Heart's Delight Cards: Quick and easy cards

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Monday, February 13, 2017

Crazy About You

Are you scrambling here at the last minute for a Valentine? Here is a quick and easy way to let the love of your life know exactly how you feel about them! All you need is the Bloomin' Heart Thinlits Die, some glimmer paper, and a greeting. I used the Sweet Sugarplum glimmer paper from SAB, but I think the red glimmer paper, or even gold or silver would look great, too. The black striped background behind the heart is from the Color Me Irresistible DSP, now retired.

So super easy, and lots of WOW! Here's a little hint: When using a detailed Thinlits die with glimmer paper, you really need the Precision Base Plate to ensure it cuts through the plastic-y backing of the paper. I run it through Mr. Big twice just to make sure. Nothing irks me more than wasting that lovely, shiny, glittery cardstock with a bad die-cut!

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Crazy About You Photopolymer Stamp Set

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Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

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Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

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Color Me Irresistible Specialty Designer Series Paper

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Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

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Big Shot

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Precision Base Plate

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Bloomin' Heart Thinlits Dies

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Pearl Basic Jewels Embellishments

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Monday, February 6, 2017

Cake Crazy Birthday

Okay, this is just about the most fun two-step stamping I've done in a while. This crazy, lopsided cake was stamped using Chocolate Chip, Rich Razzleberry, and Sweet Sugarplum, for a most yummylicious color (and flavor) combination!

The photopolymer stamps made lining everything up so easy! The only thing I'd do differently on the next one is make sure the flames are pointing straight up. I had the paper turned slightly and didn't realize the flames weren't quite right. The confetti streamers were stamped in Sweet Sugarplum, stamped off twice to make them very light.

Measurements

Cake image: Whisper White 3-3/4" x 5" (die cut with Lawn Fawn die)
Mat: Chocolate Chip 3-7/8" x 5-1/8"
Card base: Sweet Sugarplum 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" scored & folded at 4-1/4"

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Happy birthday to me!

Sunday, January 22, 2017

Big on Birthdays

Here's another of the stamp club's cute, quick cards using the Window Box Thinlits. Aren't those birthday candles just the cutest thing? The greeting is from Big on Birthdays, and the streamers/confetti is from Balloon Adventures. the whole top is popped up on dimensionals to give depth to the candles.

This would be cute with the balloons instead of the streamers, too!

Here's the "How To"
Top piece: Very Vanilla 4" x 5-1/4"
Candle flames: Crushed Curry 3/8" x 1-3/4"
Card base: Bermuda Bay 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" scored & folded at 4-1/4"

Stamp birthday greeting in Basic Black 5/8" from bottom of Very Vanilla cardstock. Stamp streamers randomly in Crushed Curry.
Die cut candles above greeting.
Position top piece on card base to see where the Crushed Curry piece needs to be placed behind the candle flames. Adhere Crushed Curry in place.
Color Happy Birthday with Crushed Curry marker.
Add dimensionals all around back of top piece, and around die cut.
Adhere to card base and add enamel shapes stars.

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Tuesday, January 10, 2017

Avant-Garden Birthday

Quickie card today. Sorry I missed posting yesterday; I had a nagging headache, and just didn't feel crafty at all. Feeling better today though, especially since Mr. Brown brought another box of stamping goodies to play with!

The new Avant-Garden stamp set that's available in the Sale-A-Bration flyer makes it so easy to make a quick, pretty card, pretty quickly. (Heh heh)

The background is from the Falling in Love DSP. I just stamped the flowers and spots right on it using Sweet Sugarplum ink, then stamped the flower centers, stems, leaves, and greeting in Early Espresso. Kind of an unusual color combination, but I think it really works! You know me....I felt it needed "something", so I added a 1/4" strip of Blushing Bride Glimmer Paper for added interest.

This would be a great card to make in multiples for your card stash. Seriously - look at how few products were used!

Here are the measurements:
DSP: Falling in Love 3-7/8" x 5-1/8"
Glimmer strip: Blushing Bride 1/4" x 5-1/8"
Card base: Early Espresso 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" scored & folded at 4-1/4"

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Avant Garden Photopolymer Stamp Set

Early Espresso 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

Falling In Love Designer Series Paper

Blushing Bride Glimmer Paper

Sweet Sugarplum Classic Stampin' Pad

Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad

Tuesday, June 14, 2016

Five Hundred Punches

Here's another one of my favorite bundles from the new catalog, the Best Birds stamp set with the Birds and Blooms Thinlits dies. Such a cute, quick, and easy card to make when you have the right tools, and bundled together you save 10%!

We are greatly enjoying the wide variety of birds here in East Tennessee, so I knew I had to get that bundle as soon as I saw it. And no, there were no punches used on that card....but there were on the color chart below!

I made ten of these charts yesterday to send to new customers, and it took five hundred punches of the Petite Curly Label punch to make them. My thumb and wrist sure felt in last night, let me tell ya, but it was worth it! Why did I do it? Because I like to include the color chart when sending out catalogs. It's so nice to see the true colors of the cardstock, and I like to spoil my customers a little bit, because I really appreciate them!

Would you like the new Stampin' Up! annual catalog with a custom-made-by-yours-truly color chart? If you are a new customer and don't already have a demo that you're working with, just place a minimum $25 order with me (tax and shipping excluded), and I'll send one out right away! Included will be an Inky High J-INKS Rewards sheet. You can earn a free stamp set (up to $25 value) when the sheet is full! Details are on the rewards sheet.

Now back to ~~our regularly scheduled programming~~ the card.

Here's the "How To"
Circle behind bird: Pool Party cut with third largest Layering Circles die (2-3/8" diameter)
Bird: Marina Mist 2-1/2" x 3-1/2"
Branch: Pear Pizzazz 2" x 5"
Greeting: Scrap of Whisper White
Card base: Whisper White 5-1/2" x 8-1/2", scored at 4-1/4" and folded

Emboss front of card base with Sparkle embossing folder.
Stamp grid in Pool Party ink on circle and attach to left of center on card base.
Stamp bird in Basic Black Archival ink on Marina Mist cardstock and cut out with bird die.
Stamp branch on Pear Pizzazz cardstock and cut out with branch die. Color wood with Soft Suede marker.
Glue branch over circle with Multipurpose Glue.
Place Stampin Dimensionals on bird's head and back and remove liners. Place a little glue on bird's feet and adhere to branch.
Stamp whatever greeting you want, punch out, and adhere to card with dimensionals. (I used a greeting from Flourishing Phrases and the now-retired Washi Label Punch.)

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