Paper: Whisper White, Certainly Celery, Almost Amethyst, Tea Party designer paper
Ink: Certainly Celery, Almost Amethyst, Basic Grey
Stamps: Playful Petals
Other: Silver Hodgepodge Hardware, 5/8" Certainly Celery Grosgrain, So Saffron Striped Grosgrain
Card Size: 21cm x 10.5cm (approx 4" x 8.25") (DL size)

Method:

I stamped the flowers, leaves and stalks in Basic Grey ink onto Whisper White card, and coloured them in with markers. Cut out leaving a narrow border of white. Curved the flowers using a large ball embossing tool, and scored down the centre of the leaves to give some dimension.

The pot is made using my 1 3/8" circle punch to round the ends of a piece of card, then snipping out the corners to create the shape at the top. Stamped it with the small flower from the set withVersamark and embossed with clear powder. Sponged the edges of the pot with Almost Amethyst ink, and then shaped with the large embossing tool.

Everything is fixed onto the desiger paper background with silicon glue, matted onto Certainly Celery. The card base was scored across the bottom, and then the section between the score lines masked off whilst I stamped the flower head all over with Versamark and embossed with clear powder.

Cut a slit in the fold of the card, and wrapped the ribbons around between the score lines, having first threaded on the slider.

Popped Up Petals

Ingredients:

Card/Paper: Whisper White, Almost Amethyst, Textured So Saffron, Tea Party Designer Paper
Ink: Almost Amethyst, Pretty in Pink, So Saffron, Certainly Celery, Basic Grey
Stamps: Playful Petals
Other: Pretty in Pink Brad, Glue Dots, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, 1/4" Certainly Celery Grosgrain, Signo White Gel Pen
Card Size: 15cm x 10.5cm (approx 4" x 6")

Method:

Have been itching to ink up these stamps, and use the gorgeous Tea Party paper, and finally got around to it yesterday.

I stamped the images onto Whisper White using Basic Grey ink. Then coloured them in using the markers direct to the card. Cut everything out, leaving a narrow white margin around the edge. The dotted lines on the larger flower were just crying out to be cut with a knife - so I did that, and then curled the main part of the petals backwards, but the little cut out pieces forwards. I embossed a crease down the centre of the leaves to give them some dimension too. The brad in the centre of the flower is a Pretty in Pink brad, with a glue dot molded over the top, then dipped in Dazzling Diamonds glitter.

Used the scalloped edge punch on the textured So Saffron, and added faux stitching using a pricking tool, and the white gel pen. Wrapped with the grosgrain ribbon before mounting onto a base of Almost Amethyst.

Chocolate and Saffron Fresh Cuts

Ingredients:

Card/Paper: Fresh Cuts note card, So Saffron, Chocolate Chip
Ink: So Saffron, Chocolate Chip
Stamps: Fresh Cuts
Other: Flat backed pearl from the Pretties Kit
Card Size: 10cm x 10cm (approx 4" x 4")

Method:

I have had these note cards and stamp set for about a month now, and finally got round to using one of them!

I cut a square of So Saffron to fit behind the aperture, and stamped it with the background stamp from the Fresh Cuts set with Chocolate Chip ink - having first stamped off once on scrap paper. Used the Five Petal flower punch and punched a shape from Chocolate Chip card to lay behind the aperture on top of the saffron card. I sponged So Saffron ink on the five little petals around the centre of the aperture, then embossed a line down the centre of them, before sticking the Chocolate Chip flower and the stamped backing on behind. Stamped the little brown flower from the set onto Saffron card, cut out and embossed a line down the centre of the petals - again, I stamped off once on scrap paper to get a lighter effect. Finished off with the flat backed pearl.

I stamped the trailing leaf stamp around the edges using my Stamp-a-ma-jig for placement. Stamped off once on scrap paper first. Then sponged around the edges with So Saffron ink.

Lavender Flowers Birthday Card

Ingredients:

Card/Paper: Lavender Lace, Certainly Celery, Whisper White
Ink: Lavender Lace, Certainly Celery, White Stazon
Stamps: Sale-a-bration Polka Dot Punches, Sincere Salutations
Other: Acetate
Card Size: 13cm x 13cm (just over 5" x 5")

Method:

Stamped the flowers on the Lavender Lace and Certainly Celery card scraps with the same colours of ink, and then punched out using the 5 petal flower punch that matches them. Cut between each petal to the inner circle on the design before scoring down the centre of each. Stacked a lavender flower onto a celery one and finished with a flat backed pearl from the pretties kit.

The circles were cut using Nestabilities plain and classic scalloped circles. The greeting is stamped with Lavender Lace using Sincere Salutations. Stamped the Acetate card base with white Stazon and the same five petal flower stamp as used for the 3D flowers.

Birthday Blooms

Ingredients:

Card/Paper: Whisper White, Regal Rose, Certainly Celery
Ink: Old Olive, Certainly Celery, Regal Rose
Stamps: Botanical Blooms, Sincere Salutations
Other: Certainly Celery Brad
Card Size: 15cm x 10.5cm (approx 4" x 6")

Method:

Stamped the image using the Botanical Blooms set in Old Olive, Certainly Celery and Regal Rose ink onto Whisper White card. Mounted onto Certainly Celery card stamped with a greeting from the Sincere Salutations set. Scored lines above and below the greeting. Stamped the Regal Rose card with the Canvas Background stamp before mounting the image onto it. Finished off with a little strip of the Regal Rose stamped with the canvas stamp also, and the end rounded using a 1/2" circle punch. Once all the layers were assembled, but before adding to the card base, I punched a hole and added the brad. Also pricked the decorative holes using the mat pack from the Stampin' Up! Crafter's Tool Kit.

Burgundy and Ivory Christmas Card

Ingredients:

Card/Paper: Bravo Burgundy, Naturals Ivory
Ink: Always Artichoke, Versamark
Stamps: Season of Joy
Other: Clear Embossing Powder, 1/4" Always Artichoke Grosgrain Ribbon
Card Size: 15cm x 10.5cm (approx 4" x 6")

Method:

The trees were stamped on the card base using Always Artichoke ink - the two outer ones were stamped off on scrap paper first to lighten them. Scored lines on the Bravo Burgundy card before stamping the greeting and swirl with Versamark and embossing with clear powder. Wrapped a piece of ribbon between the two upper score lines before sticking the burgundy piece to the card base.

Snowman Card for ILWS SKC12

Ingredients:

Card/Paper: Not Quite Navy, Real Red, Whisper White
Ink: Not Quite Navy, Real Red, Chocolate Chip, Pumpkin Pie
Stamps: Cold Play, Season of Joy
Card Size: 15cm x 10.5cm (approx. 4" x 6")
Other: Diamond Stickles

Method:

This card was made for the SKC12 sketch challenge on In Love With Stamping. I varied the sketch by turning it upside down, and moving the square off centre.

The card base is Not Quite Navy, stamped with the snowflake stamp from Cold Play. I used Not Quite Navy ink, but stamped it off on scrap paper twice before stamping on the base card. Then embossed two lines across the bottom of the card, and cut a strip of Real Red to fit in between. Used my Stamp-a-majig to position the wording, which is from Season of Joy, and stamped in Real Red.

The Cold Play set contains various different snowman parts, in different sizes, and you can build one in whatever way takes your fancy. I used my Stamp-a-majig, and post-it notes for masking, so that I could stamp mine all on one layer. Not Quite Navy for the body and head - stamped off four times first to considerably lighten the colour. Real Red for the hat and scarf. Chocolate Chip for his arms, face and buttons. And Pumpkin Pie for his nose. I stamped some snowflakes around him, and also used a piece of scrunched up paper towel to very lightly dab on some blue in the sky area. The image is matted onto Real Red before gluing onto the card base. I stamped another hat on scrap card, and cut out the bobble to stick over the edge of the square. Finished with Stickles on the snowman, his hat, the ground and snowflakes. You can probably see it a little better if you click to enlarge the image. But the weather is far too dull today to get any twinkle out of it!

Little Christmas Card

Ingredients:

Card/Paper: Real Red, Certainly Celery, Whisper White
Ink: Real Red, Old Olive
Stamps: Season of Joy, Itty Bitty Backgrounds
Card Size: 9.5cm x 9.5cm ( 3.75" x 3.75")
Other: Diamond Stickles

Method:

Well, so far I have made a grand total of 10 Christmas cards - all the same. Although, by my usual timetable, I'm still early! This is just a very simple one. Stamped the tree in Old Olive on Whisper White, and cut out. Mounted with foam pads onto a background stamped using Real Red on Whisper White, and matted onto an offset square of Certainly Celery. The card base is Real Red, stamped with one of the stamps from Itty Bitty Backgrounds - a US set borrowed from one of my downline who is from the US, now living in the UK. Finished off with some stickles on the tree and background to add a bit of twinkle, which of course you can't see in the photo.

Note Cards and Gift Box - Oh So Lovely Apricot and Moss

Ingredients:

Card/Paper: Mellow Moss, Apricot Appeal, Very Vanilla, Very Vanilla Textured Card
Ink: Mellow Moss, Apricot Appeal
Stamps: Oh So Lovely, Sincere Salutations, Canvas background
Card Size: 9.5cm x 9.5cm (3.75" x 3.75")

Method:

The images were stamped on Very Vanilla using Mellow Moss ink. Coloured in using the matching Stampin' Write Markers. Used a 1/2" circle punch to shape the corners. For both designs of card the image is matted onto a square of Apricot Appeal, but on the card standing on the box, I first stamped the Apricot card with the background stamp from the Oh So Lovely stamp. The card on the windowsill has a background stamped with the Canvas background stamp using Mellow Moss onto Mellow Moss card. The card on the box has a background stamped with one of the flowers from the Oh So Lovely set, and a greeting from Sincere Salutations. Both cards have a Very Vanilla card base.

There are five of each design of card in the box, which I decorated to match. Instructions on making the box are here.

Thinking of You Trees

Ingredients:

Card/Paper: Chocolate Chip, Creamy Caramel, water colour paper for image
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Versamark, Not Quite Navy, Old Olive
Stamps: Lovely as a Tree, Sincere Salutations, Canvas Background Stamp
Other: Cuttlebug Forest Branches folder, clear embossing powder

Method:

I inked up the tree stamp first with Versamark, and then with Chocolate Chip ink. Stamped onto water colour paper and then embossed with clear powder. I used an Aquabrush to paint the grass and sky using Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, and Not Quite Navy ink. As the embossing over the trees wasn't perfect, the brush picked up tiny amounts of the Chocolate Chip, and turned it to purplish hues mixed with the blue of the sky - quite accidental, but turned out fairly effective!

Matted the image onto Chocolate Chip, and then mounted onto Creamy Caramel embossed on one side with the Forest Branches folder, and stamped with a greeting from Sincere Salutations in Chocolate Chip ink. Card base of Chocolate Chip stamped with the Canvas Background stamp in Chocolate Chip ink.

Pocket Silhouettes Note Card Bag

Click on the image to download a pdf with step by step instructions on how to make the box.

Ingredients:

Card/Paper: Rose Red, Whisper White
Ink: Rose Red, Mellow Moss
Stamps: Pocket Silhouettes
Other: 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon

Method:

This is a little bag that holds a set of 6 note cards and envelopes. The design of the cards is the same as the decoration on the front of the bag.
I cut and embossed a square of Whisper White with a Nestability die, then masked off the outer embossed edges with post it notes. The image was stamped with two of the stamps from the Pocket Silhouettes set. The first stamp inked with Mellow Moss, and then stamped off once onto scrap paper before stamping on the card. Then inked up the flower stamp using Mellow Moss and Rose Red markers and stamped over the top of the first image. Matted onto a Rose Red scalloped square cut with a Nestability die. The background white square was embossed on one edge with a Cuttlebug Forest Branches folder.
The bag was made from one piece of Rose Red A4 card, folded and glued. No cutting involved! Held closed at the top with the ribbon.

Poinsettia Card

Ingredients:

Card/Paper: Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, Ruby Red, Whisper White, Holiday Treasures Designer Paper
Ink: Old Olive
Stamps: Season of Joy, Seasonal Wishes
Other:5/8" grosgrain ribbon old olive, gold sequins

Method:

I used the Stampin' Up! 5 Petal flower punch to punch out two red and one green shape for each poinsettia flower. Then I snipped between the petals towards the centre a little, before putting vein markings on both red and green pieces using a DEET tool in the same way that the leaves were made in this tutorial. Layered the pieces with a spot of pva, and stuck three cupped sequins in the centre of each flower.

The background to the flowers was stamped using the flourish stamp from Season of Joy, and the greeting from Seasonal Wishes. Mounted onto Chocolate Chip, with a strip of Holiday Treasures designer paper across the bottom. Fixed on the ribbon before mounting all onto an Old Olive card base. The card is a C6 size.