by Susan Itell | Apr 25, 2015 | Birthday, Show and Tell Saturday, Super Easy |
Here you go my friends, it is the day that I share with you a simple card and then tomorrow please pop back and you can see the same card…just "stepped up" a bit! You just cannot get anymore basic than this sweet card.
This is what I call a formula card and a layout that you can use over and over – simple change up the stamps and color schemes and wowzers – you have a new card and your secret is safe with me.
Today's card is a regular A-2 card in Crushed Curry and then the white is just a smidge smaller. The super fun DSP is from the Flower Pot Designer Series Paper.
The polka dots are not only fun, they are classic and timeless.
The (2) stamp sets I used are Sassy Salutations and Flower Shop and YIPPEE – they are both staying in the new catalog….WOOT-WOOT.
Remember we have a punch that POPS out these flowers in a snap! I am soooo darn excited to see what new stamps and punches SU is going to come out with…
Can you see that I kept one of the flowers flat and then on the other one, I "doubled" up a stampin' dimensional in the center? This works every time to create a fun depth.
For the centers of the flowers, I used up scraps of Crushed Curry and the 1/2" punch. Darn, those punches sure do come in handy!
The envelope was a double whammy today! I used crushed curry, the Polka Dot Textured Impressions Embossing Folder and the Big Shot to create a simple, clean and fun back flap.
On the front I used the stamps (as they are already inked up so why not???) as it is the perfect finishing touch.
Now can't you see that this card is timeless and wow, how much fun it would be with different colors! This is another one of those cards to make up a bunch and keep them on hand, "just in case"!!!
Do you ever make up a bunch of cards and give as a gift? This would be one of them to keep up your sleeve. I am excited for you to pop back tomorrow to see what changes I have made.
Please feel free to email me if I can be of help, enjoy your Saturday and I deeply appreciate you popping in and supporting my Stampin' Up! fun. It is my goal to make you feel a sense of accomplishment and encourage you to continue to reach, stretch and try to make this whole card making rewarding!
Until tomorrow!
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by Susan Itell | Apr 23, 2015 | Super Easy |
Thursday fun with the Pals Paper Art Challenge!!!… – this is just a great sketch and I do hope that you play along…we all know that there is all sorts of talent out there -WOWZERS – the Monday challenge is sooooo fun and I appreciate all of the stampers that "played" –
I am going to do a "parade of beauties" tomorrow as I truly appreciate you taking your time to create and challenge yourself! I did realize that I simply do not do enough masculine cards – so we are just going to have to change that!
The random winner is Mary Ann Hutchinson….and it is a super great layout! Let me refresh you…Mary Ann is the "sheep stamper" – I still have the one I call "Rod Stewart" – his hair is straight up and I laugh and think of the great day I had creating the flock!
You will want to pop back to see the beauties as well as I will let you know who won the (2) $25.00 shopping sprees from me! (sorry – I said it was going to be today but wow – it was a bigger fish to fry)
Let's get to today card! Super clean, super simple….a definite "Susan" card and it is showcasing some of the "bye-bye" products! This Stamp Set is a hostess set and you can still be able to order it with a qualifying order. I think that the sentiments are fabulous….so darn tootin' practical (this is one that I will keep as it is a super fast card to make up!)
The overall card size is a 5" square card and today I did not make an envelope (you know how to do it…the envelope punch board to the rescue)! I must admit, Strawberry Slush is my favorite and I am going to miss it so….but have no fear – we will have new and exciting colors…any guesses???
This is a very straight forward card, just layers (remember to use the centers of your layers to save paper) and then I also used the circle framelits to cut out sentiment. I must say, I adore the "stacking framelits" as they make our creating easier!
I figured by now that you are tired of my dots and dashes…so I decided to do "squiggles and dots" to change things up…and – it worked! I was happy with the end result! Please, please try working with the white gel pen…it is going to be your friend – remember that it takes a bit longer to dry!
You just cannot go wrong with the basics…a great stamp set, the big shot, framelits, stampin' trimmer. adhesive and stampin' dimensions…a great card each and every time!
This has been a fun and busy week and I am super excited for the upcoming future with the new catalog soon…real soon! Click here to see the most up to date status of the retiring products…one the far right you will see if it is still available!
Please pop back tomorrow….the parade…and the winners! (we all are winners!!!)
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by Susan Itell | Apr 20, 2015 | Birthday, Super Easy |
Monday..Monday and today is a very SUPER special day as today's is my dear John's 60th Birthday! What perfect timing to be able to celebrate right after tax season. The best part is that the (3) peeps came home for the weekend and it was a total surprise – truly the best gift one could have! (Please feel free to skip the next 4 paragraphs but I just wanted to share)
Peep #1 left his home in North Carolina around 8 p.m. on Thursday night with his adorable new puppy he rescued, Leo and at midnight I had a text from him that he was getting too tired so he pulled over and stayed at a hotel (smart choice). He has a phone meeting at 9 a.m. on Friday so he woke up super early and arrived home before 8:30 and scared John to death!
Peep #2 left her college at 2 p.m. on Friday and arrived home around 8 p.m. and she came bopping through the door and said – "Hi Dad" – John was stunned and the best thing was, his eyes filled up with tears of joy as we had just seen Hannah.
Peep #3 left Boston at 4 p.m. on Friday and the other 2 tried to keep John up watching movies (I was long gone in bed) and at 12:45 a.m. – in through the back door Will came in and once again scared John to death as they were watching an intense movie and he never in a million years thought that Will could come home.
Needless to say it was very, very special for John and WOW was he surprised and the best thing is…we did absolutely nothing other than being together here at the house…Hannah and I played with the horses…the guys worked in getting the garden ready….we took the boat out for a great time together…cooked together and I even talked them into play Scrabble with me – a perfect weekend! Yesterday was hard to see them go back but it was just fabulous and oh so special to both John and I!
O.k. – sorry for the personal scoop but I must say, that's what I adore about blogging…I feel like I get to share with you a bit of who I am…let's get to the card!
Today's Monday challenge is to make a masculine Birthday Card! We all seem to struggle with masculine cards so how about it? Hopefully you can find some time today or tomorrow (9 p.m. Eastern) to make a masculine Birthday Card and email it to me and I will randomly pick the winner and announce it on Wednesday and you will win a white get pen and this card!
I have blogged many times about this bundle…and you can see that today's card is another example of how versatile it is. Remember, in the Occasion Catalog it is a bundle (which saves you an instant 15%) but when the new catalog comes out, it might not be in a bundle so I would not wait – it's a keeper!
I am the very 1st to realize that it is a super expensive set but I will say that the mileage you get with the stamps and these amazing diecut sentiments…WOW!
I am a huge fan of Jennifer McQuire and she posted this video on using hearts in a circle! Today's card is created from her inspiration. I used the circle framelits as my "template" and truly did not spend much time at all…The over all card is a 5" card in Vanilla and this piece is 1/4" smaller (4 3/4")
Because time was against me and because I have the stamp set in the photopolymer, I took the plunge and eye balled it as shown below.
I know it is not perfect but it is from my heart, I stamped in between the 4 stamped "birthday" again . I simply bent ever so slightly the stamp to make a subtle arch.
One product that I think is overlooked in the catalog and something that I think is very useful is the very vanilla coaster board. I used it for my Easter Berry Baskets and I also think it is great to use it with these sentiments.
Today – I doubled up on them as I really wanted the sentiment to be "front and center" for my card! I used the good old "green glue" to adhere!
I hope that you can find some time to make a masculine Birthday Card. This was not only fun, but it really was fast and I think that you could have fun adding to it, but I am super happy with just the way it is!
Remember, please email me your answers to the Blog Candy Challenge I gave to you on Friday! I am giving away (2) $25.00 shopping sprees and I cannot wait myself to see the retiring list and also go thru to see who are the winners!
Today is also the last day to take advantage of the weekly deals! There are some keepers this week! Thanks for popping by and I hope that your day is as special as mine…John is a wonderful husband and Dad and he is taking the day off to enjoy his special day!
Until tomorrow…it will be super exciting as the LIST WILL BE UNVEILED!!!! Woot-woot!
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by Susan Itell | Apr 17, 2015 | Super Easy |
Good morning…good Saturday! I adore this stamp set and I think Stampin' Up! also thought so as it is available in all 3 mounts! Personally, I would say GO FOR THE Photopolymer! (plus it is on the weekly deals)
WHY??? – This is one that requires double stampin' and it is soooooo much easier being able to see through the stamps! I know that many of you are still skeptical of them…(and I was too) but once you be a turtle and stick your neck out….you will see what I mean…they are soooo easy!
As the saying goes…"try it – you'll like it" and I think we are going to see many more photopolymer stamps in the new catalog. You can see in the stamp images below that the "flowers" in this set are very versatile and just plain and simple FUN!
When this stamp set came out…I must admit – my heart sank as it made me miss my Mom – but I knew deep down it was a keeper…and I hope that you can see the fun in this stamp! It's funny that I just used the one little flower in the set and look at the impact it gives!
This is an A-2 card in whisper white vertical and I just love yellow, Black and white together and so saffron is one of my favorites…(I love the softness of it)
The stamp set, Another thank you, is a total MUST HAVE ….I wish that you would see mine as it looks like it has been through a battle…and we all know that we need a stellar "Thank You Stamp Set."..this is the one that got me though John's injury last year with thank you cards!
This is my kind of card and one that you could easily change the sentiment to a Thinking of you…a Happy Birthday…go with what makes you roll! This is a great and versatile layout!
When this stamp set came out I know it was special – WHY? I could see that you could easily use this stamp set as a "general" card…not necessary just as a Mothers Days Card,
I think that this flower is just wonderful! Isn't this a great color combo together? – it was a peanut butter and jelly card…that's a phrase that I like to use when it is just a super simple and fun card!
Our stampin' up! punches are the best! These helped me to bring an instant WOW! Sometimes you need to think about what can save you time and punches do this for me on todays card.
I did a "double wammie" with the pens – I used the white gel pen as well as the black pen! Little dots and dashes like this bring the "wow" fast…plus it is clean and simple all at the same time!
Just because this is a simple card it does not mean that it cannot be a WOW card! You know that I adore my envelope – just could lot resist! Not only did I stamp the front, I used the subtles DSP Paper Stack for the back flap…fast and easy yet very effective!
Please pop back tomorrow to see the stepped up version – please let me know you thoughts – I think I know you….you're going to LOVE it!
Remember that this stamp set that I showcased today is in the weekly deals and these weekly deals are only good until Monday night!
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by Susan Itell | Apr 16, 2015 | PPA Challenges, Super Easy |
This week we are focusing on a sketch to guide our creativity and I must say, the talented Kerry Bray had me scratching my head as I wanted to make it a super clean and simple card as time was of the essence for me when I sat down to create! Then all of a sudden a light-bulb went off and I said to myself. "What's Up with you today….no mojo" then it hit me…What's Up Stamp Set will do the trick!
I hope that you will play along this week at the Pals Paper Art weekly challenge. I already know that there is a bunch of great talent out there and tomorrow I will share with you the cards that were emailed to me for the Monday's challenge! Let's keep moving….
When I looked at this – I see a square card…and a rectangle….and you know what that is exactly what I did! EASY BUTTON!
This is a great example of letting your DSP go to town. I know that you have it….I know that you just hate to use it…but PLEASE USE IT as there will be NEW DSP soon….and than that cycle will happen again!
Very Vanilla is the neutral of the day and I think that this is HANDS DOWN why I adore this DSP, Flashback, as it coordinates with Very Vanilla. All of our other DSP's always pair up with white.
Let me give you some quick measurements (as I know you really are happy when I do that)
- Overall card is a 4 1/4" square and then the next layer in is 4" and then I scored it (see below picture)
- The "What's Up?" piece is 2 1/2" X 3/4" and then matted with 2 5/8" X 5/8" and lastly with 2 7/8" X 7/8"
- The DSP is 2 1/2" X 3 1/4"
Because it is a square card, out comes the Envelope Punch Board. Ironically there is not a measurement for a 4 1/4" card so here you go! I would suggest that you write it down and tape it to the bottom of your punch board.
- A 7 1/4" square of paper and then punch and score starting at 3 5/8"
- Using the DSP and "green glue" I simply continued to use my DSP (HINT-HINT) and then trimmed away all of the excess!
I might of started off a bit rocky with my thought process of todays card…but at the end I was very happy! The "What's Up?" stamp set has some super fun stamps in it to send those…just thinking of you – what's up? kind of cards!
This would be a great card to send to someone that you have not heard from for a while…or even to someone that reached an achievement/milestone and then in the inside put congratulations! The sky is the limit with what we can do – just think out of the box and have fun!
Let's continue to talk about FUN….please pop back tomorrow as we have WORK TO BE DONE! I am going to give you some homework that 2 , maybe 3 people have the awesome opportunity to win some BLOG CANDY!
This will be HOMEWORK so I am giving you "head's up" that you will need to look at your catalogs, but in the long run – I know that you will be happy!
Also, tomorrow I will do a showcase of the Monday Works of Art! You all make me smile, you all inspire me to take the time each day (and trust me – it does take time but I love it) to do my blog because at the end of the day…I feel that I have inspired you and that hopefully you will go and make some work of art from your heart!
I am an email away and I look forward to tomorrows blog posting! Please feel free to leave me a comment on how you like this super simple card!
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by Susan Itell | Apr 14, 2015 | Super Easy, Sympathy |
We always need to have these card unfortunately but I will say that this card is one that will never let you down as it is just classic and beautiful! Have fun changing up the colors that you use and play around with different DSP for the envelope fun!
A week from today Stampin Up! will be sharing with all of us the list of retiring stamps and that can be a sad day for us but it also can he a HAPPY day for some as they will be able to get some good buys! I have said countless times before that I do keep stamps that are my favorites/touch my heart and if this stamp set is on the bye-bye list – snatch it up and if it is not….put it on your list to purchase.
This set is called Love & Sympathy and the reason I love it is the fact that it has (3) stamps and you use all (3) with one card…plus it is only $11.95 in the clear mount…woot-woot – a win – win all the way around.
The card foundation is from the note-card size in whisper white and basically everything is sooooo darn straight forward. To me, the stamp-a-jig was a key tool fro me and I was able to whip up several of these cards in no time.
When we need a sympathy card, it is so wonderful to have some already made up ready to go as timing is so important! This card will hold up to any card that takes hours to make…this is one of those Wham-Bam cards that you can crank out many in no time.
I simply used the stampin' up! markers in Old Olive and Wisteria Wonder with the brush tip to color the floral stamp and then gave it a quick "huff of stampin' love" and then presto – a great image.
The sentiment was inked up with and again, the stamp -a- ma-jig helped me with perfect placement.
I made a bunch of these cards so I maximized my DSP and also used a 1/4" of Old Olive so I could get (12) envelopes lined from one sheet of paper. I adore these paper stack!
I have received some super fun and cute challenges from yesterday – please remember that you can email me your picture of your card until 9 p.m. tonight (eastern) and you could win a white gel pen…there is so much fun talent out there!
You know what today is….the unveiling of the weekly deals…what is your favorite? Thanks for popping in today and I hope that you enjoyed my clean and simple card!
Until tomorrow!
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