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Be My Valentine! I made this handmade Valentine's Day card in early January. It is unique from most Valentine cards you see. Most are loaded with pink or red or both. As soon as it was done, I knew I would save it for today to wish you a Happy Valentine's Day.
My handmade greeting card started with the Basic Black background paper from the Neutrals Patterns Designers Series Paper Stack for the paper lolly. Learn how to make a paper lolly with my video demonstration. At this point I decided I wanted to make a black & white with shades of black card with just one small splash of red.
The Be My Valentine greeting has an outlined heart as part of the stamp image. I got so excited when I thought of the Small Heart Punch to punch a heart from Real Red Card Stock. Then I almost hyper ventilated when I remember the Red Glimmer Paper. How perfect for a Valentine's Day card!
Now, I could let you think I'm just that talented, but it was completely accidental when the stripes from the Whisper White background paper lined up perfectly with the stripes from the Basic Black background paper. Of course, I love it worked like that! If it hadn't I probably would have layered the Whisper White background paper with either Basic Black or Basic Gray Card Stock.
Now let's have a look at the full card again. Don't you just love the splash of sparkling red? This would be a great card for your guy.
Want to make this card for the man in your life? You could easily change it into a birthday card. The card all started with the Neutrals Patterns Designer Series Paper Stack. Order your own Neutrals Patterns Designer Series Paper Stack in my online store now!
When you order online from Shelly, you enter into the Stamping Smiles Online Ordering Oasis! After only 3 orders of $25 or more, you earn FREE shipping on the fourth order! It is that easy. No punch cards. You don't have to wait until you spend hundreds of $$$ to earn your FREE shipping reward. Just place your 4th order within one year of the first.
Life is complicated enough, ordering the best stamping and scrapbooking supplies available should not be. It isn't with the Stamping Smiles Online Ordering Oasis rewards program. Enter into the oasis now with your first order on www.stampinsmiles.stampinup.net!
Remember the beautiful Stampin' Up! A Flower for All Seasons stamp set? Godby With Us Stamper Carol Ann made this pretty hand stamped card with the now retired stamp set.
Don't you just love her awning? Carol Ann used the Word Window Punch in alternating shades of More Mustard and Bravo Burgundy Card Stock to create her awning.
Also delightful are the three flower pots on the window sill. Carol Ann's card using three of the four stamps from the set. Look at all that pretty color.
Speaking of color, I think Carol Ann watercolored her flowers, flower pots and creatures. If she used markers and got all that shading with them, my hat is off to her.
I find the easiest way to watercolor is with the Aqua Painters. Just love them. The Aqua Painter offers great control over the amount of water needed. Not too much or not enough.
Did you notice, Carol Ann used the Snow Burst Embossing Folder to add texture to her background paper? Nice touch!
Carol Ann's card is full of nice little touches that make her card from pretty to pretty extraordinary. How about that window sill? She used the Scallop Edge Border Punch. What I particularly like is her placement of the 1/16" circle holes. Typically you see them added in the center of each scallop and not between like she did. I will so be using that! Oh, wouldn't Basic Pearl Jewels be pretty on the right card? I want to remember to try this very soon.
Carol Ann purchased the retired A Flower for All Seasons stamp set from my list of well over 100 retired Stampin' Up! stamp sets for sale. And then emailed a picture of her pretty card. A big inky hug to Carol Ann for sharing her card.
Looking for a retired stamp set? I list retired Stampin' Up! stamp sets for seven different stampers. This gives you a nice variety of styles to choose from. Some of the stamp sets date back to the early 90's! You will want to check out my list of retired Stampin' Up! stamps and see if you find any treasures.
Be sure to check back periodically. Soon I will be list more stamp sets of yet another stamper. The list is ever changing with new additions and sold stamp sets removed. I strive to keep the list accurate and up-t0-date.
Is there a retired stamp set waiting to go home with you? Check and see!
Did you know when you place your Stampin' Up! orders with me you get a hand-stamped thank you card in your mailbox. We're not talking your email inbox, but a for-goodness-sake thank you card in the mail?
When you choose to shop with me, I want to let you know your business is appreciated!
This month I am using the Stampin' Up! Sale-a-bration Sprinkled Expressions stamp set to express my gratitude for my February shoppers. Watch my stamping video demonstration to see how my card was made.
The Sprinkled Expressions stamp set is just one of the 20 Sale-a-bration product choices you will get absolutely for FREE when you order $50 or more in February and March 2012!
Like free? It gets even better. You get your choice of any of the 20 free Sale-a-bration products for every $50 in orders! There is no limit to the number of free Sale-a-bration products you can earn! View the Sale-a-bration brochure with the 20 different products choices online.
When you order online from Shelly, you enter into the Stamping Smiles Online Ordering Oasis! After only 3 orders of $25 or more, you earn FREE shipping on the fourth order! It is that easy. No punch cards. You don't have to wait until you spend hundreds of $$$ to earn your FREE shipping reward. Just place your 4th order within one year of the first.
Life is complicated enough, ordering the best stamping and scrapbooking supplies available should not be. It isn't with the Stamping Smiles Online Ordering Oasis rewards program. Enter into the oasis now with your first order on www.stampinsmiles.stampinup.net!
Stampin' Up! Sale-a-bration is only here for a limited time!
Usually I show you the full card first, then break down the elements. Let's try a different approach today. I will start with the different Everyday Enchantment Designer Series Paper and Ribbon/Brads Pack, both free Stampin' Up! 2012 Sale-a-bration choices.
Don't know what I mean by free Sale-a-bration choices? During the Stampin' Up! 2012 Sale-a-bration promotion (January 24 - March 31, 2012 only), you get your choice of one of the 20 Sale-a-bration products with every $50 in Stampin' Up! purchases! Naturally the total is before shipping and sales tax. No limit to how many FREE Sale-a-bration products you can earn!
Sound good? Of course. FREE is fun! Ten of the 20 Sale-a-bration products are limited-edition. After March 31, 2012 they will be gone for good. The Everyday Enchantment Designer Series Paper and Ribbon/Brad Pack are both limited-edition products for Sale-a-bration.
Okay, let's get to my Everyday Enchantment no stamping card. Looking over all the 12 pretty patterns of the Everyday Enchantment Designer Series Paper, one stood out as much more than a background paper. With the large flower designs, it can easily be used as the focal point of a greeting card.
I started my card by cutting out a rectangle with a flower stem with two flowers on it and two more on either side. The from the same paper, I cut out the larger flowers there were fully displayed.
Did you notice how the flowers are popped up? I used Stampin' Dimensionals to give added depth and dimension to my greeting card. Here is a side view so you can really see the added dimension.
My background paper, now focal point, rectangle was given one more added touch of dimension with a flower brad from the Everyday Enchantment Ribbon/Brad Pack.
If you are a regular follower of my stamping blog, you know how I feel about naked edges of background paper. To cover the naked edge where the two different patterns meet, I used the sheer Lucky Limeade 1/8" Organdy Ribbon from the Everyday Enchantment Ribbon/Brad Pack.
Now you've seen the elements of my no stamping greeting card, let's have a look at the entire card.
When I look at this card, I don't think no stamping. Do you? I simply see a pretty card, if I do say so myself.
When you order online from Shelly, you enter into the Stamping Smiles Online Ordering Oasis! After only 3 orders of $25 or more, you earn FREE shipping on the fourth order! It is that easy. No punch cards. You don't have to wait until you spend hundreds of $$$ to earn your FREE shipping reward. Just place your 4th order within one year of the first.
Life is complicated enough, ordering the best stamping and scrapbooking supplies available should not be. It isn't with the Stamping Smiles Online Ordering Oasis rewards program. Enter into the oasis now with your first order on www.stampinsmiles.stampinup.net!
Stampin' Up! Sale-a-bration is only here for a limited time!
The free-with-purchase Stampin' Up! Sale-a-bration Sprinkled Expressions stamp set includes a two stamps great for graduation cards. It is much more than a graduation card set, but how great it is to have a stamp set on hand for the graduations that are a continual part of our May and June each year.
Didn't Marsha do a great job cutting out her cascading stars? She left an equal border around all of them. Not always easy to do, but the Very Vanilla border really sets them off against the Lucky Limeade Card Stock behind them.
In this pattern of the Everyday Enchantment Designer Series Paper, you see a hint of the Pool Party color. Marsha pulled the hint of color into her beautifully with the Pool Party used to ink and layer her greeting.
Like me, Marsha doesn't care for a naked, or blunt, edge of background paper. She tied some of the color coordinating ribbon from the Everyday Enchantment Ribbon & Brad Pack to cover the edge. The ribbon is sheer and gives a subtle blending of the background paper and Lucky Limeade Card Stock.
Would you like to have the Sprinkled Expressions stamp set in your collection to make a graduation card when the need arrives? If so, order $50 in Stampin' Up! products in my online store and choose Sprinkled Expressions as your FREE choice.
If you find FREE fun, then you will love shopping with Shelly! When you order online from Shelly, you enter into the Stamping Smiles Online Ordering Oasis! After only 3 orders of $25 or more, you earn FREE shipping on the fourth order! It is that easy. No punch cards. You don't have to wait until you spend hundreds of $$$ to earn your FREE shipping reward. Just place your 4th order within one year of the first.
Life is complicated enough, ordering the best stamping and scrapbooking supplies available should not be. It isn't with the Stamping Smiles Online Ordering Oasis rewards program. Enter into the oasis now with your first order on www.stampinsmiles.stampinup.net!
Stampin' Up! Sale-a-bration is only here for a limited time!
The Sprinkled Expressions stamp set has three fun shapes - star, heart, flower - and three great sayings. The Sprinkled Expressions stamp set is one of the free Sale-a-bration choices with any $50 Stampin' Up! order January 24 - March 31, 2012. Don't you just love free? Free Stampin' Up! products is definitely a celebration! Have a look at the free stamp set images.
Let's get to the star card made with the Sprinkled Expressions stamp set. The base of the card was made by Godby (God be) With Us Stamper Sherrie Bryant. In the center of the Designer Frames Embossing she had stamped her greeting on the So Saffron Card Stock with Old Olive Classic Ink. We couldn't remember which Stampin' Up! stamp set it came from. So, I used her card and made a couple of changes to turn it into a Sale-a-bration card.
Instead of stamping directly onto the So Saffron Card Stock, I used my Stampin' Write Markers, So Saffron, More Mustard and Old Olive, to get a variety of colors and stamped on Whisper White Card Stock. Sherrie's color combination, So Saffron, More Mustard and Old Olive, was taken from the Color Coach. It sure worked well for the colors of my stars.
The stamped Whisper White piece was layered onto an Old Olive Card Stock piece. Then I got all fancy and embossed and trimmed a So Saffron Card Stock piece with the Houndstooth Embossing Folder and filled the frame. Upon reflection, I thought it might have been cool if I had embossed a More Mustard Card Stock piece for inside the frame. It might have looked like I cut out the inside of the frame. Oh well, maybe next time.
If you find FREE fun, then you will love shopping with Shelly! When you order online from Shelly, you enter into the Stamping Smiles Online Ordering Oasis! After only 3 orders of $25 or more, you earn FREE shipping on the fourth order! It is that easy. No punch cards. You don't have to wait until you spend hundreds of $$$ to earn your FREE shipping reward. Just place your 4th order within one year of the first.
Life is complicated enough, ordering the best stamping and scrapbooking supplies available should not be. It isn't with the Stamping Smiles Online Ordering Oasis rewards program. Enter into the oasis now with your first order on www.stampinsmiles.stampinup.net!
Stampin' Up! Sale-a-bration is only here for a limited time!
Do you like to sew? If not, you may have thought the Stampin' Up! Designer Fabric held no interest for you. Watch my video tutorial on how to easily make a no-sew fabric flower with a strip of the Spice Cake Designer Fabric.
The Stampin' Up! Spice Cake Designer Fabric was first introduced in the 2011 Stampin' Up! Holiday Mini Catalog. Although the Holiday Mini Catalog has retired, the Spice Cake Designer Fabric has been added to the Carryover List making it still available to order in my online store.
My Spice Cake fabric flower is layered onto a 2-3/8" punched Soft Suede Card Stock scallop circle. The scallop circle is layered onto a 3" die-cut Pool Party Card Stock circle. And, all that is layered onto the large Soft Suede Card Stock circle from the Sizzix Bigz Scallop Circle #2 Die. That is one big flower!
Take a gander at the beautiful, sheer ribbon. It is the 1/2" Pool Party Seam Binding Ribbon now available in the 2012 Stampin' Up! Occasions Mini Catalog. It is so soft, ties easily and drapes beautifully.
My "I'm praying for you" greeting is from the Stampin' Up! Blessings from Heaven stamp set. The set of greetings includes a sympathy, encouragement, friend and more sayings. Very nice.
Ready to try making a no-sew fabric flower too? Order the Spice Cake Designer Fabric in my online store!
When you order online from Shelly, you enter into the Stamping Smiles Online Ordering Oasis! After only 3 orders of $25 or more, you earn FREE shipping on the fourth order! It is that easy. No punch cards. You don't have to wait until you spend hundreds of $$$ to earn your FREE shipping reward. Just place your 4th order within one year of the first.
Life is complicated enough, ordering the best stamping and scrapbooking supplies available should not be. It isn't with the Stamping Smiles Online Ordering Oasis rewards program. Enter into the oasis now with your first order on www.stampinsmiles.stampinup.net!
Even if you do not sew, you'll want to make fabric flowers too! Order the Spice Cake Designer Fabric in my online store.
Take a look at my fabric flower. Godby With Us Stamper Carole Carr talked me through how to make one. Turned out nice, didn't it? The center did not need to be covered, but I like the added touch of the Large Basic Pearl Jewel in the center of it.
My fabric flower is sitting in the middle of one the stamped images from the Bordering on Romance stamp set. I watercolored the leaves and flowers with coordinating Blushing Bride and Pear Pizzazz Classic Ink with my ever trusted Aqua Painter. Love the Aqua Painter. The flow and control of water makes watercoloring not just a pleasure but a passion.
For my finishing touch, I used the oh so pretty Blushing Bride Pleated Ribbon. It is securely adhered to the bottom of my card with a line of Crystal Effects. That ribbon isn't going anywhere!
Want to play with everything from the Occasions Mini Catalog too? You can when you place your order in my online store for the limited-edition items!
When you order online from Shelly, you enter into the Stamping Smiles Online Ordering Oasis! After only 3 orders of $25 or more, you earn FREE shipping on the fourth order! It is that easy. No punch cards. You don't have to wait until you spend hundreds of $$$ to earn your FREE shipping reward. Just place your 4th order within one year of the first.
Life is complicated enough, ordering the best stamping and scrapbooking supplies available should not be. It isn't with the Stamping Smiles Online Ordering Oasis rewards program. Enter into the oasis now with your first order on www.stampinsmiles.stampinup.net!
