July 22, 2011

I decided to make a "view-finder" card for a swap I'm participating in next Saturday. I've only made one other in the past, but I wanted to try again and improve on my previous efforts! I used the Make a Monster set as it provided the needed variety for the openings. As you can see, I had 4 different faces on my circle to "change" the monster.

I snapped just a few pictures from my process. You can refer to the tutorial on SplitcoastStampers for more instruction. I used Dotto a 1" circle punched from scrap paper so that I could line up where I wanted to punch the side openings. I also punched a 3/4" circle from scrap paper, again with Dotto, to put in the center of my cut out monsters so that I punched the circle exactly where I wanted it. There was little room for error on those bellies! I did also use Dotto to put the monster on a scrap piece of paper when punching - it's impossible to hold that monster in a punch!

Here is a view of the back of the top layer. The brad goes all the way through - 4 layers! I used my needle-nose plyers (from my SU! tool kit) to bend the prongs so that there was a bit of room for ease of spinning.

I also used a template that matched the green circle - this was how I pierced my hole through the green circle, the Crumb Cake layer and the Daffodil half circle on the front. (I simply used the 1/16" hole punch to pierce the layered ovals with the words.)

This (sort of) shows how it is layered - I used dimensionals on all four corners of the Crumb Cake piece, allowing room for spinning.

Supplies:

Stamp Sets: Bring on the Cake, Make a Monster

Ink: Lucky Limeade, Early Espresso

Paper: Daffodil Delight, Crumb Cake, Pool Party, Tangerine Tango, Whisper White, Lucky Limeade

Tools: 3/4" Circle punch, 1" Circle punch, 1/8" Hole punch, 1/16" Hole punch, Big Shot, Stripes EF, Perfect Polka Dots EF, Coluzzle Cutting System (3rd largest circle), Large and Wide Oval punches

Embellishments: Baker's Twine Early Espresso, 1/2" Scalloped Polka Dot Ribbon Tangerine Tango, Silver Brad

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March 3, 2011

Finishing up another order of 20 greeting cards. Last order on the list for now. After this card, I only need one more. Now I'll, hopefully, be able to stock up some birthday cards for my own stash and maybe even get back to my son's scrapbook!!

I am submitting this for Pals Paper Arts color challenge even though I actually made it before seeing their colors! It was meant to be, perhaps? :)

Supplies:

Stamp Sets: A Slice of Life, Perfect Punches

Ink: Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, Baja Breeze

Paper: Baja Breeze, Soft Suede, Elegant Soiree DSP, Very Vanilla

Tools: 1 3/4" Circle Punch, 1 3/8" Circle punch, 1 1/4" Circle punch, Word Window punch

Embellishments: Silver Brad

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February 28, 2011

Apparently, I mixed color challenges here... I thought this was a color challenges last week from one of my frequented challenge sites. But when I looked back to find which site had posted it, I found neither of the 2 I thought it was had this combo! As it turns out the challenges were: 1) Tempting Turquoise, Pear Pizzazz and Tangerine Tango. or 2) Marina Mist, Early Espresso and Tangerine Tango. That second one was close, so I'll link to Inkspirations #58, but their Linky/collection is closed now.

Anyway, regardless of the color combo and course thereof, this is a great card for a guy - appropriate for nearly any age, I'd say, but I had preteen/teenagers in mind.

Supplies:

Stamp Set: Punch Bunch

Ink: Tangerine Tango, Tempting Turquoise (marker)

Paper: Tangerine Tango, Tempting Turquoise, Early Espresso textured and smooth

Tools: 1 3/8" Circle punch, 1 1/4" Circle punch, 1" Circle punch, 1 1/4" Square punch (aligned along one corner of the dotted square, punched, realigned along opposite corner carefully placed and held in position :), punched - avoiding the scallops of the image), Big Shot, Perfect Polka Dots EF

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February 5, 2011

This morning I went to the quarterly meeting that my upline coordinates. We used this stamp for a Make & Take. And when I got home, I felt like making my own card with it. (This set is still new enough, I haven't used all the stamps in it!) This card below is what I came up with to put into the greeting card order I'm currently working to fill. I love these colors together (cannot say that enough!!!). :)

Supplies:

Stamp Set: Punch Bunch

Ink: Pear Pizzazz, Baja Breeze, Blushing Bride, Soft Suede

Paper: Pear Pizzazz, Blushing Bride, Soft Suede, Very Vanilla, Baja Breeze

Tools: Big Shot, Square Lattice EF, 1 3/8" Circle punch, 1 1/4" Circle punch, Eyelet Border punch

Embellishments: Baja Breeze Seam Binding ribbon, Basic Pearls

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December 23, 2010

And... yet another birthday card. Get used to it! :) But remember that "Happy birthday" can always be changed to a different phrase. I share my posts with the intent to provide inspiration for someone else's project. I love that about stamping people - we share, copy, improve, etc. - on purpose. Imitation is the greatest form of flattery, right?!

Anyway, back to the card. This is a fabulous color combo (in my opinion) that has produced a card I feel could be used for a guy. This layout comes from the Just Add Ink challenge (which is in its second and final week and I've finally gotten around to it).

Supplies:

Stamp Sets: A Little Birthday Cheer, Circle Circus

Ink: Soft Suede, Old Olive

Paper: Soft Suede, Crushed Curry (I miss that dirty yellow!), Very Vanilla, Basic Gray textured

Tools: Word Window punch (inserted just the ends of the "happy birthday" strip into the punch one at a time), 1 3/8" and 1 1/4" Circle punches, Large Oval punch

Embellishments: Silver Brads, dimensionals, 3/8" Old Olive Taffeta ribbon

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October 15, 2010

I made this card for a coworker who will be leaving us at the end of the month (she's moving closer to her family). But my color choice was base on the Just Add Ink challenge this week: Just Add Blue.

Supplies:

Stamp Sets: Circle Circus, , So Many Sayings

Ink: Not Quite Navy, Pink Pirouette, Marina Mist

Paper: Marina Mist, Not Quite Navy textured, Whisper White

Tools: 1 3/8" Circle punch, Wide Oval punch, Modern Label punch

Embellishments: 1/4" Whisper White grosgrain ribbon, Basic Rhinestones

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I had a little more fun with the Circle Circus set. This time I also used the Rough Type set, available in the Summer Mini Catalog. Also, a few of the new colors are used. I think the top card shown here is so happy and fun! And the bottom card is the "masculine version."

Supplies:

Stamp Sets: Circle Circus, Rough Type

Ink: Daffodil Delight, Marina Mist, Perfect Plum, Old Olive, Rose Red

Paper: Perfect Plum, Whisper White, Marina Mist, Old Olive, Daffodil Delight, Rose Red

Tools: 3/4" and 1" Circle punches

Embellishments: 5/8" Chocolate Chip grosgrain ribbon

Supplies:

Stamp Sets: Circle Circus, Rough Type

Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Not Quite Navy, Always Artichoke, Chocolate Chip

Paper: Always Artichoke, Whisper White, Not Quite Navy, Chocolate Chip, Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake

Tools: 3/4" and 1" Circle punches

Embellishments: Vintage Brads

I'm hosting a workshop at my house Thursday July 15th. I'd love to have you come! Email me for details.

Using the New Colors

Oops, it's been over two weeks since I've posted. Got busy with life, I guess! :) But now I'm back to stamping - putting together another custom ELM Designs order (yay!!) and trying to make some samples with the NEW stuff.

I just put this together in a late night stamping frenzy. These are 3 of the 6 new colors that are now in our Core Collections: Daffodil Delight, Marina Mist and Early Expresso. The more I use this Circle Circus set, the more I'm liking it. This particular flower one, is my favorite of the 10 stamps in the set! The words are taken from a set that is a Level 3 Hostess set in this 2010-2011 catalog.

Supplies:

Stamp Sets: Circle Circus, Occasional Quotes

Ink: Daffodil Delight, Marina Mist, Early Espresso

Paper: Daffodil Delight, Marina Mist, Early Espresso, Whisper White

Tools: 1" Circle punch, Scallop Oval punch, Large Oval punch, Word Window punch

Embellishments: 5/16" Jumbo Brads Neutrals in Whisper White