Fun with masking

This bunny from a SU! retired set looked like he was a wee bit uncomfy with soooo many candles surrounding him! A fun little technique called masking was all it took to surround him! First stamp the bunny and cut him out …. then stamp him again on your white CS. Using a little repositionable glue on the back of the cutout – place it directly over the CS image. Now you are ready to stamp the candles directly over the image. Remove the cutout and you should have a bunny surrounded with candles! Or whatever image you decide as the center image – surrounded by ….. well, that’s up to you!

Birthday Cards

My daughter works very hard on her cards for special people. This card is for her auntie Julie!! At six years old I think she does a fabulous job at creating on her own. (It’s so easy to just jump in and take over – which I didn’t do!) On this particular card she wanted to use the distressor for her edges “like you mom” … so it was a first — Her style also involves all sides of the card! 

This is the “front” & “back”:

This is the “inside”:

Ok, so I might have helped with cutting out the oval for the frame and the kitty – but really that’s it!

I had fun with some chipboard again and my CB with felt:

Garden Silhouettes Card

I recently created a thank you card for my MIL. The fun part for me was to FINALLY use those cool dew drop accents!!! So this card uses the following:

SU! Garden Silhouettes
Basic Grey Patterned Paper: Sugared
SU! Bravo Burgundy, Choc. Chip CS and Inks
SU! Whisper White CS
The Robin’s Nest Hydrangia Dew Drops
Stickles Star Dust

Bronc Buster Card

This is the card I made for my dad on Father’s Day! I used Bronc Buster from Stampin’ Up! along with my punches – finally used my star!!! Also used Really Rust for the first time ….. I like how it turned out! 

Flowers 2 Card

Alas, another card made for club! This one was fun – I created a window and then suspended my cutouts between the white mesh (drywall tape). A little different …

Flowers Card

Every month I join a group of friends at Cindy’s Simple Stuff to stamp. We call ourselves the Mad Hatters and meet the 2nd Friday. I love hanging out with these gals and today was extra special for all of us. One of the ladies recently lost everything including her home to a fire. Well, we came together and surprised her with an overflowing basket of goodies to jump start her stamping! Love the feeling of bringing joy to someone – especially when you know that stamping and creating provides the release we all can relate to!!! So it was a great day today! Love you Harriet!!!!!

In addition to stamping, we all make cards to exchange with one another. Six total for each of us in the group! So I’m posting one of my cards that I created for today:

Some of the materials I used were craft foam (green), drywall tape (white), metal paper (silver), felt (pink): I put the foam, metal and felt through my CB (Cuttle Bug) to get the shapes on the card. The inside of the card used the reverse scrap from the metal flower. 

My SU! supplies were For a Friend Hostess Stamp, Fire Rhinestone Brads, Tempting Turquoise, Chocolate Chip and Regal Rose Card Stock, Chocolate Chip and Regal Rose Ink, Scallop Circle Punch. -Mel

Gift Bag and Tag

Just a quick post before rehearsal! I put together these cute gift bags and tags for my friends …. tons of credit to give but don’t have time yet ….   

New toys (uh, I mean tools)

Friday was my monthly gathering with stamping friends! It’s also my “shopping” day at my favorite local stamp store – Cindy’s Simple Stuff!!! As much as I love Stampin’ Up! – a girl can never have enough tools and product – well, that’s my story anyway – and I’m stickin’ to it! I read up on the Scor Pal and Scor It ….. finally decided to get the Scor It Mini …..In my excitement I rushed into using it …. figured out I was holding the scoring tool upside down! Now I’m just havin’ a blast scoring everything within my reach (and that’s a LOT right now cuz my studio is a MESS … still) I also picked up some new CB embossing folders – YEAH!!! And some kids crafting foam (this stuff is soooo fun to cut with the CB – CuttleBug) …And I have fiiiinnnnallly sent in an order for SU! to get my free SAB!!!! I’ve tried to be sooooo good as a demonstrator and not buy every wonderful stamp set to add to my towering wall of already wonderful SU! stamp sets!!! So I’m excited ….After all this talk …. I should post a picture of something created ….  

     

My “inchie” quilt card is a mesh of my new toys in action:I first scored my base card (chocolate chip SU! cs) to create a grid 1 1/8″ by 1 1/8″. To add some interest, I swiped Very Vanilla Craft Ink across the grid and paper. In order to fill my “inchies”, I punched out 1″ squares from my paper scraps and randomly placed them. To further create the quilted look, I used my sewing machine set to zig zag and sewed all the “seams” created by my Scor-It Mini. I then swiped everything with SU! River Rock Ink to age my quilt.My stamped images are from SU! retired set “Little Somethings” & “Collage Alphabet” – the perfect size for this card! I needed some dimension so I used my CB and some craft foam to cut the blue swirls. The template is Sizzix Scribbles Swirls. Overall, I am happy with how it turned out ….. my take on “inchies” …. Melinda

A Fun Hostess Gift

Ok, so I got home at 11:30pm last night …. so didn’t get a card ready to post! However, I did get some shots of my hostess gift for the workshop! This is a fun and easy gift to make someone special! I used SU! products to create this little gem. My center on the candle comes together quickly with an On Board Blossoms & Basics Chipboard Flower with retired SU! DS Paper adhered to it – sand the edges and sponge with Chocolate Chip Ink. The center is more retired DS paper punched out with the 1 3/8″ Circle Punch. I then set a jumbo eyelet in the center using my Crop-A-Dile and adhered it directly to the candle by pushing a Rhinestone Ice Brad into the candle through the center of the Jumbo Eyelet. Retired SU! ribbon from Christmas is wrapped around and holds the flower in place. My Sticky Strip keeps everything secure but for an added measure of security, I pushed in three copper brads in through the ribbon and candle. The coaster is covered with the same DS papers, sanded and edged with Chocolate Chip Ink. Fun and easy … something special for my hostess!

Medallion origami

The Dahlia fold that is floating around inspired me! I started out following the fold instructions and then thought it would be interesting to see it with the SU! Scallop Punch. Using the punch, one little moderation is needed to make it work …. cut a 1/4″ slit at the botton of scallop before folding. I’m still playing with the scallop to make it look like a butterfly with the dahlia fold! Fun to do! I found my instructions at Splitcoast Stampers ….