Father's Day Card

Here is a card that I made for my husband for Father's Day. I used the Totally Tool stamp set with Crumb Cake card stock (formerly Kraft), and soft suede ribbon. It's always difficult to make a "masculine card" but I think this tool belt fits the bill! This card is cased right out of the new catalog - I just changed it up a little.

I used the paper piercer and mat pack to make it look like stitching around pockets and also used a loop of ribbon to hold the hammer. Different color cardstock for the tools' handles help to make them more realistic.

And the matching envelope!

Have a great weekend!

Circle Card

You know the scallop square die cut for the Big Shot? Well, there is a round scallop die cut too! For this card, I folded a piece of cardstock (Lovely Lilac) in half and ran through on the die but put the fold slightly below the edge of the die cut. This results in a round scallop card that opens! I ran a small piece of Crushed Curry through to put on the side of the card, this also hides the fold on the top of the card.

I put one of the popular pansies on this card (see previous post for details) and added some leaves from the Little Leaves embosslit. This would make a nice summer birthday card!

Here is a picture of the card open. Club members - we will be making this next Monday!

Baskets and Blooms

This little basket was cut from felt using the Basket and Blooms die cut and then sewn together. It's really a cute little size, perfect for a small candy bar or treat of some sort. Just add an embellishment and you have a perfect little gift. This idea came from bloggerland too.

I just sewed together the two pieces of the basket and blooms die cut and clipped the two bottom corners. This will make the inside less bulky in the corners.

I'm not enthused about this color combination but I just used what I had to try it out. I'll have to use fuscia next (my favorite color!)

Elements of Style

This is one of the most popular stamp sets right now, Elements of Style. If you look at SCS there are hundreds of posts using this set. I cased this idea for the 3x3 set and the stamped butterfly from DOstamping with Dawn. These images are soooo easy to color in. Just take a lighter color marker and color it in, the shading from the image does the real work. If you look closely, you can see that I spritzed it with vanilla Smooch Spritz. It's shinier in real life.

For this one I used the Butterfly die cut for the Big Shot and then stamped on the butterfly. Very simple but classy.

And the matching envelope! I didn't color the envelope in but maybe I should....? It just looked so nice in black and white too. Leave me a comment and let me know - black and white or color it in ??

Here's the set together. Hmmm....maybe the black and white flap needs a little color....?

Here I changed up the color and added the bird (with a dimentional underneath) from the same stamp set. His eye is a tiny half pearl. The swirlies in the background are from this set too. This is really the must have set from Stampin' Up's Summer mini!

Here's the After pictures!

Now we just need to add some steps, flowers, and landscaping!

Sorry - I know these posts have nothing to do with stamping but now you know why I haven't stamped in a couple of days! I'll have a couple new stamping projects to post soon!

I'm SO Excited!

We are getting the cement poured today for our new patio! In the UGLY "before" pictures below, you can see the old deck and walkway that we tore out.

This is how it looks now, waiting for the cement to be poured this afternoon. Can't wait!!

Embossed Envelope

I've gotten a couple of questions regarding how Stephanie and I did the embossing on the envelope for the wedding card. I'll try to give you more pictures and details to explain. The above picture shows how I slid the folder into the envelope, with the folder on both sides of the envelope flap.

Above is the other side (front) of the envelope. You want to make sure that you have the top of the folder on the front of the envelope or your image will be "pushed in" rather than be a raised design.
If you see the black writing on the embossing folder on top (Sizzix, SU) - you're good.

Then, the last important tip that Stephanie figured out is that if you crank it only about 3/4 of the way through and then back it out of the big Shot, you won't get "the crinkles" on the bottom of the envelope. Look closely at the above picture, when you can just see that little black square that says Stampin' Up! in the upper right corner, STOP, and reverse the crank to back out.

And Viola!! you have a beautifully embossed envelope worthy of a special wedding card.

I hope this makes sense and helps you in your future embossing projects! Have fun!!