Saturday, September 30, 2017

Happy Halloween Blog Hop Card


Hello everyone and welcome to this month's Sea Shore Stampers Blog Hop!
Our theme is halloween/thanksgiving and we all have some wonderful projects to share with you.


Card front - very curious cat!


Fall is one of my favourite seasons of the year!  My card is a Happy Halloween card using the Spooky Cat Stamp set out of the Holiday Stampin' Up! Catalogue (page 53 for easy reference).


Closer view


Really up close 

Now I am off to enjoy a weekend retreat with some fun creative people!

Enjoy the rest of your hop and see you again soon!


Erica
Adrienne




















Stampin' Up! ' Supplies Used:




Tips and Trick to recreate this card:
Cut:
Basic Black cardstock card base:  8 1/2" x 5 1/2" 
Basic Black card mat:  5 1/8" x 3 7/8"
Scrap for punched cat
Lemon Lime Twist cardstock: 5 1/4" x 4" (x 2) as one is for inside of card
Crushed Curry, Melon Mambo, Tangerine Tango and Lemon Lime Twist for punched shaps and greeting banner

Monday, September 25, 2017

Half Full and So Much More Card

Happy Monday everyone, and thank you for stopping by!



Card front

I had a lot of fun with a few stamping buddies yesterday and we made a card that was based on one I found at Stampin' Pretty's site here.


close-up of card front
Inside of card

I hope you give this card a try as it is much easier to make when you just break down the steps and do each step one at a time!  Let me know how yours turned out!


Have a great week and see you again soon!







Stampin' Up Supplies Used:


Tips and Tricks to Recreat this card:
Cut:
Very Vanilla Thick cardstock for card base: 8 1/2" x 5 1/2"
Old Olive cardstock mat: 5 1/4" x 4"
Fresh Fig Banner: 5 1/2" x 2"  - trimmed down in length to your choosing once embossed (mine is 5")
Very Vanilla mat for inside of card:  5 1/4" x 4"
Very Vanila mat for stamping main image:  3" x 4"
Berry Burst Cardstock mat: 3" x 2" (top edge punched out with scallop topper punch
Painted Auntumn DSP 4" x 1 1/4" strip with one short edge punched out with Tripple Banner Punch
Lemon Lime Twist scrap strip to stamp and punch out two sets of leaves
Vellum cardstock scrap strip to punch out two sets of leaves
Next:
1.  Stamp your main image onto Very Vanilla cardstock using Early Expresso ink.
2.  Color in the grapes with blender pen and Fresh Fig ink.
3.  Color in the grape leaves with blender pen and Old Olive ink.
4.  Cut out shape using your paper snips.
5. Stamp the strip of wine glassing onto bottom right of Old Olive cardstock mat using Old Olive ink.  Then spruce up the "wine" in the glasses using Clear Wink of Stella.  You can also add the wink to your grapes!
6.  Stamp the inside of the card mat as shown using Old Olive and Fresh Fig inks and then glue into the inside of your card.
7.  Emboss the Fresh Fig Strip with the Garden Trellis Embossing folder.
8.  Punch one short edge using the Triple Banner Punch and the trim top short edge (if necessary) to fit onto the Old Olive card mat as shown.  Glue down onto the Old Olive card mat.
9.  Glue this whole piece to your Very Vanilla card base.
10.  Punch the short edge of your DSP strip with the Triple Banner punch and then glue onto card as shown.
11. Punch the top edge of your Berry Burst strip with the Scalloped Topper punch and glue as desired to back of your main stamped piece.
12.  Stamp your leaves twice using Early Expresso ink onto Lemon Lime Twist cardstock and punch out using the leaves punch.
13.  Punch out two leaves from the Vellum scrap.
14.  Glue the vellum leaves to the back of the stamped/punched leaves and then attach each group to the back of your Berry Burst backed image as shown in photo.
15.  Attach the Gold Faceted Gem to the top of your stamped image.
16.  Attach this "group" to the front of your card as desired using Stampin' Dimensionals.
17.  Stamp the back of your card and your envelope.
Now you can send your beautiful creation off to some one special in your life!

Monday, September 18, 2017

Gourd Goodness - Thank Goodness Card

Hello stamping friends!
Thank you for stopping by today :)

Front of card
I would like to share a fun and easy card with you that incorporates fall colors and the lovely Gourd Goodness Stampin' Up! stamp set.  

Close-up of card
Inside of card

Enjoy your week and see you next time!







Stampin' Up! Supplies Used:



Tips and Tricks to recreate this card:
Cut:
Cardbase in Tangerine Tango: 8 1/2" x 5 1/2"
Very Vanilla: for inside of card: 5 1/4" x 4"; scrap strip 2" wide and whatever length to stamp and punch out greeting
Cajun Craze: strip 5 1/2" x 1 1/2" and scrap strip to punch out Pretty Label 
Painted Autumn DSP strip:  5 1/2: x 1 1/4"
Next:
1. Using Tangerine Tango ink, stamp leaf onto card front and inside of card as shown in photos;
2.  Glue DSP strip to the Cajun Craze strip and glue to card base as shown.
3.  Using Lemon Lime Twist Ink, stamp leaf onto scrap strip of Very Vanilla cardstock.
4.  Next ink up your greeting with Basic Gray ink and stamp over green leaf.
5.  Punch out greeting using Pretty Label Punch.
6.  Punch out one Pretty Label image from the Cajun Craze cardstock and then cut the label in half through the middle horizontally.
7.  Glue each half of your Cajun Craze Pretty Label piece to the punched greeting providing a peek-out above and below (see photo).
8.  Taking a strip of the gold mini sequin trim (I used about 6 1/2") fold and tape to backside of assembled punched greeting.
9.  Then attach a strip of the Lemon Lime Twist Ombre ribbon over top (see photos above).
10.  Now attach your finished and embellished greeting to the front of your card using Stampin' Dimensionals (I used three).
11.  Sign the back of your beautiful card; decorate your envelope and send off to someone special!