Stamping with Carol { aka Klondike Sue }: 8/7/11

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Napkin Fold Card

I just fell in LOVE with this fold at-first-sight!!! This card is my draft for the final I will make for my daughter's wedding card along with a box to put it in. This card takes a little time to make, but the results are totally worth it :-)

Closed View

Partially Opened View

Napkin Fold Card - Partially Open With Belly Band

Partially Opened With Belly Band View

Totally Opened View

You can find a super tutorial on Split Coast Stampers here -

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/napkinfoldcard/

Specifics:

Paper - White 12x12 CS, Bella Rose DSP, Pretty in Pink CS, Whisper White CS, Garden Green CS

Accessories - Prima Flower, MS Punches, Cricut, Irridescent Ribbon

Try this card, it's TOTALLY worth it :-)

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Center Step Card

Made this card for my pastor & his beautiful wife for their anniversary. I just LOVE folded cards & the Center Step card is one of my favs.

Front/Side View

Front View

You can find a wonderful tutorial for this card here -

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/centerstepcard/

Here are some specifics:

Stamps - Simply Soft, Four Frames, Warm Words
Paper - Marina Mist, Baja Breeze, Soft Suede, Elegant Soiree DSP, Very Vanilla, Vellum
Ink - Basic Brown, Not Quite Navy, Marina Mist, Kraft (for sponging only)
Accessories - Beautiful Wings Embosslit, Decorative Label Punch, Corner Rounder Punch, Embossing Folder, Brass BradsStamps - Simply Soft, Four Frames, Warm Words

Hope you like it :-)

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Mini Album

This was my draft of the mini album I will be making for my daughter to give to her the night before her upcoming wedding. Her's will be covered with sunflowers - her all time favorite! I will most probably be adding lots more pages to hers cause she is a "picture fanatic"!

Front View

Close-up View

Hope you like it :-)

Appreciation Cards

Originally posted in June 2011:

My husband & I are hosting an "APPRCIATION" weekend for some of the supervisors at Bob's business. I made cards for everyone attending.

Hope you like - had soooo much fun making them!

Butterfly Box for Brittany

Original post in May 2011:

I made this box for a teacher I work with. Filled it with chocolate & mints!

Specifics:

Paper: DCWV

Accessories: Sizzix XL Die, MS Monarch Butterfly Punch, 2 3/8" Scallop Punch, Flower Brad

Have a Great Day :-)

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Wedding Card for Mark & Brittany

I originally posted this card in May 2011:

This is the wedding card I made for some friends. It is a modified Double Pocket Fold with only a single pocket. Just LOVE the Four Frames stamp set & just had to use it on Mark & Brittany's card. I broke my elbow several years ago & had some extensive surgery. After that time, I couldn't do what I had done before with so much ease - like tie bows. Well, this was the first bow ( at least one that turned out this good ) I have been able to make! To me, it's THE best part of the card :-)

More information on my SCS Gallery -

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/1975838?&cat=500&ppuser=181754

Hope you like it :-)

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Mother's Day Cards

The original posts of these cards were made in May 2011:

Here's my Mother's Day card for 2011! I am going to make the same card design for an easel card class I am having at the end of next month! Hope you like it - another sunny day in the Pacific Northwest ... maybe it's actually going to get a little warmer after all :-)

Specifics:

Paper - Wild Wasabe CS, Rose Red CS, Certainly Celery CS, Very Vanilla CS, Springtime Vintage DSP

Ink - Rose Red

Accessories - Bigz Scallop Circle, Bigz Scallop Circle #2, Bigx Clear Circle, Original 3.5" Circle, Bigz L Fun Flowers, Elegant Lines EF, Vintage Walpaper EF, Scallop Trim Border Punch, 3/4" Circle Punch, Decorative Label Punch, Flower Brad

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Here's a card I made for a friend - she has me make her one for her mom every year! Just love making easel cards but especially this new DSP!

Specifics:

Paper - Marina Mist CS, Baja Breeze CS, Whisper White CS, Not Quite Navy CS, Paisley Petals DSP

Ink - Not Quite Navy

Accessories - Bigz Scallop Circle, Bigz Clear Circle, Flower Embosslit, EF, Scallop Trim Border Punch, Half Pearl, Irridescent Ribbon

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Made this card for my father-in-law's wife. She will NEVER fill the spot of my wonderful MIL of 30 years & friend of 50 years but she is a great person. Hence the "For You" sentiment. The finished size of this card is 4.25x4.25.

Here is where I got the idea for this card:

http://www.stampinconnection.com/photo/springtime-vintage-note-cards-1?context=album&albumId=4523673%3AAlbum%3A1616660.

Thanks for the inspiration Judy Lynn Morton :-)

Specifics:

Paper: Springtime Vintage DSP, Very Vanilla, Pink Pirouette
Ink: Rose Red, Wild Wasabe
Accessories: Several EF, Both Scallop Circle Punches, Round Tab Punch
Stamps: Punch Bunch (SAB 2011), Fast & Fabulous (Hostess 2011)

Thanks for looking :-)

Double Diagonal Fold Wedding Card

The original posting was made in April 2011:

This is my NEW favorite fold card! The base of the card is made from one piece of 8.5x11 DSP & measures 4.25" x 5.5"

Here it is totally closed

Diagonal Pocket Card - Butterfly Closeup

Close-up of the Butterfly

Here are views of the tags:

Bobby Loves Natalie Tag

Love You Tag

You can find the tutorial for making this card on, where else, Split Coast Stampers -

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/diagonal_double_pocket_card/

Specifics:

Paper - Berry Bliss DSP, Whisper White CS

Accessories - Bigz Beautiful Butterflies, Beautiful Wings Embosslit, Bigz Two Tags, Scallop Oval Punch & Movers & Shapers, Half Pearl, Computer

The card was a hit :-)

Happy Sunshine Birthday Kelly!

The original card was made in April 2011:

Am making samples for an upcoming class this week while I am on a well needed break! This one was the only one that I could finish cause I forgot to pack some needed items in my bag! These are so fun to make!

Just made the envie for the party tonight. Can't just do something plain, so I made it out of matching DSP & did a little embellishing! The sun was out today - very rare for here - so just had to get a picture with those beautiful shadows :-)

These are the first pictures I took of this card right after I finished the card:

here's the view from the front

here's a side view

Here are some specifics:

Paper - Sunny Garden DSP, Poppy Parade CS

Stamps - Retired

Accessories - Half pearls, Brad, Flower Embosslit, Beautiful Wings Embosslit, MS Punch, Scallop Oval Punch, Wide Oval Punch, Bigz Clear Circle, Original 3.5" Circle, Embossing Folder, Elegant Lines, Bigz Scallop Circle

Hope you enjoy it :-)

Triangle Tri-Fold

Original post in April 2011:

I just LOVE the Triangle Tri-Fold Card & knew as soon as I saw it that I wanted to make it for Melissa’s ( my DIL ) birthday card. I am meeting her, my son, my grandson (plus the new grand baby in Melissa’s tummy!) for lunch tomorrow & will be giving it to her along with a check to buy some new maternity clothes.

Here is where you can find a wonderful tutorial for this awesome fold -

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/triangle_trifold/

Here are the specifics:
Ink - Rose Red, Always Artichoke
Stamps - A Word For You, Printed Petals
Paper - Rose Red, Pale Plum, Very Vanilla, Springtime Vintage DSP
Additional - Scallop Trim Punches, Scallop Circle Punch, Finial Press EF, Sizzix EF, Vintage Flower, Ribbon

Happy Birthday, Melissa :-)

Erin's Wedding Favor Box and Place Card

This was originally posted on February 12, 2011:

After I made all the table decorations for a districtwide meeting in August 2010, I was asked to make wedding favors for a friend's daughter's wedding in April 2011. I was going to give her all of the extra paper that she said she was going to make place cards with the extras. Well ... since I wanted there to be uniformity on the tables, I decided to make her place cards too! Added a picture of all 84 of the box favors the day I finished them but wanted to add pics of the individual box & the place cards I made for Erin.

Here they are -

Thanks to Amy Czuba for her inspirational design for the place cards -

http://www.stampinconnection.com/photo/wedding-place-cards-2

Here are some specifics:

Paper - Elegant Eggplant, Almost Amethyst, Certainly Celery, Very Vanilla
Stamps - Vintage Vogue, Itty Bitty Backgrounds, Short & Sweet, Texture Jumbo Wheel
Ink - Elegant Eggplant, Almost Amethyst, Certainly Celery
Miscellaneous - Scallop oval punch & MS die, Big Shot, Simple Flower embosslit, Stamp-a-majig, Island Floral die, Scallop circle punches, Finial Press EF
Additional technique used - Sponging

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Here is a picture of the boxes we all ( Erin's parents, brother & sister-in-law ) made at my house -

Just finished 84 of these this morning - whew!!!!!!!

Here's what I used:

Paper: Very Vanilla, Elegant Eggplant, Almost Amethyst, Certainly Celery

Punches: 2 3/4" Scallop Circle, Scallop Circle, Fancy Flower
Dies: Box #2, Island Floral
EF: Finial Press
Stamps: Vintage Vogue, Short & Sweet, Itty Bitty Backgrounds, Speckles Jumbo Wheel

They are going to be filled with trail mix. I gave Gayle ( mother of the bride ) a bunch of tiny bags so that the paper won't absorb the oils - don't want them ruined after all the work to make them :-)

Valentine 2011

This was originally posted in February 2011:

Just finished a set of these cards today to give to some kids at the middle school where I work.

Since I had already designed my Valentine cards last year before I saw a card by LeAnne Pugliese on SC -

http://www.stampinconnection.com/photo/stamp-club-valentine?context=album&albumId=4523673%3AAlbum%3A84306 -

The kids really enjoyed them :-)

Merry Christmas Christina!

The original was posted in December 2010:

Made this card for a good friend of mine that I am meeting this evening. Of course, I chose to use Candy Cane DSP again, but a pattern that I have never used yet! The bottom is layered with Garden Green CS edged with the Scallop Trim Border Punch, White Organza Ribbon & Real Red that was punched with the Ribbon Punch. The sentiment is from Season of Joy. The ornament punches (in Real Red & Kiwi Kiss) have small poinsettias from Season of Joy on Whisper White. I also used a couple of embossing folders on the card - one is Petals-a-Plenty & the other is a Sizzix EF I got at a Big Box store but you can get on sizzix.com.

Have a Merry Christmas :-)

Contempo Cane Christmas

The original posting of this was in December 2010:

Here’s the latest Christmas card I made to give my neighbors at the Eagle Crest Golf Resort in Redmond, Oregon. My hubby & I will be heading there right after Christmas. I just LOVE Candy Cane DSP; the colors are just fabulous!

I CASEd the format from one of Alex Hobson’s wonderful masterpieces -

http://www.stampinconnection.com/photo/winter-post-holiday-wishes?xg_source=activity

Here are the specifics:

Stamps - Contempo Christmas
Paper - Candy Cane DSP, Blushing Bride, Baja Breeze, Whisper White, Real Red
Ink - Real Red, Kiwi Kiss
Accessories - Scallop Border Punch, Petals-a-Plenty Embossing Folder, MS Punch

Thanks for looking :-)

Happy Anniversary Mom & Dad

The original was posted in July 2010:

My mom & dad’s anniversary is next week ( it’s year 57!!! ) and when I saw Laura’s card, I knew I had to CASE it for their special day! I kept the basic format of the card pretty much the same, but added lots & lots of embossing - just LOVE embossing & if you know my cards, I always try to incorporate something that’s been texturized!

This card is a CASE from Laura Jaroscak’s gorgeous card:

http://www.stampinconnection.com/photo/vintage-vogue-226

Hope you like it, Laura :-)

Here are the specifics:

Stamps - A Word for You - this is one of the first times I used SU! clear stamps & I AM IN LOVE

Paper - Almost Amethyst CS, Whisper White CS, Pink Pirouette CS, Barely Banana CS, Tea Party DSP
Ink - Basic Gray, Pretty in Pink, Rose Red
Accessories - Finial Press EF, Vintage Wallpaper EF, Square Lattice EF, Flower Embosslit, Designer Buttons, Subtles, Scallop Trim Border Punch, Corner Rounder

Almost forgot - I also smooched the front on the card with a little of the gold smooth diluted with a little alcohol & put into a spray bottle. Don't know if you can see it, but if you click on the picture, it will make the card real big & maybe you can see the "sparkles"!

Thanks for looking :-)

Friendship Card

The original was posted in July 2010:

I saw an old friend & pastor, Chuck Smith from Calvary Chapel, Costa Mesa, last night at a wonderful concert; was inspired to make him & his beautiful wife, Kay, this card! I decided not to put a sentiment on the front of the card but wrote a nice note on the inside. Am going to give it to him this evening when I go to another concert with my hubby, brother & sister-in-law.

My inspiration for this card came from many cards made with "Daisy" on the SCS site -

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/showgallery.php?thumbsonly=0&perpage=96&cat=550&ppuser=&si=&thumbcheck=0&page=1&sortby=&sorttime=&limit=&way=&condition=&what=

Here are specifics:
Stamps - Daisy ( double-stamping is sooo much fun )
Paper - Crumb Cake, Baja Breeze, Sahara Sand, Whisper White, a tiny bit of DCWV Linen Closet ( of course! )
Ink - Baja Breeze, Not Quite Navy, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Crushed Curry
Accessories - Sizzix EF, Scissors ( had to do LOTS of cutting on this one! ), Stamp-a-majig, Gold Smooch diluted in alcohol ( not the drinking kind, though )

Hope you like it :-)

Ongoing Blog Moving!

I will be moving all of my information from Stampin' Connection to this blog; however, I have things to do this morning.

Will be back later this afternoon :-)

Final Table Settings

This was originally posted in August 2010:

Here are pictures from a meeting that was held at the middle school where I work. I did all the table settings PLUS favor boxes filled with candy for each attendee. Some of the materials used aren't SU!

Boy am I glad this is behind me now :-)

Owl Corner Bookmarks

Original post in late 2010:

I was asked to make bookmarks for an upcoming Woman's Retreat for my church. I knew immediately that I wanted to make corner bookmarks because they are so different; I'm always up for unconventional. I made 31 with the help of several ladies this past weekend. Had to borrow the new Owl Punch because I don't have it, but it's definitely on my wish list now; it's fantastic! Hope you like what I came up with :-)

All by it's lonesome on a piect of More Mustard

On the corner of a SU! catalog

And then there were 31!

Go to http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/, click on the "Resourses" tab in the upper left of the home page, type in Corner Bookmark in the search area & you will find a wonderful tutorial for these!

Bazaar Christmas Cards

This was originally posted on November 27, 2010:

These were made for a bazaar table at a local tree farm. Used Old Olive, Garden Green, Real Red, Close to Cocoa & Very Vanilla with a touch of Crumb Cake.The same format was used for every card but the background embossing, DSP & base were changed a bit on each just so they looked different. I will be dropping them off to my friend at church tomorrow morning for her to take down for me. Hope you like them!

These cards were CASEd from Kari Eklund's beautiful card - http://www.stampinconnection.com/photo/seasons-greeting-1?context=album&albumId=4523673%3AAlbum%3A510139

Here's the specifics:
Stamps - Christmas Greetings, Short & Sweet, Simple Snowflake
Paper - Very Vanilla, Real Red, Old Olive, Garden Green, Close to Cocoa, Kraft (Crumb Cake), Retired DSP
Ink - Real Red, Garden Green, Whisper White Craft
Embossing Folders - Petals-A-Plenty, Vintage Wallpaper, Sizzix Snowflakes
Miscellaneous - Snowflake Punch, 1/2" Round Punch, MS Border Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals, Tombow Multi

Merry Christmas - Jesus is the reason for the season :-)