Stamp-A-Stack of Masculine Cards

Here are the cards were made at the last Stamp-A-Stack. The theme was masculine cards. Since I was short on time preparing for the SAS, some of these cards are completely CASEd (Copy And Share Everything). Each individual is given credit for the cards and ideas I CASEd.

Stamp sets: Hugs & Wishes
Ink: Summer Sun, Chocolate Chip Classic ink, Pumpkin Pie stampin’ write marker
Paper: Basic Gray- 5 ½” x 8 ½”, Basic Black- 4” x 5 ¼”, Whisper White- 3 ¾” x 5” card stock, A Walk in the Park DSP- 4” x 4”
Accessories: 1/16” circle punch, 1/8” circle punch, Big Shot, Texturz plate, silver brads, clear rhinestone brad, Sticky Strip, SNAIL adhesive, Stamp-a-ma-jig, paper cutter
Inspired by: Connie Babbert

Stamp sets: Thoughts of Father
Ink: Brown StazOn
Cardstock: Kraft 5 ½” x 8 ½” and 2 ¾” x 3 ¼”, Close to Cocoa- 3 1/8” x 3 11/16”, Naturals White- 2 15/16” x 3 7/16”, Parisian Breeze Specialty DSP- 2 ¼” x 5 ½”
Accessories: Chocolate Chip grosgrain ribbon, Watercolor Wonder Crayons- Whisper White, Close to Cocoa, SNAIL adhesive, scissors, paper cutter
Inspired by: Jan Tink

Stamp sets: Inspired by Nature
Ink: VersaMark
Cardstock: Whisper White- 5 ½” x 8 ½”, Basic Black- 3 ¾” x 5”
Accessories: White embossing powder, Powder Pal, SNAIL adhesive, Stamp-a-ma-jig, paper cutter
CASEd by: nicduf72

Stamp sets: Lovely As A Tree, Very Versatile
Ink: Chocolate Chip classic ink
Paper: Very Vanilla- 5 ½” x 8 ½” and 3” x 3 ¼” and 2 ½” x 2 ¾” and a scrap piece, Chocolate Chip- 4” x 5 ¼” and 2 11/16” x 2 15/16”
Accessories: Word Window punch, SNAIL adhesive, Stamp-a-ma-jig, paper cutter
CASEd by: mandypandy

Stamp sets: Seeing Spots, Heard from the Heart
Ink: Kiwi Kiss Classic ink
Cardstock: Kiwi Kiss- 5 ½” x 8 ½”, Whisper White- 2 ¾” x 5 ½”, scraps of Tangerine Tango, Baja Breeze, and Pacific Point
Accessories: Large and Small star punches, SNAIL adhesive, glue dots, Stamp-a-ma-jig, paper cutter, scissors
CASEd by: Tammy Fite

I hope you enjoyed these cards. Have fun stampin’ and creatin’!

Sketch Challenge Week #35

I’m sorry I am late with Saturday’s sketch. I was sick for the past week and wasn’t up to making a card for the sketch. Until now, that is! :) Click here to see the sketch from Saturday and to view the other Divas’ work.

I created this card for someone who recently moved from Cambodia to the U.S. I wanted to welcome her to this country but with an Eastern style, so I tried to keep that in mind when I made this card.

Stamp set: Eastern Blooms, Warm Words
Paper: Whisper White, Real Red, Basic Black card stock
Ink: Real Red Classic ink, Black StazOn, Real Red, Summer Sun, Basic Black Stampin’ write marker
Accessories: Clear Circle die, Backgrounds 1 Texturz plate, Big Shot, non-SU! rhinestones, Crystal Effects, Stamp-a-ma-jig, SNAIL adhesive, paper trimmer

I used the Small Dots Texturz plate on the Real Red CS layer but it doesn’t show up in the picture. In fact, the texture is blurry in the picture and caused my watermark and the “welcome” greeting to blur as well. Something to do with the light, I guess. I couldn’t get a better picture so I apologize for the blurriness.

If you would like to participate in the sketch challenge, post a comment and link to your blog, or upload to your Splitcoast gallery using the keyword DivaSC35. Go to UDI for more information about the challenge and to view the other Divas’ work.

Have fun stampin’ and creatin’!

Sketch Challenge Week #34

Welcome to another Saturday sketch challenge! Take a look at the sketch over on UDI.

This sketch is similar to some cards I recently made with a scallop circle dress. (I will post those soon) But it didn’t have the layer so I thought I’d make another dress card for this challenge. I can always use extra cards, and I already have a recipient in mind :)

So, here’s my card for the challenge:

Stamp set: Hugs & Wishes
Paper: Whisper White, Regal Rose card stock, Sweet Always DSP
Ink: Pumpkin Pie classic ink
Accessories: 1/16” circle punch, Eyelet border punch, Scallop circle die, Big Shot, Soft Subtles brad, Flower Fusion felt flower, Stamp-a-ma-jig, SNAIL adhesive, paper trimmer

I saw the idea for this card on Patty's Stamping Spot. She includes the template for the scallop dress in this post.

For the belt, I used a ¼” strip of the same DSP pattern that I used on the bottom of the card. Ribbon works well for a belt too but I wanted something slightly different for this card.

I created a duplicate card but this time I made the dress for a junior. I cut off one scallop on each side of the dress following the original angles. Thanks, Lynette, for the suggestion!

As you can see, it’s just slightly smaller than the dress on the first card. The difference isn’t very noticeable but I like it.

If you would like to participate in the sketch challenge, post a comment and link to your blog, or upload to your Splitcoast gallery using the keyword DivaSC34. Go to UDI for more information about the challenge and to view the other Divas’ work.

Have fun stampin’ and creatin’!

Sketch Challenge Week #33

It’s time for another Saturday sketch challenge. You can view the 33rd sketch on UDI.

I created my card slightly different from the sketch we were given to use. I also used some retired products from the Spring-Summer Collection 2008.

Stamp set: Lovely As a Tree, Hugs & Wishes
Paper: Kraft, Always Artichoke, Whisper White, Blue Bayou (Spring-Summer 2008 In Color) card stock, Western Sky DSP (Spring-Summer 2008 catalog)
Ink: Close to Cocoa classic ink, Watercolor Wonder Crayons
Accessories: 1/16” circle punch, Blue Bayou double-stitched ribbon (Spring-Sumer 2008 catalog), spray bottle and water, silver brads, Stamp-a-ma-jig, SNAIL adhesive, Sticky Strip, paper trimmer, scissors

When I stamped the tree, I sprayed my stamp with a light mist of water, and then colored the image with Watercolor Wonder crayons. Spraying the water on to the stamp first makes it a lot easier to color the rubber. If you put too much water on the stamp, just blot it on a paper towel, and then color the rubber image with a watercolor crayon.

If you would like to participate in the sketch challenge, post a comment and link to your blog, or upload to your Splitcoast gallery using the keyword DivaSC33. Go to UDI for more information about the challenge and to view the other Divas’ work.


Have fun stampin’ and creatin’!

House album

Last Christmas, I created several house shaped albums as gifts. Unfortunately, the lighting wasn’t very good when I took the pictures and since I gave all the albums away, I can’t take better pictures. I hope you will bear with me and take a look any ways.


Front cover


Close up of door open


Page 1

Page 2

Page 3

Page 4
Page 5

Page 6
Back cover

I had to keep the pages simple in order to make enough albums in time for Christmas. I think they’ll look cute once the photos are adhered to the pages.

To get the house shape, I enlarged a picture of the Bare Elements Petey House Mini Book die from AccuCut's 2008 Craft Catalog & Idea Book. Then my husband cut four house shapes out of chipboard for each album. I was busy cutting all the paper and embellishments for the pages while he did the cutting :) So these albums were a joint effort and truly from both of us.

Materials used on all pages:
Paper: Bashful Blue, Real Red, Old Olive, Whisper White card stock, Summer Picnic DSP and Holiday Treasures DSP (Fall-Winter 2008 catalog
Accessories: Bashful Blue brad, 1/8” circle punch, Crop-A-Dile, Trio flower punch, scallop edge punch, 5-petal flower punch, Boho Blossoms punch, key rings from Wal-Mart, ¼” Old Olive grosgrain ribbon, 5/8” Real Red grosgrain ribbon, white gel pen, ruler, bone folder, rub-ons, glue dots, SNAIL adhesive, Sticky Strip, paper cutter, scissors, house pattern, chipboard

If you have any questions, please let me know. Have fun stampin’ and creatin’!

Guest Project

The following is a card that my mother-in-law, Evelyn, created. I just had to share it with you. Take a look and you’ll see why:

Is that amazing or what? Evelyn made this card for her granddaughter Twila’s 5th birthday. Twila likes Cinderella and all the other Disney princesses so she is going to love this card.

I don’t know the details for making this card, except that Evelyn used a spectrum pad and brayered the rainbow background to create a twilight look. She also used a SU! Background I texturz plate to dry emboss flowers on the paper.

Evelyn was a featured stamper on my blog back in November. You can view some of her projects in that post here.

If you like this card, I hope you’ll post a comment and let Evelyn know.

Have fun stampin’ and creatin’!