Freewheeling Friday 3-13-09

birthday-wishes-cardThis was a fun card that I made for swaps last year.  This card used all the fun in-colors from last year.  I believe they were Purely Pomegranate, Blue Bayou, Wild Wasabi,  and Soft Sky.  This is a fun masking technique.  I also used watercolor for the presents.  The tag was done using glossy white paper.  I stamped in VersaMark® and then embossed it.  Then I used the brayer to roll color over the top of it.  The back ground was just using a simple roller.  I love using rollers for backgrounds because they are fast and easy.

Products Used:
107559 Spot On JW $8.50
114986 Hugs & Wishes $18.95

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Marvelous Monday 2-23-09

birthday-wishes-flowersThis gorgeous card is another beautiful project created by my talented up-line Mindy.  This was one of the cards from our shoebox swap a couple of weeks ago.

I love how she used the glitter to make the flowers really stand out.  One of my other favorite about this card is kind of hard to see, but down at the bottom we used the new Eyelet Border Punch just once and then put paper behind it.  I really loved this look.

Products used:
113692 Eyelet Border Punch $15.95
104310 Crafter’s Tool Kit $39.95
106957 Bold Brights Brads $8.95
111371 tangerine Tango 5/8 Striped Grosgrain Ribbon $9.95
104430 Stampin’ Dimensionals® (300) $3.95
113716 Garden Greetings $21.95
100425 2-Way Glue Pen $3.50
102023 dazzling Diamonds Glitter $4.50

Colors- Kiwi Kiss, Pacific Point, Tangerine Tango, Riding Hood Red

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Stampin’ Sunday 2-15-09

Today I decided to share the projects that we did at club this month.  They were all centered around the wonderful Sale-A-Brations Sets.  We also used the technique that I showed on Technique Tuesday February 3rd.  You can check out all the details there.

The Scrapbookers got to make this cute 12 x 12 double page layout.  I got the idea form page 4 of the sale-a-bration catalog.  I love that the paper, Polka Dot Punches stamp set and the ribbon all work together.

feb-smile1Products Used:
114674 Delicate Dots DSP- Sale-A-Bration
113788 Polka Dot Puncher Sale-A-Bration
114618 Ribbon Bundle Sale-A-Bration
109144 Pretties Kit $29.95
113692 Eyelet Border Punch $15.95
109041 5-Petal Flower Punch $15.95
109043 Scallop Circle Punch $15.95
104401 1-3/8″ Circle Punch $15.95
109046 1 ” Circle Punch $10.95
104390 1/2″ Circle Punch $5.95
104310 Crafters’ Tool Kit $39.95
101049 Stamp-a-ma-jig® $11.95
112534 5/16″ Neutrals Jumbo Brads $7.95
101930 Iridescent Ice $4.75
100005 Heat Tool $29.95
104183 Pop-Up Glue Dots (75) $3.95
104430 Stampin’ Dimensionals®  (300)$3.95
102197 Powder Pals® $19.95
114998 Jumbo Outline Alphabet $42.95

Colors- Certainly Celery, So Saffron, Bashful Blue, Kraft, Whisper White

feb-09-happy-birthdayMy card club members get to make 2 cards 2 of each.  Their cards also focused on the Sale-A-Bration Sets.  In fact one of the cards I just copied form page 4 of the Sale-A-Bration catalog.  I just changed the ribbon to the Certainly Celery poly-twill from the Sale-A-Bration Ribbon Bundle.

Additional products used:
104403 1-1/4″ Circle Punch $15.95
112530 Circle Scissor Plus $29.95
112531 Glass Mat $19.95
114968 Fundamental Phrases $37.95

feb-09-wonderful-friend

The second card used the flower like the scrapbook page.  My inspiration was actually the scrapbook page. 

Additional products used:
No Crafter’s tool kit
115114 Wonderful Favorites $40.95
101102 Brocade Blue Classic Stamp Pad® $5.95

feb-smile-flower-close-upHere is a close up on the flower.  I think it is so pretty.

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Wacky Wednesday 2-4-09

So I got a fun package from the UPS man today.  It was my order with some of the fun new products.  I got the new cutter bee circle cutter and some new stuff for the big shot.  Of course I just had to try it out.  My son actually gave me the perfect opportunity.  His Birthday is in the middle of summer when life is usually crazy so I told him we could have a 1/2 Birthday party instead.  We are planning for Friday night so I made him these cute cards to invite his friends.  His favorite color is blue so of course I had to use the in-color Pacific point.  Plus I had to try out my new toys.

bold-cupcake-diecut-card1I really loved putting the texture on the Bold cupcakes.  The frosting has the swirl plate and the cake has the polk-a-dot.  Then I used the directly to paper technique to get a little ink on them and really make them pop.  I loved how it turned out.  I really loved using the circle cutter.  It was so fast and easy.  I can’t wait to try it for more projects. 

I did learn that I need to cut out the items with the big shot and then run the texture on them otherwise the pressure of cutting it just smooths it back out again.  Anyway I had lots of fun and my son loved them so I hope you like it too.

What I used:
#114512 Stampin’ Up! Backgrounds 1 $11.95
#114509 Stampin’ Up! Big Bold Cupcakes $21.95
#112530 Circle Scissor Plus $29.95
#112531 Glass Mat $19.95
#111367 Chocolatee Chip 1/4″ Grosgrain Ribbon $4.95
#111532 Party Hearty $23.95

Colors- Pacific Point, Whisper White, Chocolate Chip

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Freewheeling Friday 1-23-09

This card is really fun because when you pll the string it pops up and you can set it on your counter.  I’m not sure who came up with the original design, but I made this card at one of Janice’s Club nights. 

party-hearty-pop-up-closedIt features the Big Bold Birthday set #114926 $28.95.  I’m really excited because now they have a Stampin’ Up! exclusive Sizzlits’ 4-pack dies for the Big shot that match this great set 114509 $21.95.  I can’t wait to get it and try it out.  What fun we can have.

party-hearty-pop-up-cardIf you look close you can see the wheel that was rolled on the basic part of the card to create a background. (red part)  Wheels are a really great way to add a little depth to a project.  They are so fast and easy.

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Freewheeling Friday 1-16-09

Here is another great card from Brandi’s meeting.  Once again I really wish I knew who made it.  I want to say that it was Chantia, but I could be wrong.  I do need to redeem myself a little here.  I had a display at the meeting so between setting it up and asking questions I really didn’t get to look at the swaps people were giving me.  Otherwise I would probably know who gave them to me.  At least I might know some of them.  Please if anyone does know I’d love some help to give them proper credit.

cupcake-wheelAnyway I just love this card.  It uses the cupcake wheel.  I love the picture because you can actually see the sparkle on it.  I believe she used dazzling diamonds glitter.

This is a really fun wheel because it’s a line image instead of a bold image like alot of the wheels.  Which allows you to color it and really make it your own.  This is a really simple card but I think it’s so cute and she did a great job.

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