Place cards for Tom and Ben

The next reveal of my 8 projects is the embossed place cards. These place cards were not shown in the Scrapbook & Cards Today blog post.

I kept my place cards simple to draw a natural vintage theme. The whisper white cards stock was first embossed with the woodgrain textured embossing folder. I then heat embossed the woodgrain emboss with gold embossing powder.
To finish off, I used the cards that were perforated to create quick label name cards and stamped the Hello, please take a seat stamp from the bundle.

This Party, Party bundle comes in handy for putting together quick creative parties.

I was required to use items from the Party, Party Bundle. They come in 2 colors.

Party, Party Bermuda Bay Bundle

Party, Party Calypso Coral Bundle

If you missed the previous post on why I needed to create and submit 8 projects for Scrapbook & Cards Today blog, read about it here. 

http://604clothpaperscissors.blogspot.ca/2014/02/fortune-cookies-for-new-year.html

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Decked out Invitations

To continue on with the rest of the 8 projects I was required to create using the Party, Party Bundle, I am showing you a card today as my Creative Wednesday post. I made an over the top 6"x6" party invitation.

I dissected in half the tiny treat bags from the bundle to make a cute craft envelop. One bag was enough to make 2 cards. I slipped the invitation card into the envelop and finished off the card.

The Always Artichoke mini envelop was created using the Envelop Punch Board.

I really love the stickers and labels that come with the bundle. It adds quick finishing touches to the projects.

Come back later this week as I reveal the rest of the projects.

I was required to use items from the Party, Party Bundle. They come in 2 colors.

Party, Party Bermuda Bay Bundle

Party, Party Calypso Coral Bundle

If you missed the previous post on why I needed to create and submit 8 projects for Scrapbook & Cards Today blog, read about it here. 

http://604clothpaperscissors.blogspot.ca/2014/02/fortune-cookies-for-new-year.html

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Shop Around Faux Tiling

Posting here today is the second card made in the stamp technique club class.

On the Very Vanilla cardstock, I used the Shop Around wheel to faintly stamp a background using Crumb Cake Classic ink. I then gave the card a vintage and worn look with a crumpled piece of crumb cake cardstock on the back. Adding more depth, I embossed the card base using the Stripes Textured Impression Embossing Folder. A quick and simple card.

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Open Sea Stamp Club card

My most anticipated class each month is always the stamp technique club. Tomorrow night is our class and one of the cards we will be making is with the Open Sea stamp set.

At this stamp club class, we will be learning the faux tiling technique. I love integrating faux tiling and vintage stamping to create a worn out vintage image. With the Open Sea stamp set, the end creation comes out to a masculine card that is fit for any man.

This week's weekly deal: A list of new weekly deal items are here. Have you seen them yet? Have a look here! Deals are until Monday midnight MT. A new weekly deal starts every Tuesday.

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Early Valentine's card

Happy Belated New Year! 

It's been a whirlwind time off as I had to craft A LOT within 2 weeks. I anticipated no crafting but due to a certain request, I had to craft. Those projects will be revealed later.

In the meantime, here is this week's Creative Wednesday Project

You may have noticed that the Occasions Catalog was released on January 3, 2014. The exclusive items run until June 1. The supplies used for this week's card are from new catalog. The designer series paper is from the Bermuda Bay Celebration Add-On Kit. This kit has so many unique items that you can make more than just banners and tags.

What else is new on this card is the large ampersand textured impressions embossing folder. This is one of my favourite items from the new catalog. I have more to share! Hopefully I can get around to it before next week's Creative Wednesday. See you soon!

Occasions 2014 Catalog: Have a look at the new occasions catalog here. You can also visit my online shop to place orders.

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A Noel My Paper Pumpkin

If it wasn't for my December My Paper Pumpkin Kit arriving in today's mail, I wouldn't have remembered to post November's My Paper Pumpkin project. Sorry for the delay.

November's project came with pre-die cut mini star garlands to embellish the Christmas card project. It was already threaded together and ready to use.

The card itself is too cute, it was needless for me to make an alternative card for the remaining 3 cards that came in with the kit. I made all 4 of the cards in the kit the way as it is shown. I love it! This is totally my style. My Paper Pumpkin, you know me well, my friend. 

December's kit arrived today and I can't wait to put it together! It is a complete kit to a mini smashbook! It will be perfect for a trip I will be taking later in 2014!

Want in on the monthly surprises that arrives right at your door? Join us for $24.95 (shipping is included). Everything you see in the kit sample instructions card is included. Just use your own glue and spend 30 minutes one day to ease away to your own creative land. More details here.

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Scruffy Core'dinations texture

Happy Wednesday! I'm struggling a bit to keep up with all the Wednesday updates. I'm sure it is busy to many of you during this crazy holiday season.  With all the holiday festivities around us, this week I'm featuring a birthday card.

This card was actually a stamp club project we made in November. It was made using the Stampin' Up! Core'dinations cardstock. This is the only cardstock that Stampin' Up! carries that allows you add fun texture by sanding, ripping or creasing the stock. With this card, we sanded the embossed cardstock to reveal a lighter tint of the cardstock. A very simple technique that adds extra depth to the card.

Clearance Rack Blitz: Rare and hard to find retired items are currently up to 80% off. Clearance rack items are while supplies last. There are Core'dinations cardstock for just $3.99! don't miss out and stock up on these paper to try out today's Creative Wednesday technique. Check out my top picks.

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Alphabet Press Stamp Club

I missed out on posting last week's Creative Wednesday. I wanted to catch up on the missed post on the weekend but I got hit by another migraine. I'm finally well enough to get out of bed today just in-time for this week's Creative Wednesday post.

We used a fun embossing folder stamping technique last week to make this card. Sometimes you never know what else you can do with your embossing folder other than putting it through the Big Shot machine.

In this card, we used the Six-Sided Sampler bundle that comes with a coordinating punch. I also used a small sliver of washi tape in the background to add a bit of texture and subtle yellow color. Another quick and fun card!

Weekly Deals: Did you know that each Tuesday Stampin' Up! releases a list of Weekly Deals that runs to the following Tuesday. Check out this week's weekly deal here!

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An Evergreen Wednesday

Happy Wednesday!! In Vancouver today, the air is crisp, the sun is shining and creative juices are flowing!

This week's Creative Wednesday card is actually the make and take project we did last month at my Holiday Open House.

The card is a quick and simple 5-minute card featuring the Evergreen stamp set on Pool Party and Island Indigo colors. The trick with is card is to remember to stamp the images on the cardstock first then do the Big Shot die cut with the Apothecary Accents framelits and finally Textured Emboss the polka dots.

The designer series paper used here is the Winter Frost Designer Paper Series Stack. ($8.50 for 48 sheets)

It really is unneccesary to spend more than 5 minutes on a Christmas card when you got so many to make each year! Keep it simple and this year you'll have a stress-free holiday season.

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Christmas Stamp-a-stack card class II

This week's Creative Wednesday post is also the announcement of my next Christmas Stamp-a-stack class. This month we are making the following 3 design. In my Stamp-a-stack class we make a total of 9 cards, so 3 cards of 3 designs.

Christmas Stamp-a-stack II

This class will be offered at my home in Vancouver (Killarney area)

October 29 7:00pm - 9:00pm

Price: $25 supplies included

or

FREE if you place a $35 Stampin' Up! order the day of the class

RSVP required by October 23, 2013 to secure your space.

The stamp sets we will use to make these cards are: Special Season, Greetings of the Season, and Festive Flurry.

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Painter's Tape with Beautifully Baroque

Happy Hump Day! That means it's Creative Wednesday posting!

This week I'm showcasing one of the cards we made last week at our monthly Stamp Club meeting.

As usual, we learn a new stamping technique in our monthly Stamp Club. This month we learned the Painter's Tape technique to create the subtle background of this card. We then stamped the Beautifully Baroque stamp 3 times in different colors, cut out smaller pieces of the stamped image and layer on top of each other to give the Beautifully Baroque image a bit of dimension.

Colors used on this card are: Daffodil Delight, Midnight Muse, and the new incolor Pistachio Pudding.

Want to participate in my monthly Stamp Club? It's easy and free with a commitment of 8 months of a $25/month purchasing plan. More details here.

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An Apothecary Thank you

Taking a break from holiday and Christmas cards, today's Creative Wednesday is a thank you card. We all need to remind ourselves that Thanksgiving comes first before we get into the Christmas mood (but don't forget Halloween).

I used the Apothecary Art stamp set and colored the stamp using different colored markers. The coloring on the medium sized stamp took a bit of time. Luckily for the huff-and-puff technique, there is no worries on having the ink to dry before I actually stamp on the cardstock.

 

The cardstock colors I used: Wisteria Wonder, Calypso Coral

September 28 OPEN HOUSE: Don't forget about my Holiday Open House this Saturday! 12noon - 3pm. RSVP required.

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Festive Flurry Creative Wednesday

Happy Wednesday! It's mid-week and I'm here to celebrate with this week's Creative Wednesday project. I'm trying my best with keeping on top of my Creative Wednesday blogging. I apologize for having been late or missed with the last few weeks' Creative Wednesdays.

Today's card is another clean and simple 5-minute Christmas card using the Festive Flurry stamp set and last year's Greetings of the Season stamp set that is still available. I kept the colors subtle by using Pool Party on Whisper White.

The Festive Flurry stamp set also has a coordinating Big Shot framelits set that die cuts the shape of each snowflake. I had 2 snowflakes cut out and layered the 2 on top of each other and finished the snowflakes off with pearls on each hand of the snowflake.
Bundle the Festive Flurry stamp set and framelits save 15%!

Item	Description	Price
133285	Festive Flurry Clear-Mount Bundle	$57.95
131781	Festive Flurry Clear-Mount Stamp Set	$36.95
132193	Festive Flurry Framelits Dies	$30.95

Many of you are unaware that there are a number of items from last year's holiday catalog that are still available to purchase. You can view the list of carry over items here. Last year's popular Ornament Keepsakes stamp set is still around!

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Stamp Club From My Heart

Happy Creative Wednesday!

Last Friday was my monthly Stamp Club. Our featured technique last for the night was the Chalkboard effect. Having learnt this technique, we went straight to putting it into "craftical" use and crafted this card along with another card.

 

We used the From My Heart stamp set and as subtle as I could be, I used the Tea Lace Paper Doilies to give a lift to the chalkboard sentiment. I'm really someone who can't relate well with lace and doilies, however, if I just sneak it in in a subtle way, it brightens up the card. How would you use doilies in your cards?

From My Heart Clear-Mount Stamp Set 126557  $35.95

Tea Lace Paper Doilies 129399   $3.95

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BBQ - Beautifully Baroque

Put a new meaning into the letters BBQ! Beautifully BaroQue!
Using the Chalk Talk stamp set and the Beautifully Baroque stamp set, I put together this delightful thank you card. The cardstock colors I used are Blushing Bride, Pool Party, Soft Suede, and Crumb Cake.

Both the stamp sets I used are also available in bundles to save you 15%! 

Chalk Talk Clear Bundle 132730 $45.75

Beautfifully Baroque Clear Bundle 130634 $22.95

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Oh, Hello Wednesday

It's been a few weeks since my last Creative Wednesday. I'm trying to catch up! So thanks for being with me this week.


This week I'm featuring the chalkboard technique using the Oh, Hello Stamp set.
This is a cute little stamp set that is great of most occasions. It even has a You're Invited stamp.
This card is a case from Elizabeth Price. Thanks for making such an amazing card! I really love the subtle use of the doily to bring out the white ink.

Have you seen the new 2013-2014 Stampin' Up! annual catalog yet?: Stop delaying! Check it out here! You don't know what you're missing. Visit the Catalogs page to view it.
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A Layered Labels Wedding

The first of the many weddings that I've been invited to this year begins this Saturday. That means..wedding cards!!

Spring wedding cards are a bit different to do. There's always the tough decision on which warm spring tone to put on the card. To help make starting the wedding card quicker, I referred to the wedding invitation that the bride and her helpers had made with Stampin' Up! cardstock. Her wedding color includes the 2011-2013 in-color Calypso Coral. So I matched it with a coordinating pink and of course a doily!

The stamp set I used here is the Layered Labels set.

Retiring List only until June 3: Reminder that the items on the retiring list are running out of time and stock! This includes retiring colors in addition to the 2011-2013 in-color family! View the retiring list here. Pin It now!

Surprise Creative Wednesday GIVEAWAY

Surprise GIVEAWAY!

Instead of our regular Creative Wednesday post today...in preparation of bidding farewell to my beloved favourite Stampin' Up! Designer Series Paper from the retiring 2012-2013 catalogue, I'm giving away a pack of the World Spectacular Designer Series Paper.

Retiring Stampin' Up! Designer Series Paper are 25% off! Shop here for more accessories at 25% off. There are lots of other retiring products of up to 60% off!

Here's how you can enter to win the World Spectacular Designer Series Paper.

• Leave a comment telling me your favourite Stampin' Up! Designer Series Paper from 2012-2013 catalogue. (1 entry)
• Visit my Facebook page to share the post about this giveaway (1 entry)
• Post the following on Twitter (1 entry)

RT to enter to win a pack of #StampinUp DSP from @idasensei http://tiny.cc/40c2vw

For a full list of retiring products, visit this post.

Save the Date: Saturday, May 25! My first annual Spring craft supplies flea market! Over hundreds of items at discount prices!

I will randomly draw a winner from all entries on Wednesday, May 8, 2013.
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A Round Array Creative Wednesday

Having purchased the A Round Array stamp set and coordinating punch bundle when it was first released a few weeks ago, I hadn't gotten a chance to play with it until this week's Creative Wednesday.

The stamp set contains little round and round-scalloped sentiments that's cute for any occasions or when you are in a rush with putting a quick card together.

Get the punch and stamp set bundle for 15% off! and get into making quick and simple cards.

I took it a step further with embossing the texture of trees into the Kraft card stock and then debossing the clouds into the Whisper White card stock.

Spring is in the Air promotion: Remember the spring bundle on the A Round Array stamp set and coorindating punch. Spring Surprise Bundle (Stamp set and 7/8" scallop punch) 133899 $29.95

15% off as a bundle!

Got the punch already? Get the stamp set!

A Round Array 129090 $17.95

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