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Garden Elements, part 1

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Mom’s January stamping event was a new catalog party. One of the things she did was to give away a Roof Garden Accent and Elements kit. She asked me to make some samples using the tin so the person who won would have some ideas. I ended up making 8 cards! I’ll post a few today, a few tomorrow, and the last couple on Wednesday. The three I have today are all CASEd, but the posts for Tuesday and Wednesday will be mine.

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The first card was cased from luv my dolly (SCS). I changed the elements and sentiment used, and added a rhinestone brad to the flower center. What I CASEd was the overall layout and colors – I really love the smaller panel with the scallop edge and the idea of layering a flower over a strip.

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My next card is one of my favorites! It just feels so formal and crisp. I again cased the layout from luv my dolly (SCS). To do the ribbon, I punched a little slot in the focal panel and threaded the ribbon up and made my knot. Also, I didn’t want the leaf sticker to be flat, so I cut a dimensional up into pieces and placed a few under the leaves to give that piece some dimension.

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The final card (for today) is cased from stampin mama (SCS). I used the layout, but changed up the colors and the elements used to decorate the sentiment. This isn’t the best picture, but it is the best I have – the ribbon is Kiwi.

Don’t forget to come back tomorrow to see three more cards made with the Roof Garden Accents and Elements kit!

All Stampin’Up! unless otherwise noted.
Absolutely Fabulous
Stamps: Absolutely Fabulous;
Ink: Not Quite Navy;
Paper: Kiwi Kiss, Whisper White, Urban Garden DSP;
Other: Roof Garden Accents & Elements, rhinestone brad;
Wonderful Friend
Stamps: Wonderful Favorites;
Ink: Not Quite Navy;
Paper: Not Quite Navy, Basic Grey, Whisper White, Urban Garden DSP;
Other: Roof Garden Accents & Elements, gray taffeta, slot punch, dimensionals;
All the Best
Stamps: Elegant Greetings;
Ink: Not Quite Navy;
Paper: Baja Breeze, Not Quite Navy, Urban Garden DSP;
Other: Roof Garden Accents & Elements, oval punch, dimensionals;

Cherished Motifs

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While I was at mom’s making stamp camp cards, I was very inspired to make other cards. This is one of the cards I made. I honestly have no idea how this one came about! I think I was trying to figure out a way to use up some of her pattern paper. We decided against this card because there were already a couple other green cards.

I left the card with mom since all my stuff was already packed for moving. I hope it gets used – I really love how it turned out!

Cherish
All Stampin’Up! unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Baroque Motifs;
Ink: Old Olive;
Paper: Olive Olive, Very Vanilla;
Other: vanilla tafetta, oval punch, rhinestone brad, dimensionals;

Irish Luck

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Lucky Me CardI really love the Stampin’Up! St. Patty set – Pinch Proof. I made this card for one of mom’s upcoming stamp camps. We used this set last year, so I wanted to use the other images from the set. I also wanted the card to be useable even if the person didn’t want to send it for St. Patrick’s Day.

Many of the cards in the February camp use a square, so instead of making another, I turned it a bit and made it a diamond. After stamping, I added a rhinestone for a bit of fun. I popped it up on dimensionals so that the ribbon could be threaded behind the image. The clover in the background is stamped with Versamark – the Kiwi ink was too dark.

Lucky Me
All products are Stampin’Up!
Stamps: Pinch Proof;
Ink: Kiwi Kiss, Chocolate Chip, Versamark;
Paper: Kiwi Kiss, So Saffron, Whisper White;
Other: chocolate twill, square rhinestone brad, dimensionals;

Camp Cards

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Since I am moving at the end of the year, I wanted to make sure my work projects for Mom were done early. These cards will be the projects for the October Stamp Camp. The cards are (1) Fall Friend, (2) Thank You (complement card to the bookmark), (3) Bookmark, (4) Christmas, and (5) Halloween. We don’t normally do 3D items during regular stamp camps, but with Christmas coming up, we wanted to show an easy gift idea. The bookmark was done at SU Convention this year.

Supplies (All Stampin’Up!):
[Friend]
Stamps: Fall Flair, All Holidays;
Ink: Really Rust craft, More Mustard craft, Not Quite Navy craft & classic;
Paper: Not Quite Navy, More Mustard, Very Vanilla;
Other: wide Twill, silver Brads;

[Thank You]
Stamps: Eastern Blooms, Sanded;
Ink: Old Olive, Pacific Point, White craft;
Paper: Old Olive, Pacific Point, Tangerine Tango, Whisper White, Old Olive Prints DSP;
Other: dimensionals;

[Bookmark]
Stamps: Eastern Blooms;
Ink: Olive craft, Tangerine Tango;
Paper: Old Olive Prints DSP, Whisper White;
Other: Pacific Point ribbon, Filigree Designer brads;

[Christmas]
Stamps: Deer Friend, Glad Tidings (dormant list), Polka Dot;
Ink: Pink Pirouette, Real Red, Green Galore;
Paper: Real Red, Whisper White, Pink Pirouette, Green Galore, Gable Green, Whisper White;
Other: Bold Bright buttons, dimensionals, circle punches, Coluzzle;

[Halloween]
Stamps: House of Haunts, Dots are Hot (moon), Haunting wheel;
Ink: Basic Black, More Mustard;
Paper: More Mustard, Always Artichoke, Very Vanilla;

Silhouette Spots

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The final card for the September stamp camp uses Pocket Silhouettes – a new set that is also on special! Since our theme is “Get Ready for the Holidays” I wanted to go with a thank you card in fall colors. I tried a couple other things first (see below), but this is what I settled on. I really like it – a quick card, but still has dimension. After working on the other samples, getting to this place wasn’t hard – the left over circles from the other attempts were scattered on my desk and it was easy to envision this card.

After I made the final stamp camp card, I wanted to finish the cards I had started. I gave them up for different reasons, but I am very happy I went back and finished them!

My first attempt was to use the chipboard frame piece as a template to create the window, behind which the silhouettes can be seen. I tried many different things, but everything that I could think of to “finish” the card required non-SU stuff. I gave up. When I came back to it, I pulled out a tiny Prima flower in red and added a black brad, which made me think of this scrap of ribbon I had. Now, I know if I tried harder, I probably could have accomplished this card using SU supplies, so giving up was more of a lack of mojo!

This spotlight card was another attempt. I really liked where it was going, but it was getting too complicated. We try not to do too many layers, especially when the layers are only 1/16″ bigger, lol. It seems that even when all you have to do is tape the layers together, it takes too long. I love the color palette on this one (that sorta carried over to the final card, but with the brown taking such a smaller part in this card, it feels lighter). The green layer on this is the new Kiwi Kiss. Since SU doesn’t make brads for their InColors (I don’t know WHY?!!), I had to improvise. I found these Making Memory brads weren’t too off so I went with them.

Supplies (All Stampin’Up!):
[Spots card]
Stamps: Pocket Silhouettes, Baroque wheel;
Ink: Chocolate chip, Pumpkin Pie, Not Quite Navy, Old Olive;
Paper: Chocolate chip, Pumpkin Pie, Not Quite Navy, Old Olive, Vanilla craft;
Other: circle punches

[Window card]
Stamps: Pocket Silhouettes, Linen, Think Happy Thoughts;
Ink: Basic Black, Versamark
Paper: Basic Black, Real Red, Saraha Sand, Whisper White;
Other: circle punch, nonSU ribbon, prima flower, black brad

[Spotlight card]
Stamps: Pocket Silhouettes, Friend by Definition;
Ink: Pumpkin Pie, Not Quite Navy, Kiwi Kiss;
Paper: Pumpkin Pie, Not Quite Navy, Kiwi Kiss, Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla;
Other: circle punch, pumpkin striped grosgrain, brads, word window punch;

Eastern Hugs

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This is another stamp camp card for September. The theme of the September camp is “Get Ready for the Holidays”. Our goal is to have all the cards fit the theme, and if we get creative enough – they do 😉 For instance, this card is a thoughtful card, and thoughtfulness is sorta like thanking, which goes with the idea of Thanksgiving, right? Yeah, its a stretch, but we gotta use the stamps we have on hand and neither of us has a “thanksgiving” set that isn’t retired!

Supplies (All Stampin’Up!):
Stamps: Eastern Blooms, Curvy Verses;
Ink: Baja Breeze, Pink Pirouette;
Paper: Baja Breeze, Pink Pirouette, Very Vanilla, Creamy Caramel;
Other: crimper, dimensionals;

Elegant Holiday

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I spent most of yesterday at mom’s. I was supposed to be helping her get the stamp room cleaned up (she had just returned from a stamp camp weekend in West Virginia), but I ended up making another card for next month’s stamp camp.

We had already decided on the stamp set to use – Season of Joy. Since I had already done one holiday card and it was a very bright and cheery card, I wanted this card to be different – either non traditional colors, or a more serious feel. Mom had also asked me to work in heat embossing. With all these things in my head, it sorta came together easily. I’m just glad SU hasn’t retired the metallic papers!

We both really love this card – so it is a keeper!

Supplies (All Stampin’Up!):
Stamps: Season of Joy;
Ink: Versamark, Vanilla craft;
Paper: Basic Black, Brushed Gold, Bravo Burgundy;
Other: Vanilla taffeta ribbon, Gold EP;

Holiday, Take II

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Here is a different take on the holiday card for stamp camp. While I liked the black photo corners, mom felt they overpowered the card too much. So I took the main image and went in a different direction. She really likes this version, so this is what she’ll be doing in stamp camp.

Supplies (all products Stampin’Up!):
Stamps: Big on Christmas, Polka Dot;
Ink: Stazon Black, White, markers: Real Red, Yoyo Yellow, white gel pen;
Paper: Real Red, Glorious Green, Whisper White;
Other: scissors, glue & glitter (on star), red striped grosgrain;

Spider Whimsy

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Here is another potential stamp camp card. My goal was a simple card that used some supplies that mom has an abundance of – striped ribbon and brads. Her customers also love glitter, so that was a no-brainer, lol. This card started pretty plain – just carstock and ink – and it was good…but the ribbon, brads, and glitter took it up a notch without making it too hard.

Supplies (all products Stampin’Up!):
Stamps: Batty for You, Whimsy wheel, Everyday Flexible Phrases;
Ink: Basic Black;
Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie, Lovely Lilac;
Other: 1 3/8″ circle punch, scallop punch, pumpkin pie striped grosgrain, brads, glitter