Need For Speed

For this card I stamped the car with black StazOn ink and colored it using my blender pen. You can't tell from the picture but it's actually a spinner card. I punched out an opening using the word window punch. Then I took a penny, put a dimensional in the middle and another penny on top. I placed the pennies in the slot and glued the car on top so it slides back and forth in the opening (for instructions on how to make a spinner card see this link at Splitcoaststampers).

For the background I glued some regular household aluminum foil to white card stock and ran it throughout the Big Shot.

The envelope has been embellished with aluminum foil and a stamped car.

Card Stock:      Whisper White, Real REd

Stamps:           Need For Speed, Clockworks, Einzigartig

Ink / Marker:     Black StazOn, Real Read, Crumb Cake, Basic Grey

Accessories:     Stripes EBF, Dimensionals, Word Window Punch

Happy Birthday Bird

I love cards with a different fold. Also I like how the Daffodil Delight pops on the Basic Grey card stock.

Card Stock:      Whisper White, Daffodil Delight, Basic Gray, Basic Black, Old Olive, Garden Green

Stamps:           Elementary Elegance, Best Friends Forever

Ink / Marker:     Basic Gray, Daffodil Delight, Tango Tangerine

Accessories:     Large Sizzlits Die Paper Doily, 2 ½” Circle Punch, Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack, Scallop Trim corner Punch, Cupcake Builder Punch (for the mini circles in the flowers), Bird Builder Punch, uni-ball Signo Gel Pen White, Textured Impressions Embossing Folder Elegant Bouquet, 3/8” Taffeta Ribbon Basic Black, Owl Builder Punch (for mini circle bird eye), Basic Rhinestones, Crystal Effects, Big Shot, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots, Snail Adhesive, Multipurpose Liquid Glue

Flower Folds Lamp Shade

This was one of my 3-D items for the Artisan Award contest this year. I am almost a little sad I am not going to get that one back because it turned out so pretty. I guess I am going to have to make another one.

Here is a close up view of the flowers:

And one picture with the illuminated lamp:

Materials used:

Card Stock:   Whisper White, Daffodil Delight

Accessories:  1 ¼ “ Circle Punch, Square Lattice Embossing Folder, Bigz XL Die Flower Folds, Stem Wire, cardboard (from the MDS printing service shipping box), Big Shot, sheet aluminum, compass, cord set with light fixture base, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Snail Adhesive, Multipurpose Liquid Glue

2012 Artisan Award Entry #4 Plantable Seeded Flower Card

Each year, Stampin' Up! selects 10 demonstrators to become members of the Artisan Design Team to showcase their creativity throughout the year. For this year's contest the application samples had to consist of five cards, three scrapbook pages and two three-dimensional projects.

Well, I did not win this award but I had so much fun creating my projects. Also I think I probably had more than my fair share of awards lately (New Demonstrator Starter Kit Contest, Stampin' Up! demonstrator magazine March 2011 Art Contest "mama & papa", Milwaukee Regional Workshop Wow, Stampin' Connection Contest Ideas 2012), I really can't complain.

The winners have officially been announced (congratulations to all of them!!!) so I can start posting my projects. Let's start with the first card:

I made this flower from card stock scraps and flower seeds. It can be planted and with a little care flowers will grow. How cool is that????


How to make the SEEDED CARD STOCK:

1. Feed Real Red card stock through shredder or tear into small pieces.
2. Fill blender about 1/3 full with scraps, add warm water to the top.
3. Blend into pulp.
4.  Mix in seeds.
5. Spread mixture evenly over mesh or screen and squeeze out water.
6. Let dry completely.
7. Punch out flower.

Materials used:

Card Stock:      Whisper White, Real Red, Brights Collection Patterns DSP

Stamps:           Raining Flowers, Create A Cupcake, Tiny Tags

Ink / Marker:     Staz On Jet Black, Real Red, Lucky Limeade, Basic Black

Accessories:     Fancy Flower Punch, Boho Blossoms Punch, Jewelry Tag Punch, Bitty Buttons, Linen Thread, 1/8” Taffeta Ribbon Real Red, Blender Pen, Stamping Sponges, Stamp-a-ma-jig, MDS (for the “plant me and flowers will grow”), Stampin’ Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots, Snail Adhesive, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, flowers seeds

Lace Ribbon Rosette and Raining Flowers

This card was made using the Lace Ribbon Border Punch and the Simply Scored scoring tool for the rosette which really makes the card pop. The stamp set is Raining Flowers, one of my favorites.

Materials used:

Stamp Sets: Raining Flowers (122765 w / 122767 c)

Card Stock / Paper: Island Indigo, Cherry Cobbler, Regals DSP

Ink: Lucky Limeade, More Mustard, Cherry Cobbler

Accessories: 3/8" Ruffled Ribbon Lucky Limeade, Designer Buttons Regals, 3/8" Quilted Satin Ribbon Cherry CobblerSimply Scored, Lache Ribbon Border Punch 

Precious Butterfly For You

I am very pleased about how this card turned out, especially the color combination.


Stamp Set: Precious Butterflies (122515 w / 122517 c)
Card Stock / Paper: Crumb Cake (120953), Night Of Navy (100867) Rose Red ((102544), Whisper White (100730)
Ink: Lucky Limeade (122935), Rose Red (101778), Night Of Navy (102977)
Accessories: Basic Rhinestones119246), (119247), Lace Ribbon Border Punch (122362), 1/2" Seam Binding Ribbon (121884), Elegant Lines EF (119277), Beautiful Wings Embosslit (118138)

Precious Butterflies Friendship Card

I love this stamp set and I am sad it will retire at the end of the month. But the good news is there will be so many cool new stamp sets in the new catalog...... I can hardly wait until it comes live June 1st.


Stamp Set: Precious Butterflies (122515 w / 122517 c)
Card Stock / Paper: Wisteria Wonder (122922), Lucky Limeade (122926), Calypso Coral (122925), Whisper White (100730)
Ink: Lucky Limeade (122935), Calypso Coral (122939), Wisteria Wonder (122936)
Accessories: Basic Pearls (119247), Lace Ribbon Border Punch (122362), Itty Bitty shapes Punch Pack (118309), 1/8" Organdy Ribbon Calypso Coral (127279r)