3 x 3 Felt Flurry

(Originally posted October 21,2008)

This is a little 3 x 3 note card we made at my Demo Only Stamp Camp last week.    The snowflake is the Baja Breeze one embossed with Iridescent Ice EP and Versamark ink.  (Versus Iridescent Ice EP and Whisper White craft ink on the Real Red snowflake on my Cardinal Christmas Card below.)  Just remember, if you try the embossing on the snowflakes: Don’t Melt the Felt!  Well, it didn’t exactly melt but it was starting to kind of change its shape when I was holding it with the tweezers.   So for successive attempts I simply stuck it in a cardboard box that had sides so if the little snowflake did blow around it wouldn’t go anywhere and the embossing powder still stayed contained!  Anyway, the DSP used is the new Ski Slope DSP in the Holiday Mini.  LOVE IT!!!!    And the half back pearl is from the Pretties kit, both the snowflake and the half back pearl were adhered with Tombow Multipurpose Glue. This would be a great little teacher’s note, co-workers note, gift tag for a gift bag (simply punch a hole in the corner, thread some ribbon through and tie it around the handle of the gift bag), and more.  I’m sure you can come up with some creative uses for not only the fabulous 3 x 3 cards but the Snow Flurries as well! Happy Stamping!

Jewel Tones for my Jewel

Originally posted on December 11, 2008:
Today is my DD#2’s fourth birthday! (You may remember me making her invitations [in November].) So, I combined the challenge I set forth over at PaperCraft Planet and needing a birthday card for her (knowing her favorite color is blue). I’m pretty pleased with it. I used the same basic layout from the card I did for Kristina’s Color Challenge last night; I just changed a few things (like adding brads, taking away paper piercing, the stamp sets are different, no cording, the colors obviously) and continued with a few elements (like the silver stamping in the background of the top right and bottom left corners, the focal point being exactly in the center, and the sentiment being to the bottom right).

Here’s the Inspiration Piece for PCP Challenge #5:

And here is my daughter’s birthday card:

Notice I took the flowers from the Inspiration piece, the silver edging from the candle holders, and the Chocolate Chip was edged kind of like the blocks in the background being edged in the Chocolate Chip, and that center strip on the center candle was carried over in the Garden Green strip.

Supply List
Stamp Sets:
Doodle This Birthday Whimsy (retired SAB set)
Inks:
Chocolate Chip (inked around the edges of every layer) Pacific Point Garden Green Lovely Lilac Versamark(R) (For embossing) Encore Silver
Card Stock:
Shimmery White (3" square) Garden Green (3-3/16" square & 1" x 5.25") Pacific Point (a current In Color) (3-3/8" square) Lovely Lilac (4" x 5.25") Embellishments:
Silver brads, Circle Rhinestone brad
Punches:
1" circle, Designer Label, Word Window, ticket corner
Accessories:
aquapainter, paper piercer and mat pack, stampin’ sponge, dimensionals

Another Challenge!

Okay, so this afternoon another card stamped, another mess to clean up (including sticky fingers from the hubba bubba he managed to get out of the little machine, a dum dum pop he found – oh ya, he was proud of himself for that!, and fingers covered in chocolate chip ink – yes, my 13 month old knows how to open up our stamp pads, and popcorn pieces all over my freshly mopped floor.  You get the idea, I’ll stop there.)

Anyway, Kristina’s Color Challenge was almost exactly the same as the last one so it was again colors I’m not used to using all together as I usually stick with 2 – 3 colors plus a neutral.  But, I like what I came up with and I hope you agree!  Let me know with a comment on here if you have a second.

I changed out the Wild Wasabi for a current Stampin’ Up! color, Old Olive.  I used the new small Felt Flurries.  They are so pretty and fun and I’ve used them a few times now, but hadn’t used the Real Red ones yet.  I mean, who’s ever seen a red snowflake?  Anyway, I decided to emboss the red snowflake with Iridescent Ice EP and Whisper White Craft ink.  This gives the snowflake more of a Rose Red color (to go along with the color challenge) and a little icy and snowy.  The wide grosgrain ribbon is Old Olive and then I added the Bashful Blue color with an Ice Circle Rhinestone brad.  The cardinal is watercolored with Rose Red ink, So Saffron (like how I snuck that color in there? LOL), and Old Olive with my aquapainter.  The cardinal and the sentiment came from A Cardinal Christmas stamp set and the snowflakes (the only way I could figure out how to work Bashful Blue in with a cardinal!) came from the lovely Snow Swirled stamp set.  Enjoy!

Again, I apologize that my pictures aren’t as good as they could be.  I still haven’t figured out the best way to take a picture of my work!  I’ll keep trying and hopefully you can envision how much better they look IRL!

Poinsettia Card

Do you like this card???  I hope so because I do!  And I made a video tutorial on how to make it!  Just keep scrolling to see the two video options.  Enjoy and leave me a comment here to let me know what you think, please?

Here is a list of supplies used on this card – all Stampin’ Up! of course.

Base: Kraft (8.5" x 5.5”)
o2nd layer: Real Red (2.5" x 5.25”)
o3rd layer: Old Olive (coluzzle circle)
4th layer: Ski Slope DSP (eight 1-3/8" circles)
Stamp Set: A Cardinal Christmas 
Inks: craft: Old Olive, classic: Chocolate Chip 
Accessories: 1-3/8" circle punch, dimensionals, Coluzzle, Bone Folder, Anywhere Hole Punch w/ Hammer, Crystal Clear EP, Embossing Heat Gun, Scallop Edge Punch, stamp-a-ma-jig
Embellishments: Rhinestone Brad from Pretties Kit, Wide Chocolate Grosgrain Ribbon

 OKAY!  I got it!  Here are the videos. The first is how to do create just the poinsettia.  The second video gives step by step instructions to create the rest of the card. (To see the first video in high quality click here and then click "watch in high quality" to the bottom right of the video screen; and to see the second video in high quality click here.)

Embossing on Chipboard Tutorial

Enjoy this quick and easy tutorial to add some pizazz to your chipboard pieces and hand stamped projects!