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A Sweet Ice Cream Cone Punch Art Birthday Card

We are about to enter “birthday season” here at my house with the first few starting up at the end of the month and then me and my two kids all have December birthdays… so it is about to get crazy here! But one thing I always have to have for birthday is cake and ice cream… so what better way to say Happy Birthday than with some adorable ice cream on a card?

So sweet! And it is really easy to make too!

To make the ice cream cone, you just need a couple of punches and an embossing folder.

Make the ice cream cone by punching out a pennant from the Pennant Builder punch and then running it through the Big Shot using the Square Lattice embossing folder.

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Make the ice cream scoops by stamping words from Fabulous Phrases and then punching them out with the top of the cupcake builder punch (which is ON SALE this week in the weekly deals!)

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Add some glitter to the top of your first scoop of ice cream and you have an adorable ice cream cone!

I layered the cone onto a tag made with the Chalk Talk framelits and sponged the edge with Crisp Cantaloupe ink.

Stampin’ Up! Supplies Used
Stamps: Fabulous Phrases
Ink: Basic Grey, Crisp Cantaloupe
Paper: Very Vanilla cardstock, Smoky Slate cardstock, 2013-2015 In Colors (Baked Brown Sugar, Crisp Cantaloupe, Pistachio Pudding, Coastal Cabana, Strawberry Slush)
Accessories: Big Shot, Chalk Talk framelits, Square Lattice embossing folder, Cupcake punch, Pennant Builder punch, Natural Trim ribbon, Linen Thread, Sponge Daubers

And it is Tuesday as well, which means NEW weekly deals! As you can already see, I love the Cupcake punch… but I don’t have the Autumn Accents die and that is for sure going in on my group order this week! 🙂

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November 5, 2013

How to Make Your Own Flocking & Add Fuzz to Your Projects

When I was playing with the Swallowtail stamp, I realized that it was a big stamp… seriously, like background sized big stamp. And I was trying to figure out how I wanted to use it. So, I cut and I played, but I really wanted to keep the full butterfly image for my card. So I let go of my 4 1/4” x 5 1/2” boundaries and let my butterfly fly!

But then as I was working on the rest of my card, I decided that the Honeycomb embossing folder looked a bit too tall… too sharp for my card. So I grabbed my handy sanding block and started rubbing down the layers. When I was done, I was much happier with my cardstock and I had a ton of extra fuzz collecting on my desk.

That fuzz makes awesome flocking! If you don’t know what flocking it, it is like glitter only instead of being a jar full of reflective bits, it is a jar full of fluffy fuzz. It is perfect to add as a layer over parts of your stamped image or card that you want to have a plush texture and when you make your own, it perfectly matches the rest of your project.

Here is a close up of how my honeycomb looked when I was done sanding and you can kind of see the butterfly body too:

I even made a video so you can see how I made it!

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Supples Used
Stamps – Swallowtail, Fabulous Phrases
Paper – Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Lucky Limeade, Wisteria Wonder
Ink – Early Espresso
Accessories – Big Shot, Honeycomb Embossing Folder, Rhinestones, Sanding Block, Stampin’ Dimensionals

April 20, 2013

Four Frames Pierced Frame Card

Ok, so this is my last card we did at my card stash class on Friday. I really, really wanted to get out my new Piercing Pack and start playing with the new shapes and designs they have and thought it would be fun to highlight on of the punches.

I also pulled out the new Polka Dot pack of designer paper to give a subtle look for the background of the card so that it was interesting to look at but the focus was mostly on the stamped image. This paper pack is one that I didn’t give much of a glance to when I saw it in the catalog but I have a feeling it is going to get A LOT of use!

Anyway, back to the piercing, here is a close up of the design. I actually did something a bit different too when I put this together. Normally, I pierce the holes from front to back (so the part that is pushed up is hidden), but this time I decided to make those raised pierced parts face up toward the stamped image.

If you haven’t seen how they redesigned the Mat Pack (now called the Essential Paper-Piercing Pack), you get 3 plastic mats with predesigned holes that coordinate with edgelits, framelits, and punches!

Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack

Oh and ps – there are going to be more of these cool piercing packs coming out soon with the new Holiday catalog! I get my hands on my new pack in a few days, I can’t wait!!

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Four Frames Pierced Card Recipe
Stamps: Four Frames, Fabulous Phrases
Ink: Early Espresso, Marina Mist
Paper: Very Vanilla, Early Espresso, Lucky Limeade, Marina Mist, Polka Dot dsp
Accessories: Essential Paper-piercing mats, paper piercer, neutrals brads, stampin’ dimensionals, decorative label punch

July 8, 2012

Vintage Vogue Mother’s Day Card

Alright, the count down to Mother’s Day is on! Here is another card we made during our Mother’s Day card class but the nice thing is, you could use it any time of the year!

Can I just say, I can’t believe how long it took me to realize what a great combo Blushing Bride and Rich Razzleberry are! Sigh, of course I discover this right as Blushing Bride is retiring. Oh well.

This card was also an excuse for me to use the library clips I’ve been holding onto for a while and are retiring as well. In fact, this card’s whole concept came from me wanting to use the clip to hold a couple pieces of cardstock as the focal point of the card… I just worked out from there.

We did some stamping with Versamark (the flourish to the right of the torn edges), heat embossing (the white sentiment words), and fussy cutting to make this card.

And in the end, I finally got around to remembering to decorate my envelope. I stamped on the outside and lined the inside with matching Rich Razzleberry designer paper. Don’t you just LOVE how a lined envelope looks?

And of course, this is also one of my goodbyes to Vintage Vogue as well. Definitely one of my favorite “vintage” sets. So, I will probably use this card for a Grandma but can see making this design again later in the year for birthdays or thinking of you cards. What would you use this card for?

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Vintage Vogue Mother’s Day Card Recipe:

Stamps: Vintage Vogue, Fabulous Phrases
Ink: Versamark, Blushing Bride, Basic Black
Paper: River Rock cardstock, Rich Razzleberry CS, Blushing Bride CS, Whisper White CS, Brights Designer Series Paper Pack
Accessories: Clips assortmant pack, white embossing powder, heat gun, basic rhinestones, stampin’ dimensionals

May 12, 2012

Simply Charming

One of the stamp sets on the 2012 Retiring Stamps List is the set Charming.

Charming - by Stampin' Up!

This is a cute little set that when it came out was promoted as being the perfect size to use with the Simply Adorned charms. I was slow to try out Simply Adorned and so my set has sadly, not seen much ink. But when I was putting together a quick thank you card, it ended up being just perfect.

I stamped the frame and then used my Fabulous Phrases stamp set to place my “thanks” in the middle.

This layout is a perfect way to use up scraps of your ribbon and designer paper. Just mix and match patterns and ribbons and you are just about done! Now to enjoy this stamp some more before it heads to retirement!

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April 24, 2012

Red, White, and Blue!

In honor of the holiday weekend a few days ago, I issued a creative challenge to the folks on my SU team to create one or more cards using only Red, White, and Blue colors. I figured since I was the one who created the challenge, I ought to put together something to get the ball rolling. So, this weekend, I got into the holiday spirit and after playing around came up with this:

I decided to go simple and not blatent “4th of July” because I figured then there was a chance I could use this card on one of the other 364 days of the year. Smile I think I like it better in person but am still a bit on the fence about it. But either way, maybe it will be a jumping off point for someone out there to create a fabulous card of their own! Oh, and since I was asked once already, the label on the right, I just stamped the “celebrate” sentiment on Whisper White cardstock and punched it out with the curly label punch. Then I just drew on the dashes using a Real Red Stampin’ Write Marker. Easy peasy!

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Celebrate red, white, and blue recipe:
Stamps: Itty Bitty Bits, Fabulous Phrases
Ink: Night of Navy, Real Red, Whisper White craft ink
Paper: Whisper White cardstock, Real Red cardstock, Night of Navy cardstock
Accessories: Curly Label punch, Big Shot, Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder, Real Red marker, Stampin’ Dimensionals

July 7, 2011

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A Sweet Ice Cream Cone Punch Art Birthday Card

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How to Make Your Own Flocking & Add Fuzz to Your Projects

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Four Frames Pierced Frame Card

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