Sip by Sip

I got some new Stampin' Up stamps Tuesday and was dying to use them! "Sip by Sip" was one of the sets so I used it for Splitcoaststampers card sketch SC221.

OK, I'm not overly fond of this one, but my DH is going out to visit his parents soon, so I thought I'd send this with him to give to my MIL with a bag of Starbucks coffee.

This card includes sewing, lots of 3D dots, flower/button embellishment, stamps and ink. The middle cup was stamped twice, cut and popped up for a 3D effect.

Fan Flower of Friendship

I saw this cool flower idea somewhere, but I don't know where or who to give credit to.

I cut a one inch strip of yellow cardstock, scored every 1/2", did an accordion fold, adhered the ends (to make a circle), and once the glue was dry I turned it to make a "flat" flower. I used glue to adhere it to a chipboard circle base (to prevent it from turning and give it more stability). I used a Circle of Friendship stamp from Stampin' Up, punched with 1" circle punch (backed with 1" chipboard circle) and used those nifty glue dots to place in the center of the flower. Clear as mud?

The layout is from Splitcoaststampers card sketch SC220. When it was all said and done, I wasn't all that fond of this card. My DH just LOVED it. And he is not one to sugarcoat things.

Hi Cupcake

So my DH surprised me on Saturday with a Cricut Jukebox and the Hello Kitty cart. I was finally able to steal a few minutes last night to try out the cart. Here's my first creation:

The cupcake is Hello Kitty and the circles are Plantin Schoolbook. I've included sewing, pop-dots, and the stamp is Inkadinkado.

This is just to show the layers. Oh, this card is inspired from FTL32 (Fall-to-Layout32) over at Clean and Simple Stamping and a Splitcoaststampers sketch (SC83).

Another SCS Sketch

I really like these sketches. They're not as intimidating as I thought.

Here's the sketch:



Here's my card:


The stamp is Stampendous, and I colored it in using prisma pencils and gamsol and used glaze on the flowers and vine. Image and sentiment are on 3D foam dots for added dimension. You know what I just NOW realized? I have the oval in the wrong direction! LOL! Oh well, I tried.

Card Sketch

This card is for a card sketch over at Splitcoaststampers.

Here is the sketch:

Here is my card:

I used Stampin' Up's Very Punny set that I recently got at the retired stamp camp. I stamped the pig once on the white and once on pink. I cut him out, put him on 3D dots and added glaze for shine. There's also a bit of sewing and pretty flowers. When my DH saw it, the first thing he said is "what do flowers have to do with pigs?" Men! It's called an embellishment!

More Chipboard

Here are a couple cards I recently made. I'm still using the shapes from the chipboard pack I bought over a year ago! I really love their ease of use but I need to start thinking outside the box.

This card is currently for sale here.


The "Thinking of You" stamp is Inkadinkado, and the "thank you" stamp is Fiskars.

Stamp a Stack

Went to a Stampin' Up Stamp a Stack on Saturday. I had a good time. It was a smaller class than usual, but we kept pretty busy. These are some of the cards I came away with: