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)

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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

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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

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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

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Happy stampin and scrappin,
Linda