30 Jul 2014

Wednesday Wrap Up

Oh my gosh, it's almost the end of July! How is it that the winter months can go so s-l-o-w-l-y and then the summer months just fly? If anyone has figured out how to fix that please let me know!!!

It's Wednesday again and time to bring you up to date on what's new this week.

There is only ONE DAY LEFT to get this terrific deal on Designer Series Paper. The order must go in by midnight on the 31st.


This week's deals:




And classes:

TIME TO SIGN UP FOR MY AUGUST CLASSES

CD HOLDER MINI SCRAPBOOK CLASS


Wednesday, August 6, 1:30 - 3:30 pm and again at 7:00 pm
Fee: $30
You can choose from 4 themes:
Baby
Child
Adult
Christmas




SNEAK PEEK HOLIDAY CATALOGUE CLASS



Wednesday, August 20, 1:30 - 3:30 pm
Thursday, August 21, 7-9 pm
Fee: $25
We'll be making 3 cards and two quick 3D items


Just email me to place an order or sign up for a class.


Happy Stamping!
Carol



27 Jul 2014

An Open Heart

One of the first stamp sets on my 'absolutely need' list from the new Annual Catalogue was An Open Heart.

An Open Heart Clear-Mount Stamp Set135002
Price$21.95 (Canadian)

The bird caught my eye right away, and I really like the sentiments. The sprig of greenery offered lots of possibilities too. 

When my order arrived the first thing I did with this set was make a Christmas card. Yes! I've been pining for Christmas sets. I know the Holiday catalogue will be beautiful when it arrives but I needed Christmas NOW! (Strange I know, but I can't help it... I was born on Christmas day... my name is Carol... it's just something I have to do...!)

So here is my card:


Supplies:
Stamps - An Open Heart, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink - Blendabilities Old Olive Assortment, Cherry Cobbler Assortment, Skin Tone Assortment. Old Olive Ink pad.
Paper: Cherry Cobbler and Whisper White cardstock. Park Lane Designer Series Paper.
Tools: Banner Framelits, Big Shot, Paper Snips, Paper Trimmer.
Embellishments: Gold Satin Ribbon, Paper Doily

I know I'll use this set for plenty of other events besides Christmas, but if you can't wait either, give it a go!

Happy Stamping!
Carol

23 Jul 2014

Wednesday Wrap-Up

Life can get hectic so I've decided to use Wednesdays as the day on my blog to list everything that is happening during the week. 

It will help me remember to share it with you, and I hope you will make a habit of checking on Wednesdays! Or you can sign-up for blog updates (on the right ->) and it will arrive in your in box all by itself! 

There's lots of things to check out, so grab a cool drink and enjoy!

Here we go...

WEEKLY DEALS
Available until Monday, July 28.


BLENDABILITIES ARE NOW AVAILABLE!


 Only these colours are available at this time:


TIME TO STOCK UP ON DESIGNER SERIES PAPER!


IF YOU HAVEN'T BEFORE, IT'S TIME TO CHECK OUT
MY PAPER PUMPKIN


TIME TO SIGN UP FOR MY AUGUST CLASSES

CD HOLDER MINI SCRAPBOOK CLASS


Wednesday, August 6, 1:30 - 3:30 pm and again at 7:00 pm
Fee: $30
You can choose from 4 themes:
Baby
Child
Adult
Christmas

SNEAK PEEK HOLIDAY CATALOGUE CLASS



Wednesday, August 20, 1:30 - 3:30 pm
Thursday, August 21, 7-9 pm
Fee: $25
We'll be making 3 cards and two quick 3D items

Please email me to order or sign up for classes!

22 Jul 2014

Catalogue Inspiration

Today I want to share something I rarely make - a single layer card.


This was cased from the Annual Catalogue page 155 at the top right. It's a fast and simple one-layer card but it makes an impact on the shelf in real life. The stamp set is the Flower Patch Photopolymer set. The colours used are Crisp Cantaloup, Calypso Coral, So Saffron, Hello Honey, Bermuda Bay, and Old Olive.

Our Annual Catalogue is full of beautiful samples to try!

Happy Stamping!
Carol

15 Jul 2014

Belated Instructions for Blog Tour cards!

This is supposed to be the relaxing time of year but the days are flying by and tonight I noticed it's getting dark too early already!!

That's my explanation for being late with my card instructions - life gets in the way! Here are the first two...


Supplies:
Stamps: Work of Art, Too Kind
Ink: Pink Pirouette, Strawberry Slush, Wild Wasabi, Garden Green, Soft Sky
Cardstock: Strawberry Slush, Whisper White
Tools & Accessories: Project Life Corner Punch, Snail, Dimensionals, Paper Snips

Dimensions:
Card Base: 8 1/2” x 5 1/2”, scored at 4 1/4”
Card Front:  4” x 5 1/4”
Inside: 4” x 5 1/4”

Directions:
1. Using Wild Wasabi ink and the largest stroke stamp from Work of Art, stamp once and then again without reinking on the Whisper White 4” x 5 1/4” cardstock.

2. Using Soft Sky and the smallest stroke stamp, stamp off once on scrap paper and then stamp on the top area of the cardstock.

3. Using Wild Wasabi and the stem stamp from Too Kind, stamp as shown in the photo.

4. Using Pink Pirouette stamp the base stamp of the largest flower, and the base stamp of the smaller flower.

5. Using Strawberry Slush stamp the accent stamp of the largest flower, and the accent stamp of the smaller flower.

6. Using Garden Green and the words Just For and You from the Work of Art set, stamp the sentiment as shown.

7. Using the Project Life Corner Punch, punch the bottom left corner of the Whisper White cardstock you have stamped. Fold the Strawberry Slush card base and punch the bottom left corner.

8. Adhere the stamped Whisper White cardstock to the front of the card base. Adhere the second piece of Whisper White cardstock to the inside of the card.

  


Supplies:
                                                         
Stamps: Petite Petals, Really Good Greetings
                                                   
Ink: Tangelo Twist

Cardstock & DSP: Mossy Meadow, Tangelo Twist, Whisper White
                                                   
Tools:  Petite Petals Punch, Build a Bird punch, Chevron Border punch, Banners Framelits, dimensional.

Embellishments: Rhinestones

Dimensions:

5 1/2” x 8 1/2” piece of Mossy Meadow cardstock, scored at 4 1/4” on the long side, 2” x 3 3/4” piece of Mossy Meadow, Scraps of Mossy Meadow for leaves

5 1/4” x 4” piece of Tangelo Twist                                                                                            
5” x 3 3/4” piece of Whisper White, 3 1/4” x 1 3/4” piece of Whisper White, Scrap of Whisper White for flowers  
Directions
1. Attach Tangelo Twist cardstock to the front of the Mossy Meadow card base.

2. Using the largest piece of Whisper White cardstock, punch the Chevron Border Punch on the left side. Save the chevron shapes that are punched out. Glue them to the punched area as shown in the photo (up-side-down from the punched image)

3. Starting at the smallest Banner Framelit, use # 3 to cut the 3 1/4” x 1 3/4” Whisper White.

4. Use the #4 Banner Framelit to cut the 2” x 3 3/4” Mossy Meadow cardstock.

5. Stamp the ‘Make a Wish’ sentiment on the Whisper White banner framelit cardstock. Attach it to the Mossy Meadow die cut cardstock.

6. Stamp the Petite Petal flower in Tangelo Twist ink on the scraps of Whisper White. Punch out with Petite Petals punch.

7. Using the scraps of Mossy Meadow cardstock punch out four sets of leaves from the Build a Bird punch.

8. Attach the leaves with snail or glue, and the flowers with dimensional, as shown in the photo of the card.


Thanks for stopping by!
Carol