Numbers Birthday

I used this card for double duty, my #3 son's birthday, and for stamp club! Sometimes we must maximize our time ;)I got to use some new stuff too. I just got this stamp set and the cupcake punch.

I brayered the First Edition DSP with Peach Parfait and used lots of dimensionals on this card. I love dimension! The cupcake pieces have a little Frost White Shimmer Paint applied with a Blender Pen.

And the letters are all colored with a Blender Pen and shimmered up too. 

• Stamps: Bring on the Cake, Create a Cupcake
• Paper: Concord Crush, Pear Pizzazz, Peach Parfait, Very Vanilla, First Edition DSP
• Ink: Concord Crush, Pear Pizzaz, Peach Parfait, Early Espresso
• Other: Build-A-Cupcake punch, Stampin' Dimensionals, Concord Crush 1/2" poly ribbon, Frost White Shimmer Paint, Blender Pens

     

 My son turned 19 this year. We ate out, went bowling as a family, then went home and had ice cream cake!! Yum....It was a very fun day! Too bad it was Glow and Bowl, all black lights so no great pictures :)

 But here is the birthday boy, Dakota, holding his new custom made cookbook! I think he really liked it :)

God Bless You page

Ok, I am making an effort to get the Stamp Club projects posted in a timely fashion :) This is the 12x12 page we did. I finally got to use my Crosses of Hope set! 

I inked all of the edges with Soft Suede and outlined with a Signo white gel pen on the pieces it would show up on. I love the way the stamping turned out on the base cardstock!! And it still looks quite Easter-ish to me :)

This is the bottom corner is a journaling block I printed off of My Digital Studio on some Naturals White cardstock. Super easy and I love how it turned out.

And the main feature is definitely my brother Steven! He had to show us his moves on the skateboard, even though it wasn't even moving, lol! This was Easter at my brother Kirk's house last year.

• Stamps: Crosses of Hope, Favorite Things (MDS)
• Paper: Soft Suede, Naturals White, Peach Parfait, Ice Cream Parlor DSP (SAB)
• Ink: Soft Suede
• Other: Signo white gel pen, MDS

  

Don't you love how the pictures and DSP paper blocks form another cross on the page? I really do!

Happy Little Easter Baskets

The little baskets you can make with the Petal Cone die are so darn cute! And I found an excuse to use my Baja Breeze glitter :) We made these in club last week. I will try to do a little tutorial here, especially for my club members who could not make it.

• Stamps: Easter Blossoms, Elements of Style
• Paper: Daffodil Delight or Marina Mist, Early Espresso or Soft Suede, Naturals White
• Ink: Daffodil Delight or Marina Mist, Early Espresso or Soft Suede
• Other: Big Shot with Petal Cone die, Itty Bitty Shapes punch pack, Designer Label punch, Corner Rounder punch, 1 1/4" Square punch, Dotted Ribbon punch, eyelets, Crop-A-Dile, paper cutter, Bone Folder, Crystal Effects, Champagne or Baja Breeze Glass Glitter, Stampin Dimensionals

1. Cut 2 Petal Cone dies and 4 Scallops half circles. Trim 2scallops off each side of 2 of the half circles.

2. Fold the cone dies in half on score line and fold in the flaps. Crease well with bone folder.

3. Line up the top score line with the 2 5/8" line, score, move to left and line the new score line up with the 1/2" line and cut the tip off.

4. Trim off the bottom piece of the flap, clip to score line at the middle score line. Fold and crease well as shown. Stamp as desired. Adhere the 2 Petal Cone pieces together.

5. Punch or cut two 1 1/4" squares to adhere to the inside and outside of the bottom of the box.

 
6. Adhere half circles as shown.

7. Adhere the trimmed scallop flaps to sides of basket. Stick a couple dimensionals to the undersides of the other 2 flaps and adhere to sides of basket.

 8. Use Crystal Effects to adhere Glass Glitter to all 4 flaps.

 9. Use Dotted Ribbon border punch on a 5 1/2" strip of coordinating cardstock, then mat on a 1/2" strip of contrasting cardstock. Attach to basket with eyelets using Crop-A-Dile.

10. Punch out a Designer Label punch. Round the corners of a 1"x2" piece of cardstock and stamp Happy Easter on it. Punch 3 flowers with Itty Bitty Shapes punch pack. Apply Pearl Basic Jewels to centers. Adhere layers to each other and the basket with dimensionals. Glue flowers to greeting.

 All done! Fill with treats of your choice :)

You Crack Me Up!

Wow,  time just keeps slipping away from me so fast! I meant to try to post everyday this month. Not doing so well. Sorry! 

Today's post is all about the eggs! The eggs in Nature Walk that is :) That is the stamp that drew me to this set to begin with. I participated in a swap of 3x3 cards recently and this is one of my submissions. It took a few tries to get it just right ;)

This was my first try. It just didn't have the impact I was going for. I really wanted the eggs to be more colorful and to stand out more. Aren't those bees just vibrate as all get out on the Early Espresso cardstock?! LOVE THAT! And it is just Whisper White Craft ink, no embossing.

And a side view. A good card, but not what I was aiming for...

This was my second try. My hubby said that the sentiment did not match the card and it still wasn't feeling right to me.

And this is the one that made the final cut. Although it may just have been that I was running out of time to get them doe, lol! This is my prototype and I did end up inking all the edges with Early Espresso on the ones I sent. 
And that adorable edge? Oh, that was done by laying the bottom edge of the folded card on the Fancy Favor die and running it through the Big Shot. Then I repeated the effect on some First Edition DSP. 

• Stamps: Nature Walk, A Good Egg
• Paper: Certainly Celery, Baja Breeze, Early Espresso, Very Vanilla, First Edition DSP
• Ink: Certainly Celery, Baja Breeze, Early Espresso, Whisper White Craft
• Other: Big Shot with Fancy Favor die, Eyelet border punch, Victoria crochet trim

So, which one is your favorite?

Naturally Easter Mini Milk Cartons

Love, Love, Loving this idea from Becky Roberts! This little holder holds 2 of our Mini Milk Cartons and makes a great quick little treat for that someone special :) We made these in club last month. I really need to start posting these quicker! We have club again tomorrow already! It's going to be from 12:00 to 6:00 for an all day event also. Don't miss out!

 Lots of fun little details on this project. I guess it would be faster without all the little extras if you were making mass quantities, but I wasn't so here it is!

• Stamps: Nature Walk, A Good Egg
• Paper: Rich Razzleberry, Pear Pizzazz, Marina Mist, Naturals White
• Ink: Pear Pizzazz, Rich Razzleberry, Marina Mist
• Other: Big Shot with Mini Milk Carton die, Scallop Oval punch, Large Oval punch, Modern Label punch, Itty Bitty Shapes punch pack, 3/4"x15/16" oval punch, Corner Rounder punch, Stampin' Dimensionals, paper cutter with scoring blade, Bone Folder, Paper Snips, stapler, Sticky Strip

We alternated the color of the flowers on the sides and stamped the egg image all over the little carrier. 

And I just can't get enough of these little punched flowers with rhinestones or pearls added to the centers! Lots of dimension on this sentiment too. Thanks for stopping by! See you next time :)

Birthday Cones!

This idea has been floating around the web for a while now, This is just my version of it. I don't know who to credit with the original idea though! Sorry! Turned out super cute and we made these in club on February.

It is made with the Petal Cone die and the Lattice Square embossing folder with a little modification.

• Stamps: Create a Cupcake
• Paper: Soft Suede, Blushing Bride, Blushing Bride DSP, Naturals White
• Ink: Soft Suede, Pear Pizzazz, Blushing Bride
• Other: Big Shot with Petal Cone die and Lattice Square embossing folder, Itty Bitty Shapes punch pack, 1 1/4" Square punch, Rhinestones Basic Jewels, paper cutter, Bone Folder, Paper Piercer (to pick up and place the rhinestones)

On the inside I used the same method to make the trimmed triangle as I did for the pennants.

Cut a Petal Cone piece in Naturals White. Then I trimmed off the tab on the side. Then folded  it in half so there was just one triangular piece showing. Then I trimmed off 1/8" all the way around by lining up the edges with the edge of the silver to the right of the cutting blade on my Fiskars paper trimmer.

The little flowers were inked with markers then stamped. I love this sentiment on the inside, so sweet!
Have fun making your very own Birthday Cones!!

Quilted Owl

Owl time again! Forest Friends has to be one of my all time favorite stamp sets. These little critters are just so darn cute :) This is a card I made for a swap that Chipper hosted and I just got all my swaps back in the mail the other day, so I guess it's safe to post this now ;)

You may have noticed that I have been doing a lot of Reverse Faux Letterpress technique lately. Well, once I started again, I couldn't stop! I have always loves this technique, but as we all know, we go through phases. 

This little card is almost masculine, if it weren't for the scallops and curvy edges on the Designer Label punch.  And as always with wood mount stamps, stamp your image first, then punch it out :) 

• Stamps: Forest Friends
• Paper: Crumb Cake, Peach Parfait, Early Espresso, Pear Pizzazz, Naturals White
• Ink: Peach Parfait, Early Espresso
• Other: Big Shot with Perfect Details texture plate, Itty Bitty Shapes punch pack, Designer Label punch, Large Oval punch, Scallop Oval punch, Pearls Basic Jewels

Isn't he ca-ute!! I will use my left overs to give to my customers in their bags of goodies :)
Until next time, Happy Stampin!