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Thank you for visiting my blog about cards and other hobbies. Stamp Club is for anyone that would enjoy making cards and learning new techniques - we would love to have you come! We meet the first Saturday of each month or the following Monday (unless changed because of holidays). (Each monthly get together is held those two days - sometimes one day is more convenient than the other!) An Evite is sent out each month - so if you would like to come to Stamp Club, just email me and let me know to put you on the Evite list: helencashon@gmail.com . Sometimes we have Stamp-A-Stacks or other classes also.

Sunday, May 23, 2010

May Stamp Club Projects


May Stamp Club - May 1 and 3, 2010


All images and supplies are Stampin' Up!  The theme for the day was Circles, Circles, Circles!


Idea cased from traciac - posted on splitcoastampers January 30, 2010.  Stamp set changed. 
See her card here.
Bashful Blue and Whisper White cardstock.   Bashful Blue ink sponged on; image and sentiment stamped in Chocolate Chip.  Circle template cut out with Circle Scissors Plus.  Each person at Stamp Club received a circle template.  The template was placed over the white cardstock piece.  Then the daisy image was stamped.  Then Bashful Blue ink was sponged in the circle, concentrating particularly around the edges so the circle image would be defined.  
This was the favorite of all the cards we did that day.  And it's a Clean and Simple easy one too! 




Card cased from fionna51 on splitcoaststampers on September 5, 2009.   See her card here and her demo's card here

Soft Suede and Whisper White cardstock were run through the Big Shot with the Finial Press Embossing Folder.  Soft Suede cut horizontally, paying attention to the embossing.  Then marked on cardstock base how high up the Soft Suede piece would come.   Stamped Circle Circus set circles in Soft Suede ink, looking carefully at sample card for positioning.   Then punched 1" circles and 1 3/8" circles out of the embossed white cardstock - paying attention to the embossed design so that flowers got punched.  Glued those down.  Glued Soft Suede piece down.  Added Organdy ribbon. 



Card CASED from:  (Will edit post when find)  Melon Mambo cardstock and ribbon.  Finial Press embossing folder and Big Shot. 


A 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 piece of white cardstock was run through the Big Shot with the Finial Press embossing folder.   Then the envelope flap was traced onto the debossed side and cut out, then glued onto the envelope flap.   Some of the reading I did indicated if the flap itself was embossed, then the sticky part of the envelope would not stick to seal the envelope.   The envelope flap idea came from here.http://www.stampinpretty.com/video-embossing-envelope-flap.html.  She has other envelope flap ideas also.  Go to her main page http://www.stampinpretty.com/ and look on the left for the envelope flap ideas.



Slit punched edge and colors CASED from  gbarron - posted December 11, 2009.  See her card here.
Punches under sentiment idea CASED from darhm posted on April 16, 2010.  See her card here.

Below are the directions for how to do the edge on this card.  The directions at each station for the other cards are available also - just email me and I will send you the Word file with all four card pictures and directions. 

- On Real Red cardstock piece (card front size) – mark middle of long edge with pencil.

- Using Slit Punch upside down – position it so that the pencil marked middle is in center of slit punch. Slide cardstock all way up throat of punch. Punch. Work punch off cardstock carefully – may need to push punched piece back down some.

- Measure 1/8” to the right of the slit edge; mark with pencil. Position Slit Punch edge at that pencil mark and punch. Repeat this on both sides of original slit until whole edge has been punched.

- Fold under – almost folds itself.

- Slide white 1” x 5 ½” piece in between folds of red cardstock.

- Adhere white piece to red, being careful not to put adhesive where it will show through the holes.

- Adhere red layer to black layer.

- Punch black 1 ¾” circle.

- Punch red Wide Oval.

- Stamp sentiment in black ink from Think Happy Thoughts. Punch out with 1 3/8” circle punch.

- Stamp flower from Think Happy Thoughts in red ink. Punch out with ¾” punch.

- Adhere flower to middle of sentiment circle with Pop Up Glue Dots.

- Adhere to top front of card.

- Adhere to white card base.

- Stamp “Stamped By” and put name or initials on back.

These directions for the slit punch circle edge I learned from tutorials at http://http://www.gretchenbarron.typepad.com/ and http://www.createwithpaper.com/

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