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Wedding Wishes Card & Mother’s Day Box

Hello Stamping Friends,

It’s May in the Rockies!  I think we started the fountain a little too early.  No, that is not a real jack rabbit, but the garden statue sure shows up nicely in the snow!  The sun melted every flake the next day and the lawn loved the moisture so we are thankful!

Thank you to those of you who ordered in April with the hostess code!  Sharon did earn her Big Shot and if you missed her party with all the fun thank you gifts, I will be mailing you a thank you gift for your online order!

May’s hostess code is:  29SANZNQ   It is the last month for the Occasions Catalog and the Annual Catalog and many items are already sold out. You can go to the online store and click on Retiring items on the left side to view images of the retiring items.  The Clearance Rack has been stocked with other items as well so stop by there while you are visiting to see if anything is a must have!    Online Store  

Use the hostess code and receive a gift from me if your order is under $150!  Order over $150 and you earn the hostess dollars!

Sharon’s party focused on the Floral Boutique Suite on pages 76-77 of the Annual Catalog.  The bundle is still available at 10% off and the Designer Series Paper (DSP) is still available, though inventory is low.  The Washi Tape and Baker’s Twine is sold out – so sorry.

For Sharon’s thank you gift I used the gift bag punch board and made a medium sized bag with the Floral Boutique DSP and then filled the bag with the Washi Tape and Baker’s Twine.

Sharon had recently purchased the Pansy Punch, #130698,  and the Flower Shop stamp set, #130942, so I made her a 3D flower using those products.  I will explain how to make a pansy punch flower later in this post.

For her thank you card, I used the Detailed Floral Thinlits Dies with the Floral Phrases stamp set.  The border stamp was a great way to enhance the greeting on the inside of the card:

Would you like to host a party?  I will plan something special for you as well!

Thank you card:

  • Base:  Thick Whisper White Card Stock 4 1/4″  X  11″  Scored at 5 1/2″
  • Top Layer:   Night of Navy 4″ X 5 1/4″  with thinlits positioned on each end and cut,  then each end cut with the border thinlit.

We made two projects at the party, a wedding card and a mother’s day box using the Window Box thinlits on page 43 of the Occasions catalog.  The bundle is still available and, though the Window Shopping Stamp set and Window Box Thinlits carry over to the new catalog, they won’t have the 10% discount.

The little blue flower on the top of the box is from the Flourish Thinlits set #141478.  It coordinates with the Flourishing Phrases stamp set which has greetings for many occasions.  Check out page 49 of the Annual Catalog. The 3D flower is made using the pansy punch.

3D Flower:

  • Using regular Whisper White card stock 2″ X 7″ punch four pansies
  • Sponge the edges with Night of Navy ink
  • Punch a hole in the center of each flower.  I used a business hole punch and punched about three times to make a nice hole
  • Using your bone folder curl the petals a bit for softer looking petals
  • The 5 petal pansy becomes the base, the first layer
  • Make a cut between two petals to the center hole and then glue one petal on top of the other; this is the second layer-4 petals
  • Cut out one petal, save it for the center, and glue one petal on top of another to make the third layer-3 petals
  • Cut out two petals, save them, and glue one petal on top of another to make the fourth layer – 2 petals
  • Roll the two petals you cut out- 1 petal
  • Roll the one petal to make a center
  • Place a glob of hot glue on the Silicone Craft Sheet #127853 and quickly layer your flowers, the glue should come up through the holes in the middle of the flowers. (Some crafters layered the flowers first then placed them on the hot glue.)

Wedding Wishes Card:

  • Detailed Floral Thinlits #141482
  • Floral Phrases Stamp Set #141767    (Can be bundled for a 10% discount through May 31)
  • Card Base:  Thick Whisper White #140272 cardstock  5 1/2″ X 8 1/2″  Scored at 4 1/4″
  • Night of Navy cardstock #100867 cut at 5 3/8″ X  4 3/16″  ( I call it 4 1/4″ (minus a hair))
  • Use the smaller thinlit and the border thinlit and cut the right hand side of the Night of Navy
  • Glue the cut piece to the card base flush to the left
  • Using just the border thinlit, cut the card base to match the Night of Navy top
  • Fussy cut along the fold line to make it a bit neater
  • Cut an outside 2 1/4″ circle with the circle framelits and a 2 3/4″ X 2 3/4″ piece of Night of Navy
  • Using a 2 1/4″ X 2 1/4″ piece of Whisper White stamp your greeting, then cut to make a 1 7/8″ circle with the Stitched Framelits specialty set #145372, the 2nd circle in from the center
  • Cut a piece of  the Floral Boutique Designer Series Paper at 4″ X 3 1/4″
  • Layer the circles and then center them on the DSP and attach
  • Wrap the DSP and circles tying a bow with 14″ Bakers Twine and then attach to the Night of Navy layer
  • As you trim the Bakers Twine save a little bit and separate the strands to make little antennae for the butterfly
  • Stamp a butterfly with the Papillion Potpourri stamp set #123759 and punch with the retiring Bitty Butterfly punch #129406
  • I put one glue dot on to attach the antennae and then another to attach to the card
  • The inside is the Standard Layers (click here) Night of Navy 5 1/4″  X  4″
  • Whisper White top layer of 5″ X 3 3/4″
  • Helpful Hint:  Mount all three of the stamps on one block to get them nicely squared and then stamp the inside greeting

Imagine the different Designer Series Papers we could use to make this a birthday or graduation or………

Mother’s Day Window Box:

  • Window Box Thinlits #142762
  • Flourish Thinlits #141478 – use Night of Navy 2″ X 3 1/2″ and cut one flourish
  • Pansy Punch #130698 – see instructions for flower above
  • Thick Whisper White cardstock 11 X 6  (cut two box bases) See prior post instructions by clicking here
  • Designer Series Paper; start with 3 3/4″ X 4″ and then cut just a top with Window Box Thinlit then cut off all the tabs; I had several to make so I used grid paper and made a template of just the top so I could quickly cut off the edges-store this template with your framelits for the future
  • Every other side, three of the six sides,  was made using #2 of the Stitched Shape square specialty framelits and a piece of DSP that was 2″ X 2″ (Note:  #2  means the second one from the center)
  • The other three sides used the # 2 Stitched Shape square and a 2″ X 2″ Night of Navy cardstock for the back border
  • The top of the Night of Navy used a 1 7/8″ X 1 7/8″ piece of Whisper White and the heart cutout from the Window Box Thinlits layered with the retired #2 Regular Square Framelits Die.  You layer both on the Whisper White and only need to cut once.  The magnetic platform really helps with this cut!
  • Before gluing all the pieces to the top of the lid, cut a 2″ piece of ribbon, fold it in half and glue it to the box lid.  I used the retiring 5/8″ Organza #114319
  • Cut a Delicate White Doilie # 141701 to fit the left edge of the top and attach your layers: the DSP, then Doilie, Flourish and finally the rose. I made an extra to store with the framelits for a template so future projects will take less time.
  • I didn’t want to clutter the top with a greeting so I used the 2 1/2″ circle punch to punch a circle, sponged the edges and added a greeting.  My Mother’s Day greeting comes from my stash of Paper Pumpkin stamp sets but the retiring Oh So Succulent stamp set on page 21 of the Occasions catalog #142992 and the That’s The Tag # 142755 retiring set on page 23 both have Mother’s Day greetings.

So now lets go find a beautiful piece of Navy satin and a lovely necklace, or perfume, or gift card to put in the box.  Then let’s make a graduation box with a graduation cap instead of a rose what do you think?

SAL,  Stamp A Lot this wonderful May month

Karen

 

 

 

 

March Cards

Hello Stamping Friends,

March was a fun month with the Elizabeth Stamp A Stack, the bimonthly club, and Sale A Bration events!  You have through tomorrow, March 31, to place an order of at least $50 and get a free stamp set.  Subscribe to Paper Pumpkin for three months and you would qualify for the free Sale A Bration set.  The April Paper Pumpkin will include two stamp sets to celebrate Paper Pumpkin’s third birthday and shipment of their one millionth kit!  The kits just keep getting better and the three month subscription is on sale for $55.  Go to my online store and use item #137859.  Instructions will be sent to your email with a redemption code for the 3 months you have purchased.

 

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The most popular Sale A Bration free set in my events was the “What I Love” stamp set.  I did a Triple Time Stamping card to demonstrate this stamp set.

What I Love

What I Love Inside

For the next card, I used the Party Wishes stamp set,  the Confetti Embossing Folder and the Party Punch Pack casing the card in the Occasions catalog:

Party WishesParty Wishes Inside

The embossing folder is sponged in the three colors, Melon Mambo, Pool Party, and Crushed Curry before running it through the Big Shot.  Sponge the side with the indents if you want the confetti to be white like it is here.  The confetti behind the cake is created by coloring only the confetti of the Make a Wish stamp with a marker.   For the inside Happy Birthday, I used the Wet Wipe Technique, placing several drops of reinker on a wet wipe (placed on a silicone sheet to protect your work surface) and then use that for your ink pad!  Voila!  Lots of random color!  The Melon Mambo balloon is stamped and punched, the cupcakes are colored with a marker, stamped and punched, and the candle on the cake is colored, stamped and punched.  All three punches come in the Party Punch Pack.  The cake is fussy cut and popped up after attaching thick twine with glue dots!   One stamper used Perfect Plum instead of Melon Mambo for a more masculine card.

The following card uses another embossing folder technique-Stamping With An Embossing Folder.  This is simply inking up your embossing folder and then using it to stamp on your card.  I used the Honeycomb Embossing Folder and Sahara Sand Ink and purposely left some areas of the folder uninked for a subtle background:

Kinda Eclectic 2Kinda Eclectic 2 InsideThe Whisper White paper is cut at 8″ X 5 1/4″ and scored at 4″.  It is adhered to a piece of Blackberry Bliss cut at 4 1/4″ X 5 1/2″.  This gives a nice alternative to our standard layering.  The greetings are from the Rose Wonder stamp set and stampers could choose from a variety of greetings in that stamp set to create the perfect card.  Kinda Eclectic was used for the sunbeams and greenery, and the butterflies are from the stamp set Papillon Potpourri. There are matching small and large punches to make quick and beautiful butterflies.  The little flowers are from the Itty Bitty Punch set and gold metallic thread is looped behind the greeting.  The silver metallic thread is used for antennae on the large butterfly.

My favorite card for this month is a birthday card using the Party Pop Up Thinlits Dies:

Party Pop UpParty Pop Up InsideThe paper is from the “It’s My Party Designer Series Paper Stack”.  Page 5 of the Occasions catalog.  The Hip Hip Hooray is cut out using the Thinlit Die.  The confetti pieces from cutting it out were used on the inside for a little extra bit of celebration!

“A Day All About You” is from the Birthday Blossoms stamp set on page 8 of the big catalog.  It is cut out with one of the Handpicked Framelits.  “make a WISH” is from the Party Wishes stamp set and the banners are made using the little banner punch.  The “make a WISH” greeting is colored with a black marker and stamped on a piece of the Designer Series Paper which has matching confetti on a white background instead of black.  A black frame is made with the 1 1/2″ circle punch.  A piece of black confetti Designer Series Paper measuring 3 3/4″ X 5″ is placed behind the cut out, just down from the candle flames so the flames in the back of the cutout show the Crushed Curry cardstock.  The strips on the side are 3/8″ X 5 1/4″.  I was conserving paper by making strips.  You could just as well have an 8 1/4″ X 5 1/4″ piece of the designer paper adhered to the main card stock.  Cut a piece of copy paper 3 3/4″ wide to slip under the Happy Birthday cutout so that you can sponge the base, the words and the candles.  Use sticky notes to protect the sides so you don’t sponge more than you want colored.

The balloons are punched with our new large balloon punch.  The sides are sponged and a sparkle is added with the white gel pen.  A glue dot holds the twine on the back of the balloon and a bow is added on top.

Main Cardstock:  Crushed Curry  8 1/2″  X  5 1/2″  Scored at 4 14″

Black Confetti Designer Series Paper:  5 3/8″  X  4 1/8″

Shimmery White Cardstock for outside:  4 1/2″  X 3 1/2″

Scrap of same at least 3 1/2″ long for the greeting

Shimmery White for inside:  8 1/4″  X 5 1/4″

This is a fun card to make!

Click HERE to see a video from Stampin’ Up!

Have a great day and click below to go to the online store.

SAL,

Karen

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