Color inspiration from home decor

Do you see the world in Stampin' Up colors?  I have noticed Lucky Limeade all over the place lately!  In fact, my new quilt is that color.  I also have new sheets that are Cajun Craze, so I decided to use those 2 colors in a card.  The 3rd color, Early Espresso, came from my yummy new quilted ribbon (coming soon in the Holiday Mini)!

My card base is Lucky Limeade, and I embossed the bottom of the cardfront with the Square Lattice embossing folder.  I inked up the pine tree image from Lovely as a Tree with Lucky Limeade then "thumped" it with a Cajun Craze marker.  The tree base is Early Espresso.  The sentiment is from Oval All which hasn't seen ink in my craft room for quite a while!

Happy stamping!

Inspired by clothing

At church on Sunday, one of the ladies in the choir was wearing a beautiful jacket that looked so spring-y! The colors were: Black, Baja Breeze, Poppy Parade and Daffodil Delight on a white background. It inspired me to make a card! I changed white to vanilla so I could use my First Edition DSP from the Occasions Mini. It's thinner, so it's perfect for layering! The card base is Daffodil Delight. The other DSP layer is from Greenhouse Gala and the level 1 hostess pack. I adhered them to Basic Black and ran them through the square lattice folder in the Big Shot. The stamp sets I used are Oval All (haven't used that in forever!) and Build a Blossom. The punches are: Blossom, large oval and scallop oval. I also used a Poppy Parade glimmer brad and Baja Breeze seam binding. I gathered it by pulling a thread from the center. Happy stamping!

Paper Bag Purse

Not too long ago, I saw the cutest purse made from a paper bag on Becky Roberts' blog. I knew that I had to make one. It was so easy and so cute! Here is the front view.

Here is the side view. I used a retired felt flower with a brad to hold the flap closed instead of a velcro dot.

Supplies (all SU): Stamps: Oval All; Paper: chocolate chip textured, To the Nines DSP; Ink: Chocolate Chip; Accessories: scallop oval punch, small oval punch, Flower Fusion (retired), 5/16" brads, Chocolate Chip narrow grosgrain ribbon, 1/8" hole punch, paper bag

Happy stamping!

Double Aperture Card

Patty and I take turns hosting the Workshop Wow challenge on SCS. This week, it's Patty's turn, but she's out in the woods. So I'm posting her challenge for her. It's a double aperture card. Directions and much better photos can be found here. Their measurements are metric, so I made a very simple version just so I could get some measurements for you.
My card base is 5 1/2" X 12", scored at 3", 6" and 9". The insert is 3" X 12", scored at 3", 6" and 9". Each piece is folded to form a W. With the cardbase folded closed, I marked the opening and cut it with scissors (I'm not good with a craft knife.) I started 1 1/2" down. The opening I cut is 2" in and 2 1/2" top to bottom. Then in the center of the top and bottom of the opening, I cut slits to hold the insert. With the insert folded closed, I cut slits centered on the top and bottom.
It took a little fiddling to get the pieces to fit together, so I'd recommend doing all of the decorating first.

Here's a different view to get more of the 3-D effect. Sorry my photos aren't better!
Happy stamping!

Quick card

This week's demonstratable card challenge was to make a monochromatic card using DSP (to highlight the Buy 3 Get 1 Free special for DSP and textured cardstock that SU is offering this month).
Mine was a super quick card that I made in about 20 minutes. I think 10 of that was figuring out what to do and using the heat gun twice! In fact, I made the card so fast that my layer measurements were off as you can see by looking at the top and bottom of the card.
For the focal image, I stamped the flower from Inspired by Nature in Creamy Caramel craft ink right onto the DSP and heat set it. Then I stamped the grass from the same set in Chocolate Chip craft ink and heat set it. The rest of the card is pretty straightforward.
TIP: The ticket corner punch is a great way to add a quick and easy special touch to your card. It's my most used punch!
Supplies (all SU): Stamps: Inspired by Nature, Oval All, Cute and Curly; Paper: Creamy Caramel, Chocolate Chip, Candy Lane DSP; Ink: Chocolate Chip classic and craft, Creamy Caramel craft; Accessories: heat gun, ticket corner punch, curly label punch, large oval punch
Happy stamping!

The same yet different

This card is very similar in layout to the one I posted on Wednesday. I just love the way the layers go all the way up to the fold of the card! I changed up the focal image layer although I kept the color combo and DSP the same. I also added the ticket corner punch to all of the layers including the cardfront. The daisies were inked in Baja Breeze and I used a sponge dauber to add Pacific Point to the flower center.
Supplies: Stamps: Inspired by Nature, Oval All; Paper: Shimmery White, Baja Breeze, Basic Gray, Urban Garden DSP; Ink: Baja Breeze, Kiwi Kiss, Pacific Point; Accessories: ticket corner punch, large oval punch, scallop oval punch, sponge dauber
Happy stamping!

CASEing and using what you have

This is a project that Carrie Cudney demonstrated at the SU Regional using the Circle Scissors Plus. I don't have the Circle Scissors Plus yet (just ordered it!), but I really wanted to make this little pocket card because it was so cute. She used a 6" circle, so I started thinking about what I had already that might work. Then the light bulb came on: Carousel Notes! I'd gotten the Carousel Notes for some reason that I'd quickly forgotten, and I really needed to use them up anyway since they have In Colors (I'll miss you Baja Breeze and Kiwi Kiss!)

Here's my finished project. Pretty dang cute, huh? Just take your Carousel Note and score it at 1" on 3 sides. Clip out the corners at the bottom to get rid of the bulk. Fold up the bottom and adhere the sides using Sticky Strip so it will hold well. To do the ribbon (I need to practice that more for sure; I think I was too uniform with mine.), I adhered Sticky Strip all the way around the card first for the ribbon to stick to. Because of the way I folded mine, I had to add more adhesive to get it all to stick down. I ran the ribbon flat around the back and then added some SNAIL to the other side of the ribbon to help the folds lay down. (That 2nd side was tricky!) I used the Oval All stamp set and scallop oval punch from the Occasions Mini and adhered that with dimensionals. You just position it to cover where the 3 sides come together.

This is the perfect size for a gift card, and the clip not only would hold the gift card but helps in pulling out the insert.

Supplies (all SU): Stamps: Oval All; Paper: Whisper White, Pacific Point textured, Baja Breeze, Carousel Notes II; Ink: Pacific Point, Baja Breeze; Accessories: clips assortment, scallop oval punch, white satin ribbon

Happy stamping!

Hinge card

This is a really fun card that was in the last Stampin' Success magazine (demonstrators get it from Stampin' Up). I wanted to make a card with my new Oval All set and scallop oval punch from the upcoming Occasions Mini, and I decided on this after watching this video from Dawn Griffith.
The base is 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" Whisper White. For the bottom piece, I started with 3 1/2" X 4 1/4" Certainly Celery. I ran the Whimsy jumbo wheel over it with Certainly Celery ink and then used the eyelet border punch along the top.

This piece is adhered to the bottom of the Whisper White base, but don't run the adhesive all the way to the top. You need to leave room for the top piece to slide underneath it.

The top piece is 2 3/4" X 4 1/4" Soft Sky. I lined it up with the top of the Whisper White base and slid the bottom of it under the scalloped edge of the Certainly Celery piece. I punched a hole through all 3 layers and put in a Whisper White 5/16" brad. That's what makes the hinge.

Here it is opened so you can see the inside. You put your message on the white base at the top. The focal image is the butterfly from Garden Whimsy. I inked the entire stamp with Soft Sky then sponged Pacific Point onto the edges with a sponge dauber. I sponged Certainly Celery around the edges of the cardstock then matted it with Pacific Point and added some Dazzling Diamonds. The sentiment is stamped with Pacific Point on Soft Sky then punched with the large oval punch. The mat is the same stamp embossed in white and then punched with the new scallop oval punch.

Happy stamping!