Polka Dots and Paisley

Here is a card I made almost a year ago that had been filed away so I thought I had better post it before the stamp set retires. It was a really quick and easy card using Really Rust ink and Old Olive ink

Pretty Amazing

Here is a card I made using the Pretty Amazing set and a great saying from the Hostess set Sweet Dreams. I usd two colours I just love together, Soft Sky and Chocolate Chip. It waa a pretty easy card to make and only took a few minutes to put together. I also used the Chocolate poly twill ribbon from the Ocassions mini which expires on Monday.

Crab and Company...again!

I sure do love this little Crab guy! I love anything that lets me use the little googly eyes! He was stamped in black, on red and carefully cut out. I stamped the shell and starfish with basic brown and masked them. To make the sand I stamped one of the background stamps from Itty Bitty Backgrounds repeatedly with River Rock. I then sponged river rock overtop of that to fill it in. I now have loads of free time so hopefully I will get some more stamping done with him and find more ways to use them.

Fresh Cuts Note card....

I just love the new FreshCuts note cards. In this card I cut the front with the laser cut off and layered it over a piece of Ginger Blossom Designer Paper. I then layered it onto Ruby Red cardstock and onto a Groovy Guava square card (stamped with the scroll from Priceless in Groovy Guava) The center of the flower was made using the ruby red punched with the Boho Blossoms punch. The half pearl is from the Pretties kit.

Spritzing technique...

On this card I did a very cool spritzing technique with ink re-fills and water. In two mini water spritzers I filler them both with water. I added about 5 drops of Purely Pomegranate to one and about 5 drops of Summer Sun to the other and shook the both well. On Naturals Ivory I spritzed the summer sun a few times and then I spritzed the Purely Pomegranate a few times until the paper was covered. This technique works better on the heavier cardstock such as the naturals and the confetti type over the Whisper White and Very Vanilla. The stamps I used on this card are the soon to be discontinued Polka Dots and Petals and Much Appreciated, stamped with the Purely Pomegrante and Pumpkin Pie inks. I also used a ticket corner punch on the corners.

Forever in My Heart

Another set that is about to be retired when the new catalogue comes out in August. It's only been around a year so I am sad to see these great hearts go. This card was made with Real Red, Regal Ros and the ever so versatile Certainly Celery. I used the word window punch on the side with two white eyelets to just add a little something to the card.

Retiring Stamp Sets....

I know that this card isn't very seasonal but Peaceful Wishes was one of the stamp sets on the Stampin Up retiring list yesterday. The mistletoe on this card was made by inking up the stamp with an Always Artichoke ink pad. I then used a Q-tip to remove the ink from the berries and then I used a Bravo Burgundy marker to colour them in. The Peaceful Wishes was stamped in Versamark Watermark and embossed with white embossing powder.

Year after Year

Here is a different card I made with the flower from the Year after Year stamp set and the all over embossing (Dazzling Diamonds and clear embossing mixed together) The background on the soft sky card was made with the See you Aound jumbo wheel and soft sky ink.

Wonderful You

One of the many cards I have made lately using the Wonderful You stamp set. First I stamped the solid flower with Versamark Watermark and I sponged on chalks. I then overstamped with the outline stamp with Ruby Red and Old Olive ink. The background on the card is done with the coordinating wheel, Stems and Sillhouettes in Ruby Red ink. The "wonderful you" was stamped with black Staz On ink on twill ribbon.

Baby Boy Star card....

Here is a boy version of the star card I made using the same Classic Background stamp set. I love the Barely Banana and Bashuful Blue together for a baby boy. I used the star punches, the oval punches and corner rounder on this card. The "sweet little one" stamp is from the Holiday and Wishes stamp set. The large star was made with a chipboard star (from On Board Simon Upper) covered with bashful blue cardstock and sponged on the edges with bashful blue.

Baby Girl Card

I haven't made any baby cards in a long time so I thought it was time to make a few since having babies seems to be in the air! (Amber, Julie and Diane!) I made this card with the star from the Classic Backgrounds set, my star punches and verse from Full of Life. I love the Pretty in Pink and Certainly Celery together for a baby girl. I will post the boy version I made using the stars tomorrow.

Crab and Company....

My new favourite stamp set, I just love this little crab, especially when you add googly eyes. How cute is he! I just stamped him on red cardstock and cut him out very carefully (those legs are tricky!) "A pinch to grow and inch" is on the outside and "snappy birthday" is on the inside. I cut the River Rock cardstock with my Cutter kit and the background was done with real Red and the Polka Dot Background stamp.

Polka Dots and Petals...

It's been a while since I updated my blog so I thought I had better upload something. I't's been a really busy couple of weeks but things are starting to calm down now. This is an older card I made quite awhile ago using the Polka Dots and Petals stamp set but I had a picture of it on the computer so it was easy to upload :o)

I have done a few new cards this week so hopefully I will get up the strength to bring the camera all the way downstairs and take some pictures of them and get them up on here!

Glitter Priceless Card

A really quick and simple card with flowers from the Priceless stamp set and the chunky glitter. I love the turquoise and celery colours together on white. I used Crystal Effects and painted it onto the flowers with a paintbursh ( a thick layer) and then sprinkled on the clear chunky glitter. I sure hope the Chunky glitter makes it into the next catalogue in the fall because I think the clear chunky sprinkles are going to be awesome at Christmas.

Contest Winner.....

Thanks to all who sent me answers to my little questionnaire about the classes I give. There were some great helpful answers to help me create m classes in the future. Probably the two main themes were that people would like classes Saturday mornings, which I will try for my next class in June. Also people wanted to see something other than just cards, which hopefully I will have time to try in june as well. And the winner of the free Sale-a-bration set is Julie P-A. Congratulations Julie!

Here is a card that we made at my last class. It's a chipboard star covered with both chunky sprinkles and Fine Cosmo glitter. I love the Celery and Soft Sky together!

Picka Petal Lady Bug

Here is an old card I made almost a year ago when I got the Pick a Petal stamp set. The head an body were made with black circle punched. The antenae are just drawn on with a basic black marker and eyelets were attached at the end.

All over Glitter...

Here is a copy of another card we made on the weekend at my glitter class. It's somewhat hard to see in the picture but the entire white cardstock panel with the flowers is covered in glitter. I've had the stamp set Year after Year for quite a while now and I think this card, and the "love" card I posted a few days ago are the first I really made and loved with it. I think I will have to pull it out again soon!

Gift Cards and Box...

Here is the second project we made at my last Stampers 8 Club. It was kind of like stampers boot camp since we made 6 cards, 2 So Saffron (in picture), 2 River Rock, and 2 Mellow Moss. And of course we made the little box for them. The whole club made it through and got the whole project done with minimal complaining (OK, I'm being nice! There was a lot of complaining and a few threats of dropping out!)

It was a great 8 months and I will be starting a new club, probably later this summer to run for 8 to 10 months depending on how many people sign up.

In case you were wondering what a Stampers 8 Club is it is a group of 8 people who meet once a month for 8 months and place a minimum order of $25 (8 x $25=$220, enough for the first level of Hostess Benefits which is a free stamp set and $20 free) A club is usually between 8 and 10 people, the number of people in the club equals the number of months you are commmitted to buy the minimum, the amount changes depending on the number of people. Each member has a month where they receive the hostess benefits for the orders received. Once a month when we meet I have two projects for the club to do. I will announce it in my newsletter on here when a new club is forming.

Hat Pin Thank You Card...

This is one of the cards we made at the last meeting of my Stampers 8 Club. The Thank You stamp is from the Lovely Labels set and the background scroll is out of the Priceless set. The hat pin (from the Pretties kit) with beads gives this card a great finishing touch. I used River Rock, Chocolate Chip and Very Vanilla for this card and the ribbon is the Chocolate Poly-Twill Ribbon out of the Ocassions Mini.

Glitter "Love" card

Here is one of the cards we made at my Glitter class yesterday. The wedding cake is from the Year After Year set and the "love" is from Wonderful Words which I haven't used in a long time. I used a combination of dazzling diamonds glitter and the chunky sprinkles in the mini. My house is still full of glitter!