Card of the Day - More Wood Anniversaries!

Hello and welcome back! I mentioned about a month ago that I had several 5th anniversaries coming up this summer, so today's card is for the next one - my nephew and his wife. Their wedding invitation 5 years ago had a similar theme, which I tried to copy on their wedding card, which you can see HERE.

I was inspired by the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches, and chose 4 different patterns from the retired Wood Textures DSP Stack to create the main panel of the card. I alternated the direction of the grain to add interest. The first panel I made I also used an embossing folder on, but didn't like the look at all.

The jar and wire bale were stamped in Versamark on vellum and embossed with black and silver powder, respectively. The fireflies were stamped in Versamark on Early Espresso and embossed with gold powder. I used my Delicata Golden Glitz ink refill to paint the lights on the fireflies.

 The sentiment is also stamped in Versamark on Early Espresso, embossed with gold powder, and die cut with a label from the Field Tiles Dies.

Here's the inspiration sketch.

Thanks for stopping by, and happy stamping!

--Cindi

Supplies used (all Stampin' Up!):

Stamp sets - Jar of Love, Many Mates

Paper - Crumb Cake and Early Espresso cardstock; Vellum Cardstock; Wood Textures DSP Stack

Ink/Coloring Tools - Versamark, Early Espresso, Balmy Blue, Crumb Cake; Delicata Golden Glitz Ink Refill; Gold Stampin' Dazzle Marker

Accessories - Silver Embossing Powder, Gold Embossing Powder, Black Embossing Powder, Braided Linen Trim

Tools - Big Shot, Everyday Jars Framelits, Field Tiles Dies, Heat Tool, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Stampin' Dimensionals, Mini Stampin' Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots

Swaps for On Stage Live!

Hello and welcome back! It's hard to believe that a week ago I was in Salt Lake City with over 2,000 of my closest friends at On Stage Live! This is the semiannual gathering of Stampin' Up! demonstrators from all over the world, and it's always fun and interesting.

I hadn't originally planned to make any swaps, but I was going through some supplies that I've had in my craft stash for a couple of years and thought it was time to use them up! So without further ado, here's what I brought to Salt Lake City:

This first card is actually a matchbook-style gift card holder. The inside contains two coin envelopes - one to hold the gift card and one to hold a small card you can write a greeting on.

I found this tutorial about 5 years ago and planned to do a class, so I ordered the coin envelopes on eBay. But I never held the class and the envelopes have been sitting on my shelf ever since, so I decided it was time to use them.

Supplies used:

Stamp set - Jar of Love
Paper - Perfect Plum, Lemon Lime Twist, Smoky Slate, and Whisper White Cardstock
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black, Perfect Plum, Versamark, Lemon Lime Twist Stampin' Write Marker
Accessories - Clear Wink of Stella, Gold Embossing Powder, coin envelopes, Lemon Lime Twist 1/2" Finely Woven Ribbon
Tools - Simply Scored, Big Shot, Heat Tool, Everyday Jars Framelits, 1/8" Handheld Punch, 1-1/4" Circle Punch, SNAIL, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Stampin' Dimensionals

These are the card fronts I made for general swapping:

These cards have an identical layout, as you can see, but I used four different color combinations. 

Fresh Fig/Blushing Bride

Tranquil Tide/Calypso Coral

Lemon Lime Twist/Night of Navy

Berry Burst/Pool Party

I wouldn't have predicted it, but the most popular color combination was the Fresh Fig/Blushing Bride combo.

Supplies used:

Stamp set - All Things Thanks

Paper - Color Cardstock as noted above, Whisper White cardstock, Fresh Florals DSP

Ink - Fresh Fig, Tranquil Tide, Night of Navy, Berry Burst

Accessories - Finely Woven Ribbon in Fresh Fig, Tranquil Tide, Lemon Lime Twist, and Berry Burst

Tools - Big Shot, Stitched Shapes Framelits, Starburst Punch, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Stampin' Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots

I also had some sticky note pads and mini gel pens left over from a church retreat craft project a couple of years ago, so I made a little something for some of my closer friends and roommates.

I had originally planned to do some die cutting with the Quilt Builder Framelits, but when I looked closer at the Christmas Quilt DSP, I realized it would be much easier to just use that! I don't remember where I found the original instructions, but here is a tutorial that is virtually identical.

Supplies used:

Paper - Garden Green, Real Red, Whisper White, and Lemon Lime Twist Cardstock, Christmas Quilt 6 x 6 DSP Stack

Accessories - 3 x 3 sticky note pads, mini gel pens (from Staples)

Tools - Big Shot, Quilt Top TIEF, Tear & Tape, Multipurpose Liquid Glue

Finally, I also included another item in my roommates' gift bags:

I got this idea from Kelea Nevis on the Demonstrator Planning Place page on Facebook. She made coasters for all the women in her church for Mothers' Day - what an undertaking! I had made a couple of these earlier in the summer and they seemed to work out fine, so I thought I'd do a couple for my roomies! The only problem I had with these was that the Sharpies didn't seem to last long when I was coloring. I'm not sure if they're old, or if it was just an issue with using them on the rough surface of the coaster.

Supplies used:

Stamp set - Crafting Forever

Ink - Basic Black Archival

Accessories - coasters (from Dollar Tree), Sharpie fine point markers

Well, that's it for now! I'm looking forward to next November's On Stage Live in Orlando, where Stampin' Up! will celebrate its 30th anniversary! That should be quite a party!

Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!

--Cindi

PP 359 - Best Fishes!

Hello and welcome back! Today's card is for the challenge at The Paper Players. 

And here is my card:

I've only inked up this stamp set once, but for some reason today, that goldfish called out to me! I'll be using this card as a belated birthday greeting, so I wanted to make the fish look like a gift sitting on a tabletop. The clouds in the background could be the sky or wallpaper. 

I created the piece for the sentiment by stamping "Best Fishes" and punching it out with the end of the new Everyday Label Punch, and then turning the piece around and punching it again to get the smaller shape. The "tablecloth" has been "blinged up" with some Wink of Stella. You can sort of see it in the photo below. It's really tricky to photograph Wink of Stella, but it adds so much to a card.

That's it for today -  thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!

--Cindi



Supplies used (all Stampin' Up!):

Stamp set - Jar of Love
Paper - Soft Sky, Whisper White, and Rose Red cardstock, Whisper White Thick Cardstock
Ink - Pool Party, Tangerine Tango, Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories - Tangerine Tango bakers twine (retired), Clear Wink of Stella
Tools - Big Shot, Everyday Jars Framelits, Ovals Collection Framelits (retired), Everyday Label Punch, Cloudy Day TIEF (retired), Sparkle TIEF, Stampin' Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots, SNAIL, Fine-Tip Glue Pen

CYCI #126 - Die Cut Challenge

Hello and welcome back! It's been way too long since I posted. There's been lots of stuff going on in my personal life, and I feel like my mojo was gone for awhile, but I'm back with a special wedding card for my nephew who is getting married this weekend. After I made the card, I realized that it is perfect for the challenge this week at Can You Case It. 

This week is a die challenge, and I've used a few of them on this card. First, here is a photo of the wedding invitation that provided the inspiration:

And here is the card:

As soon as I saw the invitation, I knew that the new Jar of Love stamp set and matching framelits would be perfect for this card. Unfortunately, I don't own them, but my upline does, and was gracious enough to let me borrow them. Thanks, Laura! :)

For the card base, I pulled out some retired Baked Brown Sugar cardstock, and used it for all the other elements as well. The branches, jar, and holder are all stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black, and the sentiment and fireflies were stamped with Versamark and heat embossed with white powder. I used a chalk marker to add the dots, and the edges of the card front and the added elements are sponged with Baked Brown Sugar ink.

I also heat embossed the inside sentiment and added a few more fireflies. I used the Envelope Punch Board to make an envelope using the retired Baked Brown Sugar backgrounds DSP.

I think this card really reflects the inspiration of the invitation, don't you?

I'm looking forward to the wedding this weekend, and I hope my nephew and his bride-to-be like the card. I hope you like it too!

Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!

--Cindi

Supplies used:
Jar of Love stamp set - 141587
Happy Happenings stamp set - 139381
Baked Brown Sugar cardstock - retired
Memento Tuxedo Black ink pad - 132708
Versamark ink pad - 102283
Baked Brown Sugar ink pad - retired 
White Stampin' Emboss Powder - 109132
Heat Tool - 129053
Stampin' Sponges - 141337
Everyday Jars Framelits - 141490
Big Shot - 143263
Magnetic Platform - 130658
Basic Black Baker's Twine - 134576
White Stampin' Chalk Marker - 132133
Stampin' Dimensionals - 104430
Multipurpose Liquid Glue - 110755