cards!!

Looky here!! I have cards to share with you...finally!!

My card club wrapped up in May and we played a little with some retiring products. Here are a handful of the cards we have made over the last couple of months...

CASE from one of my favorite bloggers ~ Julie Davison!

  Card Recipe

Stamp Set: Perfect Punches (retired)

Paper: Primrose Petals, Midnight Muse, Summer Starfruit, Baja Breeze, Whisper White, Patio Party DSP (retired)

Ink: Midnight Muse

Accessories: Dimensionals, Rhinestones

Tools: Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine, Apothecary Accents Framelits, Large Oval punch, Bitty Butterfly punch

 

 Card Recipe

Stamp Set: Make a Cake, Create a Cupcake (sentiment)

Paper: Whisper White, Midnight Muse, Summer Starfruit, Baja Breeze, Patio Party DSP

Ink: Midnight Muse, markers - Summer Starfruit, Baja Breeze, Midnight Muse

Accessories: Dimensionals

Tools: Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine, Needlepoint Border Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

 

 Card Recipe

Stamp Set: Betsy's Blossoms, Friendly Phrases (retired)

Paper: Whisper White, Rich Razzleberry, Floral District DSP (retired)

Ink: Rich Razzleberry

Accessories: Dimensionals, Pearl Accents

Tools: Paper Snips

This next card we created at a downline meeting as our "make n take" and I just knew I had to replicate it for my upcoming club. It is the perfect card for Father's Day (or a manly birthday...I gave them a choice!) and it used a lot of fun techniques.
 

 You may not be able to notice it very well, but the coral reef is white embossed.

 And, there are three pearls to represent bubbles from the seahorse.

 Card Recipe

Stamp Set: By The Tide, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Paper: Whisper White, Baja Breeze, Soft Suede

Ink: Island Indigo, Baja Breeze, Soft Suede

Accessories: Dimensionals, Pearl Accents, White Embossing Powder, Sponges

Tools: Embossing Tool, Stampin' Distress Tool

frosty friends - freshly made sketches #61

Card Club is this coming Tuesday and then we will be taking a break for December. I used the Freshly Made Sketches to help design one of the three cards we will be making...

Of course I had to add some Dazzling Diamonds glitter for the snow!

Card Recipe

Stamp Set: Frosty Friends, More Merry Messages
Paper: Whisper White, Not Quite Navy, Snow Festival DSP
Ink: Black Stazon, Raspberry Ripple, Baja Breeze (sponging on edges of white), markers - Raspberry Ripple, Baja Breeze, Gumball Green
Accessories: 1/2" Raspberry Ripple Stitched Satin Ribbon, Rhinestone Accents, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter (used with 2-way Glue Pen), Sponges
Tools: Corner Rounder Punch

card club - october 2012

OK, let's get back to blogging!! I have lots of fun cards and projects I've made over the last few weeks, but I'm just a little behind on sharing them with you all. Gotta get caught up before the Christmas season comes! So, here goes...

Last month for my Card Club, we made the following three cards. (The first two may look familiar as I have already shared them here on my blog.)

This first card I had created for a sketch challenge, as well as to have as a sample at my Holiday Catalog Open House in August. You can visit HERE for more details.

This next card I shared the day of Card Club. I had created it for a sketch challenge and decided to use it for one my Card Club cards. I let each of the guests choose which stamp they wanted out of the For The Birds set. Isn't this the cutest set?! For all the details of this card, visit HERE.

And, lastly I just had to pull out my Make a Cake stamp set again. And I just love these In-Colors!

Card Recipe
Stamp Set: Make a Cake, Create a Cupcake (sentiment)
Paper: Whisper White, Primrose Petals, Midnight Muse, Patio Party DSP
Ink: Midnight Muse, Primrose Petals, Baja Breeze
Accessories: Dimensionals, Pearl Accents
Tools: Big Shot Die Cutting Machine, Labels Collection Framelits, Beautiful Wings Embosslits

for the birds

It's Card Club tonight! I am looking forward to stamping with this great group of ladies! And now that the weather has turned to its typical rainy ways here in Oregon, it's time to get all cozy indoors and enjoy some crafting time with friends.

This card is a sneak peek of one of the cards my club will be making tonight. I wanted to post it early because my sketch inspiration came from Freshly Made Sketches...

 Sweet and simple...

 

Card Recipe
Stamp Set: For the Birds

Paper: Whisper White, Lucky Limeade, Calypso Coral, Floral District DSP
Ink: Black Stazon, misc. markers with Blender Pen
Accessories: 3/8" Calypso Coral Ruffled Ribbon, Rhinestone Accents, Dimensionals

Tools: Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine, Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder

card club - September 2012

Summer is over and my clubs have started up again! This year I have two clubs running. One is a Big Shot Club and the other is a Card Club. Each club has 8 members and it runs for 8 months. I am really excited about both groups of ladies as everyone is so eager to learn and create! My Card Club meets on the Third Monday of the month. For September's cards, I also used these card designs for my card night I hold at my mother-in-law's every other month. It was great to be able to double up and not do twice the amount of work in planning out the cards.

The first card may look familiar. The inspiration came straight out of the Stampin' Up! Annual Catalog on pg. 190. I tweaked a few things to make it work for the amount of card kits I was making, as well as the different levels of experience.

Card Recipe
Stamp Set: Sweet Essentials
Paper: Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Primrose Petals, Pool Party
Ink: Primrose Petals, Pool Party (for sponging edges of Framelit)
Accessories: Rhinestone Accents, Dimensionals, sponges
Tools: Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine, Chevron Embossing Folder, Apothecary Framelits, Elegant Butterfly punch

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I love the new Perfectly Preserved stamp set and coordinating Cannery Framelits, so I just had to pull it out to play up the "September Apple" theme. I think this would be a great card for a teacher!

Card Recipe
Stamp Set: Perfectly Preserved
Paper: Whisper White, Raspberry Ripple, Island Indigo, Lucky Limeade, Orchard Harvest DSP
Ink: Early Espresso, Raspberry Ripple, Lucky Limeade
Accessories: Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots, 3/8" Double-Stitched Raspberry Ripple ribbon
Tools: Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine, Cannery Framelits, Eyelet Border punch, Two-Step Owl punch (mini heart)

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The last card we created was something simple, but perfect for that someone in your life with a Fall birthday...

Card Recipe
Stamp Set: Gently Falling, Perfect Punches
Paper: Soft Suede, More Mustard, Ridinghood Red, Whisper White
Ink: Ridinghood Red, More Mustard, Lucky Limeade, Soft Suede
Accessories: Dimensionals, 1/2" Lucky Limeade Ruffled ribbon
Tools: Large Oval punch

let the clubs begin!

Have fun and budget your creative passion – join a club!

When you purchase a small amount of Stampin’ Up product each month as part of a club, you will be able to slowly build up your crafting supplies while staying within your budget! Skip the lines and the inconvenience of the craft stores and enjoy the exclusivity of Stampin’ Up! product! Use your monthly purchase towards a fun new stamp set, stock up on ink pads, or purchase coordinating card stock. Or how about choosing from many of our embellishments, scrapbooking paper, die cutting misc, and even fabric?! The choices are limitless!

You have two clubs to choose from that will best fit your creative needs!

Card Club – cards only

·         Meets on the Third Monday of each month for 8 months (September-May, no club in December)*

·         Club members will spend a minimum of $18.75 a month (with 10% shipping that’s just at $20 per month!)

·         FREE exclusive card creations, perfect for the card making junkie!

·         On your hostess month, receive FREE shipping and at least $25 free product, possibly more with outside orders! Hostesses will be responsible for the dessert and/or snack for the evening.

·         If you are unable to attend one of the club nights then you will simply send me your order and I will prepare card kits for you to put together at a later time.

Big Shot Club – learn about what your Big Shot (or similar die cutting machine) can do!

·         Meets on the Fourth Tuesday of each month for 8 months (September-May, no club in December)*

·         Club members will spend a minimum of $18.75 a month (with 10% shipping that’s just at $20 per month!)

·         FREE exclusive Big Shot projects, perfect for those who love their Big Shot! (owning a Big Shot is not required)

·         On your hostess month, receive FREE shipping and at least $25 free product, possibly more with outside orders! Hostesses will be responsible for the dessert and/or snack for the evening.

·         If you are unable to attend one of the club nights then you will simply send me your order and I will prepare card kits for you to put together at a later time.

*I need 8 members to fill each club.

happy halloween googly ghouls

Today's card is the second card I created for my stamp club members. I wanted to give my gals a chance to use some of the new products from the Holiday Catalog since we weren't meeting this summer. The first card kit (using the Scentsational Season stamp set) can be found HERE.

I couldn't wait to get my hands on the Googly Ghouls stamp set! I don't make many cards for Halloween, but I knew that this set was going to be a fun one to play with, especially because of the new adhesive-backed googly eyes creatively called Googlies. I also love the Halloween paper called Howlstooth & Scaringbone DSP.

Card Recipe
Stamp Set: Googly Ghouls (Holiday Catalog), Teeny Tiny Wishes
Paper: Basic Black, Basic Gray, More Mustard, Tangerine Tango, Very Vanilla, Howlstooth & Scaringbone DSP
Ink: Black Staz-On, Tangerine Tango, More Mustard (inking around the edges)
Accessories: Dimensionals, Ghooglies, Sponges
Tools: Big Shot, Chevron Embossing Folder, Corner punch

Terry at Goin' Over the Edge is having a fun blog hop called The Great Pumpkin Blog Hop and so I joined in the fun...and you can, too!

freshly made scentsational season!

I put together a couple of card kits this weekend for my stamp club gals. Club ended in June for a summer break, but I wanted to give them a chance to see in person some of the new Holiday Mini Catalog goodies, which I love and would like one of everything, please!

I headed over to Freshly Made Sketches to help me with my inspiration and decided to rotate the sketch to fit the image I wanted to use. I love Freshly Made Sketches because I can always count on a clean sketch that fits my style perfectly!

Card Recipe
Stamp Set: Scentsational Season (Holiday Catalog), Sweet Essentials (new!)
Paper: Whisper White, Gumball Green, Cherry Cobbler, Be of Good Cheer DSP
Ink: Cherry Cobbler
Accessories: Dimensionals, Pearl Accents, Dazzling Diamonds glitter
Tools: Big Shot, Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder, Holiday Framelits, Scallop Edge Border Punch, Labels Collection Framelits

Tomorrow, I will share a Halloween card using the new Googly Ghouls stamp set, so come on back!

stamp club - may 2012

Fourth Friday stamp club last month was another fun night! We had a "pre-celebration" of the new catalog debuting and started the evening playing with the new In Colors!

 New Catalog Bookmarks

We also made a card showcasing the new In Colors and let the colors do the talking!

And thanks to Julie Davison and her creative inspiration, we made this cute tea bag holder. I loved her design, but I gave it my own personal touch by changing the colors along with a few other simple things. I added the hearts to look like steam coming out of the spout. Too fun!

We also made a telescoping card using Julie's tutorial. Can I take a minute and say how thankful I am for so many generous and awesome fellow demonstrators who share their talent with the rest of us?! Julie Davison is one of those gals! Thank you for helping to make crafting just a little bit easier and taking the stress off of coming up with fun projects on my own...just like this one!

Each month the two hostesses receive a paper & embellishment pack. Here is this month's gift...

At each club gathering, I also hand out a sketch to encourage each of the ladies to play with their new products! Here is last month's sketch (found on Clean & Simple Stamping).

My take on the sketch, 

which I shared on the blog a few weeks ago...

Here are the cards that some of the ladies created...

 

One more club to go before a summer break!

Everyone is so excited to order some fun new products from the NEW CATALOG!

stamp club - April 2012

I had some fun projects to share with the ladies for our April Stamp Club (I'm a little behind in posting...what's new?). Because the Summer Smooches promotion was still going on during that time, I decided to play with the up and coming Bright Blossoms stamp set and Summer Smooches DSP, as well as the new Petite Purse die.

Our first card was a simple one, but I wanted to focus on showing how to use the Stamp-A-Ma-Jig (yep, that's what it's really called!). It is a stamp positioner that gives you the ability to place an image exactly where you want it. Perfect for perfectionists like me! (Can anyone relate?) Because the tulip flower is a separate stamp from the vase and stem/leaves, using the Stamp-A-Ma-Jig is a great way to get it perfectly placed without making it look like the tulip bud was floating. I even used the Stamp-A-Ma-Jig for the sentiment "thanks" to make sure it was nice and straight, too. I liked the idea of a square card, so this one is 4-1/4 x 4-1/4 and will still fit in an envelope like the other cards I make (4-1/4 x 5-1/2).

Stamp Set: Bright Blossoms (coming soon in the NEW 2012-2013 catalog), Fabulous Phrases
Paper: Whisper White, Real Red, Summer Smooches DSP (coming soon in the NEW 2012-2013 catalog)
Ink: markers - Rich Razzleberry, Lucky Limeade, Real Red
Accessories: none
Tools: Scallop Dotted Ribbon Border punch, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig

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The second project we made also used products from the Summer Smooches promotion and each of the club members made this cute little Petite Purse (a new Big Shot die coming up in the soon to be released catalog!!) When its say petite, it really means petite. I read on a fellow demonstrator's blog that you can fit 9 Hershey's Kisses in the purse...in case you wanted to know just how small it was. Wouldn't this be cute to hold a small pair of earrings? I used a piece of Summer Smooches Designer Series Paper for the top flap to give it some extra color and design.

Stamp Set: Tiny Tags
Paper: Island Indigo, Tangerine Tango, Summer Smooches DSP (coming soon in the NEW 2012-2013 catalog)
Ink: markers - Island Indigo, Real Red
Accessories: 1/4" Daffodil Delight Grosgrain ribbon, Everyday Enchantment brads (from 2012 SAB), Sticky Strip
Tools: Paper Piercing Tool, Jewelry Tag punch

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For our last project of the night, we made this twist-easel card. It really is a lot easier than it looks! The card is 4-1/4 x 8-1/2. Score in half and then score diagonally on one side. Fold the flap inward. You will need something to help prop the card open (note the flower). I wanted to use the Flight of the Butterfly stamp set since it will be retiring soon, along with the Butterfly punch! Gotta use those retiring products when I can! As a demonstrator it's harder to use the products for events when you're trying to stay current with the products.

Folded closed (fits in a normal envelope)... 

 

Halfway open...

 Open and tucked behind the flower to stay open and on display...

  

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This month's club hostess gifts...

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Each stamp club meeting I give the gals a sketch for them to work on sometime before the next meeting. The sketches I give them come from Clean & Simple Stamping.

Last month's sketch...


This is the card I created for the sketch.
(and actually used for a card night this past week...more details to come)



I thought it was so fun how Kim used the kite as the circle image in the sketch. She's so clever!
Kim - Sending a Smile or Two


The next two cards are both from Janice. I like how she moved the sketch "circle" to the other side here in the first card.



Terri created this great Mother's Day card using the sneak peek Summer Smooches DSP.
Terri - territerbear

I like this simple birthday card made by Danna. Love this stamp set!

 Vicki (my mom) decided to flip the sketch. And she even used some of the products she got as last month's hostess!

Only two more stamp club meetings before we take a break for the busy summer months!