Use the Dictionary, Betsy

 September Stamp Club Card

Emerging Colour Technique

Dimensions:

Whisper White:  5-1/2 x 8-1/2 card base, scrap, 5 x 3-3/4

Wild Wasabi:  4 x 5-1/4

Pool Party:  3-7/8 x 5-1/8

Supplies:

Stamps:  Betsy's Blossoms, Petite Pairs, Dictionary Background Stamp

Paper:  Whisper White, Wild Wasabi, Pool Party

Ink:  Basic Grey, Wild Wasabi, Pool Party, Black, VersaMark

Accessories:  Clear embossing powder, Pearls, Dimensionals, Oval Punch, Apothecary Accents Framelits, Sponge, Sponge Dauber

 Directions:

Ink up the Dictionary background stamp with Basic Grey ink.  Stamp off on scrap paper before stamping on the Whisper White card stock.

Ink blossom stamp with VersaMark ink and heat emboss with Clear embossing powder.  (Another option that looks nice is embissing the flower in white embossing powder. With using white EP, you will not see the word of the Dictionary stamp popping through the flower.

Once embossed, place a mask over the flower. I just punched out a circle rather than fussy cutting another stamped blossom.  Ink up the leaf stamp in Wild Wasabi. Stamp around the masked blossom up to three times without reinking in between.  Continue until you are happy with how it looks.

Lift off mask and use a sponge to randomly sponge Wild Wasabi and Pool Party ink in a circular motion.  The more ink you add and the harder you press, the darker it will show up on the card stock.

Punch out an oval on a scrap piece of Whisper White card stock.  Place the Apothecary Accent die over the oval (make sure the oval is centered) and run through the Big Shot. 

Ink the blossom stamp with Pool Party ink, stamp off and then stamp on part of the label. Sponge edges.

Stamp sentiment in Black ink. We found that the grey ink did not show up as well.

Use dimensionals to pop up the label and place over the sentiment.  Add pearls.

Voila! ! All done.

Here is the same card but with White Embossing Powder.

PS  My cards were inspired by THIS CARD on Splitcoaststampers.

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Coiled Ribbon Flower

Coiled Ribbon Flower

This card uses the same technique in THIS post but using ribbon instead.  It has a much cleaner look to it.  Not as "shabby chic".  

Here is a TUTORIAL on how to make the coiled flower.

Supplies: 
 

Stamps:  Petite Pairs

Paper:  Comfort Café DSP, Naturals Ivory, Pool Party, Soft Suede

Ink:  Soft Suede

Accessories:  Jumbo Sticky Rounds, Midnight Muse Ribbon, Dotted Scallop Border Punch, Leaf Die

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Coiled Fabric Flower

October Stamp Club Card

Here is the first card we made at our October Stamp Club workshop.  You can find the jumbo mini rounds we used to adhere the fabric flower in the Holiday Catalogue.  Love these things so much I will order a couple of packages the next time.  :)

We tried out a new technique on this card:  Coiled Fabric Flower

 

You can find a TUTORIAL on how to make the  Coiled Fabric Flowers here.

Tip:  Tuck the end of the fabric onto the underside of the sticky round.  You will have to peel away the orange plastic a bit so that you can place it on the sticky part. 

Supplies:

Stamps:  Petite Pairs

Paper:  Naturals Ivory, More Mustard, Spice Cake DSP, Early Espresso, Pool Party

Ink:  Early Espresso

Accessories:  Jumbo Sticky Rounds, Spice Cake fabric (retired), Leaf die, Dotted Scallop Border Punch

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Postage Due in Pool Party

There are companies out there that are coming out with dies to make banners.  Stampin' Up!  has the Itty Bitty Banner dies, but I wanted something a lot larger.  Often I have used the corner of a square punch to punch out the triangle of the banner.  But if the card stock strip is too wide, then the square punch isn't large enough.  So there is another way and I'm going to call it the Banner Technique.  

Decide how steep you would like to make your banner flags or points.  I went about an inch from the bottom of the card stock strip.  Use a ruler to find the center of the width of the strip and make a light mark with a pencil.  Take your scissors and from one bottom corner of the strip, cut straight to the pencil line.  Repeat on other corner.  Voila!  There is your banner.  You can decide how deep or shallow you would like to make the flags/points.

Supplies:

Stamps:  Postage Due, Petite Pairs
Paper:  Comfort Cafe DSP, Crumb Cake, Whisper White
Ink: Whisper White, Pool Party
Accessories:  Pool Party Ruffled Ribbon, Dimensionals, Postage Stamp Punch, White Embossing Powder, Heat Gun, Ruler, Scissors 

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Wisteria Wonder

March Stamp Club Card

In the last year or so, you can see doilies everywhere.  From cards to home decor.  Stampin' Up has even gotten in on the fad.  Not only does it have a stamp set that features the doily look in Delicate Doilies.  But it also has its very own Sizzlet die.  You can see the use of both on this card.
  
Once again, CASEd someone else's card.  You can see where I got my inspiration from HERE.

It is a fairly basic card to make just by looking at the photo and the supply list.

TIP:  When using the Sizzlet Large Paper Doily, create an extra shim to add to your Big Shot sandwich.  I found a thin piece of card board and cut it to the same size as the Big Shot cutting pads.  I placed the sandwich in this order:  Multipurpose Platform (at Tab 1), Cardboard Shim, Cutting Pad, Sizzlet Doily, Cutting Pad.  It felt quite stiff when turning the handle but that is OK.  

Use a paper piercer to poke out the pieces of the doily.  I found that when I added the extra shim, it took less time to poke out the pieces and many of them fell out as I took the doily off of the die. 

Supplies:

Stamps:  Delicate Doilies, Petite Pairs
Paper:  Flirtatious Specialty DSP, Wisteria Wonder, Whisper White
Ink:  Craft White, Wisteria Wonder
Accessories:  Sizzlet Large Paper Doily, Paper Piercer, Big Scallop Circle (non-SU), 2-1/2 Circle Punch, Bigz Butterfly Die, Wisteria Wonder Ribbon, Dimensionals, Large Pearl


Dimensions:


Whisper White:  5-1/2 x 8-1/2, 4-1/4 x 4-1/4 (for doily), piece for 2-1/2 circle
Wisteria Wonder:  5-3/8 x 4-1/8, 3-1/4 x 3-1/4 (for scalloped circle), 2 x 2-1/2 (for butterfly)
DSP:  4 x 5-1/4

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Sending a Kiss

January Stamp Club Card

It's that time again for a post of one of the cards we made at our Stamp Club.  It seems like a long time since we last met in December and it was fun to get together.  Unfortunately it was a small group and many members were missed.  Hope to see you next time!!

Of course I was inspired by a card I saw on Splitcoaststampers.  You can see it HERE.  So, not my own idea.  It is a fairly straight forward card to make just by looking at the supply list.  To help you assemble the frog you can use Tombo White Liquid Glue or a Two-Way Glue Pen.  Here are the punches I used and the number of punch outs:

Extra Large Oval - 1 Old Olive
Large Oval - 1 Certainly Celery, 3 Old Olive
1/2" Circle - 2 Certainly Celery
Owl - 1 Old Olive (the feet of owl are needed)

Other Supplies:

Stamps:  Petite Pairs, I {Heart} Hearts
Paper:  Whisper White, Basic Grey, Certainly Celery, DSP (retired),  Old Olive
Ink:  Basic Grey, Old Olive
Accessories:  Punches (see above),  Heart to Heart Punch (retired), Glue Dot, Dimensional, Googly Eyes, Sponge Dauber, Tombo White Liquid Glue, Old Olive Marker, White Taffeta Ribbon

As you can see, this card can be used as a "get well" card as the sentiment indicates.  Or you can change the sentiment and use it as a Valentine's card. 

This past Sunday, I led a card making event at my church with children from ages 7 to 11.  We made a card using the same frog.  I'll try to post a sample.  Same frog, different design.  They thought it was cute.

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Wintery Season of Friendship

December Stamp Club Card

This is the second card we made at our Stamp Club last week.  It was not hard to make but took a little more time than the last card.  And of course it is using Baja Breeze....again.  Must be my new favourite colour.  

I find that the placement of the Cherry Cobbler accents (bird, sentiment and button) are a little off balance.  Next time I don't think I would have the bird and button on the same side of the card.  It needs to be in a more of a triangular placement (Is that even a term??).

Supplies:  

Stamps:  Season of Friendship, Petite Pairs

Paper:  Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Baja Breeze

Ink::  Chocolate Chip, Baja Breeze, Cherry Cobbler

Accessories:  Brights Buttons, Baker's Twine, Glue Dot, Dimensional, Tombo White Glue, Silver Stampin' Glass Glitter, Snow Burst Embossing Folder, Big Shot

Directions:  

The main image uses basic stamping techniques: 

Stamp the tree trunk in Chocolate Chip and randomly stamp snowflakes in Baja Breeze.  Stamp the bird on a scrap of Whisper White in Cherry Cobbler and cut out.  Pop up on tree with a dimensional.

To make the Baja Breeze upper and lower borders:

I ran a piece of 4 x 5-1/4 Baja Breeze card stock through the Big Shot with the Snow Burst Embossing Folder.  Then I cut a 3/4" strip to be placed above the main image square.  Adhere it to the Chocolate Chip card stock.

Flip the Baja Breeze card stock upside-down so that the pattern is indented.  I created a template of "snowdrifts" on thin cardboard.  Place the template on the Baja Breeze cs and trace with a pencil.  Flip the template over and place further down on the Baja Breeze card stock.  Cut out first snowdrift.  Measure down from the highest drift and using cutter, cut at 1".  Repeat for second snowdrift.  (Hope that makes sense.)  Adhere on to Chocolate Chip card stock.  The snowdrifts should overlap onto the Whisper White cs/main image.

Add baker's twine and button.  Now adhere to card base.

Complete by adding white glue to the centers of the snowflakes and edges of the snowdrifts.  Sprinkle with Sliver Glass Glitter.

Dimensions:

Whisper White:  A2 Card Base, 4 x 4

Baja Breeze:  4 x 3/4, 4 x 1 (two)

Chocolate Chip:  4-1/8 x 5-3/8

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Delicate Doilies for Winter

December Stamp Club  Card

Here is a very clean and simple card we made at out stamp club workshop.  I think it is fairly clear on how to make this card just by looking at the supply list.  So no directions today.  

Supplies:

Stamps:  Delicate Doilies, Petite Pairs

Paper:  Whisper White, Riding Hood Red, Baja Breeze

Ink:  Riding Hood Red, Baja Breeze, Old Olive

Accessories:  Pinking Hearts Border Punch, Glue Dot, Silver Brad, Snowflakes #2 sizzlet dies


Dimensions:

Whisper White:  A2 Card Base,  4-1/4 x 3-1/8 
Riding Hood Red:  4-1/4 x 1 strips (two)
Baja Breeze:  4-1/2 x 3-3/8, scrap for snowflake

That's all for now.  There will be one more card coming, so stay posted.

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Fall Foliage

 

Another card for the Stamp Club.....

 This card was inspired by THIS card on Splitcoaststampers.  Changed a few things but looks pretty much the same.  The one thing I love about this card is that instead of ribbon, a strip of designer fabric is used instead.  Ingenious!  

 Dimensions:

Crumb Cake:  A2 Card Base; Scrap for labe

Pool Party:  5-3/8 x 4-1/8

Soft Suede:  2-3/4 x 4

Very Vanilla: 2-5/8 x 3-7/8; scrap for circle

Instructions:  

Punch Label and crumple to distress.  Sponge edges with Soft Suede ink.  Stamp sentiment in Pool Party ink and punch out with circle punch.

Stamp Oak leaves on Pool Party card stock with Pool Party ink.  Sponge edges with Pool Party ink and gently distress with edge distresser.

Distress and sponge edges of Soft Suede card stock.

Main Image:

Stamp "french script" with Soft Suede ink randomly over Very Vanilla card stock.

Randomly stamp "droplets" on same card stock.

Rub card stock with embossing buddy to get rid of static.  Stamp Oak Leaf with Versa Mark ink and sprinkle with Clear Embossing Powder. Heat.

Sponge randomly over leaf area with Soft Suede and Pool Party ink.

Distress edges and sponge with Soft Suede ink.

Adhere all pieces together and attach embellishments.

Supplies:

Stamps:  French Foliage, Petite Pairs

Paper:  Crumb Cake, Pool Party, Very Vanilla, Soft Suede

Ink:  Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, Pool Party, VersaMark

Accessories:  Clear embossing powder, Heat Gun, Sponges, Mini Clothes Pin, Glue Dots, Designer Fabric, Edge Distresser, 1" Circle Punch, Label Punch, Embossing Buddy.

A view of the inside of the card.

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Penguin Punch Art

One of my stamp clubs began meeting again in September after a summer break.  It was great to get together and stamp.  This is one of the cards we made.  I saw THIS card on  Splitcoaststampers by Renee.  She also has a blog,  Stamping for Sanity,  that has wonderful cards.  I thought this card would be a fun one to use with the club.

I guess I would have to say that the trickiest thing about this card is putting the penguin and balloons together.  It's not hard but is time consuming to glue all the little pieces together.   There are three punches I used to create the main image:  3/4" Circle Punch (balloons), Pennant Punch (hat), and the Owl Punch.  I took a photo of all the pieces that need to be punched out.  Sorry that it is not a very clear picture. 

Another thing to note about this card is that I popped up the Melon Mango and Whisper White square with double dimensionals so it could fit over the Melon Mango Pompoms nicely.  It had a warped look when I didn't do that.  

I think everything else is self-explanitory by looking at the card and supply list. 

Supplies:

Stamps:  Pennant Parade, Patterned Party, Petite Pairs

Paper:  DSP (retired),  Whisper White, Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie, Melon Mango

Ink:  Melon Mango, Pumpkin Pie, Black Stazon

Accessories:  Melon Mango Pompom Ribbon (retired), Dotted Scalloped Border Punch, 3/4" Circle Punch, Owl Punch, Pennant Punch, Dimensionals, Two-Way Glue Pen, White Glue, 

Dimensions:

Whisper White:  4-1/4 x 11 card base, 2-5/8 x 2-5/8, 3-1/8 x 3-1/8, 1/2 x 4-1/8

Melon Mango:  4-1/8 x 5-3/8, 2-3/4 x 2-3/4

Pumpkin Pie:  3 x 3, 4-1/8 strip for scallop border

Scraps in Basic Black, Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie, DSP, Melon Mango for Punch Art.

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