Nature Walk Pop Out Card

Can one stalk their own blog? I seriously can't wait until my sweet friend Leigha posts! She is seriously sooooo freakin' talented!! I just can't wait for her next post! For the most part we don't know what each other is posting so it's always exciting to blog stalk my own blog... : )

When i saw Leigha posted her Aviary pop out card i just had to post this card to show you how fun it is to create this type of fun fold card with different type of stamps.


I'm sorry for the bad photos. I took the photo with my phone at work where the lighting isn't very good. Had to make it a quickie photo op....as i was on my break (wink wink). My fabulous friend and co-worker Susan attended Vancouver Regional as a guest and was WOWed by all the SU presenters and demonstrations. She went home Saturday overwhelmed I'm sure but the next day she came up with this gorgeous card! I couldn't believe it when she showed up at work on Monday with the fun fold all figured out!! I was surprised how fast she figured out the measurements and created such a beautiful fancy pop up card.

I just love Leigha and Susan's pop out card!! If you've created one of these cute pop out cards please leave a comment and link your card to your blog.. we'd love to have a peek at your creation!! : )

I'll be making one of these cute pop out cards this weekend for sure. If you are attending Leigha's class this Friday have fun and don't drink to much wine.. ; ) wink wink!! : )

Products used for this project:
Stamp Sets: Nature Walk, Very Vintage Jumbo Wheel
Card Stock: Soft Suede, Basic Black, Very Vanilla
Ink: Soft Suede, Early Espresso, Crumb Cake

Aviary Pop Out Class Card

 I recently saw this card and technique being presented by Alison Solven at a WOW Workshop presentation at Stampin Up Regionals.  We are going to be making this amazing card at my club/class on Friday March 18th and Sunday March 20th.  Need a few hours to express your creative self?  Love to make handmade gifts, but can't seem to find the time or a quiet spot at home?  Enjoy time out with friends, including refreshments and plenty of good conversation?  If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, then come on out to a Girls Night of Stampin'.  I will provide the space, do the prep work, and even clean up the mess! 

This card features the sweet Aviary set.  I've been using it a lot lately.  Its so versatile, and I love how I can mix and match all the sweet little birds and bird cages.  The pop out/pop in technique featured inside the card  will be sure to "WOW" the person who receives it.  This little card is jammed packed with technique and embellishments.  It's going to feature embossing, 2 step stamping, markers, and popping up/out technique.  Embellishments will include dimensionals, pearls and ribbon.  Wow!  Thats a LOT to pack into one project!!!  This little card is going to take us a loooonng time to make (trust me).  

Products used for this Project:

Stamp Sets: Aviary, sentiment from Great Friend

Card Stock: Certainly Celery, Basic Black, Marina Mist, and Whisper White

Ink: Basic Black, Certainly Celery, Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo, and Marina Mist

Accessories: Big Shot - Perfect Polka Dots Embossing folder, Beautiful Wings Embosslits die, Basic Pearls, Dimensionals, Marina Mist 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon, Sticky Tape. 

Because this card is probably going to take us the whole class, I'm going to send the ladies who attend home with all the pieces they will need to put this card together themselves at home:  

I'm going to be posting a tutorial on this blog soon so they can follow along on how to put it together. You will be able to follow along too.  I will also be putting together a class by mail option for this card as well.  Stay in touch!

Springtime Butterflies

This project was designed by my good friend Amanda with a little bit of help from ME. She came by one day for a play date.... our daughters played together while we crafted. LOVE play dates!! Amanda needed to borrow my beautiful butterflies die.. (not sure why she doesn't have it!!?? wink...wink.) She came over with an idea of what kind of card she wanted to create including the colour scheme and the fold of the card. She knew that she wanted to place an "embossed" butterfly on the fold out part of the card. Together we added the vintage wheel, vanilla card stock inside and stamped the greeting at the bottom right hand corner to finish up the card. I loved the outcome so much i just had to CASE it for my card club this month. -- did i say i LOVE it when she borrows stuff.. that means i have something to CASE! ohhh A you are sooo sooooo Amazing!!

Here is a close up of the embossed butterfly. To emboss the butterfly simply cut out one of the bigger butterflies from your Beautiful Butterflies die and place it in-between the Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder and run it through your big shot and voila!! Your butterfly has a gorgeous design on it. Cut out a smaller butterfly from the same Beautiful Butterflies die using DSP (Designer Series Paper) and attach it to the bigger butterfly adding pearls in the middle for that final finishing touch.

Products used for this Project:
Stamp Sets: Teeny Tiny Wishes and Sanded Background Stamp. Very Vintage Jumbo Wheel.
Card Stock: Baja Breeze, Not Quite Navy, Very Vanilla and Springtime Vintage DSP (Occasions mini)
Ink: Baja Breeze and Not Quite Navy
Accessories: Big Shot - Beautiful Butterflies Bigz Die, Vintage Wallpaper Embossing folder (both exclusive to SU), Basic Pearls, Distressing tool.

After the overwhelming response from my club members on how much they love ..loved the card i decided to CASE the embossed butterfly idea to make this beautiful note box.



I created this for Shelli Gardner, Co founder and CEO of Stampin' Up! (SU)
A couple weeks ago SU hosted a Regional event here in Vancouver. I was called a week before the event and was asked to be a helper, help with check in and make & takes. I was super super excited!! It was such an amazing event!! Tons of samples to view along with plenty of demonstrations.. it was non stop!! -- at the end when cleaning up i had a chance to chat with Shelli.. what a great person she truly is, so genuine and sweet...!! -- ok back to the project... here is a close up of the front of the note box.

I stamped the inside with Stampin' Up!'s Statement Of the Heart stamp and added butterflies from the Beautiful Wings Embosslits dies. ---you can never have to many butterflies accessories fluttering around your craft room can you..?? : )


Products used for this Project:
Stamp Sets: Statement from the Heart, Sanded Background Stamp and Very Vintage Jumbo Wheel.
Card Stock: Baja Breeze, Not Quite Navy, Very Vanilla, Soft Suede and Springtime Vintage DSP (Occasions mini)
Ink: Baja Breeze and Not Quite Navy. Markers - Rose Red and Early Espresso
Accessories: Big Shot - Beautiful Butterflies and Petal Cone Bigz Dies, Vintage Wallpaper Embossing folder, Beautiful Wings Embosslits die (all exclusive to SU), Basic Pearls, Distressing tool, Word Window Punch, Heart to Heart Punch, Small Heart Punch.

Hope you like.. : )

St. Patrick's Day Pot of Gold - SR #62

 

Here's a little St. Patick's Day Pot of Gold for you!  I used the petal cone die to make the little pot, and embellished it with lots of little green shamrocks and a sentiment from the So Happy for You, Sale-a-bration set (free with a $60 Stampin' Up! order, but hurry! only before March 31st).  Filled with chocolate gold coins, its sure to be a sweet treat for that special someone in your life!  I've entered this little box into Stampin Royalty's Go Green for St. Patrick's Day Challenge.

To make the little pot, cut 2 of the "heart" shaped pieces from the petal cone die.  Fold each  piece in half vertically along the score line.  Then score the piece 2" below the scored flap line.  Turn the piece over, and score it in the same place on the other side.  Lastly, cut the tip of shape off 1" below the score line you just made.  Use sticky tape to assemble the box by putting the two pieces together and folding in the bottom flaps.  I stuck each of the side flaps down with dimensionals. 

I also made this sweet little 3"x3" card to go with the little pot of gold.  You can't see it in this picture, but I put some dazzling diamonds on some of the shamrocks. It will slip perfectly into a mini envelope, and I'm going to slip these little treats into my daughter's lunch on the 17th :)

Products used for this Project:
Stamp Sets: Got Treats, So Happy for You (SAB)
Ink: Wild Wasabi, Garden Green
Card Stock: Whisper White, Wild Wasabi, Garden Green, Basic Black
Accessories: Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch, Build a Cupcake Punch, Petal Card Punch, Petal Cone Die, Linen Thread, Mini Library Clips, Crimper, Chocolate Coins, Dazzling Diamonds.

Lastly, because I am the crafting queen, (not just a paper crafting queen), I just have to share with quick and easy little St. Patrick's Day craft with you:

Supplies needed:  green jelly beans, stretch cord, large needle for adult to poke a hole in the jelly beans with, and small needle for little hands to thread stretchy cord through the pre-poked jelly beans.

How sweet is that?  Hope your St. Patrick's Day is a crafty one! 

A little bit of Red Glimmer LOVE..

Who is lovin' this red glimmer paper?? It is soooooo awesome! I just can't get enough of it! I designed this card to sell at a local flower shop where i sell my handmade cards. Although Hazel would love for you to stop in, you don't have to be local to shop for flowers you can order online. Blooms at Fleetwood is located off Fraser Highway and 84th. Hazel would be happy to help you make someones day a special one! : )

Here is a close up of the Bling! Soooo Glittery. I hope SU comes out with a variety of different colours of the Glimmer paper...don't you..?


Products used for this Project:
Stamp Set: Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: Basic Black
Card Stock: Real Red, Basic Black, Whisper White, 121790 - Red Glimmer Paper
Accessories: Scallop Heart sizzlet, Full Heart Punch, Elegance Embossing Folder, Real Red Striped Ribbon, Linen Thread.

Here is a card i cased from my upline Kristina Koch which also uses the red glimmer paper. You can purchase the glimmer paper right now. It's in the current occasions mini. I'm finding this paper is lasting me a long time as you don't need much on a project!! A little bling here and there.. makes everyone smile!! I love how this card is super simple with the right amount of bling! LOOOOOOOVE that red glimmer paper!



Products used for this project:
Stamp Set: Filled with Love (from the Holiday Mini Catalogue)
Ink: Black Stazon (or you can use Basic Black)
Card Stock: Whisper White, Basic Black, Real Red, and 121790 -Red Glimmer Paper
Accessories: Small Heart Punch, Black Satin Ribbon, Distresser, Red Sticky Strip

Birthday Bakery

This is a card that we did in class last month.  I took the idea from Di Gibbs and tweaked it just the little tiniest  bit.  The little cakes are stamped with Staz On ink onto watercolor paper.  Using watercolor paper makes a huge difference!  It makes the colours blend so perfectly and smoothly.  I used different embellishments on each of the little cakes to make them look even more scrumptious. Don't those little cakes look as though they belong in a store window? 

Stamp Set: Birthday Bakery (Hostess Level 1)
Card Stock: Watercolor Paper, Pink Pirouette, Chocolate Chip, Pink Pirouette DSP
Ink: Black Staz On, Sahara Sand, Baja Breeze, Chocolate Chip, Pink Pirouette, Rose Red, Certainly Celery
Accessories: Blender Pens, Pink Pirouette Satin Ribbon,  Dazzling Diamonds, Crystal Effects, Basic Pearls Jewels

Wouldn't you love to earn this set FREE?  This set is just one of the sets you can earn free when you host a workshop or join a club.  Club is a great way to build up your crafting supplies while spreading out your costs.  You get to be the "hostess" during one of your club months, and earn free products.  Best of all, its always a fun night out with the girls.  (We've even been known to crack open the wine ;). Contact me for more info. 

(Actually, Natasha and I have been talking, and..................we are absolutely THRILLED at the huge number of hits our blog has been receiving.  Thank you everyone!!! BUT, tons of hits, NO comments :(  We'd LOVE to hear from you guys.  It keeps up inspired and going!  I've actually got an EXTRA one of these adorable little Birthday Bakery hostess sets, and am going to be giving away some blog candy soon, but ONLY to those who subscribe and who comment.  Sooooooooooo... you'll definately want to subscribe, and get those comments going!)

GreenHouse Gala Scrapbook Page

I saw a similar Scrapbook page on a display board at Stampin' Up!'s 2010 Convention and just had to try it out. I love how quick and easy a Scrapbook page comes together when using Designer Series Paper (DSP).

To add a soft subtle waterwark look to any project all you have to do is use the same colour of ink as card stock. OR you can use versa mark ink on any colour of card stock. For this project I inked up the flower image from Just Believe in Pear Pizzazz ink and stamped it on Pear Pizzazz card stock. I pierced around the edge of the Pear Pizzazz card stock. Using markers i coloured the frame and flower image from Just Believe stamp set adding the words happiness forever from Fabulous Phrases stamp set.

Here is a close up so you can see the watermark and piercing effect.


I also created the same page layout in 6x6 version to show how versitle scrapbooking can be using the same products changing up the size of the page layout.

-- Hope you like.. : )

Products used for this project:

Stamp Set: Just Believe and Fabulous Phrases
Card Stock: Early Espresso, Daffodil Delight; Pear Pizzazz, Whisper White and Greenhouse Gala DSP
Ink: Pear Pizzazz
Markers: Early Espresso, Real Red, and Old Olive
Accessories: Scissors, Linen Thread, Tempting Turquoise Buttons, Real Red Satin Ribbon, Stampin Dimensionals, Piercing Tool and Mat.