Trinket Box

Blue Bird Trinket Box made from a pattern I found in my files that I've had for years and decided to use again!

Paper Crafters Sampler is featuring this Trinket Box Template this month! If you are interested in this pattern, go to papercrafterssampler.com

Supplies for this Blue Bird Trinket Box:

Cherry Cobbler CS, Brushed Gold CS, Baja Breeze CS, Pear Pizzazz CS, Big Shot, Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder, Two-step Bird Punch, Scallop Border Punch, Crystal Effects, Gold Cord, Basic Rhinestones, Gold Smooch, Sponge.

White Vellum Wedding Roses

I love white craft ink stamped or embossed on this great SU Cardstock Vellum! The Cardstock Vellum is so rich and transparent, it's the best I've ever found! For this card I stamped the roses on vellum and embossed them with white embossing powder to use as the background. I embossed the heart the same as the background on Vellum and cut it out and attached it to Brushed Silver CS and cut out around the heart to mount on Whisper White CS with a Silver Waffle Paper Ruffle attached around it. The Vellum was attached to the silver CS heart with Mini Silver brads, while the background embossed vellum was attached to the card base with small strategically placed pieces of sticky strip so as not to show through the velllum!

All items found in the Stampin' Up! Catalog, main stamp set found in the Holiday mini!

~Stamps: You are Loved, Teeny Tiny Wishes.

~Paper: Brushed Silver CS, Whisper White CS, Silver Waffle Paper, Vellum Cardstock.

~Ink: White Craft Pad.

~Accessories: Heat Gun, White Embossing Powder, Mini Silver Brads, Basic Pearls, Eyelet Border Punch, Sticky Strip, Dimensionals, Modern Label Punch. 

Floral Heart Valentine

Hope you all had a nice Thanksgiving! I got all my Christmas stuff put up which makes me super happy!

However I'm done making Christmas cards so I'm on to Valentines now! This card uses You are Loved set again from the Holiday Mini! This time I used Real Red and Garden Green along with the Stripes Embossing Folder, Real Red Satin Ribbon and the small Heart Punch and Tiny Flower Punch. This is a simple card also using Shimmery White CS, Basic Rhinestones, Teeny Tiny Wishes and some Dazzling Details Glitter! The Heart I backed up to Real Red CS and free hand cut around to frame the stamped heart!

Pastel Valentine

Since tomorrow is Thanksgiving, I decided to post this today!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Another card made with this lovely You are Loved set available in the Holiday Mini Catalog!

I embossed half of the Pink Pirouette cardfront with the Stripes Embossing Folder then added Dazzling Details glitter to the stripes. After stamping the center flower group I punched it out with the oval punch and used a marker to add a little shading to the flowers and then sponged around the edge of the oval and added it to the frame. I love this soft look!

~Stamps: You Are Loved, Teeny Tiny Wishes.

~Paper: Pink Pirouette CS, Shimmery White CS.

~Ink: Pretty in Pink, Pear Pizzazz.

~Accessories: Big Shot, Designer Frame Folder, Dazzling Details Glitter glue, White Organza Ribbon, Basic Pearls, Sponge, Dimensionals, Oval Punch.   

Cherry Roses

This is such a nice set called You are Loved from the Holiday Mini Catalog! I stamped the background and then added the same stamped focal point.

~Stamps: You are Loved.

~Paper: Shimmery White CS, Cherry Cobbler CS.

~Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Lucky Limeade

~Accessories: Big Shot, Designer Frame Folder, Oval Punch, Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding, Little Flower Punch, Basic Pearls. 

Snowflake Bulb

I never do just one Christmas Card set, I make a few different cards in sets of 6 or 8! So this is another easy to mail card that uses a sticker in the center of the Snowflake instead of a rhinestone. The background was stamped using the Christmas Collage Background and even though I cleaned the stamp, there seemed to be some left over red ink on the stamp so instead of River Rock I got more like Blushing Bride color! Whoops! I added some snowflakes with Baja Breeze and embossed a few with Silver E.P. over the top then sponged Baja and River Rock inks around the snowflakes. I added a punched Ornament top to the circle which seemed to add the finishing touch.The inside of the Framed Tulips Embossing Folder was sponged with Baja ink before imbossing the frame. The circle was traced and cut out to fit in the circle that was part of the stamp.

~Stamps: Pines and Poinsettias, Christmas Lodge, Snow Swirled, Serene Snowflakes, Northern Hearts, Christmas Collage. (way to use those stamps!)

~Paper: Shimmery White CS, Baja Breeze CS, Silver Glimmer Paper.

~Ink: Baja Breeze, River Rock, Versa Mark.

~Accessories: Big Shot, Framed Tulips Folder, Snowflake Punch, Ornament Punch, Silver Embossing Powder, Sponge, Dimensionals, Crystal Effects.

Sendable Christmas Card

It's really hard to layer up a card with brads, rhinestones and pearls, ect. and still send them through the mail without extra postage.So I'm always looking for ways to improvise and still get the detail effect! Instead of brads on each side I punched out 1/4" circles from the Red Glimmer Paper and glued them on to each side. I added the main focal point flowers to the scallop circle with Dimensionals which were embossed with Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder and Riding Hood Red Craft Ink. The Glimmer Papers add alot too! I also sprayed the Riding Hood Red base card with Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz!

~Stamps: Pines and Poinsettias, Christmas Lodge.

~Paper: Riding Hood Red CS, Garden Green CS, Shimmery White CS, Red and Silver Glimmer Paper, Holly Berry Bouquet DSP.

~Ink: Riding Hood Red Classic and Craft pads and Marker, Garden Green Marker, Versa mark Pad, River Rock Pad.

~Accessories: Lace Ribbon Border Punch, 2-1/2" Circle Punch, 2-3/8" Scallop Circle Punch, 1/4" Circle Punch, 1/2" Circle Punch, Vanilla Smooch Spritz, Heat Gun, Silver E.P, Iridescent Ice E.P,

Fall Wiper Card

I took these photos outside in the sun and for some reason my colors are not quite right..Oh well!

For the front of this card, each third of a section of the First Edition DSP was sponged. From left to right..River Rock, Sahara and More Mustard very lightly.

I really like these Wiper Cards, I made a few to show because this month's class featured the Wiper Card! 

~Stamps: Gently Falling, Hand-Penned Holidays.

~Paper: Pool Party, More Mustard, Vanilla, First Edition DSP.

~Ink: Soft Suede, More Mustard, Pool Party, Wisteria, Pumpkin Pie, River Rock, Cajun, Sahara.

~Accessories: Big Shot, Leaves #2 die, Square Lattice Folder, More Mustard Dotted Scallop Ribbon, Sticky Strip.

Sparkling Snowflakes

It's been a few weeks since I have posted, my computer has been acting up so hopfully I can get back on track! This card was simple to make and the picture although darker then I'd like, shows off the shimmery really well! I cut out some flowers with Silver Glimmer paper using the retired Baskets and Blooms XL die and these tear drop pieces were left over from the centers of the flowers so I utilized them on this card around the snowflakes along with punched circles!

I coated the top of the snowflake embossing folder with Baja ink and then embossed the snowflakes, I then added some Moonlight Accent ink on the centers of the snowflakes.

~Stamps: A Wish For Peace

~Paper: Base Card; Whisper White CS, Silver Glimmer Paper, Shimmery White CS.

~Ink: Baja Breeze.

~Accessories: Big Shot, Northern Flurry Embossing Folder, 1/4" Circle Punch, 1/8" Circle Punch, Moonlight Smooch Accent Ink, Crystal Effects.

Shaker Bird Scene

This card uses the largest Shaker Frame 1-3/4" circle along with Frostwood Lodge DSP.

I like to say Merry Christmas instead of Happy Holidays so I omitted the Holidays from that swirly greeting and added Merry Christmas from Teeny Tiny Wishes in it's place.

~Stamps: Christmas Lodge, Teeny Tiny Wishes.

~Paper: Whisper White CS, Frostwood Lodge DSP.

~Ink: Old Olive, Pear Pizzazz, Soft Suede, Cherry Cobbler, Baja Breeze.

~Accessories: 1-3/4" Circle Punch, Mica Flakes, Marina Mist Taffeta Ribbon, Square Fire Rhinestone Brads, Crystal Effects, Sponge.

Shaker Ornament Card

Those Shaker Frames are too fun! I decided to use a small one for the inside of the ornament, I ended up using the 1" circle punch to punch out a circle from the window sheet to place over the Shaker Frame and then punched out the ornament and used the 3/4" circle punch in the middle of that so when the ornament was placed over the hole the foam was covered and didn't show! The inside of the Shaker circle is a rose punched out of the Holly Berry DSP and a few Mica Flakes added on top! I used Silver Waffle Paper over the top of the punched ornament as well as around the frame as a mat for the main panel!

~Stamps: Christmas Lodge.

~Paper: Whisper White card base, Real Red CS, Shimmery White CS, Silver Waffle Paper, Holly Berry Bouquet DSP, Frostwood Lodge DSP.

~Ink: Old Olive Pad & Marker, Soft Suede marker, Real Red marker.

~Accessories: Big Shot, Framed Tulips Folder, Real Red Taffeta Ribbon, Shaker Frames, 1" Circle Punch, 3/4" Circle Punch, Ornament Punch, Window Sheet, Mica Flakes, Crystal Effects.

Misty Vellum Tree

Simple card using Christmas Lodge set and Framed Tulips Embossing Folder!

I stamped the tree in Sahara Sand ink on Shimmery White CS then placed mono adhesive just over the stamped tree part and adhered the CS Vellum over it. I stamped the greeting on the vellum, omitting the happy holidays and stamping A Christmas Wish from Gifts of Christmas set in it's place using Suede ink. I added a few Real Red dots around the swirls with a marker.

~Stamps: Christmas Lodge, A Christmas Wish.

~Paper: Shimmery Wt. CS, Sahara Sand CS, Vellum CS.

~Ink: Sahara Sand, Soft Suede, Real Red Marker.

~Accessories: Big Shot, Framed Tulips Embossing Folder, Neutral Glitter Brads.

Snow Flake Trees

I still think the Triple Doily Punch makes a great snowflake! I love how these Silver Glimmer paper doilies look lined up too! I stamped the tree over and over with Sahara Sand ink on Shimmery White CS and then embossed the Merry Christmas in Silver over the trees. The snowflakes are adhered over a thin strip of Brushed Silver CS along the bottom to add some depth with a Rhinestone added to each snowflake. Super Bling and Sparkle and so simple!

~Stamps: Christmas Lodge.

~Ink: Sahara Sand, Versa Mark.

~Paper: Shimmery White CS, Brushed Silver CS, Silver Glimmer Paper.

~Accessories: Big Shot, Framed Tulips Embossing Folder, Triple Doily Punch, Heat Gun, Silver Embossing Powder, Basic Rhinestones.

Snowy Snowflake Lodge

I stamped the lodge on Shimmery CS with Sahara Sand ink and then colored it a bit with the fine point of the markers, mostly Sahara Sand, Bashful Blue, Pear Pizzazz and So Saffron.

I left the snow alone and added a bit of glitter to the windows and sponged the sky with Baja Breeze and the ground with Sahara Sand. The Snowflakes were punched out using the Doily Triple Layer Punch and the fabulous Silver Glimmer Paper....Perfect!

I love the background paper from Frostwood Lodge, the one I used looks like birch wood which I layered on Silver Glimmer Paper and then on Brushed Silver CS card base. I was going for a soft look but wanted the lodge to stand out as well as the silver glimmer paper!

This close up is not as true to color as the top picture thanks to bad pic but shows I really didn't add much in the way of color, it's such a detailed stamp, no need to!

~Stamps: Christmas Lodge.

~Paper: Brushed Silver CS, Silver Glimmer Paper, Frostwood Lodge DSP, Shimmery White CS.

~ink: Sahara Sand, So Saffron, Pear Pizzazz, Bashful Blue, Baja Breeze, Cherry Cobbler.

~Accessories: Triple Layer Doily Punch, Basic Rhinestones, Vanilla Velvet Ribbon, Sponge, post-it note mask.

Fall Cello Treat

I made these Swaps using the new 1" x 8" Cello Bags from the Holiday Mini which are filled with a single line of M & M's and the M & M's are fall colored too! I used just the narrow part of the  Small Tag punch at the fold to punch a slit for the top of the cello bag to fit through. The Happy Fall was printed on Brushed Gold CS from the computer!

~Stamps: Gently Falling

~Paper: Cajun Craze CS, Brushed Gold CS, Soft Suede CS, More Mustard CS, Vanilla CS.

~Ink: Soft Suede, Cajun Craze.

~Accessories: Big Shot, Designer Frame Folder, Dotted Embossing Folder, XL Oval Punch, Glitter Gold Brad, Suede Taffeta Ribbon, Cello Bags.

Flip Flap Class Card

A Flip Flap Card using Bea Chateau DSP and Established Elegance, Netting and Clearly For You stamp sets! I got the directions for this card from techniquejunkies!

I used the Oval Embossed frame as the focal point here along with the Chateau DSP and punched ribbon to tie it together!

This shows the the card flipped open and the partial inside!

This view shows the left flipped open and the right flap up to reveal the whole inside! This is a fun card to make especially using DSP paper and you can get two cards out of one sheet of CS if you use a different color CS flap on the inside! I used all Shimmery CS for this one and it was all sponged with Suede ink to give it that Shabby look! I added an embossed stamped frame to the inside for the focal point.

~Stamps: Established Elegance, Clearly for You, Tiny Tags, Netting.

~Ink: Marina Mist, Soft Suede, Pretty In Pink, More Mustard, Markers; Old Olive, Regal Rose, Soft Suede.

~Paper: Shimmery CS, Pink Pirouette CS, Soft Suede CS, Beau Chateau DSP.

~Accessories: Big Shot, Designer Frames Folders, XL Oval Punch, Eyelet Border Punch, Dotted Scallop Ribbon Punch, Sponge, Marina Mist Taffeta Ribbon, Basic Pearls, Dazzling Details Glitter Glue, Scoring Tool.

Ghost in Distress Technique

This month's class card using Gently Falling stamp set and En Francais background! Ghost in Distress technique by Techniquejunkies! A resist emboss technique with losts of fall colors! I think this card is almost too busy but I loved the background and it really shows off those leaves!

~Stamps: Gently Falling, En Francais, Hand-Penned Holidays.

~Paper: Cajun Craze CS, More Mustard CS, Watercolor Paper, Vanilla CS.

~Ink: Versa Mark, Cajun Craze, Pear Pizzazz, More Mustard, Pumpkin Pie, Soft Suede.

~Accessories: Heat Gun, White Embossing Powder, Spray bottle with water, Paper Piercer, Mat Pack, Gold Brads.

Tiled Collage

My third Faux Tile card for this week! I added a little Pool Party in with the warmer colors which made a nice contrast which is hard to see in this picture! The main Shimmery White panel was scored then stamped with Parlor Prints background stamp in Crumb Cake ink. The other images were added and lastly I used More Mustard and Crumb Cake inks to sponge around the tiles.

~Stamps: Established Elegance, Parlor Prints.

~Paper: Crumb Cake CS, Shimmery White CS, Cherry Cobbler CS.

~Ink: Crumb Cake, More Mustard, Cherry Cobbler, Garden Green, Pool Party, Soft Suede.

~Accessories: Simply Scored Scoring Tool, Sponge, Regals Brads, Basic Pearls, Cherry Baker's Twine, More Mustard Scallop Dotted Ribbon, Paper Piercer, Mat Pack.

Burnished Tiles

Another Faux Tile Card! I used the new Simply Scored Scoring Tool, stamped the images and then masked off the tiles with post-it notes and sponged around the tiles!

~Stamps: Charming, Artistic Etchings, Oval All.

~Paper: Vanilla CS, Cherry Cobbler CS, Shimmery White CS.

~Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Old Olive, Espresso.

~Accessories: Scoring Tool, Sponge, Gold Brads, Vanilla Velvet Ribbon, Cherry Cobbler Quilted Satin Ribbon, Big Shot, Designer Frame Folder, XL Oval Punch, Paper Piercing Tool.

Christmas Pine Faux Tiles

I made a few of these Faux Tile cards! This first one using Pines and Poinsettias set and other than taking a bit of time with all the sponging, I love this technique! I used the new Simply Scored Scoring Tool which I'm super happy with and is available for purchase in the Holiday Mini Catalog!

~Stamps: Pines & Poinsettias, Hand-Penned Holidays.

~Paper: Crumb Cake CS, Cherry Cobbler CS, Shimmery White CS.

~Ink: Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Wasabi, Cherry Cobbler, River Rock.

~Accessories: Simply Scored Tool, Cherry Quilted Satin Ribbon, Cherry Baker's Twine, Sponge, post-it notes.