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  • Bloomin Heart Love Note

    As I’m racing to finish up final packing and blog post scheduling (plus new video tutorials too!) I wanted to quickly hop on to share a card that I totally thought I had shared a while ago, but apparently didn’t! 

    It is an easy card that takes advantage of some of the fun stuff you get in the Love Blossoms Embellishment kit – specifically the GORGEOUS Blushing Bride ribbon and the cute pink sequins!

    This whole card started out with a sample we made at OnStage in November – a Stampin’ Up event for Demonstrators where we get to play with the upcoming catalog products.  Well the Bloomin’ Heart thinlit die was coming out and so we used it to cut out a piece of the Love Blossoms designer paper, and then stamped the flowers over the top – yes, they are directly on the heart – using the flowers from the Bloomin’ Love stamp set.  Quick and easy.  Well, easy if you have the Stampin’ Up die brush to pop everything out!  (Check out my video tutorial on the die brush to see what I mean!)

    But then I needed to do something with it – so I started to look at other things in the suite and loved the Embellishment kit.  I layered the ribbon behind a strip of pattern paper from the same paper pack and added a few sequins at the bottom.  Then I just created the sentiment with a scrap of Whisper White cardstock that I stamped the vines from the same stamp set in Crumb Cake and the sentiment in Memento Black.  Trim the ends and you are done!

    And yes… I know that “Be Mine” makes you think of Valentine’s Day, but this is great as an anniversary card or anytime you just need to send someone some love. Smile  Your spouse, I’m sure, never gets tired of hearing that you love them!

    While I’m Cruisin’ – Duty Free Shopping Special


    Use the hostess code ETHE2KQ4 when you shop in my online store and get a gift certificate for the new catalog!

    When you shop, your taxes and shipping costs will be returned to you in the form of a gift certificate that you can spend starting June 1st after I’m back!
    So, you can get those last few favorites – or stock up on cardstock before the price goes up on June 1st – and then have free money to spend when the new catalog releases!

    If your order is $150 or more, don’t worry about putting in the hostess code, use the free Stampin’ Reward dollars your earn for yourself and I’ll make sure you still get your gift certificate!

    Ok, back to packing!  Eek! It is almost time. Smile

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    Product List

    Bloomin' Love Photopolymer Bundle

    $35.50

    Love Blossoms Designer Series Paper Stack

    $8.00

    Love Blossoms Embellishment Kit

    $12.00

    Blushing Bride Classic Stampin' Pad

    $6.50

    Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad

    $6.50

    Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

    $6.00

    Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

    $8.50

    Glue Dots

    $5.25

    Stampin' Dimensionals

    $4.00

    Fine-Tip Glue Pen

    $7.00

  • A Golden Anniversary Card

    Have I mentioned that I’m finally falling in love with this Gold trend?  When I had a chance to sit down and play with my new stuff for an afternoon recently, I found that I kept reaching for my Gold Foil paper or the Gold Vellum.  Given that this is the girl who ALWAYS prefers silver to gold and practically never wears gold anything… this is HUGE!

    So, how about this card for someone who is celebrating an anniversary?  Especially a golden anniversary?  (hee hee… did you see what I did there? : ) )

    I was very lucky to have been given this stamp set as a gift over the holidays.  I had actually seen the rubber for this set in the production line when I was in Kanab in September for Founder’s Circle and just LOVED the mustache, the I do with the “o” being a ring, and the people (aka – bathroom people I’ve heard them called).  See… kinda fun, right? Perfect Couple

    Perfect Couple Stamp Set

    So, I just had to play with it and I got in the mood to try out my Oval Framelits as well.  Yes, I know they aren’t new-new, but they hadn’t come out of their packaging before in my house, so they were novel to me!

    I tried this idea of cutting out the ovals to make a frame and then mounting the gold heart vellum to the backside of the frame.  That way, I could have my vellum and not have to worry about edges or how to glue it down.  Plus, in this case, I actually like the embossing that sometimes gets left behind when you cut out with a framelit.  It adds FLAIR!

    Then just stamp and punch out your people and it looks like a fun cake topper from their wedding.  Anyone else see it? 

    And, yes, this leaves you with big ovals left over from the gold and the Crisp Cantaloupe cardstock, but I’ll show you tomorrow an idea for how to use them!  So, make sure to stop back by!

    Stampin’ Up! Supplies Used

    Stamps – Perfect Couple
    Ink – Basic Grey, Crisp Cantaloupe
    Paper – Very Vanilla cs, Crisp Cantaloupe cs, Gold Vellum, Gold Foil cs
    Accessories – Big Shot, Oval Framelits, Extra Large Oval punch, Decorative Label Punch

    Oh hey!  I just saw that one of the Weekly Deals is the oval punch I used in this card.  How snazzy is that?  So, if you don’t have it, know it goes great with the couple stamp and you can get it for 25% off this week.

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  • April Blog Hop – Silver Sparkle for Weddings or Anniversaries

    Its blog hop time!  This time, the theme is Weddings & Anniversaries.  Now, all I could remember when I started working on my projects was the challenge to use silver in honor of Stampin’ Up’s 25th anniversary.  So, my mind was stuck on my silver glimmer paper when I got started.

    However, I was lucky and got inspired and came up with not one but TWO cards using my glimmer paper that I’m pretty excited to share with you today.  So, hopefully you enjoy these cards too and they give you some fun new ideas to try out.

     

    Card 1:  Two Hearts Congratulations

    This was my first “big idea”.  I am slightly obsessed right now with the technique of punching out a shape and then accenting it with a decorative paper below it.  So, in this case, I decided to do two hearts and pop it up on dimensionals over Silver glimmer paper.

    I grabbed my Silver Dazzle pen and dashed out an outline around the holes to accent them and tie in to the silver theme.  Then I started with two small Razzleberry punched out hearts in the center of each larger heart, but I just really didn’t like how it looked.  But, put a flower from the Flower Trim ribbon on top of the Razzleberry hearts (so a little of the darker color shows through), and it looks great!

    Then I just added the simple “congratulations” sentiment across the top.
    (shhhh – want to know a secret?  I totally stamped a different sentiment directly on my base paper and it looked awful!  So, I had to go with plan B – the banner.  I think it works, don’t you?)

    Card 2 – Interlocking Wedding Rings

    So after finishing the first card, I had this idea that was itching in the back of my mind to do something that looked like two wedding rings.  I had no clue how I was going to do it, but I knew I just needed to try!

    The rings were created by punching a 1 1/4” circle out of a piece of Silver Glimmer paper.  Then lining up a 1 3/8” circle over the hole to create a slim ring of silver.  Then I used my Tombow liquid glue to adhere it to my card.  I used the 1 1/4” circles as accents to the left and right of the rings.

    And if you are curious about the base cardstock, I used Very Vanilla cardstock and spritzed with the Silver Smooches spritz.

    If you have any questions about any of these cards, leave me a comment and I’ll make sure to fill you in!  (Or just leave me a comment and let me know what you think because it always makes my day to get a comment on a blog post. Smile )

     

    And don’t miss more great wedding/anniversary inspiration at the other stops along the route –

    Blog Hop Participants:

    1. Shellie G. of Craft Smashup
    2. Pam S. of Stampin’ in the Sun!
    3. Nancy B. of Lady Stamps-A-Lot
    4. Tonya B. of Stampin’ with Tonya
    5. Dawn S. of Dawn’s Creative Chalet
    6. Darcy J. of DJ’s Stampin’ Place
    7. Pamela W. of Stinky Tofu
    8. Kim R. of Stamping with Kim
    9. Justin K. of JK Cards
    10. Jennifer B. of NW Stamper  —>  YOU ARE HERE
    11. Bree R. of Craft-somnia
    12. Diana E. of Stampin’ Fun with Diana

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  • Paisley Petals Anniversary Card

    This weekend my family and I headed out of town to Spokane, WA for my grandparent’s 65th anniversary.  I think it is so awesome to see two people who have shared a life for 65 years and have so many interesting stories from their adventures along the way!

    So, this when I found this sentiment from the Fifth Avenue Floral stamp set in my scrap pile, I thought it was perfect for them: Paisley Petals Edgelit card

     

    I used this card to play with a few other tools and techniques as well.  First was pulling out my new Edgelits that came out with the recent Occasions mini.   I love that Edgelits allow you to cut a decorative edge wherever you want on your paper.  So, I started out with cutting the edge of my Rich Razzleberry card base.  Then I cut a piece of Paisley Petals designer paper with the same edge design.  To give me this short card front:Edgelit card front open

     

    TIP: If you are trying to make a layered piece like my card front, you may find that it is less stressful to cut a piece that is the right width and then after you cut your edge, measure how much of a border you want between your edges and then trim off your excess paper on the squared edge (like where the fold of the card is)

    The other technique I wanted to play with was “fussy cutting”.  I grabbed a piece of of the Paisley Petals designer paper and started cutting out some of the flowers from the paper pattern.  Its funny, I think I like the flowers cut out better than in a full sheet of designer paper!  Smilepaisley petals close up

     

    So, I hope you have a wonderful weekend; I know I will have a great time with my extended family as we head to the big carousel in Riverfront Park.  I’ll be back online later tonight though, so if you have order or project questions, I’ll be in touch then!

     

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