Archive for Thank you
Sweet Pea Designer Series Paper Stack Card
Posted: Thursday, February 18th, 2010 | Comments
Today I wanted to share a card with you that is so unbelievably simple, yet oh-so-cute. This is literally a 5 minute card. The thing that I love the most is that it uses a designer paper pattern as its focal point. This double-sided designer paper (the reverse side the plaid orange that you see) comes from Stampin’ Up!’s Sweet Pea Designer Series Paper Stack.
You can download the handout on how to make the card HERE. The handout includes a full supply list and written directions (including dimensions) – it’s easy to print and pop into you inspiration book.
Directions:
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Take a 4 ¼” x 11” piece of Pumpkin Pie CS and fold it in half with your bone folder to create a 4 ¼” x 5 ½” card.
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Take a 4 ⅛” x 5 ⅜” piece of Chocolate Chip CS and dry emboss it using the Perfect Polka dots textured impressions folder and your Big Shot.
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Center and stick a 3 ¼” x 4 ½” piece of the flower pattern paper shown onto a 3 ⅜” x 4 ⅝” piece of Sahara Sand CS.
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Center and stick the matted DP piece onto a 3 ½” x 4 ¾” piece of Pumpkin Pie CS.
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Center and stick the Pumpkin Pie CS piece onto the dry embossed Chocolate Chip CS.
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Stamp your greeting onto a ½” strip of Whisper White CS (make sure the length is about 5”). You want there to be about a 1” space to the left of the greeting.
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Trim the right side of the greeting in a fish tail using your paper snips.
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Curl the greeting strip with the barrel of a pen or pencil.
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Position the greeting onto the card front and stick down the left edge with Snail and the right edge with a mini glue dot, leaving a bit of the curl in the center.
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Place the Chocolate Chip CS piece onto a foam mat. Pierce a hole through the greeting strip using a paper-piercing tool (in between the left edge of the Chocolate Chip CS and the left edge of the greeting).
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Insert a small Corduroy Pumpkin Pie brad and open up the prongs on the back.
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Center and stick the Chocolate Chip CS piece onto the Pumpkin Pie card front. You’re done!
I hope you enjoyed today’s project.
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Ink: Chocolate Chip Classic ink
Paper: Whisper White CS, Chocolate Chip CS, Sahara Sand CS, Pumpkin Pie CS, Sweet Pea Designer Series Paper Stack*
Accessories: Snail adhesive, mini glue dots, Big Shot, Perfect Polka Dots Impressions Folder,* paper-piercing tool, mat pack, bone folder
Papercrafts Magazine Go-To Sketch
Posted: Wednesday, February 10th, 2010 | Comments
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Today’s card was totally inspired by the March/April 2010 Papercrafts magazine go-to sketch #1 which was created by Teri Anderson (LOVE her stuff!).
You can download a pdf handout on how this card was made. The pdf include supply list, dimensions and written directions. You can watch a video of how this card was made below:
Directions:
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Take a 4 ¼” x 11” piece of Barely Banana CS and fold it in half with your bone folder to create a 4 ¼” x 5 ½” card.
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Die cut the larger scalloped circle from the Scallop Circle #2 die in Chocolate Chip CS using your Big Shot (the diameter of the circle is about 3 ½”).
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Pierce a hole in the center of each scallop using a paper-piercing tool and foam mat.
Cut a 3 ¼” diameter circle out of Whisper White CS using a circle cutting system (I used the Coluzzle). -
Stamp your greeting onto the Whisper White CS circle in Chocolate Chip classic ink. Use a stamp-a-ma-jig if necessary. Center and stick the Whisper White CS circle onto the Chocolate Chip scalloped circle.
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Stick the scalloped circle onto a 4” x 5 ¼” piece of textured Pretty in Pink CS (center it between the left and right edge and about ¼” down from the top edge).
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Take a 3” high x 3 ¾ wide” piece of Sending Love DP. Trim it on an angle so that the right side of the DP remains at 3” high while the left edge of the DP is about 2 ½” high.
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Center and stick the DP along the bottom of the Pretty in Pink CS piece with Snail adhesive.
Lay a 6” piece of Chocolate Chip Satin ribbon along the top angled edge of the DP. Bring the ends of the ribbon around to the back of the CS and stick them down using Snail adhesive. -
Center and stick the Pretty in Pink CS piece to the Barely Banana card front using Snail adhesive.
Stick the Sweet Pea stitched felt flower, leaves and bud to the bottom right corner of the circle, on the Chocolate Chip Satin ribbon. You’re done!
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Stamps: Full of Life
Ink: Chocolate Chip Classic ink
Paper: Whisper White CS, Barely Banana CS, Chocolate Chip CS, Pretty in Pink Textured CS, Sending Love DP*
Accessories: Snail adhesive, mini glue dots, paper-piercing tool, foam mat, Chocolate Chip Satin Ribbon*, Sweet Pea stitched felt*, Big Shot, Scallop Circle #2 die, Stamp-a-ma-jig, bone folder, Coluzzle Circle cutting system
Glittery Winter Thanks Card
Posted: Monday, November 23rd, 2009 | Comments
Whew! What a week we had last week. As if things weren’t already challenging enough, on Wednesday of last week my computer decided to stop working. Although thankfully I had MOST of what I needed copied onto my external hard drive, somehow – and I have a feeling it was “user” error – the user being me - I lost absolutely ALL the videos I have filmed over the last year. I cried. Yes, it seems silly to cry over videos but we’ve had so many little glitches and problems with computers and shipping and items I’m waiting for on backorder – that this was the straw that broke the camel’s back. When I looked in the mirror this morning, I swear I saw more gray hairs and bigger bags under my eyes *sigh* So I spent a good part of the end of last week and the weekend uploading software to the family computer so that I can use that until my computer is fixed. While I’m relieved to have a back up, now I’m constantly “fighting” with my kids over who gets to use the computer *lol*.
Anyways, onto today’s card. I have to confess, I’m getting pretty tired of Christmas cards since I’ve been making them since September, so today I decided that instead of another Christmas card, I was going to make a winter-themed thank you card. I find that the Christmas Cocoa designer paper is perfect for winter-themed projects – there’s no obvious Christmas “symbols” on the DP – just winter symbols (i.e. snowflakes). Besides, we still have MONTHS of winter left, and it feels silly making spring cards in January and February!
Today’s card was inspired by THIS card of Kristina Werner’s (one of my favorite bloggers). I used her card layout and general design features to create my card, only using all Stampin’ Up! product. I decided to step my card up a little by adding glittery snowflakes using Stampin’ Up!’s Fine Galaxy Glitter and Heat and Stick powder.
You can watch a video on how I made this card below:
Directions:
- Take a 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ piece of Real Red CS and fold it in half using your bone folder. Run your embossing buddy along the bottom 1/2 of the card.
- Randomly stamp the snowflake from the Patterned Pines Level 1 Hostess Set (or you can use the Serene Snowflakes stamp set) onto the bottom of the card front using VersaMark ink.
- Sprinkle Heat and Stick embossing powder onto the stamped snowflakes. Melt the Heat and Stick powder with your heat tool. Quickly sprinkle on the gold fine galaxy glitter onto the Heat and Stick powder. Heat set with your heat tool. Set aside for a moment.
- Take a 3″ x 4″ piece of Whisper White CS and stamp your greeting from the Heard from the Heart stamp set along the top edge of the CS in Soft Suede Classic ink. Round the top two corners of the Whisper White CS piece with your corner rounder punch.
- Stick a 1 1/2″ x 4″ piece of striped Christmas Cocoa DP along the bottom edge of the Whisper White CS. Take a 5″ piece of ribbon and lay it across the seam of the DP. Bring the ends of the ribbon around to the back of the CS and stick them down with Snail adhesive.
- Thread three buttons (2 red and 1 mustard) from the Playground Designer Buttons collection with coordinating slivers of CS. Stick the buttons onto the DP as shown in the picture of the card.
- Center and stick the Whisper White CS piece onto the card front using 5 Stampin’ Dimensionals. You’re done!
I hope you enjoyed this card! Please scroll down to the next post to see the winners of the Everyday Elegance Class.
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Stamps: Patterned Pines Level 1 hostess set (116525), or use Serene Snowflakes (115438), Heard from the Heart (111644)
Ink: Soft Suede Classic ink (115657)
Paper: Whisper White CS (101730), Real Red CS (102482), Christmas Cocoa DP (116770)
Accessories: Bone Folder (102300), Paper snips (103579), Snail adhesive (104332), mini glue dots (103683), Playground Designer Buttons (116313), 5/8″ Real Red Grosgrain Ribbon (109052), Fine Galaxy Glitter (114286), Heat and Stick powder (100625), heat tool (100005)
Nouveau Chic Thank You & the winner of the EZ View Desktop
Posted: Tuesday, July 21st, 2009 | Comments
If you’ve been a blog reader of mine for any length of time then you’ll notice that today’s card is totally not my usual style of stamping. It evolved as a result of Stampin’ Up!’s new Lattice Big Shot die. The first thing I did when I pulled it out is die cut it out in Basic Black CS because I wanted to see what it would look like. As I was looking at it, it struck me that it would probably go well with the Nouveau Chic designer paper. So, out came the paper. I tried all sorts of different combos with different stamp sets using it as a background and a border until it finally occurred to me that it’s very striking on it’s own – that’s when I decided to use the Lattice itself as the focal point of the card. There’s really not much to the rest of the card – once I decided on the design it was all a matter of layering.
Instructions:
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Mat a 5″ x 5″ piece of Nouveau Chic DP onto a 5 1/8″ x 5 1/8″ piece of Basic Black CS.
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Pierce a hole in the four corners of the DP with a paper-piercing tool and foam mat. insert a black brad into each hole.
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Mat the DP onto a 5 1/4″ x 5 1/4″ textured Sage Shadow card front (created out of a 5 1/4″ x 10 1/2″ piece of textured Sage Shadow CS folded in half).
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Die cut the lattice out of Basic Black CS using the Big Shot. Center and stick it onto a 3 1/2″ x 3 1/2″ piece of Sage Shadow CS. Mat the Sage Shadow CS onto a 3 3/4″ x 3 3/4″ piece of Basic Black CS.
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Pierce holes where desired on the lattice and insert a small clear rhinestone brad into each hole.
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Center and stick the matted lattice onto the card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
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Stamp the greeting onto a piece of Going Gray CS. Punch it out with the Modern Label punch. Sponge the edges with Basic Gray Classic ink.
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Shape the label so that it curves outwards at the center and then mount onto your card using mini glue dots. You’re done!
Okay, and now onto the winner of the EZ view desktop. I want to thank all of you for for your enthusiasm in entering the draw to win this fantastic product from the Original Scrapbox. Drumroll please…..and the winner is Katy Bayard!
I’m totally drooling over their products. The desk is wonderful, but I also love The ScrapMaBob.
Here is my blog post about it: http://onyxstamps.com/2009/07/craft-area-organization/
Thanks for sharing this!
Not only did Katy post about this give-away on her blog but it looks like she told a bunch of her friends who came and left comments and some of whom posted about the contest on THEIR blogs. That means that according to the rules of the contest Katy got a bunch of extra entries. So congratulations Katy! Please email me at andrea@sunnystampin.com – put EZ view desktop in the subject line. Inside your email please let me know your full shipping address, phone number and which color your would like – the black or the vanilla.
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Stamps: Thank You Kindly (111700)
Inks: Basic Black Classic ink (101179), Basic Gray Classic ink (109120)
Paper: Nouveau Chic DP (115670), Basic Black CS (102851), Going Gray CS (108588), Sage Shadow Textured CS (108695)
Accessories: Mat Pack (105826), Paper-Piercing Tool (116631), Bone Folder (102300), Snail Adhesive (104332), Big Shot (113439), Stampin’ Up! Lattice (115958), Modern Label Punch (116630), Clear Rhinestone Brads (113144), Vintage Brads (109109), Stamping Sponge (101610), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Mini Glue Dots (103683)
Melon Mambo Thanks & some Secret Comment Patrol Winners!
Posted: Monday, July 6th, 2009 | Comments
Over the last few posts I’ve slowly been working my way through the In Colors looking for combinations that tone them down a bit. Today’s In Color combination is one that I think is slowly becoming my favorite – Melon Mambo and Pretty in Pink. It’s funny because with Stampin’ Up!’s last In Colors, once Pink Pirouette was released I almost never touched Pretty in Pink. I just loved the paleness of the Pink Pirouette, especially in comparison to Pretty in Pink. Now that Stampin’ Up!’s new In Colors have been released I find that by pairing Melon Mambo – a bright and intense color – with Pretty in Pink, it makes the Pretty in Pink seem paler than it really is.
Today’s card is a very simple one which was designed based on the DP. I had to laugh when I read the comment below that was left on my last post. I really do use a lot of DP on my cards beause I love the extra interest that they add to the design. So Elissa, I’m back to DP today *lol* and YOU are going to be one of my lucky Secret Comment Patrol winners – so read on to the end of the post to see what you and the others listed at the end of this post won.
Elissa Moise
July 4th, 2009 at 4:21 pm
Andrea, I’m amazed that you made a card without Designer Series Paper! But this one is beautiful–great job with the color combo
Here’s how I made my card:
- Take a 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ piece of Kraft CS and fold it in half using a bone folder. Set aside for a moment.
- You will now need a 3 1/4″ x 4 1/2″ piece of Melon Mambo DP from the Razzleberry Lemonade Collection. Lay a 5 1/2″ piece of Pretty in Pink taffeta ribbon across the bottom of the DP about 1″ up from the bottom of the DP – bring the ends around back and stick them down with Snail adhesive.
- Mat the DP onto a 3 3/8″ x 4 5/8″ piece of Pretty in Pink CS. Take a 4″ piece of Pretty in Pink ribbon and tie it in a half knot (left over right and pull really tight) around the first piece of ribbon. Position the knot towards the right side of the DP.
- Use the Big Shot and Stampin’ Up! Billboard Sizzlet Decorative Strip die and die cut the word “thanks” out of Basic Black CS. Stick the greeting to the DP just above the knot of ribbon with 2-way glue.
- Use the Big Shot and Flower, Daisies #2 die and die cut out a medium daisy from Pretty in Pink CS and a small daisy from Melon Mambo CS. Stick the small flower onto the medium flower with 2-way glue. Center and stick a Stampin’ Dimensionals to the back of the medium daisy. Stick the daisy onto the card so that it overlaps the ribbon.
- Punch out the smallest flower from the Boho Blossoms punch in Pretty and Pink CS. Stick it onto the portion of the Stampin’ Dimensional that shows through the center of the flowers.
- Lay the Melon Mambo DP piece onto a foam mat. Stick the Daisy flowers onto the DP piece so that the flower overlaps the ribbon. Pierce a hole through the center of the flowers with a paper-piercing tool. Insert a large clear rhinestone brad.
- Pierce two holes, one on top of the other in the top left corner of the DP piece – insert two black brads from the Vintage brads collection.
- Mat the Pretty in Pink/Melon Mambo DP piece onto the Kraft card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals. You’re done!
1. Elissa Moise
July 4th, 2009 at 4:21 pm
2. Irene Poe
July 4th, 2009 at 7:31 am
I agree with you about the boldness of the new In Color set. I have grown to love them! The lay out of your card is great because I can see several other stamp sets working well instead of the “Bots” set. This is great!!! Thanks
3. carol marbach (udi)
July 2nd, 2009 at 8:48 am
This flower is stunning!!! i love the color combination of the purple and green together. both of your talents are amazing and i love your blog! xoxo
4. Ellie Augustin
June 28th, 2009 at 7:23 am
Oh I truly do love those colors.. ok a little bias since those are my fav. colors! lol.. BUT WOW beautiful as always!
5. Candyce Mathews
June 24th, 2009 at 8:06 pm
these are so sweet! It amazes me what everyone does with the punches… Love to see all the ideas because I don’t have the ability to think outside the box.
6. Dreena Guptill
June 23rd, 2009 at 7:22 pm
Great interpretation! I have this set and i’m glad to see it used again in different ways. I can’t wait to play with it some more!
7. Rebecce Ednie
June 23rd, 2009 at 7:12 pm
Awww, your DD looks sooo cute! I have two boys so no recitals in my future. Love the card. I need a gymnastics coach card and this layout should do the trick! Thanks for the inspiration.
8. Ann-Marie
June 19th, 2009 at 4:27 pm
Have fun on your date with your husband!! It’s so important to do that. I wish that I had won the class planner, but I’ll keep trying. I’m feeling lucky.
9. Renee
June 19th, 2009 at 11:24 pm
This is the cutest and oh so special punchart fairy one can imagine! My ten year old daughter was spellbound to see this while coming into the room behind me as I read this post, and now she is begging to make some herself. Thank you for this wonderful post!!!
10. Laura Howell
June 17th, 2009 at 7:55 pm
Great card for a guy. I’m sure my brother would like getting this one. I like the cute button you just had to add.
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Paper: Pretty in Pink CS (100459), Basic Black CS (102851), Kraft CS (102125), Razzleberry Lemondae DP (115675)
Accessories: Big Shot (113439), Stampin’ Up! Billboard Sizzlit Decorative Strip Die (114510), Flower, Daisies #2 die (114520), paper snips (103579), Mat Pack (105826), Paper-Piercing Tool (116631), Bone Folder (102300), Snail Adhesive (104332), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), 2-way glue pen (100425), Pretty in Pink Taffeta Ribbon (109067), Clear Rhinestone Brads (113144)
Andrea Walford 
