Always on My Mind-Forever in My Heart

Hey there stampers! Happy Rainy Tuesday!  Well at least it's raining here, hopefully the weather is nicer where you are!  I used to like the rain until I married a contractor who works outside when it's not raining....*sigh*
Today's card is one I made trying to figure out what I am having my ladies make this weekend at my Valentine's stamp camp.  It's still on my maybe list ;)

STEPS:

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1. Stamp the birds from the Love You Much stamp set in Jet Black Stazon and color in with Stampin' Write Markers.  Punch with Full Heart Punch and cover entirely with Versamark Ink.
2. Sprinkle Heat & Stick Powder over it and heat with Heat Tool.  Sprinkle with Dazzling Diamonds and heat again with Heat Tool to set.  (super sparkly!)
3. Layer onto Basic Black punched with the 1 3/4" Circle Punch and then onto Pretty in Pink with the corners notched out with the Ticket Corner Punch.
4. Mat that onto Basic Black, then onto Regal Rose, then Basic Black again and finally onto a Pixie Pink card stock base.
5. Stamp sentiment from Stem Sayings stamp set in Basic Black.
6. Add a knot of Pretty in Pink Striped Ribbon in the corner with a Mini Glue Dot.
   

INGREDIENTS:

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• STAMPS: Love you Much, Stem Sayings
• INK: Jet Black Stazon
• PAPER: Pretty in Pink, Basic Black, Regal Rose, Whisper White, Pixie Pink
• ACCESSORIES: Heat & Stick Powder, Dazzling Diamonds, Mini Glue Dots
• TOOLS: 1 3/4" Circle Punch, Ticket corner Punch, Full Heart Punch, Heat Tool, Powder Pal
  

Thanks for stopping by!
Hugs,

2 Challenges in 1!

Hey there stampers! Happy Sunday! 

I was browsing through my google reader list and saw the new challenge with the Opus Gluei girls and Karen Giron's Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge-I knew I had to combine the two especially after seeing Vicki's card HERE.  I had to CASE it!  The Opus Gluei challenge was to use stars in your project and Karen's sketch is simple and cute!

STEPS:

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1. Punch stars out of the Christmas Cocoa DSP using the Star and Small Star Punches and layer together, leaving one extra small star for the bottom.
2. Using the 1/16" Circle Punch punch holes to insert star brads (local craft store).
3. Adhere to panels of the Christmas Cocoa DSP onto a mat of Soft Suede card stock and then onto your Whisper White card base.
4. Stamp the sentiment from the Stem Sayings stamp set in Versamark and sprinkle White Embossing Powder on it.  Heat set with Heat Tool.
5. Add stars.  I used Dimensionals on the big star in the middle and on the small one on the bottom.
   
   

INGREDIENTS:

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• STAMPS: Stem Sayings
• INK: Versamark
• PAPER: Whisper White, Christmas Cocoa DSP, Soft Suede
• ACCESSORIES: Star Brads, Dimensionals, White Embossing Powder
• TOOLS: Star Punches, Heat Tool
  

So glad you stopped by and hope you have a great rest of your weekend!
Hugs,

Stamp Camp Sneak Peek

Hey there stampers!Happy Thursday!
Today's card is a sneak peek of one of the items we will be making at my upcoming stamp camp this Saturday. We are going to use some of the new Sweet Treat Cups in the new mini available Sept. 1st.

STEPS:

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1. Start with Yo Yo Yellow card stock cut at 4 1/4" x 11" and fold in half. Cut Green Galore card stock at 4" x 5 1/4" and adhere to card.
   
2. Stamp largest flower from Petal Pizzazz stamp set in Yo Yo Yellow on Whisper White cut at 3 3/4" x 5" being careful to get it as close to the top as you can. Stamp the 'happy birthday" stem from the Stem Sayings stamp set and the leaf image from the Petal Pizazz stamp set in Green Galore ink.
   
3. Using the 1 3/4" Circle Punch punch out the center of the large flower image and save the piece you punched out. Insert Sweet treat Cup from back of Whisper White card stock and fill with M&M's. Peel sticky backing off of treat cup and add circle you punched out earlier to seal off cup.Adhere to card.
   
4. Stamp sentiment from Wow Flowers onto Whisper White scrap, punch with Word Window Punch. Punch Yo Yo Yellow with the Modern Label Punch and adhere sentiment to it.
   
5. Punch Green aGalore with 1 " Circle Punch and adhere with other pieces to card with Dimensionals.
   

INGREDIENTS:

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• STAMPS: Wow Flowers (#111714), Petal Pizzazz (#113417), Stem Sayings (#115078)
• INK: Basic Black, Green Galore, Yo Yo Yellow
  
• PAPER: Paper name, Whisper White,Green Galore, Yo Yo Yellow
  
• ACCESSORIES: 1" Circle Punch, Word Window, Modern Label Punch, Sweet Treat Cup
  

I hope my camp ladies like it as much as I do! Thanks for stopping by to visit! :)

Hugs,

Pumpkin Pick A Petal

Hey there stampers! Thanks for stopping by!

I had a chance to stamp almost all day on Friday so I got a few challenges done and tried a few new things. It was such fun and I still was able to make dinner, pick up the house and do a couple loads of laundry in between!

This card uses my poor neglected Pick A Petal stamp set and one I newly acquired that I've been wanting for ages, Stem Sayings. I also used Taylor's Cupcake Challenge for this week.

I started with a Whisper White (#100730) card base and added a mat of Pumpkin Pie cardstock (#105117). Next I added a square of Razzleberry Lemonade DSP (#115675) and stamped the greeting from the Stem Sayings stamp set (#115078) in Jet Black Stazon ink (#101406). I stamped the polka dot petal image from the Pick A Petal stamp set (#115042)in Pumpkin Pie Ink (#105216) on Whisper White cardstock and then added the loopy petal image in Jet Black Stazon Ink. I cut each petal out (didn't take as long as I thought!) and adhered them to the center with a Dimensional and some Snail. I stamped the center flower in Rich Razzleberry ink (#115658) and then stamped off and did it again giving me a darker and a lighter version of the same color. I cut those out, punched them with my 1/16" Hole Punch (#101227) and added a Circle Fire Rhinestone Brad (#109110) to the center and adhered it to my flower using Mini Glue Dots (#103683).

The lighting wasn't great when I took this picture but you get the idea. :)

Hope you are having a terrific day! Come back again to visit soon!

Hugs,

Elizabeth