March Club #2 projects

Really? It's March? It feels more like May here and I'm loving it. The temps are going to be getting warmer and almost summer like as the week progresses. I somehow have a feeling that winter isn't done with us yet which is all the more reason to enjoy this! Here are the projects we did for Stamp Club on Wednesday:

This is a quick and simple masculine birthday card:

This card uses a different fold, just for a little change up. The stamp set used here is Bring on the Cake. The DSP is from Well Worn, which is great for masculine cards. The colours are early espresso, cajun craze and very vanilla. A very simple card!

This next card could be used as a masculine card or a sympathy card:

I love this card - it looks like a painting. This image is made using the reflection technique. The image is from Lovely as a Tree and is coloured with old olive and chocolate chip markers then stamped on vanilla. The stamp is then coloured again and stamped on acetate. Flip the acetate over, line up the image with the first image and rub the acetate to transfer to the card stock. It gives the image such a water coloured look. Label collection framelits were used to cut the layers. A banner and some ribbon add the final touch.

We also completed a baby card. The sample of this card was included in my March 1st post for the blog hop.

Thanks for stopping by. My next post will be the projects for this Wednesday's Stamp Club. This nice weather has me in the mood for bright colours and spring flowers (hint, hint!) :)

Pat

All Occasion Card Class

Hello again. I hope you were able to follow the blog hop on Thursday. Wow - there are so many talented ladies out there! Today I wanted to post pics of three of the cards we made in the All Occasion Card Class from last weekend. We actually made six cards and I will post pics of the other cards later as I will be using them in Stamp Club this week.

Here's a clean and simple birthday card I will be using for a child's birthday:

This card uses the cheery and bright colours of tempting turquoise, real red, pumpkin pie and daffodil delight. The whisper white layer is embossed with the stripes embossing folder. The real red and daffodil delight strips are embossed with the polka dot folder. The happy birthday image is from the set Bring on the Cake and can be used for any age. Mini brads accent the corners that have been punched out using the ticket corner punch.

This next card uses some new techniques I have been trying out:

The colours used here are soft suede, pretty in pink and the Beau Chateau DSP. The DSP was trimmed using the new Adorning Accents edgelits die. The sentiment is very vanilla layered on pretty in pink that has been cut using the second smallest die from the Labels Collection framelit. This small piece was then embossed using the oval frame from the Designer Frames Textured Impressions. It was pretty fussy work trying to keep the embossing folder centered on such a small frame but the effect is sooo pretty! The tiny bow was created by tying a fork bow. I love doing these bows. The basic pearls have been coloured using a permanent marker and add a nice little touch to such a delicate looking card.

Finally, this card was made as a sympathy card but could be used for other occasions as well:

The idea for this card came from Pinterest (my newest addiction!!) and the origin was from the blog of http://wahinelei.blogspot.com/2010/09/sympathy-card.html I modified my version to be SUO (Stampin' Up! only). The colours used are are bashful blue, certainly celery and whisper white. It is hard to see in the picture but the centre of the card has been scored twice vertically with the Simply Scored Scoring Tool. The right side has been embossed using the vintage wallpaper embossing folder. The flowers are from the set Love & Sympathy. We coloured the flowers using markers, stamped off on the grid paper once and then on to the card stock for a faded look. The second flower was stamped directly onto the card stock after colouring. The butterflies were made using the Big Shot and the Beautiful Wings embosslit die. Some basic pearls accent the scored centre of the card.

I hope you like these projects. My next post will be of the cards made in Stamp Club this week. Thanks for stopping by!!

Pat

Stylin' Stampin' Squad March Blog Hop

Welcome to our March blog hop.   You may have just arrived here from Dawn's blog.   Please make sure to leave comments for our blog hop participants so they can all feel the love!!

This month's themes are Spring/St. Patrick's Day/Baby.    The colour challenge is garden green/bashful blue/tangerine tango.   The stamp set challenge is Language of Friendship.   My 3D project meets the St. Patrick's Day theme:

This is my punch art leprechaun with his lucky four leaf clover and pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.  The gold is actually some delicious Werthers hard caramels which is as close to gold as we get around here!!  The bucket is made using three pillow boxes cut using the Big Shot and the pillow box die.  The handle is made from strips of card stock in all of the colours of the rainbow.  A little peep hole was cut using the smallest of the labels collection framelits.   The various punches used to create the leprechaun will be listed in the supply list at the end of today's blog.   A lucky four leaf clover is created using the smallest heart from the Heart to Heart punch.

For the baby card, I went with a non gender specific colour - pear pizzazz:

The adorable little baby feet came from the Baby Prints stamp set found in the Occasions Mini.    I used a brayer to ink the polka dot embossing folder with pear pizzazz to colour the layer of naturals white card stock.   This makes the polka dots pop against the inked paper.

This card meets the colour challenge and the stamp set challenge:

Once again this challenge was good for me as it definitely uses colours that are not my "go to" colours.  The card base is crumb cake layered with garden green which has been punched with the scallop trim border punch.   The crumb cake doily was cut using the Big Shot and the Perfect Pennants die.   Tangerine Tango is punched from a sheet of designer series paper in the Paisley Petals pack using the 1 3/4" circle punch.   Bashful blue is stamped with basic black using the Language of Friendship stamp set and then punched out with the Bird Builder and Boho Blossom punches.  Two kinds of ribbon were used together - the crumb cake seam binding ribbon and the Chantilly crochet trim.   The boho blossoms were each doubled up and the edges were distressed.   The final additions were the basic pearls and one large basic pearl in the centre of the bow.

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SUPPLY LIST:

Project 1

Stamps:  Teeny Tiny Wishes

Card stock:  garden green, certainly celery, basic black, whisper white, blushing bride, pumpkin pie, brushed gold, real red, pumpkin pie, so saffron, tempting turquoise, night of navy, perfect plum

Ink:  garden green, basic black

Punches:  Heart to Heart, corner rounder, scallop circle, curly label, extra-large tag, itty bitty shapes, large oval, modern label

Other tools and embellishments:  crop-a-dile, labels collection framelit, cello bag

Project 2

Stamps:  Baby Prints, Petite Pairs, Charming

Card stock:  pear pizzazz, naturals white, crumb cake

Ink:  basic black, pear pizzazz

Tools and embellishments:  big shot, polka dot embossing folder, scallop squares duo die, pear pizzazz seam binding ribbon, small oval punch

Project 3

Stamps:   Language of Friendship

Card stock:   crumb cake, garden green, paisley petals DSP, bashful blue, very vanilla

Ink:  basic black

Tools and embellishments:   big shot, Perfect Pennants die, scallop trim border punch, 1 3/4" circle punch, small scallop oval punch, bird builder punch, boho blossoms punch, crumb cake seam binding ribbon, chantilly crochet trim, basic pearls, large basic pearl

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Blog Hop Participants:

1. Shellie G. of Creative Electica
2. Annie L. of Love Me Cards
3. Pam S. of Stampin' in the Sun!
4. Nancy B. of Lady Stamps a Lot
5. Anji C. of Altered Scraps Blog
6. Rose C. of Stamp with Rose
7. Tonya B. of Stampin' with Tonya
8. Amanda H. of Live Laugh Craft
9. Dawn S. of Dawn's Creative Chalet
10. Patricia T. of Sunnyone Stampin'
11. Heather W. of Heather's Stampin' Blog
12. Pamela W. of Stinky Tofu
13. Linda O. of Stamp at Linda's
14. Marla R. of Marla's Stampin' Spot
15. Michele M. of Michele's Stampin' Blog
16. Darcy J. of DJ's Stampin' Place
17. Nicole B. of Creations by Mommy
18. Pam S. of Sunny Girl Scraps
19. Kim R. of Stamping with Kim

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Check in on March 1st for another exciting edition of the Stylin' Stampin' Squad Blog Hop.   There are plenty of participants so you are guaranteed to get all kinds of inspiration.    Make sure to leave comments for the blog hop participants as we all need to feel the love and know we are appreciated.

Thanks for stopping by!

Pat
  

Happy Valentine's Day

I'm obviously hooked on the Sweet Cake stamp set from the Occasions Mini. Here are two more cards using this set:

This card uses a melon mambo card base. The scallop framed oval was done in two parts. The center oval uses melon mambo DSP from the patterns pack and is framed with whisper white embossed with the polka dot embossing folder. A little bit of melon mambo ink was sponged on the embossed dots to make them pop a little. A tiny fork bow is made using the melon mambo scallop dots ribbon. The bling is brought out using the red glimmer paper and dazzling details for the icing.

This version uses rose red for a card base with a layer of rose red DSP from the patterns pack. Another layer of rose red and some whisper white frame the cupcake image. This was my first "successful" attempt at ruffling the rose red seam binding ribbon. I had tried this method before and gave up in frustration but this time it worked right from the get go for me. I love the look of the ruffled ribbon and will be doing it a lot more. Once again our bling is done using the red glimmer paper and the dazzling details.

These cards will be going to Ty's teachers. He helped by punching out the cherry and the heart for each card. I think I'm done with Valentine projects now. My poor hubby will probably get one of my projects for his card this year. I'm sure he won't mind. ;)

Thanks for stopping by.

Pat

Stamp Club #1 - February projects

With Valentine's Day coming up, I needed to show my Club ladies some love.   Here is the treat that I had for them on club night:

The Hershey nuggets were wrapped with regular copy paper stamped with Love from It's a Wrap Holidays in real read. I trim the regular paper to fit the nugget and then stamp. The regular paper wraps quite easily around the nugget. A piece of real red card stock behind the nuggets helps keep them in place and makes them show up a little better. The top note die was used to cut the retired Love Impressions Specialty DSP and makes a perfect topper for the cello bag. The final touch was the fork bow made with real red 5/8" satin ribbon.

Here are the projects we worked on:

This card is a CASE from Diary of Two Crafty Girls using the French Foliage stamp set. Check out their blog here

I love this blog and these ladies are a constant source of inspiration for me. My version is a little different as I do not have the Winter Post stamp set for the postage stamp. This card could be used for a Valentine card or for a wedding/anniversary card. The vintage feel is what really appealed to me. The cutter kit was used to rough up the edges of the naturals white layer. The french stamp uses early espresso and the water drops are done with crumb cake. Color spritz with early espresso adds even more of an aged look. The hearts are sponged with espresso as well. A trinket key would look so nice but I did not have enough for all of my club ladies so we used the key from the Artistic Etchings set and the phrase from You're a Gem.

This card uses some Occasions Mini goodies. I have posted other versions of this card before. The set used here is Sweet Cake and is so very versatile - it can be used for a Valentine card, birthday card or a thank you card. This time we used the vanilla scented embossing powder for the icing. My craft space sure smelled like a bake shop after eight ladies heat embossed their vanilla! The icing was coloured with a pretty in pink marker before embossing. We used a versa marker to apply the embossing powder where we wanted it. The embossed image has a shine to it after heating but we still added dazzling details to give it more bling. The layers were cut using the labels collection framelits. I am so hoping that we get more versions of the framelits in upcoming catalogues. The possibilities are endless!!

Our final card is a sympathy card using the Love & Sympathy stamp set:

I love the colours!! The card base is island indigo and the whisper white layer has a sponged area using pool party. The edges are sponged with island indigo. The image and phrase are stamped with island indigo as well. The basic pearl and whisper white 5/8" organza ribbon add a delicate touch to this card.

We recently started doing Club challenges. Our challenge for February was to come up with a male birthday card. This was definitely a challenge as I don't seem to have many masculine sets. In the end I had to resort to using a retired set called Plane & Simple in the same format as our sympathy card:

Note to self: invest in more masculine sets!!!

I hope you enjoyed our projects. Thanks for stopping by!

Pat

Club #2 February Projects

It is so hard to believe that January is over!!   I usually find the winter months drag on but not this winter.   It's true what they say - time flies when you're having fun!   I hope you enjoyed the blog hop on Thursday.   Check in again next month to see what the Stylin' Stampin crew have been  up to.

Here are this months club projects for Club #2:

This card was inspired by a card on page 106 of the IBC.  The card base is naturals white layered with melon mambo and old olive.   The melon mambo is heat embossed with melon mambo embossing powder.   I love the look of the tone on tone.    The stamp set used is Just Believe and a smaller image from this set was heat embossed on whisper white using melon mambo embossing powder.  This image was then punched out using the small square punch and placed behind a beveled windowpane.   Old Olive taffeta ribbon is used to secure the windowpane.  The melon mambo layer is trimmed with the scalloped trim border punch.  Tiny basic pearls add a beautiful touch to the flowers.   I will be giving this card to a former coworker of mine as she is in my thoughts and prayers and I wanted a beautiful card to reflect that.

This card uses the rolling marble technique.  The colours used here are tempting turquoise, rich razzleberry and pumpkin pie.   The stamp sets are Pennant Parade and Bring on the Cake.   A rich razzleberry layer is trimmed using the scallop edge border punch and the pennants are punched out with the Petite Pennants Builder punch. 

I had posted this project in this week's blog hop.   It is a sour cream container filled with Hershey kisses.  The container uses real red and whisper white card stock.  The real red has a large heart punched out and is embossed with the Elegant Bouguet embossing folder.   The ends are sealed with sticky strip and crimped with the crimper.   The images are from PS I Love You (Occasions Mini/MDS) and Outlined Occasions (SAB).  Love is coloured in using real red and regal rose markers and pierced with the piercer and mat.  Real red and whisper white 1/8 taffeta ribbon attach the tags to the container.

Check in next week to see projects from Club #1.   Will there be more Valentines projects?   Hmmm ... stay tuned.   :)    Thanks for stopping by.

Pat