Extra Long Swing Card

I received the template for the extra-long swing card from one of my demonstrators, Mary-Jo. And I've made an anniversary card for one of our friends with it:


Stamp Sets: Sincere Salutations, If the Halo Fits
Card Stock, Perfect Plum DSP, Whisper White
Ink: Perfect Plum
Accents: dimensionals

The size of the card stock that you start out with is 12" x 5 1/2". Score along the length of the card stock at 2", 4", 8", and 10". Measure along the width of the card stock (5 1/2" side) and at 1 1/2" from both edges, use your paper cutter to cut from the 2" score to the 10" score. Fold the card stock as you see in the picture, and use whichever DSP you wish to decorate.

If the Halo Fits

I'm borrowing the "If the Halo Fits" stamp set from my friend Carly. It is one of the "Last Chance" stamp sets, and I've always wanted to make a few cards with it. To thank Carly for her generosity, I have made her this card:


Stamp Sets: If the Halo Fits, Lace Pattern (background)
Card Stock: Blush Blossom, Close to Cocoa, Whisper White
Ink: Blush Blossom, Close to Cocoa
Accents: silver brads, dimensionals, blender pen

I don't usually explain how I made a certain card because I see a card and I can figure out how it was done 9 times out of 10. But I see a lot of people are explaining how they made their cards, so I'll try it:

I stamped the angel and the flower in close to cocoa and cut them out seperately. I suppose I could have stamped the flower onto the angel's hands, but I didn't think about that until afterwards. I used a blender pen with Blush Blossom to fill in the flower and the design on the angel's dress. Then I used dimensionals to make the angel pop out a bit more.

For the background, I used the Lace Pattern background (it's expired now) with Blush Blossom. My table sinks down in the center, so I find that when I try to use the background stamps, the middle doesn't show up as well. so I ink the pad and place the card stock on the pad, instead of the stamp on the card stock, to ensure that I have a full image. Perhaps with this stamp I didn't need to do that, since the middle of the card stock was going to be covered up anyway, but I've gotten into the habit of it.

Perhaps that was more helpful?

Father's Day Card

This Father's Day Card my sister Anne and I made this afternoon. Anne has to make 2 Father's Day cards, so we made 2 of this:


Stamp Set: Eight Great Greetings
Card Stock: Whisper White, Washington Apple DSP, So Saffron DSP
Ink: Riding Hood Red
Accents: Riding Hood Red 5/8" striped grosgrain ribbon, silver brad

I was going to make this card for my father too, but I decided to let Anne use this one, since I have until Sunday to think of one, she had just until the end of the afternoon. It sucks, though, because I really like this card.

Birthday # 3

This card is for our friend, Dan:


Stamp Sets: Verve Verses, Fun Filled
Card Stock: Elegant Eggplant, Night of Navy, So Saffron DSP, Whisper White
Ink: Elegant Eggplant, Night of Navy, So Saffron
Accents: Silver Brads


As you can see, the sentiment is free to slide to show one word at a time. I hope you like it!

Birthday Card # 2

This card is intended for my sister, Laura:


Stamp Sets: Birthday Wish, Seeing Dots
Card Stock: Washington Apple DSP
Ink: Riding Hood Red, So Saffron
Accents: Silver Brads, white ribbon from Walmart

Here is the template for this shadow box card: http://thestampingstudioblog.blogspot.com/2009/04/shadow-box-card-tutorial.html

Birthday Card # 1

Summer is the busiest time for me when it comes to birthdays. This first card is for my brother-in-law, Ken:


Stamp Sets: Happy Everything, Seasonal Whimsy, Garden Whimsy, Eight Great Sayings, Birthday Wishes, Watercolour Vine (jumbo wheel)
Card Stock: Pacific Point, Kiwi Kiss, Riding Hood Red, Whisper White
Ink: Pacific Point, Kiwi Kiss, Riding Hood Red, VersaMark


This is called a "Magic Card", since you can fold it in 2 different ways to see 2 separate interiors of the card. I haven't been able to find a template for it yet.

MegaMeeting Make & Takes

Hello everyone! I have finally gotten around to posting the make & takes I made at the megameeting this past Friday. I received a whole bunch of really good cards during the swap, and I've gotten a lot of really good ideas out of it. Since I didn't make them, however, I won't post them now. Once I've made my own representation, I will post them. Here are the cards I made:


Card Stock: Kiwi Kiss
Ink: Kiwi Kiss
Accessories: Silver Brad, Bone Folder
Dies: Stampin' Up! Top Note


Stamp Set: a stamp set in the new catalogue, I don't know what it's called
Card Stock: Certainly Celery, Whisper White, Pale Plum, Perfect Plum
Ink: Perfect Plum, Pale Plum, Certainly Celery
Accessories: Certainly Celery ribbon


Stamp Sets: Always, and another stamp set; don't know the name
Card Stock: Whisper White, Bashful Blue, Old Olive, Cameo Coral, Old Olive DSP
Ink: Bashful Blue, Old Olive, Cameo Coral
Accessories: Bashful Blue 1/2" Striped Grosgrain Ribbon


Stamp Set: Pocket Silhouettes, not sure about the fish
Card Stock: Bashful Blue, Whisper White, Old Olive, Bashful Blue DSP
Ink: Night of Navy
Accessories: Bashful Blue 1/4" grosgrain ribbon


Stamp Sets: Pocket Silhouettes, Happy Everything
Card Stock: Basic Black, Whisper White, Vellum card stock
Ink: Basic Black
Accessories: Big Shot - Stampin Up! Backgrounds #1, Basic Black 1/4" grosgrain ribbon, 1" circle punch, Designer Label punch, 3/16" Corner Rounder punch

I hope you like the cards I made at the MegaMeet. I certainly enjoyed my time there! There is another one in September, and I think I'm going to try to make that one too.