Two Happy Stampers

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This isn't what I would call an official "doodle" card, but it does use some of the ideas you'd expect in a doodle card...black outlined border with some doodly images. Although when you think of a doodle card you think of whimsical images, which this doesn't have at all. Let's call it a formal-looking doodle card and leave it at that.

I used the stamp sets Summer Silhouettes, Papillon Potpourri, and a retired stamp set Sincere Salutations for the sentiment. The Summer Silhouette stamp set created a great leafy vine and I used the small flower from the set in the corners. I filled in the rest of the lines with my black marker.

Someday I'll make a real doodle card!

Supplies:

CS: Whisper White, Basic Black, Daffodil Delight, Strawberry Slush, Gingham Garden DSP (129310)

INK: Basic Black, Strawberry Slush

SS:Summer Silhouettes (126447), Papillon Potpourri (123759), Sincere Salutations (retired)

PUNCHES:Elegant Butterfly (127526), Bitty Butterfly (129406), Punch Pack (118309), Scallop Edge Border (119882)

ACCESSORIES: Black Stampin' Write marker, Jewels-rhinestones (119246)

Sunday, October 13, 2013

September Thank You Tags

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It's already mid-October and I'm finally getting around to sharing my September thank you tags. Whew! The weeks just seem to fly by me. I guess these tags qualify as hybrid, although the only digital part of the tags are the background. I used one of my favorite DSP's Springtime Vintage (which I can still create digitally with My Digital Studio) for the background, but everything else is stamped, punched, and die cut.
One thing I wanted to try out on these tags was whether or not I could stamp with black Stazon ink and then use the white Stampin Chalk Marker to write over the inked image. The answer...Yes! I used one of the images from That's the Ticket stamp set as the black background, allowed it to dry a few minutes and then wrote "thanks" over the black background with the chalk marker. It worked great!

My Strawberry Slush flower was made using the now retired Daisy die (which I love) and Boho Blossom punch.

Thanks so much for dropping by!

Thursday, October 10, 2013

Mosaic Madness Christmas Tree

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Today I'm sharing a simple card which was inspired by Penny Hanuszak. I used her Mosaic Madness Christmas tree idea, gluing all my stamped and punched Mosaic Madness pieces to Whisper White CS to create the tree. I then trimmed around the outer edges of my tree, placed the tree in my Square Lattice embossing folder to give it texture, and then added the embossed tree to the front of my card.

I have seen some more great ideas for the Mosaic Madness stamp set and punch, which I'll be sharing over the next few weeks.

Hope that you're all having a wonderful week!

Supplies:

CS: Whisper White, Season of Style DSP (132340)

INK: Early Espresso, Old Olive, Real Red, Soft Suede

SS: Mosaic Madness(130249),Petite Pairs(122497)

BIG SHOT:Square Lattice embossing folder (119976)

ACCESSORIES: Mosaic punch (131267), Punch Pack - 4 petal (118309), corner rounder, rhinestone jewels(119246), red Sharpie pen (to color rhinestones)

Friday, October 4, 2013

Six-Sided Masculine Quickie Tutorial

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Great news...Today I have a Quickie Tutorial to

share with you for this card.

I was looking back through some of Stampin' Up's previous year's Fall DSP's and came across Autumn Meadows from several years back. I love the color combination of this DSP with Taken with Teal, Early Espresso, Cajun Craze and Very Vanilla (don't quote me, but I think these are the colors). I used a similar color combo to create my husband's birthday card.

I had seen a card out in cyberworld that had a woodgrain embossed Island Indigo panel which I loved, so used that idea for this card, dragging Soft Suede ink over the raised embossed surface to give it a distressed look and added a few sequins for a bit of pizzazz.

If you'd like to make this card,
CLICK HERE
for today's Quickie Tutorial.

Supplies:

CS: Very Vanilla, Soft Suede, Cajun Craze, Island Indgo, Crumb Cake

INK: Soft Suede, Island Indigo

SS: Six-Sided Sampler (130956), From My Heart-sentiment (126557)

BIG SHOT:Adorning Accents edgelit (125595), Woodgrain embossing folder (127821

ACCESSORIES: Hexagon punch (130919), twine, sequins

Sunday, September 29, 2013

Tuesday's Card Class

Last call for my Tuesday's, 10/1, For the Birds Flip-It card class. You can Click Here for more details.

I still have a few openings for the following time slots:

10-Noon (2 spots)

1:30-3:30 (2 spots)

7-9 PM (1 spot)

Email or call me if you'd like to attend.

Friday, September 27, 2013

"Tags For All" Hybrids

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I keep finding myself turning to the digital download Tags For All when I need a quick card, or a fun way to dress up an ordinary package or envelope. This download is full of fun tags and embellishments and it offers some fun and diverse ideas when it comes to gift-giving. (See my previous post for another package idea)

My first share started off as an ordinary white envelope which I spruced up with a Tags For All bow and Happy Birthday tag. My only original touch was to recolor parts of the confetti on the tag. I printed up the bow and tag, got out my scissors, cut them out, attaching them to my envelope. What a cute embellishment!

My second share is a hybrid card I created using a digital tag from Tags for All which I used as a card front. Other digital elements include: Strawberry Slush Polka Dot DSP background from Tags for All; Strawberry Slush Bird from Sunny Day; Basic Black Sentiment from Hugs & Wishes. I cut a Basic Black CS border for the digital image and attached to the front of a Whisper White card front. I added a little black ribbon bow and a few rhinestones for embellishments.

My third hybrid share are Thank You tags. These were created with the digital elelments: Tags For All Thank You stamp; Summer Happiness Butterfly stamp; Tags For All Strawberry Slush Polka Dot DSP. The little butterfly was handstamped using the Papillon Potpourri stamp set in Basic Black on Strawberry Slush CS, and then punched with the Bitty Butterfly and dimensionaled to tag front.

On my last hybrid share I enlarged the above the tag, cutting off the tag shaped top to create a rectangle. I carefully added the black border on the top with a ruler and black Sharpie, attaching the digital image to the center of a Whisper White Framed Tulip embossed border, framed by a Basic Black border and attached to the front of a Strawberry Slush card front. The smaller butterfly was handstamped in Basic Black on Strawberry Slush CS with Papillon Potpourri stamp set and then punched with the Elegant Butterfly. I loved the big bold "Thank You"along with the bold colors of black, white, and pink...very fun!

I thought I'd share a few of the tag samples with you from the

digital Tags For All kit...fun, fun, fun set!

Thanks so much for stopping by... I hope you all have a

wonderful day!

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Festive Flurry Ornament Tutorial

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How about a FREE tutorial? Well, I've got one for you today. This card was inspired by the Snowflake Season Simply Sent card kit in the Holiday Mini catalog. I thought creating an ornament to give as part of a card, was such a great idea, adding a personal touch to Christmas card-giving this year.

The Festive Flurry stampset and framelits bundle work great for this idea. I've created a FREE TUTORIAL for you to download, if you'd like to make these for yourself. I used the Winter Frost DSP, but any Christmas DSP could be used along with coordinating inks. You can customize the tutorial by swapping out your own DSP and colored cardstock for what I have written and use the rest of the tutorial to take you through the steps.

Hope that you have fun!

Saturday, September 7, 2013

A Bandaid Card CASE

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An avid stamping friend of mine has recently undergone surgery and I wanted to make her a fun card to cheer her up. Over the years I've enjoyed the "bandaid" cards, but have never made one myself, so this seemed like the perfect time to make one. I case'd a card by Silke Shimazu using the MDS sentiment "Praying for You" in Strawberry Slush from Thoughts & Prayers.

I made the band-aid 1-1/2x3-1/2 in Crumb Cake CS, with a 1x1-1/2 Crumb Cake center, both pieces were embossed with Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder. The band-aid corners are rounded and the edges of the band-aid and band-aid center are sponged in Soft Suede. I dimensionalled both the band-aid and band-aid centers. The Strawberry Slush hearts are from the retired "Heart to Heart" punch which are snailed to the band-aid and card. I added a bit of rhinestone bling to the hearts.

Thanks for stopping by :-)

Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Upcoming October 1 Card Class

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130911 - Circles Collection framelit

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This post is for all of you who stamp with me in Chandler. I hadn't finished the Christmas card sample for my upcoming October 1 class when I sent out my newsletter this month, so I wanted to show both card samples to you.

We'll be making 3 cards featuring the For the Birds stamp set. You will be able to choose your own images and sentiments, which we'll be watercoloring. I will be showing you how to make your own Flip-It cards using the Circles Collection framelits.

Class is Tuesday, October 1, please RSVP to Heidi (heiditek@cox.net)
Times: 10-Noon; 1:30-3:30 PM, 7-9 PM
Cost: $15

126407 - For the Birds

Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Hybrid Baby Card

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Here's a simple baby card that combines digital stamping and traditional elements, making it a hybrid card. I used one of the tags from the Tags For All digital kit and combined it with the Kind & Cozy stamp set and Gingham Garden DSP. The midnight blue heart is from the Kind & Cozy digital stamp which I enlarged.

One of the things that I like about creating digitally is that once you design your elements, you can save them and use them again simply by printing them out, because all the design work is already done.

Have a great day!

Thursday, August 15, 2013

Baseball Card

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My grandson just celebrated his birthday and he is in love with baseball. To celebrate him and his love for baseball I created this fun card for him. My inspiration came from a photo I found on Zazzle.com.

I used the 4" circle framelit and Very Vanilla CS to create the ball, scoring the seams and filling them in with a black marker. I punched holes with a piercing tool and then used the holes and variegated red yarn to make the stitching. I stitched along one side and came back on the other, using the center hole for both sides.

Some sponging with Crumb Cake gave it the shading and dimension it needed. I used the now retired stamp set "Word Play" for the sentiment.

I really had a lot of fun making this card. Thanks so much for letting me share it with you.

Supplies:

CS: Very Vanilla, Raspberry Ripple, Birthday Basic DSP (130145)

INK: Raspberry Ripple, Basic Black marker, Crumb Cake

SS: Word Play (retired)

BIG SHOT:Circles Collection framelit (130911)

ACCESSORIES: Paper Piercer, red variegated yarn, needle, sequins

Saturday, August 10, 2013

Tags For All Sample

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Last month I downloaded the MDS Tags For All designer template and I am having so much fun with it. I created my Stamp Club ladies' tags with it last month (I'll share those later on), and this month I tried out the bow and one of the Happy Birthday tags for my grandson's present.

I kept the birthday tag the size it opens up in, but it can be enlarged or reduced to your liking. The only thing I did change was to recolor the border and the "to you" banner. I love how big the tag is and when the bow is attached to the top of the tag you end up with the cutest looking present. What a fun download!

I thought I'd share with you a simple blow-by-blow on how I made the bow. I used the digital version of Polka Dot Parade DSP download to fill in the bow punch parts and printed them out on a sheet of paper, then printed the backside of my print out with the same DSP, so that the bow would have a pattern on the front and backsides when folded. BTW...you can fill the punches with any color or any DSP you have downloaded. You can also resize the bow to enlarge or reduce it.

I cut out the bow parts (saving the DSP remnants for another project) then began assembling the bow by gently bending/folding each bow end toward the center and taping the ends down at the center.

Matching the center sections, I taped the bow to the bottom layer which is the bow ends.

I wrapped the bow strip around the center section of bow and bow ends, taping the ends to the backside.I taped it onto my package over my great big tag and I now I have a simple and super cute gift package.