Happy Watercolor Sympathy

As you know, we often don't get much notice when we need a sympathy card. Here's a quick, one layer, sympathy card I made using the Stampin' Up! sets Happy Watercolor and Blessings From Heaven. I rounded the corners on the right side, but left the folded (left) side corners squared.

I hope you won't have a need for a sympathy card. If you don't, change the message and you've got a cute card good for just about any occasion.

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Cute, Quick Packaging Idea

With the Kraft Gift Boxes from Stampin' Up! you can have a cute gift box in practically no time. I decorated this one with Sweet Sorbet Designer Series Paper (DSP). The twine is from the Sweet Sorbet Accessory Kit. Get your Sweet Sorbet items for free* during Sale-a-Bration (SAB), which ends 3/31.

 The tag was made with the Scallop Tag Topper Punch and stamped with Happy Watercolor.

You get four of these boxes in a pack for only $2.95.

Kraft Gift Box (4)	124106
Price: $2.95
Personalize this box to make your holiday gifts and goodies the envy of the neighborhood. Kraft color offers an ideal canvas for stamping or covering with Designer Series Paper—for anyone, for any occasion. Add your own tag or topper. Includes four (4) boxes. Approximate size: 3-1/2" x 3-1/2" x 2-1/2".

*One free SAB item with each $50 purchase.

You're Lovely Bookmark Card

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Stamp Club met Tuesday night and Wednesday morning this week.  As always, we had a great time!  If you are in the Garner/Southern Wake County area of North Carolina, you should join us for a class sometime.  We'd love to meet you!

 

 When we made bookmarks at my recent Open House, one of the stampers asked if we could make a card with a removable bookmark.  This is what I designed.  It was the first of three projects we made.

Shown below is the bookmark.  In class I recommended to stamp lightly so that the Primrose Petals was not quite as dark as on my bookmark.  That way more of the flower stamp showed.

Supplies:

Stamps:  Happy Watercolor, You're Lovely (FREE during Sale-a-Bration)

Cardstock:  Primrose Petals, Midnights Muse, Gumball Green, Whisper White

Ink: Primrose Petals, Gumball Green

Big Shot:  Deco Labels Framelits, Decorative Dots Embossing Folder (FREE during SAB)

Other:  Scallop Tag Topper Punch, Primrose Petals 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon (on Weekly Deals list through 3/3), Corner Rounder Punch

I picked these colors for the class projects because many of the stampers took advantage of the My Paper Pumpkin (MPP) Promotion and got this In Color set of markers for FREE.  The MPP promotion ends March 31, 2014.  When you sign up, please select me (Sue Root, Raleigh, NC) as your demonstrator.  Thank you!

Happy Watercolor Bookmark and Tag.

Here are the make-and-takes from Saturday's Open House.  Everyone enjoyed the projects and had a great time!

 

Both tags use the new stamp set, Happy Watercolor, which is available in the 2014 Occasions catalog.   We actually made a modified version of this tag.  The first thing I thought of when I saw the Scallop Tag Topper Punch was that it would make great bookmarks.  The ones we made at the Open House were actually a little longer, so they'll stay in the book better.  We also added some dots at the bottom (you can see that stamp in the tag below - the Pool Party dots).  I like both versions.

 

I have to admit - at first I was wondering what to do with the "blob" as my stampers and I were calling it.  But after I started playing with it, I decided it adds a really cool look.  Stampin' Up! has a magazine for demonstrators and I saw a tag in there that I liked.  I modified it a little and this is the result:

 

Once I started playing with this set, I had a hard time stopping.  That's the way it should be, right?  So be on the lookout for more samples made with this awesome set.

 

Thanks to everyone who came to the Open House!  I always have so much fun with you guys!!  If you are local, come to an event sometime.  My group of stampers is the best!  So, you'll get to stamp, learn something new, and meet some wonderful people.  Win, win, win!