October 4, 2012

Sunny Make a Wish Birthday Card

The colors of this a bright, happy birthday card are drawn from the International Bazaar designer series paper: Rich Razzleberry, Daffodil Delight, Tangerine Tango and Bashful Blue. Designer paper is great inspiration for any project.

The 2-3/8″ scallop punch, 1-3/4″ circle punch and 1″ square punch make this card easy work. This would be a great card to reproduce quickly to always have a stash of birthday cards on hand.

The large Daffodil Delight circle center is embossed with the Perfect Polka Dots Folder and then touched with 2-way glue before shaking a bit of Dazzling Diamonds glitter over for a little sunny sparkle. Did you see how I store and use glitter on Facebook? I like to show storage ideas on facebook. Look through my fb photo album.

The background was stamped Bashful Blue Ink on Bashful Blue Cardstock with a small flower from the Betsy’s Blossoms stamp set. The Make a Wish banner was stamped in Rich Razzleberry from the Sweet Essentials stamp set. And a Tangerine Tango glimmer brad was added for extra bling! To view a video tutorial on creating a banner, click here.

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Card Recipe:

Stamps: Sweet Essentials w-#126455 c-#126457, Betsy’s Blossoms w-#126004 c-#126006

Ink: Rich Razzleberry #126950, Bashful Blue #126961

Paper: Bashful Blue #105120, Tangerine Tango #111349, Rich Razzleberry #115316, Daffodil Delight #119683, International Bazaar Designer Series Paper #126920

Extras: Perfect Polka Dots Emboss Folder #117335, Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine #113439, 2-3/8″ scallop punch #118874, 1-3/4″ circle punch #119850, 1″ square punch #124094

October 3, 2012

A Happy Halloween Witch’s Shoes Card & Video

Don’t you love the skinny, little legs on this witch?! These little shoes were easy to make using the Top Note Die and the Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine. I created a video to show you how.

Watch the Video ‘How to Create Witch Shoes’ Here

The tag was created with the Stampin’ Rewards Mixed Medley Stamp Set. ‘For you’ was stamped in Rich Razzleberry and the spider web stamped in Black StazOn Ink. I punched these out quickly with Circle punches. And the tag were layered on a circle Rich Razzleberry cardstock.

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Card Recipe:

Stamps: Mixed Medley w-#128054 c-# 128057

Ink: Black StazOn #101406, Rich Razzleberry #126950

Paper: Rich Razzleberry #115316, Lucky Limeade #122926, Basic Black #121045, Howlstooth & Scaringbone Designer Series Paper #126906, Silver Glimmer #124005

Extras: Top Note Bigz Die #113463, Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine #113439, 3/4″ Circle Punch #119873, 1-1/4″ Circle Punch #119861, 1-3/8″ Circle Punch #119860, 1″ Square Punch #124094

October 3, 2012

12 Weeks of Christmas Starts Today!

This week starts the 12 Weeks of Christmas! Each week I’ll send you a Christmas project to your inbox: tags, bags, gifts and cards! If you are already receiving my newsletter, you’ll get the first project TODAY! If you aren’t on my mailing list, join now so you don’t miss anything!

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October 2, 2012

Owl Occasions Birthday Wish

This cute little owl from the Stampin’ Up! Owl Occasions in the Holiday Catalog is to die for! He is so adorable you can hardly go wrong. I stamped him in Tangerine Tango on this Early Espresso branch and added Summer Starfruit leaves. I also added a touch of Perfect Plum to his front feathers with marker and adhesive-backed Googlie eyes, also from the Holiday Catalog.

The balloons were stamped in Tangerine Tango, Perfect Plum and Summer Starfruit and punched out with the 3/4″ circle punch. Then I knotted one end of some Pool Party bakers twine to attach below the balloons, then I tied all the strings together into his ‘hand’. I used Multipurpose Liquid Glue to attach the knots and Stampin’ Dimensionals to adhere the balloons.

The scallops below the picture were created with the same color as the balloons. I used the Scallop Punch and punched a longer section than I needed so I could trim it out where I wanted the scallops to land. Doing this allowed me to stagger the scallops.

Enjoy! Julie

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Card recipe:

Stamps: Owl Occasions w-#128000 c-#128003, Create a Cupcake w-#121915 c-#121982

Ink: Early Espresso #126974, Summer Starfruit #126991, Tangerine Tango #126946, Perfect Plum #126963

Cardstock: Whisper White #100730, Pool Party #122924, Summer Starfruit #126839, Tangerine Tango #111349, Perfect Plum #101889

Extras: Scallop Edge Border Punch #119882, 3/4″ Circle Punch 119873 , Pool Party Bakers Twine #125574, Googlies #127539, Multipurpose Liquid Glue #110755, Stampin’ Dimensionals #104430, Subtle Stampin’ Write Markers #119700

October 1, 2012

Watercolor Block Stamping

A single layer birthday card with no embellishments, unless you count glitter. 🙂 I’ve been wanting to try the watercolor block technique. This entails coloring on an acrylic block and stamping with the block. It’s a little trickier than I originally thought and it took me a few tries to get an effect I liked.

I used the Summer Starfruit, Tangerine Tango and Tempting Turquoise markers to scribble freely on an acrylic block. Then I lightly spritzed the block with water before stamping on the Whisper White card stock. It’s very important to spritz it lightly. I sprayed it from about a foot away and only once. Anymore water than that makes it too wet and the colors run and get messy.

I stamped the Summer Silhouette images over the color blocks with Black StazOn ink. When I stamped the lower images, I masked the bottom so the stems would not extend below the color blocks.

Using a two-way glue pen I tapped a little glue on the flower blooms to add Dazzling Diamonds Glitter. Can you see the glitter in the picture below? Glitter is so hard to photograph. 🙁

Announcing a Merry Christmas from Stampin’ Up! Recieve FREE product with purchase in time to create your Christmas ornaments and cards!

Here’s two Christmas special offers during October!

When you purchase the Ornament Keepsake stamp set & the Candlelight Christmas designer paper, you’ll receive the Festive Paper piercing pack for FREE!