Onesie, Twosie, Threesie....

Have been dying to use the new Baby Tees Jumbo Wheel from SU, as I love these little outfits!

I made three different versions of this card, one in Marina Mist & Crumb Cake, one in Melon Mambo & Crumb Cake, and the third one is all three colors together...for the person that doesn't know what they are having - are there still these people out there????
I rolled them out, cut them out, colored them up, and popped them up!!!

Here is a shot of all three versions!

I also used the new Vintage Wall embossing folder, for some added texture to the card.
Hope you enjoy!!!

Vintage Elements of Style Butterfly...

So, I was in need of a couple cards and was itchin' to use my new Elements Of Style set. I stamped on the Butterfly that I cut out using the Big Shot, and gently shaded with Rich Razzleberrry & Old Olive. I wheeled the Rich Razzleberry cardstock (the base of my card) with the Very Vintage Wheel in the identical color for a watermarked look. I have been dying to use some Wild Wasabi (an old in color that I was saving a couple pieces of cardstock from because I loved it so, but now that it is returning....I can cut away!!!). So I wheeled with the Very Vintage Wheel in Versamark & heat embossed it with Whisper White Embossing Powder - that's what gives it that glossy look.

I also free handed a tear job on the one side of the Wild Wasabi, exposing the core of the paper. I really like this vintage, old look that it gives a project!
I then popped the butterfly with dimentionals, after I inked up the edges of it with Chocolate Chip.

And finally, the sentiment (popped too, again - me and my poppers!!) was cut out using the Lots of Tags Sizzletts for the Big Shot, stamped with Sincere Salutations & Teeny Tiny Tags added the floral that I thought was a pretty good match. I love the shape of this tag! One of my favorites!!

Hope you enjoyed tonight's card!
~MWAH!

King of The Flowers & Ice Cream!

So thought I should post this month's Stampers 10 Cards....
I think I am safe to say that ALL my ladies had fun making these three cards, playing with brand new sets, learning new techniques, and bidding farewell to some memorable colors!!!!
First up....

This card was spring inspired with colors -Brocade Blue, Pink Pirouette - cause it's coming back! & Certainly Celery round out this palate...Using the new, Awash With Flowers set (in clear mount - which was a great hit!!) we stamped 3 of the daisy solids in Pink Pirouette on Whisper White, one in the middle and two off to either side. Then we took Pretty In Pink and stamped the silhouette outline. Stems were all done in Certainly Celery, flipping the stamp upside down to get the two stems off the blue flowers.

Two more daisy flowers were stamped out on an additional piece of WW in Brocade Blue and then we simply cut them out, and popped them up offset to the other flowers, using dimentionals. Prior to assembling we took the Brocade Blue and the daisy silhouette outline and stamped around all the edges of our card. We then assembled the layers, and VOILA!!!! Sentiment is from the new In A Word set in the Summer Mini! Doesn't everyone need a card that screams..."So Sorry!!!"?

Next up - we got da King of da Grill Man!!!! I LOVE THIS SET!!!! I guess I am a little partial to it because my hubby cooks EVERYTHING on the Barbie, so when I saw this set - I knew I was getting it, just to make stuff for him!!! Oh yeah, did I mention - I LOVE THIS SET?!!!
Ok, so we used Basic Black, Crushed Curry & Perfect Plum for the base & the layers. We stamped the image on Whisper White - once again, super duper easy in the clear mount - in Black Stazon, as we were coloring the image and did not want any of the black to pull into the image!! Although I simply cannot stand the fumes of CHERRY CHERRY CHERRY sifting up into the air while using the Stazon, this is an absolute must have if you are coloring, in my humble opinion.

The sentiments in this set are AWESOME so we stamped one out and punched with the word window punch for shape. Then we punched out a modern Label Punch of Crushed Curry and adhered the two together. Finishing off with a Mini Library Clip for a little metal, we popped the sentiment label with dimentionals.
Card was texturized on the front panel with Sizzix Embossing Folder, for a manly-er feel!!
Isn't it BTUiful?

And once you've had your burger fix, we can move onto dessert....bwahahahah....sometimes I just amaze myself!! LOL! Ok, so this card is done with the Sweet Scoops set, once again, from the Summer Mini. I earned this set after regionals, and was really excited to use it! Cardstock is Melon Mambo & Chocolate Chip, with a slice of CC Designer Series Paper. A bow was made out of the Chocolate Chip Satin Ribbon and adhered to the top and back of the DSP. Then we secured down our DSP onto the cardstock.
*NB* At this point it is very important that everyone knows that the whole point of this card was to demonstrate the difference between the clear mount and the wood mount to my groups of ladies!! I did not, nor did I allow any of the ladies to use the Stampamajig for this project - so that is why I am proudly displaying a NON-PERFECT project!!
We then stamped 4 cones in Melon Mambo on the Melon Mambo to give the watermarked look. We repeated with the tops of the ice cream. Oh god, was this ever off!!! The good news is you got to pick your WORST ice cream cone and cover it up with the tag that we made!! The tag was free-handed as well, simply due to the size we needed to stamp the ice cream cone on. We stamped the cone in Chocolate Chip on WW. Then on a separate piece of WW, we inked up the ice cream top with Melon Mambo and pressed the zebra looking stamp right up to it - I believe this is called the "Kissing" technique. This "removed" some of the Melon Mambo ink off the ice cream top stamp and left an image. We then stamped the image and cut out, added chocolate sprinkles, and popped it up over the chocolate cone. Once the tag was cut out in WW, we glued it to some Chocolate Chip cardstock and trimmed up the layer. We punched out a circle in MM, folded over the top of the tag, punched a tiny hole through it all, tacked a piece of ribbon behind and covered up our worst cone!
The "piece de la resistance" was the Crystal Effects that was added to the ice cream to make it look all shiny!!! Don't forget this take quite a while to dry!
I should also mention my girlfriend did this card which I thought I was casing off of her but apparently Nancy Riely designed it, and then she cased it from her - so her is the link to Nancy's card if you want to check out her blog!!!
Well, hope you enjoyed these three projects - if you have any questions - hollar!
~MWAH!

Last Post For The Evening...Season of Friendship...

So I simply HAD to have this set, and tonight was the first time I have inked it up since owning it for 6 months! I know, disgusting!!!! Well, worth the wait, I say! Look at this beauty of a color combo - Chocolate Chip, Bashful Blue, Old Olive & Perfect Plum!! YUMMIE!!!! Stamped all the leaves in different colors, cut them out and popped them up - cause that's what I do - POP & LAYER, POP & LAYER, POP & LAYER!!! Bwahahahahaha!!!





Oh yes, and a word to the wise....I hope you notice that my sentiment is stamped crooked on a card that took such detail to make!!! I really could have screamed!!! So make sure you put them on the blocks straight people - or THIS will happen to you!!!
I have just done my preorder for the new catty all in CLEAR MOUNT - fingers crossed that they work for me this time round! This should eliminate my angling!!!
Have a great nite peeps!!!

Mama & Papa Day Cards....

So with these holidays sneaking up on us, my last Stampers 10 class did a couple simple cards for ma's & pa's!
This mother's day card is gorgeous close up....we used Soft Suede & Barely Banana. Running a piece of Whisper White through the Big Shot in the Manhattan Flower Embossing folder created a subtle & elegant print. Then we took the brayer and inked it up in Barely Banana & went to town over the embossed image. Super cool effect!
Sentiment from All Holidays.



What father wouldn't love this fun little card done with Chocolate Chip, Close to Cocoa, & Old Olive!! Whisper White Craft ink gave a gorgeous imprint of the wood for the background. I then stamped out all the tools in the Tool Time set, colored with SU Markers, & cut out. Popped them off the piece of Woodgrain printed Close to Cocoa and wrapped them with Hemp String. Sentiment from Teeny Tiny Wishes, Modern Label Punch & Word Window Punch.

Rich Razzy Medallion....

Love, love, love this color combo - Rich Razzleberry, Basic Black & Whisper White. Clean, crisp & sassy!!!
Lots of layers, even with the ribbon this time! As well as using the Medallion Background stamp, I also used my favorite go-to thank you right now from With All My Heart. Added some "bling-age" to the centre of the Medallion for an extra special pop!

A Twist On The Two -Step Bird Punch...

So, here's the little secret behind this simple card....
Punch out the bird & branch using the Two Step Bird Punch (which is simply wonderful by the way!!) on some scrap paper. Then, THROW AWAY WHAT YOU PUNCHED OUT! Yes, you read right, all you are going to use for this technique is the piece of paper you NORMALLY toss out - the stencil!!! Uuuuhhuh!!!!
Take your daubers out and sponge on the body of the bird with Soft Suede, then move the wing to where ya want it - then go darker with the Soft Suede. Finally, I used Old Olive to sponge on the branch. Finished up with the Thank You sentiment from With All My Heart!!!!! I also wheeled the Soft Suede background with the Very Vintage Wheel before adhering to the Crushed Curry base.

Next Up...Trendy Trees Times Two

One of my favorite "go-to" stamps sets, Trendy Trees is super fun to play with. It does require using the Stamp-a-ma-gig or to be able to see into the future - which ever one you have!!! LOL!!! This first card is done layering the squares and I have also used the owl from Animal Stories to jazz it up a little. Colors used here were Whisper White, Old Olive, Tangerine Tango & Soft Suede, as well as Modern Label Punch.



This next little number uses a great color combo - Crushed Curry, Rich Razzleberry & Basic Grey. Lots of layers make this card quite simple, yet elegant!

This Year's Xmas Cards....

So I found this cutie on SCS and thought I would try my hand at making him!!! It was so fun to make this singing reindeer card and it is probably one of my favorites to date. As you can see, there were alot of punches uses to create this card, as well as a swirl die cut in the Big Shot. I think my elbow now has Puncher-itis from punching all these pieces out, but now they are done. I have done the card in Soft Suede & Rich Razzleberry, using some DSP that is retired for the carol book. I also searched high and low for the most appropriate sentiment and went for a retired one from Peaceful Wishes, just cause it seemed so darn bang on!!! The gals will be making a version of this card at the next Stampers 10 class!

MWAH~

Peaceful Wishes....

Well here are a couple cards I made using the same layout but in different colors. These are once again 5x5 cards ( I love this size!!!) and use the Peaceful Wishes Stamp Set from SU. The first one is done in Kiwi Kiss & Chocolate Chip and the second one is done with Bermuda Bay & Chocolate Chip. Enjoy!!

MWAH~

Christmas IS Coming...And So Is The Inspiration!!!

So this is a little card that I made using a couple of my favorite standby colors...chocolate chip & bashful blue. I used the new Delightful Decorations Stamp Set from SU, along with some bling I purchased somewhere else!!! This is a 5x5 card, using the ticket corner punches to accent the layers and some retired chocolate chip satin ribbon down the side. Very simple and elegant!! Hope you like!!

MWAH~