Pushing the Fall Season Card

Ok . . . I'll admit it!  Summer is not my favorite time of the year.  I HATE being hot!  So for yesterday's stamp camp at the Rose Hill Grange, I decided it was time to push the fall season.

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My card features the Seasonal Layers Thinlits Dies and the Color Theory Designer Series Paper Stack from the Stampin' Up! 2017-2018 Annual Catalog.  I was inspired by a similar card I found on Pinterest.  No name was listed for the creator, but thanks to Jennifer M. for pinning it!!!

Materials

Stamp Sets
* Various stamp sets for greetings

Paper
* Crushed Curry (or Old Olive) card stock (8-1/2" x 5-1/2")
* Whisper White card stock (5-1/4" x 4")
* Color Theory Designer Series Paper Stack ("DSP") (5-1/8" x 2-1/8"; 5-1/4" x 3/8")
* Scraps for leaf dies: Cajun Craze, Crushed Curry, Old Olive

Ink
Basic Black Archival Ink Pad (or Tuxedo Black Memento Pad)

Accessories and Tools
* Big Shot Die Cutting Machine
* Seasonal Layers Thinlits Dies
* Glitter Enamel Dots
* Adhesives:  SNAIL Adhesive, Tombow Liquid Glue

Instructions
(NOTE:  SNAIL Adhesive used throughout unless otherwise indicated.)

1. Score 8-1/2" x 5-1/2" card stock at 4-1/4"; fold away from score line to create card base.

2. Adhere Whisper White card stock to card front.

3. Adhere 5-1/8" x 2-1/8" DSP near top edge of Whisper White card stock; adhere 5-1/4" x 3/8" strip of DSP just under the first piece.

4. Stamp greeting on Whisper White card stock below DSP (the greeting pictured is from the Climbing Orchid stamp set).

5. Use Big Shot and Thinlits Dies to cut three leaves -- one each from Cajun Craze, Crushed Curry, and Old Olive card stock.  Adhere them as shown to the front of the card, using a small dot of Tombow Liquid Glue in the area at the top of the stem.

6. Place Glitter Enamel Dots randomly to add a little sparkle to your card.

This is what the card looks like using Old Olive instead of Crushed Curry card stock and DSP.

Don't forget the inside!  I cut three of the smaller solid leaves from the Seasonal Layers set to add a little interest to the inside of the card.

Sentiment from Bunch of Blossoms stamp set

And . . . here's photo of my instruction board showing step-by-step directions.

Inside sentiment from Better Together stamp set

An easy card with a little bling.  Perfect for fall!

Cathy  ;D

Front Range Stampers Swaps and Make and Takes

On Tuesday I posted instructions for my fidget spinner card.  Today I'm sharing the cards made by the other demonstrators for that swap . . . plus the two cards we made at the meeting.  Click on images for closer look.

Hope you enjoy these cards!!!

Cathy  ;D

Pocketful of Sunshine Card (June 17 Open House Make & Take)

What a fun card to make for the summer!! This one features the new Pocketful of Sunshine Bundle (2017-2018 Annual Catalog).

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Materials

Stamp Set
* Pocketful of Sunshine

Paper
* Daffodil Delight card stock (8-1/2" x 5-1/2"; small amount for sun die)
* Dapper Denim card stock (5" x 3-3/4")
* Real Red card stock (about 3" x 1-1/4" for shades)
* Whisper White card stock (4-3/4" x 3-1/2"; 4-1/4" x 1" for banner)
* Delightful Daisy Designer Series Paper ("DSP") (about 3-1/4" x 3-1/2" for pocket die)

Ink
* Basic Black Archival Ink Pad

Accessories and Tools
* Big Shot Die Cutting Machine
* Pocket Framelits Dies
* Triple Banner Punch
* Adhesives:  SNAIL Adhesive; Tear and Tape; Tombow Liquid Glue

Instructions
(Unless otherwise noted, SNAIL Adhesive used throughout)

1. Score 8-1/2" x 5-1/2" Daffodil Delight card stock at 4-1/4"; fold away from score line to create card.

2. Adhere Dapper Denim card stock to front of card.

3. Adhere Whisper White 5" x 3-3/4" card stock over Dapper Denim.

4. Use Big Shot and dies to cut pocket piece from DSP, shades from Real Red card stock, and sun from Daffodil Delight card stock.  Stamp stitch images on pocket and shades image on red shades shape.

5. Fold flaps on pocket to back on score lines; apply Tear and Tape to outside of flaps on sides and bottom of pocket, BUT DO NOT REMOVE THE BACKING TAPE YET.  Place on Whisper White card stock to position and glue the sun onto the Whisper White card stock so it's peeking over the top edge of the pocket.  Stamp sun ray images around top of sun shape.  (Note this is a small die that has only 5 rays of sun -- you will need to stamp it several times to complete rays around entire top edge of sun.)

6. Remove backing from Tear and Tape and adhere pocket to front of card just covering the bottom edge of sun shape.  Use a small amount of Tombow Liquid to adhere shades to inside of pocket.  (NOTE:  Do not adhere shades to card -- just to the inside of pocket.  This way you can easily slip a gift card or folded dollar bill behind them.)

7. Stamp sentiment in center of 4-1/4" x 1" Whisper White card stock.  Use Triple Banner Punch to trim ends.  Adhere to pocket as shown.

Easy, peasy, right?!  Fun card to use as a gift card holder for a special summer treat.

Cathy  ;D

Fidget Spinner Card

Happy Tuesday Morning!!!  As promised in my most recent Stampin' Up! update, today is the day I get back to my blog and start catching up and cleaning up!

Today's card features a fidget spinner that actually spins!!!  I used this as my swap card for yesterday evening's Front Range Stampers demo meeting.  The challenge for that swap was "out-of-the-box punch/die shapes."  Ok, I didn't actually use the circles for anything other than circles, so it wasn't necessarily an "out-of-the-box" use of the shape, but it sure was fun to make!!!

Click on image for a closer look.

I spied this idea on Pinterest and thought it would make a great card for a young boy (I know my 6-year-old grandson will love it).  Listed below are the materials I used to make my card, as well as an explanation of how I made the paper for the fidget spinner.  Please visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-TB7DOvBSk&app=desktop for a tutorial showing you how to make the fidget spinner itself.

Materials

Stamp Sets
* Marquee Messages (“Awesome!”)
* Swirly Bird (background splatter)

* Confetti Celebrations (“Let’s Celebrate” inside)

Paper
* Pacific Point card stock (8-1/2" x 5-1/2”

* Basic Black card stock (5-1/8” x 3-7/8”; 4-5/8” x 1”; 4” x 1-1/2” for punch shapes)

* Daffodil Delight card stock (5” x 3-3/4”)

* Glossy White card stock (3” x 3”; 4-5/8” x 1”)

* Silver Foil card stock (1” x 3”)

Ink
* Daffodil Delight Refill Ink

* Lemon-Lime Twist Refill Ink

* Pacific Point Refill Ink

* Basic Black Archival Ink Pad

Accessories and Tools

* 1/2” Circle Punch

* 3/4” Circle Punch

* 1” Circle Punch

* 1-1/4” Circle Punch

* Triple Banner Punch

* Adhesives: SNAIL Adhesive; Stampin’ Dimensionals; Glue Dots

Miscellaneous Items

* Rubbing Alcohol

* Cotton Balls

* 2 Pennies

* Fidget Spinner

Instructions to make fidget spinner paper

(NOTE:  I made a full sheet of paper, plus a few partial sheets because I needed to make several cards.  If you're making only one card, you will need only a 3" x 3" square of glossy white paper.) 

To make this paper you will need from the above list of materials:

* Glossy White card stock

* Refill Ink

* Cotton Balls

* Rubbing Alcohol

1. Apply rubbing alcohol to cotton ball (enough to saturate the cotton ball, but not so much that it's dripping). Apply several drops of refill ink to the cotton ball.  Since I wanted the main color of my spinner to be Pacific Point, that's the color I started with, and I smeared it all over the shiny side of the card stock leaving open spaces to add other colors.

2. Repeat with Daffodil Delight, filling in most of the blank areas.

3. Repeat with Lemon-Lime Twist, dabbing randomly in empty spaces and over the other two colors.

That's it!!!  The ink dries very quickly and then you're ready to cut out your fidget spinner.  Not wanting to waste any of my hand-made designer paper, I punched a bunch of 1/2" circles out of the scraps to add to the inside of my card (see photo below).

NOTE 1:  You also can add more than one color to your cotton ball if you want to have more of a mottled look.  The only thing I would caution about that is that the ink can blend together and become muddy looking very quickly.  The reason I applied the three colors individually is because this allowed time for each color to dry before adding the next, and I wanted the three distinct colors to show up,

NOTE 2:  If you have some retired Stampin' Up! metallic refill ink, you also could repeat the process daubing some here and there to give the paper a little pizzazz. Just be aware that the metallic inks generally take a bit longer to dry.

Inside of card - click for a closer look.

Hope you enjoy making this card as much as I did.  It's just so much fun spinning that little guy once it's finished; no one who sees it can resist trying it!

I'll be back tomorrow morning with a fun little pocket card we made at my June 2017 New Catalog Open House.

Cathy ;D

Stampin' with Baby Wipes Technique

Yesterday I led a quick, easy and fun make & take at my Front Range Stampers Stampin' Up! Demonstrators' meeting.  It's called Stamping with Baby Wipes, or simply Baby Wipe Technique.

Our project was to create these cute tags (click on any image below for closer look).




The technique is basically to fold a baby wipe in half or quarters and drizzle a few drops of different colors of refill ink onto the baby wipe.  Then you use the inked baby wipe as your Stampin' Pad.  It's just a fun technique and you can come up with some great color combinations.

For a great video tutorial on how to do this technique, visit Jackie Bolhuis's site:  https://klompenstampers.com/2017/06/new-video-stamping-baby-wipes.html

To make the tags pictured, I grabbed some 5-1/4" x 2-5/8" pre-made tags from my stash.  The ink I used was Daffodil Delight, Lemon-Lime Twist, and Tangerine Tango for the fruit slices, and Daffodil Delight and Lemon-Lime Twist for the leaves (from the Lemon Zest stamp set).  The words were stamped with Basic Black Archival Ink, and the tiny black splatters were made with an Aqua Painter and Basic Black Archival Ink (this technique is also shown in Jackie's video).

But don't stop at just stamping the images!!!  There's a lot of ink left in those baby wipes, so we went on to make more tags by swiping and/or daubing the inky wipes on the paper.



I also made a few smaller tags yesterday (these are 4-1/4" x 2-1/8") to use as examples.  For these I used Daffodil Delight and Pear Pizzazz Refill Ink with the bee image from the Dragonfly Dreams stamp set. 

Making these tags is like eating popcorn -- so addictive!!!  I could spend an entire day just playing with my reinkers and baby wipes and tags!!!!  I hope you try this technique soon.

Cathy  ;D

Daisy Delight Card (Stamp Camp North 7/15/2017)

Good morning, stampers!  Today I'm sharing with you the card we made at my table at Stamp Camp North yesterday.  What fun we had transforming daisies into coneflowers.

Thanks to Cindee Wilkinson for the idea for this card. You can view Cindee's original card at https://justspongeit.com/daisy-delight-cornflower.html.

Click on photo for closer look.

Materials

Stamps
* Daisy Delight

Paper
* Calypso Coral card stock (8-1/2" x 5-1/2"
* Early Espresso card stock (5" x 3-3/4"; scraps for centers of flowers and oval)
* Whisper White card stock (4-13/16" x 3-9/16"; scrap for oval)
* Delightful Daisy Designer Series Paper ("DSP") (about 5" x 2-1/2" for daisies)

Ink
* Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad
* Sahara Sand Classic Stampin' Pad
* Tranquil Tide Classic Stampin' Pad
* Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

Accessories and Tools
* Big Shot Die Cutting Machine
* Brick Wall Textured Impressions Embossing Folder
* Softly Falling Textured Impressions Embossing Folder
* Layering Ovals Framelits Dies
* Daisy Punch
* 1/2" Circle Punch
* Adhesives:  SNAIL Adhesive, Stampin' Dimensionals; Tombow Liquid Glue or Glue Dots

Instructions
SNAIL Adhesive used to assemble card unless otherwise indicated.

1. Score 8-1/2" x 5-1/2" card stock at 4-1/4"; fold away from score line to create card.

2. Adhere 5" x 3-3/4" Early Espresso card stock to front of card.

3. Lightly rib Sahara Sand Classic Stampin' Pad across "bumpy" side of Brick Wall embossing folder.  Insert 4-13/16" x 3-9/16" Whisper White card stock into folder and run through Big Shot.

4. Use Tranquil Tide to stamp stems on Whisper White card stock.  Adhere to front of card over Early Espresso card stock.

5. Make two coneflowers (I used Tombow Liquid Glue to assemble these, but you also could use Glue Dots):

• For each flower, use Memento Ink to stamp daisy image on DSP.  Punch out with Daisy punch.  Cut each daisy in half between petals.  Glue one half of the daisy on top of the other half, turning slightly so the bottom petals show between the top petals.
• Place scrap of Early Espresso card stock in  Softly Falling embossing folder and run through Big Shot.  Punch 1/2" circle from textured card stock.  Glue to center of flower.

Use Tombow Liquid Glue or Glue Dots to attach flowers to card as shown.

6. Use Layering Ovals Framelits to cut one 2" oval from Whisper White card stock and one 2-1/4" oval from Early Espresso card stock.  Use Early Espresso ink to stamp sentiment on smaller oval; adhere to larger oval and attach to front of card with Stampin' Dimensionals.

Don't forget the inside!

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Use Early Espresso ink to stamp "Thank You"; use Calypso Coral ink to stamp a row of small daisies across the bottom.

That's it!  A simple and easy way to say thanks!

Cathy  ;D

Search Tool Added to My Blog

Just a quick note this morning to let you know I've now added a search tool to my blog page.  You will find it at the top of the column to the right.

So . . . if you're looking for ideas using certain stamp sets in your stash, you can simply type in the name of the stamp set and it will pull up any and all articles that I may have posted using that set.  (NOTE:  If there are no results, that means I've not used that set in any of my posted projects.)

Or . . . if you're looking for ideas to make a calendar, simply type "calendar" into the search box and you will see all of the articles I've posted showing the different types of calendars we've made in my classes over the past several years.

Thanks, by the way, to my friend Chris Pereira (http://mudmaven.blogspot.com) for the tip about adding this gadget to my blog!

Back soon with some great new card ideas!

Cathy :D