by Susan Itell | Aug 6, 2014 | Photopolymer Stamps |
Before we get to today's post…I need to say that I thank you. You know me well enough that it was hard for not me not post for you…but I was having a sad day with Murphy news and I thank you for all of your wonderful, kind and heartfelt words…it truly meant a lot.
I am super excited with the end result of this post for you…why??? – because I made Lemonade out of Lemons. Have you ever started out with a vision for a card to have it not turn out the way you wanted it? Well…if you are like me – this is exactly what happened to today's post but I was tickled pink with the end result!
I wanted to do a one layer card and I had some boo-boo's of ink bleeding a bit….so PLAN B goes into effect – I made some super thin slivers to cover up my boo-boo's! It might not of ended up to be a one layer card…but to me it is super simple, clean and just down right FUN!
I have lots of pictures for you today so I hope you enjoy this clean and crisp card! I just adore this sentiment – it pretty well sums a bunch of stuff up….who does not like to celebrate!?!?It is from the Fabulous Four Stamp Set!
I feel like I am at the Ritz being at a horse show with my beautiful and fun daughter….talking to each other before we go to bed and lights out by 9 as 4:40 will be here….I am in heaven! She LOVED this card and encouraged me to share it with you even though it wasn't what I planned!
I super fun flowers came from the Flower Patch Stamp Set….I think that this set deserves Stamp Set of the Year – WOWZERS….so beauiful, fun and versatile! The colors I used today were Bermuda Bay, Strawberry Slush, Pool Party and Crushed Curry!
You can see that I used my good old faithful go to's…the Designer Series Paper Stack from the Brights Collection! I know that they are an investment BUT they last forever! I just love not having to think…I always know that I will have something that matches!
You can see that I lined the envelope but I just could not resist stampin the from of the envelope! This just brings an instant smile to my face! It is a smile yet super effective way to make and envelope JUMP to WOW!
Now to the 2nd card…I did a BIG boo-boo up high on the card and I was getting ready to cut the front off ( of course I would not waste a big piece of white card stock) and Hannah said – "Mom…just add to it – it will be ok" – and she was right – it worked!
I simply added some more stamped images and a couple more pieces of strips of paper to balance the whole card. I just love these colors together….what do you think? Sometimes I think having 4 different colors works – what are 4 other colors that you think could work? Please put your thinking cap on and leave me a comment – I am sure that we all would love to hear!
Below is a close up of the outer envelope! I do hope that you make the mailman smile! Try it – start to do something different with your envelopes – it will make you happy!
You can see that my "trio of dots" using the fine tip end of the marker just adds the little special touch that makes it POP!
Tomorrow is the PPA Challenge – remember that I thought it was last week? Well, I am a girl scout and I am prepared and I think that you are going to love it!
Again, many thanks for your kind words, thoughts, cyber-hugs etc…..John said that Murphy was doing great and his tail was wagging when he came home…life is good!
Until tomorrow!
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by Susan Itell | Aug 5, 2014 | Uncategorized |
Good Morning! Yesterday was a long day and a day that I sure am glad it is behind me! If you follow my blog, you know that I adore animals and they are all so near and dear to me! Murphy, our "old guy" is not doing well and he needs your thoughts and prayers!
Yesterday we found out that he has cancer and even though he has slowed down (he is 13) he always brings us an endless amount of love and joy! He is very comfortable and in no pain but it was hard to hear that reality might be facing us in the near future!
When you are reading this…I will be "on the road" with Hannah and the horses so I am totally prepared for you all week but I just could not bring myself to type up a blog! John and the pooches will be meeting later this week - so for today…all I have for you is the Tuesday Special for you….and that is a GREAT thing!
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Thanks for popping by and trust me…you are going to be smiling with the posts I have for you this week! As I showed them to Hannah as I was making them over the weekend she said, "WOW Mom….these are super fun"!
So "Hannah" approved , I know that you are going to love what I have up my sleeve. I am looking forward to have a couple of "down days" with my daughter and as crazy as it sounds…getting up at wee hours and enjoying the beauty of the horses!
John just laughs and says…paper, stamps and scissors….dogs – the princess pig Daisey Mae….flowers…mucking the horses stalls…fresh vegetables and reading a great inspirational book makes me smile! It really is the simple things in life somedays that just work!
Can't wait to be back tomorrow….sorry – it was a long and hard day! Here's one that is a keeper!
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by Susan Itell | Aug 4, 2014 | Birthday, Make it MINE Monday |
Woot-woot….it's Monday and I love Monday as it brings me "joy" that many of you like and enjoy participating "with yourself" in challenging yourself with these challenges!
You know me by now…I try to make cards for a purpose and this week I have several birthdays…this card today is for on of the "Iguana's"….(that is a group of gals that went on a GREAT trip and we names ourselves this)…and I know that she will love it – especially with a bunch of cupcakes! This is her last year before the big 50!
Here is the challenge and I was scratching my head trying to figure this out! This is one that looks a bunch better in person than the photos show! I think that this is a super fun stamp set and I love the name – Peace, Love & Cupcakes! I have used these stamps "singly" on cards but not all together but I think it is cute!
I wanted to try to limit myself to using only 2 colors (I don't know why but I thought it would be fun) and the colors today I used were Blushing Bride and Lost Lagoon. Let's get going!
- The white squares are a 2" square and then the Lost lagoon are just 1/8" larger! You know me on this one and I know many of you take a deep sigh and say no-way….but out came the Stamp-a-ma-jig for perfect placement…it is not only a life saver for me – but a friend!
- A quick POP UP with Stampin Dimensionals gave interest to a somewhat "plain" card.
- I did use the image that was in the sketch – I tried to use a flower but it just did not work! So…why not – we have a Star Framelits and why not?!?! I thought a simple stitch with the white gel pen was the perfect touch.
- We have the BEST Bakers Twine – I took a piece and "tripled" it up and made a simple bow and using a simple glue dot was all that was needed!
- Not much left but the envelope! I did stamp the "Happy Birthday" sentiment across the front of the envelope and the outside of the envelope was jazzed up with the In Color Designer Series Paper Stack!
Well…can you give this sketch a try? I would LOVE to see what you come up with as I was "scratching my head" but I think it worked out just fine! This is for my dear friend Sabina!
She will smile and then laugh when she sees it as she loves "peace signs" and this is right up her alley! I have 4 Birthdays this week! I feel bad sharing with you so many but then I thought – we all have Birthday so why not!!!
I can't wait to see what you come up with …..and I can't wait for my pre-order to come today!!!! That deserves a HUGE Woot-Woot!
I will be getting my catalogs and I will be mailing them out to my customers on Tuesday! Get ready to get a cup of coffee…by the end of the week and you will be oober excited! If you are not currently working with a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator…I would love to work with you…..
Please email me and I will be glad to send you a catalog….have a fabulous Monday and until tomorrow!
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by Susan Itell | Aug 3, 2014 | Birthday, Congratulations, Super Easy |
I have shared this card before on my blog eons ago but it is one card that I get more emails about and I thought it was very appropriate as I needed to send a card to (4) specials kids that just did wonderful in the Jr. Club Championship at our Club! I just love to see kids enjoy a sport and the smiles on their faces with a medal…PRICELESS!
Please click here to see the 1st time I posted it and when I looked at it I laughed…you can see that it is before we had the envelope liner framelit and you can see that it is the old designer series paper!
If you remember yesterday I shared with you that I could not find my Oval Punch…but have no fear the smallest oval framelit worked like a charm! This is such a great card to have on hand (well…if you have golfers in your life) and make a bunch up and do not put a sentiment on it…then when you need a card – PRESTO!
Today I am sharing you (2) different sentiments and I think they both work GREAT! The "enjoy the fuss" is from the Big News Stamp Set and the "Happy Birthday" is from one of my favorites…Sassy Salutations…(I love the font!)….remember what I said yesterday about sentiments!
This card is a perfect example of this…
let the paper do the magic and the sentiment will fit in!
The base of the card is my old faithful Note Card (5" X 3 1/2") and I know…I know I have shared this with you over and over again but it is soooooo well worth repeating – you can get 20 Note Card and Envelopes for just $5.95 and remember, they now come in Crumb Cake as well!
Another thing that I wanted to share…you can see that I used the Garden Green Paper from the Regals Designer Series and from one sheet of paper, I was able to make 9 cards! I know that many of you purchased the 1/4 sheets of DSP from me when I had a paper share…you can line the backs of 3 envelopes from a 1/4 sheet.
One thing that I also love about this card is that you can really use up scraps that you have! I do not know about you…but I always seem to have pieces of white paper and I love to use scraps up! Remember, USE THE INSIDES OF THE PAPER….I cut many hearts out of the red!
Not only is the a fun and fresh card…it is super simple yet clean and crisp! When you go to put the "flag" on…let the center lift up a bit. This gives it a bit of movement.
I hope that this post made you smile! It is a SUPER SIMPLE card to make and it is perfect for avid golfers! This is one of those "keepers" to keep up your sleeve. I am excited for this upcoming week and to kick off the week is the Monday personal challege I send your way!
I hope that you will pop back tomorrow…I hope that you reach out of your comfort zone and give a sketch a try! I am so proud of many of you that are loving these Monday fun sketches!
Make it a great day and until tomorrow!
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by Susan Itell | Aug 2, 2014 | 3-D Projects, Get Well, Tips and Tricks!!! |
I am sure that you have seen this card before but the 1st time I saw it was when Jeanie gave a card similiar to me last winter when I was sick! My dear friends daughter McKenna just had her Wisdom Teeth yesterday and has "chubby cheeks" and I thought that this would be PERFECT for her!
So here is my take on it! If you have ever had your wisdom teeth out you know that it is not the most comfortable thing to go through…2 of my children went through with no problems…then when Hannah had hers out she was the cutest "chimp munk" you have ever seen!
I am going to do a quick run through and I hope that you try this and to me…this is one that you need to keep in your "dear little head" as it is a TOTAL keeper! I am going to share with you some tips and tricks that I hope you take me up on!
You can see that the card is the good old A-2 size in Strawberry Slush but folded to make a vertical card! I know that you are probably tired of me using the Large Polka Dot Embossing Folder but what can I say…I just love it – Polka Dots just make me happy!
The Blushing Bride is 3 3/4" X 5" and then the Strawberry Slush before I ran it through the Big Shot is 3 1/2" X 4 3/4"! Next is to the part that you are going to NOT GOING TO STRESS ABOUT as it is easy peasy!
Making the box is very easy. I took a 3″ by 2 1/4″ piece of All Abloom designer paper and scored in 1/4″ on all sides. I then cut out each end to make it come together for a box and voila. I had a kleenex by my side to go forward!
Yes, this is an open backed box BUT being the "type A" person I am…I needed to have a little support so I could adhere it the way I thought it should be so I added a piece of scraps. I cut a 1/2" strip that was 3 1/2" long and scored it at 1/4" so I could "green glue" it….and WOWZERS – it worked!
Jeanie used an oval punch but I could not find that anywhere so PLAN B went into effect and I went for the 1" circle punch and then accented it with the 1 1/4" Scalloped Circle Punch! I added my Kleenex inside and voila! Let's put this aside!
Let's go to the base that the box sits on….a blushing bride piece of 3" X 2 1/4" piece of paper but I thought that it needed something simple! PAPER to the rescue….I adore the stampin' trimmer and I just made "slivers" to make it a bit interesting!
The MUST HAVE is the Silicone Craft Sheet…this is the TOTAL lifesaver and for just $5.95 – you will be amazed at how you use it over and over! Love…love…LOVE! It is the best to work with adhesives…after it dries – it rubs right off!
Can you see that you can use all sorts of DSP to make this different but I would suggest that you use a print that is rather small and one that you can "accent with"
The sentiment is PERFECT for McKenna…."Happy Healing" and it is from the MUST HAVE sentiment set…And Many More – it truly is a keeper and one that you will never look back at! I try to learn…always – and when Mary Fish told me…when in doubt – GO FOR THE SENTIMENTS!
At first I scratched my head but she is so right. You can so soooooo much with paper….let the sentiments shine!
I could have easily dropped this off in their mailbox but when I went to the Post Office for work and saw this padded envelope….I just knew that it was meant to be and I needed to purchase it!!! Doesn't it work perfectly!
After writing a "chipmunk" note to McKenna (don't you love that name) I tucked in 3 movie passes for her and her parents to "go in the dark" and have fun! I can remember when Hannah was healing, that's what we did…sneak off and have some time together!
I am super excited that I was able to order the NEW goodies…..from the NEW Holiday Catalog! I know that you are going to love them as much as I do and I am looking forward to inspiring you with samples!
Please feel free to email me and please POP back tomorrow….it is a card that has been a hit for a long time and I have some very special young people to send it to!
Let's have a great Saturday , I relalize that I usually do "simple saturday's" for you…but tomorrow is "simple sunday!"…until tomorrow!
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