Make It Monday - How to cut half a die cut.

It is very easy to create a card with this fancy fold using the framelits.

To make this fancy fold card you will need:

Big Shot - full platform

Framelit set of your choice

5 1/2 X 8 1/2" card base

scraps and pieces to cut matching pieces with framelits to decorate card

stamp set and ink to stamp images with.

 

How tos:
Score card base in half at 4 1/4".

Score one side at 2 1/8".

 

Place the card base centered on the platform.  photo A

This way it is easier to handle the platform as it goes through the Big Shot.

Yes  I took photo A after I did the die cut. I forgot it! :) 
Yours won't have the cut in it already.

 

Line up the die centered on the 2 1/8" score line. photo B

 

A    B

 

 

Tip: If you use a shape without a point on it,

mark the center spot on the flat side on each end with a sharpie marker.

 

 

Set the clear plate over the narrow end of the card base. 

Lining the end of the plate up with the 2 1/8" score line.

 

I like to place the platform on the left end of the Big Shot with the top plate coming through

the Big Shot opening. photo A  It feeds through easier. 

A 

 

You can also feed it through the Big Shot from one end. photo B

B

 

This cuts just the section the plate was laid over.

 

Fold your card into a Z fold.

 

Decorate card as shown in photos.

 

 

 

Happy stamping!

Hobby Lobby Card Class

10 cards for $10

 

Each quarter I offer a 10-4-10 class.  If you'd like to join me

at Hobby Lobby to make the cards, contact me to reserve a spot.

 

Green Bay East Town Mall

Monday, June, 24^th 5:30-8 PM

Wed, June, 26^th afternoon 1:00PM-3:30

Wed, June, 26^th Evening 5:30-8 PM

Sign up by June, 22^nd 

Contact me to reserve a spot today! Class size is limited.

Use the email or phone number listed above in the blog header.

Cost for each class is $10.00

Ages 16 and older

Please bring a paper scissors and adhesive of your choice. Tape, glue. etc.

 

Happy stamping!

Big Shot Style - 3D Dress Up Treats

Augh!  My camera died and I couldn't get the battery flap to open!

I had to take it in to a camera place yesterday.  I was afraid I would break it. 

They did what I wouldn't, they forced it open!  What else can go wrong in a week?  lol

 

 

Dress Up Framelits and matching stamp set

 

I only used the Framelits for this project.

 

Dress:

Cardstock 2.75" x 6"

Score at 3" and fold in half for a 2.75" x 3" piece.

 

I used the sleeveless Dress Up framelits to cut the dress on the fold.

I used the Fancy Fan, Polka Dot, and Chevron folders to emboss the dresses after die cutting.

 

Inside box - treat holder:

Shown in white for example.

 

cardstock to match dress die

cut 2.5" x 2.75"

On 2.5" side score at 1" and 1.5"

On 2.75" side score at 1/2" and 2.25"

Fold on all score lines.

Cut in 1/2" on score lines on 2.5" sides.

Place adhesive in blue area.

Fold up short flap. Fold in 2 long flaps. 

Repeat on other side.  Attach box inside dress.

Dress Up Framelits 130101  $24.95

 

Happy stamping!

Workshop Wednesday - Regarding Dahlias

This is a stamp set that can be used for many occasions and techniques. 

I did embossing with White Embossing Powder on Pistachio Pudding.

This style card is a great way to introduce embossing to a beginner stamper.

Supplies:
Regarding Dahlias stamp set
White cardstock
card base -  5.5" x 8.5"  Score and fold at 4.25".
3.25" square, 1 3/8" circle

Baked Brown Sugar cardstock
3.5" square, 1.5" circle

Pistachio Pudding cardstock
3 1/8" square, scrap to punch a 1 1/4" circle out of.

Versamark, White Embossing Powder, heat gun
punches - 1 3/8", 1 1/4" circle punches, Circle cutter for 1 1/2"
White Taffeta Ribbon, Dimensionals
Simply Scored and stylus

How tos:
1. Score 4 lines on front of card base at 1/4" markings starting at fold line of card.  Using the Simply Scored, start at left hand edge score every 1/4".  This adds an easy detail that will add dimension to the card.

2. Stamp the large flower image on the Pistachio Pudding 3 1/8" square with Versamark.  Cover in White EP.  Heat set with heat gun. 

3. Layer this on white and Baked Brown Sugar layers.  Tie ribbon around  all layers.
Attach to card base covering part of 3 lines.  See photo.

4.  Stamp greeting in Versamark.  Cover in White EP. Heat set with heat gun. 
Layer on white and Baked Brown Sugar circles.  Attach to card with Dimensionals.

5.  Stamp greeting inside and your card is done.

Happy stamping!

Technique Tuesday - Monochromatic Cards - Lacy & Lovely

I work with 2 colors when creating this style card.

Here of course, Pistachio Pudding from the blog hop, and Whisper White.

 

This is a 4" x 4" card.  It could easily be done as an A2 type card as shown below.

I placed a clay flower in the center of these. 

Stampin' Up! now has flower and button molds to use with air dry clay.

 

 

For a 4" square card.

Cardstock:

Pistachio Pudding:

4" x 8" base score at 4"

3 1/8" x 3 1/8" layer

 

Whisper White

3.75" x 3.75" layer to stamp background on.

2.5" 2.5" layer to stamp single image and cut into 4 sections.

 

Lacy & Lovely stamp set

Pistachio Pudding ink

Very Vintage Designer Button or clay flower for center.

Bakers Twine

Tip: Dye White Baker's Twine any color by running twine over ink pad while pressing down on twine with scrap paper.

 

How tos:

1.  Stamp around edges of Whisper White 3.75" square layer with smaller images from Lacy & Lovely.

 

2. Stamp single image on 2.5" square.

3. Cut in half and then cut each half in half again. 

Tip: As I cut these, I lay them where they will go on the 3" Pistachio Pudding square.

Then I get them in the right order when I attach them.

 

 

4. Attach button or clay flower to center spot.  Attach card section onto stamped 3.75" square.

Attach to card base.

 

See more ideas on my Monochromatic Board on Pinterest.

 

Happy stamping!

 

See more of the cards from the Blog Hop here.

Stampin' Addicts New Colors Blog Hop 2013

 

Welcome to a special one day blog hop put on by Stampin' Addicts!

We are each featuring a new color.  My color to feature is Pistachio Pudding,

a NEW In Color for 2013 - 2015.  I will admit this was nowhere near a favorite

when I chose it, but it has grown on me.  I hope you like what I did with it too.

 

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First off a simple workshop card.  An embossed floral, the NEW Regarding Dahlias stamp set, embossed in white EP on Pistachio Pudding.  This is layered on Whisper White and then Baked Brown Sugar. 

I'll post more about this card on Workshop Wednesday.

 

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Here I created a monchromatic card.  Pistachio Pudding and Whisper White. 

The Lacy & Lovely stamp set along with a new Very Vintage Designer Button 

create a very feminine 4" x 4" card for any occasion.

More about this card on Technique Tuesdays.

 

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Some Dressed Up 3D treats.  These are small, they hold 1 or 2 mints but how cute for a birthday treat or a shower table decoration.  They might even show up in my customer's orders!  I used the Dress Up Big Shot framelits to cut on the fold. 

More on how to make these on Thursday's Big Shot Style.

 

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Just for giggles, something that popped in my head . . .

Yes Tina, it was very late at night when I came up with this idea.

For your sweetie.  Get it?

Pistachio Pudding cardstock, er, pudding.  I had to do it.

 

Inside the card . . . .

Good for a giggle!

 

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Next up in the hop is Yapha, featuring Strawberry Slush. 

Yummy sounding.  I swear they create the paper names right

before they go to lunch.

 If you are going backwards through the hop you want to click

Previous to go to Heidi's blog, She is featuring Crisp Cantaloupe. 

See, more food!!!  lol

 Hop Order:

1) Carmen -- Baked Brown Sugar -- Stamping Addiction
2) Rhonda (rhondag) -- Coastal Cabana -- The Stampin' Bunny
3) Heidi (hlw966) -- Crisp Cantaloupe -- RunningwScissorsStamper
4) Kim (s1itcher46) -- Pistachio Pudding -- Stitchin n Stampin' on Paper
5) Yapha -- Strawberry Slush -- Rubber Stamping & Card Making with Yapha
6) Cindy (Cindy E) -- Bermuda Bay -- Heart's Delight Cards
7) Paula (scrapshappen) -- Smokey Slate -- Stampin' with Paula
8) Sara (lilyinkpad) -- Soft Sky -- Lily's Ink Pad
9) Tanya (tanya27) -- Crushed Curry -- Tinkerin In Ink with Tanya

Happy stamping!

And the winner is . . . .

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Chris R. from Iowa
This is the first card I have seen using this new set. I love the goose. Your card is stunning! I love the touch of the white caps via the gel pen. I would like this set but I wondered if I could do it justice? You certainly did! I never have brayered a card but I think I might have to try this. Can you tell I really like this card and I am not trying to win the dots! Of course that would just be a bonus if I did.
I sent you an email Chris.

Here's the goose from the set Wetlands.

I did a clear block stamped area with Marina Mist and Crumb Cake.  Then stamped the reeds in Crumb Cake over that.  The goose is stamped in Basic Black.  The body is colored in with the new Smoky Slate ink and an Aquapainter.  It's simple and manly.  Looking at it now, I could have embossed the basic Grey layer with the Square Lattice folder.  Next card!

 

Happy stamping!

Aged Poppy

This image is from the hostess set Simply Sketched. 

I love the simple outline images.  It is so easy to watercolor with them.

 

I stamped the inked image onto the wet watercolor paper so the image would blur

(I used Gumball Green and Calypso Coral).  Blotted the watercolor paper, dried it with the heat gun, carefully!  Then restamped the image for the crisp lines, and did some "painting" in of the image using an Aquapainter. 

 

After it was totally dried I colored over the pistils with  the black marker.  The edges of the flower were lightly highlighted with Tangerine Tango.  I stamped over the flower with the Dictionary BG stamp in Crumb Cake. You can get that stamp in clear mount! 

 

The Crumb Cake layer is embossed with the Honeycomb embossing folder.  The edges are sponged and torn for an aged look.  To unravel the ribbon you need to cut away the edges so the threads can be pulled.

 

You can get this set with $10 hostess credit for clear mount

or $14 hostess credit for wood mount, with a minimum order of $150. 

Call me to set a date, gather a few friends together, we'll have a private class

and you can all make this card!

 

 

Happy stamping!

June's Bag Tags and Thank yous

I created the thank you cards and tags for June with Mosaic Madness.

You can purchase this stamp set as part of a bundle,

with matching paper and a punch!

I used the cleared patterned sheets for the thank you cards. 

Inside is a post it stamped with Thank You for your order.

I always save this part of the paper pack for something special. 

Well, lol, that something special is usually collecting dust on a shelf!

The bag tags where fun.  I punched out the Mosaic shape first.

Then punched the circle shape.  I added the center spots

as the brown space was too much by itself.

I put customer's names on post its on the back of these.  Then they can be reused.

Each June I give out book marks using the new in colors.  I usually stamp and attach a punched shape but for these to fit in the book mark holders I found in my stash while cleaning (There is a good reason to clean, treasures are unearthed!) I had to tilt the punched shape.  Do you see the theme?  :)

 

I got this bundle set free for being a Manager with Stampin' Up!.

FREE is fun!  You could earn discounts or free product too. 

Contact me to find out how.

Mosaic Madness stamp set clear 130249 $18.95

Mosaic Madness stamp set wood 130246 $26.95

 

Mosaic Punch 131267 $15.95

 

OR Buy the Mosaic Madness clear-mounts stamp set

and coordinating Mosaic Punch together at a 15% discount.

 

Mosaic Madness Clear Bundle  132733 $29.50

Mosaic Madness Wood Bundle 132734 $36.50

There's even a matching Embossing folder.

Modern Mosaic Embossing Folder  129984  $7.95 

Quatrefancy Specialty Designer Series Paper  130141  $12.95

 

SHOP NOW

 

I'll have cards to share tomorrow with this stamp set.

Monday is the NEW COLOR Blog Hop! 

 

Happy stamping!

My new favorite stamp set is Wetlands.

 

 

I love to watch the water wash across the sand and the birds skitter

back and forth in front of the waves.  Not that today is a good day

for being at the beach wiith the temperature at 52 degrees on June 6th.  Bleh

 

I created this card using a brayer for blending the sand and surf effect on retired glossy paper.

A white gel pen creates great white caps. 

A post it and dauber worked to add a bit of sunset.

Those are the new Candy Dots in Crumb Cake on the banner.

 

Would you like a sampling of the new candy dots in all 4 color families?

Leave a comment on this post.  I'll pick a name on Sunday.

 

Wetlands Clear 126697 $16.95

Wetlands Wood 126695 $21.95

6 piece set

 

Subtles Candy Dots  130933 $5.95 Brights Candy Dots  130931 $5.95 Regals Candy Dots 130932  $5.95 Neutral Candy Dots 130934 $5.95    Stampin' Addicts New Color Blog Hop coming on Monday! Happy stamping!

 

That's the Ticket

created by Mary Haugen

 

No matter what I do I can not get rid of the yellow tint in this photo! 

Frustrating.  Retaking it didn't help either.

 

I love it.  Even with the yellow tint.  It's a great card layout. 

A nice way to add a touch of designer paper without it overpowering your card.

Oh, this set is in the new catalog!

 

Happy stamping!

Workshop Wednesday - By the Tide

Yes it carried over!

created by Emma Fewkes

An easy workshop card.  The stamping helps define the Vanilla layer

to make it look as if another layer has been added.

Midnight Muse, Very Vanilla cardstock
Midnight Muse and Soft Suede ink
Midnight Muse ribbon, Linen thread, mini pearls

Supplies
Midnight Muse card base 5.5" x 8.5"
Very Vanilla - 4" x 5.25"
Image layer:
Vanilla 2.25" x 3.5"
Midnight Muse 2.5" x 3.75"
6" Midnight Muse ribbon
Dimensionals.

1. Stamp the images in Soft Suede ink on the 4" x 5.25 Vanilla layer. 
It looks like the top section is the retired Netting stamp.  You could sponge this lightly instead.
Attach ribbon onto Very Vanilla layer.  Tie Linen thread around one end.
Layer on card base.

2. Stamp the lobster in Midnight Muse.  Layer on Midnight Muse.
Add pearls.  Attach to card with Dimensionals.

 

Happy stamping!

Blue Ribbon 2 Step Stamp Set

Sharing some swap cards!  It does no one

any good for them to just sit in a box.

 

created by Sara Mattson-Blume

created by Kristi Jones

 

Happy stamping!