5 Minutes to Cute–Thank You Card

You would think that the fact that I have two toddlers running around my house would mean all the cards I make are super fast cards…. Nooooooo, that would make too much sense!  ha ha!

But when I was working on cards for a recent card class, I came up with this simple design that is quick to make and still totally cute and pulled together (if I do say so myself!)

This stamp image is from the Easy Events stamp set.  Of course they are retiring this stamp set on me!  I love having stamp sets that have images and sentiments for a bunch of different occasions.  Sure there is For the Birds and Embellished Events… but I have a soft spot for Easy Events.

Anyway, I kept the overall design of the card simple and instead focused on little touches here and there

Some piercing around the circle (using the Essentials Piercing Pack) and a Designer Build a Brad for an extra accent.  And if you are curious, I just stamped the flower image again and then colored it in with the Certainly Celery marker and punched out just the flower head to go in the center of the designer brad.

Add some sponging and you are done!

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Supples Used
Stamps – Easy Events
Paper – Whisper White, So Saffron, Very Vanilla
Ink – Basic Black, So Saffron, Pretty in Pink marker, Certainly Celery marker
Accessories – Designer Build a Brad, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Bitty Punch Pack, Essentials Piercing Pack, Paper Piercer, 2 1/2” Circle Punch, 1 3/4” Circle Punch

Clean and Simple Any Occasion Card for the Button Buddies Class

Since tomorrow is the last day to get in on the Early Bird pricing for my All Occasions Stamp a Stack featuring Button Buddies, I thought I would share another card we will be making next Friday.

This may be my favorite card from the set, just because of the simplicity of the card but all the pops of color keep it from being boring.

The thing I really liked about this stamp set is that it literally is made to match the designer buttons.  So this card has flower images coming out of the vase, but they are the right shape and size to be perfectly covered up by the flower designer buttons (which, I might add, I am very sad to see retiring this year.  Sure the new buttons are cute, but I like my little flowers )

So if you want to make this or want a kit to make all the cards we will be creating in the class next week, let me know asap!

Early Bird Savings ends Tomorrow!

Like I mentioned, we’ll be making 8 cards!  Yup, one for each stamp in the Button Buddies set.  And you get to make them all for only $20 if you RSVP with your prepayment by tomorrow!  After that it goes up to $25 for the class fee.  Oh, and did I mention you’ll be entered for a drawing to win a Button Buddies stamp set?!

So, don’t miss out!

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Supples Used
Stamps – Button Buddies, Petite Pairs
Paper – Whisper White, Old Olive
Ink – Old Olive, Real Red
Accessories – Brights designer buttons, Whisper White baker’s twine, Glue Dots, Paper Snips

Elegant Thank You Card using Emboss Resist

Ever have one of those days where your mojo is kicking in and you are able to make some projects that just make you smile?

I hope so!  Yesterday was one of those days for me and I was having such a blast finishing getting ready for my Awesome Embossing class this weekend.  I had such a hard time narrowing down what I wanted to showcase for the class since there are so many cool embossing techniques and so many variations on what you can do with many of them.  But I focused down to 4 different ideas that I loved.  However, my absolute favorite was the card I’m sharing today – the Emboss Resist card!

I had just gotten my new Lacy and Lovely stamp set…so glad I got this set!…and I thought it would be perfect for this technique.  I tried to stick to a more monochromatic style card even though I added a few other hits of color; and so my focus was on the Calypso Coral elements around the white embossed doily image.

Seriously, this is so quick to do and such a pretty result!  I’ve decided I’m going to do this card for my swaps at the Stampin’ Up! regionals in Tacoma in a couple weeks.  So if you are going to Tacoma, find me and I’ll swap with you.

And this isn’t the best picture, but I thought I’d share a sneaky peek at my first Halloween card and another embossing card for the class:

I promise I’ll share the full card soon!

Well, I’m off to take my family to the Puyallup fair.  This will be Nicholas and Caitlin’s first time at a big fair and hopefully they love seeing the animals, displays, and other fair favorites while we are there!  Wish me luck that I don’t get sucked into too many “you’ve never seen a knife that cuts like this!” demos and displays.    I love all the too-good-to-be-true stuff that seems to always be offered at these events.

Now just ask me how many of the items like that that I’ve bought at fairs have actually gotten use after I’ve gotten home… no wait, maybe you better not.

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Yet Another Betsy’s Blossom Card…now with Framelits

Ok, apparently I’m a fan of the Betsy’s Blossom stamp set.   Here is another card that I made recently with it…. again, highlighting some of the new and cute designer series paper.   Though this time it is the Floral District paper.  I thought it could stand on it’s own pretty well don’t you think?

I stamped a Rich Razzleberry bird from Betsy’s Blossom and then a sentiment from the Bitty Banners stamp set.  Then the coolest part… BANNER FRAMELITS!!!  Yay for cute banners that are no work at all to cut out!!!  See, look at how nicely they match:

Itty Bitty Banners Stamp set	Banners Framelits

See, how stinkin easy is that? 

Any way, I also pulled out my trusty vellum for a nice way to help the stamped images stand out without distracting from the patterned background.  Sure I know this card is simple but I love it anyway!

Have you tried the Banner framelits and if so what do you think?  Do you love them as much as I do?

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Floral District Thank You Card Recipe

Stamps: Betsy’s Blossom, Itty Bitty Banners
Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Basic Grey
Paper: Floral District dsp, Whisper White cs, So Saffron cs, Rich Razzleberry cs, Vellum cs

Accessories: Big Shot, Banner Framelits, Glue dots, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Basic Rhinestones