Thoughts & Prayers just for you angle

Just For You Anniversary Card

Thoughts & Prayers just for you angle

It was this cute couple’s (my daughter and her husband) anniversary last month, so I created this Just For You card just for them!  Kristin has a blog  where she keeps us up-to-date on there doings and also posts her decorating, sewing, craft and reupolstering  projects.  They like to buy at garage sales, fix things up and resale for a profit.  It’s quite a gig.

kris & joel & siena happy anniversary

The card I created for them was inspired by the Shalom card at the top of page 23 in the Stampin’ Up! Holiday Catalog .  I kept this monochromatic card pretty simple but embossing the tree with Irridescent Ice Embossing Powder added some umph!  Inking up with the VersaMark Pad before inking with the Marina Mist Ink Pad keeps this tree damp long enough to add the embossing power.

Thoughts & Prayers just for you tree

And once again, I used my Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine to make it all happen.  The layered labels were quickly die cut with the Labels Collection Framelits for fast layering.  The white background was embossed with the Stripes Embossing Folder.

Thoughts & Prayers just for you card The Just for You sentiment was stamped on a strip of cardstock vellum and wrapped around and adhered to the striped base.

Enjoy!  Julie

Card Recipe:
Stamps: Thoughts & Prayers w-#113252 c-#127805
Ink: Marina Mist #126962, VersaMark #102283
Paper: Baja Breeze cs #111352, Marina Mist cs #119682, Whisper White  cs #100730, White Vellum cs #101856
Extras:  Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine #113439, Stripes Embossing Folder #123128, Labels Collection Framelits #125598, Irridescent Ice Embossing Powder #101930, Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack #118309, Mini Silver Brads #122941, Stampin’ Dimensionals #104430, SNAIL Adhesive #104332
blooming with kindness cc392 thank you card angle

A Grateful Blooming with Kindness

blooming with kindness cc392 thank you card angle This Stampin’ Up! Blooming with Kindness Thank You card is the second installment of my tenure on the color challenge design team at Splitcoaststampers.  This beautiful bloom begs for attention and here it is embossed with Cajun Craze on Pumpkin Pie.  The third color of the color challenge this week is Midnight Muse and the added challenge was Thanks or Thanksgiving.  I chose Thanks.

blooming with kindness cc392 thank you card bloom

After embossing the flower, I painted it with bleach.  I used the Apothecary Accents Framelit to cut out the bloom, then trimmed out another from the Comfort Cafe Designer Series Paper with the same framelit.  To layer these pieces that are the same size the dsp was cut in half to layer behind the top and bottom of the main image.  I snipped out a little piece of dsp to fill in the gap.  With the patterned paper and the crochet trim, the piecing is disguised. Finally, the layered edges were rubbed against the Cajun Craze ink pad.

blooming with kindness cc392 thank you card detail

Similarly, the ‘thank you’ panel was embossed with Midnight Muse, first inked with VersaMark and again trimmed out with the corner of the Apothecary Accents Framelit and layered with the Cajun Craze pattern paper from the Comfort Cafe Designer Series Paper.

blooming with kindness cc392 thank you card close up

The Midnight Muse cardstock base was layered with a piece of matching paper from Comfort Cafe rubbed with Cajun Craze ink for direct-to-paper inking.  The cardstock base was also paper pierced along the edge of the dsp before the main images were adhered.

blooming with kindness cc392 thank you card tag

The two main pieces were tied together with a delicate Victoria Crochet Trim, and a small tag featuring a flower with a pearl center hanging from a Linen Thread tie.

Big Shot die-cutting machine

Once again this project features the Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine .  Now is the time to order this versatile paper crafting tool.  It will transform your crafting!  (View more samples here.)

Enjoy!  Julie

blooming with kindness cc392 thank you card

Card Recipe:
Stamps: Blooming With Kindness w-#126420 c-#126422
Ink: VersaMark #102283, Cajun Craze #126965, Midnight Muse #126860, Pumpkin Pie #126945
Paper: Comfort Cafe dsp #126898, Pumpkin Pie #105115, Midnight Muse #126843
Extras: Big Shot Die-cutting Machine #113439, Apothecary Accents Framelits #127003, Crochet Trim #118481, Linen Thread #104199, Little Labels Punch Pack #126881 

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Enjoy!  Julie

Sunday Inspiration: Gail

Meet StampingJulie follower, Gail.  Gail is in her 70’s, loves stamping and loves her family!  And she inspires me!

Gail writes:

“I have a 98-year-old aunt in an assisted living residence. Too far away for me to travel to see her, but I keep in touch by sending her a card or two every week. She loves them, and I try to never duplicate them. I’m always on the look out for interesting sketches, color combos to spark her attention and comments so that she interacts more with the other residents and her residence attendants—yet not so involved that I get bogged down trying to make them. That’s one reason why I love my SU supplies—they all work together.

“I’m in my 70s and not too technology inclined, though I do try. I still have a regular phone–though I have gone cordless–but I don’t have texting, etc. Snail mail is still how my relatives my age and older communicate and they do so enjoy my cards. I love making themand my aunt is the last of my mother’s and father’s families still living. When she sees my folks again, I will be the oldest of those remaining.

“ I have spent all this time and going through your blog from one end to the other! What a gift you have given me—so many ideas and I love that they are not terribly involved.

“The newest generation–my  great-nephews and great-nieces love my cards, too—so on any given holiday during the year my mailing minimum is nearly 30 cards!  The littlest ones  (2 to 6 yo) make up stories about what’s on my cards and tell me them when they  see me or when they talk to me on the phone—so I have to keep them interesting  for them, too. Fishy Friends, Fox & Friends, Dig it and Dinoroar are  invaluable for conversation starting cards with them!
“You’ve done a great job on the blog and I’m sure you  have aided many other stampers with your detailed instructions. Your stamping  class/customers are very fortunate to have you!

“I’ve spent a couple hours on your blog  and know I’m going to be spending many more—Thanks again, so very, very  much!”     =) Gail

Gail, you inspire me with your love and devotion to your family!  They are lucky to have you!!

Enjoy!  Julie

Stampin’ Up! Trick or Treat Bag

Stampin' Up! trick or treat bag This adorable trick or treat bag from Stampin’ Up! is made from many of the great products available in the Holiday Catalog.  Howlstooth and Scaringbone Designer Series Paper, Toxic Treats Stamp Set, and Basic Gray Striped Statin Ribbon are all available for a limited time.

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Enjoy!  Julie