Stampin Up Happy Watercolor stamp set is perfect for a Tent Card

I resisted buying the Happy Watercolor stamp set because I have so many flowers.  Surely I didn't need another set of flowers.  Then there was an article in Stampin' Success, the magazine for demonstrators, which showcased this set with a Baked Brown Sugar and Coastal Cabana color scheme, flowers colored with the new chalk marker, and gold embossed doilies.  That was it, I had to have it!!  A few days later when I ordered supplies for my Sale-A-Bration workshop, this stamp set found it's way into my order!    I used ideas from the article to come up with my own projects with the goal of designing a WOW card that would not take too long.

My first idea was a Tent Card,  but it was too time consuming for the amount of time and number of people.  I love the card, so here it is.  I will show the final project tomorrow.

 This photo shows the side view and how you look through the frame to see the image.

Stampin' Up Supplies:
Stamp Set: Happy Watercolor
Cardstock: Coastal Cabana, Baked Brown Sugar
Accessories:  Paper Doily, Gold Baker's Twine, In Color Boutique Details, Versamark Ink Pad and Gold Embossing Powder, Decorative Dots Embossing Folder (2014 Sale-A-Bration), Circle Framelits

I am so sad to see the Decorative Dots Textured Impressions Folder go away when Sale-A-Bration ends.  It has been one of my all time favorites. 

Rubber Hugs,

Happy Pi Day!

My brother and his wife are Math Professors at Auburn University so I made these card for Pi Day which is celebrated March 14th. 

I used the Auburn University school colors - navy blue and orange. 
The first card is a base of Midnight Muse, a layer of Gold Foil paper, and letters cut from Tangerine Tango with the Sizzix Typeset Alphabet Bigz dies.

The second card base is Cantaloupe Crisp.  The printed paper is from Stampin' Up's Soho Subway Designer Series Paper.  I actually meant to cut the numbers from Cantaloupe Crisp but grabbed the wrong paper and didn't have time to redo it!  But at least I got the Auburn School colors...

Christmas CountDown Frame featuring Stampin' Up 25 and Counting My Digital Studio Download - the 25 days of Christmas cards Part Two

Here is Part 2 of the 25 and Counting Christmas Cards I promised:

 

And now the best one of them all - "The Reason for the Season" -

Phyllis Strickland

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Christmas CountDown Frame featuring Stampin' Up 25 and Counting My Digital Studio Download - the 25 days of Christmas cards

I can't believe it is so long since I promised to post the 25 and Counting cards I made for the Christmas Countdown Advent Calendar.  I scheduled Day 1 to Day 13 to post today; Day 14 to Day 25 will follow later today.

I used the 25 and Counting Digital Studio download and layered them with punches, die cuts, glimmer paper and Designer Paper and embellished them with Rhinestones, Candy Dots,  Dazzling Diamonds and Dazzling Details.

 

 

Phyllis Strickland

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Christmas CountDown Frame featuring Stampin' Up 25 and Counting My Digital Studio Download

I didn't have time to post Christmas projects this year, but now is the time to start gifts for Christmas 2014!  I intended to make a number of these, but completed only one.  I made this as the December Gift Swap for the Stampin' Divas.

I bought the frames at IKEA, my favorite place to shop for household items of all kinds.  This is based on a tutorial that was part of my December 2013 subscription at Craft Project Central.  I had to improvise because the binder ring method the designer used was not at all feasible for the frame I chose.  All in all this was a fun but time consuming project as I had to improvise a number of things for one reason or another.

I used the 25 and Counting My Digital Studio Download to print each of the CountDown Days and then featured it on a 2-1/2 x 3-1/2" card.  I added ribbon to the cards to hang them from the "knob" on the Christmas CountDown frame.

I made a little box to hold the cards when they are not in use. 

I will post the Count Down cards during the next couple days.

Supplies:
Images:  25 and Counting My Digital Studio Download 
Designer Paper:   Season of Style Designer Series Paper (2013 Christmas Catalog, but still available as a download); Designer Series Paper Stack.
Accessories:  Silver Glimmer Paper, Silver Foil Paper, Apothecary Accents Framelits, Designer Rosette Bigz XL Die, Very Vintage Buttons, Basic Rhinestones, Linen Thread, Bakers Twine, various paper punches

Phyllis Strickland
My Stampin' Up! site:  pstrickland.stampinup.net
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Stampin' Up Mixed Bunch stamp set is great for a Christmas card!

Mixed Bunch stamp set is one of those versatile sets than can be used for any and all occasions and any season.  All you need to do is choose suitable colors, ribbons and embellishments for the occasion or season.

My sister, Sandy Wilt, sent this Christmas card last year.  Gumball Green, Raspberry Ripple, White Embossing Powder and Stitched Satin Ribbon transformed this image into a beautiful Christmas card.

Mixed Bunch Christmas card

Stampin' Up! products used to make this card. 

Mixed Bunch - Clear-Mount Stamp 125537

Blossom Punch 125603  (Matching Punch)

 White Stampin' Emboss Powder 109132

Raspberry Ripple 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon126845

2012-2014 In Color 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock 126838

 If you are making a lot of cards you may want to purchase solid packs Gumball Green 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock 126840 and Raspberry Ripple 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock 126842

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Stampin' Up! Everyday Occasions Cardmaking Kit - a real deal!

Everyday Occasions Cardmaking Kit (134797) by Stampin' Up!I

(Sorry, somehow this post did not get published so it is out of order.)

I was not impressed when I saw the flyer for this kit, but that all changed when I had an opportunity to use this kit to make samples for a friend's class.  This kit will be on my next Stampin' Up! order, because it is lots of fun and the cards really come alive in real life!  Add the fact that it is a great deal because it includes a terrific greetings stamp set (at least $14.95 value), two ink spots (Basic Gray and Island Indigo) ($2.00 each/$4.00), and a clear acrylic block to hold the stamps ($5.00). Those are conservative $ amounts that total $24.00 for items that can be used over and over.  In reality it costs only $5.95 or less for supplies and you will get more than enough to make 20 cards.  All you need to have on hand is a scissors, adhesive and glue dots. Stampin' Up has made that easy,too, by offering a bundle which includes these necessities - Everyday Occasions Cardmaking Kit Bundle (137497) which you can see at the end of the post.

This post will show you the kit, and the next post will show the cards I made.  (Actually the one below this)

This is what you get in the Everyday Occasions Cardmaking Kit. The first photo shows the 5 sheets of die cuts, die cut silver glimmer paper, die cut white card stock, doilies, and some precut printed cardstock for layering. I missed the twine, buttons, Arrow shaped cute clips, and Stampin' Dimensionals - you can see part of that in the upper left corner.

 Here are the 20 card bases and the envelopes

 The bundle includes the Everyday Cardmaking Kit (135877), Snail adhesive, Mini Glue Dots and Paper Snips 

I will be back with the samples! (Actually, they got posted first!!)