“BLUE RIBBON CONGRATS”
One of my Nephew’s recently graduated from University so I wanted to make a card congratulating him. I didn’t think I had a ‘Grad’ stamp but then I remembered the Blue Ribbon stamp set.
It is a hard to tell by the photo but I clear embossed the ‘Congrats Grad’ after I stamped it in Black. So it has a nice shine to it. This was punched out with the 1 3/8″ circle. The Scallop was stamped in Pacific Point and punched out with the 2 3/8″ Scallop Circle. The tail outlines were stamped in Pacific Point and then I stamped the words over it with Black. The Whisper White card was embossed with the Chevron Embossing Folder. This was layered on a Basic Black mat and then a Pacific Point card base. I have added some Black Taffeta ribbon. It doesn’t hurt to add a little bling on a boy’s card either does it???
Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you can visit me again soon.
Jenny
A FAMILY HOLIDAY PAGE!
Just a quick post for you. I really, really should be going to bed RIGHT NOW!!! It was an early start this morning to go to Sydney for the Stampin’ Up! ‘My Digital Studio’ training day. It was a lot of fun but I have been staring at a computer screen all day. When I got home tonight though I was really inspired and wanted to create something. I have been following along with Heather Summers My Digital Studio videos so I thought I would try this technique out. This is not something we did today but it was fun to try this out.
This is a special family photo taken of our holiday to Hawaii last September. This technique creates an overlapping of the photos.
Hope you like it!!
Jenny
STAINED GLASS BUTTERFLY!
I realised I hadn’t shown you this card. We made this at my Vellum class a couple of months ago. This is the stained glass technique on Vellum.
The stained Glass technique is very easy to do. Simply stamp on vellum using black Staz-on. Then on the back of the vellum, colour with markers. You can use different colours if you would like to. Leave it to dry a little and then assemble your card. For this card I have used one of my favourite combinations of Pool Party and Island Indigo. I ran the Pool Party piece through the Big Shot with the Chevron Embossing Folder and layered this with some black card. I simply added a greeting from ‘Blooming with Kindness’ and added a button and Whisper White Bakers Twine.
Thanks for stopping by today.
Have a good weekend,
Jenny
ONE FOR THE BIRTHDAY BOY AND ONE FOR THE PARENTS!!!
It was one of our Great-Nephews 4th Birthday on Sunday. Now, I had to make a card for the special Birthday boy. Since his Pop owns some property and is always driving his tractor around, I thought a tractor card would go down well!!!
I have used a number of different punches to put this tractor together: 1 3/4″ scallop circle, 1 3/4″ circle, 1″ circle, 3/4″ circle, word window plus the cupcake punch for the clouds. The rectangles for the body of the tractor were 1″x2″. I used 3 of these and joined together and 1 that size for the trailer. The ‘4’ was cut with the Timeless Type Alphabet/numbers die. I realised when I took the photo that the wheels were a bit uneven. Too late to change it. I don’t think a 4 year old would be worried – would he????
His parents have recently become engaged, which we were really pleased to hear. So I made them a card to celebrate. It might not be your typical engagement card but I think it suited them.
This card was inspired by a card I saw some time ago on the blogosphere and I can’t remember who by now. I think it is a cute card to celebrate the special event.
Thanks for looking today. It is nice to have you stop by. Come again soon,
Jenny
‘STAMP AT HOME’ KITS LAUNCHES!!!!
I am excited. From today I am going to start offering ‘Stamp At Home’ Kits for you. Life gets busy and I have had so many people say to me that they would love to come to classes but the times don’t suit, or they are just too busy, or they would love to create at home but they don’t know where to start. SO, let the class come to YOU!!!
These “Stamp At Home’ kits contain all the card cut, the embellishments and step-by-step instructions to create 6 cards (2 each of 3 different designs). You use your own stamps, ink and adhesives. I suggest stamps and colours that you can order separately if you wish.
August ‘Stamp At Home’ Kit.
Includes card, ribbon and step-by-step instructions. to create 6 cards (2 each of 3 designs). HINT: Check out my last post and you will see a full view of one of the cards 😉
$15 + postage to mail out if you need me to.
(Australian residents only)
Orders must be in by Friday 16th August and will be posted just after that date.
I have used the ‘Flower Shop’ Stamp set. You can use a similar flower stamp set. The colours are the current new In Colors. If you wish to order any of these additional items then let me know.
Flower Shop Bundle – Stamp set and coordinating punch. These can be ordered separately. Ask me for individual prices. As a bundle you save 15%.
$60.95 (C) $54.25
In Colors 2013-2015. Cardstock and Pad Kit $47.95. Or buy the colours individually.
Sentiment Stamps – A Dozen Thoughts $46.95 (C) $36.95. Any sentiment set would be suitable.
Any questions, please ask but I am sure you will enjoy these card kits.
Jenny
FLOWER SHOP AND PANSY PUNCH!!
I loved the new set ‘Flower Shop’ in the catalogue. Do I really need another flower stampset??? OH YES!!!! I love the flowers in this set AND to have a matching punch. Awesome! No fussy cutting these pretty babies! I have been playing around with this set recently. Here is one of the cards with the gorgeous In Colors.
The sentiment is from ‘A Dozen Thoughts’ which I have been playing with. I punched the sentiment out with the Curly Label Punch. Don’t you love the ribbon? This is the Ruffle Stretch Trim in Crisp Cantaloupe.
I will tell you though punching the flowers out can be a little frustrating as they are not symmetrical. It takes a little fiddling to line it up each time. I found a couple of videos on my blog travels to help line up the stamps in the punch. The one I saw was by Connie here. You can stop by there and check it out but I have done out a written tutorial for you if that helps.
USING THE FLOWER SHOP AND PANSY PUNCH TOGETHER
1) Make a mark at the bottom edge of your flower punch. Punch a flower from scrap card. When you take it out of the punch, don’t turn the punch-out around. Lay it down and make a mark at the bottom of the punch. You know that point will always be to the bottom.
2) Stamp a flower on White card. Line the punched flower over the stamped flower until you get it to match up. There are particular markings on the punch and flower that enable you to see where it fits best. You have an extra divet in the flower so look out for that. (By doing these steps it enables you to see where to line it up each time so you don’t have to try turning it and twisting it in all directions each time! Believe me I know!!). Once you have the place then mark that on the stamped image.
Here I have just pulled the punched out flower up so you can see what I mean.
3) Place the stamped image over the stamp to line it up with that. (You could probably just place the punch-out over the stamp but it can be a bit easier having the stamped image to go by).
Once you have it lined up, place a mark on the stamp with a permanent marker like I have shown. You know this goes on the bottom of the punch each time.
From the top of the block.
From the side of the block: You can do this whether it is wood-mount or clear-mount.
4) Now when you stamp the flower, stamp it with the mark on the rubber stamp closest to you ie at the bottom. Pick up the stamped image and punch out straight away without turning it.
5) You will need to mark each of the stamps in the same way. This does take a little time initially but believe me, it saves a lot of time and frustration each time you stamp!!!!
ANOTHER TIP: I have marked the rubber insert in my clear case with marks so that when I put the stamps away I don’t have to turn and twist them each time to get them to fit the right way.
I hope this is helpful to you.
Just a note on the card above too. This is a little sneak of one of the cards you can make in my card kits being released later this week. Stay tuned for more details. 🙂
Have a good day,
Jenny
A 60TH BIRTHDAY MEDALLION!!
Last week I was invited to a 60th Birthday. I was really quite honoured to be invited. It is nice when the people who are your customers become good friends and you are included in such special occasions. So, I had to make a special card. I had been tossing around a few ideas for a couple of weeks and then finally a few days before the party I managed to put something together.
I created a paper Medallion from the Quatrefancy Specialty DSP (see below how to do this), and I added a silver ’60’ cut using the ‘Timeless Type’ alphabet dies (retired). This was layered on 1 1/4″ circle punched in Island Indigo. The whole piece was a centre-piece on the front of the card stamped with the large image from Daydream Medallions in Island Indigo. I then added tails with some Pool Party Seam Binding ribbon. The greeting is from ‘Perfectly Penned’ and then I added a little butterfly cut using the’Beautiful Wings’ Embosslits in Pool Party to finish it off.
How did I make the Medallion??
There are a few blogs out there with instructions but I found the most helpful was a video by Dawn Olchefske. You can view it here.
Basically it is taking a strip of your DSP (which is 30.5cm long or 15″). You score your strip every 1.2cm or 1/2″. If you use your paper Trimmer you just line your paper up and score every 1/2″ and move your paper along and keep scoring. It is a lot easier to use the Simply Scored. Line the paper along the top edge and score down every 1.2cm or 1/2″.
Once you get to the end, then flip your paper strip over keeping the same edge of your paper along the Left Hand side of your Simply Scored (or Paper Trimmer). Now you will score every 6mm or 1/4″. Then concertina fold your strip all the way. Add sticky strip to one end and join the strip into a circle.
Punch a circle from 1 1/4″ cardstock and add Sticky Strip or Hot Glue over the circle. Gather up your Concertina ring into a medallion shape evenly spreading the folds out and then place your punched circle with adhesive face down on to the centre of the medallion. This is where you need extra hands sometimes!!!!! This is the back of the medallion. Then turn your medallion over and decorate as you like.
There you go. Add a medallion (or paper rosette) to your next special card.
Thanks for stopping by today,
Jenny
FOR A BIRTHDAY BOY!!!
I wanted to show you a special card today for my gorgeous big boy. I have probably bored you enough about his Football pursuits BUT well it is his 17th birthday today so I have to show you the card I made for him. I have had a number of people share this idea with me over the last few months. Thanks so much my friends. So I only just remembered to use this idea for his card. This idea originally came from the blogosphere somewhere (sorry I can’t remember where) but recently it was on Pinterest.
I used Cherry Cobbler which is close to his club colours since I don’t have Bravo Burgundy anymore. The ‘Fence’ was created by brayering the inside of the Stripes Embossing Folder with Soft Suede and running Whisper White Card through it. The card was too wide to fit so I cut it in half before embossing it and then joined it together on my Old Olive Card base. (See you don’t even notice do you???). I added a strip of Soft Suede card along the top of the fence.
Punches I used for the Football Dude:
1 3/8″ circle, 1 1/4″ circle, 1″ circle, 3/4″ circle, Word Window and 2-step Owl Punch. I did a little cutting of some of the circles to adapt them to what I wanted. The Helmet cage took the most work. It is not quite right but it is OK, although Glenn and Josh thought it was a cool beard!!!!!????? The stamp sets I have used are ‘Great Sport’ for the football and ‘Itty Bitty Banners’ for the greeting.
I hope you like my cool dude anyway.
HAPPY 17th BIRTHDAY JOSH!! xx
Here are my gorgeous two this morning. Love you both xx
AUSSIE FUTURE STARS IN ACTION!!
WARNING: Personal post ahead. I am sorry. I am just taking a moment just to share a family achievement with you. I apologize in advance for my readers on Facebook as I have shared this there BUT I thought my readers might like to hear about this – or not!!! Josh has just come back from the Gold Coast, Queensland. This past week he took part in the Future Stars Gridiron Program. There was intense training each day and it all culminated in competition games with 5 team from the United States. On Wednesday he played the US Cougars. This team was made up of players from High Schools in Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Ohio and Texas. The Australian Future Stars won 40-36. This was an incredible achievement. The first time an Australian Team has beaten the US in 24 year history of the Downunder Bowl. The Future Stars came up against the US Grizzlies yesterday. The Grizzlies were made up from players in Alabama, Alaska, California, Hawaii, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming. It was a tough game but the Aussies fought hard. Unfortunately they went down 24-0. So for my US readers: You still hold the Championship. 🙂
Here is a photo of both of the Grand Final teams: The Future Stars and the Grizzlies. I think this is a great photo. It is not often that you get a photo with both teams together after such a hard fought-out game but it shows the great spirit of the game. Well done to both teams. Josh is in the centre sitting down in the second row.
Here he is in action. #48 on the left hand side. (Both photos courtesy of ‘Bring it on Sports Facebook page)
OK, thanks for your patience. See you again soon for some stamping creations.
Jenny
A Stamping Journey 