Grandma's Kitchen Table

 

This card reminds me of my Grandmother's kitchen table. There was always a lacy tablecloth with a teapot full of flowers sitting there when we came to visit. I always wondered if those were for us or did she have them there everyday? Either way, they made us happy when we were there or maybe it was the sneaky trips to the ice cream store with Grandpa that we loved so much!

Here's what you will need to make this card:

• Pear Pizzazz, Tangeringe TangoBasic Black and Very Vanilla Cardstock
• Venetian Romance DSP
• Tea Party and Delightful Dozen stamp sets
• Antique Brads
• Itty Bitty Shapes punch (retired)
• Tangerine Tango ribbon (SAB)
• Pear Pizzazz and Tangerine Tango markers
• StazOn ink
• Pearls

 

 

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Get Well with Peaceful Petals

 

Today's card was cased from SplitcoastStampers gallery. Do you like fussy cutting? Not me! So about two months ago, I purchased a Brother Scan 'N Cut which is awesome! I love being able to stamp an image, scan it in and have it cut out - all within minutes.

Here' sweat you will need to make this card:

• Peaceful Petals and Delightful Dozen stamp sets
• StazOn, So Saffron, Blushing Bride, Strawberry Slush, Pear Pizzazz and Old Olive ink
• Basic Black, Pool Party and Whisper White Cardstock
• Modern Mosaic embossing folder
• Circle Collection framelits
• Dazzling Diamonds

 

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Always in Search of a Great Masculine Card?

 

I am! My wonderful customers are often asking for masculine cards. Here is one that we recently made using punches. I came across this punch art on Jessica Lewis' blog. I am always amazed by the vision of some people. I had some colored metal sheets that I picked up at a stamping convention years ago and thought it would work perfectly for this card. We embossed the red metal using the Woodgrain folder and then sanded it to reveal the silver. The black Cardstock was embossed just at the bottom using the Chevron embossing folder and the sentiment was taken from the Delightful Dozen stamp set. The stamp had additional sentiments on it so we used a marker to ink just the portion we wanted.

Have you ever done that and ended up catching another portion of the stamp so you get a "shadow" on your card? I do - often enough and on this card too! How did I fix it. Like that piece of Washi tape from the Epic Day This &That Washi Tapes? Well, it is hiding my goof!

The wrenches were made using the silver foil paper. The head was made using the Word Window punch which I punched alone the edge of the silver paper. I then came back and punched it using the 1" circle punch. The base was made using the flower from the Itty Bitty Shapes punches and then again using a 3/4" circle punch. The stem was just a cut strip of the paper. We also sponged the edges in Basic Black before assembly.

The inside sentiment is from the Remembering Your Birthday stamp set and has a strip of Washi tape along the bottom.

 

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Stampin' Up!'s Stipple Blossoms....

Here is another card that we made back in June using the Stipple Blossoms stamp set.

 The flower and sentiment were stamped on a piece of Whisper White in Basic Gray and StazOn Black.  A piece of vellum was then placed over the top of it.  The bow was made using the 5/8" Organza Ribbon.  See how the bow is wrinkled?  To get this look, just heat the ribbon using your heat gun.  As soon as it begins to curl a bit, take the heat away.  A little heat goes a long way.  I recommend tying the bow and heating it before you place it on your card.  The ribbons curl and you can flip it over and heat from the other side to make it lie flatter again.

Here's what you will need to duplicate this card:
Stamps:       Stipple Blossoms, Delightful Dozen, Creative Elements
Inks:         Basic Gray, StazOn Black
Paper:      Whisper White, Basic Black, Vellum
Other:        5/8" Organza ribbon, heat gun

Forever Stampin',

    Cathy Williams

Stampin' Up! - Valentine Treat Bundle Class...

Here's our final card from the Valentine Treat Bundle class I held in January.  Have you tried dyeing the 5/8" Trim Flowers yet?  Super easy and you can get them just the color you want to coordinate with Stampin' Up!'s colors.  Here's how to do it:

Take one of the round plastic holders that Stampin' Up!'s brads and buttons come in.  You don't throw those away, do you?  Hang onto them - there are lots of uses for them.  In fact, I will do a post with a few of them for you in the weeks to come.  Back to the flowers...

Pour about a 1/4" of 70% isopropyl rubbing alcohol in the container.  Take the desired reinker and drop 5-6 drops into the alcohol.  Swirl around until it is mixed together.  Drop the flower(s) into the solution and pull out using tweezers - unless you don't mind your hands getting stained.   Wrap it up into a paper towel to absorb the alcohol.  When you open it up, the flower is almost completely dry already and ready to put on your card using Glue Dots.  If it is still a bit lighter than you want, dip it back in and darken it up.  You can use water but then you would have to wait while it dried - probably a couple hours and who wants to wait when creating????

Here's what you will need to duplicate this card:
Stamps:       Happy Heart stamp, Itty Bitty Banners & Delightful Dozen
Inks:            Real Red & Primrose Petals (for flowers)
Paper:         Real Red, Pool Party, Whisper White & More Amore DSP
Other:        5/8" Flower Trim, Baker's Twine, Adorned Accents folder, Bitty
                    Banners framelit, Pearls, Lacy Brocade embossing folder, Heart
                    punch, 2 3.8" Scallop circle punch, Pool Party Ruffle ribbon, Real
                    Red 1/4" stitched ribbon

Forever Stampin',

    Cathy Williams

Stampin' Up! - Valentine Treat Bundle..

Here is another card made with the Happy Heart stamp.  The silver glitter paper was cut using the heart from the retired Movers & Shapers die but you can use the Hearts Collection framelits instead.

Here's what you will need to duplicate this card:
Stamps:       Happy Heart, Delightful Dozen, Tiny Tags & Flowering Flourishes
Inks:          Real Red, Raspberry Ripple & Pink Pirouette
Paper:       Pink Pirouette, Real Red, Whisper White & Silver Glitter
Other:        Full Heart punch, Adorning Accents folder, Movers & Shapers
                  Heart die, Dazzling Diamonds, Elegant Lines embossing folder

Forever Stampin',

    Cathy Williams

Stampin' Up! - Valentine Treat Bundle

Did you take advantage of this promotion back in January?  It certainly went by quick!  I held a class during January where the attendees got the Happy Heart stamp and the cellophane treat bags as part of the class fee.  Here's one of the cards that we made. 

Here's what you will need to duplicate this card:
Stamps:       Happy Heart & Delightful Dozen
Inks:            Real Red & Pool Party
Paper:        Pool Party, Real Red Core'dinations, Primrose Petals
                    Core'dinations, Very Vanilla & More Amore DSP
Other:        Full Heart Punch, Scalloped Heart of Hearts Embosslit, Heart punch,
                   Honeycomb embossing folder, Borders Plate

Forever Stampin',

    Cathy Williams

Stampin' Up - Valentine's Card

 Here's another Valentine's card that we did in February.  Valentine's Day is long gone but you can always bookmark or file the idea away for next year, right?  Or make it your own by changing it from a Valentine's Day card to something else!  The hearts were made by gluing the cardstock and DSP to thin chipboard (I used the sheet enclosed with the DSP) and then running it through the Big Shot using the Hearts Collection framelits.  The DSP chipboard is thin enough that the framelits will cut through them along with the paper.  I then use a coordinating marker to color the edges of the chipboard so they look like they are one piece.

Here's the inside of the card.  This sentiment is one of the prettiest I have ever seen done.  I just love it!

Here's what you will need to duplicate this card:
Stamps:       You Are Loved, Tiny Tags & Delightful Dozen
Inks:          Primrose Petals, Pool Party & Black StazOn
Paper:      Pool Party, Primrose Petals, In Color Patterns Pack & More Amore DSP
Other:      5/8" Flower Trim, Pool Party Seam Binding, Rhinestones, Baker's
                 Twine & Hearts Collection framelits 

Forever Stampin',

    Cathy Williams

Frightening Feline from Stampin' Up! Holiday Catalog

This stamp is one of my favorites from the Holiday catalog.   I don't make a lot of Halloween cards and had already purchased the Googly Ghouls set but I just couldn't resist this cat.  Since it is an a la carte stamp, it didn't hit my pocketbook to badly so I went ahead and purchased it.  I am so glad that I did.

 Here's what I used to make this card:

• Cardstock - Old Olive, Basic Black, Elegant Eggplant and Whisper White
• DSP - Brights Patterned Pack and a retired halloween DSP with flocking
• Inks - Black StazOn and Elegant Eggplant
• Stamps - Frightening Feline and Delightful Dozen
• Stripes embossing folder
• 1/2' Striped Satin ribbon
• Rhinestones - colored black with Sharpie pen

Here's the inside of the card.  Doesn't the cat look so cute with his black eyes?

Stampin' Up!'s Take It To Heart Stamp Set...

Here's the final card that I will show you from the Occasions/SAB WOW swap and it is the one that I submitted. I chose the Take It To Heart stamp set and also used the new Hearts framelits. I also used the Twitterpated DSP and the bottom is the Twitterpated fabric.




Here's the inside of the card. Here, I used the Labels framelits and the Bordering on Romance stamp set. I am not sure if you can see the flowers in the bottom left and top right but those are from that stamp set. The sentiment is from the Delightful Dozen stamp set.

What do you think? Is it a WOW card?

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Technique Tuesday - Half Fold Window Card....

Happy Valentine's Day to you!  Today, I am sending you a Valentine via Technique Tuesday which shows you how to create a window card using Stampin' Up!'s Movers & Shapers die.  I hope you enjoy it!

 Here's what you will need for this technique:

• The Big Shot
• Movers & Shapers Die (Heart from Punch Windows Add-On)
• One Regular Cutting Plate & One Extended Cutting Plate
• Cardstock - Cut to 11" x 4 1/4"

 Score Cardstock at 2 3/4" and 5 1/2".

 Fold in half at the 5 1/2" score and fold the 2 3/4" score line back to the left.

 Place extended plate on Big Shot and then the Movers & Shapers Die with the Heart window die.

 Place your cardstock on the die - lining it up on the left side just inside all of the cutting lines.

 Fold the right side of the cardstock back along the score line and line up the Heart die so the half way point of it matches with the fold line.  In other words, the bottom point and the "V" of the top of the heart are lined up with your fold line.

 Lay the cardstock back down flat.

 Place the regukar cutting plate on top with the edge lined up along the fold line.

 Run it through the Big Shot.  You will end up with your cardstock looking like this.  Isn't that cool?  Only half of the heart is cut out.

 If you want to mat your card, place a 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" piece of cardstock down in the side of the die that has the Heart.  You do not want to move the Heart between cutting the card and cutting the mat so they will line up.  Run it through the Bit Shot and check how it lines up with your card.  Then trim each side down to the proper matting side.

 Here's my card from the outside.....

 And from the inside!  I used the Full Heart punch and the Brights Pattern Pack in Real Red for the center of my heart and the Delightful Dozen stamp set for the sentiment and small heart which was punched out with the small heart punch.

I sn't this a great technique for a cool card?  You can use any of the magnetic dies made for the Movers & Shapers die but it works best with those that have a punch to coordinate so you have the inside punched piece to show the full shape. 

Stampin' Up!'s Take It to Heart Stamp Set....

Are you ready for Valentine's Day?  Is it one of your favorite holidays?  I love celebrating my love for my friends and family but I am still pretty burned out from the holidays when Valentine's Day comes around.  Also, my husband's birthday is two days later so gift giving is a challenge!  Here's a card that I CASE'd from Leadership to use for Valentine's Day.  I really like how it uses the Adorning Accents Embossing Folder...

Here's what you will need to make this card:

• Take It to Heart & Delightful Dozen Stamp Sets
• Real Red, Basic Black & Whisper White Cardstock
• Cherry Cobbler, Basic Black & Real Red Classic Ink
• Cherry Cobbler Baker's Twine
• Framed Tulips, Houndstooth & Adorned Accents Embossing Folders
• Scalloped Heart Embosslit
• Hearts Collection Framelits OR Full Heart Punch
• Heart to Heart & Small Heart Punches