More Celery
Posted: January 31, 2009 Filed under: Designer Paper, One of a Kind Leave a comment
This designer paper is my daughter’s favourite out of all my stash. It is not surprising really as it always looks crisp and fresh with very little needed in the stamping department. For the card above I decided to try the CPS sketch#7 again. Once I find a sketch I like I tend to use it over and over. The stamped images are from Pocket Silhouettes and the sentiment is from One of a Kind.
Here is another one I did using d.p. as the feature. I stamped and embossed the flower from One of a Kind on three different pieces of Celery d.p. and cut them out. They are stuck on with Stampin’ dimensionals to raise them above the layers of cardstock, dp and ribbon.
I’m hoping to get to some stamping later tonight, but we have a skating party here tonight for my daughter’s Sunday school class and the rink we plan to skate on is covered in snow!
Supplies:
Stamps: Pocket Silhouettes, Upsy Daisy, One of a Kind
Inks: Versamark, Certainly Celery
Cardstock: Whisper white, Certainly Celery, Certainly Celery Designer papers
Also: White e.p. , White grosgrain ribbon, circle punch, circle nestabilities(Spellbinders)
Birthday pair
Posted: January 21, 2009 Filed under: Designer Paper Leave a comment
I picked up a few pieces of paper on sale at Michaels the other day and decided to make birthday cards. In my stash I have quite a bunch of blank cards and several thank yous but very few birthday cards, which means that I usually reach for a blank one. So in the interests of building up the birthday supply I made these two.
There is not much to either card, just designer paper, ribbon and punched flowers. for the card below I punched the flowers and then ran the Rose Red marker around the edges. I stuck them on the white card and then punched out the centres before sticking the white onto the Rose Red matte. The flowers on the card above just happen to be the size as the littlest one in the Boho Blossoms punch.
Supplies:
Stamps: Upsy Daisy, Hugs and Wishes
Inks: More Mustard, Rose Red
Cardstock: Whisper White, Rose Red, Marigold Morning, Simply Fabulous dp (Making Memories)
Also: Mustard and Rose grosgrain ribbon, Boho Blossoms punch
Stampers Dream January Challenge
Posted: January 10, 2009 Filed under: Designer Paper, Garden Whimsy 4 Comments
I haven’t tried a Stampers Dream challenge before but I was inspired by the sketch when I saw it on Laurie’s blog.
All the paper is Berry Bliss designer paper which I co-ordinated with a Pretty in Pink card and a Whisper White oval for the butterfly. I started with a little faux stitching around the butterfly, then a little more around the rectangles and so on. I have stamped a smaller butterfly inside the card and added a little stitching there as well. I keep meaning to get out my sewing machine and try some real stitching, but the marker works so well… The happy birthday is hand written and there is pink sponging around the butterfly.
Thanks for stopping by.
Supplies:
Stamps: Garden Whimsy
Inks: Close to Cocoa, Pretty in Pink
Cardstock: Whisper white, Pretty in Pink, Berry Bliss designer paper
Also: Pink gingham ribbon, Close to Cocoa Stampin marker, Creative Memories oval cutters
A couple more notebooks
Posted: January 7, 2009 Filed under: Designer Paper, Notebooks 1 Comment
It has been very quiet here lately hasn’t it? We had friends from Australia here for twelve days and we had a wonderful time with them. Now they have gone and things are slowly getting back to normal. As school has started again I have prep and marking so stamping is not really getting a look in just yet.
I do have these two notebooks to share, I made them to pop into the stockings of the two girls who were staying with us. The pink one on the right was for the nine year old and the brown for her 14 year old sister. I bought the notebooks at Walmart; they are called “Fat Little Books”. I did very little to decorate them. The one on the right has one piece of designer paper plus the monogram and ribbon. The brown one has two pieces of paper and a torn strip but again, super easy.
I hope to be back soon, with something new, thanks for dropping in
Supplies:
Stamps: Just Rite Trompe Script
Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Wild Wasabi Berry Bliss Designer paper, Petals & Paisley designer paper
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Wild Wasabi
Also: Chocolate and Pink grosgrain ribbon, Circle Punches
Three Notebooks
Posted: December 26, 2008 Filed under: Ageless Adornment, Designer Paper, Notebooks, Polka dots & Paisley 5 Comments
Supplies:
Stamps: Polka Dots & Paisley
Inks: Always Artichoke, Mellow Moss
Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Le Jardin Designer paper, Almost Artichoke
Also: Apricot grosgrain ribbon, Mead notebook from Staples
Every Boxing Day we go and hang out with some friends of ours at their Open House. We enjoy meeting up with their extended family again and just having a relaxing time with them. They have three girls ranging in age from ten to eighteen so I thought notebooks would be an appropriate gift. The youngest is getting the pink one, she is a pretty in pink girl!
Supplies:
Cardstock: Berry Bliss Designer paper
Also: White, Chocolate and Light Pink grosgrain ribbon, Mead notebook from Staples
I carefully took off the covers as I had seen LeAnne do here then decorated each notebook with designer paper and ribbon. I left a narrow border on each notebook which dictated the colours of paper I used. After stamping the sentiments I distressed the edges and dragged them across the stamp pad. All the ribbon is stuck on with sticky strip. I repunched the holes with a single circle punch and then reassembled the notebooks.
Supplies:
Stamps: Ageless Adornment
Inks: Ruby Red
Cardstock: Garden Green, d.p. from an old slab I got at Michaels years ago
Also: Mead notebook from Staples
Beyond Quick
Posted: December 20, 2008 Filed under: Best Yet, Designer Paper 1 Comment
Sharon’s challenge this week is exactly what I was doing anyway, so it just spurred me on. I dropped in on the her guest designers too and picked up more ideas. Her challenge was to make a card so simple that you could make six in 30 minutes. I didn’t time myself but I made eleven last night, some like the ones above and some like the Wintergreen I posted the other day. I haven’t used Sage Shadow in ages, but I really like the crisp, snowy look the card has. But rather than make them all the same I pulled out my favourite Christmas combination Cerise designer paper, with vanilla and red!
The punches are the key to making this card quickly. The designer paper squares are punched with the 1¼” and the mattes with the 1 3/8″ punch. For the stars I used the SU small star punch. That’s it.
Supplies:
Stamps: Best Yet
Inks: Sage Shadow, Real Red
Cardstock: Whisper White, Sage Shadow, Wintergreen d.p., Very Vanilla, Real Red, Cerise d.p.
Also: square punches, star punch
Wintergreen
Posted: December 18, 2008 Filed under: Designer Paper, WInter Post Leave a comment
Just a quick easy card for you tonight. It will be quick to reproduce, which is what I need to do at this stage. It wasn’t that quick to make but that is because I couldn’t decide on the orientation, then I couldn’t decide on the stamp! All you need for this one is two strips of co-ordinating designer paper, a stamp small enough to punch out, a greeting and a piece of cord.
Supplies:
Stamps: Winter Post
Inks: Sage Shadow
Cardstock: Whisper White, Sage Shadow, Wintergreen d.p.
Also: silver cord
The party continues
Posted: December 7, 2008 Filed under: Designer Paper 4 CommentsWe are over half way through the celebrations with Sharon and the inspiration just keeps on coming.
Sharon Johnson – No Time to Stamp? – has even more BLOG CANDY – think specialty papers!!!
Susan Roberts – Rainy Day Creations – Susan’s Featured Project today shows us a quick gift card holder to make and she Challenges us to make our own, using her template or your own. Susan also has a BLOG CANDY offering today. You won’t want to miss this, so be sure to visit Susan today and drop in on her guest designers also: Janine, Jennifer, Darlene and AJ
Dee Jackson – Stampin cuz I Luv 2 – Dee has put together some gorgeous Packaging for Your Food Items. Her Challenge today provides many beautiful samples for you to see and to be inspired by so you can prepare your own packaged delectables for those on your gift list. Be sure to stop in at Dee’s today to see the sweet treats she has prepared, check out the treats from CAT, Jennifer, Darlene, Sharon and Barb as well.
Anyone may participate in these challanges and all the fun events, blogger or not!!! If you upload to your Blog, provide a link to your entry in the appropriate post by the Challenge Hostess. I also encourage you to upload your projects over at Splitcoast. If you do upload at Splitcoast, PLEASE KEYWORD all Splitcoast uploads for this event SSC08 (Stamp Simply Celebrates! 2008).
I was also a guest designer for Dee today so I cooked up my first batch of gingerbread cookies for this season. Baking and decorating gingerbread has become a family tradition for us. Last night it was just my son and I baking; I made trees, he made trains. My recipe can be found HERE.
I decided to package them in a box which held pasta, it was the perfect size for two trees across, stacked three high. I just had to make the lid. I wanted a tree on the lid, but instead of stamping one, I decided to use the cookie cutter to trace around. I drew around each section of tree with a Stampin’ write marker and stuck them on with Stampin’ dimensionals. The cute little tag is made using a Just Rite “Baking Ensemble” stamp. I only just received my Just Rite stamps yesterday, so this is a very small start, but I am going to have so much fun with them I can tell.
Supplies:
Stamps: Baking Stamp Ensemble from Just Rite
Inks: Artichoke
Cardstock: Artichoke, Whisper white, Wintergreen d.p. Certainly celery
Also: Celery grosgrain ribbon, white eyelet, tree cookie cutter
Stamp Simply Celebrates Day 5
Posted: December 5, 2008 Filed under: Designer Paper, Home for Christmas, Lovely as a Tree 15 CommentsThe party continues at Sharon’s blog today so drop in and see her own Stamp Simply Challenge then pop over to see
Barb Schram – Explore. Dream. Discover. – Barb has an offering of BLOG CANDY today!
Cathy Tidwell – Cat’s Creations – CAT, too, has BLOG CANDY to offer today, but she has more!!! She has created a Sketch Challenge for you as well. You can see the sketch over at Cat’s Creations, so be sure to stop!!! (NOTE: Cat’s Challenge and Ssharon’s challenge can tie in together well and you can get two challenges done on one card!!!)
Here is my card for CAT”S challenge:
I think I qualify for Sharon’s challenge also, using a non-traditional Christmas stamp and non-traditional Christmas designer paper. I used Cerise Designer paper for this card, cutting out the little squares and placing brads in them for the detail down the side. I used Creative Memories oval cutters for the central image.
Please check out these fabulous blogs to see samples of CAT’s Sketch Challenge: Darlene, AJ, Leslie, Julie, Susan. And please bear with us all as we are uploading throughout the night — all will be posted by morning.
Anyone can play ANY of the challenges by ANY of the hostesses during our 12 days of Stamp Simply Celebrates!!! You DO NOT need to have a Blog to play — uploading your project to SCS (Splitcoaststampers.com) is not only permissible, but HIGHLY ENCOURAGED. When doing so, use the KEYWORD SSC08. Thanks!
Supplies:
Stamps: Home for Christmas, Lovely as a Tree
Inks: Riding Hood Red
Cardstock: Riding Hood Red, Very Vanilla, Cerise Designer paper
Also: Red hemp twine, red brads
‘A’ card and gift bag
Posted: November 10, 2008 Filed under: Designer Paper, Gifts 1 Comment
On the weekend we helped a very sweet little girl celebrate her 1st birthday. Inside this bag was a dress from my favourite clothing store, La Cache, which is closing down. I took the colours for the bag and card from the dress which is green, yellow and burgandy. I don’t own any nifty Nestabilities or circle cutters so don’t look too closely at the circle traced from a cd! The golden colour is Marigold Morning and the green, Garden Green. Both patterned papers are from a slab bought long ago at Michaels. The ‘A’ on the bag is stamped with the large monogram ‘A’ from Stampin’ Up. I inked the edges of the stamp in green and then stamped it on the floral paper to get a outline to cut out. The ‘A’ on the card was hand drawn. The little flowers are punched out with the Boho Blossoms punch.
Supplies:
Stamps: A Monogram stamp
Inks: Garden Green
Cardstock: Marigold Morning, Garden Green, Papers from a Michaels Slab
Also: Mustard grosgrain ribbon, Boho Blossoms punch, mustard eyelets
Heather Telford 