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Hi there! Finally back with a fun, new sketch from As You See It Challenges! I used a technique from the Stampin’ Up! demonstrator-only magazine, Stampin’ Success that came out in the Nov/Dec issue! I’ll film a video on it soon because it was super easy and you only have to do it once and you have a template you can use over and over again on lots of different projects! Gotta love that!
How To
1. Make your sunburst template (I’ll embed the video below when it’s finished) and sponge Daffodil Delight ink onto a Whisper White cardstock layer measuring 3-1/2″ x 4-3/4″.
2. Rub an Embossing Buddy over the card layer from Step 1 to remove the static and help the embossing powder only stick to the stamped image. Using a Stamp-a-ma-jig, position the greeting from Feel Goods and stamp it in VersaMark ink. Pour on Black Stampin’ Emboss Powder and use the Heat Tool to melt it.
3. Repeat the steps above with a scrap of Whisper White cardstock and the butterfly from Backyard Basics.
4. Color the butterfly in with a Blender Pen and Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, and Strawberry Slush Classic Stampin’ Pads.
5. Use the Two Way Glue Pen to apply glue in between the sponged sunburst rays and pour on Dazzling Diamonds glitter. Tap off excess glitter (sometimes I also use a paintbrush to really brush off the excess glitter so it doesn’t fall off later).
6. Use the Multipurpose Liquid Glue to attach the main panel onto a piece of 3-3/4″ x 5″ Basic Black cardstock. Glue that onto a Strawberry Slush card base, cut at 8-1/2″ x 5-1/2″ and scored at 4-1/4″.
7. Cut the butterfly out with Paper Snips. *TIP: Move the cardstock around, not the scissors. Attach it with a half Stampin’ Dimensional onto the center of the sunburst. *TIP: Use a Basic Black Stampin’ Write Marker to run around the Whisper White edges to really finish the look and hide any cutting mistakes.
Supply List
STAMPS:
Backyard Basics (Wood-Mount 130514, Clear-Mount 130517) ***Buy the Backyard Basics Bundle and save 15% on the stamp set and matching Backyard Basics Framelits Dies. Wood-Mount Bundle 132729, Clear-Mount Bundle 132728***
Feel Goods (Wood-Mount 131916, Clear-Mount 129684)
PAPER:
8-1/2″ x 11″ Whisper White Cardstock (100730)
8-1/2″ x 11″ Basic Black Cardstock (121045)
8-1/2″ x 11″ Strawberry Slush Cardstock (131295)
INK:
Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin’ Pad (126944)
Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin’ Pad (126945)
Strawberry Slush Classic Stampin’ Pad (131178)
VersaMark (102283)
ACCESSORIES:
Black Stampin’ Emboss Powder (109133)
Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755)
2-Way Glue Pen (100425)
Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430)
TOOLS:
Stampin’ Trimmer (126889)
Simply Scored Scoring Tool (122334)
Bone Folder (102300)
Paper Snips (103579)
Blender Pens – set of 3 (102845)
Heat Tool (129053)
Stamp-a-ma-jig (101049)
Grid Paper (102787)
Stampin’ Scrub (126200)
Stampin’ Mist (102394)
I’m really excited about how the banners came together on this card! I had originally planned on using Banner Blast (from Sale-A-Bration) when I first saw this sketch, but I left it in Kansas City at my upline’s home when we had a meeting a few weeks ago! I’m kind of glad I did, because it gave me the opportunity to think about what else I could use and I’m wild about the results!
I had written down a similar color combo (it had Cajun Craze instead of Tangerine Tango) but I felt like Cajun Craze gave it a fall feel so I substituted in Tangerine Tango! I will be using this color combo again – it isn’t typical me, but I LOVE it!!! I hope you do too!
I’ll be back with the supply list and instructions later! 🙂 And with the weekly challenges I’m going to enter the card in too. Check out the other creations by the Design Team at the As You See It Challenge Blog! And, OF COURSE, play along!!!
Hi there! Today I have my husband’s Valentine’s Day card to share with you! I combined a few great challenges to bring a fun, masculine card to you (at least my hubby says it is still masculine with the pink since it was for V-day and he says ribbon is ok too). Loving this lovey combo of colors from the Color Throwdown Challenge and the FABULOUS sketch from Freshly Made Sketches! I can tell you I will be using this layout again soon! LOVE!
I received the Language of Love stamp set (Wood-Mount 133074, Clear-Mount 133077) at Stampin’ Up! Leadership in Houston in January (FREE perk for attendees! Woohoo!) and had NO idea I’d fall in love with it (no pun intended…honestly) this much!!! I combined it with the perfect sentiment from the FREE Sale-A-Bration exclusive stamp set, See Ya Later (Wood-Mount 133533, Clear-Mount 133536)! LOVE IT! This sentiment is also GREAT for any love card: Valentine’s Day (obviously), weddings, anniversaries, best friends, and even for adopted parents/children too (I instantly thought of how much my parents changed my life when they adopted me).
One tiny detail you can’t see well from the picture? I used markers to ink up the 5 Heart Strip stamp from Language of Love in the 4 different colors I used and stamped it in the bottom left corner of my envelope. I used the Basic Gray Stampin’ Write Marker to put a tiny “W + S” in one of the open hearts on the envelope for a personalized touch for my hubby, William. I also used the Envelope Liners Framelits Dies (132172) to line the envelope with some Real Red patterned paper from the Brights Designer Series Paper Stack (130134).
You can earn See Ya Later, or any of the other 12 SAB exclusive choices, FREE with any $50 product order! Don’t miss out on this awesome opportunity! Click here, or any of the links below to visit my Online Store!
How To
1. Cut Basic Gray cardstock to 8-1/2″ x 5-1/2″ and score in half at 4-1/4″. Cut a strip of Basic Gray to 4-1/4″ x 1″. Cut Whisper White cardstock to 4″ x 5-1/4″.
2. Using Small Heart Punch, punch 2 hearts out of scraps of each of Basic Gray, Melon Mambo, Pink Pirouette, and Real Red cardstocks. Push the punch in as far as it will go and leave space between the 2 punched hearts for the next step! (Set aside the hearts you punched out, as you actually want the negative image for this project!)
3. Using the 1″ Circle Punch upside down (so you can see where you’re punching), center it around each of the punched hearts from Step 2. Punch all 8 of these out and decide on how you want to arrange them! 🙂
4. Stamp the 5 Heart Strip stamp from Language of Love on 1″ strips of Whisper White cardstock in each of the following colors: Basic Gray, Melon Mambo, Pink Pirouette and Real Red. Use the 3/4″ Circle Punch to punch out 2 hearts from each color. The hearts that look white above are actually Pink Pirouette. This color is VERY pale and hard to pick up in the photo. Sorry about that! *TIP: The hearts are close enough together that you will punch an edge of the heart next to it. This is not a big deal at all because you won’t see that through the little circle/heart windows we made in Step 3.
5. Use Stampin’ Dimensionals (cut apart) to adhere the circle/heart windows from Step 3 onto the stamped heart circles from Step 4. I put my dimensionals on the back of the circle/heart windows – a half dimensional at the top of the heart point and a quarter dimensional on each side of the bottom point of the heart. Then I lined it up over the top of the heart I wanted behind the window and pressed down.
6. Next I laid out where I wanted the circles to be and made a mark between the 2nd and 3rd set of circles so the sentiment could be right in the void between the circles. I then used my Stamp-a-ma-jig to position the “Someone” sentiment from the Sale-A-Bration choice See Ya Later stamp set in Real Red ink. Earn it FREE with a $50 purchase from now until March 31, 2014.
7. I used the Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive to adhere the circle hearts down to the white layer. *TIP: Use the Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive anytime you need a bit of time to move things around a titch. That’s the beauty of a liquid adhesive – it’s a total life saver for my perfectionist nature!
8. Run the strip of Basic Gray cardstock through the Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine with the pinked edge from the Finishing Touches Edgelits Dies. You’ll have to run it through once for one edge and a second time for the second edge.
9. Run the strip of Basic Gray through the Big Shot again using the Woodgrain Embossing Folder to give it a bit extra oomph and add some texture to the card! It is rare that I can make a card without these things!!! *TIP: Do all embossing LAST! If you have any cutting to do with the Big Shot, running an embossed piece through the machine will flatten the embossing a bit.
10. Glue the Basic Gray strip to the top of the card. Trim the excess off of the edges. *TIP: I shared this yesterday, but when I’m going to emboss and I need it to be a specific size (this strip needed to be 4″ wide), I cut it a bit bigger and trim it after embossing, either on my paper cutter or with Paper Snips if it is a strip that will overhang the edge like this one.
11. Finally, tie a knot of ribbon around the white layer and adhere the layer to the card base! 🙂 *TIP: Whisper White and Very Vanilla are a bit thinner than our other cardstocks and thus I have trouble with them buckling when I go to tie my ribbon around a single layer of these cardstocks, so I used my favorite ribbon tying trick on this card. Check out the video posted below for how I do this. On this project, as I mentioned in the video, I used a Glue Dot (Stampin’ Up!’s are mini sized) in the center of my knot to put it exactly where I wanted it. Also, in the video, I used our regular Stampin’ Mist bottle. Since the ribbon needed to span 4″ (plus some to tape on the back) on this card, I used the Stampin’ Mist Refill bottle as my cylinder (it is larger). I taped the edges to the back before adhering it to the card base.
*BONUS TIP: The ribbon tip in this video will also help you use a little less ribbon too – stretching your roll to make even more projects before it runs out! Just by a couple of inches of course so not huge but if you’re using a specific color tons or mass producing cards, you’ll notice a difference.
Supply List
STAMPS:
- Language of Love (Wood-Mount 133074, Clear-Mount 133077)
- See Ya Later (Wood-Mount 133533, Clear-Mount 133536) *Earn it FREE with a $50 product order during Stampin’ Up! Sale-A-Bration. Offer ends March 31, 2014.*
PAPER:
- 8-1/2″ x 11″ Whisper White Cardstock (100730)
- 8-1/2″ x 11″ Basic Gray Cardstock (121044)
- 8-1/2″ x 11″ Melon Mambo Cardstock (115320)
- 8-1/2″ x 11″ Pink Pirouette Cardstock (111351)
- 8-1/2″ x 11″ Real Red Cardstock (102482)
INK:
- Basic Gray Classic Stampin’ Pad (126981)
- Melon Mambo Classic Stampin’ Pad (126948)
- Pink Pirouette Classic Stampin’ Pad (126956)
- Real Red Classic Stampin’ Pad (126949)
ACCESSORIES:
- Real Red 1/4″ Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon (126875)
- SNAIL Adhesive (104332)
- Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755)
- Mini Glue Dots (103683)
- Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430)
TOOLS:
- Stampin’ Trimmer (126889)
- Simply Scored Scoring Tool (122334)
- Bone Folder (102300)
- Paper Snips (103579)
- Craft Scissors (108360)
- Stamp-a-ma-jig (101049)
- Small Heart Punch (117193)
- 3/4″ Circle Punch (119873)
- 1″ Circle Punch (119868)
- Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine (113439)
- Big Shot Magnetic Platform (130658)
- Finishing Touches Edgelits Dies (127010)
- Woodgrain Textured Impressions Embossing Folders (127821)
- Grid Paper (102787)
- Stampin’ Scrub (126200)
- Stampin’ Mist (102394)
This card was entered into challenge at: Color Throwdown, Cupcake Inspirations, Freshly Made Sketches, Artistic Inspirations, Crafting from the Heart, Challenges 4 Everybody, Cuttin and Stampin, Digistamps4Joy, Lexi’s Creations, Lady Bug Crafts, Oldie But a Goodie (Woodgrain folder, Edgelits, Punches, Pink Pirouette), Paper Pretties, and Splitcoaststampers Ways to Use It (Red, Red, Red). 🙂
Hi there! It’s Friday and that means a new challenge over at the As You See It Challenge Blog! Check out the creations by the other AYSI Design Team Members too! I also combined it with the color challenge from Colour Q Challenges this week. I wasn’t sure about these colors to begin with but loved the final result. I hope you do too!
How To
1. Cut your Pool Party cardstock to 8-1/2″ x 5-1/2″ for your card base and score it at 4-1/4″. Cut the Pacific Point to 4″ x 5-1/4″. Cut a piece of Whisper White to 1-7/8″ x 5″. Cut a piece of Real Red to 2″ x 5-1/4″ – see Step 3 for why!
2. Ink up the Dictionary Background Stamp in Soft Sky ink, stamp off onto a scrap paper once and then stamp it onto the Whisper White piece. (This is super hard to see in the photo but is gorgeous in real life!) Then use the Petal Parade stamp set (FREE Sale-A-Bration exclusive stamp set with any $50 purchase!) and Pacific Point, Pool Party, and Real Red inks to stamp the rest of the white panel.
3. Run the Real Red piece through the Big Shot with the Arrows Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. Cut the final piece down to 1-7/8″ x 5″. *TIP: Cut your piece of cardstock a bit larger than you want it (usually 1/8″ is plenty depending on how intricate the embossing folder design is) and trim it down to the size you want AFTER embossing! The embossing “shrinks” the paper a bit so this is a great idea when you need an exact size or to match up with another piece like I needed on my card.
4. Use the Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive to adhere both the Whisper White and Real Red strips side-by-side onto the Pacific Point layer.
5. Tie the Real Red and Whisper White 1/4″ Stitched Grosgrain Ribbons around the Pacific Point layer. Adhere this to the card base.
6. Stamp the “Happy Big Day” from the Chalk Talk Stamp Set (LOVE!) in Pacific Point ink onto a scrap of Whisper White. Die cut it out with the Big Shot and the matching Chalk Talk Framelits Dies.
7. Die cut two more of the same label shape out of a scrap of Pool Party cardstock. Cut one set in half horizontally and one set in half vertically and glue behind the sentiment to make a custom mat! *TIP: This is one of my favorite tricks to do with punches and die cuts that may not have a nesting shape! Make your own! Works fabulously with the Decorative Label Punch among others.
I hope you love this card! This sketch was a great one to work with. Head on over to the As You See It Challenge Blog and play along! 🙂 We’re always excited to see what you have created!!!
This card was entered into challenges at: ColourQ, polkadoodles, Crafting from the Heart, Challenges 4 Everybody, and Word Art Wednesday.
Supply List
STAMPS:
Petal Parade (Wood-Mount 133599, Clear-Mount 133602)***FREE Sale-A-Bration Choice with $50 Order***
Chalk Talk (Wood-Mount 130631, Clear-Mount 130634) *Get the stamp set with the matching framelits and save 15% with the Chalk Talk Bundle: Wood-Mount 132731, Clear-Mount 132730!*
Dictionary Background (Wood-Mount 130348, Clear-Mount 130351)
PAPER:
8-1/2″ x 11″ Whisper White Cardstock (100730)
8-1/2″ x 11″ Pacific Point Cardstock (111350)
8-1/2″ x 11″ Pool Party Cardstock (122924)
8-1/2″ x 11″ Real Red Cardstock (102482)
INK:
Pacific Point Classic Stampin’ Pad (126951)
Pool Party Classic Stampin’ Pad (126982)
Real Red Classic Stampin’ Pad (126949)
Soft Sky Classic Stampin’ Pad (131181)
ACCESSORIES:
Real Red 1/4″ Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon (126875)
Whisper White 1/4″ Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon (126877)
SNAIL Adhesive (104332)
Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755)
Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430)
TOOLS:
Stampin’ Trimmer (126889)
Simply Scored Scoring Tool (122334)
Bone Folder (102300)
Paper Snips (103579)
Craft Scissors (108360)
Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine (113439)
Big Shot Magnetic Platform (130658)
Chalk Talk Framelits Dies (129983) *Get the stamp set with the matching framelits and save 15% with the Chalk Talk Bundle: Wood-Mount 132731, Clear-Mount 132730!*
Arrows Textured Impressions Embossing Folders (132187)
Grid Paper (102787)
Stampin’ Scrub (126200)
Stampin’ Mist (102394)
Hi Stampin’ Friends! Did you think I’d forgotten about you? Oh, no! Of course not! I was supposed to post this card on Friday as a part of the As You See It Design Team but I’m just finally getting around to it today! Technical difficulties followed by more illness – I’m headed to my doctor next week so hopefully whatever is making me sick all the time can get taken care of!
Ok! So on to the fun stuff! This is my FAVORITE type of challenge we do over at As You See It Challenges! Check the graphic below for the items you need to include on your project to play along. You have until Wednesday at midnight! 🙂 While I used purples on this card to meet the challenge, you could do it in virtually any color combo! Red & pink for traditional Valentine’s Day colors, or your main squeeze’s favorite colors for an anniversary card, or the wedding colors of a couple for a personalized, super sweet wedding card! I also used the Retro Sketch #99, but the deadline to play along in their challenge has passed – I still LOVE this sketch though!
I LOVE the background with the super trendy ikat chevron border from the Eye-Catching Ikat Photopolymer Stamp Set. I alternated inking them up in Wisteria Wonder and Elegant Eggplant and stamped them onto a piece of 2-1/2″ x 4-1/2″ Whisper White cardstock. *TIP: Clean the ikat chevron border stamp in between each color with the Stampin’ Scrub and Stampin’ Mist for a quicker, cleaner process!!! (You could try stamping all of one color first but it is easier to insure perfect placement by stamping it how you want the finished product to look.) Love that piece – my favorite thing about the card! One of the Circles Collection Framelits Dies cut out the partial circle perfectly. The Full Heart Punch and Small Heart Punch are a perfect match for the Language of Love Stamp Set! The larger heart was stamped in Elegant Eggplant on Whisper White Cardstock, while the smaller heart was stamped using Versamark ink onto Wisteria Wonder cardstock and heat embossed in Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder!
Do you love that tiny little banner? That’s from one of the 2014 Sale-A-Bration EXCLUSIVE stamp sets, Banner Blast! It has a matching punch that is also a choice with any $50 purchase! Gotta love that! The dotted border is stamped in VersaMark ink on Wisteria Wonder cardstock and heat embossed with Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder! I used my trusty Stamp-a-ma-jig to line the little heart from Banner Blast up right in the center and stamped it in Elegant Eggplant.
How about the gold bling details? The button is actually one from the Regals Designer Button Collection (Garden Green!). I pressed it into the VersaMark pad, sprinkled it with some Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder and heated it with the Heat Tool until it melted! Then I did that same thing two more times to get an even coat on it. I also repeated the process on the edges. Slipped it on the card with a bit of White Baker’s Twine tied through the holes! Once I had assembled the card (before I added the hearts), I diluted a blob of my Multipurpose Liquid Glue with water and used a paint brush to spatter it onto the card. I sprinkled some fine gold glitter on for some sparkle! I also cut apart the Gold Sequin Trim and added a few of these pretties with Multipurpose Liquid Glue.
The Elegant Eggplant Layer (4″ x 5-1/4″) was embossed with the Perfect Polka Dots folder and the Big Shot. The stamped ikat chevron piece has some extra effect thanks to the Stampin’ Dimensionals underneath! I also added Stampin’ Dimensionals to the hearts after gluing the smaller one to the larger one. 🙂
Come on over to the As You See It Challenge Blog and play along! You still have plenty of time before Wednesday night rolls around! If you’re in the midwest like me, you might have a snow day tomorrow to get a bit inky and try this challenge! We’re supposed to get 10″ – can you believe that?
Hi there! I’m sorry for my extended absence! I have been sick sick sick over here at the casa de Naber! Yuck!!! Thankfully, I’m finally feeling on the mend and was very excited to get back into my stamp room and create for you! Check out my card using the super cute, Baby Prints Stamp Set! This one is an oldie but a goodie, debuting about a year ago and ending up in our fantastic 2013-2014 Annual Catalog! I used the sketch from the As You See It Challenge Blog and a color combo perfect for a baby boy from over at Cupcake Inspirations!
This card came together pretty quickly! I stamped the feet in Soft Sky ink, then stamped the splatters from Gorgeous Grunge over the top in Pear Pizzazz. I used my Stamp-a-ma-jig to insure perfect placement of my sentiment which I stamped in Pear Pizzazz. You’ll notice the sketch has a banner below it – I totally planned to do that until I was assembling my final card which is when I realized my focal point was so large there wasn’t room for the sentiment below it! So technically, I stamped the sentiment last! 🙂 Had I known this would be an issue, I would’ve “stamped off” the Pear Pizzazz splatters before stamping them onto my project so the sentiment would stand out even more. As it was, the splatters were done full strength so I actually left my handy Stamp-a-ma-jig handle where it was after stamping the sentiment the first time and stamped it again, in exactly the same spot, to make it just a tad darker! Maybe that’s a new trick for you! It’s like the opposite of stamping off! Double inking let’s call it!
Anyway, I cut it out with the 4th largest Square framelit and then used the largest Square framelit that is scalloped to make a smaller scalloped square. I’ll have to make a video for that soon! I’ll insert it into this post when I do! I just cut the square that mats that one to be a tiny bit larger. Then I took a piece of Pear Pizzazz Core’dinations Cardstock (from the Subtles Collection Pack) measuring 1-1/2″ x 5″ and flagged the ends (I wanted a super shallow “V” or I would’ve just used the Banner Framelits Dies from the Occasions catalog.) Then I sanded it down to reveal some of that lighter inner core. I took the Gold Baker’s Twine and peeled the gold striping off of it (super easy to do) to reveal the Vanilla twine underneath! Wrapped this around the banner piece, tied a bow and attached it to the rest of the card! The layer I attached it to is a piece of Very Vanilla Cardstock cut to 4″ x 5-1/4″ and embossed in the Big Shot Die Cutting Machine with the Alphabet Embossing Folder (one of my favorites)! I attached that to a Soft Sky base measuring 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″ that I scored at 4-1/4″. The sanded banner piece was popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals and the main focal point was popped up with double Stampin’ Dimensionals to reach the embossed piece and just one layer of Stampin’ Dimensionals where it was adhered to the sanded banner piece.
I hope you like it! It would be SUPER simple to make this card into a great girl or gender neutral card too!!! It’s a great sketch, so please play along with us over at the As You See It Challenge Blog! You have until Wednesday evening to get your entry in! Come check out what the other Design Team members have made too!!!
Hi there! I hope you’re having a great start to your weekend! Today I have a SUPER fun project to share with you using LOTS of new goodies!!! This card uses a stamp set from the upcoming Occasions Catalog, Starburst Sayings, as well as the matching Starburst Framelits Dies. Of course, Stampin’ Up! is being amazing and offering bundles again so you can get the stamp set and framelits at a 15% discount.
I also used the same Designer Series Paper as my project yesterday – the new Sale-A-Bration offering, Sweet Sorbet DSP. Starting January 31, 2014, you’ll be able to get this package of fantastic DSP for free with a $50 purchase! Oh yay! I also used the same twine too that is from the SAB Sweet Sorbet Accessory Pack. AND…a BRAND NEW Sale-A-Bration Decorative Dots embossing folder too!!! Could this year’s Sale-A-Bration get any better?!?
I’m sure you also noticed my piece of 3″ x 4-1/2″ Core’dinations cardstock (can I even make a project without it?) that I cut the starburst shape out of using the 2nd smallest Starburst Framelits Die. Then I embossed and then sanded with the Stampin’ Sanding Block to reveal that lighter inner core. *TIP: Remember to do all of your cutting with framelits or other dies before you emboss. Otherwise the embossing will be flattened because of running the embossed piece through the machine without its folder. I then glued it down with the Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive to a piece of 3-1/4″ x 4-3/4″ Basic Black Cardstock. A 3/4″ x 4-3/4″ strip of my favorite pattern from the Sweet Sorbet DSP is layered over the top. I tied a bow of the Crisp Cantaloupe twine from the Sweet Sorbet Accessory Pack over the top of the DSP and glued it down to the Whisper White Note Card base (they come pre-cut and pre-scored with matching envelopes…easy peasy!).
I stamped the “Thank You So Much” stamp in Crisp Cantaloupe ink onto a scrap of Whisper White Cardstock and used the matching framelit to cut it out (the smallest one). *TIP: I actually stamped this first and ran it through the Big Shot at the same time as the Core’dinations piece with the 2nd smallest framelit. I try to always run all of my framelits for one project through at the same time if possible to save time! Super easy, especially with the Magnetic Platform to hold each piece in place. I layered that onto a circle of Gold Foil Sheet punched out with the 1-3/8″ Circle Punch. Finally, I cut a Stampin’ Dimensional in half and put one half on the top and one half on the bottom then stuck it onto the card! *TIP: Placing your dimensionals so they adhere straight to the card (not the twine) will insure that everything lays flat. If the dimensionals were on top of the twine, then the focal point may bow around the twine a bit. Not too big of a deal, but just a little idea to add that extra professional look to your projects.
Supply List
STAMPS:
Starburst Sayings (Wood-Mount 133182, Clear-Mount 133185)*
-Also available as a bundle with the Starburst Framelits Dies at a 15% discount! Wood-Mount 134817, Clear-Mount 134818*
PAPER:
Whisper White Note Cards & Envelopes (131527)
8-1/2″ x 11″ Whisper White Cardstock (100730)
8-1/2″ x 11″ Basic Black Cardstock (121045)
12″ x 12″ Gold Foil Sheets (132622)
In Color 2012-2014 Core’dinations Cardstock (129957)
SAB Sweet Sorbet DSP (133521)**
INK:
Crisp Cantaloupe Classic Stampin’ Pad (131176)
ACCESSORIES:
SAB Sweet Sorbet Accessory Pack (133522)**
SNAIL Adhesive (104332)
Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755)
Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430)
TOOLS:
Stampin’ Trimmer (126889)
Simply Scored Scoring Tool (122334)
Bone Folder (102300)
Craft Scissors (108360)
Stampin’ Sanding Block (129367)
Core’dinations Dust Buddy (129366)
1-3/8″ Circle Punch (119860)
Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine (113439)
Big Shot Magnetic Platform (130658)
Starburst Framelits Dies (132967)*
-Also available as a bundle with the Starburst Framelits Dies at a 15% discount! Wood-Mount 134817, Clear-Mount 134818*
SAB Decorative Dots Textured Impressions Embossing Folders (133520)**
Grid Paper (102787)
Stampin’ Scrub (126200)
Stampin’ Mist (102394)
*Available January 3, 2014 when the Stampin’ Up! Occasions Catalog begins!
**Exclusive Sale-A-Bration item FREE with each $50 purchase from January 28, 2014-March 31, 2014!
Hi! It’s Black Friday! Are you doing any crazy shopping with your family or friends today? Today’s As You See It Challenge is all about making a project with your favorite stamp set. For me, that’s Gorgeous Grunge…however, you’ll notice neither of my cards uses that stamp set. Why? I decided that, with the holiday season closing in on us fast, I’d show you my favorite stamp set from the Holiday Catalog. Calm Christmas is a great set and with that large, bold image, it makes it SUPER simple to stamp bunches of great cards in a flash! Yay!
Two very different looks for you today. One traditional and one not. I hope you can see how versatile this set is!
This is a super easy challenge to play along with…you only have to make one project with your favorite stamp set (only the Design Team had to make two 
) and you could be the winner of the challenge. Check it out here, at the As You See It Blog!
Also, did you know I’m doing FREE Shipping on orders of $40 or more from TODAY, November 29th, 2013 until Monday, December 2nd, 2013? If you didn’t know, you’ve got to get on my mailing list…NOW, so you don’t miss out on anything else. Just put your info in the box to the right, hit the “get my free video” button, and wait for an email to come to your inbox with the link to click to confirm that you want to be added! I am also offering a DOORBUSTER of at least $50 in retired product to the first 5 people to place $40 orders on Black Friday!!! You can also enter your name into the Mystery Hostess drawing that I’m doing by entering the Hostess Code KJ2A3S37 in the box in the lower left hand corner of your Shopping Cart screen. (*Do not do this if you’re placing an order over $150 as you’ll get hostess benefits automatically!) Remember that SU! still has their Holiday Sale going on until Monday, December 2nd with items discounted up to 50% off! HERE’S the link to the Holiday Sale in my Online Store!!! Don’t forget that there are also Weekly Deals – SEE HERE 🙂 as well as the Clearance Rack (CLICK HERE) and of course, our other fabulous lineup of regularly priced products too!!!
SU! Color Collection Core’dinations Cardstock
40 sheets of 12″ x 12″ Core’dinations Cardstock in SU!-exclusive colors (4 Sheets of each of 10 colors)
Normally $23.95, ONLY $16.77 until December 2, 2013!
Brights (129953)
Subtles (129954)
Regals (129955)
Neutrals (129956)
In Color Core’dinations Cardstock
20 sheets of 12″ x 12″ Core’dinations Cardstock in SU!-exclusive In Colors (4 sheets of each of 5 colors)
2012-2014 In Color (129957) Normally $11.95, ONLY $8.37 until Dec 2, 2013!
2013-2015 In Color (129958) Regular price NOT on sale $11.95
Clearance Rack Discontinued Core’dinations Cardstock
12 sheets of 12″ x 12″ Core’dinations Cardstock in SU!-exclusive
SINGLE color packs
Normally $6.95, ONLY $2.79 while supplies last!
Cherry Cobbler (127846)
Early Espresso (127848)
Gumball Green (127847)
Primrose Petals (129322)
Hi there! Today I’m bringing you one of my favorite swap cards from Convention 2013 (yes, I still have more of these to come)! It uses several great products that were new in our 2013-2014 Annual Catalog, including the Notable Notions Stamp Set, Chalk Talk Framelits, and Beautifully Baroque Embossing Folder! It also uses a GREAT product that is is SALE during the Holiday Sale – the Core’dinations Cardstock!!! I LOVE that stuff! Stay tuned for tomorrow’s Quick Tip Tuesday! I’m going to show several ways to use this amazing, versatile product! It is textured if you leave it plain, or you can sand it, tear it, or emboss AND sand it together to reveal the paler core! All of the packs except the 2013-2015 Color Pack are included in the Holiday Sale and they are 30% off!!! Rock on! I LOVE this product so I couldn’t be happier. With the regular color collections, you get 40 total sheets – 4 sheets of each of the 10 colors – for $16.77 (regularly $23.95) and the 2012-2014 In Color collection is 20 total sheets – 4 sheets of each of the 5 colors – for $8.97 (regularly $11.95). There are also discontinued single-color packages (Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler, Primrose Petals, Gumball Green) on the clearance rack of 12 sheets of 12″ x 12″ for $2.79 (regularly $6.95).
Anyway, I used the Primrose Petals from the 2012-2014 In Color Core’dinations Cardstock on this card and simply tore the top and bottom edge, as well as stamped on it a bit with the script image from Notable Notions in Primrose Petals ink. The main focal point was stamped and then cropped out with the Chalk Talk Framelits with the help of the Magnetic Platform and the Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine. *TIP: The framelit that matches the image is symmetrical, so just use your Paper Snips to snip off the bottom of the shape off to match the straight bottom edge of the stamp. That Cotton Ribbon is so fantastic and easy to use on projects that it just blows my mind! 🙂 It’s also a super easy one to dye to match your projects too!
I’m so in love with the elements in this stamp set! The buttons are 3 separate images but I put all of them onto a clear block and stamped the background (as well as a matching envelope) quickly and easily. I love the sentiment too! It’s fun because it is also a design element and the main focal point but the thing I LOVE most about it is that it can work for so many different occasions. “You Make Me Smile” would work for birthdays, thank yous, retirements, graduations, and of course, the no occasion, just-wanted-to-make-someones-day. 🙂 The color combo of Soft Suede, Primrose Petals, So Saffron, and Very Vanilla really feels vintage and is so soft and beautiful! Embossing the So Saffron strip of cardstock with the Beautifully Baroque embossing folder just added some gorgeous dimension and texture!
I hope you loved this card as much as I do! It ended up being my favorite of the 13 cards I designed for Convention this year – I think because it was SO out of the box for me. Do you ever have that? You make something that isn’t in your comfort zone and it ends up being better that what you’d do if you stuck to your comfort zone? Pretty exciting when that happens! Ok, crafty friends, I’ll leave you for today but check in tomorrow for some more crafty inspiration! 🙂
Hi there! A fun card today for the sketch challenge over at As You See It Challenges! I’m SO loving how this turned out for my dad’s birthday card! I also decorated the inside and the envelope so look below for that as well as a few videos for my Quick Tip Tuesday and Tool Time Thursday this week! (You can see both of them at the very end of this post!)
I used the Gently Falling Stamp Set, which is definitely one of the sets that I use frequently. It is SO simple to use. Either use the solid images alone, outline images alone, or use them together as I’ve done on this card! I stamped the solid images in Cajun Craze, Marina Mist, and Old Olive inks onto a 2-1/4″ x 5″ wide piece of Very Vanilla Cardstock. Then I stamped over them (I just eyeballed it – it’s fun for it not to be perfect) with the coordinating outline images in Baked Brown Sugar ink. I used my favorite Gorgeous Grunge Stamp Set and the small splatters with Baked Brown Sugar ink to add some depth, stamping off on scratch paper each time before stamping onto my panel so the ink was lighter. Finally, I cut them apart into four strips measuring 1-1/8″ x 2-1/4″ and mounted them onto the Baked Brown Sugar panel measuring 2-1/2″ x 5-1/2″. I then used the Essentials Paper Piercing Pack, Stampin’ Pierce Mat, and Piercing Tool to pierce the back of the panel. Flip it over and the front has the “wrong” side of the holes. I really like to do this technique on masculine cards as it is a little rougher looking than the regular way of piercing.
The Woodgrain Background Stamp is stamped in Cajun Craze ink straight onto the Cajun Craze card base. I attached the leaf stamped panel with Stampin’ Dimensionals. I stamped “Dad” with the Sketch and Outline alphabets (Marina Mist for the Sketch and Baked Brown Sugar for the Outline) and then used the Chalk Talk Framelits Dies to cut it out. Check out my video below on how I made this long die shorter to better fit my short “Dad” title. I slipped some Natural Trim through the slot, tied it off with Linen Thread, and attached it with Stampin’ Dimensionals. *TIP: Since I’d used Stampin’ Dimensionals under the main strip, I used one on the left of the “Dad” sentiment piece and stacked them 2 high on the right. 🙂
The inside is super simple. I used my Stamp-a-ma-jig to combine 2 sentiments from the One in a Million Stamp Set and die cut it out with the Chalk Talk Framelits Dies. I then took a strip of Old Olive Cardstock and flagged the end with my scissors.
My final step was to create a matching envelope with the Envelope Liner Die. I’ll be posting that video tomorrow but will link to it here (Edited: check it out below). I LOVE how the set turned out! Super professional and simple but special enough for my awesome dad’s birthday!!!
I encourage you to play along with us over at As You See It Challenges! I LOVE what we’ve done so far and hope you’ll join us for some amazing challenges. This week is a sketch challenge, but who knows what’s coming next?!?
This card was entered into challenges at: Papertake Weekly, Stamp-n-Doodle, Creative Craft Challenges 2, Eureka Stamps, The Sisterhood of Crafters, ABC Challenges, 4 Krafty Girlz, Creative Moments, My Craft Creations, and Stamping for the Weekend.
Partial Liner Cardstock Sizes
Medium Envelope: 3″ x 5-3/4″
Note Card Envelope: 2-1/2″ x 5-1/4″
Square Envelope: 2-1/4″ x 3-1/4″
Supply List
STAMPS:
Gently Falling (Wood-Mount 128430, Clear-Mount 123804)
Gorgeous Grunge (Wood-Mount 130514, Clear-Mount 130517)
ABC-123 Outline Alphabet & Numbers (Clear-Mount Only 130568)
ABC-123 Sketch Alphabet & Numbers (Clear-Mount Only 130565)
One in a Million – inside (Wood-Mount 132052, Clear-Mount 126382)
Woodgrain Background Stamp (Wood-Mount 128763, Clear-Mount 127808)
PAPER:
8-1/2″ x 11″ Very Vanilla Cardstock (101650)
8-1/2″ x 11″ Baked Brown Sugar Cardstock (131296)
8-1/2″ x 11″ Cajun Craze Cardstock (119684)
8-1/2″ x 11″ Old Olive Cardstock – inside (100702)
Very Vanilla Medium Envelopes (107300)
INK:
Baked Brown Sugar Classic Stampin’ Pad (131174)
Cajun Craze Classic Stampin’ Pad (126965)
Old Olive Classic Stampin’ Pad (126953)
Marina Mist Classic Stampin’ Pad (126962)
ACCESSORIES:
7/16″ Natural Trim (129287)
Linen Thread (104199)
SNAIL Adhesive (104332)
Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755)
Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430)
TOOLS:
Stampin’ Trimmer (126889)
Simply Scored Scoring Tool (122334)
Bone Folder (102300)
Paper Snips (103579)
Craft Scissors (108360)
Stamp-a-ma-jig (101049)
Paper Piercing Tool (126189)
Stampin’ Pierce Mat (126199)
Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack (126187)
Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine (113439)
Magnetic Platform (130658)
Chalk Talk Framelits Dies (129983)
*Also comes in a bundle with the Chalk Talk Stamp Set at a 15% discount. Wood-Mount 132731, Clear-Mount 132730!*
Envelope Liners Framelits Dies (132172)
Grid Paper (102787)
Stampin’ Scrub (126200)
Stampin’ Mist (102394)
Hello! Today I have a super easy, quick card! 🙂 I participated in the 10 Minute Craft Dash and interpreted their colors for the challenge as Stampin’ Up!’s Tangerine Tango, Basic Black, and Wild Wasabi! I totally encourage anyone to play along with these challenges! They are truly that, a challenge!!! I LOVE that it forces me to make a quick and simple card, although I wish I had had more time to add some black rhinestones to this card.
I also filmed a video as I was making this card so you could see the somewhat crazy process! 🙂 I’m proud to say it took me 9 minutes 45 seconds!!! Barely made it! I’ll embed the video here as soon as it uploads to YouTube. I also combined this challenge with the sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches, although I did take a tad bit of creative license and put something in the upper left corner. I also made the sketch into a regular card as I don’t make square cards, except once in a blue moon.
Below is the supply list! Click on any item to see it in my online store and order it now! 🙂 Or CLICK HERE for easy shopping 24/7!
Supply List
STAMPS:
Tags 4 You (Wood-Mount 131820, Clear-Mount 131823)
***Save 15% and buy the Tags 4 You Stamp Set and matching Label Bracket Punch as bundle! Wood-Mount 133293, Clear-Mount 133294***
Gorgeous Grunge (Wood-Mount 130514, Clear-Mount 130517)
Off the Grid (Wood-Mount Only 130736)
PAPER:
8-1/2″ x 11″ Whisper White Cardstock (100730)
8-1/2″ x 11″ Basic Black Cardstock (121045)
8-1/2″ x 11″ Tangerine Tango Cardstock (111349)
INK:
Tangerine Tango Classic Stampin’ Pad (126946)
Wild Wasabi Classic Stampin’ Pad (126959)
Jet Black StazOn Ink Pad (101406)
***Note: The Tangerine Tango & Wild Wasabi markers are not available individually.***
Basic Black Stampin’ Write Marker (100082)
Brights Collection Stampin’ Write Markers (131259) – Tangerine Tango
Subtles Collection Stampin’ Write Markers (131263) – Wild Wasabi
OR get ALL 38 Core Colors in our Color Collections (not Whisper White or Very Vanilla) in the Many Marvelous Markers (131264)
ACCESSORIES:
SNAIL Adhesive (104332)
Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755)
Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430)
TOOLS:
Stampin’ Trimmer (126889)
Simply Scored Scoring Tool (122334)
Bone Folder (102300)
Blender Pens (102845)
Label Bracket Punch (132153)
***Save 15% and buy the Label Bracket Punch and matching Tags 4 You Stamp Set as bundle! Wood-Mount 133293, Clear-Mount 133294***
Grid Paper (102787)
Stampin’ Scrub (126200)
Stampin’ Mist (102394)
StazOn Cleaner (109196)
ruler
Hi there! I’ll be back tomorrow with your video for Quick Tip Tuesday! Today I have another of my Stampin’ Up! Convention swaps from this summer for you! If I could only have one stamp set out of the Holiday Catalog, it would be the Festive Flurry Stamp Set! HOWEVER, I totally recommend if you’re looking at this set, that you look at the Festive Flurry Bundle instead, which contains the stamp set and the matching Festive Flurry Framelits Dies at a 15% discount. Love how quick and easy it is to make cut out, beautiful snowflakes!!!
This card is really pretty simple! A GREAT mass-producible card that you could make to mail out to friends and family this holiday season. I LOVE Midnight Muse and combined it here with Crumb Cake and Very Vanilla to make a simple, monochromatic color scheme. You could switch out any color for Midnight Muse and totally change the look of the card! If you have our catalogs memorized, you may be wondering where the sentiment comes from! It’s from a stamp set that is on our Carryover List of previously released products that aren’t in our catalogs but are still available! Check that out HERE!
Supply List
STAMPS:
Festive Flurry (Wood-Mount 131778, Clear-Mount 131781)
***Save 15% and order with the matching Festive Flurry Framelits Dies as part of the Festive Flurry Bundle! Wood-Mount 133284, Clear-Mount 133285***
More Merry Messages (Wood-Mount 126400, Clear-Mount 126402)
PAPER:
8-1/2″ x 11″ Very Vanilla Cardstock (101650)
8-1/2″ x 11″ Crumb Cake Cardstock (120953)
8-1/2″ x 11″ Midnight Muse Cardstock (126843)
INK:
Midnight Muse Classic Stampin’ Pad (126860)
ACCESSORIES:
Basic Pearl Jewels (119247)
SNAIL Adhesive (104332)
Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755)
Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430)
TOOLS:
Stampin’ Trimmer (126889)
Simply Scored Scoring Tool (122334)
Bone Folder (102300)
Stamp-a-ma-jig (101049)
Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine (113439)
Festive Flurry Framelits Dies (132193)
***Save 15% and order with the matching Festive Flurry Stamp Set as part of the Festive Flurry Bundle! Wood-Mount 133284, Clear-Mount 133285***
Perfect Polka Dots Textured Impressions Embossing Folders (117335)
Grid Paper (102787)
Stampin’ Scrub (126200)
Stampin’ Mist (102394)
Hi there!!! Are you enjoying my Friday posts for the As You See It Design Team? I’m sure enjoying making these projects with the awesome inspiration from the challenge blog. I combined this week’s color challenge with a few other ones so I’ll list those below. 🙂
Super simple card for you today! I LOVE the sketch from over at Retro Sketches and I thought a simple layout would be best for this bright and funky color combination of Pumpkin Pie, Crushed Curry, and Gumball Green. I only used ONE stamp set on this project! (Ok, that’s like, a miracle for me!) I’ve been loving the fun and surprise of getting a new Best of set each month featuring a theme and best selling stamps fitting that theme from the 25 years SU! has been in business!!! The set I used here was the Best of Autumn! LOVE, LOVE, LOVE! *Side Note: The Best of Christmas released on October 1st and is going to have to be mine!!! It’s so awesome!
As far as details, I have just a couple here. The greeting was stamped in VersaMark and heat embossed with White Stampin’ Emboss Powder onto the Gumball Green cardstock. I added a couple of pearls to mimic the dots in the sketch. Then I used a temporary adhesive to layer the Gumball Green cardstock piece onto my leaf stamped Whisper White panel and used straight piercing template from the Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack (along with a Paper Piercer and Stampin’ Pierce Mat) to pierce holes that would outline the Gumball Green piece. It’s easier to see in person. Then I popped the Gumball Green piece up on Stampin’ Dimensionals and onto the Whisper White piece. This whole panel then was glued to a Pumpkin Pie card base. I tied some Whisper White Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon around the top to finish it off! (I did a bow instead of a knot this time to add a little more weight on the left side of the card to balance it a bit more.)
Head on over to the As You See It Challenge Blog and play along!!!
This card was entered into challenges at: Retro Sketches, Tuesday Throwdown, Dream Valley Challenges, Moving Along with the Times, Creative Craft Challenges 2, Pile It On Challenge, and Loves Rubber Stamps.
Supply List
STAMPS:
Best of Autumn (Clear-Mount ONLY 134390)
***Note: Buy 6 of the Best of… Stamp Sets and get any set $14.95 or under for FREE!***
PAPER:
8-1/2″ x 11″ Whisper White Cardstock (100730)
8-1/2″ x 11″ Gumball Green Cardstock (126840)
8-1/2″ x 11″ Pumpkin Pie Cardstock (105117)
INK:
Crushed Curry Classic Stampin’ Pad (131173)
Gumball Green Classic Stampin’ Pad (126861)
Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin’ Pad (126945)
VersaMark (102283)
ACCESSORIES:
Basic Pearl Jewels (119247)
1/4″ Whisper White Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon (126877)
Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755)
Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430)
TOOLS:
Stampin’ Trimmer (126889)
Simply Scored Scoring Tool (122334)
Bone Folder (102300)
Craft Scissors (108360)
Stamp-a-ma-jig (101049)
Paper Piercing Tool (126189)
Stampin’ Pierce Mat (126199)
Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack (126187)
White Stampin’ Emboss Powder (109132)
Heat Tool (129053)
Grid Paper (102787)
Stampin’ Scrub (126200)
Stampin’ Mist (102394)
Hi there! Super simple card with the sketch from the As You See It Challenge Blog today! Challenge #004…you’ve gotta hop over there and give it a try! 🙂 Check out what the rest of the AYSI Design Team has for you over at http://www.AsYouSeeItChallenge.com.
Ok, so the card…well I had the idea to use Festive Flurry for the 3 repeated elements you see on the sketch below. And I had tried embossing them on Cardstock Vellum and LOVED how they turned out! So I did that again. Use the Embossing Buddy to remove static from your paper, stamp the image in VersaMark ink, cover with Silver Stampin’ Emboss Powder, and heat until the powder turns shiny! It’s like magic!!! Then I simply used the matching framelit to crop them out. I used Stampin’ Dimensionals to attach them to the Designer Series Paper from the Winter Frost DSP Stack. (If I made the card again, I would just use dots of Multipurpose Liquid Glue as I had to cut the dimensionals into TINY pieces to put them on each end as the embossing made them curl up a bit.) Attach to some of my new favorite Silver Foil Sheets and then to the Pool Party card base! Pretty simple. The sentiment (from one of the BRAND NEW Photopolymer Stamp Sets!) is also heat embossed. I added a bit of the tiny 1/8″ Silver Ribbon to finish it off! True confessions time…if I made the card all over again, I would stamp the sentiment down a bit more and move both the main panel, as well as the ribbon down.
These cards would make FANTASTIC Christmas cards or in my case, I was thinking it would be great for Christmas thank you cards! Join us for the challenge over at As You See It! It’s so much fun and it gets the creativity flowing!!!
Supply List
STAMPS:
Festive Flurry (Wood-Mount 131778, Clear-Mount 131781)
Another Thank You Photopolymer Stamp Set (133454)
*Buy Festive Flurry as a bundle with the matching framelits and SAVE 15%!
Festive Flurry Bundle (Wood-Mount 133284, Clear-Mount 133285)
PAPER:
8-1/2″ x 11″ Pool Party Cardstock (122924)
8-1/2″ x 11″ White Vellum Cardstock (101856)
12″ x 12″ Silver Foil Sheets (132178)
Winter Frost Designer Series Paper Stack (132183)
INK:
VersaMark (102283)
ACCESSORIES:
Basic Rhinestone Jewels (119246)
Silver 1/8″ Ribbon (132137)
Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755)
Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430)
TOOLS:
Stampin’ Trimmer (126889)
Simply Scored Scoring Tool (122334)
Bone Folder (102300)
Craft Scissors (108360)
Heat Tool (129053)
Silver Stampin’ Emboss Powder (109131)
Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine (113439)
Festive Flurry Framelits Dies (132193)
Grid Paper (102787)
Stampin’ Scrub (126200)
Stampin’ Mist (102394)
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