Father's Day Card

Here it is...the Father's Day card my husband stamped for his father. Now when my husband needs a card for something he knows he can make "the horse card". I think it turned out pretty good for a first card.

What's bugging you?

I saw my first lightening bug of the season last night. That reminded me that my friend, Barb S. had asked for a picture of some bugs that I had made. So, here are some bugs you can make and enjoy this summer. They are made with chocolate wrapped with an address label which was stripped with a marker. The wings are hearts that were stamped then cut out. (The set I used for these bugs is retired but a heart stamp from any of these sets would work too: Forever in My Heart, Independence Day, Boatloads of Love, Simply Said, Always. The petals from Pick a Petal will also work just fine.) The antenna are thin wire wrapped around with the ends curled. I'm sure you can bee creative and come up with your own bugs!

Happy Father's Day

I actually got my husband to stamp a card for his dad for Father's Day. Of couse all the cardstock was cut and all he had to do was stamp and assemble. But, none the less he did stamp it himself. He tells me I've created a monster because now he's going to want to make more cards himself...as long as all he has to do is stamp and tape. I'll post a picture of it later. But for now...in honor of all the men in our lives...I am posting a link to this "man card" video. This is the husband of Stampin' Up! demonstrator Linda Heller. He is making a card on his own - with his own tools - in his own space...enjoy!

Barb

Stampin' Up! Retiring Stamp Sets

I'm happy to announce the posting of the Stampin' Up! retiring stamps list. Click on the links to the left to view the list alphabetically or by catalog page number.

Stamp Club Cards

Today was the last Stamp Club meeting for this session. Hostess Shelley brought a cute side-fold card for us to make as an added bonus. It featured a cool way to hold the ribbon on to tie the card shut. Very cute! Thanks, Shelley! Sorry, I don't have a picture of it. I guess there are some benefits to Stamp Club!


We had two card projects today. The card on the left is a criss-cross card featuring the One of a Kind stamp set. The instructions and a wonderful tutorial can be found on Splitcoaststampers.


Supplies:

Stamps: One of a Kind

Ink: Classic- Tempting Turquoise

Cardstock: Whisper White, Tempting Turquoise, Groovy Guava, Old Olive, Tempting Turquoise Textured

Other: Bali Breeze Designer Series paper, Groovy Guava double-stitched ribbon, Crop-a-dile, Jumbo eyelets, Stampin' Dimensionals, 3/4" circle punch, Corner rounder, Boho Blossoms punch, Round Tab punch, Tool Kit, Vintage brads, Rich Regal Brads, sticky strip, paper cutter

The card on the right uses the emboss resist technique, we tore the edge to add some texture then masked the torn edge to show the vanilla paper along the edge. This card features the Close As a Memory stamp set. I can't remember where I found this card but I did copy it from somewhere.

Stamps: Close As a Memory, Watercolor Vine jumbo wheel

Ink: Classic- Chocolate Chip, Certainly Celery, VersaMark

Cardstock: Certainly Celery, Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla

Other: Stampin' Write Markers- Regal Rose, So Saffron, Almost Amethyst, Certainly Celery, jumbo wheel handle, embossing buddy, Clear embossing powder, Powder Pals, Heat tool, Stampin' sponges, Hodgepodge hardware, Tool kit

Film Award

My son won two awards at the Malone College Open Frame Film Festival this spring. I made this card to congratulate him. He really liked it and it made him laugh. (After all he is a pirate.)

Stamp sets: Ahoy Mate, Phrases For a Friend, Weathered, Rough Edges Mini Alphabet
Cardstock: Yoyo Yellow, Basic Black, Whisper White, Brushed Gold, Brushed Silver
Classic Ink: Basic Black, Yoyo Yellow

Accessories: 1 3/8" square punch, Spiral punch, Large star punch, Stampin' Write Markers- Basic Black, Real Red, Going Gray(retired), Yoyo Yellow, Blush Blossom

To make the film strip - punch along the edge of the cardstock with the spiral punch. FLIP THE CARDSTOCK OVER and punch along the other side. Flipping the cardstock over will allow the holes to line up evenly across from each other.

Here's the inside of the card. I made him a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame!

Fresh Cuts

The Fresh Cut stamp set and Fresh Cut Notes that are on special this month are very popular. Everyone wants them! This is a thank you note that I did for last month's Stamp Club orders.

Graduation Cards

With so many of our friend's kids graduating this year, I decided to come up with one graduation card that I could make in a variety of school colors. These hold a gift card, check or money on the inside. The original design was a birthday card that my friend Clair made for a shoe box swap at last year's Stampin' Up! convention. Thanks Clair!

I used the Classic Backgrounds, Sincere Salutations and Phrases for a Friend (Mini Catalog) for these cards. I also used the large and small star punches, designer series papers, brads, ribbon and slot punch.

Here's the inside of the card. I used the slot punch to hold the gift card in place. (No that's not a real credit card! - I wish!)