Anniversary Card

My husband and I were married for 27 years on May 25th.  This is the card I made for him.  I learned the technique for the background from this video at Dawn's Stamping Thoughts.

How many years have you been married?

Niece Birthday Card

My niece's birthday is next week.  She lives in Florida, so I don't get to see her very often.  :(

Base:  Tempting Turquoise card stock
2nd Layer:  Daffodil Delight card stock
Top Layer:  Regal Rose card stock
Heart Background:  folder (purchased at Hobby Lobby) that I ran through the Big Shot.  I then brushed the Regal Rose ink pad over the top

Happy Birthday and Niece are from the Family Reunion stamp set

Mama Bear Cards

I found this card idea on Dawn's Stamping Thoughts as well.  I love her site!!  I made these for my daughter's for Mother's Day this year along with a new pair of earrings that Madison, my oldest granddaughter helped me pick out.

This is Heather's card

This is Brittany's card:

Card Stock:

Chocolate Chip
Crumb Cake
Pretty in Pink
Basic Black
Whisper White
Real Red

Base:  Chocolate Chip - 4 3/4" by 11", scored at 5 1/2".  Using Framelits Heart Collection (next to largest size) - place tip of heart just barely over the fold line before running through the Big Shot.
Ears:  1 3/8" Circle Punch (brown); 1" Circle Punch (pink)
Eyes: 1" Circle Punch - Whisper White (2) and Crumb Cake (1 - cut in half)
          3/4" Circle Punch - Basic Black (2)
Nose: Large Oval Punch - Crumb Cake
          1" Circle Punch - Black
Tongue: 1/2" Circle Punch - Real Red

Use White Gel Pen for dot on nose and eyes.
I used Dimensionals to "pop up" his eye lids
Ribbon: 1/4" Pretty in Pink grosgrain

For the inside, I cut one heart from the 3rd largest in the Framelits Heart Collection using Whisper White.

Aren't these adorable?

Mother's Day Card

This is the card I made for my Mother-in-law this year.  I found this technique on Dawn's Stamping Thoughts.
It's very easy to do.

Base:  Whisper White
Top Layer:  Regal Rose
Hearts:  Sizzlet - Fashionable Hearts

Tractor Card

I made this card for my future son-in-law's birthday.

I got the inspiration from a variety of different cards.  I didn't have all of the punches required, so I had to improvise with what I had.  :)

Base:  Garden Green card stock
2nd layer:  Daffodil Delight card stock
Top layer - Whisper White card stock
Tractor:
Body:  Small Tag Punch
Seat:  Heart to Heart Punch (I had to trim it down a bit)
Smoke Stack:  Word Window Punch (cut in half)
Steering Wheel - petals from a flower punch
Big Tire: Button sizzlet (black), 1" circle punch (green)
Small Tire: 3/4" circle punch (black), 1/2" circle punch (green)

"Happy Birthday" - Family Phrases stamp set
Sky and grass are sponged in Bashful Blue and Garden Green

Punch art cards are becoming my favorite to make.

Americana "FAMILY" Frame

I made this one for our house.  I plan to hang it in our family room where I'm going to start hanging pictures of our grandkids.

This one is made the same as the one in my previous post "FAMILY" Print.

The got a few of the patterned papers from a friend and a few others from Hobby Lobby.  The plain papers are all Stampin' Up!:  Night of Navy, Cherry Cobbler and Very Vanilla.

If you have any questions, please let me know,

"FAMILY" Frame

I took a class on Monday on making this framed art.  Isn't it beautiful?  I plan on making another one in red, white and blue since my house is done in the Americana theme.  I'm anxious to get it finished.

This is a 10 x 13 frame.  The base squares are cut at 3" x 3".  The background squares are cut at 2 3/4" x 2 3/4".  "FAMILY" was cut using Serif Essentials Alphabet #113464 (for the Big Shot) from Stampin' Up!.  The embellishments are various punches, dies and sizzlets.

Using the paper that comes in the frame, turn it over and lay your squares out the way you want them, adding your letters and embellishments.  Once you have it the way you want it, start adhering it down.  We found that using Tombo Mono Multi glue works best for the smaller pieces.


You can arrange the word "Family" any way you'd like.  The lady teaching the class had her F and A next to each other the M to the far right in the 2nd row; I and L next to each other on the left of the 3rd row and the Y in the bottom right hand corner.

She has also done one in Christmas colors with the word BELIEVE.

If you have any questions, please let me know.

If you'd like to place a Stampin' Up! order or would like more information on becoming a demonstrator, click here for more information. 

Labeling Ink Sponges

One of my favorite stamping techniques is to "sponge" the edges of my papers.  Where you dab your sponge in your ink and tap it along the edges of your paper.  You can see in the bookworm bookmark in the previous post how I "sponged" around the circles in the bookworm.  Very simple technique.

One of the problems I had was remembering which sponge was for which ink color.  I'd seen where a few Stampin' Up! Demonstrators punched pieces of paper using various punches, wrote the ink color and then stapled to the sponge.  The most common punch used was the Round Tab Punch (#119864).  I don't have that punch, so I did mine a little different.

In Word, using Avery Sticker Label #, I typed the name of each Stampin' Up! ink color and printed on 8 1/2" x 11" white card stock. I punched them out using a 1 1/4" Circle Punch (#119861).  I changed the name of each color to the actual color value for that ink color.  I found the Stampin' Up! Color Value Chart on Splitcoast Stampers. If you aren't a member, it's free to join.  

Using the sponges from Stampin' Up! (#101610) (they come in a package of 3), I cut each sponge into 8 pieces.  I then placed one of the punched circles on the top of the sponge, folded it over, then stapled it. 

I have a tall, skinny plastic cabinet with drawers that I'm storing them in.  I wanted to divide them according to the color group, so I used a box that had Lipton tea bags in it. 

I cut off the top and the little flaps on each side and then covered it with scrapbook paper.

5 of these boxes fit perfectly into my cabinet, which is great since Stampin' Up! has 5 different color groups (In Colors, Subtles, Regals, Neutrals, and Brights).

If you'd like the download of the Stampin' Up! ink colors to punch with the circle punch, please email me at IndianaInker@gmail.com.  I'm currently having computer issues, but will get it to you as soon as I can.

If you have any questions, please let me know.

If you'd like to place a Stampin' Up! order or would like more information on becoming a demonstrator, click here for more information.