Secret Garden Gate Fold

There are so many wonderful new stamp sets and accessories in the new spring catalog. I am having a lot of fun with the Secret Garden stamp set and framelits bundle. The card above is a gatefold card. The interlocking flowers keep it closed. The jumbo rhinestones add some bling to the card.

Card Stock:      Whisper White, Lucky Limeade, Island Indigo, DSP

Stamps:           Secret Garden

Ink / Marker:     Melon Mambo

Accessories:     Secret Garden Framelits Dies, 3/8" striped Organdy Ribbon Melon Mambo, Large Rhinestone Basic Jewels

Bordering on Romance

For this card I stamped the entire image from Bordering on Romance on Whisper White card stock and then punched out the circle and colored it. I stamped the image a second time and cut out the flowers. To give the flowers some dimension I put them on a foam pad and rubbed over the petals with the Simply Scored Stylus in a circular motion. Then I attached the flowers to the image with Dimensionals.

Lego Ninjago Kai

Another Lego Ninjago Birthday card. For instructions on how to assemble the body see the Sensei Wu tutorial. The rest was cut free hand. The background is sponged in different shades of yellow and brown, using the masking technique. To make it look like a swirly motion I took some makers and went over the yellow areas in a circular motion.

Holiday Frame Christmas Lodge

I love, love, love the Christmas Lodge stamp set. For the snow on the roof I made my own puffy paint - see below for the recipe. After applying the puffy paint I sprinkled some Dazzling Diamonds on top and puffed it up with my heat tool.

I embossed the Holiday Frame on Cherry Cobbler Core' donations card stock, sanded it with the SU Sanding System and attached some color coordinated ruffled Scalloped Ribbon on the back side. I then attached the stamped image to the frame and and adhered that to the card with some Dimensionals.

Puffy Paint

1 part flour

1 part salt

1 part water

I used 1 tablespoon each.

Wicked Googly Halloween

Happy Halloween everybody! This is the card that I made with my Hostess Club for Halloween. It's a gate fold card in a sleeve. The sleeve is made from black card stock that has been run through the Big Shot using the Spider Web EBF.  All the embellishments are glued to the sleeve.

Card Stock:      Whisper White, Rich Razzleberry, Pumkin Pie, Basic Black, Lucky Limeade

Stamps:           Wicked Cool, Googly Ghouls

Ink / Marker:     StazOn Black, Lucky Limeade, Pumpkin Pie, Rich Razzleberry

Accessories:     Peekaboo Frames Die, Spider Web EBF, Labels Collection Framelits,  Googlies, 1/2" Striped Satin Ribbon, Sticky Strip, 1" Square Punch, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Snail Adhesive, Multipurpose Liquid Glue

Mixed Bunch Pop Up

I love fancy folds and pop-ups, so I could not resist trying this beautiful flower card.

When you open the card the flowers on the inside pop up so you have a beautiful 3D bouquet.

Card Stock:      Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler, Tango Tangerine, Gumball Green

Stamps:           Mixed Bunch, Best Friends forever (retired), Happiest Birthday Wishes

Ink / Marker:     Daffodil Delight, Tango Tangerine, Cherry Cobbler, Gumball Green, Basic Black

Accessories:     3 1/2 " Scalloped Tulle Ribbon, Blossom Punch, Blossom Petals Builder Punch, Paper Crimper, Elegant Butterfly Punch, Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Snail Adhesive, Multipurpose Liquid Glue

2012 Artisan Award Entry #1 - Butterfly just for You

This was another one of my entries for the Stampin' Up! Artisan Award. Even though I did not win it was displayed on one of the boards at convention in Salt Lake City this year. I love the fold of this card. I used the Edgelits die to cut the the top of the card diagionally and then used the coordinating embossing folder to embellish the edge. It's kind of hard to see, for the large butterfly I cut one from card stock and layered another one that I cut from a window sheet that I embossed with the hearts EBF on top before I added the flower. A little sparkle is added around the edge of the butterfly with Dazzling Details.


There is a little sleeve that holds the card together.

Card Stock:      Whisper White, Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo, Tempting Turquoise, Brights Collection Patterns DSP

Stamps:           Precious Butterflies

Ink / Marker:     Tempting Turquoise, Versa Mark

Accessories:     Window Sheets, Textured Impressions Embossing Folder Adorning Accents, Boho Blossoms Punch, Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack, Basic Pearls, Bigz Die Beautiful Butterflies, Dazzling Details, Embosslits Die Beautiful Wings, uni-ball Signo Gel Pen White, Stampin’ Emboss Powder White, Baker’s Twine White, Stamping Sponges, Edgelits die Adorning Accents, Textured Impressions Embossing Folder Adorning Accents, Big Shot, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots, Snail Adhesive, Multipurpose Liquid Glue