Snow Much Fun

 November Stamp Club Card:

Once again I CASED a card off Splitcoaststampers.  Just not enough time to come up with entirely new ideas.  You can see that card HERE.

Supplies:

Stamps:  Snow Much Fun, Delicate Doilies, Tiny Tags

Paper:  Baja Breeze, Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso, Whisper White

Ink:  Cherry Cobbler, Stazon Black, Early Espresso, Marker:  Tangerine Tango, Cherry Cobbler,  Baja Breeze

Accessories:  Snow Burst Embossing Folder, Designer Frames Embossing Folder, Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding, Pearls, Mini Jingle Bells, Mica Flakes, Linen Thread, Jewelry Tag Punch, Dimensionals, Glue Dots, Tombo Liquid White Glue, Corner Rounder Punch

I used this Technique to tie the bow. I've used this same bow tying technique in a card found on THIS post.

I think the card is fairly self explanitory just by looking at the photo and the supply list.  If you have questions, please feel free to leave a comment and I will answer it either in this post or in the comment section.

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February Stamp Club Card Part 1

Brick Wall Nature Walk

Directions:  

Run Very Vanilla card stock through the Big Shot with the Framed Tulips Embossing Folder

Adhere Botanical Gazette DSP pieces to Chocolate Chip card stock.

Sponge edge of small Very Vanilla card stock with Chocolate Chip ink and then adhere to small Chocolate Chip card stock.  (You may sponge large piece of Very Vanilla c.s. if you wish.)

Colour directly on the Nature Walk Plant with Cherry  Cobbler and Old Olive markers.  Spritz or mist with water from about 6" away.  Stamp on the water colour paper.  Stamp one or two more times without reinking.  Let dry.  HERE is a tutorial on Misting with Markers.

Follow THIS tutorial on the BRICK WALL TECHNIQUE.  TIP:  Draw your lines at the back of the piece of card stock or water colour paper that has your stamped image.  Then number each brick so that it doesn't become a puzzle to put together later. )

Use Tombo Liquid Glue to glue on the bricks to the Vanilla card stock.

Tape a strip of Crochet Ribbon around one end of main image.  Use THIS tutorial to tie your bow.  Attach bow with a Glue Dot.

Add dimensionals to back of the small Chocolate Chip card stock.

Complete card.

Supplies:

Stamps:  Nature Walk

Paper:  Botanical Gazette DSP, Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla, Water Colour Paper

Ink:  Chocolate Chip, Cherry Cobbler and Old Olive Markers

Accessories:  Dimensionals, Ruler, Pencil, Scissors, Framed Tulips Embossing Folder, Big Shot, Sponge Dauber, Victoria 5/8" Crochet Ribbon, Brad

Dimensions:

Chocolate Chip Card Base: 4-1/4 x 11

Very Vanilla:  4-1/8 x 5-3/8;  3-3/8 x 2-2/8

Chocolate Chip:  3-1/2 x 4-3/4;  2-1/2 x 3-1/2

Water Colour Paper:  2 x 3

Botanical Gazetter DSP:  1-3/4 x 4-5/8;  1-5/8 x 2-1/8;  1-3/4 x 2-3/8

4-1/4 x 5-1/2 card

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January Stamp Club Cards

I {Heart} Glimmer Paper and Whoooo?

Card Directions:

1.  Stamp Woodgrain background stamp on Crumb Cake card base with Early Espresso ink.

2.  Colour the Owl stamp with Pink Pirouette and Early Espresso markers.  Stamp on Whisper White card stock.  Cut out and add a dimensional to back of owl.

3.  Stamp sentiment of your choice (I chose "thinking of you") in Early Espresso ink on small strip of Whisper White card stock.

4.  Run Early Espresso card stock through the Big Shot using the Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder.  

5.  Make a small mark with a pencil halfway across the top of the card stock at 1".  I made a mark on my oval punch where the center is.  Line up these two marks (the one on the card stock and the one on the oval) so that there will be an equal amount of card stock on either side of the oval.

6.  Adhere Whisper White strip with sentiment, punched out heart with dimensional and library clip, and add ribbon. 

7.  Use the Border Punch to add a scallop edge to the strip of Glimmer Paper.  Adhere behind the Early Espresso card stock.  (If the Glimmer strip peaks over into the oval, stamp the Woodgrain stamp on a scrap of Crumb Cake card stock and stick to back of oval.  Then add the Glimmer border.

8.  Complete card by adhering all pieces to the card base.  Don't forget to add the owl.

Dimensions:

Crumb Cake card base:  8-1/2 x 5-1/2

Early Espresso:  5-1/2 x 2

Glimmer Paper:  5-1/2 x 3/4 and scrap for heart

Whisper White:  2 x 1/2 and scrap for owl

Supplies:

Stamps:  Aviary, Teeny Tiny Wishes, Wood Grain Background

Paper:  Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Whisper White, Red Glimmer Paper

Ink:  Early Espresso, Early Espresso Marker, Pink Pirouette Marker

Accessories:  2 x 1-3/8 Oval Punch, Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder, Big Shot, Scallop Border Punch, Mini Library Clip, Dimensional, Early Espresso 1/8 Taffeta Ribbon, Small Heart Punch

5-1/2 x 4-1/4 card

Take a Spin on a Fan Fold Flower

Directions:

1.  Adhere the Playdate DSP to the Chocolate Chip square of card stock.  Stamp sentiment on bottom of card.  Tape strip of grosgrain ribbon across seam of dsp.  To make the bow, follow THIS VIDEO TUTORIAL.  (By the way, we used this technique in December but with the seam binding ribbon instead.)  Attach the bow with a glue dot.

2.  Stamp the Take a Spin stamp in Tempting Turquoise ink on Whisper White card stock.  Punch it out.  Clean your stamp and stamp again on Whisper White with Real Red ink.  Cut out the "triangle" you want and glue or tape it on top of the Turquoise image.

3.  Poke a hole with a paper piercer in the center of your Take a spin image and add the game spinner hand.  Add Sticky Tape to the back.  

4.  To make the Fan Fold Flower, follow THIS TUTORIAL.   

TIP #1:  To keep the flower together, I first stuck some sticky tape onto a piece of scrap card stock and then punched it out with the 1" circle punch.  That was much easier than adding little bits of tape to the small circle.  Took waaaay too much time.  

TIP #2:  When you are pressing/manouvering your according strip into your flower shape, try doing that with the "wrong side" colour up.  That way instead of trying to slide the flower on top of the 1" circle and trying to keep it from flipping open again, you will only have to hold down the fan flower with one and and place the circle, with the sticky side down, on top of the flower.  Viola!  Flip it over and the flower is right-side-up and stuck together.  Try it.  Then it will all make sense.  :)

5.  Complete your card.

Dimensions:

Whisper White card base:  8-1/2 x 4-1/4

Chocolate Chip:  8-1/8 x 8-1/8

Playdate DSP:  4 x 1-1/2 and 4 x 2-1/2 and 1-3/4 x 12

Whisper White:  scrap for turquoise take a spin stamp and scrap for red take a spin stamp and for a 1" circle punch

Supplies: 

Stamps:  Take a Spin (Spring 2011 Mini Catalogue), Well Scripted (retired)

Paper:  Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Playdate DSP

Ink:  Chocolate Chip, Real Red, Tempting Turquoise

Accessories:  Game Spinner Hands, Scalloped Border Punch, 2-1/2" Circle Punch, 1" Circle Punch, Chocolate Chip 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon, Sticky Tape, Scor-Pal, Glue Dot

4-1/4 x 4-1/4 card (without the Fan Fold Flower)

I found another tutorial on how to make the Fan Fold Flower a different way.  I'll have to try that sometime.  You can find the TUTORIAL HERE.

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Part 1: December Stamp Club Cards

Northern Flurry in Baja Breeze

Directions:

1.  Place Baja Breeze card stock in embossing folder and run through Big Shot.  Using a sponge dauber and Whisper White craft ink, lightly rub or tap the raised snowflakes.  Add varying sizes of pearls to snowflakes.  TIP:  To remove pearls from sheet, carefully move the pearl "off it's spot" with your finger.  Then use a tweezer to pick up pearl and place.   

Ribbon:

2.  Tape the Baja Breeze card stock to Whisper White card stock.  Cut a "v" in the one end of a long piece of ribbon.  Tape the other end to the back of the white card stock.  Use a glue dot in the front if it is not lying flat.  With a shorter piece of ribbon, tape ends together to make a "circle".  Make flat and use glue dots to adhere to longer ribbon.  

3.  Stamp "Merry Christmas" in Not Quite Navy ink.   Punch out using Decorative Label Punch.  Stamp snowflake in Baja Breeze.  Adhere to top of ribbon with a dimensional.

Option:  Sponge edges of Baja Breeze card stock with Whisper White ink and a Sponge Dauber. 

Dimensions:

Not Quite Navy Card Base:  8 1/2 x 5 1/2 

Whisper White:  4 1/8 x 5 3/8

Baja Breeze:  4 x 5 1/4

Whisper White scrap for label

Supplies:  

Stamps:  Many Merry Messages, Serene Snowflakes

Paper:  Not Quite Navy, Whisper White, Baja Breeze

Ink:  Whisper White Craft, Not Quite Navy, Baja Breeze

Accessories:  Pearls, 5/8" White Grosgrain Ribbon, Sponge Dauber, Northern Flurry Embossing Folder, Big Shot, Glue Dots, Dimensionals, Decorative Label Punch

4.25 x 5.5 card

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Part 2: November Stamp Club Card

Bell and Boughs with Champagne Glass Glitter

Here is the second card for the November Stamp Club.  We tried a new ribbon technique on how to tie a bow.  You can see the video on how to do this HERE.

Directions:

1. Stamp the image in Black Stazon ink and colour using Always Artichoke and Cherry Cobbler ink on watercolour paper.

2. Sponge edges in Crumb Cake ink.

3. Tape large Cherry Cobbler card stock and DSP together.  Place strip of seam binding to front of card and tape in back.  Make bow as in instructional video.  (Thanks to Crafty Confessions blog!)

4. Tape watercoloured image, Always Artichoke and Cherry Cobbler card stock together.  Add dimensionals to the back and adhere to the DSP layers and card base.

5. Use the Tombo Liquid Glue and run a bead of glue around the four sides of the Cherry Cobbler card stock.  Sprinkle with Champagne Glass Glitter.

6. Add bow to edge with a glue dot.

Dimensions:

Always Artichoke Card Base:  5 1/2 x 8 1/2

Cherry Cobbler:  4 1/8 x 5 3/8

DSP:  4 x 5 1/4

Cherry Cobbler:  3 x 4 1/8

Always Artichoke: 2 5/8 x 3 3/4

Watercolour Paper:  2 1/2 x 3 5/8

 Supplies:  

Stamps:  Bells and Boughs

Paper:  Deck the Halls DSP, Always Artichoke, Cherry Cobbler, Watercolour Paper

Ink:  Black Stazon, Always Artichoke, Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake

Accessories:  Blender Pen or Aquapainter, Sponge, Dimensionals, Tombo White Glue, Champagne Glass Glitter, Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding, Bow Tying Apparatus, Glue Dots

4.25 x 5.5 card

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