Tuesday Tutorial #101 Colorful Seasons

Here's a summer card for all who are dreaming of being at the beach, including me.

You can get the tutorial now by using this link.

Have a blessed day,
Trude

Friday Friend Share

TGIF! and time for another Friday Friend share.

This is a friendship greeting card that my friend, Ruth, created. It is a fun way to use Washi tape!

Have a blessed weekend!
Trude

Friday Friend Share

This week I am sharing this sweet little bird card that my friend Susie made for me.
 The flowery branch is by Stampin' Up!. I'm not sure about the other stamps.

The branch is from the Thoughts and Prayers stamp set.

Have a blessed day,
Trude

Foxy Friends Friendship card

Isn't the Foxy Friend bundle just adorable? It makes so many cute little animals. This is just one of many that this Stampin' Up! bundle creates.

Here are the supplies I used to create this card:

Foxy Friends Bundle #142326

Awesomely Artistic stamp set #138694

Very Vanilla cardstock #101650

Pumpkin Pie cardstock # 105117

Crumb cake cardstock # 120953

Whisper White cardstock #100730

Neutrals Designer Series paper #138435

Pumpkin Pie Cl;assic Stampin' ink #126945

Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' ink #126975

Linen Thread #104199

Dimensionals #104430

Basic Jewels- Pearls #119247

Have a blessed day,
Trude

Tuesday Tutorial # 41 Friendly Wishes Polka Dot card

I'm finally getting around to posting the Tuesday Tutorial for this week.

I've been at the hospital all day, every day for 10 days to be with my husband. He had major surgery and is now home to continue the recuperation! He is very happy to be home and I am happy to be home too! Now I can catch up on my blog!

This week's card is perky, fun and quick to make.

You can get the tutorial now by using this link. 

Have a blessed day, 

Trude 

Choose Happiness Friendship Card

Here's a card I made today with a set that I haven't had a chance to use much and another set that I haven't previously used at all!

I wanted to create a card with the Banner Banter stamp set that has been in my drawer for probably a year. I just keep overlooking it whenever I design cards. I was looking at my other sets to see what I could put it with and saw the sentiment in the Choose Happiness stamp set. I thought they would work well together, so I created this card.

I used:
Paper- Cherry Cobbler card stock, Whisper White card stock, Lost Lagoon card stock
Ink- Cherry cobbler ink, Lost Lagoon ink, Jet Black Stazon ink
Stamp set- Choose Happiness, Banner Banter
Other- Banner framelit, banner punch, Stampin' sponge

I  stamped off one time before stamping each branch on the card background. I didn't want the background to overwhelm the focal point.

Have a blessed day!
Trude

Paper Pumpkin Card

This is my redo of the card in the Paper Pumpkin introductory kit from Stampin' Up! It isn't a lot of changes. I just flipped the card and put the elements on slightly different from the original layout. Then I added a piece of bakers twine to the button before I attached it to the card.

This is a quick and easy card and Stampin' Up! has done all the prep work for you!

Try Paper Pumpkin for 1 month.

Thank you and have a happy day!

Trude

Gingham Garden Greeting Card

This is the Gingham Garden Designer Series Paper that is in the new Stampin' Up! 2013-2014 catalog. Isn't it cute? Only 2 weeks until the catalog goes live!

See the flower on the left side? That is one that is made with the new Simply Pressed Clay and mold. It is super easy to make these cute little embellishments. I spritzed this one with a Stampin' Spritzer filled with rubbing alcohol and 25 drops of Daffodil Delight reinker. When it was dry I touched the high spots with craft white ink.

I used the window framelits to cut the layered center and an oval framelit to cut the sentiment out.

Friend to Friend Card Sunday Stamps Challenge

This is my entry for the color challenge at Sunday Stamps!
The colors are quite bright for this challenge, so to tone them down I used a lot of white space. I think this qualifies for a Clean and Simple card.
Check out Sunday Stamps' blog to see more examples of this color combination.
Supply List
Basic White card stock- 8 1/2" x 5 1/2", 6" x 1 1/2", 4" x 5 1/4", 2 3/4" x 1"
So Saffron card stock- 2 3/4" x 1"
Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' ink pad
So Saffron Classic Stampin' ink pad
Rich Razzleberry Classic Stampin' ink pad
Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder
Modern label punch
Word Window punch
Elegant Butterfly punch
Papillon Potpourri stamp set
Basic Rhinestones
Dimensionals
Sharpie markers, yellow, orange and purple
Instructions
1. Fold white card base
2. Emboss white card and adhere to card base
3. Stamp the butterfly 3 times on the 1 1/2" x 6" white card strip. One of each of the ink colors listed.
4. Punch out butterflies with Elegant butterfly punch
5. Adhere along right edge of card base with Dimensionals
6. Use Sharpie markers to color the rhinestones and adhere the rhinestones to the butterflies
7.Use Rich Razzleberry ink to stamp sentiment on white strip. Punch with Word Window punch
8. Use Modern Label to punch So Saffron card stock. Lightly ink edges of sentiment and adhere to So Saffron label.
9. Adhere label to card front (lower left) with Dimensionals

Feeling Sentimental Greeting Card

 This is another card that we did in our February stamp club.

The phone booth is from the Feeling Sentimental stamp set.

This is a fun technique card. The background paper is lightly sponged with red. The black dots are punched with the 3/8" circle punch.

For the phone booth I used the emboss resist technique. I stamped the phone booth on a piece of Real Red card stock using VersaMark ink and clear embossing powder. Then I used a sponge dauber to heavily ink the piece with Basic Black Classic Stampin' ink. The final step is to polish the embossed image with a paper towel to remove any traces of ink.

All Occasion Stampin' Up! Card

Cheery Hello card. Lively color combination for the hot days of summer! 
It was 91 degrees  today and finally just had to go down and sit by the river for some cool air. Sometimes I miss having an air conditioner in the house, but definitely not the electric bill that goes with it!

I believe the stamp is a retired Stampin' Up! stamp.

See current Stampin' Up! products at my store. 

Stay cool!

Trude

What's Up? Greeting Card

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The front looks like there is a dark trim along the edge, but it is just a shadow. This is a bright and cheery card. Fun for a friend you haven't heard from for awhile. I used Brilliance ink to stamp the sentiment and the decorative border. I know that it isn't the most popular ink right now, but I still love it.

Rain or Shine Card

A spring themed card. It rains a lots here, so this is an appropriate card. The greeting inside, "Rain or Shine, You're a Friend of Mine." I believe it is a retired D.O.T.S. set.