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May
27
Au Chocolat Father’s Day Card
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Okay, this definately lacks a WOW factor, but it is a quick use of the Designer Series papers “Au Chocolat” for my Grads & Dads themed Stamp a Stack of Stuff class this month.
I am not a dots and stripes person, but I absolutely love the paisleys and other “flourish” style designs on this “Chocolate Chip” and Vanilla printed papers.
So, the card is half decorative paper and the other half (on the vanilla) is stamped in Chocolate Chip ink and colored very lightly with Creamy Caramel ink.
It definately needed a larger/different embellishment than the simple use of a hodgepodge hardware shown with some taupe grosgrain but my mind was blank at the time.
I had tried to sponge the edges but it looked better “clean” (take my word on that).
May
24
Graduation Card - Redux
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Okay, so not so different from the one I posted yesterday, but I will say that I will miss “Tassle Time” because of all of the coordinating images.
It is killing me not to be able to see the new catalog… I really can’t wait!
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May
23
Graduation Card…
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I designed this last year and was thinking of passing it off again at my May “Stamp a Stack” but I’ve decided that I won’t be lazy, I’ll come up with another one for tomorrow night!
This is made from the soon to be retiring set “Tassle Time” in Bravo Burgundy & More Mustard. The “hat” is two squares and some magic with a pop dot and the tassle is our black hemp and a strategically placed glue dot held into the center by a black brad.
I am trying to improve the WOW factor of my photographs and am still experimenting.
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May
21
Leaf Folio
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Here is another “teaser” for my Stamp a Stack this month. This little folio is a dollar store pad (4/$1) attached to a sheet of 8 1/2 x 11 scored and cut to hold it in a fold over folio.
I love the Autumn Leaf Prints set and am very sorry to see it go!
The paper is Sahara Sand, Artichoke & Vanilla. Inks are Mellow Moss & Artichoke. Some hemp & Hodgepodge Hardware do the trick to accessorize it.
The diagram for cutting this project is on my “Project Gallery” at www.ustamp4fun.com/projectgallery.htm .
May
20
Father’s Day/Masculine Card
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I will be sharing samples from my May “Stamp a Stack of Stuff” this Thursday with the “Dads & Grads” theme. Masculine cards are not always easy to think up with the abundance of beautiful floral sets!
I saw this idea done in a recent magazine and got to thinking that our “Sentimental Journey” Designer Series papers fit PERFECTLY into little “shirts”.
The neck was “notched” out at the top, the collar is two rectangles, the tie is the oval punch and a 1 1/4 inch strip of decorative paper cut at the top and Hodgepodge Hardware completed the look.
This month will feature Dads & Grads (or masculine cards for those whose Dads are no longer with us). My dad passed away September 2004 and I can’t bring myself to “delete” his birthday from my electronic daytimer, makes me a bit sad for the “reminders” two weeks and then one week before, show up, but it is actually harder to just hit “delete”. So, I designed a nice card and well, dad… this one’s for you!
May
15
“Doodle That” Card!
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I LOVE this happy card! It is Cool Caribbean/Pretty In Pink & Black which works very well together. The background is ”doodles” from “Doodle This” in craft white. All other “doodles” and flowers are from the “Doodle That” set.
The words are from Cheery Chat which is also a discontinuing sets that I will miss. I don’t like change, but I am very much looking forward to the new catalog, I don’t think I can wait until June!!!
May
15
Tag You’re It!
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I have been tagged twice now and have a hard time coming up with only 7 blogs and 7 things about me! So, I will share several things about me (READ: more than you want to know…)
I am married going on 21 wonderful years (and all to the same guy!).
I am a “mean mommy” and proud of it. “If you like me, I’m not doing my job” is my motto, so “Darth Mom” is what I will be until they get older (and I start looking wiser)
I am a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator for 11 years and plan to be a demonstrator long after I can see clearly or move my arms. This is entirely possible as the women in my family have been known to live well into their 90’s (their husbands, for some reason, die in their 60’s…)
I have been plagued with recurring choleteatomas (benign tumor in my inner ear). It has caused bone & nerve loss which has in turn caused hearing loss, in my left ear. I will have surgery again this summer (as surgery last fall discovered that the one removed in 2004 had returned and had a friend with it). I went undiagnosed properly for years because I did not have any of the usual symptoms except progressive hearing loss which my ENT decided was “otosclerosis” (aging hearing loss–but in my 30’s???). A different doctor made ALL the difference. Dr. Teixido in Wilmington, DE is “da BOMB”, thanks doc!
He gave me a cool titanium implant to replace bone loss, but I don’t notice better cell phone reception (which I was really hoping for and in fairness to him, he didn’t promise, LOL!). And while I hear better now than before my surgery in 2004, I’ve decided that I was happier when it was quieter (I really don’t want to hear everything my kids are saying).
Blogs I am tagging– yes! I am shamelessly tagging my downline and friends blogs, so shoot me!
7. StampinKub.com - I don’t know this young man, but I love his tutorials and his use of SU products!
May
11
Accents & Elements Accordion Tin
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This is an accordion book made from the Accents & Elements “Little Reminders” stickers and the tin itself! This is another teaser for tomorrows Stamp Festival for those of you who are attending.
This view is the back side of the album which I used the Cool Carribean & Certainly Celery cardstock as the fold out pages. This design used quite a lot of the stickers and I LOVE this tin–once the “belly ring” slips off there is nothing but this fabulous shiny tin that cries for decorating. I made my own “ring” from a 2 x 11 inch piece of cardstock I trimmed from one of the pages and then decorated it with the stickers.
So, how’d I do?
May
8
Petal Prints Bookmark Card
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I mourn the loss of Petal Prints, a wonderfully artistic set, in advance of its retirement in June.
I am hoping that I get a similar one in it’s place and/or a combination of the Petal Prints II set (last year mini catalog) and this set “resurrected”. I can only hope!
The colors are Always Artichoke, Kraft paper, Vintage Violet & Cranberry Crisp–again paper colors that I will miss. I also used the “All About U” set as well.
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May
7
Crab & Co. Diorama Card
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I first saw these “diorama” cards demo’d at leadership, but always thought that it would be a lot of work (and I am LAZY!!!)
Well, I saw this easy Tutorial on Splitcoaststampers.com and THEN in less that a month, saw some awesome samples by Margie Roderer who showed me how easy it was with three strips of paper and I was hooked… I had to try it.
I am pleased with the results done with Crab & Company from the Spring Mini Catalog in Blush Blossom, Bashful Blue & Almost Amethyst. I used sponge daubers and white crafters ink for the sea foam–the inspiration for the color scheme was from an exceptional swapper named Carol Nordquist in MN who did a flat card in these colors with this set. Thank you Carol!
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