Aviary Notecard

We made this card at my friend, Melanie's, workshop last November.  I love the way it turned out so colorful and cheerful.  I think it would be a fun card to receive from someone!

My recipe:

STAMPS:  Aviary, Summer Silhouettes, Tiny Tags

CARDSTOCK: 
     Old Olive:  4-1/4 x 11, scored at 5-1/2
     Early Espresso:  2-1/2 x 4-3/4
          (to make the birdhouse shape, I marked the center of the top with a pencil, and then marked
               about 1-1/2" from the top on both sides, then used my cutter to cut the diagonal on both
               sides)
     Real Red:  3/4 x 4
     Scraps:  Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie, Pacific Point, Real Red, Melon Mambo, Regal Rose

INK:  Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Pacific Point, Real Red

ACCESSORIES:  Scallop Edge Border Punch, 1" Circle Punch, 1-1/4" Circle Punch, Owl Punch, Small Heart Punch, Woodgrain Embossing Folder, Linen Thread, Big Shot, Jewelry Tag Punch, Paper Piercer, Mat Pack, Dimensionals

Hint:  I stamped off the Summer Silhouettes leaf stamp before stamping the background to make them a better background for the card.

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy stampin and scrappin,
Linda

Smore Under the Stars CASE!

We made this card at a Play Day, and I know it is a CASE but don't know who to credit.  So if it is you or you know who I should credit, please let me know!  I do like to give original creators their proper credit for designing such awesome cards!

This was a fun card to make!  The inside looked like this:

I printed the inside sentiment on the computer and printed it out onto Whisper White cardstock.

Here is my recipe:

STAMPS:  Under the Stars (Retired)

CARDSTOCK: 
     Crumb Cake:  5-1/2 x 8-1/2 scored at 4-1/4
     Early Espresso:  4 x 5-1/4 (2)
     Whisper White:  3-7/8 x 5-1/8 (2)
     Crumb Cake:  3-3/4 x 5
     Scraps:  Whisper White, Early Espresso

INK:  Black Stazon, Soft Suede

MARKERS:  Crumb Cake, Early Espresso

ACCESSORIES:  1-1/4" Square Punch, 1-3/8" Square Punch, Circle Scallop Punch, Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder, Big Shot, Simply Scored Plate, Sponge, Dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy stampin and scrappin,
Linda

Make A Cake Convention 2012 Swap Card

This card has been sitting in my craft room for a while, but I wanted to share it with you today.  I believe we also made it at a Play Day soon after the new catalog was released.

 The inside looks like this:

The Primrose Petals "shadow" behind the Apothecary Accent framelit was easy to make.  We adhered a piece of cardstock 1-5/8 x 3-1/8 behind the rectangle portion of the framelit, then punched two 1" circles with a circle punch and adhered them behind the ends!

Here is my recipe:

STAMPS:  Make a Cake, Teeny Tiny Wishes, Bring on the Cake

CARDSTOCK: 
     Midnight Muse:  5-1/2 x 8-1/2, scored at 4-1/4
     Primrose Petals:  3-1/2 x 4-3/4 (2)
     Whisper White:  3-3/8 x 4-5/8 (2)
     Primrose Petals:  1-5/8 x 3-1/8
     Patio Party DSP:  1-3/4 x 3-3/8
     Scraps:  Whisper White, Primrose Petals, Midnight Muse

INK:  Midnight Muse, Summer Starfruit, Primrose Petals

MARKERS:  Primrose Petals, Baja Breeze

ACCESSORIES:  Apothecary Accents Framelits, Big Shot, Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch,, White Baker's Twine, Dimensionals, Jewelry Tag Punch, Glue Dots, Dimensionals, Mat Pack, Paper Piercer, Beautiful Wings Embosslit, 1" Circle Punch

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy stampin and scrappin,
Linda



Serene Silhouettes Convention 2012 Swap

This card is one I made last June for a convention swap, I believe it was called Fancy Folds and Cards that Move!  I love the way it turned out!

This fold is called by several names, but the first one I heard was Funky Fold.  I love the way it stands up to be displayed!  I used the Funky Fold directions found on Laura Lipe's blog at http://smileslaura.blogspot.com/2011/03/leprachaun.html. They are easy to follow and it makes a really fun card!
Here is a picture of the inside of the card:

And here is my recipe:

STAMPS:  Serene Silhouettes, Pursuit of Happiness

CARDSTOCK:
      Lucky Limeade:  4-1/4 x 11 (use Funky Fold scores and cuts)
     Whisper White:  2 x 4-3/8
     Tangerine Tango:  2-1/8 x 4-1/2
     Floral District DSP:  3/4 x 4-3/8 (4)
     Summer Smoochies DSP:  3/4 x 4 (2), 3/4 x 3/4 (4)
INSIDE CARDSTOCK:
     Whisper White:  3-5/8 x 3-7/8
     Tangerine Tango:  3-3/4 x 4
SCRAPS:  Whisper White, Lucky Limeade

INK:  Tangerine Tango

MARKERS:  Lucky Limeade, Tangerine Tango, Daffodil Delight

ACCESSORIES:  Large Oval Punch, Scallop Oval Punch, Daffodil Delight Brads, Paper Piercer, Mat Pack, Dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy stampin and scrappin,
Linda

Another Feeling Sentimental Card!

As I said in an earlier post, I really love the Feeling Sentimental stamp set.  This card is CASED from another Stampin Up demo named Penney Smiley.  It is a simple card, very fast and easy to make!

Here is my recipe:

STAMPS:  Feeling Sentimental

CARDSTOCK:
     Early Espresso:  5-1/2 x 8-1/2, scored at 4-1/4
     Very Vanilla:  4 x 5-1/4
     Very Vanilla:  1 x 3-1/2
     Scraps:  Very Vanilla, Early Espresso,

INK:  Early Espresso, Soft Suede

ACCESSORIES:  Chevron Embossing Folder, Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch, 1" Square Punch, 2-1/2 Circle Punch, Perfect Pennants Die, Big Shot, Paper Piercer, Mat Pack, Metallic Brads, Sponge, Dimensionals

It is hard to see in the picture, but I sponged just a bit of Soft Suede ink in the middle of the bicycle wheel before I added the Metallic Brad.

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy stampin and scrappin,
Linda

Patterned Occasions February Play Day Project

For our fourth project, we made this happy birthday card with the Patterned Occasions stamp set.  I saw an awesome card created by Wendy Weixler posted on Stampin Connection, the demo only Stampin Up web site on January 20, 2013 and just had to make my version of it.  I loved the way Wendy used the framelits shapes with this design!

My recipe:

STAMPS:  Patterned Occasions, Bring On the Cake

CARDSTOCK:
     Pacific Point:  4-1/4 x 11, scored at 5-1/2
     Whisper White:  4 x 5-1/4 (2)
     Scraps:  Pacific Point, Real Red, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White

INK:  Pacific Point

MARKERS:  Real Red, Daffodil Delight, Pacific Point

ACCESSORIES:  Real Red brads, Paper Piercer, Mat Pack, Dimensionals, Window Frame Framelits, Apothecary Accents Framelits, Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder, Big Shot, Festive Paper Piercing Pack, Removable Glue Dot (non-Stampin Up)

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy stampin and scrappin,
Linda

Feeling Sentimental February Play Day Project!

Our third project for February Play Day was made with the Feeling Sentimental stamp set.  I love this set because you can make super awesome masculine cards with it, and the Celebrate sentiment can be used for many occasions, birthday, retirement, promotion, etc.

Here is my recipe:

STAMPS:  Feeling Sentimental

CARDSTOCK:
     Night of Navy:  4-1/4 x 11, scored at 5-1/2
     Very Vanilla:  4 x 5-1/4 (2)
     Night of Navy:  1-1/2 x 4-1/4
     Regals DSP Stack:  7/8 x 4-1/4
     Scraps:  Night of Navy, Very Vanilla

INK:  Night of Navy

ACCESSORIES:  Night of Navy brads, Paper Piercer, Map Pack, Ovals Framelits, Houndstooth Embossing Folder, Big Shot, Dimensionals, Linen Thread, Scallop Border Punch

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy stampin and scrappin,
Linda

Bloomin Marvelous February Play Day Project

Since February is my birthday month, I try to make four birthday cards.  Because it falls during Sale-a-Bration, I wanted to use SAB sets as well.  For our second project, we made a Z-fold card using the SAB set BLOOMIN MARVELOUS.  This particular card was inspired by one I saw that was designed by Heidi Boos and posted on Stampin Connection (a Stampin Up demo only web site) on January 22, 2013.

This card is kind of hard to photograph, but it is really easy to make.  The base cardstock is 4-1/4 x 11, scored at 5-1/2 and 2-3/4.  Fold it as a regular card, then fold the front section in half and it will stand up so that when you see it from the top it resembles a "Z"!

Some other views:

I added a panel to this section of the card with the sentiment, which gives room to write a short message without worrying that it will show when the card is folded.  My friend, Sallie, suggested that it would be a great gift card holder, just attach a gift card with a removable glue dot in this section.  I thought that was a great idea!

My recipe:

STAMPS:  Bloomin Marvelous

CARDSTOCK:
     Island Indigo:  4-1/4 x 11, scored at 5-1/2 and 2-3/4
     Tangerine Tango:  4 x 5-1/4
     Whisper White:  3-7/8 x 5-1/8
     Sycamore Street DSP:  1-1/2 x 5-1/8
     Baja Breeze:  2-1/2 x 4
     Sycamore Street DSP:  2-3/8 x 3-7/8
     Scraps:  Whisper White, Island Indigo, Tangerine Tango

INK:  Island Indigo, Tangerine Tango

ACCESSORIES:  Dimensionals, Pearls, Paper Snips, Oval Framelits, Dotted Scallop Border Punch, Sycamore Street 1/4" Ribbon

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy stampin and scrappin,
Linda

Best of Birthdays February Play Day Project!

February Play Day was a fun one, and also quite memorable because it snowed just after the eleven wonderful ladies who attended arrived!  It actually snowed rather hard (for Chattanooga) and the ground, sidewalk and roads were covered.  I couldn't resist taking a few pictures!

We weren't too worried about the snow; I had peanut butter and jelly for sandwiches and lots of cardstock, ink and stamps, so we knew we would have fun if we got snowed in!  Fortunately, the weather changes fast in Chattanooga, and the snow was practically gone when we were finished with our Play Day projects!

We used the BEST OF BIRTHDAYS stamp set, a special set made to celebrate Stampin Up's 25th Anniversary, to make this card at February Play Day:

This was a fun card to make!  It also showcases the new Honeycomb Embossing Folder from the Spring catalog.  To make the "Happy Birthday" oval, we inked the stamp with Midnight Muse and stamped the image onto Whisper White cardstock, cleaned the stamp and inked up with Primrose Petals, which was also stamped onto Whisper White cardstock.  We fussy cut the Midnight Muse oval and the Primrose Petals Birthday banner. then adhered the banner to the oval.  We punched a Midnight Muse oval with the largest oval punch, and adhered our stamped oval to the punched oval.
It is hard to see in the picture, but we used the color spritzer to add Midnight Muse and Primrose Petal spritz to the top of the card.

We used the CELEBRATE stamp from the Best of Birthdays on the inside of the card, stamped in Midnight Muse and colored in with Primrose Petal marker.

My Recipe:

STAMPS:  Best of Birthdays, Creative Elements

CARDSTOCK:
     Midnight Muse:  5-1/2 x 8-1/2, scored at 4-1/4
     Whisper White:  4 x 5-1/4 (2)
     Primrose Petals Coredinations:  3-1/2 x 4
     Scraps:  Whisper White, Midnight Muse

INK:  Midnight Muse, Primrose Petals

MARKERS:  Midnight Muse, Primrose Petals

ACCESSORIES:  Honeycomb Embossing Folder, Big Shot, Sanding Block, Sponge Dauber, Color Spritzing Tool, Distressing Tool, Dimensionals, Midnight Muse 3/8 Stitched Ribbon, Paper Snips

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy stampin and scrappin,
Linda

Valentine Post-it Note Holder for January Play Day!

This is a Post-it Note Holder with an attached pen that we made at January Play Day.  If you attached some magnetic strips on the back it would easily be handy on a refrigerator.

STAMPS: Itty Bitty Banners

CARDSTOCK:
     Pool Party:  3-1/2 x 8-1/2, scored at 3-1/2, 4, and 4-1/2
     Primrose Petals:  3-1/4 x 3-1/4
     More Amore DSP:  3-1/8 x 3-1/8
     Scraps:  Very Vanilla, More Amore DSP

INK:  Pool Party, Crumb Cake

ACCESSORIES:  Dimensionals, Hearts Framelits, Hearts a Flutter Framelits, Big Shot, Bitty Buttons, Linen Thread, Glue Dots, Bitty Banner Framelits, Spongs, Sticky Strip, Post-it Note Pads, Mini Pens

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy stampin and scrappin,
Linda

More Amour Valentine Card from January Play Day!

Just sharing another card from our January Play Day today!  This card uses the Faux Pinwheel technique.  Dawn Olchefski has a wonderful video showing how to create this look on her blog.

My recipe:

STAMPS:  Teeny Tiny Wishes

CARDSTOCK: 
     Pool Party:  5-1/2 x 8-1/2, scored at 4-1/4
     Primrose Petals:  3-7/8 x 5-1/8
     More Amore DSP:  3-3/4 x 5
     Pool Party:  3-1/2 x 3-1/2
     Primrose Petals:  2-5/8 x 2-5/8 (2 pieces)
     More Amore DSP:  1-1/4" x 1-1/4"
     Scraps:  Primrose Petals, Very Vanilla

INK:  Crumb Cake, Primrose Petals

ACCESSORIES:  Scallop Square Duo Die, Big Shot, Paper Piercer, Mat Pack, Boho Blossoms Punch, Pool Party Brads, Sponge. Word Window Punch, Glue Dots

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy stampin and scrappin,
Linda

Just Thinking January Play Day Card!

Thought I would share another January Play Day card today using the Just Thinking stamp from the new Spring catty.  We inked up the stamp in Cajun Craze and stamped onto Very Vanilla cardstock and cut it out, then inked the stamp in Midnight Muse and stamped it again, cut out the word circle and attached it to the card with dimensionals.

I love the masculine feel of this card, which could be used for many occasions.

My recipe:

STAMPS:  Just Thinking

CARDSTOCK: 
     Midnight Muse:  4-1/4 x 11, scored at 5-1/2
     Cajun Craze:  4 x 5-1/4
     Very Vanilla:  3-7/8 x 5-1/8
     Midnight Muse:  1-3/4 x 3-7/8
     Comfort Cafe DSP:  1-3/8 x 3-7/8
     Scraps:  Very Vanilla, Midnight Muse

INK:  Midnight Muse, Cajun Craze

ACCESSORIES:  Finishing Touch Edgelits, Honeycomb Embossing Folder, Big Shot, Window Frames Framelits, Dimensionals, Linen Thread

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy stampin and scrappin,
Linda

Oh, Hello January Play Day Card

This is one of our January Play Day projects, using the Oh, Hello stamp set:

I really liked the way this card turned out.  I had trouble figuring out how to use the oval chevron stamp in the set, so we stamped it onto a scrap of Very Vanilla, then punched out a 2-1/2 circle with the circle punch.  The stamped area isn't 2-1/2", so there was a blank section on the circle, which is what we cut off on the left side!  I hope that makes sense!

My recipe:

STAMPS:  Oh, Hello and That's the Ticket

CARDSTOCK:
     Sahara Sand:  5-1/2 x 8-1/2, scored at 4-1/4
     Island Indigo:  3-7/8 x 5-1/8
     Very Vanilla:  3-3/4 x 5
     Scraps:  Very Vanilla, Island Indigo

INK:  Sahara Sand, Island Indigo

ACCESSORIES:  Very Vanilla Seam Binding Ribbon, Neddlepoint Border Embossing Folder, Delicate Doilies Sizzlet Die, 2-1/2" Circle Punch, Ticket Punch, Dimensionals, Big Shot, Pearls, Very Vanilla Seam Binding Ribbon

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy stampin and scrappin,
Linda