More Leftovers

Here's another card I made on Saturday from my "leftovers" box. The top note piece was already stamped and watercolored and even the gray base was precut. I simply cut a piece of designer series paper, added a ribbon and voila! A card!!

I really love our watercolor paper. It's a 100% pressed cotton paper and takes the watercolor beautifully. If you click on the pic you can see how the color pools to create the classic watercolor effect. The "you" stamp is actually the "for you" stamp from Great Friend. I simply used my basic gray marker to ink just the "you."

Watercolor Thanks card: jumbo outline alphabet and great friend stamp sets; basic gray cardstock; muirfield dsp (retired); watercolor paper; basic gray and kiwi kiss ink; aquapainter; gray taffeta ribbon

Leftovers anyone?

The drawer below is from a small storage unit I have sitting on my stamping desk. I use it to hold all the images, punched elements and such that I've started for a card but decided not to use. Every once in a while I pull it out and throw together some quick cards using these pre-stamped images.

On Saturday, while everyone else was working on their Christmas cards, I was assembling some cards from this box, and I'd like to share one with you.

I don't even remember when I colored this image, but I'm so glad it finally made it's way to a card front. This little guy is from a long-retired set called Knobbly Gnomes, and I added some crystal effects to the water drop on the leaf.

Friendly Gnome card: knobbly gnomes stamp set; bordering blue and very vanilla cardstock; basic brown classic stampin' pad; various classic ink colors (probably from stampin' write markers); aquapainter; lots of tags sizzlets; big shot; vintage brads; brown felt ribbon (retired alpine ribbon originals); dimensionals

Fancy Fold 2

At this month's club we made 2 cards: gate fold and joy fold.

First: Gate Fold Card


I used the beautiful new set from the Holiday Mini called Autumn Splendor. We inked the oak leave in Crushed Currey then added Dusty Durango ink and Chocolate Chip ink to the stamp using sponge daubers before applying it to the cardstock. A gatefold card has two folds and opens in the center. The image panel is only attached to the left flap.


Second: Joy Fold Card

This card is made of two pieces. One is folded on the left and one on the right. They are overlapped, as you can see in the image of the open card at left, to create a fun card that always gets a smile.

fall gate fold: autumn splendor stamp set; whisper white, dusty durango and chocolate chip cardstock; more mustard patterns dsp; chocolate chip, dusty durango and crushed curry classic stampin' pads; sponge daubers

butterfly joy fold: great friend stamp set and polka dot background stamp; rich razzleberry, orchid opulence, old olive and whisper white cardstock; rick razzleberry, orchid opulence and old olive classic stampin' pads; 1 1/4", 1 3/8" and scallop circle punches; old olive striped grosgrain ribbon; dimensionals

Fancy Fold 1

Last month we started a fancy fold card club. Here is the card from the first meeting last month.

This cute little halloween card is called a Cami-Trifold. The orange panel on the front of the card is a great technique I'll be teaching at this month's Technique Tuesday class (Tuesday, October 20 @ 6pm). The panel is double embossed and colored with the brayer and 2 different ink colors.


Here is the card open. The left panel folds in to the right twice so the chick in the mask shows through the punched hole in the center panel.

I hope you enjoyed last month's card. Check back tomorrow for a card from this month's club meeting.

Halloween trifold: twick or tweet and teeny tiny tishes stamp sets; old olive, whisper white and basic black cardstock; basic black, pumpkin pie and so saffron classic stampin' pads; going gray stampin' write marker; pumpkin pie striped grosgrain ribbon; 1 1/4", 1 3/4", scallop circle and slit punches; crop-a-dile; filigree texturz plate with big shot; brayer

More Fall Fun

I fell in love with this card by LateBlossom on SplitCoastStampers at first sight. Then I realized that I already had all the elements to recreate this card in Stampin' Up! style. So, here is my CASE of her originality. I used the solid side of the new Soft Suede polka dot ribbon and this trick to get the perfect knot and used the rock'n'roll technique on the leaf by inking it in Dusty Durango and then rolling the edges in Soft Suede. What do you think?

Thanksgiving Swirl: Priceless, Falling Leaves and Holidays &Wishes (retired); Dusty Durango and Very Vanilla cardstock; Dusty Durango and Soft Suede ink; Soft Suede polka dot ribbon; Dimensionals; Crop-a-Dile

Fall Fun

This card uses not only a new set from the new catalog but three of the new in colors. I love all the new in colors in their various combinations. These three, soft suede, crushed curry and dusty durango, make a great fall palette. And this set is not only great for Thanksgiving, with it's 1" circle medallion that says "Happy Thanksgiving" around an acorn, but is also great for a fall card and even thank you notes. I love the bold images and variety, with 5 different leaf options.

I layered the white button from Button Latte (available free this month with a $35 stamp set purchase from the Growing Up section of the catalog) over the 1" thanksgiving medallion. I also got to use my new mat pack and piercing tool to add the pierced dots along the bottom of the soft suede panel.

Falling Thanksgiving card: falling leaves stamp set; crushed curry, soft suede and dusty durango ink; crushed curry, soft suede and whisper white cardstock; button latte; linen thread; mat pack; paper piercing tool; 1" circle punch

Holiday Mini Sneak Peek

The Holiday Mini Catalog begins on September 1, but here's a sneak peek. This is my first ever Halloween set, but when I saw this set, I couldn't resist. This set of 4 cute image and sentiment stamps is called Twick or Tweet. I want to share 2 of the images with you.

When I finished this first card the orange panel was very plain, so I cut another piece, ran it through the Big Shot with the viney textured plate and ran an inked sponge over it to highlight the raised image.


This second image is just too cute! I can picture this on a tag or bag topper with sweet treats for the kiddos. This is the first stamp in the set that caught my eye. I just couldn't resist that chick and his speech impediment.

Make Me Smile card: Twick or Tweet stamp set; Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie and Whisper White cardstock; Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie, So Saffron, Elegant Eggplant and Sahara Sand ink; Stampin' Up! backgrounds 1 Texturz plate; Big Shot; black gingham ribbon; dimensionals

Twick or Tweet card: Twick or Tweet stamp set; So Saffron, Basic Black and Whisper White cardstock; Basic Black, So Saffron, Pumpkin Pie and Sahara Sand ink; Scalloped Edge punch; Pumpkin Pie striped grosgrain ribbon; dimensionals