Birthday Gnomie

This is my favorite of the 4 cards that I made using the Gnome Sweet Gnome set. This little gnome is ready to party! With all those sweets behind her, who wouldn't be? I colored her in with markers. I tried some of the marker layering but I'm not sure it worked real well. Anyway, she's still a sweet little card. My youngest daughter, Belle has already used this card for a birthday party that she had been invited too! I guess she thought it was cute!

Stamps: Gnome Sweet Gnome, Short & Sweet
Ink: Wisteria Wonder, Basic Gray
Cardstock: Wisteria Wonder, Calypso Coral, Whisper White
Accessories: Markers: Lucky Limeade, Wisteria Wonder, Calypso Coral, Pool Party, 
Indigo Island, So Saffron, Wisteria Wonder baker's twine, Sweet Shop DSP

I hope you enjoyed seeing my gnome cards. I had lots of fun making them. I may have to make a few more just because I can!

Happy Stampin'!

Shelley

Baby Gnomie

I wanted to show my club that you don't have to color everything in to make it look good! That's how this card started out. I inked up the D acrylic block with Baja Breeze and stamped using the block. I did this again and stamped again leaving the ink in the block shape on the cardstock. I stamped the baby gnome with Indigo Island. I like the way this turned out with the block stamping. Very simple (would make a good workshop card) but still effective!

Stamps: Gnome Sweet Gnome, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Cardstock: Pear Pizzazz, Island Indigo, Whisper White

Ink: Baja Breeze, Island Indigo, Pear Pizzazz

Accessories: Twitterpated DSP, Perfect Polka Dot embossing folder, Acrylic block D

One more gnome card tomorrow. That one is my favorite which is why I saved it for the end. Come back and see it!

Happy Stampin'!

Shelley

 

Gnomie in Red

 This is my gnomie in red. Every time I think of this gnomie in red the song The Lady in Red plays through my head! Weird, I know! I found this Youtube video so you to can have this song now stuck in your head!

Anyway, my gnomie in red is not my favorite of the gnome cards that I made. I like the layout but something just feels like it's missing.

Stamps: Gnome Sweet Gnome, Gnomenclature

Ink: Basic Gray, Riding Hood Red

Cardstock: Basic Gray, Riding Hood Red, Blushing Bride, Whisper White

Accessories: Decorative label punch, scallop circle punch, 1 3/8" circle

punch, Twitterpated DSP, Riding Hood Red pleated ribbon

So what do you think? At least I used a set that I really didn't think would see ink in my house! (I bought Gnomenclature after my club issued the challenge of creating 4 cards with the gnomes! Pretty cheap set too.)

Happy Stampin'!

Shelley

Hangin' With My Gnomies

The ladies in my club found out that many demonstrators for Stampin' Up! received the gnome set for free free and they wanted me to make 4 cards using this set. (We got this set by rising above the challenge that home office set before us! Yeah!) I have to admit, that I would NOT have purchased this set on my own but free is free! Because it's not a set that speaks to me, I was a little nervous about this challenge from my club! So I started this challenge with a sketch (I'm not sure which sketch this is as I don't have my sketch book with me!) and started to layout all the pieces. 

This was the first card.

Stamps: Gnome Sweet Gnome, Gnomenclature

Ink: Basic Gray, Pear Pizzaazz, Island Indigo, Riding Hood Red, Blushing Bride, Baja Breeze

Cardstock: Island Indigo, Baja Breeze, Blushing Bride, Whisper White

Accessories: Aquapainter, Modern label punch,  Word Window punch, Riding Hood Red pleated ribbon, Twitterpated DSP, dimensionals

I wasn't sure how much I liked the first one, so I created another and added a layer of Indigo Island under the ribbon and moved the phrase to the top of the card.

Stamps: Gnome Sweet Gnome, Gnomenclature

Ink: Basic Gray, Pear Pizzaazz, Island Indigo, Riding Hood Red, Blushing Bride, Baja Breeze

Cardstock: Island Indigo, Baja Breeze, Blushing Bride, Whisper White

Accessories: Aquapainter, Modern label punch,  Word Window punch, Riding Hood Red pleated ribbon, Twitterpated DSP, dimensionals

So what do you think? I will be sharing the other 3 cards this week, I hope!

Happy Stampin'!

Shelley

 

Love is in the Air

I ordered the Love Letterpress plate when it was on clearance in December. I just didn't understand how to use them but I thought I'd give it a try. (Discounted price can be a great incentive to give something a try we might not want to otherwise!) Admittedly I have only used it this one time! I guess I just found myself a challenge!

First I stamped the hearts with Pretty in Pink ink. Then I inked up the plate with Basic Black ink and ran the cardstock through the Big Shot on the plate. The plate leaves an impression as well as the ink on the cardstock. Really kind of neat! The heart is punched from the Silver Glimmer paper. I'm loving that stuff too!

Stamps: I {Heart} Hearts

Cardstock: Basic Black, Whisper White

Ink: Pretty in Pink, Basic Black

Accessories: Full Heart punch, Pretty in Pink satin ribbon, Rhinestones

Happy Stampin'!

Shelley

Little Girl's Birthday!

This is my last swap from the birthday card swap that I participated in. This one is for a little girl and I chose to use the Build a Bear stamp set. I love the little guy and girl that come in this set! They are just too cute! I love all the texture on this card. The 3 background colors all have been run through the Big Shot with different embossing folders. The bear is watercolored and I'm not the best at that. Still learning how to perfect that technique.

Stamps: Beary Best Friends, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Ink: Black Stazon, Daffodil Delight, Tempting Turquoise, Regal Rose, Soft Suede

Cardstock: Daffodil Delight, Tempting Turquoise, Regal Rose, Basic Black, Whisper White

Accessories: Modern Label punch, Word Window punch, Petals a Plenty, Square 

Lattice and Vintage Wallpaper embossing folders, Boho Blossoms punch, dimensionals

This is one of the cards that we will be creating at Chick & Chocolate: Birthday Bash on Friday, April 13. Call or email today to reserve your spot!

Happy Stampin'!

Shelley

The 6 P's!

Another of my birthday card swaps. This one is a feminine card. These are much easier for me to create! Abi (my oldest daughter, 14 years old) helped me pick out the colors. When she pulled these out, I admit I was a little befuddled! I really wasn't sure how to use them together.

 Not sure if you can see it but the Perfect Plum is sprayed with Platinum shimmer paint mixed with alcohol. The panel in the middle is Whisper White cardstock that was sponged with Pink Pirouette and Pumpkin Pie before stamping the flowers in Perfect plum.

Stamps: Upsy Daisy

Ink: Pumpkin Pie, Pink Pirouette, Perfect Plum

Cardstock: Perfect Plum, Pumpkin Pie, Pink Pirouette, Whisper White

Accessories: Large oval punch, scallop oval punch, scallop trim border punch, Whisper White 

grosgrain ribbon, sponges, Petals a Plenty embossing folder, Platinum shimmer paint

As I'm typing this in, I realized that all the colors have PP names! Now that's alliteration for you!

Happy Stampin'

Shelley

 

Birthday Wolf

I LOVE swaps! Especially with my friends over on Stampin' Addicts! I get the best swaps from them! We did another swap for Birthday cards. I signed up for a masculine card (and a few others!). I'm sure I'm not alone when I say that I struggle to make masculine cards. I love ribbon and other girly things way too much! This is the card that I created for the swap. Abi helped me pick out the colors. It's pretty simple, it could be used as a workshop card.

Stamps: Nature Silhouettes, Teeny Tiny Wishes, Woodgrain

Ink: Night of Navy, Chocolate Chip

Cardstock: Cherry Cobbler, Chocolate Chip, Night of Navy, Very Vanilla

Accessories:  Ticket corner punch, curly label punch, 1/16" handheld punch, silver brads

I will be posting the other birthday cards that I created for this swap over the next couple of days! Stay tuned and 

Happy Stampin!

Shelley

February Christmas Cards

As I did last year, I joined a group on Stampin' Addicts to help me get my Christmas cards done before they need to be mailed in December! Each month we have committed to making a certain amount of cards so that we have them all done and ready to be mailed come the Christmas season. We do this for 11 months and December we mail/give out all the wonderful creations that we made throughout the year.

Here are my February cards. This is the group picture of the 10 that I made. Last year I made 16 each month and had WAY more than I needed, so I cut back a little bit.

And a close up of one of the cards.

Stamps: Tidings of  Joy, Woodgrain

Ink: Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Soft Suede

Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Very Vanilla

Accessories: Victoria Crochet trim, Soft Suede taffeta ribbon, 

2-way glue, Dazzling Diamonds, sponges, aqua painter

Just in case you are wondering, I did my cards in January too! I had several cards that were cut and leftover from classes in November and December so I just put them together. You have already seen these cards on previous posts! You can join us with getting your cards done early! Come over to Stampin' Addicts and join in!

Happy Stampin'!

Shelley

Vintage Thank You!

I had several workshops and online orders in January. I decided to make some Thank you notes for my customers. I made 30 of these and could use several more! What a blessing to have that many orders! 

This card uses several items from Sale-a-bration. The paper is that GORGEOUS Everyday Enchantment DSP that you can earn for free! The image that is stamped in Poppy Parade is from the stamp set Fresh Vintage. This stamp set is also a Sale-a-bration exclusive. That means that you can only get it with a $50 order from Stampin' Up! You can go to my website and order HERE if you don't have a demo.

 

Stamps: Fresh Vintage, Thank You Kindly

Ink: Basic Black, Poppy Parade

Cardstock: Whisper White

Accessories: Poppy Parade ribbon, Everyday Enchantment DSP

 Keep watching! I will be sharing more with this paper, stamp set and the other items that you can get for FREE! I still have some dates available for a Girls Night Out! Let's book your night to get together with your friends!

Happy Stampin'!

Shelley