Spring Birds

I'm sorry that I haven't posted this week, I took a weekend trip to see my sister. We had so much fun!!! We rented a hotel room for 2 days, had DH's spend some quality kid time and took some much needed time for ourselves. We ate out, shopped, hot tubbed and stamped. This is one of my cards I did. It uses the new SU! set called: A Little Birdie Told Me. Since I didn't know when I would use this I didn't stamp a sentiment, that way I can add the perfect sentiment at the right time. I love these birds, they just seem so springy to me and I am soooooo ready for spring. I tried an old and true technique, masking to make it look the birds were hugging. I think it turned out so cute! Did I mention that I felt like a RENEGADE this past weekend? Might want to check it out. Have a great day!!!

Supplies: All supplies are SU! unless otherwise noted. CS: Bashful Blue 4-1/4 x 11, Whisper White 3 x 3, Real Red 3-1/4 x 3-1/4. DSP: Summer Picnic 4 x 5-1/4. Stampin' Write Markers: Old Olive, Real Red, Ballet Blue. Accessories: Real Red Grosgrain Ribbon, Silver Brads.

Shabby Bookmark

I had a customer request a shabby chic item. At the time I didn't do shabby chic (after this, I now LOVE it!). It took me a bit to come up with this, but I really liked how it turned out.

I cut 2 oversize tags in Very Vanilla CS. I stamped the French Script BG in True Thyme. On my focal piece of Very Vanilla I stamped the same thing. I then stamped over that using the Print Pattern BG with Creamy Caramel. I stamped over that one more time (you can't see it in this icky picture) using the Linen BG and Mellow Moss. I sponged the edges of all the Very Vanilla with Close to Cocoa. I stamped the butterfly in Ruby Red, the Gladiola in Eggplant Envy, YoYo Yellow and Old Olive.

I then inked the whole focal piece with Versamark and embossed it using UTEE, repeated 3-4 times to get good coverage and threw the focal piece in the freezer to cool. Stamped the Sentiment in True Thyme, tore the top edge and inked the edges in True Thyme using my stampin' sponge. I matted that onto True Thyme CS and tore the top edge to match. I pulled my focal piece out of the freezer, it was curled up from the temperature change. I flattened it out and the EP cracked giving a coold shattered glass effect. I rubbed over the top of that with Chocolate Chip and the cracks caught the ink and gave it a cool aged appearance. I tied a ribbon around the front tag and focal piece. I tied ribbon through the upper tag hole and finished the hole off with a bronze oversized brad. I stuck a magnet on the backside of each tag, making sure they lined up. This is so when I use the bookmark in a book, if I drop it the bookmark doesn't fall out. Clever huh? Enjoy!

Friendly Flowers

This was another quick card for club on Wed. night. It was a hit and only took a couple of minutes. I embossed the nestability scalloped circle in the center of my card. Nicole Heady has a great tutorial on this here. I stamped the scalloped flower in Purely Pomegranate in the center of the scalloped circle using my Stampamajig. I stamped the flower again in So Saffron and punched out the center of it with my 1" punch and punched a So Saffron mat with my 1-1/4" punch. I adhered the center of the flower with Stampin' Dimensionals. I finished it off by matting my stamped piece with Purely Pomegranate and layering that onto a white card base. I tied some Purely Pomegranate stitched ribbon and it was done.

FYI, I added my families valentines cards to the Renegade section of my blog, I'd love to know what you think. Ta Ta!

Sticky Stuff

Today was a wondermus day. The weather has finally warmed up. On a side note, you know you are a true Alaskan when you are grateful that it has warmed up to -1. MUCH warmer than the -50 we had been experiencing, I even walked from my car into work today without a coat. Crazy huh? I got to spend some one on one snuggle time with my son, and greet the UPS man when he came to visit today. Any guesses as to what he dropped off???

My Spring Occassions Mini Catalog pre-order!!! I couldn't wait to rip into it. And the even cooler thing is that I mounted the stamps in 5 minutes flat and was ready to stamp baby! I had such neat new stuff I didn't even know where to start, can you imagine that?

I love Kristina Werners blog: kwernerdesign. This woman is amazing. I actually met her on Split Coast last summer when she was looking for a roommate for convention in Denver and I responded to her message. She is amazing and I check her blog daily to see what new creation she has come up with. I love her clean card designs and I wanted to focus on something like that for my February Club Quick Card. This is what I came up with and when I blog surfed tonight, I saw that Kristina had a card much like this on her blog as well...how funny is that? This is a seriously quick card, under 5 minutes...I'm gonna make a few of these with different sentiments to have on hand. Meanwhile, do you think hubby will like this as his Valentines card? For full details click here. Have a stamp happy day!!!

I had received a Genie Bag awhile ago in a swap that I was in. I decided to make in for my JanuaryCard Club since it would make a cute valentine's treat bag.

Supplies Used: (all supplies SU! unless otherwise noted) CS: Whisper White (2 ea) 5-1/2 x 7, Berry Bliss DP (2 ea) 5-1/2 x 3, Certainly Celery (2 ea) 5-1/2 x 1-1/2, Ink: Certainly Celery Classic, Pretty In Pink Classic, Stamps: Lots of Scallops 2008 SAB Set, Mini Alphabet Set, Polka Dot Background, Accessories: Scalloped Punch, Corner Rounder, Tag Punch, 1" Circle Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals, Pink Narrow Grossgrain, White Lunch Bag.

I started by stamping my Polka Dot BG in Certainly Celery onto one end of the white cardstock, repeat on the other piece of white cardstock. Adhere the Berry Bliss DP onto the bottom of the white cardstock, repeat. Punch scalloped edge using the corner rounder with the guide removed, repeat. Adhere Certainly Celery C/S to cover the seam between the white and the pink paper. Stamp the floral image in Pretty In Pink onto Whisper White C/S. Stamp the floral image in Certainly Celery onto Whisper White C/S. Punch out the Pink image using the scalloped punch being sure to line up the punch with the flower. Punch out the center of the green floral image using the 1" circle punch, stamp recipients intial in Pretty In Pink in the center. Adhere this circle into the center of your flower using a Stampin' Dimensional. Tie the pink grosgrain ribbon in a knot around the piece of Whisper White C/S centering it on the Celery C/S. I pulled the knot over to the edge and adhered the flower using 2 dimensionals stacked together in 2 places so that it would clear the knot. Using your tag punch create a handle at the top of both pieces of white cardstock. Measure your lunch bag and cut it off so that it is just below your handle. Adhere using sticky strip. Thanks for looking and have a stamp happy day!!!

I have a lovely friend by the name of Colleen...she and I were talking one day and she asked me if I knew why coasters were such a craze on SCS. I told her I had just ordered 100 of them and was planning to play and see what I thought. Well, Colleen's husband works for a beverage distribution center and he had brought home tons of coasters. She told me she would give me some and would like for me to come up with projects to do with them. Will do!!! For full details click HERE.

Supplies: (All supplies SU! unless otherwise noted) CS: Real Red, Bashful Blue, Whisper White. DSP: Cutie Pie. Stamps: Sanded, Greetings Galore, Fancy Flexible Phrases. Classic Ink: Real Red & Basic Black. Misc: Pure Color Pencils, Brocade Blue Grosgrain Ribbon, Silver Brads, Micro-Beads, Transparency and Double Sided Foam Tape.

My Sister...My friend

I wanted to create a gift for my sister who has been an amazing support to me through some recent difficulties in my life and this is what I came up with.

This was an inexpensive wood frame that I covered with the Berry Bliss DSP.I started by painting the frame with a light pink base. I then adhered 1" strips of Berry Bliss DSP to the front using mono-multi. After it was dry I applied Chocolate Chip Craft ink to the edges to give them some definition.

I adhered sticky strip to the inside of the picture opening and lined that with wide Chocolate Chip grosgrain ribbon.Next I cut a piece of Chocolate Chip CS to fit the opening (my frame came with a cardboard insert so I adhered my CS to that. I glued the Making Memories sentiment onto the paper using E2000. I created additional interest using my new SU! rub-ons.I tied Chocolate Chip grosgrain ribbon in a knot at the top of the frame.

The stick pin was created using my SU! pretties kit. I wanted it to have a little color so I colored the plastic beads with a Copic Marker and stuck the pin through the knot.I stamped the accent piece in Pomegranate Pink and adhered a small rhinestone in the center of the image. The accent image is from a SU! retired set Fancy Flexible Phrases, still shaking my head that they didn't put that in the big book. I love it and use it A-LOT!

My Sister...My friend

I wanted to create a gift for my sister who has been an amazing support to me through some recent difficulties in my life. This is what I came up with. This was an inexpensive wood frame that I covered with the Berry Bliss DSP. For full details click HERE.

Supplies: All supplies are SU! unless otherwise noted...Wood Frame (Creative Express), Eyelet Sentiment (Making Memories), Adirondak Paint, Sticky Strip, Wide Chocolate Grosgrain Ribbon, Berry Bliss DSP, Close to Cocoa CS, Whisper White CS, Pretties Kit, Rub-Ons, Alcohol Marker (Copic).