Vintage Postage Stamps

March Stamp Club Card

Here is one of the cards we made at the March Stamp Club.  It's simple but has the "wow" factor.  Maybe it's because of the Baja Breeze.  Love that colour!  Here are the deets.....

Supplies: 

Stamps:  Fresh Vintage (SAB 2012), Bring On the Cake

Paper:  Baja Breeze, Basic Grey, Riding Hood Red,  Whisper White, Twitterpated DSP

Ink:  Baja Breeze, Basic Grey, Riding Hood Red

Accessories:  Postage Punch, Dazzling Details, Smooch Pearlized Top Coat, Dimensionals, Two- Way Glue Pen, Dotted Scallop Border Punch 

A couple of details to take note of:

I used Dazzling Details in the center of the Riding Hood Red Flower.  Smooch Pearlized Top Coat was used to colour in the petals.


Stamp the postage stamp image in Baja Breeze on Whisper White card stock.  Cut out with scissors.  Adhere to Basic Grey Postage Stamp punch outs.  I had been holding off on buying this punch, but now I am so glad I did!  Love it.  It adds that little bit of extra specialness to layering an image.  

I used dimensionals to pop up the three postage stamps and the red flowers.

You can find the sample I CASEd HERE.   Isn't that a lovely card?!?  I am very sad to say that I cannot take credit.  I like to blame it on my part time job.  LOL.  Just don't have as much time to come up with my own ideas anymore. 

Dimensions:

Baja Breeze:  6 x 6

Basic Grey:  5-7/8 x 1/4, scraps for postage punch

Whisper White:  scraps for flower and postage stamp image

Riding Hood Red:  5-7/8 strip for scalloped border

DSP:  5-7/8 x 1-3/4

3 x 6 card

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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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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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Part 2: December Stamp Club Card

A Punched Cardinal Christmas

I saw this card online two days before the Stamp Club was going to meet and thought we just had to make this card.  Many sites displayed their with a punched cardinal card but didn't have instructions or you had to pay to download them.  I found one site HERE with very clear instructions.  Thank you to the Stamping for Sanity Blog.   Love her cards!

Directions:

1.  Make the cardinal using the Two-Step Bird Punch and the above instructions.  You can use the Tombo Liquid Glue or a Two-way Glue Pen to stick the bird together.  Add dimensionals to the back.

2.  Punch out a label in Whisper White card stock with the Decorative Label Punch.  Add Dimensionals to the back.

3.  Stamp "Seasons Greetings" with Old Olive ink on the Whisper White card base.

4.  Using the Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder, run the front half of the White card base through the Big Shot.  Make sure that it will emboss so the dots are "bumpy" at the front of the card.

5.  Adhere all pieces together.

Dimensions:

Whisper White Card Base:  4.25 x 11

Whisper White scrap for label

 Real Red scraps

Basic Black scraps

So Saffron scraps

Old Olive scraps

Supplies:

Stamps:  Peaceful Season (Level 2 Hostess)

Paper:  Whisper White, Real Red, Basic Black, So Saffron, Old Olive

Ink:  Old Olive

Accessories:  Decorative Label Punch, Two-Step Bird Punch, Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder, Big Shot, Dimensionals, Tombo Liquid Glue or Two-way Glue Pen

4.25 x 5.5 card 

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Scallop Trim Border and Corner Punch

SCALLOP TRIM RECTANGLES

I thought you might be interested.....I saw this great tutorial on Paper Pleasing Ideas blog explaining how to use the Scallop Trim Border and Corner Punch for any size of rectangle. It is so nice to see a visual on how to use these punches together.

Click HERE to view her video tutorial.

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Happy Valentine's Day Cards

Hi there. I have two Valentine's Day cards I would like to share with you. These are my two favorites that I made this season. Especially the one in Chocolate Chip, although I find the photo doesn't do it justice. Enjoy and Happy Valentine's Day to you too.

Follow Your Heart in Chocolate Chip

Supplies:

Stamps: Whimsical Words, I {Heart} Hearts

Paper: Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Real Red

Ink: Real Red, Pretty in Pink, VersaMark

Accessories: White Signo Pen, Dimensionals, Scalloped Trim Border Punch, Black Embossing Powder, Heat Gun, Corner Rounder Punch

4.25 x 5.5 card

Two Love Birds

Supplies:

Stamps: Well Scripted, Tiny Tags (heart)

Paper: Whisper White, Rich Razzleberry, Sending Love DSP

Ink: Pretty in Pink, Rich Razzleberry

Accessories: Sponge Dauber, Dimensionals, Two Way Bird Punch, Pinking Hearts Border Punch

4.25 x 5.5 card

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February Stamp Club

Birdhouses

When I first saw THESE paper birdhouses by Nichole Heady, I thought this would be a fun 3D project for the Stamp Club as well as cute Valentine's gifts for the boys' teachers. I plan to fill them with chocolate.


The Papertrey blog has a downloadable and printable template of the birdhouse with instructions on how to make the "siding" on the front of the house. Click HERE if you want to make one (or another one!) for yourself. I find that her instructions are fairly clear so I won't go into detail on how I put the front of the house together.


There are a few details that may not be clear from the photo so I will go into those a little bit:


Roof:

1. Fold the Chocolate Chip card stock in half and place one half in the Perfect Polka Dots Textured Impressions Folder. (Unfortunately the Impressions Folder does not cover the whole piece of card stock.) Run through Sizzix Big Shot.


2. Flip card stock around to to emboss other side of card stock making sure that the impression will imprint the same way as the first time. You want both sides of the roof to have the dots poking up/debossed, not indented/embossed.


3. Use Scallop Trim Border Punch on ends of the roof.


4. Punch holes with paper piercer, hand held punch or horizontal slot punch in center of roof. Add hemp twine and/or ribbon.


5. Use Tiny Tags stamp set, Jewelry Tag Punch and White Embroidery Thread to create small tag. Add to hemp/ribbon.


House Front:

1. Complete bird house front by following THESE directions. Just a HINT: When you are punching through the card stock with the 1 1/4" Circle Punch, make sure you are not going through more than TWO layers. The card stock will be too thick for the punch to work.


2. Use the Two Way Bird Punch to create bird and branch image with Sweet Pea Designer Series Paper. Adhere with Tombo Liquid Glue. HINT: Instead of "wasting" precious patterned paper and punching the Bird Punch three times in three different paper patterns with two images going to waste each time....Cut three strips of patterned paper to fit each image - branch, bird and wing. For example, I cut a strip of Old Olive patterned paper in the width of the branch and placed it in my punch so that I would only the branch would be punched and nothing else. Hope that makes sense.


Completing the House:

1. Adhere house front/siding with bird punch to front of birdhouse.


2. Score on all dotted lines using a ruler. On the curved lines you will have to score free-hand.


3. I placed Sticky Tape on the four edges of the inside of the house. The six curved tags will be taped to these edges.


4. If you want to place anything inside the birdhouse, now is the time to do it!!


5. Place four pieces of Sticky Tape to outside of birdhouse. Attach roof.


Here are a couple more examples that I made. On this second pink birdhouse, I made a template by taking a strip of card stock and punching a scalloped trim border. I then began at the bottom of the roof and sponged along the scalloped edge using Chocolate Chip ink. I moved it up 1/2" and sponged again continuing until I reached the top of the roof. I repeated the steps on the other side of the roof.





Dimensions: Listed when you download the template.


Supplies:


Stamps: Tiny Tags
Paper: Sweet Pea DSP, Pretty in Pink, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White
Ink: Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Pretty in Pink
Accessories: Scallop Trim Border Punch, Two Way Bird Punch, Jewelry Tag Punch, Horizontal Slit Punch/Hand Held Punch/or Paper Piercer, Sponge Dauber, Hemp Twine, Pretty in Pink 5/8" Satin Ribbon, Perfect Polka Dots Impressions Folder, Big Shot, Sticky Strip, 1 1/4" Circle Punch, Scissors, Bone Folder, Ruler


Well, I'm off to make a couple for the boys' teachers. Thanks for stopping by.

Good Neighbors and Pinking Hearts Punches

This is the card I "demo-ed" at the Stamp Club last Friday night. If you notice, the word demo is in quotations. "Why?" you may ask. Well, let me tell you, it was a flop!! I was TRYING to show how you can use the Pinking Hearts Corner Punch. And it didn't work out BOTH times. I tried it at home again, and it WORKED THE FIRST TRY! Sorry about that everyone! My excuse is that it was the pressure of everyone's eyes on me :).

So far, I've found that the best way to use these punches is to use specific dimensions. I found a blog where Gretchen Barron has figured out these dimensions for you. (By the way, if anyone can figure out how to use the instructions that come with punch, PLEASE let me know, 'cause they don't make sense to me!) Here are the links:

Scallop Trim Corner and Border Punch

Pinking Hearts Corner and Border Punch

Supplies:

Stamps: Good Neighbors, Tiny Tags

Paper: Whisper White, Taken with Teal, Rose Red, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Sweet Pea DSP

Ink: Taken with Teal, rose Red, Old Olive, Pretty in Pink

Accessories: Pinking Hearts Corner Punch, Pinking Hearts Border Punch, Chocolate Chip 5/8" Satin Ribbon, Jewelry Tag Punch, White Embroidery Thread

4.25 x 5.5 card

Thanks for stopping by. Yes, yes, bird houses are coming soon!!