Punches

This was the make and take at the stamping meeting and I can’t wait to try my own version of it… No stamps were used in the creation of this card

All you need is the scallop punch, scissors and the star punch oh and the word window punch for the tree trunk and voila!

Thanks Cass!

instructions here

This week for the stamping meeting the theme was from the new catalogue. There were some great cards. Here is mine…

Card: Kiwi Kiss
Ink: Riding Hood Red, Versamark
Stamp Set: Great Friend
Accessories: Embossing Powder/Buddy/Trays, Head Gun, Stamp-ma-jig, earth elements designer paper
Technique: I stamped the butterfly on designer paper and cut it out so if you see the card, the wings stand up and it has colour on both sides. Perhaps I should have photographed it so you could see the butterfly flying. I also stamped the butterfly straight onto the card and mounted the cut out butterfly ontop.
I used the stamp-ma-jig so I could create a branch coming off the main stalk.

Someone else at the meeting had a similar idea to me..

Card: Whisper White, Pretty in Pink, Gable Green
Ink: Green Galore, Pixie Pink
Stamp Set: Great Friend
I love the silver sparkly antennas

Choo Choo

I love this year’s In Color colours and I have been enjoying mixing and matching them with each other and with other Stampin’ Up Colours.

I also love the spring mini and combining the colours and the new stamp sets has been lots of fun.

This is a card I have been working on. I have wanted a train stamp set for … well since I had a baby son and his first birthday was spent at the trains. Finally it is here!!!!

Card: Baja Breeze, Whisper White
Ink: Riding Hood Red, Tangerine Tango, Pacific Point; Basic Black
Stamp Set: Choo Choo; Right On Track Stampin’ Standard Wheel
Accessories: Stampin’ Around Standard Handle; Paper Snips; Stampin’ Dimensionals
Technique:
I rolled the Right on Track diagonally along the card (there is a Stampin’ Around Wheel Guide if one needs to or wants it straight but I didn’t mind if this wasn’t straight along the page)
I then stamped the carriages and engine in different colours, cut them out and used stampin’ dimensionals to place them along the track. I stamped one puff of smoke on the card and then layered the next two with stampin’ dimensinals.

Lots of fun..

Ooops I realised I never published this page… Here is something added to one of the carriages.

Good Friend

This is a new stamp set in the idea book and catalogue which is quite versatile. It can be a birdie or a whale.

Card:Riding Hood Red; Baja Breeze; Whisper White; Pacific Point
Ink: Baja Breeze; Pacfic Point
stamp sets: Good Friend
Accessories: Scallop Edge Punch; Paper Snips; SNAIL.

Turn it the other direction and add a beak and legs and you have a bird.

Card: Summer Sun, Whisper White
Ink: Kiwi Kiss; Riding Hood Red, Pink Pirouette (Part of this year’s In Color series), stampin’ write markers (bold brights), versamark
stamp sets: Bitty Birthday; Good Friend
Accessories: Paper Snips, SNAIL

Two simple cards… Just stamp, cut and attach to the card. In the case of the bird I tried to stamp the legs onto card and cut them out but they didn’t give me the look I wanted so I just stamped straight onto the card and layered the bird’s body on top.

I CASED the idea of the bird saying Happy Birthday from the idea book.

Spring Mini

There’s a new spring mini starting August 1st.

Here’s a sneak peak at “Great Friend” stamp set

Alexander’s Birthday

Ink: Riding Hood Red, Tangerine Tango, Summer Sun, More Mustard; Whisper White
Stamp Set: Nursery Necessities; Bitty Birthday
Card: Pacific Point; Whisper White
Accessories: Scissors; Hodgepodge Hardware; Dimensionals; SNAIL

I love this set. It was lent to me by Kelly and I had great fun creating Alexander’s Birthday Card and another one which unfortunately I gave away before scanning.

I tore the bottom edge of the front of the card and stamped a line of stars below it. I stamped the stars in different colours and the moon in Summer Sun on Whisper White. I cut out the moon and stars and layered them over the card front. I then placed the brad and voila all done.

I needed to do a card for my niece’s christening and I decided to use the fresh cut notes from the new catalogue. Devoid of inspiration I even used the ideas they had in the catalogue for my design – just used different colour scheme and instead of a button used a flower brad in the middle. Nice, pretty quick and easy (slowest/ hardest bit was cutting out the little flower in kiwi kiss) .

Ink: Pixie Pink, Kiwi Kiss
Stamp Set: Fresh Cuts
Accessories: Crop a dile, Fresh-Cut Notes, Flower Brads

Birthday Card

I am going to a 3rd birthday party on the weekend for fairy princes and princesses – ok Alexander has been invited but I am taking him.

I was lost for a card to design. I am quite pleased with the card – it isn’t anything fantastic but I am happy. My dilemma was how to give the little girl fairy wings…

So I grabbed my heartfelt thanks stamp set, used my stampin’ write markers, inked up a flower petal and stamped. Then coloured in with my pastels and blender pens. I thought it worked quite well. It’s not my best card but I am happy how the fairy worked out. *grin* I am just looking at the Family Accessories Too which are in the new catalogue which include a lovely little fairy crown.

I decorated the background with the butterflies stamp from sprinkles in versamark and pink pirouette.

It looked unbalanced with the Happy Birthday in the top left hand corner, so I stamped her name in the bottom right. I outlined the happy birthday with a frame from the hodgepodge set after using the crop-a-dile to punch holes and brads to hold it in place.

Card: Pink Pirouette
Ink: versamark, pink pirouette, basic black
stamp sets: All in the family, Heartfelt thanks, retired birthday set and simple serif mini alphabet, sprinkles
Accessories: Pastels, stampin’ write markers, Hodgepodge Hardware, crop-a-dile, Scallop circle

Australian Card – Bloom Away

I have been wanting to use this set for ages but just finding the moments.

Card Stock: Tangerine Tango and Chocolate Chip
Ink: Whisper White
Accessories: SNAIL adhesive

Simple. I want to add something but I couldn’t find what I wanted. I can just personalise it when I decide who I want to give it to and for what.

A little bit smudged but fun to make.

Greetings Eight

I love this new set – so versatile.  I must start using some of the other new stamp sets but I was inspired.  I also wanted to see if I could make autumn flair more feminine rather than the more masculine one like the father’s day card.

Mother's Birth/day card

I’ve scanned this in a bit wonkily.

Stamp Sets: In the Garden (2008 Hostess gift), Autumn Flair, Greetings Eight

Ink: Kiwi Kiss, Pink Pirouette, Versamark

Card Stock: Kiwi Kiss, Pink Pirouette

Accessories: Stampin’ Write Markers, Scallop  Round Punch, Flower Designer Brads, Crop-a-Dile

I cut out an oval shape for both my easter cards.  For one I used whisper white and stamped using stampin’ markers the easter greeting and then used SNAIL adhesive to fill the oval.

For the second one I used versamark and used a sponge dauber to pastel the bunny.  I then punched it out with the scallop round punch and used a backing designer paper.

Happy Easter

Happy Easter B

Stamp Sets: Greetings Eight

Ink: versamark

Card: Pink Pirouette

Accessories: Stampin’ Write Markers, Pastels, Sponge Daubers, Scallop Punch, Designer Papers, SNAIL adhesive, Stampin’ Dimensionals