Double challenge card

I was able to complete 2 challenges with this card. The first challenge was one of Dawn's WICKED challenges to use a wheel. (You can barely see the wheel image across my card base!) The second challenge was Patty's workshop wow challenge to create a tone on tone card, stamping onto colored cardstock instead of a neutral. For my card, I chose to use Certainly Celery and Old Olive. I had several inspirations for parts of this card. First of all, my friend Susie Nelson used Baroque Motifs for this same challenge, and that reminded me that I hadn't used it for a while. Second, one of my blogging sisters, Marilyn, used the ribbon knot on the corner of one of her cards. And third, I saw the 2 ovals layered together on Stampin' Connection. At least adding the felt flower and rhinestone brad was my own idea!
Supplies (all SU): Stamps: Baroque Motifs, Perfect Punches, Friendly Words jumbo wheel; Paper: Certainly Celery, Old Olive; Ink: Certainly Celery, Old Olive; Accessories: wide oval punch, Old Olive satin ribbon, felt flowers, Ice Circle rhinestone brad
Happy stamping!

Circle pop-up card

This week's workshop wow is a circle pop-up card.  The next photo is the inside.

Pretty cool, huh?  It's really easier than you would think.  My friend Susie Nelson found this card on Stampin' Connection, which is sorta SU's version of SCS.  The creator, Helen, posted a tutorial on her blog here.  I simplified it just a little, so I'm including a few photos.

Start with a 5 X 8 1/2 piece of cardstock and fold it in half for a 4 1/4 X 5 card.  Then trace a 5" circle onto the card; the circle will be bigger than the card.  I used the lid from a stack of CDs.  The top was the perfect size!

Here's the card with the circle traced onto it.  Then just cut on the line to make your round card.

Next, follow Helen's directions for scoring and folding the 8 1/2" square for the pop-up part.  I found the DSP to be just perfect for this!  Instead of using her method, I used a spool of grosgrain ribbon (the big spool) for my circle.  (Be careful that it doesn't shift on you; mine came out a little off-center, but it's not too noticeable.

For the front piece, I cut a 4 3/8" circle with my circle scissors and then cut 1/2" off one side.  I did all of the stamping before assembly.  Just make sure you put it together correctly, LOL!

Supplies (all SU): Stamps: Baroque Motifs, Vintage Labels; Ink: Close to Cocoa, Real Red; Paper: Very Vanilla, Close to Cocoa, Sending Love DSP; Accessories: vanilla taffeta ribbon, clip, circle scissors plus

Happy stamping!

CAS white card

What is CAS? It's clean and simple. One of the WICKED challenges this month was to make a clean and simple all white card. Yikes! The main problem I had was how to make the images stand out. I decided to use heat embossing. The background stamp and word are embossed with white EP onto whisper white cardstock. The punched out images are embossed on shimmery white. The final touch is whisper white satin ribbon.
Supplies (all SU): Stamps: Baroque Motifs; Paper: Whisper white, shimmery white; Ink: VersaMark; Accessories: white EP, heat tool, 3/4" circle punch, whisper white satin ribbon
Happy stamping!

Card set

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.

Happy stamping!

One Sheet Wonder

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.
For this card, I used the baby wipe stamp pad from Monday's post(Regal Rose, Melon Mambo, Rich Razzleberry and Elegant Eggplant) and Best Wishes and More to make a one sheet wonder. I filled in with the little stamp from Baroque Motifs in Melon Mambo and Rich Razzleberry.
Supplies (all SU): Stamps: Best Wishes and More, Baroque Motifs; Paper: Whisper White, Melon Mambo, Rich Razzleberry; Ink: Regal Rose, Melon Mambo, Rich Razzleberry, Elegant Eggplant; Accessories: Rich Razzleberry grosgrain ribbon, baby wipes
Happy stamping!

Like Night and Day

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.
I was inspired by the Night and Day DSP in the Holiday Mini for this card. I used a piece on the main layer, and the center of the scallop circle is punched from the DSP and then sponged with Bermuda Bay. On the card base, I stamped the swirl from Baroque Motifs in Bermuda Bay, black and white. I didn't use the stampamajig because I didn't think that type of precision was needed. I like that they are each a bit off, but they still look like a shadow.
Supplies (all SU): Stamps: Baroque Motifs; Paper: Basic Black, Bermuda Bay, Night and Day DSP; Ink: Black StazOn, Bermuda Bay, Whisper White craft; Accessories: 1 3/8" circle punch, scallop circle punch, vintage brads, Bermuda Bay grosgrain ribbon
Happy stamping!

CASEing the new catalog

I CASEd this card from the front cover of the catalog. The layout and the colors are the same, but the stamp set is TOTALLY different. I pulled out Baroque Motifs. For a while, everyone was using it, and now you hardly see it anymore.
The card base is So Saffron 4 1/4" X 11" scored at 5 1/2". Then I used the scallop border punch on the edge. I took a piece of Almost Amethyst 4 1/4" wide and used the same punch. Then I cut the scallop piece off at 1 1/4" and layered it under the saffron scallops. I cut a piece of Certainly Celery to 4 1/4" X 4 1/2". I stamped the swirl in Certainly Celery and added 4, yes 4 (!) lavender rhinestone brads. I adhered it to the cardfront. A piece of So Saffron grosgrain ribbon (from the upcoming SAB catalog) covers both seams. The final touch is the sentiment stamped and embossed in white.
This card is for my friend and co-worker, Alyssa. We started as trainers on January 21 last year, so Wednesday is our anniversary! Alyssa loves purple too, so I decided to splurge with the brads for her.

Christmas ornament

Here is the Christmas ornament we made at the workshop last week. It is very easy to make, and because it's flat, you can easily include inside of a Christmas card!
Does it look vaguely familiar? If so, it's because it's very similar to the focal image on my burnished velvet card. As I said previously, I got the idea for that from Taylor VanBruggen at Taylored Expressions. Then I saw that Crystal (blog link on the right) made it into a Christmas ornament. Fabulous idea, Crystal!
I started with a 2 3/4" square of Brushed Gold cardstock. I punched the scallop border punch once (centered) on each side. Next I took 2 squares of Riding Hood Red cardstock, each 2 1/2", and did the same thing. The center comes out, and I attached them on each side of the gold piece. Next I stamped the image from Baroque Motifs twice onto Shimmery White cardstock using VersaMark and embossed with gold EP. I punched them out using the scallop circle punch and layered those on top of the RHR piece. (You could also cut out the image if you want more of the red layer to show.) A piece of gold cord and Riding Hood Red taffeta ribbon completes the ornament.
Supplies (all SU): Stamps: Baroque Motifs; Paper: Shimmery White, Brushed Gold, Riding Hood Red; Ink: VersaMark; Accessories: gold EP, scallop circle punch, 1/16" hole punch, scallop border punch, Riding Hood Red taffeta ribbon, gold cord
Tomorrow the retiring stamp set list is posted. Check back here to see it. If you're one of my regular customers, I'll be e-mailing it to you if I have your e-mail address.
Happy stamping!

Burnished Velvet

Last week's workshop wow was to make a card using burnished velvet. (I'm not sure why it's called burnished velvet because it doesn't use velvet, and I don't think it looks like velvet.) For burnished velvet, you cover sticky strip with glitter and then rub the glitter into the strip. On my card, it's the strip on the right.
I started out with a 4 1/4 X 11 piece of brushed gold cardstock scored at 5 1/2 and put an inch of sticky strip on the end of the card. My idea was to use the scallop edge punch to make the edge scalloped before adding the glitter, but the punch wouldn't go through it. So I cut 1/2 of it off. Then I covered the sticky strip with purple glitter. I covered it with a piece of paper and used my bone folder to burnish (rub) the glitter. (The original directions said to burnish it with your finger; I don't know if that makes a difference or not.)
I decided to add the wow factor by embossing on the burnished velvet strip. I covered the rest of the card front with a scrap and stamped the large swirl from Baroque Motifs onto the strip using VersaMark. Then I re-inked and stamped the same swirl on the card front. I poured gold EP over all of it and heat embossed both images at the same time.
For the medallion, I used a 2 3/4 square of Elegant Eggplant and punched the scallop edge punch on all 4 sides. The shimmery white piece was made the same way using a 2 1/2" square (the center falls out of the square). I got that idea from Taylor VanBruggen at Taylored Expressions. I used my stampamajig to stamp the square image in the center of the shimmery white square using Elegant Eggplant craft ink. I embossed it with Irridescent Ice EP.
Supplies (all SU): Stamps: Baroque Motifs; Paper: Shimmery White, Brushed Gold, Elegant Eggplant; Ink: VersaMark, Elegant Eggplant craft; Accessories: gold EP, Irridescent Ice EP, sticky strip, fine cosmo glitter, stampamajig, scallop edge punch
Happy stamping!