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  • Birthday Build-a-Blossom Card

    Does anyone else have a pile of scraps lying around?  Images stamped and even punched but then discarded as not right for your project?

    Well, I have a HUGE pile of those types of scraps lying around and so I decided it was time to either use them up or find a new home.  So, after a little digging, I came up with these Melon Mambo flower pieces from the Build-a-Blossom stamp set, the birthday sentiment already punched out, and the Whisper White scallop strip.  So, I started mixing and matching and suddenly the following card appeared!

     

    I know it is simple but I love how the simplicity lets the flower really stand out!  Oh and pearls, the flower was just begging me to give it some bling and so I just had to comply. 🙂

     

    Now, to just find more treasures in my scrap pile!  What can you find in yours?

     

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    Build-a-Blossom Birthday Card Recipe:

    Stamps: Build a Blossom, Create a Cupcake
    Ink: Melon Mambo Classic, Early Espresso Classic
    Paper: River Rock Cardstock, Old Olive CS, Whisper White CS
    Accessories: Blossom Petals Builder punch, Wide Oval punch, Basic Pearls, Basic Rhinestones, Scallop Edge punch, 1” circle punch, 1 1/4” circle punch, Stampin’ Dimensionals

  • Cupcake Birthday Card and Another Video

    I had a customer recently order some wheel stamps and then ask me for more information about how to use them.  So, I thought this would be a perfect opportunity to practice creating more videos for my new YouTube channel.  Its amazing to me that I’ve been intimidated by the idea of creating videos but now that I’ve started it is a lot of fun and so much easier than I imagined! Yay!

    Anyway, so I created a video going over the basics of wheel stamps and then decided to create a second video where I used the Cupcake Wheel stamp and showed a few different ways to use the stamped images from the wheel on the same card.  Since I was trying to keep it simple, I created an almost complete card and then showed a few samples of what you could do to it with the wheeled images.  And then after I was done filming, I picked one configuration and came up with this:

    Cupcake Wheel Stamp

     

    I kept it simple in the end and just colored in the images with my markers and then used a cut and colored image from some scrap paper to make an extra embellishment.  I even popped it up on a dimensional to help make it stand out.  Isn’t it just the cutest cupcake?!

    Cupcake Wheel Stamp close up

    Though now that I’m looking at the cupcakes, I’m thinking I really need to pull out my Dazzling Details glitter and add some sparkle to the card.  What do you think?

    In the end, it was a great re-learning experience with my wheel stamps and I will definitely have to pull them out more often.  I forgot how nice they can be, especially if you have a Stampin’ Around Wheel Guide!

    Here is the video I put together… I’d love to get your feedback on what new videos I should create next and how I can make them even better!  Leave me a comment and let me know!  I’m ready to get started on my next one. 🙂

     

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    Happiest Wishes Birthday Card Recipe:

    Stamps: Happiest Birthday Wishes, Cupcakes wheel
    Ink: Calypso Coral Classic, Pink Pirouette marker, Calypso Coral marker, Pool Party marker, Crumb Cake marker, Chocolate Chip Stampin’ Around cartridge
    Paper: Sweet Shop specialty designer paper, Pool Party cardstock, Calypso Coral CS, Soft Suede CS, Very Vanilla CS
    Accessories: Regular Wheel Stampin’ Around handle, 2 1/2” Circle Punch, Stampin’ Dimensionals

  • Bright and Cheery Birthday Card

    As you can tell, I’ve been getting into my Summer Smooches designer paper and today is my favorite card so far with this paper!  I have been completely falling in love with Island Indigo recently and I just love the bright yellow and deep blue in this card.  What do you think?

     

    I was inspired by a card by a fellow demo name Jen Tumiko who used these colors and a similar layout.  But once I got going, like usual, the card kept changing and evolving.

    This is also my last card that I designed prior to receiving my Smooches paper, so here is another version using Beyond The Garden dsp.

     

    I love how a slightly different paper even when it is the same color scheme, can make the card have a very different feel!  Which card do you like best?

     

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    Happiest Wishes Birthday Card Recipe:

    Stamps: Happiest Birthday Wishes
    Ink: Early Espresso Classic
    Paper: Summer Smooches designer paper, Daffodil Delight cardstock, Island Indigo cardstock, Whisper White cardstock
    Accessories: Big Shot, Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder, Island Indigo ruffled ribbon, Stampin’ Dimensionals

  • Framelits Window Card with Vellum

    Once again, I had a card idea that I’ve been sitting on for a while and this week I finally got around to trying it out.  I love how it turned out so much that this will be one of the cards featured in April’s Cards to Go kit (so if you want step-by-step instructions with photos or to have the supplies sent to you to make this card, make sure you sign up by April 5th)!

    Well, I’ve loved how vellum looks when you run it through an embossing folder and the framelits make a perfect window, so I put them together and this came out:

     

    This card also uses the Everyday Enchantment designer paper from the Sale-a-Bration catalog (last day to get it is today!!) and it shows that just because most of the designs look vintage, doesn’t mean you have to make a vintage card with it.  Anyway, used the 2nd and 3rd smallest framelits to make my window and cut all the way through to the inside of my cardbase.  Now, if I had been paying attention, I would have moved the dimensional on my balloon down a little bit… but oh well! :p

     

    And finally, to add a bit of whimsy to my card, I punched out a couple of balloons with baker’s twine cords and attached them below my window.

     

    It isn’t a super fancy card, but I think it has enough cool touches to make it a special card for a special person. Would you agree?

    And, finally, my last reminder…..

    LAST DAY to take advantage of the Sale-a-Bration deals!!

    Don’t miss the great deals:

    • Free product with every $50 you order… this includes stamps, paper, brads, ribbon, embossing folders, cardstock, card kits, etc.  Your choice!  Shop online now.
    • Save $50 when you join my team as a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator!  Get over $345 in supplies for only $125 plus designer paper of your choice for FREE each month for the rest of the year.

    Plus, you earn a punch on your Stampin’ Rewards card for every $40 you spend with me .  So you’ll be stacking awesome deal on top of awesome deal!  Gotta love that!

    So, hope you enjoyed the card today.  I can’t wait to send it out to my Cards to Go folks.  Hopefully it will brighten up their day like it did mine. 🙂

     

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  • It’s All About The Cupcake!

    Happy Saturday, everyone!  If you are a fan of my Facebook page, you’ve already seen today’s card; but I had so much fun making it that I wanted to make sure I shared it with my blog readers too.  (And it just makes me happy to look at so I’m having fun writing up this post!)

    I made this cupcake card when I was trying to come up with something that would be quick to make.  I had just gotten my Sweet Shoppe specialty designer paper and when I flipped to the cupcake pattern, I got inspired!

    One of the things I love about Stampin’ Up! is that since everything is color coordinated, I don’t have to think too hard.  In this case, I could just look at the paper pattern and just pull those exact same colors from my cardstock stash and start stamping and punching away to make a punched out version of the same cupcake.

    For both the cupcake base and the sentiment, I used the matching Create a Cupcake stamp set to go with the Cupcake Builder punch (have I mentioned how nice it is to have matching stamps and punches?).  Talk about quick!

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    Ok, now I think I want to make some cupcakes.  Yum!

     

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    Punch Art Cupcake Birthday Card Recipe:
    Stamps:      Create a Cupcake
    Ink:  Soft Suede Classic
    Paper: Sweet Shoppe specialty designer paper, Calypso Coral CS, Pool Party CS, Soft Suede CS, Whisper White CS
    Accessories:  Cupcake builder punch, Stampin’ Dimensionals

  • A Birthday Card for a 2 Year Old

    December is a big month for my family… its my birthday, now my daughter’s birthday, Christmas, and my son’s birthday.  This year my son turned 2 and even though he wouldn’t really notice the card in the sea of wrapping paper and family – I still wanted to make him a fun little card.  So this is what I came up with:

    I didn’t have a cutesy stamp set that screamed “kid’s birthday” to me, so I pulled out my new Patterned Party set and started playing around.  I stamped the numbers image first using the Pacific Point ink and then stamped a second time on a piece of scrap only this time coloring in the number 2 with Real Red and Daffodil Delight markers to give it some “pop”.  Then I cut it out and glued it over the blue image.

    After it was all put together, it felt like it was missing something so I dug through my stash of ribbon and ran across some Bashful Blue taffeta ribbon and decided to play with adding it above the numbers.  I thought it looked like icing…which I thought was fun for a birthday card.

    I also added some Dazzling Details glitter glue to the flame on the number 2, but it is really hard to tell from the pictures.

    In the end, while he was more caught up in the excitement of unwrapping I was still happy I took the time to make the card.  And while it may seem silly; I’m totally putting it in his scrapbook!

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  • Easy Events Sparkly Fun Birthday Card

    Happy Saturday!  Saturdays are for fun right?  I plan to head out to a local berry patch with my family to pick blueberries…which should be interesting with a 1 year old.  But I figure that given that he is so good at picking the berries off our bushes at home (especially the green ones!) I think he’ll do fine. Smile 

    So, in the name of fun, I thought I’d share another card we made at my recent class that I think is a pretty fun card.  For me, it was fun to make and I think it would be fun for the receiver to get too.  Gotta love when that happens!

    Fun Touch #1 – Tone-on-Tone punching

    I always forget about using tone-on-tone die cuts or punches to add a more subtle but interesting touch to your project.  In this case, we used two different circle punches (I think 1-1/4” and 3/4” circles) to punch out extra Lucky Limeade paper.  Then we adhered them to the base strip of Lucky Limeade cardstock.  I made sure to have some of the circles hanging over the edge and just went around with my paper snips and trimmed them off at the edge of the base strip of cardstock.

     

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    Fun Touch #2 – Coloring with Markers

    The birthday image, including sentiment, comes as part of the Easy Events stamp set.  All the images are line art which just begs to be colored in.  And in this case we broke out the markers and went to town.  I love the fact that Stampin’ Up! offers markers that are the same colors as the cardstock.  Makes it so easy to know your marker picks will look great with your paper!

    Fun Touch #3 – Just a little bit of sparkle

    Ok, after I was done punching and coloring, I still thought it needed something.  So, what’s a girl to do?  Why break out the glitter of course!  Just grab your handy dandy 2-way glue pen and color over where you want the glitter to stick (in this case, the frosting).  Then generously dollop with some Dazzling Diamonds glitter and tap off.  Easy Peasy!

     

    So, what’s your favorite way to add a fun touch to your cards?  Leave me a comment; I’d love to hear your ideas!

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    Easy Events Birthday Card recipe:
    Stamps:      Easy Events
    Ink:  Basic Black, Real Red Stampin’ Write marker, Pool Party Stampin’ Write marker, Lucky Limeade Stampin’ Write marker
    Paper:  Whisper White cardstock, Pool Party CS, Lucky Limeade CS, Real Red CS
    Accessories:  1-1/4” Circle punch, 3/4” Circle punch, 2-way Glue Pen, Dazzling Diamonds glitter

    Easy Events Stamp Set - by Stampin' Up!

  • Happy Birthday With A Cherry On Top

    Like other crafters out there, I’m sure, I have a huge pile of scraps that are more than just left over pieces of cardstock when I cut out a shape from a sheet.  But I have stamped images I decided not to use for one reason or another, punched images that I played with and set aside, and even card bases that I cut knowing they would be used sometime.  Well, I finally decided to do something about these random one-off pieces and started putting together some cards using them – including this card.

    This is a cute set called On a Pedestal that my mom got at one point that I just had to try out.  It is a “2 step stamping” set where you get a stamp of the pedestal and then different items you can layer on top, like a yummy cake with a cherry on top!  I grabbed this image and matted it and then started digging in my scraps for more pieces to go with it.  I had the Pixie Pink Top Note bigshot die cutout and the Happy Birthday stamped image (using the Create a Cupcake stamp set), so I layered them onto the River Rock card base.  When I was done, it still looked a little plain so I decided to try some faux stitching and grabbed my Signo white gel pen and added a little touch to the edge.

    What do you think of how it turned out? :) 

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  • Birthday Card Kit and Organizer

    Can I share with you this project that we are making in my Birthday Card Kit and Organizer class this weekend?  Isn’t it such a fun and cheery birthday collection?

    I had so much fun when I made this sample and I loved all the fun but simple ideas that we use on the different cards.  What you are seeing above is a fun desktop organizer with two storage compartments.  The front compartment is perfect for holding gift tags and 3×3 cards.  The top compartment is exactly right for holding standard sized cards and envelopes.  There is even a special spot for storing a coordinating pen!

    All of the pieces of this project use the fun Create a Cupcake stamp set and the Build a Cupcake punch.  In the class we’ll be making the box, the matching pen, 2 full sized cards (with envelopes), 4 3×3 cards (with envelopes), and 4 gift tags using this punch set, some of the chunky glitter, ribbon, and some extra punches.  I’m so looking forward to it because even though I know it is a lot, I know folks will enjoy and love having so many items ready for last minute birthday gifts and parties.

    If you are in the Bay Area and would like to come join us on Sunday afternoon for this class, let me know and I’d love to add you to the rsvp list!  Email me at jennifer@nwstamper.com.

    But, I know many of you are from all over the country and even around the world and I thought you might like to make one of these projects yourself.  So, I’m creating kits for you as well! These class kits include:

    • All the cardstock and designer paper precut and scored for the cards, pen, and box
    • Punched out pieces to complete all of the projects
    • Ribbon and fibers required for the projects
    • 2 standard sized envelopes and 4 small square envelopes
    • A pen ready for customizing
    • Instruction sheets for all included projects (so you can make them over and over and over again)
    • Shipping is included
    • All for only $25 shipped!  And let me tell you, you will be getting lots of pieces for these fun projects











     

    You just need some adhesive, glitter, and stamps as desired.  Due to Stampin’ Up! policy, I can’t prestamp any images for you but to help you out with that, if you get the kit and contact me to order any of the items not included in the kit, I will give you 10% off those items!  So, for example, you could get the stamp set and/or the chunky glitter at a discount!  I loved working on this project and I hope you do too!

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  • Fun Birthday Wishes Card

    While working on the sample for my upcoming Birthday Card Kit and Organizer class, I was trimming pieces from the cheerful Celebrations designer series paper.  After one of my cuts, I looked at the leftover scrap and thought it was the coolest accidental trimming I had ever done and I just had to use it in a card.  That scrap was the long skinny piece in this card with the colored circles making an awesome scallop edge down the paper.  How fun is that?

    I used the Party Hearty stamp set and the Sale-a-Bration set So Happy For You for the sentiments but mostly let the paper do the cheering in this card.   This isn’t one of the cards from my class but it definitely was inspired from some of the cards we’ll be making. 🙂

    Want to make some birthday cards with me?  I’d love to have you join us for the Birthday Card Kit and Organizer class.  If you aren’t in the area, I will also be offering this as a class by mail.  Email me for more details or to reserve your kit!

    Birthday Wishes Recipe:
    Stamps:     So Happy For You (SAB), Party Hearty
    Ink: Pacific Point, Real Red
    Paper: Bashful Blue CS, Pacific Point CS, Whisper White CS, Certainly Celery CS, Old Olive CS, Real Red CS, Celebrations DSP
    Accessories: Corner Rounder punch, 3/4″ Circle punch, 1 1/4″ circle punch

  • Look Who’s Turning Birthday Cards

    Do you have a stamp set that you love everytime you look at it but never quite pull the trigger to order it?  Well, Look Who’s Turning is that stamp set for me.  From the first time I saw it, I LOVED it.  I thought the animals are so stinking cute, I love the font, and I can totally see uses for cards and scrapbooking.  However, when I would go to order, I always said “I’ll get it next time”.  You see, I’m trying to be good… but after playing with this set last week, I think I only love it more. 🙂

    While I was visiting my mom, she ran a “Sketches and Scraps” event.  It was a cool idea where she provided a couple of sketches and piles of cardstock and patterned paper scraps and let everyone loose to create as many cards as they wanted.  It was so much fun and if you want to see both sketches and the cards everyone made, you can check it out on her blog here.

    Well, this was one of the sketches she provided for the event and I grabbed Look Who’s Turning stamp set to play with for one of my cards.  As you can see, sketches are awesome for giving you a starting point but just because the sketch has a bow, why not change it up and make it a button instead?

    Sketch created by Kathy Thisted

    And then, after making that card, I just had to keep playing with the stamp set and so I pulled out my Ice Cream Parlor Designer Paper and Quick Accents from the Sale-a-Bration catalog and started putting together a card that I could use for my son’s birthday (which isn’t until December but if I can still find this card then, it will be perfect!)

    If you view a bigger version of the picture, you’ll see that I hand cut both the hippo and the number 2, but I think it was totally worth it.  I also started sponging the edge of almost all of my layers thanks to watching my mom sponge pretty much everything on all of her cards.  It looked cute on her stuff and so it rubbed off on me… ha ha… rubbed off, get it…sponging, rub off… ok, nevermind. 🙂   Anyway, I hope you enjoy these card ideas and the sketch from Kathy.  I’d love to hear what you think of them.

    Until next time!

    Look Who’s Turning 2 Recipe:
    Stamps:     Look Who’s Turning
    Ink: Chocolate Chip, Peach Parfait
    Paper: Marina Mist CS, Whisper White CS, Peach Parfait CS, Daffodil Delight CS, Ice Cream Parlor Designer Paper
    Accessories: Ice Cream Parlor Quick Accents, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Sponge Daubers

     

  • Happy Birthday to Mom!

    I had to put up a post today because it is a special day, it’s my mom’s birthday!

    I just got back from a weeklong visit with her and my Dad, which was a lot of fun.  Nicholas got his first walk in snow and my mom got a ton of time to play grandma (which since we currently live two states apart, that is a valuable commodity).  And can you tell he loves being with his Grandma too?

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    My mom is a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator and super crafter (you should see some of her cross-stich pieces and quilts!)  So, we spent the last week crafting but I didn’t want to make a card for her when she was sitting across the table from me, so I put together something after I got home with her in mind.  Its not your typical card layout but I just had too much to say. Smile

    Want to share the birthday love? Stop by my mom’s blog and wish her a happy birthday.  She has no idea I’m posting this but I know it would bring a smile to her face.

    Thanks for sharing my cheer and stopping by today!

    Wonderful Mother Recipe:
    Stamps:     Wonderful Favorites, Baroque Motifs, Beary Best Friends
    Ink: Soft Suede, Bravo Burgundy, Melon Mambo, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Not Quite Navy
    Paper: Soft Suede CS, Groovy Guava CS, Crumb Cake CS, Rich Razzleberry CS, Barely Banana CS, Whisper White CS
    Accessories: Lattice Embossing Folder, Bright Delights rub-ons, Scallop Oval punch, Small Oval punch, Word Window punch, Modern Label punch, Neutrals buttons (retired), Pretty in Pink corduroy buttons, gold Smooch spritz, Sponges, Stampin’ Dimensionals