Map It Monday - Baby Punch Bunch

I've been having some fun with the Sale-a-Bration Punch Bunch Stamp Set this week.  This little baby image that fits the small tag punch caught my attention and was ideal for this card map layout.  I have created this bright, happy welcome baby card.  Isn't it sweet?

A retired Simply Scrappin' kit had these cheerful designer series papers & I think they look terrific on this baby card!  The small oval punch and the small tag punch are both used for the message element.  A Pumpkin Pie cs oval is layered underneath the tag image.

Hold on to your Simply Scrappin' kits after they retire!  I think they multiply in the package - there are soooo many stickers, papers, and journaling tags in each package!

Linda

Fast Friday - Stack of Notes

If you attended my Stampin' For Christmas Stamp Camp in December, you may remember making this cute little note card stack.

It was such a quick gift to make so it's a perfect addition to a Fast Friday post. 

Here's how to make it:

Cut Whisper White card stock into small pieces, all the same size.  Choose a message to stamp onto each one.  I have stamped the "things to buy" image from the retired "I Heart Lists" stamp set.  That is a great little stamp set for gift-making!

Stack the notes, wrap in some pretty designer series paper, & add an embellishment!  That's it!

Such a cute little hostess gift or a thinking of you gift!

Happy weekend!

Linda

Think About Color Thursday - Baja Breeze, Wild Wasabi, and Early Espresso

Sale-a-Bration Bliss Stamp Set Card

This week's color combination:

Baja Breeze

Wild Wasabi

Early Espresso

 This Bliss Stamp Set sure is fun to work with!  I love creating vintage styled cards using Bliss.  Lots of soft images, lots of sponging, lots of distressing.

I added a Hodgepodge Hardware Oval Keyhole Anchor and Brad, a Decorative Label punched piece from Wild Wasabi cs, plus some more distressing of the edges for good measure.

Linda

Whatever Wednesday - Very Scallopy Squares

Here's a beautiful card I made today with the Sweet Summer Sale-a-Bration Stamp Set.  Isn't this little flower just adorable?  I stamped it repeatedly with Cherry Cobbler Classic Ink onto vellum paper.  It is adhered with the inked side down onto a square of Very Vanilla cs. 

The card is created by putting Cherry Cobbler cs through the Stampin' Up Big Shot Machine with the Scallop Square Clear Stampin' Up Bigz Die.  I folded a standard A2 card (4 1/4" x 5 1/2") & laid it over the scallops on the die, except the card's fold is below the scallops on the top edge of the scallop die.  The fold stays uncut that way.

I also created a black embossed frame.  Black cs is  cut with the Scallop Square Duo Bigz Die (the largest square on the die is the only one I used).  I then cut the interior out of the square on a paper cutter and ran the frame through the Big Shot again with the Square Lattice Textured Impressions Embossing Folder Die to create the texture on the frame.  The frame is centered and adhered over the vellum cs.

I finished off my card with Very Vanilla Satin 5/8" Ribbon and a message from the Something to Celebrate Hostess Level Two Stamp Set from the Occasions Mini Catalog.  You can get that stamp set for free with a $300 Stampin' Up workshop.  Please contact me if you would like to pass Stampin' Up catalogs around at work, in the neighborhood, or have a fun event where you and your guests can make cards for free and place product orders!

Linda

Tuesday Tips - Layered Scallops

The scallop edge punch can transform a card into this!


I have punched the bottom edges of strips of Night of Navy cs with the Scallop Edge Border Punch to create scalloped edges.  I then layered them onto this Wild Wasabi card to create this beautiful look that reminds me of the old flapper dresses.......(not that I have actual memories of flapper dresses, but I've seen pictures of them lol).

Sale-a-Bration's Sweet Summer stamp set (let me remind you that you can get this stamp set for free! - just ask me about it!) takes center stage again.  The butterflies are stamped with Very Vanilla ink onto the card.  The flowers are stamped with Night of Navy classic ink and leaves in Wild Wasabi classic ink onto Very Vanilla cs.

The "happy anniversary" is stamped in Night of Navy classic ink.  This  stamp is a new one - isn't the front pretty?  It is part of the Level Two Hostess Stamp Set called Something to Celebrate, from the current Occasions Mini Catalog.  The set has a bunch of awesome messages, including phrases for Mother's day, Father's Day, Easter, and New Baby, all in pretty different fonts.
 



Have a fantastic day!

Linda

Map It Monday - Watercolor Happy Heart Fields

Two valentine stamp sets are used in today's card, though the card isn't necessarily for Valentine's Day.  It would be a sweet card for a birthday, anniversary, or even thinking of you.  This map layout features both the Valentine Defined stamp set from the current Occasions Mini catalog and A Happy Heart stamp set.  They look good together, don't you think so?

The heart fields are stamped onto watercolor paper that has a watercolor-washed background.  I also stamped some of the tiny hearts from the "happy heart" dandelion stamp onto the watercolor paper to tie both images together.

The button is a gray corduroy button from Stampin' Up.

Linda

Fast Friday - Sale-a-Bration Station

This week's Fast Friday card is a great representation of Sale-a-Bration!

The Certainly Celery card is dressed up in the Sale-a-Bration Ice Cream Parlor Designer Series Paper & Quick Accents Pack flower sticker & designer series paper. It also sports a Sale-a-Bration Ribbon & Button Pack Pacific Point flower button adhered with a glue dot & the matching ribbon.

I love the stickers included in the paper and accents pack - perfect for a quick Fast Friday card!

Doesn't this Ice Cream Parlor suite just make you want some summer?!!!!

Have a terrific weekend!

Linda