Jumping Holidays

Happy Monday to you all.  Last week, I tried to share lots of Valentine cards as that holiday will be here before we know it.  However, when I sat down to craft this weekend, I found myself skipping a few months down the road to Easter.  I know.  I have totally missed St. Patrick's Day but I promise I will make something for it too.  Anyway, I just could not help myself and want to share with you the card I made.

 

I started with a 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" piece of Daffodil Delight and scored it at 4 1/4".  I used a retired stamp set called Easter Blossom and stamped the flowers across the bottom of the Daffodil.  I did this with VersaMark ink and heat embossed it with clear embossing powder.  I added a layer of Whisper White to this.  I cut it to be 4" x 5 1/2".  I will go over the details done to the white in just a few minutes.

 

The cross I chose to use is from a stamp set I bought at a stamp convention a few years ago.  I stamped it using Garden Green ink onto Whisper White card stock.  I then used my Lucky Limeade and Daffodil Delight markers to color in the stems and center of the lilies.  Using my scissors, I carefully cut out the cross to place on my card.  With my 2 way glue pen, I added glue to the petals of the lilies and added Dazzling Diamond glitter to them.  The cross is attached to the card using dimensionals.  

 

Prior to attaching the white to the daffodil, I ran it through my big shot using the adorning accents edgelits to cut the edge that you see here.  Next I used the essentials paper piercing pack to pierce the matching design right above the scallops.  Using the Garden Green ink, I stamped the greeting onto the card with another stamp from the retired Easter Blossoms stamp set.  I then sponged the edges with Daffodil Delight ink and attached it to the card with runner adhesive.

 

To complete the background of my card, I stamped the little butterfly which is from the set I bought at the convention.  I randomly stamped it around the cross with VersaMark ink and then heat embossed it using clear embossing powder.  

I wanted to keep the card fairly simple and make the cross the focal point.  I think I achieved that.  Overall, I am happy with the look of it.  Next time I might use an impression folder on the white also but we will have to see.

That's it for today.  Thanks for stopping by and be sure to come back tomorrow.  I look forward to seeing you then!!

How To Make A Shape Card

Happy Friday!!  We have once again made it through another week.  The other day I was looking at some tutorial videos and came across one on how to make a card and shape it using the edgelits from Stampin' Up!.  I really liked the card and decided I would make one.  For my share today, I will show you step by step how to make this card.  The person who made the video is Darlene Devries and you can go visit her site and view the video by clicking here.  Now on with my photo tutorial.

 

To get started on this you will need your big shot, the Adorning Accents Edgelits from SU!, a 4 1/4" x 11" card which you score at 5 1/2", a piece of 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" solid color card stock piece and a piece of designer series paper cut at 4 1/4" x 5 1/2".  I used a base card of Very Vanilla for my card.  I chose to use Cherry Cobbler as my solid piece of card stock and used a piece of dsp from the pack of paper called Be of Good Cheer.

 

First you will need to fold your card in half.  Then add snail (runner)  adhesive to the back of the solid color card stock and attach it to the front of the card.

 

Here is the card with the Cherry Cobbler attached to it.  My flash really messes with the color.  I will have to remember that in the future.

 

Next, take out your edgelit that you will be using.  Now I know you cannot see it in this photo but I have put a small dot using a Sharpie marker at the center point of the edgelit.  That way I can make sure I get the edgelit centered before putting it through my big shot.

 

I use painters tape to adhere the edgelit to the card stock prior to running it through the big shot.  I used large pieces here but normally I use smaller ones and make sure the tape it sticking to the part that will be cut off so my card stock does not tear on the side I will be using.  You can see my center dot on the edgelit in this photo.  I use a ruler as a guide when finding the center of the card stock and placing the edgelit.  

 

As you can see, this is what it looks like once the edge is cut off.  This is my card which means it cut through 3 layers of card stock at once.  That is so awesome!!!!!!!  Now you will repeat this step on the other side of the card so only the ends are straight.  

 

Here's what it looks like when it is finished and open.  Pretty isn't it?

 

Next, we are going to do the same thing on the dsp that we did on the card.  Center the edgelit on one side and run it through the big shot to trim it off.

 

Now this dsp is going to be a layer on the front meaning I do not want it to be edge to edge.  I want a border.  So start by placing the dsp on your card (no adhesive) and mark where the dips are.

 

See my pencil marks?  This will tell me where the piece lines up on this edge.  From this mark, I will move the dsp down to double the border in size so there will be a border on each side.

 

Once it is lined up as you want, turn the card with the dsp still in place over and trace the edge on the back side of your dsp.  This will show you where to line up the edgelit.  Place the edgelit and run it through the big shot.

 

Here is the designer paper after both sides have been trimmed off.  I think it looks good.

 

Now you can add runner adhesive to the back side of the dsp and attach it to the card.  You can see that I have a border on each side.  This will serve as my beginning to a card I am making.  Now if you want to see what I do to this card, you will just have to come back by on Monday and visit.  

Well that's it for this week.  I wish you all a wonderful weekend.  Have fun and be safe.  Thanks for dropping by today.  See you all Monday!!!!

More M&M Guys

Happy Monday everyone!!  I want to thank all of you who attended my catalog kick off crop this past Saturday.  I know some of you found new items you loved because orders have already been placed.  I really enjoyed seeing everyone and getting to spend time crafting with you.

If you don't know by now that I love the M&M characters, where have you been!  Those guys always bring a smile to my face whenever I see their commercials.  Even my mouse pad has the characters on it.  It just brightens my computer time.  I have made a card with the newest member of the group, Ms. Brown.  She brings a definite sophistication to the group.  I have also made one with Red and Yellow on it.  They seem to be best friends and just fit together well.  So when I sat down this past weekend at my crop, I wanted to make another card with one or more different characters on it.  I chose Blue and Orange.

Although these two have never been presented as friends, I like to think all the M&M's get along and like each other.  So I thought why not have them together.  The card is similar in some ways to other cards I made in the past so if you think you have seen an element on it before, you probably have.  Let's get started on this one shall we.

I think they look very good together.  I started with the base card of Pacific Point card stock.  It is cut at 4 1/4" x 11" and scored at 5 1/2".  Next I cut a piece of the new Gumball Green (quickly becoming one of my favorite colors) and cut it at 4" x 5 1/4".  Once I had it cut, I ran it through my big shot using the perfect polka dots impression folder.  I attached it to the base card using runner adhesive. Then I cut a piece of Daffodil Delight at 4" x 5".  I used my big shot and my Adorning Accents Edgelits to cut the scallop edge you see in the photo.  Then I used the coordinating impression edgelit folder to emboss the edge of it.  I attached it to the green card stock using runner adhesive.  I made the background for this piece by punching out Tangerine Tango, Pacific Point, Real Red and Gumball Green circles using the circle punch from the itty bitty punch pack.  I attached them with liquid glue and wrote "m" on each one.  The glitter glue dots were added after the characters were attached.  I used a Stickles glitter glue called Frosted Lace for this.  I used the stamp set Curly Cute for the greeting and stamped the words in Gumball Green.  I cut them out with the new itty bitty banner framelits and edged both using my sponge and Pacific Point ink.  They are attached to the card using dimensionals.

In a lot of the pictures I have seen of the blue guy, he usually has sunglasses and sometimes a saxaphone.  I chose not to have any of these accessories for him this time. The colors I chose to use are Pacific Point, Whisper White, Basic Black and the retired Blushing Bride. His eyes are from the owl punch and his body is the wide oval.  for the arms and legs, I started by punching a small oval using the retired small oval punch and then punched around the hole using the large oval punch.  I did this twice.  I cut one in half to use for the arms.  The other ring  I cut in have and set on half aside to use for the orange guy.  With the half I had for the blue, I cut it in half again and used the pieces for his legs.  His shoes are the 3/4" circle punch cut off to be flat and the retired horizontal slot punch for the shoe tops. The hands are from the boho blossom punch.  I used the billboard decorative strip and the big shot for the letter on his tummy and added dazzling diamond glitter to it.  The mouth is drawn on with a black marker and white gel was added to his eyes.

I used Tangerine Tango for the orange color.  His body is punched using the 1 3/4" circle punch.  Other than those two items, I made the rest of him using the same colors and punches as the blue.  The pieces of both are all attached to each other using a liquid glue and both guys are attached to the card using dimensionals.

Last but not least is the inside of the card.  I chose a saying from the retired stamp set Whimsical Words.  I stamped it using Gumball Green ink onto Whisper White and punch it out with the curly label punch.  The edges were sponged with Gumball Green ink.  

Now I know you have to have noticed that my watermark appears twice in all these photos.  That is because I forgot that I had set my photo album to automatically add it to each photo.  So I of course did it on my own and did not notice the double printing until I saw the last photo.  Please forgive my lack of memory for this.  I will try not to have it happen again.

I hope you enjoy seeing the M&M people.  I think I will have to make a Miss Green soon.  Thanks for dropping by today and please stop by tomorrow to see if I remember to leave the extra watermark off!!  Until then, happy stamping!

  

The Mod Girl Gets A Job

Okay.  I am officially addicted to my owl punch this week.  I have had so much fun making all the little people with it.  I have been blessed with lots of ideas and just want to share them with you.  So of course, as I was laying in bed this morning I thought about the mod girls I made and shared last week.  I still think they look like go go dancers.  I just need to give them boots.  Well the thought occurred to me that these girls could be made into other professions.  I mean if a chef can become a fireman, why can't a mod girl become something else too.  So I set off to my craft room to make the magic happen.

As I was pondering what job I wanted her to have, I was also baking a dessert to take to our friends house for dinner.  They were so nice to ask us over so I wanted to bring something along to eat too.  Well all of a sudden, I knew what job I would do.  It is in honor of my friend Valerie.  She has been in this profession for a while and deserves to be honored.  I hope she likes this.

 

Now Valerie if you are looking at this little girl I did not make her to look just like you, but she is in honor of you.  I do not know how but somehow I managed to cut off one side of the edge of the card.  I guess my hand moved when I snapped the photo.  Oh well.  I think you can see the card pretty well.  So let's get started.

My base card for this on is done with Real Red card stock.  It is cut at 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", scored at 4 1/4".  I added a layer of Basic Black measuring 4" x 5 1/4" using runner adhesive.  For the top layer, I went with Crumb Cake card stock.  I wanted to be sure the nurse would stand out and this color lent itself to that.  It is cut to be 3 3/4" x 5".  Before adding it to the card, I ran it through the big shot using the Stripes impression folder.  It is adhered to the card using runner adhesive.  Once the base card was assembled, I was ready to begin the pieces.  

 

First up was the greeting.  Now since I knew I was making a nurse, decided to make this a get well card.  The saying is stamped using StazOn ink.  Now this saying does come from a retired Stampin' Up! set but I do not know the name of it.  I received this one as a gift from a friend and the name label was not on it.  Once it was stamped on Whisper White card stock, I punched it out using the decorative label punch.  I then edged it with Real Red ink.  I took a scrap of Real Red and punched out 2 more decorative labels and ran them both through the big shot using the Perfect Polka Dots impression folder.  I then made the frame for the greeting.  It is adhered together with runner adhesive and attached to the card using dimensionals.  

 

Since I have made these little mod girls before, I knew what the completed size would be.  I also knew I would need something else to go on the front of the card.  So I pulled another stamp out of the retired stamp set the greeting came from and stamped it using StazOn ink onto Whisper White.  I used my Stampin' Up! markers to color in the bottle and bouquet.  I added dazzling diamond glitter to the edge of the bottle cap and then attached it to the card using dimensionsals.

 

Finally, we come to the star of the card - our nurse.  If you remember, you only need three punches to make her:  the owl builder, the 1" circle and the 3/4" circle.  Once difference on this girl is instead of drawing her eyes and nose onto her face, I used the tiniest circle from the owl punch to make these.  The face, neck, nose, arms and legs are out of Blushing Bride card stock.  I used Wild Wasabi for her green eyes and added a small white gel pen dot.  Her mouth is drawn on using a fine tip red marker.  The back of her hair is the owl himself with feet cut off, turned upside down.  This is out of Soft Suede card stock.  Her bangs are 1/2 of a 1" circle with snips taken out of them.  Her face is a 3/4" circle.  Once it was punched, I punched a 1" circle around the hold left and cut it into 5 pieces: 1 for the neck, 2 for the arms and 2 for the legs.  Her hands are the feet off of a Blushing Bride owl.  For her hat, I punched a 1" circle around a 3/4" circle hole in Whisper White card stock.  I trimmed it to sit behind her bangs.  The top part is the owl vest cut in half.  Take the side with the "v" in it and attach it to the band with liquid glue.  I drew free hand the "+" using a red marker.  You will want to place this hat behind the bangs before attaching them to the girl.  The dress is a full owl vest and the shoes are the small heart from the owl punch cut in half.  All piece are attached together using a liquid glue.  I added dazzling diamond glitter to the entire nurse outfit (I did not cover the "+").  

 

For the inside greeting, I used a stamp I found on clearance at a local craft store years ago.  It is stamped on Whisper White using StazOn ink.  I colored it using my SU! markers.  I then cut it out using my big shot and the Labels Collection framelits.  It is edges with Crumb Cake ink.  I then cut our the next size up of the framelits using Crumb Cake and ran it through the big shot using the perfect polka dots impression folder.  I layered these together using runner adhesive and attached it to the card using runner adhesive.

I will admit, I am already trying to come up with another card using the owl punch for tomorrow.  It seems only fitting since all the other days are filled with owl punch creations.  So please come back and see if I succeed with an idea to use it once more.  If you have any questions regarding this card or anything else drop me a line and I will be happy to help.  Thanks for dropping by today and I will see you tomorrow!!

 

 

Baby Card

When we had our garage sale earlier this month, one of the cards I sold was a baby card with a cute little hippo on it.  I loved this card because the hippo was just too cute.  So this weekend when I was catching up my inventory, I decided I wanted to make another card using this guy.  For some reason in my mind he just lends himself to baby cards so I went with that theme again.  Ready to see him?  Of course you are!

 

Just as cute as before.  The first card I made was on pear pizzazz and had my little hippo with a pinwheel.  This time, I decided to go with a rattle instead.  I started with a base card of Bashful Blue cut at 4 1/4" x 11", scored at 5 1/2".  I added a layer of Whisper White cut at 4" x 5 1/4".  I ran it through the big shot using the perfect polka dots impression folder.  I adhered it to the blue using runner adhesive.  I then took out a stamp set called Something Sweet.  This set can be used with the circle treat cups if you choose but I decided I just wanted the rattle handle.  I stamped it using Bashful Blue ink onto Bashful Blue card stock.  I cut it out and set it aside.  Now I have tons of designer paper, some from Stampin' Up! and some from local craft stores.  The one I used on here is one I picked up years ago at a craft store.  I punched a 1 3/4" circle out of it.  I cut a strip of this same paper measuring 2".  I used the new Adorning Accents edgelits and cut the edge.  Next I took the coordinating Adorning Accents textured impression folder and add the embossing to it.  I attached it with runner adhesive.  I  then attached the rattle handle using the liquid glue.  The circle was added using a dimensional.  For the greeting, I turned to my favorite - the Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set.  I used my Bashful Blue marker to color each word, one at a time and stamp them.  I punched it out using the 1" square punch.  It is layered on top of a piece of blue that was punched with the postage stamp punch using runner adhesive.  The entire stamp was attached using runner adhesive to the card.  I added some rhinestones to the greeting as well as the background.

 

My hippo is one of the easiest punch art critters to make.  All you need is the owl builder punch, the 1 3/4" circle punch and the boho blossom punch.  I used Basic Gray, Whisper White and Basic Black card stock.   I highlighted the edges of the gray using Basic Gray ink.  The head is attached to the body using a dimensional.  I attached the entire hippo to the card using dimensionals also.  I will tell you that since the head was already raised with the dimensional attaching it to the body, I put 2 dimensionals stacked one on top of the other so it would stayed raised like I want when I attached it to the card.

Well, my yard guy is coming to spray the weeds and get rid of all of them so I had better get prepared for him to arrive.  I will be back tomorrow with another share so please come back to see what I have.  I will see you all then.  Thanks for dropping by today.