The Stamper

Patterned Party Birthday card

It's a party!  This stamp set was new last year and I liked it so right away I ordered it and sent it to my friend in Georgia where Ted was suppose to be going in a few weeks, that was last fall and because of a change of schedule Ted did not go back until late spring so my stamp set sat in Georgia for months and of course I did not want to purchase it again because I knew it was there.  

So when this stamp set and I got in the same place I quickly put it together to play with it.  This card was one of my creations.  It was created for my Hands On class last month.  I used Not Quite Navy, Daffodil Delight and the new paper Summer Smooches.  

Most of this card was done with marker techniques.  The Happy Birthday I used the technique of omitting.  The stamp has flags that say "to you" that I left off this card.  The balloons are colored with markers so they all have a different color and punched with a large circle punch.  The present used both of these techniques, I omitted the rest of the gifts and colored the ribbon a different color.  This rectangle is easy to create with punches.  First stamp the image close to the edge of your cardstock, then using a small sqaure punch, punch the image with part of the square punch hanging off the cardstock edge.  Now glue the stamped image to the edge of the color frame you want leaving a small edge of the frame color showing then using the large square punch frame in your image and punch.  Now you have a rectangle image using square punches.  

To order the Patterned Party stamp set and accessories go to my Stampin' site: http://wendythestamper.stampinup.net 

Established Elegance Retreat card

It won't be too much longer and I will find myself back in the United States for summer break and Stampin' Up! convention.  This year I invited all my downline to join me at our home in Utah for a couple of days before convention for my STARZ retreat.  It will so great to see everyone again.  

As part of my retreat we each create a wow project and then bring cards to exchange.  This card is my exchange card, it has that vintage style to it.  I really like how it turned out and hope you enjoy it as well. 

I used Stampin' Up! new in color Summer Starfruit for the base and 4 x 5 1/4" Designer paper from Stampin' Up! new paper pack Comfort Cafe.  Then I  added 1/2 of the Bigz Clear Oval Accent die cut from Cajun Craze cardstock.  I stamped a flourish in Cajun Craze on the top part of the die.  I also stamped the words on the DSP paper. 

I stamped image from the Established Elegance stamp set and punched and added them to the card. The Typewriter stamped in Black stazon; framed in Soft Suede.  Circle image was stamped with Early Espresso punched with circle punch.  Crown was stamped with Cajun Craze punched with square punch and framed with Summer Starfruit cardstock punches with square punch.  The key was stamped with Black Stazon and cut out and natural twine was tied in a bow. The accents were popped off the page with dimensionals.  

 How to make the ribbon flower:  The ribbon flower is about 7 inches of seam binding ribbon, you pull a string from one edge gathering the ribbon as you pull, then I rolled and wrapped the ribbon back and forth around itself and stuck the bottom edge to a dimensional.  I used the same dimensional to stick the ribbon flower to the card.  

To order supplies to make a card like mine go to my Stampin' web site: http://wendythestamper.stampinup.net 

 

Cherryish You scrap page

To start my daughter's grad books I write a note to her as her mom and I also have her dad write something.  My husband enjoyed writing little poems for each of our daughters for this book.  They always make me cry.  I usually use Senior pictures plus one of them as a baby, for Chaylee I also used some from last year because they were great pictures of her. 

This page was one I made in my scrapbooking class a couple months ago.  I used the cherry stamp from Stampin' Up! Mouthwatering stamp set and designer papers also from Stampin' Up!.  I really like this layout and used it a couple of time in her books.   It works well when trying to fit lots of pictures on a page or like I did here with lots of journaling.  Some details you might miss is the 3/4 " circles that were punched from the same Certainly Celery cardstock as the base page and then glued onto the base page.  This is a nice subtle background and easy to do.  The frame are Stampin Up! new Framelits dies, I used Labels collections on this page.  

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Grad books are done!

I must say now that I have finished Chaylee's grad books it might have been worth all the time and effort it took to do them but the real test will be when she opens them this coming Thursday and I see her face, then I will know for sure.  

The format I followed is one I have used for my two older daughters books with a few changes.  I make each child 4 books for them to take away to college and the rest of their lives (I make two copies so I have one here at home as well). I guess it is a tradition since this past winter Chaylee started dropping hints that she wants a set of scrapbooks for graduation like her older sister got, her hint dropping got so bad that I finally had to tell her that I was working on them because she was worried I would leave her out.  

The first book is about them; pages in this book are letter from parents, her heritage, the homes she lived in, personality pages, birthday pages, friends pages.  

Second book is her family book, this includes family pictures of her growing up, a page of her with each family member and note from that family member, family trips review and grandparent trip review pages.  

The thrid book is her school book, it included a two page spread of each school year from preschool to high school graduation (this page is added after she gets her book) and the fourth book is an expression book.  

This is a little mini album with pictures of her and the expression she makes growing up.  

The pages for these book are ones that I created in my scrapbook classes and I drop the photos I collected from her life onto them.  I will show you some of the pages over the next few weeks.  

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New Catalog is here

June is the month for the new.  I am one year newer.  We have a new season; because summer is really here.  There is a new catalog; Stampin' Up! released the 2012-2013 catalog June 1st.
The catalog has new colors;  5 new colors Primrose Petals, Raspberry Ripple, Summer Starfruit, Midnight Muse & Gumball Green. Don't those sound good!

You will also find new products; stamps set, buttons, ribbons, dies & much more.

You will also be able to view the new My Digital Studio downloads and products.  

To see all the new things you can check out my Stampin' Web site:  http://wendythestamper.stampinup.net