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Best of Luck

It had been a long time since I had used my Stampin' Pastels and I had recently been wondering how they would be pairing with the emboss-resist Designer papers that Stampin' Up! has issued over the years. I've always used watercoloring or ink with them, but probably because the pastels were retired, I had never thought to give that coloring medium a try. When I saw the soft colours of the Color Throwdown challenge #403, I pulled out the pastels to give it a try. Verdict: it works wonderfully and looks amazing! It made blending the colors really easy, and I'm really happy with the result.

After my background paper was done, I started looking for a stamp set and landed on Fresh Fruit. It was a coincidence, since I just wanted something generic to make a "Good Luck" card (it was on my list of needed themes for cards), but then I realized I could use the Poppin' Pastels on the fruit image as well. I've always loved that technique with full images because it makes it really easy to do blending and shading. That was the case here, although I had to work with the now-retired colors instead of going for a true match, but with the pastels being pale and producing a smoky, faded look, it is easier to match up colors even if they are not the exact same shades.

Now, like I said, I needed a "Good Luck" sentiment and would you believe that despite my extensive stamp collection, I do not have a single stamp with those exact words? A little shocking, but thankfully, the Labeler Alphabet stamp set is perfect to create all the sentiments I want. I bought it the second it came out thinking I would love it for scrapbooking, but so far, I've used it quite a bit on cards as well.

The cute little flower was created with a die from the Flourish Thinlits collection, and topped with a 2016-2018 In Color Enamel Shapes. The Peekaboo Peach stripe was embossed with the Boho Chic embossing folder, and a piece of Blushing Bride Stitched Satin Ribbon was added as well. Sequins finish the look.

The card was also inspired by the Paper Players challenge #306 and I used Dies-cuts + Patterned Paper + Enamel Dots in the tic-tac-toe grid.

 

 

 

  

 

 

Stampin' Up! Supplies
Stamps: Fresh Fruit, Labeler Alphabet
Cardstock: Peekaboo Peach, Flirty Flamingo, Shimmery White
Specialty Designer Series Paper: Irresistibly Yours, Subtles Paper Stack
Ink: VersaMark, Basic Grey, Flirty Flamingo
Accessories: Envelope Punch Board, Flourish Thinlits, Copper Stampin' Emboss Powder,
Scallop Circles Dies, 2-1/2" Circle Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals, 2016-2018 In Color Enamel Shapes,
Stampin' Pastels, Sponge Daubers, Boho Chic Embossing Folder

 

Welcome to you New Home

I'm still going on the DTGD challenges on Splitcoast Stampers. After finishing my other card, I was looking at the leftover papers and when I saw the house-patterned one, I thought it would make a great Welcome to your new home card. I found the right sentiment in the Baby Bear stamp set and added it to a die-cut shape I already had in the paper scrap pile.

Crystal Effects was added to all of the house windows on the paper for a nice shiny gloss.

 

 

 

 

Supplies
Stamps: Bébé ourson (Baby Bear)
Cardstock: Melon Mambo, Pool Party
Patterned Papers: Snapshots (Carta Bella)
Acessories: Nestabilities Dies, Big Designer Buttons, It's My Birthday Enamel Dots,
Star Sequin, Stampin' Dimensionals, Envelope Punch Board,
Crushed Curry Chevron Ribbon, Crystal Effects

 

Thanks for Everything You Do

So after passing on the Loads of Fun stamp set the first time I saw it, I couldn't resist the second time around. I've seen a bunch of cute cards made with this set online and it was unique, so I decided to go for it. I've had it for a little while and hadn't inked it up just yet, though - I knew I wanted to make a cute shaker with it, and have the clothes float around inside the washer. I wasn't sure, though, what to stamp on the card if I wanted to make a French version. The set has English sayings like, "I hope you birthday is loads of fun" or "I am missing you". Those make total sense with the washing machine image, but the meaning would unfortunately be lost in translation. So after putting together the washing machine shaker, I pulled out my stamp set binder and started looking at options. There were a few things that could have worked, but I wasn't sure I would actually get any use out of the sentiments I was seeing, and then I thought, Maybe something for a mom? Along the lines of "Thanks for everything you do"?

ORGANIZATION TIP: So I have put together 2 different tools to help me find useful sentiments for my card. The first one is the binder, where I've stamped the images I own so that I can leaf through when I'm looking for sentiments or images. (It's a work in progress - I add a few pages at a time when I have spare time.) I leaf through the pages and place little Post-It notes in the margin when I find options I like and at the end, I pick my favorite amongst the options I flagged. This works great, except when I am looking for very specific words. Then I thought a spreadsheet where I could do a word search would offer a better option. So I did just that - typed the various sentiments I have into one Excel document. I won't lie - it required a bit of time, but it has turned out to be very useful. Including tonight. I just did a word search for "merci pour tout" and found out the new Feather Together set includes the sentiment "Thanks for everything you do".(And sine it's a new set, I haven't had time to stamp my reference sheet and add it to the binder, so I would have overlooked this option using the binder alone.)

AND it fit perfectly into the "bubble" I wanted to stamp it in. That bubble is in fact the front of the washing machine, which I had die-cut out using a Circle die. When I saw it on my desk, I thought it looked like a bubble and decided to use it to add my sentiment to the colorful card.

This card was inspired both by As You See It challenge #140 and the Dare to Get Dirty 2016 challenges on Splitcoast Stampers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplies
Stamps: Loads of Fun (Lawn Fawn)
Cardstock: Melon Mambo, Whisper White, Silver Foil
Patterned Papers: Snapshots (Bella Blvd.)
Ink: Tuxedo Black Memento, Bermuda Bay
Accessories: Window Sheet, Markers, Sequins and beads,
Stampin' Dimensionals, Daffodil Delight Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon,
Envelope Punch Board, Project Life Corner Punch

 

 

Just Like the Movies

There's an image in the Just Let It Happen stamp set from The Cat's Pajamas that show Sprinkles and Poochie at the movies, with their silly 3D glasses, that I was eager to use and pair with the new Ready to Pop stamp set from Stampin' Up! The colour combo was inspired by ColourQ #352 and the layout by Stamp Ink Paper #58. It was perfect that the sketch had a tag on it, since that was the theme of this week's TCP challenge #319.

The sentiment reads, "Explosion of Wishes," and I used the popcorn image from the set to add popcorn around the main image. The tag was die-cut using the Two Tags CutUp dies from TCP, but it felt a little bare on the card, so I looked at my Framelits for something to add underneath. I was first going for a big silver star, but then I spotted the movie film from the On Film Framelits and it worked out perfectly. I kept the idea of the stars, but I added a few smaller punched ones and sequin ones at top instead.  And the background cardstock was embossed using the Festive Embossing Folder.

My favorite touch is the Liquid Appliqué on the popcorn. It just gives it the perfect texture! (Inspired by this Monday's Simon Says Stamp challenge.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplies
Stamps: Explosion de saveur (Ready to Pop), Just Let It Happen (The Cat's Pajamas)
Cardstock: Pumpkin Pie, So Saffron (textured), Rich Razzleberry, Rose Red, Whisper White
Ink: Tuxedo Black Memento, Rose Red, So Saffron, Pumpkin Pie
Accessories: Two Tags CutUp Dies (TCP), Silver Glimmer Paper, Sequins,
Star Punch, Brights Designer Buttons, Pumpkin Pie Chevron Ribbon,
White Medium Envelope, Daffodil Delight Baker's Twine, Markers, Liquid Appliqué,
On Film Framelits Dies, Festive Embossing Folder

 

The Whole Family

A few summers ago, we had a family gathering that included some of the cousins we don't get to see often. We took a family pic while we were all together. I finally added this pic to my album when I received the new Project Life by Stampin' Up! card collections. The one I used here is All Year Long.

In the picture, the card at the right of the picture was blank, but I filled it out with the names of everyone with my father's help when he visited. (Like I said, those are cousins I don't see often, so I wanted to get everybody right!)

I kept the embellishments to a minimum, but you'll notice top right a border die-cut using the new Flourish Thinlits dies. Middle row, at left, I stamped "Let the party begin" with a now-retired Project Life stamp set. The bottom left card was stamped with a saying from the Fresh Fruit stamp set (Annual Catalogue, p. 149) and I added the circle scribble from the Swirly Scribbles Thinlits dies (AC, p. 194).

I made sure to use the cards that had the pine tree silhouette scenery because the picture was taken back home and the scenery looks exactly like that, back where I come from.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stampin' Up! Supplies
Stamps: Spencerian Alphabet Upper and Lower, Fresh Fruit,
La splendeur de Noël Project Life (Project Life Holiday Cheer)
Ink: Delightful Dijon, Mint Macaron
Project Life Card Collection and Accessories: All Year Long
Accessories: Project Life Corner Punch, Circle Punch, Neutrals Designer Buttons,
Project Life Journaling Pens, Swirly Scribbles Thinlits Dies, Flourish Thinlits Dies

 

Peace Ornement

I was having insomnia last night and finally just gave up and went back to my stamp room. Sometimes, just picking stuff out for my next project is enough to put my mind to rest and be ready to go back to sleep afterwards. The Basic Grey papers I had leftovers from the envelope I had made for THIS card had been left on my desk because I knew I could make another awesome card with the scraps. I went through my stamps and when I spotted the Christmas Bauble single stamp from last year's Holiday catalogue, I thought it would pair well with the ornaments on my patterned papers. Then, looking at the Merry Monday challenges I hadn't done yet, I spotted Merry Monday #210: Use Peace, Joy and/or Love on your card. The Christmas Greetings Thinlits include the word "peace", so it was perfect for the theme.

I stamped the bauble on watercolor paper using Jet Black StazOn ink and watercolored the image using a blending pen and ink. A piece of ribbon was added at the ornament was added to the card using Stampin' Dimensionals. The die-cut word was cut out of Silver Foil Paper, but when came time to adhere it to the card, I was a little perplexed. It looked best added on top of the ornament, but since it was on dimensionals, I wasn't sure how to keep the right side of the word even. So I die-cut the second half of the word five times out of cardstock on which I had previously placed adhesive sheets on the back, and then I was able to layer those five die-cuts together on the back of the silver word. That meant that only half of the word was "dimensional" so I added fine-tip glue to the back of the word and glued the left side on the ornament and the right side directly on the card, keeping the word level.

Since the card was made out of a cardstock leftover as well, it is an odd dimension, namely 4-3/4" x 4-1/4". I made my own envelope using the Envelope Punch Board (using the dimensions for a square envelope for 5" x 5" cards).

This card was also inspired by the Stampg Smiles Designs #14 tie-tac-toe grid (Dimensional + Intricate Die + Ribbon).

 

 

 

 

 

Supplies
Stamps: Christmas Bauble
Cardstock: Cherry Cobbler, Mossy Meadow, Watercolor Paper, Silver Foil
Patterned Papers: Basic Grey
Ink: Jet Black StazOn, Pool Party, Pear Pizzazz, Mossy Meadow, Riding Hood Red, Smoky Slate, Basic Grey
Accessories: Riding Hood Red Ruffled Satin Rbbon, Silver Gel Pen, Christmas Greetings Thinlits Dies,
Envelope Punch Board, Pearls

 

Skating Rink

I was a tad disappointed when I read on the Merry Monday challenge blog that it was closing for a two full months during summertime. While I agree that the design team deserves a break and should enjoy the nice weather with their family, I really like their challenges and love that it challenges me to keep going on Holiday cards throughout the year. I thought this summer break would be a good time to catch up on some of the wonderful challenges they've posted up until now this year but that I've missed out on, not for lack of interest but for lack of time. I left a comment suggesting adding a Linky open all summer where people could share their creations, catching on past challenges. Lori took me up on the idea by adding a Summer LinkUp and even gave me a shout out in the post. And the gallery keeps growing, so there's a few of us working on those past challenges.

Speaking of which, today's card was inspired by Merry Monday #211: Use blue, gold and white/silver. I found the Hello Winter from Echo Park in my stash and thought the mix of blues would work well for this challenge. One of the paper has a full winter scene, including a pond, so I was immediately reminded of those cute winter animals from the Stacey Yacula collection at Purple Onions that could possibly work. Sure enough, they were just the right size, so I embossed them in Gold Powder on watercolor paper and colored them with ink and a blending pen.

I combined it with the Stamping Smiles Designs challenge #14, and selected Add Dimensional, Intricate Dies and Ribbon from their tic-tac-toe grid.

Another touch of gold was added at the top by die-cutting a Deco Label out of Gold Glimmer paper for the sentiment block. On top of it, I added a sentiment die-cut with the Christmas Greetings Thinlits and the new Sunshine Sayings stamp set. The banner was punched using the Duet Banner Punch. White and aqua sequins were added everywhere as falling snow.

The paper was coming from a 6" x 6" paper stack and I didn't want to cut it down too much so as not to lose the scenery, so I just cut off slivers on all sides and made a 6" x 6" card base, This card is bigger than my usual square cards. I used a sheet of 12" x 12" paper (from our former Winter Frost Specialty DSP pack) and the Envelope Punch Board to make a matching envelope.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplies
Stamps: Souhaits et voeux (Sunshine Sayings - Stampin' Up!), Stacey Yacula Collection (The Purple Onion)
Cardstock: Bazzill, Mint Macaron (SU!), Whisper White (SU!), watercolor paper
Patterned Papers: Hello Winter (Echo Park), Winter Frost Specialty DSP (SU!)
Ink: VersaMark, Lost Lagoon
Accessories: Blending Pen, Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder, Stampin' Dimensionals,
Sequins, Duet Banner Punch, Gold Glimmer Paper, Deco Labels Framelits Dies,
Dapper Denim Ruched Ribbon, Envelope Punch Board

 

Blow Out This Little Fire

I was totally taken with this week's ColourQ #351 challenge. The rich pigmented colors with a dash of gold shine looked really good, so I decided to pair them with the Birthday Banners stamp set and the Pals Paper Arts sketch #310.

One of the French sentiment from this set reads, "Blow out this little fire and make a wish". I just love it! Made me want the set and use it first on a project. The twisty banner's pretty great, too.

The set includes candles that are actually a short design that you can stamp repeatedly to make the candle the length you need (clever!). Here, I stamped the design twice in Elegant Eggplant, and embossed the flame in Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder. The cute little stars are 2016-2018 In Color Lacquered Shapes.

The background turned out pretty cool - I embossed a piece of Elegant Eggplant cardstock with the Boho Chic embossing folder, and then I gently tapped my VersaMark ink pad on the raised surface of the embossing and pourred Gold embossing powder on it. It doesn't produce a crisp result, but in this case, it goes with the boho look I wanted. I used the Dimensionals strips to add this piece to the card base, at an angle, for dimension.

Because that made the card a little bulkier, I made a personalized envelope out of 2016-2018 In Color paper envelope using the Envelope Punch Board.

 

 

 

 Colour Combo: Denim Dandy + Bermuda Bay + Elegant Eggplant + Gold + Whisper White

 

  

 

 

Stampin' Up! Supplies
Stamps: Banderoles en fête (Birthday Banners)
Cardstock: Denim Dandy, Elegant Eggplant, Bermuda Bay, Whisper White
Envelope Paper: 2016-2018 In color
Ink: VersaMark, Denim Dandy, Elegant Eggplant, Bermuda Bay
Accessories: Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder, Envelope Punch Board,
Bunch of Banners Framelits Dies, 2016-2018 In Color Lacquered Shapes,
2-1/2" Circle Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals and Strips, Neutrals Candy Dots,
Apothicary Accents Framelits, Boho Chic Embossing Folder

 

Oh Happy Day Card Kit

As I figured, once I got into the Oh Happy Day Card Kit, I couldn't put it down. I started by selecting the cards I loved the most and wanted to copy without changing them, and then I worked with the remaining pieces on creating new cards. The reason behind the changes was mostly that I knew I wouldn't get as much use out of the smaller cards. I think smaller cards are nice to go with a little gift, to slip in a kid's backpack or lunch or in a customer's order bag. Right now, though, full-size cards are what I need the most, so I used the kit's pieces to create larger cards.

Let me show you what I've made (and I'm not done, as I still have stuff left in the kit). First, the cards that are copied from the kit:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This one was slightly modified, as I adhered the polka-dot embossed cardstock to a Smoky Slate card base and a Melon Mambo mat. I also added a sparkly star in the corner and two glittery dots.

 

 

The layering was inspired by a kit design, but I cut the card front and mounted it onto a regular 4-1/4" x 5-1/2" Bermuda Bay card front, and added a piece of Tango Tangerine DSP at the bottom, and a piece of Daffodil Delight ribbon.

 

 

I kept most of the original layering design on the yellow heart, but cut it off the smaller card and transferred it to the full-size polka dot card. Then, I moved the sentiment banner to the bottom of the card and added a chipboard star.

 

 

This card was inspired by the Global Project Design challenge #45. The card kit had negative die-cuts in which the sentiment was stamped, so it seemed to naturally call for a shaker card. I picked one of the black and white card base and simple added little touch of Smoky Slate and Melon Mambo from my stash to use for the colour challenge. The shaker was filled with little stars punched out of Silver Foil Paper using the Star Border Punch.

 

 

 

This card was inspired by the Viva la Verve July Sketch #2.

 

 

This card was inspired by the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch #203.

 

 

 

 Stampin' Up! Supplies
Card Kit: Une belle journée (Oh Happy Day)
Cardstock: Smoky Slate, Melon Mambo, Gold Foil, Silver Foil
Ink: Basic Black Archival
Accessories: Daffodil Delight Ribbon, Neutrals and Brights Candy Dots,
Star Border Punch, Window Sheet

Scrapbooking with a Card Kit: Waiting For You

So I have finally broken my Oh Happy Day Card Kit open today. I remember when I got the Watercolor Wishes kit last year that I meant to make only one card with it and had so much fun that I ended up putting together the whole kit in one sitting! I had a feeling this might happen again with the new colorful card kit Stampin' Up! added to its annual catalogue this year, so I waited until today to crack it open, even though I've bought it on my first new catalogue order.

I absolutely love the new Oh Happy Day kit just as much as I loved the Watercolor Wishes one. I was torn between making the suggested cards and using the kit contents to make up new stuff with. I finally ended up doing both: making the full-size cards as suggested and using the smaller cards to design my own projects.

As I was about to make the regular-size card with the flower background, I thought i was such a beautiful design (the background florals and the flower die-cut) that I decided I wanted to keep those to myself. And from this thought was born the idea to make a Project Life page using the kit elements. I'm quite pleased with how it turned out. I even managed to include the kit's stamp set by stamping "I Love You" on a heart I die-cut with the Sweet & Sassy Framelits dies. I used the back of one of the smallest cards to die-cut the heart, and the big heart on the front of the trifold card was used on my title insert (top right).

The only element that did not come from my Stampin' Up! supplies is the gold leafing that I did around the heart at top. The kit includes a lot of gold elements and I decided to give golf leafing a try using our Heat 'n Stick Powder. I need practice with this technique, but it was a nice way to add a bit of interest to my page.

The title was stamped with the new Brushstrokes Alphabet (a nice size for Project Life inserts) and the date was added with the Date It Project Life stamp set. The font is so nice, it almost looks like it was part of the die-cut instead of something I stamped myself! This stamp set is very versatile: not only does in include the months in two different sets of font, it also has the season. And the numbers go up to 31, so you don't have to line up the numbers individually to create your dates. It saves time, but it also makes lining up way easier. In this instance, to stamp 2012, I only had to use 20 and 12 and line them together, so getting the spacing right was way easier than when I use four stamps. Since I had the last Project Life date set, I was hesitant to get this one, but seeing how beautiful the font is on this page, I'm glad I did.

 

 

 

 

 

Stampin' Up! Supplies
Stamps: Brushstrokes Alphabet, Project Life Une date (Project Life Date It), Une belle journée (Oh Happy Day)
Card Kit: Oh Happy Day
Ink: Basic Black Archival, VersaMark
Big Shot: Sweet & Sassy Framelits Dies, Happy Heart Embossing Folder
Accessories: Project Life Corner Punch, Melon Mambo Stampin' Write Marker,
Stampin' Dimensionals, Neutral Candy Dots, Mint Macaron/Black Baker's Twine,
1/8" Handheld Circle Punch, Black Stampin' Emboss Powder, Heat 'n Stick Powder,
Gold Leafing (non-SU!)

 

Sunny Wishes

After my previous fairy card, I kept going with the Summer Days papers from Echo Park. The bright colours inspired me to pull out the Your Wings stamp set. I am really enjoying coloring those adorable ponies!

The card design was inspired by CAS(E) This Sketch #181, the colours from Sunday Stamps challenge #131 and the embellishments from the tic tac toe grid from Paper Craft Crew Card #202 (I did girl + animal + linen thread).

The sentiment was created using the Sunshine Wishes bundle. The sentiment reads, "Sunny Wishes." To cut the stamped word, I used a frame from the Bunch of Banners Framelits dies, and added a Melon Mambo enamel dot on each side.

My images were colored on watercolor paper using an AquaPainter brush and inks.

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

Supplies
Stamps: My Wings (The Greeting Farm), Souhaits et voeux (Sunshine Sayings - Stampin' Up!)
Cardstock: Thick Whisper White, Daffodil Delight, Watercolor Paper
Patterned Papers: Summer Days (Echo Park)
Ink: Tuxedo Black Memento, Bermuda Bay, Lucky Limeade,
Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo, Pumpkin Pie, Soft Sky
Accessories: Envelope Punch Board, Silver Glimmer Paper,
Stampin' Dimensionals, My Wings Dies (The Greeting Farm),
Aqua Painter Brush, Elegant Eggplant Baker's Twine, It's My Birthday Enamel Dots,
Bunch of Banners Framelits Dies

 

Fairy Village

I managed to snatch the dies that go with the Fairy Friends stamp set, so when I saw the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge to create a scene and the Simon Says Stamp Work It Wednesday challenge to use wafer-thin dies, I knew it would go faster now that I had the matching dies. I pulled out some paper scraps from Echo Park in colourful colors and paired them with the Just Add Ink sketch #320. The Paper Players challenge #304 was watercolor and lately, I had been meaning to get my old Staedler watercolor pencils out to give them a try again. I've had those forever - I think they even pre-date my scrapbooking days and they were a set of 10 watercolor pencils I had gotten back when I was a student to play around with. The initial kit I had only included 10 colours and I had bought about five or six extra colors at an art store where they sold them individually. In order to match colors, I have to mix colors together to make it work. I stamped on regular Whisper White cardstock and colored with an Aquapainter brush and it went pretty well.

The sentiment banner was created using the Birthday Banners stamp set (annual catalogue, p. 15). I thought the "Make a wish" sentiment looked cute paired with the fairy. I added a few It's My Birthday enamel dots around it.

 

 

 

 

   
 

 

 

Supplies
Stamps: Banderoles de fête (Birthday Banners - Stampin' Up!), Fairy Friends (Lawn Fawn)
Cardstock: Elegant Eggplant, Whisper White
Patterned Papers: Summer Days (Echo Park)
Ink: Tuxedo Black Memento, Bermuda Bay, Perfect Plum
Accessories: Fairy Friends dies (Lawn Fawn), Stampin' Dimensionals, Circle Framelits Dies,
Watercolor Pencils (Staedler), Clear Wink of Stella, Grass CutUp Die (The Cat's Pajamas),
It's My Birthday Enamel Dots, Envelope Punch Board, Daffodil Delight Striped Grosgrain Ribbon,
Project Life Corner Punch

 

Blame it on the Mistletoe

A few different challenges inspired this card: Stamp Ink Paper challenge #56, TCP Tuesday #318 and Tuesday Morning Sketch #360.

I paired the bunny from TCP's Bunny Christmas stamp set with the Aspen Frost papers from Basic Grey. I couldn't make the buttons work on the side of my tag - they were just crowding the focal image, so I switched to little punched banners underneath instead and added a button at the bottom of the tag. I also found some felt holly pieces (from Stampin' Up! a few years ago) that worked perfectly to top the tag.

Since I was working from a 6" x 6" paper pad and I made my card an irregular size (4" x 6"), I looked through my 12" x 12" Basic Grey papers to see if I could find a matching one in the Christmas papers I had. I found this holly-patterned one that was just perfect, and made my own envelope using the Envelope Punch Board.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplies
Stamps: Bunny Christmas (The CatMs Pajamas)
Cardstock: Mossy Meadow, Very Vanilla
Patterned Papers: Aspen Frost, Jovial (Basic Grey)
Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Tuxedo Black Memento
Accessories: Christmas Felt Accents, Toppers and Holiday Toppers CutUp Dies,
Project Life Corner Punch, Buttons, Envelope Punch Board, Markers,
Red Satin Ruffled Ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals

 

 

 

Sunshine Follows the Rain

This might be one of my favorite sympathy/encouragement card I've ever put together. It was all inspired by the fabulous new Weather Together bundle from the annual catalogue (p. 55). There are so many great pieces in the stamp set and matching Framelits that I see a lot of fabulous creations with those items in the future. I also seem to have a thing for umbrellas as I've always picked the umbrella or characters with umbrella images when I shop. Not sure why - maybe because they can be made colorful?

Anyway, this was one of the first thing I put on my mental first-order list when I first saw the catalogue. Then seeing the wonderful soft color combo from ColourQ #350 this week made me reach for this set. I was looking for a card sketch to go with it and finally found one I really liked in the July Card Maps sketches.

I used the Festive embossing folder on the background, because the vertical lines could mimick raindrops. I pulled out So Saffron Designer Series Paper from a retired paper stack and used the front of the paper for the main block and the backside for the scallop border. I placed the two cloud Framelits on the Saffron paper to cut out frames. Then, I stamped the cloud images on a scrap of Shimmery White cardstock (FYI: this paper is thick enough to watercolor on, and it takes ink beautifully) in Basic Grey Archival ink and watercolored the clouds using Pool Party ink and a blending pen. Then, I put a few Stampin' Dimensionals around the clouds and placed the cloud images underneath, lining it up with the cloud windows. The Shimmery White cardstock was used for the umbrella as well so that I could watercolor the middle part of the umbrella in So Saffron ink. I stamped both sides with the polka dot image, and I embossed the cute border found in the Framelits set at the bottom.

You can have a look at the video Stampin' Up! put together to see all of the pieces the stamp set and Framelits include. It does more than cut out the main shapes! You'll also see at the end to tip to lining up the clouds like I did on my card:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Colour Combo: Blushing Bride + So Saffron + Pool Party + Old Olive

 

 

 

 

Stampin' Up! Supplies
Stamps: Contre vents et marées (Weather Together)
Cardstock: Old Olive, Pool Party, Shimmery White
Designer Series Paper Stack: Subtles
Ink: VersaMark, Basic Grey, Pool Party, So Saffron, Blushing Bride
Accessories: Umbrella Weather Framelits Dies, Project Life Corner Punch, White Medium Envelope,
Metal Rimmed Pearls, Blending Pen, Stampin' Dimensionals, Silver Stampin' Emboss Powder,
Blushing Bride 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon, 2" Circle Punch

 

Celebrating You Today

Among the new annual catalogue hostess sets, my favorite is the Puns Intended set. It's cute and has great sentiments in it. The first image I wanted to use was the retro-looking camera, and it went well with the Mojo Monday Sketch #456. When picking colours to go with it, the Stampin' Royalty challenge #338 caught my eye and I thought the navy/mint combo would go great with the vintage-looking camera. This was not necessarily meant as a masculine card, but it could definitely work for a man since there's not a lot of frills.

The French sentiment translates to something like "The objective of the day: celebrating you". I stamped the first part repeatedly on the Mint Macaron cardstock, and I added the second part in the arrow shape from the stamp set. The Night of Navy banner was embossed with the Festive embossing folder (a fun new addition to our folder collection) and topped with a bow made out of Mint Macaron 3/8" Sheer Linen Ribbon. Mint Macaron is my favorite shade in the 2015-2017 In Color family and since the lace trim retired, I was happy to get a new ribbon to replace it. Some Mint Macaron laquered shapes were added as well, and the background was filled with the Sunburst Thinlits die, cut out of Silver Foil Paper. Doesn't that look great with the camera? Kind of like a flash background... Love that pairing. I added a touch of Clear Wink of Stella to the flash on the camera, as well.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stampin' Up! Supplies
Stamps: Jeux de mots (Puns Intentded)
Cardstock: Night of Navy, Mint Mcaron, Shimmery White
Ink: Mint Macaron, Night of Navy
Accessories: Festive Embossing Folder, Mint Macaraon 3/8" Sheer Linen Ribbon,
White Medium Envelope, 2-1/2" Circle Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals,
Clear Wink of Stella Brush, Silver Foil Paper, Sunburst Thinlits Die, Laquered Shapes

 

A Gold Flower to Congratulate You

The starting point for this card was the Global Project Design challenge #44. Based on the inspiration project, I wanted to do a gold-foil die-cut on my own project and the new Sunshine Wishes Thinlits seemed like an obvious choice. After die-cutting the flower out of Gold foild paper, I thought I could use the Color Throwndown challenge #401 for my color scheme. I wanted a subtle background so I inked the Watercolor Wash background stamp in So Saffron, stamped it off twice (after stamping it off once, it was still too dark for my liking) and s tamped it on my white cardstock background. I then used my Gold Wink of Stella brush to add gold splatters in the background. You just need to 1) protect your work surface first - an important step! and 2) tap the brush against the side of the hand over the project and you will get sparkly splatters on your project. 

For added interest, I then pulled out my beloved Timeless Textures stamp set and added a flourish in So Saffron underneath where the flower was going to be, and a piece of tape on the left margin in Cherry Cobbler ink.

The "congratulations" word was die-cut out of Melon Mambo cardstock, and a piece of Elegant Eggplant baker's twine was tied underneath. I was really happy to spot the Elegant Eggplant twine in the new catalogue, because as far as I know, we haven't carried that color in any of our ribbons since the grosgrain ribbons years ago. I try to have at least one spool of ribbon or twine in all of our colours (whether current or retired) so that I can always add a touch of ribbon whatever the colour scheme I'm working with. I have a ton of green, blue and red ribbons, but barely any purple. I think this is a great addition, and I like that we have twine in full colours and the regular thickness now.

 

 

 Colour Combo: Melon Mambo + Elegant Eggplant + So Saffron + Cherry Cobbler + Gold

 

 

 

 

Stampin' Up! Supplies
Stamps: Timeless Textures, Watercolor Wash
Cardstock: Elegant Eggplant, Melon Mambo, Whisper White, Gold Foil
Ink: Elegant Eggplant, Melon Mambo, So Saffron, Cherry Cobbler
Accessories: Sunshine Wishes Thinlits Dies, Project Life Corner Punch,
Gold Wink of Stella Brush, Elegant Eggplant Baker's Twine, White Medium Envelope

 

A Yellow Flower

I'm not usually one for flowers all that much, but I will admit that I was taken with the Affectionately Yours suite. I had gotten the Affectionately Yours Designer Paper during the pre-order, and I was debating whether to get the matching stamp set (Love & Affection) when the catalogue launched. I like the modern outlined flowers but what really sold me on the set were the French sentiments, which are totally different from what I already have on hand. I picked my favorite one for this card: "If you didn't exist, we would have to invent you."

The simple layout was inspired by CAS(E) This Sketch #180 and as I was assembling the card, I decided to fold the paper corner over to show the underside, for added interest, and I stamped an image of the set on the card base as well. Copper Stampin' Emboss powder was used to emboss the sentiment and the flower and leave images.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stampin' Up! Supplies
Stamps: Amour et affection (Love & Affection)
Cardstock: Watermelon Wonder, Daffodeil Delight, Cucumber Crush
Specialty Designer Series Paper: Affectionately Yours
Ink: VersaMark, Watermelon Wonder, Daffodil Delight, Mint Macaron, Night of Navy
Accessories: White Medium Envelopes, It's my Birthday Enamel Dots,
2016-2018 In Color Enamel Shapes, Copper Stampin' Emboss Powder,
Stampin' Dimensionals, 3/8" Sheer Linen Ribbon

 

A Birthday Thought

I really wanted to use this week's Create with Connie and Mary color combo (#414) because I really liked the pairing of Tangelo Twist with Peekaboo Peach, and the touch of Cucumber Crush makes this citrusy combo really vibrant. I paired it with the MFT Sketch #288 and a new hostess set called Time of Year. This stamp set has a great Framelits set called Bunch of Banners that offer a lot of great banner options. I also gave the new enamel shapes a try with the cute heart in Peekaboo Peach at the bottom of my sentiment panel. Then to finish embellishing the card, I added a Gold Bow Paper Clip Embellishment on the side.

You look that funky polka dot background paper? It's the 2016-2018 In Color Envelope Paper! I used it to make one of my envelopes, but also as background paper ('cos, you know, why not?). The Envelope Punch Board was pulled out to make one of my envelopes, and I used a Medium White Envelope for the other one.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stampin' Up! Supplies
Stamps: Plein de voeux (Time of Year), Project Life Ma chérie (Project Life Hello Lovely)
Cardstock: Tangelo Twist, Cucumber Crush, Whisper White
Envelope Paper: 2016-2018 In Color
Ink: Tangelo Twist, Versamark, Cucumber Crush, Peekaboo Peach
Accessories: White Medium Envelope, Envelope Punch Board,
Gold Bow Paper Clip Embellishments, Bunch of Banners Framelits Dies, White Stampin' Emboss Powder, Project Life Corner Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals,
Tangelo Twist Satin Ribbon

 

Takeout Popcorn

Here is another project made with my Rockabilly DSP scraps. I used the Popcorn Box Thinlits and transformed the box into a takeout container. I really wanted my box to have a metal handle like the takeout box do so I was racking my brain to try and figure out what I had in my stuff that could work and I remembered I had kept some twist ties from some packaging so I gave that a try. The twist-tie in question happens to be covered with a white coating so it works with my project. I simply used my paper piercer to add holes on each side and slide the handle in.

I used the embellishments Thinlits from the same kit to decorate the box: the rickrack on top and the tag on the front. I stamped and embossed "sweets to eat" from the Ready to Pop stamp set and embossed it in black powder so that it would stand out against the cherry patterned paper. One of our retired library clip was used at the top of the box to hold it close.

The colour combo was also inspired by the Color Throwndown challenge #400.

 

 

 

 

 

Stampin' Up! Supplies
Stamps: Explosion de saveur (Ready to Pop)
Cardstock: Thick Whisper White
Designer Series Paper: Rockabilly
Ink: VersaMark
Accessories: Popcorn Box Thinlits Dies, Library Clip, Twist Tie,
Black Stampin' Emboss Powder, Stampin' Dimensionals

 

Party Like a Rock Star

The Color Throwdown challenge #400 reminded me of the Rockabilly DSP pack I was trying to finish off. As I was sifting through the scraps, I found a piece of scallop edge that I could pair with a piece of cherry-patterned paper, so that was the starting point for this card. When I looked at sketches, I saw the TGIF challenge #63 could work well since I still have some Kiwi Kiss corduroy buttons to match the circles on the sketch. I decided to use the dotty circle image from the Ready to Pop stamp set. Then I was looking for an appropriate sentiment to stamp in the circle and when I spotted "Party Like a Rock Star" in the Marquee Messages stamp set, I knew this would be perfect not only to fit in the circle, but also to go with the skulls pattern in the DSP pack and the Global Design Project #43 (Party Theme). I embossed it on Riding Hood Red cardstock with white powder so that it would stand out.

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

Stampin' Up! Supplies
Stamps: Marquee Messages, Ready to Pop
Cardstock: Thick Whisper White, Riding Hood Red
Designer Paper Paper: Rockabilly
Ink: Tuxedo Black Memento, VersaMark
Accessories: Kiwi Kiss Corduroy Buttons, 1-3/4" Circle Punch,
Stampin' Dimensionals, Metallics Sequin Assortment,
White Medium Envelope, White Stampin' Emboss Powder

 

Some Things Hurt

I still had enough paper scraps left for another card, so I picked the Try Stampin' on Tuesday challenge #278 and since it included a vertical panel, I reached for the Vertical Greetings stamp set. (The vertical greetings was the initial appeal for me, but I'm really growing fond of those cute topiaries really fast). I could have included a vertical greeting on the main panel, but I wasn't sure what to use the little rectangle for if I did that, so instead I reached - again - for my new favorite sentiment set, Here For You. It includes a French set that losely translates to "Some things hurt the heart..." which fits nicely with the heart-shaped topiary. I added a little heart sequin from the Brights Sequin pack on the right side of the sentiment, and three little pearls on the topiary base, plus a Kiwi Kiss corduroy brad to accent the card.

I think this finishes off the Rockabilly DSP pack. This has been a fun one to use.

 

 

 

 

 

Stampin' Up! Supplies
Stamps: À la verticale (Vertical Greetings), Là pour toi (Here For You)
Cardstock: Riding Hood Red, Whisper White
Designer Series Paper: Rockabilly
Ink: Riding Hood Red
Accessories: Stampin' Write Markers, Brights Sequins, Kiwi Kiss Corduroy Buttons,
Riding Hood Red Ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals, Pearl Basic Jewels, White Medium Envelope

 

Some Nice Recycling

Considering that this card started out with a scrap of cardstock leftover from my previous project, I think it turned out pretty cute. I was looking at the negative space left in the cardstock from die-cutting the Flourish Thinlits image and thinking it looked great. Looking at what to pair it with, I thought the Floral Boutique Designer Series Paper would look great. (Told you last time I used it it paired well with bright colours.) The colour combo was inspired by the Monday Simon Says Stamp challenge.

Looking for a sentiment to go with it, I immediately turned to a new set that is quickly becoming a staple and favorite, Here For You. It includes great encouragement sentiments and the fonts work really well on streamlined designs like this one.

The design of the card was inspired by the Mojo Monday Sketch #455. I moved the pieces around to fit the red design, though: the left circle became a right corner piece, and the top banner was moved to the bottom so as not to hide the flowers. That being said, all of the sketch pieces are still there, just mirror-imaged to adapt the sketch to my needs. I hadn't done a corner in a long time, but had fun pulling out my square punches to make one. I then die-cut a flower from the same Flourish Thinlits dies set out of Silver Foil Paper. I topped it with a Night of Navy Candy Dots. Those are now retired, but you could easily use the new enamels shapes in place of it, since they are available in all of our official colours - even the In Colors one! I have some coming my way in one colour palette to test and if I find I like them, I might get all of the colour packs.

The sentiment was embossed in White Stampin' Emboss powder on Night of Navy cardstock and punched with the Triple Banner Punch, then I added Real Red Candy Dots. It was popped up on Dimensionals over the border die-cut out of Silver Foil Paper as well.

 

Learn from my mistake tip: Here's a funny detail about the card that might not be obvious in the picture, but that definitely shows in person. Instead of placing the foil paper face up and my die on it, I absentmindedly placed it silver-side down on my cutting plate and added the die on the white backside. Didn't think it would matter since it was a shape and not, say, a letter. Well... My cutting plate has seen better days and the texture of all of the cuts transferred to the silver foil paper. With cardstock, it does not matter because you just place the nice side up and nobody knows any better. In my case, the Silver Foil Paper is only silver on one side, so I either had to scrap this piece and die-cut a new one, or live with it. I decided I didn't dislike the texture. It actually creates a different look. It reminds me of silver jewelry that's been hammered. Since the card was pretty simple, I thought added texture would be a plus.

But if you're looking to get a shiny silver die-cut, be vigilent!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stampin' Up! Supplies
Stamps: Là pour toi (Here For You)
Cardstock: Thick White, Night of Navy, Real Red
Designer Series Paper: Floral Boutique
Ink: VersaMark
Accessories: Flourish Thinlits Dies, Candy Dots, Square Punches,
White Medium Envelope, White Stampin' Emboss Powder, Silver Foil,
Stampin' Dimensionals

 

Dear Santa...

There's Christmas in July challenges popping up everywhere this week and I'm happy about that because I had Christmas images put aside to use, so I pulled out the Bunny Christmas stamp set for the TCP Tuesday challenge #318 and paired it with the ColourQ challenge #349 because the colours reminded me of the Winter Fun papers which I knew I could use for my Holidays card. For the design, I drew inspiration from the Sunday Stamps challenge #130.

The stamp set includes some cool sentiments, but since I wanted something in French, I looked at other stamp sets and picked one that reads, "Dear Santa." I embossed it in Cherry Cobbler embossing powder on indigo paper. The top of the tag was created with the Topper CutUp dies.

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

Supplies
Stamps: Bunny Christmas (The Cat's Pajamas), Sourire de fin d'année (Jolly Christmas)
Cardstock: Basic Grey, Whisper White
Patterned Papers: Winter Fun (Carta Bella)
Ink: Tuxedo Black Memento, VersaMark
Accessories: Rhinestone Embellishment, Silver Cord Trim, Cherry Cobbler Stampin' Emboss Powder,
Clear Wink of Stella Brush, Stampin' Dimensionals, Markers, Topper CutUp Dies (TCP),
Corner Rounder Punch, White Medium envelope

 

Floating Flourish

This card is a direct inspiration from a card seen on Jennifer McGuire's blog. She was showing how to make floating cards using die-cuts and I really loved the idea, so I gave it a try using the new Flourish Thinlits dies from Stampin' Up! The colour combo came from the Fab Friday Challenge #90 and also TGIF #62 (blue, red and white).

I wanted a long sentiment to stabilize the card and I found one in the Here For You stamp set. The sentiment reads, "I wish I could have avoided this for you." I like how the white embossing really pops on the navy cardstock strip.

The card is not matted with acetate, it is just the flourish die-cut and the sentiment holding the right and left panels together and what you see in the middle is the white inside of the card.

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

Stampin' Up! Supplies
Stamps: Là pour toi (Here For You)
Cardstock: Pacific Point, Night of Navy, Real Red, Whisper White
Designer Series Paper Stack: Brights
Ink: VersaMark
Accessories: Flourish Thinlits Dies, White Medium Envelope, White Stampin' Emboss Powder,
Red Designer Button, White Baker's Twine, Stampin' Dimensionals

 

Congratulations File

I had been wanting to do a file card for a while and decided it would work well with the beautiful Floral Boutique suite. I needed Congratulations cards for the office, and the Floral Phrases stamp set happens to have that sentiment in it. This set and matching Designer Series Paper (Floral Boutique) is elegant through and through. With its lovely script font, handpainted images and Night of Navy and white colour scheme, this suite will make creating quick and elegant projects a breeze. I like that the papers only have two colours on them - by pairing a third colour of my choice with them, I'm going to be able to achieve various looks. Here, I paired the papers with Daffodil Delight, but I also see pairing it with Real Red, Soft Sky, Old Olive or Flirty Flamingo for other vibrant looks.

The file card base was achieved with an old (and I mean old) Coluzzle template. (Remember those? Before we all had die-cutting machines at home.) The folded card size is 5" x 3-1/2", and I used the Envelope Punch Board to make a matching envelope. Since the paper used for the card base is two-sided and pretty busy, I glued pieces of cardstock inside for the person sending the card to have room to write a message.

This card fits into the Anything goes challenges from Naughty or Nice #29 and Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge.

 

 

 

 

 

Stampin' Up! Supplies
Stamps: Pensées florales (Floral Phrases)
Cardstock: Whisper White, Daffodil Delight
Patterned Papers: Floral Boutique
Ink: Night of Navy, Daffodil Delight
Accessories: Pearl Basic Jewels, Baker's Twine, Modern Label Punch,
Stampin' Dimensionals, Labels Collection Framelits, Envelope Punch Board,
File Folder Template (Coluzzle)

 

A Bunch of Thanks

When I saw the CAS(E) This Sketch #179, it reminded me of the imagery in the Hello Lovely Project Life Card collection. I went looking through the pile for something I could use. I found a card with a scribbled in the center and tried using this first, but the floral background outside of the circle was distracting, so I used a circle die and cut it out, to layer over a second Project Life card instead.

The flower arrangement was created using the Jar of Love stamp set, and the sentiment came from the same set. The sentiment and bow were embossed with the new Copper Stampin' Emboss powder. I punched the sentiment out using the Duet Banner Punch. I punched the banner twice - once with the sentiment on it, one without. The bare banner was stamped with the Timeless Textures stamp set for added interest. Then, I handcut the center part on the second banner. If I'm being truthful, I wish the Duet Banner punch had been done this way instead of the second rounded banner, which I don't like as much. I would have preferred a dual punch with the second part being the center of the banner meant to be popped up. Oh, well. In the meantime, I guess I'll keep on freehanding it.

The thin strip of floral paper at the bottom is actually the backside of the Project Life card. I had to shorten the card for it to fit on the front of a regular-sized card, and one of the strips I was left with was perfect to add a little detail at the bottom. Recycling at its best! The second strip was added to the envelope.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Stampin' Up! Supplies
Stamps: Petit pot d'amour (Jar of Love), Timeless Textures
Cardstock: Whisper White, Soft Sky, Tango Tangerine
Ink: Soft Sky, Tango Tangerine, Peekaboo Peach, Calypso Coral, Old Olive, VersaMark
Accessories: Hello Lovely Project Life Card Collection, Pearl Basic Jewels, Duet Banners Punch,
Stampin' Dimensionals, Everyday Jars Framelits, Circle Framelits Dies, Copper Stampin' Emboss Powder,
White Medium Envelope

 

More Than Words

I wanted to use my new Detailed Floral Thinlits and decided to pair them with the Match the Sketch challenge #131. For colours, I picked the ColourQ combo #348. I didn't have some of the suggested colors, so I picked out current colours to form a similar combo: Peekaboo Peach, Pool Party, Night of Navy and Pear Pizzazz.

This card was pretty straightforward since the Thinlits did most of the work for me. I love that the kit includes a Edgelits die, which allowed me to mat the detailed floral die-cut with a plain piece of peach cardstock and die-cut the edge to match the floral lace die-cut.

The tag and sentiment come from the Rose Wonder stamp set and reads, Sometimes words are not often. I used the new Affectionately Yours Designer Washi Tape underneath and a piece of Navy seam binding (now retired).

 

 

 

 

 

Stampin' Up! Supplies
Stamps: Essence de rose (Rose Wonder)
Cardstock: Night of Navy, Peekaboo Peach, Pool Party, Pear Pizzazz, Shimmery White
Ink: Pool Party, Night of Navy
Accessories: Detailed Floral Thinlits Dies, Rose Garden Framelits Dies,
Night of Navy Seam Binding, Stampin' Dimensionals, Affectionately Yours Designer Washi Tape,
White Medium Envelope, Script Embossing Folder

 

Better Get Better

Drew inspiration from the Try Stampin' on Tuesday challenge #277 and the Wednesday Simon Says Stamp challenge to make this "hope you feel better soon." My Happiness paper stack from Simple Stories included die-cut images that I thought would look great as the main image, so I selected the ice cream one and added a sparkly sequin I had leftover on my work desk to it. I stamped and embossed my sentiment in white powder to make it stand out against the pink background.

 

 

 

 

 

Supplies
Stamps: Sincères salutations (Sincere Salutations)
Cardstock: Tangelo Twist, Shimmery White
Patterned Papers: Happiness (Simple Stories)
Ink: VersaMark
Accessories: Brights Designer Buttons, Mint Macaron/Black Baker's Twine,
Stampin' Dimensionals, Sequins, White Stampin' Emboss Powder,
White Medium Envelope, Adorning Accents Edgelits and Embossing Folder

 

First Creation

I was in the mood to scrapbook tonight, so I pulled out pictures I had put aside and picked out the ones showing my mom making her first stamped card. She picked a card I had previously done that she liked and I showed her how to copy it step by step. She did really good for someone who had never stamped before! But then again, I wasn't really surprised, because my mom is a perfectionist, so it took forever to get the card done, but the result was just perfect.

Since the card had been done with the Rockabilly Designer Series Paper, they seemed like an obvious choice for my page. As I was trying to decide between a pocket protector type of page or a traditional scrapbooking one, I saw that I had two pieces of paper left in the scrap pile that were large enough for a 12" x 12" page, so that settled it. I looked at past Page Maps sketches, found one from October 2015 I liked and modified it to fit my pictures.

I spoiled myself and got the Letters for You stamp set with hostess benefits. Now that Stampin' Up! does not print a few letters full size like they used to for alphabet, I always have a hard time imagining how big a stamp set will be based on a single letter. This time was no exception and well - it is bigger than I anticipated. I still think it's really pretty - I just realized the second I opened my box that I wouldn't be using this alphabet set much on Project Life pages, the larger pockets being 6" x 4", which does not leave room for much. With that in mind, since I was making a traditional page here and had free space at the bottom, I jumped on the chance to use my new set.

I also used a new favorite, the Labeler Alphabet stamp set for the first part of the title, on the red banner tag. I stamped my letters in Tuxedo Black Memento ink on Whisper White cardstock and then I used the 1/4" Square Punch we used to carry 12 years ago (I kid you not, this was on one of my very first orders with the matching Alphabits). I also used the numbers from the same set to add the date on the half circle at the top of the card. The journaling was written on a grid card (too bad those were discontinued - they are very handy) and I added little pluses from the Tin of Cards stamp set on each side at the top.

I used a sentiment from the Sincere Creations stamp set that reads, "I made this!" in the right circle.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stampin' Up! Supplies
Stamps: Letters for You, Labeler Alphabet, Sincères créations, Coffret de souhaits (Tin of Cards)
Cardstock: Basic Black, Whisper White, Riding Hood Red, Kiwi Kiss
Designer Series Paper: Rockabilly
Ink: Tuxedo Black Memento, Riding Hood Red, Kiwi Kiss
Accessories: Jumbo Eyelet, Tag Topper Punch, Kiwi Kiss Ribbon, Grid Card,
Circle Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals, Black Stampin' Emboss Powder, Kiwi Kiss Corduroy Buttons,
Jumbo Grommets, 1/4" Square Punch, Journaling Pen, Large Letters Framelits Dies