Happy Together

I had gone to my manager's house last night to help her work on some cards for her church card rack. Denise had stopped by too and Denise brought her new stamp set "Happy Together." It's such a cute little set!!! I asked if I could play with it and the deal was that I had to make a card for each of us!!! Not a problem!!! Making 3 or 4 more is almost as easy as making just one. You have all the stuff out anyway!!! This stamp set reminds me of the tv show "The Partridge Family." That's an ok thing but the bad thing here is that song gets stuck in my head!!! UGH!!! LOL

SO off I went to create. I opened up my album that holds the Sketch Challenges from SplitCoastStampers. I print them out each week and put them in the album!! It's so nice to just take a stamp and find a layout that the image fits in, or fits in close enough and go from there.

To make this card you need the following items
Card stock: Chocolate Chip, Kraft, Soft Suede, Bermuda Bay
Ink: Chocolate Chip; Soft Suede, Bermuda Bay
Accessories: Sponge
The technique used here is sponging and layering

It's a very simple card to do and isn't it just too cute? I didn't add any wording on mine, I am not sure what I want to use it for yet. I have done that with a lot of the cards I make. That way when I need a card I just add the wording for the occasion. But lately that hasn't been happening, I end up making a new fresh card!!! And that's ok too!! LOL

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

Oh No! NOT Again!

Yes, again. I found myself in need of another sympathy card. I very much LOVE making cards but this "theme" of a card is extremely difficult for me. I originally got out my Stampin' Up! "Close as a Memory" set. I did use the wording from that set on the inside and outside but I opted to use the "Upsy Daisy" set for the flower part of the card. It had a soft serene look to it.

Oh I know, I managed to use that Rich Razzleberry again now didn't I? Can you tell I just LOVE that color??? It's so rich (as it states) and very pretty! How can you not keep your hands off it.

Anyway, back to the card. I did use the Cuttlebug "Dotted Swiss" folder for the background. I layered everything in Basic Black and Rich Razzleberry. I only cut each one down 1/8" less than the layer above it. I only wanted a sliver of color showing.

It was a very easy card to make. I was actually thinking of making several up ahead of time. Maybe Murphy's Law would apply there. If I have a bunch of Sympathy cards I won't need them!!! Hmm, now there's a thought!

I must run, I have a group of gals coming over tonight to stamp. It's another fun time for me!!! I enjoy these times SO much and I can't believe how fast the time flies too. UGH, the next thing you know it's time for the gals to go home! I guess we were just having TOO much fun!!! LOL

Did you notice that my blog has passed the 800,000 hits mark today? I will be posting blog candy early next week to celebrate!!! Thank you all for visiting my blog, it REALLY does mean a lot to me!!!

Happy Stamping,
Wanda

Wednesday Sketch Challenge

Another Wednesday is upon us and this one happens to be the middle of the month too. WOW, it's unreal how fast July is flying by! It just seems like only a few days ago it was the 4th of July!

This is the card I made for the Wednesday Sketch Challenge over at SplitCoastStampers. I love it when I have time to play with the new card sketch they post. I printed the sketch and cut it out so it's ready to go into my album of sketches. I actually opened that album the other day to find a layout for a stamp I had. I like to just take the mounted stamp to the book and set it on top of the sketch to see if it fits. And if it does then that's the layout I pick to do my new card. It's a lot easier than coming up with something on my own sometimes!! The easiest thing is to CASE (Copy And Study Everything)!! Admit it, it is the easiest!!! I LOVE to do that now and then when I find a card that I just HAVE to copy. And let me tell you, lately there have been a LOT of those out there on blogs. Such a great community of talented stampers! SO many cards to CASE, so little time!!! LOL

So, onto my card! I used the Stampin' Up! "Flight of the Butterfly." It's a set I have not used much at all. And the best thing about this set now is there is a brand new butterfly punch to go with it!!! Gotta LOVE that!!! My butterfly was done by using the Razzleberry Lemonade decorative paper. I stamped the dotted butterfly shape image on the paper and then punched it out. That was all there was to the butterfly. I didn't fold it in half, I gave it a little crease on each side of the bug body. That way it created a flat area for the glue to stick better!

I used a few flowers from the "Pretties Kit" and touched it a bit with the Crushed Curry ink.

So, lets back up here a bit. The background paper (layer 1) was done using the decorative paper. The next layer was done using a piece of Crushed Curry card stock that was run through the Cuttlebug "Dotted Swiss" folder. The layer #3 was done using the "Rough Texture" wheel on glossy card stock and VersaMark. I embossed it with clear embossing powder and then used the brayer and inked it up with Crushed Curry. You do need to wipe it off with paper towel when you are done. The ink will bead up on the embossed areas.

I stamped the words on white card stock and sponged the edges with the Crushed Curry color. It was a very easy card to make!!! And those are the kinds of cards I LOVE to make lately!! LOL

Hope you have time to play with the card sketch! It's a great way to enhance your images with multiple layers.

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

Trendy Tree Masculine Card

I had been shopping this past weekend at Joann's. I ran in to pick up a package of beading needles. Did I leave there with just the needles? No, of course not!!! But I was a very thrifty shopper. I was actually looking for a piece of paper I had used and I wanted to get a replacement one. But with my great memory I couldn't remember what the paper looked like. I thought if I saw it, it would jog my memory but after looking at several dozen papers I realized I wasn't going to remember that one paper. But in my looking I found this cute tree paper that reminded me of the Stampin' Up! "Trendy Trees" set. I thought it was SO cute and there actually was a tree that looked SO much like the one I used as the focal point of this card but it got buried behind all the other layers. But that's ok, the other trees are cute enough to allow this one to blend in with them!!!

The background of this card is Old Olive. Then the next layer is the decorative paper. The Happy Birthday" came from the Stampin' Up! "It's Your Birthday" retired set. And the texture on that Bordering Blue piece is wheeled on using the "Rough Texture" with Bordering Blue ink. And finally the tree was done using Old Olive and Certainly Celery for the leaves and Basic Brown for the trunk.

This makes a great masculine card, doesn't it? Bright and cheery and yet it has a rough rugged look to it!! This was fun to make too. I used an old SplitCoastStampers Sketch for this one. It
was #157. I print them out each week and put them in a photo album so I can refer back to them when I am looking for a layout for a stamp I want to use. I LOVE making cards with lots of layers. It just seems to give the card so much more depth. And then once in a while I like to make a card with little or no layers just to show that you don't need a lot of layers to make a pretty card!!

Well, that's it for today!!! The blog is getting SO close to 800,000 hits!!! Soon there will be blog candy!!!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

Got It? Tote It!!! Weekend Project!

Do you have the Stampin' Up! "Matchbox" die cut? I have not used mine as much as I thought I would. But then again the plan was to be using it more this fall so I'll give it some more time and I'll know then if I will get the use out of it like I had hoped to!!

For this cute tote I set a piece of decorative paper only over the box bottom part of the die (I'm trying to use up the retired papers here). I ran it through the Big Shot and folded it together. Then I cut a piece of Very Vanilla card stock 2-5/8" x 7-1/2". I folded it in half. Then I scored the ends at 1". I folded them out. These will be taped or glued to the inside bottom of the box. I punched a hole to "carry" the tote. And finally I taped the newly formed handle together and then taped it to the bottom of the tote. Just as simple as that.

Decorate your candies or whatever you want to put in this cute little tote and add some bling or other embellishments to it and you have a fun and quick oh and not to mention ADORABLE little tote!!! And here I had this on your shelf all along!!! LOL

These would make great party favors, make & takes, hostess gifts, customer appreciation gifts and even a fun stamp camp item. This is something fun for the kids to do as well! It's simple, no mess and fun!! Oh and did you notice that this time when I took the picture I actually took it from an angle so you could see that it was a box, an actual 3-D item? LOL I'm finally getting wise, it took a while but at least it's happening!!! LOL This tote holds 2 Fun Size Snicker bars perfectly!! Have fun with this project, I know I did!!!

Thank you for visiting today,
Wanda

Bright Blessings Wheeling Along

I am such a sucker for stamping wheels. This is the new Stampin' Up! wheel "Bright Blessings." I used the Dusty Durango ink and card stock to make this card. I think it's a bit too busy myself. The background needed something and it's obvious it wasn't the wheel again!!! What do you think? Plain just didn't work, it REALLY did need something, but what????? Any suggestions? I'll give them a try!!

The acorn came from the Stampin' Up! "The More the Merrier" hostess set. There are SO many cute stamps in that set and I'm pretty sure I will be using most of them! I colored the acorn in using a blender pen, Chocolate Chip and Dusty Durango ink.

The acorn was stamped using Chocolate Chip ink. I punched out a scallop using Chocolate Chip card stock. And I layered the wheeled words using Chocolate Chip card stock too!

Again this was a quick and easy card to make!!! Just a bit too busy for my taste!!! Let me know what you think I should do on the background!!!

Have a wonderful day and thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

A HUGE Medallion

WOW, I can't believe how big this Stampin' Up! "Medallion" stamp is. But it's fun!!! It doesn't take much to fill up your card stock with it!! LOL

I used the new Dusty Durango in color. Aren't you surprised I didn't use the Rich Razzleberry? LOL I'm still really stuck on that color!! But this one is running a close second!!

Now this card is very easy to make and I think the part that took the longest on this card was gluing on the pearls and that wasn't really a difficult thing. Those pearls by the way are from the "Pretties Kit" and I affixed them with Crystal Effects.

And I apologize here but I don't remember what set the "thank you" came from. I'll amend this post once I figure it out (if I figure it out!!). My lack of sleep is catching up to me here!

I thought it was fun making this card. I was amazed at how quick it went together too. I have lots of plans for this "Medallion" stamp!!! Oh boy!!! LOL

If you need a quick card, this is the way to go!!!

Did you notice the hits counter on my bog? I'm nearing 800,000 hits. What day do you think that day will happen???

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda