Kathy's Stamping Niche

Razzle Dazzle them!

Okay, I hope you are sitting down.  I'm back!  LOL.  To make it short, I've been very busy working my Stampin' Up! business and enjoying life.  I kept putting off posting and before I knew it, 2 months just flew by.  So I am sharing what I call a Clapper Card with you today.  Easy to make and this is going to be my July Newsletter project.

 

When you slide the stamped piece up, you see this:

 

Now how cool is that?  AND the best part, if you are coming to my New Catalog Open House on Thursday, July 2, 2009; you'll get to make one!

My adopted Upline's group met last Thursday and this is the card they made as my project.  The stamp set is Razzle Dazzle (new set in the NEW CATALOG).  The card uses Crushed Curry and Melon Mambo, 2 of the new In Colors; the Scallop Border Punch, SU Backgrounds 1TexturzPlate, Filigree Brads AND the Stampin' Write Markers of Crushed Curry and Melon Mambo!  Yes, SU will be selling the In Colors Markers in a set of 6.  WOO HOO!  I don't have to make blender pen markers!

Thanks for hanging in there for the past few months and I greatly appreciate the e-mails and telephone calls making sure that everything was alright with me.  I'm doing fine, just overwhelmed with life.

2nd Monday at Silvercrest

Well....actually last week was the 2nd Monday at Silvercrest and here are the 2 cards the Seniors made.  I CASE'd these cards from either SpiltCoast or Sudsol and I'm sorry I don't remember or I would gladly give you credit for them.

 

Stamp Sets:  Sweet Stems, Fundamental Phrases

Card Stocks:  Whisper White, Pretty In Pink, Kiwi Kiss

Inks:  Pretty In Pink, Cameo Coral, Rose Red

Designer Series Paper:  Raspberry Tart

The 2nd card is just so simple but I love it's simplicity and elegance!

 

Same information as above but you add the Eyelet Border Punch.  Fold your 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" card stock in half and then cut off 1/4" from the front.  The card above I actually cut off 1/2", but trust me, 1/4" looks better.

Thanks for stopping by.  Hope you all had a wonderful weekend.

Sunshine Garden - Bonus Project!

What can I say?  I shared my cards using the Sunshine Garden Simply Scrappin' Kit with my friend, Gina Taylor and look what she sent back!

  

Gina packed a 5x5 journal inside with a card AND a wonderful booklet.  I believe Gina used the booklet in a class she taught.

 

I love this 5x5 book.  Gina said that she purchased this at the M store and then personalized it with my initial.  This book will be well used for my class schedule.  I hadn't made one for this year because I just didn't get around to it.  Hurray for Gina!  I now have a very classy book for my class schedule!

 

This is the front.  The front and back are made with coasters.  The ribbon wraps around the brad to keep the booklet closed.  Very smart, Gina!  Of course I love that clear button too!

 

The inside is accordion folded and decorated with die-cuts from the kit.

 

Close up of the first section.

 

Close up of the second section.

 

Close up of the third section.

Thank you so much Gina for sharing your wonderful creations with me.  I absolutely LOVE them.  The time and effort to make all your projects are greatly appreciated.  Big Hugs Sister Friend!

Everyone have a great weekend!  Thanks for stopping by.

Simply Scrappin' Sunshine Garden Cards - Part 3

This is the last of the cards made with 1/2 of the Simply Scrappin' Sunshine Garden Kit.  All of these cards are 4" x 4".

 

Here's a helpful hint.  Cut one end of the strip section at 3 3/4".  That way you can just pull whatever piece you need off the liner and put it in place.  No fuss, no muss.

 

Place brads in the center of the flowers and pop the flower up using Stampin' Dimensionals.  This took a bit of time because you have to cut the dimensionals into itty bitty pieces.

 

The piece of DSP measures 4" x 3 3/4".  Make sure you use the Scallop Border Punch on the 3 3/4" side.  That way it will fit perfectly on your card.

 

The little leaf was taken from inside one of the big leaves.  Gotta' use ALL the pieces!

 

I used the Trio Flower Punch to accent this card.

There is a special way to cut your card stock to get the most out of it.  I hope this makes sense.

On your 12" x 12" card stock cut a piece 3" x 12".  Fold this in half and this will be your 3" x 6" card.

You now have a piece of card stock that measures 9" x 12".  Cut this piece to measure 8" x 12".  Save the inch wide piece you just cut off.  You can use it for trim, cutting or punching out accents or using it as a mat.

You now have a piece of card stock that measures 8" x 12".  Cut this piece on the 12" side at 4" and 8".  This will give you 3 pieces of 4" x 8" pieces.  Fold these in half and you have 3 - 4" x 4" cards!

I know that some of you are a visual learning.  If you need to see a picture, let me know.  I'll try and get one for you.

Hope you enjoyed what you can make out of 1/2 a Simply Scrappin' Kit.  Thanks for coming by.

Simply Scrappin' Sunshine Garden Cards - Part 2

Here's another set of cards made with the 1/2 kit of Simply Scrappin' Sunshine Garden Kit.  These cards are all 4" x 4".

 

This card you used the Eyelet Border Punch and the So Saffron SAB Ribbon.

 

You just have to add the Certainly Celery 5/8" wide Grosgrain Ribbon.  Okay, and cut some of the card stock and DSP.

 

How tricky am I?  LOL.  The other half of the diagonal DSP is used on this card along with the 1/4" wide Certainly Celery Grosgrain Ribbon.

 

These cards are simple and fast!

 

I love using the clear button.  It was attached with a mini glue dot placed between the thread holes.

I'll be sharing the last of the five cards tomorrow.  Hope to see you tomorrow.

Simply Scrappin' Sunshine Garden Cards - Part 1

Several months ago I did a class where everyone got 1/2 of the Simply Scrappin' Sunshine Garden Kit and made 14 cards.  4 each of 3x6 and 10 each 4x4.  The class included envelopes and because the 4x4 cards would cost more to send if placed in a 4x4 envelope, everyone got regular A2 envelopes instead.

I'm going to share 4 of the cards today.

 

This card usesthe So Saffron SAB Ribbon Bundle and On Your Birthday Stamp Set.

 

This card uses Old Olive 1/4" wide Grosgrain Ribbon and the Wonderful Word Stamp Set.

This card uses Old Olive 1/4" wide Grosgrain Ribbon and On Your Birthday Stamp Set.

Here's the last card for today.  The only addition is the Old Olive 1/4" wide Grosgrain Ribbon.

In this class you use all the textured card stock that comes with the kit, but you have oodles of self-adhesive die cuts left to make more.  I also gave everyone Whisper White Card Stock to use as an insert for all the cards.

Stay tuned for the rest of the cards made from the wonderful Simply Scrappin' Kit.

The Winner Is............................

Kathy Winters!  I guess it DOES pay to enter more than once because this is the one my DH drew out of a hat.  Kathy wrote:

One more post......one more chance to win that awesome blog candy. I would like to see some projects made using Sticky Cuts Sweet.

Posted by: Kathy Winter | April 12, 2009 at 04:27 PM

I placed all the posts in a word document and cut them into pieces, folded them and placed them into a hat.  My DH was kind enough to draw the winning person!

So Kathy, send me your snail addy and what 10 pieces of SU Card Stock you would like and I'll get your goodies in the mail ASAP.  Congratulations!

BTW, I got our taxes done and send off today.  Whew!  What a relief.  I hope you have your taxes done so you can also breathe easier.

Thank you, EVERYONE for entering the blog candy contest.  I will take to heart your suggestions and will post some projects using your suggestions.

Sweet Stems

I was in such a hurry to post, I forgot to give you the recipe for the previous card.  Sorry about that!

Yesterday's card recipe:

Stamp Set:  Sweet Stems

Ink:  Night of Navy

Card Stocks:  Baja Breeze, Night of Navy, Whisper White

Designer Series Paper:  Urban Garden

Accessories:  SU Movers & Shapers Curly Label Die Cut, Window Word Punch, Big Shot, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Tombow Adhesive

Here's another card using the SU Movers & Shapers Curly Label Die Cut.

 

I made this card for a swap and it was also one of the cards made at my March Card Club.  When I make more than one card, I do it all in steps.  I cut all the card stock, stamp all the pieces so I can make them assembly line style.  When I was picking up the curly label piece, 2 of them were stuck together and that's how I figured out the weaving them together thing.

Stamp Set:  Sweet Stems (I can't remember or figure out where the words came from)

Card Stocks:  Textured Kiwi Kiss, Cameo Coral, Pretty In Pink, Whisper White

Inks:  Cameo Coral, Pretty Ink Pink, So Saffron, Kiwi Kiss

Designer Series Paper:  Raspberry Tart

Accessories:  SU Movers & Shapers Curly Label Die Cut, Big Shot, Window Word Punch.

Don't forget to enter my blog candy contest.  Information about the contest can be found here.

Thanks for coming by! 

Movers & Shapers Curly Label Die Cut

HELLO!!!  Yes, I'm back.  I bit off WAY more than I could handle in March so my blogging and newsletter and making my class hand-outs suffered.  I am going to catch up this month because it just couldn't get any worse!  LOL.

This is my 200th blog post!  While that may not mean much, to me it's a big deal.  When I first started this blog, I figured I would post once or twice a week.  Well, then I found how much fun it was and posted more than that and then I found out how much work it was and then started to post less or not at all.  Silly me!  I LOVE sharing and this blog lets me do that.  Here's my share for today.

The Stampin' Up! Movers & Shapers Curly Label Die Cut is one of my favorites.  Here's a card I did.

 

I love that fact that you can move the Curly Label piece any where on the front of the card.  How do you get that weird looking embellishment on the front?  Let me show you.

 

Place the Curly Label Die Cut in one of the corners.  Place a 2 1/2" square piece of card stock on top of the die and cut out.  You need to do this twice.

 

Your 2 pieces will look like the above card stock.

   

Cut your pieces by trimming around the score lines.

 

Now take your 2 pieces and kinda' weave them together.

 

Once you have the 2 layers where you want them, glue them together.

 

Here's the finished embellishment.  Now you just glue it in place.

 

This is the inside of the card.  I used the Stamp-A-Ma-Jig to place the flower stamp.

Hope you like my twist.  Tomorrow I'll show you a card without the twist.

Now, since this is my 200th post, it's time for BLOG CANDY!!!  When you enter, you can win...

 

The Flight of the Butterfly stamp set PLUS your choice of any 12 - 8 1/2" x 11" sheets of Stampin' Up! Color Card Stock.

To have a chance of winning let me know:

What kind of information you would like to see on my blog.

OR

What type of classes you like to attend. 

For each class or different type of information, go ahead and enter separately.  More chances to win!  Just post your comment on this blog post.  You have through Sunday, April 12, 2009 to enter.

I want to thank you all for visiting my blog.  I've had so much fun with this and will continue to blog as much as I can.

Good luck!  Have a wonderful week!..........kathy

Accordian Flower

The Sale-A-Bration Mini shares a card that features an Accordion Flower on it.  Here's mine.

 

I will be sharing step-by-step instructions on how to make this card in my March newsletter.  If you would like them, just sign-up to receive my newsletter on the left column of my blog.

Here's an update I wanted to share.  I will have hopefully FINALLY taken my computer in to be fixed and I know I will be without him/her for at least a week.  This week's postings have all been pre-done and scheduled to be published all week.  So if you email me and don't hear back within 24 hours, please know that I will get back to you as soon as I get the computer back.

Also, the next time I post, it will by my 200th post!  I will be offering blog candy so be thinking about what type of information you would like to see on my blog and/or classes I could teach.

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful weekend.

ENJOY!