Another Candle Card

I must say in my 9 years of SU!, the most beautiful card I have ever seen and then been able to make myself was the tea light candle card we made at Christmas.  I have put it away with my Christmas decorations so I can bring it out every year from now on!!  Until that next WOW card comes out.

Because I loved it so much, I thought I would try it again in the spring form.  This is what I came up with.  Not even close to the one made at Founder's Circle, but I tried :)

Supplies:
Stamp Set: Nature Walk, Seasonal Sayings
Paper: Pool Party, White, Primrose Petals Coredination paper, poetry dsp, vellum
Ink: versamark, primrose petals, pool party
Tools: Big Shot, honeycomb embossing folder, frames embossing folder, decorative label punch, heat tool, large oval punch, 1/2" circle punch, cordinations sanding system
Accessories: Primrose petals ribbon, pool party satin ribbon (SAB), dimensionals, glue dots, battery tea light

Man....that's a lot of product!

More Candle Stamping

I like making cute projects to give away at my workshops.  This is another example of stamping on candles.  You can see my previous post with directions here.

Supplies:
Stamp Set: Nature Walk
Ink: Early Espresso
Paper: Whisper White (the birdcage is hanging from the bow)
Accessories: 1-1/4" espresso striped ribbon, dimensionals

Mom's birthday Card

Here is the card I made for my mom's birthday last week.  I couldn't post it til today b/c she was on vacation and just got it.  Couldn't let her see her own card before she held it in her hands.  Happy Birthday Mama!  Just can't help but go back to my favorites while I am waiting for all the new stuff to arrive!

Supplies:

Stamp Set: Nature Walk, Bring on the Cake

Paper: Daffodil Delight, Whisper White

Ink: Early Espresso, Old Olive & Daffodil Delight markers

Tools: Big Shot, Framed Tulips embossing folder, sponge dauber

Ribbon: 1/8" daffodil delight 

Accessories: dimensionals, sticky strip

Party Prizes

Here is one of the prizes I made for the games we played at the shower.  It's a memo cube.  I get all my cubes from http://www.stamponthis.com.  Oriental Trading also sells these cubes.

Supplies:

Stamps: Nature Walk, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Paper: Chocolate Chip and Whisper White

Ink: Chocolate Chip

Tools: Crop-a-dile, small tag punch and large tag punch

Accessories: Early Espresso 5/8" satin ribbon, cello bag, thread

More Butterflies

Well, I didn't realize how much I loved butterflies on my cards.  Here is today's card.

 Card Tips:

On all my cards this week, I use a technique called Stamping Off.  Ink up your stamps with black and then stamp it once on a scrap piece of paper first and then stamp on your card without reinking.  That will soften the ink.  I think it removes the harshness of the black ink.  I like this technique especially when I am going to do some watercoloring.

I also used a lighter on the ends of my ribbon so they wouldn't fray. I have been doing that more lately since I started making bows for my little baby girl.  Is it crazy to say I like fire? :) 

Check here for my bow tying video tutorial.  

The background was colored using our ink pads.  When your pad is closed, squeeze it a few times.  That will get ink on the lid of your pad.  Take your aquapainter or blender pen and dip it in the ink and color directly on the paper.  I tried it using our watercolor paper and it was so much prettier.  Give it a try!!

I know this blow up is kinda fuzzy, but I wanted you to see that I have dimension here.  I stamped off with black ink first and then did the same on a scrap piece.  I cut out just the wings from the scrap piece and put them on the main card with dimensionals.  When I first colored the butterfly, I colored the insect part.  Just make sure you notice where the body stops and the wings begin.

Supplies: 

Stamp Set: Nature Walk

Paper: Basic Black, Marina Mist, Whisper White

Ink: Basic Black

Ribbon: Marina Mist satin 5/8" ribbon

Accessories: pearls, dimensionals, paper snips

You are not seeing double

I cased this beautiful card from Lee Conrey.  There are several elements to this card.

Card Tips:

As you can see, the perfect polka dots was only used on the top 2/3rds of the card.  I stamped my greeting first and then ran it through so it would go exactly where I wanted it.

The white polka piece is put on with dimensionals.  When you put two of the same color together, it's good to raise the top layer to show depth.

I don't have a video to show you how to layer the rectangle scallop clearlit, but it is the same technique as I showed during artistic etchings were.  Click here for it.

Here is my tutorial on tying bows.

Supplies:

Stamp Set: Nature Walk, A Word for You

Paper: Whisper White, Marina Mist

Ink: Basic Black, Marina Mist, Pear Pizzazz

Ribbon: Marina Mist 5/8" satin ribbon

Tools: Big Shot, perfect Polka dots embossing folder, Scallop retangle clearlit, aquapainter

Accessories: dimensionals, snail adhesive

More Nature Walk

Today's card is cased from my favorite blogger, Mary Fish.  The patterns you see on the squares are actually DSP (designer series paper) not stamps.  So, less work for you :)

Card Tips:

Paper size: main card is 5-1/4" square.  Perfect for our medium square envelopes.  The Olive Square is 4-3/4" square.  The Cherry squares are 2-1/4" and the DSP is 2" square.  The larger square in the middle is 2-3/4" square and the DSP on top is 2-5/8" square.  That's a lot of squares :)

Ribbon:  Click here to see my scrunchy ribbon tutorial.  It is a little different from what you see here.  I didn't have any satin ribbon that matched this card so I just used the 5/8" olive grosgrain and just stuck it down on a piece of sticky strip back and forth.

The birdcage and the best wishes are both stamped on the honeycomb piece of DSP from this paper pack not vanilla.

Supplies: 

Stamp Set: Nature Walk

Paper: Early Espresso, Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler, Botanical Gazette DSP

Ribbon: Old Olive 5/8" grosgrain ribbon

Tools: medium oval punch, scallop oval punch

Accessories: dimensionals, antique brads, sticky strip, paper snips, snail adhesive

Framed Tulips video tutorial

PUT YOUR THINKING CAPS ON!!!   Ok, I won't say this technique didn't give me a headache.  But, I have worked out all the kinks so you don't have to.  I'm excited to share a video on how to use our framed tulips embossing folder.

Card Tips: 

Paper Sizes: Main card is 4.25x5.5", saffron is 4 x 5.25", DSP is 5-1/8" x 3-7/8", the larger square is 3-1/8" and the honey comb DSP on top of it is 3".  The smaller rectangle is 3-9/16" x 2.25" and the tulip frame is 3-7/16" x 2-3/16".  The brown strip is 1x4.25".  Shoo....lots of measuring.  One thing I will mention about the square lattice embossing folder I used on the brown strip...the embossing is so tight that it does shrink a little bit when you run it through the big shot.  Just keep that in mind if you are counting on an exact size.

After I did the tulip frame, I took 2 scrap pieces of paper and put it over the left and bottom sides of the paper.  Then I stamped the flower on it.  It gives it a soft outline.  

The card that Lee did was much better as far as the coloring on the tulips.  She used a marker to color the tulips.  It is a pretty technique.  I just used daubers.  Next time I do this, I'll try the markers.  If you do it that way, there won't be any ink in between the tulips.  Just a different look.

The bird is popping up on dimensionals and yes, I did use an exacto knife to get between his legs.  Kinda tedious, but necessary :)

Ok, here is what you have been waiting for...the very detailed video technique for resizing the framed tulip embossing  folder.  Get comfortable, I have a feeling it's going to be a long one :)

Dimensions of Frames before embossing:

8 tulips x 11 tulips (5.25x4)

8 tulips x 6 tulips (4x3.25)

6 tulips x 6 tulips (3.25 square)

3 tulips x 8 tulips (4x2)

3 tulips x 2 tulips (2-1/8 x 1-5/8)

1 tulips x 11 tulips (5.25 x 1-1/8)

Once you get the hang of it, you can make any size.

Supplies: 

Stamp Set: Nature Walk

Paper: Early Espresso, So Saffron, Old Olive, Very Vanilla (in the original card, she used naturals ivory...it's prettier.  I just didn't have any)

Ink: Old Olive, Early Espresso

Ribbon: Very Vanilla 5/8" satin ribbon

Tools: Big Shot, framed tulips embossing folder, square lattice embossing folder

Accessories: dauber, pearls, snail adhesive, glue dots

Accessories: dauber, dimensionals, glue dot

Mojo Monday 178

I LOVE it when my baby takes a good nap in the AM.  I was able to work on my mojo this morning!  I am very proud of this one.  I wasn't last week, but this week, YES!  Here she is...

 I can't tell you how much I love these sketches.  The hardest thing about making a card is coming up with the layout.  From there, my juices flow.  As I said yesterday, this week I'll be focusing on Nature Walk and the coordinating DSP Botanical Gazette.

Card Tips: 

I hope you like the framed tulips embossing folder.  It is so neat.  Come back tomorrow for my Tuesday Tutorial on how to resize this neat frame.

I didn't have the right kind of ribbon to hang the birdcage until I saw this little piece of 3/8" white taffeta ribbon.  It was calling out to me...I can be any color you want...don't forget about me!  So, I grabbed him and colored him with my not so navy marker.  And TA...DA!!!  I then used the scrunchy ribbon technique from a few weeks ago.  Click here for a refresher.

Supplies:

Stamp Set: Nature Walk, A Word For You

Paper: Early Espresso, Not Quite Navy, Very Vanilla, Botanical Gazette DSP

Ink: Early Espresso, Not Quite Navy  (pads and markers for spritzer tool)

Ribbon: 3/8" white taffeta colored with not quite navy marker, 1/8" espresso ribbon

Tools: Big Shot, Scallop Circle #2 Die, Framed Tulips embossing Folder, Spritzer Tool, Paper Piercing tool, Mat Pack

Accessories: glimmer brads, dimensionals, glue dots, dauber

Come back tomorrow for my Tuesday Video Tutorial!!