Trailer Park Birthday

Well camping season has almost come to a end and the school bells are about to start ringing. It almost means that it is time to start getting back to all our after school activities and scrapbooking classes. Yeah!

Now onto the card ...

I made this card for my father-in-laws birthday. They camp at a trailer park all summer and on his birthday we always drive out to see them there. I was really on the ball this week and prepped my card so that I could bring it out to my camp to finish. So I was really in the camping spirit while I was making the card.  I made the background myself using some post it notes and a brayer. I then coloured the trailers with my copics and popped them up with some 3D foam squares. The trailers and the clouds are both from the CTMH "Happy Camper" stamp set. The banner in between the trailers is made with some baker's twine and washi tape for the little pennants. I finished it off with some more woodgrain washi tape and some green ribbon. 

Products used:

* CTMH Happy Camper Stamp Set

* Stampin' Up Birthday Stamp Set

* Early Espresso Cardstock

* Old Olive Cardstock

* Whisper White Cardstock

* Echo Park Happer Camper Pattern Paper

* Stampin' Up Old Olive Ink

* Momento Ink

* Copic Markers

* Stampin' Up Washi Tape

* CTMH Woodgrain Washi Tape

* Stampin' Up Old Olive Striped Organdy Ribbon

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Sympathy Card

This is the sympathy card that I made for my Daycare Provider. I love how this one turned out, however my inspiration for this card came while I was looking through Pinterest. I always have a hard time making sympathy cards and find that I sometimes need a little help getting started, so I usually browse through Pinterest or Blogs to get the juices flowing. I find that I always make them using black and white so I really tried to stay away from those to help make the card a little more .... pretty? Not quite the right word but I imagine you know what I mean. I think I will make a few more of these to have on hand

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Perfect Blend Birthday Card...

This is the card the card I created for my Stampin Six groups to make at our January gathering. I had been wanting to make a card using the new Coffee Cup stamp since the new catalogue came out in July.

I started with a base of Costal Cabana. I then added a layer of Pumpkin Pie that had been stamped with the Dictionary background stamp using Pumpkin Pie ink. I then used the new Cheveron Border punch to punch out the pattern along the left side allowing the Costal Cabana colour to show through.

I used the Bread Tie die from Chalk Talk to cut my Crushed Curry paper. I then distressed the tag with the lines from the Gorgeus Grunge set and some Crushed Curry ink. To finish of the tag I wrapped some linen thread around the top and tied it with a bow.

To make the cup, I stamped the base on Sahara Sand cardstock with Sahara Sand ink. I stamped the cup again on white paper using Sahara Sand ink to make the lid. The band is made from the Designer Series Paper "I am Me". I then made a banner with the Bitty Banners stamp set and some Costal Cabana ink. Iwrapped my banner around my mini dowel securing it with some liquid glass. After assempling the cup I used a exacto knife to cut a slit in my lid to allow my stick to slide through. I mounted the cup to the card using some foam squares.

I finished off the card with two tabs on the wight side cut from the "I am Me" designer series paper and the word window punch. To give the illusion of mini brads, I punched some circles with a tiny hole punch and added some liquid glass to them.

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Poinnsetta in White

Here is another card made with the Joyful Wishes Poinsetta. I saw the idea for this card online. I loved how it looked and the technique she used  (sorry I can't remember the site), so I decided to use it for my Stamping Six groups this month.

To make this card I started by stamping the poinsettia onto some Whisper White Paper with Versamark and then embossed it using some white embossing powder. I repeated this for all the flower on the page. I started with a base of Blush Bride on and around the Poinsettias. I then added in some Cherry Cobbler with a foam dauber just on the flower. I then hand painted the flower using my Cherry Cobbler ink pad and my Aqua painter brush. I finished the flower with some white Liquid Pearls in the centre.

I stamped the sentiment from the Joyful Wishes stamp set with Basic Black. I also drew a line around the outside with the Basic Black marker. I then tied some Cherry Cobbler and Whisper White Baker's Twine around the card and finished it off with a bow. I matted the sheet with a thin mat of Whisper White and attached it to the Cherry Cobbler card base.  

Stampin' Up Items Used:

Joyful Wishes Stamp Set (131805) pg.27 Holiday Mini

Cherry Cobbler Card Stock (119685) pg.149

Cherry Cobbler Ink (126966) pg.149

Blushing Bride Ink (131172) pg. 147

Basic Black Ink (126980) pg.145

Basic Black Marker (100082) pg.145

Cherry Cobbler Bakers Twine (123125) pg.173

Versamark Ink (102283) pg.165

Heat Gun (129053) pg.167

White Embossing Powder (109132) pg.167

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Joyful Wishes in Gold...

This card I made using the poinsettia from the "Joyful Christmas" Stamp Set in the new Holiday Mini. I had a hard time photographing this card as the gold paper really liked to reflect my flash. Out of about 20 pictures this was the best one, unfortunately it really doesn't make the flower look as Red as it is in real life.

To make this card I started by stamping the poinsettia onto some Watercolour Paper with Versamark and then embossed it using some gold embossing powder. I then hand painted the flower using my Cherry Cobbler ink pad and my Aqua painter brush.  I cut the flower out by hand and mounted it to a square of pattern paper. All of the pattern paper is from the new Bo Bunny Christmas line "Silver and Gold". To finish off the poinsettia I added 5 gold brads in the middle using my iRock tool.

I then used the new Expression Thinlit dies and the Gold Foil paper from the Holiday Mini to create the  word Merry. I mounted the word to a strip of the same pattern paper I placed behind the poinsettia. I was able to created 10 of these cards for my Christmas Card Stash.

Stampin' Up Items Used:

Joyful Wishes Stamp Set (131805) pg.27 Holiday Mini

Expressions Thinlits Dies (132171) pg.36 Holiday Mini

Gold Foil Paper (132622) pg.28 Holiday Mini

Cherry Cobbler Card Stock (119685) pg.149

Cherry Cobbler Ink (126966) pg.149

Versamark Ink (102283) pg.165

Heat Gun (129053) pg.167

Gold Embossing Powder (109129) pg.167

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The New Deer ...

I love how this card turned out. I plan on remaking it for a masculine birthday card by swapping out the silver embossing powder for Early Espresso. Then I will substitute the pattern papers for some with a hunting theme. Now onto how I made the card...

This card is made using one of the new set from the Stampin' Up Holiday Mini "Remembering Christmas". The base of the card is made from Island Indigo cardstock. I then used a piece of pattern paper from the Winter Frost paper stack. These are great paper packs as they have 48 sheets of paper, 24 of each of two different double sided papers. These are great for making multiples of the same christmas card. 

I then stamped the deer from the "Remembering Christmas" Stamp Set onto another piece of patter paper from the Winter Frost Paper Stack with some Versamark Ink. I then used silver embossing powder and heated it with my heat gun.  I then distressed around the edge of the paper with Island Indigo ink and a sponge. I finished him off with a bow made from the Silver 1/8 ribbon in the Holiday Mini.

The sentiment is from a CTMH stamp set that coordinates with one a their Cricut Cartridges. I stamped it using pool party ink and then stamped the sentiment using Island Indigo.

Items Used:

Remembering Christmas (131763) pg.28 Holiday Mini

Silver 1/8 Ribbon (132137) pg.28 Holiday Mini

Winter Frost DSP Stack (132183) pg.29 Holiday Mini

Island Indigo Card Stock (122923) pg.149

Island Indigo Ink (126986) pg.149

Pool Party Ink (126982) pg.147

Versamark Ink (102283) pg.165

Heat Gun (129053) pg.167

Silver Embossing Powder (109131) pg.167

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Santa's List ....

Well he is making his list and checking it twice. It is that time of year again, I have been busy working on my Christmas cards. Unfortunately the progress on my new room has not been very speedy so I am still working in a make shift space. It makes scrapbooking a little difficult but I have been making it work.

This card is made using one of the new set from the Stampin' Up Holiday Mini. The base of the card is made from Early Espresso cardstock. I then added a background of Crumb Cake stamped with the Dictionary background stamp. Love this new background stamp, the writing is nice and small so it doesn't draw your eye away from the focus of the card. 

I then stamped my Santa from Santa's List Stamp Set onto Very Vanilla cardstock with Soft Suede ink. I then distressed around him with Crumb Cake ink and a sponge. Then I used a distressing tool to rough up the edges. I then matted it with a piece of Cherry Cobbler. I finished him off with two Cherry Cobbler Candy Dots in the right hand corner.

I stamped the sentiment from the Santa's List stamp set with Soft Suede onto Very Vanilla. I then cut it into a banner and curled the end. I finished it off by stitching a snowflake using some linen thread.

Items Used:

Santa's List Stamp Set (131811) pg.31 Holiday Mini

Dictionary Background Stamp (130348) pg.100

Very Vanilla Card Stock (101650) pg.145

Cherry Cobbler Cardstock (119685) pg.149

Crumb Cake Cardstock (120953) pg.145

Early Espresso Cardstock (119686) pg. 145

Soft Suede Ink (126978) pg.145

Crumb Cake Ink (126975) pg.145

Linen Thread (104199) pg.173

Distress Tool (127562) pg.157

Candy Dots (130932) pg.149

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