Daffodil Wasabi Everybunny

Hello everyone! I hope that you had a good Monday, and now that’s out of the way we can enjoy the rest of the week! For Today’s card I’m posting another Easter card. Easter is less than a week away so it’s time to get those cards made. I started with a piece of Whisper White Card Stock for the base. I took a piece of Daffodil Delight and used my Every Egg Stampin’ Wheel and the Stampin’ Around Wheel Guide to create a background for the card. I like to think of it as Easter Designer Series Paper. The image is from the Everybunny Stamp Set and is stamped in Jet Black Staz-0n Ink and colored in using Wild Wasabi, Daffodil Delight and Pretty In Pink Stampin’ Write Markers. I rounded the corners on it and the piece of Wild Wasabi that it’s mounted to and then adhered it to the card using some Stampin’ Dimensionals. The greeting is also from the Everybunny Stamp set and is also stamped in Wild Wasabi. I used the Modern Label Punch to punch it out and then mounted it on a piece of Wild Wasabi that was cut out using my Big Shot and the Lots of Tags Sizzlits Dies. It too is adhered to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. It’s a nice and quick Easter card perfect for all ages. Thanks for stopping by and have a great day! 🙂

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Whisper White, Daffodil Delight and Wild Wasabi Smooth Card Stock

Ink: Wild Wasabi Classic Stampin’ Ink

Markers: Wild Wasabi, Daffodil Delight and Pretty In Pink Stampin’ Write Markers

Stamp Sets: Everybunny Clear Mount and Every Egg Stampin’ Around Wheel

Tools: Big Shot, Lots of Tags Sizzlits Dies, Modern Label Punch, Stampin’ Around Wheel Guide, 3/16″ Corner Rounder, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

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Everybunny Coral Balloon

Good morning peeps and happy Sunday. I had a nice but busy day in Manhattan yesterday. I saw my friend Isabella and dropped off her Stampin’ Up! order and then had some lunch with my friend Kim. I also got a very nice surprise, I was LeeAnne’s Choice for Pick of the Week at The Paper Players! You can see the card here and the post here. For today’s card I decided it was time to break out the Easter stamps seeing as Easter is only a week away. This card was sent to my friends Mina & Pia. The base of the card is Wisteria Wonder and to that I added a piece of Calypso Coral that I ran through the Big Shot using the Texturz Plates Backgrounds 1 Embossing Plates. I stamped the image from the Everybunny Stamp Set in Jet Black Staz-on and colored him in with Calypso Coral and Wisteria Wonder Stampin’ Write Markers. I used the Blushing Bride Marker for a little pink on his ear. The greeting is stamped in Wisteria Wonder and punched out with the Modern Label Punch and mounted on a piece of Wisteria Wonder that I cut out using the Lots of Tags Sizzlits Dies. All of the elements are adhered to the card with SNAIL. I then punched out some flowers with the Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack in Wisteria Wonder for a cute little addition. Have you started to make your Easter cards yet? I’ll have a few more this week. Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Whisper White, Wisteria Wonder and Calypso Coral Smooth Card Stock

Ink: Wisteria Wonder Classic Stampin’ Ink and Jet Black Staz-On

Markers: Wisteria Wonder, Calypso Coral and Blushing Bride Stampin’ Write Markers

Stamp Set: Everybunny Clear Mount

Tools: Big Shot, Texturz Plates Backgrounds 1, Lot of Tags Sizzlits Dies, Modern Label Punch, Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack and SNAIL

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Mom’s Valentine

Good morning all, I hope you had a Valentine’s day filled with love and lots of chocolate! I had a nice dinner with my friend  Kim, baby Izzy and her brother Kevin. For today’s card I’m posting the Valentine that I gave to my mom. One of her favorite colors is purple so I used Wisteria Wonder Card Stock for the Base of the card. I used my Big Shot with the Elegant Lines Textured Impressions Embossing Folder on Very Vanilla for the background, I love the deep detail this folder gives. The Mixed Bunch Stamp Set and the Blossom Punch are two of my favorite items from the Occasions Mini. I stamped the flower in Wisteria Wonder Ink on Wisteria Wonder Card Stock and punched it out with the Blossom Punch. For the leaves I used the 1 3/8″ Circle Punch and inserted them half in the punch for a second time to make the leaf shape. A 2011-2012 In-Color Designer Printed Brad through the middle creates a great flower. The greeting is from the Messages for Mom Stamp Set, It’s really versatile because it comes with greetings that can be used for a variety of cards. I popped it all up with Stampin’ Dimensionals. My mom also loves butterflies so I added two from the Beautiful Wings Embosslit for a great finish to the card. I hope you like the card as much as my mom did and thanks so much for stopping by!

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Wisteria Wonder and Pear Pizzaz Smooth Card Stock

Ink: Wisteria Wonder Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Set: Messages for Mom and Mixed Bunch Clear Mount

Embellishments: 2011-2012 In-Color Designer Printed Brads

Tools: Big Shot, Elegant Lines Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Beautiful Wings Embosslit, Blossom Punch, 1 3/8″ Circle Punch, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

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Kim’s Enchanted Valentine

Hello everyone! Did everyone have a good weekend? Mine was great! I had a Kids Party in Manhattan yesterday and it was so much fun. Such a talented bunch of kids. Today’s card is a Valentine for an awesome friend and huge supporter of my crafting, Kim. She has been a close friend of mine for along time and I’m so grateful to have her in my life. The base of the card is Very Vanilla. I cut strips of the Everyday Enchantment Designer Series Paper and spaced them on the base. The hearts are from the P.S. I Love You Stamp Set (Occasions Mini) and are stamped in Poppy Parade and punched out with the Full Heart Punch. I choose the greeting from the Sweet Cake Stamp Set (Occasions Mini), stamped it in Poppy Parade and punched it out with the Decorative Label Punch. It’s a simple but elegant card and the perfect card for Kim! I hope you like the card and thanks for visiting, have a great day!

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Very Vanilla Smooth Card Stock

Ink: Poppy Parade Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Sets: P.S. I Love You and Sweet Cake Clear Mount Stamp Sets (Occasion Mini)

Designer Series Paper: Everyday Enchantment (Sale-A-Bration)

Tools: Full Heart Punch, Decorative Label Punch and SNAIL

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Forever Enchanted Hearts

A very good Saturday morning to you all. It’s snowing here on Long Island, as long as it doesn’t stick to anything but the grass it looks pretty! For today’s card I did one that could be a Valentine or for an Anniversary. The base of the card is Pool Party Card Stock. Two strips of Everyday Enchantment Designer Series Paper are placed at the top and bottom. I stamped an image from the Take It To Heart Stamp Set in Peach Parfait and punched it out with the Full Heart Punch. Then I stamped another image from the same set and used my Stamp-a-ma-jig to line up the greeting from the Loving Thoughts Set. The greeting is stamped in Lucky Limeade. I used my Paper Snips to cut out the greeting and then the three pieces were adhered to the card using Stampin’ Dimensionals. It’s a quick and clean card suitable for all kinds of different occasions. Thanks for stopping by and have a great Saturday!

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Very Vanilla and Pool Party Smooth Card Stock

Ink: Lucky Limeade and Peach Parfait Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Sets: Take It To Heart and Loving Thoughts Clear Mount (Occasions Mini)

Designer Series Paper: Everyday Enchantment (Sale-A-Bration)

Tools: Full Heart Punch, Stamp-A-Ma-Jug, Paper Snips, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

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Coffee Cup Valentine Slide Up

Good morning peeps! I hope that everyone is enjoying the weekend. It’s nice and sunny here on Long Island today. I have little Abbygail’s 1st birthday party later on. I made the invitations for the party and you can see them here: http://jkcards.wordpress.com/2012/01/04/abbys-first-birthday/. I love looking at all of the other Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator blogs and the great ideas that they have. Today’s card was inspired by Becky over at Inking Idaho (http://www.inkingidaho.blogspot.com/). I used some Whisper White, Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake and Real Red Card Stock. The base of the card is made by cutting a piece of card stock to 4″ x 10″ and scoring it at 5″. You then put it in your paper cutter and measure in on the closed end 1/2″ and cut up to the open end on a diagonal on both sides. I adhered the two sides together with some Sticky Strip and then took some Crumb Cake cut to 4″ x 2″ and ran it through the Paper Crimper. It was then adhered to the front of the card about 1 1/2″ from the bottom and the excess was trimmed off. The lid is made using a piece of card stock that is 4 1/4″ x 1 1/4″ the 1/4″  at the top is trimmed off the long way and the corners are rounded with the 3/16″ Corner Rounder. The 1/4″ strip is adhered to the middle to give it the coffee cup lid look. A piece of Early Espresso Card Stock cut to 3″ x 5″ and angled the same way as the “cup” was adhered to the back of the lid and slid inside. The heart from the P.S. I Love You Stamp Set was stamped in Real Red Ink and then I used the Hearts Collection Framelits to cut it out. Pairing it with the Fashionable Hearts Embosslit from the Occasions Mini with Real Red Card Stock and some Real Red 5/8″ Grosgrain Ribbon from the Clearance Rack (no longer available) to embellish the front. I am a big Starbucks fan so I love this card. You could adhere some Whisper White to the Early Espresso so you could write on the inside or leave it as is and just adhere a gift card to it! Thank so much for stopping by and have a great day!

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Whisper White, Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake and Real Red Smooth Card Stock

Ink: Real Red Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Sets: P.S. I Love You Clear Mount (2012 Occasions Mini)

Embellishments: Real Red 5/8″ Grosgrain Ribbon (Retired)

Tools: Big Shot, Hearts Collection Framelits Dies, Fashionable Hearts Embosslit, Paper Crimper, Sticky Strip, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

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Sale-A-Bration Workshop

Good Thursday morning to everyone! One more day until the weekend! A wonderful friend of mine, Isabella, hosted a Workshop at her beautiful apartment in Manhattan yesterday. She had eight of her friends join us for a fun filled afternoon of card making. We made three cards, a Valentine’s Day card, a mini Valentine’s Day card and a Birthday gift tag. The Valentine’s Day card uses Pretty In Pink and Whisper White Card Stock and some Riding Hood Red Ink. The cupid is from the P.S. I Love You Stamp Set and was punched out using the 1 3/4″ Circle Punch and then it was backed by the 2 3/8″ Scallop Circle and popped up on some Stampin’ Dimensionals. The Perfect Polkadots Textured Impressions Embossing folder makes for a fun backdrop and we used the Scallop Edge Punch for a little added detail. The little hearts are from the Candy Conversations Wood Mount Stamp and they were punched out using the Small Heart Punch. I find that using the Word Window Punch to punch out your sentiment makes lining it up a little easier and it fits perfectly on the Modern Label Punch.

For the mini Valentine’s Card we used some Naturals White and Riding Hood Red Card Stock with some Elegant Eggplant Ink. I love the way the Petal Card Punch looks like a tiny envelope if you leave one of the flaps open. The hearts are from the I {Heart} Hearts Stamp Set and they were also punched out using the Small Heart Punch. For the final touch, the sentiment is from the P.S. I Love You stamp Set.

Last but not least is the Birthday tag. A nice quick project using Lucky Limeade and Very Vanilla Card Stock, some Poppy Parade Ink and a small piece of the Everyday Enchantment Designer Series Paper from Sale-A-Bration. The cute little birthday bear os from the Host(ess) Set Tagtastic. We used to the Decorative Label Punch to punch it out and it’s finished!

Everyone had a great time and it was so nice to meet everyone. I hope that we can do it again soon!

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Cards Tock: Pretty In Pink, Whisper White, Riding Hood Red, Very Vanilla and Lucky Limeade Smooth Card Stock

Ink: Riding Hood Red, Elegant Eggplant and Poppy Parade Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Sets: P.S. I Love You, I {Heart} Hearts and Tagtastic Clear Mount and Candy Conversations Wood Mount

Designer Series Paper: Everyday Enchantment (Sale-A-Bration)

Tools: Big Shot, Perfect Polkadots Textured Impressions Embossing, 2 3/8″ Scallop Circle Punch, 1 3/4″ Circle Punch, Small Heart Punch, Modern Label Punch, Word Window Punch, Decorative Label Punch, Petal Card Double Punch, Sticky Strip, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

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Valentine’s Mini Card Box

Happy Sunday everyone! I hope that everyone had a great weekend and is enjoying today. I’m listening to Winston, my dog snore sleeping on the bed. 🙂 For today’s project I was inspired by my good friend Sandy’s Valentine’s box post earlier in the week (www.stampwithsandy.com). She is so talented and clever and the set that she designed is beautiful. Mine is a little less complicated and would work great for some Valentine’s for the kids. I used some Cherry Cobbler, Chocolate Chip and Very Vanilla Card Stock, sounds like such a yummy combination! The box was made using Sandy’s tutorial with the Simply Scored. The top has a piece of Very Vanilla that I ran through the Big Shot using the Texturz Plates Backgrounds 1. I’m really liking these for the subtle effect that they produce. The stamped heart is from the Take It To Heart Set in the Occasions Mini and was cut out using the Hearts Collection Framelits Dies and mounted on a Chocolate Chip heart cut out the same way. The sentiment was punched out with the Word Window Punch and backed by another stamp from the P.S. I Love You set and then punched out with the Modern Label Punch. For the cards inside use stamps also from the P.S. I Love You set and were punched out with the 1 3/8″ and 1″ Circle Punches and popped up on a Stampin’ Dimensional. I ran some Cherry Cobbler through the Big Shot with the hearts from the Adorning Accents Textured Impressions Embossing Folders. The Chocolate Chip heart was punched out with the Heart To Heart Punch. Some Mini Square Envelopes complete the project. Thanks for coming by and enjoy the rest of your day!

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler and Chocolate Chip Smooth Card Stock

Ink: Cherry Cobbler and Chocolate Chip Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Sets: P.S. I Love You and Take It To Heart Clear Mount

Tools: Big Shot, Texturz Plates Backgrounds 1, Adorning Accents Textured Impressions Embossing Folders, 1 3/8″ and 1″ Circle Punches, Modern Label Punch, Word Window Punch, Heart To Heart Punch, Hearts Collection Framelits Dies, Simply Scored, Sticky Strip, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

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Mojo 224

Good morning all. I hope that everyone’s Monday was good. For this weeks Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge I finally got away from my blue and brown! I went with Very Vanilla, Rich Razzleberry, Early Espresso and Pretty in Pink.

The P.S. I Love You Stamp Set in the Occasion Mini Catalog is the perfect Valentine’s Day set. There are so many great images and phrases. I stamped the Cupid in Rich Razzleberry Ink on some Pretty in Pink Card Stock and punched him out with the 1 3/4″ Circle Punch. He was then mounted on a die cut from the Perfect Pennants Bigz Die in Early Espresso. The Love You is stamped in Early Espresso Ink and punched out with the 1″ Circle Punch. I added a brad from the Brights Collection and popped it up on a Stampin’ Dimensional. A little Very Vanilla flag punched with the 1″ Square Punch (for the flag end) and some more Stampin’ Dimensionals finish off the greeting. I ran some Pretty in Pink Card Stock through the Big Shot and used the Texturz Plates Backgrounds 1 large polkadots to coordinate with the Brights Stack Designer Series Paper I used on the background. The Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch and the Early Espresso flag punched with the 1 1/4″ Square Punch on the end completes the card. Thanks so much for stopping by and enjoy your day!

Stampin’ Up! supplies used:

Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Rich Razzleberry, Early Espresso and Pretty in Pink Smooth Card Stock

Designer Series Paper: Brights Stack

Ink: Rich Razzleberry and Early Espresso Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Set: P.S. I Love You Clear Mount

Embellishments: Brights Collection 3/16″ Brads

Tools: Big Shot, Texturz Plates Backgrounds 1, Perfect Pennants Bigs Die, 1 3/4″ Circle, 1″ Circle Punch, 1 1/4″ Square Punch, 1″ Square Punch, Dotted Scallop Border Punch, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

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Mojo 223

Good morning everyone! I hope that everyone is having a good week. For this week’s Mojo Monday sketch I went with a Valentine’s card. This week’s sketch is also one of my favorites so far.

I used some of the Love Letters Designer Series Paper from the Clearance Rack. I think it goes quite nicely with one the flowers from the Mixed Bunch Stamp Set in the new Occasions Mini Catalog. The flower is stamped in Riding Hood Red and punched out with the Blossom Punch. I also punched one out in Chocolate Chip to put behind it. I love the P.S. I Love You Stamp Set, there are so many great sayings and images. I especially love the stamp that goes with the Modern Label Punch. I used my Stamp-a-ma-jig to line up the greeting for perfect placement. The 1 3/4″ Scallop Circle Punch makes a perfect backdrop for the cute circle of hearts punched out with the 1 3/8″ Circle Punch. The 1″ Circle punch works great with the Hand Crafted Stamp and I used some dimensionals for a little pop. I am also liking the Vintage Wallpaper Textured Impressions Embossing Folder that I used some Crumb Cake Card Stock with it to break up the color a little. The decorative Label Punch is the perfect little addition to the the bottom of the polkadot paper. For the lower background I coordinated with the Perfect Polkadots Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. The perfect finishing touch, some 1/4″ Very Vanilla Grosgrain Ribbon. I hope that you like this weeks Mojo card and as always, thanks for stopping by. Have a great day!

Stampin’ Up! supplies used:

Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Riding Hood Red, Chocolate Chip and Crumb Cake Smooth Card Stock

Ink: Riding Hood Red and Chocolate Chip Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Sets: P.S. I Love You and Mixed Bunch Clear Mount

Designer Series Paper: Love Letters (Clearance Rack item, may not be available)

Ribbon: Very Vanilla 1/4″ Grosgrain

Tools: Big Shot, Perfect Polkadots Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Vintage Wallpaper Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Blossom Punch, Decorative Label Punch, Modern Label Punch, 1 3/4″ Scallop Circle Punch, 1 3/8″ Circle Punch, 1″ Circle Punch, 3/4″ Circle Punch, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

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