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Surprise!
I have a treat for you today! I joined a Quill-A-Long event on Facebook taught by Kelly Foulk. She uploaded clear instructions to a file on her facebook page “Quill-A-Long” and then held the live event which you can still watch on Facebook. After making the rose from her design, I made it into a card!
I took multiple pictures trying to show you the quills a bit better and wasn’t successful. I will have to work on my photography or choose quilling strips of a lighter color.
Be sure and visit Kelly Foulk at Quill-A-Long on Facebook for all the directions and the replay of the Facebook live. Click on ‘files’ in her Facebook Quill-A-Long page to get the directions and a pattern to follow.
I am confused! Why would you want to do something like quilling? You are a stamper!
I know, Sal, but check out the card, quilling and stamping can be used together! Here is a side shot but the dark green is too dark to show the quilled leaves. I used Kelly’s colored pattern but perhaps if I used the pattern on plain white the quilling might show.
For the inside of this sympathy card I used the retired Thoughts & Prayers stamp set. The outside greeting is from the retired Many Messages stamp set.
Recipe:
- Base: Thick Basic White cardstock, 5 1/2 X 8 1/2, scored at 4 1/4.
- Layer 1: Hues of Happiness Designer Series Paper, 3 1/2 X 5, Die cut with Ornate Layers Die.
- Layer 2: Thick Basic White, 2 1/4 X 3 5/8, I printed Kelly’s rose design on 8 1/2 X 11, constructed the rose and then used a ruler and scissors to cut to the correct size since you can’t cut with the rose attached. In the future I will cut the base of the design first and then build the rose. I corner rounded top left and bottom right .
- Inside Layer: Thick Basic White, 2 1/4 X 3 5/8, corner round top left and bottom right to match front. Sponge half with Polished Pink ink and half with Crushed Curry ink. Stamp greeting in Evening Evergreen.
- Outside greeting: Basic White, 5 1/2 X 4 1/4, Stamp Many Messages in Evening Evergreen and die cut with Messages Die which gives you 19 little greetings, a little heart and three stars. The greeting is sponged on top with Polished Pink ink and half with Crushed Curry ink matching the designer series paper colors. Pop it up with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
- Pink and yellow jewels were added for a bit of sparkle.
Will it mail in a regular A2 envelope?
No, Sal, unfortunately it needs a padded envelope and the ‘nonmachineable’ postage stamp. The post office can also stamp the outside with their ‘nonmachineable’ word stamp but you have to have them look for the stamp as many workers forget that it exists. I’m sure it was in their training but it is used very seldom.
I started a kit I purchased at Michaels that looked intriguing to do outline letters for Joy’s name filled in with lovely quilling. I followed the instructions from a Youtube that showed putting straight pins around the edge of the quilled strips to make the letters. The paper showed every single pin mark so it was awful. The glue technique I used didn’t work either and glue showed everywhere. Thankfully there was a second pattern in the kit so Joy might get it by her next birthday in December. Sigh…..
See what I mean….
Ugh… lots of work and no way to fix it with all those holes everywhere!
I saw another technique where the lady used a scoring tool to indent where she wanted the strips for the letters. I’ll let you know how that works! Hopefully, following Kelly will help me with the art of quilling.
For now, thank you for spending a bit of your precious time with me as I present my very first completed quilling project!
SAL, Smile A Little and Start Adventuring in Life
Karen
Bringing a pinch of creativity to spice up your crafting world.
Letter Opener Quick Gift
Let’s end 2022 with a quick project that you could add as a little gift to a New Year’s card or birthday card or….. I am casing an idea by Jeanie Stark at Juststampin.com but adding Happiness Hues designer series paper and a stamped “mail” image from ‘Stamping Your Way To the Top’ stamp set to make a pocket which holds a letter opener. It could also be a gift card holder.
It is another project using the Pretty Pillowbox dies. This one isn’t as 3D as the last one I made for favors at the Christmas stamp camp but fun to make for a card insert.
Did you ever use the Pretty Pillowbox die as it was intended to be used?
Well, ummmm…… I guess not! I used the greeting die in the die set for the Post It Note holder greeting. It has a stitched edge so it is perfect for this project and many others.
These are the letter openers I ordered from Amazon:
Recipe
- Base: Bermuda Bay, Melon Mambo or Gorgeous Grape, 4 1/4 X 4 3/8; die cut using both the large base die and the die with the two little holes at the same time. Fold on the middle score line and use tear and tape on the sides. NOTE: For these letter openers the tear and tape can’t go all the way to the top.
- DSP Layer: Hues of Happiness Designer Series Paper, 2 1/4 X 4 1/2, line up with the score line in the middle of the die and die cut just the bottom section. I selectively cut certain sections of the DSP that matched the base.
- Greeting: Basic White, 3 X 1, die cut with the long greeting die AFTER stamping the “Mail” image; you can glue it right on the score line at the top of the die which hides the score line and keeps the greeting straight
- Ribbon: 15″ of matching color
Here are individual close up pictures:
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. And a group shot just for fun:
. I hope you have had a successful 2022, however you define success, and that you are ready for a new year, with new challenges and new blessings!
“May the Lord bless you and keep you, may He make His face to shine upon you and be gracious to you, May He lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace!” Numbers 6: 24-26
Sal and I wish you a very Happy New Year!
Karen
Hues of Happiness Easel Card
Stampin’ Up!’s Hues of Happiness designer series paper (DSP) is beyond gorgeous. I made this bouquet easel card with one of the less used pieces of DSP that I thought was extra pretty with its yellow and black centers.
. I started my fussy cutting focusing on those three little flowers on the right that I wanted to hang over the pot. The fresh freesia flower you see on the left was a separate fussy cut that I added so that a flower wasn’t hanging over too far on the pot where I wanted a couple leaves (fussy cut). The card itself is a tri-layer fold that I saw Jan B. make at janbcards.com. She was casing a lovely card from a Japanese demonstrator and translating the directions from Japanese to English. What a challenge! Thank you, Jan. From there I changed up the dsp, the embossing folder and altered the cuts a bit to come up with this Hues of Happiness Easel Card.
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The bottom flap folds out to give you a great place for a message!
Remember- don’t toss those edge pieces of your DSP! You can add them to the inside like in the picture above!
I started a bouquet card with cutting out the flowers in the Hues of Happiness DSP with the Blossoming Happiness Dies but it just lacked something and then I realized the piece of DSP I thought was much too busy was actually perfect. However, I did save the cutouts and used them on the back of the bouquet:
I think its the yellow in the DSP that made you prefer it over the other.
Maybe so, Sal, it definitely is eye appealing with yellow centers and little yellow flowers and added greenery which always enhances flowers. What a great job the Stampin’ Up! artists did in designing this paper!
Recipe
- Top Base 1: Bermuda Bay Cardstock, 4 1/4 X 11, scored at 5 1/2 and 2 3/4
- Bottom Base 2: Bermuda Bay Cardstock, 4 1/4 X 10 3/4, scored at 5 3/8;
- adhere to base 1 with the fold of base 2 aligned to the inside bottom edge of base 1. The length of base 2 is 1/4″ smaller to allow for the fold of base 1. The top of base 1 flips up and the bottom base 2 flips down. I didn’t get a picture but here is one from JanB’s blog post. I am using 1/8″ borders so my layers won’t look like hers
- Middle Layers for Base 2, (X2), Basic White, 4 X 5 1/8;
- one is for the inside of base 2, the other is for the outside of base 2 when it is folded in
- DSP for Card Base 2: Hues of Happiness DSP, 3 3/4 X 4 7/8, this is for the outside of base 2 when it is folded in
- Folded Layers of Base 1 (X2): Basic White, 4 X 2 1/2
- DSP Layer for the folded layers (X2): DSP, 3 3/4 X 2 1/4; make an effort to use the same color of DSP flowers on the right and left as you have on the Base 2 DSP that folds in so it has a continuous look
- Flower Pot Base: Basic White, 3 1/4 X 2 3/4
- pencil mark the top of the base 1/2″ in on the right and left sides
- pencil mark the bottom of the base 1″ in on the right and left sides
- cut from the bottom to the top mark on both sides
- Flower Pot Rim: Basic White, 3/4 X 4 1/4
- die cut both the base and rim with the Stitched Greenery Die
- Circle Stabilizer for flowers: Window Sheet, die cut with the 2nd largest of the plain layering circles
- Attach the window sheet circle between the base and rim of the pot making sure the top won’t go over the base of the card when closed. This also gives you a guide for mounting your flowers.
- Lay the pot on base 1, 1/8″ above the easel fold and pencil mark the pot on the base, then cut the base cardstock to match the pot. I tried to use the trimmer and found fussy cutting would have been better
- Adhere the pot to the base with a foam strip (you can see this in the picture of the back)
- The bottom of the pot should line up with the basic white layer (I had to trim mine a bit)
- Bouquet: Hues of Happiness Designer Series Paper cut to about 4″ X 3 1/2″ with added fussy cut greenery and flowers to make it fuller if necessary. I wanted those three little flowers on the bottom so I started there and used regular scotch tape to glue the extra pieces I wanted to fill it in with edge flowers and greenery
- Attach to the window sheet with glue dots
- cut additional flowers for the back with the Blossoming Happiness Dies or use the same sheet of DSP if you aren’t making numerous cards and have enough or don’t have the dies
- Sentiment Layer: Bermuda Bay Cardstock, 4 X 3/4, attach with a 1/2 X 3 3/4 foam strip 2 3/4″ from bottom
- Sentiment Top Greeting: Basic White, 3 3/4 X 1/2, stamp with greeting from Pansy Patch Stamp Set
- Bow: Scrap of Bermuda Bay cut with the Pierced Blooms Die (retired)
- Embellishment: In Color Rhinestone for center of the bow and a dragonfly punched from retired DSP
What!? You didn’t use the brass butterflies?
Not this time, Sal. I must be over-using them for you to say that!
This card and a triple time stamping card were for my July Stamp Camp. I will have another Stamp Camp September 13th and we will make two Christmas cards, one with a very special fold! The cost is $10 or a $35 order and RSVPs are due by September 6th. Snacks and a light lunch will be provided.
A lunch with something zucchini or green beans, right?
Hopefully all the zucchini will be shredded and frozen by then, and the green beans are already frozen. The cherry tomatoes are the best this year! So sweet, but I digress….
Well, it is not a ‘card buffet’ where you pick out which card to make from several kits, and it is not a ‘stamp-a-stack’ where you make several cards of each design, and it is not a ‘technique class’ which I have held before, and it is not a ‘club’ or ‘coffee and a card’, so I guess the closest title would be a ‘stamp camp’, just not an all day event. Does anyone have a better name I could use? If you add a comment by August 31, you will be added to a drawing for a pack of Fun Flowers Resin Shapes.
So Christmas Stamp Camp, September 13, 9:30-12:30. RSVP by September 6th!
Hostess code for September is X4C4NGU4, order $35 with this code and the Stamp Camp is free!
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SAL, Be Salt And Light out there folks, it’s a crazy world these days
Karen
Sending Smiles, Blossoming Happiness and New Horizons
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The Tea Boutique Cards & Envelopes in the annual catalog use all five of the new In Colors with cards and matching envelopes. I challenged myself to make a card that matched the envelope!
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I chose the smaller of the flowers in the Blessings of Home stamp set and the long stem flower and greenery from the Sending Smiles stamp set cut out with the Sending Dies which even have a die for that itty bitty flower. The envelope has a Starry Sky little flower on the flap so I replicated that look. The Flowers of Home Dies cut out the flower image and the die set has many other images to add greenery!
Recipe for Sending Smiles Tea Boutique Cards
- Base: Tea Boutique Card in Orchid Oasis, Measures 8 1/2 X 5 1/2 folded at 4 1/4
- Layer 1: Basic White, 3 3/4 X 5
- Layer 2: In Color Designer Series Paper in plaid, 3 5/8 X 4 7/8
- Top for die cut pieces: Basic White, 6 X 4 1/2
- stamp smaller flower in Blessings of Home stamp set with Orchid Oasis ink, color with Stampin’ Blends- Lt Fresh Freesia, Lt Granny Apple Green, Lt Call Me Clover and use a Blender pen & Orchid Oasis ink
- stamp in Fresh Freesia ink 2 long stem flowers from Sending Smiles stamp set (outside & inside flower) and use the blender pen and Orchid Oasis ink to add color on the flowers
- stamp one green leaf for outside in Granny Apple Green and one double green leaf for inside, die cut
- Cut ‘sending’ background from the Basic White
- Stamp ‘Love & Big Hugs’ in Orchid Oasis and cut with die in Sending Dies, cut off right edge even with the DSP layer and leave a little on the left edge for a gem when you line up the greeting die
- ‘Sending’ Top Layer: Use the In Color Designer Series Paper left over from layer 2, 1 5/8 X 3 5/8, and add backing of double back adhesive paper 1 1/2 X 3 1/2
- You should have enough of the In Color Designer Series Paper to make two 1 1/8 X 1 1/8 squares to cut diagonally for inside corners
- Greeting on inside of second picture: Basic White, 3 X 3 , Flowering Tulips stamp set, stamped in Starry Sky and cut with a retired Hippo & Friends Die
- Greeting Layer: Starry Sky, 3 X 3, die cut with retired Hippo & Friends Die, cut in half and glue to back of greeting
- Little Flowers (X2): Starry Sky, 1 X 1, die cut with Sending Dies and glue on a scrap of Daffodil Delight
- Embellishments: 5 In Color jewels, 4″ of Fresh Freesia ribbon tied in a knot
The top pieces are all adhered with Stampin’ Dimensionals, inside corners and flowers are glued directly down.
I remember you used the Parakeet Party and the Tranquil Tide Cards and Envelopes for the catalog launch and now you have used the Orchid Oasis. What are you going to do with the Starry Sky and Sweet Sorbet?
The Tea Boutique Cards & Envelopes have 20 bases with matching envelopes so I have some left of all the colors. (Click for Catalog Launch details). I would love to do more of what I have done here in all the colors!
Recipe for Blossoming Happiness Card
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The front of this card is from a kit sent to me when I played Bunco online with Debra Harrison at Simply Sweet In Ink Designs. I created the inside using matching Hues of Happiness DSP and Blossoming Happiness Dies.
Base: Thick Basic White, 4 1/4 X 11, scored at 5 1/2
Layer 1: Hues of Happiness DSP, 4 X 5 1/4
Top Layer: Basic White, 4 X 4, Die cut with large Blossoming Happiness Die; Stamp sentiment from Pansy Patch stamp set in Granny Apple Green in upper right of die cut piece
Flower & 2 sets of Leaves: Hues of Happiness DSP die cut with Blossoming Happiness Dies.
Inside Layer: Hues of Happiness DSP with center cut out using retired Ornate Layers Die and stamped in Melon Mambo using the Limited Edition stamp set.
Recipe for New Horizons Card
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Base: Misty Moonlight, 8 1/2 X 5 1/2, Scored at 4 1/4
Layer 1 (X2): Soft Succulent, 5 3/8 X 4 1/8
Top Layer: New Horizons DSP, 5 1/4 X 4, and 5 1/4 by 2; I wanted the lake in the middle so I cut 3/4″ off the top of the 6″ DSP, then cut the 6″ width into two pieces – 4″ wide with the remaining 2″ wide for inside
Use the Oceanfront stamp set for grass in Evening Evergreen and Boulders in Basic Gray. Note: Stamp the boulders first, mask them, and then stamp the grass
On the Horizon stamp set is used for the birds but stamp lightly or they become blobs -practice makes perfect!
Horizon Dies are used for the fence with a scrap of Basic White and the grass with a scrap of soft succulent.
Thank you for your order is the retired You Always Deliver stamp set.
Embellishments are the retired Pebbles Enamel Shapes.
I thought you were only going to highlight products you could order right now.
I know Sal, but I probably go back to my blog posts more than anyone and products come and go so quickly in our catalogs that I need the visual help to identify what I used. The best laid plans go astray!!
I hope I have brought you a “pinch of creativity to spice up your crafting world!” Each blog post is posted to my Stampalosopher Facebook page so you can view the blog post there. I also post the cards to Stampin’ Connection, Instagram, Pinterest and sometimes to Demonstrator Planning Place. Someday I will get back to posting cards to my Youtube channel, it is pretty pitiful right now. It really helps if you follow me and like my posts so they are prioritized among all the other hundreds of posts.
So….. why? That seems overkill.
Sometimes I think so, too, Sal, but I am so grateful to all the demonstrators who have inspired me over the last 13 years. I may see a bit of an idea on one site that I combine with bits of ideas from other sites and eventually my creative juices put it all together for a card or party favor or…….. I want to do the same for other demonstrators and card makers who are looking for ideas or tips. It’s amazing the little tips you pick up as you watch other demonstrators on youtube.
Thank you for your tolerance of the feast or famine of your inbox this last two months.
Our hostess code for August is 3BACA4QZ to use if your order is under $150 so all the little orders combine for our hostess to receive reward dollars. If you order $150 or more you will get the rewards yourself and it is currently Sale A Bration time so you will receive a Sale A Bration free product for each $50 or $100 spent. It is a great time to resupply your cardstock and get new products for fall and Christmas cards!
Have a wonderful day!
SAL, Sending A Lovely set of cards to inspire you
Karen (click on little Sal in the computer to go to my online store)
June Party Event
Hello Stamping Friends, (double click the header if you are using a mobile device)
You, too, can book a private party and I will bring everything for a fun event of card making with your friends. Contact me for details and pricing at 303-815-0838. At June’s event we made three different cards:
1) Happiness Abounds
. 2) Flowering Tulips
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. 3) Sending Smiles
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What a fun party! One lady said she was going to get a frame and make the card a wall hanging! There was lots of laughter as the stamping was going on!
My thank you gift to the hostess was a sweet bag made with the Butterfly Kisses designer series paper, casing Debra Harrison at www.simplysweetinkdesigns.com, by covering a white lunch bag with designer series paper. The guests received an Embossed Treat Bag of goodies with a Sweet Songbird flying through the air with clouds from Give It A Whirl dies.
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The hostess received a card in her bag with a gift certificate to one of my events among other goodies. The greeting on the card is from Happy Hedgehogs. The ‘Hello Friend’ is the retired Friendly Hello. ‘So Happy You’re Here’ is from Sweet Songbirds.
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Those butterflies and birds just make me feel happy! So what is in the bags?
For the bags, I found a variety pack of M&Ms with hopes that they each would have a little of a flavor they liked and then I added a bag of flower seeds and a thank you card they could use; that way they went home with four cards from the event. For the thank you card I used the cards and matching envelopes from the Sale A Bration catalog that goes live in July. (As a demonstrator I was able to order early on a preorder. Its a great perk!) The door prize was a set of garden tools to help the winner plant her flower seeds.
The cardstock and matching envelope are so pretty that all I did is add the layering thank you from Amazing Thanks dies in the same colors of Pool Party and Soft Sea Foam, scored two lines at the bottom and then added some gems! I wish I would have taken a better picture.
If you are a demonstrator yourself, I hope I have given you some ideas for a party. This was a paid event. I charge $5 per card, so $15 total fee per person for the event. Workshops are free. The guests only make one simple card and I spend time introducing Stampin’ Up! to attendees as we browse the catalogs and kit offerings. I do a quick demonstration of something 3D for the hostess and of course have party favors of some sort for all!
Contact me if you would like to book a workshop or a party! 303-815-0838
Recipe for card #1) Happiness Abounds
- Base: Thick Whisper White, 5 1/2 X 8 1/2 scored at 4 1/4
- Layer 1(X2): Fresh Freesia, 5 1/4 X 4
- Layer 2 (X2): Basic White, 3 3/4 X 5
- Outside layer is die cut with Blossoming Happiness Die with the top point of die 1/4″ from top
- Stamp ‘happy birthday’ from Happiness Abounds Stamp Set in Gorgeous Grape Ink 3/4″ from bottom
- Wrap 6″ of Fresh Freesia 3/8″ Open Weave Ribbon around the bottom, add bow- 8″ of ribbon needed
- Inside uses a fussy cut flower from the side of Hues of Happinesss designer series paper, (don’t toss out those sides of your pretty paper); stamp greeting from Happiness Abounds Stamp Set in Gorgeous Grape ink
- Die cut three flowers, three double leaves and one many leaved stem from the Hues of Happinesss designer series paper with Blossoming Happiness Dies, attach flowers with Stampin’ Dimensionals and leaves with Glue Dots.
- Add bling
Recipe for card #2) Flowering Tulips (thank you Lindastamps.com)
- Base: Pool Party, 4 1/4 X 11, scored at 5 1/2
- Layer 1: Basic Black, 4 X 5 1/4
- Top Pieces:
- Flowering Fields DSP (retired) Tulips – 3 X 4 for middle
- Flowering Fields DSP (retired) Dots- 1 X 4 (X2) for top and bottom
- Mount the top and bottom first, flush to the black layer then mount the middle
- Banner: Vellum, 5 1/4 X 1 9/16 (1/16 beyond 1/2), punch with banner punch
- Tip: Build your banner with your tulip, stem and greeting then adhere to card front, I have vellum glue that doesn’t show but you can glue behind your tulip and greeting with just a touch under butterfly
- Tulip:
- Poppy Parade for main piece, 3 1/4 X 1 1/2 die cut with Tulips Dies
- Petal Pink for inside piece of tulip, 1 X 1 1/4 die cut with Tulips Dies; I used the top three dies shown in this picture with the first two pieces both done in Poppy Parade and sponged slightly with white ink and the third piece done in Petal Pink
- Greenery is Garden Green with the longer stem and leaf shown to the right in the picture and sponged with Garden Green to look like the DSP (designer series paper)
- Inside Layer 1:
- Poppy Parade, 4 X 5 1/4
- Basic White, 3 3/4 X 5
- DSP at bottom, 3 3/4 X 1
- Basic Black Strip, 3 3/4 X 1/8
- Greeting: Basic White, 2 X 2, stamp with greeting from Flowering Tulips Stamp Set and die cut with the scalloped Layering Circle Die, second to smallest that is 1 1/2 ” in diameter
- Brass Butterfly for bling
Recipe for card #3) Sending Smiles
- Base: Polished Pink, 8 1/2 X 5 1/2, scored at 4 1/4
- Layer 1 (X2): Basic White, 5 1/4 X 4
- Greeting:
- Basic White, 4 X 1, Stamp with Sending Smiles greeting in Polished Pink and die cut with Sending Dies greeting strip
- Sending:
- Background for ‘sending’ is Polished Pink, 1 5/8 X 3 5/8, Die cut with solid ‘sending’ in Sending Dies
- Top of ‘sending’ is Basic White, 1 5/8 X 3 5/8, layered on a piece of Adhesive Sheet 1 1/2 X 3 1/2, then die cut with the detailed ‘sending’ in the Sending Dies
- Brass Butterflies and In Color Jewels (retired)
- Inks:
- Polished Pink for flowers
- Pale Papaya for center of flowers
- Garden Green for stems of the flowers
- Granny Apple Green full strength and then second generation (no reinking just stamp) for grass
- Tips:
- Cut out your sending greeting and position it (without adhering) so you see where to stamp the flowers and stems. Be sure and move it out of the way before stamping
- Position the two flowers on the left on the same block by stamping the green stem made for the two flowers on a piece of scratch paper/ grid paper – and then positioning the flowers on the block so they will fit on the stem. If you stamp the stem first you may go off the paper with your flowers. The best option is to use a stamparatus with one plate for flowers and one plate for stems.
- Mask the flowers by stamping them on our Masking Paper and then fussy cutting them out. Place them on the flowers and then stamp the stem.
Hostess Bag
- White Lunch Bag base: Cut the bag off so it is 6″ tall
- Front: Butterfly Kisses designer series paper, 6″ X width of bag, adhere to front of bag
- Flap: Butterfly Kisses DSP (designer series paper), 3 X width of bag; score at 1″ on the short side and round the opposite corners. Adhere 1″ score section to back of lunch bag
- Label: Basic White, die cut with the Designer Tags Die, stamp sentiment in Starry Sky
- Label Strip: Fresh Freesia, 11/16″ (1/16 less than 3/4) X width of bag
- Fold over the top flap and adhere the label about half way down from flap
- Fussy cut and adhere 3 butterflies from the DSP and add Fun Flowers Resin Shapes, a clip and a bow in the clip made from Orchid Oasis 1/8″ Mettalic Woven Ribbon
I’ve started a new procedure of highlighting current product. Let me know if that is helpful.
Thank you for sharing part of your day with me. Leave a comment for a chance to win a set of Fun Flowers Resin Shapes. Drawing to be held August 31 from all comments through that date. (By then I should be caught up on my posts!). I have two posts remaining to do for June and then I start the July posts! Your inbox was so lonely and now I will overwhelm it with posts- feast or famine at my computer these days. Thank you for your patience!!
Hostess code through August is: 3BACA4QZ. Remember this code is to be used for orders under $150 so the orders can accumulate to give the hostess reward dollars. If your order is over $150 you will receive the reward dollars yourself! Win-win!
SAL, Sharing A Lot
Karen (Click on little Sal in the computer to go to my online store)
Case The Creator Card – Collar Card May ’22
Hello Stamping Friends,
It’s time to look at May’s Case The Creator (CTC) card with instructions and a video from Chris Slogar of buckeyeinklings.com. There is also a printable pdf file if you like to have a hard copy of the recipes. June is our last month for the Jan-June mini catalog with so many retiring items on sale. Check out the lists HERE!
Case The Creator #4 printable pdf file
My card uses the new Annual Catalog’s Designer Series Paper (DSP) Hues of Happiness. The yellow on the collar is actually the same paper as the blue on the second layer, so cutting one strip of the 12″ DSP at 4 1/4″ gave me enough to have two lengths of 5 1/2″ and it was one of those ‘serendipity moments’ when I looked at the blue part of the DSP and decided it would be a nice layer. (That layer is not included in the CTC instructions.) Plus, the leftover 1″ X 4 1/4″ was perfect to use on the inside. Nothing wasted on that 4 1/4″ strip!
To decorate I stamped the largest flower from the Happiness Abounds stamp set in Daffodil Delight ink as a second generation (stamp off once) and then stamped over the flower with a greeting from Celebrating You in Night of Navy Ink. I used a Lt Crushed Curry Stampin’ Blend to color the edges of the flower petals that weren’t covered by the greeting. I cut out the flower with the Blossoming Happiness Die and then used the Dk Night of Navy Stampin’ Blend to color the edge of the flower. I made a bow and a left edge embellishment strip using the Misty Moonlight 1/8″ ribbon from the Cotton Ribbon Combo Pack in the mini catalog after coloring the ribbon with the Dk Night of Navy Stampin’ Blend. The leaves are cut from the Blossoming Happiness Dies on a scrap of Granny Apple Green. The inside greetings are from the Limited Edition stamp set in the annual catalog.
Wow! Sometimes you just need beautiful DSP to do half the work!
So true, Sal, and we have some beauties in the new annual catalog. Did you know you can go to the catalog tab at the top of the blog and click on a link to the pdf of the catalog?
Or you could just give us a link right here so we have fewer clicks!
True! Annual Catalog introduction
Let’s look at the cards prepared by the other creative stampers. We meet by Zoom on the 4th Tuesday of every month and I send out the Case The Creator (CTC) instructions in advance. Send me your email if you would like to be included in the Zoom meeting. stampalosopher@gmail.com
Jo Brooks’ card is beautiful with the contrasting colors she chose, and she added another DSP layer in the inside with an oval for the greeting! What a great way to pull everything together inside and out!
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Sharon Fincham made 4 CTC cards using different DSP’s or different greetings and even a different orientation!
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Ann Hausmann decorated the card by putting a greeting in the collar fold!
Lucille Kearin cut off the edges of the collar to make a unique CTC card:
Joy Meadows embossed the layer under the collar in her card!
Thank you all for participating! What fun to start with a simple set of instructions and then to see what each stamper uses to create a special and unique card.
Yes, I added a Case The Creator category or they can click on the Recipe Box tab and find the card I made and then by clicking on the thumbnail of the card image you will automatically be at the blog post for that card.
The hostess code is: DHVSAPC3 with Sharon as our hostess. Use this code if your order is under $150 and all the little orders will combine to give our hostess free product credits. At $150 in purchases, you become your own hostess and receive the rewards. Are you interested in becoming a hostess? Text, call or email and we can set up a time for you to have a party. 303-815-0838 or stampalosopher@gmail.com.
July 12: Save the date for a fun morning of stamping here at 4143 Eagle Ridge Way, Castle Rock. We will make two cards with a ‘bouquet of flowers’ theme. The cost is $10. RSVP by July 6!
I consistently have an event of some type on the second Tuesday of every other month and I always have the CTC zoom on the fourth Tuesday of the month. “They say…” you must be consistent.
Thank you for spending some of your day with me as I bring you a “pinch of creativity to spice up your crafting world!”
SAL, Sharing A Love
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