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Create Your Christmas Cards Now

Create your Christmas Cards now before the holiday rush begins.  On of my favorite bundles this year is Dashing Deer Stamp Set and the Detailed Deer Thinlits.

 

DASHING DEER STAMP SET& DETAILED DEER THINLITS

These are some of the tools you will need to make this cute Christmas card I have designed for you. 

Tools

Dashing Deer Bundle

Layering Ovals

Soft Suede Ink Pad

Poppy Parade Marker

Lemon Lime Twist Marker

Lemon Lime Twist CS

Very Vanilla CS

Poppy Parade CS

Crumb Cake CS

Santa’s Workshop Specialty DSP

Wink Of Stella – Clear

Dimensionals

Fine-Tip Glue Pen

Basic Jewels – Red Rhinestones

Instructions - Cut

Poppy Parade CS is cut at 5 ½” x 4 1/4”

Lemon Lime Twist is cut at 5 ¼” x 4”

Santa’s Workshop DSP (Poppy Parade Polka Dots) is cut at 5” x 3 ¾”

Stamping& Finishes

Always stamp first and cut second to ensure centering of sentiments and crisp cuts.  Stamp the deer on the Crumb Cake CS using the Soft Suede Ink Pad. Using the Poppy Parade Marker stamp “Happiest Christmas Wishes” on the Very Vanilla oval.  The Fine –tip Glue pen is best to glue the decorative corners on the DSP.One red rhinestonefor the eye of the large deer.   Wink of Stella goes on the decorative corners and the deer antlers.  Assemble card as indicated in the picture.

Big Shot Cutting

Using the Layering Ovals cut one medium oval from Very Vanilla CS.  Using Detailed Deer Thinlets cut one of each of the small deer and the large deer that is not jumping from the Crumb Cake CS.  Cut three decorative corners from Lemon Lime Twist CS.  Cut one corner in half for the bottom of the oval sentiment.

This is a fast and easy card to reproduce.  Make several and change the colors and nobody will know the difference!

You can find the materials at my Stampin'Up store.  Just click on Shop Now.

Gift Card Holder Tutorial

Hooked on You Gift Card Holder             

                                                                      

 

Arrgh, what’s better than candy for Halloween? A gift card from an octopus dressed as a pirate for Halloween! Whip up this envelope punch board gift card for your favorite trick or treaters.

Supplies:

Sea of Textures Stamp Set

Swirly Bird Stamp Set

Under the Sea Framelits

Blackberry Bliss cardstock, 11 x 4 ¼, scored on the long side at 2”, 7 ¼” and 7 3/8”

Blackberry Bliss cardstock, 6 ½” x 3 ¾”, scored on the long side at 1 ¾” and 6”

Rich Razzleberry cardstock, 3 ¾” x 2 ¾”, 3 ¾” x 1 ½”

Scrap of Whisper White cardstock

Scrap of Basic Black cardstock

Scrap of Galvanized Metallic paper

Granny Apple Green Classic Ink Pad

Memento Black Ink Pad

Journaling Pen

Black 3/8” Glittered Organdy Ribbon

½” Circle Punch

Envelope Punch Board

Big Shot

Glue Dots

Tear N Tape

SNAIL

You can find these items located in my Stampin'Up store by clicking on Shop Now

Instructions:

1. Cut and score cardstock as listed above.Using the 11 x 4 ¼” piece of Blackberry Bliss, insert the large flap end at the 1” mark on the Envelope Punch Board and punch. Flip and repeat.

2. Using the 6 ½” x 3 ¾” piece of Blackberry Bliss, z-fold on score lines. Insert the small flap at the 1” mark on the Envelope Punch Board and punch. Flip and repeat.

3. Apply glue dots on the corners of the small piece as shown below. Fold and adhere. Apply Tear N Tape on narrow flap as shown.

4. Take the small pocket piece you just completed and line up the adhesive edge of the small flap to the top score line (7 3/8”). Fold the flap shut to adhere.

5. Insert gift card in pocket. Apply Tear N Tape as shown. Fold up bottom flap and adhere.

6. To decorate your gift card holder, ink up the ink spot stamp from Swirly Bird with Memento Black Ink and randomly stamp ink spots on both Rich Razzleberry pieces.
7. Wrap a piece of Black 3/8” Glittered Organdy Ribbon horizontally around the small Rich Razzleberry piece as shown in the sample. Adhere piece to bottom front of holder.
8. Ink up the Octopus stamp with Granny Apple Green ink and stamp on the Whisper White cardstock. Cut out with the matching framelit and Big Shot. Draw a pirate eye patch with the Journaling Pen on the octupus.
9. Punch a circle from the Galvanized Metal Paper and the Basic Black cardstock. Use a post-it note to make a handle to hold the small circles, and punch again to make the hook shape and holder shape. Adhere hook together and adhere to the upraised tentacle.
10. Adhere large Rich Razzleberry piece to the front of the holder. Adhere the pirate octopus to the front with Mini Dimensionals.

Tips for Cutting Cardstock

Tips for Cutting Cardstock 
Cutting 8-1/2” x 11” Cardstock for Cards 
When using 8-1/2” by 11” cardstock for cards, there are two basic ways of cutting the cardstock to make standard cards that fit in the medium (5-3/4” by 4-3/8”) envelopes. 
If the sheet of paper is held in “portrait” layout, the top and bottom of the sheet measure 8-1/2” and the right and left sides are 11.”   
If the sheet of paper is held in “landscape” layout, the top and bottom of the sheet measure 11” and the right and left sides are 8-1/2.”   
• To make two 5-1/2” by 4-1/4” cards that open like a book (portrait), the paper would need to be cut horizontally at 5-1/2” along the 11” side to make two pieces that measure 8-1/2” by 5-1/2”.  Score each piece at 4-1/4” along the 8-1/2” side. 
• To make two 5-1/2” by 4-1/4” cards that open like a tablet (landscape), the paper would need to be cut vertically at 4-1/4” along the 8-1/2” side to make two pieces that measure 4-1/4” by 11”. Score each piece at 5-1/2” along the 11” side. 
• When I am using the Stampin’ Up! trimmer cutting cardstock, after I cut (dark gray blade) in half in either book or tablet form I then rotate the cut cardstock 90 degrees and use the scoring blade (light gray) to score in half. 

  


Cardstock Toppers 

• For a 1/16” border, cut cardstock topper at 4-1/8” x 5-3/8”. 
• For a 1/8” border, cut cardstock topper at 4” x 5-1/4”. 
• For at 1/4” border, cut cardstock topper at 3-3/4” x 5”. 

Stampin’ Trimmer 
This is by far my most used and loved tool!  I use it all the time to cut cardstock, it is accurate and is simple to use.  This trimmer was specially designed to make stable and straight cuts. Full 12" cut or score. 1 cutting and 1 scoring blade. Extra-wide, 6-1/4" cutting base for most projects; 14-1/2" extendable  ruler for large projects. Ruler and grid protected by durable plastic cover. Point on cutting handle for precise measuring. Right-side grid for cutting thin strips.   

Features & Benefits   
• Lightweight, portable, personal paper cutter - 6-1/4" wide cutting base, Extend ruler to 14-1/2" to use full measuring area 
• Trimmer base is marked in 1/4" increments, right-side grid helps you measure and cut very thin strips 
• Has space at the top and bottom so you don’t have to take the cutting and scoring blades out when you’r

Halloween is right around the corner

Toil & Trouble Suite

Bewitching fun is how I describe the Toil & Trouble Suite in the 2018 Stampin’ Up! Holiday Catalog.

The suite includes a stamp set and a framelit die bundle and lots of accessory goodies. I just had to get the delightful designer series paper, cardstock and glittered organdy ribbon but it also includes black foil sheets and cute spider trinkets.

Here is the first card I made.

You might notice that I also used a new embossing folder on the cardstock background.  It is the new Corrugated Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, also in the 2018 Stampin’ Up! Holiday Catalog.  It adds a lot of dimension to the card.

I also made some tags and treat packages.  For these I used only cardstock and the designer series paper for the images…No coloring here.  The DSP coordinates with the framelits!!

I really love all the possibilities with this suite and I can’t wait to make more treat packages to give out to family and friends.

You can enjoy this set year after year.

 

I am sorry that I have not posted for several weeks. I lost my son with a sudden heart attack a couple of weeks ago. Needless to say, my mind and my energies have gone astray.
I am going to make every effort to get back to posting and sharing with you this coming week.

Art of Collage

Let your hair down and try the collage technique

Collage is a technique that has been around for many of years, even centuries.  It has been used to decorate things from boxes, furniture and into card making.  It is a process of applying pieces of paper on each other to create a design. 

                                                                                          

With this card I used the Dashing Deer Framelit and the Dashing Designer Series Paper which is a special for only hostess for Stampin’Up card parties in September.  I used the designer paper mounted on Real Red cardstock and placed on a Crumb Cake card. 

I cut a piece of the newsprint paper which is printed in green ink.  I sponged it lightly with Frosted Shimmer paint.  Set this aside to dry.  When it is dry, then sponge it with Crumb Cake ink over the Shimmer paint.  Wipe off excess.

Cut the deer using the framelit from the Dashing Deer bundle out of gold foil paper.

Color the white side of the doily with clear Wink of Stella.

Cut the starts from the designer Series paper.

Start the layering by adhering the large star and one smaller one to the sponged background paper.

Glue the doily over the starts with parts of the stars not covered.

Glue the third star to the top of the doily.

Glue the deer to the paper.  Add a bow to the deer’s neck made with the thin real red ribbon found in the catalog.  Add several red rhinestones around the deer.

Add the greetings at the bottom of the card using Garden Green ink.

You want an aged look to your card.

Give collage a try.  Feel free to add other items to your work as well as ribbon and rhinestones.

Use this technique on canvas to create wonderful wall hangings

Scrapbooking Is a Way to Save Wonderful Memories

           Scrapbooking does not need to take hours if you use stamps and designer series papers.

                                  

Broadway Lights Framelits  (146317)

            Broadway Birthday Stamp Set (147067)

            Broadway Birthday Bundle (148321)

Stampin’ Up! have outdone themselves this time!  The Broadway Bound Suite is spectacular, colorful and eye-catching.  If you have birthdays, recitals, concerts, retirements or parties of any kind this is the suite you can’t do without.

Supplies:

2 – 12 X 12 Basic Blk CS (147003)

3 – Sheets of Broadway Bound Specialty DSP (146277)

• 1 - Lemon Lime Twist stripes 11½ X 12 + ½ X 12
• 1 - Lemon Lime Twist/Lovely Lipstick Balloons 11 7/8 X 12
• 1 - Lemon Lime Twist/Lovely Lipstick Cakes 2½ X 12

1 - Lemon Lime Twist CS (146278)

1 - Lovely Lipstick CS (146278)

1 – Basic Black CS (146278)

1 – Whisper White CS (100730)

Balloon Bouquet Punch (140609)

Happy Birthday Thinlets (143700)

Sunshine Wishes Thinlets (141489)

Circle Cutter

Dimentionals (104430)

Snail Adhesive  (104332) Refill (104331)

Instructions:

Center the striped DSP 11 ½” X 12” on one of the black 12 X 12 CS ensuring the stripes are vertical.  Then place the cake DSP on the stripes ¾” from the right hand side of the black CS edge.  This will leave ¼” black and ½” of stripe then the right edge of the cake DSP.  Take the balloon DSP 11 7/8” X 12” ensuring the balloons are floating up.  Take the ½” X 12” striped DSP and adhere it to the left edge of the balloon DSP.  Now, using the circle cutter cut two 5” circles centered on the balloon DSP in a diagonal.  One of these balloon DSP circles will be adhered to the striped and cake DSP on the first page.

Details:

 

Using the Balloon Punch, 2 large Lemon Line Twist balloons, 2 large + 1 small Whisper White balloons and 3 small Lovely Lipstick balloons.  Combine 2 groups of balloons one 5 and one 3 and use dimentionals to adhere to the page.

Using Sunshine Wishes Thinlets, 8 balloon strings from basic black CS using only the stem of the flower.  For the bows, cut 2 double bowsthen cut them in half.  Cut 1 heart from Lemon Lime Twist CS and 1 “love” from Lovely Lipstick CS

Using Happy Birthday Thinlets cut 1 sentiment from Lovely Lipstick CS

Using Large Numbers Thinlets cut the birthday number that suits your page. 

I have left a space on the bottom of the striped DSP page for journaling.

Watercolor background with Clear Blocks

Watercolor Background Stamping with Clear Blocks

One of my favorite techniques for creating unique backgrounds is to stamp with the Clear Blocks that we use with our clear mount and photopolymer stamps.  This is a simple and fun way to create a very interesting background – and you never really know for sure what it will look like until it’s dry!

The technique works best on Watercolor Paper, but I’ve also used it with regular or thick Whisper White or Very Vanilla card stock.

The technique is simple – just paint color directly onto the Clear Block, spritz with water, and immediately press the wet side of the block onto the paper.  Be sure to allow the paper to dry completely before stamping over the watercolor.  (You can either allow it to air dry or use a heat tool to dry it more quickly.)

How much water should you spritz on the clear block? That depends on what effect you want.  If you want your card to look more like the card shown on the left, spritz a little more water . . . but not so much that you wash the ink entirely off the block (maybe four spritzes). For a little different look (card on the right), try spritzing a little less (maybe three spritzes).  You can see this has a little drier, more controlled, look.  You kind of need to just play around with the technique until you’re comfortable with the spritzing.

TIP:  The paper has a tendency to curl up and warp a little when you apply water.  Generally, it flattens back out while it's drying; however, sometimes it remains a little warped.  Here's a tip I picked up somewhere online:  After your card stock or watercolor paper dries, run it through your Big Shot to flatten it.  (Place your paper between two sheets of copy paper and be sure to use new, unscarred cutting pads on each side so you don't leave impressions in the paper.)

Another way to avoid having the paper curl up is to tape all the edges onto a clip board or other flat surface with masking tape or frog tape.  Allow to dry completely before carefully removing the tape.

For the cards pictured above I used watercolor paper with a Size "H" Clear Block and Crushed Curry, Cajun Craze, and Soft Suede Stampin’ Write Markers.

The samples below were stamped on Whisper White card stock using a Size “D” Clear Block and Cajun Craze, Crushed Curry, and Mossy Meadow Stampin’ Write Markers.  In the first sample, the colors were placed strategically; for this one I just scribbled the colors randomly ontothe Clear Block.  After stamping the tree image, I used a Black Stampin’ Write Marker to trace a line around the outer edge of the watercolor design.

My final sample was stamped on watercolor paper.  This design was made with an “E” Clear Block and Tranquil Tide, Bermuda Bay, and Pool Party Stampin’ Write Markers.  (It’s hard to see in this photo, but I also added a little Wink of Stella here and there on the netting as well as on one of the plants along the bottom edge.)  The octopus was stamped on a Window Sheet with Black StazOn Ink and allowed to dry completely before cutting out with the coordinating die.

Note:  The first two samples were made over the past few years using now-retired Stampin’ Up! stamp sets; the last sample was made with the Sea of Textures Stamp Set and Under the Sea Framelits Dies featured in the 2018-2019 Annual Catalog. 

I hope you enjoy this technique and give it a try!

Going, Going --don't let it be Gone

I can not believe that the wonderful bundle, Colorful Seasons and the Watercolor pencils 2 will be gone in five more days.  This beautiful bundle is a must have, especially the Framelits.

I love both the set and the Framelits, but to me, the Framelits is a must have in my supplies.

I love the frame.  There are three of these dies in different sizes.  They make two beautiful frames and you also can use them for just the shape to add to your card.  The bow is one of the dies in the Framelits.  I cut out three of them and glued then together.  Then, using the Thin Tip Glue pen, I put a thin layer of glue over the surface of the bow and let it dry in order to give it an additional pop.

                                                                                                             

This card was made by stamping the flowers on Shimmer White cardstock and paining them with the Stampin'Blends.  The frame was cut by using the two largest dies and cutting them from silver foil paper.

This is one of my very favorite bundles.  It makes me sad that many of my customers will miss out on this wonderful bundle and most of all the Framelit Dies.

                                                                                                             

 

Why I love kits

Stampi

Ever need a card right now and have nothing ready? It’s happened to me, even though I make cards a lot. And because of all the time I saved not having to gather supplies, cut paper, etc., I was even able to step it up a little and make two cards!

For my first card, the only thing I added that wasn’t in the Lots of Happy Card Kit was a strip of 5/8” polka dot tulle ribbon, which I put in a zigzag pattern behind the floral piece.

                                                                                              

I added a strip of the same ribbon to the second card as well as a bow I tied from Solid Whisper White Baker’s Twine.

And the Lots of Happy Card Kit did exactly what the name says—it made me happy as well as the two people who I gave the cards to.

 

                                                                                                                   

 

Stampin'Up@ has several beautiful kits in the new 2018-2019 Catalog.  These kits have all the ingredients to make the card other than the adhesives.  Although I have been making cards for over eighteen years, there are times that I need a certain card and can not find one.  If you have a kit on hand, you can put a card together withing a few minutes; must faster than you could get in your car and go to the store to purchase one.

Paper Pumpkin Players is a kit of the month, that is published by Stampin'Up@.  This kit is mailed to you and arrives in your mailbox shortly after the 15th. of the month.  Click on Paper Pumpkin  on the left and read more about this product.

Happy Stamping, Joyce