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Tag: sock monkey

  • Pictures from Mom and Me

    What a whirlwind spring!  There have been tons of family visits, stamping events, and work deadlines.  That has kept me away from my computer as much as normal but also means I have a backlog of great things to show you! 

     

    First up, I thought I would share some of the projects we did as part of the mom & me event.  I tried to keep the cards simple with plenty of opportunity for kids of all ages to get involved.  So, I’m thinking of going back and sprucing up some of my examples now (like coloring in some of the images that I left as outlines for kids to color or leave as is) but since I want to get a post up, I’ll show you there current state. 🙂

     And my SCS blogging group, sorry I’ve been away so long but I’m back and will be visiting your blogs very soon!

     

    Here are the cards we did:

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    This is a photo frame we did using a CD case as the holder. All you have to do is pop the cover off of the case and then rotate the cover so it would stand up if the cd case base was on the table.  Pop the cover back on and then slide in your decorated background.  In the second picture, I didn’t have a photo printed out to put in the frame, so I put a red piece of card stock in to show you how you don’t glue down the top left corner so it can sit over your photo.  🙂  Its easy, peasy!cd_photomat_wmcd_photomat2_wm

  • Fun with heat embossing

    Last night was both a technique tuesday and a historic presidential election.  So, we ended up combining the two events into an election watch party in the living room and technique tuesday in the dining room. 🙂 We had a small group but had fun trying out a few different ways to add texture and interest to your projects with embossing.  I just had to share the cute cards we made.

    emboss_monkey1 The first card we made was a bit of traditional embossing.  We stamped the Thinking of You image in versamark on the Chocolate Chip card stock and then embossed with gold embossing powder.  We then stamped the sock monkey image straight onto whisper white and then I stamped the flower image using markers.  Finally, we used the versamarker pen to color in the flower petals and embossed those with gold again.  (I also couldn’t help myself and had to sponge the edges with more mustard and chocolate chip ink.  Not sure I love the results but they aren’t bad either!)

     

    emboss_thankyou The second card we made used embossing as a color resistor.  We first stamped the flower images using versamark and then embossed with clear embossing powder.  Then we were able to sponge on top with baja blue and pacific point inks to bring out the embossed flowers.  Finally, we straight stamped the thank you image, punched it out, and used a dimensional to attach it to the card.  Very quick and very fun.

  • World Cardmaking Day Cards

    As promised, here are the samples for the event tomorrow.  I actually made three and then picked two to cut materials for.  Maybe I’ll do the extra card at a workshop in the future.  🙂

    Card 1

     Recipe:
     Stamps:     Happiness Always Hostess set
     Ink: Kiwi Kiss, Pacific Point
     Paper: Basic Black CS, Kiwi Kiss CS, Whisper White CS
     Accessories: —

     

    Card 2

     Recipe:
     Stamps:     Sock Monkey
     Ink: Chocolate chip, Basic black, Real Red, Summer Sun
     Paper: Ballet Blue CS, Chocolate chip CS, Very Vanilla CS, Bashful Banana CS
     Accessories: Aqua Pen, Stampin’ dimensionals, ticket corner punch

     

    The extra card

     Recipe:
     Stamps:     Enjoy Every Moment
     Ink: Tangerine Tango, Baja Breeze, Chocolate Chip
     Paper: Tangerine Tango CS, Baja Breeze CS, Whisper White CS
     Accessories: Double rectangle punch, scallop edge punch, Chocolate chip grosgrain ribbon

  • The get well card that wasn’t

    Last weekend my grandma had surgery on her foot and has been a lot less mobile and in a lot more pain than she expected.  I wanted to start sending her cards to try to cheer her up while she recovered and had a great idea for a card using the new Sock Monkey stamp set.  Unfortunately, as I started stamping and cutting paper, the card just wasn’t shaping up how I hoped.  But after two nights of tweaking the card, it is now a birthday card and I’m happy with the results.  Now for attempt two of a get well card.

    Recipe:
    Stamps:     Sock Monkey, Wow Flowers
    Ink: Chocolate Chip, Real Red, Pink Pirouette
    Paper: Very Vanilla CS, Pink Pirouette CS, Real Red CS, Brilliant Blue CS, Real Red DSP (retired)
    Accessories: Aqua pen, Stampin Write markers, hemp twine, pop up glue dots, Stampin dimensionals

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