Roses, Roses, Roses

Here are 3 cards I made using the Rose Wonder stamp set and Rose Garden Thinlits from Stampin' Up!'s new 2016 Occasions Catalog. The layout of each card is the same, I just used a different combination of the stamp set and the thinlits on each one.

 

 

This card focuses on just the use of the stamp set. I heat embossed the rose and leaves, then used sponge daubers to color them. 

On this card, I simply took the thinlits image and mounted it on the card.

The rose and leaves on the final card is a combination of the stamp set and the thinlits. It was created as a result of my initial idea, then my next idea, not working out the way I'd imagined either of them. First, I heat embossed the image and colored the leaves with my sponge dauber.

My initial idea for the rose was to fill in the embossed space with the negative pieces from the thinlits rose. However, since the thinlits rose frame is thicker than the stamped image, I was left with white spaces between the rose paper piece and the embossed frame. So, I thought I'd try to fill in that area using another new item from the Occasions Catalog - Wink of Stella.

Well, I ended up getting a puddle of gold instead of a thin line. Which lead me to just cover all of the rose pieces with the Wink of Stella. But I was still left with the white space! To cover that white space, I simply cut another rose frame from the Rose Garden Thinlits and placed it over the rose. I do like the gold shimmer that now sits on top of my Bermuda Bay rose.

Do you like one version than the others? I'd love to hear your thoughts.

Until next time.....

Happy Stamping 4 Fun,
Janet

Vintage Birthday

A quick post today in honor of my brother-in-law's 71st birthday. Enjoy your day, Tom!

 

 

Happy Stamping 4 Fun -

 

Janet

July 31 Stamp Camp Class

Whew, what a day yesterday was! I had 9 wonderful ladies attend my stamp camp class where they made four cards. There were some challenges as I introduced at least two new techniques and a fun fold card.

This card incorporated a new technique to create the watercolor-look background as well as being a fun fold card. It also used the Watercolor Wings stamp set for the butterfly that required stamping the butterfly with a total of FIVE stamps.

 

This is the card that I designed and made over 100 of to take to the recent Stampin' Up! Convention in Salt Lake City. This card uses 8 different color inks. When I first made it, I thought it was a pretty simple card to make in a large quantity. But once I started making them, I realized that while it was basically a simple card there was a lot of stamping required to complete it. I used the Awesomely Artistic and Lots of Joy stamp sets for this card.

I had received a card using this layout from a fellow Stampin' Up! demonstrator. I changed the colors and a couple of other things from what she had done. For this card, I used the Gorgeous Grunge, Papillon Potpourri and Wetlands stamp sets.

The cluster stamping technique was used on this card. I took a lot of simple photopolymer stamps from several different stamp sets to create one large 'cluster stamp'. The dragonfly and flower background are from the Awesomely Artistic stamp set. The Boho Chic embossing folder was used on the larger circle.

I sure hope the ladies enjoyed making these cards and weren't too overwhelmed during the process. I didn't hear too many complaints as they were hard at work, so either they were too focused on making their cards to say anything or they liked what they were doing.

Please leave me a comment sharing your thoughts on these cards or if I can provide you with more information on making them. You can also contact me if you are interested in information on my upcoming events, purchasing Stampin' Up! products through me, hosting your own Stampin' Up! event, or even becoming a Stampin' Up! demonstrator.

I'm here to help you 'stamp 4 fun'....

Janet

3 x 3 Note Cards and Matching Envelopes

These are some simple 3 x 3 note cards that I made. I really like to try and use as much of my paper as I can. On these cards, I used the Hello You Thinlits for the 'hello'. Once I had the 'hello' for the card on the bottom, I used the negative image and the little pieces from the hello to create the 'hello' on the top card.

I used a coordinating piece of designer specialty paper to make the matching envelopes for the cards.

 

 

Please leave a comment below if you have any questions on these cards.

 

 

Happy Stampin 4 Fun....

 

Janet

Over the Rainbow

I used the Over the Rainbow stamp set and the masking technique to create this colorful card.

Using a 3 3/4" x 5" piece of Whisper White card stock, I stamped the sentiment with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. Then I used a post-it note to cover (mask) the sentiment. With the rainbow arch stamp I stamped the colors of the rainbow (Real Red, Tangerine Twist, Daffodil Delight, Cucumber Crush, Pacific Point, Island Indigo, and Elegant Eggplant) over the masked area. Once the colors were stamped, I removed the mask.

Using the Bitty Butterfly punch and a scrap piece of Real Red card stock, I punched the butterfly which I attached with a glue dot. I could have used rhinestones for the butterfly bling but I chose to use Silver Dazzling Details.

Finally,  I took a 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" sheet of Cucumber Crush card stock and folded it in half to create a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" card base. I mounted the stamped piece onto the front of this card base giving the results shown in the picture.

I'd really like to hear what you think of this card, so please leave me a comment below.

Thank you and Happy Stamping 4 Fun......

Janet

Scraps and Festive Flurry Flower

I have been trying to use some of the "mis-stamped", pre-punched, scrap pieces, etc. that I have sitting around my crafting area. I was able to use several of these items on this card. I used some of my 1/4" wide scrap strips to create a background. I simply lined them up diagonally across my card front.

 



I have also been trying to come up with other ways to use the Festive Flurry stamp set besides as snowflakes. Since, I was using Summer Starfruit as my card base color, I stamped one of the medium sized 'flakes' in the same color. I soon discovered that my previously punched Boho Blossoms pieces matched the center of this stamp perfectly!

I layered everything up and stamped my sentiment using the Petite Pairs stamp set. I can definitely say that I will be making more cards using this scrappy background and changing the focal piece to make a card for any occasion.

Happy Stamping 4 Fun,
Janet

More Five-Way Flowers

I had some extra Five-Way Flowers already stamped and punched so I decided to get them made up into cards. Again, here are the pieces that I started with:

 

As I began trying to decide what to make, I can across two sketches/challenges that I could use my flower pieces with. First, was Freshly Made Sketches #126:

 

And my card:

 

 

The other sketch challenge was Connie and Mary - Sketch Challenge CCMC293:

 

 

And my card:

 

 

Now for the other three cards from the remaining Five-Way Flower pieces:

 

 

I hope you are able to find a bit of inspiration in these cards. Thanks for stopping by. Until next time.....

 

Happy Stamping 4 Fun,

Janet







 



OWH Sketch Challenge #214

I took the opportunity to use a few of my paper scraps in Operation Write Home's Sketch Challenge #214. Here's the sketch:

 

And here's my card:

 

Thanks for stopping by.

 

Happy Stamping 4 fun,

Janet



Five-Way Flower

I wanted to make a card using all of the five punch options of the Five-Way Flower stamp. I started with this:

 

 

Punched down to this:  

 

Here is my card with the full Five-Way Flower and the pieces I used to make it: 

 

Being the scrap paper saver/user that I am, I determined to use all of those leftover pieces. I was able to make an additional four cards from those pieces by adding to them. In some cases, I was able to use some previously stamped pieces that were sitting in my 'stash'.

 

Here are the additional cards with the Five-Way Flower pieces that were used to make them:

 

 

 

 

Thank you for stopping by. Until next time.....

 

Happy Stamping 4 Fun,

Janet

 

Non-stamping Project

This week I have taken a step away from card making to do a little sewing repair job. The rip in my husband's favorite blanket finally got to the point that I decided to cover it up. It 'hit' me a week ago that I could simply make a new top for the blanket using my stash of old jeans. (Yes, I savor fabric scraps and worn out jeans like I do my paper scraps! In fact, in the finished project you'll notice that I appliqued a couple of the patches from one of the grandson's jeans, that later became shorts.)

 

As soon as I get the sewing "mess" cleaned up, I'll be back to card making. (Later today, I hope.)

 

 

Until next time.....

 

 

Happy Stamping 4 Fun (or any other craft project you are working on),

Janet

Happy Valentine's Day

I wish you all a very special Valentine's Day filled with many heart-felt, warm wishes and happenings!

I only send Valentines to my grandchildren. For most holiday cards I make for them, I usually make them all the same card. However, I have several new stamps that I've been wanting to use so I made each of my four grandchildren (3 boys and 1 girl) a card special and unique for them. I'm sure the kids are more excited by the $1 enclosed in their card than they are the card itself!

And I wanted to share them all with you. I'm displaying them from oldest grandchild to youngest.

 

 

 

 

Again, Happy Valentine's Day and....

 

 

Happy Stamping 4 Fun,

Janet

I Miss You Card

Just a short post to show you the card I made using the Operation Write Home Sketch Challenge #211 ..........

 

Happy Stamping 4 Fun,
Janet

Heart Strings or Strings of Hearts

I'm sorry to have let you hanging for so long in regards to what I had done with all of the punched hearts.

 

 

The story starts when I got the November 2013 Paper Pumpkin kit from Stampin' Up! It included these cute little string of stars.

I thought, why not do the same thing with hearts? So I did! As you saw, I punched out LOTS of tiny hearts in various shades of red designer series papers. (Some were Christmas papers, some were retired papers and some were current papers.) I then sat down at my sewing machine and sewed them together.

To store them, I just rolled them up on empty toilet paper rolls.

And here's a card I made using them.

 

 

Until next time,

 

Happy Stamping 4 Fun,

Janet

Cards from a Couple of Sketches/Challenges

Over the weekend, I made cards following a couple of sketches as suggested by a fellow SU demonstrator. I find it creatively challenging to make cards using some of the sketches that can be found online.

 

Here's the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches Blog.

Here's my card:

 

Here's the other sketch/challenge:

 

Photo Source 

Here's your Mashup Challenge:

1. Create a project with "Stars."
2. Create a set of "Thank you Cards with Matching Envelopes". 
3. Or Mash it Up and create a set of "Thank you Cards & Envelopes using Stars."

 

And here's what I came up with (I made two cards because I forgot it was supposed to be a thank you card...):

 

 

 

I hope you will challenge yourself, every now and then, to create some cards using some of the many sketches that can be found.

 

 

Happy Stamping 4 Fun,

 

Janet

 

I 'Heart' You

I have been doing a little of this and a little of that lately, with some card making thrown in. I'm like so many others and have pinned numerous ideas on Pinterest. I have used many of those ideas but I still have so many more to try!

Although I don't give a lot of Valentines, I do have an upcoming card workshop before Valentine's Day. I thought I'd make the focus of it 'hearts'. I began by looking through my Pinterest board for heart cards. These cards aren't necessarily Valentine cards but could be used for any occasion.

Here's one of the cards I've made following one of the ideas I found there:

 

 

Papers: Baked Brown Sugar, Night of Navy, Brushed Gold and Very Vanilla (for the card inside)

Inks: Night of Navy and Versa Mark

Stamps: Everything Eleanor and Love You to the Moon

Accessories: Full Heart Punch, Gold Embossing Powder and Stampin' Dimensionals

 

Now for some other cards with this same theme in mind. Some of these cards I've make recently, while others have been made over the past couple of years.

 

 

I have another project 'in the works'. And for those that know me, will enjoy my scrap paper thriftiness.

 

 

The finished results will have to wait until next time....

Happy Stamping 4 Fun,
Janet