A Positively Chevron Birthday

I made this fun card at Terri's Stamp a Stack last Thursday.  It's another card I liked and don't have the stamp sets to make more.  But that's ok.  I can always use background paper in place of the "Positively Chevron" background stamp.  And I can always substitute any other wording.  I have the paper doilies and the little flower stamp is on it's way.  I ordered it because I wanted the tiny little (adorable) star stamp that is in the set.  There's 3 punches in the Itty Bitty Accents punch set and I'm thinking the third one is a heart.  I was only interested in the star and the flower.  I'd make an excellent eye witness, wouldn't I?  I pay such great attention to details!!!! LOL

This was a super fun card to make.  Do you notice how straight I got the background image on my card?  What to know how to do that yourself?  Of course you do, and I will tell you.  First you ink up your stamp and leave it face up with Crumb Cake ink.  Then you take a little bit of tape runner (about a half inch in length) and place it on the center of the back of your piece of Crumb Cake card stock.  Pick up the card stock with your finger and hover over the image and slowly lower the card stock in place.  Press down on the card stock using a piece of scrap paper over it, and rub all over the paper to get the ink on the card stock.  Remove the scrap paper, your card stock should come with it.  Remove it from the paper and viola, your image should be on your card stock exactly where you want it.  

Once the background was stamped the doily went on. Then we stamped the white strip and punched the edge.  The ribbon was added.  I love how the ribbon was just slid into the slot and tied with a piece of Baker's Twine.  

Next the flowers were added using tiny glue dots and pearls were set in the center of each one.  Oh, I forgot to tell you to add the background piece to the card base before you start adding all of the other stuff.  

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

Beautiful Bunch and Gifts of Kindness

I made this pretty card at Terri's fun Stamp a Stack last Thursday.   I don't have this stamp set but I did put it on my wish list.  Then I removed it from my wishlist because I looked through my stamps and found out I did have it.  Now why have I not used it???  I am not sure. Perhaps it's because I own too many stamp sets!!!  

Anyway, at the Stamp a Stack we stamped the flower using the black Memento ink pad.  Then we punched out the flower.  Yes, punched it out.  NO cutting.  So it puzzles me even more why I have not used the stamp set.  Then I thought it was because I didn't have the punch.  Oh yes, the punch is on the shelf, still in it's wrapper.  What's wrong with me?  That is a rhetorical question, it requires no answer please!!!  LOL  We don't have time to answer that anyway!!! LOL

The colors used here are Basic Black, Real Red, and Very Vanilla card stock.  The designer paper is from the "Flashback set.  

It's a very easy and fun card to do.  We made three of them.  I did mine all the same.

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

World of Dreams Masculine Card

Here is a card I made at Terri's FABULOUS Stamp-a-Stack last night.  It was such a fun time. I just LOVE this card and my sister was putting in an order, so I just HAD to order it.  UGH!  I have so many stamp sets that I don't use now!  Sound familiar???  LOL  I do have a lot of retired ones that I will be posting on here soon to sell.  I need to clean house.  I've just got too many things going on to get into the taking the photo, posting it, figuring out the postage, etc.  There's a lot that goes into selling a stamp set online.  Anyway, lets get back to this fun card.

This card is very versatile.  It could be a wonderful masculine birthday card, a thinking of you card and even a sympathy card.  I LOVE those leaf branches in the background.  

To make this card we used the "World of Dreams" set.  The card stock was Pool Party, Baked Brown Sugar, and Very Vanilla.  The ink was Baked Brown Sugar.  Oval Framelits were used to do the ovals.  Lucky us, they were done for us!!!  Ya gotta LOVE that!  And the 1/8" hand held punch was used to make the holes for the thick Baked Brown Sugar Twine.  

The two ovals were taped together and set in place using Dimensionals.  What a fun card this was.  We got to make 3. I made a different variation of this card and I will show that to you another day.

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

Work of Art Meets Gorgeous Grunge Masculine Birthday Card

Today's card is a combination of a card I found by Mary at Stamper Camper.  I made several changes to it.  Not that I didn't like Mary's card but I needed a birthday card and the words in the "Work of Art" set do not read "happy birthday".  I used the "Wetlands" set for the words.  I also didn't have the Washi tape she used so I used the "Gorgeous Grunge" set to add the angled lines.

I used Soft Sky ink but ended up with Pool Party card stock.  Don't ask!!!  LOL  

I also used the round image from the "Gorgeous Grunge" set to make dots in the background.  This card is for a guy and I didn't think rhinestones were a good choice for me.  And there's also a plus to this. This card will now not cost extra to mail due to the lack of rhinestones.  

This was a very fun card to make and very easy too.  The ink colors here are Soft Sky, Smoky Slate, Basic Gray, and Sahara Sand.  Now personally I never would have thought to put these colors together but they sure do work, don't they?

My card stock is Pool Party, Sahara Sand, Basic Gray and Whisper White.  

I had used the Basic Gray ink on the words, and the Basic Gray card stock for the layer.  I used the Smoky Slate ink for the angled stripes.  The Basic Gray was just too dark.  

It's a great masculine card!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

Wetlands and Mixed Bunch Gift Card Holder Weekend Project

I found a fun gift card holder to make.  You can find the instructions made by Jackie here.   

I used Whisper White card stock for the base of the gift card holder.  I used Melon Mambo for the inside color.

After making it I decorated it with the "All Abloom" Designer Series paper from the new stack.  

I wrapped a little Melon Mambo 1/4" cotton ribbon around the bottom of the holder.  

I used the words from the "Wetlands" set and punched out the oval and layered it with the scalloped oval punch, using Melon Mambo card stock.  I set the word piece in using Dimensionals.  

I used the "Mixed Bouquet" set for the flower.  I stamped it using Melon Mambo ink.  The center was stamped using Daffodil Delight and punched out using the 3/4" circle punch.  I set it in place using Dimensionals.

One of the fun things with this card was that I got to use the Envelope Punch Board to make this.

This was a very fun project to do and it didn't take much time at all.  Plus it's very colorful.

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

A Mosaic Madness Gorgeous Grunge Birthday

I had such a busy day today.  I babysia my granddaughter today.  She's 14 months and she wears me out!!!  So to run across this fun quick card made my day.  I was able to recreate it in under 15 minutes.  Now that doesn't include putting away my supplies.  I rarely do that anyway!!!  That is why you will see one or two more posts using the same stamp set.  It just "happened" to be sitting there!!!  LOL

Today's card comes to you from Monica's "My Stamping Passion."  I think it was the colors of this card that attracted my attention first.  They were so bright and cheery.  Who wouldn't like a birthday card that looks like this???  Oh and by the way,  it's the angle of the camera that makes the word part look crooked.  I measured it and it's only a hair off.  In this photo it looks like it's 1/4" off.  

The fun colors here are Strawberry Slush, Coastal Cabana, and Tangelo Twist.  What a great combo, huh? 

Oh, and another thing I like about this card.  I got to use the "Gorgeous Grunge" set again too!!!  

I did change it a little.  I added a pearl to the bottom mosaic piece and a rhinestone to the center one.  The original card has a rhinestone on the bottom piece.  I also changed the wording.  I added the Modern Label punched piece with the birthday greetings from the "Teeny Tiny Wishes" set.  A very fun card, isn't it?

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

A Mosaic Madness Birthday

I have not touched this stamp set in a long time.  I do still like it but it has a Christmas feel to it to me.  I found this card made by Jennifer at Ladybug Designs.  I thought it looked like a fun card to make using the "Mosaic Madness" set.  When I first saw it I liked it immediately, mostly because of the elegant black and white look.  Then as I looked at the other elements of the card it grew on me even more, if that was even possible.  

It's a simple enough card to make too.  And as usual, mine is not exactly like the original one.  My first change was the base of the card.  I could not get my card stock in the Big Shot with the embossing folder so what I ended up doing was making the base of my card Basic Black and then embossing a 1/4 sheet of card stock.  

I also changed the wording and the layout of the wording too.  I used the Modern Label Punch and the "Teeny Tiny Wishes" set.  

I didn't have any measurements but I used the 1-3/8" circle punch.  That white strip is cut 2" x 5-3/8".  I punched out a circle using scrap copier paper.  I set the circle on the center of the strip and drew around it with a pencil so I would know where the circles should go.  I suppose you could punch out 3 circles and tape them in place and punch over then.  Then you wouldn't have to trace.  Why do I come up with these easier shortcuts after I've done the card???  LOL  Oh well, at least I can share them with you and you can save yourself a few minutes and a bit of stress trying to get things lined up evenly!!!

It's difficult to see in the picture but each punched out image has a rhinestone in the center of it.  

It was a fun and easy card to make!!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

A Flower Patch Birthday

I found a fun card made by Jen at Ladybug Designs.  I did change a few things.  She used the larger circle/dot background embossing folder.  I don't have that one yet so I used the old one.  It didn't take away from the fun of this card!  

I didn't have the dies for the "Flower Patch" set so I had to do the fussy cutting.  At least it was only 3 flowers and I was only making one card.  This would be a SUPER quick card if you have the dies.  You could crank out a lot in a short period of time.  Once the flowers were all cut out I layered them and then set them in place using Dimensionals.  

It was an easy enough card to make.  I did change the wording too.  I used the "Teeny Tiny Wishes" set and the Modern Label punch for the wording.  The words were also set in place using Dimensionals.  

I think it turned out just fine!  It's not an exact copy but I used what I had and I liked the end results.  Isn't that what is the most important??

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

Teeny Tiny Wishes Quilt Technique Card

I saw this card on Pinterest and I thought it would be fun to try my hand at the faux quilting!!!  The original card was made by Carol at "My Little Inspirations."  I'm sorry that the card image takes you to her blog and not directly to the post.  So I will have to tell you how I made the card. You could scroll through her posts until you find the card but I'm not sure if she included instructions.  I didn't search very long there.

So to make this card I used the 1" square punch. I punched out 4 of each colors.  My decorative paper came from the new "All Abloom" paper pack. 

Once I got the pieces punched out I cut them in half from point to point.  Then I took a piece of Whisper White card stock and added tape to it so I could assemble the pieces on it.  I just started setting the pieces in place and when I was done I had a pretty star quilted pattern piece.  Then I took a piece of the Lost Lagoon decorative paper and punched a flower out.  I set that flower in place using Dimensionals.  Then I added a 1/2" circle to the center.  I used a piece of scrap from the decorative paper that I used for the squares.  I taped that in place in the center of the flower.

Then I used the Modern Label punch and punched a piece of Lost Lagoon card stock.  I stamped the "happy birthday" using the "Teeny Tiny Wishes" set.  This piece was set in place using Dimensionals.

The background was embossed using the "Modern Mosaic" folder.  It had that "quilted" look to it.

And that is all there is to this card.  I glued the quilted piece on the Modern Mosaic piece and I glued that piece on to a folded half sheet of Lost Lagoon card stock.  Yup, I did say I glued it.  I find that the tape doesn't stick as well to the textured paper so I've been gluing mine and I've had no problems.

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

A Traveler Masculine Birthday Card

I found this fun card at "Try Stampin' on Tuesday."  I do know that it is Thursday but I thought I would break protocol and try it today!!! LOL  I'm daring like that.  I have been known to remove those so not remove tags from my mattress too!!!  I know..... living on the edge!!! LOL 

Today's card was very fun and easy to make.  I did struggle a bit with the panels.  I didn't have a pattern to go by so I just cut the piece of decorative paper 3/8" less than I needed so I could set them in place and have plenty of room for the space in between. I did have to retrim, it's better to cut it too long than too short!  My top panels measure 1-3/4" x 3-1/4".  And the bottom panel measures 1-1/2" x 3-5/8".  There, you have the measurements, so it should be easier for you to whip up a bunch of these cards!!!

The image here is from the "Traveler" set.  I still have one more fun train card I want to make.  I need to find a layout I like so I can make the card.  I've been sitting on this fun saying for a long time and I can't wait to print it out on the computer and use it on the card!!!  Maybe I'll work on that later in the week!  I am also working on a fun 3D project to share with you too.  So much going on here!  I need to focus on just one hobby.  Maybe in the next lifetime!!!  LOL

I should tell you my colors here as well.  I used Chocolate Chip card stock, ink, and decorative paper.  I also used Whisper White card stock.  The words were done on my computer.  I feel that Stampin' Up! needs to have more words that fit in these punches!!  But doing them on the computer is the next best thing, right?  

This was a fun card and I can see myself making more of them!  Oh and bonus here, it's a perfect masculine card, isn't it?

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

Petite Petals

I had found a fun card on Pinterest (that I forgot to save so I could link).  It had three layers of decorative paper at the bottom.  I used Washi tape.  It had a square frame, I turned mine on end.  It had flowers on the frame and it had a butterfly.  The original card was more elegant looking than mine.  I am so sorry I didn't save the link.  If you know of this card, please let me know who made it so I can link it.  I do know it was not made using Stampin' Up! products.  

I changed the background dots too.  Oh and did you see my butterfly?  I used Washi tape on card stock and then I punched it out.  I just tried to make this card as simple as possible.  

Adding the pearls to the flowers and to the corner of the frame gave it a more finished look.

The base of my card is a half sheet of Crisp Cantaloupe.  I think that about covers it!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,

Wanda 

A Bloom with Hope Birthday

Here's a bright and fun birthday card I made using the "Bloom with Hope" stamp set.  I also sued the "Papillon Potpourri" butterfly set, and the "Teeny Tiny Wishes" set for the words.

The base of the card is Rich Razzleberry.  I colored in the butterflies using Rich Razzleberry ink and I sponged it on.  Tne butterflies were stamped, punched out, and then sponged.

I stamped the branch and colored it in using the Blendabilities markers.  

This is a pretty simple card to make.  It went together quickly and I think that if I were to make another one I would cut the white card stock smaller, use the Rich Razzleberry for a border and set it on a folded half sheet of Whisper White card stock.  I just think there's too much white showing.  But all in all I still like the simplicity of the card.  

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

Another Thank You Chevron Technique

Back in January I had posted a fun "Chevron" technique.  It was simple enough to do and also fun. You can see that technique here.  I found yet another version of the "Chevron" technique.  This one is just as simple but a whole lot quicker.  

For this version you just punch out squares.  The smaller the squares the more you will need to fit across your card (only makes sense, huh?  LOL).  I used the 1-3/4" square punch because I didn't want to be making a ton of squares.  Plus I didn't have a lot of time to be working on this.  

After the squares were punched out I cut them in half.  Then you tape or glue them in a line.  You can achieve this a couple of ways.  You can use the edge of the paper as your guide, which is what I did here. I lined up the tips of the pieces to the edge of the card stock, making sure I got the pieces as straight as possible.  You can also take a pencil and draw a straight line and line up the flat long side of each piece there.  That way would be better since you have a straight line that the long part of your piece would be set up against.  Eyeing the top flat part while lining up the tip of the piece was a bit more difficult.  Why didn't I think of the pencil part the first time around?   Oh well, it's done and it is straight!!!

I do like this technique better than the first one. Mostly because it's quicker.  And now knowing about that pencil line guide I think I will be making more!!!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

A Travel Masculine Birthday Card

Grab your favorite newspaper background paper and the "Travel" stamp set and make a fun masculine card.

I don't have any current newspaper decorative paper but I did have something that I had copied off the internet a long time ago that I print out when I need something that looks like a newspaper.  I printed it out on 30# copier paper so it had a nice crisp look to it plus it isn't flimsy or cheap looking.  I cut it 4" x 5-1/4" and taped it on to a folded half sheet of Basic Black card stock.

I stamped the train onto a piece of Whisper White card stock as well as the birthday greeting which was from the "Wetlands" set.

I added the ribbon at the bottom but I'm not overly fond of it.  I just thought the bottom could use something.  

This was a very fun and quick card to make.  This would also be a great Father's Day card!!  I don't seem to make enough masculine cards.  I need to make a few each month so I can build up my stash!!!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda