Vivid Vases

Today I'm sharing with you a couple cards I made using the Vivid Vases and Hardwood stamps from the Occasions Catalog.

The first card I made for a swap on Monday night.  I love the simplicity and it was a lot of fun to watercolor the flowers and vases.   A piece of Calypso Coral Baker's Twine and the small scallop edge on the bottom of the Calypso Coral layer finish it off rather nicely!

The small scallop edge was made using the Stampin' Trimmer Rotary Addition for the Stampin' Trimmer and the Small Scallop Stampin' Trimmer Rotary Cutting Blade.  So fun and easy!

The second card uses both of the stamps mentioned above.  For the frame, I stamped the Hardwood stamp in Early Espresso ink onto a piece of Soft Suede card stock and then trimmed the "boards" in strips.  They were cut at 45 degree angles on the ends and assembled as if it were a frame.

The Vivid Vases stamp was stamped onto a piece of Vellum card stock using Jet Black Staz-On ink and then colored on the backside using the Many Marvelous Markers.  Many call this the stained glass technique.  

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March Stamp Projects

I've been absent from my blog as of late.  However, I'm still here and busy with life.  Here are the projects we made this month at my stamp club and classes.  They are all Easter themed projects using the stamp set Eggstra Spectacular.

This first card was cased from Mary Fish, and you can find her card if you click on her name.

This adorable treat holder uses the Scalloped Tag Topper punch and holds 2 Hershey Nuggets.  The idea was cased from Lorri Heiling.  You can see her treat holder by clicking on her name.

This last card was one I've wanted to make for awhile now.  I took ideas from many different demonstrators.  My friend Kathy Howes inspired me to add a face to the inside of the card.  Thanks, Kathy.  It was a wonderful suprise for my customers!

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Card Case-ing

This week, I needed another sympathy card.  They are the one type of card that I don't really ever "want" to have on hand, but often need.  My friend Lori Schuch shared one on her blog recently that worked so well, that I cased it.  You can see her card here.

I used Midnight Muse card stock and ink as well as the Thoughts & Prayers stamp set to make the card.  I loved the simplicity of the card and will have to make more for other occasions with the same layout.  Thanks, Lori!

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February Club & Class Projects

With Sale-a-Bration in full swing, this month's projects featured quite a few Sale-a-Bration products. They are all so spring-like too, so with the long cold days of winter it was a nice change in pace too!

This first project was inspired by one made by Tara Bazata.  To conserve on paper, I used a 6-inch by 6-inch piece of Designer Series paper so that I could get 4 from one sheet.  The finished size is 3-inches by 4-inches and would be perfect for a gift card holder too.  The Envelope Punch Board is used to make the envelope, but instead of sealing the envelope you leave it un-sealed and corner round all the corners.  Add a piece of card stock to the inside (measuring 3" x 4"), layer if you wish,

and make a belly band to close it up.

Here is the inside of the card.

The next card was inspired by my friend Shauna Mikuliak.  I wanted to make a card that was fairly simple, so there is little stamping involved and the Sweet Sorbet DSP from the Sale-a-Bration brochure takes center stage instead.  Everyone loved the unconventional use of the Scallop Tag Topper Punch!

Last, but certainly not least, we made this card that I completely cased from a Leadership 2014 swap made by Linda Madison.  It was so simple that I didn't feel it needed any changes.  So glad for fellow SU! demonstrators who share their creativity!

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When you're in a pinch!

When you are in a pinch to get your Valentine's done, it's great to have My Digital Studio standing by to help.  That's where I was today.

My hubby and I don't do elaborate or expensive gifts for Valentine's day.  It's normally something small and almost always edible.  This past Sunday, while looking through the ads in the Sunday paper, I noticed these limited edition Oreo cookies: Lemon Twist!  It just so happens that my hubby loves lemon creme cookies and I'm thinking that he might really like these.  

After purchasing the cookies (which took a little more time than I thought it would, since my local grocery store didn't have any) I needed to do a little something to make them "Valentine-sy".  

A little wrap of some (now retired) Valentine's designer series paper, my Sizzix Big-Shot and the Hearts Collection framelits dies fit the bill perfectly.  But...I still needed something for the greeting.  That's where MDS came in.  I love that I can search for "Valentine" and find all the images within my program and choose from among them quickly.  This is a stamp brush from the Mailbox Love Notes download (it's actually part of a MDS class), and the hearts around it are from the Officially Awesome Valentines download.  

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February Customer Thank You Notes

Here are the thank-you notes that I'll be sending with customer orders for the month of February.

I am so loving this stamp set from Sale-a-Bration, Banner Blast!  The greeting comes from the stamp set Lots of Thanks from the annual catalog.

See the Sale-a-Bration brochure here!

My Paper Pumpkin

Who doesn't want some time for that?

And when you do, what will you work on?

Yep, it takes all the work out of it!  

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