February Club Projects

This is the scrapbook page we made. I wanted to do something with one of the sets that I got for free with the Sale-A-Bration promotion that is on until March 31st. I have been wanting to get this set, I just kept putting it off. Aren't those little partridges just adorable!And yes, shame on me, I used retired DSP again. I just have to use it up. I am not allowing myself to buy anymore until I use up what I have. And I REALLY want the new Sweet Pea DSP pad...it is GORGEOUS! Ok, on to the details!

• Stamps: Happy Together
• Paper:  Garden Green, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, and Delicate Dots DSP (last year's SAB)
• Ink: Chocolate Chip, Versamark, Certainly Celery, Ballet Blue, So Saffron, Garden Green
• Other: Embossing Buddy, Clear embossing buddy, heat gun, Scallop Edge punch, Stampin Dimensionals, Stamp-Ma-Jig (SAMJ)

1. Cut four 5-3/4" squares of DSP and adhere to the Garden Green 12x12 card stock. Use Chocolate Chip marker to make faux stitching around each block of DSP.
2. Cut out a 1-1/4" x 4-1/2" piece of Whisper White, a 1-7/16" x 4-11/16" piece of Garden Green, and a 2-1/2" x 4-7/8" piece of Chocolate Chip.
3. Use the Scallop Edge punch on one of the long sides of the Chocolate Chip piece.
4. Ink up the large partridge with Versamark, then Chocolate Chip, then use SAMJ to stamp on the Whisper White piece. Clean stamp before doing second image with this stamp. Repeat with the little partridges stamp, and then the big partridge stamp, being careful not to touch each image after stamping so as not to smear the Versamark.
5. Pour Clear embossing powder over the stamped images, tap off excess, and heat with heat gun. 
6. After the embossing has cooled, color the images with Certainly Celery, Ballet Blue, and So Saffron markers. Then stamp "happy together" in Garden Green using the SAMJ.
7. Ink edges of layers with Chocolate Chip. Adhere layers together. Stick Stampin Dimensionals to the back, then center and adhere to the page. 

 

Here is a close up of the partridges. I left space on the scalloped piece for a little journaling, I think white gel pen would look great there!

 

I couldn't resist doing another Valentine's card, although I left the spot for the sentiment blank so it could be used for any occasion (on the DSP strip next to the biggest heart) And I love all the texture! My inspiration for this card is from Andrea Walford's card. This is also featuring the set that Stampin Up is using as a fund raiser for the Haiti Disaster Fund. From January 21 until February 28, 2010, $2 from every I {Heart} Hearts stamp set sold will be donated to the American Red Cross’ Haiti Relief and Development Fund. 

• Stamps: I {Heart} Hearts
• Paper: Regal Rose, Whisper White, Soft Suede, more retired DSP (blush!)
• Ink: Regal Rose, Rose Red, Melon Mambo, Soft Suede
• Other:
• Big Shot with Perfect Polka Dots textured impressions folder, Heart to Heart and Small Heart punches, Paper snips, Scallop Trim border punch (SAB), Signo white gel pen

1.  Run a 3-7/8" x 5-1/8" piece of Whisper White thru Big Shot in the Perfect Polka Dots textured impressions folder. Ink edges with Soft Suede. Adhere to a Regal Rose card base (4-1/4" x 5-1/2")
2. Stamp dotted outline heart image on a scrap of Whisper White, then stamp a Rose Red polka dotted heart in the center of that. Cut out with the paper snips.  Stamp the LOVE heart in Soft Suede on a scrap of Whisper White and punch out with the small heart punch. Adhere to center of the cut out heart.
3. Use the 3 heart image and stamp once each in Melon Mambo, Regal Rose, and Soft Suede, then punch out with the Heart to Heart punch. you will need one heart of each color. 
4. Cut a 1-5/16" x3-7/8" strip of DSP, and a 2" x 3-7/8" piece of Soft Suede card stock.
5. Punch out a Small Heart from a scrap of DSP.
6. Use Scallop Trim border punch on both long edges of Soft Suede piece.
7. Make Soft Suede faux stitches on the DSP strip long edges. Adhere strip to the Scalloped Soft Suede piece. Adhere to the card as shown.
8. Use Stampin Dimensionals to adhere the hearts to card as shown. 
9. You can stamp the sentiment of your choice on the strip of DSP or leave it off if you want. All Done!

 

Here is my tribute to St. Patrick's Day, isn't it sooo green! And we used some more heart punches. This cards is totally about the texture too. I was inspired by Marie Shaughnessy's card here. I did have to use a scallop oval die that SU does not sell, I hope you will forgive me. OK, here goes!

• Stamps: Go Green, Bella Toile background stamp
• Paper: Glorious Green, Green Galore, Gable Green, Whisper White
• Ink: Glorious Green, Green Galore, Gable Green
• Other: Big Shot with Finial Press textured impressions folder, Scalloped Heart of Hearts embosslit, and a scalloped oval die, Wide Oval and Full Heart punches, Distressing tool for the Cutter Kit. 

1. Cut a 4" x8" piece of Glorious Green. Fold in half to form a 4" square card base.
2. Cut out a 3-3/4" square of Gable Green. Ink up the Bella Toile background stamp with Gable Green. Leave rubber side up on a piece of scratch paper. Lay the Gable Green square on the rubber, fold scratch paper over the top, and rub over the card stock.
3. Distress edges of Gable Green square, then ink with Gable Green.
4. Adhere to the Glorious Green card base.
5. Cut four 2" x 2-1/2" pieces of Green Galore. Use Big Shot and the Scalloped Heart of Hearts to cut out 4 scalloped hearts. 
6. Use Full Heart punch to punch out 4 Glorious Green Hearts. Run thru the Big shot with the Finial Press folder.
7. Adhere the Glorious Green hearts to the flat side of the scalloped hearts. Adhere to card base as shown.
8. Cut out a 2" x 2-1/2" piece of Gable Green. Run thru Big Shot with a scalloped oval die.
9. Ink up the Go Green stamp with Green Galore, then take the Glorious Green marker and go over the words "Go Green". Breath on stamp to re-moisten the ink, and stamp on a piece of Whisper white card stock. Punch out with the Wide Oval punch. Adhere to scalloped oval. Adhere to center of card. 

All done!

I hope these were all fun projects for you! Until next time, Happy Stampin!

January Stamp Club Projects

This is the scrapbook page we did in January. We got to use some of the Razzleberry Lemonade paper with this project.

• Stamps: Razzle Dazzle, Things I Love...
• Paper: Kraft, Crushed Curry, Melon Mambo, Rich Razzleberry, Pretty in Pink, Regal Rose, Razzleberry Lemonade designer series paper
• Ink: Crushed Curry, Rich Razzleberry, Pretty in Pink
• Other: Big Shot with Blossom Party die and Scalloped Heart of Hearts Embosslit die, corner rounder punch, Summer Sun corduroy button, paper piercer and mat pack

1. Cut four  4" squares of various colors of card stock and  Designer Series paper, round 2 diagonal corners on each square.
2. Cut out 1 set each of Pretty in Pink and Regal Rose Blossom Party blossoms and 1 Scalloped Heart in Pretty in Pink.
3. Use the large floral image from Razzle Dazzle to stamp in Crushed Curry around edges of the page, rotating stamp as you go around. You will not be using the full image each time you stamp.
4. Glue the squares onto page as shown. 
5. Layer the blossoms in alternating colors as shown. place on page as desired and use paper piercer with mat pack foam piece and cutting mat behind the page to poke a hole thru all the blossom layers and the page. Don't move it anything yet! push the corduroy button prongs thru the hole, then flip page over and open prongs on the back.
6. Glue the Scalloped Heart to Heart at the bottom of page as shown.
7. Use Rich Razzleberry ink to stamp "Things I Love" at the top as shown, and "but most of all...YOU" on the bottom as shown.
8. Adhere desired photos. All Done!

 

Here is the cute little Mini Milk Carton we made. Notice the little smudge of Close to Cocoa next to the phrase. That's what happens when you stamp on the carton after assembling it, lol!  I'm trying to use up some of my stash of retired DSP, so we used some of last year's Valentine's DSP.

• Stamps: Love Bandit
• Paper: Pretty in Pink, Close to Cocoa, Whisper White, DSP
• Ink: Close to Cocoa, Creamy Caramel, Chocolate Chip, Ruby Red
• Other: Scallop Square and 1-3/8" circle punch, Big Shot with Mini Milk Carton die, Sticky Strip, Stapler, Signo white gel pen, blender pens

1. Stamp raccoon  on a piece of Whisper White, use blender pens to color him with Creamy Caramel and the heart with Ruby Red. Now punch out with the circle punch. Use the Scallop Square punch to punch out a Close to Cocoa square. Then glue the raccoon to it. Use the white gel pen to ad dots to each scallop.
2. Cut out a 1"x7" strip of DSP to wrap around your mini  milk carton.
3. Cut out your mini milk carton. Crease appropriately. 
4. Stamp "you stole my heart" in Close to Cocoa on a side that does not form a  spout.
5. Apply Sticky Strip to flap on one side, and the first bottom flap on the other side. Assemble milk carton.
6. Adhere the DSP strip to your box, Snail might work the best. Then Adhere the raccoon embellishment below the sentiment stamped on the box. 
7. Fill your mini milk carton as desired. Staple shut over the spot on the top that you don't want to open. All Done!

I posted the card we made in this post. It is a Real Red Valentine's day card. I hope you all forgive me for taking so long to post these! Now I better get busy on posting February's  projects!

Occasions Mini Swap card

I used a Mojo Monday layout challenge for this card, and I love it! It did take me a little while to get the hang of the corner and border punches working together, but the effect is wonderful. This is going to be another of my favorites :) I think this little owl is my favorite in the Love Bandit set. The one thing that I didn't do one this card that I did on the swaps I sent out was I stamped the Woodgrain background stamp in Regal Rose on the card base, which really brings the card to a new level. But I couldn't pull this apart and stamp on it. Oh, well. And this set is a clear mount rubber stamp set, and it was so easy to place everything just where I wanted it! Love it!

• Stamps: Love Bandit, Well Scripted
• Paper: Regal Rose, Melon Mambo, Soft Suede, Whisper White
• Ink: Regal Rose, Melon Mambo, Soft Suede, Old Olive
• Other: Melon Mambo polka dot ribbon, Scallop Trim corner and border punches, Circle Scissors, Flower Fusion felt flowers, Heart to Heart punch, silver brads, dimensionals
  

Valentine for Club Tonight

 I love Valentine's Day, don't you? It is so fun to find little ways to show those around us we care. And let's face it, papercrafters love to make cute stuff and will use any excuse, lol!

Here is the card we are making for club tonight. I usually avoid using Craft ink in a large group because it can be soooo messy, but I think it will be worth it for this project :) I used all kinds of stuff from the new Occasions Mini and the Sale-A-Bration brochure, which are both packed full of cute stuff that I can't wait to show it all to you! Ok, so here is the breakdown for this card.

• Stamps: Love Bandit, I (Heart) Hearts, Grateful Greetings(from Holiday Mini-not available-sorry)
• Paper: Real Red, Whisper White, Naturals Ivory, Pretty in Pink
• Ink: Whisper White Craft, Real Red, Pretty in Pink
• Other: Scallop Trim border punch, Heart to Heart punch, Full Heart punch, 3/4" circle punch, Signo white gel pen, Real Red marker, Corner Rounder punch
  

Oops! I will try to find something else to stamp the greeting for tonight since you can't get Grateful Greetings now. I only now realized I used an unavailable set for this card!

Pink Damask Card

I was asked to make 4 custom Valentine's Day cards, one of which is to go to a sophisticated lady. So I played around with my new toys and this is what I came up with. I hope she likes it! The layout is from Mojo Monday.

• Stamps: I (Heart) Hearts, Well Scripted
• Paper: Pretty in Pink, Melon Mambo, Regal Rose, Whisper White
• Ink: Pretty in Pink, Melon Mambo, Regal Rose, Platinum Shimmer Paint
• Other: sponge dauber, Signo white gel pen, Melon Mambo marker, Melon Mambo polka dot ribbon, Whisper White satin ribbon, horizontal slot and 1-3/8" circle punches, dimensionals

1. Stamp the damask style heart from I (Heart) Hearts set in Pretty in Pink ink, and then in Platinum Shimmer paint on the Pretty in Pink card base.
2. Punch out the circles and adhere as shown.
3. Punch a little slit in the spine of the card with the horizontal slot punch where you will slide the ribbon through and adhere the ribbon as shown, overlapping in the center where the sentiment image will cover it.
4. On a 2-1/2" square of Whisper White, stamp the heart again in Pretty in Pink, then stamp the sentiment in Melon Mambo.
5. Mat sentiment on a 2-11/16" square of Melon Mambo. Adhere to card as shown with dimensionals.
6. Use white gel pen and Melon Mambo marker to make the faux stitching on the card.
    All done!

I will post more of my Valentine's Day creations soon!

Vintage Thanks

Here is another thank you card I recently made. I got to use some new stuff and some retired stuff here :) Sometimes it really pays to hoard a few things! I doubt I will ever get rid of that sentiment stamp set, and some day I will use up my stash of Soft Sky.I really love the new clear mount option that Stampoin Up is offering in the Occasions Mini that starts in Jan 5th!

• Stamps: Vintage Vogue, Warmest Regards (retired)
• Paper: Soft Sky (retired)
• Ink: Chocolate Chip
• Other: Organza Ribbon
  

A Little Thanks

I have needed a few thank you cards lately and here is one of them. This is a 3x3 card, so it really is a little card. I actually remembered to use my felt flowers from Flower Fusion! The thread is just crochet thread. I sent this card with some retired stamp sets that someone bought from me ercently. I still have several sets left if anyone is interested! Check those out here

• Stamps: Very Thankful, Razzle Dazzle
• Paper: Rose Red, Soft Suede, Whisper White
• Ink: Rose Red, Old Olive, Soft Suede
• Other: Flower Fusion felt flower, button, crochet thread, Signo White Gel Pen