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Bring on the Cake

I gifted a "day of stamping" to a special girl this year for Christmas.  She and her girlfriends spent the day with me, and this is one of the projects they made.  Such a fun time!

 

This is a "flip down stack card."  I got this idea from Sabrina Friel on Splitcoaststampers.com.

 

 

As you can see, there are three panels held together with Daffodil Delight ribbon.  I used small magnets to hold the "stack" up (purchased from a local craft store).  When you pull the magnets apart, the stack unfolds to reveal the birthday wishes.  Very cute idea.

 

 

We have a new Borders Scoring Plate available in our Spring catalog.  It is a dry embossing technique with a multitude of design options.  This plate sits on top of the Simply Scored Scoring Tool and provides a 12x12 base of designs to choose from.  Use your stylus to trace the designs onto your card.  The possibilities are endless!

 

 

Project Particulars

Stamp set:  Bring on the cake, patterned party

Ink:  Night of navy, cherry cobbler, daffodil delight

Paper:  Daffodil delight, night of navy, whisper white

Accessories:  Borders scoring plate, pearls

 

 

Ladies Club - January

Bloomin' Marvelous! 

 

That's the name of the stamp set I used for this club card.  Here in the Pacific Northwest, we've had a pretty gray start to the New Year.  Doesn't it make you smile to think of spring?  That's what this card reminds me of with the Vine Street embossing folder, which I used on the Baja Breeze background.  This stamp set and embossing folder are available in our Sale-a-bration catalog.  The Melon Mambo butterflies were punched with the Bitty Butterfly punch.  The Tea for Two DSP, 3/8" Melon Mambo Striped Organdy ribbon and the Butterfly punch is from the Spring catalog.  The Finishing Touches Edgelit was used on the Island Indigo border.  Make sure you have your Piercing Tool handy when you use this edgelit.  It provides such a detailed design that sometimes the little pieces like to stick in the edgelit and I use my piercing tool to clean them out.

 

 

 

Silver Tea Shoppe



 

One of my favorite local restaurants is the Victorian Rose Tea Room.  They have "High Teas" and the most adorable gift shop.  My hubby treated me to breakfast there last weekend.  The Tea Shoppe stamp set reminds me of the Tea Room. 

 

I used a Crumb Cake card base and stamped the flower design in the background with Crumb Cake.  I like the tone-on-tone stamping technique.  For the tea cup, I stamped it with VersaMark and then embossed it with Silver embossing powder. 

 

 

Tea Time Trinkets.  I can't get enough of these!  They have the most intricate details on them.  It's a good thing there is no limit to the number of embellishments you can buy ;)

 

Tea for Two DSP is shown on the bottom of this card and The border above it was made using the 7/16" Natural Trim.  The sentiment was punched with the 7/8" Scallop circle and layered with a 1" circle punch in Chocolate Chip.

 

 

You can purchase these Tea Time Trinkets, Natural Trim, small scallop circle and Tea for Two DSP from our Spring catalog.  And, because it's Sale-a-bration time, you can earn freebies for every $50 purchase!

Real Men Build Cards

This video speaks for itself.

 

Starship Stampin' Up!

Space:  the final creative frontier.  These are the voyages of the Starship Stampin' Up! 

Our mission:  to love what we do and share what we love as we boldly go where creativity has never gone before... 
 

Ladies Club - January

There are a great group of ladies who are in a club of mine.  We meet regularly every month, and it is something I look forward to.  Lots of fun and laughter :) 
Here are some of the projects they made this month.

The flower and leaves on this first card are from the Secret Garden Bundle, which includes the stamp set and framelits.  This bundle is from our Spring catalog.  I just can't get enough framelits.  They are so easy to use, and I really feel they save on paper waste.

There is another new embellishment on this card...it's the Silver Soda Pop Tops, also from the Spring catalog.  They come in two different sizes, and this is the small one.  There is a little lip inside the pop top, so if you use the right size punch, the insert stays inside without using any adhesive.  On this card I used the Itty Bitties stamp set for the tiny heart, so I did punch that with the circle from the Itty Bitty shape punch pack and adhered it to the Basic Black cardstock with a glue dot.  The black insert in the pop top was punched with the 1/2" circle punch. 

Both hearts were made using the Heart framelits.  I used the Occasions paper-piercing pack to pierce around the edge of the black heart.  This Occasions piercing pack is from our Spring Catalog.

 

 

Another thing I like to do is whenever I have the tiny stamps, I always remove the rubber backing and adhere the stamp label right to the rubber.  This greatly improves the stability of the tiny stamps, and I get a clean stamp image every single time.  (Plus, it seems to stick to the clear blocks better...)

 



Project Particulars

Stamp:  Secret Garden, Itty Bitties

Ink:  Real red

Paper:  Real red, basic black, gumball green, whisper white, Polka Dot Parade DSP

Big shot:  Stripes embossing folder, heart framelits, secret garden framelits

Punches: Itty bitty shape punch pack, 1/2" circle

Accessories:  Silver soda pop tops, 1/8 " real red taffeta ribbon, occasions paper-piercing pack

 

 

 

Mixed Bunch Pretty in Pink

 

This is a simple, yet pretty card.  Just my style!  I used the Mixed Bunch stamp set for the flower.  The sentiment and background was stamped with Tiny Tags, and I used our new Petite Curly Label punch from our Sale-a-bration catalog to punch it out.  I used the punch two more times in punching the melon mambo layer behind the sentiment and staggered them to provide the "frame" around the sentiment so it would stand out amongst the DSP.  This card uses the Secret Garden DSP and 3/8" Melon Mambo striped organdy ribbon from the Spring catalog. The Pearls added just that tiny touch of class, don't you think?

 

Sale-a-bration starts January 22!

 

You can get the Petite Curly Label punch for FREE

with a $50 order

 



 

 

Project Particulars

Stamp:  Mixed bunch, tiny tags

Ink: Melon mambo, pretty in pink

Paper:  Pretty in pink, melon mambo, very vanilla, Tea For Two DSP

Punches:  2 1/2" circle, blossom punch, petite curly label punch

Accessories:  3/8" melon mambo striped organdy ribbon, pearls

 

 

 

More swaps

These are the final swaps from the January American Ink demo meeting.

 

 

The card on the left was created by Michelle Williams.  She used the White Canvas Creations from our Spring Catalog for the sentiment.  She gave us all a great tip:  to heat set the design once you place it on the canvas.

 

The card on the right uses the Ovals Collection framelits, also available in the Spring Catalog.  (Have you noticed how many times I've said "Spring" catalog?)  There are TONS of great product in this catalog. 

 

 

The Pool Party card has a heart from the More Amore DSP and the Tea Lace Paper Doilies, again available through the Spring Catalog.