April 30, 2010

TGIF!  Today is my last day as Bugaboo's guest designer for the month of April.  It's been super fun, I had  a great time.  Thanks so much for having me!

It's Friday again and that means Freebie Friday over at Bugaboo Stamps.  The image I used on my card is one of today's freebies so be sure to head on over and download this week's freebies.

This card isn't as clean and simple as my cards usually are, but I really like the way it turned out.  I used the bandana technique to create my pattern paper.  To create bandana paper all you really need to do is to stamp your card stock using a coordinating color ink and then just sort of fill it in using a white gel pen.  The white gel pen is what makes the bandana look so realistic. 

There was a challenge using this technique awhile back on splitcoast stampers.  If you would like to check out some challenge cards, they can be found here.

I also used the paper piecing technique on my image, so I needed to print out my image twice on white card stock and then on my second image I stamped it using the SU Just Jeans background stamp.  Then I cut out all of the parts of my image that I wanted to look like 'jeans' and I glued them on top of my first image.  The bandana image was also paper pieced, I inked it up using red ink and then I added a few white dots so that it would match my pattern paper.  I did a bit of water coloring for the face, but the rest of my image was colored using my SU markers.

I decided to use some twine instead of ribbon thinking it would be better themed on my card and then I tied on my sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day! 

Stamps: Bugaboo Digi Image- Wee Ones Cowboy, SU Just Jeans, Polka Dots & Paisley, Priceless, Karen Foster Snap Together Stamp Set- for my sentiment
Card Stock: White, Brocade Blue, Real Red, Creamy Caramel
Ink: Creamy Caramel
Supplies: Twine, Scallop Border Punch, White Gel Pen, SU Markers, SU Blush Blossom Wonder Color Crayon, Blender Pen, Button, Glue Dots, Word Window Punch, Hole Punch, Scissors for paper piecing
Technique: Paper Piecing, Bandana, Water Coloring- for the face

April 29, 2010

My card for today is for Bugaboo's Oldie, But Goodie Thursday.  Thursday's are my favorite Bugaboo challenges, what a great idea to go through the images you have and find one to play with. 

As soon as I saw this image I thought it would make really cute baby and birthday cards.  I was going to put a sentiment on my card, but then I decided not to- I can always add one later.

I printed the image and colored it using my SU markers.  Although the black part of the puppy looks black, I actually used my grey marker to color it.  I do this a lot because sometimes I feel that the black marker can be a bit harsh. 

Once I was finished coloring my image I added some white dots on the balloon using my white gel pen (I love my white gel pen, can you tell...LOL?)  And just along the outside of my oval image I did a added a line/dot border using my creamy caramel marker.  I also have two rows of paper piercing along the very bottom of my card, but it's hard to see in my photo.

My background is embossed using my Cuttlebug and Swiss Dots embossing folder.  I cut out my scalloped oval using this technique that I posted last week.  I wanted to mention this because I did say that this technique works with ovals too and I wanted to show a scalloped oval that I made.

I have a neat little trick that I used with the ribbon on my card.  I knew I wanted to tie some smaller pieces of ribbon on my card, but I didn't have any caramel or blue ribbon, so I used white ribbon that I already had and then I colored it using my SU markers.  After doing this several times, I have learned that you need to color both sides of the ribbon and then it helps if you dry it with your heat gun, otherwise you will have to let the ribbon dry for awhile.  This works great and I do it all the time, bet you never would have guessed that I colored my ribbon to match my card?!

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to stop back tomorrow because I will be posting my card for Bugaboo's Freebie Friday and my card turned out really cute ;)

Stamps: Bugaboo Digi Image Critter Balloon- CB Dog
Card Stock: White, Bashful Blue, Creamy Caramel, SU DP
Ink: None
Supplies: Ribbon, Coluzzle, Corner Rounder Punch, Scallop Trim Border Punch, SU Markers, White Gel Pen, Brads, SU Mat Pack- to help me align my brads, Cuttlebug, Swiss Dots Embossing folder
Technique: Dry Embossing, Paper Piercing

April 28, 2010

Hi everyone! 

Today I thought I would share the card I made for this week's sketch on the Clean & Simple Stampin Blog found here.

Below I have posted a picture of the sketch and here is the direct link to this week's sketch challenge if anyone would like to play along. 

This is a great sketch and my card only too me a few minutes to make!

My polka dot background layer is actually stamped using the polka dots stamp.  I simply stamped it along my card stock using my stamp-a-ma-jig to guide me. 

My larger flower was just stamped and then cut out, but my smaller polka dot flower was stamped using the kissing technique.  (I haven't done this technique in a while).  For those of you who aren't familiar with this technique you can find more information about it here.

I inked up the same polka dot stamp that I used for my background.  Then I stamped my small flower stamp onto to polka dot stamp to ink it up and next I stamped my small flower stamp onto my white card stock and then cut it out.  I really like my results and that fact that now my flower matches the decorative paper I stamped. 

Thanks so much for stopping by and a great big thank you to you all for the lovely comments I have been receiving!  I really enjoy sharing my work with all of you!


Stamps: For All You Do
Card Stock: White, Black, Bravo Burgundy
Ink: Black Stazon, Bravo Burgundy
Supplies: Scallop Circle Punch, 1 1/4" & 1 3/8" Circle Punches, Scissors- for cutting flowers, Stamp-a-ma-jig,
Technique: Paper Piercing, Kissing

April 27, 2010

I had a request to make a Mother's Day card with a cow on it. 

This sure was a challenge, but I think I came up with a pretty okay card.




I followed the sketch from this week's Splitcoast sketch challenge.

First, I stamped my image and colored it using my SU markers and then I doodle all along the edges.  I thought it would be neat if I had some cow paper, but of course I didn't have any.  I'm always trying to make do with what I have, so I tried to think of how I could make some cow paper.

Then I remembered that I had used the SU Splat wheel once before as cow paper on my recipe page found here.  Be sure to check out my recipe page, there's an awesome milk shake recipe on that page. 

So my cow paper is wheeled using SU's Splat wheel and black stazon ink.  Along the bottom of  my card I added two rows of paper piercing.  I love the look that you can achieve from paper piercing without adding too much to a card.  I always feel it's a 'not so embellished' look.

My sentiment is computer generated and it reads:  Happy Moooother's Day

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you all have a wonderful day!  It looks like my day here is starting to shape up now that the rain has stopped.

Stamps: On the Farm, Splat Wheel
Card Stock: White, Pretty in Pink, Black
Ink: Black Stazon
Supplies: Ribbon, SU Markers, Round Tab Punch, SU Mat Pack, Paper Piercing Tool
Technique: Paper Piercing

April 26, 2010

Here's a card that I made for today's clean & simple Splitcoast challenge. 

Today's challenge was to make a birthday card using the color orange. 

When I was thinking of the color orange I kept thinking of these flowers.  Even though my card doesn't have a lot of white space, I'm thinking it's still clean and simple, well I know it was simple...LOL 

I also made this card for today's try a new technique challenge.  This challenge was to take one of our cards and either make it a more clean and simple card or make it a 'more' card.  I chose this card from my splitcoast gallery and I made it a more clean and simple card.  In making it a more clean and simple card I decided to eliminated two layers, one flower, and the buckle; although I did add the sponging.

This is a super easy card that can be made in just minutes.  I simply colored the flower stamp and then stamped it onto my card stock. 

Next, I stamped some of the grass, but after I inked up my grass stamp I stamped it off onto scrap paper first and then I stamped it over my flower image.  I wanted the grass to appear a little lighter.

I was going to leave my background blank, but then I changed my mind and I ended up sponging my background.  My clouds were made using a punched scallop circle and I my sponge.  I didn't even do any masking with my sponging; I just sponged around my flowers, super quick and easy.

Stamps: Inspired By Nature
Card Stock: White
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Bashful Blue
Supplies: Ribbon, SU Markers, Scallop Oval Punch
Technique: Sponging

April 24, 2010

Hi everyone!  April Showers as the theme for this weeks Bugaboo Challenge and below is the sketch that we were to follow.

Everyone is welcome play along.  Come have fun and join us!  There's also a chance to win some of Bugaboo's awesome digi images!

This is my card for today's challenge.  I used the Bugaboo digi image Rainy Day Bears- Side Rain.  I printed the image, heat set it using my heat gun, and then colored it using my SU markers.

Once I was finished coloring my image I added a few dots on the umbrella using my white gel pen.  It's hard to see in my picture, but I also applied some crystal effects all over the bear's rain coat, it looks really cute in person.  I also did some paper piercing all along the green card stock layer around my main image panel.
 
My background is embossed using my cuttlebug and Swiss Dots embossing folder.  In the upper left corner I placed one small punched flower and two small 1/4" circles.

I didn't have any get well sentiments that were just the correct size for this sketch so I decided to print them out on my computer.  I find myself doing this more often lately when I can't seem to find just the right sentiment.

Thanks so much for stopping by and again be sure to hop on over to Bugaboo's Catch the Bug challenge blog.

Stamps:  Bugaboo digi image Rainy Day Bears- Side Rain, My Sentiments are computer generated
Card Stock: White, Summer Sun, Green Galore, SU DP
Ink: None
Supplies: Ribbon, 1 1/4" & 1 3/8" Circle Punches, Flower Trio Punch, 1/4" Circle Punch, Word Window Punch, Modern Label Punch, Hole Punch, SU Mat Pack, Paper Piercing Tool, Cuttlebug, Swiss Dots Embossing Folder, SU Markers, Crystal Effects, 2 Way Glue Pen
Technique: Dry Embossing, Paper Piercing

April 23, 2010

Here's the baby boy card that I made for one of the mother's at my son's preschool.  She's expecting a baby boy within the next couple of months. 

This card is similar to the baby girl card I posted two days ago.  I wanted to use the same stamp set and the same film strip technique.

This was a pretty quick and easy card to make.  Basically, I stamped the images and punched them out using my square punch.  Then I punched my certainly celery layer using my spiral punch along both sides. 

The wavy border along the bottom of my really rust layer was punched using an EK Success punch.

Have a great weekend!  I'll be back tomorrow to post a card I made for a Bugaboo Sketch Challenge.

Stamps: Fox & Friends, Fun Phrases
Card Stock: White, Really Rust, Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery, SU DP
Ink: Black Stazon
Supplies: Ribbon, Wavy Border Punch, 1 1/4" & 1 3/8" Square Punches, Spiral Punch, Stamp-a-ma-jig
Technique: Film Strip

April 22, 2010

Here's a card I made for Bugaboo Stamp's oldie but goodie Thursday.

I simply printed the cat image, heat set it with my heat gun and colored it using my SU markers and then I added some doodling all along my main image panel.

My sentiment is computer generated- just in case you can't see it clearly in my picture it reads- You're the cat's meow!  I thought this would be a great card for my sister who loves cats, so Pam if you are reading this....this card is for you :)

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great day! 

Stamps: Bubaboo Digi Image- Garden Cats, Plant Pot
Card Stock: White, Close to Cocoa, Certainly Celery, SU DP
Ink: None
Supplies: Ribbon, SU Markers, Large & Small Oval Punches, Scallop Trim Border Punch

April 21, 2010

Last week I said that I would share some baby cards that I made. I know two ladies that are both expecting within the next few months and one is having a girl, so this is my baby girl card for her and the other is expecting a boy. I'll post the baby boy card that I made for her on Friday.

It's been a while since I've made a film strip card and I figured this super cute monkey would be just perfect. I stamped the monkey three times and punched him out so that he looks like he's moving along so to speak.

The monkey images are layered onto pink and then a chocolate chip layer which I have punched on both sides using my spiral punch. My ribbon treatment is just a piece of pink ribbon with piece of brown and white tied onto it- this is a great way to use up some of those ribbon scraps. Can you tell I save everything?

Stamps: Fox & Friends, Hugs & Wishes
Card Stock: White, Pretty in Pink, Chocolate Chip, SU DP
Ink: Chocolate Chip
Supplies: Ribbon, Word Window Punch, Modern Label Punch, 1 1/4" & 1 3/8" Square Punches, Spiral Punch, Scallop Border Punch
Technique: Film Strip

April 19, 2010

It's Monday again; doesn't the weekend go by so fast?!

And as usual it's time for another CAS (clean & simple) splitcoast challenge.

This week's CAS challenge is a sketch challenge based on Alanna's card shown here.

I also made this card for today's Try a New Technique challenge on splitcoast. Today's challenge was to find ways to use pierce our card. The piercing on my card is on my background. I made a few score lines using my scor-pal and in-between a few of the lines I did some paper piercing.

I colored my flower stamp using my SU markers and then I stamped it onto my card stock. Next I punched out the images and layered them onto my punched Certainly Celery layer. I made a card similar to this a few weeks ago and I had this card in mind when I made my card today.

I'm sorry that my picture isn't very good; I had a hard time getting a nice photo this morning. Have a great rest of the day! Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps: Pocket Silhouettes, Warmest Regards
Card Stock: White, Certainly Celery
Ink: Black Stazon
Supplies: Ribbon, SU Mat Pack, Paper Piercing Tool, Large Oval Punch, Scallop Oval Punch, Scor-pal, SU Markers, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Dimensionals
Technique: Paper Piercing

April 18, 2010

Hi everyone!  Today I thought I would share a tutorial with you.  I have received several emails asking how I make my scalloped circles and ovals using a corner rounder punch.  If  you are like me and you don't have nesties you can still make these beautiful scallop shapes like we see the the online card galleries.  I didn't create this technique, I read about it online.

The first thing you will need to do is to cut out a circle.  Here I used my Coluzzle circle template and Coluzzle knife, but you can use any tool you have that will allow you to cut a circle such as:  circle scissors plus, large circle punch, Cricut, etc.

The next thing you will need is a pair of paper snips (or other sharp scissors), and a corner rounder punch.  This is my favorite corner rounder punch for this technique.  SU does have a larger one and it will work, but your scallops will be larger.

You will want to start punching using your punch all along the outside edges of your cut out circle.  Punch your punch once and then move it along and just next to the edge of your punched notch you will want to punch it again.

Keep doing this all the way around the edge.  It takes a little bit to learn how much you will need to move your punch over to punch again.  You should be able to see your scalloped edge through your punch.  I tend to punch again just when I can see the edge of my previous scallop through the back side of my corner rounder punch.

Here is a photo of what your scallop circle will look like once you have finished punching all the way around the edges. 

You will want to carefully remove the outside edging from your scalloped circle.  Sometimes you may need to cut it away from your circle and this is where your paper snips come in handy.  Just carefully snip off the cardstock that wasn't cut all the way through with your corner rounder punch.

 And this is what you will have once you have removed the outer punched piece of card stock. Now sometimes my scallops don't always come out so evenly once I reach the end of my circle.  Once you are close to the end of your circle you have to judge to see how many more punches you can get before reaching where you started. 

And that's about it, now you can proceed with completing your card or project.  Like I said above, this technique can done with ovals too.  I really like this method of making my scallop shapes because I can make them any size I need.  And using my Coluzzle template is just perfect because then all I  need to do is to cut out my stamped image using the next smaller size on my template and it's a perfect size layer.

And in case anyone is interested the photo below is of the card I was making with these scallop circles.  I have posted this card on my blog before, but I needed to make more of these cards so I thought I might as well take a moment to share with everyone how I make my scallop circles.   

If anyone would like some more information about the card I have pictured above you can find it here.

  

Like always, if anyone has any questions for me, feel free to send me an email.  If you look under my profile and click on 'View my complete profile' you will then see a section titled 'contact'.  Just click on the email link under the contact section and you will be able to send me a message.

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

April 17, 2010- Bugaboo Stamps Blog Hop Winner

It's been really fun this week during Bugaboo Stamp's blog hop and challenge. Congratulations to all of the winners!

One winner was also chosen from each of the Bugaboo Design Team members blog's for leaving a comment. The winner from my blog as chosen by random.org is April.

April said...
Love it!
Was a great hop - as always with Bugaboo....

Congratulations, April! You have won an image of your choice from Bugaboo Stamps. I will send you an email in just a few minutes :)

Thank you to everyone who played along and thanks so much for leaving a comment!  I hope you are all enjoying your weekend!

April 10. 2010 - Bugaboo Blog Hop

Good Morning! This the day you've been waiting for, Bugaboo Stamp's challenge and blog hop. You will need to visit all of the member's blogs looking for letter which will unscramble a phrase (not all of the blogs have a letter).
You should have arrived here from Christine's blog. Didn't you just love her card? And I'm not saying that because we used the same image ;) But you gotta love this daisy and ladybug image, it's just too cute!

Today's challenge was to create a card with some type of bug on it and since I love ladybugs I decided they would be the bug on my card.

You can find the digi stamp that I used from Bugaboo Stamps. I simply printed the image and colored it using my SU markers. Actually, I printed out two images so that I would have an extra ladybug to cut out and place on my card.

It might be hard to see in my picture, but I've added a bit of glitter in the center of my daisy.

Now you are probably looking for a letter from me for the word game and my letter is T. Now be sure to continue on to your next stop leave your comments here.

Have a great day, thanks for stopping by and I hope you had fun on our blog hop! Don't forget to create your bug challenge card for a chance to win some awesome Bugaboo images!

Stamps: Bugaboo Digi Image- Ladybug Vase, SU Circle of Friendship- for my sentiment
Card Stock: White, Real Red, Black
Ink: Black Stazon
Supplies: Ribbon, SU Markers, Glitter, 2 Way Glue Pen, SU Eyelet Border Punch, 1" Circle Punch, 1 1/4" Circle Punch, Scissors- for cutting the second ladybug

April 16, 2010

Hi everyone! I'm so glad it's Friday, I've had such a busy week and now I'm hoping to have a not so busy weekend.

This is the card I made using one of the freebie images from Bugaboo Stamps.  Be sure to stop on by and download the freebies. They change every Friday!

I printed the image and colored it using my SU markers. I used a gray marker for the black on the bee suit; I just colored it over a few times. At first I tried it with my black marker, but it just got too dark. I often time substitute gray for black because it's not so harsh of a color.

For the wings I did a bit of water coloring using a bashful blue wonder color crayon and a blender pen. Then I used my glue pen and dd glitter to apply some glitter over the wings.

I actually printed out two of these images and I used the second image to color the flowers, cut them out, and place them over top of the original flower- so it is 'popped up' on my card. My grass is actually just colored a bit with my marker and then I dabbed my marker a bit to sort of help create the illusion of grass. Next, I ran my green galore card stock layer through my crimper- I hardly ever use my crimper so I thought I should dust it off.

Well, that's about it for today. Have a great weekend and be sure to check back next week because I'll be posting two baby cards that I made for two friends of mine.

Stamps: Bugaboo Digi Image- Bee Bear Image, SU Well Scripted for my sentiment
Card Stock: White, Creamy Caramel, Green Galore, DP is DCWV Spring Glitter Pack
Ink: Black Stazon
Supplies: Ribbon, SU Markers, 2 Way Glue Pen, DD Glitter, Scissors- for cutting out the second flower, Dimensionals- for popping up the second flower, Crimper, Stamp-a-ma-jig
Technique: Water Coloring, Crimping

April 15, 2010

Here's a card I made for Bugaboo Stamp's oldie but goodie challenge.

I printed this super cute turtle image and then I colored it using my SU markers. The coloring took me a little while, but I'm really happy with my results. I also added a few white dots on the turtle's hat and shoes using my white gel pen.

My background is embossed using my Cuttlebug and Swiss Dots embossing folder. Other than that my card today was really easy. Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great day! I'm planning on spending some time outside today with my kids, it looks like it's going to be another lovely day!

Stamps: Bugaboo Digi Image- Turtle Girl Image, SU Short & Sweet- for my sentiment
Card Stock: White, Pink Passion, Green Galore, DP is DCWV Sweet Glitter Pack
Ink: Black Stazon
Supplies: Ribbon, Button, SU Markers, SU Scalloped Border Punch, Small & Large Oval Punches, Scalloped Oval Punch, White Gel Pen
Technique: Dry Embossing

April 14, 2010

Hi everyone! Sorry that I haven't been around for the past two days, I just needed a break this week. I guess I don't have to tell how busy things can get with three kids! Not to mention that the weather is getting really nice and we've been spending some more time outside lately; which also means more yard work...ugh!

So while I took a few days off from blogging I've been making cards like crazy, so now I have a nice stash for some future posts. Which brings me to my card for today. Mother's Day will be here before we know it so I thought I'd better start on them.

This was a really quick and easy card to make and I really like how it turned out (Hubby likes this one too). I just stamped the square flower image first and then I stamped three of the small flowers (from this same stamp set) using black ink, and then I cut them out and placed them over my main image.

I did something a bit different with my layering on this card and I didn't line up my image with the black card stock layer- I sort of like how it looks off to the side and I'll have to be sure and try this again. I added a bit of paper piercing in the upper right corner and again along the left side of my card. It might be hard to see in my picture, but I added a small black dot to the center of each white flower.

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great day!

Stamps: For All You Do
Card Stock: White, Black, DP from SU
Ink: Black Stazon, Sahara Sand
Supplies: Ribbon, SU Mat Pack, Paper Piercing Tool, SU Black Marker- for the center of the flowers, Scallop Trim Border Punch, Stamp-a-ma-jig
Technique: Paper Piercing

April 11, 2010

Here's my card for this past week's Mojo Monday's sketch challenge. There's still time to play along it doesn't end until tonight. You can find more info on the Mojo Monday's Sketch blog here.

My image is stamped and colored using my SU markers. I find myself using my markers a lot lately. I guess I just like the vibrant colors I get from them as opposed to water coloring plus I'm learning how to color with them better. One of these days I'd like to try some copic markers.

I followed the Mojo Monday sketch below. Sometimes I like to post the sketch so you can see what it is that I followed.

My background is embossed using the Floral Fantasy Cuttlebug embossing folder. I was going to leave my background plain, but then I thought it still needed a little something.

I drew some doodling around my flower image and I used silver liquid pearls for the three dots on the sketch image.

Thanks so much for looking! Have a great rest of the weekend; I'm off to get feed the kiddos lunch. If you haven't done so, be sure to check out the Bugaboo blog hop in my post above and you'll want to make sure to start at the beginning. My post above has more information about it.

Stamps: Echoes of Kindness
Card Stock: White, Rose Red, Regal Rose, Certainly Celery, SU pattern paper
Ink: Black Stazon
Supplies: Ribbon, Cuttlebug, Floral Fantasy Embossing Folder, SU Markers, Coluzzle, Corner Rounder Punch- for the scalloped oval, Liquid Pearls, 2 Way Glue Pen, DD Glitter
Technique: Dry Embossing

April 9, 2010

TGIF! It's Friday already and time for Freebie Friday at Bugaboo stamps.
I just love ladybugs, aren't they so cute? Well maybe not as cute when they are all over in the spring time, but cute on our cards, right?

I printed the digi image and colored using my SU markers. I added a few white dots using my white gel pen along the ribbon on the jar.

My background is embossed using my Cuttlebug and my Paisley Cuttlebug embossing folder. I also did some faux stitching along the left side of my really rust card stock. I almost forgot to mention that I ended up printing my image twice and using the second image, I cut out the ladybug and placed him on the lower corner of my main image panel.

Thanks so much for stopping by and be sure to check back tomorrow, Bugaboo stamps is having a new challenge starting with a great theme and some goodies!

Stamps: Bugaboo Digi Image- BJ Ladybug, SU Cute As a Bug- for my sentiment
Card Stock: White, So Saffron, Really Rust, Old Olive
Ink: Black Stazon

Supplies: Ribbon, Cuttlebug, Paisley Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, SU Markers, Scissors- for cutting the second ladybug, SU Mat Pack, Paper Piercing Tool, White Gel Pen, Word Window Punch, Modern Label Punch
Technique: Dry Embossing, Faux Stitching

April 8, 2010

This is a quick card I made for Thursday's 'Oldie but Goodie' Bugaboo challenge.
I printed out the image and colored it using my SU markers. I actually printed out my image twice and I cut out a flower from the second image and I placed in on the right side of my sentiment. You'll want to remember to heat set your digi images; it really helps prevent smearing when you are coloring.

My background is embossed using my Cuttlebug and my Swiss Dots embossing folder. I only embossed the lower half of my card. I used my scor-pal to add a few lines in-between my blank and embossed parts. I also added a bit of paper piercing on my main image panel in two of the corners, just for some added interest.

Hubby is yelling for me to get off of the computer now, we are getting some bad thunder storms right now. Have a great night!

Stamps: Bugaboo Digi Image- flower, SU Short & Sweet
Card Stock: White, Close to Cocoa
Ink: Black Stazon

Supplies: Ribbon, Cuttlebug, Swiss Dots Embossing Folder, SU Markers, Scissors- for cutting the second flower, SU Mat Pack, Paper Piercing Tool. Large & Small Oval Punches
Technique: Dry Embossing

April 7, 2010

Hi everyone! As many of you know I'm this month's guest designer for Bugaboo Stamps and it's my turn to post a tutorial. I decided to do an easy technique called paper piecing. I think we tend to forget about this technique with digi images and it's such a great way to add some interest and detail; it's also a great alternative to coloring your images.

Basically, paper piecing is the cutting out of part of an image using various pieces of patterned paper and cardstock, and then putting them back together to form the image.

For this technique you will actually be printing out your digi image twice; once onto your main color card stock (I used white in my example) and then again onto the pattern paper that you've selected. If you are using 12" x 12" pattern paper you may need to cut it down so that it fits in your printer. Also, it is important that both of your printed images are the same size.

Once your images are printed you need to decide what part of the image you would like to paper piece. In my example I've decided to cut out the umbrella and the boots.
When cutting out your images you will want to try and stay just outside of the black lines this way you will still be able to see your image once your pieces are cut. Here is what I have once I've finished cutting out the umbrella and boots part of my image.

Next you can color in your image however you would like. In my example I used my markers to color in my turtle image. There is no need to color in the parts that you will be piecing, they will be covered up.

Once your coloring is finished all you need to do is to place some adhesive on the back side of your cut out pieces and then place them over top of your main image. You'll want to try and line up your pieces so that they match with your original image. If your pieces are small it may be easier to use a glue pen.

Now that your image is finished you can assemble and complete your card or project.


Although I used the same patterned paper for both the umbrella and the boots, you can use different patterned paper if you would like. All you need to do is to print out your image onto each piece of pattern paper or card stock that you would like to use.

Stamps: Bugaboo Digi Image- Turt Umbrella
Card Stock: White, Certainly Celery, Bashful Blue, Barley Banana, SU pattern paper
Supplies: Ribbon, Button, Silver Spiral Clip, Cuttlebug, Paisley Embossing Folder, SU Markers, Scissors- for cutting
Technique: Dry Embossing, Paper Piecing

I also made this card for the Stamps R Us blog group that I belong to. Our challenge this month is to create a card or project with has anything to do with Showers- use an umbrella, an image with raindrops, or favors for any type of shower! Everyone is welcome to play along.

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great day!

April 6, 2010

Here's my card for yesterday's CAS (clean & simple) splitcoast challenge. Yesterday's challenge was to create a cas card with no stamping except our sentiment. Well, I really had to think about this one for a bit, but then I realized that this was a good chance to play with my new 2 step bird punch.

The bird was punched using pretty in pink card stock and the wing is SU pattern paper. I used the same pattern paper on my card. I punched out three branches using certainly celery card stock and I glued them all together.

The upper half of my white background was embossed using my Birds and Swirls embossing folder. My certainly celery layer was punched using my scallop trim border punch.

So the only stamping on my card is my sentiment and I drew in a small dot for the eye on the birdie. Great cas challenge, it really got me thinking yesterday!

Have a great day and be sure to check back tomorrow. I'll be posting a technique tutorial using a digi image from Bugaboo stamps!

Stamps: It's Your Birthday
Card Stock: White, Certainly Celery, Rose Romance, SU pattern paper
Supplies: Ribbon, 2 Step Bird Punch, Cuttlebug, Birds & Swirls Embossing Folder, Scallop Trim Border Punch, Stamp-a-ma-jig, SU Marker- for the bird's eye, 2 Way Glue Pen- for the branch w/ leaves
Technique: Dry Embossing

April 5, 2010

I hope you all had a great Easter holiday! The kids are home from school today and enjoying some time off.

My niece lost her first baby tooth last week and I wanted to send her a card. I don't have any tooth fairy images so I found this one on my computer.

I searched on my Microsoft word document and I typed in tooth fairy and this is one that I found. I guess you could say that this is actually clip art, but it still works. I didn't even do any coloring. I just printed it out the way it was. What a quick and easy card!

The fairy's wings are a soft yellow color so I used some barely banana card stock and punched it using the scallop trim border punch. I did a bit of paper piercing in two of the corners on my main image and some scoring on my background.

Stamps: None
Card Stock: White, Barely Banana, Regal Rose
Ink: None
Supplies: Ribbon, SU Scallop Trim Border Punch, Paper Piercing Tool, SU Mat Pack, Scor-pal
Technique: Dry Embossing, Paper Piercing

Have a great day! Tomorrow I'll post the card that I made for today's clean & simple challenge.

April 3, 2010

I have just two more Easter cards to share. I think I'm finished making Easter cards this year. The chick image was another one of those stamps from the $1 bin at Michael's.

My husband isn't too crazy about my first card, he say's it too plain, but I kind of like it. I stamped the image and then colored with my SU markers.

I added a small flower in the upper right hand corner to sort of help off set the sentiment. I also didn't want to add any ribbon on this card, I was trying to keep the postage down on this one. My sentiment is from a studio G stamp set.

Stamps: Chick Stamp- $1 stamp from Michael’s, Sentiment- Studio G series 45
Card Stock: White, Gable Green, Yo-Yo Yellow, Lavender Lace
Ink: Black Stazon
Supplies: SU Markers, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Boho Blossoms Flower Punch, 1/4" Circle Punch, Small Hole Punch

I followed a sketch challenge from Splitcoast stampers to make my second Easter card. I'm not quite sure that I like this card, I sort of think I have too many colors going on here, but I thought I would post it anyway.

Again, I stamped my image and colored it using my SU markers. I embossed my white card stock using the Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder. I also added some paper piercing along the edges of my Tempting Turquoise layer.

Stamps: Chick Stamp- $1 stamp from Michael’s, Sentiment- Studio G series 45
Card Stock: White, Green Galore, Yo-Yo Yellow, Lavender Lace, Tempting Turquoise
Ink: Black Stazon
Supplies: Ribbon, Coluzzle, Corner Rounder Punch- for the scallop circle, SU Markers, Cuttlebug, Swiss Dots Embossing Folder, Scallop Oval Punch, Large Oval Punch, Paper Piercing Tool, SU Mat Pack
Technique: Dry Embossing, Paper Piercing

Have a Happy Easter! We are off to an Easter Egg hunt with the kids!

April 2, 2010

Sorry I wasn't able to upload this post yesterday. I tried but I was having trouble with blogger again with my pictures uploading.

My first card is one that I made using one of the freebie images from Bugaboo stamps.

One thing about digi images are that they are so easy to use, and as many of you know I'm all about quick and easy. All I did was print my image, heat set it using my heat gun, color it in and then I assemble my card.

My apricot appeal layer is stamped using a small flower stamp and my white gel pen. My certainly celery layer is punched using the scallop trim border punch and I also added two rows of paper piercing along the right side of my card.

Stamps: Free digi image from Bugaboo Stamps, Sentiment is from SU All Year Cheer. Little Flowers for the small flower
Card Stock: White, Apricot Appeal, Lavender Lace, Certainly Celery
Ink: Black Stazon
Supplies: Ribbon, Border Punch, SU Markers, White Gel Pen, SU Mat Pack, Paper Piercing Tool, button, Scallop Trim Border Punch, Stamp-a-ma-jig
Technique: Paper Piercing

Here's an Easter card that I made using another digi image. This was another real quick card.

I just printed out the image and colored it using my SU markers. The bottom of my green layer is punched using my dotted wave border punch. My sentiment is from a Studio G stamp set.

Stamps: Harold the Duck freebie digi image, Sentiment- Studio G series 45
Card Stock: White, Yo-Yo Yellow, Only Orange, Gable Green
Ink: Black Stazon
Supplies: Ribbon, EK Success Dotted Wave Border Punch, SU Markers

April 1, 2010

Sorry my post is a bit late today. I've been pretty busy getting ready for the weekend. I'm having some family stay with me over the Easter holiday and I spent today making homemade pierogies for tomorrow's supper. And on top of all that my daughter has been playing April fool's jokes on me all day. I've got to hand it to her though; she got me a few times today!

Then just before we tucked our son in bed tonight he lost his first baby tooth. He's so excited that the tooth fairy is going to come tonight. He told me to get to bed so she could come.....LOL So how much does a tooth go for nowadays?

I have another Easter card to share and the image I used is a digi image from Bugaboo stamps. This image was so quick and easy to use, so if you are in need of some last minute Easter cards this would be perfect.

I just printed my image, colored it just a bit and then assembled my card- super quick and easy! I thought I should mention that along with my markers I used my white gel pen to color in the bunny eggs.

My background is embossed using the Swiss Dots embossing folder and the bottom of my Pretty in Pink card stock was punched using the EK Success dotted wave border punch.

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you all had a wonderful day!

Stamps: FB Egg Tower digi image from Bugaboo Stamps, Sentiment- Studio G series 45
Card Stock: White, Pretty in Pink
Ink: Black Stazon
Supplies: Ribbon, EK Success Dotted Wave Border Punch, Cuttlebug, Swiss Dots Embossing Folder, SU Markers, White Gel Pen
Technique: Dry Embossing