Hi stamping friends, I hope your Tuesday is going great so far. I hope I can make it better with this darling card I made this morning. Most of you know I was blog creeping for any info from the Stampin' UP! convention that I could find. LOL! I found this technique. I call it Notched Circle Flower Technique but I got this idea off of Meg Davies who is such a sweetheart and you should check out her blog at iteachstamping.com . She has a video but I can tell you how to do it also. You take any size circle punches and take your Pennant Punch and stick the circle in the non ruffled pennant and punch a "V" into the edge of your circle like above.
Here I took the 2-1/2"circle and cut out the flower from the Betsy's Blossom then stamped 2 more flowers and punched one out using the 1-3/4" Circle punch and the other out of the middle of the flower using the 1-1/4" Circle Punch. I notched each one like the other and then curled them a bit with my bone folder and then snailed them together. I pierced a whole in the center of the top layer and put in a Designer Printed Brad in the middle. Then I used the 3" Circle Die to make the biggest circle and textured it with the Argyle EF. I used the Travel Journal Builder Wheel with my Basic Black ink and ran it through the middle of my card. The banners were made with Comfort Cafe DSP, and First Edition Specialty DSP and then the 3/8" Ruffled Ribbon. Let me know what you think of my card and this technique. Make sure you take a look at Meg's blog too if you don't understand.
Here are the details:
Stamp Set: Betsy's Blossoms, Curly Cute, Travel Journal Builder Wheel
Card Stock: Pool Party, Naturals White, Basic Black, Comfort Cafe DSP, First Edition Specialty DSP
Inks: Basic Black, Pool Party
Tools: Big Shot, Argyle Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, 3" Circle Die, 2-1/2" Circle Punch, 1-3/4" Circle Punch, 1-1/2" Circle Punch, In Color Designer Printed Brads, 3/8" Ruffled Ribbon, Dimensionals
Thanks so much for stopping by my blog and I feel so blessed to have you checking my cards out. I hope you have a honey of a night. Hugs, Bev
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Hi friends, I hope you all had a terrific weekend. I work today and then I am looking forward to my two days off this week. I need to start stamping my swap cards for convention. It will be here before I know it. This card was one of the cards I made while my phone wasn't working so I couldn't blog hop or check emails and such.
I can never have enough thank yous it seems so I always try to stamp a couple of those a week. On this card I used the stamp set Betsy's Blossoms with the Apothecary Accents Framelits. I love those framelits and I really like the shape of this one. Framelits are so popular with a lot of companies and they don't take up much room to store either.
Here are the details:
Stamp Sets: Betsy's Blossoms, A Word For You
Card Stock: Gumball Green, Pumpkin Pie, Real Red, Whisper White, Brights Designer Series Patterns Paper Stack
Inks: Real Red, Gumball Green, Pumpkin Pie
Tools: Big Shot, Apothecary Accents Framelits, Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch, 1-3/8" Circle Punch, Basic Rhinestones, Dimensionals.
Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you will have a great week. Have a honey of a day and remember to create something cute. Make sure you check out my blog candy contest.
Hugs, Bev
YAY friends, I am back. The phone guy came by here when I was out mowing and asked me if I could come in to see if the phone worked and I could get onto the internet. I tried it and it worked. Yes, it was a mouse that got into the fiber and chewed the wires. Geesh! lad it is working again. I missed you all. Here is a card I stamped early this morning after I was reading my new Paper Crafts Magazine and got inspiration for this card. I got this From My Heart set on page 139 of the new catalog FREE because of my sales. I love the perks of being a demonstrator. Wouldn't you? I know you would. I would love to have you on my team too.
On this card I used Betsy's Blossoms and stamped it in the corner of my card stock and then stamped it again on Wisteria Wonder card stock with the same color of ink. I punched circles out of Lucky Limeade and out of the middle of the Betsy's Blossoms flower. Then I used the new Essentials Paper Piercing Pack to pierce around the circles. OMG I love that new pack. The paper piercing tool is ergonomic and won't injure children because it pokes out when you press on it unlike our old tool. Now looking at my card I could have pierced around the Friendship Please words too. Oh well. I punched a piece of Pink Pirouette Card Stock with the Boho Blossoms Punch and then made a bow out of Wisteria Wonder Bakers Twine and attached it with a mini glue dot that I rolled in my finger to make it skinny. I wish I could do that to my body. LOL! This was a quick easy card. I hope you like it.
Here are the details:
Stamp Sets: From My Heart, Betsy's Blossoms
Card Stock from my color coach: Elegant Eggplant, Wisteria Wonder, Pink Pirouette, Lucky Limeade
Inks: Wisteria Wonder
Tools: Essentials Paper Piercing Pack and Paper Piercing Tool an Mat,1-3/4" Circle Punch, 1-1/4" Circle Punch, Boho Blossom Punch, Bakers Twine, Mini Glue Dots, Dimensionals
I have to get in the shower to get ready to go to a benefit here in town. I missed posting for you so wanted to get this on here and will be back tomorrow. Thanks for stopping by and have a lovely weekend.
Hugs, Bev
Hello friends, how was your weekend? Great I hope. Mine was nice. I got a call from a dear friend of mine too so that was so nice to talk with her. She has been stamping a lot too. It sure was too cold for my comfort though and I hope it warms up soon. I did a bit of stamping, cooking, and cleaning. I did get to town so I could finish my egg salad this morning. The thermometer said 40 when I looked at it. Brrr, still cold and they are saying we might get frost too. Jeepers, come on it is almost June! I will have to cover my garden. I slept in this morning so I am behind a bit in my day. It sure felt good however. I worked on my newsletter a bit and still don't have to go to work till Thursday. Yay! Then I can start getting ready for my Stamp Your Heart Out that I am having on Friday. Come on over if you are in the area, you pay me $15 to use all my stuff. Place an order and you get a discount and bring a friend and you will also get a discount too. I hope to see you at my door.
I came up with this card that I thought turned out really cute. I used the White Craft Ink to stamp the trio flower stamp in Betsy's Blossoms which is a darling set in the upcoming catalog. Then I used the Postage Stamp Punch to punch the edge of the Basic Gray and the Twitterpated DSP and then stamped the big flower from the set with Riding Hood Red ink and punched it out with the 2-1/2 " Circle Punch and used Dimensionals to pop it up and stuck a Rhinestone in the center of it for some "BLING". I used my heat tool to dry the Craft Ink and then stamped the Happy Birthday with the Curly Cute word set.
Here are the details:
Stamp Sets: Betsy's Blossoms, Curly Cute
Card Stock: Old Olive, Basic Gray, Whisper White, Twitterpated DSP (which will be carried over to the catalog.)
Inks: White Craft Ink, Riding Hood Red
Accessories: Postage Stamp Pinch, Basic Gray 3/8" Taffeta Ribbon, Basic Rhinestones, Dimensionals.
Thanks for stopping on by to view my blog and please leave me a comment so I know who you are and invite your friends to visit too. Now go and create something cute. Have a great day. Hugs, Bev
Hi stamping buddies, how are you today? I have been cleaning and my friend and recruit Bonnie just brought me some raspberry plants to plant in my garden and even helped me plant them so that is done. YAY! It is a beautiful sunny day here in northern Minnesota and maybe I can get my garden planted this weekend on Sunday after church. I hope so. Saturday will be so fun with my customers coming over to stamp and eat. I love those kind of days. Just being with friend is so great.
Here I am showing more images of the Betsy's Blossoms set and there are still more but I haven't been stamping today. I work the next two days and will be busy prepping food for my party after work. On the card I used the confetti white card stock that will sadly be retired come June. I love that card stock and was shocked when I realized it was being discontinued. This card was really easy. I just stamped the images right on my card and then I stamped the Daffodil Delight flower and bird on another piece of card stock and cut them out and popped them up with a dimensional. Notice the darling ribbon on my card. That is our new stitched grosgrain and it is so stinkin' cute. You know me, I love ribbon and I have to have it all. LOL!
Here are the details:
Stamp Sets: Betsy's Blossoms, Bring On the Cake
Card Stock: Confetti White
Inks: Rich Razzleberry, Daffodil Delight, Lucky Limeade, Pacific Point
Accessories: Daffodil Delight 1/4" Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon, Dimensionals,
This is a very easy peasy card for you today but I thought is turned out sweet, don't you? I hope you can get your friends together and create something cute. Bless you for stopping by and please leave me comment about how you like my simple card, if you would. Happy Stamping. Hugs, Bev
Now I hope my UPS guy hurries to get here with my new catalog.
Hi stamping friends, tonight.... oh my it is getting late and I haven't even posted anything for you yet today. I have had a busy day with stamping the insides to my Mother's day cards that I sent to my Mom and sisters and then I decided to send my Mom that box that I showed you a long time ago that I made and I filled it with cards for her. She doesn't need a thing and can get it herself if she does so I just thought I would do that. I got those and 2 grad cards in the mail today. I have a zillion graduation invites, well okay not a zillion but 3 college grads and about 8 or 9 high school kids to make cards for and give money too. I guess I will give them each a dollar so I can buy more new stamps from the new Annual Catalog. LOL! Just kidding, I wouldn't do that. I drove to the big town today for groceries for Saturday which is my Hostess Appreciation Brunch. When I got home, there was my SU order with this stamp set in it and some new ribbon and markers for the new In Colors and some new DSP. My Catalog comes tomorrow (YAY) along with a bigger order so I figured I would go to town today plus it was raining all day. Yes I know, I was praying for rain last weekend to water my new grass seed so you know what they say.....Be careful what you ask for. It has been raining since Sunday. Yikes, now I quit praying, well for rain anyway.
Okay, here is a preview of a new stamp set on this card I just made. The stamp set is called Betsy's Blossoms. I love this easy one step bird image in the set and there are more images that I will show you tomorrow. I took a picture of my other card and was going to show you that one but it was blurry so I will retake the pic tomorrow and post it. Here I stamped the bird over and over down my paper in darker colors every time. I see this with butterflies so I thought I would try it with this darling bird that is so cute and he is easy to cut out too.
Here are the details:
Stamp Sets: Betsy's Blossoms, Occasions Alphabet
Card Stock: Island Indigo, Whisper White
Inks: Tempting Turquoise, Island Indigo, Not Quite Navy
Accessories: Big Shot, Framelits Labels Dies, Scallop Trim Border Punch, Sponge, Dimensionals.
This was a pretty easy card and I didn't even have to use the Stamp-a-ma-jig to line up those little birdies.
I hope you like my card and please drop me a line to let me know. I hope you have a honey of a night.
Create something cute now and thanks for stopping by. Hugs,Bev
