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Aug

“Hi Girl Friend” card featuring the Sweet & Sour Specialty DP

Posted: Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 | Comments (14)

This newsletter issue’s card is this fun, bright card featuring the Sweet and Sour Specialty DP. The layout comes from the front cover of the Paper Crafter’s Card Creations Vol. 8 special issue. When I saw the layout and that yummy flower, I immediately knew I just HAD to make one too!

Last week I sent out an email to my email newsletter subscribers offering a free video tutorial on how to make the ribbon flower shown above in exchange for their feedback. I’m now offering you all the same opportunity. I’m working on an exciting new launch of a paper crafting video library called the Paper Crafter’s Library, and I could really use some input. If you click HERE you’ll be taken to my survey page asking you to answer one question. When you answer that question you will receive the free video tutorial for the ribbon flower shown above and you will get put on a first notification list about the new site. As part of this list you will also be entitled to other free, exclusive content.

Here’s how I made the card:

Sponge a 4″ x 5 1/4″ piece of Crumb Cake CS with a stamping sponge and the tea stain distress ink.
Die cut a Top Note die out of Sweet and Sour DP, cut it in half and then stick it along the top half of the Crumb Cake CS piece with SNAIL adhesive.
Lay a 6″ piece of Whisper White grosgrain ribbon across the Crumb Cake CS so that it covers the cut edge of the Top Note. Bring the ends of the ribbon around to the back of the CS and stick them down.
Center and stamp the “hi” greeting below the ribbon, and stamp the “friend” greeting towards the bottom right of the Crumb Cake CS. Use Early Espresso Classic ink and a Stamp-a-ma-jig if necessary.
Create the ribbon flower with the ribbon leaf as directed in the free video tutorial (see intro paragraph) and stick it to the left side of the ribbon with a liquid glue (I used Fabritac).
Ink the chipboard letters with Pumpkin Pie Craft ink, sprinkle on Heat and Stick powder and heat with a heat tool. Sprinkle on orange glitter and then heat once again to set. Stick the letters directly over the ribbon, to the right of the “hi” greeting, with mini glue dots.
Add some orange peel-and stick rhinestone brads to either side of the “friend” greeting. You’re done!

I hope you enjoyed today’s card

Stamps: Fabulous Phrases

Ink: Pumpkin Pie Craft ink, Early Espresso Classic ink

Paper: Pumpkin Pie CS, Crumb Cake CS, Sweet and Sour DP
Accessories: SNAIL adhesive, mini glue dots, paper snips, 5/8″ white grosgrain ribbon, chipboard letters, heat and stick powder, Fine Supernova Glitter, heat tool, 1″ wide double stitched Rose Red ribbon (retired), 5/8″ Old Olive wide grosgrain ribbon, Big Shot, Top Note die

Other Things of Note:

Mini Backpack Scrapbook Album Tutorial
Learn how to make this one-of-a-kind mini backpack-shaped scrapbook album. This 6″ x 8″ album was designed with a unique binder ring system to emulate the look of a binder. With both a boy and girl version, the 18 page layouts and custom-designed, coordinating page elements allow you to capture a snap shot of a child’s life. To purchase the tutorial click HERE.

Calendar & Note Pad Tin – Kit, Tutorial or Calendar & Note Pad refills
Do you ever find yourself scrambling to find something to write on and write with? I sure do…whether I’m home on the phone trying to take a message, or out and about trying to make a note to myself or wanting to check my calendar. If you’re like me then you’ll love my new Calendar & Note Pad tin…it’s portable, durable, small and of course pretty. This project is available in several formats: as a digital tutorial, a class kit by mail, or if you are a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator and want to offer it as a class, you can purchase just the custom-designed calendars and note pads. For more info click here.

Categories : Big Shot, Cards, Chipboard, Friendship, Glitter

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Aug

“So Glad We’re Friends” card with the Flower Fancy Stamp Set

Posted: Thursday, August 12th, 2010 | Comments (24)

The color combination for today’s card actually came off of Stampin’ Up!’s new Color Coach, and it’s definitely not a color combo I would naturally have thought to choose. The colors used are Pink Pirouette, Wild Wasabi and Chocolate Chip. Not that there is anything unusual about pairing green and pink, it’s just that Wild Wasabi is not usually one of my go-to-greens, but toned down with a bit of Whisper White Craft ink…..I really like it!

Here’s how I made this card:

Cut a 4 1/4″ x 11″ piece of Pink Pirouette CS and fold it in half with a bone folder to create a 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ card.
Cut a 3″ x 5 1/2″ piece of Wild Wasabi CS and dry emboss it with the Elegant Lines embossing folder and the Big Shot.
Drag a Whisper White Craft ink pad across the Wild Wasabi CS until you get the desired coverage. Set aside to dry.
Stamp your greeting in Early Espresso Classic ink in the bottom left corner of a 1 3/4″ x 3″ piece of Whisper White CS.
Stick the stamped Whisper White CS piece to the bottom of the embossed Wild Wasabi CS piece.
Center and stick the Wild Wasabi / Whisper White CS piece to a 3 1/4″ x 5 1/4″ piece of Early Espresso CS.
Stick the piece from step 6 onto the Pink Pirouette card front, about 1/4″ away from the right edge.
Stamp the large flower outline from the Flower Fancy stamp set onto a scrap of Pink Pirouette CS in bAsic Black Classic ink.
Using a sponge dauber, sponge some Pretty in Pink pastel onto the petals of the flower.
Cut out the flower as close to the stamped line as possible.
Stamp the flower one more time onto a scrap of Whisper White CS and color only the center of the flower with a yellow Stampin’ Pastel color and a Q-tip. Cut out just the colored flower center and stick it to the center of the pink flower.
Stick 4 small and 2 medium clear rhinestones to the center of the flower.
Stick the flower onto the card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals -so that it covers the seam where the Whisper White CS meets the Wild Wasabi CS, and so that it is centered in betweent the two colors.
Take a 10″ piece of Early Espresso taffeta ribbon and tie it in a bow. Stick it to the left of the flower, with mini glue dots, so that it covers the remainder of the seam between the Wild Wasabi and Whisper White CS. You’re done!

I hope you enjoyed today’s card.

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Stamps: Flower Fancy, Best Yet (retired)
Ink: Basic Black Classic ink, Early Espresso Classic ink
Paper: Whisper White CS, Pink Pirouette CS, Wild Wasabi CS, Early Espresso CS
Accessories: SNAIL adhesive, Stampin’ Dimensionals, mini glue dots, Early Espresso Taffeta ribbon, basic rhinestones, Stampin’ Pastels, sponge daubers

Check out our current and upcoming Classes:

Discover your creativity with the “Artist in You” Online Class. Featuring 20 lessons/tasks/inspiration based around four core themes, this online class will help you take your creativity to the next level. For more details and to register, click HERE.
Date: Sept. 1st – 30th
Early Bird Price: $49.95

Bright colors, bold patterns & a vintage texture create an eye-catching combination that is sure to elicit a “wow” from everyone who sees it. In the Greenhouse Gala Class your customers will create these four gorgeous cards along with a coordinating window card box to gift them in. To purchase the class planner version for Stampin’ Up! demonstrators please click HERE. For the Stamp Class by Email click HERE. You can find more great class planners at thethe Demo to Demo store.

Not sure how to run a workshop, needing a boost or just running out of time? With the Artistic Etchings workshop planner, we take all the tears and fears out of workshop’s for you. To purchase the workshop planner please click HERE. You can find more great workshop planners at thethe Demo to Demo store.

Categories : Cards, Friendship

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Aug

“Love Life” card with the Cottage Garden stamp set and Sunny Garden DP & some winners!

Posted: Monday, August 9th, 2010 | Comments (23)

Today’s card is a fun, bright and cheerful card that I made using Stampin’ Up!’s new Cottage Garden stamp set and Sunny Garden DP. Because the DP was already so patterned, I opted to only use the greeting from the Sunny Garden stamp set, rather than any of the images. There just didn’t seem to be room on the card for them. I also used a very easy but effective background inking technique to try and mute the brightness of the Peach Parfait CS which I had texured with my Big Shot and Square Lattice embossing folder.

Here’s how I made the card:

Take a 4 1/4″ x 11″ piece of Whisper White CS and fold it in half using your bone folder to create your card base.
Cut a 4″ x 5 3/8″ piece of Peach Parfait CS and run it through your Big Shot using the Square Lattice embossing folder. The embossing with this particular folder will cause the CS to shrink so that it should now measure approx 4″ x 5 1/4″. If it’s not quite there, then trim it so that it measures 4″ x 5 1/4″.
Take a Whisper White Craft ink pad and drag it across the embossed Peach Parfait CS. You want the coverage to be kind of patchy. Let dry.
Sponge the edges of the inked Peach Parfait CS with Poppy Parade Classic ink and a stamping sponge.
Center and stick a 1 1/2″ x 4 1/8″ strip of Poppy Parade patterned DP (from the Sunny Garden DP collection) along the top edge of a 3″ x 4 1/4″ piece of Poppy Parade CS.
Center and stick a 1 1/2″ x 4 1/8″ strip of the floral patterned DP along the bottom edge of the 3″ x 4 1/4″ piece of Poppy Parade CS.
Lay a 5 1/4″ piece of Poppy Parade ribbon across the seam of the DP. Bring the ends of the ribbon around to the back of the DP and stick them down using SNAIL adhesive.
Center and stick the matted DP piece to the card front.
Stamp the greeting from the Cottage Garden stamp set in Basic Black Classic ink onto a scrap of Whisper White CS. Punch it out with the wide oval punch.
Sponge around the edge of the greeting using a sponge dauber and Poppy Parade Classic ink.
Stick the greeting over the ribbon, on the matted DP piece, towards the right edge, with a couple of Stampin’ Dimensionals.
Thread three coordinating buttons with white embroidery floss and stick them to the card front as shown in the picture above, with mini glue dots. You’re done!

Okay, and now onto the winners of the Greenhouse Gala Class and the Artistic Etchings workshop planner. As promised we drew the names for 5 lucky winners who will receive BOTH the Greenhouse Gala Class AND the Artistic Etchings workshop planner. To claim your prize, be sure to email me at andrea@sunnystampin.com. In subject line please put August blog winner. Drumroll please….

1. Jerri Ann Holdaway
August 3rd, 2010 at 7:27 pm
I would so love to win! Your projects are always so wonderful and useful! Pick me! Pick me! LOL Great job!

2. Roberta Smith
August 3rd, 2010 at 7:51 pm
Looks great! I didn’t like the Greenhouse Gala DSP at first. Then I saw the tote from Convention and fell in love with it. Thanks for the chance to win! You and Sophie do great work and I don’t know what I would do without you two. Thanks for sharing.

3. Tina Lockhart
August 3rd, 2010 at 7:52 pm
Both planners look absolutely amazing. I love how you always create cool boxes/packages for the beautiful cards and I can’t decide which planner I like better. I love, love the Greenhouse Gala DP set and the sneak peaks of the Artistic Etchings planner look simply gorgeous. As always – phenomenal job ladies!

4, Mary Jemes
August 3rd, 2010 at 9:59 pm
I want it, I want it. Please pick me. This is so cute and so beautiful. Thanks for giving us a chance to win.
Mary

4. Ellie
August 3rd, 2010 at 9:09 pm
I would love to be able to win this as I am trying to revive my SU biz as its holding on by some threads and I really feel this class would give it a wonderful boost & push I really would love right now

If you’re name wasn’t drawn, we still have another give-away going on and that is for the Artist in You online class. So be sure to click HERE and leave a comment if you haven’t already done so. Winners for that class will be drawn on Wednesday.

I hope you enjoyed today’s card.

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Stamps: Cottage Garden
Ink: Basic Black, Poppy Parade Classic inks, Whisper White Craft ink
Paper: Whisper White CS, Peach Parfait CS, Poppy Parade CS, Sunny Garden DP
Accessories: SNAIL adhesive, mini glue dots, white embroidery floss (non-Stampin’ Up!), peach colored button (non-Stampin’ Up!), Brights Designer Buttons, Button Latte (now retired), Poppy Parade stitched poly-ribbon, sponge dauber, stamping sponges

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Categories : Big Shot, Blog Give-Aways, Buttons, Cards, Friendship

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Jul

I Chair-ish Your Friendship – A card with the Have a Seat stamp set & Love Letter DP

Posted: Thursday, July 29th, 2010 | Comments (14)

Whew! What a week. I think I’m definitely going to need a vacation from my vacation LOL. We’ve had a very busy, but fun week. Monday we took the kids to the beach at Fitzroy Harbor, Tuesday we went to the market in downtown Ottawa, yesterday we spent the day at Upper Canada Village, and today we’re headed to Lac Philippe – our annual beach/bbq trip. When I’m back home next week I’ll be sure to post a few pictures of our various excursions with you.

Today’s card is a very simple card with one of my favourite new sets in the Catalogue, called Have a Seat. Here’s how I made my card:

Take a 4 1/4″ x 11″ piece of Crumb Cake CS and fold it in half with a bone folder o create a 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ card.
Distress the edges of a 4″ x 3 3/4″ piece of Chocolate Chip CS and a 3 3/4″ x 5″ piece of Love Letter DP. Use your scissor blade to really rough up the edges.
Stamp three chairs in Chocolate Chip Classic ink onto a 2 1/2″ x 4″ piece of Very Vanilla CS. The three chairs are from the Have a Seat stamp set.
Stamp the greeting beneath the images. This greeting is one from Papertrey as we didn’t have any coordinating “chair” greetings. I also liked how the type font went with the rustic look of the chairs. I think it was from the “On the Couch” set.
Sponge the edges of the Very Vanilla CS with Tim Holtz Antique Linen Distress ink and an ink applicator tool. I just got my distressing kit from SU this week, so I’m looking forward to seeing how that works when I get back.
Distress the edges of the Very Vanilla CS with your scissors. Punch half of a 1/2″ circle out of the right side of the Very Vanilla CS – slightly below the middle.
Center and stick the Very Vanilla CS onto a distressed piece of 2 3/4″ x 4 1/4″ piece of Chocolate Chip CS.
Stick a folded piece of Chocolate Chip grosgrain ribbon at the back of the Chocolate Chip CS using a mini glue dot. Position it so that it is level with the punched half circle.
Pierce a hole through the center of the 1/2″ circle – so that it goes through the Chocolate Chip CS and through the folded ribbon.
Insert a Vintage Brad through the hole and open up the prongs at the back.
Center and stick the matted image piece to the card front. You’re done!

I hope you enjoyed today’s card.

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Stamps: Have a Seat, On My Couch (Papertrey ink)
Ink: Chocolate Chip Classic ink, Tim Holtz Antique Linen Distress ink (Ranger)
Paper: Crumb Cake CS, Chocolate Chip CS, Very Vanilla CS, Love Letter DP
Accessories: paper snips, SNAIL adhesive, vintage brads, Chocolate Chip Grosgrain Ribbon (now retired), mini glue dots, ink applicator tool (Ranger)

Categories : Cards, Friendship

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Jul

Vintage Vogue Friendship Card

Posted: Tuesday, July 13th, 2010 | Comments (14)

I have to tell you, I've been on pins and needles for the last two days! My order from the new Stampin' Up! catalogue is due to arrive today, YAY! For the last few weeks, it's been a real struggle creating. I've felt uninspired by the old stuff, not to mention so much of it is retired, and I've felt so limited by the pre-order stuff. After all, I can't keep showing cards made with the same stamp sets and same DP's day after day can I *wink*?


As I anxiously await the delivery of my order I decided to pull out one of my favourite retired patterned paper collections (Cottage Wall DP) and pair it with the Vintage Vogue stamp set (which is in the new catalogue).  I also added some stitching to my card with my little Janome Sew Mini (LOVE that little machine...it's just perfect for cards). I CASED the design of this card from Jennifer McGuire (love her stuff!).  You can see her card HERE. Here's how I made my card:


Take a 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" piece of Pale Plum CS and fold it in half with your bone folder to create a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" card.


Center and stick a 4 1/8" x 5 3/8" piece of Rich Razzleberry CS onto the Pale Plum card front.


You will now need a 4" x 5 1/4" piece of Crumb Cake CS (formerly called Kraft CS).  Stick a 1" x 5 1/4" strip of DP onto the Crumb Cake CS piece - align it so that the right edge of the DP is 2 1/2" in from the left edge of the card.


Take a 1 1/2" x 5 1/4" piece of polka dotted DP and overlap the plum DP, leaving about 1/2" of the plum DP showing.


Using a sewing machine and white thread, sew a zig zag stitch along the left edge of the olive polka dotted DP.  Lay a 6 1/2" piece of Old Olive taffeta ribbon (from the Mistletoe collection which was in the Holiday Mini Catalogue I believe and is now retired) across the olive polka dotted DP, about 1/4" in from the right edge of the DP.  Stitch a straight stitch down the center of the ribbon.  Bring the ends of the ribbon around to the back of the DP and stick them down.


Sew a straight stitch down the plum DP closer to the right edge of the DP.


Center and stick the Crumb Cake CS piece with the stitched DP onto the Rich Razzleberry CS using SNAIL adhesive. Set aside for a moment.


Cut a 1 7/8" x 3" piece of Whisper White CS and sponge the edges with Old Olive Classic ink and a wedge of Stamping Sponge.  


Take the vine stamp from the Vintage Vogue stamp set and ink it up in Old Olive Classic ink.  Stamp it off once onto your grid paper and then stamp it onto the Whisper White CS piece.


Ink up the "F" stamp with Rich Razzleberry Classic ink, and stamp it off once onto your scrap paper.  Stamp the "F" onto a scrap of Whisper White CS.  Cut it out.  As you cut it out, carefully cut around the friend image so that you can use this separately.


Stick the cut out "F" to the stamped Whisper White CS piece with Stampin' Dimensionals.


Mat the Whisper White CS piece to a 2" x 3 1/8" piece of Rich Razzleberry CS, and then center and stick this onto a 2 1/2" x 3 1/4" piece of Pale Plum CS.


Stick the "friend" tab that you cut in step 10 to the right of the matted Whisper White image piece.


Stick the matted image piece to the Crumb Cake CS about 1/4" from the left edge and a 1/2" down from the top edge of the Crumb Cake CS.


Stick three tiny lavender rhinestones to the vine image.  Stick three medium lavender rhinestones, one on top of each other, just below the matted image piece, close to the right edge of the plum DP.  You're done!


Whew!  Lots of typing for this one!  Well I hope you enjoyed today's card.  Next card I make for you will be with BRAND NEW STUFF!  Woohoo!

Stamps: Vintage Vogue
Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive Classic inks
Paper: Pale Plum CS (retired), Rich Razzlebery CS, Whisper White CS, Cottage Wall DP (retired)
Accessories: paper snips, SNAIL adhesive, Stampin’ Dimensionals, taffeta ribbon from Mistletoe collection (retired), Stamping Sponges; Non-Stampin’ Up!: peel ‘n stick lavender rhinestones, Janome Sew Mini sewing machine, white thread.