Make A Wish

I designed this card using the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches, and colour scheme from Sunday Stamps (although, I'm too late to enter the challenge there). My card uses many new products from the upcoming Occasion Catalogue (live January 5th). Check it out:

I embossed my white layer with the new Confetti TIEF before stamping with a new birthday set called Party Wishes. It coordinates with an entire suite of stuff, including punches, DSP, twine & more!

To finish off the card, I rounded the top corners with the Curvy Corner Trio Punch, a returning favourite from the Holiday Catalogue, and wrapped some baker's twine around the front (also new!). On the inside, I stamped a sentiment from the same birthday set.

Until next time, stay crafty!
Steph

Entering this card at Freshly Made Sketches, #217

Love Your Face

It's been a while! You know how busy this time of year gets... then throw in a bad cold for two weeks, a kid with the flu for another week, the other kid with a cold the next week (which then turned into strep) and then back to the first kid again who got some sort of virus. That pretty much ate up all of December... 

Anyway, I wanted to focus on something other than Christmas and spotted my unused Larger Than Life stamp set on the shelf and a sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches and I got to work.

To be honest, I felt REALLY rusty! It's been about a month since I've really created anything, but this card is growing on me. I stamped the letters in four different colours - Melon Mambo, Brushing Bride, Watermelon Wonder & Cherry Cobbler - and then I fussy cut them.

I couldn't really decide on what sentiment to put in the banner (I literally stared at all of the possibilities for over 10 minutes!) and then "your face" popped into my head and I had a chuckle. ;)

Until next time, stay crafty!
Steph


Entering at Freshly Made Sketches, #217

Team Challenge

We were given a team challenge recently to use random pieces together on a card. I love challenges like that! What's better, is that it fits in over at The Friday Mashup too. :)

These were the pieces we were given:

    *1 Leaf
    *1 Doily
    *3 Banners

We were allowed to use other current papers, colours and stamps, just as long as we included all of the pieces we were given.




Here's the card I created:

I'm really happy with how the card turned out. I kept the colour pallet pretty neutral as I wanted the banners to be my pop of colour. I also didn't want to use a lot of other products or special techniques because I wanted to show that they're not always necessary.

Do you notice two leaves on my card? Well, did you know that if you distress Stampin' Up! card stock, it becomes very pliable and you can pull the layers apart? Cool, eh?! This technique is both simple and eye-catching. It gives some texture too!

To add a little interest, I used the Wetlands stamp set. Love it because it offers both images and sentiments.

Hope you love my card... and challenge yourself too with something similar (scraps on your desk, perhaps?!) or enter an online challenge. They're lots of fun!

Until next time, stay crafty!
Steph

I'm entering The Friday Mashup Challenge #232, I opted for a project with leaves.

Glow Stick Broom Sticks

Happy Halloween! Today I'm sharing the "treat" my daughter and I made for all her classmates. I got the idea from Alex over at Northstory. I opted for kraft packing paper (I had lots from previous packages, so it was both plentiful and FREE!).

Here's what you'll need:
Glow Sticks from your local dollar store
Kraft Packing Packing
Fringe Scissors
Glue Dots
Tags
Twine

I didn't really pay too much attention to the length of my strips of paper, but I did cut them all to roughly 2" and I'll guess 10" in length. I used two strips per broom and 3 glue dots - one to start, one to hold the two strips together and one to finish.

When those were done, I added the bracelet attachment to the top and tied a tag to it (there were some grooves in the attachment to keep the tag from slipping down). The tag was created using pieces from past Paper Pumpkin kits (don't you love that stamp set?!) and Black Baker's Twine. My daughter then signed her name on all of them and then went back later and drew little pictures. So cute!

Here are all of them completed (including the one on the end that was accidentally cracked). They were well liked and the teachers were raving about them!

This one was my favourite tag - my daughter drew a bunch of doors for "trick-or-treating". Love!

Until next time, stay crafty! (and Happy Haunting!)
Steph

Halloween Notecards

Today I'm sharing with you a few Halloween cards I created for the lovely and talented Samantha at Creations by Samantha. She's been carrying a select number of my greeting cards in her flower shop in Toronto for about a year. Check them out:

To create these cards, I used some (retired) Halloween DSP - I just couldn't resist the cute characters. With that, I created some tags and images using pieces from past Paper Pumpkin kits, including some of the awesome stamps you get with the kits every month!

The note cards and envelopes are the perfect pairing with Samantha's beautiful floral arrangements. If you're in the Toronto area, I highly recommend her shop. You will not be disappointed!

Until next time, stay crafty!
Steph

Catalogue CASE

I love the Stampin' Up! Catalogues! So many pretty things to look at and great inspiration too. Sometimes I love something so much, I've just gotta CASE it. This card is from the Home for Christmas product suite. I CASEd the card down in the front, with a few modifications.

I kept my card a standard A2, thus being able to make a larger tag. I liked seeing more of the scalloped top, so I moved my bow down further and left room for some Cherry Cobbler Thick Baker's Twine. I coloured the stamp from the Cozy Christmas stamp set using Stampin' Write Markers.

Before gluing my DSP down, I stamped one of the images from Gorgeous Grunge - love that set for quick & easy texture. I popped the tag up with Dimensionals and then fringed the ends of my baker's twine.

To finish things off, I added a few Enamel Dots from the same suite and stamped a little more grunge on the inside. This is one of three cards we'll be making in tomorrow's class. :)

Until next time, stay crafty!
Steph

Joy to the World

Happy Wednesday! Today I'm showing you a quick & easy card. It uses the Peaceful Wreath stamp set and Wonderful Wreath Framelits Die. Check it out:

I started by stamping the branch image in Mossy Meadow ink on Very Vanilla Card Stock and then coloured the images in with Pear Pizzazz and Cherry Cobbler Stampin' Write Markers. I layered that on some (retired) gold paper. I stamped "to the world" in Mossy Meadow also and then punched using the Banner Punch. It layered perfectly behind the tail of my "joy" die cut that I cut from Gold Glimmer Paper.

On the inside, I stamped the branch once more and coloured it in. Quick and simple, right?!

If you love this stamp set, now's the time to get it! Stampin' Up! is offering 15% off all regular priced stamps from October 19-23, 2015! You can order through my online store using hostess code: GZUK9DRQ

This will also be available in my Christmas Class offerings. You can see the full line-up here.

Until next time, stay crafty!
Steph

Flurry of Wishes

Hello and happy Friday! Today I'm showing you one of the cards I'm offering in one of my classes in November. Actually, you may have seen it in the Holiday Catalogue - I CASEd it. ;)

This card is quick and easy thanks to the Flurry of Wishes Bundle. I started with a Pool Party base and stamped the largest snowflake in Lost Lagoon. Next, on a piece of vellum, I heat embossed the remaining snowflakes in white. The two smaller ones are punched with the Snow Flurry Punch and the larger one coordinates with the Flower Medallion Punch.

To adhere my vellum, I used the Fine Tip Glue Pen - love it! To finish off the front, I added a few jewels and a sentiment from the same set that I heat embossed and punched with the Washi Label Punch. I kept the inside simple by just stamping the large snowflake.

Until next time, stay crafty!
Steph