We all had to design something from the new Holiday catalog to swap at today’s meeting. This is my swap. I chose the Acorn Builder Punch, page 45, with the corrugated paper and I used Crystal Effects on the Top of the acorns. The sentiment is from the lovely Hostess Set in the HC, called Six Sayings. I also used the Happy Haunting Washi tape, page 47.
I love this set because it has sentiments you don’t always see. This set an be found on page 74 of the AC. It is considered two-step stamping, and because it is photopolymer, you can hit the placement smack on the nose. This is a set that I consider Clean and Simple (CAS). I did use the butterfly from Butterfly Basics, page 124, and cut it out with our Bitty butterfly punch, page 166.
This image is from the set The Wilderness Awaits, page 86. You know how I am always saying there are no mistakes in stamping? Well when I put this card together, I left a halo on the top of the sentiment and it looked messy. So I stamped it on another scrap piece of Very Vanilla and cut it out with the Decorative Label punch, page166. Now seriously, if I didn’t tell you, would you have guessed I screwed up? That’s what I love about stamping, you can always fix a screw up. I used a monochromatic style on this card and I think it makes a great card for a special man.
This set Vintage Leaves has framelits to go with it. You can find it on page 88 of the AC. On this card I used watercolor paper for the leaves. I found it works the best with this stamp set although you could use regular paper. I just like the texture of the water color paper. The colors I used were Old Olive, Cajun Craze, Daffodil Delight, Crushed Curry, Tangelo Twist and Real Red. The sentiment is from Trust God, page 24. In addition, I used the corrugated paper for the background.
Best buy is the bundle where you get 15% off regular price if you buy both framelits and the stamp set.
I got the idea for this card from Paper Crafters Library and changed it around a bit! I used the Washi Tape, Cherry on Top, page 157. I punched out the scoops of Ice cream from Watermelon Wonder card stock, with the awesome Tree Builder punch, page 167. The stamp set is from Sprinkles of Life found on back inside cover of the AC. It is our Ronald McDonald set and the charity gets $3 from every set sold. To date SU has contributed over $1,000,000 to RHMC.
One of my favorite items in the new AC are the 6″ X 6″ paper stack DSP, page 144. I love how you can mix up all the different papers and have them match to all our embellishments and stamp sets. I used the Gold foil paper, page 149 and our lovely new Corrugated paper, same page. In addition, new this year is our new Metallic thread, page 159.
This set, Work of Art, carried over from last year and it is one of my favs. I used the Bitty Butterfly punch and cut out one each in Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Cucumber Crush and Pacific Point. The sentiment is from Endless Birthday Wishes, page 6. I used both Whisper White card stock, regular and heavy. Just love our new white heavy CS for card bases. It is the best!
This is one of the cards we will be making tonight at our Friday night Hostess club. I used the New Ronald McDonald set (last page of the new AC) called Sprinkles of Life. It has a matching punch and is called the tree builder punch, new this year and can be found on 167. I used the colors Chocolate Chip and Mint Macaron. In addition, I used the new Embossing Folder, Elegant Dots, page 174 for the sprinkles. Hope you like it!
Can’t get enough of this Bohemian DSP. It is so cool! Here I used the Bohemian WAshi Tape to create the candles and used the Bird Builder wing from the punch for the flames. Backed it with the DSP. Colors are Bermuda Bay, Rich Razzleberry, and Delightful Dijon. Sentiment is from Boys will be Boys.
This is my swap for our Carolina Girls Get together. I used the new stamp set, You’re so Sweet (to be released with the new catalog on June 2nd), along with the set Butterfly Basics page 26 of the OC. BTW, this set will carry over to the new catalog. WOOT WOOT! I used some of the new Bohemian DSP for the banners and the colors, Bermuda Bay, Rich Razzleberry, and Crushed Curry. Hope you like it!
I am really going to get a lot of use out of this set, especially with the matching Tree punch. Yes you got it right, the punch is the Tree Builder Punch, which means you can also make trees with the punch, also from the RMHC set. Oh the possibilities!
This set can be found on page 23 of the OC with the matching Flower Medallion punch. You can buy this as a bundle and get 15% discount. I used the 1/2″ circle punch to cut out the centers. The sentiment is from the set, Build a bouquet, page 29 in the OC. The other set that I used is a border image, Dotty Angles, found on page 98 in the AC.
The ice cream cones is from the set selected for Ronald McD house this year. It is super fantastic! I have no doubt in my mind that everyone who sees this set will buy it and probably make it the highest donation ever, for this charity. SU gives $3 for each RMHC stamp set that is purchased. You will find this on the back cover of the new catalog beginning June 2nd. It even has a matching punch. The other set used is the Banner Banter found on page 111 of the AC.
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This DSP is called Bohemian and the background is embossed with a new folder called Boho Chic. You will be able to purchase this in the new catalog. However, the sentiment is from a stamp set in the Annual Catalog which is being carried over to the new one. It is called Ray of Sunshine.
I got the idea for this card from one of the Artisan Design team members, although her name slips my mind right now. I changed it up a bit and I used the Birthday Bash Washi sheets, page 11 in the OC for the background base card. The other DSP that I used is from the very masculine series, Adventure Bound paper stack, found on page 40 in the OC. I know that it will retire so if you want some great masculine papers, this will do it. Stamp set is Guy Greetings, page 41.
This set, Hello There, page 237, in the AC, will soon be gone. It’s funny that I didn’t see this set before now. I just noticed it and realized I have never used it. I love the font and wish we carried more of this font type. This is one of those sets where you make a very simple card look like it took a long time to create, I used Hello Honey In color. Hope you like it.
Had to throw in a masculine card with the in colors to show that even though they are soft colors they can be used for men. Here I used the set, Guy Greetings, page 41 in the OC, but soon to be carried over to the new AC. I am so happy for that because we need more masculine sets for the men in our lives.
You will see that I have used this set many times lately because of Fathers day that will be coming soon. I also used the set gorgeous grunge, page 165 in the AC, also to be carried over. Very excited over that too, because it has become a core set for me.
The next few days I will post cards made with the outgoing In colors. I really hate to see them go, they have served me well in my card designs. In addition, on this card the punch used to cut out the houses is soon to be gone also. I really loved that punch too. The embellishment stars (sequin) assortment are also retiring.
This is one of those cards that I created from the scraps on my desk. The arrows are cut out with the punch, What’s Up, page 222, AC (soon to retire). I used the Washi Sheets, page 11 of the OC, for the arrows. Tripled up on the linen thread, and the image is from Painted Petals, page 19 of the OC. The sentiment is from the stamp set, Hello Life, page 6 of the OC. The background is lightly stamped with the Background stamp, Dictionary,found on page 175 of the AC. Alas, that is soon to retire……..and I just purchased it, wouldn’t ya know!
You know how hard it is sometimes to come up with a Masculine card? Well, with this stamp set, Guy Greetings, page 41 of the OC, you can make several masculine cards for different occasions. The set is so versatile. I used the DSP from the Paper Stack, Adventure Bound, page 40. This is a wonderful assortment for that Masculine card. Stay tuned for more masculine cards to come.
Here is more of the washi Tape sheets found on page 11 of the OC. I used the Pansy Punch to cut them out. The center of the flowers are the Itty Bitty Epoxy stickers found on page 28 of the OC. I colored them with Blendabilites. However you can color them with any alcohol pens like Sharpies, Copics or Blendabilities. The border on the top is from the set Chalk Lines, page 114 in the AC.
This card was created with the set Amazing Birthday, page 48 in the AC. In addition I used the border set, Borderng Blooms, page 162 in the same catalog. The colors I used are Calypso Coral and Lost Lagoon. I used the large sheets of Washi tape, page 11 in the OC and used the 1 3/4″ Scallop circle punch to cut the scallop out.
This card was created using the set Petal Potpourri with the matching Flower Medallion Punch, found on page 23 of the OC. I used the Butterfly Basics set also in the OC with Crisp Cantaloupe and Baked Brown Sugar inks. I am going to be sad to see these colors go when the new Annual catalog comes out in June. DSP is Lullaby on page 187 of the AC.
I got the inspiration for this pocket card from a card designed by Pamela Subjek, another fabulous Demonstrator. She used her card for our shoe box swap for Demonstrators held every couple of months and I fell in love with it as soon as I spotted it.
I did use quite a bit of embellishments on this card. However, I think it turned out pretty well. The colors I used were Sahara Sand, Soft Sky and crumb cake. The stamp set I used is Lovely Amazing You, and the DSP is from SAB, Best Year Ever. You can still get that DSP FREE with a $50 purchase until the end of this month. Contact me here if you need a catalog. Thank you Pamela for your wonderful inspiration.
The flowers on this card were from the Crazy About you Set on page 31 in the OC. I used Lost Lagoon and punched them out with the Scalloped Circle punch and the new punch, Flower Medallion, on page 23. The DSP is Something Borrowed on page 42. The sentiments are from Indescribable Gift, page 35.
Now this really surprised me. My husband selected this card (from Guy Greetings page 41 of the OC), as one of his favorites. I generally let him see the cards that I create if I do a whole bunch together. I ask him which ones he likes the best and, out of 11 cards, he picked this as number 3. Now, you might think that would be normal because it is a very masculine card. However, Jack usually like cards with lots of bright colors. He is himself an artist so he is very good with colors and usually stays away from monochromatics like this vintage card. Actually the only color on this card is from the gold sequins I attached to the card at the last minute because I thought it needed it. What do you think? In addition I used Crystal Effects on the 3D hats, although it is hard to tell from this photo.
I love the sentiments in the stamp set, Adventure Awaits, page 41 so I am always looking what to put with them. I selected the stamp set Petal Potpourri, page 23 with a matching punch, also on same page. I punched out flowers to resemble a lace border on the bottom of the card and also the main focal point above the seam binding, Wisteria Wonder. A very simple and quick card. If you bundle the flower set with the punch you get a 15% discount off the price, see bottom of page 23.
Speaking of adventures, we are boarding the Disney Fantasy today for our 7 day family trip to the Eastern Caribbean. I plan on doing some Trek Helmet diving, snorkeling, and spending one of our days at sea in the spa, on board, for the ultimate works. Can’t wait! We finish the trip with a day at Disney’s own private Island, Castaway Cay.
Since I will not be able to access my lap top while I am gone, I am trying to post in advance so you don’t have to go without seeing some samples on my blog.
This is one of my favorite stamp sets in the OC. You can find it on page 26 and it is also a bundled set that if you buy both the set and Thinlits you get a 15% discount. Details are listed on page. I think my favorite image in this set is the honeycomb. It is right up my alley. I love textured images. It also has great sentiments, like this one about the caterpillar.
The colors I used on this were Mossy Meadow and Calypso Coral. I embossed the background paper with the EF Spring Flowers Textured Impressions, page 19 of the OC.
This stamp comes from a hostess set that you can earn if you host a workshop in your home or if you have a book party of $150, either on-line or in a club. It is so stinkin’ cute. I used Back to Black for the back ground and our new White Jute ribbon found on page 43 of the OC. So pretty. I used 2 different punches to cut out the little flower, Petite Petals and Itty Bitty punches, all found in the AC pages 219 through 222. Topped it off with a black Dot candy. I embossed the little worm with white craft ink and white Embossing powder and colored in with Blendabilities after coloring the image with the white chalk pen.
This is another Valentine made with the set, Wood you Be Mine, page 7 in the OC. I am in love with this set it is so versatile. I love the sentiments too. The hearts I punched out with the Confetti Heart Border Punch found on page 5. We have really covered Valentine’s Day, for you and yours, with our new Occasions catalog. Contact me HERE if you don’t have a catalog.
I created this card from the same stamp set that I previously use, Hey Valentine, on page 8 in the SC. It is so stinkin’ cute. So easy to use with either Blendabilities, our markers, or our aqua painters. I love stamps that have good lined images so I can color them in myself. So much fun and wonderful therapy. I punched the image out with our Note Tag punch which is carried over from the HC. See page 49 for other items that have been carried over.
This is pretty much cased from the new catalog. If you have your new catalog already it is on page 12. The bows were made with our new bow punch. So easy and so much fun! Don’t you love this gorgeous DSP?
This is another card created from a stamp set from the new Spring catalog. You should have rec’d yours by now so you know how wonderful all the goodies are this catalog. It is my favorite so far. You will be able to start ordering from it on January 6th. In addition, you can start earning FREE Sale-A Bration items that day also. For every $50 you spoend you get to choose a stamp set or other item in the SAB catalog FREE! The sentiment on this card is a SAB stamp.
I love this set, Today and Everyday, found on page 168 in the big catalog. I used Blendabilities to color the image. In addition, I used our Banner punch and Candy dots to embellish an otherwise clean and simple card. Hope you like it!
I created this card with the New craft paper and Specialty Trim the Tree DSP found on page 5 of the Holiday catalog. I used the Burlap ribbon, the Natural Chevron ribbon, and the clothes pin embellishment, found on pages 205 and 207 of the AC. The Tree is stamped with the set, Festival of Trees and punched out with the matching punch found on page 24 of the HC. We are making this card in my Wednesday morning club today.
