Send Me Soaring

Lately there's been some pretty good wind up here in northern North Dakota and it has made me want to fly a kite.
So that has been the inspiration for this card.

Stamp Sets: Send Me Soaring (clear mount and wood mount), Create A Cupcake (clear mount and wood mount)

Ink: Marina Mist Stamp Pad, Cherry Cobbler Stamp Pad

Paper: Marina Mist Card Stock, Whisper White Card Stock

Other: Create A Cupcake Builder Punch, Cherry Cobbler Baker's Twine, Modern Label Punch, Paper Snips, Stampin' Dimensionals

This card was a lot of fun and would be great for a child's birthday card.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you feel inspired!

Mixed Bunch butterfly

The new 2012 Occasions Mini Catalog was released on Wednesday, January 4th and like every mini catalog that comes out from Stampin' Up! it is FULL of awesome products!
I made a card with one of my favorite stamp sets from the book, Mixed Bunch, which is found on page 17. It is available in both clear mount and wood mount style. If you are new to stamping with clear mount stamps and are interested, you will need clear mount blocks to use the stamps.

All of the colors I used for this card are 2011-2013 In Colors.

Here's what you need to do to make this card:
The card base is a piece of Whisper White cardstock measuring 8.5" x 5.5" scored and folded in half to make it a 4.25" x 5.5" card. Hint: Scoring cardstock makes folding it easier and crisper. Use the Simply Scored score tool and a bone folder.
Set the card base aside.
Grab a piece of Pool Party cardstock and cut it to 4" x 5.25". Grab a piece of Lucky Limeade striped designer series paper and cut it to 2" x 4". Using Snail adhesive, glue the Lucky Limeade paper to the bottom of the Pool Party cardstock.
Then cut a 15" piece of Whisper White 5/8" Satin Ribbon. Lay it under the Pool Party cardstock and tie a knot in the front so it lays over the edge of the Lucky Limeade paper. Glue the Pool Party cardstock to the front of your card base.
Set the card base aside again.
On a piece of Whisper White cardstock, stamp the ornate flower from the Mixed Bunch stamp set using Island Indigo. Using the Blossom Punch available in the Occasions Mini, punch out the flower. Then use a scissors and cut off two side by side petals by cutting between the petals to the center of the flower to make a butterfly.
Now use the Blossom Punch to punch out a flower from Island Indigo cardstock. Stack the butterfly on top of the Island Indigo flower, lining it up with the petals, and cut the flower the same way you did the butterfly. Use some Snail adhesive to glue the two butterflies together slightly offset so the Island Indigo shows on the bottom of the butterfly. Using Basic Pearls Jewels Accents, and form a body and head of the butterfly using smaller pearls for the body and a bigger pearl for the head. Use Stampin' Dimensionals so adhere the butterfly to the card.

On a piece of Wisteria Wonder cardstock, use the Happy Birthday stamp from the Create A Cupcake stamp set (which is available in both clear mount and wood mount) to stamp the sentiment in Wisteria Wonder. Punch the sentiment out with the Modern Label Punch. Use Stampin' Dimensionals to adhere it to the card.

For the sentiment on the inside of the card, use an inside sentiment of your choice from the Create A Cupcake stamp set and stamp it in Wisteria Wonder.

Tada!! A beautiful card using a new stamp set from the 2012 Occasions Mini Catalog and the 2011-2013 In Colors.

Thanks for stopping by and if you have any questions or comments, please post them!!

Stampin' Up! Demonstrator!!

Well, after long consideration, I finally did it. I have joined Stampin' Up! as a demonstrator!

I've been a fan of Stampin' Up! since I was in Middle School. My mom purchased some Stampin' Up! stamps when I was a 6th or 7th grader along with a Kaleidoscope ink pad that had the shades of the rainbow and could be pulled apart so they could be inked separately or pushed together to be inked in a rainbow scheme. They were the greatest and my absolute favorite thing to play with.

They used to be made out of black foam for the blocks.

Then came along wood-mount stamps, which are still popular and available for sale in most stamp sets.

The latest in stamps from Stampin' Up! is the clear-mount stamps which "cling" to an acrylic block and are stored in a DVD case. 

The clear-mount stamps are my favorite because they take up so little space, but there's still something about holding that wood block in your hand when stamping. Kinda like how I love my Barnes and Noble nook, but still like to actually turn a page in a real book once in a while.

My resolution for the New Year is to post at least 2 or 3 times a week. Please let me know if there is anything you would like to see on my blog and I will do my best to provide for you.

Thanks for stopping in today. I hope you all have a Happy New Year!!