A Small Christmas Card

It's been a week since I posted, sorry. My mom got her new knee at the end of August and I have been going to see her more than normal. She is doing fine and will be coming home on Saturday. This is her fourth knee replacement. Let me explain. She is 83 years old, she got her first in 1976, then her second in 1982. That one lasted 11 years, third replacement 1993. fourth, 3rd in the right knee, now. She is doing well and healing so fast especially for her age. Things have changed so much, she was in the hospital only 3 days.

Okay, now for the card. I saw this technique on splitcoaststampers. It's where you run the card stock through the Big Shot with an embossing folder, in this case petals a plenty, then a brayer is run over the top of the card and hits just the raised parts. Just have a light touch so you don't get any into the lower parts. Some practice may be required. It is so much more intense and precise than sponging. I really like the look.

This card measures 4" x 4" so you can get 4 of them out of a piece of 12' x 12" card stock with one piece of 4" x 4" left for punching. The white cs is 3 3/4" square. The flower was explained here.

Everything else is self explainatory I think.

Supplies:

Stamps: Petite Pairs

Ink: Cherry Cobbler

Paper: Textured cherry Cobbler 12 x 12, Glossy white, Old Olive

Tools: 5-petal flower punch, Dotted scalloped ribbon border punch, scallop oval punch, small oval punch (retired), large oval punch, smooch spray, stickles

Fast and Fabulous

It's my birthday today so I thought I would post one of my favorite Birthday cards.

When I first saw this set as a hostess set, just a year ago, I wasn't impressed. Isn't that typical, don't we want to see these stamps used in a project with actual ink on them before we fall in love with them. Well, when I saw this post on splitcoaststampers, it took my breath away and I had to give it a try. There this set sat on my shelf neglected of ink all this time and look what can be done with it. Now it's only available for 2 more days. It's still not too late, you could place a qualifying order and earn this set still. This card took me total about 5 minutes to put together.

Supplies:

Stamps: Fast and Fabulous

Paper: Whisper White, Night of Navy, Marina Mist

Ink: Night of Navy, Marina Mist, Old Olive

Tools: Eyelet Border, Scallop Oval Punch, Small oval punch, Wide striped night of navy ribbon (retired)

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Hapy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to everyone. I gave this card to my mom several hours ago and she seemed to like it very much. I also gave her a hand stamped trivet using the Medallion stamp. I'll have to get a picture of that, I forgot too before I gave it to her.

• The wing of the bird on the 2 step bird punch makes a great petal for these tulips, and a little sponging gives them some depth.
• Lap of Luxury dsp was used along with Pretty In Pink for the card base.
• The stems are also from the 2 step bird punch.
• Teeny Tiny Wishes was used for the sentiment.

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Spring is Coming Soon

It took me a long time to get the lattice die for the Big Shot. Now I wish I would have ordered it a long time ago. If you don't have this die you are missing out on a whole world of style that is available for a small cost. This card is very little stamping but a whole lot of punching.

• This is what was used. 2 3/8" scallop circle , Boho Blossoms, 1/2" circle, 1 1/4" circle, scallop oval, small oval, Dotted ribbon border all punches from Stampin' Up and the Lattice die and also the Square Lattice Embossing Folder.
• Teen Tiny Wishes supplied the sentiment and Garden Green ink was used to stamp it. The Card Stock is Daffodil Delight, Garden Green, Whisper White and Chocolate Chip

I think it is a cheerful springtime card I would like to know what you think by leaving me a comment. 

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This is a Mary Fish design and I'm proud to say that I get a great deal of inspiration from her blog.

Dasher Thanks

I wrote this a while ago and neglected to post it. This was the card I sent to my customers who ordered in December. Every time someone orders from me I send them a hand stamped card but I don't sign it. That way you can use it to send to someone else or you can keep it for your own enjoyment.

Now that Christmas is over you have to thank all those people for giving you all those gifts. Isn't this the best stamp. It's so simple and clean when it's stamped and it is a single stamp which only costs $8.95. And it's not just for Christmas, Dasher can go into the woods anytime of the year and be right at home.

Also, with a $50 order from Stampin' Up right now you can earn a FREE Dasher stamp. Just head on over to my website and see what some more samples of what you could do.

I used

Stamps: Dasher, Perfect Punches
Ink: Night of Navy, Whisper White Craft
Paper: Whisper White, Night of Navy, Bashful Blue
Tools: Petals a Plenty ef, Ticket corner punch, Scallop oval punch
Accessories: White Gel Pen, Sponge, clear embossing powder

I think everything is pretty self explanatory. I did heat emboss the white on the perfect punch thank you before I punched it out. When you sponge under Dasher try to make it look like his shadow.

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Build a Blossom TOY

Build a Blossom stamp set and Blossom Petal punch is turning into a favorite of mine. It's so easy to use and the results are dramatic.

• Here I have started out with whisper white card stock and stamped the base blossom in pretty in pink 
• then rich razzleberry on top of that for the details in the petals.
• Old Olive card stock was run through the big shot with the perfect polka dots embossing folder.
• Photo corner punch in pretty in pink and rich razzleberry
• the 2 x 1 3/8 oval punch in rich razzleberry
• Stamp Thinking of You in rich razzleberry and punched it out with the scallop oval punch.
• The center of the flower was stamped in white craft ink on rich razzleberry card stock then punched out with the 3/4" circle punch.

If you order everything you need to make this card you will get 5 FREE sale a bration items of your choice. And if you were to find say about $10 more worth of items that you liked and wanted to order you could add 2 more FREE  items to that list. Because when you have a $300 order or workshop you get another FREE item. That makes 7 all together. WOW  Call me, email me or go to my Stampin' Up website right now and place your order and everything could be coming right to your door soon. Then I will send you a hand stamped thank you card by me as a thank you. You can use it to send to someone else or just enjoy it your self.

Stamps:

Sincere Salutations

Build a Blossom

Paper:

Whisper white card stock

Rich razzleberry card stock

Pretty in pink card stock

Old olive card stock

Ink:

Rich Razzleberry

Pretty in Pink

White Craft

Tools:

Blossom Petals Punch

 2 x 1 3/8 oval punch

scallop oval punch

3/4" circle punch

Photo Corners punch

Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder

Big Shot Machine

Bone Folder

adhesive

If you have all these items you can enjoy making this card right now. If there is anything you need please let me know I would be happy to answer any questions.

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My Christmas Card

Hello everyone. Thanks for stopping by today. Now that all my Chirstmas cards have been mailed or handed out I thought it would be nice to share with you what I sent out. I think I made 84 of these design. I sent out 106 so the majority got this one.
I used natural white card stock for the base of the card and got the natural white envelopes to match.
The stamp set is Tree Trimmings and
The colors I used are Wild Wasabi, Poppy Parade and Concord Crush. Each color was used for one of the ornaments and one of the elements on the card.
This card is pretty self explanatory but
If you have any questions let me know.
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Simply Hearts

This is the third and last card project we did at the last workshop I held. This came from my upline, Cindy Fodor and this is something I forget about doing. That is taking a small stamp, like the heart of flowers here, and stamping it a number of times, in this case three.

This is how I did it.

• The base card is Rose Red cs 5 1/2 x 4 1/4
• Then I used a piece of Very Vanilla cs 2 1/2 x 4 1/4. In which I punched each end with the horizontal slot. You will have to remove the guide on the punch in order to do this
• Stamp the heart of flowers on it three times in basic brown ink. The stamp-a-ma-jig made this very easy. Start with the outside one's and leave the center one for last.
  
• I colored them using blender pens and the ink on top of the ink pads. You know, when the ink pad is closed and you squish it onto the pad.
• I stamped the sentiment onto a scrap of vanilla cs and punched it out with the large oval punch. If you turn your punch over you will be able to line up the sentiment exactly where you want it.
  
• I punched one word window out of close to cocoa and cut it in half.
  
• I punched a scalloped oval out of pretty in pink.
  
• I had pieces of pretty in pink cs 1 3/4 x 4 1/2 and close to cocoa cs 2 x 4 3/4.
• Assemble. Look at the picture for help with this. Tuck the cut end of the word window into the punched slot on the vanilla.
  
• Use the 1/16" punch to make the hole for the brads.
  

I think that's it. This card could be made up in a variety of colors. I love this set.

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Supplies:
Stamps: Simply Said 115066
Paper:Very Vanilla cs 101650, Rose Red cs 102544, Close to Cocoa cs 101341 Pretty in Pink cs 100459
Tools: Scallop oval punch 114889, Large Oval Punch 107305, Horizontal Slot Punch 105089
Ink:Basic Brown 104315, Rose Red 101778 , Close to Cocoa 103139 Pretty in Pink 101301
Embellishments: Vintage brads 109109