Sweet!

I don't know about you but I have had enough of the snow and cold and am ready for some spring! I made up these cards the other day to use as thank you's. I love the cute little chocolate-dipped strawberries idea, even if you have to clean the stamp every single time you do it. *smile I stamped the sentiment using alphabet stamps.

Supplies:
Stamps: Tart & Tangy, Just Perfect alphabet
Ink: Chocolate Chip ink, Pear Pizazz, Poppy Parade & Chocolate Chip markers
Paper: Pear Pizazz, Poppy Parade & Whisper White card stocks
Accessories: Neutral Buttons, Linen Thread

Thank You x 3

Happy Labor Day! What are we celebrating exactly? That my husband and children are home? Oh good. We could use a little down-time.

Anyway, I was in need of a few thank you cards. Okay a lot. And I ran out of my whole stash! So I pulled up some go-to sketch sites and created these!

This card is based off of Mojo Monday #154. I left off a few edges and the corner bit, but its close. Supplies:

Stamps: Thoughts & Prayers, Occasional Quotes

Ink: Always Artichoke, So Saffron

Paper: So Saffron, Perfect Plum, Always Artichoke, Whisper white card stocks

Accessories: Artichoke seam binding ribbon, Scallop Circle Punch, 1 3/8 in circle punch, Scallop edge punch

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This card used Jen's SSFYTT for this week, and this seriously sweet new set. Goodness I love it. I have so many plans for it! tee hee!

Supplies:

Stamps: Greeting Card Kids, Tart & Tangy

Ink: Basic Black, Real Red, Certainly Celery

Paper: Real Red, Certainly Celery & Whisper White card stocks

Accessories: White Grosgrain Ribbon, Real Red grosgrain ribbon, Bold Brights Buttons, watercolor Wonder Crayons, Blender Pens

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and this card uses the OCC Sketch Challenge. The problem? Um...I love this one a leeeetle too much. I can't part with it quite yet and it is going on my display board. Now I gotta make another thank-you card!

Supplies:

Stamps: Uncharted Territory

Ink: Basic Black, So Saffron, Night of Navy

Paper: Whisper White & Night of Navy card stocks, In Color Patterned Paper Pack

Accessories: Watercolor Crayons, Blender Pens, Sponges, White grosgrain ribbon

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tip for the day: I don't yet have the circle cutter. So how do I make circles? stamp the image you want in the circle and set a button case lid or ribbon spool on top of it, then trace and cut your circle!

April Scrapbook Class

Last month in my scrapbook classes I pretty much kept them CAS- clean and simple. I discussed the basics of scrapbooking, and also showed using a Simply Scrappin' Kit. This time, I wanted to focus more on using your stamps in your scrapbooking. No better way than showing how to make your own Designer Paper!
You can find ALL KINDS of DP in any craft store. Stampin' Up! always has a beautiful -and broad- selection, always in our fun colors. But sometimes you can't find the *right* colors, or the *right* images for the page you are trying to create. So make your own! Yeay!
So for my 12x12 page I used the apple image...

Supplies: Stamps: Tart & Tangy, Taffy Alphabet Ink: Real Red, Certainly Celery Paper: Tempting Turquoise, Whisper White Accessories: Real Red striped grosgrain ribbon

And for my 8.5x11 I used the cherries.

Supplies: Stamps: Tart & Tangy, Just Perfect Alphabet Ink: Real Red, Certainly Celery Paper: Tempting Turquoise, Whisper White Accessories: Real Red striped grosgrain ribbon
Same basic supplies, same basic layout, and two different looks! And SO easy to customize!

Shoebox Swap!

Last night I got to attend a Shoebox Swap with two other demonstrators in the area. It was so fun! A Shoebox Swap is when you design a card and then take all the supplies used to make it in a box and pass the box around and everyone gets to make one of your cards. This one was so that we could try out the new stamps in the Occasions Mini. So, I posted several days ago a star card, which was one of mine, and here is my second card, using For Father. (Almost the same card as in the previous post, but this one we stamped in black and colored with pastels.)

Loni Spendlove hosted the swap. This adorable card is one of hers. We used the Big on Spring set. Its a River Rock base, and we used the Dotted background stamp with River Rock ink. Then a layer of Wild Wasabi, stamped on Whisper White, cut out the onesie using Soft Sky, colored the heart with a Rose Red marker... We used the 2 way glue pen and Dazzling Diamonds glitter for the word, then wrapped Soft Sky double stitched ribbon around the bottom, and used one of those Ribbon Slides from the new Hodgepodge Hardware kit found in the mini also! Isn't it great?! This second card is also Loni's design. We used the new Tart & Tangy set, and did a scratch 'n' sniff card!!! (mine doesn't smell very well but it looks great!) We used the new Summer Picnic paper from the mini too. We used the Scallop Punch with Old Olive cardstock, a Bashful Blue base, a little white grosgrain and stamped "sweet" from the stamp set Sweet Shapes. The next two cards were designed by Pam Clyde.

This card was so cool to make! For one thing, the bottom base is Really Rust cardstock. Then there's a card of Sage Shadow layered on top of that, so its just the Sage part that opens! We used the Friendly Flowers set. We used the Coluzzle to cut the big round part, then punches for the smaller circles. We used the very cool new Chocolate Chip Poly-Twill ribbon, and the Jumbo Eyelets with the Crop-O-Dile. Its a little hard to see, but we knotted the ribbon and its the center of the eyelet.

This last card (also by Pam Clyde) uses the Tart & Tangy set, plus the Polka Dots & Paisley words. Isn't that chocolate dipped strawberry great? We colored it with markers, then colored some Chocolate Chip marker where we thought the chocolate should be. Then we put Crystal Effects over the chocolate ink! How cool is that?! We used the scallop punch here too, the white gel pen for the dots, the Garden Green marker for the green words, the Slit Punch to make the scalloped edge, and then Real Red Gingham ribbon. Aren't these ladies talented?? I loved what they came up with. I got to try new stamps sets, but also new accessories and new tools too! Yes, my stinkin' long wish list just grew! LOL!

I hope you enjoy these fun samples and seeing ideas I would never have thought of! I know I had a great time!