Double Stamping

I saw a technique on line that I wanted to try. So, the card today is an experiment. I like it overall, but have decided if I use this techniques again I will use brighter colors. The card seems a little dark to me.

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Materials:

1. Chocolate Chip cardstock(8 1/2" x 5 1/2", scored at 4 1/4") and a
scrap 2 1/" x 3/4"; Whisper White Card stock (5" x 3 3/4" and a 2"
x 3/4"scrap)

2. Inks: Crumb Cake, So Saffrom, Tempting Torquoise, Early Espresso

3. Punches:Word Window, Modern Label

4. Elements of Style and Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp sets

5. Snail Adhesive and Inl Applicator.

5. Stamps:

Steps:

1. Fold large piece of brown card stock to form at 5 1/2" x 41/4' card
base.

2. Randomly stamp floral pattern on white card stock, using Crumb Cake
ink.

3. Using an ink applicator lightly apply So Saffron, Crumb Cake and
Tempting Turquoise over floral images.

4. Load the floral stamp up with Early Espresso and stamp it diagonally
from the top left to the bottm right hand corner of the above panel.
(Refer to photo).

5. Punch out Word Window in white card stock. Sponge So Saffron and
Tempting Turquoise onto paper. Center and stamp sentiment of this piece
in Early Espresso.

6. Punch out Modern Label in Early Espresso card stock. Adhere above piece
to it. Attach resulting tag in the top right quadrant of the card.

7. Center and mount this panel onto the front of the brown card base,

Just Believe I AM Thinking of You

Sometimes a card I make just makes me happy. This is one of them.

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Materials:

1.Card Stock: Marina Mist ( 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" scored at 4 1/4", Other pieces - 2 1/4" x 3",);
Whisper White (5 1/4" x 4", 1 3/4" x2 3/8" and for inside 5 1/4" x 4")

2. Just Believe and Sincere Salutations stamp sets.

3. So Saffron ink pad and Stampin Write marker, Old Olive Stampin Write
Marker, Basic Black ink pad.

4. Sponge

Steps:

1. Fold large piece of Marina Mist to form a 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" card.

2. Color Just Believe stamp with So Saffron and Old Olive and stamp on the
bottom left of the larger white piece.

3. Sponge So Saffron ink around the edges of the above white panel.
Center and attach this piece to the front of the card.

4. Color smaller floral stamp with So Saffron and Old Olive Stampin Write
markers in the center of the smallest piece of white card stock.
Sponge So Saffron around the edges of this piece of paper. Center and
adhere to the smaller piece of Marina Mistl

5. Attach this panel to the right side of the larger whit panel. See
photo.

6. Stamp " Thinking of You" to the left of the small panel and above the
flowers stamped on the large white panel.

7. Stamp flower colored with markers on the right side of the remaining
piece of Whisper White card stock. Center and adhere to inside of card.

Cupcake Birthday Card

Whew! I am just not running fast enough! The days are really short since Wayne and I are on the road or at his treatment for 4 -4 1/2 hours everyday! It really makes me admire the women who are working at full time jobs and can still create and post a cards everyday. My hat is off to them!

The card below was designed for my church's Cards for Christ ministry. This group of women makes and sends cards to the ill, grieving and our shut-ins to assure them of our love and of God's. They are an amazing group of women and I am so blessed to be in their midst.

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Materials:
1. Whisper White cardstock (cut at 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" and scored at 4 1/4",
3"x3", punched 1 1/4" circle; Pear Pizzaz (3 1/4" x 3 1/4",
4 1/4" x 1 3/8"), punched 1 3/8" scalloped circle; 4 1/4" x 1" Pear
Pizzaz DSP.

2. Crazy For Cupcakes and Teeny Tiny Wishes, stamp sets.

3. Melon Mambo, Pear Pizzaz, Bashful Blue and So Saffron classic ink pads.

4. 1 1/4" circle punch, 1 3/8" scallop punch.

5. Aqua Painter, snail adhesive

6. 6 1/2" Pear Pizzaz 1/4" grosgrain ribbon.

Steps:

1. Fold white card stock to from 5 1/2" x 4 1/4"card.

2. Center and adhere the Pear Pizzaz DSP on top of the Pear Pizzaz strip.
Glue this combined strip so that the bottpm edge is 1/4" from the
bottom of the card.

3. Stamp "happy birthbay" in the center of the white punched circle
and then attach it to the green scalloped circle. Glue this circle to
the center of the Pear Pizzazz strip.

4. Stamp stacked cupcakes onto the center of the 3" x 3" white square and
color with Aqua painter by picking up ink from the lid of ink pad.
(Remember to depress the lid to the ink pad before opening. That way
you will have the ink where it can be easily picked up with the Aqua Painter).

5. Adhere ribbon to the left side of the above piece.

6. Center and attach your focal image with the ribbon on the green square,

7. Center and attach this piece between the Pear Pizzazz strip and the
top of the card

Stone Coaster

I love stamps. The more I use them the more uses I find for them.
Lately, one of my favorite things to do with them is to make coaster sets for my friends. They end up with a nice gift that is one of a kind, made just for them and is not too expensive. I have made coasters sets with the following stamp sets: Dream Gardens, Crosses of Hope, Make A Monster. The possibilities are endless! Whatever you do,HAVE FUN! Here is an example:

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Materials:
1. Travertine tile squares. Found at such places as Home Depot, Lowes, etc.

2. An Aqua Painter

3. Classic ink pads: Certainly Celery and Pretty In Pink or with colors of your choice.

4. Piece of copy paper.

5. Spray sealer - glossy or matte.

6. Growing Green stamp set

7. Cork Sheet

8. Spray Adhesive.

Steps:

1. Wash and dry stones.

2. Stamp flower image in black on the stone tile and on a piece of thin paper such as the copy paper.

3. Cut the image out of the paper and position over the flower on the stone so that it is completely covered.

4. Stamp fern frond over flower and then remove the paper.

5. Depress the cover of the Pretty In Pink stamp pad and open. There will be droplets of ink on the lid.

6. Pick up this Pretty In Pink ink with an Aqua Painter and paint your flower.

7. Clean the Aqua Paint by rubbing the brush on the copy paper until there is no color.

8. Using Certainly Celery ink use the same technique to paint the fern frond.

9. Allow the ink to dry and then spray with your sealant. Be sure to do this in a well covered and ventilated area . I did mine outside.

10. Cut a piece of cork to cover the back side of the stone tile. Spray adhesive on the back of the stone and apply the cork.

There are numerous ways to color your images on stone. Don't be afraid to experiment. One hint: If you decide to use StazOn ink you will not need the sealant.

Dawn Flight

I really like this card. Partly, because my husband used to fly, everything from a Stearman to a jet. So, this card makes me a little nostalgic.

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Materials:

1. Card Stock : Rich Razzleberry (8 1/2" x 5 1/2"), Basic Black (4" x 5 1/4"), Whisper White ( 3 3/4" x 5")

2. Inks: Basic Black, So Saffron, Melon Mambo, Tempting Turquoise, Not Quite Navy.

3. Stamp Sets: Plant Hope, Plane and Simple (current Mini Occasions Catalog)

4. Other: Brayer, sponge, Black Stampin Write Marker

Steps:

1. Fold Rich Razzleberry card stock to form 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" card.

2. Center and attach the Basic Black panel to the front of the card.

3. Brayer light coats of the followning inks, starting at the bottom and making your way to the top: So Saffron, Melon Mambo, Tempting Turquoise.

4. Brayer a light coat of Not Quite Navy in a diagonal direction from each top corner. Refer to above photo.

5. Stamp trees starting on the left and then stamp off moving towards the right. Reink and stamp just a little right of center. Before you stamp off again, wipe the in off of the trunks of the trees. Stamp and then draw thinner trunks with your StampinWrite Marker. Sponge black ink from the bottom edge of the paper to the bottom of the tree trunks.

6. Stamp plane above trees and color amolst solid with marker.

7. Center adhere inked panel on black cardstock.

Scrap Day Card

Well, today was the day to dig out all of those scraps and see if I could stick them together to make a card. I just couldn't do anything right. Everything was off center or stamped crooked. I had to keep adding layers to cover the mistakes up. But, I am not one to give up. So, here is my slightly askew card.

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I am not going to try to list everything I used, but did want you to know that I used the level two hostess set Apple Blossoms. I used the stem, flower, and circle patterned background.

Dig your scraps out and see what you can make.

I would love to see what you come up with. If you have time e-mail a photo of them.

A Bird's Nature Walk

Some of you know that I am learning how to apply ink with a brayer. I just love the results I get. Even though I don't have the skill mastered yet and I need to learn a lot more about the color combinations, I just cannot stand to throw away my results. So here is another attempt.

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Materials:
1. Card Stock: Not Quite Navy (4 1/16" x 3 1/8", 3 1/8" x 1/2"), Whisper White (4 15/16" x 3 15/16"), So Saffron (5 1/2" x 8 1/2")

2. Inks: So Saffron, Cajun Craze, Always Artichoke, Basic Black,BashfulBlue, VersaMark.

3. Stamp Sets: Vintage Vogue, Nature Walk (current Mini Occasions Catalog)

4. Punch:Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border

5. Other: Scoring Tool, clear embossing powder, More Mustard 3/16" brads,
heat tool, Watercolor Pencils blues and gold. Stampin' Write Markers.

Steps:

1. Fold So Safron card stock to form a 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" card. Score the front panel of this card every 1/2".

2. Color and stamp flower border with Cajun Craze, So Saffron, Akways Artichoke Stampin Write Markers. Allow ink to dry and then cover the image with embossing ink, using a VersaMark pen . Heat emboss with clear powder.

3. Stamp bird in Basic Black and then color with blue water color pencils. Color beak with a gold color.

4. Lightly brayer So Saffron ink over the bottom half of the card. Brayer Bashful Blue at the top part of the card.

5. Punch the small strip of Not Quite Navy card stock with Scallop Ribbon Punch and attach to the back of the left side of the larger Not Quite Navy piece, allowing only half of punched area to show.

6. Attach bird panel so that the left side is even with the left side of the original larger piece of Not Quite Navy panel.

7. Place 3 More Mustard brads through the right side of the navy panel as shown in the photo.

8. Center and attach panel to the front of the So Saffron card bas.

Sympathy Card

Life isn't always easy and one of its hardest parts is losing the ones we love. Family and friends of the deceased are left with so much heart pain. At these times it is so important for us to reach out to each other through actions, words and deeds. Sometimes a card can have great meaning, especially if it assures the recipient of God's love and His eternal presence.

Materials:
1. Cardstock- Very Vanilla( 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", 3" x 4", 3"x3"), Perfect Plum (4 1/2" x 3 1/2")

2. Ink: Perfect Plum, VersaMark

3. Punches: 2" x 1 3/8" Circle , Ticket corner small

4. Stamp Set: Thanks for Caring (current Occasions Mini Catalog)

5. Other: Basic Pearls, clear embossing powder, heat tool,Perfect Polka Dot, embossing folder, sponge dauber, dimensionals

Steps To Make:

1. Fold large piece of Very Vanilla to form a 5 1/2"x 4 1/4" card. Put the front panel in the embossing folder and run through the Big Shot.

2. On the center of the smaller piece of Very Vanilla stamp butterfly and flower with VersaMark ink and then heat emboss with clear embossing powder.

3. Die cut a 2 1/2" x 2" oval out of a piece of scratch paper. Save the oval to be used another day. Take the negative that is left and use it as a mask. Center and place it over the embossed images.

4. Sponge Perfect Plum ink over the stamped images and within the oval window. Buff off ink on images with a soft cloth or paper towel. Notch out the corner of the paper using the Ticket Punch.

5. Stamp "With Deepest Sympathy" with Perfect Plum ink on the smallest piece of Very Vanilla card stock and punch it out with the 2" oval punch. Use a sponge dauber to color edges of the oval with Perfect Plum ink.

6. Center and attach the above piece to the Perfect Plum card stock. Attach basic pearls to the top and bottom left of the Perfect Plum card stock as shown above.

7. Attach the Perfect Plum panel to center-left of the card base.

8. Using dimensionals attach the oval with the sentiment to the bottom right of the Perfectl Plum panel.

The next time I make this card I will have a slightly greater degree of separation between the butterfly and flower.

I hope of you have a wonderful Valentines Day and that you are surrounded by loved ones.

Faithbooking - Bountiful Blessings

I am finally finding time to do some scrapbooking. The page below is actually a form of faithbooking - at least according to my definition. I believe faithbooking is about sharing our love for God and just how wonderful He is. It also is a way to tell our families how much we love them and more importantly,how much God loves them. I want to tell them that for as long as they live and long after I'm gone. I hope that can be accomplised with the words and pages I leave behind.

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I used Crumb Cake and Cajun Craze cardstock, the same color inks and the stamp set Season Of Friendship. I stamped the tree twice with a light coat of Crumb Cake ink to lengthen the tree. I then used the brown pencil from the Stampin'Up watercolor pencil to even out the truck area and darken the limbs. I then use the aqua painter to smooth things out.

I hope you have a wonderful day!

Framed Tulips Card

The new embossing folder Framed Tulips, found in the current Occasions Mini Catalog, is deceptive in that you might think the only thing you can do with it is emboss an outer border on your card, but take a second look. The card below is one example. I must admit I don't think this is my best effort, but I have other ideas which I will try later.

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Materials:

1. Card Ctock - Early Espresso (5 1/2" x 8 1/2"), Blushing Bride (4 1/8" x 1/2", 3" x 2"), Whisper White (2" x 3")

2. Ink: Soft Suede, Blushing Bride

3. Punch: 2" x 1 3/8" Oval

4. Other: Oval dye -2 5/16" x 1 1/2", Sponge Dauber, Dimensionals, Snail Adhesive

5. Embossing Folder- Framed Tulips

6. Stamp Set: Forest Friends

Instructions;

1. Fold Early Espresso to form a 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" card.

2. Place the front of the card in the embossing folder and run through the Big Shot.

3. Place the larger piece of Blushing Bride into the embossing folder so three of the edges are embossed. Then turn the paper so that the 4th side is embossed. Hint: Do not roll the paper all the way through the Big Shot. Move the plate forward just enough to emboss the edge. Then back it out.

4.Punch the white paper with the oval punch and then stamp the tree from Forest Friends with Blushing Bride ink in the center of the paper. Use the Soft Suede Stampin' Write marker to color the trunk and branches of the tree.

5. Apply Soft Suede ink to the edges of both ovals with a sponge dauber. Then lightly apply the ink to the top of the tuplips impressed on the rectangular piece of the Blushing Bride card stock. Use the sponge dauber.

6. Center and adhere the white oval to the Blushing Bride oval with dimensionals. Center and adhere the combined ovals to the Blushing Bride rectangle. Finally, center and adhere this strip to the front of the card.

Everyday, my goal is to learn something new that I can pass along to my friends and blog visitors. I am trying to learn how to get Stampin' Up videos on my page,today, particularly the one about the Bliss stamp set I like so much. That way their techniques and information can be passed along to you. I am about to make a computer click that will yield a video you can watch. However, those of you who receive my blog as an e-mail know I have made several unsuccessful attempts this morning. Keep your fingers crossed. Here it goes!

Bliss Bridal Shower Card

I am so glad that I got the sale.a.bration stamp set Bliss. It is so versatile. A few days ago I made a "thinking of you" card with it. Then, I needed a card for a bridal shower and, guess what, the bliss set was whipped out again. The card below is what I came up with this time.

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Materials:

1.Card Stock: Whisper White ( 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" & 4 1/4" x 3 3/16"; Rich Razzleberry ( 4 3/8" x 3 3/8")

2. Ink: Perfect Plum, Rich Razzleberry, VersaMark

3. Ribbon - Rich Razzleberry two 5" pieces.

4. Other - Tissue Paper, Anywhere Glue Stick, Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Tool.

Below are the steps taken to make the card.

1. Fold the large piece of white card stock to form a 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" card.

2. Starting at the outside edge score the front face of the card at 1/8", 1/4", 3/8". Repeat this scoring pattern on each side of the card.

3. In the center of the small piece of white paper stamp the word Bliss with Perfect Plum ink. Then use the Perfect Plum Stampin' Write marker to fill in each letter with solid color. After it dries coat the image with ink from a VersaMark pen and then heat emboss with clear embossing powder.

4. Ink up the large flourish with Perfect Plum ink and stamp the image so that it is centered over the word Bliss. Allow ink to dry.

5. Take a piece of tissue paper measuring about 5" x 5" and wad it up.
Flatten it back out. Apply glue to the panel with the stamped image.
Then spread the tissue over it. Trim off excess tissue.

6. Attach the ribbon to the top and the bottom of the tissue covered panel.

7. Center and adhere this panel to the Rich Razzleberry panel. Now attach this layered panel in the center of the scored lines.

New Friends

I love having people out to scrapbook at my home in the country. The house has an enclosed sunroom that I use as my scrapbook studio. This is where I normally teach my classes, have stamp camps, scrapbooking, faithbooking, etc. However, since my beloved is going through radiation treaments I cannot schedule regular classes. However, I do invite those in the community to come on extremely short notice. Today was one of those days. I just wanted you to have a chance to meet some of my new friends

I love having multiple generations in a family come and scrapbook or work on cards or other projects. Hope and her mom, Susan, are not the first mom and daughter team to come out, but they are my newest. I am so blessed to have had a chance to meet them.

I had four other wonderful young women who also came. They are all sisters of the Latter Day Saints. How I admire them for setting time aside to serve as missionaries. I met Sister Welch while we were both volunteering at our town's Angel Food Ministry and now I have three new friends! AH- what a great life!

Hello Baby Card

Be sure to check out Stampin'Up's lastest promotion - the sale.a.bration! For evey $50 you spend you can select a stamp set from the sale.a.braton catalog or one from selected sets found in the "Idea Book & Catalog".

Below is a card I made with Forest Friends stamp set, which I got for free as a result of the sale.a.bration. I am trying to learn how to use the brayer to apply ink and this is my first attempt.

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Materials:
1. Cardstock: Bashful Blue (5 1/2" x 8 1/2"), plus small scrap. Real Red (5 1/4" x 4")plus small scrap, Whisper White 5" x 3 3/4".

2. Ink: Bashful Blue, Real Red, Certainly Celery, Always Artichoke, Soft Suede, More Mustard, Concord Crush, Not Quite Navy, Basic Black, VersaMark.

3. Punches: 1 1/4" and 1 3/8" Circle .

4. Stamp Sets: Forest Friends, So Happy for You, Teeny Tiny Wishes, Silhouette Sentiments

5. Other: Clear Embossing Powdeer and heat tool

The steps to make this are:

1. Fold the Bashful Blue card stock to form a 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" card.

2. Center and adhere red panel.

3. Stamp bunny( Soft Seuede) onto white card stock and heat emboss with clear emcossing powder. Then color the white areas of the bunny with a VersaMark pen and emboss it with the clear embossing powder.

4. Use Stampin' Write makers to color the tree stamp (Soft Suede, Always Artichoke) and the butterfly (Real Red, Basic Black). After allowing them to dry coat with VersaMark using the pen again. Heat emboss with the clear powder.

5. Tear a piece of copy paper to form a mask to make the green hill. Brayer Certainly Celery on the bottom of the card, making sure that the bottom of the mask is right under the tree trunk. Lightly rub all ink off the bunny.

6. Turn the mask over to cover you green hill and brayer the rest of the card with Bashful Blue. Then lightly brayer Not Quite Navy on the upper corners. Lightly buff ink off of the tree and bunny.

7.Stamp flowers on green hill in Real Red, Concord Crush, and More Mustard.
Use songe to darken parts of the hill with Always Artichoke..

8. Punch 1 3/8" circle in Real Red and 1 1/4" circle in Bashful Blue.
Stamp sentiment in Not Quite Navy on the blue circle. Adhere circles together and use dimensional to attach them to the card.

Bliss Thinking of You

Here is another card using a Sale.A.Bration stamp set called Bliss. I really liked the way this one turned out.

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Materials: Card Stock Pear Pizzazz (5 1/2" x 8 1/2"), Blushing Bride (5" x 3 3/4"), Whisper White (1 3/4" x 4 5/8") In Color Pear Pizzaz DSP (1 5/8" x 4 5/8"), plus a small piece of Whisper White, which will be used to stamp and clear emboss 2 butterflies ans 5 flowers.
Ink: Basic Black, Blushing Bride, Melon Mambo, and VersaMark.
Other: Basic Pearls, clear embossing powder, heat tool.
Stamp Sets: Bliss from sale.a.bration catalogue and Sincere Salutaions from Idea Book and Catalog.

Once you have gathered you tools, all you have to do is:
l. Fold Pear Pizzazz to form an 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" card base.
2. Center and adhere pink card stock to the front of the green card.
3. Attach DSP at the top of the pink paper leaving an even pink border.
4. Load "Thinking of You" stamp with VersaMark and then black ink and stamp onto the right side of the 1 3/4" x4 5/8" white paper. Clear emboss.
Then stamp flowers in a random pattern partially around the sentiment. Attach to the the bottom of the pink paper,leaving an even border
3. Load up 1 butterfly and 5 flowers with VersaMark and then Blushing Bride. Stamp onto the scrap of white paper. Clear emboss. Load up the butterfy stamp a second time, using VersaMark and Melon Mambo. Stamp onto a scrap of white paper. Clear emboss.
4. Cut out the 5 flowers and 2 butterflies. Add pearls to make the butterflies' bodies. Attach pieces to card as show in the above photo..