A Peek Into My Stamping Room

Just Be You!

I have a card to share with you today featuring the new line of cardstock, Pop-Tones, that is now available at Discount Cardstock.  The Pop-Tones line of cardstock is full of vibrant colors and the weight of the cardstock is so nice - 65#, 100# & 140#.  It die cuts beautifully, too!  I had alot of fun making this card!

The base of my card is Posh Bright White Linen 100# cardstock cut to 5 1/4" x 10 1/2" then folded in half.  I cut strips of Berrylicious, Blu Raspberry & Sour Apple Pop-Tones cardstock.  Using the E8-002 Classic Bracket Edgeabilities, I added the edge detail on the strips and layered them on the base of my card.  I used a stamp from Unity Stamp Co and cut/embossed it using S4-161 Lables One Nestabilities #3.  I added some little details that I cut/embossed from S5-034 Parisian Accents.  The ribbon is from Really Reasonable Ribbon.

Hope you are having a great week so far!  This is a scheduled post while I am away at the Spellbinders Design Team Retreat! 

Make Your Own Stripes Technique

Well, it's Monday and that means another great technique challenge over at Splitcoaststampers.  This week the challenge is called Make Your Own Stripes.  So what you do is make your own striped background paper using up any scraps of paper you have.  I really had fun with this challenge and used up the last of some Iron Orchid Designs paper that I love!  I had just a few small scraps of the paper but I just couldn't get rid of it.  Have you ever had that happen?

Here is my card for this challenge.

The stamp is from the January Kit of The Month from Unity Stamps.  I used a heart-shaped doily from Little Yellow Bicycle.  The sentiment was die cut using Labels 5 Nestabilities from Spellbinders Paper Arts.  I happened to have the Nestabling (Want2Scrap) that matches.  I love this technique and can see me using it again so I don't have to throw away those little scraps of paper that I love!

Smarty Pants!

Here is a quick and easy scrapbook page I made of my oldest daughter in her new college dorm room.  I don't know about you but I have stacks of 6x6 patterned paper pads that aren't getting used.  So I decided there has to be a way to use these smaller papers in other project besides cards.  So I used some Echo Park Victoria 6x6 papers, Spellbinders dies and cardstock from Discount Cardstock.  I am liking quick and easy lately and really must get back to scrapbooking more!  Hopefully this page will give you some ideas on how to use 6x6 papers on your scrapbook pages!

The base of my page is a piece of 12 x 12 Kraft cardstock.  I cut some of the musical patterned paper into strips and die cut it into a scalloped edge.  The stamps are from Unity Stamp Co. called Smarty Pants.  The black is a piece of 8 1/2 x 11" Black Linen and I die cut along a strip of Posh Red Linen using the Big Scalloped Border Grand die (Spellbinders). 

This was a fun and quick scrapbook page to make.  Hopefully this will get me back to scrapbooking again!  Have a great day!

Just A Couple.....

of cards to show you.  I don't really have anything new to share with you today.  But I did find a couple of cards that I made a few months ago that I haven't shown yet.  I have been busy working on some projects for different publications, getting ready for my class this Saturday at For Keeps Sake AND trying to keep up with my family!  As you can imagine, I have been pretty busy.

Here are two cards I made for my family.....

I used a set from Unity to stamp the heart and sentiment.  The patterned paper is from Echo Park.

 
 The sentiment I used on this card is from Heartfelt Creations.  I used some dies from Spellbinders, Graphic45 paper and some Webster Page's Sparklers.

I hope you will understand if I don't post for a few days.  Holy week is a big deal around our house and a time when we all go to Mass together every evening starting Wednesday and ending with a party Saturday night after the Easter Vigil.  It's become a traditional in our house to celebrate Easter this way.  So I will talk to you soon.  If I don't talk to you before, I wish you a most blessed Easter Sunday! 

 

 

Happy Spring!

Have you been doing any spring cleaning yet?  Well, I started dusting and sweeping my stamp room, just doing a purge of some old things and getting things better organized.  I think I stirred up alittle too much dust because my allergies are really giving me fits.  Coughing, sneezing, runny nose, watery eyes - I'm like a walking commercial!  LOL  Well, hopefully things will get better in a few days. 

While I was purging and looking thru things, I found a few projects that I haven't shared with you!

This card uses alot of elements from the My Mind's Eye kit - Oh La La for her.  The punch out circles and flowers.  I added those epoxy stickers to the flowers.  The sentiment is from Tag Lines (Gina K. Designs).

This card uses stamps from the September Kit of The Month from Unity Stamp Co.  I just love these colors together!

I have one more!

This is another Unity Stamp Co. set!  All three of these cards were made for magazines calls but didn't get picked for one reason or another! 

Have you seen the new Go-To Sketches magazine from Paper Craft Magazines?  Its full of 66 card sketches by the Go-To Gals.  I am lucky enough to have 3 cards published in the magazine.  If you get a chance, check it out!  Hope you have a great April Fool's Day!

Friends With Flair Hybrid Card!

Hello, Unity Friends with Flair!  I used some more of my Unity rubber to make this elegant card.  Plus this is my first card made using a DigiChick digital paper pack called 3PM by Heather T.  Its full of papers and colors that I just love. 

The main image is from the Unity Stamp Co. October Kit of The Month.  I stamped this image using Versamark ink and applied some clear embossing powder.  After heat setting this, I used a sponge to apply some purple ink and then cut/embossed using Labels 9 Nestabilities™.  I mounted this onto a Renaissance Hearts Pendant.  The digital paper and the Lovely Lavendar cardstock (Gina K)  were cut/embossed using the Jumbo Scallop Borderabilities® Petite.  The sentiment is from the Unity Stamp Co. January Kit of the Month.  This was stamped using Sage Shadow classic ink pad and cut/embossed using Labels 9 Nestabilities™.  The center piece from the Renaissance Hearts Pendant was used to layer the sentiment on.  I added some pearls and ribbon to complete the card.

I will have more to share using digital paper and other products from Digichick in the coming weeks.  Hope you have a great weekend and be sure to check out all the other great blogs in the Unity Friends with Flair blog hop today!

Friends With Flair Friday!

Yes, you read that right.  Today I am participating in the Friends With Flair Blog Hop sponsored by Unity Stamp Co.  You can find the list of blogs participating in the hop HERE.  I have a card to share with you today! 

The stamps I used on this card are from the February Kit of The Month - Nothing But Blue Skies.  I used some more scraps of patterned paper to put this together!  I am on a mission to use up my scraps because I have found out that I can't throw anything away!  Especially in my crafting room!  LOL

Here is a 3d project I made using some Unity, too!  Plus I used a digi template from The Digi Chick called Hexagon Box Template.

 

Another view of just the top:

I used a stamp from the February kit of the month and the sentiment is from the September Kit of the Month.  The flower is made from white tissue paper cut/embossed using the Dahlia Nestabilities™ from Spellbinders™.  After I cut/embossed them, I layered them together and scrunched them up.  I put a temporary brad in the middle to hold them together and airbrushed them using my Copic ABS.  Then I changed the brad to this pretty pearl one.  I think it all came together nicely.  My pictures could be a whole lot better but its also 11 pm when I am taking them :)! 

Hope you have a great Friday and a super weekend!  Enjoy the Friends With Flair Unity Blog Hop and I hope you win some great stamps!

Got a Sugar Rush?

Basic Grey Sugar Rush, that is!  Yesterday I got a box full of goodies from 7 Kids College Fund!  I ordered the new Basic Grey Sugar Rush & Origins 6x6" paper pads.  Love that size for card making.  So Idecided to use some of the new goodies today and show you how I made that blue Valentine's Card from a couple of days ago.

First, I used the Labels 1 Nestabilities™ to cut out my card base.  This is what the whole set of Labels 1 Nestabilities™ look like:

I am using the largest die template in this set - the #6 die.  You start counting from the smallest to the largest.

Cut your cardstock to 4 1/4" x 11" and fold in half.  Place the fold just below the cut line at the top of the die, like this:

 

I used a few piece of repositionable tape to keep my card base in place.  I then assembled the sandwich required for the Wizard™ and fed it thru the machine to cut.  It looks like this:

 

Then using the smaller dies in the set I cut/embossed some paper from the Basic Grey Sugar Rush collection.  I want to put some ribbon on this card & have found its much easier and lays better when I punch some holes for the ribbon.  Here is a picture showing what I did.

Here is my completed card.

 

Supplies Used: 

• Stamps:  December Kit of the Month - Unity Stamp Co.
• Ink:  Pumpkin Pie Classic Ink Pad - SU
• Cardstock:  Pumpkin Pie (SU), Neenah Solar Crest White, Sugar Rush 6x6 Collection (Basic Grey) 
• Accessories:  punch, pearl heart brads, ribbon, Labels 1 Nestabilities™ die templates

Here is another card I made using the New Release Labels 11Nestabilities™ die templates.  These will be available for pre-order soon at 7 Kids College Fund.

 

I used the Scalloped & Classic Petite Ovals Lg. for my sentiment.  I added some Zva Creative Rhinestones for a neat effect.  

Hope you will give this technique a try.  It's great to use these shaped card bases for small cards, especially Valentines! 

Cold, Cold, Cold

Wow!  It is so cold here.  Today the high is supposed to 49 degrees.  Not right, I tell you!  The weather is all crazy and its a perfect day to stay inside and work in the stamp room.  Unfortunately, the stuff I am working on I can't share but I do have a couple of things that are interesting.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and my friend & Spellbinders Design Team Member, Terre Fry, has altered a bra for the occasion.  You have got to check it out HERE!  Its so cool.  She used her Wizard and die templates with fabric to alter the bra.  Bet you didn't know that you could cut fabric with your Nestabilities™ did you?  Love it, Terre!

Also yesterday was the Color Combo Challenge on Splitcoaststampers.  The color combo was Bermuda Bay, Apricot Appeal and Chocolate Chip.  Bermuda Bay is one of the new In-Colors.  I only purchased a package of 12 x 12 cardstock of In-Colors so I had to improvise an ink color.  I found that the Colorbox Queue Sweet Sixteen - Turquoise- was a really good match.  I am really starting to love chalk ink.  It covers so good on clear stamps, too.

Here is my card from yesterday:

 

I stamped the flower image from the September Kit of the Month (Unity Stamp Co.) using Apricot Appeal, Chocolate Chip and the Colorbox Turquoise onto a strip of Whisper White cardstock.  I matted that onto a piece of Apricot Appeal and added the brad from the Hodge Podge Hardware kit.  I mounted that onto a piece of Bermuda Bay cardstock cut to 5x5" and my Chocolate Chip base is a 5 1/4" square card.  For the bottom detail, I cut a frame using the Scalloped Edge Frame from Spellbinders.  I cut off just the bottom to go under the Bermuda Bay that I cut using the Ric Rac Scallop Borderabilities from Spellbinders.  The tag is cut from the Ribbon Tag Trio 2 using Whisper White cardstock and the sentiment is from Gina K. Designs.  That ribbon is the last little bit of Chocolate Satin Ribbon I bought from Stampin' Up! a few years ago.  Love that stuff!

So I hope you are having a good week and a great Wednesday.  Hopefully where you live the weather is good and warm!  Have a great day!

Challenges Combined!

Here is a card I made for Tuesday's Color Challenge and Wednesday's Sketch Challenge at Splitcoaststampers.  The color challenge was to use Mellow Moss, Kraft and White on your card.  My base is actually Soft Sand Heavy Base Weight Cardstock from Gina K. Designs.  Its like Kraft cardstock without the little flecks.  I stamped a Damask image from Unity Stamp Co. onto Mellow Moss using Mellow Moss ink.  Then I paper pierced around the outside edges and sponged some ink around the edges, too.

For the main image, I used the same Damask image stamping on scratch paper first and then stamping onto my white cardstock.  I stamped the Mr & Mrs. over the image using Rich Cocoa Memento Ink pad.  I sponged around the outside edges of these layers, too. 

This was a fun and easy card to make today!  Hope you are having a great Wednesday.  The week is flying by again! 

Supplies Used:

Stamps - Damask, Mr & Mrs. - Unity Stamp Company - Kit of the Month - Sept

Cardstock - Soft Sand & Pure White - Gina K. designs; Mellow Moss - Stampin' Up!

Ink pads - Mellow Moss, Rich Cocoa Memento Ink Pad

Accesories - Labels 8 Nestabilities™ - Spellbinders™ Paper Arts; brads, ribbon paper piercer and template, sponge - Stamping Up!