Sale-a-Bration Send Off: Madison Avenue!

March 20, 2013 under Cards, Sale-a-Bration

Ready for day 3 of the Sale-a-Bration send off?  Today is a stamp set that I’ll admit, is not one of the first stamp sets I gravitated towards, but turns out you can do some really fun stuff with….

I’m talking about Madison Avenue!

Madison Avenue Stamp Set

Of course you can get this stamp set free with any $50 order, but did you know you can also get it free on top of your earned sets with an order?  YUP!

Just because it is easy to miss, I just wanted to make sure everyone knew that you can get:

Sycamore Street Bundle

Madison Ave Stamp Set

Madison Avenue Stamp Set		 + Sycamore Street Designer Paperimage + Sycamore Street Designer Ribbon & Buttons

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Get these all for free with a $400+ order or party order!
That is on top of the Sale-a-Bration sets you earn free with every $50 you order.

 

Ok, so now, on to the fun stuff!

How about some ideas for what you can do with this set (and that cute paper too!)

I also have a Quick Spring Treat Bag that I shared on a prior post if you are looking for even more ideas.

So what do you think of this set?

Am I the only one who didn’t pick this set first or is it one of those sets that needs some imagination to get going?  Have you seen other fun ideas with it?

Please leave me a comment and let me know what you think, plus be entered for Blog Candy!

 

Are you entered?

In addition to the blog candy, there is still time to be entered in my BIG DRAWING!
From free stamps, gift certificates, and more!  Get entered as many times as you want.  Get entries for

  • Every $25 you order by Friday night using hostess code 7BGPE37S  (shop online here)
  • Stopping by my Sale-a-Bration send off party on Friday
  • 5x the entries when you let me know you want to host a private party or class!  I even do long distance parties!

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Sweet and Simple Card with Just Believe

September 27, 2012 under Cards

Today is another quick post because I need to get my rear in gear and finish up my swaps for Regionals this weekend and finish prepping for my Christmas Card stamp-a-stack on Sunday!  The paper and dimensionals will be flying around my craft room today! :)

But this is a card that we made in my Build your Stash card class earlier this month and everyone seemed to really enjoy it, plus it is really easy to take this design and switch it up with different stamps and colors you have at home.

 

We used the Just Believe stamp set for everything on this card.  The leaves on the right side of the card were stamped with Certainly Celery ink onto the Certainly Celery cardstock.  Then for the flower and grass image, we just used Certainly Celery and Pink Pirouette markers to color them in.  Add some Soft Suede for the trim and the sentiment and it’s a nice subtle card that can be used whenever you need it!

Alright, well, back to the craft room I go!  If you try this card out yourself, I’d love to see what you come up with!  (I’m curious what everyone does with the design!)
Leave me a link in a comment here to where you’ve posted your card or post it up on my Facebook page for everyone to see!

 

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Just Believe simple Card Recipe
Stamps: Just Believe
Ink: Markers – Certainly Celery, Pink Pirouette, Ink Pads – Soft Suede, Certainly Celery
Paper: Whisper White, Soft Suede, Certainly Celery
Accessories: Scallop Trim Punch, Basic Pearls

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Using Ribbon Scraps–The Ribbon Heart Card

September 13, 2012 under Cards

I was stumbling around Pinterest the other day (I don’t browse very often, but am always amazed at the beautiful and creative projects there) and saw a card that completely inspired me!  I saw it and knew it would be perfect to do with the Stitched Satin Ribbon that is out right now (and available FREE with the Back to Spool promo too!)  It is all about cutting out your favorite shape – in this case a heart from the Hearts Framelits pack – and adhering your ribbon scraps to the back of the shape:

 

 

The card I saw was by Diane Zechman and used different sizes and styles of ribbon scraps; and really, you could repeat this idea with any variety of shapes, colors, and sizes and it would look great!  Plus it is perfect for those of us who see a piece of ribbon that is more than an inch long and feel like it would be wasteful to just throw it away. :)   So, here is what we can do with those pieces!

A couple tips for this card:

1.  If you are going to do the doodle/dashes around your shape, draw those on before you run your cardstock through an embossing folder.  So much easier and you don’t have to deal with the texture messing up your pen lines.

2.  Run your tape runner around the edge of your shape to help adhere your ribbon down.  I found that easier than trying to guess where on the ribbon to put the adhesive and it make the ribbon more taut across the punchout area.

3.  If you are going to use dimensionals to raise up your embossed cardstock layer, add some dimensionals around your punchout opening.  This helps hold down your ribbon as well as adds some stability to your open area.

 

So, I hope you enjoyed this idea as much as I did.  If you try it out, I’d love to see what you come up with!  Leave a comment with a link to your sample or post it on my Facebook page to share you creative work!

And if you love this ribbon as much as I do, get it FREE with any order of $40 or more… in fact get 2 spools with an $80 order, 3 spools with an $120 order…. you get the idea. :)

 

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Ribbon Heart Card Recipe
Stamps: Just Believe
Ink: Raspberry Ripple
Paper: Summer Starfruit, Crumb Cake, Whisper White
Accessories: Big Shot, Hearts Framelits, Stitched Satin Ribbon (Gumball Green, Summer Starfruit, Primrose Petals, Raspberry Ripple, Midnight Muse), Word Window punch, Modern Label punch, Signo Gel Pen, Glue Dots, Stampin’ Dimensionals

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Another Fresh Vintage Faux Tiled Card

May 16, 2012 under Cards

As I’ve been cleaning up my craft room and trying to clear out scraps and the little hodge-podge of items I’ve stamped or cut for a project and then later decided I didn’t want to us them; and in the process I came across more of my Faux Tiling samples.

faux tiled thank you card

 

I had scored and stamped the Whisper White paper when I was trying to decide on a design for a class a couple months ago and though I decided to go with the diagonally scored version, I couldn’t let this go to waste!  Just had to add a sentiment from the Just Believe stamp set, a couple punches (word window and modern label), and some scrap Basic Black 1/8” Taffeta ribbon.

I can’t decide which version I like better, todays card or the original version.  What do you think?  Diagonal scoring or square with the pretty sentiment?

 

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Summer Smooches and Button Flowers

April 14, 2012 under Cards

I seriously need to figure out how to take better pictures because I had a heck of a time getting a photo that shows just how bright and cheery this card is!  When you see the Summer Smooches designer paper in person, it just makes you smile and feel like summertime.  So, here is what it would look like if you were sitting in the shade on a sunny day. ;)

I was sharing this card with my team on our facebook group yesterday, and Pam made the comment about how I had introduced her to the idea of using the Ornament punch as a flower pot (if you hadn’t realized that… I used the Ornament punch to punch out some designer paper and then trimmed off the bottom to make it into a vase.)

Her comment got me thinking and I realized that I use this punch way more often as a vase than I do as an ornament!  How funny is that?

Anyway, I used the new Daffodil Delight seam binding ribbon and then decided to mirror the flowers in the designer paper by using the Itty Bitty Punch pack and Bitty buttons to make cute modern flowers for my vase.

 

Tip:  Punch out your paper using the small circle punch and then adhere it to your button by making a light coating of crystal effects on the button.  This gives you a super solid hold and it is uniformly clear when looking at the button. 

I’ve tried glue dots in the past and you tend to see the shadow where the glue dot ends but the button still continues to be bigger than the glue dot.

 

Finally, I thought I would show you the card I created for this design while waiting for my Summer Smooches items to come in the mail.  This uses the same stuff, just Sweet Shop specialty designer paper and Crumb Cake seam binding ribbon.

Psst… don’t tell the Summer Smooches, but I think I like the Sweet Shop card better. ;)

But that is ok.  Just wait until tomorrow when I share a card I LOVE using the Summer Smooches paper.  Until then…

 

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Just For You Smooches Card Recipe:

Stamps: Just Believe
Ink: Real Red Classic, Lucky Limeade Classic
Paper: Summer Smooches designer paper, Whisper White cardstock, Daffodil Delight CS, Real Red CS
Accessories: Itty Bitty Punch Pack, Bitty Brads, Crystal Effects, Ornament Punch, Stampin’ Dimensionals

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