FREE Pass...

Before I get onto sharing today's card with you, I just want to let you know that I have a FREE pass to the next round of Stampin' Fun & Friends which begins 20 September through to 4 October.

As the theme for this round is Autumn Artistry, all you have to do is leave a comment saying why you like Autumn.

Now, I know here in OZ we are only a few days off Spring, but there is something I remember about an autumn when living in Canberra many years ago.  That is all those beatuiful leaves falling off the many trees in & around the parks & gardens onto the ground & myself & my girlfriend diving into them, playing & hiding.  I had never seen anything like it.  The memory is still very strong in my mind!

I will be using random.org to draw the winner.  Closing date is 9 September.



On with the card -

With Father's Day coming up here in OZ, we created a card last Friday which could be used for this occasion.  In fact, the card suits all occasions.  I found the instructions on the very talented Connie Babbert's site.  I did change the measurememnts to suit my card & to make it smaller.

Base Card - More Mustard - 5 7/8" x 4 1/4" or 15cm x 10.5cm

Layer 1 - Pear Pizzazz - 5 3/4" x 3 1/2" or 14.5cm x 9cm

Layer 2 - DSP - 5 3/4" x 3/4" or 14.5cm x 2cm

Layer 3 - DSP - 5 7/8" x 1" or 15cm x 2.5cm



Inside Card...

After scoring my Base Card at 4 1/2" or 11.5cm, I adhered the wider piece of DSP down the RHS of the card - as per inside photo.



I adhered the narrower piece of DSP down the LHS of Pear Pizzazz Cardstock, stamped the image using Pear Pizzazz Ink at the top of the card & adhered to the Base Card using Snail Adhesive.  I wanted the tie to look like it was hanging off a hook.

After making my Tie using DSP, I attached it to the top of the card with Snail Adhesive.  I inked my sentiment in Basic Black Ink & stamped at an angle to the tie direct onto the Pear Pizzazz piece.

For my inside, I stamped the images around the edge of Whisper White Cardstock using Pear Pizzazz & adhered to the Base Card.

All in all, a really fast & very easy 5 minute card!

Supplies -

Stamp Set - Totally Tool, Short & Sweet, Cheers to You

Ink - Pear Pizzazz, Basic Black

Cardstock - Whisper White, Pear Pizzazz, More Mustard

DSP - In Colours

Accessories - Snail Adhesive

Until next time, Enjoy!

Cheers...

I've been wanting to make more male cards & with a heap of birthdays coming up in the next couple of months, including January, this is a great way to get some of those cards done.

For today's card, I combined a Colour Challenge over at Stamping 411 and the Sketch Challenge from Inkspirations Challenges

Base Card - Cut using Riding Hood Red Cardstock, score & fold

Layer 1 - Always Artichoke Cardstock - 5 7/8" x 4 1/8" or 14.5cm x 10cm
Stamp images randomly using More Mustard Ink
Layer 2 - More Mustard Cardstock - 4 1/2 x 2 1/2 or 11.5cm x 6.5cm
Layer 3 - Riding Hood Red Cardstock - 4" x 2 3/8" or 10.5cm x 6cm
Layer 4 - Always Artichoke Cardstock - 3" x 2" or 8cm x 5cm
Layer 5 - Watercolour Paper - 2 7/8" x 1 7/8" or 7.5cm x 7cm
Stamp images randomly using More Mustard Ink
Using Aqua Painter & More Mustard Ink, colour images
Adhere Watercolour Paper to Always Artichoke & then to Riding Hood Red
Adhere to More Mustard Cardstock
Tie knot in Ribbon & adhere along bottom
Adhere to base card

Supplies -

Stamp Set - Cheers to You

Inks - More Mustard

Cardstock - Riding Hood Red, More Mustard, Always Archoke, Watercolour Paper

Ribbon - 1/4" Grosgrain - Very Vanilla

Accessories - Aqua Painter, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Snail Adhesive

Until next time, Enjoy!

Happy New Year...

I think this challenge & card represent the celebrations of last night. 

It is actually an Inspiration Challenge from Utah Diva International

What else could I use but the Stamp Set - Cheers to You. It was just screaming out "Cheers"

Cut Wisper White Cardstock & score in half to form base card

Cut piece of Whisper White Cardstock

Using Stamp-ma-Jig to ensure your images are stamped in a straight line, stamp 3 images onto the Cardstock
Cut larger piece of Whisper White & adhere to the image piece
Cut yet another larger piece of Whisper White & adhere to previous piece
Adhere all 3 pieces of Whisper White to base card
Using Watercolour Pencils, colour images
Stamp Sentiment down RHS of bse card using Basic Gray Ink

Result - 10 mintue card!

Please excuse my colouring in on this card, but now I like to think that some of the drinks were actually on the side a little!

Supplies -

Stamp Set - Cheers to You, A Word for You

Inks - Basic Gray

Cardstock - Whisper White

Accessories - Snail Glue, Watercolour Pencils, Stamp-ma-Jig

Until next time, Enjoy!

Cheers to You...

G'Day Stampers,

I hope you all had a great Christmas, despite the floods in Qld & the snow in parts of USA & Europe.  To think that Perth has Bush Fires!

Today's card is from the sketch over at Stamping 411 and as usual a great one to use in creating a card or project.

For my card, I used supplies from the current Summer Mini Catalogue.  I cut my Cardstock - So Saffron and adhered Regal Rose to the top of it.  I then cut a piece of DSP - Island Oasis - to adhere to the top of Regal Rose.

Using my Scallop Trim Punch, I punched both top & bottom of the Tempting Turquoise Cardstock and adhered a piece of So Saffron across the middle of it.

I then stamped the sentiment from "Cheers to You" in Chocolate Chip directly onto the So Saffron.  Inking the branch in Old Olive from the Stamp Set "Tropical Party", I stamped a couple of random images directly onto the So Saffron.

I inked the coconut from the same Stamp Set, coloured the umbrella & straw using my Watercolour Pencils, cut around the image & adhered over the top of the branches using SU® Stampin' Dimensionals.

Supplies -

Stamp Set - Cheers to You, Tropical Party*

Inks - Chocolate Chip, Old Olive

Cardstock - Whisper White, Tempting Turquoise, So Saffron, Rose Red

DSP - Island Oasis*

Punches - Scallop Trim

Accessories - Snail Adhesive, Watercolour Pencils, Stampin' Dimensionals

*Summer Mini-Catalogue - 2011

Until next time, Enjoy!

One for the Males...

I thought it is about time we created a card for the males.

This card has been created using the DSP Island Oasis from the new Mini-Catalogue which started Wednesday 1 December.

Supplies -

Stamp Set - Cheers to You, Short & Sweet

Ink - Chocolate Chip, So Saffron

Cardstock - Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White

DSP - Island Oasis*

Accessories - Snail Glue, Grosgrain Ribbon - Whisper White, Watercolour Pencils

* Summer Mini-Catalogue

Until next time, Enjoy!

Vicky

To a Classic...

For this male card, I've again kept it fairly plain & stayed with the neutral colours.  I've used a stamp from the Stamp Set "To a Classic". 

Supplies -

Stamp Set - To a Classic, Cheers to You

Inks - Chocolate Chip, Pacific Point

DSP - Blueberry Crisp

Cardstock - Sahara Sand, Chocolate Chip, Not Quite Navy, Very Vanilla

Punches - 1 1/4" Circle, 1" Circle

Accessories - Snail Adhesive, SU Dimensionals, Brads - Silver,

Grosgrain Ribbon - Chocolate Chip

Until next time, enjoy! 

Male Card...

Using Stampin' Up!® Designer Series Papers makes it so easy to co-ordinate all your cardstock to go with the papers.  This time I've created a male card using DSP - Blueberry Crisp®, but SU have taken the guess work out of matching the cardstock - it is all done for you!

Male cards are sometimes hard to make, but I've found that if you keep them very simple, the work is done for you.

 

Supplies -

Stamp Set - Totally Tool, Cheers to You

Inks - Pacific Point

Cardstock - Very Vanilla, Sahara Sand, Pacific Point, Not Quite Navy

DSP - Blueberry Crisp

Punches - 1" Circle, 1 1/4" Circle

Accessories - Grosgrain Ribbon - Night of Navy, Snail Glue

Until next time, Enjoy!