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May 15, 2019

Best Catch Diorama Card

Our second project for May’s Stamp Club was a diorama card using the Best Catch bundle.

This card has three different levels. The fisherman is stamped on the back layer. The cattails are attached to the middle level, and the fish are adhered to the front of the card.

The back layer is Sahara Sand, 4 1/4” x 7 1/2”, scored at 2” from each end. This is the layer with the fisherman stamped on it.

The middle layer is Soft Suede, 4 1/4” x 5 1/2”, scored at 1” from each end. This layer is cut with an oval, slightly smaller than the one on the front layer.

The front layer is Crumb Cake, 4 1/4” x 7 1/2”, scored at 2” from each end. This layer is cut with a large oval and stamped with the Crackle background.

Adhere the Soft Suede flaps to the inside of the Sahara Sand flaps, then adhere the Crumb Cake flaps to the outside of the Sahara Sand flaps to cover the front and sides.

Although it’s a three dimensional card, it can be folded flat and mailed in a regular envelope.

I hope you enjoyed this project. I’d love to hear from you in the comments below!

Thanks for stopping by.

Best Catch Cling Bundle
$43.00

Layering Ovals Framelits Dies
$35.00

Early Espresso 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock
$8.50

Sahara Sand 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock
$8.50

Soft Suede Classic Stampin’ Pad
$7.50

Soft Suede 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock
$8.50

Crumb Cake 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock
$8.50

Mossy Meadow 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock
$8.50

Shaded Spruce 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock
$8.50

Merry Merlot 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock
$8.50

3/16″ (1 Cm) Braided Linen Trim
$7.00

Crackle Paint Cling Stamp Set
$16.00

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May 13, 2019

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Geared Up Garage Impossible Card

In my last post, I promised you another Impossible Card. This was one of two masculine projects from Stamp Club this month, using the Geared Up Garage bundle.

I’m happy to see more masculine products in our catalog, and making this card was a fun project. It’s easier than it looks, too!

Stay tuned for another great guy card in a future post!

Geared Up Garage Cling Bundle
$48.50

Best Route Designer Series Paper
$11.00

Whisper White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock
$9.75

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad
$6.00

Blueberry Bushel Classic Stampin’ Pad
$7.50

Blueberry Bushel 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock
$8.50

Mango Melody 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock
$8.50

Gray Granite Classic Stampin’ Pad
$7.50

Silver Foil Sheets
$4.00

Aqua Painters
$17.00

Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush
$8.00

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July 5, 2018

At last month’s Stamp Club, I gave members a choice. I had two samples using the same supplies and the Enjoy Life stamp set. They could make the card below, or the one in my last post, which you can find here.

I think it’s fun to make such a different type of card using the same supplies. And, I have customers who want less girly cards, so this fits the bill.

Stamps: Enjoy Life

Cardstock: Grapefruit Grove, Basic Black, Whisper White

Ink: Grapefruit Grove, Memento Tuxedo Black

Other: Black 1/8” cord

I hope you enjoyed seeing two different ways to use the same supplies.

If you need any of these stamping supplies, you can order at my website link below.

May 29, 2018

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Brusho Class Vintage Leaves

We had so much fun at my recent Brusho class. It was a three hour afternoon class. I took the first hour to walk the participants through several techniques. Then, we had another hour for everyone to play with the techniques they liked best. The last hour was spent making some of the samples into cards.

This was one of my samples. I took a piece of watercolor paper that had been colored with Brusho, stamped the leaf in Early Espresso, and cut it with the matching framelit.

Stamps: Vintage Leaves, Better Together

Cardstock: Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Watercolor Paper

Ink: Crumb Cake, Early Espresso

Dies: Leaflets Framelits

Other: Pinewood Planks Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Linen Thread

I hope you’ve enjoyed this card. I have a couple more Brusho samples to show you, so be sure to visit again.

The Vintage Leaves and Leaflets Framelits are retiring, so be sure to get them before the end of the month.

May 17, 2018

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Truly Tailored Library

We made this card at the Library. We always do quick and easy projects there. This is another idea for the Truly Tailored bundle. If you missed my first card with this bundle, you can see it here.

Stamps: Truly Tailored

Cardstock: Tranquil Tide, Night of Navy, Very Vanilla

Ink: Night of Navy

Punch: Tailored Tag

Paper: True Gentleman DSP

Other: Linen thread, Wink of Stella

I hope you’ve enjoyed these projects. The Truly Tailored Bundle will be retiring at the end of the month, so get it now if you want it.

May 15, 2018

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Truly Tailored

We made this card at Stamp Club. It could be used for Father’s Day or any occasion. The punch is such a fun shape to use with different papers to make an easy “quilt” effect.

Stamps: Truly Tailored

Cardstock: Tranquil Tide, Night of Navy, Whisper White

Ink: Night of Navy

Punch: Tailored Tag

Paper: True Gentleman DSP

Other: Night of Navy 3/8″ Corduroy Ribbon, Linen Thread

This punch will be in the new catalog, but the stamp set is retiring. Better get the bundle now! And, stay tuned for another quick and easy card using this bundle.

May 7, 2018

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Coffee Cafe Peekaboo

We made this card in Stamp Club. I call it a Peekaboo card because the DSP (Designer Series Paper) peeks from behind the front layer of the card. It’s a good way to show off some of the beautiful DSP.

Stamps: Coffee Cafe

Cardstock: Thick Whisper White (card base), Crumb Cake, Soft Sky, Whisper White, Garden Green

Ink: Early Espresso

Dies: Coffee Cups Framelits Dies

Other: Corrugated Elements

This would be a great way to present someone with a coffee gift card. I’ll take one!

January 28, 2018

High Tide

This is the last card we made at my last Cards & More Class. I haven’t had one of these classes for a few months. Sometimes life is tough and just doesn’t comply with our scheduled plans!

Stamps: High Tide, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Cardstock: Marina Mist, Crumb Cake, Real Red, Whisper White

Ink: Basic Black, Marina Mist, Real Red, Crumb Cake

Other: Rope Twine (retired), Pinewood Planks Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

Stay tuned for the bonus project from this class! And, if you need any stampin’ supplies, my online store is open 24/7!

August 6, 2017

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Coffee Break Suite

One of our most popular sets of products is the Coffee Break Suite, pictured on page 30 of Stampin’ Up!’s 2017-2018 Annual Catalog.

Customers have been asking for a coffee set since the last one retired a couple of years ago, and Stampin’ Up! responded with a great set.

I know coffee has been around for hundreds of years, but it seems to be extremely popular right now, with people paying $6 or $7 for a cuppa! This is not your momma’s coffee!

This product is a “Suite”, which means it has more than just stamps and dies (which are pretty awesome by themselves). It also has coordinating DSP (Designer Series Paper), selected Cardstock, Ribbon, and Corrugated Elements. Coordinating products make it easier than ever to create beautiful projects!

The stamp set and dies are available in a bundle, which means you save 10% by purchasing them together.

This set also coordinates nicely with the Timeless Textures stamp set on page 154.

This set includes stamps that look like coffee rings and speckles you might find under your cup if you dribbled a bit.

Both stamp sets are used on this quick and easy card.

Stamps: Coffee Café, Timeless Textures

Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Very Vanilla

Inks: Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Pear Pizzazz

Dies: Coffee Cups Framelits Dies

Other: Stamping Sponges, Pinewood Planks 3D Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

If you like coffee as much as I do, or have friends that enjoy coffee, you’ll want to get this bundle! You can find it at my online store which is open 24/7. Just click on the link below.

Thanks for spending a few minutes with me today!

June 2, 2017

One Wild Ride

One of my good friends and Stamp Club members, Vandy, asked me to design a card using the One Wild Ride stamp set. I thought she would like this card, and I was right. Can you believe she bought the supplies to make 100 more of these?! Wow! There’s a lot of fussy cutting on this card, so that will be a lot of work.