Two Cards

My college roommate's mother celebrated her 90th birthday, so I made the card below for her.  The card is in white, black, and gold.  The flowers were made using the Petite Petals punch and the pansy punch from the Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack (available June 2, 2014).  A black Candy Dot in the center of the flowers finished them off nicely.

The card below is a teabag holder card I made for a friend.  I met Diana when our husbands were in navigator training school in the Air Force back in 1981.  Once the card is untied, there is an envelope (made with the envelope punch board) that holds a tea bag.  She'll love the card.  Her birthday is in July, so I haven't mailed this one yet.  By the way, the blue designs above and below the bow are just two sections of the soon-to-be retired (retires June 1) Delicate Details Lace Tape.  I colored the lacy circles with the new Stampin' Blendabilities markers.  These new markers are alcohol ink markers made for blending and shading, but they also color those hard-to-color items like rhinestones and the lace tape.  I used the Tea Party stamp set.

I have a few more cards to make this week, and then I must start planning my upcoming classes.  I love every minute of planning the cards and teaching the classes.

Tina

A New Look to My Blog

I wanted a whole new look to my blog -- something clean and simple.  You know how it goes, though.  Change one thing and it snowballs.  I ended up creating a new header in My Digital Studio.  The more I use it, the more I love MDS.  Then, I redesigned a few other things.  Several hours later, I was done.

Okay, so I can't post without putting at least one picture of a card.  Several months ago I made the card below for my friend, Judy, when her grandchild was born.  It's called a double-fold gate card (as well as double-gate card).

Unfortunately, the Designer Series Paper I used is no longer available since I made the card last spring, but it's still a fun card.

Convention and Cards

The photo below is a picture of the convention crowd of demonstrators when the doors opened.  Yes, it made me think of sardines.  We certainly were packed in there -- and I was somewhere in the midst of that crowd.  There were almost 6,000 demonstrators at the convention.

Before the convention began, I did a tour of the Stampin' Up! home office.  I took the photo below there. 

The kite card below is one we made in my stamp camp last month. I used the directions a Stampin' Up! demonstrator, Kelly Gettelfinger, provided.  Her website is filled with many great ideas and videos:  http://alwaysstampin.blogspot.com/

I love the sympathy card below.  I totally copied it from Brian King, a Stampin' Up! demo.  I met Brian at the convention and told him how I had a downline meeting and we made the card exactly like his example.  He told me that he got a lot of great feedback about this card -- simple and gorgeous.  His website is at http://stampwithbrian.com/  if you want to see more of his work.

That's all I have for you today.  I'm looking forward to getting together with my my wonderful upline (I so appreciate all you've taught me, Pennie) today to look at all the swaps we both got from convention. 

Tina

Sometimes I just have to CASE a card

Several weeks ago, Brenda Keenan posted a card she made along with a video on how to make it.  She called it the Faux Embossing Technique.  This morning I needed a thank you card, so I decided to try her technique.  To see her card and watch the video, click Faux Embossing Technique .  Meanwhile, here are my cards using her technique.

The card above uses the new Too Kind stamp set.  It's a two-step stamp set, but using the faux embossing technique, it became a three-step.  I used Crisp Cantaloupe cardstock and ink with Calypso Coral cardstock and ink used to frame the card.  I also used the white craft ink.

Above is another version of the card without the ribbon.  Instead I used a piece of the Epic Day This and Thank Designer Washi Tape.

I also made a card using Baked Brown Sugar cardstock and ink with Soft Suede accents.  The card is Crisp Cantaloupe cardstock.  The reason there are butterflies is because I smudged the card.  I added butterflies to cover the smudges, but I like it.  I used Crisp Cantaloupe and Coastal Cabana markers to color the stamps before I stamped and punched the butterflies.  The butterflies are from the Papillon Potpourri stamp set.

There you have it.  Thanks for looking.

Oh, by the way, in case you don't know what the title of this post means, CASE means Copy And Share Everything.

Tina