Check out the Calendar Page…. I have added the January events…….. lots of lovely things to choose from 🙂
Blooming with Kindness card for retirement
A friend recently retired from a lifetime of nursing, you cannot let such an occasion pass by without a card being made and sent!
My December Card Class ladies will recognise this design which we made as a thank you card, however the design works for most any occasion.
Blueberry Pie ~ party favors
I always think blue, silver and white as New Year colors ~ not exclusively though, as I also have a Christmas tree decorated with ornaments in those colors.
I wanted to make some party favours for New Year and decided to use an idea of Connie Stewart’s from Simply Simple Stamping to make them in the shape of a slice of pie,and since I was using different shades of blue I have dubbed it ‘blueberry pie’ Continue reading
Thank you cards using Stampin’ Up’s Season of Style DSP
This is the time of the year when lots of thank you cards are needed. Inspired by a post by ‘POOTLES’ I spent yesterday making these using up the remainder of the Season of Style DSP from Stampin’ Up’ I know these are in traditional Christmas colours but as they are thank you’s for Christmas gifts I think they are the perfect colours! Continue reading
Punch Art Angel ~ How to Video
Welcome to the 4th in my series on Punch Art embellishments……… this time I have made a video!!!
I shall be using this on a layout for my Scrap Camp next month, but it will work perfectly for a card front for next Christmas or with a change of colors to, say, pink, it will also make a ‘princess’ for a birthday card front.
Supplies used:
- 2 1/2 circle punch ( 120906) for Cherry Cobbler (119685)
- Petite Pennents Builder Punch (122361) Whisper White (100730)and Silver Glimmer Paper (124005)
- Small Oval (120908) Silver Glimmer Paper (124005)
- 3/4 ” circle punch (119873) Pink Piroutte (111351)
- Little Leaves Sizzlit (114511) Chocolate Chip (102128)
- Beautiful Wings Embossit (118138) Velum Cardstock (101856)
Thanks to Kathy Kuffel and Julie Arvin for their inspiration.
Happy Punching!
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Hostess Gifts using Stampin’ Up’s Wood-Mount Cases
This time of year means hostess gifts!! I like to make my own – it adds a personal touch and comes from my heart and I feel, has more meaning to me (and hopefully) the reciepient!
Each contains a covered 2×2 stack of post-it notes, small hand-sanitizer, small gel pen, binder clips and 3 Hung Up Cute Clips.
Inspired by designs from Deb Snyder, I have made a number of these using the half-size wood-mount cases from Stampin’ Up, you get 6 of these for $4.95 (great deal!). Decorated with DSP, ribbon and a little stamping using the Chalk Talk Stamp Set and Framelits.
Merry Christmas & Happy Stamping……
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Punch Art 3 ~ Graduation Owl
The third in my series of punch art embellishments is the graduation owl.
We start with the Owl Punch and some Crumb Cake card stock to make the body then Whisper White and Basic Black to make his eyes. The large flower in the Boho Blossom punch was used to cut Crumb Cake ‘wings’ which was then cut in half. Soft Suede ink was sponged onto the body and wings.
The medium flower from the Boho Blossom blossom punch was used to cut the ‘beak’ in Tangarine Tango card stock then trimmed to a single petal which was attached behind the eyes with a glue dot.
The cap was made by using the oval punch to cut Basic Black then cut in half. Then shaped with 1/2 inch circle punch from the Itty Bitty punch pack. The top of the cap started as a 1″ square then trimmed to make the diamond shape before attaching to the base with a stampin dimensional. The tassle was made with Cherry Cobbler bakers twine, then a white gel pen to make the little ‘twinkle’ in his eye.
He was then was used as an embellishment on the scrapbook page.
Happy Punching……………….
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Decorated Gift Bag and Tissue
This time of year we are wrapping gifts in preparation for the Big Day. I gave up wrapping in paper several years ago…. the shapes were too weird to wrap neatly or the parcels looked too lumpy and unappetising!. I started to use gift bags and tissue paper, a much quicker and easier (and neater!) solution.
Gift bags and tissue can be expensive so I buy plain bags from the craft stores and plain tissue from the dollar store ( 40 sheets for $1) Then I get out my inks and stamp sets and decorate to my hearts’ content.
I have a number of hostess gifts this year so this is the bag/tissue combination I have been working on today…..
The stamp set is Joyful Christmas and I used Cherry Cobbler, Garden Green and Crushed Curry inks. Now I have some lovely, elegant gifts to take with me.
I hope this gives you an idea for your future gift wrapping……..
Happy Stamping ~ Cindy 🙂
PS I just realised this is my 50th post…….. lets celebrate with your ‘liking’ it and while you are doing that……. just go ahead and ‘follow’ my blog…. then you know when I get to my 100th post!!! 🙂
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Gift Card Set ~ using Stampin Up’s Afternoon Picnic DSP
Inspired by the set I made by dear friend last week (which she loved!) I decided to make a second one as a hostess gift for the upcoming holidays.
This one uses the same two stamp sets as the one I made last week, Best of Shelli’ and ‘Petite Pairs’ but I used the ‘Afternoon Picnic’ DSP with Wisteria Wonder and Pear Pizzazz Cardstock and inks. Pretty pleased with the result!
Petite Pairs is a very versatile stamp set – with sentiments covering most occasions, one for the outside of your card and a complementary sentiment for the inside….. it is one of my ‘go-to’ sets when designing my cards.
Like the recipe for this card set? Simply ‘follow’ my blog, ‘like’ and ‘comment’ on this post and I will be happy to send it to you 🙂
In the meantime, Happy Stamping !
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Gift Card Set ~ using Stampin’ Up’s Venetian Romance DSP
A dear friend is celebrating a milestone birthday later this month, but she doesn’t want any fuss, no buying of presents, parties or cake etc. Well I certainly cannot let such an occasion pass me completely by, so ……………
I love to make cards and 3D items, so the project I chose as my gift to her brings both of these aspects of paper crafting together! She is an avid letter writer so I decided to make her a set of 10 cards in a neat little folder. I have met her restriction of not ‘buying’ anything – ‘cos I made it all of materials I had in my ‘stash’.
My three main colors are Pistachio Pudding, Crisp Cantaloupe and Soft Suede. All the sentiments were stamped in Island Indigo with some sponging in Soft Suede. These are the colors in the Venetion Romance DSP I chose to use.
The sentiments were from ‘Petite Pairs’ stamp set and the Artisan Label Punch used to layer them.
Each card was stamped with the ‘swirly’ image from the ‘Best of Shelli’ 25th anniversary set.
The front cover of the folder used ‘Chalk Talk’ stamp and matching framelits.
If you ‘follow’ ~ ‘like’ and ‘comment’ on this post I will happily send you the recipe for this set of cards with the matching holder. Not a bad deal…….. !!!!
