I made one more Christmas ornament this year. The chipboard is retired. I inked it in Ruby Red craft ink then embossed with Irridescent Ice EP. The DSP is a gold sheet from Christmas Cocoa. It has a slight shimmer.
Sorry my posting has been so sporatic! I've been super busy at work, and I just haven't had the energy to stamp. Next week, I have the week off, so I should be able to get back to normal then. This card is the same as the one I previously posted, just different colors and a different DSP from the same package (Christmas Cocoa).
Hi all! Sorry I didn't get any posts scheduled while I was out of town. Time just got away from me; thanks for your understanding! Anyway, here's the gift I made for my mom for Christmas. It's an album to hold her cards. I got the idea from Andrea Walford's blog. She was making them and selling them. I came up with my own template for the pockets inside.
Here is a a side view of the album so you can see the pockets. I made 12 pockets, but only 9 would fit in the album. I used Soft Sky, Pacific Point and Barely Banana for the pockets.
Here is the "front" view of the pocket. One piece of cardstock forms both flaps and the "back".
Here is a view of the "back".
For this week's workshop wow challenge, we are making Christmas ornaments with bonus points for using chipboard. I think chipboard is a natural material to use for ornaments because it has enough weight to hang nicely. The only current chipboard I have is Timeless Type, so I decided to make mine a monogram.
When I saw the Night and Day DSP in the Holiday Mini, I was really excited. Why? Because I knew I'd be able to change it up to be any color I wanted! All it takes is a sponge and a little ink. I used it to make the thank-you notes shown above. The cardbase is Naturals White cut at 5 1/4" X 4". The DSP is 3 3/4" X 5". Each cardbase is backed by a 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" piece of cardstock (Basic Black on the top card, Crushed Curry on the bottom card). After I cut the DSP to size, I just sponged on Crushed Curry ink using a swirling motion. I went over it a couple of times until I got the amount of color I wanted. Then I used the ticket corner punch on it. The sentiment is from a 2007 SAB set, Happy Harmony; it's stamped in black StazOn on naturals white then punched with the 1 3/8" circle punch. The sentiment is adhered to a designer label punched in the same color that backs the cardbase.
For this week's workshop wow, we are using punches. The border on my card is made using the slit punch. (That's the one punches a U.) I started with a 4 1/4 X 5 1/2 piece of Handsome Hunter cardstock. On one long side, I pushed the slit punch in as far as it would go, centered it side to side and punched it. Then I punched all along the cardstock in each direction, eyeballing how far apart they would be. Once the row is punched, the cardstock will naturally fold back easily. This shortens the piece of cardstock by 3/4". My card base is standard-sized Real Red with 3/4" cut off the front. Then I just adhered the Handsome Hunter piece to the Real Red cardfront.
Last week's workshop wow challenge was crimped diamonds from Tami's blog. To create this, you find the center of each side of the cardstock, score and fold each side back then run it through the crimper. I'll admit it was a little tricky; I had to hold the back corner in my lips while working the crimper with both hands. The result is definitely worth the effort! To create the center piece, cut a smaller piece of cardstock, mark the center of each side and cut instead of scoring.
I have to admit that life has been so hectic lately that I haven't been inspired to stamp much. Today, I was cleaning off my computer desk, and I saw a Stampin' Success magazine. I leafed through it for inspiration, and I found a card with a layer that used the eyelet border all the way around it. How did I miss it before? I decided that I had to try it right away.
This is my first attempt at making the corner, and I didn't line up the holes correctly!
Sunday is Mama's birthday. I got her some earrings and a ring, and I decided to send them in a sweet treats cup. I love how they kinda look like a face! This card is reusable just like the one I made before. The color combo is Cameo Coral, Soft Suede and Bermuda Bay.
For this week's workshop wow, we are making a stair step card. (Sorry for the bad lighting in the photo!) The measurements are very simple. The card base is 5 X 10 1/2, scored at 1 1/4, 2 1/2, 4 1/4, 6 and 8 1/4. This would be a great photo card with a smaller middle layer with a more substantial sentiment.
Isn't this card holder adorable? It looks like a magazine holder and holds standard-sized cards. I have 4 cards in this one, and it can definitely hold more if I want. I saw this on someone's blog and found the original tutorial here. She has great photos, measurements and directions.
It's made from 2 pieces of cardstock. Here's what it looks like without the ribbon covering the seams. (Note that I did not follow the original directions correctly. The diagonal line should end where the bottom piece starts, but I don't think it makes a huge difference in the end.)
Today's card may look a little familiar. That's because I've posted it before. Actually, there's a slight difference--the sentiment. I wanted to send my friend Sarah a dryer sheet so she could do this week's challenge, and of course, I had to send it in one of my cards. Unfortunately, I couldn't find the right card. I had this card, but the sentiment said Happy Anniversary. So I decided to fix it. I stamped friend to friend in Old Olive, punched it with the word window, layered it onto a So Saffron modern label, and adhered it over the old sentiment. Voila!
For this week's workshop wow challenge, we are doing the dryer sheet technique. We use a used dryer sheet, which is a great way to recycle! You stamp an image, coat the cardstock with adhesive, press on a used dryer sheet and sprinkle the whole thing with glitter. The glitter sticks to the adhesive through the holes in the dryer sheet. It's a very soft, sparkly effect!
Second, I thought I'd show this photo just for fun. I'm a trainer at United Healthcare, and the business I work with the most is OptumHealth Bank/OptumHealth Financial Services. At UHC, we are all about acronyms. For the last 2 weeks, I've been training a new skill that we are calling OHFAB, which has to be one of the best acronyms ever! One of my trainees said we should answer the calls by saying, "Oh snap! You've called OHFAB," and a tattoo was born! Someone actually got us all these temporary tattoos. I'm SO not a tattoo person, so I'm sure it was hilarious to everyone that I wore this for 2 days. Daniel's eyes bugged out a little when he first saw it, especially when he asked me where I got it and I told him we all went to a tattoo parlor.
Here's a set of 4 cards I made using Baroque Motifs and the baby wipe ink pad I talked about earlier this week. The colors I used were Regal Rose, Melon Mambo, Rich Razzleberry and Elegant Eggplant. Each card is a white card measuring 5 1/4 X 8, scored at 4. The card is backed by a piece of colored cardstock measuring 4 1/4 X 5 1/2 (standard card size). The swirl image is stamped on the white cardfront. The center image is stamped onto white, cut out and matted on a Rich Razzleberry scallop circle. The center image on each card has a brad of some type in the center (either a Regal Rose brad or a rhinestone brad). I added some ribbon to each card. Because none of the cards has a sentiment, they can be used for any occasion or just for a note. They would make a great gift, and I'm going to make a holder for them. Look for that next week.
Have you ever made a one sheet wonder? A one sheet wonder is one big piece of cardstock that you stamp with multiple images, like making your own sheet of patterned paper. Then you cut the sheet into pieces and use them on multiple projects.
On Sunday afternoon, I went over to Karen's house to stamp with her and her friend Melinda. We had a great time! I showed them how to use a stack of baby wipes as a stamp pad, and I showed Melinda how to make some past workshop projects that Karen had shown her. Here's a picture of our work area. (Most of this stuff is mine!)
Karen fell in love with the paper bag purses we made a few months back. Here is her version. It's adorable! I LOVE the snowflake backed by a 1 3/8" circle. It really pops!
This week's workshop wow challenge was to make a card using black and white and one other color only. I chose Bermuda Bay because I thought it was a nice strong color to stand up to the black and white and also because I thought it was gender neutral.
On Wednesday, I had a workshop at my house. I wanted to make a jiggly card, and I had the idea to use the snowflake punch. The only problem is that I don't own the snowflake punch. But my friend Karen does, and she was coming to the workshop. So we made this card on the spot at the workshop.
How did we do? I was pretty happy with how it turned out. The front of the card needs some glitter, but I couldn't find my 2 way glue pen.
I got the idea for this card from Donna's blog. She is so clever! I decided to use it for this week's demonstratable card challenge. The challenge I gave was to use 1 stamp set, 1 sentiment set, 1 color (plus white), 1 punch and 1 accessory. I think it turned out really well!
A couple of weeks ago, I saw an adorable jiggly card (AKA movement card) on Lyssa's blog. You can see her card and directions here. I loved it and decided to use it for last week's Workshop Wow challenge. I'll also be doing a jiggly card at my workshop on Wednesday, but the card will be different.
Here is the fun view of the inside of the card. I love the way the flowers look like they are growing out of the card!
Here is the traditional view of the inside.