Valentine for Beth

I know, I know, it's been forever since I last posted. Well, I was on vacation for the month of January. I will share some pictures of where Bob and I went and what we did. But for today I want to share this cute card with you that I sent to my sister. She lives way out in the state of Oregon and I wish she was closer but I try to keep in touch with our wonderful handmade cards. I hope she liked it. 

What I did was use heart to heart punch to get all those cute little hearts and then I stamped the dotted heart from I Heart Hearts and cut it out with my trusty paper snips, it went really fast and they are very sharp. I used my new pinking hearts border punch to put a nice edge on the turquoise dsp and the real red piece and then with the fabulous phrases I thought heartfelt was the perfect sentiment. 

Let me know if you like it. 

I'll be sharing more Valentine's Day cards real soon. Thanks for stopping by At Paula's Place

Stamping 411 Sketch Challenge 229

I am really gearing up my Christmas Card making now. Every challenge is going to be Christmas. I can hardly believe next week is Thanksgiving so times a tickin'. This is the season for the paper crafter. We live for the holidays because we send so many cards at this time of year. I used to make one design of card but now I have a tendency to make a variety of them. It's fun and there are so many possibilities.

This card features Mrs. Claus. She is very easy to make and I dressed her up with her red pearl earrings, sending a cheery sentiment from the stamp set Seasonal Sentiments. If you are interested in how to Mrs. Claus see below.  

Thanks for stopping by At Paula's Place.

Supplies:

Stamps: Seasonal Sentiments

Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Blushing Bride, Early Espresso markers

Paper: Cherry Cobbler, Whisper white, Very Vanilla, Old Olive, Jolly Holiday dsp

Tools: 1 3/4", 1 3/8", 3/4" circle punches, scallop circle punch, Scallop border punch, ticket corner punch, basic pearls

Update on Mrs. Claus. Here is the link to the youtube video on how to make her from create with De. Thanks to De for such good instructions

Challenge Stamping 411 #226

Okay, it's getting serious now. It's the end of October and I have to get going on my Christmas Cards. What are you doing this year? I would love to hear from each of you about your ideas for Christmas cards. What stamp sets are you using, dsp? Things like that.

This card went together very fast. I used the blossom petals builders punch for the petals of the flower and the leaves. I punched a scrap piece of card stock with the 1 1/4" circle punch to glue all the petals to and after the flower was constructed I sprayed it with smooch spray. The center is a 3/4" circle of brushed golf cs with the basic pearls put on it. The dsp is from last year Jolly Holiday dsp I think is what it was called. I also used the Dotted scallop ribbon border punch on old olive cs for my ribbon element. I love that punch, turns any card stock into a ribbon and it's flat for mailing.

A pack of dsp really goes a long way. I had a class using this paper and made several cards and still have six sheets that aren't even cut yet. The sentiment is from Petite Pairs. The colors are Cherry Cobbler and Old Olive with Very Vanilla

If you have any questions let me know and thanks for stopping by At Paula's Place

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411 Challenge 217 Pink Doilies

Sometimes you just have to flip that sketch. I stamped that big Melon Mambo doily up in the corner then realized that it needed to be opposite my punched image so I just flipped it from the right side to the left. I like it. Do you know what the punched image is? I know it's a cute little flower but are you looking at your punches wondering if you own it? I'll  tell you what it is in a minute.

There are two challenges over at Stamping 411 this week. This is the first. Here are the dimensions.

Base: 1 1 x 4 1/4", scored and folded in half at 5 1/2"
Layer 2: 4 7/8" x 3 5/8"
Layer 3: 3x4"
Layer 4: Ribbon or cardstock
Layer 5: ANY shape punch

This is what I did. I scored and folded a piece of Melon Mambo cs 11 x 4 1/4 for the base. Added a piece of dsp from the brights dsp stack in Regal Rose, then a piece of Pink Pirouette was stamped with doilies, the large one in Melon Mambo. the small in Pretty in Pink  and the other large one in Pink Pirouette. Then I used the Melon Mambo marker to outline the edge of PP cs to give the illusion of a very small border. Then I adhered it to the dsp. I punched out the glossy white with the dotted scallop ribbon border and ran it through the crimper. Love that thing. It makes it look like real ribbon so you can make ribbon any color that you have in card stock. Then I punched once with the Lace Ribbon Border in Pretty in Pink. Gorgeous. Took the 3/4" circle punch and punched out a perfect little flower from the center. I wanted to back it with the Melon Mambo but the 1/2" circle wasn't quite large enough so I used the flower from the Boho Blossoms punch. It worked great. Added the basic pearl. and that's it.

Stamps: Delicate Doilies

Ink: Melon Mambo ink pad and marker, Pretty in Pink, Regal Rose

Paper: Melon Mambo, Pink Pirouette, Brights Patterns dsp stack, Glossy White

Tools: Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border punch, Boho Blossoms punch, Lace Ribbon Border punch ( This is the little flower on the ribbon), 3/4" circle punch, basic pearls