SUOC #67 Spring is in the Air!

Hi All,

It is Good Friday and we have just come back from our church service and then we are out again to celebrate Easter Dinner with my brother.  There are 3 birthdays this weekend and then my sister-in-law & I will be catching up later at our dinner & exchanging our belated birthday gifts. So I have been making birthday cards all week after supper. This is the card I made just now after church. The SU Nature Walk set reminds me of spring so much  so I thought I would enter this card into the SUOC #67 challenge. I decided to use a de-saturated colour palate on this card. This palette reminds me of the beginning of spring and how we move from grey cold days to the warm rays of spring sunlight. I stamped the bird in a Grey SU ink spot and then touched the belly and feet with a Cherry Cobble ink spot. The sentiment from the "It's your Day" set is also lightly stamped in Cherry Cobbler. I used uneven pressure so it would look a little distressed much like the start of spring. I used the Windows Framelits to punch out the panels and edged the inner panel with a soft suede and grey ink spot. The larger window is edged in Perfect Plum. The flowers are from the SU Flower Trim ribbon which I coloured with a Perfect Plum ink pad and with a Pink Pirouette ink pad and placed and SU pearl in the middle of each flower. The butterflies were stamped with Perfect Plum on SU Whisper White paper. Everything used was from Stamping Up. The first picture is of the card itself. The middle picture above is of the matching gift tag. The third picture is of my crafting area which overlooks the family room. It is a panorama picture showing the card, gift tag, and my crafting area. And now that I notice it, I think my MRS. coffee cup is there! How cute is that!! Anyways,  this card is wonderful and it reminds me of the early days of spring where birds start to sing in the early morning!  Hope you enjoy this card.  Must go & prepare for my mother-in-law's birthday & my friend Jean's birthday....So glad I sent the card and gift to my sister earlier this week. See the previous challenge to view the card I made and sent to my sister.

~Happy Stampin'~   Jenny G

MOJO286 Circle or Square Cards Entry #2

Hi All!

Here is my 2nd entry for MOJO #286 and it is a 4x4 square card. I made it for a friend of mine who recently lost her husband and then went out of town to stay with family until after Easter. A bunch of us from the previous women's committee at church are planning on getting together with her when she gets back.Instead of a banner like on the sample card I have placed a dainty string of pearls. Instead of a star, I have made a large scallop circle with the sentiment. Hope you all enjoy this card.  I think it is very beautiful. The card recipe is down below.

Ink: Black staz-on. Stamped the sentiment from one of my Just Rite sets onto SU (Stampin' Up) Whisper White cardstock. The flower at the bottom is another image from that Just Rite set which I coloured in with some old pencil crayons that my little niece left behind at my place a few years ago. The pearl in the middle is a liquid pearl from a Viva Salmon coloured Pearl Pen. I put the liquid pearl on after I added shimmer/glitter to the sentiment.

Glitter: On the sentiment circle piece you will see some shimmering glitter if you look close. I used a sheet of Sookwang two way tape in an 8x11 sheet and cut a 2inch circle with my SU circle punch and gently laid it over top the stamped and coloured sentiment then put some ultra fine clear glitter on it and gently tapped the excess off into my SU Powder Pal. Then I added the salmon coloured liquid pearl. I love the delicate shimmer!

Paper: SU DSP, SU black cardstock and brown glitter paper given to me from a friend. I scalloped the edges using one of my SU framelits and then accented the image with and SU scallop embossing folder. Used the large SU scallop Square SU die to cut out the main backing of the card on white cardstock. The pearls and ribbon were from SU.


Hope you enjoy! ~Happy Stampin'~ Jenny G

MOJO286 Circle or Square Cards

Hi All,

I made two entries for this challenge: one was a circle card and the second a square card but couldn't seem to enter both so I added the pic of my second entry here so people can at least see it. For the card recipe see the post above this one for the details!  If I have to choose between then then I would want my second card, the square one as my official entry this time around. My first time linking to a Mojo Monday Challenge so I think I have learned a few things!

Here are the details for my circle card entry for the MOJO 286 challenge! My sister's birthday is next week so I made a super cute card for her. Since her favourite colour is blue I decided to use the blue patterned paper from the SU Spice Cake Designer paper from last fall. Most of the products were from SU, however the big scallop circle is from a nestabilties set I have. The stars are from some silver glitter paper and some light blue paper given to me by a friend and cut out with a Sizzix die. I love the little edges on the panel with Sister stamped on it. Used my framelits from the Finishing Touches set....so cute! The sentiment is from the Amazing Family SU stamp set and it is stamped in midnight muse ink! Enjoy!

~Happy Stampin' ~   Jenny G

SR #168 Picture inspiration

Hi All,

Just received my parcel from my second sale-a-bration order and just had to make this cute card for the Stampin' Royalty Inspiration Challenge! I am just LOVING my new bitty butterfly punch & my new window frames framelits. Still loving that SU 5/8 flower trim. The pattern on the butterflies is awesome! To get that delicate pattern on the butterflies, I stamped out some butterflies in Regal Rose with the SU "Strength & Hope" stampset from a couple of summers ago and then punched out the little butterflies from the pretty stamped pattern of the big butterfly from that set. The "Thank You" is from my new  "Pretty Petites" sale-a-bration set. I popped them up on the white window panes with dimensionals. The little white windows were cut out with the littlest framelit from the Windows Collection. The pearls on the butterflies are from SU & were the last detail I added to the card. The paper in the middle under the butterflies and sentiments was from my new Print Poetry paper pad. I used some cute edgelits from my "Finishing Touches" set and cut out some adorable borders from some old SU paper from the other year...perhaps blushing bride or regal rose. After the centre panel was put together, I took some Su Whisper White cardstock and used one of the folders from my "Delicate Designs" textured impressions folder. I spaced them far enough apart so that my centre panel would fit in nicely.  I then cut the right edge with the "Large Scallop" framelit and then glued on the centre piece & added the pearls onto the butterflies. On the other side of the card, I first put some old SU pink seam ribbon down with sticky strip and then took some SU 5/8 flower trim and rubbed it on a "Pretty in Pink" ink pad. I stuck it down with sticky strip on top of the seam ribbon. Voila, here is my latest entry to Stampin' Royalty! Hope you enjoy it!

~Happy Stampin'~  Jenny G

SUO #66 Easter Parade

Hi All,

Here is my submission for SUO #66 Easter Parade! I love the fold on this card and the way the outer panel with "He is Risen" stands out! Going to bed soon so here is the quick card recipe! All materials used were SU of course! Here are the materials used for this card.

Paper: Spice Cake DSP ( love that pattern as it looks like little crosses.)
           Whisper White Cardstock (card base)
            Confetti Su cardstock (on label framelit cutouts)
            Pear Pizzaz on the inner label cutout that was spritzed with log cabin smooch spritz

Ink:
Early Espresso on the "He is Risen" stamp from last year's catalogue.
Dove is coloured in with dazzling details.

Tools/Embellishments: 
Pear Pizzaz ribbon & SU Flower Trim ribbon
Labels Framelits

~Happy stampin'~     Jenny G
     

SUO #65 2nd Entry Going Green

Hi All,

Here is my 2nd entry for SUO #65! I was trying to add it to the challenge but the link kept saying it couldn't as the link was already found in the collection. Hope I can try to add it before the deadline. Will keep trying!!

Ink:

Wild Wasabi & Dazzling Details on the "ears to you" stampset.
Always Artichoke, Early Espresso, Chocolate Chip and Soft Suede are edged in on the outside of the SU  Oval Die, and the piece cut out with one of the Apothecary Accent framelits.
Rose Red daubed with a sponge dauber on the 5/8 flower trim with SU Pearls glued on with SU glue dots in the middle.

Paper:

SU DSP from a set which I forgot the name of. Cut two pieces of the paper with the Apothecary Accents set and then set them under the watercolour paper stamped with the "ears to you" set. I set it with tombow glue so that the paper is peeking out under the center piece with the sentiment. Hid the parts on the side with the flowers as the sides were overlapping and not attractive as you could see the two pieces of paper. Cut the bottom edge of the Big Oval Die so it would stand better.

Pear Pizzazz paper left over from the other year which I ran through my SU Big Shot with my Finishing Touches edgelit. I am so in love with this dainty border!

Tools:
Big Z Clear Oval Accent Die
Apothecary Accent Framelit
Finishing Touches Framelit
Ears to You clearmount stamp set
Two flowers from 5/8 flower trim and two SU pearls
SU Dazzling Details is on the rabbits on the stamped image to make them more shiny!

Enjoy! ~Happy Stampin'~  Jenny G

SR #165 Sketch Challenge

Hi All,

Here is my entry for Stamping Royalty#165! Still rushed so I will post just the basics like on the entry for SUO #65!

Paper: Pear Pizza, Whisper White & SU DSP

Ink: Always Artichoke

Tools: Finishing Touches framelits
           SU Large Oval Punch
           Two SU Pearls
           Sentimental Stamp Set (Finally arrived yesterday!)
           SU Vanilla 5/8 flower trim

~Happy Stampin'~  Jenny G

Suo #65 Going Green

Hi All,

Here is my entry for the SUO #65 Going Green Challenge! Since I am a little rushed for time today I won't give the full description of how I made the card but just the items I used for this card! Here is the recipe! Everything is from Stampin' Up of course!

Paper:
Whisper White (background paper & little doily under the buttons done with SU triple doily punch) Pear Pizzaz (large paper doily sizzlit & little leaves sizzlit & card back behind whisper white with fancy fan)
Patio Party DSP (flower made from SU Rosette Die)

Ink:
Always Artichoke Classic Ink: edging around little doily, rolled with brayer over fancy fan, ink used for Apothcary Accents stamp.

Early Espresso Marker: I stamped the sentiment again and cut out the middle part to place over the rest of the stamp already stamped in Always Artichoke.

Tools:
Fancy Fan Impressions Folder
Large Paper Doily Sizzlit
Little Leaves Sizzlit
Su Big Z Rosette Die
Triple Doily Punch
Apothcary Accents stamp set and matching framelit
Two SU Pearls
Two SU Buttons

Hope you enjoy! ~Happy Stampin' ~

Jenny G

SUO #64 Sale-a-Bration Time

Hi All,

I had a wonderful time with my friends Heather and Sherry yesterday creating cards and it got my creativity flowing! When I got home I started a new card: the card you see today on my blog. I took some SU whisper white paper and ran it through the Big Shot with that wonderful edgelit from my "Finishing Touches" set and then I ran it through again with the lacy brocade folder. I thought I saw the lacy brocade folder used in the sale-a-bration catty so thus my entry fits the competition. If not, and it is disqualified then that's ok as I think it is a STUNNING card which I wanted to share with you all anyway! If any of you want to case it just reference me as the creator or direct people to my blog. After I embossed the lacy brocade image I used a product that Stampin' Up doesn't carry: INKA GOLD ink...it is much like a cream eye shadow and can be applied with one's own finger tips and it is such FUN stuff. I applied just a bit over all the surface of the card to get this wonderful shimmery silvery glow as I used the silver cream not the the gold cream. I then edged the edges with a fabulous SU soft suede ink spot to get a very vintage and distressed look! I was SO excited about the card backing and then I turned my thoughts to the sentiment. My Sale-a-Bration order is on it's way as we speak and in it I got for FREE the Sentiments stamp set with that fabulous sentiment " Celebrate". I looked through my massive collection of SU stamps and found the stamp I had that best captured the feel of the sentiment set! I decided to use the Thank You stamp from my wood mount "Fresh Cuts" which is an SU set from a few years back when wood mount was still a popular choice. I put aside for later and went to create my embellished sentiment piece.

I took my espressso SU marker and outlined the label image from the Layered Labels set 2/2. I left the  Congrats sentiment uncoloured as I wanted to stamp Thank You from fresh cuts in rose red from the subtles collection. After stamping the espresso frame, I cut it out using the framelit from Apothecary Accents. I then stamped the Thank You in rose red and a little off centre as true vintage things are never ever perfect. I used my soft suede ink spot to distress the edges of the label and then put two SU rinestones in the middle of the flourishes on the sides! I popped on this little piece with dimensionals! And Voila: a lovely card that captures the sale-a-bration stamp set, highlights the lacy brocade folder and uses one of the great framelits and one of the great edgelits that SU has for sale! I hope you love this card as much as I do and enjoyed learning how to make it!

~Happy Stampin'~    Jenny G

SR #157 Not Quite Navy/Crumb Cake/Soft Suede/Very Vanilla

Hi All,

Here is my card for the Stampin' Royalty Challenge #157!

I used Not Quite Navy ink on the Eiffel Tower image from the SU stamp set Artistic Ethchings, and then blinged it up with some SU dazzling details. Using my retired SU tearing edge I made a fabulous edge and then smudged all the edges with Not Quite Navy, Soft Suede, and Crumb Cake. The paper underneath is leftover from the Beau Chateau designer paper series which also has the browns of soft suede and crumb cake in it as well as a lighter shade of blue that I thought complimentary. I also edged the DSP with all the inks. The base layer is SU Whisper White paper that I ran through the Big Shot with the Square Lattice impressions folder. In th right corner, I have used an antique brad and in the lower left corner I used two SU rhinestones to accent the piece holding the sentiment. For that piece, I used the smallest of the label framelits and then stamped AMOUR in SU white craft ink. I then put on clear powder and set it with my heating tool. When done I took my Not quite Navy inkpad and smudged from the centre out to create that dynamic streaking that you can see if you look closely. The ink just rolled off the sentiment which shows up nicely against the streaky background. I used 5/8 whisper white organza ribbon to add an extra touch. Hope you like my latest creation. Happy Stampin'!

Jenny G

Valentine's Day & Birthday Cards & Recent News!

Hi All,

It's been a while since I blogged last but I am back again. The past year was difficult with my dad passing and our neighbour flooding our place but I am so glad that the house is repaired and things are getting back to usual. Missed my dad so much over Christmas but I guess that that is pretty typical for most people. Anyways I have a few cute cards/projects to show you all and they are relating to one of my favourite days of the year: Valentine's Day! I have not submitted them to any challenges. The first card is for my hubby and I made it earlier in the year.











The second card is based on a card at a make and take at the Making Memories Scrapbooking Shop. I totally blinged it  out with rhinestones, glitter glue and a fab stamp from Stampin Up's Stamp Set Affection Collection. I stamped the word LOVE and highlighted it with SU dazzling details! I also used the Cupid from SU's Valentine's set ps. I Love You.

The last card is a gorgeous card I just made for an upcoming birthday!











 By the way, I said I would put a shout out to my card making friend Sherry! She has started a card shop on facebook so if you want to check out her designs feel free to check her out at  www.facebook.com/shersshoppe

Hope you enjoy! I will be entering more challenges soon! Happy Stampin'

Jenny G

SUO #58: Clean & Simple Christmas Cards

Hi All,

Here is my entry for SUO #58! A very clean and simple Christmas card! I figured that using cherry cobbler ink on white cardstock would look wonderful!


I scored the edges on this card with my Simply Scored like I scored the card for the So Shelli challenge on my previous post! Recently I heard from Kellene on that challenge and I was so excited to hear that I won a stampset on that challenge and it is headed my way. I was so excited!

On another piece of whisper white, I stamped the decorative flower from the Mixed Blooms set as it reminded me of a snowflake! I then used my 2" circle punch to punch it out. I re-stamped the image on another piece of Whisper White and took my SU espresso marker and marked an inner circle on the stamp to try and get a rock and rolled effect and then punched the inner circle out with my 1 3/8 circle punch. I used my piercing tool to make a hole to put an antique brad through and used my Dazzling Details to make the inner part sparkly! I used SU dimensionals to adhere the little circle onto the big one and ran my espressso marker on the edge of the big circle and then used more dimensionals to adhere the bigger image on the card.  The sentiment "Merry Christmas"  was from a 2pc. christmas set I bought a few years ago but have forgot the name of. Hope you like this card! Happy Stampin~

SoShelli.com Creative Challenge: September 9/12

Hi All,
For the So Shelli Challenge we were asked to create a two layer card! SO here is my entry!

 As you can see I used the SU Simply Scored to make score marks around the edges of the base card. I then used a fabulous stamp set I bought last year called "The Open Sea"! I stamped the ledger with soft suede and the sail boat in black Staz-on I bought from Su a while back for a crisp dark image! I had some old Stampin Up grommets that I wanted to use so I placed one in the corner so it would look like a little porthole like a porthole one might see on a ship! I used the Bitty Banners stamp set and framelits to create and accent the sentiment "Happy Birthday". I placed the sentiment on a cute Pear Pizzaz banner, and I trimmed the sentiment so you could see more of the banner.  This is the second layer of my two layer card and it is highlighted by my cute Stampin Up library clip! I stuck on the sentiment with SU dimensionals. Before I placed on my sentiment I took a sponge dauber and sponged the edges of the scored card for a little bit of a vintage look with Soft Suede, Classic Black, Always Artichoke, and Pear Pizzaz. They blended together nicely to make a truly unique look. I have an old garden green inkspot from way back that I think I used as well. Anyways, this is my quick 15 minute two layer card. The first layer is the base and the second layer is the embellishment with the sentiment Happy Birthday! Hope you enjoy!

~ Happy Stampin'

Jenny G

SUO Challenge #52 Photo Op

Hi All,

My wonderful dad passed away in June 2012 and I started making a memory page for him this week and thought I would submit it to the SUO Challenge #52 as it involves a photo.

This page is a tribute to my dad: a man who worked so hard to keep food on the table and a roof over our heads when I was young! I miss my dad so much! Anyways all of the supplies (cardstock etc..) are from Stamping Up. The paper for page and for the rossette were from the Beau Chateau collection. The blue cardstock underneath my dad's funeral card was from the in colours 2011-2013. Used one of my all time favourite retired SU punches for the black border around the funeral card and rosette. Then crimped it! Even the big silver brads (5/8 neutrals assortment) in the corner are from Stamping UP! It was back in the day when brads of all kinds were cool and the crop-a-dile was king! Felt good to use some retired SU products for this memory page!  The white butterfly is from the Beautiful Butterflies Big Z Die and the black one from the Beautiful Wings Embosslit. SU rhinestones on the butterfly and a nice SU button on the rossette make this page a beautiful page to look at. Thanks for letting me share this page with you as we remember my dad!

SUO #51 Designer Papers

Hi All,
Just a quick post and a quick card today as I am heading out for a birthday party! Yippee! In fact, I just spent the past few minutes making this card with my favourite SU DSP! Since the challenge is about designer paper I decided to make the designer paper the focal piece! The base of the card is naturals cardstock with a Sizzlits Large Paper Doily pressed out on pear pizzaz paper. I then ran black SU cardstock through a crimper and punched with a retired SU punch~but one of my favourites still! I put my DSP on top of a panel of brown SU textured cardstock and tied a little crumb cake ribbon around it. I used the bitty banners set to make that adorable banner. Stamped the happy birthday sentiment then trimmed it so the pear pizzaz banner would be big enough to show. So adorable! A little SU library clip and some buttons from the brights collection make this a great little card and show off the Designer Series Paper Very well! Hope you enjoy! Happy Stampin'

Jenny G

SUO Challenge #50: Buttons & Brads

Hi All,

I was meaning to enter this challenge sooner but life got so busy...anyways I decided to decorate a Stamping Up Kraft Box with one of my favourite SU designer series papers! I used a retired punch to make the scallop ribbon from black and cherry cobbler cardstock. I put the black cardstock through a crimper to get that delightful texture. Victoria 5/8 ribbon is underneath with a nice button from the SU regals collection topped with one of SU's adorable antique brads. On naturals cardstock I stamped out the sentiment "Just Because" from the "It's Your Day" stampset on cherry cobbler classic ink and punched it out with the modern label punch and edged it with cherry cobbler ink and set it with two clear rhinestone brads! Buttons & brads are so front and centre in this creation and I just LOVE it! On opening the box, you can see more of my favourite DSP and a flourish from the stamp set "Artistic Etchings" stamped in cherry cobbler ink on natuals cardstock and punched out with my other SU label punch which I have forgotten the name of....and wait when you open the box you see a mix of buttons and brads as little gifts strewn across crimped paper. There are subtle and bright glimmer brads and buttons from the neutrals and regals button collection. Hope you like this project which is all about buttons and brads. Happy Stampin~


Jen

Stampin Sisters in Christ Challenge #146

Hi All,

In my previous post, I entered a memory book for my cousin's baby that I just made last week for his first birthday! In this post, I will showcase the memory book I made for my sister-in-law two days ago who was married in march...I have had a lot going on with family so I am a little behind on my crafting projects!!  The new thing I am using is the Zutter machine! I have never used it before but was so amazed at the result!This project is a chipboard memory book covered with Beau Chateau Designer Paper from Stampin'Up! The binding at the top was done with a Zutter machine. Hope you enjoy this project! I have a very full description of how to put together this book in a previous post. So if you want to try and make it at home yourself feel free to look at the earlier post to get detailed instructions! Since this challenge is about love and especially God's love I thought this project would be very appropriate! The first picture is the front of the memory book. When you flip the cover and stand it up you see the back which is decorated with that dark pink flower and 3mm pearl! Nice looking from back to front. Once the cover is lifted and it is standing up you can see the first page which is actually two pieces of paper that are layed over each other. The first sheet is vellum which I put in the laser printer and printed out the info for the wedding. I pressed out a whisper white square underneath which was stamped. The vellum and the white paper are glued together at the corners with glue dots with pearls over top to hide the glue dots. There are lots of pages in this memory book so I only took pictures of a couple of the other pages. Hope you enjoy! Happy Stampin~
Jenny G

Supplies Used:
Dies & Sets:
Large scallop square die SU
Blossom Punch SU
Mixed Blossom Stamp Set SU
Trust God Stamp Set SU
For the Bride SU
 Zutter Machine

Inks:
Always artichoke SU
Regal Rose SU
Soft Suede SU
Pretty in Pink SU

Paper & Ribbon:
Soft Suede Taffeta Ribbon
Beau Chateau DSP SU
Whisper White SU
Naturals Paper SU

SUO #48 "For the Birds"

Hi Ladies,

It has been a hectic month for me and I have FINALLY started catching up on some of my personal projects over the last week! I had been planning to make some small chipboard memory books for various family members and friends. I made a wedding book for my sister-in-law who was married in March 2012 and will send it soon. The second chipboard memory book is for my friend Dawn who had her baby in December 2011. The third memory book is for my cousin Carmen who had her baby in July 2011. I just received an invite to the baby Liam's first birthday and realized I HAD to finish this memory book soon! When I saw that the SUO challenge was about birds I was so excited as this memory book features a bird on it's cover and on the inside. I hope you enjoy this cool SU project. The only non-SU element was the coil binding on the top that was placed using a Zutter machine. Since SU doesn't have anything close to a Zutter machine, I figured it would be okay for this challenge.

The chipboard was SU chipboard pressed out on my SU Scallop Square Clear Die, and the paper on top (Su DSP Beau Chateau) was pressed out as well and glued on with tombow. while my Big Shot and die were out I pressed out several scallop squares on SU Natural paper. I then took out a long piece of SU Whisper White 5/8 organza ribbon and secured it down with SU sticky strip. I then punched out two circles on whisper white paper with my 2 inch SU circle punch. On one I stamped an elephant in Pear Pizzaz Classic ink. On the other I stamped out an owl from the set Punch Bunch which was an old sale-a-bration set with Soft Suede classic ink. I took my blush blossom marker and coloured in the owl's beak and the circles around his eyes. I then stamped out the same owl in pear pizzas and used my 1/2 inch SU Circle punch, and then carefully trimmed around the eyes. I took a dimensional and cut it in fours and place one small piece under each eye and then threw one little piece away. I pressed out a leaf and branch from my little leaves sizzlit and trimmed it so there was enough of a branch for the owl to sit on. I then glued the leaf down  with my two way glue pen. The other little piece of a dimensional that I kept I placed under the leave that is hanging outside the white circle. On the flip side, I took the 2 inch circle with the elepahnt and popped it on dimensionals on the flip side of the from cover with the owl on it. On the inside, I took a piece of SU vellum paper and used my laser printer to print out the info on my cousin's baby. I put that through the Big Shot with the Scallop square die, and then cut out another scallop square on whisper white.
On the white scallop square I stamped another owl in pear pizzaz from Punch Bunch, and then the Giraffe from the retired set Animal Stories. On alternating pages in always artichoke ink I stamped alternating owls and giraffes on the naturals paper. I put the book together in the right order and then used the zutter machine to bind the memory book with the help of a wonderful lady Amari at my local craft store. Later I placed a tiny glue dot in the corners and matched the vellum and white scallop square together and place 3mm pearls from the last mini- catalog in the corners! I hope you love this little memory book as much as I do. Have a great day and happy stampin~

Jenny G

SR # 126 Masculine Cards

Hi All,

I took a break from making cards for a few days as I had spent so much time making my Guest Designer Card for Stamping Up Online Challenges! (SUO Challenges #46 Big SUmmer Days). I loved that adirondak chair I made so just look at the post previous to this one if you want to learn how I made it! Anyways, I made a special card a couple of days ago for my step-son Steve who was not only having his birthday but graduating too! I wanted to make a card to cover both events with the theme of celebration or celebrating. I loved the card I made but I think he loved it more!!! The graduation and birthday party went well, and today I made prime rib for dinner with yorkshire pudding! (I did serve veggies as well~never fear!) We all had a great supper!

Anyways, let me tell you about how I made this card!!!! The paper was SUO paper of course! I LOVE all SU DSP (Designer Series Paper). If you look closely at the DSP paper you will see little crowns in the paper that are EXACTLY the same as the crown stamp in the Artistic Etchings set which I used to make the crown. I stamped the crown, the sentiment and the flourishes in Cajun Craze Classic ink, and used some 3mm pearls from the last mini catalogue! I stamped the crown separately and carefully used my paper snips to cut it out. It is posted on SU dimensionals. The pear pizzaz ruffed ribbon was also from the mini catalogue, and the ribbon behind it is SU seam ribbon but am not exactly sure which one as it was in my drawer of SU ribbon scraps!

The frame for the sentiment and crown is a scrap from a nestabilites die I had used from a friend once upon a time and found it sitting in my scrap paper drawer. I used it as it fit the card better than the SU Label Framelit set....I used my blushing bride smooch from the last mini catalogue and my log cabin smooch sprits from the main catalgoue from last year as well to colour the frame behind the sentiment. I kept spraying over and over to get that rich, concentrated colour! The Celebrate Stamp was a gift from a friend of mine so I am not sure if that one is SU or not! Anyways, I loved making this masculine card to celebrate Steve's birthday and graduation. I made this card mainly from scraps and I LOVE it! I recommend that people organize their ribbon, card, paper, and DSP scraps as you never know when inspiration will strike!

~Happy Stampin'
Jenny G

SUO Guest Designer Challenge Entry

Hi All,


Here is my entry for the Stampin' Up Online Guest Designer Challenge! The topic is SUMMER and when I think of summer I think of vacations, camping, and relaxing so this card was inspired by all of my favourite summer passtimes!

I made the adirondak chair first from a quick sketch I did at work on some scrap paper! When I got home I took a piece of SU glossy paper as it is stiff enough to bend into any shape I have EVER wanted to make for a card.

 I then ran some SU paper through my Big Shot with one of the SU texturz plates. I used an SU brayer covered in River Rock craft ink to ink the plate. You can find the SU Texturz plate I used here in the 2010-2011 SU Idea Book and Catalogue on page 215 at the bottom. It is one of 3 double sided plates in 6 designs! I LOVE these plates as I love all the plates in Kit #4. I am not sure if these plates are retired or not, but if they are not I suggest that EVERYONE buy Kit #4 as the effects of all of these plates are just fabulous! I used a crease pad and it was hard to push through the SU Big Shot but the effect it made was lovely. I then cut the paper with my SU craft scissors into the shapes I wanted and  used my SU corner rounder to round the corners out on the chair back. The paper I put through the Big Shot was left over from another SU project so if you look closely you can see the edges of the framelits used with the cutting side up and scratches made with my SU paper piercing tool. I used Soft Suede on a SU sponge dauber to spread that lovely brown colour on the chair and I also just took my Classic Soft Suede pad and pounded it down hard on a few spots to get that darker concentration of colour. I also ran the edges of the chair on the ink pad hard to get that darker, crisp line.

On SU Naturals paper, I stamped some trees from the "Lovely as a Tree" stamp set. I used Pear Pizzaz and Always Artichoke classic ink for the trees and then out lined a few trunks with my SU espresso marker.  To stamp out the checkered blanket underneath I used the "Solid Stripes" wood mount stamp with Cherry Cobbler and Always Artichoke ink. This layer was tombowed down onto brown SU textured cardstock from my neutrals assortment! The flower in front of the chair was cut out from my newest SU flower punch on Beau Chateau paper. I used more soft suede ink to stamp out the sentiment from the "Tea Shoppe" set and then used my small scallop punch to punch it out. The leaves are from a sizzlit called little leaves. Hope you enjoyed learning how I made this adorable card. Must head off now! Take care!  ~Happy Stampin'

Jenny G