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With Love

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I made this for the Waltzingmouse sketch (wmsc43).

I needed a card to send to a new great-grandma. I chose to do pastel colors. Since this is traveling to Japan, it needed to mail easily as well, so not too embellished. After die-cutting the butterfly I decided to emboss it to help it balance the branches on the other side.

Thanks for taking a peek!

With Love
Stamps: Asian Gardens, Fancy Phrases, Labels 10 (WM);
Colors: Blushing Bride, Certainly Celery, Close to Cocoa (SU), White (PTI);
Other: Butterfly die (PTI), Pearls (Kaiser), Labels 10 die (SB), Plenty of Petals embossing folder (SU);

Rock On

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This was just something that came to me. I’ve been trying to use more pattern paper (I have way too much). The metallic thread is some spirelli thread from Spellbinders – I thought it was a perfect touch for this rockin’ themed card. The sentiment came from Please Be Seated – hee hee, love it when something like that happens.

rock on
Stamps: Extreme Guitar (SU), Please Be Seated (sentiment-SU);
Colors: Brilliant Blue, Wild Wasabi, Pumpkin Pie, Bashful Blue, Black, White (SU);
Other: Jersey Shore DSP (SU); metallic thread (Spellbinders); star dies (MFT);

Spring = Birds

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This was created for the Stampin’ Royalty spring challenge (src67). Spring definitely means birds to me. I am no professional bird watcher, but I love seeing birds – and hearing them!

When I first put this card together I was using the Summer Sun card stock as the base, a yellow bird, and Pacific as the mat to the green pattern – it was ALL wrong! The card base was too harsh, so instead I used a piece of tone-on-tone pattern paper; that made it better. The yellow bird was just not popping, so I made it blue instead. Almost there. With the bird blue I decided the sentiment would be blue and so I needed a different mat color. I pulled the yellow cardstock back out and that felt right. So much happier with this version.

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All supplies StampinUp unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Cheep Talk;
Colors: Summer Sun, Pacific Point, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive;
Other: Good Morning Sunshine DSP, Lots of Letters chipboard, border punch; machine stitching

Cup of Support

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I was in a stamping mood on Saturday (I did 4 – that *has* to be a record for me!). I haven’t played the CAS challenge at Splitcoast in a long time, so I thought I’d give it a go. The latest challenge is an inspiration (cas114). The pic was of some adorable baby bibs, but since I do not need any baby cards any time soon, I went with the colors.

Normally I have a hard time with just color challenges and have to pair it with a sketch, but no sketches were talking to me. Instead I just pulled out my color swatches and paged through my stamp index. Eventually something caught my eye – and it brought an idea with it!

After that original idea didn’t work out, I just moved my already cut & stamped cups around on my paper until another idea hit.

Thanks for stopping by!

When, oh when, with Papertrey finish with their ink redesign??
Diminish Troubles
Stamps: Tea for Two Additions, Tea for Two (PTI);
Colors: So Saffron, Pear Pizzazz, Peach Parfait, Marina Mist, White (SU);
Other: Teacup die (PTI); Polka Dot embossing folder (SU); silver brads;

Balloons Squared

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Just getting in a little weekend stamping. I created this card for the Moxie challenge – In My Beautiful Balloon.

This card isn’t my favorite, but it isn’t horrible, lol. Not much to really talk about. I chose the pattern paper because of it being bright and I knew as soon as I saw the squared pattern what I would do. I cut the pattern so the white “grout” would act as another mat for the focal panel. And I chose to use the Curly Label punch to help break up the square-ness.

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Stamps: Up, Up & Away (PTI); Everyday Button Bits (sentiment-PTI);
Colors: Riding Hood Red, Pumpkin Pie, So Saffron, Bashful Blue, White (SU);
Other: Washington Apple DSP (SU); Curly Label Punch (SU); 1″ Circle Punch;

Masked Leaves

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Wow, it took me a long time to figure out what to do with PTI’s latest Make-It-Monday challenge (mim10). The challenge was to use dies for masking. The sample created in the video used reverse masking.

Since no idea was presenting itself automagically, I decided to get all my PTI dies out and rifle through them until the muse got interested. I finally settled on using the leaf dies, but I could easily have done this same thing with flowers.

Anyway, the way I did it: I took a piece of printer paper and cut it to card front size. Then I ran it through my Big Shot with the leaf die, moved the die, ran it through again, ditto (for 3 leaves). Then, just like Lisa’s video, I added repositionable glue and adhered it to my card base. Next was sponging – I used 2 colors per leaf and chose to go from green (summer), to yellow (fall), ending with brown (winter). Finally, with the mask still in place, I went back and stamped the Geometrics grid background over the sponged leaves using vanilla ink.

Of course then I just sat and stared at the card not knowing what to do next! Obviously I figured something out 🙂

Thanks for taking a peek.

Thinking of You
Stamps: Places Please, Vintage Picnic Sentiments, Background Basics: Geometrics (PTI);
Ink: Kiwi, Olive, Curry, Mustard, Suede, Espresso (SU); Vintage Cream (PTI);
Paper: Rustic Cream, Ripe Avocado (PTI);
Other: Rustic Twine (PTI), Leaf dies (PTI), Place Card die (PTI);
Techniques: Reverse Masking, Sponging;

Linen & Flourishes

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Last night I actually stamped for the heck of it – no challenges, no need, just cuz! I pulled out my scrap pile and rifled through until I found something I wanted to use – the Rose faux linen piece. Of course after that I didn’t know what I was going to do!

I had a bird punch also in my scrap – though not of a color that would help. But looking at that made me think of the Punch Potpourri set. And that made me think of PTI’s Embellished set (the flourishes look so similar). So an idea was born, lol.

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Stamps: Punch Potpourri (SU), Embellishments (PTI), Communique Sentiments (PTI);
Colors: Regal Rose, Chocolate Chip, White, Pear, Peach (SU);
Other: Choco ribbon (SU); Rhinestones (Kaiser); Leaf Die (SU); Bird Punch (SU); Machine stitching.
Techniques: Faux Linen

Retro Doilies

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I finally purchased a doily set. There are so many out there! This set is from Maya Road and I love it! The images aren’t huge (the blue one is the biggest of the set), but I think it will do for what I want.

I needed a few quick cards so I could get some RAKs into the mail. I pulled out the doily set and picked a retro-feeling color scheme. The card just took a couple minutes to make. The sentiment is stamped on the same type of paper, trimmed, and popped-up.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Thank You
Stamps: Doilies Stamp Sheet (Maya Road); Wonderful Words (SU);
Colors: Rustic White (PTI); Bermuda Bay, Kiwi Kiss, Soft Suede (SU);

Cards of Different Colors

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Today I am posting the final card that I created for mom’s Inside-Out camp. I ended up making two versions (ya know, in case she runs out of DSP in the one color). I did CASE the card from Selene (view hers); and while her card is based on a sketch, I did copy her ribbon/button & border punch – so I’m referencing her card instead of the sketch (I did find her card before I found the sketch). I changed the colors and images from Selene’s card and used DSP instead of stamping for the background.

Anyway. I’m really happy with how these turned out. They both make me smile, even though the evoke different feelings. To see either card in more detail, just click on the photo.

For the flowers, I used markers to color the rubber before stamping. I used a lighter and darker color to add some shading.

 
Since the camp is about decorating the insides, this post wouldn’t be complete without a peek at the inside. I went very simple with just using the same supplies – DSP and Border Punch.

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All supplies StampinUp unless otherwise noted.
Blue Card
Stamps: Friends Never Fade;
Colors: Not Quite Navy, Baja Breeze, White;
Other: Markers (Real Red, Cherry Cobbler, Choco Chip, Olive), Greenhouse Gala DSP, Pear Pizzazz Seam Binding, Button, Linen Thread, Scallop Eyelet Border Punch;
Yellow Card
Stamps: Friends Never Fade;
Colors: So Saffron, Daffodil Delight, White;
Other: Markers (Regal Rose, Rose Red, Choco Chip, Olive), Greenhouse Gala DSP, Pear Pizzazz Seam Binding, Button, Linen Thread, Scallop Eyelet Border Punch;

Peek-A-Boo Bird

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Here is another card I created for mom’s Inside-Out camp. This is a window card – where some of the inside peeks through a hole in the front. I CASEd the layout from a card in the StampinUp 2010 catalog (p45).

This window is achieved by using StampinUp’s Movers & Shapers dies. First, the front of the card base and the DSP were die cut. Then, between those two layers I added a square of Window Sheet (acetate). The cage is stamped onto the acetate – the bird is on the inside of the card.

 
I did have, um, we’ll call it fun 😀 , trying to figure out the logistics of the inside. I knew when mom & I discussed having a window card that I wanted to use Aviary and have the bird peeking through from the inside. However, when I actually tried to decorate the inside it was rough making it seem “natural” but not show through the window (and we’ll just pretend that you can’t see that ONE note from the wheel peeking through the bottom of the window).

Wonderful Friend
All supplies StampinUp unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Aviary, Wonderful Favorites, Music Notes Wheel, Cheep Talk;
Colors: Pear Pizazz, Peach Parfait, Daffodil Delight, Vanilla;
Other: Sunny Garden DSP, Acetate, Rhinestones, Scallop Border Punch, Movers & Shapers dies (or you could use a Coluzzle 😉 );