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Wonderful Mom

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This card is for my mom. And like most cards I make for her, a StampinUp Demo, I wanted to make a card using current products only. I started out wanting to do the watercolor technique that was popular not to long ago. Of course I couldn’t find my bookmark, so I faked it – but I didn’t get the same results. I probably should have stuck with regular watercoloring. 😀

The Top Note die started out as plain Pretty in Pink paper, but it was too plain, so I markered the edge with my Rose Red marker. Then I decided it needed pattern paper. Nothing like retro-fitting!

I finished up the card with a few leaf dies, a ribbon bow, and a little pearl.

Wonderful Mother
All supplies StampinUp unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Fifth Avenue, Wonderful Favorites;
Ink: Rose Red;
Paper: Certainly Celery, Pretty in Pink, White sparkly, Wild Wasabi, Candy Lane DSP;
Other: leaf die, half pearl, organza ribbon, Top Note die, black embossing powder, texture plate;

PRO-crastinator

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Yep, I put the PRO in procrastinator! I’ve been thinking about teacher gifts since school started. But when did I actually start working on them? The night before the last day of Teacher Appreciation week (thanks to Furlough Friday, no school on Friday and so one day less to procrastinate). *sigh* This year I made gifts for 4 teachers. And thankfully all of them are wonderful teachers so I did want to make the gifts.

I made each teacher a set of 6 notecards. Because of the late hour I made all of the cards the same. Though, honestly, if I had thought it out I would not have designed a card that would result in 576 total impressions!

Next up I made covered notepads. I don’t have a lot of stock in my SU stash (because my stock is in Purcellville – hi mom! lol), so I pulled out my PTI Poppy cardstock. I was in luck I had 8 pieces left (I only needed 4)! Plenty to make these covers. I carefully cut the first one and lucky me made it perfectly the first time (never happens). But don’t worry, I made up for it by cutting the next 3 all at the same time – 1″ short!!! Thankfully I had those extra sheets – but now Poppy cardstock is on my next purchase list! I’m not overly happy with these notepads but that is because I designed as I went.

Finally I created these paper clip bookmarks. I was so happy I had dies that would work to do this, that I forgot the PTI dies are not symmetrical, so I wasted quite a few minutes lining up my pile of cut pieces to the die so I could mark them for easier stamping and assembly. Even still they didn’t line up nice. One day I’ll figure out how to do that! Or maybe PTI will see the error of their way and make them symmetrical (but I doubt it, lol). I do like them – but then I love bookmarks!

And no gift is complete without chocolate. I added a little box of macadamia nuts to each package which was simply stacked and tied with a piece of grosgrain. My kids made a thank you card that accompanied the gifts.

ETA: I should have mentioned this, as I think it is a good tip 🙂 I buy my kids’ shoes at discount places. The shoes are held together with little elastic strings. I keep those strings because elastic can be handy in crafting. I used those strings to hold the pens onto the notebooks!

Thanks for taking a peek!

I used PTI Teacher’s Apple and Take Note to create the cards and notebooks. The inks are StampinUp. If you want to know about anything else, just ask!

Rainbow Bouquet

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I wanted a shabby chic card, but that is so not my style. I started with the Faux Silk technique but after I stamped it I realized it wasn’t all that chic. I searched my stamp collection for a fun set. I haven’t used In Full Bloom in ages – and it isn’t one of my favorites, but I like how this bouquet turned out. I even got to watercolor!

The corner punch on the Faux Silk layer was pretty easy (thankfully, as I tend to do my experimenting on the real thing). I started on the corner and tilted the card to a point and punched the corner. Then I just punched the edges starting by lining up the holes on the corner. It isn’t perfect, but I think it worked well.

Mother’s Day
All supplies StampinUp unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: In Full Bloom, Fresh Fillers, Teeny Tiny Wishes;
Ink: Regal Rose, So Saffron, Certainly Celery, Almost Amethyst;
Paper: Regal Rose, White, Bashful Blue;
Other: Eyelet Border punch; Hibiscus ribbon (PTI); tissue paper;

Stitched Flowers

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This card is for my mother-in-law, so I had my hubby pick out the image. I knew I wanted the leaves to hang out, so I did that and then sat and stared for a bit 🙂 The only pattern paper I had that had the colors was Enchante. I did the piercing on the pattern paper to complement the stitching on the flowers, but I think if I was to do the card again, I’d skip the piercing.

I’ve had the texture plates for a few months now and I don’t think I’ve used but one of them once. When I normally look at the weave one, I wouldn’t think Asian, but as I was flipping through my supplies that one really caught me and I think it works well.

The last touch was ribbon. I’m not so good at using my special ribbon – I’m a hoarder, lol. But it’s a special card!

Mother’s Day
All supplies StampinUp unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Asian Artistry, Teeny Tiny Wishes;
Ink: Pale Plum, Perfect Plum, Mellow Moss;
Paper: Mellow Moss, Confetti Cream, Perfect Plum, Chocolate Chip; Enchante DSP;
Other: ribbon; thread (DMC); piercing tool;

Quick and Easy

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I wanted to make a set of cards that I could give to a friend. I didn’t want to worry with special handling or extra postage for lumpy cards, so I went with simple one layer cards.

I’m not really a fan of stamping the same thing more than once – but dang these cards were so fast, it didn’t matter. I ended up making a set of 6 – 3 of each design.

All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Hello
Stamps: Beautiful Blooms 2, Fillable Frames 1;
Ink: Hibiscus Burst, Summer Sunrise, Lemon Tart, Spring Rain; Landscape, Noir (Palette); Lavender Lace (SU);
Paper: White;
Thinking of You
Stamps: On My Couch Additions, Fillable Frames 2;
Ink: Regal Rose (SU); Noir (Palette);
Paper: White;

It’s Pink!

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I am really not a fan of pink. Some of my friends, and both my kids, are fans of pink – so I will craft with it.

This card started out a bit different – the pattern paper was a faux silk panel but I messed that up, so I ditched that piece and went with some Raspberry Fizz DSP. Since the card was originally for the PTI Blog Hop, I kept the “scene” sparse to help focus on the faux silk. Unfortunately I was not really paying enough attention when I decided to ditch that because now I think my scene needs a few more pieces. Since I adhered the couch with dimensionals, I can’t take it apart easily…so I’m just going with it!

hello
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: On the Couch;
Ink: Raspberry Fizz;
Paper: Sweet Blush, White, Raspberry Fizz Mix DSP;
Other: Raspberry felt, Large Scallop die, Couch die; rhinestone (Kaiser); corner rounder (SU); white thread (DMC); Border punch (EK Success);

Poppy Petals

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It is PTI Blog Hop time! This month’s challenge was to use tissue paper. These tissue flowers have been around for (what feels like) forever, but I’ve never tried them myself, so I thought this would be a good time.

I recently purchased the Remember set – it has been on my list for a long time but each month PTI comes out with an awesome release so it has been hard to whittle down my wish list!

The flowers are made using white tissue paper. I punched out the shapes using the PTI flower dies. After I sponged on the color I stamped using the outline images. I kept the layers together with a black brad. Finally, some scrunching and artistic arranging. Easy peasy!

Thank You
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Remember;
Ink: Pure Poppy, Ripe Avocado, Noir;
Paper: Ripe Avocado, Pure Poppy, White, Green Tea Leaves DSP;
Other: Black ribbon, Beautiful Blooms #2 dies; brads (Pink HedgeHog); scallop border punch, label die (SU); Label 1 die (Spellbinders);
Layout: Sketch #50 (2s4y);

Relax at the Beach

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I created this card for the CAS challenge at SCS (cas62). The challenge was to create a card inspired by postcards of Mackinac Island, MI.

I’ve seen a lot of cards recently where folks have layered the scallop border punch (especially when using an owl image) and it looks really cool. I decided to try the same thing with this border punch to create a “wavy” effect.

Now if I could just figure out how to adhere my layers so they aren’t crooked!

Take Time to Relax
Stamps: Coastal Wishes (OCL), A Day at the Beach (PTI);
Ink: Bamboo (CTMH);
Paper: Soft Sky (SU); White (PTI);
Other: ribbon (SU); border punch (EK Success);

Lucky Me

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I created this card for Becky’s latest Compose-A-Card challenge (#9). I was mostly inspired by the inspiration song title – Lucky. My hubby is going to be away alot over the next few months on business trips. I thought it would be good to get a stash of “miss you” type cards I can tuck in his suitcase.

Lucky Me
Stamps: Pinch Proof (SU);
Ink: Kiwi Kiss (SU);
Paper: Kiwi Kiss DSP, Naturals Ivory (SU); Kraft (PTI);
Other: Mega Rectangles die (Spellbinders); Heart Punch (SU); Twill (SU);

Thinking of You

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I haven’t stamped much the past couple of weeks (I was caught up with my other favorite hobby – reading), but I have been keeping up on my blog reading. The past couple of days I’ve seen a few cards using the same sketch that really got my attention. I found the challenge over at Moxie Fab World (sketch). The sketch is from Paper Craft’s latest magazine: Go To Sketches (I *must* get this book!).

What really caught my eye was the use of a speech bubble. This card popped into my head immediately – well, at least the idea of using this specific cat image with a thought bubble that says “you”. The rest of the card took 3 hours to put together, lol.

I had to do the inside of this one to help bring the sentiment to fruition. I really wanted something that said “thinking of you makes me smile”, but I don’t have that specifically and I couldn’t make piecing one together from different stamps look right…so I went with this one – I think the idea still gets across.

You
Stamps: smiling cat (Stampendous); thought bubble – Crazy Cool (SU); “you” – Word Play (TAC); sentiment – Signature Greetings (PTI);
Ink: Noir (Palette); So Saffron, Pumpkin Pie (SU);
Paper: So Saffron, Pumpkin Pie, Washington Apple DSP (SU); White (PTI);
Other: ribbon (PTI); staples, Labels #1 die (Spellbinders); edge punch (EK Success);