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Make It Mine Monday: Pretty Perennials

January 11, 2021 by Cindy

Happy Monday! I hope you all had a good weekend. Besides the plugged-up kitchen sink, our weekend was quiet. Luckily my husband is very handy and was able to fix it after working on it for almost two hours! Hmm….now what should I do with all that money we just saved on a plumber? Ha!

Have you seen the Pretty Perennials stamp set on page 31 in Stampin’ Up!’s new January – June Mini Catalog? It’s a fun flower set that has a 22-piece coordinating die set! You know how I feel about coordination….woo hoo! I had fun playing with this stamp set about a week ago. As I was searching the internet for samples I liked I came across this very simple one made by Helen Wigham. Isn’t is lovely?

You know me though, I have a really tough time making a card without layers. If you’re going to add one layer, then you may as well add two, right? That’s what I did. The focal point of my card is pretty much exactly the same as Helen’s but I just framed it before putting it on a card base. The only other thing I changed was the color of the word “happy”.

Why stop at one change though? I was on a creative roll when I made this first card so I decided to keep going. This time I switched the orientation of my card and added some ribbon which I think makes the card a little more flirty. Did you notice that I actually used a real bow on my card? I haven’t done that in a long time. The card definitely needed it though to fill in that upper corner. I like how it turned out so you may seeing more bows on my cards these days.

After writing most of this post I was looking at other samples made using the Pretty Perennials stamp set and I discovered that without realizing it, I had actually CASEd (copy and share everything) another card when I made my second one! I guess my subconscious is working well! Ha! The second card I copied was actually made by Dena Rekow who designed the Pretty Perennial stamp set!

I really had fun playing with this stamp set and can’t wait to play with it some more! Have a great day! Take care and Happy Stamping!

Simple & Sweet

January 4, 2021 by Cindy

Hello! It’s Make It Mine Monday and I have something Simple and Sweet for you today! The card is simple and the bundle I used is sweet. Actually, the name of the bundle is Sweet Ice Cream. It’s a brand new bundle that you can find in Stampin’ Up!’s January – June Mini Catalog starting tomorrow (page 49).

The inspiration for my card came from Amy Koenders. You can see her card below.

I love how simple Amy’s card is but you know me….I need layers and possibly ribbon on my card. So that’s what I did.

This card was so easy to make because the only stamping on the card was the sentiment! The ice cream and the cone were punched from the coordinating Ice Cream Corner Designer Series Paper with the Ice Cream Cone Builder Punch! How fun is that?!

Do you like Make It Mine Mondays? What would you have changed on Amy’s card to make it yours? I would love to hear what you’d do. Please leave a comment and let me know what you’d change (or not change). Better yet, post a picture of your card!

Have a great day! Take care and Happy Stamping!

Make it Mine Monday: Good Morning Magnolia!

August 19, 2019 by Cindy

Good morning and Happy Monday! I had a relaxing weekend but got a lot done. How about you? It’s Make it Mine Monday and today I used the Magnolia Lane Suite.

I love everything about the Magnolia Lane Suite in Stampin’ Up!’s 2019-2020 Annual Catalog, especially the Magnolia Lane designer paper. The images are so beautiful! Everything on this card but the cardstock, ink and label die are part of the suite. You’ll notice that the ribbon is Mossy Meadow but when you see it in the catalog as part of the suite it’s linen colored. Hmmm….how did I do that? I colored it with my Mossy Meadow Stampin’ Blend marker! So easy! Coloring your ribbon with Stampin’ Blends is so much easier than try to color it with a sponge dauber/sponge and ink pad.

I CASEd (copy and share everything) from Angie Leach. The only things I really changed were some of the dimensions and the color of the ribbon. Now that I’m comparing them side by side I see that I changed the floral patterned paper too. It’s nice when someone does the basic planning for you and you just need to add your own touch. Thank you Angie for sharing your card.

I hope you all have a great day and a wonderful week! Take care and Happy Stamping!

Make it Mine Monday: Lovely Lattice

January 7, 2019 by Cindy

Happy Monday to you! It’s Make it Mine Monday today! On these special Monday’s I will share with you a lovely card that I’ve seen somewhere and show you how I changed it up to make it my own. Sometimes I change just a little bit and sometimes I change a lot!

Today’s card is made with the Sale-a-bration stamp set Lovely Lattice that you can choose for FREE with a $50 purchase. We demonstrators have a Facebook Page where we can share ideas with each other and this is where I saw today’s lovely and simple card. Thank you Priscilla for sharing it.

I received this stamp set as a door prize at November’s On Stage event. I like coloring but I get a little overwhelmed when there is a lot of it like with this stamp set. I was pretty excited to see this simple card that Priscilla made with it and it gave me hope that the stamp set wouldn’t just sit on my shelf. Ha!

The first thing I changed when making this card my own was to change the card size. Priscilla used a Notecard for her design and the image and sentiment fit perfectly on it. Since I was designing cards for my next class I decided to go with a regular 5 1/2″ x 4 1/2″ card front size. I then heat embossed my image so that it would stand out a bit more.

Then, since I was using a larger size card I needed to add a few layers. I know…shocker! I can never have enough layers on my cards. The strip of Basic Black cardstock in the background is embossed with of the small embossing folders from the Petal Pair Embossing Folders set.

To really make my image pop I finished off the piece of Whisper White cardstock with the stamped image by punching the four corners with the Detailed Trio Punch. Ta-da! The Make it Mine project is complete!

See how easy it is to transform someone else’s idea to make it your own? My challenge to you is to give Make it Mine Monday a shot. Find an idea that you like and make it your own. Of course, I’d love if you’d share that idea with me. Have a great day! Take care and Happy Stamping!

Make it Mine Monday: Needle & Thread

December 17, 2018 by Cindy

It’s time for a Make it Mine Monday. In this post I show you a lovely card that was designed by someone else and I show you how I change up the design to make it my own. Today’s starting card is one we made at Stampin’ Up!’s On Stage event back in early November. I’ve actually shared this card with you before, giving you a sneak peek of the new products. You can check out the original post here.

As I mentioned in that original post, I LOVE this stitched design made using the Needlepoint Elements Framelits.

I love this original card but the off center designer paper just isn’t my thing and to be honest, I didn’t want to use that large of a piece of designer paper on my card for an upcoming class. So, I took all the things (most everything) that I liked on this original card and figured out how to put them into my own card.

This is what I designed. I have the stitched design, the designer paper, the little stitched flowers and the sentiment. I just changed the color of the card, the size and placement of the designer paper and I added a layer and a piece of ribbon.

What do you think? Can you see how I basically kept the same elements of original card?

Give Make it Mine Monday a shot. Share with me what you come up with. I’d love to see your creations.

Have a great day! Take care and Happy Stamping!

Make It Mine Monday: Pocket Cards

July 23, 2018 by Cindy

Hello! It’s time to bring back an old blog segment. Make It Mine Monday. I am going to show you how I take someone else’s design and make it my own. Sometimes it will be just a little change like today and sometimes it will be a big change but I will always change something to make it my own. I hope you like it!

From the title of today’s post you are thinking that I am going to show you how to make a card with a little pocket to place a sentiment or something in. Well, you’re close….I am going to show you a couple of cards with an actually pocket on them. Ok…a paper pocket made using the hidden gem of a stamp set “Pocketful of Sunshine”.

This sleeper of a stamp set has been sitting on my shelf and I think I’ve only used it once before. As I was scouring the shelves for inspiration for my classes this week I knew I had to give it another try.

I got the idea for this cute card from Rachel Tessman on Pinterest. I actually stayed pretty close to her original card. I just added a colored layer to the front.

There’s actually not anything in the pocket of this card but it looks like the sunglasses are hanging out of the pocket. Pretty darn cute. What you can’t see from the picture is that I used my Wink of Stella Glitter Pen on the lenses of the glasses to add a little sparkle/reflection.

Today is Son #1’s birthday and I needed to make a card for him last week and pop it in the mail. What to make for him? Hmmm….

Jared and his wife are non-skating officials with the LA roller derby team. They used to do this in Sacramento too. The gals in Sacramento gave him the knickname Pocket Rocket because he’s an aerospace engineer. (Engineer’s used to wear pocket protectors in the pockets on their shirts and he’s a rocket scientist). Anyway, it’s such a cute name and when I saw the pocket card I had just designed I knew exactly what card I wanted to send him. So…

I made him this adorable card with a rocket in the pocket! 🙂

I know, sometimes I’m pretty clever. Ha! I simply downloaded a picture of a rocket, sized it to fit in the pocket, printed it and cut it out. I sure hope he likes it! Happy Birthday Bud!

Can you see how easy it is to start with someone else’s design and make it your own? Now it’s your turn. I’d love to see your Make It Mine design! Please share!

Have a great day! Take care and Happy Stamping!

Make it Mine Monday: Oh, So Succulent

March 20, 2017 by Cindy

Make it Mine Monday! Today’s card is CASEd from the very talented Kimberly Van Diepen. As you can see by comparing the two cards I didn’t change much at all. I basically just left off the sentiment and switched up the linen thread for gold metallic thread (which is hard to see on the picture of my card).

Even though the cards look similar I used a different technique on the colored flowers. Kimberly used the Rock ‘n Roll technique. She first stamped the solid flower in So Saffron ink and then gently rolled the edges of the stamp in Mint Macaron ink.

I had a bit of trouble with that technique….I couldn’t get the soft look on the flowers that Kimberly had so I came up with a different plan. I first inked up my solid flower stamp in So Saffron ink and then I took my sponge dauber, inked it up in Bermuda Bay ink and ever so lightly dabbed a bit of color on the ends of the solid flower stamp before stamping on the paper. I really liked the way my flowers turned out and will definitely be trying this technique again.

So, I did survive Pastor DJ’s last Sunday with us at our church yesterday. There were plenty of tears shed but he put a light spin on things so there were a few chuckles too. He didn’t wear the cowboy hat during the entire service but he did wear the vest the whole time. Gotta love him! 🙂 God speed DJ and Happy Trails!

Have a great day everyone! Take care and Happy Stamping!

Make it Mine Monday: Sweet Delicate Details Card

February 6, 2017 by Cindy

Delicate Detail.0117 Ah, so sweet. That’s what this color combination says to me. It’s soft and relaxing. The lace from the Sale-a-bration stamp set Delicate Details makes it sweet too.

Here again I stuck close to the original card keeping the basic layout. When I was making my card I tried all of the different designs on the same piece of card stock like the original but I just couldn’t get it to look right. That’s when I decided to stick with one pattern. Not only did I stick to one pattern of lace but I decided to take my card a step further and I embossed it! I really like the look of the embossed lace, don’t you?

Once I had that piece taken care of it was on to the label. I could have just copied Brenda’s label because I do like it but I wanted something a little simpler. I opted to go with the little label and sentiments from the Rose Wonder stamp set. If you have used this stamp set and coordinating framelits you my be wondering how I got two different sizes of the labels. Well…I cheated. The Blushing Bride label is the size of the framelit. I stamped my label and sentiment and then simply cut the stamped label out with scissors right next to the stamped image. Pretty clever, huh? Not really, but it was a simple way to get the same shaped border. 🙂

Have you played with the Blushing Bride Baker’s Twine yet? You should. It’s so pretty and soft to touch.

As I mentioned before, the Delicate Details is a Sale-a-bration item. It’s one of the items you can choose for free when you place a $50 order. Have you placed your Sale-a-bration order yet?

Have a great day! Take care and Happy Stamping!

Make it Mine Monday: Sealed With Love Notes

January 23, 2017 by Cindy

Sealed With Love.1 It’s Monday! Make it Mine Monday! Woo Hoo!

It’s also time to start thinking about Valentines. Yep, Valentines. These cute little 3 x 3 notes are my take on the ones we made at Stampin’ Up!’s November On Stage event. You can see the ones that Stampin’ Up! designed in the second picture.

The first thing I changed on my little cards was to get rid of the color green. I’m sorry….Valentines aren’t green. Save the green for St. Patrick’s Day! Ha!

Stampin’ Up! used the Sending Love Designer Series Paper for the bases of the cards but I used Thick Whisper White card stock on all of mine. On the first and third cards I just cut a 3 x 3 piece of designer paper and adhered it to the front of the card.

On the card in the upper right it’s hard to tell from the picture but I colored the wooden Sending Love embellishment red by rubbing the Real Red ink on it with a Sponge Dauber. Did you know that you could do that? Yep. Just make sure to heat set it so the ink dries before you handle it.

Don’t you love the little envelopes in the center cards? They’re made from the Sending Love Glassine Sheets and the Love Notes Framelits.

Can you see how easy it is to start with something and just change it up a bit to make it your own? I hope you’re enjoying my Make it Mine Mondays. Let me know what you think. Take care and Happy Stamping!

Make it Mine Monday: Vintage Leaves

January 9, 2017 by Cindy

Here’s a new weekly post for you. Join me on Mondays to find out how a take someone else’s card and make it my own.

Today’s card is one we’ll be making in classes this week. I usually don’t like to use the Big Shot in a Card Buffet but I couldn’t resist with this card. I’m not sure what it is about this card but I really, really like it. It could be the color combination, the bold leaf or maybe just the overall design. Whatever the reason, this is the card I came up with after seeing the second card here in this post.

Looking at this second card you can see where I got started. I took the design and pretty much and left it as is. It looks like I widened the focal piece but other than that the card design is the same.

The next thing I did was change the color. I’m weird but when I’m designing and know I want to use ribbon that’s where I start. I look at all of my ribbons and pick something that will work with the design in my head. On the original card I didn’t want to use the gold ribbon with the Tip Top Taupe ink so I used the Basic Black Baker’s Twine and Archival Basic Black Ink. I also changed the color of the card itself from Mint Macaron to Pool Party. Once I did that my card was born! 🙂

Can you see how easy it is to start with someone else’s card and make it your own? With this card I basically just changed the colors and you can see what a difference that can make. Join me again next Monday for another installment of Make it Mine!

Have a great day! Take care and Happy Stamping!