Stamp Club March 2013

We needed a girly card tonight to balance the masculine one, so we went all out with pink (Melon Mambo and Pretty in Pink) and bling!  I love the way the butterfly from Bloomin' Marvelous looks in the Elegant Butterfly punch! 

 The card, above and below, use the Nature Walk set.  the Natural Trim ribbon from the Spring catalog gives it a nice rustic look.  The colors are Cajun Craze, Always Artichoke, Early Espresso, and Naturals Ivory.  The bird is stamped in Marina Mist.  A good masculine card to balance out the many, many flower cards I make!

 I shoed a few techniques to use with the Natural Composition Specialty Paper.  For the card, above, we rubbed Whisper White Craft ink on the paper and then rubbed the excess off with a paper towel.

Some other ideas are below.  On the left, I rubbed drops of reinker directly on the paper with a sponge dauber.  Then I rubbed with a paper towel.  On the right, I used markers to color in the design.  Then I rubbed it with paper towel to get the excess ink off the embossed areas.

The Natural Composition Specialty Paper is great to use as-is, too!

Happy Stamping!
Patrice

Stamping Fun Night March 2013

 It was a small group, but we had fun at Stamping Fun Night!  We made the card, above as a make-n-take.  It's a quick and easy design that can be used with lots of punches and sets!

 The other make-n-take was this card, above and below.  The Color Coach helped me choose the colors (Primrose Petals, Summer Starfruit, and Basic Gray).  We used a Sale-A-Bration set, but the layout is another one that's easy to use with many stamp sets!

When I made the card, below, I first showed how to dye Silver Glimmer Paper into any color you want.  Use a sponge dauber and some drops of reinker to get ink on the glimmer paper.  Dry with a heat tool to speed up the drying time.  You can now have glimmer paper in any color you want!  The butterflies are punched with the Elegant Butterfly punch and have a little glimmer paper in the center.

 

Happy Stamping!

Patrice

February Stamp Club 2013

 The card, above, was my demonstration.  Just take 1/2" pieces of DSP and attach to a piece of 3 x 3 card stock.  It's a great way to use up those little scraps!

 This next card, above, was first scored at 1 1/2" with the diagonal plate on the Simply Scored.  We used Circle Circus.  The finishing touch was a little circle with the gold Stampin' Dazzle pen!

 The Happy Hello Simply Sent Card Kit was changed a little to make both of these cards (above and below).  You can always make the card as-is when you buy a kit.  Or, you can use the materials and make your own special design!

The stamp-a-ma-jig made stem and flower placement much easier on the card, below.  It's an extra step, but your image gets stamped right where you want it!

 Part of the hostess gift, below, was a box made with the Happy Hello Simply Sent Card Kit.  Find the tutorial at www.barbstamps.com.   Click on Barb's videos to find it!

Happy Stamping!
Patrice

Cindy's party, February 2013

 A wheel, a spritzer, and some Sale-A-Bration items!  This was a fun card to demonstrate!

 The card (above) was a make-n-take.  The vellum card stock gives the background a muted look. 

 I used the same wheel on this card (above) as I did on the other card I demonstrated.  The wheel has an edge to it and I didn't want that to show.  So, I wheeled off the edge of the card stock and covered the center with some card stock!

This quick and easy card uses lots of Sale-A-Bration items!  There's DSP, a stamp set, and a punch.  It's hard to choose which Sale-A-Bration item to get first!

Happy Stamping!
Patrice

Stamping Fun Night January 2013

 Stamping Fun Night was a cold, snowy night, but the ones that braved the cold and snow had a lot of fun!  We made one of the cards (above).  This idea was 100% CASEed from stampinpretty.com/  Each card uses the same materials, the stampers just had to choose their design.  I love a simple, beautiful card!

 The next card (above) was a demonstration.  There are no stamps or inks (weird!!).  Just emboss the image 2x on the Not Quite Navy, and use the way-cool lace tape from the Spring Catalog in the center.  Some bling finishes it up!

 We made the bicycle card (below) as the second make-n-take.  It's the Ronald McDonald House set and the ribbon/button pack from the Sale-A-Bration brochure.  Don't forget some background with the Color Spritzer Tool and a Tangerine Tango marker.  The same design gets a different look when you use blue and a sailboat!

Happy Stamping!  Stay warm!

Patrice