Birthday Blooms card

Have you noticed this set in the 2016 Spring Occasions catalog yet? I've seen some really pretty cards created with this set.

This is the first card that I have made with the Birthday Blooms stamp set. I like the way it turned out.

I used:
Papers- Schoolhouse Designer Series Paper, Whisper White card stock, Pool Party card stock
inks- Pool Party, Watermelon Wonder, Daffodil Delight, Wild Wasabi, Jet Black Stazon
Ribbon- Wild Wasabi seam binding
Stamp set- Birthday Blessings
Sequins- Brights Sequin Assortment- old olive or use the metallics sequins- silver and color is with the Wild Wasabi alcohol marker if you have it.
Framelits- Ovals framelits collection
Aqua painter for the watercolor effect

Birthday Blooms

Schoolhouse Designer Series paper

Oval Framelits collection

Flamingo Lingo All Occasion card

Okay, as I promised earlier, since I am done with supper (made burgers tonight), here's a card that I made. It is from a previous year's Mojo Monday sketch challenge.

I used the Ronald McDonald fundraiser stamp set from Stampin' Up!; Flamingo Lingo. I really like this stamp set. I hope that Stampin' Up! sells lots of them and raises tons of money for this very worthy cause.

Paper: Calypso Coral card stock, Melon Mambo card stock, Pink Pirrouette card stock, Basic Black card stock, Whisper White card stock, Coastal Cabana card stock,

Stamp set: Flamingo Lingo

Ink: Coastal Cabana, Calypso Coral

Embossing folders: Fancy Fan, Decorative Dots

Embossing Dies: Oval Collection Framelits, Large Scallop Edgelit

Punch: Petite Petals, bird builder

Ribbon: Crisp Cantaloupe thick baker's twine

Bling: Rhinestone basic jewels

Well, that's it for tonight. Thanks for visiting and remember to leave a comment to get your name in the drawing for the blog candy...a stamped card from my studio!
Thanks and have a Happy, Safe 4th of July! God Bless America!
Trude

SSC76 Tea Party Card

Today's card is one that I created for Sunday Stamps Challenge 76 (SSC76). I used the Stampin' Up! Tea Party stamp set. I hadn't used the tea pot/flowers stamp yet so I thought I would use it for this card. I was inspired to color it with markers after I saw some samples on Pinterest. This stamp is fairly intricate and on the smaller side (about 2") so it is a little tricky to color. I had to get out my reading glasses to make sure the color was in the correct places!

Here's the Sunday Stamps sketch that I used for the card layout. It is a clean and simple layout (CAS).

I used:
Stamps- Tea Party, Itty Bitty Banners
Ink- Whisper White craft, Real Red marker, Old Olive marker, Smokey Slate marker
Paper- Basic White c.s., Cherry Cobbler c.s., Basic Black c.s., Modern Medley DSP
accessories- Bitty Banner framelits, Window framelits, EK ribbon punch

Flowering Flourishes All Occasion Card

Susie came over to play a couple of days ago. She has been sick so it had been a couple of weeks since we got together to create. She wanted to create some simple cards with Flowering Flourishes. It has been awhile since I have used that set, but it is a good one. I looked back through my tutorials and I only found a couple of cards that I have created with this set. I thought that I had used it more often than that. I did use it on two scrapbook pages this year; the one for February and the one for March.

We needed a clean and simple card for workshop guests who haven't had the experience of heat embossing. I think that these fit the bill.

Here's another card that we made with this set. It isn't difficult, but it does take more time to cut and add the layers.

Have a Happy Day!
Trude

Gingham Garden Tea Party All Occasion Card

Are you ready for a spring tea party?

Here's another Gingham Garden card. I'm not really stuck in a rut...I am just challenging myself to create many different cards with one Designer Series Paper pack. It is amazing to me how many cards can be created with one single pack of Stampin' Up! Designer Series Paper. I would have to look back to the samples that I created a year ago and figure out how many cards we made in class with this pack of paper to get a good idea of just how many cards can be created with one pack. I am still using the original pack that I purchased!

Here's my card creation for the Freshly Made Sketch challenge #133

I received my first batch of Stampin' Up! co-branded Project Life supplies yesterday afternoon. All I can say is, I am so happy! I have used the Becky Higgins Project Life system and have tried incorporating the idea into my Stampin' Up! scrapbook classes, but this will make it SO much easier. I will try to get some samples made up soon so that you can see what it looks like. Actually, I put a video on my Pinterest page that you can view to get a sneak peak. I even made a special Project Life board on my Pinterest where I will be pinning all kinds of ideas very soon. Check it out at http://pinterest.com/stampwithtrude

Enjoy the Day!
Trude

Mojo Monday 342 Gingham Garden Greeting Card

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It is time to post another Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge card. This week I am revisiting a Designer Series Paper that I used last spring. It was one of the items that I was allowed to purchase early to start making samples. Stampin' Up! doesn't "open the store" to demos before the catalog goes live. They select a few items that we can purchase early to get our classes ready for when the catalog goes live. This Designer Paper was one of those items. The paper pack is called Gingham Garden and it is now on the retiring products list, so it is only available while supplies last. It reminds me of fabric from 1950 or earlier.

Thanks for stopping by today,
Trude

You're My Hero Card

The Paper Players have a clean and simple sketch this week. This is my card for their weekly challenge.

There are several Police officers in my family, so I bought this set this month to make some cards. The set also comes with an ambulance and a fire truck to cover other "Heroes" in our lives. My grandson is into cars, so I think he will enjoy receiving a card with one of these vehicles stamped on it too.

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Products I used:
Soft Suede card stock
Soft Sky card stock
Fresh Prints Designer Series Paper stack
You're My Hero stamp set
Stazon ink
Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder
Snail adhesive

Have a Happy Day,
Trude

Wetlands Thinking of You Card

The idea for this Stampin' Up! card that I am sharing with you today came from Stampin' Up! demo Amy K. You can see the original at www.stampwithamyk.com

I did a few switches of card base paper, background stamp and embellishment, but it is basically the same card..

This Wetland stamp set is such a great stamp set for masculine cards. When I first saw it in the catalog I thought, "Oh, that is interesting," but I didn't get it. It wasn't until I started seeing fantastic cards on Pinterest, that used this set, that I decided I had to have it.

For this card I used:
Basic White cardstock as a base
Soft Suede cardstock as a mat
Pool Party cardstock as the card front
I stamped the tall grass with Versa Mark watermark ink
I stamped the sentiment and Sand Pipers with Soft Suede ink
I used an antique brad as an embellishment
I used the X large oval punch to punch out the sentiment

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Happy Day!
Trude

Elegant Butterfly Card Stampin' Up! Style

This butterfly stamp is from the Best of Butterflies stamp set. Stampin' Up! is celebrating 25 years by presenting a "Best of" stamp set, one each month this year.
I used a Basic White card base and then layered a Pink Pirouette Mat and a Pretty in Pink mat. Then I embossed a piece of Early Espresso with the Fancy Fan embossing folder, wrapped a two-tone pink ribbon around it. I stamped the tag with the Elements of Style swirl stamp and sponged it a little and attached it to the bottom. Then I adhered the layered/embossed Early Espresso piece onto the Pretty in Pink mat and added the bow.
The butterfly is layered. I stamped one on vellum cut it out, attached it to a piece of Pretty in Pink and cut around it. Then I mounted it onto the ribbon with a Dimensional and added the rhinestones.

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By the Tide Card

By the Tide stamp set is one of my favorite sets. I've used all the other stamps in the set, but this is the first card I have created with the lobster. I did use a couple of the other stamps in the set to stamp on the background card stock.

The bottle caps have been a fun Stampin' Up! embellishment. I'm hoping they make it to the new catalog. As a demonstrator, I will be able to peek at the new catalog tomorrow. If you were on my team you could too! I like to smash the bottle caps with my Big Shot. The smashed ones make great frames for a small stamp.

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Have a Crafty Day!
Trude

Vintage Elegance Card

I used the Black Magic technique on this card. I used the You Are Loved stamp set by Stampin' Up! I stamped the flower with white craft ink and then when completely dry, colored it with colored pencils.
I used Basic Gray card stock, Wisteria Wonder card stock, Old Olive card stock and Basic Black card stock (to stamp the flower on).

I love how this card turned out!

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Bloomin' Marvelous Greeting Card

 I used the Bloomin' Marvelous stamp set on this card. It includes a humming bird, a flower and a couple more sentiments. It was free with a Sale-a-bration order of $50.00. Stampin' Up! has a Sale-a-bration every year around the first of the year.

Owl Builder Punch Cute Card

Isn't this a cute card? My friend Susie M. showed me how to make this. It uses Stampin' Up!s owl builder punch and the scalloped oval punch.

I used the woodgrain embossing folder to create a log for the 3 owls to sit on.

What occasion would you use this card for? I can't decide.

Happy Stamping Day!
Trude

Betsy's Blossom Get Well Card

I used Stampin' Up!'s Betsy's Blossom stamp set to create this card.

I used the paper piercing pack to embellish the edge of the Apothecary label.

 

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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.

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Stay cool!

Trude

Floral Fancy Card

I made the tag with the embossing/stencil folder by Sizzix (I think that is who makes it). The folder cuts the tag and embosses it with one pass through the Big Shot. Then you open the back door of the folder before you remove the tag from the inside of the folder and apply color to the stencil areas. It turns out really neat. I made another card with a different embossing folder and stenciled it. Loved how it turned out too.

Stampin' Up! Betsy's Blossom card

Here is another take on the Betsy's Blossom stamp set by Stampin' Up! Thanks for looking! Please leave a comment.

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Happy crafting,

Trude

Stampin' Up! Pinwheel Card

Midnight Muse card stock, Pool Party designer series paper, Itty Bitty Banners stamp set, and the Top Note die are the main elements in this fun celebration of summer card.

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Happy stamping,

Trude

Falling Leaf Card

I used craft paper for the base of this card. I embossed the green paper with an embossing folder. I used two circle punches to make the reinforced eyelet on the tag and I used a sticker for the leaf embellishment. It's a fun fall card!

Have a happy day!

Trude

Everyday note card

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This card was made with an ink that bleaches out the paper when ironed with an iron. It is kind of fun, but so far this is the only card I have made using this ink.

Have you tried this type of ink, or used bleach? Tell me about it. Leave your comments below.