TGIF! The past couple of months have been have birthday months for me. Here’s another card I made for one of my Stamp Club ladies. She loves the Black and White color scheme. Well, I branched out and used Vanilla instead of white. Then I added some Riding Hood Red for that pop of color you need on a birthday card. I also thought the color scheme was perfect for the Hello Doily stamp.
Vintage is NOT my normal style. I love to look at vintage designs, but they’re hard for me to re-create because it’s so opposite of my minimalist, clean and simple style. I really tried to find that happy balance on this card.
I started by stamping the Hello Doily stamp with VersaMark on Crumb Cake cardstock and heat embossing it with Black embossing powder. Then I sponged Crumb Cake ink around the image to give some dimension. Next, I added some frayed Riding Hood Red striped ribbon across my panel. Then I crumpled and sponged a torn piece of First Edition DSP. (I LOVE this paper, it’s great with any style!)
For my focal piece, I very lightly stamped the words from Charming on a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock with Crumb Cake ink. Then I used the Crumb Cake ink to stamp the frame from Charming. And finally, I stamped the flower with Riding Hood Red ink. I punched that out with the Decorative Label Punch and popped it up with Dimensionals. I finished with a piece of Very Vanilla Satin Ribbon and a Glimmer Brad.
Please let me know if you have any questions. Have a great weekend!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Hello Doily, Charming; Paper- Crumb Cake, First Edition DSP, Very Vanilla; Ink- VersaMark, Crumb Cake, Riding Hood Red; Accessories- Black Embossing Powder, Glimmer Brad, Satin Ribbon, Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, Decorative Label Punch, Dimensionals
Good morning! Here is another card that I used as a swap card for the Stampin’ Up! Convention last month. I saw a card somewhere that used ribbon this way. I thought it was so simple, yet so elegant in it’s simplicity. Isn’t that the best kind of card? One that’s extremely quick and easy to make, yet has a “wow” impact.
I used the Charming stamp set. And it’s hard to tell in the picture, but I stamped the Words stamp lightly in Pretty in Pink. Then stamped the Flower stamp in Chocolate Chip. I didn’t even use the Stamp-A-Ma-Jig to stamp my Kind Thanks. I used one Glue Dot in the center of the ribbon to attach it, then another Glue Dot to attach the Chocolate Chip piece to the ribbon. If I ever need to mass produce Thank You cards, I’ll be using this layout again.
Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks for stopping by!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Charming, Thank You Kindly; Paper- Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip; Ink- Chocolate Chip, Pretty In Pink; Accessories- Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, Decorative Label Punch, Wide Oval Punch, Glue Dots
Good morning! This month we created a cute Card Holder and 4 cards using the Paisley Petals DSP and Four Frames stamp set. I’ve seen this “double-pocket card holder” all over the place, but I followed the video that Kimberly Van Diepen posted. We recycled the brown packing paper that comes with my Stampin’ Up orders to decorated the front of our card holders.
The packing paper comes in a long strip. I cut sections about the length of the Fun Flowers Sizzix Die, and we crumpled the paper all up to get lots of texture. Then we straightened the paper back out and folded it into about 4 layers to run through the Big Shot with the Fun Flowers die. We used the 3 large flowers and just threw away the small centers.
Next, we added some ink to each flower using a variety of stamps from Vintage Vogue and Charming. I just wanted some random ink on the flowers. The largest flowers are stamped with Early Espresso. The medium flowers are stamped with Crumb Cake. And the smallest flowers are stamped with Bravo Burgundy.
Finally, we punched a Bravo Burgundy medium flower with the Boho Blossoms Punch and secured all the layers with a Silver Brad. We added a couple pieces of Cardstock that had been embossed with the Perfect Polka Dots EF and a piece of Early Espresso Satin ribbon (now retired).
I’ll post the 4 matching cards over the next couple of days. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks for stopping by!
Card Holder Recipe: Stamps- Vintage Vogue, Charming; Paper- Paisley Petals DSP, Whisper White, Always Artichoke, Brown Packing Paper, Bravo Burgundy; Ink- Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Bravo Burgundy; Accessories- Fun Flowers Die, Perfect Polka Dots EF, Early Espresso Satin Ribbon (now retired), Whisper White Grosgrain Ribbon, Silver Brad, Boho Blossoms Punch
Good morning! I made this card for a Stamp-a-Stack class a while back. It uses the Charming stamp set for the focal point. I stamped the words from Charming on the left hand side, very lightly, just for a bit of background. Then the flower image is stamped with Perfect Plum on the right side.
I also stamped the Button, Button image once in Perfect Plum and again in Pretty In Pink. I then layered the very center of the Pretty In Pink image on top of the Perfect Plum image. It doesn’t really look like a button, but I do like how the image coordinates with the Charming flower for a cute finishing touch.
Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks for stopping by!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Charming, Button Button, Thank You Kindly; Paper- Pretty In Pink, Perfect Plum, Whisper White; Ink- Pretty In Pink, Perfect Plum; Accessories- 1” Circle Punch, 1/2” Circle Punch, Satin Ribbon, Dimensionals
