Happy New Year!

Wishing you a Healthy and Happy New Year!

This is a card that we made at my December stamp club classes.  I designed projects that used retiring products from the 2017 Stampin' Up! Holiday catalog - products that you can only get through TOMORROW, January 2.  You can see all of the projects we made by CLICKING HERE.

The Happy New Year card came about because I did not want to waste the Silver Foil paper that we used when making the card below:

On this card, I cut a piece of silver card stock 4 x 5.25 to place behind the white piece embossed with the snowflake and the snowflake strip of paper.  That is a lot of silver card stock that is just being covered up - so I used my Large Numbers dies and cut out "2018" from the top portion of the silver - then covered the holes using the white embossed piece. 

This is how I positioned the numbers when cutting them out from the silver card stock using the Magnetic plate and the Big Shot.

Here is the card stock with the numbers removed.

I glued the silver card stock to the front of a Whisper White card.

This shows the embossed piece - covering the holes!

Then I added the strip of Designer Series Paper.

I took the numbers that were cut from the silver card stock to finish the "Happy New Year" card.  I cut a 3 x 4 1/4 piece of Year of Cheer card stock and adhered it to a Whisper White card base.  Then I cut a gold banner to put behind the numbers "2018."   I added the greeting from the Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set punched out using the Classic label punch.

Other retiring products you don't want to miss are the foil snowflakes and the snowflake embossing folder.

Remember - TOMORROW, January 2, 2018 is the last day to get most of the products I used on these cards.  CLICK HERE to see all of the items that are being discontinued - many of them are on sale!

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Thanks for stopping by!

Kathy

Countdown to Christmas - 9 months

 How did March 25 get here so fast?!  That means there are only 9 months until Christmas!  For the past few years I have tried to post a Christmas card on the 25th of each month - and suggested getting an early start on making your Christmas cards.  Well - this year has just flown by - so I am playing catch up and posting THREE Christmas cards for you today!

These are all quick and easy cards - I checked Pinterest and whipped these three up in about an hour using Stampin' Up! products.  The one above is a Crumb Card card with a strip of This Christmas Specialty Designer Series Paper and a small strip of Cherry Cobbler card stock.  The stamp set I used is Tin of Tags from last year's holiday catalog.  I added a rhinestone to the center of each snow flake.

Here is another card that starts with a Crumb Cake card base.  It is a great card for using up all those patterned paper scraps from other projects.  I used the Softly Falling embossing folder with the Big Shot - to add the snow to the background and then sponged the embossed paper with white craft ink.  I drew some snow on the ground at the base of the tree trunk using a chalk marker - but I know I have a stamp set somewhere with a "swoosh" that would probably look better.  I used a retired punch to add a star to the top of the tree. The Merry Christmas stamped at the bottom of the card is from Teeny Tiny Wishes.

Here is the last card  -  but this time I used a Crumb Cake note card.  It is a little smaller than a standard card.  The photo below shows how I cut the word "merry" from the Real Red mat.  This is a way to save a little card stock.  I covered that hole with the images stamped on a piece of Whisper White card stock.  I used the stamp set Holly Jolly Greetings

These cards are quick and easy to recreate - and a great way to get started on making hand crafted Christmas cards this year.

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Thanks for stopping by!

Kathy

More SWAPS

Here are two more SWAP cards that I received at last month's Southern Stars meeting.  The card below was made by Kelly.  She used Stampin' Up!'s new In Colors to make her card.  The coordinating ribbon is beautiful and very easy to work with.

 The card below was made by Ellen, who also happens to the newest member on my Stampin' Up! team.  This was the first SWAP she participated in and she did a great job.  Love the bright colors!

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Kathy

Happy Mother's Day!

Wishing all the mothers out there a very happy day! 

This is the first card we made at my stamp club meetings in May. 

Supplies made to use this card:
Stamp Sets: Four Frames, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Card stock and/or Ink colors: Pink Pirouette, Very Vanilla, Smokey Slate
Tools: Petals-a-Plenty and Square Lattice embossing folders, oval (retired), Decorative Label, and Boho Blossom punches, stampin' spritzer
Accessories: Pearls

The embossing folders used on this card will be retiring, so be sure to order them before they are gone for good.

 CLICK HERE to see all the retiring items, and order them while you can!

Thanks for stopping by!

Kathy

October Convention Swap #2

Here is another cute card I received in an organized SWAP at convention last summer. This card was made by Kathy Scott.

Items used to make this card:
Wild Wasabi, Soft Suede, Perfect Plum, Basic Black, Old Olive, & Whisper White card stock, Perfect Plum ink, word window. modern label, owl builder, 2 1/2" circle, & bird builder punches, Circle collection framelits, Woodgrain embossing foldder, Tenn Tiny Wishe stamp set, dimensionals

You can shop for items to make this card  BY CLICKING HERE

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Thanks for stopping by today!

Kathy

Stop back tomorrow for another Hallween SWAP.

More Valentine's Day Cards

The ladies that came to stamp night last week decided to make these cards.  They are super simple to make, if you don't mind getting a little glue on your fingers.  To make this card you need to punch out different sizes of hearts using Real Red card stock.  Glue the hearts onto a 4 x 5 1/4 piece of Whisper White card stock.  Use a glue stick or 2 Way Glue pen and make sure the entire back of the heart is covered with adhesive.  Run the card stock through the Square Lattice embossing folder then adhere to a Real Red card base.  Stamp you greeting on a scrap of Whisper White card stock (I used a stamp from the set, Teeny Tiny Wishes.)  Punch out using an oval punch, then punch an oval scallop out of Real Red card stock. Attach the label to the card using Stampin' Dimensionals.  Some of the hearts on these cards were made using a retired punch.  That is a great reason to attend a stamp night at my house.  You can use all of my supplies to make cards like these.

Thanks for stopping by!

Kathy

Ornamental Fish

This was one of the cards that the ladies chose to make last night at my 4 for $5 stamp night.  Can you tell that the fish is made with the ornament punch?  This was not my original idea.  There are lots of talented crafters who think outside of the box and come up with these very clever ideas.  The fish's fins are made using the 5 petal punch - which sadly, is retired.  But the great thing about stamp night, is that you can come to my house and use all my tools and make cards like this!

Thanks for stopping by!

Kathy

Punch Puppy

This is one of the cards you could make if you stop over tonight to stamp with me!  We made this a few years ago in my club meetings.  The puppy is made using circle and oval punches, and the word window punch for his ears and eye patch!  I made a template for the bone, using a (retired) heart punch for the ends. The sentiment is from the stamp set, "Teeny Tiny Wishes."  This is my "go to" set  and has over 20 different greetings for major holidays and occasions.  Hearts are stamped on the card front using Versamark ink.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Kathy

Happy New Year - part 2

I saw a card similar to this when I was looking at some other stamping blogs.  This was a quick and easy card to make.  The card uses Very Vanilla as the base.  The black shape is cut using the Big Shot and Labels Collection Framelits.  The stems of the glasses are made from vellum card stock using a tag punch.  The tops of the glasses are made from glimmer paper and a small oval punch (retired.)  The bubbles are rhinestones.  The greeting is from the  Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set - a set I find myself using all the time.  It has 24 greetings - something for just about every occasion you can imagine!  And they each work perfectly with the Word Window and Modern Label punches.

Thanks for visiting my blog!

Kathy

Triple Time Circle Circus

My stamp club members made this card last summer after I got back home from the Stampin' Up! convention in Salt Lake City, Utah.  This style card was very popular.  It is called triple time stamping.  It looks complicated, but it is very easy to make.  THIS BLOG POST shows another card that I made using this same technique.  CONTACT ME if you would like to learn how to make beautiful hand crafted cards like these.

Thanks for visiting my blog!

Kathy

Stampin' Up! Style

This is a great example of how Stampin' Up! products coordinate with each other.  These cards were all made using the Floral District Designer Series Paper (#126919.)  The paper matches the card stock perfectly.  And there are lots of choices for ribbon, brads, and other matching accessories.  Below are close up views of two of the cards.

This card is made using Rich Razzleberry card stock and ribbon.  The Whisper White cardstock was embossed using the Big Shot and the Petals -a-Plenty embossing folder.

This card is made using Daffodil Delight card stock and ribbon, and the Square Lattice embossing folder.

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Don't forget to check yesterday's post for this month's contest!

Thanks for visiting my blog!

Kathy

October Club Card #2

This is the second card we made at my October Stamp Club meetings.  In addition to using ribbon (a chance to try out those awesome Craft Scissors) I wanted to show my club members a new techniques called Double Texture Embossing.  If you look closely you will see that we used the Perfect Polka Dots Folder and the Big Shot to emboss the card front.  Then we used one of the Designer Frames Folders and the Big Shot to emboss the little frame.  There is a trick to doing this, so CONTACT ME  if you would like to learn how to do this on your projects!  Learning little tricks like this is one of the benefits of being part of my stamp club. Ask me how you can  join and earn FREE Stampin' Up! products.