Friday Pennants

Happy Friday.  I hope this post finds you well.  This has been a good week at work.  Good, because everything went well.  I did some baking for a luncheon earlier this week.  Those cupcakes were delicious!

Ok, so now onto crafting!  The wonderfully talented Kim @ Sketch Frenzy Friday has created a straight forward sketch for you to try.  

here is the sketch:

here is what I did:

This card was alot of fun to create.  I wanted to use a pattern paper that wasn't too busy.  So, I selected a small pattern from a Scrappin' kit.  I also used a scrap piece of textured pool party card stock, for the lower third of the card.  For the pennants, I used bits and pieces from various stamp sets, and repeated the same colors: more mustard, basic grey, and pool party, and added some goodies.  

For the horizontal belly band, I used the lace wheel inked in basic grey classic ink, and rolled onto whisper white cardstock.  To cover the seams, I added a strip of summer starfruit ribbon.  

For the sentiment tag, I stamped the decorative scalloped oval in more mustard classic ink.  I also stamped the sentiment in basic grey classic ink.  I used a square punch to create the banner end.  I stapled the two pieces together.  I thought the metal staple would add some charm.  To help build the sentiment cluster, I stamped a ticket onto whisper white cardstock, then sponged the ticket with pool party classic ink.

For the pennant pieces, I used various stamps and embellishments I had on hand.  To keep it all cohesive, I repeated images, and kept the same colors.  The pennant pieces are made with pool party card stock, with a layer of whisper white cardstock.  

Working from the left to the right:  I stamped the smallest doily in pool party classic ink and fussy cut.  I stamped a floral image in basic grey classic ink and fussy cut.  I made a multi-loop bow from pool party seam binding and used an in color designer brad to hold it together.  To continue the feminine look, I added a trio of pearls along the lower right edge.

For the middle pennant, I inked the music note wheel in basic grey classic ink.  I used the same small doily stamped in more mustard classic ink, randomly.  I sponged more mustard classic ink onto a fabric blossom.  I dotted the blossom with my 2 way glue pen and dunked in a tub of dazzling diamond glitter.  I punched a few leaves from a scrap piece certainly celery cardstock.  I added a scrap piece of floral lace and a few pearls.  I also added a trio of pearls in the upper left corner.

For the last pennant, I stamped the white card stock with the small doily stamp.  I stamped the same small doily in pool party classic ink, onto a piece of pool party card stock, and fussy cut the doily out.  I added a circle of white cardstock.  I added a grey pattern circle from the scrappin' kit.  The butterfly is from the scrappin' kit, as well.  I dusted the back of the butterfly sticker with baby powder, to neutralize the sticky.  I bent the wings and added some pearls for the body.  I also added a trio of pearls to the lower right corner.

I strung the pennants with pool party bakers twine.  I used two neutral brads to secure the pennants to the card front.   

Now it's your turn!  Let's see what you create for our sketch challenge @ SFF.

Notes Measured

Happy Friday!  I hope you have had a chance to get work settled, and have an opportunity to play along with some of your favorite challenges.  The wonderfully creative Maria, over @ Sketch Frenzy Friday, has a lovely sketch for you to work with.  Here is her sketch:

Here is what I did:

I wanted to create a card with some pretty spring-themed colors.  It's been snowing here, and all I see is white, green, and brown.  So, I decided to work with some Stampin' Up! soft subtle colors.

The card base is So Saffron card stock.  I first stamped the large doily (Hello, Doily!) in VersaMark and used some white embossing powder.  I heat embossed the doily partially off set.  I stamped the outline stamp in so saffron classic ink randomly on the card front.  

I used the Music Notes wheel and Basic Grey classic ink, to create the music sheet.  I used the Measure Stick wheel and whisper white craft ink and white embossing powder to create the measuring tape.  I layered these two pieces.  I used some Pink Pirouette re-inker to dye the very vanilla seam binding.  While it was wet, I crinkled it.  I hurried the drying time, with my heat gun.  I laid the dyed seam binding across the two stamped pieces, and then machine stitched along the seam binding.  

I used the scallop heart stamp and basic grey classic ink, to create the heart piece.  I used the matching die to cut the scallop heart out of whisper white card stock.  I used the small heart die, from the same set, to cut the so saffron heart.  I used dimensionals to lift the yellow heart off the front of the scallop heart.  I added some pearls around the border.  I stamped the banner piece in basic grey classic ink, and then hand-cut the banner,  I adhered the banner with a dimensional, to lift it off the hearts. 

I dyed a longer piece of very vanilla seam binding, and created a multi-loop bow.  I tied the bow with some white bakers twine and added a button from the Artisan Embellishment kit.  I tied the bakers twine into a bow, and glued a pearl to the center of the bow.

Thank you for stopping by.  I hope we have inspired you to play along with us @ SFF.

Frame It!

Good Morning!  It's Saturday, and that means it's time for another challenge over @ Our Creative Corner!  Linda, from the funkie junkie, is our hostess again this week.  For those of you who have not visited her blog, she does shabby chic to an incredibly inspiring level.  So, for this week, our challenge is to create a frame and pop it off your card/project.  What a clever challenge!  So, won't you play along?

And, here is my card.  It was a lot of fun to create.  I used four pattern papers.  Three of which came out of the same package of DSP from Stampin' Up!  Brocade Background DSP.  The other pattern paper came out of my scrap folder.  But, I think they work nicely together.  And yes, I stamped on the pattern papers to help give them some focal interest and to 'finish' the look.  This card has alot going on! There's crochet trim, seam binding, a metal brad, linen thread, half pearls, a flower, a butter fly, a tag, some sponging and of course! a FRAME!

The non-Stampin' Up! items used to create this card are: the clear stamps to 'decorate' the pattern paper, the pattern paper used for the butterfly, the pearls, and the flower.  Everything else is Stampin' Up!

Thank you for looking!  I hope I have inspired you to create something and enter our Frame It challenge over @ Our Creative Corner.

Stampede Card Club meets Mojo #166

I have two card clubs that meet every month. Stampede meets the fourth Sunday of the month. In this card club, I teach a kind of 'advanced' card club. We learn either techniques that require multiple steps or 'tricky' card folds. My only requirement for these students is that you have to have stamped before, and know the basics. So, back to this card. There are two different techniques on this card. Can you name them?

The technique in the foreground is collage stamping. The technique on the card base is faux tearing. And the bow is a bit more than a simple knot or a traditional bow. So, that is why this is called my 'advanced' card club. We do multiple techniques or learn a few new tricks.

I used the Winter Post stamp set. The background stamp French Filigree and the music wheel. My only embellishments are the Always Artichoke seam binding and a half pearl. Not a lot of 'stuff' but still isn't it simply beautiful?

Thank you for looking, and I hope you were able to name the techniques.

Stampede Card Club

Here are the cards that we will be making in my Sunday Card Club: Stampede. The first card, we are stamping on fabric, and making crinkle ribbon. The second card we are making our own brads.

The 1st card: Halloween Wishes. We are using the new Sweet & Sour DSP (#117390). Isn't it just beautiful! We are making 'crinkle' ribbon out of the new Very Vanilla seam binding (#120999) and dying it with Pumpkin Pie classic re-inker (#105229). We are using the Stars #2 die (#113461) to create those shapes and spraying them with a mixture of Frost White Shimmer paint (#116854) and rubbing alcohol. We will be using Basic Black classic ink (#101179) to stamp our image on the fabric. I liked it better than Staz-On.

The 2nd card: Just Because. This card we are using some of my all-time favorite stamps! To create the texture on the Perfect Plum cardstock (#101889) we used the new Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder (#120175) and then sponged some Elegant Eggplant classic ink (#105210) over the raised areas to give the piece some depth. I wrapped a scrap piece of Old Olive Satin ribbon (#117292) around the lower half of that piece to get rid of the open space. To create the flower, we will be using three different colors of cardstock; Elegant Eggplant (#105126), Perfect Plum (#101889), and Old Olive (#100702). We will be making our own brad with some of the new Brights Collection DSP (#117155).

Thank you for looking. Posting a comment always makes my day!

Valentine's Red

My downline, 'Hoot's Got Stamps' meets tomorrow. Once a quarter, we do a card swap. So, for Sept. 2010, the theme is your favorite holiday. My favorite holiday is St. Valentine's Day! I love everything about it. I think its the best holiday. I know. Christmas is the number 1 holiday, followed by Mother's Day, and then Halloween. I don't image St. Valentine's Day falls in the top 5, but I'm ok with that.

My card has alot of my favorite things: Friends 24-7 stamp set, heart die, Lots of Tags, Music Notes wheel, the new Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder, and satin ribbon. One of my all-time favorite colors is red, so that's why I used Real Red card stock and classic ink. I used Early Espresso classic ink. I wanted to use the card stock, but I ran out, and my order doesn't arrive until tomorrow :( So, I used Chocolate Chip card stock.

Thank you for looking, and in the next few days I'll post what the ladies in my downline had created. Enjoy your short week! And don't forget to check back!

Sunday Card Club - Big Shot Galore

Here are the two cards we made today in our Sunday card club. We used the Big Shot on just about everything!

#1 - for the card on the right we used the Daisey die to cut out the flowers and deboss them on watercolor paper. Yeah, we made our own letter press plates, how fun! We used a sponge dauber to ink the center of the daises. We used the Tiny Tags stamp set and the Medium Jewelry tag to create the hanging tags.This was a fun and quick card.

#2 - for the card on the left, we used the Big Shot for just about everything! Here is the only part that is not created with the Big shot: to start, we stamped polka dots on the blue panel and used the scallop border punch to give it a decorative edge. For the white panel, we wheeled the Music Notes in Sahara sand classic ink, and sponged the white panel with blushing bride classic ink. The butterfly was made with felted wool placed inside the butterfly emboss lit. To make the heart, we first put the card stock in the lattice embossing folder and the heart shape was created with the heart die. The tag was cut using the lots of tags die set. The little dog is actually a page out of a child's book, and 'color'ed with blender pens. (I purchased the book used for $2, at a local book store.) I made the scallop rectangle shape using the new clear die. The flower was made using the smallest circle from the circle #2 die. I used some material from some fat quarters I purchased at a local fabric store. I used the new half pearls from Stampin' Up! to create the body of the butterfly, and the center of the 'flower'. The ribbon is one of the new twill ribbons from Stampin' Up!

Thanks for looking, and as always, please leave a comment!