Tagged: Big Shot

April 22, 2013

Best of Butterflies Hope Card

I saw three challenges at Splitcoaststampers that I combined to create this Best of Butterflies hope card – a color challenge, a sketch challenge and a technique challenge. These challenges inspired my color selection, the layout and the ribbon loops on this card. And I used the new totally clear Designer Typeset stamp set to stamp hope. It’s so easy with this new stamp set to create what ever message you would like.

Rather than adding the loops under the stamped panel, I decided to trim them to a point and attach them to the top of the panel for a little different look. Can you see the glitter I added to the butterfly wings. A little touch of 2-way glue with a sprinkle of Dazzling Diamonds glitter goes a long way to adding a little something special.

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Here’s the card recipe:

(All supplies are Stampin’ Up! Click on the product link to visit the online store for pictures, details & ordering.)

Stamps: Best of Butterfly #133345, Designer Typeset #132956

Ink: Melon Mambo #126948, Elegant Eggplant #126969, River Rock #126977

Paper: Whisper White cardstock #100730, Elegant Eggplant cardstock #105126

Extras: Big Shot #113439, Striped Embossing Folder #123128, Mini Silver Brads #122941, Natural Trim Ribbon #129287, Dimensionals #104430

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I hope my creations help to inspire your creations!

Enjoy! Julie

April 10, 2013

How to Make an Ombre Chevron Birthday Card

This birthday card is simple, but it includes some great trendy elements: ombre color and a chevron pattern. Ombre style is all the rage in hair color, but what about incorporating it into your card making? And ombre has French origins which makes it super chic.

I’ve created a video to show you how I made this ombre, chevron birthday card. You can view the supply list and video below.

This card is not about perfection, it’s about highlighting the chevron pattern with a trendy technique and creating a fun card to celebrate a birthday. Don’t get hung up on perfection because you will likely get a little ink where you didn’t want it, but it’s all part of the effect.

I chose Regal Rose for this card because this color is being discontinued and it is one of my favorites. But the good news is Island Indigo will continue in the new collection instead of retiring this year and Rose Red will continue in the Stampin’ Up! regal collection line up. Check out more information about the color changes and be sure to order your favorites now as they will no longer be available as supplies are depleted.

Here’s the card recipe:

(All supplies are Stampin’ Up! Click on the product link to visit my store for pictures, details & ordering.)

Stamps: Friendly Phrases wood-mount #126149 clear-mount #126151

Ink: Regal Rose #126947, Rose Red #126954, Island Indigo #126986

Paper: Whisper White cardstock #100730, Island Indigo cardstock #122923

Extras: Big Shot Die-cutting Machine #113439, Chevron Embossing Folder #127749, Brayer #102395, Island Indigo Bakers Twine #125575, Dimensionals #104430

If you are viewing this post in an email feed, click here to see the how to make an ombre chevron birthday card video.

Have you ordered your favorite retiring colors? Do it fast, while supplies last! And consider adding a brayer and the Chevron embossing folder to your order so you can make an ombre chevron birthday card too!

Enjoy! Julie

April 1, 2013

Punch Art Birthday Bear Card

My granddaughter turned 4 last month! It’s hard to believe that she is already 4 years old. And she is the funniest little girl! She wanted earrings so we sent her this birthday card with the money to get her ears pierced. Here she is showing off her new earrings.

Here’s one of the latest Savannah stories from my daughter. Stephanie says, “Savannah comes up with the craziest stories. This morning I asked her how she hurt her toe and she said, ‘I was playing and jumped into the laundry basket and a chicka-munk came up and cut my toe!’ Me: ‘it cut your toe?’ Sav: ‘Yeah! With Scissors! And it will call its other friends to come, so watch out for chicka-munks!!!'”

I love the way this little bear peers over the happy birthday message. His little face is punched out in Early Espresso and Very Vanilla with lots of punches and finished with the Black Stampin’ Write marker and the White Gel pen. The happy birthday message is a from the Stampin’ Rewards Wacky Wishes. (This set is available free when you host a Stampin’ class, workshop or your personal order reaches $150.)

The Pretty in Pink background is embossed with the Honeycomb folder from the Spring catalog and the base of the card is Primrose Petals. I knew this bear was going to get a lot of love from a four year old so I put it all together with the Liquid Multipurpose glue so it would be sure and hold together tight and withstand 4 year old abuse for as long as possible.

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Enjoy! Julie

March 25, 2013

Punch Art Easter Bunny Petite Purse Favor

Easter is this Sunday and it’s still winter in Kentucky! I love creating new favor boxes for the Petite Purse die . I created this Punch Art Easter Bunny favor box with the paper from the Birds of a Feather Designer Series Paper and Whisper White and Pink Pirouette card stock. Of course, I used a lot of punches to create this little bunny.

Here’s the list of Stampin’ Up! punches:

Face: Extra-Large Oval, Large Oval, Small Oval, 1/2″ Circle, Owl Builder (heart)

Body: 2-3/8″ Scallop Circle, 1-3/4″ Circle, Boho Blossoms (tail), Small Heart (feet)

Extras: Black Marker, 2-way Glue Pen, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, Googlies (retired)

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Enjoy! Julie

March 20, 2013

SAB Vine Street Embossing Folder Easter Bunny Card

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I can hardly believe that Sale-a-bration ends in 2 days! When Sale-a-bration ends, this Vine Street embossing folder will go away too. This is one of the three cards we made during the stamp camp over the weekend. Super cute and super easy! I love punch art bunnies. This one is created with two punches of the Small Oval punch and a couple of punches of the smallest petal from the Blossom Petals Builder punch .

Then we added a little glitter to his body and ears with the 2-way glue pen and Dazzling Diamonds . His little tail is Pretty in Pink punched from the little flower in the Itty Bitty Punch Pack and topped with a bitty Pearl Jewels .

Happy Easter is stamped from the Stampin’ Up! Teeny Tiny Wishes Stamp Set and punched out with the Word Window punch . After you punch it out you can feed one end of it into the bottom of the punch and shorten the strip, which is what I did here.

The little bunny was mounted on an oval of Primrose Petals cardstock with a Primrose Petals knot of stitched satin ribbon across the cute egg pattern paper from Birds of a Feather Designer Series Paper .

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Easter is only 11 days away! Yes, it’s early this year on March 31st. It’s time to get out your punches and start making those Easter cards.

Enjoy! Julie