CASE a card

My lovely Upline (the one who signed me up to Stampin Up) sent me THIS card from one of their team meetings. Since she lives in Sydney, its a little hard for me to get there. I loved it for two reasons……1) it uses my 2 of my favourite products from the Spring Mini Catalogue (Great friend stamp set and the Scallop Oval punch) and 2) Marelle always makes beautiful cards.
I wanted to use as many of the items from the Spring Mini before they end on November 30, and this card got my juices going. Not that I didn’t love the colours she used, I was just in a mood to use blue. My original thoughts for this card was to use Baja Breeze, but it was too light when I got to the last butterfly……SO, I have used Not Quite Navy Instead.

To get this effect, ink the butterfly image and stamp it towards the top of the card. Then without re-inking your stamp again, stamp another butterfly image slightly lower thann the last one, and then again once more without re-inking. My suggestion, if you want to make this card, it to use a dark colour as this gives the best result.

To make the stitching, all you need to do it use the Stampin Up Mat Pack. It has a template to make a straight line of holes with a paper piercer. Then all you do it take your white gel pen a connect the dots. Faux stitching at its easiest!

For the greeting I stamped the whole image in Baja Breeze ink then used my Not Quite Navy marker to re-colour the ‘Best Wishes’ section. You can re-colour any image that is lighter than the marker colour you want to use.

Thanks MARELLE for a lovely Card 🙂

Supplies:
Cardstock: Whisper White, Sahara Sand, Basic Grey, Not Quite Navy
Ink: Not Quite Navy, baja Breeze, Sahara Sand
Stamp Set: Great Friend, Oval all
Punches: Scallop Oval, Large Oval Punch
Other: Sponge Daubers, Not Quite Navy Markers, Dimensionals, White Gel Pen

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Do You Watercolour?

I do not watercolour…..but let me re-phrase that…….I didn’t watercolour, until I got this stamp set. It’s called Fifth Avenue Floral and it’s officially been added to the ‘Sandy’s Top 5 Stamp Set’ list. I have seen so many different styles from using this set. Versatility is what I like in a stamp set. I don’t know that it has a great watercolour look about it, I might have to practice a little, but I had fun making it!

You can never have too many roses….uuhhmm did you hear that my lovely husband?

Don’t you just love that sentiment!

ENJOY!

Supplies:

Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Basic Black

Ink: Basic Grey, Regal Rose, Blush Blossom, Versamark, Markers

Stamp Set: Fifth Avenue Floral

Punches: Eyelet Border Punch, Large Oval Punch
Other: Half Pearls (From the Pretties Kit), White Embossing Powder, Watercolour Paper, Dazzling DIamonds, Very Vanilla Grosgrain ribbon, Urban Oasis DSP

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How To Make a Faux Bow

Yesterday I was asked by one of my lovely customers (Hi Bernie) how I made the bow on THIS CARD. So Bernie, this is how:

1. Cut a piece of ribbon. This one is about 12cm (4 -3/4″) long.

2. Next you need to add a little bit of adhesive to one end. I am using Glue Dots (Available from Stampin Up).

3. Next you need to join the ends together to make a complete circle.
4. Now take another piece of ribbon, this one is about 6cm (2- 1/2″). Stick the 2nd piece of ribbon on the middle of the join. I’ve used another Glue Dot for this.

5. Then you need to start wrapping it around to the other side (which will become the front)

6. Then on the back have another Glue Dot, or more adhesive to stick the other end to. (you could also do this at step 4)

7. Then chop off the excess and you’re done!

This is what the front looks like

and this is the back, that you would stick to your card/scrapbook page/project.

You can get as creative as you like, use 2 different colour ribbons, add a pearl or rhinestone to the centre, use 2 layers insted of 1. Let your imagination go wild!

ENJOY!

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Monochromatic Monday

So I’m not really happy with the card this week. Maybe its too monochromatic? Maybe the white is too bright? Maybe it’s because I have some better cards to show this week lol? BUT, I was able to use 2 stamps I have had my eye on since before I became a demonstrator. Even though both sets are retiring, I LOVE em’

This weeks colour choice is Chocolate Chip from Stampin Up’s Earth Elements colour range. The effect I’m going for here is the ‘faux tear’. This card is made from one singe piece of cardstock, but I think this would be better with a different colour. This idea comes from my Stampin Up Upline Marelle. You can see her versions of the ‘faux tear’ HERE. Definitely worth the look!

For those of you who wanted tutorials, stay tuned!! Everyday this week I will have a tutorial for a ‘not your ordinary fold’ card. I’m really looking forward to this week’s posts! AND…..I will try to throw in some sneak peeks of the new stamp sets from the new catalogue.

Supplies

Cardstock: Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White

Ink: Chocolate Chip

Stamp Set: Paisley Background, Taggers Dozen

Punches: Scallop Circle, 1 3/8″ Circle, 1 1/4″ Circle

Other: Chocolate Chip Grosgrain Ribbon

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