Tuesday, April 30, 2019

Good-bye Lemon Zest

Hello Stampers! Happy Tuesday!

Today, I want to share with you one of my favorite stamps sets.....the Lemon Zest Stamp Set! I love this set because I love lemons! Love their taste, their smell, and how they remind me of my dad. I’m sad that this set will be retiring June 3, 2019.


I started with Pineapple Punch cardstock for the card base. Then, I used Pineapple Punch In Color DSP (which will be retiring soon) for the first layer. Before adhering the DSP to the card front I wrapped  a piece of Granny Apple Green Texture Weave Ribbon and Whisper White Baker’s Twine.


On scraps of Whisper White cardstock I stamped the lemons and leaves and punched them out with the Lemon Builder Punch. I adhered the leaves using Multipurpose Liquid Glue and adhered the Lemons with Stampin’ Up Dimensionals. I stamped the sentiment with Memento Tuxedo Black. To finish the card I added some Granny Apple Green Enamel Dots.



Today’s card was very easy to create. I was inspired by the sketch provided by CASE-ing Tuesday. Join us over at CASE-ing Tuesday Facebook Group! See what others have created and share with us your take on this week’s sketch.

Thank you for stopping by. Have a wonderful week!

Erika

Stampin’ Up Materials:

Paper - Pineapple Punch Cardstock, Whisper White Cardstock, 2018-2020 In Color DSP
Ink - Pineapple Punch, Granny Apple Green, Memento Tuxedo Black 
Stamp Set - Lemon Zest 
Tools -  Lemon Builder Punch, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Stampin’ Up Dimensionals 
Accessories - Granny Apple Green Texure Weave Ribbon, Whisper White Baker’s Twine, Glitter Enamel Dots 


Tuesday, April 9, 2019

Country Birthday Wishes

Hello Stampers! It’s CASE-ing Tuesday and time to play along with CASE-ing Tuesday Facebook Group.


Today, this pretty box/canvas was provided for the CASE. It was decorated using the You’re Inspiring Stamp Set. 


And this is the sketch that you can use to CASE. I will be using this sketch to make my card. Love how it provides the measurements!


Here’s my card. For the card front I used the grass image from Country Road Stamp Set. I stamped it using Mint Macaron.


I stamped the boots from the Country Livin’ Stamp Set in Memento Black and colored them using Light/Dark Crumb Cake Stampin’ Blends. For the flowers and fern I used the Jar Of Love Stamp Set.  The fern was stamped using Mint Macaron. I used Lovely Lipstick for the little flowers. Blushing Bride and Flirty Flamingo for the next smallest flowers and used the coordinating framelits (Everyday Jars) to cut them out. The bigger flowers were stamped using Daffodil Delight and Mango Melody and cut out using the framelits. I adhered this to a piece of Lovely Lipstick cardstock. On a 
scrap of Mint Macaron cardstock I stamped the sentiment from Itty Bitty Birthdays in Memento Black. The embellishments used were from the Frosted Flower Embellishments and Happiness Blooms Enamel Dots.


I hope you enjoyed today’s card and that it inspires you to get inky. Go to CASE-ing Tuesday Facebook Group to see what others have created. Until next time.

Erika



All Stampin’ Up materials are current products. 


Sunday, April 7, 2019

If Flowers Were Hugs

Happy Sunday!

For today’s card I’m using the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches 

and Ian’s color challenge at Stamping For All Facebook Group.



For my card I used the Abstract Impressions Stamp Set. I thought this set was perfect for the color challenge as this colors are perfect for a spring card.
I used the Mint Macaron for the card base. Then, using the largest Rectangle Stitched Framelit die I 
cut out a piece of Daffodil Delight. The Whisper White is cut out using the second largest Rectangle Stitched Framelit.


I started with the fuller stem image and stamped it with Mint Macaron (stamped off twice). Then, using Old Olive (stamped off once), the other stem image was stamped on top. Using Daffodil Delight,  I stamped the fuller flowers in Daffodil Delight (stamped off once). Then over them I stamped the less fuller flowers in Daffodil Delight.


On a piece of Crumb Cake I embossed the sentiment and adhered it using a bit of Multipurpose Liquid Glue. I adhered the Whisper White cardstock to the Daffodil Delight cardstock using Stampin’ Dimensionals. Then adhered this layer to the card base with Stampin’ Dimensionals. Then added some Share What You Love Artisan Pearls to some of the flowers.


I hope you enjoyed my card. Thank you for stopping by. Have a wonderful week.

Erika






All materials used for the card are current Stampin’ Up products.





Tuesday, March 19, 2019

One Of The Best Things In Life Is You


Hello Stampers! Happy Tuesday!
Today I’m playing along with CASE-ing Tuesday Facebook Group. For their challenge you either CASE the card provided or use the sketch provided for inspiration.


The card being CASEd this week features the Dear Doily Stamp Set and the Doily Builder Thinlits Dies.


I started with a Thick Whisper White Cardstock for the card base, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 scored at 4 1/4
I wanted Spring colors for my card, so I used Flirty Flamingo Cardstock for the first layer,
 4 1/8 x 5 3/8.


For the second layer, I used the Delightfully Detailed Laser-Cut Specialty Paper - lattice design. Carefully, using Tombow Liquid Glue I adhered it to a piece of Blushing Bride Cardstock, 
3 1/2 x 5”.


I used the host set Very Vintage for the sentiment. I stamped it onto Whisper White Cardstock using Memento Tuxedo Black. I then cut it using the second smallest circle from the Stitched Shapes Framelits. Using the Everyday Jar Framelits I cut out two stems, one that was stamped and the other wasn’t. Also, I punched out leaf in vellum and adhered it to the back of the sentiment using a little bit of Tombow glue. I adhered a piece of Burlap Ribbon and Lemon Lime Twist Organdy Ribbon.Then with some Stampin’ Dimensionals I adhered it to the card front.

 

I just love how this card turned out! I hope you did too. Thank you for stopping by and be sure to 
visit CASE-ing Tuesday Facebook Group .to see what others have created.

Erika 


Stampin’ Up Materials:
Paper - Blushing Bride Cardstock, Flirty Flamingo Cardstock, Granny Apple Green Cardstock, Thick Whisper White Cardstock, Whisper White Cardstock,Delightfully Detailed Laser-Cut Specialty Paper, Vellum 
Ink - Granny Apple Green, Memento Tuxedo Black 
Stamp Set - Very Vintage, Jar Of Love
Tools - Everyday Jar Framelits,Stitched Shapes Framelits, Leaf Punch, Big Shot,  Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Stampin’ Dimensionals 
Embellishments -  5/8 Burlap Ribbon, Limon Lime Twist Organdy Ribbon (SAB)

Sunday, March 3, 2019

Be Your Own Kind Of Beautiful

Hello Friends! When I started stamping 5 years ago I was very intimidated by all those rubber stamps. I was so afraid that my cards were not going to be liked by their recipients. I thought that every card I made needed lots of layers and/or embellishments. Well that’s not true! Today, I want to show you that not all cards need layers and/or embellishments. That simple cards with simple stamping can create beautiful cards. I’ll be showing 3 different cards using the Flowering Desert Stamp Set.


For my first card, my simple stamping card, I stamped on Thick Whisper White cardstock. I used Mint Macaron, Gray Granite, Powder Pink and Memento Tuxedo Black. This card was done in less than 5 minutes. A very simple and pretty card.


My second card, I stamped on Whisper White cardstock, which I adhered onto Powder Pink cardstock and then to a Mint Macaron card base. The sentiment was stamped on Whisper White cardstock and used the Triple Banner Punch for the ends. Then, I adhered it to the card front with Mini Dimensionals. This card is still simple but with a little more details and took less then 10 minutes.


For my last card I added a bit more details. I used Mint Macaron cardstock for the card base and adhered Subtles DSP in Mint Macaron. I stamped the image and added another detail using Flirty Flamingo ink. I used a layering square framelit to die cut it and adhered it to a piece of Powder Pink cardstock that was die cut using the layer scalloped square. I adhered some Powder Pink Shimmer Ribbon behind the square before adhering it to the card front. The sentiment was adhered to the the image using Mini Dimensionals. Last, I added a button to the top corner.

I hope you enjoyed my different variations of simple stamping. Stamping can be intimidating but we need to remember that those stamps are our friends and will help use create beautiful cards. Thank you for stopping by, until next time.

Erika



Stampin’ Up Materials:
Paper - Mint Macaron Cardstock, Powder Pink Cardstock, Whisper White Cardstock, Thick Whisper White Cardstock, Subtles DSP
Stamp Set - Flowering Desert 
Ink - Mint Macaron, Powder Pink, Granite Gray, Flirty Flamingo, Memento Tuxedo Black 
Tools - Triple Banner Punch, Layering Squares Framelits Dies, Big Shot, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Mini Dimensionals 
Embellishments - Powder Pink Shimmer Ribbon, Needlepoint Nook Mini Buttons, Nature’s Twine-Crumb Cake





Sunday, February 24, 2019

Happy Birthday To You!


Hello Stampers! Hope you’re having a wonderful Sunday. Today’s card is bright and cheerful, perfect  to wish someone a Happy Birthday.


I started with Coastal Cabana card base. For the card front, I used Granny Apple Green, How Sweet It Is DSP, and Gorgeous Grape.


Then, I stamped the sentiment using Memento Tuxedo Black onto Whisper White cardstock. Using the Stampin’ Up Blends I colored the letters. I started by coloring with the light shade, then outlining with the darker shade and then one more time with the light shade. I adhered the sentiment to the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals. To finish the card I added Coastal Cabana Glitter Enamel Dots to the corners and decorated the envelope flap with DSP.
I used the sketch and rainbow part of the photo from Fusion Card Challenge for inspiration. It turn out to be such a fun card, don’t you agree? I hope you enjoyed it. Thank you for stopping by.

Erika R.



Measurements:
Card base - Coastal Cabana 4 1/4 x 11 scored at 5 1/2
1st layer - Granny Apple Green 4 1/8 x 5 3/8
2nd layer - How Sweet It Is DSP 4 x 5 1/4
3rd layer - Gorgeous Grape 4 1/8 x 1 3/4
4th layer - Whisper White 3 3/4 x 2 1/2


Stampin’ Up Materials:
Paper - Coastal Cabana Cardstock, Gorgeous Grape Cardstock, Granny Apple Green Cardstock, Whisper White Cardstock, How Sweet It Is DSP
Stamp Set - Happy Celebrations (retired)
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin’ Blends Light/Dark Highland Heather, Light/Dark Daffodil Delight, Light/Dark Poppy Parade, Light/Dark Granny Apple Green, Dark Pool Party 
Embellishments - Glitter Enamel Dots 
Other - Medium Whisper White Envelope, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Stampin’ Dimensionals 





Tuesday, February 19, 2019

Hello Beautiful

Hello stampers!
Welcome to CASE-ing Tuesday #187! Where we choose a card from a current Stampin’ Up! Catalog and CASE (copy) by changing a little, a lot or nothing at all. And with a sketche!! Which makes CASE-ing so much fun! You can use the card being CASE’d or the sketch provided to create your card.


The card being CASE’d features the Incredible Like You Stamp Set, which can be found on page 21 of the Occasions Catalog.


And here is the sketch with measurements. Love that measurements are provided.


My card features the Happiness Blooms Suite, page 25 from the 2019 Occasions Catalog. I’m using the Bloom by Bloom Stamp Set, Happiness Blooms DSP, Bitty Blooms Punch Pack and the Happiness Blooms Enamel Dots.


I used Night Of Navy Cardstock for the card base. I like a bit of the base to show so my first layer, the DSP is smaller by 1/8 all around.


For the second layer, I stamped the images onto Whisper White Cardstock in Call Me Clover, Grapefruit Grove, Lovely Lipstick, and Pineapple Punch. I adhered this to a piece of Night Of Navy cardstock that measures 3 5/8 x 4 3/8


 The sentiment was stamped using Night Of Navy onto Whisper White cardstock and it’s from the Butterfly Gala Stamp Set. I adhered  the sentiment to a piece of Night Of Navy cardstock  that measures  2 1/8” x 1 7/8”. This piece was adhere to the card front with Mini Dimensionals.
Two little flowers were punched and adhered with glue dots and an enamel dot was added to the center of each one. 

I hope you enjoyed today’s card and join us over at CASE-ing Tuesday Facebook Group. See what others have created and share your CASE. Thanks for stopping by.

Erika


’Stampin’ Up Materials:
Paper - Night Of Navy Cardstock, Whisper White Cardstock, Call Me Clover, Lovely Lipstick, Grapefruit Grove, Happiness Blooms DSP
Stamp Sets - Bloom By Bloom, Butterfly Gala 
Ink - Night Of Navy, Call Me Clover, Grapefruit Grove, Lovely Lipstick, Pineapple Punch
Tools - Bitty Blooms Punch Pack,Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Mini Dimensionals, Stampin’ Glue Dots 
Embellishments - Happiness Blooms Enamel Dots