Monthly Archives: February 2020

Double Z-Fold Waterfront Card

It’s Fun Fold Friday with a  Double Z Fold, featuring the Waterfront Photopolymer Stamp Set.

The card has 2 Z-Fold card bases put together to create the card and 2 same size rectangles for the inside and outside for stamping.

Here are the specific for the cards:

  • Z-Fold Card base is 4.25″ x 11″, scored at 2.75″ and 5.5″
    • Designer Series Paper mat for back is 4″ x 5.25″
    • Designer Series Paper for front is 4″ x 2.5″
  • Inside Z-Fold card base is 3″ x 8″,  scored at 2″ and 4″
  • Once the designer paper is adhered, add the smaller Z-Fold card to the base
  • 2 Rectangles about 2.5″ x 3 5/8″, I used a die from Stitched So Sweetly Die set, but you could use your trimmer to cut two or even the Rectangle Stitched Die would work nicely.
  • Finishing touch is Seaside Spray 1/4″ Metallic Ribbon wrapped around the front and a bow added with a mini glue dot.

The inside Whisper White has a simple greeting stamped on the upper left corner so that you can write on the bottom portion if desired, if not, add a piece of Whisper White cut 4″ x 5.25″ to the back of the card base.

Once you have your front Whisper White stamped as desired, add to the front of the card and center the 2nd Whisper White on the inside so that when the card is laying flat they are on top of each other.

Here is a side view of the card. To keep the ribbon from moving a added a little piece of Tear N Tape to the front of the card.

Thank you for taking the time to stop by today, hope this project has inspired you to try paper crafting. Have a great day – Craft On!

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When shopping, please add the Current Code 2VDXNWJK to your order and check demonstrator contact, then I can happily send you a re-useable thank you card. For orders is over $150, please use all of the Host Rewards you’ve earned.  Otherwise, I’d love for you to add your order to the Current Code 2VDXNWJK.

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Quick Simple card

Today I have a quick and simple card for you featuring the Daisy Lane Bundle, which includes the Daisy Lane Cling Mount Stamp Set and Medium Daisy Punch.  The punch coordinates nicely with the Daisy Punch and I’ve used both in the card below.

My card is featuring the color Gorgeous Grape, which is part of the Brights Collection and any color of the collection would work great for this card. Each color collection has a variety of products that all coordinate nicely including card stock, ink pads, designer series paper and markers.

The Brights Color Collection includes the following:

  • Poppy Parade
  • Melon Mambo
  • Flirty Flamingo
  • Mango Melody
  • Daffodil Delight
  • Granny Apple Green
  • Coastal Cabana
  • Bermuda Bay
  • Pacific Point
  • Gorgeous Grape

Specifics for the card:

  • Card base 4.25″ x 11″, scored at 5.5″ for a top folding card
  • Whisper White mat – 4″ x 5.25″ ( i punched out the flowers from this before adding the designer paper)
  • Designer Series Paper mat – 3 7/8″ x 5 1/8″
  • Stitched So Sweetly Die for stamping the greeting
  • Clear Faceted Gems and Glitter Enamel Dots for embellishment

 

So what color would you use for your card like this?  Are you a Brights, Subtles, Regals or Neutrals kind of person?

Thank you for taking the time to stop by today, hope this project has inspired you to try paper crafting. Have a great day – Craft On!

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Ever try the Rubberband Technique?

Hope you had a nice weekend and are ready for the final week of February. I enjoyed my weekend, Friday night spent time with friends I haven’t in a few years, Saturday was manicure and pedicure day – I did the fancy pedicure which is like a facial for your legs and Sunday was a Costco run to use my rewards certificate!

Now lets do some stamping . . .

Today’s card features the Wildly Happy Cling Mount Stamp Set for a baby card. The stamp set is cute with parent/kid animals and cute greetings, there is a Panda, Fox, Elephant and Bunny.  The bamboo looking background of the card features the “rubber band technique”, which I explain below.

Here’s the specifics of the card:

  • Gray Granite Card stock card base
  • Gray Granite Ink for Rubber Band Technique
  • Stitched Rectangle Dies
    • Petal Pink card stock mat
    • Whisper White card stock for stamping with Memento Black Ink
  • Petal Pink 5/8″ Organdy Striped Ribbon

 

If you wondered how a achieved the background on the card , I used the rubber band technique I was reminded about while watching some YouTube video’s the other evening.  What is the rubber band technique you ask? It’s covering a clear acrylic block with a bunch of rubber bands in different directions and sizes (if you have them, I only had one size of rubber bands), pressing the block into an ink pad and then on your card stock.

Here is what the block looked like I used, it’s a “D” size block which is 2 7/8″ x 2 11/16″.

Thank you for taking the time to stop by today, hope this project has inspired you to try paper crafting. Have a great day – Craft On!

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Use 1/4 Sheet Card Stock for your card base

Today I’m sharing a Fun Fold card the features ¼ of a piece of card stock for the card base. This is a fun easy card that lets you decorate with designer series paper, punches, die cuts, the possibilities are endless.

 

The basic for the cards:

  • Card stock card base = 4¼” x 5½”
  • Whisper White Card stock = 4¼” x  9 ¾”, scored at 3¼’ & 6½”
  • Designer Series Paper = 3″ x 4″
  • Fold and burnish the scores
  • Decorate
  • Adhere to the middle of the card base

My first card uses Grapefruit Grove card stock for the base and features products from the Birthday Bonanza Suite, along with a die from the Stitched So Sweetly Die – a must have set in my eyes. The card features all three animals in the Bonanza Buddies Bundle – Lion – Toucan – Koala, party hats, die cut banners and a cute little Pompom on the party hat.

This card, on a Crushed Curry card stock base is using Tropical Oasis Designer Series Paper and the Friend Like You Photopolymer Stamp Set.  Die cut on the front is also from the Stitched So Sweetly Dies. Bring on summer with this card!

Thank you for taking the time to stop by today, hope this project has inspired you to try paper crafting. Have a great day – Craft On!

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When shopping, please add the Current Code 2VDXNWJK to your order and check demonstrator contact, then I can happily send you a re-useable thank you card. For orders is over $150, please use all of the Host Rewards you’ve earned.  Otherwise, I’d love for you to add your order to the Current Code 2VDXNWJK.

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Witty-Cisms & Country Club Suite

Today I’m featuring two stamps from the Witty-Cisms Cling Mount Stamp Set from the 2020 Mini Catalog.

Celebrate all occasions with a witty quip. This one-stop 9 piece craft rubber stamp set includes a range of reasons to celebrate birthday, baby, graduation and retirement. The Witty-cisms Stamp Set includes playful greetings and silly puns. Open line-art images can be colored using a variety of coloring techniques. The image and greeting are arranged on a single stamp making it easy to stamp once to create your project quickly. This stamp set was inspired by Million Sales Achiever Lisa Fast.

My first card is a simple and would work with any of the images in the stamp set, just switch out the Country Club Designer Series Paper to match the image used. For this card I’ve used Thick Whisper White card stock for the base, and mats of Night of Navy card stock with Country Club Designer Series Paper. Layering Circle Dies in Night of Navy and Whisper White for stamping. Memento Black ink was used on all images since I’ve colored them with Stampin’ Blend Markers. Three pieces of Country Club Twine where wrapped around before the stamped image unit was adhered with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

For my second card, I’ve used a Smoky Slate card base and mat.  The mat piece was run through my embossing machine using the Absolutely Argyle 3D Embossing Folder (part of the Country Club Suite). There are additional mats of Basic Black and Crushed Curry Card stock behind the Whisper White with the stamped image that was colored with Stampin’ Blends – combination of Smoky Slate and Basic Black.  Before this unit was attached to the card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals, a piece of Crushed Curry 3/8″ Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon was wrapped around the bottom and tied in a bow!

Thank you for taking the time to stop by today, hope this project has inspired you to try paper crafting. Have a great day – Craft On!

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When shopping, please add the Current Code 2VDXNWJK to your order and check demonstrator contact, then I can happily send you a re-useable thank you card. For orders is over $150, please use all of the Host Rewards you’ve earned.  Otherwise, I’d love for you to add your order to the Current Code 2VDXNWJK.

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Sunday Stamper Projects February 2020

Happy Sunday, it’s the Sunday of the month that my Sunday Stampers meet and I’m sharing the cards we will be making today. I’m featuring two new bundles from the 2020 Mini Catalog and one stamp set and punch from the 2020 Sale-a-bration catalog. I’m showing two samples of the Mountain Air & Bonanza Buddies Bundles!

First is the card using the Mountain Air Bundle – the Whisper White card stock and Night of Navy mat are the same size for both cards so each person can decide if they want a horizontal or vertical layout for their card. The stamp set is a “Reversibles” – one side is a silhouette image and the other side is a detailed image.

 

There are two options using products from the Birthday Bonanza Suite, one has a Grapefruit Grove card stock base and the other a Smoky Slate card base – each driven by the “buddy” picked for the front of the card. I just love the little Pompom’s you can add to the top of the birthday hat!

Here is a side view of the Bonanza Buddies Fun Fold card, which will stand up nicely.

The final card features the Sale-a-Bration products Thoughtful Blooms Photopolymer Stamp set and Small Bloom Punch. Designer paper is also from the Sale-a-Bration brochure, it’s the Lily Impression Designer Series Paper, sometime we just forget about the “other” side of the paper.

Download a copy of the project sheet for this month cards: February 2020 CardsandCraftswithKaren Sunday Stamper Cards

Thank you for taking the time to stop by today, hope this project has inspired you to try paper crafting. Have a great day – Craft On!

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When shopping, please add the Current Code 2VDXNWJK to your order and check demonstrator contact, then I can happily send you a re-useable thank you card. For orders is over $150, please use all of the Host Rewards you’ve earned.  Otherwise, I’d love for you to add your order to the Current Code 2VDXNWJK.

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Happy Valentines Day

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Here is the card I’ve made for my sweetie using the Detailed Hearts Die along with Real Red card stock on a Thick Whisper White card stock base.  Words are from the A Wish for Everything Bundle, die cut in Basic Black and about three layers thick.

Here is a quick and easy treat bag idea using the 3″ x 9″ Printed Gusseted Cello Bags which are part of the Birthday Bonanza Suite. Gift tags are made using the A Wish for Everything Bundle, 2″ Circle and Starburst Punches with Whisper White & Real Red card stock. One bag was filled with treats and tied with a gift tag using the new Whisper White Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon, while the other has a piece of card stock 2 7/8″ x 5 1/2″ scored on the 5 1/2″ side at 1 7/8″ and 3 5/8″ added to the bottom of the bag before being filled and tied off.

 

The A Wish for Everything Bundle includes the A Wish for Everything 38 piece cling mount stamp set and Word Wishes 12 piece die set. The combinations are endless with sentiments for birthday, St. Patrick’s Day, Easter, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day and Halloween just to start. The stamp set has greetings that can be used for the outside and evening coordinating ones for the inside.

Thank you for taking the time to stop by today, hope this project has inspired you to try paper crafting. Have a great day – Craft On!

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Click on any of the images below for more product information and to order directly from my on-line store.

When shopping, please add the Current Code 2VDXNWJK to your order and check demonstrator contact, then I can happily send you a re-useable thank you card. For orders is over $150, please use all of the Host Rewards you’ve earned.  Otherwise, I’d love for you to add your order to the Current Code 2VDXNWJK.

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Thoughtful Blooms

Happy Wednesday, half way through the week!

Today I thought I would share a couple cards made with the Sale-a-bration stamp set Thoughtful Blooms ($50 item) and the coordinating Small Blooms Punch ($100 item). This stamp set is perfect for creating your own backgrounds and even has a three sentiments. It’s a photopolymer stamp with 17 stamps, some are two-step stamping and three of the flowers coordinate with punch.

The card on the right is a Granny Apple Green card stock base with a mat of Early Espresso and Starburst punched image in the same color. Colors for the background include Granny Apple Green, Daffodil Delight and Grapefruit Grove.  Three flowers where stamped in Grapefruit Grove on Daffodil Delight and punch out, they are adhered with a Mini Black Dimensional.  Sentiment was stamped on 2″ circle,  adhered to Starburst, adhered to the Whisper White layer, excess cut off and then adhered to the mat, which is adhered with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

 

 

Here is a close up of the Bermuda Bay card, which is  a 4¼” square.  The Whisper White piece is 4″ x 4″ with a few of the images both first and second generation stamping. When doing this type of background I rotate the paper as I randomly stamp the images, not worrying about overlapping. Sentiment is matted and adhered with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Thank you for taking the time to stop by today, hope this project has inspired you to try paper crafting. Have a great day – Craft On!

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When shopping, please add the Current Code 2VDXNWJK to your order and check demonstrator contact, then I can happily send you a re-useable thank you card. For orders is over $150, please use all of the Host Rewards you’ve earned.  Otherwise, I’d love for you to add your order to the Current Code 2VDXNWJK.

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Left or Right Birthday Bonanza ?

Do you like your cards to open to the right or left?  With this card layout you can’t go wrong, you can open it either way.

To get started I picked a piece of 12″ x 12″ Birthday Bonanza Designer Series Paper and made sure the images where facing upward when I cut two pieces 5½” x 12″. Each pieces is scored at 2 ¾” and 5½”, just fill one over before scoring.  The inside of each is the same – mat of Terracotta Tile 4″ x 5¼” with Whisper White (3¾” x 5″) for stamping – balloons on the bottom corner that shows and sentiment on the top left or right section.

“Left Side” card opening front with Bermuda Bay tag (adhered with Stampin’ Dimensionals on both cards), Mango Melody banner, Terracotta Tile Starburst and cute little Koala in Smoky Slate with a Bermuda Bay party hat and PomPom.  Both tags have a Daffodil Delight ¼’ Ruched Ribbon hanger.

“Left Side” inside card:

“Right Side” open card has a Bermuda Bay tag with the Lion stamped and die cut. Sentiment is stamped on a Whisper White Stitched Rectangle Die Cut. Lion is stamped in Daffodil Delight and Cajun Craze with a Memento Black stamped face.

 

Inside of the “Right Side” card:

Thank you for taking the time to stop by today, hope this project has inspired you to try paper crafting. Have a great day – Craft On!

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#SimpleStamping

Today I thought I would share a #simplestamping card layout that can be used for both masculine or feminine cards and works with many different stamp sets.

What is #simplestamping you ask? It’s simply  stamps + ink + paper.

The layout for all four cards is the same:

  •  Card base card stock and ink are the same color
  • Mat – 3 3/8″ x 4 3/8″ and ink in the same color that coordinates with the card base color
  • Whisper White for stamping – 3¼” x 4¼”
  • For s stepped up version, on scrap Whisper White, stamp, die cut image and add to card with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Here are two idea’s for masculine cards, just change the greeting to match the occasion and don’t forget to stamp on the inside!

The first card uses the Sailing Home stamp set along with Blueberry Bushel and Lovely Lipstick.

Second card is using the Clubhouse Stamp set along with Crumb Cake and Mossy Meadow.

Here are two versions for the ladies.

Dressed to Impressed stamp set is matched with Rococo Rose and Blackberry Bliss.

The final card sample is using To A Wild Rose with Mango Melody and Granny Apple Green.

Thank you for taking the time to stop by today, hope this project has inspired you to try paper crafting. Have a great day – Craft On!

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DSP Vertical Base Card Base

Todays card is a vertical card using the same dimensions as the horizontal card my Sunday stampers made last month, this time using the Clubhouse Bundle and Country Club Designer Series Paper.

  • Piece of Designer Series Paper cut 4″ x 12″ and scored on the 12″ side at 1″ and 6.5″

For this card, I’m going vertical, not horizontal!

To get started I stamped the golfer and ball with tee using Memento Black ink on Whisper White card stock then colored in the images using Night of Navy, Poppy Parade, Ivory and Soft Suede Stampin’ Blends. Once the images where colored they where die cut with their coordinating dies. I also die cut six grass clumps in Shaded Spruce. Next I cut and scored the designer paper and decided on the placement of the golfer and golf ball on a piece of Whisper White cut to 3.25″ x 4.25″ and tucked behind the 1″ piece folded up. First I added the Whisper White to the front of the card, used Black Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals on the corners to adhere up the 1″ fold, then added the grass with liquid glue. Once all the grass was in place I added an additional mini dimensional to the center. Happy Birthday was stamped in Night of Navy.

 

For the inside of the card I used Poppy Parade card stock cut at 3.5″ x 5″ for the mat and Whisper White card stock cut at 3.25″ x 4.5″ for stamping the inside greeting using Night of Navy ink.  I’ve also added two Silver Foil golf clubs with liquid glue.

Thank you for taking the time to stop by today, hope this project has inspired you to try paper crafting. Have a great day – Craft On!

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When shopping, please add the Current Code 2VDXNWJK to your order and check demonstrator contact, then I can happily send you a re-useable thank you card. For orders is over $150, please use all of the Host Rewards you’ve earned.  Otherwise, I’d love for you to add your order to the Current Code 2VDXNWJK.

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Coordination Product Release!

Good morning, today is the Coordination Product Release from Stampin’ Up!

This is the perfect opportunity to purchase products that coordinate with our favorite products from the January – June 2020 Mini Catalog along with Sale-a-Bration.  These items are only available for a limited time or while supplies last.

Here is the Stampin’ Up! video created by Brian to explain and show the products.

 

 

Download your copies of the brochures below:

Thank you for taking the time to stop by today, hope this project has inspired you to try paper crafting. Have a great day – Craft On!

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When shopping, please add the Current Code 2VDXNWJK to your order and check demonstrator contact, then I can happily send you a re-useable thank you card. For orders is over $150, please use all of the Host Rewards you’ve earned.  Otherwise, I’d love for you to add your order to the Current Code 2VDXNWJK.

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Stampin’ Up! Product Video’s

Just in case you aren’t into the Super Bowl today, I thought you might like to check out some of the Stampin’ Up! video’s from the new 2020 Mini Catalog!

First we will start with the Peaceful Poppies Suite which includes two bundles, designer paper and additional items!

 

 

Next is the Best Dressed Suite, which has the cutest purchase die, along with shoes, lipstick, perfume and other images and greetings.

 

 

 

Next is the Birthday Bonanza Designer Series Paper, part of the Birthday Bonanza Suite with the cutest Koala, Toucan and Lion.

 

Let’s not forget about the Mountain Air Bundle:

Not only are the sentiments great, but they coordinate with the dies! (stop back later this month for samples):

 

Thank you for taking the time to stop by today. Have a great day – Craft On!

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Click on any of the images below for more product information and to order directly from my on-line store.

When shopping, please add the Current Code 2VDXNWJK to your order and check demonstrator contact, then I can happily send you a re-useable thank you card. For orders is over $150, please use all of the Host Rewards you’ve earned.  Otherwise, I’d love for you to add your order to the Current Code 2VDXNWJK.

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