take the cake shaker variation

this is the new kit from Stampin' Up and I just love it - it is fresh and colorful and perfect for that some one special's birthday . it has strips of dimensionals that make it perfect for a shaker.

it comes with everything you need- although I did make an extra layer with the magenta and the base white thick cardstock. 

I put the piece of window sheet behind the diecut front then put the dimensional strips in between the cake pieces - i did block out all the cake sections because I did not want the shaker shapes to fall to the bottom.  

I did not want to block the image with a big sentiment piece so I stamped the make a wish senitment using versamark and white embossing powder and stapled it to the top and stamped the stars with the ink that came with it to add some interest to the front white panel. added the crystal to the candle

 layer the whole thing onto a piece of magenta madness to makeit pop then the yellow panel and then white thick CS.  Love it!

Lynda

New Years Celebrations

It has been a long time since Stampin' Up put up a Asian stampset and I thinks this is a keeper.  I love the abstract Mt Fuji image and all the little bits that make this such a great stampset.  I was playing with some ideas not realizing that the actual stamps were a lot bigger than the image on the box cover, silly me.  It certainly makes more a statement.

When I was playing with it I was wondering why the coloring of the mountain was too small.  I actually ended up coloring the sides with the marker to make it meet up which is a good look too but making it sit a little off made it easier to stamp and it sits better with the bottom of the circle image.  So you decide what you like better.  I love that little bow to top the card.  I may try different Asian sayings for birthday or thank you so I am not limited to the New Year but I love this set!

Images stamped using Lipstick, Peacock and Crumbcake onto very vanilla CS.  I used the stamparatus to repeat stamp to get a really solid image for the circle and the mountain.

Superduper Birthday!

 This was one of my projects for this month.
Hermelinda did this really cool Zfold birthday card and I've been meaning to use it. Then I saw the Every day Hero set and had to have it and loved the city scape.

The sentiment from Super Duper stampset goes so well with this.
I stamped the sentiment in Pacific Point and then again with Real red. The new stamp pads are juicy enough that if you put the clear embossing powder on it right away it sticks and lets you emboss it.  Cut it out and layer with dimensional to pop it up as shown.

I stamped the city scape a little higher on the panels of the card and then used a 1 inch strip to stamp it again then rough cut the top part to layer it a bit.  You could color in the houses a bit but I left it be so it would not take too long for the make and take.

I stamped the super duper the same way - - cut out the super duper after stamping in real red and just stuck it on top.  It did not look as good coloring in with markers separately.  I stamped the super hero and the cape separately on a scrap of real red. After I stamped him, then I placed the Happy Birthday panel to hide him behind so you could not see him when the card was flat to make it more a surprise.  I stamped the balloons in real red and pacific point and used basic black markers to make it look like he was holding it.

I stamped the WOW sentiment in the middle panel and little stars in Daffodil Delight to add some interest. 

The super dude was colored in with blender pen and the real red, pacific point and soft suede for the hair.  The skin was colored with Blossom Blush- retired- marker.

Cool Treats Sundae with sprinkles

 I just absolutely adore this set- the DSP is so sweet and the dies are just the right size and so sweet.  The base is Soft Sky with a layer of Watermelon Wonder then another layer of Soft Sky.
cut a piece of DSP and put it across the bottom with little room on the bottom for the sentiment.

Diecut a stitched circle die and then diecut the bowl and the spoon with Silver Foil Sheet. I used the scoring tool to free hand the lines for the bowl.  Diecut vanilla, pink pirouette and Pool party ice creams and chocolate chip for chocolate syrup on top.  Diecut the cherry with the watermelon wonder and used chocolate chip marker to color the stems.

The little sprinkle die does come with the set but I was using the basket die from the Basket bunch since they have multiple pieces that you can cut at one time- so convenient that they are identical....
I made a pool of Tombow multipurpose glue and used a tweezer to touch the back of each sprinkle to the glue and voila, an easy birthday card.
I did use dimensionals for the scoops.
Enjoy!

Taco truck birthday

With all the food truck movement going on I just wanted this Tasty Trucks set from Stampin' Up's Sale-A-Bration as soon as I saw it.  And the cute little stack of pancakes, hotdog and taco, who could resist it?   I had also gottne the Glamper Greetings and the proportions are just perfect for you to use in crossover which just adds to its versatility.  Base card is Watermelon wonder stamped with banners from Any Occasion, another Sale-A-Bration set in versamark to add a subtle background.
Add a doily and a stitched circle and 2 little banners, the bottom one is a washi tape over whisper white and a piece of DSP.  Stamp the truck in white and color in shown.  There is some glitter on the cupcakes and there is a rhinestone on the headlight and on the end of the banners...  So Cute!

Cool Treats Birthday for a special little friend

Is this not a fun card?
Base is Crushed curry with a piece of whisper white that has some holes punched that showed the Crushed Curry color through.  The dots are made by Nuvo Crystal Drops that I got from Cranberry Hill, my local craft store in Sunyvale and they are super fun and quick easy way to add a pop of color and dimension.  They dry like glass and just a festive note.  I will probably use it for all my birthday cards.  Silver glimmer diecut happy from Avery-Elle and banner using Stampin' Up banner punch- (retired) with Cherry on Top DSP.   Cone and Ice Cream from Stampin' Up Cool Treats- my favorite stampset and die from the new Occasions Catalog and "belated" sentiment from Sweet Cupcake set

eskimo girl with bear

When I saw the little girl thought igloo- someone told me there was another card they saw with the same idea but I guess great minds think alike eh?  The base is black with piece of whisper white embossed with Softly falling embossing folder. I took a piece of  vanilla - for a little contrast and Seaside embossing folder to create the base.  I used the Brick Wall EF to emboss a piece of whisper white then  freecut and igloo by hand. I used the door die from the Sweet home set to make the door and the fox punch idea I saw from http://fortheloveofstamping.blogspot.com/  for the polar bear and the fish- sentiment from the Snow Place stampset from the main catalogin Island Indigo to compete the card.  The girl was colored with markers, Island indigo, real red, sahara sand and smoky slate.

Banners for Christmas Case

This is a case of the Banners for Christmas card found in the Holiday Catalog- did not like the craft and mint colors used so changed it to real red and soft sky. Hard to see the watercolored Soft sky behind the banner but it is there and adds a soft pretty color to the card. 

Jar of Love Hello Shaker card

 Such a fun little card we had at my last stamping party.  Base card is Pool Party. Take the DSP (here I used the It's my Party DSP from Occasion catalog (retired) fold the bottom up by about 1/2 inch and diecut the tall jar shape.   I took a piece of clear windowsheet   bigger than the jar opening all around and stamped the jar and sentiment with Staz-On,  Make sure to lift straight up to prevent smearing.   Adhere the clear window sheet to the back of the DSP. putting tape just on the edges of the DSP.  Now, place the foam adhesive strips around the edge of the jar on the clear adhesive sheet. I used the embossing buddy to take some of the stickiness and static off the sticky strips. add some hearts diecut and some sequins and put a piece of whisper white CS larger than the cut out to ocver and adhere the whole thing onto the base card,  Stamped the lid with Crumbcake, diecut it and put it on in the front.  I tied a little cord into a bow and attacked it on the corner o the lid tied with the tag,    Enjoy!

Sweet Stack birthday favors

 For the twins 'birthday I had plans to make this cake shaped favors filled with a piece of candy and a Lego minifigure in each one.  I mad 15 o fthem - extras using the Cutie Pie thinlits. were perfect.  I topped each of the cake pieces using a bermuda bay dsp and the fringe using the tissue paper from Paper Pumpkin using the fringer scissors.  That little bit made it look so festive.  I alos got some extra straws and cut them up to make candles to match the ones in the kit. Unfortunately I had to be away at a meeting and was not able to be at the party, I was told that it was a big hit and the kids loved it.

 

I put a little fringe on the ends of the ropes of the banner which really made it look festive.  My only complaint is that the kits come with candles for the matching opposite sides,  The dies only come with one die for one side and they do not match up if you put them back to back.  I'll save the smaller version of the boxes for another occasion.

Card for Ed with Vintage Leaves

 One of my co-workers recently passed away and we wanted to make a card for the family.  With the end of summer at hand, it seemed appropriate to use the Vintage leaves for the sympathy card.  It also was more masculine than the flower type cards I make for sympathy usually.  The card is full cardstock scored in half so 8 1/2x 5 1/2.

The base is Tip Top Taupe with a layer of Mint macaron. 
I took a sheet of whisper white, and embossed the woodgrain on the top half using versamark then tip top taupe ink.  You have to do it twice because the stamp is not quite wide enough to get it all across- check out the left side second wood panel and you will see a darker midline inking but when you see the whole thing, it is not that noticeable.

 Then I embossed it with clear embossing powder. 

I stamped the vintage leaves and on this one I actually cut it all out because I did not want any white outline- took me less than a half hour TV show so no big deal.  I just wanted it perfect.  Used a dauber to ink mint, Cajun Craze, and tip top Taupe on the leaves.  Curl the edge of the leaves and adhere with dimensionals.  I added some Tip top Taupe DSP on the bottom and wrapped linen thread around a few times, tied it into a bow then mounted the whole thing onto the mint macaron layer as you can see.

 I used some left over ink on the dauber with tip top taupe to rub over the wood grain to take the shine off and make it a little more vintage.

 Remember these brads?  these are retired SU- for the life of me could not find my wooden buttons. None of the current buttons we had fit the way I wanted but these corduroy brads looked right.  I took the shank off and put a dimensional on the bottom to stick it on like fall berries.

Stamped the sentiment from Thoughts & Prayers onto whisper with Tip top taupe and punched with Washi Label and mounted with dimensionals  for extra depth-  this will be hand delivered.

Took a piece of premium copy paper and cut it to size to line the inside of the card and stamped the sentiment in taupe so there would be room for everyone to sign.

Halloween Witch's hat kit and all the extras

 I saw the sample of this hat at convention and knew I wanted to use it to display during the holidays.  It's good size and really cute.  What surprised me when I got the kit was how easy it was to put together and how much extra supplies you got.
It came with everything you needed and I think it took less than an hour to put together.  I did not have the leaf stamp so I originally put it together plain which was still really cute after I sponged the leaf edges with soft suede ink.  But stamping with the leaf stamp does add an additional detail.   Love the bell at the tip.  The hardest part was crinkling the hat body to make the curve with the body of the hat. I think it's super Cute!

 The base has this subtle embossed spider web which is really great and it is really sturdy.
I did use all the fringe to make it full but only used one of each leaves and they give you three packs of each leaves in all the different colors.  I have so many leaves left over that I am planning a leaf banner.
I used cajon craze to stamp the leaves on the different diecut cardstocks or soft suede depending on the cardstock color.

This is one of the cards I made using the extra supplies.  The bats and spider web was stamped n black on Old Olive cardstock. The diecuts are already cut so nothing else to do. Spiderweb doily was left over too as was the 31.  I did stamp the raven on a different cardstock left over and embossed it in black embossing powder and used dimensionals to make it pop although I did not cut out the claws of the feet.
I probably have enough supplies to make another 10 more cards at least.  What a deal!

Sheltering tree with heat embossed bicylcle frame

I just love how the bicycle frame just POPs with its bold colors on top of the tree trunk.  I had planned on doing it with Pool Party EP but it retired so I used Cherry Cobbler EP instead and I love it!

The base card is Blushing Bride with Pear Pizazz on top.  Stamp the tree from Sheltering Tree with Early Expresso.  Then ink Blushing Bride for the leaves then "rock and roll" it using Cherry Cobbler to accent the edge of the leaves.  I then used the little dots to add extra pear pizazz leaves randomly.   I then stamped the grass then the bicycle with Memento black because it dries quick.. I then tapped the embossing buddy to make sure the card was dry then inked the bicycle frame with versamark then heat embossed it using Cherry Cobbler embossing powder which just makes it a stand out.  If it had an accessory stamp for a little tiny basket in the front with options for books, flowers or bottle of wine and bread, it would have been a perfect set! I just love bicycle stamps and have been known to buy every one I find and this one especially is so sweet with the tree.....
Maybe they will make a Sheltering Tree accessories set with a bicycle built for 2,  baskets like I said, a park bench to put under the tree and a little sled to lean against the tree in the dead of winter.... I could just go on and on!

Rock and Roll'ed Painted Petals

This was a reasonably quick card we had for the May Stampin' party.  Basecard is Rose Red embossed with woodgrain EF.   I then layered a strip of  Painted Blooms DSP - scored 1/4 inch in and folded over to show the other side and used multimono adhesive  in a fine line and attached the venetian lace.  Wild Wasabi CS distressed around the edges with my nails, and the center panel was stamped with the sentiment first in Rose Red, then added the leaves in Wild Wasabi and then used the stamp positioner to stamp the flowers but  inked first with Daffodil Delight then used Rose Red around the edge of the stamp in the Rock and Roll technique to get the dual color look.  Distress the edges - I think the more the better- then layer over the Wild Wasabi piece and it was the easy card of the evening.

Lynda

Beautiful Bunch Gift certificate Holders

With MDS retiring, I wanted to make sure I download all my digital purchases from the website before it disappears and it was a good opportunity to upgrade the look of my gift certificates.

I love the ease of MDS and am sad to have it go away but have to admit I did not buy as much of the digital downloads as I did the stampsets and paper supplies.

I get 4 gift certificates out of one sheet of 8 1/2x11 sheet and use my hoards of DSP from the past to make the trifold envelopes.  Use the envelope maker to make the perfect center indent on the inside, round the corners in the front and use the same DSP backwards to make the belly band.  The Beautiful Bunch flower is stamped in Smoky Slate 3 times for each flower and then onto the DSP to punch out the center then an extra large pearl in the center (retired)- each layer is separated by dimensionals and 2 leaves are added using coordinated DSP.  My favorite way of making long envelopes.....

Enjoy,
Lynda

A little flower box topper

 I got the Bouquet Bigshot die when I saw the bouquet on the occasion catalog cover but the largest flower in the set was really huge - a bit too big to use for the projects I had in mind but the rest of the die was really quite useable and I wanted an easy way for people to make the flower so this is how I set it up for my workshop.

Each person got a sheet of whisper white CS.
They are cut longways into 2 1/8x 11 inch pieces as shown on the left.

 I stacked 2 of the pieces and cut them 1 1/4 inch piece rectangles as shown.

The other two strips are cut into 1 3/4 inch pieces.  I used 8 of each on my flower but this will make lots more for people to play with or make fuller flowers.

You can put a stack of 4 larger rectangle over the bigger flower and 4 thinner rectangles over the smaller petal as shown. Then you only have the run it twice to make all 16 petals. Really speedy.  Then run the black for the stamen and the Old Olive for the petals.

 Here are all the ingredients to make one flower.
8 Big petals, 8 smaller petals, 2 green leaves, a black center.  I used one 1 1/2 inch circle as the base to build the flower and a daffodil delight 1/2 inch circle (the clear faceted button shows what is underneath and the daffodil circle helps it look better)

 The outside petals are folded over but less severely than the ones that go in the center.

 Use a chopstick or some rounded stick to curl the petal edges.  This step is crucial to make it look a little more realistic.

 Use the circle to tape down the 5 petals as shown.

 I then added the 3 left over petals in the center as shown.

 Then the smaller petals are placed, 3 petals per layer in 2 more layers. 

Then I put the 2 left over petals in the center- you could put 3 which may make it easier then add the center stamen.




This is how it looks from the back.  I initially made it without the base and it was all wonky after it was made - with the base it is more sturdy and easier to attach to the box anyway.

These are the flowers I made with 2 different size faceted buttons- both really pretty!  Enjoy and try it yourself.  You can make the box with the boxmaker from Stampin' Up in different color for a more masculine look, texture the box, or stamp on the box  to make it your own. 
Lynda