The Wacky Watercooler April Blog Hop – Spring has Sprung

The Wacky Watercooler April Blog Hop – Spring has Sprung

If you have just visited Jackie's Blog weren't her projects awesome?  She always inspires me.  Tonight I have a technique class and I made my two projects to go along with the themes of this hop--Spring!

The first technique we are learning tonight is the Card in a Box.  Deb Valder's Stampladee is the website that I followed to make my card, she had very clear instructions and I really appreciated her help and incites. The bonus is that the card fits in a A2 envelope with extra postage.  I found that you had to make sure your flowers were inside the box while closed or it wouldn't fit in the envelope.

Fresh Prints Card in a Box

Recipe

Ink: Real Red and Coastal Cabana

Paper:  Fresh Prints DSP pack(Spring Catalog), Whisper White, Coastal Cabana and Crumb Cake Card Stock

Stamps:  Flower Shop, Petite Petals, Papillon Potpourri and Simply Sketched(Hostess)

Accessories:  Petite Petals Punch, Pansy Punch, Large Oval Punch, Scallop Oval Punch, Bitty Butterfly Punch, Elegant Butterfly Punch, Big Shot, Little Leaves Sizzlit and Fringe Scissors

The next technique I have to show you is the No-Line Piercing Technique.  I saw beautiful cards using this technique on Beth Rush's Beth's Paper Cuts 

 

No-Line Piercing Happy Watercolor

Closeup of No-Line Piercing

Recipe

Ink: Gumball Green, Crisp Cantaloupe and Calypso Coral

Paper:  Watercolor Paper, Crisp Cantaloupe and Daffodil Delight Card Stock, Watercolor Wonder DSP

Stamp:  Happy Watercolor

Accessories:    Pin, Stampin' Pierce Mat, Aqua Painter, Summer Starfruit 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon and Decorative Label Punch

As always if you wish, scroll to the bottom of the page to see updates on my two granddaughters.  Next up, Deb Smart and enjoy the hop and come back and visit us next month!

 

 

 My husband Scott, is a bee keeper.  Last year he had twenty hives and this year his goal is thirty, so bees are a theme in our family.  So here are my little bees:

Corinne May - 15 months

Addison Grace - 20 months

Holiday Catalog Blog Hop

It has been over a month since I posted, boy does time fly when you are having fun, as in visiting your grandchildren(you can see new pics at the end of this post if you are interested).  My friends and I decided it was time to blog hop with new items from the holiday catalog. 

My first excitement in the catalog was the new White Stampin' Chalk Marker.  Blackboard stamping is the hot new in thing to do and this marker works great for personalizing your gifts this season.  I used the Artisan Label Punch to black card stock and used the White Stampin' Chalk Marker to make a border and add the name.  The large tag is made using Chalk Talk with Stazon and cut out with the coordinating framelit.  Don't you love gifting home made items, and this stamp set helps make them extra special.

Stampin' Up! had added some of last year's Christmas stamp sets to the list of available for purchase.  I was so happy to hear this since I loved the Ornament Keepsakes set and the coordinating framelits.

Also the Snowflake Soiree was extended.  This card was made using glossy card stock and stamping the snowflakes and sentiment in Versamark and then embossing with white embossing powder and heating.  Then I sponged Rich Razzleberry ink over the embossing, it makes such a lovely card, just love those snowflakes.

 Tonight at our Technique Class one of the techniques we will be learning is White Craft Ink Watercolor Technique and thanks go out to Patty Bennett for placing the instructions on her blog.
Didn't this card turn out to be too cute?  I used one of the flowers from the Flower Shop stamp set and stamped it with white craft ink.  Then using the Aqua Painter I filled in the petals with the white craft ink, then with Primrose petals, finishing the centers with Raspberry Ripple.I stamped the small leaf from Gently Falling with Gumball Green.  Finished it off with a sentiment from Blooming with Kindness which I cut out using the Hearts A Flutter Framelit die.  What a difference the new Big Shot Magnetic Platform is to using the Framlits, no more struggles with tape to keep the paper from moving, worth every cent!

Here is our hop lineup:

Kath - http://kath-allthatscrap.blogspot.com/
You are here - Debbie - http://cleverandcute.blogspot.com/ 
Jackie -http://jackotterstamp.blogspot.com/
Buffy - http://buffycooper.com/

Here are the promised pictures of my granddaughters.

Addison with her first sucker after shots.

Corinne with Grandpa Martin

Stampin' Llamas Summer Blog Hop

Welcome to our Summer Blog Hop!  First let me thank Stephanie for making our beautiful banner and buttons.  As you can tell, I haven't spent much time lately blogging.  But I have gotten to see both of my granddaughters in the last two months and have had to visit my mother since she fell again.  My customers think that I have disappeared off of the face of the earth, but I am still here and happy to be creating again.
My first card was one that I had copied off of the internet and we made this at our new catalog party.  Just love the new Washi Tape!

Best Friend Washi Tape

Recipe:

Stamp Set: Label Love

Paper:  Daffodil Delight, Whisper White and Melon Mambo Card Stock

Ink:  Melon Mambo

Accessories:  Gingham Garden Designer Washi Tape, Large Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Artisan Label Punch, Boho Blossoms Punch, Small Oval Punch, Framed Tulips Embossing Folder, Big Shot

This card was so much fun to make.  I removed the Shop Around from the wheel and made it into a large stamp.  I used my favorite tool, the Stamp-a-ma-jig to help stamp this card straight.  The stamp set, Postage Collection is a Hostess only set, a great reason to have a Stampin' Up! party.

Shop Around Postage Collection

Recipe:

Stamps:  Shop Around and Postage Collection

Ink:  Soft Suede

Paper:  Crumb Cake Card Stock

Accessories:  Stamp-a-ma-jig

I have been selling my cards at the Carbondale Community Farmers Market and last Saturday, I noticed that the Sympathy cards were all gone.  On my flowers I used a technique with the Aqua Painter and Ink Refills.  It is time for me to dig out a new bottle of clear embossing powder, the dregs I had left did not melt right, so my technique did not work as well as I had planned, but I still like the end result.

Calypso Coral Flower Shop

 Recipe:

Stamp Set:  Flower Shop and Loving Thoughts

Ink:  Versamark, Calypso Coral Ink Refill and Stazon

Paper:  Calypso Coral and Shimmery White Card Stock and Epic Day This and That DSP

Accessories:  Embossing Buddy, Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Pansy Punch, Aqua Painter, Ovals Collection Framelit, Big Shot, Big Shot Magnetic Platform(worth every cent to use with Framelits, it works great!)

Now for pics of my lovely granddaughters:

Corinne May(Five Months)

Addison Grace(Nine Months)

Thanks for visiting my blog.  Now on to the other Stampin' Llamas: