A Fantastic, Intriguing Title

I often tell stampers that not every card they make has to be completely different.  Here is a sample of what I mean.

This card was CASEd from the Stampin' Up! demonstrator web site and we used it for Technique Club the other night…

I loved the sharp contrast of the Riding Hood Red ink and the Jet Black Stazon. 
It uses the new Twitterpated Designer Series paper, a jumbo Neutral brad, and of course a "gem" (self adhesive jewel rhinestone).  The stamp set is "Raining Flowers" and the butterfly comes from a Sale A Bration stamp set that I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE (the set is SO me it's not funny) called "Elementary Elegance."  The saying comes from "You're a Gem" stamp set.

Now, as sometimes happens, a happy mistake comes along!  One of my card club members messed up the "cloud" with the sentiment.  I don't remember what happened, crooked? smeared?  I don't know.  Doesn't matter.  But, we made the best of it and she stamped another "cloud" on a scrap piece of white and attached it to the card with a dimensional.  I loved it so much I had to make one myself.  It perfectly illustrates how changing up just one aspect of a card (subtly at that) can totally change the look and feel of a card!

What do you think?

To see them side by side…

Fun, right?

I urge you to go find a card you have made already and find one element to change.  See what happens!

Copy Mine Mom…

So yesterday I told you I'd show you an original from my 7 year old daughter.  She often will copy my cards that I made and this past weekend she asked if SHE could come up with a card and I copy it for one of my classes.  I gave my famous mom answer "maybe."  LOL  So that was sufficient and off she went completely on her own. 

Her thought process:

"What Holiday is coming up next?"
Me: Valentine's Day
Pause for about 30 seconds
"Do you have a small heart punch?"
Me: Yup.  It's in with the trio heart punch.
She then went to my drawer and picked her colors.  She couldn't find the yellow she wanted so asked me to show her the yellows I had.

15 minutes later she came upstairs to show me her creation…

NOT BAD, RIGHT?!?!  Love this girl and her quick creativity.  I wish I could come up with a card in 15 minutes.

So, look for a version of this card from me soon….

Mine and Hers…

I don't talk about my kids on here (usually) unless it involves stamping.  Well, this time it does!  My now 7 year old loves to stamp – has since she could say the word "stamping" and that was probably 18 months!  LOL  So every now and then she takes a packet that I have leftover of precut materials.  Sometimes she attempts to copy my card exactly, sometimes she's goes totally on her own.  Okay, she mostly goes totally on her own!  I wanted to show you her latest creation…

I wonder if you'll be able to tell who made which one! 

Can you tell which one she made?

If not, here's hers…

And here's mine…

My version is a pretty close CASE to a card I think I saw on our Stampin' Up! demonstrator homepage from a while ago.  It uses the Breast Cancer Stamp set "Strength and Hope" and "Vintage Vogue" stamp set. 

Other supplies used are:

Elegant Eggplant ink and CS
Crumb Cake ink and CS
Very Vanilla CS and ribbon
Self adhesive halfback pearls
Smooch Illuminate Top Coat

Not too shabby for 7 years old, huh?!   Later I'll show you another one of her creations!

Raining Flowers…

Kind of a silly title for a stamp set if you ask me but I do LOVE the stamp set!  I was looking through some old pictures and found this card I made this July.  I love the colors of this.  I think the picture is a little off for the colors but if I remember correctly the colors are Tangerine Tango, Pool Party, Early Espresso, Pear Pizzazz(?) and Blushing Bride.  Really some fun colors with a fun two step stamp set.  I hope those few people who received this card enjoyed it!

September Club Cards

So, here are the cards my Technique Card Club members created this month. 

I put my favorite card in front.  It uses the Always Thankful stamp set currently in the Holiday Mini catalog.  I made this card using a fun fold, slightly different than a traditional card.  And I love those tiny little silver brads!  So fun.  One of the best things of the card, in my opinion is the color combination.  The base is Soft Suede and the designer series paper is the new Peach Parfait.  Those were the colors I was going to stick with but once I had it together I really felt like it needed another color, and surprisingly that color was Cherry Cobbler!  Doesn't sound like a good combination but in the end it really worked!  A great autumn thank you card.

Other stamp sets we used were Patterned Party, French Script, Just Believe and Thank You Kindly.  The techniques we did were the fun fold, multiple colors on a single stamp, water coloring with blender pen, using the stamp a ma jig and layering images. 

My club members seemed to like them and hopefully you find some inspiration in them too!