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Sleighride Edgelits

Posted On: 17. 11. 15

It is beginning to cool down outside, it has been a terrific fall here in Ontario. In other words, NO s#@w!!! I can’t even say the s-word! LOL I really dislike winter and have always said that I was born too far away from the equator. 🙂 However, I do so love these cards that are made with the Sleighride Edgelits from Stampin’ Ups Holiday catalogue. These edgelits give a crisp sharp edge, with minimal detail but with the feeling of depth none the less.

These cards will be featured at my up coming Christmas Card Buffet. Let me know if you would like a mail order kit of any card that you see in my blog. I would be more than happy to help you.

Here are a few key supplies that you will need to recreate these cards:

Sleighride Edgelits

Jingle All the Way Stamp Set

Stamp Set and Edgelits BUNDLE

Circle Framelits

Big Shot

Whisper White Card Stock

Night of Navy Card Stock

Soft Sky Card Stock

Gold Foil

Silver Foil

Tea Lace Paper Doilies

Heat Tool

Gold Embossing Powder

Silver Embossing Powder

Lucky Stars Textured Impressing Embossing Folder

Softly Falling Textured Impressing Embossing Folder

SNAIL

Stampin’ Dimensionals

Celebrate Today Gift Packaging Ensemble

Posted On: 27. 09. 15

This Celebrate Today gift packaging ensemble was for a very good friend of mine. Her birthday was recently and we celebrated by going out for supper together. It was really fun to make Celebrate Today coordinating items for her gift: the card, wine bottle tag and gift bag tag. I plan on making more of these to sell at up coming craft fairs. It makes for a terrific presentation.

Celebrate Today stamp set is available as a BUNDLE and you know what that means, extra 15% savings for you. Celebrate Today is only available as a photopolymer set, it is totally see through, which makes lining up the images super easy.

You can make birthday cards, wedding cards, baby cards and graduation cards with the Celebrate Today stamp set. It is super versatile and a fantastic value.

To stamp the two tone balloons, you ink the entire stamp with the base colour, then use a sponge dauber along one edge of the stamp (before) stamping to add the second colour of ink to the stamp. Then you stamp the image onto whisper white card stock while both colours of ink are still wet. Be sure to add the shadow/second colour on the same side of both balloons, otherwise, your card will look off balance. You will then heat emboss with gold embossing powder on the top of your balloons. Add a little sweetness with a little linen thread bow attached with a mini glue dot and add a little bling with the gold sequin trim attached with the mini handheld stapler.

The gift tag and the wine bottle tag used the same technique as the card with the use of the Banners framelits for the trendy shape.

I hope you like my Celebrate Today Gift Packaging Ensemble! I do! 🙂 I will be adding these to all my future gifts.

Remember to inspire, create and share. Let me know your thoughts. I would love to hear from you.

Happy Stamping to you all!

Hello You Thinlits Card

Posted On: 14. 09. 15

It may seem like I have been on a bit of an anti stamping binge lately, but the truth is that I have been outside enjoying summer and when I did come in to stamp, I wanted to complete my projects quickly. I am playing catch up with you all here, so that you can see what I was creating over the summer months. Not much time to blog when the kiddos (and I) wanted to go to the beach. I did still teach classes over the summer and most of the cards you will see in the next few blog posts will be about those cards.

It is a rainy fall day here and my hubby took the kids to go ice skating, for real!! It was a quick transition to winter sports for my family. LOL Our youngest is starting to play hockey in a month or so and we want to make sure his skating skills are on point. We have a terrific wellness centre in this area and we take full advantage of it .

On to my Hello You thinlit card. Isn’t it cute? The Hello You thinlits are a set of three words; hello, thanks and you, that you use with your Big Shot. They also coordinate with the Crazy About You stamp set – also available in wood mount and photopolymer. I chose to use the Papillion Potpourri stamp set and stamp a butterfly repeated on on the background paper in Basic Black ink. I am using some Irresistibly Yours paper that is retired, but you can get the same effect with the Colour Me Irresistible Designer Series Paper.

I then sponged Pink Pirouette ink all over the background paper to soften the black butterflies and to colour the paper, as it was originally white.

I added a strip of White Satin Ribbon, punched out a Bitty Butterfly and an Elegant Butterfly and layered them together, with Pearls as an embellishment on the body of the butterfly.

Cardstocks used are: Pink Pirouette, Basic Black and you can substitute the Colour Me Irresistible as your background paper.

Designer Series Paper Purse / Tote

Posted On: 13. 09. 15

I recently taught a class on how to make a super cute Designer Series Paper (DSP) Purse. We filled them with chocolate treats, a matching pen, a covered journal, a package of tissues, a small pad of sticky notes and a set of matching greeting cards.

Each tote bag measures approx. 9.5″ high (including the handles), 6″ to the top of the actual bag and 7″ x 3″ around. These are hefty and you can stuff a lot more things in them than you can possibly imagine. We used a lot of retired DSP, ribbon and brads that I had in my crafter’s hoard. Don’t judge me, I know you have one too. 😉

Basic tools you will need to make the Designer Series Paper Purse are a paper trimmer, a simply scored scoring tool, a handheld scallop punch, a strong adhesive like tear tape, a paper piercing tool, a corner rounder punch and a stampin’ pierce mat.

The journal was created by purchasing a generic small paper notebook at the $Store. The size of your journal will determine the size of the card stock required to cover it. I stamped my own cover by stamping a small flower image from the Petite Petal stamp set and embellishing with ribbon, a small flower and rhinestone, plus a sentiment.

The fun thing about this project was that everyone went home with a completely different project, as each person chose a different colour for the base and coordinating DSP.

I have all the directions on a Word document. If you would like a copy, you will receive it free, via email, with a $35 dollar purchase from my online store. Just be sure to sign in and choose me as your demonstrator. Thanks and happy shopping!

Bird Builder Punch

Posted On: 30. 03. 15

I can’t tell you how long the Bird Builder Pun birdpunch ch has been sitting on my shelf, before I used it. Hmmm, too, too long, I can tell you that much. Look at how cute these little birds are! Adorable! Right?! These cards came from a punch art class I ran recently and showcases how versatile one punch can be. My favourite is the love you more than chocolate card.

The tulip card uses the ‘wing’ as petals. Wouldn’t that make a beautiful Mother’s Day card! Or a terrific Easter Card.

Quick Tip: Use a sponge dauber to add ink to the edge of the punched piece to add shading and depth. It makes a world of difference to your finished card.

The Love You More than Chocolate card, I heat embossed a feather stamped from the Four Feathers stamp set bundle, then punched part of the image out with the bird punch. Added a die cut feather, some Epic Day washi tape and one more feather stamp for the focal point. The sentiment is from the Lovely Amazing You stamp set.

Remember to keep creating, sharing and inspiring! Happy Monday!

Petite Petals Stamp Set and Punch

Posted On: 29. 03. 15

Don’t you love it when a plan comes together and everything works out the way it is supposed to? It was a bit dicey with timing for my last class and the arrival of the stamp sets and punches I had ordered for my product based class. The online site was saying my order wasn’t going to make it in time for my class. Ugh, right! Instead it arrived a day early! Whoo Hoo!!!! I was soooo happy! Packages are never early! It must have been my lucky day.

So, all participants in this class received both the Petite Petals stamp set and the coordinating punch. We created 4 cards at the class, here are three of them and one I created as a sample.

Quick Tip: Always stamp the image before punching it out with the coordinating punch. Turn the punch over so you can view the stamped image while punching it out. This allows you to perfectly line up the stamp inside the punch opening. If you need a visual of this, let me know and I will add some pictures. 🙂

Lovely Amazing You Card used: Cardstock-Basic Black, Whisper White, Soft Sky & Wild Wasabi; Ink – Melon Mambo & Tuxedo Black Momento; Embossing Folders – Chevron & Perfect Polka Dots; Framelits – Labels Collection; Other – Rhinestones & Dimensionals, Big Shot. Additional Stamp Set – Lovely Amazing You Photopolymer, this set has terrific sentiments in a fun font.

Oh Happy Day Card incorporated: Cardstock- Bermuda Bay, Sahara Sand & Strawberry Slush; Ink – Versamark, Strawberry Slush and Sahara Sand; Framelits – Starburst; Punch – Bird builder; Stamp Sets – Starburst Sayings & Gorgeous Grunge: Rhinestones and Dimensionals; Other – Big Shot, Heat Tool, White Embossing Powder & Clear Embossing Powder.

Here are two bonus cards for you. Happy Stamping!

Lotus Blossom – 3 Week Count Down to End of Sale-a-bration

Posted On: 10. 03. 15

Yikes! It has been too long since I have been here blogging and sharing with you all. Sorry for that. Life seems to be on fast forward these days. I just realized that Sale-a-bration is on fast forward as well and is ending in 3 short weeks. Double Yikes!!!

So, to celebrate Sale-a-bration, here is a card to say Thank You, to all of my wonderful customers and fellow card makers for sharing Sale-a-bration with me.

The Lotus Blossom set featured is one of those amazing SAB sets that you can earn for FREE with a $60 order, before shipping and taxes. Isn’t it beautiful?

I softened the lines of the stamp set by stamping it first on watercolour paper and then using an Aquapainter filled with water. The aquapainter acts like a paint brush and the ink bleeds/blends together creating a soft watercolour effect. The more you use the aquapainter the softer the lines become. Tip: Stop blending when you achieve the desired softness. There is a fine line between the watercoloured effect and a blurry mess. 🙂

Happy Sale-a-bration to you all. Enjoy the last few weeks of this amazing promotion and snap up those terrific freebies that Stampin’ Up spoils us with.

Thanks for letting me share with you!