Holiday Collection Framelits Gingerbread Boy Die

This is the final card I received from Terri's Technique Class last week.  

There was no name attached to this fun Christmas ornament card.  

This card gives me a case of the "I wants!"  I want the large scallop die on the background.  And I want the snowflake die behind the gingerbread layer.

Gingerbread boys are one of my favorite things. I LOVE to stamp their images and I love to make gingerbread Christmas tree ornaments.  I love the smell of gingerbread but I don't like the taste of it.  

Anyway, back to this fun card.  I love how it's a card and an ornament all in one!

The ribbon mix in the gingerbread window if fun too.  I wouldn't have thought to mix different types of ribbon.  It is adorable!  

I am thinking of making some ornament cards this year.  What a fun way to remember someone the whole holiday season by seeing their ornament (card) on the tree!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

Butterfly Punch Card

I have another card to show you using Terri's ribbon technique from her Technique Class.  

This is a very pretty card and extremely versatile.  I can see it being used as a birthday card, a thinking of you card, a get well, card and even a sympathy card.  I love how the one butterfly was used for the ribbon technique.  It's subtle but very effective.  

There's tiny little pearls on the card that give it an elegant look.  I love butterfly cards and this one is very pretty.  I also like how the butterflies are cut on the edges.  It gives the card a fun look.

This card was made by Susan M.  Thank you Susan for the beautiful card.  I know who is getting this beauty!!

Be sure to check the links up at the top of this post.  The directions on how to do it can be found there.

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

Holiday Collections Framelits

And today we have another card using Terri's ribbon technique from her last Technique Class.   I thought this was a cute way to decorate the Christmas tree.  The red and green ribbons are perfect for this die.

I actually bought this die and the image set to go with it but I have not used them yet.  I'm not sure why.  Probably it was a bit too early to make a lot of Christmas cards.  Popping one in now and then is ok but I feel that right now it is Halloween season!  I will be having some fun Halloween "things"coming up in a few days too.  Fun things for the kids and fun things for the kids to help out with too!

I am especially lovin' the star at the top.  And that is one of the dies that go with the set.  I'm looking forward to playing with those two items in October. 

Now the word set is something that I am thinking I want to get.  

This card was made by Kim N.  Thank you Kim for the fabulous card!  

And thank YOU so much for visiting today,
Wanda

A Perfectly Preserved Thank You

This is one of the cards I had gotten at Terri's Technique Class last Tuesday.  The gals had done their swap and there was a pile of extra cards and they told me I could have them.  That was SO sweet of them all.  I LOVE getting new card samples to show the gals who come to my home to stamp!  

This card was made by Beth T.  I love the colors she used and since it was to be a card made using the ribbon technique that Terri taught she added the ribbons to the top of the lid .  How cute is that idea?  She used the matching die to cut out that part on the top of the jar.  What a fun die set to have.  I may have to consider getting it.  There's so many other things I want too so this will have to go at the bottom of the list.  But it is a cool set and die set to have.  

I also need to get my hands on some of that fun seam binding ribbons too.  I don't have very many current ribbons. I have TONS of retired ones and I need to use them up but it's hard to when you get the newer ribbons!

This was a fun card and I do thank Beth T. for it.

And I thank you so much for visiting today,
Wanda

Ribbon Strips Window Technique

Finally, another page to my ongoing Technique Pages.  I have not posted one in a while and I really need to get on the ball with these.  I have been so busy with so many other fun things that Stampin' Up! has had in their catalog that I forget about these pages.  

I go to a Stampin' Technique class once a month to help Terri out but I don't think to do a technique page myself to get caught up on them!  This is actually one of the techniques Terri demonstrated at her last class.  I love the look of her card.  She is such a talented lady and has a great eye for color and design.  

As I was looking back at the last technique I posted, it was another one from Terri's class.  Such a copy cat!!! LOL

The technique pages I sell in my web store are designed for you to print out and hold classes with.  You can print out as many as you like for your classes at no extra cost.  Set up your classes as you wish, teaching two (or as many techniques as you like for a set price).  Make the technique up and make a card using the technique and your class is set!!  There are still some finished technique pages available and ALL of the technique pages are on CD so you just click, print and decorate! The CD's also come with finished samples of the technique pages for you to view and/or copy too.  Easy enough to hold technique classes for months and months.  I am on set #5 right now and there are 20 techniques to a set.

Thank you ever so much for visiting today,
Wanda

Beautiful Wings Get Well Card

Today's inspiration came from a card I saw by Divinity at Scrap 'n Patch.  It looked like a fun layout to play with. And it was!

I did change it a little but the layout is the same.  My wording is off to the side and my butterflies are all on one side.  It just happened that way.  When I punched out the butterflies I had tossed them on the paper and I liked they way they looked when they landed there so I went with it.  I saw it as "one of those things that are meant to be!" 

The colors used hear are very simple too.  I used Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White and Basic Black.  It doesn't get much simpler than that.  And I got to use the new scalloped edge ribbon I bought last month!  

This really was a fun and quick card to make! So if you need a quick card that doesn't take lot of time but has a nice look to it, this is the way to go!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

Word Play Wedding Card

Allie, if you are going to check on my blog today skim by this post!

Allie is my niece and she is getting married soon.  This is the wedding card I made for her and her hubby to be.

I found this fun layout here at Freshly Made Sketches. I'm not sure if this is one that I also have done from Split Coast Stampers, it sure looks familiar. 

I had a card pinned on my stamping board at Pinterest and when I was looking through them today I saw this layout and thought how pretty it would be as a wedding card.

The panel behind the focal panel has some fun stamping on it.  I used a Flowering Flourishes image and Shimmer paint.  It gave the white paper a nice shimmery look once it was heat set.  

I'm sure my niece will like this card!  It was also very easy to make too!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda 

A Serene Silhouettes Thank You

My card today was inspired by a card I saw on Pinterest.  It as made by Kristin at Sunshine, Smiles & Stamps + Lovin’ & Life.  I liked the layout and the Always Artichoke color of her card so I ran with that.  It was the color and the layout that really caught my eye on this card.  So I made mine using the new fan background dry embossing folder. I stamped some tiny butterflies from the A Fitting Occasion.  The words are from the Petite Pairs set and the image is from the Serene Silhouettes set.  I colored in the image using markers.  I huffed on the stamp and then stamped it on Whisper White card stock.  I didn’t have any current ribbon so I used some grosgrain that I had on hand.  It was a very quick and easy card to make.  I just love this layout.  It sure did make such a pretty card too!

As I look at it in real life and on the screen I keep thinking to myself that I am going to be using this layout a bit more before I set it aside and forget about it for years!!!  It's a perfect card for some of those smaller images too.  Though the Serene Silhouettes image wasn't all that small I did chop off the bottom part of it.  But it was just weeds and ground!  They didn't need to be in this oval anyway!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

Make A Mitten Stamp Set and Punch

Don't you just love it when a stamp set comes out with a matching  punch?  Especially a Christmas one?  It makes making that huge stack of Christmas cards SO much easier.

This is not going to be one of my Christmas cards but one never knows. I change my mind so often when it comes to what I want to use for our yearly Christmas card. It would be easy enough to do, though I think if I were to use this for our Christmas cards I would use the Xyron machine to put the sticky on the back sides for all of those dots.  Taping or gluing them in place would be a lot easier.  The dots and the ring on this card were actually glued in place.  

I got the idea for this card from Maurine  at Mama Mo Stamps.  She had made a baby card with this layout.  I took the layout and ran with it. I colored my dots.  I think hers were stamped and some of them colored in. Stamped dots would also work using a brand new pencil eraser.  I may give that a try but I don't think I would like the color as well as the card stock color.  It's SO much more solid and vivid.  Plus it gives the card a bit more depth.  

The mitten was stamped in Real Read and another one was stamped using Garden Green.  The two were punched out and put together.  

The colors used here are as follows:  the base is Whisper White. The next layer (cut 4" x 5-1/4") is Pacific Point. The top layer is Whisper White (cut 3-3/4" x 5").  The dots are done using a regular hole paper punch and they were punched using Real Red, Daffodil Delight, Pacific Point and Garden Green.  The words were stamped using Pacific Point.  And the rest was explained above!!

The ring was done using the 1-1/4" punch and then lining up the 1-3/8" punch and just punching out a ring.  

And finally, the words came from the Petite Pairs set.  It's a pretty simple card to make.  I may play around with this layout a bit to see if I can some up with something a bit different.  There's some ideas roaming around in my head.  We'll see if they look as good on paper!!!  We all know how that can sometimes turn out, don't we?  LOL  And of course I'll swallow my pride and show you the horrors of stamped cards gone wrong too!!! LOL  Sometimes you just have to take the ugly with the good!  

Wouldn't this make a fun Stamp A Stack card?

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

A Patriotic Card

I have never made a Red White and Blue card for the 4th of July or for any other occasion.  So that meant that I needed to go to the Internet for some samples!  Something I don't ever mind doing!  I LOVE going on the Internet.  

Now I'm going to fill you in on a bit of information first because what I will say later is going to make me sound VERY old.  My dad was the youngest of 10 children.  So that meant that he was an uncle before he was even born.  So with that said you can do the math. This card is for my cousin's grandson (my dad's niece).  I don't know what that makes him to me.  Something about cousins removed twice, three times, whatever.  I just know he's a grandson of my cousin.  I don't follow the family tree stuff much.  Too many nuts in that tree!!! LOL

OK, onto the card.  I found this card on Sharon's "Created by You" website.  She has some fun cards on there and I check in on her site often!

This was just the card I needed to make for the open house that is tomorrow!  Nothing like waiting until the last minute to get the cards you need done, huh?  And this was one I couldn't send out later.  I HAD to make it and have it ready for the open house!  So here it is.  It's a very easy card to make.  I punched the stars out of glitter paper.  Actually I used glitter wrapping paper that I had gotten at Michael's.  It's not as thick as the card stock glitter paper so it was very easy to punch and I knew it wouldn't ruin my punch!  I also bought a roll in red.  I cut strips of red and set them in place over the white card.  I added the angled pieces and then the stars on top of that and set them in place with some tape and brads.  Then I taped that strip in place.  I stamped the words and assembled the card.  Oh, before I set the top layer on I did cover the bottom strips with Crystal Effects and covered it in the clear/white glitter.  Once that set up then I put the card together. 

I think it's a perfect card to give to a guy, especially one who is going into the Marines.  The party for him will be fun and we will be sending him off with wishes of a safe time in the service.  

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

Love & Sympathy Thank You Card

I wanted to make a quick thank you card so of course I went on the Internet for some inspiration.  I found one something like this by simply entering "Love & Sympathy" at Pinterest.  Pinterest seems to be my home away from home lately.  It's my go to place for inspiration and information.  What a fabulous site and such a time consumer it is too!  Well, it was at first but now it's not so bad.  It could be bad if I let it but I do limit myself on there now.  I have repined so many things on my boards and I am now to the point to where I need to start doing more with those pins.  If you have not been there I suggest you set a timer when you do!

So now lets talk about my card because we know this whole thing  here is ALL ABOUT ME!  LOL  I wanted to make a thank you card for a friend I was seeing in a half hour and I needed something quick and easy.  And this is what I came up with.

The Love & Sympathy set was just made more versatile.  The flower is pretty enough to use for other occasions.

This is one of those kind of cards you can use for Stamp-a-Stacks because you know people will love it.  The decorative paper strip on the side adds a lot to the card, a ribbon and the image and you are done.  It's quick enough and simple enough but yet it has a really nice look to it!

It was a very fun card to make and I think I will be making more with this layout in the future.  It's a great way to use up some decorative papers too!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

Love & Sympathy Card

This was the first sympathy card I made but i didn't care for it as much as the one I made yesterday.  I found this card on Split Coast Stampers too.  There's such pretty samples on there.  I tried to look for some samples on Pinterest but to search on there for them is a chore in itself! So I found a couple cards I liked and I ran with them.  

I did like this one and I still do but I didn't like it as much as I liked the other one I made yesterday.

It was easy enough to make too.  Just one layer!  Almost unheard of in my stamping world!!!  LOL 

I colored in the image with markers (Wisteria Wonder and Wild Wasabi) and then used the oval dry embossing folder around the image.  The trick to this is to try to get the image as centered as you can when you stamp it but move it up so you are stamping over the top 3/4 of space.  You need room for the ribbon and the words on the bottom.  

The ribbon was tied on the white piece and then set in place.  

It's elegant looking and quick to make!!  I could see making a bunch of these for a swap because they went together and so quickly.  

Do you like yesterday's card better too?

Thank you for stopping by today,
Wanda

Love & Sympathy Card

This card was very easy to make.  It took very little time at all too!  I love it when I can make a card that is not only easy but quick too!  You can't beat that deal.  

I used the Love & Sympathy set to make this card.  I found out a friend of mine's mother died this summer and I didn't know about it.  But I think it's ok to still send her a sympathy card. 

I found this card at Split Coast Stampers.  The card on their side was done using Craft for the ink color but I wanted a bit more colorful so I used the Calypso Coral and Wild Wasabi.  The words from that same set were stamped using black StazOn.  I prefer the StazOn because it dries faster and I feel that the image is a lot sharper.  

The ribbon is called Scallop Dots.  I bought it in black because I needed black ribbon and that was pretty much all Stampin' Up! had in black.  

This was such a pretty card too. I think I will be making a few but for other occasions.

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

A Papillon Potpourri Get Well

Ok, her is a much better version of a Get Well card that I feel I can actually mail out!!!  Unlike the one I posted yesterday!  Let's not even talk about that one anymore, ok?  LOL

This was a fun card to make and I was inspired by a card I saw on Pinterest.  The card I saw there is a square card.  I don't run away from square cards like I use to but if I can avoid making one I will.  SO I worked with this one and got everything to fit in a 5-1/2" x 4-1/4" space!  

I used the Papillon Potpourri set for the butterfly and of course the butterfly punch.  I used the Delightful Dozen set for the wording and the En Francais set for the background on the Very Vanilla card stock.  I used the doily Sizzlet.  I had to hunt it down.  I knew I had it but I didn't know where it was. I thought it was a Sizzix die and I looked through my stacks of them several times but no luck.  I took out the catalog and found it and then I saw that it was a Sizzlet and I knew exactly where to look for it.  I think in the future I will refer to the catalog before I spend so much time trying to hunt something down.  

The base of the card is a half sheet of Crumb Cake with a piece of More Mustard designer paper on top.  The Doily is cut from a piece of Sahara Sand.  The layer the butterfly is on is Soft Suede. And of course the Very Vanilla.  

As I'm looking at this card on the screen I am thinking that I should have added more butterflies or something to that square.  It just looks like it needs something more.  Or maybe I should have sponged the edges and the edges of the get well!  Too late now but for future reference remind me to do that!!! LOL

It was a fun card to make. I especially liked coloring in the embossed butterfly with markers and a blender pen!  And with the butterfly punch it's SO worth it to spend a lot of time coloring because the punching is easy and quick.  It sure beats cutting them out by hand!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda