Late Night Stampers and Monday Lunchtime Sketch Challenges

Good Morning Stampers!  This week I doubled up on my design team challenges again.  This sketch went together so easily.  I can see me going back to it when I need a card in a hurry.  Longest part?  I couldn't find the stamp set I wanted to use for the inside.

The Late Night Stampers Challenge this  week is:

Spring is in the air - use some of your flower stamps!
(I used Designer Series Paper with flowers, instead of stamps, on the front but I think it still qualifies.  Just in case, I did use a flower stamp on the inside.  Besides, while I tend to take challenges somewhat literally, they really are meant to challenge you in an effort to expand your creativity.  And once the creativity starts flowing, who knows where you'll end up?) 

Here's the sketch for the Techno Stamper (aka Monday Lunchtime) Sketch Challenge:

And here's my card.   I couldn't get rid of the shadows.  I tried.  I probably took 10 pictures and the only one without shadows was all washed out.  This is a compromise - not quite as bright as in real life, but the shadows aren't too bad.

The card is 4" square.  I used the Bitty Banners Framelits so that my banners would match.  It helped that they were just the size I wanted.

 Here's the inside of the card:

Stamps:  Vintage Vogue, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Designer Series Paper:  Floral District

Card Stock:  Rich Razzleberry, Tangerine Tango, Baja Breeze, Whisper White

Ink:  Tangerine Tango

Big Shot:   Bitty Banners Framelits, Butterfly Embosslits

Now that you've seen my sample, why not create your own challenge entries?  You can see the rest of the design team samples and link your project by following these links:

Techno Stamper/Monday Lunchtime Challenge
LNS Challenge

Projects Using Fabric

We had a good group at the Fun With Fabric class this morning.  We made two cards and a flower keychain, all of which used the beautiful Twitterpated Fabric from the Occasions Mini Catalog.  This fabric is only available until Monday, 4/30, so be sure to get yours before it's too late.  The projects also use several items from the Accessories retirement list, which are only available while supplies last.  Some of the items are even discounted!

I used the following retiring items on this card:  Scallop Circle #2 die, Blossom Bouquet Triple Layer Punch (40% off), Circle Fire Rhinestone brads (25% off), and Finial Press embossing folder.  The sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Wishes, which thankfully is NOT retiring.  Card stock colors are Baja Breeze and Whisper White.

 I used the Finial Press embossing folder on the flap of the envelope.  I just love how elegant this makes an envelope look!

 I used the retiring items Vintage Vogue stamp set and ticket corner punch on this card.  I also used one of the flower punches from the Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack and a plain old hole punch for the flower center.  Card stock colors are Riding Hood Red, Pacific Point, and Whisper White.

 Here's a little bonus project using Vintage Vogue.  We didn't make this in the class, but I thought you might enjoy seeing it.  The bookmark was cut with the Two Tags Die and embossed with the Elegant Bouquet embossing folder.

Here's the keychain we made.  I got the original idea from Erika Clark.  She posted instructions, too.  You can see her post here.  The big pearl in the center is available in the Occasions Mini Catalog.  It's bigger than the ones in the big catalog.  The Pear Pizzazz ribbon is retiring (25% off).  There is felt on the back to help hold the flower together.  It looks cute when the felt backing is the big flower from Blossom Party die because the petals stick out a bit.  I used the Scallop Circle #2 die for this one, but have since bought the other die because the keychain looks much cuter with the petals.

Hope you've enjoyed these projects.  At the end of the class I shared a couple other tips, like how to layer the Blossom Punch and how to unmount a wheel so it can be used as a clear mount stamp.  You never know what you might learn at one of my classes.  The next one is May 22 (evening) and again on May 23 (morning).  If you're local to the Garner/Raleigh, NC area I hope you can make it.

You can get retiring items, Occasions Mini catalog items and any other Stampin' Up supplies that you need at my Online Store.  Thanks for your support!

Cards for the Troops a Big Success

Had a great night making cards to send to our military personnel.  We made over 200 cards to be sent overseas for our soldiers to use to send back home to their loved ones.  Here's one of the cards I designed, but it had a Ruby Red Background (like the flowers) instead of Not Quite Navy.

The top part is perfect to fit on one of the notecards sold by Stampin' Up.  Makes a quick, simple, nice card.

In real life, the card is not blurry.  I just couldn't seem to get it to photograph well.

Did you know that Vintage Vogue is still available?  It is.  Clear mount is $17.95; wood mount is $23.95.  Contact me to order this stamp set or any other Stampin' Up items.  I'd love to be your demonstrator.

Easter Stamp Camp Card

Here is one of the two cards I have designed for this Saturday's Easter Stamp Camp.  The other card is a suspension card using the new stamp set Eggcoutrements.

If you want to come to Stamp Camp, let me know ASAP!

You'll make 8 different projects designed by 5 different demonstrators for $25.  Full details are in a previous post (Class Schedule -- Feb. 8 posting)

Trifold Shutter Cards

Here are a couple of trifold shutter cards I've done recently.

The first card uses the Vintage Vogue stamp set from the new Occasions Mini Catalog. This catalog has tons of great, new stuff in it! Most of the new sets are now available as clear mount sets (or as wood mount). The stamps are still the high quality rubber with foam backing that you are used to with Stampin' Up stamps. Instead of being mounted on wood, these stamps come unmounted. When you are ready to use one, stick the stamp on an acrylic block and stamp away. When you are done, remove the stamp from the block and return it to its case.

The acrylic blocks SU sells are as thick as the wood blocks, with rounded corners and grooves in the sides for easier handling. The new clear mounts are easy to use and give the same great results you are used to with the wood mount stamps.

In addition, the new clear mounts are cheaper and take up way less space. Each set comes in a case about the size of a DVD case. You can tell I love them. I was just going to upload a couple of cards and ended up writing three paragraphs about the new clear mounts.