If the Broom Fits

Here are two more cards I made while playing with If the Broom Fits and Happy Haunting Designer Series Paper.

Supplies:
Stamp sets - If the Broom Fits
Cardstock - Tangelo Twist, Basic Black, Happy Haunting DSP
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories - The top photo uses black ribbon, the bottom photo uses Black Bakers Twine and Happy Haunting Designer Washi Tape

If the Broom Fits

When I first saw the latest Holidays catalog, "If the Broom Fits" was my favorite stamp set. It just made me smile! I have lots of friends who will be receiving this "greeting" from me in the next few weeks! I made this card for the 2nd Halloween round of card making at the nursing home yesterday.

Supplies:
Stamp sets - If the Broom Fits
Cardstock - Whisper White, Basic Black, Neutrals Designer Series Paper Stack
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories - Black ribbon

Happy Scenes 3 x 3's

I made some little notecards using the Happy Scenes stamp set. I love little 3 x 3 cards. You know, Stampin' Up! sells the envelopes that fit the mini cards. They are perfect to add to your gift bags or wrapped presents. Or to drop into a Stampin' Up! bag to says thanks!

They all were stamped with Happy Scenes but the "thank you and very merry" came from a retired set, Short and Sweet.
The colored cardstock is cut 3" x 6" and scored (or folded) at 3". The white cardstock is cut 2 3/4" x 2 3/4" for the outside and inside of the card. And that's it!

Spooky from Among the Branches

This was my Friday card for the nursing home last week. It was October and we are going to have a month long Halloween celebration for our card making.  I used the spooky stamp from the Among the Branches stamp set. The ghost DSP is from the Happy Haunting Designer Series Paper. The Spider Web Doilies are a must have if you are making Halloween cards this year! Put them all together and you've got a really cute card. The residents loved it!

Supplies:
Stamp sets - Among the Branches, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Cardstock - Tangelo Twist, Basic Black, Very Vanilla, Happy Haunting DSP
Ink - Tangelo Twist, Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories - Spider Web Doilies (cut in 1/2), 2 " circle punch, Big Shot, Circles Framelits dies



Lovely as a Tree with the Woodland Embosing Folder

Do you have a winter birthday on your calendar? This card would fit the bill. I think the Woodland embossing folder works nicely with Lovely as a Tree. Don't you?

Supplies:
Stamp sets - Lovely as a Tree, Petite Pairs
Cardstock - Mossy Meadow, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla
Ink - Mossy Meadow, Early Espresso
Accessories - Big Shot, Woodland Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Small and large oval punches, Baked Brown Sugar Thick Baker's Twine, Stampin' Dimensionals

Lovely as a Tree

Lovely as a Tree is an "oldie but goodie" stamp set. I had used all the stamps in the set except for the one I used to make today's card. I never knew quite what to do with it and I saw a card on Pinterest that  used sponge daubers to color the tree and wanted to try it.  I think it's very interesting and different. Use 3 different sponge daubers and 3 different inks and rub the daubers across your stamped image until you get the shades you like. Be careful so you don't get "circles from the daubers. Rub back and forth instead of daubing.

Supplies:
Stamp sets - Lovely as a Tree, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Cardstock - Mossy Meadow, Cajun Craze, Very Vanilla
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black, Mossy Meadow, Cajun Craze, Crushed Curry
Accessories - Big Shot, Ovals Framelits dies, Woodgrain Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Mossy Meadow ribbon, Sponge daubers, Stampin' Dimensionals, Glue Dots

Happy Scenes with Hearth and Home Thinlits Dies

Here's a great bundle from the Holiday catalog that has a lot of uses. There are several other stamp sets that you can use with the "window" thinlit.  This card measures 4 1/4" x 4 1/4". I like square cards and they mail in the same envelopes as the A2 size (5 1/2" x 4 1/4").

 

Stamp sets - Happy Scenes, Tiny Tags (retired)
Cardstock - Crumb Cake, Basic Black, Whisper White
Ink  - Memento Tuxedo Black, Pumpkin Pie, Cajun Craxe and Always Artichoke markers
Accessories - Big Shot, Brick Wall Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Hearth and Home Thinlits Dies, Stampin' Dimensionals, Linen Thread, Tiny Tag punch (retired)

Among the Branches with Woodland Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

This card was made using the bundle for Among the Branches and Woodland Embossing Folder. Bundles are the way to go if you want to save 15%! I used Crumb Cake cardstock with the embossing folder and then took a sponge dauber, inked up in Crumb Cake, and ran it over each tree to make them stand out a little more. It looks good without the sponging too. You'll have to see which way you like it best. I'm not real happy that fall is here (today is the first day of autumn) but I love the fall colors when stamping. Crazy about Cajun Craze!

Supplies:
Stamp sets - Among the Branches
Cardstock - Crumb Cake, Cajun Craze, Very Vanilla
Ink - Cajun Craze, Always Artichoke
Accessories - Big Shot, Woodland Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, 2" circle punch, Basic Pearls, Linen Thread, Stampin' Dimensionals

Sheltering Tree for Autumn

I made this card for my card club last week and also made it for my nursing home card on Friday. I just love the Sheltering Tree stamp set! You've got to love a card you can use year round!

(inside of card)

Supplies:

Stamp sets - Sheltering Tree, Wetlands

Cardstock - Soft Suede, Basic Black, Whisper White

Ink - Early Espresso, Memento Tuxedo Black, Delightful Dijon, Cajun Craze, Old Olive

Accessories - Big Shot, Lots of Labels Framelits, Large Oval punch



Watercolor Words

I made a card for my youngest granddaughter who just received her reading scores for the 3rd grade guarantee reading test and she hit it out of the ballpark! The "teacher-grandma" in me had to recognize her so she'd know how important it was, so I made her this cute little card.  It uses only the Watercolor Words stamp set and I found a piece of red polka dotted ribbon in my scrap ribbon basket so it helped me decide on what colors of cardstock to use.

Supplies:
Stamp sets - Watercolor Words
Cardstock - Tempting Turquoise, Whisper White
Ink - Real Red, Tempting Turquoise, Daffodil Delight marker
Accessories - Ribbon, Stampin' Sponge, Stampin' Dimensionals

Garden in Bloom in Blackberry Bliss

I made another card with Garden in Bloom on the Scalloped Tag Topper. The flower is stamped in Blackberry Bliss with Crushed Curry in the center. The DSP is Crushed Curry polka dots from the Regals Designer Series Paper Stack.  I just love the cute little bee!  I put him on the inside too!

Supplies:
Stamp sets - Garden in Bloom, Wetlands
Cardstock - Whisper White, Regals Designer Series Paper Stack (in Crushed Curry)
Ink - Blackberry Bliss, Crushed Curry, Old Olive, Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories - Scalloped Tag Topper punch, 5/8" White Organza ribbon, Blackberry Bliss 3/8" stitched satin ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals

English Garden Designer Series Paper

Today's card only has a stamped sentiment.  The rest is designer paper and cardstock.  The English Garden Designer Series Paper is really beautiful. I saw some cards that I really liked online and thought they were stamped with Garden in Bloom. Turns out it was the English Garden DSP and not stamped at all.  I used an old retired set for my Birthday Wishes but any sentiment will do.

Supplies:
Stamp sets - Sincere Salutations (retired)
Cardstock - Soft Suede, English Garden Designer Series Paper
Ink - Night of Navy
Accessories - Large Oval punch, Soft Suede Taffeta Ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals, Stampin' Sponge

Beautiful Bunch on a Brick Wall

For this card, I started with the Watercolor Wash stamp in Smoky Slate. Then I ran it through the Brick Wall 6 x 6 Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. It looks fabulous. Even easier than coloring in the grooves for the mortar look. The large flower is from Beautiful Bunch with the coordinating Fun Flower punch. I added a few flowers from Petite Petals (and it's coordinating punch with the same name) and mounted them with Stampin' Dimensionals over a leaf framelit using the Big Shot. Any type of leaf will do. Celebrate You is from Birthday Blossoms.

Supplies:
Stamp sets - Watercolor Wash, Beautiful Bunch, Petite Petals, Birthday Blossoms
Cardstock - Smoky Slate, Whisper White, Always Artichoke
Ink - Rose Red, Smoky Slate
Accessories - Big Shot, Brick Wall Textured Impressions Embossing folder, Fun Flower, Petite Petals, and Large Oval punches, leaf framelit, Basic Rhinestones, Stampin' Dimensionals

Birthday Blossoms

I'm still not stamping much, this "house selling" is really cramping my style! No offers yet. :(  But I have made a few things for my stamp club, workshop, and nursing home visits. This card uses a new stamp set called Birthday Blossoms.  The sentiments are great and it's very simple to make an elaborate looking card with some easy stamping and the coordinating Pansy punch. It's one of the first stamp sets in the 2015 catalog on p 8. Check it out.

Supplies:
Stamp sets - Birthday Blossoms
Cardstock - Wisteria Wonder, Whisper White
Ink - Wisteria Wonder, Daffodil Delight, Pear Pizzazz
Accessories - Pansy punch, Spring Flowers Embossing Folder, Big Shot, Stampin' Dimensionals, Stampin' Sponge

The leaves are stamped directly on the paper and the flowers are punched with the Pansy punch and popped up using Stampin' Dimensionals 

Brick Wall Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

Stampin' Up! has added some new embossing folders to their catalog and 2 of them are 6 x 6 folders. They fit the Big Shot but they won't go in a Cuddlebug or the Texture Boutique machine that Stampin' Up! recently retired. It makes a great background and for this card I used a white Chalk Marker and ran it between the grooves to look like mortar and to show off the embossing a little better. You can also use the Signo Gel pen. The flower set that I used was Petal Potpourri from the Occasions catalog which is not longer available but the Flower Medallion punch still is available. The Banner Triple punch works great for making banners whether you want to layer them or not. No more guessing where the middle is or cutting straight.

Supplies:
Stamp sets - Petal Potpourri, Sincere Salutations (just use any good sentiment that you have :)  )
Cardstock - Blackberry Bliss, Smoky Slate, Whisper White
Ink - Blackberry Bliss, Crushed Curry
Accessories - Brick Wall Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Big Shot, Triple Banner punch, Flower Medallion punch, Stampin'  Dimensionals, White Stampin' Chalk Marker

Watercolor Wings with Timeless Elegance Designer Series Paper

I love Black and White or Black and Vanilla! The Timeless Elegance Designer Series Paper is beautiful and I paired it with the Watercolor Wings stamp set. I used Smoky Slate and Black ink on the butterfly. The base for the butterfly I stamped off with Smoky Slate, the second step I stamped with Smoky Slate full strength. The third step I stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black. It's lovely! The two cards I made use the flip side of the sheet of DSP. At my card club, the striped was the favored side. Which one do you like best?

Supplies:
Stamp sets - Watercolor Wings, Birthday Blossoms (for the greeting)
Cardstock - Basic Black, Very Vanilla, Timeless Elegance DSP
Ink - Smoky Slate, Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories - Bold Butterfly Framelits, Big Shot, Extra-Large Oval punch, Basic Rhinestones, Stampin' Dimensionals

Watercolor Wings and Bold Butterfly Framelits

Butterflies and greeting cards are the perfect match and this new Watercolor Wings stamp set is a beauty. You can put all kinds of color combinations together to get just the look you want. I used Soft Sky and Pool Party for this card and it's just soft and subtle. You can go quite bold if you wish! This card was for my Friday nursing home project so I wanted to keep it as simple as possible.

Supplies:
Stamp sets - Watercolor Wings
Cardstock - Pool Party, Whisper White
Ink - Soft Sky, Pool Party
Accessories - Bold Butterfly Framelits, Big Shot, Spring Flowers Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Tea Lace Doilies, Large oval punch, Glue Dots, Stampin' Dimensionals

Garden in Bloom

Things are really up in the air at my house these days.  We are moving. We bought a lot just up the road from where we are now and we are going to build a new home there. Our present home is on the market and I have everything in place for a showing at any time. (What a pain!) Therefore, my stamp room has been reorganized, partially stored away, and cleaned. I have been reluctant to even go in there and stamp. As you know, it doesn't take much to mess things up. But I have been doing a few things and working on the cards for a card club so thought I'd take advantage of those cards to post on my blog.

This card features the stamp set Garden in Bloom and the new Neutrals Designer Series Paper Stack. Both are new items in the 2015-2016 catalog. I used Delightful Dijon and Mint Macaron ink and the luxurious new 1" Dotted Lace Trim in Delightful Dijon. I cased this card from Stampin' Up's Stamper's Showcase. It was a card posted by Linda van Wely-Zwolle. It's got a funky cut piece on the front that I just scissor cut. Start with a 5 1/4" x 4" piece and position it on the card front. Then just trim away the part that is hanging over. Make sense?

Supplies:
Stamp sets - Garden in Bloom
Cardstock - Basic Black, Whisper White, Neutrals Designer Series Paper Stack
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black, Delightful Dijon, Mint Macaron
Accessories - Delightful Dijon 1" Dotted Lace Trim

Sprinkles of Life Ice Cream

Here's another fun card using the Sprinkles of Life stamp set.  I actually used this card with my nursing home residents and at a card making class and it was a big hit at both places. 

Supplies:
Stamp sets - Sprinkles of Life
Cardstock - Whisper White, Pink Pirouette, Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip, Strawberry Slush (retired), Real Red
Ink - Chocolate Chip, Soft Suede, Strawberry Slush
Accessories - Big Shot, Large Polka Dot Embossing Folder, Tree Builder punch, 1 1/4" and 1 3/8" circle punches, Stampin' Dimensionals

Sprinkles of Life Cupcake

I love the new stamp set Sprinkles of Life. Be sure you don't miss it. It's on the inside of the back cover -  p 189. It's the Ronald McDonald House set for this year. For every stamp set sold, Stampin' Up! donates $3.00 to the Ronald McDonald House Charities. I think they are going to be donating a lot of money this year because it's one of my favorite sets in the new catalog and I think it will be a favorite of a lot of others! Check out the Tree Builder Punch that coordinates with the set. I used the Birthday Bash Specialty Designer Series Paper on my card. Only 2 days left to order it from the Occasions catalog! This is a square card measuring 4 1/4" x 4 1/4". That way the DSP can be cut 4" x 4" and you can get 9 cards out of one sheet! Just use your regular size envelope. It will just be a little big.

Sorry - the cards a little tilted!!

Supplies:
Stamp sets - Sprinkles of Life
Cardstock - Night of Navy, Bermuda Bay, Soft Suede, Whisper White, Birthday Bash Specialty DSP
Ink - Bermuda Bay, Chocolate Chip, Calypso Coral, Calypso Coral and Daffodil Delight markers
Accessories - Circles Framelits, Bitty Banner Framelits, Big Shot, Tree Builder Punch, Stampin' Sponge, Stampin' Dimensionals