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  • Celebrate Card with a little help from the Chevron Tag-a-Bags!

    Today’s card share was an experiment for me – doing something a little bit different for my papers.  Can you spot what it is?

    If you were wondering where that chevron paper came from, you are in the right ballpark!  Yes, that Is from Stampin’ Up, and No, it isn’t from one of the paper packs.  Instead I was trying to put together a card for the Convention display boards as part of of the Stylin’ Stampin’ inkspiration gals and I was starting from the stamped and punched flowers.  Then I saw the chevron bags sitting on my craft desk and I thought the pattern would make a great background!

    Tips for making this card:

    • Make a fun background paper using one of the Chevron Tag-a-Bags!  The are only $3.95 for 10 food safe bags and so they are great for gift bags (like this christmas bag I shared last week) or as paper for a card.Chevron Tag-a-BagsChevron Tag-a-Bags
    • The bags have a seam in the back, so for a large area, you will want to cut the front out, but for smaller strips you can use the back of the bags.
    • Mount the paper bag to some cardstock and if you use neutrals like I did, it lets your stamped elements really take center stage.
    • To make the flower and leaves, use the Bloom for You stamp with matching Fun Flower punch in two colors.  Offset the green with the purple to make the leaves in the background for your flower!
    • Add a few loops of linen thread for flair and then add one more pop of color with the Thick Baker’s Twine behind everything.

    These would be perfect for goodie bags for a party or just a little something to give to someone to celebrate an achievement or just to share a treat or gift to say “I’m celebrating you, because you are awesome!”  Smile  Because don’t we all need to hear now and then that we are awesome just for being us?  Life can get tough and we are our worst critics, so help remind someone that they are great!

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  • Getting Ready for a Card Bonanza!

    I stayed up last night to start sorting out my card kits for my upcoming Card Bonanza this weekend.  On Saturday, I’m hosting the event at my house and it is an All-You-Can-Stamp crafting event!

    I was shocked to discover that I have over 130 card kits ready to go based on over 50 card designs!  See, this event is what I do to use up all my extra card kits left over from my technique nights, card classes, swaps, and events.  I deeply discount the kits and invite everyone over to make as many cards as they want.

    Here is the scoop:

    • Come and stamp for only $1.50/card
    • Come and stamp as many cards as you want for $10  (you just have to let me know when you get started)
    • Pick up a premade card with envelope from my big stash for only $2

    Can’t attend in person?

    • Get a set of 5 card kits for $11 mailed to you to make at home
      (note – due to Stampin’ Up policy, kits will not include stamped images, but they will include all paper and accessories precut and portioned)

    Either way, that is WAY LESS than Hallmark for some really fun and cute cards!

    Here is a small sample of some of the cards available to make:

    Fun, right?!

    So, check your calendar and if you are free this Saturday (2/22) between 1pm- 5pm, let me know and plan on coming over for this fun event!  RSVP here

    Can’t attend in person but would love some kits?  Email me at jennifer@nwstamper.com or order here and I’ll get you hooked up with some cute card kits!

    Card Kit Grab Bag – 5 card kits shipped w/in the US for ONLY $11!



    Now I’m off to finish pulling all the supplies needed for all the different cards – that is going to take me a while! But it will be fun and I can’t wait to see everyone creating on Saturday.

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  • Make a Wish–Neutrals and Gold Birthday Card

    So, if you saw my blog post from yesterday, I shared a card that used the Oval Framelits to cut out a frame to highlight some vellum in the center of the card.  The frame effect was really cool, but I was left with two, pretty big ovals when I was done.  Wanna see what I did with them?

    Now, I am a hardcore crafter and pack rat… yes, fine – I’ll admit I’m a bit of a hoarder. Smile  So, that means any scrap that is bigger than itty bitty makes me think, “I could use that… that is big enough to use on another card, or to punch a shape out of…”etc.  And typically I stuff them in a box or bag near my craft table

    …. never to be used again!

    So, I’ve made it a new rule for me.  If I want to keep a punched/die cut/stamped scrap, I need to use it right then (or pretty soon to right then) otherwise it goes in the recycling bin. 

    (Seriously, if you were at my craft garage sale this summer, you saw the gallon ziploc bag FULL of punched and die cut pieces that I never used and decided to let go of!)

    And create I did!  I used the two ovals as backgrounds for the card and then started layering elements on top.  I grabbed the new Naturals Chevron ribbon and then to spice it up, I tied some linen thread around the top and frayed what was above the thread.

    Also, if you look close…. you can see that the party hat in the lower right hand corner is fussy cut and glued onto the card front.  Wanna know why?

    Because I was too chicken to stamp directly on the cardfront!

    Ha ha, it’s true!  I thought the card needed something and I thought the hat would look good in the corner but I didn’t trust that it would really work out.  And since everything else was already glued down, I just stamped on a piece of the same Crumb Cake paper and cut it out.  Turns out I liked it so I just glued it down as is!

    So, to make this card – here are the supplies I used:

    Stamps – Perfect Pennants, Sketched Birthday
    Ink – Chocolate Chip, Crisp Canteloupe
    Paper – Gold Foil, Crisp Canteloupe cs, Crumb Cake cs, Whisper White cs, Neutrals Core’dinations cs (Early Espresso)
    Accessories – Big Shot, Oval Framelits, Sanding Block, Neutrals Chevron Ribbon, 7/8” Cotton ribbon, Linen Thread

    I love how it turned out and I hope it gives you ideas as well!

     

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  • Sketched Birthday Card for the Birthday Bash!

    Ahhh… back in the blogging saddle again.  I’ll admit I’m feeling a little rusty (I know it hasn’t really been that long but it feels like ages to me!), but kicking back off with a blog hop is a great way to get the blogging and creative mojo happening again – for sure!

    Summer has finally hit and I’m getting super excited for the Stampin’ Up! convention next week (yay!!!  And yes, like prior years, I’ll be sharing my pictures, excitement, and info while at convention on my facebook page – so watch there for the good stuff Winking smile)

    But that also means this month’s Blog Hop theme – Birthday Bash – is a perfect way for me to get out my enthusiasm because you know birthdays are fun and exciting, filled with clapping and cheering…. or is that just me at parties? hee hee

    This is the card I had to share with you for the hop this month:

    I LOVE this Sketched Birthdays stamp set.  The images are a perfect blend of not quite vintage-y, not too cutesy, not too real…. just kind of funky and perfect for any age… and guy cards!

    Ok, so I used a lot of pink in this card, so maybe it isn’t the most manly… but squint and pretend those are red and brown, or other guy colors and it would totally work!

    I tried doing a close up to show you a fun details that is really cool in person but apparently is impossibly to photograph well, which is adding some Silver Dazzling Details to the scallop around the Happy Birthday, Cupcake image.  I put a dot of Silver Dazzling Details in each scallop and it adds some subtle sparkle that is really nice!

    And YES!  That birthday hat patterned paper is hand stamped paper!  I just grabbed the hat image and stamped it multiple times in different colors until I was happy with the look.  Do that on a full sheet of white paper and you can make a ton of cards lickety-split!

     

    Have you heard?  A new DAILY inspiration blog for you is coming and I’ll be on the design team!  Join me and some of the very talented monthly Blog Hop Demonstrators as we help give you more daily doses of crafting inspiration! This site will go live the day of our August Blog Hop, August 8th.

    But if you want more inspiration now check out more birthday celebrations at the rest of the folks on this month’s blog hop:

    Blog Hop Participants:

     

    So thanks for visiting and I hope you come back soon!

     

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  • Birthday Celebration with a Sketched Birthdays Sneak Peek

    Today is my hubby’s birthday!  So, first off:

    Happy Birthday, Scott!

    After being together for 12 1/2 years, we’ve gone through a lot of changes and growing (though he will tell you that it was mostly me that had the growing to do! ha ha!)  But now he is the one getting old Smile  and so I guess the jokes on him!

    So, today my mind is on birthdays so I thought I would share a birthday card I made recently.  This one was actually for my dad (his birthday was last week, so he’s seen this card already… don’t want to spoil the surprise for Scott’s card because he actually does see my blog when I least expect it!)

    Sketched Birthdays Birthday card

    Psst – don’t recognize the stamp set?  That is because it is a NEW stamp set that is coming out May 31st!  This Sketched Birthdays stamp set has a number of images all related to birthdays in this same style of drawing.  I have to admit, I think it is cool because it is different from what I’ve had to play with for a while.

    Plus it is great for masculine cards!

    Sketched Birthdays Birthday card close up

    It’s a bit hard to see, but all I did was sponge around the large circle punch out with Early Espresso to get the darker shading and then cut out the Happy Birthday with the Banner Framelits and popped those up on dimensionals.

    So, put it on your wishlist and watch for it to come out May 31st!

     

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    Supples Used
    Stamps     – Sketched Birthdays
    Paper – Whisper White, Old Olive, Early Espresso Core’dinations cardstock
    Ink – Old Olive, Island Indigo, Crushed Curry, Cajun Craze, Early Espresso
    Accessories – Sanding Block, 2 1/2” Circle punch, Big Shot, Banner Framelits, Sponge Daubers