Ever After

I've got a busy couple of days ahead of me so I figured if I want to post before Valentine's Day now is my chance. Last week I got this awesome set with my SU order. It didn't take me long to make something with the heart stamp.

I stamped the heart in Riding Hood Red, cut it out and covered it with Versamark and Iridescent Ice, and heatset it.The background stamp is En Francais and is stamped in Sahara Sand. I used the scallop edge punch for the border.

It took me a little bit of time to figure out what I wanted to do with the flowers. I ended up stamping them a few times on Whisper White, colored them in a little bit with Pink Pirouette and then added Versamark and Iridescent Ice to the whole image. So the card is really sparkling.

Ok, please ignore the fact that I forgot to cut the ribbon before I took the picture *lol*. I was in such a hurry to take pictures of about 15 card I had made and hoping that the battery in the camera would last, that I didn't notice the ribbon. I didn't notice until I was editing the pictures on the computer.

I decided to try not using red or pink. So I went with Whisper White, Close to Cocoa and Chocolate Chip. I did not put glitter on the heart this time but instead I covered the LOVE stamp with Crystal Effects ad Dazzling Diamonds.

This is all for today, I've gotta get to work and I'm going on a 4 hour Ghosthunt tonight :)

TFL

Peaceful Wishes

I'm sorry to write this post so late. I had to take an extra shift at work yesterday. I have to say that taking a job in a store just before Tax Free Weekend is not something I recommend. It was crazy all weekend. And I worked today too so tonight I've been finishing up on the cards I wanted to make for this post. And then when I tried to upload my pictures I kept getting error messages. I hope the images show OK, I had to upload them to a gallery first and then load them to my blog.

I did decide to change stamp sets for this post. I just wanted a chance to use this Christmas set before it retires :0

The first card I made earlier this summer. The base is Always Artichoke. Then we have Bravo Burgundy, River Rock DP, Always Artichoke again and I stamped the image in Always Artichoke and Bravo Burgundy on watercolor paper. I used sponge daubers to distress the image with Bravo Burgundy ink and River Rock ink. the ribbon is Bravo Burgundy.

The colors in this card are Old Olive, Ruby red and Chocolate Chip. The image is stamped on Naturals White. I used my markers instead of the inkpads. I used my new scallop edge punch for the scallop edge and I didn't have a ribbon in the right color red so I used a scrap paper instead (Ruby Red).

This card I made for a "Monday Mailer" thing I've joined in my NCSUdemos club. We were supposed to do FAUX anything on this months cards. This is the first card this month and I did faux linnen (sp?) on the three background panels. I couldn't find my sanding blocks so I had to use sandpaper and I don't think it turned out as good as if I had used the blocks. I used En Francais on the three panels and sponged Always Artichoke onto it before using the sandpaper.

The card base is Bravo Burgundy, then the three panels, then Always Artichoke, Bravo Burgundy again and the image and sentiment. The image and sentiment are stamped on Very Vanilla. I did put a ribbon in the top left corner after I took the picture of the card. And I used Crystal effects on the berries!

This card is pretty simple but I like it. I used Soft Sky, Baja Breeze and Pacific Point. I don't feel like I need to say much about it.

This one is pretty simple too. the colors are Always Artichoke, Real Red, River Rock and Chocolate Chip. I managed to "cut" the sentiment in half by using my real red marker.

I was going to show you a couple of cards I received last week from fellow demos, but it'll have to wait until Blogger accepts the images straight from my computer.

I do want to tell you that I've got a SU website now. I just got it yesterday so I haven't worked on it much, but soon you'll be able to order from my website if you like :)

The link is http://huldap.stampinup.net/

TFL

Carousel Notes

I've been having so much fun looking through the SCS gallery to get some inspiration for the Carousel Notes. It's amazing what people come up with. But I'm going to start with an easy card:

This card is appr. 3x6 in. I cut a Soft Sky carousel note in half. And used the Soft Sky DP with it and Chocolate Chip cardstock. The stamp is from Short and Sweet.

This little purse is made with a 6x6 envelope (one from the Carousel Notes kit). I covered two Soft Sky carousel notes with DP from Fall Flowers. The stamp is from Heartfelt greetings, I used my scallop punch for the purely pomegranate layer. The ribbon is double stitched purely pomegranate. Cambria Turnbow made an awesome tutorial for this purse.

Here I used Fabulous Flowers and En Francais to decorate the top layer. The Purely Pomegranate, Soft Sky and Whisper white make the front and I used my jumbo eyelet to attach them to the carousel note.

You can open it all the way. The colors I used are Wild Wasabi, Soft Sky, Purely Pomegranate and Whisper White.

If you didn't guess it already, it's a bib! I made a Chocolate Chip carousel note using a real one as a template. The DP is from Berry Bliss. The stamp is from Nursery Necessities. This idea came from Kelly.

This is a gatefold card. I used two Wild Wasabi notes that I folded in half to make the gate. You slip the belt off to open the card (I didn't think of taking a pictureof it like that too). The colors are Wild Wasabi, Purely Pomegranate, Basic Black and Whisper White. The stamps are from a Level 2 hostess set called Spring Solitude and the background stamp Print Pattern. The card is 6x6 in.

Here's a box that I haven't seen anyone else do, so I guess I can say it was my idea! *grin*

I used one of the carousel notes as a template because I wanted a different color. Of course I could have made this a lot fancies but I wanted to give it a try and see if it worked before wasting a bunch of paper on it. This is how I cut and scored the paper:

You can't see it on the picture but there are four flaps, the one down to the left just didn't show. So three scallops on each side of the box. The cs is Bashful Blue and the stamps are from So Many Scallops (SAB set, not longer available) and a level 3 hostess set Time Well Spent.

I haven't posted these in my gallery yet so I don't have the details like I usually do.

For more inspiration check HERE!

Next weekend I'm going to tease you a little bit. I'm going to use a Level 2 hostess set, Infinite Goodness. I just think it's so pretty!

TFL

Fabulous Flowers

Fabulous flowers is one of the sets I defenitely do not regret buying. While I was making these cards you are about to see, I felt like I wasn't getting anywhere and nothing was working out for me. I wanted to try out a different color combination, something I hadn't seen before and I came up with this combo: Mellow Moss, So Saffron and Regal Rose. I think these colors are perfect for spring.

This card is 5 1/4 x 5 1/4 in. I made the patterned paper using the smaller flowers in the set. I then stamped thwe main image 4 times and cut out 4 different pieces of it. I did not use any dimensionals on this card, I just bent the flower edges a little bit. The pearl is from Pretties kit.
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This card here and the one below have the same color combo, Basic Gray, Going Gray and Soft Sky. I am so going to miss Soft Sky when we get new In-Colors. I think this color combo is so elegant. On the card here above I decided to focus on the small flowers instead of the big one. I used the big one for the patterned piece I made. The ribbon is Going Gray. The pearls are from Pretties Kit. I use Crystal Effects to glue the pearls to the flowers.
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Here we've got the big flower again. I stamped the flower 3 times with Basic Gray and cut out three different pieces from the flowers. I then covered the pieces with Versamark, poured heat and stick on the images, heat set them only for a few seconds and then poured Dazzling Diamonds on them. I used the En Francais background stamp for the background.
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This card has Basic Gray, Going Gray and Bashful Blue. The flower was done the same way as on the card above, except this time I used Basic Black ink. But after I had put the glitter on it it looked more like gray than black so I used Basic Gray for the cardbase instead of black. the size of the card is 5 1/4 x 5 1/4 in. The brad is from my Pretties kit.
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This card is a Criss Cross Card. They are so much fun to make, and are pretty easy to make. The color combo is Basic Gray, Going Gray and Pretty in Pink.

The flower is stamped in Going Gray and then done the same way as the other glittery flowers.

You've probably noticed by now that Basic Gray is one of my favorite colors for a cardbase. But I promiss you that next weekend I'll be using different colors for my card bases.
I have not put item # anywhere in this post. I plan to do that as much as I can, I just don't have the time today. I'm getting ready for my parents to come visit with us all the way from Iceland.
We're driving to Atlanta, GA tomorrow to pick them up at the airport.

My deal of the week is:
Fabulous Flowers ($22.95)
Heat & Stick Powder ($4.50)
Dazzling Diamonds ($4.50)
for $27 before tax and shipping (regular total $31.95 before tax and shipping)

or

Fabulous Flowers ($22.95)
Pretties Kit ($29.95)
for $47 before tax and ship. (reg. tot. $52.90 before tax and ship.)

My email is: stampinhulda@gmail.com

Here's some more Fabulous Flowers inspiration <--Click.

Next weekend's stamp set will be Embrace Life

Heartfelt Thanks

I got this weeks stampset in my SU starter kit when I became a demo. It's a Two Step Stampin set. Meaning you create your images using 2 stamps. It is not necessary when using this stamp set though.

Lets start with this card. I used Pretty in Pink, Chocolate Chip, Mellow Moss and Whisper White cardstock. I decided not to use a full front on it. The pink part only covers half of the card. It's a regular card size though, 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 in. I used my Soft Subtles stampin' spots to ink up the stamp. I started out stampin three flowers and on the other flowers I had stamped first on a pice of scrap paper before stampin on the image so they would be softer than the first three. I used a background stamp from Itty Bitty Backgrounds on the pink part, using Pretty in Pink ink. The sentiment is from Short & Sweet.

On this card I used Pale Plum, Mellow Moss, Barely Banana and Whisper White cardstock. I used a Mellow Moss stampin'spot to stamp a background (Itty Bitty Backgrounds) on the Mellow Moss layer. I used three different stamps to make the Pale Plum layer. The colors of the small flowers are Pale Plum, Perfect Plum and Barely Banana. the ribbon is Mellow Moss and the main image is stamped in Pale Plum, Mellow Mossand Barely Banana. The center of the flower is a different stamp from the flower so that makes it easy to use a different color for it.

This card is made with Bravo Burgundy, Rose Red, Regal Rose cardstock and Always Artichoke designer series paper. I actually colored the stamp with my Watercolor Wonder Crayons, using the same colors as the card itself has. Remember to keep the stamp wet when you use the crayons for stamping. I stamped "Heartfelt" in Always Artichoke on the front and "Thanks" inside the card in Rose Red.

Lets try the In-Colors next:

I used Soft Sky, Wild Wasabi and Purely Pomegranate for this project. I wanted to try out my 5-in-1 template and do something I haven't seen anyone else do yet. I made this box using the template. I wanted to make a box for notecards that I could use as a gift. So I mafe the cards to match the box. I decided not to put a bow on the card images so the cards wouldn't have to be hand cancelled at the postoffice. I think the bow looks nicer though. The cards fit in envelopes that you can send checks in (don't know what they are called), 6 3/8 x 3 1/4 in.

I recommend using Sticky Strip tape to glue the box if you want to make sure it won't fall apart ;)

And here I wanted to show you that you can make different cards using the same material. The only stampæ that is not the same in both cards is the background stamp. I used En Francais on the first card and Itty Bitty Backgrounds on the second one. I used Certainly Celery, Apricot Appeal, Barely Banana and Whisper White. I used a paper crimper on the Barely Banana pieces.

The sentiment is not a SU stamp, it's from a dollar set that I have, I don't have an Easter stampset from SU yet, it's my first Easter as a demo.

I prefer using markers, stampin'spots or the crayons when I use this set. I did use the big inkpads on the box and notecards because the in-colors are only available in pads, and it wasn't easy, it's fine when you only use one color though.

If you order this set from me this week you get two Stampin'markers for free (you choose the colors).

Next weekend I'll be using Bloomin' Beautiful from the Occasions Mini Catalog (2008)

Happy Easter!