Just Sharing More Cards

Lawanda and I went to a fellow demonstrator's (Michelle Rahal) Stamp-A-Stack in Savannah about a month ago, and below are the cards we made there.   We both fell in love with the Nature Walk Stamp set as a result of the card we made.     Michelle said I was welcome to come any time and bring a guest (or guests)  --  if she has room.   She does the Stamp-A-Stacks once a month, mostly on Friday evenings, but sometimes she does them Friday evening and Saturday morning - last Friday night of the month.  Her girls play soccer, so she just has to see about Saturday mornings.     If anyone would like to go with me some Saturday morning when she is having one, let me know you might be interested and I'll give you a call when I decide to go again.   We did 4 cards each of 3 designs for $20. 

The Very Vanilla, Sahara Sand and Night of Navy cardstock just look so elegant together, don't you think?   And the flower is nice on the envelope.  The Lattice embossing folder is also used on the Very Vanilla Cardstock and the seam binding ribbon is in Crumb Cake. 

So, of course, after making this card, I wanted the Nature Walk Stamp Set.   It is in the Occasions Mini Catalog which has a deadline coming up of April 30.

Another card we made was this with the Always Elegant set on page 67 of the regular Idea Book and Catalog.

Fell in love with this stamp set then too.    I had not been drawn to the 1 1/4" wide striped ribbon  . . .  until this card.  Now I REALLY like it!   The sentiment is from the hostess set Something to Celebrate which is is the Occasions Mini Catalog too.   The ribbon and cardstock is black.   So -- then I wanted this ribbon and this stamp set!  

A third card we did at the Stamp-A-Stack used the Designer Series In Color Paper Pack that is one of the hostess sets in the regular catalog.   Clean and simple -- but really cute.  The sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Wishes. 

We had a delightful time at Michelle's.    She had lamps at each work table - which is where I got the idea to put lamps at our work tables too.   Thanks, Michelle!

March Stamp Club

March Stamp Club - March 5 and 7, 2011


Cards made at Stamp Club:

  Nancy, the hostess, requested cards made with fabric, so this is one.   It is CASED from Heather Summers - from a card on her blog (http://www.stampwithheather.typepad.com/   - see February 7, 2011, posting.   Heather used the Scallop Circle Die with the Big Shot for her flower however.  Stamp set used is Bliss, one of the Sale-A-Bration sets.   The seam binding has been ruffled.  

Ruffled scallop behind image.  Designed by Helen! -- inspiration and directions of how to make the ruffle from Debbie Robinson (http://stampnstash.blogspot.com/) posted to Splitcoast on April 11, 2009.

See her card here

Spirelli (Dutch String Art)

Nancy Collins had done a number of Spirelli circles and had entered a Spirelli card in the fair this past fall - and won a ribbon.   Card designed by Helen.

From the Past card:   Penny Spinner Card

CASED from:  Janet Hill - posted on February 27, 2011, on Stampin' Connection.   She used a blue color combination.  Stamp set is Flight of the Butterfly.  Cardstock is Daffoldil Delight and Poppy Parade - I love those two colors together!

I also made some other samples just to show:

Fabric on card.  Butterfly part inspired by: Mercedes Weber.  See her website:  http://www.mercedesweber.blogspot.com/.  See her January 10, 2011, posting.

and also Charlene Boyachek where I got the idea of using the fabric strip as ribbon

Tulip embossing folder.   Butterfly Die; Marina Mist cardstock and ribbon.    SU! Fabric.

Ornament Punch with fabric.  Cotton ball underneath makes it puff out.

Idea CASED from poster Michelerey on Splitcoaststampers October 21, 2010.   See her card here.

As she states - please note that the fabric is NOT punched. 

Decided to try the butterfly punch and fabric and cotton ball underneath.

The little butterfly that punched out with the die at the same time.  He's not on a card - he's just flying around.

Chalk Grid Line technique.

Card inspired by Julie  Davison - poster Juls716 on Splitcoaststampers.  See her card here.  Her website:  http://juliedavison.blogspot.com/ .   Garden Green Chalk rubbed onto Whisper White cardstock.  Then, with art eraser, lines are erased.   Need to have a clear ruler that you can see through and be able to measure same increments so that the lines are evenly spaced.   Ruler similar to this.   If anyone would like to do this technique, let me know.   I have two of the rulers, so I can teach it to two people at a time.



February Stamp Club

February Stamp Club - February 5 and 7, 2011

Card is a direct CASE from:   (will come back with info).

Stamp set is: 

See below how to make the "flower" -- made with scalloped circle and  two of the hearts from the 3 heart punch. 

Direct CASE.  Not sure who from ...will come back and edit if I figure it out.

Recently learned a tip about the white gel pen - if ink is not flowing, clean the tip of the pen with rubbing alcohol and a cotton ball.   Alcohol wipes do not work. 

From the Past:

Waterfall Card

Inspired by (will come back and edit when I figure it out.)

Letterpress plate used for card front (the small hearts on the pink layer)

Pull tab and it opens layer by layer

                                                                                  I

                                                                              love

you

Happy Valentine's Day

Ornaments

Ornament Class

If you make ornaments, we found out that it was best to use the non-irredescent balls - can see the image inside better. 

This ornament is made with the City of David Stamp set - and two acetate images have been rolled up and inserted into the ornament ball.   They were stamped on the acetate in Black Staz On ink and then colored with Sharpie markers. 

Close - up (in can stand instead of on hanger).  One of the images is Joseph and Mary on donkey.  The other image in the background is the city of Bethlehem.   The filler on the bottom is pellet type "snow"  or  the kind of stuff that holds flowers upright in a vase.
This City of David ornament is CASED from vmaduzia on splitcoast.  See her ornament here
Directions for how to make ornaments are on splitcoaststampers under Resources. 

The set used in this ornament is Season of Grace.  Stamped in Versamark and then heat embossed in gold embossing powder.    The filler in the bottom is sand - bought a bottle of the sand that is used when sand painting.  This was light beige, I believe.  Earlier had used the pellet snow -- but when "Eddie" was talking about making some and we didn't have the snow - came up with the idea of the sand -- which makes more sense anyway.  There wasn't snow in Bethlehem!

From Season of Grace, heat embossed in gold.

My favorite - for some reason I have decided I like camels.  

From Come to Bethlehem stamp set.

Season of Grace stamp set.

From Holy Triptych stamp set.   We decided the pellet "snow" looked best with this angel.  This ornament turned out really pretty, we thought.  Again, as others above - stamped in Versamark and heat embossed with gold embossing powder.

This ornament also CASED from vmaduzia on splitcoaststampers.com.  She her ornament here.

This is an unpolished Porcelain ornament.   Edges sponged in Night of Navy (I think) and stamped with the Dasher stamp with same ink.  Very easy.   These ideas came from hmlopez.  See her gallery on splitcoast to see other variations.  Here is here copy of this one above.


Same ornament, but stamped in red ink.



Strips of designer series paper from Stampin' up!  Twirled in a spiral around a kid's paint brush handle.  The strip and spiral on the bottom show more detail about what is inside the ornament.  This CASED from

Joan Gross on Stampin' Connection dated 10/12/10.

Below is another way of using the designer series paper in the ornament.  This takes longer 12" strips rolled into a coil (vs. spiral as above).  Takes more to fill up the ornament because the coils take up less space than the spirals.  This CASED from kimber_327 on splitcoaststampers.   See her ornaments here.

This ornament CASED from 33 Rubberduck.  See her ornament on splitcoast here.

CASED from vmaduzia.  See her ornament here.   This makes a "snow globe."  See tutorial under Resources on splitcoaststampers.   Stand is a pop top fruit can (small, like in a six pack of fruit) covered with cardstock.  Stamp set is Merry and Bright stamped in Staz On, colored with Sharpies.

Not sure where this stamp is from. 

Believe this stamp is from Snowburst ...heat embossed in white.  A fluffy kind of snow is used in this ball.

Below are two other items I bought to experiment with stamping on.  The first is a kind of cardboard oval ornament. Stamp set is Dasher.

And this was actually glass.  I thought it plastic at first, but realized later when I was heating it to emboss the image onto it that it was glass.  Stamp set is Come to Bethlehem - heat embossed in white.

This photo above is a duplicate, but I don't know how to get it off.  I went to center it and it ended up at the bottom.  So I put it in again above, then found the other one at the bottom here...

Catch Up - December Stamp Club

Catching Up - December 4 and 6, 2010 Stamp Club

FAUX QUILT CARD

This Faux Quilt Card was fun!  Got addicting.  I tried it with several different colors and plain or designer paper.  CASED from LeeAnn Greff - see her card here.  Directions are on her posting there.


TILT CARD -

CASED from:  Debbie Currier.  See her card here on her blog.  Scroll about half way down.

Card is a Tilt Card.  Tutorial for Tilt Card on splitcoaststampers under Resoruces.  Bells are from Bells and Boughs set that was in the Holiday Mini along with designer paper from the Holiday mini.  Ribbon is the crochet ribbon from SU! Idea Book and Catalog. 

CLEAN AND SIMPLE SNOWFLAKE CARD

CASED from Petal Pusher (Mary Fish).  See her card here.   Snowflake punched out with the snowflake punch.  Gold glimmer brad. 

LOVELY AS A TREE WITH DAZZLING DIAMONDS CARD

CASED from:  Janice Sinko on Stampin' Connection September 6, 2010 - she indicated she originally cased from Robin Merriman.
Lovely As a Tree stamp set stamped in Old Olive.   Two Way Glue dabbed on tree and then sprinkled with Dazzling Diamonds.   Petals A Plenty embossing folder used on one of the layers. 


RUDOLPH BAG

CASED from:  Carry Vacanti - she used a button for the nose and part of the Tulip Die for the antlers.  I used the photo punch pieces - both large and small for the antlers - saw that on some other Rudolph creations.  Small scalloped top lunch bags from 2010 Holiday mini catalog.  



Catch Up -- November's Stamp Club

Catching Up - Stamp Club - November 6 and November 8, 2010

Card CASED from Sherry Barron on SU! Stamper's Showcase, October 12, 2010.  See her card here on her blog - scroll almost all the way to the bottom.   Her lesson, and hence my lesson, with this card - is that the rhinestones can be colored with Sharpie markers.   Regular markers do not work - the ink rubs off.  Changes from her card:  The colors of cardstock and DSP were changed and the ribbon omitted.  Here Cherry Cobbler polka dotted DSP from Jolly Holiday and Cherry Cobbler cardstock is used and well as Old Olive and Very Vanilla cardstock.  Medium rhinestone colored with red Sharpie.

Card CASED from Carrie Gazskin, although it has been simplified and sentiment treated differently.  See her card on her blog here.    The wreath is made up of the little teeny tiny hearts that you get when you use Stampin' Up!' s heart border punch.  Hearts were punched out of the following colors of cardstock:  Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Early Expresso, , Cherry Cobbler, Cajun Craze.  The ring for the wreath was made by punching out a circle with the Itty Bitty Circle Punch, then punching around it with the 1/2" circle punch on Early Expresso cardstock.   The ring is then coated with Tombow glue and the tiny hearts sprinkle on.  Then natural linen thread bow attached.   Panel and Modern Label pieces here are made with Cherry Cobbler cardstock; in class we used Cajun Craze.  Sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Wishes.

Card is cased from Mercy Kerin -- mkstampin74 on splitcoaststampers - uploaded there on October 13, 2009.  See her sample here on her blog. Technique is Ink, Spray, Smash.  Tutorial for Ink, Spray, Smash by Faith Hofrichter is on splitcoaststampers under Resources/Techniques.  Stampsets used are Serene Snowflakes and Teeny Tiny Wishes.   Cardstock colors are Tempting Turquoise, Melon Mambo, Rich Razzleberry and Whispher White, and Glossy White for the ink spray smash part.   Snowflakes heat embossed in gold. 


The From the Past project was Joseph's Coat.  CASED from France Martin - posted on splitcoast on October 23, 2010.  See her card here.   Once you get there, there is a link in the description to that and similar cards on her blog and a video tutorial there.   Stamp sets are Autumn Splendor and Thankful For.  Inside sentiment is from Seasonal Sentiments.  Card has a Very Vanilla cardstock base.  This card turns out beautiful in real life.