Summer Smooches Notecard Box Tutorial

 Today I'm sharing this fun Summer Smooches Note Card Box along with a free tutorial for you. This boxed note card set would also make a nice holder to tuck a gift card into. It  features the Summer Smooches DSP, the Mixed Bunch stamp set, and a fun Rock and Roll stamping technique. Have Fun!!

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March Newsletter is Posted!

The March Stamping Newsletter has been posted. You can view it HERE or by clicking on the  Newsletter link on the right side bar. This month's card class focuses on Watercoloring, as we use the new Mini Occasions Apothecary Art stamp set. With it's beautiful floral images it makes the perfect set for our soft and subtle watercoloring this month.

Here's what's going on this month:

March Classes

Creative Cards: Water Color Cards ($15)

Tuesday, 3/6 – 10 AM-Noon; 7-9 PM at Tumbleweed Recreation Center

Tuesday, 3/20 – (FULL 10 AM-Noon); 1:30-3:30 PM; 7-9 PM at Heidi’s House

PDF Tutorial and Kits will be available for this class.

Thanks for stopping by!

February Newsletter

  The February Stamping Newsletter has been posted. You can view it HERE or by clicking on the  Newsletter page below. This month's card class focuses on Brayering! I love brayering and the color that it adds to card making. I'll be posting a Brayering How-To-Video on my blog later this month,

so check back again, if you'd like to view it. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Here's what's going on this month:

February Classes

Creative Cards: Brayered Cards ($15)

Tuesday, 2/7 – 10 AM-Noon; 7-9 PM at Tumbleweed Recreation Center

Tuesday, 2/21 – 10 AM-Noon; 1:30-3:30 PM; 7-9 PM at Heidi’s House

February PDF Tutorials and Card Kits...will be available February 20.

Happy New Year and January Newsletter

A very Happy New Year to everyone! I've posted the January Stamping Newsletter which you can view HERE or by clicking on my Newsletter button on the right side of the blog. I am looking forward to sharing ideas, cards, classes, and spending 2012 with all of you who stamp with me or visit here on my blog. Thanks for stopping by!

Here's what's going on this coming month:

January Classes

Creative Cards: Valentine Cards ($15)

Tuesday, 1/10 – 10 AM-Noon; (7-9 PM CANCELLED)at Tumbleweed Recreation Center

Tuesday, 1/17 – 10 AM-Noon; 1:30-3:30 PM; 7-9 PM at Heidi’s House

January PDF Tutorials

Valentine Card Class Tutorial ($3.95)

Demo to Demo Valentine Card Class Tutorial ($8.95)

To view class picture, purchasing and more info, CLICK HERE

January Card Kits

Valentine Card Class Kit - Includes PDF Tutorial ($17.00 - includes shipping)
To view class picture, puchasing and more info, CLICK HERE

Autumn Pocket Silhouette

This is another card that we made in my Fall-Themed class this month. We used the Baby Wipe Technique to stamp the bouquet from  the Pocket Silhouette stamp set. I used the Designer Frame folder to emboss and create an oval frame for the stamped bouquet.

• Here's a mini tutorial for the Baby Wipe Technique:

(Supplies: Reinkers, baby wipe, stamp set of choice, cardstock)
Randomly squeeze a few drops of Reinkers (More Mustard, Old Olive, Soft Suede) on folded baby wipe to create your own stamp pad. I placed Soft Suede and Old Olive reinker drops towards bottom and added More Mustard and Old Olive towards the top of my Baby Wipe stamp pad.

Place stamp of choice in Baby Wipe stamp pad (I used one of the Pocket Silhouette's) and stamp on center of Whisper White or Very Vanilla cardstock.

Have a wonderful day!

Supplies:

Cardstock: More Mustard, Very Vanilla, Early Espresso

DSP: Spice Cake

Ink: Early Espresso, Soft Suede ink pads; Reinkers - More Mustard, Old Olive, Soft Suede

Punches: Wide Oval, Word Window

Big Shot: Ovals #2 Bigz die, Framed Tulips and Designer Frames folders

Stamp Set: Pocket Silhouette, Teeny Tiny Wishes

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Summer Basket Tutorial Share

I created this Summer Basket awhile back using the Paisley Petals DSP. I love this color...it's soft and looks great with Marina Mist. I gave this basket to a friend of mine filling it with a couple of Bath & Body Works lotions along with See's Candy suckers and a gift card. It made such a pretty way to give a gift. You could fill it with a set of cards, candy, whatever else you can think of that will fit inside the basket.

I'd love to share the tutorial for this basket with you. For your free PDF's, you'll need to click on both the Summer Basket Tutorial and the Basket Templates! I also made a Scallop Circle card to coordinate with it, which I'll share later this week. Until then, I hope that you have fun creating!

Also, if you're looking for a great designer paper deal, Stampin Up is offering a "Buy 3, Get 1 Free" deal through August.

See you next time :-)

In-Color Workshop Card Tutorial

Today I'm hosting my annual New Catalog Workshop and this is the card we'll be making. We'll be using some of Stampin' Up's new catalog items: Blossom Bouquet Punch; Postage Stamp Punch; Pretty Postage Stamp Set; and the new In-Colors (Calypso Coral, Pool Party, Wisteria Wonder, Lucky Limeade, Island Indigo).

If you'd like to make this card, Just CLICK HERE for the free PDF step-by-step illustrated tutorial. I hope you have fun and thanks a bunch for stopping by!

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Red, White and Blue Wish Big

How's your June going so far? I hope great! The summer is here and the outdoors is calling me, which makes it difficult to stay focused on things that I need to get done, because I keep looking for a reason to be outside. Apart from feeling a bit distracted, I've been getting ready for my son's 19th birthday and graduations of friend's that are coming up this weekend, which means cards.
I thought that I'd join in the Friday Blogger's Challenge with this card.

I did stay focused yesterday and got all my cutting and prepping done for this month's card classes. I'm looking forward to getting back to stamping with everyone again this month especially since we're making the Patriotic and Masculine themed cards. I used the Square Lattice textured embossing folder on each card, along with the Inlaid Embossing Technique (click here for a how-to video tutorial) for a couple of the cards. The stampset for this card is  Word Play . It's loaded with great sentiments, especially the "Wish Big" sentiment. The fact that it's big and bold makes it a great focal point for a card. If you'd like to join us this month for any of my classes, check out my calendar for details. My first class for the month is this Tuesday, 6/14, at Tumbleweed Recreation Center.

Have a great day and thanks a bunch for stopping by :-)

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June Masculine-Patriotic Card Class

This month's card class features Masculine and Patriotic themed cards. I'll be offering this class at Tumbleweed Recreation Center on June 14 (306TW.431 - 10 AM; 307TW.431 - 7 PM) and again at my house on June 21 (10 AM; 1:30 PM; 7 PM); Class Fee - $15. You can view my calendar for more details. If you can't make any of the classes, but would love to make the cards, let me know and you can stop by and pick up a kit. Just allow 10 minutes to get your stamping done and then you can be on your way :-) I'd love to have you join us this month, if you can. 

If you live long-distance but would like to make these cards, you can purchase the PDF tutorials for this class below. My PDF tutorials include a thorough and detailed list of supplies and dimensions along with step-by-step instructions and photographs to give you written and visual instruction for creating the cards above. The cost of the PDF class (which includes directions for all of the above) is $3.95 and can be purchased by clicking on the "Buy Now" button. The PDF will be emailed to you within 24 hours. Thanks for stopping by :-)

Masculine and Patriotic Card PDF - $3.95

Fancy Fold Class Tutorial Available

If you missed my Fancy Fold class this month, you can still get in on the fun. If you're interested, I am offering the PDF tutorial for the cards we made this month, which are shown below. The Secret Message Gatefold card includes a video tutorial which you can view by clicking on the link. This is such a cool card technique...I love it!

The PDF tutorial includes a thorough and detailed list of supplies and dimensions along with step-by-step instructions and photographs to give you written and visual instruction for creating the cards above. The cost of the PDF class (which includes directions for all of the above) is $3.95 and can be purchased below by clicking on the "Buy Now" button. The PDF will be emailed to you within 24 hours. Thanks for stopping by :-)

 Fancy Fold Card Class - $3.95

Cupcake Gift Set Tutorial Available

This was my project class I taught last month at Tumbleweed Recreation Center and I'm excited this month to share the class with you...the Cupcake Gift Set. I am offering the PDF tutorial for this class, which includes instructions for the Cupcake Box with Cupcake Holder and Lid, Scalloped Cupcake Candy Holder (PDF Template included) and Cupcake Gift Card Holder. With graduations coming up, this makes a special way to give a gift card or money. I gave a set as a gift for someone's birthday and tucked candy inside the Scalloped Cupcake and a gift card in the pull-out Cupcake Card. The Cupcake Box will also hold an actual cupcake.

The PDF tutorial includes a thorough and detailed list of supplies and dimensions along with step-by-step directions and photographs to give you written and visual instruction, along with a PDF Scalloped Cupcake template. The cost of the PDF class (which includes directions for all of the above) is $3.95 and can be purchased below by clicking on the "Buy Now" button. The PDF will be emailed to you within 24 hours. Thanks for stopping by :-)

 Cupcake Gift Set - $3.95

Another Graduation Card How-To

Hope you've had a great week, so far. I thought I'd share some of the other Graduation Cards I made using the Spring Card. If you'd like to make the Spring Card, I posted a TUTORIAL on Monday's post and I've included a little "How-To" below for the detailing of the cards shown here.

These make great graduation caps and you can personalize them by using the graduate's school colors.I used the stampset Take a Spin...I love all the special occasion choices and the little spinner hands! Have fun trying these out for yourself.

 

Supplies:

Cardstock - (5-1/4x10-1/2") Bravo Burgundy; (3-3/8x3-3/8" - front panel) (2x2-1/2"-stamp/punch piece) More Mustard; (3x4" punch piece) Basic Black; (3x3") Whisper White

Big Shot - Square Lattice texture impression folder

Punches: Star; 3/4" circle; 2-1/2" circle Hand punch

Stamp Set -Take a Spin

Ink - Cherry Cobbler; Basic Black Stampin' Write marker

Accessories - Game spinner hands, Cutter/Scorer, Ruler, 56" black embroidery floss, dimensionals, SNAIL adhesive, Sticky Strip

1. Create the Spring Card as shown HERE. Ink up Take a Spin stamp with Cherry Cobbler. Use Basic Black marker and color in all the outer circle "Happy's". Give stamp a few "huff's" with your breath and stamp image on 3x3 Whisper White CS. Punch out stamped image using the 2-1/2" circle punch.

2. Punch out 4 black stars. Run 3-3/8" square More Mustard through Big Shot using the Square Lattice textured impression folder. Snail textured More Mustard square to the front of Bravo Burgundy card. Snail 3 of the Basic Black stars at the top and 2 side corners.

3. Punch a 3/4" More Mustard circle and snail to center of stamped Whisper White image. Snail the 4th Basic Black star to center of stamped image.

4. Make a tassle as shown  HERE, in Step 13. Punch a hole in the center of stamped circle image and attach the brad through the game spinner hand, thread brad through the top loop of black tassle, then add the washer, fastening brad ends to the back of stamped circle. Dimensional stamped Whisper White circle to center of card front.

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Graduation Card Tutorial

A couple of years ago Adriel came up with the idea to use the Spring Card as a graduation cap. You can see her card HERE. This year we have several friends who are graduating, so we are in need of some graduation cards. I thought it would be fun to revisit our Graduation Card and make up some for this year's grads. I've posted the tutorial for the Graduation Card below...Have fun!

Supplies:

Cardstock - (5-1/4x10-1/2") (3x4" punch piece) Rich Razzleberry; (3-3/8x3-3/8" - front panel) (2x2-1/2"-stamp/punch piece) Whisper White

Big Shot - Finial Press texture impression folder

Punches: Scallop Trim Corner, Boho Blossom, Itty Bitty, Large Oval, Hand punch

Stamp Set -Silhouette Sentiments

Ink - Old Olive, Soft Suede

Accessories - Jewels (Pearls), Rhinestone brad, Cutter/Scorer, Ruler, 56" black embroidery floss, dimensionals, SNAIL adhesive, Sticky Strip

1. Fold Rich Razzleberry CS in half lengthwise.

2. Fold right side of CS to the center fold. Fold will be 2-5/8" from right side of CS.

3. Turn CS over, face down. Bring the lower left hand corner up and over the CS until the lower edge is even with the 2-5/8" foldline.

4. Open up CS, Bring the top left hand corner down and over s o that the upper edge is even with the 2-5/8" foldline.

When CS is opened up the Spring Card foldlines appear.

5. Mark center of left side of CS (2-5/8")

6. Cut from center point down to the foldline on each side to create a point at the top of the card.

Backside of card

6. Fold CS at foldlines and add a 1" piece of Sticky Strip to underside point of Spring Card.

7. Press point with Sticky Strip down upon card base.

8. Finished Spring Card...time to decorate!

9. Punch all 4 corners of 3-3/8" Whisper White CS square. Place Whisper White CS in Finial Press texture impression folder and run through Big Shot.

10. Stamp Whisper White stamp/punch piece with Congrats (Soft Suede) and floral stem (Old Olive). Punch stamped Whisper White CS with large oval. Punches: Boho Blossom - (1 Rich Razzleberry small flower); Itty Bitty - (1 Rich Razzleberry scallop)

11. Punch Boho Blossom- (1 large Rich Razzleberry flower)

12. Form a note pocket: Use one of the triangles cut from the side of the card in Step 6 and SNAIL the side edges to the backside of Spring Card to form the pocket. Cut a piece of Whisper White CS to create the note insert.

13. Create Tassle - Fold 42" length of black embroidery floss into 3" sections. You should end up with 7 folds at the top. With 12" piece of black embroidery floss, create and tie a slipknot through the 7 folds, this will be the top of the tassle. Starting from the top of the tassle, begin winding one of the 12" ends around the top section of the tassle, working your way down about 1/2". Wrap around one more time, this time forming a loop so that you can thread the end of the floss through the loop to tie a knot. Trim ends of tassle to desired length.

14. Snail Rich Razzleberry small Boho Blossom and Itty Bitty scallops together. Snail to stamped/punch Whisper White oval, at end of Old Olive stamped stem. Snail Rich Razzleberry large Boho Blossom to center of Whisper White textured front panel. Dimensional stamped oval to upper section of Whisper White front panel, just under the top punched corner. Punch a hole through center of large Razzleberry flower. Add a rhinestone brad through the top loop of black tassle and center of Razzleberry flower. Dimensional Whisper White front panel to Rich Razzleberry card front. Add a small pearl to center of Boho and Itty Bitty flowers on stamped oval.

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