April 9, 2012

Good Morning! I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter! Today's card is for the clean & simple challenge on splitcoast stampers in which we were to find ways to use scallops and also for the CAS-ual Friday's challenge found here which we were to create a CAS card using something that you would find in an Easter basket.

My kids loved finding the eggs left by the Easter bunny yesterday. The eggs were hid throughout our house and in the yard at grandma's house, plus my kids had chocolate bunnies in their baskets and so that was the inspiration for my card today.

My card took me only about 10 minutes to make from start to finish! It was real easy to make and it was just a matter of stamping the images and cutting them out. I stamped and cut out the bunny because I wasn't quite sure what I was doing with him, but if I were to recreate this card I would just stamp him on my card. Then all you need to do is stamp a few eggs, but those out, and make the grass.

I used my scallop border punch to punch along the top edge of my green designer series paper and then using my paper snips I simply cut some small slits to resemble the grass. Next, I added my ribbon and adhered it to my card base. Super easy!

Thanks for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!

Stamps: Chocolate Bunny, Well Scripted
Card Stock: White, Designer Series Paper Patterns Stack - Subtles Collection
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Daffodil Delight, Pretty in Pink, Bashful Blue
Supplies: Ribbon, Scallop Border Punch, Scissors, Stamp-a-ma-jig

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Twisted Tuesday Challenge

Good Morning!  Today I'm posting my card for the Twisted Tuesday Challenge blog.  This is our first challenge so I hope you will join us!  This week's challenge was a great one!  We were to create a card with clouds on it, but the twist was that they couldn't be stamped. 

I began making my card by first stamping the bunny image.  Before I sponged my background I needed to make a mask to cover up the bunny so that it would remain white.  The rest of my bunny image was colored using SU markers.

I actually used clouds two ways on my card.  I sponged some clouds onto the background of my card using a punched out scallop circle punch, bashful blue ink, and a sponge wedge (the sponging is a bit heavier towards the top and lighter towards the bottom/grassy area).  Then I also made a few clouds using the create a cupcake punch and then I embossed them using the manhattan flower embossing folder and I placed them on my card.

Next, I stamped the bunny image again and this time I colored the egg balloon, cut it out and placed it over top of my first stamped image.  I did this because I wanted the cloud to be behind the balloon plus I didn't have to worry about masking the balloon when I was sponging my background.  I did a small bit of paper piecing on the green part of the balloon using the same designer series paper that I used for the grassy area.

My grassy area was made by cutting some designer series paper using the adorning accents edgelits die.  My sentiment was stamped and punched out using the word window punch and then I layered it using the modern label punch (I punched out two pretty in pink pieces and I layered them so that they would fit nicely behind my bashful blue punched layer.  Next, I added a brad on each side of my sentiment and it's adhered onto my card using dimensionals.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I can't wait to see everyone's cloud creations!  Have a great day!

Stamps:  Everybunny
Card Stock:  White, Pretty in Pink, Bashful Blue, Twitterpated DSP
Ink:  Black Stazon
Supplies:  Adorning Accents Edgelits Die, Big Shot, Modern Label Punch, Word Window, SU Markers- Pretty in Pink, Certainly Celery, Bashful Blue, So Saffron, Sponge, Scallop Circle Punch, Build a Cupcake Punch- for the clouds, Manhattan Flower Embossing Folder, Scissors- for paper piercing the green in the balloon, Brads, Hole Punch- for the brads, Dimensionals
Technique: Sponging, Paper Piercing, Dry Embossing, Reverse Masking, Punch Art

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April 1, 2012

Hi everyone!  I love the challenge this week on the CAS-ual Friday blog!  If you have time be sure to stop on over and check it out!  Here is the link for the challenge.  The challenge this week was to create a clean & simple card based on a song.  With Easter being only a week away I've had this song on my mind-

Here comes Peter Cottontail
Hoppin' down the bunny trail,
Hippity hoppity,
Easter's on its way

There's more to the song, but I just posted the first few lines.  Actually ever since I made my card I've been singing this song.  I began making my card by stamping my bunny image and then I stamped the image again onto some scrap blue designer series paper.  I used the paper piecing technique for the bunny's dress and the Easter basket.  If you are not sure what the paper piecing technique is you will find a great tutorial here.  The rest of the bunny was colored using my SU markers.  I left the bunny white and I simply colored ears, shoes, eggs in the basket, and the bow on the basket.

I used my scallop border punch along the dsp towards the bottom of my card.  I finished my card using pleated ribbon with twine tied on top of it.  I decided to thread my twine through my button and then tie it off with a bow and then I stamped the Easter sentiment.

Thanks so much for visiting!

Stamps: Everybunny
Card Stock: White, Twitterpated DSP
Ink:  Black Stazon
Supplies:  Twine, Pleated Satin Ribbon, Twitterpated Buttons, Scallop Border Punch, Scissors- for paper piecing the dsp, SU Markers- Blusing Bride, Certainly Celery, Daffodil Delight
Technique: Paper Piecing

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April 21, 2011

Hi everyone! Today I have another Easter card to share with you. I apologize again for my photo not being as nice as I would like it. I do not have the card to retake the photo because my son gave this card to his speech therapist for Easter, I hope she liked it!

I stamped the chick image for a total of three times. The first one is my main image that I stamped onto my white card stock and then I colored the chick and I made some grass along the feet using my SU markers. My next two images were stamped onto my decorative paper so that I could paper piece the egg part. I simply stamped the image onto my decorative paper and then I cut out the egg shell portion of my image and one I placed over top of the chick and the other one I placed next to the chick along the grassy ground area.

The borders of my pretty in pink card stock were punched using my scallop trim border punch and my scallop trim corner punch. Here is a wonderful tutorial from Gretchen's blog showing how you can do this too.

Thank you for taking the time each day to stop by and for leaving a comment for me. I truly appreciate it! Have a great rest of the day! See you tomorrow!

Stamps: A Good Egg
Card Stock:  White, Pretty in Pink, Certainly Celery, SU DP
Ink: Black Stazon
Supplies:  Ribbon, SU Markers, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Scallop Trim Border Punch, Scallop Trim Corner Punch
Technique: Paper Piercing

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April 20, 2011

Hi everyone!  First, I must say thank you for bearing with me while I wasn't feeling well these past few days.  I have a few more cards to share with you this week and then I will be taking a few days off from blogging during the Easter holiday.  My husband and children will both be home and it's hard to find stamping time with everyone here.

This is an Easter card that I made for my Easter card class.  I'm sorry the photo of my card isn't the best, but I do not have this card anymore to retake the picture.  My son gave it to his teacher today for Easter.

This is the stamp set I used to make my card, it's called 'So Cute'.

I stamped the bunny image three times and then punched it out using my large oval punch.  Each image is layered onto pretty in pink card stock that I punched using my scallop oval punch.  I colored the images using my Stampin' Up! markers.  The bunny ears are pink and each bow is colored using a different color.

My Happy Easter sentiment is from the 'A Good Egg' stamp set and I punched that out using my word window punch.  And that's about it, quick and easy!

I have one more Easter card to post tomorrow so be sure to stop by!  Have a great rest of the day!
Stamps:  So Cute, A Good Egg
Card Stock:  White, Pretty in Pink, SU DP
Ink: Black Stazon
Supplies: Ribbon, Markers, Large Oval Punch, Scallop Oval Punch, Word Window Punch

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April 19, 2011

Hello everyone!  I haven't been feeling well these past few days and so I've been absent from my blogging.  I'm a bit better today and trying to catch up with some of my posts. 

The card I am posting today I made for the index gallery on splitcoast stampers so this card will not show up in my splitcoast gallery, but I can post it here on my blog for you all to see.

Since this card was for the gallery index I kept it more plain and simple.  I colored the stamp using my SU markers.  I used rose red, wild wasabi, and soft suede.

My decorative paper isn't really decorative paper.  It's rose red card stock that I just added a few dots onto using my white gel pen.  And my ribbon is actually white grosgrain ribbon that I colored using my wild wasabi maker. 

I hope you like my card and thanks so much for stopping by.  I have a few Easter cards that I will be sharing with you this week so be sure to check back!  Have a great rest of the day!

Stamps: Hello Blossoms
Card Stock: White, Rose Red
Ink: None
Supplies: Ribbon, White Gel Pen, SU Markers

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April 13, 2011

Good morning!  It's a rainy day here today in PA and my little one is down for her nap already so I had some time to try out the new triple layer punch from Stampin' Up!  There are 2 triple layer punches in the new summer mini catalog and I couldn't resist so I had to buy both of them and I'm so glad I did.

I decided to make an Easter card with my flower punch today.  The triple layer punches are so easy to use.  All you need to do is to slide the button over to which ever punch out you would like. I decided to use the solid and the flower punch outs to make my flowers.  So basically I punched out the flower pieces and then I layered them together.  I added some dots using my white gel pen and my chocolate chip SU marker.  The center part of my flower is one of the small punches from the SU itty bitty punch pack.

My flower stems were stamped using my stamp-a-ma-jig to help me line them up nicely.  The stamp set I used for the flower stems is called Bold Blossom and it is available right now in our current mini catalog.  My sentiment is from a retired set called well scripted.

To finish my card all I needed to do was to add my pretty in pink ribbon.  I hope you like my card today!  Thanks so much for stopping by, I'd love to have you follow me on my blog.  Have a great rest of the day!

Stamps:  Bold Blossom, Well Scripted
Card Stock: White, Pretty in Pink, Certainly Celery, Bashful Blue, SU DP
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Certainly Celery
Supplies: Ribbon, Blossom Bouquet Triple Layer Punch, Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack, White Gel Pen, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Glue Pen, SU Chocolate Chip Marker

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April 1, 2011

Hi everyone!  It's not too early to start thinking aabout Easter, right?  And so today I decided to share a card I made last week.  I got this idea from another card I saw online, if I find it again I'll be sure to come back and post who it was from.  I cased the idea for the how to make the chicks with the flower.

The chicks were punched using my Stampin' Up! bird punch.  I took the punched out wings and clipped the end of them using my scallop oval punch.  I sponged all along the edges of the chicks and I just used my SU marker to draw in a dot for the eyes.

The flower stem was punched also using the 2 step bird punch and the flower on top of the stem is from the boho blossoms flower punch. 

Thanks so much for vivsiting.  Remember, I will be offering some Stampin' Up! blog candy once I reach 200 followers, so be sure to spread the word. Have a great weekend! See you Monday!

Stamps: Something to Celebrate
Card Stock:  White, Pretty in Pink, Certainly Celery, Barely Banana, SU DP
Ink: Black Stazon, Daffodil Delight
Supplies:  Ribbon, Big Shot, Framed Tulips Embossing Folder, 2 step Bird Punch, Boho Blossoms Punch, Scalloped Oval Punch, Sponge, 1/4" Circle Punch, Stamp-a-ma-jig
Technique: Dry Embossing, Sponging,

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March 7, 2011

Hi everyone!  I hope you all faired well with the storm that hit the east coast last night.  Schools here are closed and the ice is everywhere.  The trees in my neighbor's yard are bent over, the lights were flickering, and we had about 8" of snow on top of it all. 

Well, the bad weather gave me some extra time today to create a few cards for today's CAS (clean & simple) challenge on splitcoast stampers.  This week's challenge is a theme challenge and the theme this week is humor.  My first card, pictured below is an Easter card.

There wasn't much stamping on my Easter card and I think my card is right on the border of being CAS and not being CAS.  As soon as I read today's challenge I had this image in my head of a bunny butt and so this is what I came up with.

Other than the fence, my card was just punching the shapes, putting them together, and applying them to my card.  To create the fence I used my woodgrain background stamp and I stamped the image onto a piece of white card stock and then I quickly added a bit of sponging.  Then all I needed to do was to punch out the fence posts and adhere them to my card.

Next, I made the grass by running a piece of certainly celery card stock through my crimper and then I snipped the edges to create the grass blades.

My bunny came next and that was simply punched white card stock (and pretty in pink for the feet) just assembled together.  I have a list of the punches I used to create my card below.  My next step was to add  the clouds, sun, and my sentiment.

The punches I used on my card were:

---Decorative Label- Fence posts
---Cupcake Punch- Clouds, Cherry part of that punch are the bunny ears and the pink of the bunny feet
---2 Step Bird Punch- wing part of that punch are the bunny feet
---1/2" Circle Punch- bunny head
---1" Circle Punch- bunny butt, sun

Stamps:  Woodgrain Background, Well Scripted
Card Stock: Bashful Blue, White, Barely Banana, Certainly Celery, Pretty in Pink
Ink: Spot Suede
Supplies: SU Scissors, Crimper, Cotton Ball, Stamp-a-ma-jig, see list of punches above
Technique: Sponging, Punch Art

Below is the second card I made for today's challenge.  I have to admit this was totally my husband's idea, but I did made the card, so does that still count?  LOL

The photo above is the front of my card and the photo below is of the inside of my card.  In keeping with today's humor theme, my husband suggested that I make a knock knock joke card.  Eventhough this was my hubby's idea, I thought it would be a cute card to put inside his lunch box tomorrow morning.

I reached for my woodgrain background stamp again and this time I simple inked up the stamp and stamped my card front and then I quickly added a bit of sponging.  I repeated this step again so that I would have another stamped background because I needed to cut 2 squares and 2 rectangles to place on my card front for the door panels- I tried aligning the panels with my first stamped background. 

I used my SU slot punch for the door hinges and I used two brads on my card- one for the door knob and the other one to hang the 'knock knock' sign.  To create my sign I printed out the sentiment, punched it using my circle punch, layered it using my circle punch, and then using a hand held hole punch I punched two holes to thread the twine through.  Once my twine was thread through all I needed to do was to hand my sign onto the door hanger brad.

The rest of the joke on the inside of my card was computer generated as well.  Just in case you can't read it in my photo the inside of my card reads:

Who's there ?

Owl !

Owl Who ?

Owl always love you !

The owl in the lower right side of my card was made using the SU owl punch.  This owl punch is so versatile and it's one of my very favorite punches and it goes perfectly with the woodgrain background stamp!  If you don't already own that punch and background punch, be sure to put them on your wish list!

Stamps:  Woodgrain Background
Card Stock: White, Chocolate Chip, SU DP- for the owl
Ink: Spot Suede
Supplies: Brads, Hole Punch- for brads, Twine, White Gel Pen- for the owl's eyes, 1" & 1 1/4" Circle Punches, Slit Punch
Technique: Sponging, Punch Art

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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

March 31, 2010

I just love this chocolate bunny stamp and I decided to use it again for today's splitocast sketch challenge.

I stamped the bunny and cut him out. I placed him over my sponged sky background, and then I added some grass and a few Easter eggs along the bottom.

I embossed my background using the Petals-A-Plenty embossing folder and then I colored each of the flower centers yellow with my SU marker.

Except for my ribbon, everything I used to make my card is from Stampin Up.

Thanks so much for dropping in, have a wonderful day!

Stamps: Chocolate Bunny, Flower Filled, Well Scripted
Card Stock: White, Close to Cocoa, Certainly Celery, Marigold Morning
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Certainly Celery, Bashful Blue, Marigold Morning
Supplies: Ribbon, Scallop Oval Punch- used for sponging my sky background, SU Marker, Cuttlebug, Petals-A-Plenty Embossing Folder, Scissors & Crimper- for the grass
Technique: Dry Embossing, Sponging

March 30, 2010

You should see the snow that we are getting today! I can't believe it, but I don't think this snow will stick around very long.

The weather forecast for this weekend is saying that the temperatures are going to be in the 70s! I certainly didn't expect this snow today and the roads are really bad. I had to pick up my son from preschool and I didn't even have a snow brush in the car because I had put everything away already. I'll be glad when winter is really over!

In hopes for some really lovely weather this weekend, here is a spring card that my daughter made and another Easter card that I made.

I've seen so many of these cute Chocolate Bunny cards lately and I wanted to try making one. I sort of cased myself using this card that I made a few weeks ago. I used the same fence border punch, grass, and Easter eggs.

I stamped the chocolate bunny and then I also used my mirror imaging stamp to get my image reversed. I used my scallop circle punch to 'bite' off the left bunny's ears. My eggs were stamped and then cut out. The fence is a Martha Stewart border punch and my grass was crimped and cut using my scissors. My background is sponged using bashful blue ink, a scrap scalloped circle and a sponge. The words Happy Easter and What are computer generated.

Stamps: Chocolate Bunny, Flower Filled
Card Stock: White, Close to Cocoa, Certainly Celery
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Certainly Celery, Bashful Blue, Pretty in Pink, Barely Banana, Apricot Appeal
Supplies: Martha Stewart Fence Punch, Large Oval Punch, Scissors, Mirror Imaging Stamp, Scallop Circle Punch, Crimper
Technique: Sponging, Mirror Imaging (or reverse stamping)

This second card was made by my daughter. She made this card almost all by herself (I helped her with the ribbon).

She stamped the flowers along the bottom and colored them using SU markers and then she added some glitter on the flowers and along the bottom, grassy area.

She sponged her background the same way that I did on my previous card. Then she stamped the bunny, colored his ears and nose pink and then cut him out and placed him in the lower left corner in the grass.

The last thing she did was to create her tag. She just stamped Hello Spring and punched it using the small tag punch and the larger tag punch was used on the Certainly Celery layer.

So what do you think? Do I have another stamper in the family? I'm sure she would love to receive some comments on her card, please ;)

Stamps: Hello Spring
Card Stock: White, Certainly Celery, Almost Amethyst
Ink: Black Stazon, Bashful Blue
Supplies: Ribbon, Large & Small SU Tag Punches, DD Glitter, 2 Way Glue Pen, Scissors- for cutting out the bunny, SU Markers, Stapler- for the tag
Technique: Sponging

March 26, 2010

TGIF! What a week for me and I'm so glad that it's over, but the Easter holiday will be coming up and that's another busy time for our family. I'll try to keep up and post everyday over Easter, but I might end up taking a few days off.

With Easter being right around the corner I am still in the process of making a few more bunny cards. This card might look a little familiar because I made one similar to it last week, but this time I have changed my coloring, my cardstock, and the ribbon that I used. I kept the same image and layout. Here is the other card that I made if anyone would like to see it.

I stamped my image and colored it using my SU markers. I added some paper piercing just above and below my stamped image; I also used some dimensionals underneath my image layer.

I decided to dig in my stash for some springy pattern paper. My plaid dp is from the DCWV Sweet glitter pack and my Certainly Celery DP is from a SU paper pack. My ribbon is from Offray.

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend! And if I have time I'll try to post a card on Saturday or Sunday.

I also wanted to mention that I am selling my Bloomin' Beautiful stamp set. I can't sell it on Splitcoast because it's a current set, so I thought I'd try here before eBay. Anyway, I'm asking $18 plus shipping. If you are interested you will find my email address located under my profile. Just click on the email link under the contacts section.


Stamps: Spring Gifts
Card Stock: White, Bashful Blue, Barely Banana, Plaid DP is from DCWV Sweet Glitter Pack, Certainly Celery DP is from SU paper pack
Ink: Black Stazon
Supplies: Ribbon, SU Markers, EK Success Dotted Wave Border Punch, SU Mat Pack, Paper Piercing Tool, Dimensionals
Technique: Paper Piercing

March 24, 2010

Yesterday I mentioned that I would share a few more Easter cards that I made. The chick image was another one of those stamps from the $1 bin at Michael's.

Both of my cards were quick and easy, it took longer to color in the image than it did to assemble my cards.

My first card is pretty easy to figure out. I just stamped the chick image and then colored it using my SU markers.

The one thing that I did differently on this card was my ribbon. I didn't have anything even close to this green color so I decided to take a piece of white grosgrain ribbon and I colored it using my SU marker.

It worked and I've done this before, but my main problem this time was that I couldn't get any of my adhesive to stick to the ribbon once I colored it. On the ribbon part I was able to finally get my tape runner adhesive to stick, but on the bow part of my ribbon I tried everything and the only thing that finally worked for me was crystal effects.

On my second card I again, stamped and colored my image using my SU markers, but my layout is a little bit different than my first card.

It might be hard to see in my picture, but I wanted to point out that I used my scor-pal to create a few decorative lines on the upper portion of my background. I just felt that the top part was too plain and sometimes just a touch of dry embossing will do the trick.

Thanks so much for stopping by and tomorrow I'll post the splitcoast sketch card that I made for today.

Stamps:Bunny- $1 stamp from Michael’s, Sentiment- Studio G series 45
Card Stock: White, Green Galore, Gable Green, Yo-Yo Yellow, Pink Passion, DCWV Spring Glitter Pack
Ink: Black Stazon
Supplies: Ribbon, Scallop Border Punch, Coluzzle, Corner Rounder Punch- for the scallop circle, White Gel Pen, SU Markers, Scor-Pal,
Technique: Dry Embossing

March 19, 2010

Yesterday I said that I would share one of the Easter cards that I made. I have a few more that I am working on and I'll be sure to post them next week.

I have very few Easter stamps and I was thinking of how I could make some more Easter cards with the stamps that I already have. I was reading what Monday's Splitcoast Stampers technique challenge was and then I found this egg stamp and it gave me an idea. (Monday's challenge was to create a card using decorative paper that we made).

I repeatedly stamped the egg stamp all over my card stock in order to make my own pattern paper using several different colors of SU ink. Then I punched the bottom using my scalloped border punch and I layered it onto a piece of Pretty in Pink card stock (which is also punched along the bottom). Then I added my Happy Easter Sentiment and my ribbon and bow.

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

Stamps: Flower Filled, Sentiment- Studio G series 45
Card Stock: White, Pretty in Pink
Ink: Black Stazon, Pretty in Pink, Barely Banana, Certainly Celery, Lavender Lace, Bashful Blue, and Apricot Appeal
Supplies: Ribbon, Scallop Border Punch

March 15, 2010

Hi everyone! I found a sketch challenge on Bugaboo's blog and I wanted to play along.
The challenge was just posted a few days ago, so there's still time to play. Jodie is offering some of her digi images for a prize.

The image I used is a Bugaboo image. I printed out my digi image and then I colored it using my SU markers. Once I was finished coloring I decided to add a few white dots on the egg using my white gel pen.

The photo below is of the sketch that we were to follow. I did some faux stitching along the edge of my Summer Sun card stock. My Take With Teal layer was punched using my SU scallop border punch.



I wasn't quite sure what I wanted to add in the lower right hand corner, but in the end I decided to go with some small punched circles and one small flower.

My background is half embossed using my Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder and just above my embossed area I added two decorative score lines using my score-pal.

Stamps: Bugaboo stamps Easter Chick Big Egg
Card Stock: White, Summer Sun, Pink Passion, Tempting Turquoise
Ink: None
Supplies: Ribbon, SU Markers, SU Boho Blossoms Punch, SU Scalloped Border Punch, 1/4" Circle Punch, Cuttlebug, Swiss Dots Embossing Folder, SU Mat Pack, Paper Piercing Tool, Scor-pal, White Gel Pen, 2 Way Glue, Pen
Technique: Dry Embossing, Faux Stitching

March 13, 2010

Tami posted about a challenge today on splitcoast stampers. The challenge is on her daughter's blog.

Here is the challenge on Aly's blog if anyone would like to see it.

There's still a few hours left if anyone would like to play along. The challenge is a sketch challenge.

I used a digi image from bugaboo stamps. I thought this image would make a really cute Easter or spring card.

I printed the image and colored it with my SU markers. The ink was starting to smear when began my coloring. So I printed another image then I lightly went over it using my heat gun and I have to say I was very surprised, it really worked! So if anyone is having problems using digi images due to the ink smearing, try heat setting it first.

I punched out a few flowers using my SU Spring Bouquet flower punch. In the center of my flowers I added a small circle and then on top of that another tiny punched circle. The leaves on my flowers were punched using my new Martha Stewart Branch punch and in the lower right hand corner I added some punched corners.

My background is embossed using my cuttlebug and D'Vine embossing folder.

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you all are enjoying your weekend so far!

Stamps: SB Flower Swing Digi Image from Bugaboo stamps
Card Stock: White, Barely Banana, Pretty in Pink, Certainly Celery
Ink: None
Supplies: Ribbon, SU Markers, Coluzzle, Corner Rounder Punch- for the scalloped circle, 2 Way Glue, Spring Bouquet Flower Punch, 1/4" Circle Punch, 1/8" Hole Punch, Photo Corner Punch, MS Branch Punch, Cuttlebug, D'Vine Swirls Embossing Folder
Technique: Dry Embossing

March 9, 1010

Today's card is another Easter card. I was looking through my stamps trying to see if I had any other stamp that I could use to make some Easter cards. I really don't have many Easter images, but I did find this Easter basket image. I usually have a hard time using smaller stamps, but I decided to give this image a try.

First I stamped the basket image on my white card stock. Then I stamped the image again on my Creamy Caramel card stock and then I cut out the basket part and adhered it to first stamped image. Next, I colored in the eggs and then I started working on assembling my card.

I found my dp in my box of scraps (I had some left over from the other day) and I layered it onto my Pretty in Pink cardstock and I did some faux stitching along the bottom of it. My Certainly Celery dp layer was also from my box of scraps and I punched it using my scallop border punch.

So don't throw away those scraps, they are great for making cards; especially CAS cards! Thanks so much for looking!

Stamps: Festive Four
Card Stock: White, Certainly Celery, Certainly Celery DP, Pretty in Pink, Creamy Caramel, Plaid DP is from DCWV Paper Pack
Ink: Black Stazon
Supplies: Ribbon, SU Markers, SU Mat Pack, Paper Piercing Tool, White Gel Pen, Scallop Border Punch, 1 1/4" & 1 3/8" Square Punches
Technique: Faux Stitching, Paper Piecing