Stamp Club Project - Brown Bag and 3X3 Card

Tonight is my stamp club appreciation night and this is the project we will be completing. A little something other than a card and one that is ready to hold a gift for a special friend.

Stamps - Established Elegance, Artistic Etchings, Noteworthy Labels (My Digital Studio)

Ink - Stazon Black, daffodil delight, pear pizzazz, peach parfait

Paper - whisper white, basic black, daffodil delight

Accessories - Very Vanilla seam binding, daffodil delight reinker, button, scallop border punch, 3x3 envelope, dimensionals

A Girl's Dress in the Park to a Card - Hand Stamped Sentiments Challenge

OK, you know you have it bad for paper crafting when you see a myriad of colors and designs everyday and think to yourself - "Oh I have to remember that combination, design, layout - that would make a great card". A little girl's dress with a brown background and pink and teal flowers  at the softball field prompted that phrase in my head. I almost wanted to take a picture of her dress so I would remember the combination but thought that would look "stalkerish". It may have also had orange flowers  - if only I had taken the picture - mmmm no,  bad idea.

Here is the card that the dress translated into. I wanted something very feminine and my daughter needs thank you cards  - this is the end result. I am going to make more cards using this color combo but I am also going to include orange (ah, the picture could have verified the orange). Since she needs quite a few, I am going to use flower punches and try for a more contemporary look and simpler card. Hopefully I will get that posted tomorrow.

I think I am going to have to put a notepad in my purse for future run ins with inspiration so I don't get arrested:)

Stamps - Artistic Etchings, Chic Boutique
Ink - early espresso, soft suede, melon mambo
Paper - melon mambo, tempting turquoise, early espresso, old olive, pink pirouette, very vanilla
Accessories - little leaves die, finial press embossing folder, label dies, victoria crochet trim, early espresso satin ribbon, dimensionals, glue dots

A Valentine for Him

This is a masculine Valentine that we will be making this weekend in my Valentine class. Since all my stampers are women I wanted to focus on a Valentine for their husband or boyfriend. We will also be making some cute and fun Valentines for the kids or other sweeties as well.

This is actually a layout from a Stampin' 411 challenge last year. I like the clean, simple look and just updated it with this year's papers and stamps. I also used a circle "window" and popped up the heart to give the card some depth and a little somethin' somethin'.

Paper - Love Letter (of course!), basic black, cherry cobbler and very vanilla card stock
Stamps - Artistic Etchings, Tiny Tags
Ink - basic black
Accessories - vintage brads, cherry cobbler seam binding, 1 3/4" circle punch, heart to heart punch, dimensionals, black floss

Stampin' Celebration with some Mojo

I have found a new challenge this week, Stampin' Celebration. The inspiration picture was so lush and yummy "chocolate and flowers" - a perfect theme for Valentine's Day. AND on Valentine's day a little bling doesn't hurt. I used the layout from this week's Mojo Monday challenge , which always has FABULOUS sketches, to create this chocolatey, flowery card. 

Stamps - Full of Life, Artistic Etchings

Ink - pink pirouette, chocolate chip

Paper - Botanical Gazette DSP, early espresso, pink pirouette, whisper white card stock

Accessories - Finial Press embossing folder, 1" circle punch, 1 3/8" circle punch, rhinestone jewels, sticky strip, quilling tool, circle die, scallop die

PPA Inspiration Challenge - Valentine

I have had the image of this emboss resist heart in my head for awhile. (funny how that happens with me) I was finally able to sit and stamp this morning and it was such a joy. Although not a traditional Valentine, I think this would work for a masculine recipient.

I used my Versamark pen to scribble around the stamped crown and the punched heart to create an irregular shape.  In order to keep a more masculine feel, I used the sueded technique for paper which has a very matte texture in lieu of a satin ribbon. And yes, I did stamp on the patterned paper. I wanted just a bit more texture to the card so I stamped the corners. Although it is not exactly what I had in mind, I think it turned out interesting.

Stamps - Tiny Tags, Baroque Motifs, Artistic Etchings
Ink - basic black, cherry cobbler
Paper - Love Note DSP (one of my favs), cherry cobbler, very vanilla, basic black card stock
Accessories - clear embossing powder, Versamark pen, heat tool, heart to heart punch, brayer, jewelry tag punch, dimensionals, sticky strip, black brad, black jewel

Gift Card Holder - Sneak Peek

Here is a gift card holder I created using the new Artistic Etchings stamp se along with the new Newsprint Designer Series Papers. The gift card is sandwiched between 2 of the black card stock pieces. 

Paper - Newsprint DSP, basic black, cajun craze card stock

Stamps - Artistic Etchings, All a Flutter, Chic Boutique

Ink - cherry cobbler, basic black

Accessories - corner punch, birds and blooms die, dimensionals, black satin ribbon