Tool Shed, "Easy" card for the Global Guy

Want to Make a QUICK and Easy Guy card?

Stampin' Up's TOOL SHED background stamp to the rescue.

And for all my global visitors the images are perfect for that masculine guy 

no matter where he lives in this world......we love our guys!

I mean let's think about it, most guys don't appreciate the time you put into a detailed card...right?  key word here is MOST. I always laugh and tell my Stamp Club ladies, don't bother spending too much time on the details. We laugh and then talk about retrieving our works of art after the guys toss it aside. Are you feeling THE LOVE???  So when I had the ladies stamp this card at our last Club meeting they were thrilled with the detail of the images on a quick card. Of course, we could have also cut out some images and popped them up as an additional detail, but decided we weren't feeling the love THAT MUCH!

Colors include..Vanilla, Soft Suede, Night of Navy and Cajun Craze 

I'm so sorry to see the CURLY CUTE stamp set retiring because it has all the sentiments you would use on a regular basis and a delightful font for some extra fun.

( 5 total stamps)

Retiring Stamp sets include.... 

TOOL SHED #123688

CURLY CUTE wood # 117014 clear# 120510, 

   (also available in French and German)

Measurements for layers are as follows....

Night of Navy card base , Soft Suede 5 1/4" x 4", Vanilla 5" x 3 3/4", sponge edges with Night of Navy ink and then ink up the Tool Shed BG stamp with Soft Suede ( use a brayer for full and easy coverage )

Cajun Craze 3 5/8" x 1 3/8", Night of Navy 3 1/2 x 1 1/4", Vanilla 3 1/4" x 1"

Curly Label Punch # 119851

Linen Thread # 104199 

Regal Designer Buttons # 119747

Stampin Up Mosaic DressUp Sneak Peek

Well , you've caught me playing paper dolls again,

but this time it's with the new

MOSAIC MADNESS stamp set

PUNCH and Embossing Folder from the New 2013-14 Catalog!

I thought I would have fun and go with kind of an ethnic flair inspired by the 

Mosaic Collection 

and the color challenge at Create with Connie and Mary

JOIN THE CHALLENGE HERE 

or see what the other designers have done.

The Dress Up Framelits are so fun the play with and mix up the dress designs with this great New Stamp set. How do you think it would look in bright colors?

And , I decided to make it into a Birthday Card using the Sketch @

SEIZE THE BIRTHDAY

JOIN THE CHALLENGE HERE

and see the other birthday cards

The subtle little BIRTHDAY WISHES I used was stamped in sahara sand ink,

soon retired, with one of my favorite sentiment sets FABULOUS PHRASES.

This set has 30 single word stamps and can be combined together to 

create a whole bunch of fun phrases like.....

sweet & beautiful friend....

happy little wishes for you.....

heartfelt gratitude...

I love The New Mosaic Collection Products and I know you will too. They will be available starting June 1st. 

SAVE 15% When you buy the MOSAIC MADNESS Stamp Set and Coordinating Punch together....wow isn't that awesome, Thank You Stampin'Up! 

#132734 Wood Mount Bundle   

#132733 Clear Mount Bundle. 

#129984 Modern Mosaic Embossing Folder 

#130101 Dress Up (3 dies)

#129287 Natural Trim

#118309 Itty Bitty Punch Pak

Build a Blossom, Petal Cone Flower Pot

I wanted to show you a recent Stamp Club project where we used the

Build a Blossom stamp set and matching punch(soon retiring),

and the Petal Cone die cut of which I have used for several fun projects.

( Find more ways to S T R E T C H the way you use the Petal Cone Die at the end of this post)

I thrilled with the clean white, the brights and the perky polka dots.

I'm such a garden nut that anything with flowers fills my soul.

Speaking of filling, the pot is filled with a little note card that so

when you pull up the flowers you can stamp or write the perfect sentiment.

Soooo Cute!

We used the colors, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight and Old Olive

There is a mini flower pot tutorial by the very talented

Helen @ H2 Designs that I used

You can find it here

Thank You Helen for your inspiration and fabulous instructions!

You can View the Product details when you click on these images

and MORE PETAL CONE DIE inspiration

Feeling inspired? the Petal Cone Die is currently on sale at 40% off

while supplies last,   item # 121810

Thank You so Much for visiting today!

Stampin Up 2013-14 Catalog Treat Box

I'm having so much fun making samples with the

 GINGHAM GARDEN Designer Paper. 

Plus it looks so cute matched up with the 

Label Love sentiment stamp set with it's cute and curvy font. 

What a perfect favor this would make for a tea party, shower or birthday party. You can guarantee everyone will love it!

 And it holds EASY to make goodies...yahoo! 

The little tote holds 2 of my favorite treats.....chocolate nuggets 

and all wrapped up in adorable melon mambo gingham and matching 

GINGHAM GARDEN WASHI TAPE.

 

Here is a little diagram of the measurements

Start with a 4 3/4" x 4 1/4" piece of DAFFODIL DELIGHT card stock,

I used Marina Mist in this photo from a previous post

THE PEEPS HAVE HATCHED

 Score on the 4 3/4" side @ 2" & 2 3/4"

Score on the 4 1/4" side @ 3/4 & 3 1/2"

Cut the score lines @ 3/4" & 3 1/2" but

NOT IN THE CENTER SECTION

Fold Flaps inward and adhere with glue to form a rectangle.

Fold Up Large side panels and adhere to sides of

small rectangle.

You are now ready to decorate with a GINGHAM GARDEN Designer Paper layer

cut 2 1/2" x 1 3/4" Adhere to the front of the treat holder.

Stamp the "JUST FOR YOU" sentiment from the Label Love stamp set

in Melon Mambo Ink and punch with the Artisan Label punch

Wrap your chocolate nuggets in a 1" by 3 1/4" strip of  

GINGHAM GARDEN DSP and attach using glue dots.

Wrap with coordinating WASHI TAPE to bump up

the Cuteness Factor....bing bing bing, adorable!

Punch an additional Daffodil Delight Artisan Label and attach behind the

Mambo Melon one. Fill the box with the nuggets, and then staple on the top.

Place dimensionals on the back of the sentiment layer and position in place.

FINISH with an adorable bow of Daffodil stitching grosgrain

and a glue dot.

I'll be giving away a few of these cute treat boxes at my 

Catalog Party in Rocklin,CA 

on Sunday June 2nd,

Come join the fun and get A FREE CATALOG ! Click here for info

Stampin'Up Sneak Peek 2013-14 Catalog Hostess Set

Make Your Own Designer Paper with the Postage Collection

Hostess set from the New 2013-14 Catalog

New Colors, A Super Cute Hostess Set and an Easy Way to Use them! I just couldn't resist playing with all the elements ( a total of 16 in the set) to create this unique background for my vintage feel card. I am totally in love with the NEW IN-COLORS...They have a softness about them, but still full of color. I can't help but think of ice cream when I see them together. Yummy!

Today I used Brown Sugar, Coastal Cabana, Pistachio Pudding, and Bermuda Bay (back from retirement) to make my own DSP. Let me show you how you can make it too!

1. Make a whisper white card base

2. Cut a Brown Sugar panel 5 1/4" x 3 1/2".

3. Cut a Coastal Cabana panel 5" x 3 1/4".

4. Cut a whisper white layer 4 3/4" x 3".

5. Stamp the darkest color first , Brown Sugar, with

    the Vintage truck image.

6. Using Coastal Cabana Ink, stamp the bicycles close to the truck with some 

    going over the paper edge (also known as bleeding off the edge).

7. Using Pistachio Pudding ink , stamp umbrellas in between spaces while still 

    maintaining some left over white space.

8.Using Bermuda Bay ink, stamp the bee using full ink and also stamping off  

   ink. In other words, 

   a. Stamp the bee image into the ink pad, then stamp on the paper.

   b. Stamp off the ink still remaining on the bee back onto the paper again

       to get a softer 2nd image.

Now for the embellishment

1. Cut a Bermuda Bay panel 3" x 1 1/4"

2. Use the Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border punch to make a Pistachio Pudding

    strip to adhere to the Bermuda Bay layer.

3. Stamp the sentiment FRIEND onto a piece of Pistachio card stock and then 

    punch out with the Elegant Butterfly.

4. Punch a Elegant Butterfly out of Champagne Glitter Paper and use a Glue 

    Dot to place the Pistachio Butterfly on top of it.

 

5. Stamp a Patterned Square (yes it comes as part of the 16 stamps in the set)

    using Brown Sugar ink on a scrap of white card stock.

6. I then used a 3/4" square punch to remove the white space in the middle,

    but you could also use an exacto knife or punch a circle in the middle and 

    then use your paper snips to remove the rest of the paper.

7. Place the mini frame over the butterfly wing and slipped under the 

    champagne glitter one. Pop up all 3 pieces with dimensionals.

8. Punch an additional Champagne Glitter Butterfly with the 

    Bitty Butterfly punch.

These New Catalog Products will be available starting 

May 31st 2013 HERE

The POSTAGE COLLECTION HOSTESS SET pg. 204

wood # 129237

clear mount # 129240

Be sure and return tomorrow for my

3-D Choc Nugget Treat Holder!

Thank You and I'll see you soon!

Sneak Peek- Stampin'Up Gingham Garden DSP

This Gingham Garden Designer Paper may just be my NEW FAVORITE

DSP from the NEW CATALOG! I love the bright colors in this DSP Collection which include

Daffodil Delight, Island Indigo, Melon Mambo, Night of Navy, 

Pear Pizzazz and Whisper White.

I love incorporating DSP into my cards because it's such an easy way to get color and patterns. I like that it takes the guess work out of knowing what card stock colors you should use. Stampin'Up has already done the color detective work for you....yahoo! And because you are just punching out the Gingham Garden paper you can make this Best Friend card in no time. Better yet make 2 at the same time while you have all your supplies out. Did you notice the cute mini flowers under the sentiment that match the circles PERFECTLY! It's the new matte finish WASHI TAPE that is so easy to use. (pg 171) I Love, love that I have this extra little accent to go with this beautiful paper.

 1. Create a Saffron card Base

 2. Cut an Island Indigo panel 2 3/4"x 5 1/4"

 3. Cut a Pear Pizzazz panel 1 1/4"x 5 1/4"

 4. Attach the Indigo and Pear pieces to the Saffron card base

 5. Punch 3 - 1 3/4" Circles of Gingham Garden Designer Paper and

     adhere over the seam of the two colors panels

 6. Wrap Island Indigo Bakers Twine around the card body twice and 

     tie in a knot making a bow with big tails.

 7. Using the LABEL LOVE stamp set , ink just the BEST FRIEND portion with 

     a Island Indigo marker on a scrap of white card stock.

 8. Punch out the sentiment with a 1" square punch positioning the 

     sentiment toward the top.

 9. Apply Gingham Garden Designer WASHI TAPE below the sentiment.

10. Apply 3 mini rhinestones under the Washi Tape. "bling"

11. Punch a Mambo Melon ARTISAN LABEL punch (pg181) layer for the

     sentiment panel.

12. Apply dimensionals to the sentiment panel to pop up before applying.

New Catalog Products are available starting May 31st....HERE

Gingham Garden Designer Paper #129310

Label Love stamp set wood # 130619 clear mount # 130622

Gingham Garden Designer WASHI TAPE # 129314 

ARTISAN LABEL punch # 130920

Pear Pizzazz card stock #131201

More Sneak Peek Projects tomorrow using one of the HOSTESS SETS

See you then, Pam

TEA SHOPPE stamped on Patterned Paper

When Tea Shoppe meets Floral District Designer Paper

It's Fusion between Ink and Patterned Paper, 

and then add a great Sketch

from Connie and Mary, It's Chemistry Perfection!

Go Ahead and Click on the Challenge Images to Play Along!

Here's the details on the main panel...

1.  Make a Primrose Petal card base.

2.  Cut an Early Espresso layer  4 1/4" x 2 3/4".

3.  Cut a Crumb Cake 4" x 2 1/2", sponge the edges with Crumb Cake ink.

4.  Cut a vanilla layer 3 3/4" x 2 1/4", sponge the edges with Crumb Cake ink.

5.  Using Primrose Petal ink Stamp the large tea cup with from the retiring TEA  

     SHOPPE stamp set onto a piece of Floral District Designer Paper 

     (retiring June 2nd).

When stamped on the patterned paper it will create a translucent 

effect with the design color just peeking through.

6. Use SU paper snips to gently trim about 1/16" around the tea cup image.

7. Sponge the outside edge of the tea cup image with Crumb Cake.

8. Apply dimensionals to the back of the tea cup and apply to the vanilla,

   crumb cake and espresso panels.

9. Using a 7/8" scallop circle punch found HERE, punch a scallop using the

    same paper as the stamped tea cup. Sponge edges with Crumb Cake Ink.

10. Attach the scallop to the tea cup using a Metallic brad.

11. Punch a Small Heart with espresso paper and crumble up to distress it

     before applying to the cup.

12. Using Early Espresso ink stamp a sentiment onto 7/16" Natural Trim .

13. Layer together a piece of Victoria Crochet Trim and Natural trim with a

     small safety pin( Vintage Trinkets, retired ) and attach to your tea cup.

14. Apply strips of Crochet Trim, Natural trim and First Edition Specialty Paper

     on the Primrose card base.

15. Pop up the main panel with dimensionals and apply over the strips.

Have fun trying your own stamping on Designer Paper and

Thank You for S T R E T C H I N G your Stampin'Up products with me!

Pam Strobel, Your Personal Trainer