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This is another design we made at last weekend’s Stamp-a-Stack. Credit for this almost entirely goes to Carrie Gaskin over at Artistic Avenger. While I changed the orientation and details, the colors, the tag are all hers. (Thanks, Carrie!)
The gals loved this color combination! Old Olive, Bashful Blue, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, and Tangerine Tango make this a great gender-neutral card (great for a kids card, too!) The sentiment is from the stamp set On Your Birthday. The stars were punched using the star punches (on some of the cards, we used large stars, or punched out the small star from a large star, for an outline effect!) 5/8″ Chocolate Chip grosgrain, the 1 inch circle punch, and a brad make the top of the “tag”.
Thanks again to all who attended – we had a blast!
Enjoy!
This was another card we made at the Stamp-a-Stack last weekend.
This was done using a brayer, inked up in half Regal Rose and half So Saffron. Brayer over the stamp in one direction, then another. Just stamp and VOILA! Regal Rose, So Saffron, and Whisper White card stock, the sentiment in Chocolate Chip, with some Chocolate Chip grosgrain make for a simple card! The gals had a lot of fun with the brayer!
I also have a pic of some lilacs I picked from my gigantic lilac bush last weekend (if you look closely, you can also see them peeking out behind the cards I’ve posted recently).
Sadly, they are all gone now. However, for the two weeks they were in bloom, they smelled heavenly!
Enjoy!
This is another card from the Stamp-a-stack at my house last weekend.
This one was cased from one I saw at a recent demo get-together. I believe Karen Graff-Povis made the original. I changed the color scheme and DSP. My stampers changed the flower to others in the Pocket Silhouettes set, and used a variety of other messages (I actually encourage them to “make it their own” – we had about 40 stamps on the table at one point! lol)
This one uses Baja Breeze, Basic Gray, and Whisper White card stock. The DSP is from Urban Garden. Basic Gray taffeta ribbon gives it some interest.
I think this was my favorite card of the night, personally. Very easy, economical, with a lot of simple punch!
Watch for more posts this week from the Stamp-a-Stack! If there is a delay, I’m having cheerleading tryouts this week – I had 60 girls show up for the first day of clinics today! It may be a long week…
Enjoy!
This was a “bonus card” I had the ladies make at my Stamp-a-Stack this weekend. They absolutely LOVED it! Thanks to Dawn Griffith for the awesome video tutorial and measurements of Stephanie’s original design. I was pretty faithful to Dawn’s directions, with the exception of making the pot from Really Rust instead of Close to Cocoa. I think it gives it more of a terra cotta feel!
Supplies:
Card Stock: Really Rust, Certainly Celery, Almost Amythest, Regal Rose, Bashful Blue, Whisper White (on insert)
Ink: Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip (on inside sentiment)
Accessories: Baroque Borders standard wheel, Certainly Celery grosgrain ribbon, Eyelet Border Punch, Five Petal punch, TrioFlower punch, Signo white gel pen, dimensionals
Here is another variation of the same card. This one follows Dawn’s instructions, with the exception of the sentiment on the outside of the card:
Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there!
This weekend’s Stamp-a-Stack was a great success! Thanks to all the ladies that came out and stamped with me!!
Over the next few days, I will be posting pics of the cards we stamped…so stay tuned!
This first card is the same card I made for a swap, when I went to a training event last weekend. I will SO miss Kiwi Kiss, Pacific Point, and this Sunshine Garden Pattern!
The gals all loved this little, chubby bird!
This has a Kiwi Kiss base, with a piece of DSP from Sunshine Garden (remember all DSP is buy 3, get one FREE this month only!). The little bird from Cheep talk was stamped in Pacific Point onto Whisper White, then punched out with the 1 1/4″ circle punch. This was layered on a 1 3/8″ Chocolate Chip circle, which was layered onto Summer Sun, punched with the Round Scallop Punch. The sentiment (and little flower) are from the same set, and were both stamped with Chocolate Chip ink. Very Vanilla Ribbon gives it some jazz.
Enjoy!
Our great-niece, Cadence Ann, is getting Christened tomorrow. Unfortunately, I don’t have any baptism stamps! What’s a girl to do? Improvise!
The idea for the card was borrowed from one I saw on SCS. That idea was adapted from a “onesie” card that has been seen many different ways. I free-cut the dress from a regular A2 card shape. I then ran it through my Big Shot with the swiss dot Texturz Plate and punched the bottom and sleeves with the Eyelet Border punch. However, I wanted to include some pink touches, and not just make this an all-white card. So, with some help from Pretty In Pink taffeta ribbon around the middle and Pink Pirouette card stock, this pretty little number was given a punch of color. The neckline was punched using the 1 3/8 circle punch and the corners were rounded with the Corner Rounder punch. To add some detail, a mask was made using a strip of scrap paper and the Scallop Border punch. I then sponged some Pink Pirouette onto the matching card stock.
Not having any suitable stamps, the inside was computer generated, then printed onto Whisper White card stock. It was then hand-trimmed to fit into the card.
OH – our meeting today was FABULOUS! *waves to Sarah, Cathy, and anyone else visiting* I will have pics of our amazing make and takes, in addition to some adorable (and incredible!) samples. My upline and up-upline are simply inspiring. Today was such a positive, informative, fun time. I’m really lucky to be in this group!
Enjoy!
Like all things for Mom, this is a labor of love. “MOM” is spelled out on Whisper White, in Regal Rose using Lovely Letters. It was punched with the ticket corner punch and sponged with Regal Rose ink. That was layered onto Pretty in Pink, which was also punched and sponged. The flower is from Fifth Avenue Floral. It was colored with Regal Rose and Pretty in Pink markers, then given a pearl center (half-pearls are in the Pretties Kit). I used a mini glue dot to attach the pearl (LOVE these!) Regal Rose grosgrain ribbon lines the botton of the pink layer and top of the Whisper White layer, that was punched with the Eyelet Border punch and then sponged. The sentiment is from the set All Holidays and was stamped with Regal Rose.
I’m getting ready to go to a demo gathering/training sponsored by my up-upline. I like to think of these as “mini-regionals”. Lots of great samples, technique demonstrations, and prizes! 
I have my swap cards ready to go! I’ll post more when I get back.
Enjoy!
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