Delicate Doilies Indeed!

Delightful Doilies is a very fun set to play with.  It reminds me a lot of the Circle Circus set but with a doily look!

This card was from a Shoe Box swap and was made by Cyndi (a fabulous stamper!).  

The colors used here are Marina Mist, Pacific Point and Crumb Cake.  

A couple of rhinestones were added to the two larger doilies which gave the card a nice little bling.  It doesn't show up well in the photo though.  

Don't you just love how easy it is to do the scalloped oval layers with punches.  Anytime I can use a punch to dress up my card I'm so there.  With those punches I typically love 3 layers but since the smallest oval punch was retired I have to work with 2.  But because this image has lines around the edge it gives it the appearance of having 3 layers.  

This was a fun card to make and a pretty quick card to put together too!  I am thinking of making one using different colors.  It's always fun to have cards in different colors but the same layout so you can put them in a gift pack for friends.

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

Raining Flowers Thank You

Today it's a short but sweet post! This is a card I had gotten in a swap. I'm not sure if it was a shoe box swap or a regular trade swap.  I think it is a very pretty card.  I do not have the "Raining Flowers" set.  I had thought about buying it but I had too many other sets on my list that I wanted so I opted not to get this one.  As pretty as the set is I don't regret not getting it.  

This card was made by Denise.  She is such a fabulous stamper.  It's such a wonderful thank you card, isn't it?  And the colors are so warm and inviting.  It has a feeling of sincerity to it.

Thank you ever so much for visiting today,
Wanda

What a GREAT Find!

WOW, this has been a very busy day.  The garage sale is going extremely well.  We have sold TONS of stuff and there are still two more days to go.  I'm already exhausted though!!  

I did sell a TON of greeting cards.  I had 4 shoe box totes full of them and right now there is one left.  I still have cards in my sample drawers but they are no longer packed to the max!  It will be great to start collecting new ones as I make them!  

So lets talk about this card now.  As I was moving the tables out of my workroom and finding "things", I ran across the stamped image on the stamped background.  I was going to just set it aside but the more I looked at it the more I thought I should make a card with it so I won't have to run across it ever again!!!  I do not even remember the name of the set this was stamped with.  I honestly don't even remember stamping this image so it had to be a long time ago.  Or maybe a day ago!!!! LOL  Ok, my memory is a little better than that but not by much!

The words are done on my computer.  I had made a PDF file of them and you can purchase them in my web store along with 9 other occasions that fit in those same circles.  I love to have them on hand for a quick card. 

The base of the card is Bravo Burgundy and I also used Old Olive along with the Whisper White.  I love finding things like this, it makes putting a card together SO easy and extremely quick!

Thank you for stopping by today,

Wanda

Friendship Spinner Card

Today's card is one that was made by Terri (a fabulous Stampin' Up! demonstrator).  This is a spinner card.  The butterfly spins when you tilt the card.  It's a very fun technique and surprisingly easy enough to do too!

You can find the instructions to make a spinner card at Split Coast Stampers.  If you click on that link it will take you directly to the step by step technique.

This is such a pretty card too.  I LOVE the beautiful butterflies done in the Concord Crush.  A color I'm REALLY going to miss come Halloween.  But I do have my hopes up that a new purple will take it's place.  

I personally did not make this card and I have never done a spinner card but later this week I'm going to give it a try for myself.  

This week is a very busy one for me and I'm filling in my blog with some cards that I have in my stash that have not made it to my blog yet.  I like to have a few of them on hand so should I ever be strapped for time I can just take one and post it.  Just like I did today.  We were busy all day with the massive garage sale.  There were already people out shopping too!  So we did sell a few things which just makes room for other things we have to still set out!!!  I've never seen so much stuff!!! LOL

Oh and don't think I'm not working.  I have a project that I'm working on to show you soon.  I'm picking away at it a little each day (when I can steal a minute or two away to create!). 

Thank you ever so much for stopping by today,
Wanda

Kindness Matters Birthday

The card I have for you today is from the "Kindness Matters" set.  I had made a card the other day that used this set but I opted for a different set because I didn't have that set.  Well, as it turned out I did have the set.  I thought I had the wood mount one but I had the clear block set.  So I do have the set!!!  But it is retiring, which is sad because I have not used it very much. I bought the set because I loved the butterflies!

My card today came from Terri's Stamp-a-Stack.  I LOVE going to the Stamp-a-Stacks.  You can make a bunch of cards in such a little amount of time!!  And you don't have to do any cutting either!!!  Ya gotta love that!

This was a very quick and easy card to make too.  I loved doing the background on it. We used an ink pad and a bunch of rubber bands all bound together and just dotted them on the card stock.  A fun and easy technique to do!

I'm SO looking forward to the Stamp-a-Stack that Terri is having this month!!!  She always has such great cards to make!!

Ok, I'm off to tend to garage sale stuff.  On Saturday our area (yes area, not neighborhood) has a huge garage sale.  The sign next to the highway reads 200+ houses but there is a lot more than that.  The sign has read 200+ houses for the 26 years we've lived here.  I usually don't do garage sales but this year I decided I needed to get rid of some stuff. I call the family together and they always have stuff to get rid of too so it's usually a pretty big sale.  I'm going to be getting rid of a lot of my Stampin' Up! sets.  I have hardly sold any of them since I had started being a demonstrator and now there are about 5 or 6 boxes full of them.  I was having a bit of separation anxiety when I was setting them out to price them.  I don't like giving up my stuff (hence the full house) but it's time to let some of it go!  And I'm sure I'll survive it!  LOL

Thank you SO much for stopping by,

Wanda

A Mixed Bouquet Birthday

This card was inspired by one I found on Pinterest.  I went there for something else and ended up on there for hours!!  Don't you just hate it when that happens?   But I usually do find some fun stuff on there!  And I agree with you Carol, I'll take Pinterest over Facebook any day!

Ok, onto this card.  It is actually a quick and simple card to make.  The paper piercing took a few minutes to do but other than that it was pretty simple.

I stamped my words on the Wisteria Wonder decorative paper and punched out an oval.  Then I taped it in place on the card stock and punched the tiny holes around it.  

The flower was stamped and punched out.  The center of the flower was from the same set and punched out after stamping.  I set both the flower and the flower center in place using Dimensionals.  I taped the top piece to a piece of Wisteria Wonder card stock.  I tied a ribbon around the the layers and then taped all of that in place on the white base of the card.  And that was it.  A perfect card for a Stamp a Stack. It's simple enough yet has a few things to keep the card creators busy!  I SO love using the Mixed Bouquet set.  

Be sure to stop back tomorrow, I have a little project to show you!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

A Funky Four Birthday

This was a fun card to make.  I loved playing with the "Funky Four" set.  Sad to see it's retiring but it was fun to play with while I had it.  I found a card made by Deb at Artfelt Impressions that I copied the layout.  Her card is a bit different as far as the words and image goes but the layout is pretty much the same.  I actually wanted to make the card she did but I didn't have the stamp set.  I thought I had it but in searching through my stamps I didn't see it so either I lost it (which I doubt) or I only wished so hard I had it that I thought I did!!! LOL

Not having a stamp doesn't stop me from making the card!!!  I have learned that a while back. I stopped and asked myself what it was about the card that caught my eye.  Most of the time it is the color and sometimes a combination of the color and the layout.  And once in a great while it is the stamp image but not as often as it is the colors and layout.  So now I look at cards differently and I tell myself that I do not need to buy the stamp set just because I saw a card I liked that used it.  I can like the layout and/or the colors and find something else that will work.  Most of the time I can do that.  But there are those times that I just have to buy the stamp too!!! And of course I end up buying it.  But I have cut the stamp buying down a lot and have managed just fine using what I have and I still have sets that I have not used or have not used much at all.  Another sign of having too many stamp sets!!!!  I shop more conservatively now and I do survive!!! LOL I am excited to see the new catalog.  I have been saving my pennies so I can get all the new in colors of paper, ink pads, ink, markers and whatever goes along with that!  And of course a few new sets.  I have to have some new things now and then to keep me going but like I said, I will be more conservative.  I need to stock up on some more card stock too.  I'm running low on a few colors.  So I'm saving up for it!!

Well, back to my card.  The "Funky Four" set is retiring and I'm glad I used it as much as I did.  Here I colored on the images with markers, I huffed on the images and then stamped them on card stock.  The words are from the fun "Perfectly Penned" set and that was it.  The card stock colors are, Whisper White, Calypso Coral, Marina Mist and Daffodil Delight.  I set the top layers with the paper ribbon on the card with Dimensionals.  It wasn't a difficult card to make and it didn't take a lot of time to do either!! It was a lot of fun!

Thank you SO much for reading my ramblings and for stopping by today,
Wanda

Bath Fizzy Gift Boxes Weekend Project

I made a few of these gift boxes up for Mother's Day gifts.  I'll be making more to sell at a later date.  I want to have some made up for the fall craft fairs too.  

There are several ways you can make these.  You can make your own bath fizzies by using two small melon ballers and squishing the mixture together and setting them aside to dry or you can buy them (like I did this time).  I normally make my own but I usually make the bigger ones.  To find a recipe for the bath fizzies just do a Google search and you'll find a lot of them.  You can play with them and see which ones work the best for you and you can even come up with your own personal signature recipe for them like I did.  

Another thing you can do is to make your own box.  The box measures 2-1/2" long x 1-1/2" wide v 1-1/2" deep.  I took the short cut on these and ordered the boxes from Clear Boxes .com.  I didn't have time to whip up a lot of clear boxes in a short time.  You can go to the Super Deluxe box maker website to enter in your measurements and it will print up a box for you that you can use as a template. Or if using card stock you can have it printed directly on your paper.  You really don't want to print directly to the window sheets because the black lines will show through.  And yes, you can print on the window sheets but it has to be with a laser printer and not a bubble jet.  So after my two short cuts of not making my fizzies and not making my boxes I began the assemblage.  

I took the fizzies and set them in some little paper candy cups.  They look like tiny cup cake papers.  I set them in the box.  The two fit perfectly in the 2-1/2" space but there was a bit of wiggle room between the fizzy and the roof of the box.  SO I just took some shirt board (it's cardboard like the stuff on cereal boxes) and cut it in strips to fit inside the box.  It took 9 of them stacked to make it so these fizzies did not move around inside the box.  I just taped the 9 pieces together and then wrapped them in some decorative papers that matched the color of the bath fizzy.  I have a lot of scrap decorative papers so it was nice to be able to use a lot of them up.  After wrapping the shirt board pieces I slid the piece inside the box.  Then I added the fizzies.

No, it's not done yet.  I needed to head on over to my computer and make an ingredients and caution label for the bottom.  I ALWAYS add these, even if I'm not going to be selling them.  I just printed out the words on a label and ran a bunch off so I can add them to all the fizzie gift boxes I make.  Oh and don't forget the part about keeping it away from children and because it looked like a food item I did include on it DO NOT EAT.  Ya just gotta add that stuff!!  Then I tied a ribbon around the box.  I had gotten a HUGE spool of ribbon from Paper Mart . com.  It is a very soft pink.  Much like the color of Stampin' Up!'s Pirouette Pink.  I just tied it in a knot and clipped the ends.  I added a printed and punched label to the top of the box.  But before I added it I had sponged the edges so it dressed it up a bit.  I wanted to do some card stock layers there but this was SO much easier and quicker.  I bought a box of 8-1/2" x 11" label paper.  I just print out what I want on the sheet and punch them out as I need them.  SO simple.  

I have a craft drawer full of bath fizzies waiting to be packaged up.  I'm hoping to get that drawer emptied this month!!!  I have dreams (or delusions) of getting a lot of the drawers in my craft room emptied!!  Wish me luck on that one!!!

These were fun to make.  It was very relaxing just to sit (except for getting up to cut some box board) and assembling the boxes.  I think they turned out nice.  I may make a few more up tomorrow and put them in the garage sale next week at cost.  There's always little kids shopping for something for mom for Mother's Day and this would be a nice inexpensive gift for them to get her.  

Thank you ever SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

A Flower Fest Birthday

I have loved playing with this set and it's sad to say but it will be retiring at the end of this month.  I have mixed feelings about it though. As much as I love it I hate cutting out the pieces!  Most of the cards I made with it had the pieces cut out after embossing.  It just looked prettier that way.  The price of beauty!!! LOL

It was made by Vicki and posted at the Pinterest website.  To be honest I don't even know how I got there.  I was on Pinterest looking at something else and the next thing I know I spotted this card and just HAD to make it!!!  

I didn't have the same wording that Vicki used but these worked out just fine and if you don't compare them you won't know the difference!!!

I have a few birthday cards I need to make this month plus one anniversary. I want to try to play with some of the sets that are retiring.  I'm going to be putting them in my web store.  I need to get rid of them to make room for some new stuff.  And I am going to be more careful about what sets I order too.  I have way too many that I have not used.  That is a sign that I bought too many before time ran out!  I'm hoping the new catalog will not be full of too many tempting things, but it usually is!!!

This was a fun card to make but I don't think I'd like to have to make a bunch of them (only because of all the cutting).

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

Zoo Review Masculine Birthday Card

 I just never seem to have enough masculine cards.  This weeks Sketch Challenge had the perfect focal panel for me to use the zebra image from the Zoo Review set.  I had gotten that set back during the Sale A Bration and I hadn't had a chance to use it yet!  It's a perfect set for masculine cards.  And a perfect set to use for today's Sketch Challenge at Split Coast Stampers!

The base of my card is Soft Suede.  On top of that is a piece of decorative paper from the Regals collections.  

The front strip panel was textured using the Lattice folder.  

Next the focal piece was added.  I stamped the En Francais background using Crumb Cake. I had tried the Soft Suede but it was way too dark. I even tried stamping off but that was just too light.  So I got out the Crumb Cake ink pad and it was a bit too dark too so I huffed on it and used the image one more time and it worked out perfectly. It was light enough yet dark enough to know there was something there!

Then I stamped the zebra.  I sponged the edges of that piece plus the Happy Birthday circle.

Oops, jumping the gun a bit here.  The circle piece was done using my computer and printer.  I punched it out using the 1-1/4" punch, then I punched the Not Quite Navy circle using the 1-3/8" circle and those two were layered on top of the Soft Suede circle scallop punched piece. 

And that was all there is to making this card.  It was simple enough even with all of those layers!!! I LOVED playing with this sketch and I can see myself using this one again and more than likely in the near future too! I have a lot of images that will fit into that focal space.  So if you have time, I highly recommend you giving this sketch a try!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

Life Saver Thank You Treat Weekend Project

 Are you looking for something fun to give to your customers to say "thank you?"  I have a fun little project here for you to play with.  This doesn't have to be just for customers, it can be a very fun party favor too for showers, graduations and weddings.  Just find the papers you want for the occasion and you are set!

For this project you will need the 2 Tags die.  I cut one out and folded it up from the bottom 1-1/2".  I did not crease it at the bottom, I left it rounded.  My paper here is from the Spice Cake pack. 

Next I used the Circle Circus set and stamped one of the images using Pool Party ink.  I punched out the image with the scallop circle punch and I taped it in place on the top part of the tag. 

I took a foam mat and a pin and poked holes in the sides where I wanted the brads to go in.  Now there is a little trick to get the brads even.  You could measure but what I did was I cut out another tag out of scrap copier paper and poked a hole on one side.  I folded it in half the long way and poked the holes on the other side to match.  Now you can make them all perfect!

I punched out a More Mustard piece using the Round Tab punch.  I stamped the "thank you" from the Teeny Tiny Wishes set.  I actually got them on straight!  I had scored the center of the tab before I stamped on it and then I lined up the wood on the stamp with that scored line and viola, it was straight.  It could have been moved over to the left a smidgen but hey, it's straight!!!  I taped that tab (both sides - inside) and slipped the Life Saver inside.  I pinched the tab shut to make the tape stick to the wrapper better.  I slipped the candy in the little pouch.

I took a tiny flower punch and punched out 3 Pool Party flowers.  I set the flowers on a foam mat and then I took the end of an ink pen and  rolled it around the center of the flower so it curled up a bit.  I punched out some tiny white circles and glued them to the inside of the flowers.  I glued the flowers in place and the project was done.  

My niece is getting married this December and I think these would be a fun thing to make for each table setting.  I'm going to wait to see what new papers Stampin' Up! is going to come out with and then decide what I'm going to do for the favors!  I think it's going to be a fun thing to make.  I'll probably stick with one flavor of Life Savers since I want them to match the theme.  Here the red Life Saver doesn't match the project.  I did have some white Wintergreen ones but I remembered that after it was all done.  That is SO me!!! LOL  The red one worked fine for this project but just before I posted this here I did remove the red Life Saver and added a white one.  The tape sticks to the plastic wrapper but it doesn't stick to it like it does to paper so it was easy to remove and replace without ruining anything.

When I make this for the wedding I'll be sure to share the project with you.  There will be a few of us working on them so it won't take long to make a bunch of them up!  Nothing does when you have help

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda 

Vintage Vogue Friendship Card

It is sad that the Vintage Vogue set is retiring.  I have used it a lot so I won't be sad about that part.  But then again, I use that set a lot!  But I will probably be adding it to the massive pile of stamp sets I'm going to be selling.  It's time to clean house and make room for more.  And with Stampin' Up! cleaning house on their catalog I have a feeling there is going to be a lot more new stamp sets that are going to be a "must have!"  YIKES!!! LOL

Ok, onto this fun and oh so quick card.  If you are in need of a really quick card that doesn't look like you just threw one together, then this is the card for you!  

I took a half a sheet of Cherry Cobbler card stock and scored it at 4-1/4" and folded it.  Then I cut of 2-3/4" off the front.  I then punched the edge.  After punching I stamped one of the images from the set using VersaMark.  And then I embossed it in clear.  

Next I trimmed 1/8" inch off a half sheet of Whisper White.  I trimmed it on the short side (the short side was at the top of the cutter).  I scored it at 4-1/4" and folded it.  Then I trimmed the raw edge (on the short side, the 4-1/8" side being at the top of the cutter).  And finally I inked up the image with Cherry Cobbler and stamped it on the front lower part of the card.  That was it.  SO quick, so simple and very pretty too!  What more can you ask for?  

If you are looking for more quick cards to make just click here.  You will find over 200 of them!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

Circle Circus Note Pad Holder Weekend Project

Today I made another note holder.  You can click here to see more details on a different one I made.  I had gotten these fun note paper holders at Target in their Dollar Spot.  I LOVE doing altered notebooks and note holders. 

To make these I take the whole thing apart.  I open them up, take off the tray and I usually use the paper that is included inside.  It's not the best paper but it's good enough for the little notes I write all the time.  I replace them with white copier paper notes that I cut to fit the holder.

For this holder I had taken white 30# copier paper and covered the outside of the holder.  The tray part that the paper goes in was already white so I didn't need to do anything with that.  I glued the paper to the holder and wrapped the edges over and glued them on the inside.  

On the front I used the Circle Circus set.  I had gotten this set because it looked like it would be a lot of fun but I have not used it much.  SO I thought I would play with it for the front of this note holder.  I got some fun bright colors out and just randomly stamped them on my card stock.  

Next I cut a piece of Pacific Point to fit the front cover.  From there I cut a piece of the Circle Circus stamped piece to fit on top of the Pacific Point.  I taped both of the layers together and then I taped them in place on top of the holder. 

I stamped a red image from the set and cut it out by hand.  I punched the scallop circle and taped the red piece on top.  I also punched out a little yellow flower shaped piece for the center.  I taped that in place and then cut the belly band.  I cut the strip 11" x 1" and wrapped it around the holder and glued it in place.  I centered the scalloped piece over the seams of the band. 

The part that I thought was a lot of fun was how I glued the tray back in place on the cover and slid the band on the note holder.  I set a heavy object on the holder and left it to dry.  When I came back everything was all set!  I LOVE it when I don't have to wait around for stuff to dry!!!

I find these very fun to make and love it when I can find fun ways to decorate them.  I'll be adding this to the box of stuff I'm going to be selling at the fall craft fair!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

Faux Crushed Silk Technique Page

I was having so much fun playing with this new technique I came up with that I forgot I needed to post something on my blog.  I can't forget to do my daily posts!! This technique uses ALL Stampin' Up! products.

The stamp set used here is called "Upsy Daisy" and I will probably be selling it in my web store sometime in June.  I'll let you know when I put sets in the store.

The "Thank You" is from a personal stamp I had made for me many years ago.  I make lots of thank you cards and sometimes I just want to have one I know will fit in a particular punch size. 

The card stock used here is Basic Black for the base of the card, Whisper White and Cherry Cobbler.

The technique is very fun, a bit messy but that's never an issue, is it?  LOL  This technique will be added to the 5th pack of technique pages I make.  Each pack has 20 techniques in them. You can find packs 1-4 in my webstore.  There are still a few hard copies available and there is always the CD's.  The CD's have the techniques set up to print out on your computer.  You cut two sides and it's ready to tape in place on top of a 6" x 6" piece of card stock to be put in an album for reference.  There's no limit to the number of copies you can print so you can hold technique classes with it for years to come!  Each page also has a photo of a finished page for reference.  They're great for those who want to hold technique club classes.  You can find them in the webstore by clicking here.   

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda