Category Archives: Stampin Up

Wintery Thank You

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I created this card for mom’s 12 Weeks of Christmas newsletter.

While this may not be “quick” – if you stamp and emboss a couple pieces of blue card stock all at once, you can cut it up and have 8 panels ready for cards. And the rest of the card is super easy.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Thank You
All supplies StampinUp unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Serene Snowflake, Perfect Punches;
Colors: Night of Navy, Bashful Blue, White;
Other: White ribbon, Oval Scallop punch, White embossing powder;

Stitched Christmas

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These two cards were created for InkUp newsletters. They both happen to use stitching and are Christmas themed, so I thought I’d post them together.

Mom had asked me to create a shaker card using the new Mica Flakes and Dimensional Foam Frames from the Holiday Mini. This card is what I came up with.

To make the ornament shaker, I stamped and punched two ornaments. From one ornament I also punched a circle (I punched a circle from scrap, placed it on my ornament, traced it, then aligned the traced line with the punch). I glued an acetate ornament to the back of the front ornament, followed by a Foam Frame, added a bit of mica, then peeled the liner from the Foam Frame and attached the back ornament.

The hardest part about this card was sewing around the Top Note!! And in case you don’t know, to do the matted Top Note, I just die cut two – one in green and one in white; the “front” one (in this case the green one) was then hand-cut around the embossed dashed lines.

This next card was quite fun. I started by cutting a Vanilla panel the size I wanted the “quilt”. I marked a dot on the Vanilla panel where the sentiment would be. Then I just took one piece of patterned paper and placed the corner on the dot and adhered it, then I trimmed the paper along the Vanilla edge. I repeated that for each of the other three patterns.

I added machine stitching to the pattern panel (zig-zag where the patterns meet and straight around the edge). I wrapped the panel with the ribbon and adhered it to the card base. Finally I stamped and punched my sentiment and adhered it with dimensionals.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Christmas Greetings
All supplies StampinUp unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Delightful Decorations, Grateful Greetings;
Colors: Garden Green, White, Real Red;
Other: Top Note die, Ornament punch, Circle punch, Acetate, White Baker’s Twine, Sq Lattice Embossing Folder, Mica flakes & Frame Dimensional Foam (Holiday Mini);
Joy at Christmas
All supplies StampinUp unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Perfect Punches;
Colors: Espresso, Cherry, Wasabi, Vanilla;
Other: Holly Berry Bouquet DSP, Cherry Seam Binding ribbon, Scallop Circle punch;

Bells & Boughs

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I created quite a few Christmas cards for my mom’s StampinUp business. These two I’m posting today are both done with Bells & Boughs (so happy this set made it to the big catalog!).

This first card, while it may seem similar to other cards I’ve posted, this one is actually the first one I created – and it is also my favorite Christmas card I’ve created this year!

The greenery on this card was created with the pines from Lovely as a Tree. The bells are watercolored, cut out, and popped-up.

 
This second card needed to be a quick and easy card for stamp camp.

I started by stamping the Sahara panel with the holly image. I sponged around the edge of the panel to help pop it from the card base. The rest of the card should be fairly obvious – a little embossing, some ribbon, and a die cut.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Merry Christmas (yellow bells)
All supplies StampinUp unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Bells & Boughs, Christmas Greetings, Lovely as a Tree, Music Notes wheel;
Card Stock: Saffron, Limeaid, White;
Ink: Saffron & Mustard, Limeaid & Olive, Calypso & Riding Hood;
A Merry Christmas (sand holly)
All supplies StampinUp unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Bells & Boughs;
Colors: Sahara Sand, Always Artichoke, Cherry Cobbler;
Other: Artichoke Seam Binding, Tags die, Plenty-a-Petals Embossing Folder;

City Sunset

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I’m getting my card in just under the wire. I haven’t had a lot of time to stamp, but I *love* the inspiration photo over at For Your Inspiration. I had so many ideas, but only time to make one card.

I’ve decided it is time to make an ink index though – I usually chose my colors by picking out paper, but so often they just don’t match well enough. I ended up changing all my ink choices, lol.

Anyway, this is an old background from StampinUp. I inked sections with different shades of purple. There is a splash of turquoise in the inspiration photo and I pulled that into my project with the ribbon. I also added rhinestones to the bottom row of flowers (though you can’t see them in my photo) – that is to mimic the lights in the buildings.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Happiness
Stamps: Happiness (SU);
Colors: Lavender Moon ink, Plum Pudding ink (PTI); White paper, Eggplant Envy ink, Elegant Eggplant paper (SU);
Other: Hawaiian Shores ribbon (PTI); Rhinestones (Hero Arts);

Sleigh Ride

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While I was at mom’s house this summer, I was able to pick-up some old retired rubber she was selling.

I love the little scene in this set!

I wanted a pop of color, which I accomplished with the bit of holly. That bit of holly also allowed me to include ribbon on my card without adding a knot or bow – so the card stayed flat and mailable.

Thanks for taking a peek.

Welcome Christmas
All supplies StampinUp unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Sleigh Bells Ring (SU);
Colors: Night of Navy, White;
Other: Bashful silk ribbon; Copics;

Christmas Projects

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My mom, a StampinUp demonstrator, hosted a 12 Weeks of Christmas newsletter again this year. And, as in the past, I helped her with the issues.

These three projects were ones I created for the newsletter.

First up is a pop-top can. This was the first one of these I made. It was surprisingly easy – I just followed the directions at SplitCoast.

This next project is a tree decoration – Double Ball Ornament. Again, I followed directions at Splitcoast.

The only tip I have is to be careful you don’t over bend your pieces, they really need to stay flexible.

And, if you can find the right hat pin, it will make all the difference! Mine did not have a ribbon eye so I had to fake that bit and it didn’t really last.

All the projects here use Holly Berry Bouquet paper from the StampinUp Holiday mini.

And finally, my last project. This was so cool. This little box is actually created using the StampinUp Petal Cone die! Dawn Olchefske created a great video showing just how to make the box.

All supplies are StampinUp, but if you have any specific questions – don’t hesitate to ask!

Thanks for stopping by!

Hot Cocoa

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This week’s CAS challenge at SCS was to use a Christmas/winter theme. As always, I’m making birthday cards. I liked this sentiment because it was vague enough that I could use for any reason – and the image is definitely winter!

I really wanted to do something to the background, but everything I though about was too much. I think I need to get some textured kraft cardstock (I wonder if SU’s crumb cake textured cardstock still has the flecks in it?).

Thanks for taking a peek!

Sending Warm Thoughts
Stamps: Like it a Latte (SU);
Colors: Kraft, White (PTI); Brown (Palette); Caramel, Poppy (SU);
Other: Candy Cane DSP, Medium Scallop Border die (PTI); ribbon (stash); foam tape;

Bright Presents

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I made it to the next round in the CAS winter DT search! The next challenge was to create a card with one or more presents on it (and thankfully it didn’t have to be holiday themed).

I just received my PTI box today and inside was my Take Three die – one I’ve been wanting for a while now. I decided to put it to use right away. I stamped the presents onto the colored cardstock and embossed with white. I taped the presents behind the die openings. Then I stamped the greeting and adhered the panel to the card base with foam tape. The final touch was a few color coordinated rhinestones.

Thanks for taking a peek!

happy birthday
Stamps: Holiday Sampler (SU); Wavy Wishes (Hero Arts);
Colors: Black, White, Hibiscus Burst, Hawaiian Shores, Summer Sunrise (PTI);
Other: white EP (Filigree); rhinestones (K&Co);

Vintage Aviary

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I created this card for Chupa’s Saturday Sketch Challenge. This week’s sketch (ssc38) was a simple one (I love her challenges because they stretch my typical CAS style, but a simple one now and again is a good thing, lol!).

I finally got to use my text flower accent that has been on my desk for months – I created it for the first CAS-ual Friday challenge, but never got a card done for it. This still feels out of my comfort zone, but I do like the final card.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Happy Birthday
Stamps: Aviary (SU), Birthday Basics (PTI);
Colors: Melon, Black, Vanilla (SU);
Other: Black lace (?), Edger die (PTI); First Edition & Newspaper DSPs (SU); special brad (?); flower dies (PTI);

Thanksgiving Blessings

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This is another card I created for mom’s stitching newsletter. This time I used Faux Stitching (and I still couldn’t get it straight, lol).

I stamped the leafy floret (I had to mask & stamp the stem again at the bottom to make it go all the way down). I stamped and cut-out the flower – adhering it with dimensionals.

For the sentiment panel, first I trimmed the ends, then I stamped the words. Next, I adhered the strip to the Saffron panel. After all that I did the the faux stitching.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Truest Measure
All supplies StampinUp unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Fabulous Florets, Grateful Greetings;
Colors: Always Artichoke, So Saffron, Very Vanilla, Peach Parfait;
Other: Scallop Border punch;
Technique: Faux Stitching;