Cards

“Woo Hoo“!  It’s a birthday card!  Actually, that’s the name of this single stamp that is only available until March 31st.

You can never have too many birthday stamps and with this one being single the price is right!  You can check out all of the single stamps that are available on my Stampin’ Up! website.  There are 10 total right now and they’re all adorable!

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

It certainly felt like spring here in Colorado yesterday and I think we’re having more of the same today.  Sunshine and 60 degrees!  Spring has sprung….at least for the time being!  We made this card in our Easter and Spring Card Classes this week.  Aren’t the little bees stinkin’ cute?  They’re from the Spring Sampler stamp set in the Spring Catalog.  Of course the Honeycomb Embossing Folder is the perfect background for the little guys and the polka dot ribbon just sets everything off!

Did you notice the circle on the card?  Isn’t it tricky of me to sneak those things in on you?  🙂  Yes, circles can add so much to your card.  I could have stamped the sentiment and the bees on a square and it would have been a “nice” card but the circle just makes things pop!  Isn’t “What Can You Do With A Circle?” month fun?

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

It’s your Lucky Day!  (That’s also the name of the stamp from the Spring Catalog!)  Not only do you get to see a cute card for St. Patrick’s Day but did you notice…..it also has a CIRCLE on it!  (Keeping with “What Can You Do With a Circle?” month.)

Yep….you can find circles everywhere!   The shamrock looks just perfect punched out with a circle and then mounted (with dimensionals) on a scallop circle.

The shamrock and the word “lucky” are all on one single stamp but I just used my marker to color and then stamp each one individually.  Isn’t Gumball Green the perfect choice for a shamrock?!

Have you been seeing circles everywhere?  I hope you’ve been seeing them on my Facebook page (www.facebook.com/stampbystamp) or in your in-box because you’re on my mailing list (sign up for it right on the top left of this page!).  E-mail me a photo of your projects that use circles in some way another….I’d love to see them!

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Who doesn’t like a good happy hour?  Especially one with a tropical drink and a strawberry?!  This card makes me want to go sit on the beach somewhere warm!  How about you?

There’s nothing difficult about this card.  It’s  a fun and simple card for any occasion.   Versatile stamp sets are the best!  What’s your favorite versatile set?

There are no circles on this card (well, maybe the dots in the drink) but don’t forget about “What Can You Do With a Circle” month.  Be sure to LIKE me on Facebook (www.facebook.com/stambystamp) and sign up for my e-mail/newsletter list (top left on this page) so you don’t miss out on anything!

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Well, I’ve been AWOL the last couple of days but I think you’ll find it’s been well worth it.  I’ve been in a card making frenzy!  When my cousin was here a few weeks ago she wanted some birthday and sympathy cards and I’ve finally got around to making some for her!  It worked out well because now I have something to share with you!  😀

I CASEd this gorgeous card but I can’t remember where I saw the original.  Thank you to the creator!  It’s funny.  I see a card that I can’t wait to copy and then I have to go change something.  On this one I added the spritzing of the piece of Whisper White card stock.  I liked the original card as it was but when I made mine it seemed to need just a little something.  I must just be fickle!

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

There’s less than a month left of a stamper’s favorite time of the year…..have you placed your Sale-a-bration order yet?  This “Bloomin’ Marvelous” stamp set is another one of my favorites from the Sale-a-bration brochure.   It’s just….pretty!  🙂

I should have taken a second picture to share with you.  It’s hard to see but the sentiment and single flower are actually attached to the inside back of the card.  You’ll see them when you open the card but I’ve punched a circle the same size in the front of the card so it shows through.  It’s also popped up with a Stampin’ Dimensional.    A fun change-up for a card.

Speaking of pictures, I once again need to apologize for the terrible photo…you can’t even tell that I used the Primrose Petals Core’dinations Card Stock for the main card.  I guess I better start working on that!

Well, it’s time to go shovel snow!  Yes, it actually snowed here in the Denver area.  It was much needed.  We had us a regular ole’ blizzard yesterday!  Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

This elephant is just too darn cute!  I like him almost as much as I like the little whale in the “Oh, Whale!” stamp set!  Ok, not quite as much, but he really is cute!

I was having a hard time trying to figure out what embossing folder to use on the background.  I was flipping through all my folders and then I came across the Argyle Embossing Folder (which I had never used…).  It was perfect!

This must be a great card…not only does it have a cute little elephant, lots of layers and beautiful ribbon….it has PINK on it!  😀

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Don’t you just love these little bitty labels?  They’re SO fun!  I really like this Sale-a-bration stamp set (yes, it’s only available until March 22nd) but I have to admit I had a hard time figuring out what to do with it.  Then, one of my fellow demonstrators came to my rescue!  CASEing (copy and steal/share everything!) is great!  When in doubt, borrow an idea from someone else!  I usually end up tweaking things a bit to make them my own.

Isn’t it great that there’s a little bitty punch (the Petite Curly Label Punch) that coordinates with the Petite Pairs stamp set?  I love when Stampin’ Up! does that!  One of the best things about the Petite Curly Label Punch is that it will actually be available AFTER Sale-a-bration!  Usually the Sale-a-bration items are only available during Sale-a-bration but Stampin’ Up! is making an exception for this punch.  Isn’t that great?  Now you can stock up on all of the other Sale-a-bration items that are only available through March 22nd!  🙂

This is a terrible picture.  I apologize.  You can barely see that I ran the front of the card through the Big Shot with the Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder.  Yikes!  I better work on my photography!

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

I told you I liked this stamp set!  Here are 3 more mini cards made using the adorable Patterned Occasions stamp set.  Have you placed your Sale-a-bration order yet so you can get this set for free?  🙂

Of these three adorable images I think I like the elephant the best.  There’s a lot of cute cards with him out there.  In fact, we made one in classes this week that I’ll be sharing with you soon!

I think I’ll have to make my son’s fiance a card using the little cupcake.  She’s a cupcake maker so it’ll be perfect for her and her birthday’s next month!  She made us some yummy mini cupcakes for our Super Bowl Party.  She had a cupcake with a purple berry frosting for the Ravens and she made red velvet mini cupcakes with gold sprinkles for the 49ers.  She’s so creative!

Who are you going to make a card for using this set?  Don’t miss out!  Place your Sale-a-bration order of $50 today so you can get this stinkin’ cute stamp set for FREE!  😀 Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

The Patterned Occasions stamp set in the Sale-a-bration brochure has to be one of my favorites.  All of the images are SO darn cute!  I’m not sure if I could pick just one as my favorite.  Here are a couple of little   3″ x 3″ cards that I made using this adorable stamp set.

Wouldn’t this congratulations stamp be perfect for a graduation?  I’ll have to make a full size card with it as one of the neighbors is graduating this year.

This band-aid stamp is too stinkin’ cute!  Too bad my card is crooked!  (Yikes!)  I did CASE this idea with torn paper and the band-aid holding it together.  Isn’t that clever?  I know I never would have thought of it!  I’ve seen some pretty cute cards made with this stamp and the whole stamp set actually. This is definitely a stamp set I’ll be holding on to!

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

I told you….I’m working on simple and here’s another example for you.  We made this card at a class I gave recently.   Actually, if you look at this card closely you’ll notice that it’s the same layout as yesterday’s card!  That’s the beauty of stamping!  You can make things different by keeping them the same!  OK…that didn’t really make sense but it sounded rather profound when I wrote it…  🙂

For this card I stamped the flourish from the Creative Elements stamp set in the bottom corner of the small piece of Whisper White card stock.  Then I ran a piece of Raspberry Ripple card stock through the Big Shot with the Lacy Brocade (my favorite!) Embossing Folder and finally punched out a butterfly with the Elegant Butterfly Punch.  Pop up the butterfly with a Stampin’ Dimensional and you have a beautiful card!

The class that I used this card for was just before Valentines Day so I had the Full Heart Punch available for them to use so they could make the card a valentine if they wanted.  Versatility!  I love it!

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Here’s another card made with the adorable Button Buddies stamp set.  It’s very similar to the one I showed you a few days ago.  In fact the only difference is that I used the pumpkin instead of the cherries and the ribbon is on the side inside of the top!  I even used the same sentiment stamp set (A Word for You).

These turned out so cute I may have to make some more.  I like using buttons on cards and the Button Buddies stamp set makes it SO easy!  😀

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Here’s another quick and easy card for you.  One color of ink, some ribbon and just a few layers and it would work well with any sentiment stamp set.  I actually think I’d like it better using the Sweet Essentials stamp set from yesterday’s card.  This sentiment is from the Petite Pairs stamp set.  It’s what we used in class last month.

The Flowering Flourishes stamp set is one of those that didn’t WOW me when I first saw it in the catalog but grew on me the more I saw it used on cards.

I design a card a little backwards sometimes.  I kind of knew what I wanted the card to look like but I chose the color according to the ribbons available!  Yep, I chose the ribbon first!  I do that a lot since I hardly ever make a card without it.  On this card I chose Elegant Eggplant Scallop Dot Ribbon since I wanted a wider ribbon.  I know, it’s kind of weird.  The ribbons are also the first things I purchase when a new catalog comes out!  🙂

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!