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Card of the Week - March 21, 2011

Products used:

*Very Vanilla cardstock – base

*Chocolate Chip cardstock – 5 ¼” x 4” (ran through Big Shot with Lattice Square folder)

*Rose Red cardstock – Ran through Big Shot using Top Note Die

*Chocolate Chip ribbon and brad have been discontinued, but we have several other colors available

*Chocolate Chip cardstock – punched using Modern Label Punch

*“Thank You” stamped in Rose Red ink using “Short and Sweet” stamp set on Very Vanilla cardstock, then punched using the Word Window punch

Card of the Week - 3-14-11

I'm a little early this week!  Can you believe it???  :)

Card of the Week

Date: 3-14-11

The majority of my cards and projects are designed to be very quick and easy to make and will need little to no instructions other than dimensions.  I have provided a list of products that I commonly use at the bottom. 

Materials needed:

Cardstocks: Bashful Blue, Chocolate Chip, Daffodil Delight, Certainly Celery

Inks:   Bashful Blue, Chocolate Chip

Punches: Scallop Oval, Large Oval, Small Heart, Word Window

Embellishments: Ribbon

Stamp Sets: Baby Bundle, Confetti Backgrounds

Additional materials:  Mat Pack, paper piercer

Instructions:

Base of card: Chocolate Chip – 5 ½” x 8 ½”; scored at 4 ¼”

2^nd layer:  Bashful Blue – 5 ¼” x 4”

• Stamped with Bashful Blue using the “heart” stamp from the Confetti Backgrounds Stamp Set
• Adhere to base

3^rd layer:  Chocolate Chip – 1” x 5 ¼”; adhere to layer 2

4^th layer: 

• Punch 4 small hearts – 2 Daffodil Delight and 2 Certainly Celery; sponge edges with Chocolate Chip
• Punch 1 Scallop Oval from Certainly Celery
• Using Mat Pack and Paper Piercer, pierce 1 hole in each scallop
• Sponge edge with Chocolate Chip
• Punch 1 Large Oval from Daffodil Delight; sponge edge with Chocolate Chip
• On Bashful Blue with Chocolate Chip ink, stamp “Congratulations”
• Punch out with Word Window Punch
• Sponge edges with Chocolate Chip
• Adhere the Large Oval to the Scallop Oval
• Adhere the Word Window to the Scallop Oval
• Adhere to center of Chocolate Chip Strip (you could adhere it with dimensionals)
• Adhere 2 hearts on either side (one of each color)
• Add bow to top center
• Add a piece of Bashful Blue to inside for journaling (I also added a small heart in the bottom right hand corner)

Card of the Week - 3-11-11

Once again, I'm a little behind.  :)

Card of the Week

Date: 3-11-11

Vase of Flowers

The majority of my cards and projects are designed to be very quick and easy to make and will need little to no instructions other than dimensions.  I have provided a list of products that I commonly use at the bottom. 

Materials needed:

Cardstocks: Rose Red, Marina Mist, Wild Wasabi, Whisper White

Inks:   Rose Red, Marina Mist, Wild Wasabi (along with a few others of your choice)

Punches: Scallop Oval, Extra large oval, Corner Rounder

Embellishments: White ribbon

Stamp Sets: Short and Sweet, A Slice of Life

Additional materials:  Mat Pack, Paper Piercer, Big Shot, Perfect Polka Dot Folder, Dimensionals, Staz-On Ink, blender pen

Instructions:

Base of card: Rose Red – 4 ¼” x 11” – Score at 5 ½”

2^nd layer:  Wild Wasabi – 4” x 1 ¼”; Marina Mist 3 ¾” x 3 ½”

·        Run both through the Big Shot using Perfect Polka Dot Die

·        Round corners of Marina Mist

·        Sponge edges of both using ink matching the paper

·        Cut piece of white ribbon 4 ¼”, adhere ends to back side of Marina Mist

·        Adhere to base of card

·        Tie a white bow in the center of the white ribbon

3^rd layer: 

·        Punch a scallop oval from Marina Mist; using Mat Pack and Paper Piercer, pierce a hole in the center of each scallop

·        Stamp “Thank You” on Whisper White using Rose Red ink, then punch out using Extra Large Oval Punch; sponge edges; adhere to scallop oval.

·        Using dimensional, adhere the scallop oval to the Wild Wasabi.

·        Using Staz-On ink, stamp the vase of flowers from the “A Slice of Life” stamp set on a piece of Whisper White 2 ¼” x 2”

·        Using a Blender Pen, color in the vase and the flowers with different ink colors

·        Sponge edges (I used Rose Red)

·        Using Mat Pack and Paper Piercer, pierce 3 holes in each corner

·        Adhere to Marina Mist

Stampin’ Up! Products Used:

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Cardstocks (8 ½” x 11”) - $6.95 for 24 sheets     Except – Very Vanilla (101650) and Whisper White (100730) - $8.50 for 40 sheets

Classic Inks:   $5.95 each

Craft Inks:   $7.50 each

Cardstocks: Rose Red (#102544), Wild Wasabi (#108641), Whisper White, Marina Mist (#119682)

• These are all in the Subtles Collection so you could order an asst package of Cardstock  #119704  $6.95  20 sheets (2 each of 10 colors in the Subtles Color Collection)

Inks: Rose Red (#101778), Wild Wasabi (#109014), Marina Mist (#119668), Staz-On 

Punches: Scallop Oval, Large Oval, Corner Rounder

Embellishments: White Ribbon

Stamp Sets: Short and Sweet, Slice of Life (hostess)

Additional materials:  Dimensionals, Mat Pack, Paper Piercer, Big Shot, Perfect Polka Dot Folder, Blender Pen

Card of the Week - February 28, 2011

Once again I'm a little late.  This card is very simple and will need little explanation.

Scallop Oval Punch

Large Oval Punch

Confetti Stamp Set (used to stamp the designs on the eggs)

Cardstock:  Base - Rose Red - ran through the Big Shot using the Perfect Polka Dot Folder 

Eggs:  Marina Mist, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White, Pretty in Pink

Grass - Wild Wasabi - 1/4" wide strip with several angled cuts

(I only adhered the bottom edge of the grass so I could slide the eggs between the "blades")

"Dots" around the Scallop Oval were done with the large end of the Stylus dabbed on the Rose Red ink pad

"Happy Easter" - Teeny Tiny Wishes Stamp Set

Cards for my Grandpa's 93rd birthday

The wording for both cards I did on my computer. 

 Party hats are clip art I printed from my computer and colored in.  Adhered with a dimensional.

"Confetti" from "Out of the Box" Stamp Set

Cardstock - Real Red, Whisper White and Night of Navy

Cardstock - Night of Navy, Cherry Cobbler, Creamy Caramel (retired), Whisper White and Chocolate Chip

Cookies:  1 3/8" Circle punch

Bite - Extra Large Scallop punch

Chocolate Chips - tiny triangles of Chocolate Chip cardstock

Edges of cookes sponged with Chocolate Chip ink

Crumbs - tiny pieces of Creamy Caramel cardstock

*I got the idea for the cookies from our Stampin' Up! demonstrator website....several different demonstrators had posted cards with "their" versions*

Baby Card

Baby Bundle Stamp Set

Modern Label Punch

Word Window Punch

Extra Large Scallop Oval Punch

1 3/8" Circle Punch

DSP (Discontinued)

Colors:  So Saffron, Pretty in Pink, Bashful Blue