Father's Day Card

This is an entry for the Shelli Gardner Father's Day

Project Contest.  I took the shirt size from Tammy 

Howell.  I did my own tie design, as I don't

enjoy some of the origami versions shown on the web.

I used Pocket full of Posies DSP, because

this pattern actually looks like shirts my Dad owns!

I cut the tie part of the DSP so that a tree limb

runs through it.  The retiring Rhinestone Brads

finish off the look.  I'm so sad that those

brads are retiring!

The sentiment comes from the 

Teeny Tiny Wishes set.   

Below are a couple of photos with measurements:

CCMC137 Gala Birthday

This project is for the Create CCMC137 color challenge, here.

Colors include Pink Pirouette, Rose Red, Baja Blue,

and Pear Pizzazz.  I used the same layout as the previous project.

The sentiment comes from the Word Play set.

The Greenhouse Gala Designer Series paper was

used to form the strips and flower, which

was created with the Fun Flowers Big Shot Die

The stem was created with Pear Pizzazz Ribbon.

Jackie

Deck the Halls Christmas Tags

I give sets of cards for Christmas presents.   The Deck the Halls Designer Series

Paper enables production of great Christmas tags.  In this example, I used the

Big Shot Two Tags Die to cut out portions of the Deck the Halls DSP.  

All that is left to do is add a pretty bow to adhere these tags to

their respective gift packs.

Jackie

Candy Cane Elf Shoes

I've seen samples of Christmas elf shoes on many sites,

so decided to try my hand at it.

The shoes were made with the Big Shot Top Note

die and Candy Cane Designer Series Paper (Holiday Mini).

One-half of the Top Note piece is used.  Circle punches were

used to cut out the top of the shoes.  The elf shoes were

decorated with Real Red Grosgrain ribbon bows and

Rhinestones.  Please note that the rhinestones were colored

with permanent markers, to coordinate with the DSP.

The Early Espress "legs" were run through the Big Shot

Square Lattice Embossing Folder to give them texture.

Snow flakes from the Snow Swirled stamp set were

stamped in VersaMark on the Crumb Cake Card base.  

The sentiment from Teeny Tiny Wishes was

cut out with the Word Window punch 

and layer on the Modern Label punch.

Jackie

Owl Punch T-Shirt

Thought that I'd change things up from watercoloring.

This little owl punch is just the cutest thing.  For this project, 

I paired the punch owl with the Smarty Pants set to make

a T-shirt card.   The owl works back to the branch from the 2 Step Bird punch.

The neckline and arm holes are made with circle punches.

The colors for this project are Crumb Cake, Wild Wasabi, Marina Mist, 

Early Espresso and the Marina Mist DSP from the Subtles Paper Pack.

I hope that you enjoy this little guy.

Jackie

Greeting Card Kids Christmas

Ok, so I admit that I enjoy water coloring.  And I LOVE this new catty 

set, Greeting Card Kids.  They are sweet images, and a delight to water color.

Colors used on this project: Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler, Marina Mist

Paper:  Old Olive, Water Color Paper, Jolly Holiday DP

Accessories: Northern Frost Decorative Strip (upcoming Holiday Mini),

Marina Mist ribbon, 

Smooch accent (Holiday Mini), Smooch Vanilla Spritz

Jackie

Greenhouse Gala Word Play

I've seen a number of projects from the Technostamp Monday 

Lunchtime Challenge.    This card is an entry in the TSSC133 Challenge

and is heavily influenced by a card by Mary Brown.

It uses the wonderful Greenhouse Gala Designer Series Paper and

the Word Play stamp set.

A Marina Mist cardstock base was embossed with the Big Shot

Elegant Lines Embossing folder.  

The Word Play Sentiment was colored with Markers, to enable

emphasis of different parts of this stamp.

Lastly, embellishments included the Pear Pizzazz Ribbon

and Rhinestones.

Jackie

Got Treats Birthday

This is the Got Treats set from the new catty, that goes with the

Big Shot Milk Carton Die, or can be used for other papercrafting activities.

The colors for this project are Pink Pirouette, Rich Razzleberry

and Soft Suede.  The pink background panels are from 

the Soft Subtles paper pack.

The sentiment was punched out with the Word Window punch.

And what's a cupcake without sparkles/rhinestones!

Jackie

Presto Patterns Butterfly

I really like the new Presto Patterns Specialty paper in the Summer Mini.

It has an embossed look when you brayer or sponge color over it.

This means that you essentially have any color of patterned DP you want.

In this example, I brayered Pirouette Pink ink over one of the patterns.

I punched out the butterflies and sponged them with Certainly Celery.

Pearls from the Pretties Kit were added.

White Satin ribbon was bunched and stapled along one side.  A Chocolate

Corduroy button was attached at the bottom of the ribbon strip

I really like the new Presto Patterns Specialty paper in the Summer Mini.

It has an embossed look when you brayer or sponge color over it.

This means that you essentially have any color of patterned DP you want.

In this example, I brayered Pirouette Pink ink over one of the patterns.

I punched out the butterflies and sponged them with Certainly Celery.

Pearls from the Pretties Kit were added.

White Satin ribbon was bunched and stapled along one side.  A Chocolate

Corduroy button was attached at the bottom.  The DP was then layered

over Rich Razzleberry and Chocolate Chip CS that was run through

the Big Shot Finial Press embossing folder.

The senitment comes from the Mini Level 1 hostess set, "It's the Thought".

Jackie

.  The DP was then layered

over Rich Razzleberry and Chocolate Chip CS that was run through

the Big Shot Finial Press embossing folder.

The senitment comes from the Mini Level 1 hostess set, "It's the Thought".

Jackie

Bella Bleu Watercolor Trio

Sorry about another delay in posts.  I underwent a little "surgical procedure"

so have been spending less time on the computer lately.

This is the Watercolor Trio set from page 16 of the Summer Mini.

It is such a  pretty set, and lends itself to fall, summer or spring themes.

If you use your markers, you can create some lovely color combinations.

The background paper is Bella Bleu, with a bit of Kraft taffeta ribbon.  

The sentiment is part of this set and fits neatly in the oval punch.

These colors; Not Quite Navy, Always Artichoke and Kraft

will be continuing in the new catalog, which will be released July1.  

Please be aware, the retiring card stock is selling fast and quantities are not

expected to last.  Let me know if you want to "stock up" on some of the

retiring card stock!

Jackie

Nouveau Chic with Elements of Style

Sorry I've been quiet.  Just preoccupied with some events.

This is a fun color combination, based on the Nouveau Chic DP (Designer Paper Series)

on page 160 of the catty.  This DP consists of Apricot Appeal, Basic Gray and 

Sage Shadow.   The stamps used are from the Summer Mini 

Elements of Style Set.  Be sure to check out products that

will retire in July, including this DP and the Sage Shadow

and Apricot card stocks.

Jackie

Kalidescope Trio

 This is a trio of cards that I made using the Kaleidoscope DP found on page 161, and

the retiring Pixie Pink card stock.  These were VERY quick cards, using the

DP and an additional set for sentiment or background.

The top card uses Elements of Style from the upcoming Summer Mini

The second card uses the Well Scripted set from the Occasions Mini.

The final card uses the FYI set found on page 144 of the catalog.

Jackie

Big Shot Sending Love Square Scallop

Well, this will be a surprise, another Big Shot card!

I did a Big Shot class with customers, gluing DP to a

"traditional card" and then running it through the Big Shot.

It creates a dramatic effect, with relatively little "work".

This project uses the Sending Love Specialty DP found on page

13 of the Occasions Mini.  This glittery paper is delightful, especially

against Chocolate Chip or Taken With Teal card stock.

I did stamp the SAB set, Vintage Labels on the Chocolate Chip
card base, to give it a little dimension.

I added Pretty in Pink Satin ribbon and a Chocolate Chip 

Corduroy button and the card was complete.

I sure hope that SU offers more glitter paper in the new

catalog, due out in August!

Jackie

Shelli Butterfly CASE

Shelli Gardner (a.k.a. CEO of Stampin' Up!)

has a blog and posts her creations on a 

regular basis.   I soooo enjoy her work and sharing.  This 

card is a CASE of one of her cards.

DP was glued to a square piece of card stock.

It was then run through the Big Shot Beautiful Butterflies Die.

Some stamping with the Vintage Vogue set was added

and a large round brad.  Hope you enjoy it.

Jackie

SAB Freebies and Bella Bloom

 

The SAB DP (Designer Series) paper pack makes it really easy to produce 

quick cards.  This card also  uses the Vintage Labels (SAB FREE set)

and Bella Boom stamp sets.   

I cut out a couple of elements, including a house and some clouds.

Those pieces were adhered to a DP strip of trees.  Oval punches were

used to cut out and layer the sentiment.  And last, but CERTAINLY NOT least

is the Old Olive 5/8 Satin Ribbon.

Jackie

SAB HOME Banner.

 

Now this is a FUN little project that was inspired by the 

AMAZING Mary Brown.  Mary likes to cut things out.  I DO NOT.

Marys' sample involved stamping and cutting out images from the 

Good Neighbors  SAB stamp set.  In my example, I "cheated"

and used the Welcome Neighbor SAB Designer Series Paper Pack.

First, I used the Big Shot to process some components.  The Scallop Square Die

(page 199) was used to cut out 8 black scalloped squares.  The Serif Essentials

(page 199) alphabet dies were used to cut out the letters 

H, O, M, E in black card stock.  

Next, I selected strips of houses from the Welcome Neighbor SAB 

paper pack (Page 7 of the SAB mini).  I then selected background papers

to go with each strip of houses.  The houses were layered on the background.

I then added the large letters.  The only thing that I cut out were the clouds, which

were layered around the letters.

Each "page" was then layered on a black scallop square.

Medium Window Sheets (page 158) were scored and attached to

the back of each scallop, so that the set of scallop squares would stand

on it's own (valley and mountain folds were alternated).

Another black scallop square was then attached to the back of each 

"page", to cover the window sheet edges.

Thank you Mary, for the inspiration!

Jackie

Bella Bleu Vintage Labels

I can't take credit for this card, it is CASED from one I saw on line,

but regretfully I don't remember whose card inspired it.

The sentiment & scallop are from the SAB set, Vintage Labels.  It 

consists of a variety of different sized circles punched out of the

Bella Bleu Designer Series Paper and attached to a Kraft 

card base.  Kraft taffeta was added with a glue dot.

TGIF!!!

Jackie

Scallop Flower Card

This card features a Scallop Flower technique that has become popular. 

It involves punching 10-12 scallop circles.  Crunch them up and then

"uncrunch" and stack together.  Use the Crop-A-Dial to punch through all

of the layers and attach together with a large brad.

In this example, I attached this scallop flower to a punched Large

Fancy Flower.   1/2 of the Big Shot Large Scallop was attached to the

top to form a purse-like opening for the card.

The Medium Jewelry Tag Punch was used to cut out the

"For You" sentiment from the SAB Vintage Labels set.

Jackie

SAB Happy Moments in Bella Bleu

This is another SAB set, Happy Moments.  This image is

a classic, a bird in a bird cage.

I used Caramel and Not Quite Navy markers to ink up the image.

After stamping, I layered it on Not Quite Navy and Bella Bleu

Designer Series Paper.  Kraft Taffeta ribbon was used to 

coordinate with the image and papers.

Take care and be safe in the weather!

Jackie

Hearts Valentine

 

This is another card that incorporates the Big Shot Scalloped Heart 

of Hearts Die.  I used Christmas DP,  cut out with the Full Heart Punch, 

layered on top of Whisper White embossed hearts,

  The use of a Perfect Plum card base,

 run through the Final Press Embossing Folder completes

the look.

Stay safe in the upcoming weather!

Jackie