Stampin Up Card Series

I am visiting my mom who happens to be a Stampin Up demonstrator.  Luckily for me, she held a stamp club meeting upon my arrival and I got to participate!  Here are the cards we made:

 This card has many steps to create the final technique:

1. Stamp your images ~ "Elements of Style" set used along with new ink  in colors Lucky Limeade & Calypso Coral.
2. Distress your card front (we used Lucky Limeade and Early Espresso sponged on).
3. Bray the entire card front with a few drops of All Purpose Ink in Champagne Mist (the sparkle all over the card).
4. Distress/rough up the edges with a distressing tool then ink in Early Espresso.
5. Crumble the entire card front up into a ball.  The tighter you crumple, the more creases you will get.
6. Unfold and ink the creases in Early Espresso.
7. Add the ribbon  and bow (double layered in Victoria 5/8 and Chocolate Chip Taffeta).
8. Adhere card front to the cardstock (Early Espresso).
9. Using DSP (designer series paper) and your Big Shot or Cuttlebug, cut and emboss the butterflies using the "Beautiful Wings" embosslit die.  Ink the edges of the butterflies in Early Espresso and add to the card front.
10. Add Basic Pearls in various sizes to the butterflies.

And there you have it... a fantastic antique looking card.  I love it!

This is a gift card holder/card we made.  Colors used were Certainly Celery and Pear Pizzaz.  I like the monotone look of this card.  This is also the first time I have seen the gift card holder added as a layer to the card front.  If you look in the third picture, you can see that it still opens up as a standard A2 card.


Please join me daily this week to view a newly created Stampin Up card!

County Fair and My Pink Stamper Card Series Winner!

The winner of the Provo Craft wood boot is:

ChatterScene.com said...
Such a cute project:)
Hugs
June 30, 2011 2:14 PM

Congratulations to the winner!  I hope everyone enjoyed the series.  Please come back and visit soon for my upcoming card series!

Cricut Circle Weekly Challenge #35: Patriotic Pride

Weekly Challenge #35: Patriotic Pride Challenge!
The Challenge: Whether you are from the United States, Canada, Australia or somewhere else, we want you to show us your Patriotic Pride with this next challenge! Create any type of project (scrapbook layout, card, home decor, . . . it’s up to you!) showing off your patriotic spirit!

I often find myself just using solids on my cuts so I decided to play with patterns and make a layout just using prints:

The layout is fairly simple.  I used the Stand and Salute cartridge for all the cuts.  The USA base was a frame (one of the options on the cart) enlarged to fit the page.  You do have to unlink the width and height to size it to a square 12 x12 layout size.  I made the width and height 11.5" so that I could still use a background mat (plus I didn't want to pull out my 12x24 mat!). =)

 I welded the exploding firework shadow to the top right hand corner.  I then unlinked the width and Height of the USA icon so I could use it to fit on top of the base of the large frame.  The smaller firecracker was cut separately as well as the top layer of the exploding fireworks. I popped up the stars for dimension, distressed the edges with ink, stickled the firecracker and fireworks and added a few brads. 

I am including a gypsy file incase you aren't familiar with unlinking the height and width, but if you haven't done it before, now is the time to start exploring this option.  It gives you a lot more flexibility in your cuts.

Helpful hint:  Don't forget to tap the link button back to the on position (yellow) so that if you change the size of any other cut, it will expand as normal!

http://www.box.net/shared/mn8b96mmkfy2ojboo41f

I hope you have a safe and fun 4th of July holiday withyour family and friends!

County Fair and My Pink Stamper Card Series ~ Final Post and a GIVEAWAY!

Today is my final post to my week long County Fair and My Pink Stamper card series.  I thought it would be fun to end it with a clown!

Supplies:

• County Fair cartridge
• Page 26: Clown2, Clown2-s, Layer 1, Layer 1-s, Layer 2, Layer 2-s ~ all cut at 4.0"
• Page 34: Balloon, Balloon-s, Layer 1 ~ all cut at 4.0"
• My Pink Stamper "Punny-licious"
• Cardstock from my stash
• Cuttlebug "Spots and Dots" embossing folder

I had a lot of fun this week!  As a thank you for stopping by, I have a small giveaway:

 It's one of the wood shapes that Provo Craft has been producing for the swarms.  It's meant to be decorated any way you would like!  There are even some examples of how you can decorate it in the County Fair book:

All you have to do is leave a comment and a way for me to reach you on this post. 

I will use random.org to select a winner and post on Tuesday morning 07-04-11.

Thanks again for visiting and I hope to see you back soon!

County Fair and My Pink Stamper Card Series ~ Post #6

Here's the cute little chick that a few of you have been requesting.  Again, all the cuts are from the new HSN exclusive cartridge County Fair.  The chicken wire background was printed from the Imagine cartridge JT.  How perfectly it fits!

Supplies:

• County Fair cartridge
• Page 49: Chick, Chick-s, Layer 1, Layer1-s, Layer 2 ~ all cut at 4.0"
• Page 51: Gate-s, Layer 1, Layer 1-s ~ all cut at 4.0"
• Page 54: Layer 1, Layer 1-s, Layer 2 ~ all cut at 2.0"
• Imagine cartridge JT
• My Pink Stamper "Even More Punny-licious"
• Stampin Up cardstock
• Stampin Up ticket punch
• Stampin Up Early Espresso ink and Apricot Appeal craft ink
• Stampin Up brads
• Cuttlebug Embossing Folders, Plum Blossom Set

Please join me tomorrow for the last installment of the series.  =)

County Fair and My Pink Stamper Card Series ~ Post #5

Today I decided to try inking on ribbon.  I have never tried it before and wondered how it would look.  I debated on whether or not to use regular ink or Staz-on.  Ulitimately, I chose the regular ink and really like the way it turned out.

Supplies:

• My County Fair cartridge
• Page 47: Pig, Pig-s, Layer 1, Layer 1-s, Layer 2, Layer 2-s ~ all cut at 4.0"
• My Pink Stamper "Even More Punny-licious"
• Stampin Up cardstock and DSP
• Stampin Up flower punch
• Stampin Up Basic Black ink
• Imaginisce ivory stones
• Ribbon from my stash

See you tomorrow!  =)

County Fair and My Pink Stamper Card Series ~ Post #4

This sheep is such a cutie!  I had several sentiments to choose from: Miss Ewe, Thank Ewe, Ewe are the best!, but settled on Miss Ewe.

Supplies:

• County Fair cartridge
• Page 48: Sheep, Sheep-s, Layer 1, Layer 1-s ~ all cut at 4.0"
• My Pink Stamper " Punny-licious"
• Debbie Mumm Nursery Rhyme cardstock
• Stampin Up cardstock
• Stampin Up neutral buttons
• Stampin Up Basic Black ink & Barely Banana craft ink
• Gray twine
• Heritage Cuttlebug Companion

Please join me tomorrow for the next installment!  =)

County Fair and My Pink Stamper Card Series ~ Post #3

I thought the bull was just so cute, but wondered how I was going to use it in a card.  Lo and behold, I found a perfect match!

Supplies:

• County Fair cartridge for bull cuts
• Page 44: Cow1, Cow1-s, Layer 1, Layer 1-s, Layer 2, Layer 2-s ~ all cuts 4.0"
• My Pink Stamper "More Punny-licious"
• Stampin Up cardstock and designer paper
• Stampin Up Chocolate Chip ink
• Stampin Up tag punches
• Stampin Up brads
• Chocolate twine

Hope to see you again tomorrow!

County Fair & My Pink Stamper Card Series ~ Card #2

Here is post # 2 in my card series. My Pink Stamper stamps coordinate perfectly with this cartridge!

Supplies:

• County Fair cartridge for cow cuts
• Page 45:  Cow2, Cow2-s, Layer 1, Layer 1-s, Layer 2, Layer 2-s  ~ all cut at 4.0"
• Pop Up Neighborhood for grass cut
• Page 45: Accessory Layer-s
• Imagine Hopsctoch for sky background paper
• My Pink Stamper "Even More Punny-licious"
• Stampin Up tag punches
• Stampin Up Chocolate Chip ink
• Stampin Up cardstock
• Pink twine
• A2 Cuttlebug Folder: Seeing Spots

Hope to see you back tomorrow!   =)

Week long County Fair and My Pink Stamper Card series!

Today I am starting a week long County Fair cartridge and My Pink Stamper card series.  I will be featuring a different animal from the cartridge each day along with a My Pink Stamper Stamp.

Supplies:

• County Fair cartridge 
• Page 46 ~ Horse2, Horse2-s, Layer 1, Layer 1-s, Layer 2  ~ all cuts at 4.0"
• Page 55 ~ Hay, Hay-s, Layer 1, Layer 1-s, Layer 2 ~ all cuts at 2.0"
• My Pink Stamper "More Punny-licious"
• Cardstock DCWV "All About Boys" and Stampin Up
• Stampin Up tag punches
• Chocolate twine
• Stampin Up Chocolate Chip Ink

I hope you will visit each day to see the next card in the series!  =)