You're A Gem

Fun Stampers Journey has rolled out their Follow Your Heart campaing. Can you guess what it's about? If you said Valentine's Day, you are correct.  Lots of really cute Valentine themed items in this mini catalog and even some that can be used beyond the holiday. Tonight I decided to play around with the You're A Gem ATS.  I personally will be using this little wonder for birthday cards in my online birthday group.  The group that I'm "in charge" of are called Emeralds so this stamp is perfect.

I started out with a piece of light green card stock and I arranged my various gem stamps on my "I" block and using a Clear Pigment Fusion ink pad, I layerd the stamps all over the cardstock.  I then covered the images with clear embossing powder and heat set it. Now for the fun part...using a sofft sponge, I swiped Kiwi Slice pan pastel over the cardstock and it really made the gems "pop" off the paper. 

Next I tied a "knot" using Limeade Splash satin ribbon and I used Spellbinders Die D-Lites You're A Gem Etched Dies to cut 2 gems from some scraps of green glitter paper. Using Kiwi Slice Fusion ink pad on Whip Cream cardstock, I stamped the sentiment from the Real Gems ATS, cut it out and used my corner punch to round the edges.  Popped it up with Journey foam squares and affixed the front panel to a Kiwi Slice A2 card base.  

This is such a quick and simple card. It was nice to take a break from the holiday preparations and just make a birthday card for a special lady.  Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your evening.

Skellie Treat Boxes

Afternoon lovies! Today is National Card Making Day and I've had very little time to play since I've been creating this site.  However, I did get a couple of treat boxes made that I'm going to use as a 3D project at my next card class.  So sit back and relax and I'll tell you how these were made.
I started with a 12 x 12 sheet of printed paper from the Fall-O-Ween prints (PP-0060). Such a beautiful, versatile set that can be used for both Halloween and Thanksgiving cards and projects. At any rate, I cut the sheet into 6 x 6 squares and used an envelope punch board to score, notch and fold.  I'll attach the tutorial for them at the bottom of this post.  After I had constructed 4 boxes, I set them aside to make the embellishments.
I stamped a skeleton from the Skeletons Dance bundle (BD-0425) onto Whip Cream card stock (CS-0040) using Black Licorice True Color Fusion Ink Pad (IP-0041). I then cut the skellie out using the matching die, stamped a sentiment in the same way and cut it out also. I colored the skellie with Journey Color Burst pencils (JM-0077) and then painted a light layer of Journey Glaze (AC-0003) over him to make him appear as though he's glowing.

For the 2nd box I stamped an image from the same stamp set onto Black Licorice card stock (CS-0003) using clear pigment ink (IP-0102). I then covered them image with Journey White embossing powder (IP-0098) and heat set it with my Journey Heat Gun (TO-0083). I cut the image out using the coordinating die.
I then mounted the skeletons onto the boxes with small Journey Foam Squares (AD-0084) and the same with the sentiment. Lastly, I punched a small hole in the top flaps and cut a piece of Pumpkin Patch ribbon (AC-0334) to tie closed the top. Each treat box will hold 1 fun size candy bar or 3 Hershey nuggets.  Happy Halloween!
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For the  treat box tutorial, follow this link:  https://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/envelopepunchboardtote/?utm_medium=Email&utm_source=ExactTarget&utm_campaign=

Gnome for the Holidays

Afternoon lovlies.  When I saw this Gnome for the Holidays (BD-0432) set in the Holiday Trends mini, I just knew I had to have it. They are so dang cute and truthfully remind me of the Robertson's from Duck Dynasty. You can judge who is who.  I decided to make a preliminary Christmas card and those that know me know that I don't usually do whimsical Christmas cards, but how could I resist those little guys?

I went with a Double Z fold card...because I love them. My card base is Candy Apple (SC-0007) with Kiwi Slice (CS-0016) mat and Whip Cream (CS-0040) on top of that.  I stamped the gnomes onto Whip Cream cardstock using Black Licorice (IP-0041) color fusion ink pad and I used my Journey Color Burst pencils (JM-0077) to color the little guys and then the matching dies to cut them out. So easy.  The Sentiment is stamped using Kiwi Splash (IP-0024) color fusion ink pad.  I also used the Kiwi Splash to stamp the holly clusters and then just colored in the berries.

I also stamped the "Gnome for the Holidays" sentiment onto Whip Cream card stock using Kiwi Slice color fusion ink pad and then used the matching die to cut it out.  It is popped up using Journey foam squares (AD-0084).  Some splattered Silver Silk (IP-0090) (which doesn't show in the pictures very well) and my card was complete. 

Thanks for looking and I'm already thinking of ways to use these little guys on birthday cards all year round.  Be sure to visit my Fun Stampers Journey store to take home your Gnomes today. Remember that all ink pads and solid card stock are on sale (20%) off during the month of September. Stock up on all those holiday colors!

Candy Boxes

Good afternoon friends....what do you do when your child tells you at the last minute that they want you to make their Valentines for their class instead of buying the boxed cards?  Well, I drug out some supplies and made this super cute, super simple candy box in just a matter of minutes.  A couple of hours to make 36 of them!

You start with a 6 x 6 piece of designer paper (I used Sending Love DSP stack) and your envelope punch board.  Line up your paper at the 1 3/8" line, punch and score along the line diagonally.  Next move paper (on same side) to the 4" line, punch and score again, diagonally.

Then turn your paper to counter clockwise and line up your score line with the point coming from the punch.  Punch here and score diagonally.  Move the paper down to the next score line and repeat. Repeat these steps, turning your paper counter clockwise until all four sides are punched and scored.

Next you are going to hold your paper with the large corner towards you.  Cut with your paper snips down the scored line until it meets the adjoining score line on both sides of the corner.  Turn the paper 180* and do the same on the other side.  Fold along all score lines, folding all score lines in and the small corners out.  I then used the opposite side of the punch to round my corners.

Fold up your box and attach the sides using mini glue dots.  I attached the small corners down using 1 mini glue dot. I then punched a slit at the top of the large corners using my 3 corner punch (RETIRED).

I used the Sealed with Love Bundle from the Occasions catalog to make an envelope and insert using Whisper White card stock an stamped with a Real Red Classic Stampin Pad. The envelope and insert were cut with the thinlits in my Big Shot and after folding the envelope, I used a mini glue dot to hold it in place.  I put the insert in the envelope with the hearts sticking out and attached the envelope the the front of the box using 2 mini glue dots. I added another heart to the front of the envelope. After adding candy (I used Snickers minis, Dove chocolate hearts and Hershey nuggets) I tied the box closed with Cherry Cobbler bakers twine.

This was such an easy project and so fun to do.  I think I may do it again for Easter, Christmas, Birthday favors.....lots of options.

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day.

Lift Me Up

Good afternoon friends.

This afternoon while doing card sketch challenges, I had the perfect sketch to use the new Lift Me Up bundle available in the 2017 Occasions catalog.  I just love the colors and the hot air balloons.

I used a card base made from Peek A Boo Peach card stock cut to a standard A2 size.  I stamped the smaller of the hot air balloons using Watermelon Wonder, Night of Navy and Peek A Boo Peach stampin ink pads onto Very Vanilla card stock and I cut them out with the matching framelits and my Big Shot.  I mounted them along the side of the card with dimensionals for a little extra "pop".

Next I cut a piece of the Carried Away DSP that's available for FREE with $50 purchase in Sale A Bration.  Who doesn't like FREE!!  The DSP is cut to 4" x 4" and secured with snail adhesive.  I stamped "Happy Birthday" from the Lift Me Up stamp set in Watermelon Wonder ink onto Very Vanilla card stock and cut it out with a banner. It is also mounted with dimensionals. I masked off the stamp to only get the Happy Birthday for the front and then I masked it again to use for the inside sentiment...."Hope your day is on Cloud 9".

It's been an icy weekend here and this card just makes me happy.  I hope you've enjoyed it and thanks for stopping by. Enjoy the rest of your day and evening.

Christmas Wreath

Good afternoon everyone.  I hope you all are more ready for Christmas than I am.  10 days to go and I don't have my cards finished yet.  I set out today to correct that problem.

For this card I used multiple Stampin' Up! items.  I started with a card base made from Kraft card stock and I topped that with a piece of  Cherry Cobbler card stock.  I hauled out the Big Shot and cut elements from the Pretty Pines thinlits dies.  I cut 4 of the mid size pine branches and 2 of the small branches from Garden Green card stock.  Next I cut 2 of the berries from Cherry Cobbler card stock and a wreath using the large die in the Swirly Scribbles (RETIRING) from Soft Suede card stock.

I embossed a wood grain background onto Kraft card stock using a folder from my stash.  I love the outdoorsy look of this card.  After assembling the pine branches onto the wreath, I added a red ribbon using a glue dot for extra hold.  Next using Cherry Cobbler classic stampin pad, I used the Merry Christmas sentiment from the Star of Light set and curved it to fit the Dual Banner Punch (RETIRING).  The banner is mounted with dimensionals to give it some depth.

On the inside I used a sentiment from the Cozy Christmas set (RETIRED) again using Cherry Cobbler classic stampin pad and then added a pine branch from the Wonderland set (RETIRED) using Garden Green classic stampin pad.

Thank you for stopping by.  Have a Merry Christmas.

Hey, Chick

I'm dearly in love with the Hey, Chick stamp set that will be available in Sale A Bration beginning in a few weeks.  This fluffy headed chicken is simply adorable.

For this card I used a Crumb Cake card base and stamped the chicken onto Whisper White card stock. I colored the lil fella with Cajun Craze, Cherry Cobbler, Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie and Crumb Cake Stampin Write markers.  I then hit up his 'do with clear Wink of Stella. Then I fussy cut the guy out.

I cut the window frame using the Hearth & Home framelit dies and positioned my chicken to "peek" through the window.  If you haven't tried the foam adhesive strips, they are amazing for making a shaker card and simple to use. Behind the window I used an embossed sheet that I got from a friend in a swap and I colored the raised parts with my blender pen and Cajun Craze, Crushed Curry and Crumb Cake inks.  I added some sequins from my stash and assembled the card, stamping the sentiment in Cajun Craze.

My son said the card is for the wrong season but I don't care.  I just love this chicken.  If you want one of your own, visit my website http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/kimskreations/ anytime between January 4 - March 31, 2017 to get your very own. He is free with a $50 purchase.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoy my card.  Have a Blessed Day.