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Fireworks Celebrate Card

Happy New Year! 

This is my version of fireworks for a New Year's card (or a birthday card or any kind of celebration card)...it was messy but kind of fun to create!   I call it the 'PMS technique' :-)

The 'for you' tab pulls out to reveal a message.  The colors are Tempting Turquoise, Pretty in Pink, Basic Black and Whisper White. 

Thanks for stopping by! 

Karen

Pull Treat Holder

 

This is a very simple little treat holder to make and so much fun to play with...and to give away as well of course. 

It uses a 6" x 6" piece of cardstock (alter the dimensions and score lines if you need it larger or smaller) and is scored at 2 3/4" and again at 5 1/2", fold the scored lines, punch a hole at the top, add a stamped image piece to the front, then add ribbon and your treat and it's done! 

Super easy and super cute!  If you like a visual, check out the video below (it also shows how to emboss the edges of the stamped image... Liz showed me this a few years back...very cool:-)  Thanks for stopping by!

Simple Mini Envelope without a template

 

Just thought I would share with you the cards I finally made for the Operation Quiet Comfort on Splitcoast HERE.  

If you changed the colors and the theme, this would make a great card to send at Christmas as you could put a magnet on the back of the little note to be used as a fridge magnet (liz's idea), or you could put a picture of your family or kids instead of a little note and have that as a fridge magnet.  

This card was Liz's design and I just love it!  If you want the dimensions of the card, check out the other post HERE.  Thanks for stopping by!

 

Happy Birthday Waterfall card

 

My daughter had a birthday to to go last weekend so I decided to make a card for her friend (usually I leave things to the last minute and buy one as I don't have time to make one...isn't that bad!!).  She really likes the waterfall cards so I tried to find my printed instructions and no luck...so I went to my blog and watched my video :-) 

I had some Princess papers from Michaels hanging around and the colors seemed to match Pretty in Pink and Bashful Blue so I cut out a few of the pictures to use as my images. 

 

 

 

 

 For the background I used the a piece of Glossy White and stamped on it with a Stampin Up wheel using Black Stazon, colored some images with a white crayon (crayon resist technique) and then used a sponge to apply the pink and blue ink on top. Took a keenex and buffed where the crayon was to remove any ink and then finished the rest of the card.

If you haven't tried making a waterfall card yet, check out my video HERE as it's much easier than it might seem!

Snowman Soup in a Mug

I have had this mug template for quite awhile and I am not sure who I received it from originally  but the owner's name is on the template, Sherry Graves (I have looked but can't find any info on her).  If you are Sherry or you know her site, let me know and I will post a link.

UPDATE ON THE MUG TEMPLATE:

Through a couple of viewers (thanks Nancy and Becky), I found Sherry and found out that her template must be purchased (it's only a few dollars, very little for a fabulous template!)   

I have since purchased the template for myself but have removed the downloadable template from my site as per her 'Terms of use'.  You can purchase the individual template on her site http://papershapez.com/?page_id=131&category=51 or you can pay a small annual fee and have access to download all the wonderful templates on her site here:  http://stamp-shack.com/.  Check them out, she has some pretty awesome templates! 

Sorry Sherry and everyone for all the confusion...when I saw for personal use on the template, I thought it meant you can share it with others for their personal use as long as you didn't sell it...Duhhh :-)  But a good thing happened out of it as I found a great place for unique templates! 

I used Tempting Turquoise to make my mug and I wheeled on the 'Snow' wheel from Stampin' Up and added dazzling diamonds with a glue pen.

I wrapped 10 mini marshmallows in Saran wrap and added them to a cellophane bag, along with a package of hot chocolate, 3 Hershey kisses and a candy cane and then tied it with a piece of Tempting Turquoise ribbon. 

I printed the Snowman Soup poem on my computer and adhered to a scrap piece of Turquoise left over after cutting out the mug.  I stamped the snowman from Stampin' Up stamp set, Just Celebrate and colored areas with a blender pen and ink from the stamp pad.  You can download the word document as well...there are 3 different Snowman Soup poems on it and the ingredients for it as well.  Thanks for stopping by!   Karen

Snowman Soup ingredients and poems: 

Snowman Soup Poem #2   Was told you’ve been real good this year Always glad to hear it With freezing weather drawing near You’ll need to warm the spirit   So here’s a little Snowman Soup Complete with stirring stick Just add hot water, sip it slow It’s sure to do the trick!

Snowman Soup Poem #3   When the weather outside is frightful, Snowman Soup can be delightful May it warm your spirit and your soul Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow   When you feel a chill or ‘burrrrrr’, Use the Candy cane stick to stir, Add hot water and sip it slow, Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.

Snowman Soup Ingredients                       

 

1 package hot chocolate mix

3 Hershey kisses

10 mini marshmallows

1 candy cane

 

When it’s so cold that

you holler and whoop,

it’s time to bring out

the Snowman Soup!

 

 

 

 

Snowman Soup Poem #1

 

Pour the packet in a mug,

add marshmallows too

and throw in the kisses

that are special just for you.

 

Now add some hot water

and use the cane to stir it.

sip slowly and soon you’ll

feel the warm winter spirit.

 

  

3D Vellum Butterfly

This was another of the great challenges I did at Splitcoast.  I stamped French Script on Whisper White and then stamped the butterfly from Stampin Up's stamp set 'Touch of Nature' on Vellum to lay overtop. I stamped, colored and cut out a butterfly from vellum, bent both wings up and added it with a glue dot.  You probably can't see but I used my stylus to create embossed dots on the black piece by covering the black piece with a dotted piece of old patterned paper and dry embossing on top of fun foam (hope that makes sense :-).  I added some dots to the Amethyst strip using the stamp set 'Polka dots and Paisley', added some ribbon and a bit of silver cord to the strip and stamped 'Wish' from the Small Script set.  The colors are Almost Amethyst, Lovely Lilac, Basic Black, Whisper White and Vellum.  Thanks for looking!

Mini Gift Bag - Make some for Halloween!

This mini gift bag is so easy to make as it just takes a half a sheet of cardstock! 

It's a great little bag to fill with treats for Halloween (thought the black cat might work as a Halloween stamp) or create a different one and add a small gift in it...it would make the perfect gift bag to give the kid's teachers at Christmas.  It would also make a great item to showcase at a workshop and give it (and a little something in it) to the Hostess as a thank you.

 

 

Download the reference guide and template and view the video below.

Reference Guide:  Download ReferenceGuideMiniGiftBag.doc (142.5K)

Downloadable Template (for reference, not meant to be printed and cut out): 

Download MiniGiftBagTemplate.jpg (0.0K)

 

Halloween Inspired Votive Covers

I just love candles but we have cats...and dogs...and little kids...so all my candles sit in the back of a closet.  The great thing is that someone decided to create battery operated candles!!  Hurray!!  I found some at my local Sobey's store and they work great!  With these even if someone happens to knock it over you don't have to worry about the house burning down.

Liz had designed a beautiful Inspired by Nature votive cover (I must say that is my current favorite Stampin' Up! stamp set...for the moment...), so I tried my hand at making one today.  It didn't turn out quite as well as hers did but that's ok :-) 

 

  

I had ordered the Halloween wheel last week with making one of these in mind...so tried it out today...kind of cute :-)  I used Vellum cardstock and the measurements for the larger 'Inspired by Nature' one are 6" x 9 1/2" and the measurements for the smaller Halloween one are 3 1/2" x 8 1/2".  I sponged with Pumpkin Pie and then stamped (and wheeled) with Black Stazon.  Pretty simple but pretty cool!  Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a great day of stamping!

It's pretty simple but if you need a visual of how to do it, check out the quick video below.

 

Easy Mirror Image Flip Card

My husband and I just celebrated our 8th wedding anniversary a few days ago. We met later in life and were actually living in different Provinces at the time but the power of the Internet brought us together through an 'on-line' dating service (we also know five other couples that met and married using the same service).  At the time, the service had a Christian component to it and we had to answer 100 very in-depth questions which was great as you really got to see where someone's heart was at!  I don't know what it's like now as that was quite a few years ago but it was Matchmaker.com for any of you interested.  The internet changes peoples lives for the good and the bad...for us it was very very good.

When making this I was in a hurry (as usual) and made it for him the morning of (as usual) and quickly threw it together for him.  I made the card larger normal and made it a bit of a flip card.  I also used the fast and simple way of making a mirror image or reflection technique as I have tried many ways of doing it (using vellum, etc) and this is the fastest if you want a true reflection.  My husband actually liked the card but was quick to point out that I used two males on the card...yes, I was in too much of a hurry to remove the antlers and figured he wouldn't really look at the card, therefore not notice :-)

The card uses Very Vanilla (or Shimmery White which I made the original one from by accident) which measures 7" x 11" and is scored at 3" and 6".  The pattern paper is cut at 4 7/8" x 7" and the words are embossed on it with white embossing powder.   It's pretty simple but check out the video for the particulars if you like.

Waterfall Card!

 

Many of you have been asking about the waterfall card from the cardmaking montage. 

It is such an awesome card to give someone and it's really quite easy to make, so I want you all to be able to make one! 

In the video I show a few alternatives to cardmaking tools so you should be able to make one as long as you have a ruler, a pencil, a stapler, a knife and a spoon.

Have fun!

To view the video and the downloadable Reference Guide click on WATERFALL CARD.

Magical Hidden Message Card!

 

Thanks for all the input on what kinds of cards you would like to see a video made for. 

The Hidden Message card was a very popular pick.  It was great that even though most of you who wrote didn't know what it was called, you pointed it out on the video montage...so hopefully I picked the correct one :-)  If you haven't seen the video montage you can view it here.

This is a very cool, magical kind of card to make and I'm using my current favorite stamp set 'Inspired by Nature' to make it with.

You will be totally amazed at how easy this card is to make!

To view the video, the card recipe and to download the Reference Guide click on HIDDEN MESSAGE CARD VIDEO.

Marbled Spinner Spider Card!

Today's card is double the fun!  It's a spinner card and it uses the marble technique!  Download the reference guide and view the video below. 

I thought the spider from Stampin' Up's Booglie Eyes stamp set would have been perfect but I didn't have it so I looked in the girls crafting stuff and found some pom poms and googly eyes...

what do you think of him?  I think he's kind of adorable...for a spider :-)

Cardstock

Basic Black  5 1/2" x 8 1/2"  (base)

Pumpkin Pie  3" x 5 1/4"

Whisper White   1 1/2" x 5"  

Basic Black and Pumpkin Pie scraps

Inks:  Black Reinker, Pumpkin Pie stamp pad

Stamps:  All Year Cheer III

Accessories:  Black & White Gingham ribbon

Tools:  1 ¼” Circle punch, 1 3/8” Circle punch, Word Window punch, Glue dots

Extras:  Stamp Container, 3 Marbles, Temporary Adhesive, Stampin’ Dimensionals, 2 Pennies, Black Pom Pom, Googly Eyes

 

 

 

 

 Here is a similar one with the colors reversed and uses silver reinker instead of black.

This would be a fun card to make for a halloween class (of course having a stamp set with a spider would make it much easier).

 

 

 

 

 

 

Download the Reference Guide: DownloadReferenceGuideMarbledSpinnerSpiderCard.doc (312.0K)

Post-it Note Holder

 

I just love this Post-it Note holder.  It's cute, it's quick to make and it's so me.

People that I have worked with for the past twenty years joke constantly with me about my post-it notes as my monitor and work station are absolutely plastered with them...they are my brain on paper, I couldn't live without them :-)

 

 

 

 

This would be a great item to demo at workstops, at a class or just to give someone as a small gift of appreciation or thanks.

To view the video, the card recipe and to download the Reference Guide click on POST IT NOTE VIDEO.