Owl Punch, Using Old Stuff

Well, saw my owl punch sitting on my shelf and thought wow let me use that old punch.  I had seen something like this on Pinterest so thank you Pinterest for the idea.  I also used a die cut I got at A C Moore ( hate they are going out of business) for very little, a Love Nichole feather die.  It seemed to match the theme of the card.  Alway remember to look at the old stuff. You can really make some great cards out of them.  Sentiment came from an old stamp-set by SU called Happiest Birthday Wishes.  Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful Monday!

Note Card Tin decorated

My fifth post of the week and I am so thrilled with the outcome of this project.  If you would like to see the cards that went into this post, check here, here, here, and here.

 

I used "My Digital Studio" which is an old SU program but I still use it all the time, to go in and make the actual Layout you see here.  Once I printed it, I added the butterfly, the pearls, and then I added some sparkle by using the Clear Wink of Stella.  I just love that stuff and it is perfect to dress up any card or note card tin.  I used it on the butterfly, around the edges of the card stock and the flowers on the paper.  You can see it in the below photo if you really look.

 

 

And now to show you the inside and how nicely the note cards fit inside the box.  It is perfect.  The box actually is about 5.25 X 3.75 and the cards inside are the note cards 5 X 3.5.  I was meant to be where these little tins were selling out and got a great price on them.  They have been sitting in my home for about 3 years and it finally just dawned on me how to use them.  DUHHHHH! I have 15 cards in the tin, but you could probably add more if you would like.

 

Hope you enjoyed my 5 days of sharing how to fill a tin with quick and simple cards and then how to decorate a tin.  These would be a great craft show seller also.

 

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your weekend.

Sketch 315- Monday Lunchtime Sketch

Hello all!  Today is my granddaughter's birthday and we celebrated her birthday while she was at my house this weekend.  They headed back to Virginia yesterday.  It was a nice weekend.

 

So now to share the card I made for her.  I of course used our Monday Lunchtime sketch to make her birthday card along with the card you can record that is on the stamping up clearance rack.  So my husband and I recorded her a happy birthday message.

 

Now more about the card.  Here is the outside!

 

 

And now for the inside.  She is a cheerleader and loves it, so I found a coloring page on the internet and using my digital studio, fit it to the size I needed and made the inside salutation using the text mode and one of the digital punches.  I then printed it and colored it in to match the paper.

 

 

So what do you think?  Isn't it just the cutest.  Well I think it is.

 

Also I bought her and Origami Owl Pendant, chain and charms.  When you get them, you get this cute little box to put it in.  So I also had to add a little Happy Birthday (Perfect Punches stamp set) and Ribbon to the box and here is how it looked.  The Stampin' up! colors worked so well with the color of the box.

 

 

And one more photo with the card.

 

 

I will say she loved it and I am so glad.

 

So anyway hope you enjoyed the post for today. 

 

Got to get to work, so Hope your Monday is blessed!  Remember to check out the other post of our DT team over at our Monday Lunchtime Sketch blog!

 



Clean and Simple - Flower Shop

 

Hi everyone! I just wanted to start this post off with the card itself since I was so happy with the outcome.  I actually used the sketch from Clean and Simple blog.  It was one of those times that I knew even before I went to get the paper what I wanted to do and it turned out even better than I thought.  This will go to someone special who needs to be uplifted today.

 

Here is a side view of the card.  Color was not quite right, but you can see that I stamped the image on the white 3 times and then stamped it again on another white piece and then punched it out with the punch that goes with this set, and of course popped it up with a dimensional.

 

 

Now I also had to work on the inside some, so I used another stamp from this set for the inside.

 

 

All items used are Stampin' Up!

Stamp Set: Flower Shop, Blessings from Heaven

Card Stock: Whisper White, Basic Black, Primrose Petals, Gumball Green (leaves)

Ink: Stazon Black, Primrose Petals

Pansy Punch

Bird Punch (leaves)

 

Thanks so much for stopping by today and hope you have a wonderful and blessed day.

 

I am also linking this to Word Art Wednesday!

 

LNS Challenge 243/Sketch 303- Monday Lunchtime Sketch

Happy Monday everyone.  Hope your weekend was a blessing and you have a wonderful start to the week.  And, so to start this week, I have a card for you that brings back a lot of early memories in stamping.  Why you ask?  Well I am a punch lover and probably have every punch that Stampin' Up! has made except maybe one or two.  Regardless the challenge this week with the Late Night Stampers is to do some punch art.  So I again have combined the two challenges.  So needless to say, I used the Monday Lunchtime Sketch, which was great for the punch art I used.  So here you go!

 

 

To make the ice cream sundae, I used the following: 2 1/2" Circle punch for the bowl and cut it in half.  I used the 1 3/8" circle punch for the base of the bowl and cut it in half.  For the ice cream I used the 1 3/8" scallop punch.  And for the cherry on top, I used the 1/4" punch and put a nick in it and cut a piece of black card stock for the stem.  Isn't it just the cutest.  For the sprinkles I used the stamp from Create a cupcake stamp set.

 

And I wanted you to see that I popped up every layer so here is the side view.

 

 

And of course had to work on the inside and used the sprinkles stamp at the bottom!

 

 

Hope you enjoyed this card and hope you stop by and check out our DT samples at LNS and Monday Lunch Time Sketch.

 

Have a great week!

 

 

 

 



Clean & Simple Banner

 

Happy Tuesday to you!  I had a few moments last night and saw the sketch from Clean & Simple  Sketch and just had to use my banners framelits and the Perfect Pennant stamp set.  It was perfect for this set.  Also, I have a friend that is going through some tough times and thought this was the perfect sentiment for the card.  I also used a scripture on the inside from Our Daily Bread Designs.  It just seemed to add the final touch to the card.

 

Here is the inside.

 

 

When all else seems to be going wrong, I can always depend on God and how he will bring rest to my soul.  He has been my fortress through all these last two months with my brother and mother.  When my sister's and I thought we could not do any more, God showed us just how strong we were with him.  I am so thankful to be able to lean on Him.

 

All items are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted.

Stamp sets: Papillon Potpourri, Perfect Pennants, ODBD Scripture series 4

Card Stock: Brown Sugar, Crisp cantaloupe, Strawberry Slush, Very Vanilla, Coastal Cabana

Ink: Brown Sugar, Strawberry Slush, Coastal Cabana, Crisp Cantaloupe

Butterfly Punches

Chevron Textured Impressions Folder

Banners Framelits

 

 

I am entering this into the Word Art Wednesday.

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

 

Clean and Simple Zoo Babies

 

Happy Saturday to you!  I took a few moments this morning before cleaning up a little to create this card for a baby we are expecting in our church.  I used sketch 274 from the Clean And Simple Blog.  I had this cute stamp set for a while and had not been able to use it yet and this was the perfect opportunity.  Love these little animals.

 

Here is the inside.

 

 

Sorry for the short post, but my brother is back in the hospital along with my mom, yes both of them, and I am getting ready to head out and spend the rest of the weekend with them in the hospital.  Now you see why I was so excited to able to stamp some this weekend.  It is few and far between lately.

 

All items used are Stampin' Up!

 

Stamp sets: Zoo Babies, God's Blessings (inside)

Card Stock: Bashful Blue (retired), whisper white, tangerine tango

Bitty banner framelits

markers and ink

 

Thanks for stopping by and hope your weekend is blessed!

 

I am also putting this in the Word Art Wednesday Challenge.

 

Baby Card - Stocking Punch

 

Hello all and hope your Sunday has started out well.  I thought I would take a few moments before heading out the door to church and post this card I made yesterday morning for a baby shower yesterday.  I am sure glad these photos turned out well as I don't have the card any longer.  I needed something quick and easy and already had the stocking punch out, so it made it a little easier to make a decision.  I also have a drawer full of retired paper and when I looked into it, this just seemed to pop right out.  So that is what I chose.  It is called Nursery Nest.

 

Here is the inside of the card!

 

 

Love this stamp set called God's Blessings and just pulled it out quickly and stamped the inside.  Took about 20 minutes to throw it together.  Isn't that easy.

 

Items use are all Stampin' Up!

Stamp Sets: Itty Bitty Banners, God's blessings

Card Stock: Whisper White, Marina Mist

Designer Series Paper: Nursery Nest

Ink: Marina Mist

White Baker's Twine

Stocking Punch

Banner Framelits

 

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed Sunday!

 

 

 



Sketch 280 - Monday Lunch Time Sketch

Happy Monday everyone and what better way to start your week than to do a little stamping!  Well I did mine earlier, but Mary Jo definitely has a wonderful sketch for us today over at The Techno Stamper and I did mine very clean and simple using the Hexagon Punch and the Six sided sampler stamp set.  And of course had to used one of my Adorning Accents embossing folders.  I just love the monochromatic look and the little bit of white just set off the Strawberry Slush color, don't you think?

 

 

From the very first of the new in-colors for this year this has been my favorite.  Such a great color.  I embossed the flowers down the side with white embossing powder and then used the embossing folder edgelit to emboss around the flowers.  I added a pearl to the center of each flower.

 

Here is a side view of the card.

 

 

And of course had to do the inside!

 

 

I am making some cards for one of our ministries to sell as a fund raiser and one of the reasons I am adding scripture to the inside.  It just seems to add a little more to the card.

 

All items used are Stampin' Up! except scripture on the inside.

Stamp Sets: Six-Sided Sampler, Bordering on Romance, ODBD - Scripture Series 2

Card Stock: Strawberry Slush, Whisper White

Ink: Strawberry Slush, Versamark

White Embossing Powder

Adorning Accents Embossing Folder

Pearls

 

I am also entering this into this weeks Twist of Faith Card Challenge.

 

Thanks for stopping by on this wonderful Monday and have a very blessed day!

 

 



LNS Challenge 228 - Fancy Fold

Good Morning all and welcome to this weeks Late Night Stampers Challenge.  If you are looking for the Monday Lunch Time Sketch Challenge please see the post prior to this one here.  This week we will be doing fancy fold cards, so you really want to come on over and see all the great cards we have for you to look at, plus we would love for you to join us so we can see what you create. 

I have created a Z fold card, but I folded mine a little different as I wanted to use my new stamp set called Backyard Basics along with the fabulous framelits that go with it.  First let's look at my card!  I have four views for you to see the whole card.  When closed it is 5 1/2 X 4 1/4.

Here is how I made it:

Cut Card Stock to 5 1/2 X 9 1/4.  Score the 9 1/4 side at 4 1/4 and 7 1/4.  Fold them opposite of each other as you see in the second photo.  Then decorate as you see fit.  That is all there is to it.  So simple and love the way the flower looks popped up on this card.

All items used are Stampin' Up!

Stamp Sets: Backyard Basics (flower), Itty Bitty Banners (sentiment), Papillon Potpourri (butterflies)

Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Pool Party

Designer Series Paper: This and That Epic Day

InK: Basic Grey, Pool Party

Markers for coloring

Bitty Butterfly Punch

Backyard Basics Framelits

Bitty Banners Framelits

Finishing Touches Edgelits

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to go check out the different fancy fold cards everyone has made over at our Late Night Stamper's Blog.  I know you will not be sorry!

Monday Lunchtime Sketch Challenge 273--TSSC273

Happy Monday and welcome to another great sketch this morning from Mary Jo over at Techno Stampers Blog.  You must stop by and look at all the wonderful cards by the DT Team.  I love the way this card turned out with the sketch.  It was just perfect for the Designer Paper I decided to use and for the wonderful butterflies I punched out.  I just love butterflies and was happy I could use them on this card.  So here is the card!

Isn't this just perfect?  And, here is a side view.

And the inside!

All items used are Stampin' Up!

Stamp Sets: Papillon Potpourri, Create A Cupcake

Card Stock: Whisper White, Basic Black

Designer Series Paper: Afternoon Picnic

Ink: Wisteria Wonder, Stazon Black

Punches: Bitty Butterfly, Elegant Butterfly

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Monday Lunchtime Sketch Challenge 269--TSSC269

Cannot believe it is already Monday!  Wow, weekends really fly by, but am thankful to have a job.  So back to work I go!  What a great sketch Mary Jo has put together for us today at Technostampers.  This sketch was so easy and yes, what is becoming my love in card making, Clean & Simple.  So you may want to join us this week with this wonderful Monday Lunchtime Sketch!  So here is my sample for this sketch!

 

 

Here is a side view of the card!

 

 

And a close up of the center! I used markers for coloring both of the stamping pieces!

 

 

All items used are Stampin' Up!

Stamp Sets: Embellished Events, Label Love

Card Stock: Cajun Craze, Calypso Coral,Whisper White, Shimmery White, Crushed Curry

Markers for coloring stamps

Finishing Touches Edgelits

Fancy Fan Embossing Folder

Artisan Label Punch

Crushed Curry Ribbon (retired)

 

Thanks for stopping by on this Monday and hope you have a wonderful and blessed week!

 



Set of Cards for Auction

Well we are wet here in Eastern NC as the rain is coming down.  But I am working, so that is OK and it would be OK even if I were not working as we need the rain.  I did want to share with you all today a set of cards I made for a fund raiser at our Gateway Landing Open House we will be having Sunday!  The only problem is I would like to make about 5 packs, so that does mean I will be busy over the rest of this week making cards.  I would like to make one set masculine, so I will see how that works out!  I will be putting these into a clear box and wrapping it with ribbon, but have not got that far as of yet.  Anyway, here is the set of cards!

As you can see, I did a Sympathy, Birthday, Thanks, Get Well, Happily ever after!  I actually used the retired set for the bottom two cards as I just love those "curvy verses" and I think it worked well with these cards.  Actually I may use the sentiments on all the cards.  I'll just have to see.  Anyway, this was pretty easy to do and I love the turn out.

Here is a little different view!

And a close up of the "Happy Birthday" one!

I used markers on the stamp to keep from using the same color all around!  And, I made all 5 of the cards in less than an hour which includes cutting out the paper, punching the border, coloring the image and stamping.  That is less than 12 minutes each.  I thought that was pretty good!

All items used are Stampin' Up!

Stamp Sets: Curvy Verses, Simply Sketched, Serene Silhouettes

Card Stock: Whisper White, Rose Red

Ink: Rose Red

Markers for coloring stamp

Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch

Thanks for stopping by!

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Pansy Punch/Flower Shop

Hello all!  Happy Saturday.  I did another card this morning while I was waiting on my Granddaughter.  So finally got a few minutes to take a photo and get this post done.  I was wanting to used the new Pansy Punch and stamp set, Flower Shop that goes with it and finally got my inspiration from the Clean & Simple Challenge along with the colors from Color Throwdown.  Been a while since I played with them and don't know why.  Anyway, thanks for the inspiration.

 

 

Here is a side view of the card!

 

 

And the inside!

 

 

For some reason the inside color is not the best, but it is the same colors as outside.

 

All items used are Stampin' Up!

Stamp Sets: Flower Shop, Create a Cupcake

Card Stock: Rich Razzleberry, Pear Pizazz, Old Olive, Blushing Bride, Whisper White

Designer Series Paper: Polka Dot Parade and Twitterpated

Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive

Two Step Bird Punch for leaves

Pansy Punch

Small butterfly punch

 

 



Clean & Simple Mixed Bunches

Do you ever see a sketch and then all of a sudden it clicks, and you know exactly what you want to do with this sketch.  Well that is what happened when I saw the sketch on Clean & Simple Stamping.  I knew exactly what I wanted to do.  And, I am so happy with the outcome of this card.  Loving those new in-colors!!!

Here is a side view of the card!

And of course the inside of the card!

Items used are Stampin' Up!

Stamp sets: One in a Million, Mixed Bunches

Card Stock: (New in-colors) Strawberry Slush, Coastal Cabana, Whisper White

Ink: Strawberry Slush, Coastal Cabana

Designer Builder Brads (from spring catalogue)

Blossom Punch

Adorning Accents Edgelits

Thanks for stopping by and hope you have a wonderful day!

Clean & Simple! Mosaic Madness

Good Saturday Morning!  Thought I would post this CAS card this morning before I got busy with all my "to do" list today.  Excited that I have a 3 day weekend, but I need to do some cleaning during this time.  But, I did have a few minutes yesterday to put this card together after I saw the sketch come through yesterday for the Clean and Simple Challenge.  Perfect time to use my new punch and new stamp set called Mosaic Madness and three of the new in-colors which I love.

 

 

Here is a side view of the card!

 

 

And of course the inside of the card!  I added a verse from one of my ODBD stamps which I love.

 

 

All items are Stampin' Up! except the inside verse which is ODBD stamp set from Scripture Collection 6.

 

Stampin' Up!

Stamp Sets: Mosaic Madness, Embellished Events

Card Stock: Strawberry Slush, Whisper White

Ink: Strawberry Slush, Crisp Cantaloupe, Coastal Cabana

Mosaic Punch

 

Thanks for stopping by and hope you have a fabulous Saturday!

 

Entering this into the Word Art Wednesday Anything goes challenge!

 

LNS Challenge 219/TSSC259 Monday Lunch Time Sketch

Good Monday Morning everyone and welcome to another Late Night Stampers Challenge and the TSSC Monday Lunch Time Sketch.  Two great challenges this week.  LNS Challenge is "Paired with a Punch."  Take those stamps that go with a punch and use them.  I have quite a few of those, but actually chose one I have not used in quite some time.  It just seemed to go so well with the paper I decided to use.  And, Mary Jo's sketch this week is just awesome.  So you need to get busy and join me with both of the challenges.  You will not be sorry!  Here is my sample this week.

 

 

And a side view of the card!

 

 

And a close up of the punch and stamp!

 

 

Now doesn't that make you want to pull out those stamps and punches?

 

All items used are Stampin' Up!

Stamp Sets: Four Frames, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Card Stock: Lucky Limeade, Calypso Coral, Confetti Cream

Designer Series Paper: Tea for Two

Ink: Calypso Coral

Markers for coloring stamp image on stamp

Dotted Scallop Ribbon Punch

Decorative label Punch



Monday Lunch Time Sketch - TSSC252

 

Good Morning and welcome to Monday Lunch Time Sketch.  Mary Jo did a wonderful sketch for us this week.  I actually pulled out my Fours Seasons stamp set and used my markers to color the image.  I thought it went so well with the paper. 

 

Here is a side view of the card!

 

 

I popped up the center image to give it some dimension and popped up the sentiment.  Please check out Mary Jo's sketch and play along this week.

 

All items used are Stampin' UP!

Stamp Set: Four Seasons, Embellished Events

Card Stock: Very Vanilla Textured, Very Vanilla, Island Indigo

Designer Series paper: Tea for Two

Ink: Island Indigo

Markers for coloring image

2 3/8 scallop punch

Modern Label Punch

Decorative Label Punch

2 1/2 Circle Punch

 

Thanks for looking everyone and have a happy Monday!

 

Spinner/Shaker Card

Hello all! I am planned on having this posted earlier today, but my dear husband has been sick.  During church this morning I get a text from him saying, "I think it is time for me to go see a Dr."  I had tried all day yesterday to get him to go, but with no luck.  So he misses church this morning and then I have to leave as soon as church is over to come home and take him to Medac.  Anyway, he is sleeping now with some antibiotics in him and hopefully will feel better in a couple of days.  So anyway, back to the card!  Over at Stampin' Fun and friends one of the projects that was posted was a spinner card which also had another feature to it, a shaker feature.  So I fell in love with it and had to try it.  I love this old stamp set which has retired, but wanted to use it for this card.  You will probably remember it once you see the photo.  So here it is.

 

 

Do you remember this stamp set called "Crab and Company."  One of my most favorite sets.  Now as you can see by the card, you can move the crab from one side of the card to the other.

 

 

See how I moved him more toward the center.

 

Now another thing about this card is the shaker part of it.  At this point, I had forgotten to shake up the little hearts that are inside the circle.  I hope you can see them better with the next photo.

 

 

Mad it a little closer and shook up the hearts that are inside.  How cute is that?

 

And here is another view from the side showing the thickness of the circle.

 

 

I used the largest shaker frame by SU as I used a large circle.  If you would love to get the directions for this card (or the technique as her card was different) just check out the information for Stampin' Fun and Friends on my side bar.  I have joined them the last three sessions and have not been disappointed. 

 

So now to get busy on the cards for the other two grandchildren.  The fun never ends does it?

 

All items used are Stampin' Up!

Stamp Sets: Crab and Company, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Card Stock: Primrose Petals, Very Vanilla, Island Indigo

Designer Series Paper: Fan Fair

Ink: Island Indigo

Markers and Shimmer Paint for crab

Punches: 2 3/8" scallop, 1 3/8" circle, Window, Modern Label, small heart

Shaker Frame

 

Thanks for stopping by and hope your Sunday evening is filled with joy!