June 6th 2020 Club Cards Part 2

We made an Easel Card and a Window card.  This Tulip card was more of a show and tell because my club already has the tulip punch.  With the card we made in class, they can then make this very pretty card!

Here's the side view.  I stamped the tulips in Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo, Highland Heather, and Gorgeous Grape.

This is the card we made for club.  I used the new Ornate Garden Suite.  Some of the colors aren't to my personal taste.  I decided I need to stretch my crafting and work in colors I usually don't use.  The card base is Old Olive!  I'm not a fan, but it definitely works with the Designer Paper!

This card was the first foray.

It uses the DSP, the stamps, the dies, and ribbon all from the Ornate Garden Suite.  Contact me if you'd like the directions for the easel fold.  True it takes a bit more paper than regular cards - but this one is a mantelpiece card!  Definitely for show.

Here is the window card we made.  I used the Birds & Blooms bundle for this card.  I made a prototype using measurements from another demonstrator, but it was just too small.  I readjusted these and even though it looks large, it still fits in a regular A2 envelope. 

The colors used to stamp this card were Crumb Cake, Melon Mambo, Pacific Point, Daffodil Delight, Soft Seafoam, and Basic Black (Memento).  We also used the sponge dauber to ink the edges to give a shadow on the inside of the card.

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Product List

Melon Mambo 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [115320] $8.75	Timeless Tulips Bundle (English) [153793] $32.25	Purple 3/8" (1 Cm) Tricolor Ribbon [149708] $7.00	Ornate Garden Suite Collection (English) [154153] $136.75
Old Olive 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100702] $8.75	Birds & Branches Bundle [154107] $46.75	Soft Sea Foam 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146988] $8.75

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First Club Date for 2019!

First, I'd like to thank all the ladies for returning to club this year!  I really enjoy our time together!

These are the 4 cards we made for January's club.

 Do you recognize the #loveitchopit paper?  I already had it all pre-cut so my prep for class went quickly, and the girls loved the idea!  The Happy Birthday is cut twice with the white placed behind and offset for a shadow.

 The background of this card seems plain - it's that way on purpose.  I wanted the focus to be on the Happy Valentine's Day.  It's obscured by the intricate die-cut but everyone already knows what it says!  Notice the larger heart has a stitched detail as well.  So pretty!

 This is a close-up of the heart array.  When you cut these hearts out of glimmer or foil paper - keep them!  They'll be great for shaker cards or additions to other cards.

 I find sympathy cards the hardest to make.  You so much want to send a card for someone who's lost a loved one and then worry if it's enough... too much.  I usually end up not sending anything.  I'm fixing that this year.  This is a simple design that showcases a lot of technique.
On this card we used the Well Said Bundle.  It includes the sentiment and the sympathy die cut.  YES, it's expensive.  It's EXPENSIVE... enough to take your breath away, but I will say it's worth it.  With this set, the die cuts alone will give options... and I love options!  We also used a sentiment for the inside of the card from the stamp set.

I wanted the girls to try out the #simplestamping for January.  The theme is Valentines!  The little 2019 Sale-A-Bration cupcake is perfect! 




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Happy Birthday Thinlits Die [143700] $20.00	Silver 3/8" Metallic-Edge Ribbon [144213] $7.00	Botanical Butterfly Designer Series Paper [149622] $0.00	Vellum 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [101856] $9.00
Meant To Be Cling Bundle [150587] $53.00	Joyous Noel 6" X 6" Glimmer Paper [147817] $15.00	Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad [147084] $7.50	Vibrant Vases Photopolymer Stamp Set [148656] $17.00
Well Said Cling Bundle [150609] $76.50	Gorgeous Grape Classic Stampin' Pad [147099] $7.50	Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad [147084] $7.50	Highland Heather 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146986] $8.50
Detailed Trio Punch [146320] $20.00	Hello Cupcake Photopolymer Stamp Set [149714] $0.00

July Card Club

Saturday, July 14th we had our Stamp Club meeting.

I always try to present a Birthday card, a Thank you card, and a Christmas card.  Here are the cards the ladies made on Saturday. 

This card comes from Varied Vases.  I'm not overly fond of the stamped image for the shelf, so I got out the Delicate Lace Edgelit dies.  It ads so much more detail.  I had each of the ladies send me their preference on color:  Lovely Lipstick, Grapefruit Grove, Pineapple Punch, Call Me Clover, or Blueberry Bushel, the current 2018-2020 In Colors.  No one chose Grapefruit Grove, so that's the one I used for my sample.

 I also showed the girls the technique for stamping the flowers so the stems don't show! :)  Ask me!

The Christmas card is very close to the one the ladies made.  I changed a few things, but used the ATC below as my inspiration.
Imagine this:  A different sentiment embossed in red, and a red twine bow at the bottom of the wreath.

I sent a text out to my Hostess Alice asking her favorite color, and used it as the base for our Birthday card.  Do you love it?  I DO!  This one took some time, but if you make many on an assembly line type procedure, you can make many of these without multiplying your time exponentially.

The only actual stamping on the card itself was the Happy Birthday, and the balloon strings.  Everything else; the balloons, cake, and cake stand were stamped separately and added with dimensionals. 

I am not showing the inside, but we used the Around the Corner stamp set to add a frame on the inside of the card.

As I look at each one of these cards they all share one technique.  Two step stamping!  True, it's a favorite technique of mine but I didn't realize each card used it until just now. 


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Varied Vases Photopolymer Bundle [148381] $39.50	Varied Vases Photopolymer Stamp Set [146644] $26.00	Vases Builder Punch [147040] $18.00
Delicate Lace Edgelits Dies [147053] $29.00	In Color 2018–2020 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [146963] $11.00	Classic Stampin' Pad Assortment In Color 2018-2020 [147153] $33.75
Painted Harvest Photopolymer Stamp Set [144783] $21.00	Tranquil Tide 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [144246] $8.50	Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad [147095] $7.50
Tranquil Tide Classic Stampin' Pad [147146] $7.50	Christmas Pines Photopolymer Stamp Set [142049] $35.00	In Color 2018–2020 Stampin' Emboss Powder [146955] $25.00
Blow Out The Candles Photopolymer Bundle [148322] $34.00	Blow Out The Candles Photopolymer Stamp Set [146420] $15.00	Candles & Confetti Framelits Dies [146319] $23.00
Gorgeous Grape 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146987] $8.50	Gorgeous Grape Classic Stampin' Pad [147099] $7.50	Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin' Pad [147088] $7.50
Soft Sea Foam Classic Stampin' Pad [147102] $7.50	Highland Heather Classic Stampin' Pad [147103] $7.50	Around The Corner Photopolymer Stamp Set [147464] $16.00