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All about Stars Birthday Card featuring Mossy Meadow
When the new catalog came out this summer, I launched my In Color club where each month we had a featured color that everyone in the club got a bundle based on that color (so cardstock, ink pad, ink refill, marker, ribbon, accessories, and then a couple card ideas). Well, this was one of the cards I made for the Mossy Meadow month:
I have been LOVING using all the stars stuff that has come out this year and as I was telling someone last night, the star embossing folder has become my new polka dot folder. It is great for just about any type of card as a fun background texture.
Tips for creating this card:
- Cut a 2” strip of cardstock to use with the Scallop Tag Topper punch to create your central piece. Punch the top first and THEN stamp your sentiment.
- I love the stars confetti punch, and it goes great with a tag like this. You can just slide you tag all the way in to the punch anywhere you like, and then punch for a cool cut out effect.
- Layer your tag over a darker color cardstock to make your punched out stars really stand out.
- Slide your ribbon through the hole created by the scallop tag topper punch and use the Handheld Mini Stapler from Stampin’ Up to hold it in place easily.
Use this design with any colors but when you stick with neutrals and a single color family (in this case the 2014-2016 In Colors).
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November 14, 2014
Free Paper Promotion ends Tomorrow! Plus some Not-So-Scary Ghost Cards
Reminder! Tomorrow is the LAST DAY to take advantage of the free paper promotion!
Get $125 in your favorite craft supplies for only $99 and get free shipping on that order plus a pack of paper a month added to your orders for FREE for the next 6 months! It’s a great deal and awesome way to get a great deal on your wishlist and get in some holiday shopping for friends and family at a discount too!
So, I know Halloween is tomorrow, but I had a few more not-so-spooky cards that I wanted to share to help get us in the mood. (Because I know the stores are already switching over to Christmas mode, so we have to help each other keep the Halloween fun going until tomorrow night, right? )
This was the card I created for my Fun n’ Crafty stampers Stamp & Share event I ran earlier this fall. The Stamp & Share is our event we hold a few times a year to come together and share ideas, new stamping techniques, business tips, and of course, stamp together! So much fun! Anyway, I wanted to use the Fall Fest stamp set and framelits for our make & takes and so I knew I wanted to do something with that adorable ghost.
Tips for making this card:
- Turns out, he looks AWESOME when you stamp the ghost with versamark onto Basic Black cardstock and then heat emboss with white embossing powder! Then just die cut out your ghost and he is perfect!
- Added some of the same ghost stamped in Smoky Slate onto the Lost Lagoon cardstock for his fellow ghost buddies.
- Use the Holiday Invitation stamp set for those cute bats and the Be Scary sentiment for a finishing touch
- Save with bundles! This card uses a lot of the new 2014 in Color cardstock – get a little bit of all the colors without breaking the bank in the Family Pack of cardstock – or get the In Color ink pads and get the cardstock free with the In Color bundle! Plus save 15% on the Fall Fest stamp set and framelits when you buy them at the same time in their bundle too!
Now, I thought I’d also share a card that was my first attempt at this general card idea. I decided it didn’t quite work the way I wanted so I came up with the version above. But I thought I’d share it in case it gives you some other inspiration.
The main difference is that I stamped the ghost onto the Lost Lagoon cardstock and then cut him out and glued the die cut onto the other part of the Lost Lagoon cardstock. Then in the hole that was cut out, I stamped the ghost directly onto the cardbase and glued the Lost Lagoon cardstock over the top. Clear as mud?
Hopefully that picture helps. So, enjoy the next couple days of haunting and if you have any questions about the details of being a demonstrator or joining my team, I’d love to chat with you! Email me at jennifer@nwstamper.com and we’ll chat!
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October 30, 2014
A Fall Colors Thanks with Seasonally Scattered
Do you ever have one of those cards that seems like a great idea in your head… you start to put it together, and it just doesn’t exactly work out like you were picturing. Then when you are done, you just don’t quite love the card – even though it looks totally fine to everyone else BUT you?
Well, this card is one of those for me. I made it AGES ago but something never quite turned out the way I was hoping – not that I could tell you what that something was, I just knew something was bugging me. So I set the card aside and moved on, and now, I can look at the card and start to like it again.
See, not bad…. actually has some fun parts to it really.
Tips for making this card:
Yes, I colored those flowers and leaves with markers. And yes, it took a while. But I found it to be very calming and relaxing which was nice. I sat there with my 2014 In Color marker collection and patiently colored all the leaves, flowers, and lines. It is worth it in the end!
Make your letters of your sentiment stand out more by outlining them with a marker – in this case with the Hello Honey marker.
Use the stamp again, only this time stamped with Crumb Cake ink to form a decorative border around the outside mat area! Since the center will be covered up, you can have the word part be in the middle of your Crumb Cake cardstock and just cover over the “thanks” part with your White stamped cardstock.

Tear the edges of the Crumb Cake cardstock for a more rustic look to your card.
Wrap a piece of Blackberry Bliss ribbon around the front of the card and slightly under the bottom edge of your stamped sentiment. Then tie your bow with a DIFFERENT piece of Blackberry Bliss ribbon and attach to the ribbon on the front of your card with glue dots. Keeps it all nice and clean and smooth.

You can mix and match this same design with different colors and stamps for lots of fun different looks for your card! In fact, I actually rejected this card for my Convention Display Board submissions because I thought it was an almost identical design to this love card! If you don’t look closely they don’t seem the same, but check out the layers and elements and you’ll see what I mean!

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Fall Pumpkin Curvy Keepsake Box

I LOVE the Curvy Keepsake box… it is like punch art in a box! I showed a quick pic of this project last week but I thought I would share a little bit more about how to make it today!

The base part of the box and the tag are all created using the pieces that come with the Curvy Keepsake box. And all it took was a few bits of stamping and inking and I suddenly had a pumpkin!

Tips for making this box

AFTER you die cut out the pieces for the box but BEFORE you assemble them, stamp each side with the long skinny stamp from the Work of Art stamp set using the same color ink as the paper (I used Tangelo Twist from the new In Colors).
Make sure when stamping you let some stamped images wrap onto the bottom of the box.
To make the “stem”, I tapped my Early Espresso ink pad directly onto to the handles to make them a dark brown BEFORE pulling them through and making the box.
Stamp and die cut the leaves using the Fall Fest stamp set and framelits and then adhere to the handle using liquid glue or glue dots.

I finished out my tag using the new hostess promotion set – Good Greetings. I just took the “Thankful for You” and only stamped the Thankful!

Now until Oct. 31, you will be able to earn an exclusive Good Greetings Stamp Set when your order reaches $300 – that’s in addition to the other benefits you receive ($50 in free product as hostess rewards plus you’ll get at least 7 punches towards a free stamp set from me as part of my Northwest Stamper Rewards program!) You can do this as a catalog party (where you share your catalog with friends and collect orders), a private class, a home party, an online/Facebook party, or just fill a lot of your wishlist in one big order! Email me at jennifer@nwstamper.com for more details.