Feel Better - Try Stampin' on Tuesday #264

It was snowing today- yes snowing!! And I was feeling under the weather, thus the card I made for Try Stampin' on Tuesday.  The theme for the sketch was to be "April showers", but sad showers are showers as well.

 

On a 3 by 2 1/2" piece of Whisper White cardstock, I built some clouds using the Tree Builder punch.  One cloud is punched using Timeless Elegance DSP; the other two Basic Gray.

The lines of rain drops on the end were drawn using a ruler and a small nibbed black pen.

This piece of Whisper White was matted with Smoky Slate cardstock.

The basic card is Smoky Slate, layered with Basic Gray.  The striped DSP (retired) was added to the card front at an angle.  A piece of Marina Mist ribbon was added to the DSP and a bow tied and added to the right end.

The image piece was added to the front using tombo. I then added some Dazzling Details using a blender pen - added to the cloud outlines and the rain drops.

The sentiment is from "Sassy Salutations

Supplies:

Stamps: Sassy Salutations

Inks: Black Memento

Papers: Smoky Slate, Basic Gray, DSP (retired), Whisper White, Timeless Elegance,

Accessories: Tree Builder punch, 1/4" Marina Mist cotton ribbon, Dazzling details, blender pen, dimensionals.

Starfold Card

Today's a cool day, so back to the track pants and long sleeve shirts.  I've stayed indoors most of the day except to go out to deliver a catalogue to one of my customers.  The winter has really done a number on our roads, which are full of pot holes - and if it isn't the potholes its the construction.  On the way to my customer I passed a now empty hospital and was filled with memories of the days I taught nursing students on those wards.  If those walls could speak!  I sometimes picture the ghosts of patients and staff walking those halls and flying out the gaps of the once paned windows. Silly of me I know.  I wonder when a decision will be made what to do with those now ruins.

Because of the cool weather, I was once again indoors in the craft room.  That's no sacrifice believe me.  But first I received a phone call from a client who had ordered a hand made card from me before.  I also volunteered with her doing foot care so I know her well.  She wanted to place another very special order for a very special occasion.  I was happy to oblige, so when I went down to the craft room I made that card first.  I'll post the card later.

The card I want to post today is a Starfold card - one I made last night, but finished this morning.
I have made this card before for a design team I was on - and even did a tutorial, but do you think I could find it?  No!  So I went to the Internet and found  a You Tube video (no speaking but good demonstration and print over) that I followed.  You can find the video here Hope you find it helpful.

I used Island Indigo paper and retired DSP.  The rose was made using the Spiral Rose die.

The envelope was made using the envelope maker.

This shows the card opened.

Some people have commented that they found the linked video too difficult to follow because it is in metric.  Being Canadian I forget that not everyone is conversant in metric.  So I found another video on Splitcoast stampers for you.  Just follow the link to this tutorial which has a video on it.

Everything Eleanor Birthday - Technostamper 317

The weather today is doing a flip flop.  It started out in the morning raining, then by noon it got hot and humid, then in the afternoon it cooled and the rain moved in again.  I just looked out and the sun is once again shining.  I guess there's no gardening for me today, although the garden has loved the heat and rain.  Every day there are surprises for me in the garden.  A new bit of colour here, and a new bit of colour there. The problem with the heat and humidity is the hungry mosquitoes.  A horde of them attacked me last night when I attempted to do some weeding and today all you have to do is walk on the grass and to disturb those stingers. It's a good year for those pesky critters - unfortunately!

In the card for the Technostamper challenge here I show my love for flowers by placing one on the card.

I used some of the new in colours as well as the blendabilities on the flower.

Stamps: Everything Eleanor, Sassy Salutations

Inks: Hello Honey, Memento, Blendabilities (Daffodil Delight, Tangerine Tango)

Papers: Smoky Slate, Moonlight Designer Paper stack, Whisper White, Lost Lagoon

Accessories: Honeycomb folder, corner rounder punch, Orange Stampin' Glitter, dimensionals

Thoughts of You - Technostamper #258

Today is a good day.  Blogger is finally up and running as of this morning.  For over 2 weeks I have been unable to publish without changing over to another browser - a bit of a pain.  It's amazing how small things can make you happy.
The weather, however, is not making me happy!  Would you believe there's a winter warning (yes snow) for tomorrow!  Guess it's a card making day!
Here is my card for the TSS challenge:

 

I made the base card out of Marina Mist card stock, and layered it with Very Vanilla card stock, and then a sheet of DSP from the Print Poetry DSP pack.

Three strips of Midnight muse were attached across the top of the card, after which I attached an embossed banner in Marina Mist.

The image was stamped several times.  Once on Parker's DSP and the sail was cut out; once in Summer Starburst, and the boat was cut out.  Then the image was stamped using Midnight Muse onto a 2 1/2" punched circle.  I used a blender pen to remove the ink from the sail, and colored it with  a Raspberry Ripple marker .  The sailboat was then paper pieced together.  With the mat pack and paper piercer, the circle was paper pierced all the way around.  Then it was matted with Midnight Muse circle.  The two were attached using dimensionals.

A bow of stitched satin Raspberry Ripple was placed at the top of the image.

Here's a list of materials/supplies used:

Stamps: Moving Forward, Sassy Salutations

Inks: Midnight Muse, Summer Starburst, Raspberry Ripple marker

Papers: Marina Mist, Very Vanilla, Whisper White, Parker's DSP, Print Poetry DSP pack

Accessories: Ovals framelits, 2 1/2" circle punch, Mat pack & paper piercer, 3/8" stitched Raspberry Ripple satin ribbon, Square lattice folder, dimensionals.

Thanks for stopping by.

The Open Sea Thank You - Fab Fri 15

I am having surgery on my knee tomorrow in Toronto, and arranging transportation has been a bit of a night mare.  After exploring various options, I think I chose the one that has the best chance of success without imposing on too many people.  I will take the Greyhound bus to Scarborough Town Center, my ``ex`` will pick me up from there, and drive me to the hospital, which is about 5 minutes further.  When my surgery is finished, he will pick me up, take me to his place in Markham, and my son, who lives in Peterborough, will come and pick me up when he finishes work at 4. I expect to be home by 7 p.m.  Yes, it`s taken many years, but my ex and I are friends now, and I am friends with his wife.

The reason for this introduction is that I wanted to give my ex a Thank You card for all the help he is giving me, but found I didn`t have any masculine ones.  The ones I had were too flowery, or the paper was too feminine.

So, for the Fab Fri sketch challenge here I made a masculine thank you card.

The base of this A2 card is Cajun Craze, layered with a piece of  Chevron embossed Whisper White card stock.  This Whisper White layer was sponged with Basic Gray to its entire surface to mimic wave actions.

After cutting a smaller piece of Whisper White card stock, the image of the world was stamped lightly with Marina Mist ink.  This was done by stamping off before stamping onto the card stock.  The ship was stamped using Marina Mist ink (full strength) underneath the world, but overlapping i the world by the sails.

This Whisper White image piece was matted with Basic Gray card stock.  A piece of Cajun Craze card stock punched using the Dotted Scallop ribbon punch was attached to the bottom of this panel.

The sentiment was stamped using Black Stazon ink onto a banner which overlaps the image panel near the bottom.  A flattened soda pop top with a 1/2" circle of designer paper in it was attached to the right side of the banner.  A bow made with Marina Mist Baker's twine was adhered to the top of this embellishment.

Here is the summary of the supplies used:

Stamps: The Open Sea, Sassy Salutations

Inks: Basic Gray, Marina Mist, Black Stazon

Papers: Cajun Craze, Whisper White, Basic Gray, Print Poetry DSP pack

Accessories: 1/2" circle punch, small soda top pop, Marina Mist/White Baker's Twine, Dotted Scallop ribbon punch, glue dots

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Secret Garden birthday - Freshly Made Sketches #67

My younger sister is having a birthday in the next couple of weeks, and I'm working ahead to get her card done.  She loves flowers but she did not inherit our father's  green thumb. All plants usually don't do well under her care. The flowers I made for this card will hopefully thrive as long as she doesn't try to water them - LOL.  Hope she likes the card.
I used the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches here to make the card.

 

Stamps:  Secret Garden, Sassy Salutations

Inks: Black Stazon, Versa Mark, SU markers (Baja Breeze, Marina Mist, Pacific Point, Daffodil Delight)

Papers: Marina Mist, Very Vanilla, Parker's Patterns DSP

Accessories: Secret Garden framelits, Fancy Fan folder, 1/4" Tangerine Tango satin ribbon, Black embossing powder, Tangerine Tango embossing powder, Wild Wasabi embossing folder, Scallop border pumch, Aqu painter, dimensionals

Clear Block Stamping - Thinking of You - Challenge 190 LNS

For challenge 190,  it's getting Back to the Basics time! This means creating a ONE LAYER card (card base only)  adding  a technique that gives the card that extra something since there are no layers!

I chose to use clear block stamping and the collage technique.

 Technique:
The card base is Whisper White card stock.  On the front, I took 2 sizes of clear stamping blocks, C and H, and inked them with Crumb Cake ink.  They were stamped on the front of the card in the position shown on the card.
The sentiment was then stamped on the top right of the card before I did the collage stamping.
The images from French Foliage were randomly stamped using Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Old Olive, and Chocolate Chip ink.
To complete the card, the edges were sponged with Chocolate chip ink.

Stamps:  French Foliage, Sassy Salutations
Inks: Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive
Papers:  Whisper White
Accessories:  Clear stamping blocks, C and H

Thinking of You - Triple layer stamping for fall

I just love this latest trend in stamping - triple layer.
For today's card I used the French foliage stamp set.

Here are the measurements for the various layers:
Center:  2 by 3 1/4" (Mat 2 1/4 by 3 1/2"
Middle:  3 by 4 1/4" (Mat 3 1/4 by 4 1/2")
Base layer: 4 by 5 1/4" (Mat is card base: 8 1/2 by 5 1/2" folded in half)

There are many video tutorial out there on how to do this technique.  If you would like a link to one just let me know.

Stamps: French Foliage, Sassy Salutations
Inks: Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler
Papers: Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla
Accessories: Decorative Label punch, 3/8" scallop dotted chocolate chip grosgrain ribbon, neutrals button, white baker's twine
 

Countryside Harvest Birthday - Freshly Made Sketches #43

|Apple growers in southern Ontario have had a real hit this year.  The week of extremely warm weather in March caused the trees to blossom prematurely.  These poor blossoms froze when the cold weather returned.  As a result - no or few apples.
As a kid I lived near an apple orchard, and spent many happy hours picking apples.  I can smell the rich fruity smell of apples growing on trees as I`m typing these words.
This card reminds me of those happy times.
I used the sketch with Freshly Made Sketches here     This is a site I just recently discovered and the idea is to keep the cards simple and fresh looking.   Keeping a card simple is a real challenge for me, but I think I accomplished the task.

The image was colored with markers and a blender pen.

 

Stamps:  Countryside, Sassy Salutations

Inks: Midnight Muse, SU Markers 

Papers: Midnight Muse, Very Vanilla, Whisper White, Comfort Cafe designer paper

Accessories: Blender pen, stampin dimensionals

Floral Framelits Thank You - Stamping 411 #263

The weather has turned brutually hot again.  The last few days were just perfect temperature wise and I was able to spend some time with my grandchildren (who live 4 hours away) in the park where they played in the water pad.
I returned home yesterday, but was too tired to make cards, so am making up for it today.
This card is for the Stamping 411 challenge but again missed posting to their blog because the linky closed on me.  I hate when that happens.  You'd think I'd have learned by now.
Here is the card:

 

The flower was made by layering the Floral Framelits using Midnight Muse, Whisper White, and Twitterpated designer paper.

Stamp:  Sassy Salutation

Inks: Midnight Muse

Papers:Midnight Muse, Whisper White, Twitterpated designer paper

Accessories: Chevron folder, Argyle folder, Dahlia adornment, vanilla spritz, Scallop oval punch, pearls

Sassy Birthday one of top 3 picks at Technostamper

My Sassy Birthday card was one of the top 3 picks at Technostamper on Monday.
Here is the card again, and the original post:http://craftymariasstampingworld.blogspot.ca/2012/06/sassy-birthday-lns-challenge-179.html

Sassy Birthday - LNS Challenge 179 & Technostamper #227

Challenge 179 with the Late Night Stamper group is paper piercing.  I combined that challenge with the Technostamper Monday lunchtime challenge #227 here

Below is Mary Jo's sketch:

 

The paper piercing was done around the sentiment element using the mat pack and paper piercer.
In the middle panel of designer paper, I cut out another patio light from the sheet of designer paper, sponged the edges, and with a dimensional, attached it over top of the one in the designer paper - just to give the card some dimension- then added some dazzling details.

Stamp:  Sassy Sentiments

Inks: Raspberry Ripple

Papers: Raspberry Ripple, Whisper White, Patio Party designer paper

Accessories: Fancy Fan folder, large pearls, mat pack and paper piercer, dazzling details, dimensionals