Pick A Petal Card Designer's Name

The "Pick a Petal" card I posted earlier this week was found on the Stampin' Up! demo website showcase about a week ago. The original creator was Karin Miller.

Thank you Autumn for letting me know who the original designer is. Fabulous card, isn't it?

Thanks SO much,
Wanda

SUPER Quick Card!!! NO Kidding!!!

You are just NOT going to believe this. I waned to make a quick card and I remember seeing some cards on Melissa's blog "Simply Pink" that looked like they would be quick to make. I think it took me longer to get the materials and cut the card stock than it did to stamp the two images and tape it all together.

Isn't it just a simply sweet Get Well card? The cards I make usually have a bit more detail to them but now and then I love it when I can make a quick card that is SO cute and sweet!!!

For this card I used Bashful Blue, Basic Black and Whisper White card stock. I used Bashful Blue and Basic Black ink. I cut the card stock, stamped the images on and taped it all together in less than 10 minutes. Shocker, huh??? I'd have to say that is the quickest card I have ever made. This flower is from the Stampin' Up! "Touch of Nature" set and the wording is from the "Sincere Salutations" set. Both among my favorite sets. I LOVE it when I can use these sets.

The holiday weekend is upon us. I do plan on posting this weekend. I will be home. We are having some automotive issues (no, not the price of gas!!! Which by the way is $3.85 a gallon today) but the issues with the vehicle prevents me from going anywhere. Which I can deal with since there is SO much to do around the house. There's TONS of things left to put away from having the kitchen remodeled. It's great to see it all done but such a nightmare to live through. And there's lots of those unfinished projects around here that take less than an hour each to do but it's a matter of deciding to devote that time to those projects. SO staying at home will be just the thing I need to get these items done along with DH. I wonder if he knows what he's in for this weekend?? LOL He'll wish I would have left for the weekend!!! LOL And for those of you leaving, I hope you have a very fun, memorable and safe time. Please be sure to come back and check out all my posts you missed while you were gone!!!

To view more "Quick Cards" click here.

This card was made entirely of Stampin' Up! products. To view more cards made entirely of Stampin' Up! products click here.

Thank you all SO much for stopping by,
Wanda

Casing the Pick a Petal!

I had the wonderful opportunity to stamp with Sue last night. I mostly worked on my card for an upcoming swap but I did make a card that Autumn (hi Autumn!!!) had shown Sue and I just LOVED it. I LOVE to case cards whenever I can but don't do it too often. I try to be creative and make up my own but every now and then there's some cards that pop up that I just have to have and once again it happened. Isn't it just adorable???

Sue cut my card stock for me but she wouldn't stamp the images. Coward!!! LOL SO I had to drop what I was doing and make those cards!! She cut the card stock for me to make two. Wasn't that sweet of her? She is the best upline!!! She is very talented, creative, kind, generous and is a VERY good friend. Oh and she's a wonderful manager too!! I LOVE going to her place to stamp. I did get a lot done on my card but I didn't finish it. It's got a few more hours to it. Oh, it's not just one card, it's 16 of the same design. It's got a few pieces to it and that's why it's taking a while to make. But it's fun so I don't mind.

Here is the card I made at Sue's last night. The Stampin' Up! set used is "Pick A Petal." I have hardly used that set. I need to play with it more. There is SO Much that can be done using that set. The petals were colored in using a dauber and the Yo Yo Yellow ink pad. The center of the flower was colored in using Close to Cocoa ink and a blender pen. The words are from the "All Holidays" set. A very quick and simple card to make. I may have to make more of these cards in different colors! These would make a great gift assortment, wouldn't they?

This card was made entirely of Stampin' Up! products. To view more items made entirely of Stampin' Up! products click here.

I don't know the original designer of this card. It's a case of casing a case!!! So if you know who is the original designer, please let me know so I may give them credit where credit is due.

Thank you SO much for stopping by,
Wanda

Oops, Forgot to Post the Blog Candy Winners!

Sorry, in my haste to leave here yesterday I totally forgot about posting the Blog Candy winners.

I will do the "Very Special" Blog Candy winner first and then the Blog Candy to celebrate my 400,000 hits. That was the one where you left your comment about the strangest things you've seen at garage sales. LOL

Ok, first the winner of the "Very Special" Blog Candy is #9 Sara. Here is Sara's comment:
Sara Paschal said...
Wanda, this is such a cool set thanks for offering us the chance. Keep up the great work!

400,000 Hits Winner

And the winner of the 400,000 hits Blog Candy is #26, Sheila D and here is her comment.

Sheila D said...
You are not going to believe this but about ten years ago I popped into a "tag sale" (as we call it) and lo & behold on a table with other junk was a jar filled with water with false teeth in it. I seen that and walked directly to my car and left. Gave me the creeps. Who knows, maybe they were a famous persons dentures? It's funny now but gross then!

There were a lot of comments left about finding false teeth at a garage sale. I'd have to say I have not run into that yet. I don't go to very many garage sales, probably about a dozen a year only because 8 to 10 of them are on my street the day before Mother's Day when there are over 200 homes having sales. It's a zoo here but you can really sell your junk!! I'm sure my day is coming when I find that elusive set of choppers!!! LOL I REALLY REALLY hope I don't! LOL

Ok now here's what you two winners need to do. Just email me with your snail mail address and I will get your items out in the mail to you. Yes, I wrote "items" because I usually add some more fun things to the original post!! Lucky You!!!

If I don't hear from you by Monday Night May 26th I will hold a second chance drawing. SO be sure to email me ASAP!!!

Thank you all for playing. There will be more Blog Candy!!!!

Thanks SO much,
Wanda

The Case of the Whale!

I saw this card by ncmorgan on SplitCoastStampers and I just HAD to copy it. Mine is not exactly like the one there but it's close enough. I just thought this whale was SO cute and the waves were what really caught my eye!

I didn't have the same decorative paper so I used the light blue from the Stampin' Up! "Picnic" package. For card stock I used Ballet Blue for the main card and accents, Bordering Blue (which when mixed with these blues looks gray) and the whale was done on watercolor paper.

The waves were made using the slit punch. The rounded part that was on the other end of the wave piece I kept for use for a different card for some other time.

I also changed the word part. I didn't have the set that was used in the original one so I printed out the "Happy Birthday" on the computer and punched it out. I layered it on top of a Ballet Blue circle and a Bordering Blue Scallop. It was a very fun card to make. And I think it is SO adorable!!! Now and then it's fun to copy and share someone elses work! I'm kind of possessive when it comes to a card I REALLY like that someone else has made. I just HAVE to have it! I suppose I could email them and ask them to send me the card. SO rude!!! LOL SO the next best thing is to just make it myself. And of course give credit where credit is due. Be sure to check out ncmorgan's card and if you have time look at her gallery too!!

Thank you SO much for stopping by,
Wanda

Lemon Water!

In my early days of blogging I had posted a Winter Water Bottle we had made up for one of our Stamp Camp items. It was a lot of fun. And seeing the lemon iced tea in the single serving packets I thought it would be fun to introduce it to the "Tart & Tangy" stamp!!!

The color makes this mixture look even more refreshing, doesn't it???

The size of this one is different than the winter one.

For the pocket part of this I cut the card stock 9" x 2-1/2". I scored one end at 2" and the other end (the pocket) at 2-1/4". I stamped that piece with the citrus image and Yo Yo Yellow ink. I used the regular water-based dye ink, not the craft ink. Then I folded the scores. Now you will notice that the top 2" score folds away from you and the bottom 2-1/4" score folds towards you. This means that you will need to do just a little more stamping! Once the images are all stamped set it aside and take a piece of YoYo Yellow card stock and cut it 2-1/2" by 1-1/2". This is for the brim of the pocket. For mine I used the new corner punch and made my own scallop. I attached it with some Snail tape and then punched the holes for the gold brads. I added the brads and set it aside.

I punched out a 1-1/4" hole in a piece of YoYo Yellow card stock and then lined up the center of it in the Scallop punch and punched it out. Again taking your pocket piece punch a hole at the top 2" scored piece for the bottle top. Attach the scallop piece.

Next you will be making your lemon like I explained in the "Suckered In" post. You stamp the lemon using the YoYo Yellow craft ink pad and then emboss it in clear embossing powder. Line it up so it's pretty centered in the 1-1/4" punch and punch it out. Then punch out a piece of 1-3/8" black card stock for the layer behind it. Then add a YoYo Yellow Scallop to the back of that. Attach that to the front of the pocket. Set the whole thing on your bottle and it's finished. This is a VERY fun, quick, easy and inexpensive Stamp Camp project. It also makes a perfect Make N Take too!

This item was made entirely of Stampin' Up! products. To view more items made entirely of Stampin' Up! products click here.

Thank you SO much for stopping by,
Wanda

Yes, It Does!

In the last post "Suckered In," MJ asked if the Scallop would fit behind the sucker. I checked and it sure does! It would be SO cute with scallop behind the sucker. SO I thought I would give it a try and show you. Pretty cute, huh?

Thanks MJ for sparking my interest in this!!! Who enables who??? LOL

I used YoYo Yellow card stock in the Scallop punch. Just TOO cute!!!

Suckered In!

I was at this dreadful store "Michael's" shopping for more stuff I don't need!!! I mean, how much more stuff can I fit in my workroom??? The cupboards are full, the drawers are full, the stairwell closet is full and the ledges that go around my workroom are full. I think I just may have "stuff" to open my own craft store!!! I was going to add a "LOL" but it's really not so funny when you stop and think about it. Ok, maybe it is in a strange sort of way!!! Strange?? That would be me!!! LOL

Anyway, I'm picking up what I went in there to get (can't let that coupon expire now, it's like wasting money!!!) and as I was checking out they had these adorable suckers in the impulse section. That store can just see me coming, can't they? LOL Anyway I had to buy one. Yes, I said one!!! I may have to go back and buy more. I only bought one because when I buy things like this I usually don't get to them for a while and sometimes even a LONG while. Some things get old while others get out dated. But this time I worked on it in less than 5 days after I bought it!! Shocker, I know!!! LOL I was surprised myself. I think it may have been that I didn't stuff it somewhere and then run across it many moons later!

And since the Stampin' Up! "Tart & Tangy" set is still available I thought I'd play with it again. I stamped the lemon using the YoYo Yellow craft ink pad. These craft ink pads have thicker ink and they take longer to dry. They are nice for using on fabric and heat setting the color in! Plus the fact that they don't dry right away so you can put embossing powder on them. I highly recommend these ink pads though I would recommend buying them in the small ink spot size. That way you can get all the colors at a reasonable price. I'm sure there are some colors you may never use but it's better to have them in a small form than a large one!!! Plus the small ones are easy to store too. They come in a nice boxes (4 - one for each color group) that stack well. Now when I use them with clear embossing powder I have EVERY color of embossing powder!!! Just use the ink you want, clear embossing powder and you now have that color embossed and it looks like you embossed with that color!!!! How great is that???

These suckers would make fun Hostess Gifts, Customer Appreciation Gifts or a little gift for those who bring their children with. These were VERY simple to do too. The sucker comes with a small tag on it. I just sandwiched it between 2 YoYo Yellow scallops. On the back I did stamp "You're the Best!" But you could stamp any wording on it that would fit your occasion. And if there is no stamp for what you want to say, you can always use your computer

Oh and I should tell you, these suckers come on an EXTREMELY long plastic stick. The sucker is over 12" long when you buy them. I thought it was a bit long but if you were to do a bunch of these and put them in a vase (WAY TOO CUTE!!!) you would probably want them long.

Thanks SO much for stopping by,
Wanda

Father's Day Wannabe!!

I was planning on making a Father's Day card but got going on some copying and made this card. I didn't leave much room for a "Happy Father's Day" now did I? LOL

I was inspired by a card that automicbutterfly did on SplitCoastStampers. Mine is a little different but you can clearly see where the inspiration came from!!!

The card stock I used is Bordering Blue, Not Quite Navy, Old Olive and Watercolor paper. I used a couple of brads on my card and some Chocolate Chip 5/8" wide grosgrain ribbon. I used Dimensionals under the bird layers. It needed to be raised up enough so the layer would lay flat across the ribbon under it. I sponged all of the edges. The bird was done using the Not Quite Navy ink pad and an Aqua Painter.

I did make a mask of the bird on copier paper and taped it over the bird and then I sponged on some Creamy Caramel because I felt the background there needed a little something. That seemed to be just the right thing it needed. I used the fern stamp from the "Touch of Nature" set for the Old Olive piece behind the bird. I used the "Flannel Plaid" background stamp on the Not Quite Navy piece. I used the Ticket Punch on the corners. I felt they needed a little rounding off.

It was a pretty fun card to make though I didn't leave any room to add "Happy Father's Day" now did I? I can always add it to the inside of the card. This card has some very masculine undertones to it. It could be used as a get well card, birthday card and thinking of you card too!!! I did like how it turned out. Shocker, huh?? LOL

This item was made entirely of Stampin' Up! products. To view more cards made entirely of Stampin' Up! products click here.

Don't forget the Blog Candy. The randome drawing will be held on Tuesday the 20th.

Thank you SO much for stopping by,
Wanda

Weekend Project! Altered Post-it Note Holder

I got a GREAT deal on this Post-it note holder. It even has this rubber "thing" on the bottom of it that suctions to the table so it doesn't slip when you go to remove a Post-it. My worktable is textured and it even suctioned to that!!!! Pretty cool. Anyway I thought I would alter it and pretty it up for someone's desk.

I took the box apart so I could lay it on top of some decorative paper. Did you know there is a spring inside there? I often wondered where those old bedsprings went!!! LOL You know, that would really be an excellent way to recycle them!!! Maybe they do??? It's obviously a trade secret and no one will ever know!!!LOL

I used the decorative paper from teh "Afternoon Tea" package. This paper reminds me of "grandma's" wallpaper. My grandma didn't have wallpaper but if she did it would look just like that!! It's got a Victorian/Vintage look to it. Doesn't it?

I added the paper using double sided tape and tied Groovy Guava stitched ribbon around the box. I did add a bit of tape under the ribbon on all sides to hold it in place. It just didn't look quite right yet so I added the "Daily Notes" words from the "Office Acoutrements" set. It just seemed to fit with the "theme" of the project. Very appropriate, don't you think?

But it just wasn't enough. The box needed a little something more. What could I add to it to give it that finished but not gaudy look??? Buttons!!! Yup, buttons it is!! I found some buttons in the Soft Subtles buttons container that were close to the Soft Sky color and I think they blended in just fine. And I felt the box was complete. Ready for that special desk!!

I was surprised at how nice this paper dressed up that box. Such a fun project, isn't it? No box, bag or container in my house is free from being altered!!!

This item was made entirely of Stampin' Up! products. To view more cards made entirely of Stampin' Up! products click here.

For more altered items click here.

Thank you SO much for stopping by,
Wanda

VERY Special Blog Candy!!!

I'm posting some more Blog Candy for some VERY special people. If you have left a comment on any of my posts (cards or altered items) in the past 10 days you may enter the drawing to win this blog candy!!! I will do a random drawing on the evening of Tuesday May 20th.

You don't need to answer any questions. I have appreciated your loyality and have enjoyed reading your comments.

Good luck to you faithful fans!!
Wanda

400,000 Hits Blog Candy!

Can you believe it. My blog has received over 400,000 hits!!! I have a fun rubber stamp set + to give out to celebrate this SO exciting occasion. I added the "+" because by the time the blog candy goes out I've added many other items to the package. SO the lucky winner gets the set plus several other fun items in the mail too!!!

I know you are asking "How can I win this Blog Candy?" Well, it's SO simple. Because it's "garage sale" season I'll ask a related question. Most of us have been to or had a garage sale at one time in our lives. Tell me what's the strangest thing you saw for sale at a garage sale. Your comments will be posted and I will hold a random drawing for it. Please don't leave your email address, spammers LOVE to see those. Plus I don't email the winner, you much check back to see if you're the lucky winner.

I can't wait to hear about your garage sale finds!!!!!

I will post the winner on Tuesday May 20th. So be sure to check back.

Thanks SO much and have fun!
Wanda

Thank Ewe!

For those of you who REALLY know me you know how much I DON'T like puns!!! So for me purchasing this set was very difficult. I LOVED the adorable little critters on the stamps but the wording . . . . well . . . . . I thought I would buy the set and just mask of the words and still enjoy the set. SO I'm playing with the set today and I actually decided to leave the wording with the image. I have TONS of word stamps and I have the computer. I could have gone with something else but I didn't! Shocker, huh?? LOL This little lamb (ewe) is SO cute!!! And I believe it is one of the few in the set I haven't played with yet. The skunk is next!!!

I used the Purely Pomegranate decorative paper for the background. The stripes at the bottom is what is on the backside of this paper. Fun, huh??? And as you can see I got it a little crooked. Once your tape touches the decorative paper you are pretty much stuck with it as it lays. SO I just say, "well after all it IS a handmade card!" Plus have you ever looked REALLY close at some of those manufactured cards???? Not so perfect either, are they? And people pay LOTS of money for that imperfection!!!

The black strip on here is just a half inch piece of card stock. I added 3 white brads. I did stamp the wording separate and I used the Word Window punch to punch it out. I made sure I got close to the words on one end with the punch. Then I added a little tape to the words an attached it to a piece of copier paper. Then I put it back in the punch and punched the other end close to the words so it matched the first punch. I now had a smaller punched area. I didn't want the words to get lost in that long window and this was the easiest way to make it work.

I did punch the corners with the Ticket Corner punch before I taped them in place.

A pretty quick and easy card and not to mention that little lamb is cute!!!

I will be posting Blog Candy tomorrow to celebrate my blog reaching 400,000+ hits!!! SO fun!

Thank you SO much for stopping by,
Wanda

Wednesday Sketch Challenge at SplitCoastStampers

Another Wednesday has snuck up on me!!! I just can't believe how fast time is flying. We are almost to the middle of this month!!! Summer will be over sooner than we think. Actually summer has not come to Minnesota yet. It's still spring weather here. I looked out my window today and thought that it would be a couple more weeks before the maple tree leaves will all be open and I won't be able to see the neighbors house for about four months or so!!! It's kind of nice to have the backyard feel "private" if only for a few months!

Onto the sketch. This one was VERY different, a bit challenging but definitely FUN!

I used some "map" paper I had gotten at Michael's. I had it sitting around and thought it would be perfect for what I had in mind. I dug out my old (and most LOVED) masculine "Classic Pickups" set by Stampin' Up! It has always been a fun set and I miss it not being in the catalog. Hopefully in the next catalog there will be some more vehicle stamps!! I did do the wording on the computer because I wanted it to fit in the area of the sketch. Once I got everything on the card it looked like it needed just a little something. "Buttons!!!" I thought and then as quick as that thought came the word "masculine" came to mind and that means leave off pretty buttons and bows and ribbons!!!! LOL Brads!! Yes, brads. They are masculine, especially black ones. The can look like rivets or nails. They will do for a "masculine" touch!! And I think it was just what the card needed!

I didn't have to color a thing on this card. The Ballet Blue on the car image was enough to allow the image to stand out and yet not have to color in anything!!! Talk about simple!!! The map was easy because it was already colored. And typing up a few words on the computer went quickly too! Such an easy card to do!! And a VERY fun sketch. If you have time, play with this sketch. Then head on over to SplitCoastStampers and submit your card!!! It's a lot of fun!
For more quick cards to make click here. And you can find a couple more Father's Day cards here.

Thank you SO much for stopping by,

Wanda