Inspired by Nature Squares

I saw this card and loved it so much, I just had to make something like it. I didn't have the stamp she used, so I used Inspired by Nature instead. I used Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake and Early Espresso to make this card. I love how the pearls dress up the card so much. The sentiment is from the Perfect Words Hostess stamp set. I almost want to enlarge this and frame it, it would be perfect for my bathroom!

The easy way to make the squares for this card is to stamp your image with Early Espresso ink on crumb cake card stock. Then I made this template so I could punch my squares out evenly so they will line up with the image that is stamped on the Very Vanilla below. You can make the space between the squares whatever you want, as long as it's even. Then you can match them up perfectly with the image below and everything is lined up!

Re-Using Old Projects

I made these two cards by reusing the backs from older projects! I really like how they came out. I have so much trouble throwing things out and sometimes I don't have a plan for all of the projects that I do. This was a great way to reuse them! Here is what they originally were below, my plant holders.

And I made these little plant holders using my Six Pack Baby Holder project!

Talk about getting some good use out of a project!

ABC Punch Art Peekaboo Frame Book

Here is my ABC Punch Art Peekaboo Frame Book! This uses the new Peekaboo Frame Die from the 2011 Holiday Mini Catalog to make an alphabet book. Under each frame is a punch art object that corresponds to each letter! This tutorial includes step by step directions with pictures for each punch art object for every letter as well as alternate options.
This is a great gift to make for your own child or to make as a gift for a baby shower or new baby.
Book measures approximately 6-1/2" x 6-1/2".

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to see more details or get the tutorial!

SNAIL Mouse Treat Card

As promised... here is my SNAIL container mouse! I told you my husband came up with a second idea, besides the ghost, and here it is! I love this little guy and so do my kids, he is so cute!

Here are the directions for how I did these cards. I do not have the step by step for the mouse so here are the ghost directions. You can see more about the ghost card HERE.

I started with a 3-7/8" x 5-1/8" piece of Basic Black cardstock and traced the top of the SNAIL tape container in the center. When you trace around the top of the container, it is slightly smaller then the base because it slants down. When you cut it out, just cut about 1/16" outside of your traced line.

You are going to put red sticky tape on the top of the lip of the plastic. you only need a few small strips to keep it on the paper. Now put your paper down over the plastic piece, just like you would over a treat cup.

On the back you are going to put sticky tape down the two long sides and one short side, the bottom. You are going to cut out a piece of paper that will slide in and out to open and get the candy out. This paper should be larger then the snail container opening, but fit inside the sticky tape on the edge. You can put a loop of ribbon on the top of this white piece so you can pull it in and out.


You are going to cut a hole in the front of your 8-1/2"x 5-1/2" card that is smaller then your white pull out piece. It does not need to be as big as I show here. It just needs to be large enough to get the candy out.


I cut a little skirt for the bottom of the ghost and filled the container with cut paper, but really it would be candy. Now when you pull on the ribbon, the back tab opens and you can put things in and out!


I have purposely left out dimensions for this because I just cut as I went to fit the size of the snail container. These do not need to be exact. Hope you have fun with it!

SNAIL Ghost - Stamp Clubs Third Card

Here is my ghost card that I did with my stamping club this week. We used the package from the SNAIL tape for the ghost shape! Mine is filled with paper here, but you would really fill it with candy or some other white treat! (White gumballs, yogurt covered raisins, mints or something like that.) There is a slide out pocket too, so the recipient of the card does not have to ruin it to get the treat out.

I have to give full credit to my wonderful husband for this idea. I knew I wanted to make something with the SNAIL container, but could not come up with something good. Some days I just have a creative block going on... he always comes up with something good! He came up with the ghost and another great idea. Check back soon to see what his second idea was!
Here is the inside showing the pull-out pocket. I will try to write up directions for this soon so keep checking! I forgot to take step-by-step pictures while I was doing it. Woops!

Second Stamp Club Card

Here is the second card that my stamping club ladies did last night. I used the Gently Falling stamp set from the new 2011 Holiday Mini Catalog and the Perfect Words Hostess set.

This card uses a 6-1/2" square card base folded in half to fit the small open end envelopes that SU has. I used Early Espresso, More Mustard, Cajun Craze and Cherry Cobbler ink for this card and Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla and Cherry Cobbler cardstock for it.
The small Vanilla squares are 2" x 2" and the Crumb Cake is 6-1/2" x 2-1/4"

Christmas Lodge Colored Snow

I used the Christmas Lodge stamp set from the new 2011 Holiday Mini Catalog to make this card. I love this set!
I stamped the lodge image on Crumb Cake cardstock with Early Espresso ink and then colored in the snow parts with the white gel pen. So simple and looks so nice! This is one of the cards that my stamp club ladies are doing tonight. Keep checking back to see the other two cards they will do!

Noah's Ark Thank You Card

Here is the card that I made using my Noah's Ark Gift Box and card set. I made this as a thank you for a neighbor that loaned us their sump pump to bail out our basement for Irene! We had 6 inches of water and gaining with 4 pumps going! However, after seeing the damage that was done to our little town, I can't complain at all. I am in Vermont, so the damage around here has been devastating. We are not one of the stranded towns, thank goodness, but we lost a lot here and right around us. Lot's of roads are closed so it's really hard to get anywhere.
It is getting better day by day but still unreal what some rain did. I thought this card was kind of a funny way to say thank you for the help!

Here is the original Noah's Ark card and box that I made below!

The Holiday Mini is Here!

The new 2011 Holiday Mini Catalog is here!
You do not want to miss this one, I want everything in it! You can look through page by page online HERE or by clicking the image above.

If you want to get anything out of it, you can go right onto my SITE and order it, or you can email me and I can put it in for you!
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And don't forget, for every $50 of merchandise that you purchase, you can choose any one of my tutorials for FREE! Purchase $150 of merchandise, get three for FREE and FREE hostess merchandise too!

Sweet Floral Layered

While I was at the SU Convention this year, I won the Sweet Floral background stamp that I made this card with. When I first got it, I thought it was the ugliest stamp that I had ever seen. A few other people saw it and said, "Oh, how pretty!" I figured if some people like it, maybe I could make a card that I like with it.
Here is my layered card using only this stamp and Perfect Words for the sentiment. I stamped the stamp a few times in Cherry Cobbler for the top and a few times in Always Artichoke for the leaves. Then I just cut some parts out and popped them up with Dimensionals, either one or two high.
I am still on the fence with liking this stamp but I really like how the card came out!


For the sentiment I just punched it out with the Modern Label punch. Then I punched two more in Cobbler, cut them in half going each way, and glued them to the back. This makes a nice outline around your words.

Summer Mini Ends Tomorrow!

Don't miss out on ordering out of this great Summer Mini Catalog! It ends tomorrow so don't wait! If you don't have one you can look through page by page online!

Click on the catalog above or HERE to look through now!

You can place an order online or email me by tomorrow afternoon to place it for you.
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Don't forget, if you place a $50 order you get to pick any tutorial from me for FREE! Place a $150 order, you get three FREE tutorials and FREE hostess merchandise!

Also this month only, buy three Designer Series Papers and get one FREE!

Simply Soft, Extended

I made this card using the Simply Soft hostess set. I used white satin ribbon and died it with the More Mustard ink refill and the Aqua Pen. Then I let it dry and scrunched it up on top of Sticky tape to get the bunched look on the card. I stamped two of these flower images right on top of each other to give me a longer looking flower then the single stamp. After I stamped the Mustard on the inside of the black outline, I colored the red and green and used Crystal Effects on the petals to make them stick out and shine. I used Pear Pizzazz, Very Vanilla, More Mustard and Cherry Cobbler for this card.

I used the Mini Silver Brads here and just colored them with a permanent red marker! Then I put them through 1/4" circles and then onto the card. I really like how this came out. The silver just didn't go with the card, but the red looks great! I also took the edge of my Very Vanilla paper and just wiped it across the Cobbler ink a few times on all of the edges and put it on with Dimensionals. This really made it pop out from the card nicely.

Gently Falling Three Cards & Box

Here is my three card class with a matching box, using the new Gently Falling stamp set and Spice Cake Designer Series Paper and Buttons from the new 2011 Holiday Mini. This mini officially starts for customers on September first, so this is a little sneak peak of the products! For Demonstrators, we have already been able to pre-order and get these products, so here are some great things to make with them and show your customers for when they can get them!
You can easily switch up the colors and stamps for this project and make it for any occasion. I thought pastels with a baby stamp set would be perfect for this layout!
The box easily fits three of each card and envelopes for a great gift!

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to see more details or to get this tutorial!

Card Party Cards

I have already showed you the hostess gift that I made for this party but here is the card that I demonstrated there and the card that they did.

This card uses The Open Sea stamp set and the Top Note die with the Big Shot. I used VersaMark ink for the globe and chart stamp on white paper in back and clear embossed it. Then I sponged with Night of Navy ink on top. In person you can see the images are shiny and it looks really nice.

This is the card that they did at the party. We used the Just Believe stamp set and the background uses the Very Vintage roller. I tried to keep it simple since there were lots of first timers.

Simply Soft, Sponged

I used the hostess set Simply Soft to make this card. When I first got this set I wasn't sure what to do with it but I really like it now!
The colors I used on this card are Soft Suede, Pool Party, Pear Pizzazz, More mustard and Very Vanilla. The piece of DSP that you see is the new Spice Cake DSP that is in the 2011 Holiday Mini Catalog that most of the SU demos have already. If you are not a demo, you have to wait until September 1st when this catalog officially starts to get this great new paper, sorry! One of the many great reasons to be a demo is you get to pre-order a month ahead of time from the new catalogs and we get to see the catalogs even earlier then that! If you want to be able to do this and much more, see my page about joining my team! Did I mention you get a great discount too?!
I also used Crystal Effects over the flowers to make them glow. I even did an inside to this card! I think this makes the card seem so more more sophisticated, it's like getting two cards in one! I sponged the Ribbon very lightly with Soft Suede ink so it matched the tone of the card. Without that it seemed too bright to fit. For the edges of the inside and outside I sponged them with More Mustard ink first and then went around the very edges with Soft Suede to give a deeper look.

August Club Cards

For my Stamp Club this month I seemed to run out of time so I actually searched on blogs for card ideas! I did find some great cards and didn't even change them too much. Here are the cards we did and where I got the inspiration from!

I found this card on Splitcoast and just changed it a bit. I can not find the creators real name on there, but you can see her great card HERE! I got this Sweet Floral background stamp at Convention as a prize and could not think of a thing to do with it. Thank goodness for other blogs to get inspiration from!

This card is inspired by Nancy Ferb (almost copied exactly so I guess that's not really inspired by...). I love how she uses the new Grow stamp from Convention with the Just Believe stamp set! I did not have the new brads for the bottom so I just punched a piece of paper and used Crystal Effects on it.

And the last card idea I got from Karen Colburn. This one uses The Open Sea stamp set from the Summer Mini. I love the tearing of the two layers of DSP and so did all of my ladies!

Thanks for the great card ideas ladies so I didn't have to think too much!

Strength and Hope Hostess Gift

I thought I would share the little gift that I made for the hostess of my last party.
I used the Strength and Hope stamp set with Melon Mambo, Crumb Cake, Pool Party and Very Vanilla cardstock and ink. I made nine little 3"x3" cards with envelopes and put them in a decorated Fancy favor box. I put this in a cello bag and finished it with a ribbon!