Polka Dot Punches Double Slider

Ok, so one of my New Year’s resolutions was to get into blogging again. As you can see, I’m a little late starting this resolution, but I’m glad to be starting it late than never! I’ve actually accumulated quite a few projects I’ve made, so I’m excited to start sharing my creations in the coming days and weeks!

This card is a double slider card made with the Polka Dot Punches (Sale-a-bration) set by Stampin’ Up. I love this set because it coordinates with 3 other SU punches: the new heart punch, circle scallop punch, and 5 petal punch. For my front panel, I first decided where I wanted my main heart image and stamped it. Then I stamped other images in coordinating ink colors: apricot appeal, pixie pink, temping turquoise, and certainly celery around it.

For the last step, I stamped the heart image in White Craft Ink on Pixie Pink cardstock and embossed it with white embossing powder. I punched out the heart and adhered it with dimensionals over the image I stamped as a placeholder.

This card is definitely more intricate to make, but worth the results!

Cardstock colors: Taken With Teal, Apricot Appeal, Certainly Celery, Whisper White

Meet Olivia

Olivia is one of the Sassafras Owls! She’s from the Olivia & Pals stamp set from Sassafras Lass. When I first saw this stamp set, I had to snatch it up because I thought it was soooooo cute! I love the Sassafras line because their designs are so whimsical and fun!

For this card I used last year’s Stampin’ Up In Colors to stamp Olivia & Pals in different colors on the Whisper White cardstock. Then I used the sentiment from the “Time Well Spent” retired hostess stamp set. I mounted the sentiment on a piece of Tempting Turquoise CS which is mounted on a Purely Pomegranate piece cut with Scallop Scissors. Finally, I used the White Gel Pen to accent the scallops.

I thought this sentiment was perfect to use with this stamp set because these owls are so cute and “too much of a good thing is a good thing!”

Birthday Card

This is the birthday card I made for my mom for her birthday last month. I used the “Sweet Always” Designer Series paper, which is one of my favorites! (But of course, almost all of the Designer Series Papers are my favorites!)

I made this card with a simple layout and a retired hostess stamp set, “Riveting.” I also used the “Always” stamp set to stamp the background of the Regal Rose card base. Then, I finished the card by adding the ribbon and scallop circle embellishment. You can’t really see it in the photo, but I also added crystal effects to heart on the stamped image for some extra shimmer.

This was a fun one to make!

On Board Album

I love Stampin’ Up’s On Board Albums! When I saw the new catalog had an 8×8 album, I knew I had to get it! This is one project that I’m really proud of. I really getting into the vintage, shabby chic look and am very pleased with how this came out.

The design was inspired from a class I took at Scrap In Style (one my of favorite scrapbooking sites), where I made this wall hanging. After I made the wall hanging, I thought it would made the perfect design for my album. I learned how to make these pretty paper flowers and mold paper.

I haven’t finished any of the pages of the album yet, but when I do, I’m going to put it the on my coffee table for visitors to look at when they come over to my house!

Embossing Tip

I thought I’d share a tip on heat embossing. As you know, when you use the heat gun, it can get pretty hot. I usually use a pair of tweezers to hold my piece of cardstock that I’m embossing away from my table so the heat doesn’t ruin it. I wanted an easier way, so I went to the Home Depot and purchased this 12 x 12 floor tile for $1.19. I also purchased these jelly thingys and stuck one on each corner of the bottom of the tile.

Now whenever I emboss, I can place the tile on my table, emboss over it and it won’t get ruined. I’m enjoying my “embossing tile” as a great new addition to my craft room!

Monogram Favor Boxes

I love the look of monograms, so when I decorated these favor boxes, I knew I wanted to use them to add a great personal touch. The favor boxes are from Paper Source and decorated with Stampin’ Up supplies.

I used DS paper from the Bella Rose pack, the square scallop punch, Typeset Upper Alphabet set (retired), and the One of a Kind stamp set with coordinating punch. I was inspired to use this color combo, Tempting Turquoise and Chocolate Chip to match the tissue paper inside the box that was turquoise.

These boxes are really fun to make, but even more fun to give! The Paper Source has a bunch of different shaped boxes to choose from, so the next time you need to make party favors or a package for a small gift these are a perfect option.

Pretty Flowers

Finally, some time to post! A few local stamping friends and I decided to get together regularly to stamp and swap. Our first meeting was last week and this is the card I made to swap. I would love to claim it as my own, but I got this idea from my upline, Patti.

The vases are made from the large oval punch from the new In Colors. I snipped the bottom of each oval to make a straight edge. For the “dirt” I lined up my stamp-a-ma-jig about a quarter of an inch above the white cardstock and then sponged Close To Cocoa ink. This also created a line at the bottom for me to line up the vases. From there the rest is simple. I punched out the flowers and adhered them with dimensionals. The stamp I used is from Dreams Du Jour.

Thanks for looking and have a productive day!