LAKESIDE STAMPER

Bright Hopes: Double Z-Fold Card...

I love folded cards. With a few score lines and folds a card seems to be magically transformed. Here's a Double Z-Fold Card we made at one of my workshops. The hardest measurements were foe the belly band that goes around the card. The band needed to be slightly larger then what I thought it had to be, but after several tries I figured it out. You can take this technqiue and again make it your own, by your color and stamp image choices. The trick here is to have fun and stand back and Ooh and Ahh over it when you're done.

 

To make this impressive looking card do the following:

1.    Cut a 12" x 4" piece of Cherry Cobbler card stock and score it at 2" 4" 8" and 10". See diagram.

2.    Fold from the 4" score line in and from the 2" score line out. Then fold from the 8" line in and the 10" line out.

3.    Cut two 1-3/4" x 3-3/4" pieces of Very Vanilla card stock for the side panels.

4.    To layer on the Very Vanilla, cut two 1-1/2" x 3-1/2" of Holly Berry Blossom Designer Series Paper.

5. For the belly band cut an 8-1/2" x 1-1/2" strip of Cherry Cobbler card stock. Score the band at 2-1/8"x 6-1/8". Take it from me the 1/8 of an inch matters! 

6.    For the front diamond cut a 2-1/4" x 2-1/4" piece of Very Vanilla and stamp the wreath from the Bright Hopes stamp set with VersaMark, sprinkle it with Cherry Cobbler Embossing Powder and heat it with a Heat Tool.

7.    Cut a 2-3/4" x 2-3/4" piece of Wild Wasabi to mat the Very Vanilla stamped image.

8.    For the inside middle panel cut  a 2-1/4" x 2-1/4" piece of Very Vanilla.

When you're all done this is what you should have:

 

Before taping the belly band with SNAIL Adhesive, wrap it around the card first, then tape it. Place the diamond (square) shape on with a Dimensional. Place  Basic Rhinestones around and in the middle of the wreath motif.

 

I'm so glad you decided to stop by today. 

Stampin' Hugs,

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To order :

BRIGHT HOPES STAMP SET

CHERRY COBBLER EMBOSSING POWDER

HOLLY BERRY BLOSSOM DESIGNER SERIES PAPER

Snow Much Fun Homespun...

I have to truly say I'm loving this Stampin' Up! Snow Much Fun stamp set. Last week I featured the tall snowman on a card and today I'm using the "Portly" snowman to create a country homespun feel. Just by changing colors you can create a totally different feeling to your projects. Keep that in mind and with the economy the way it is, it's nice to know that one stamp set will go a long way.

Card Stock Sizes:

Cherry Cobbler    5-1/2" x 8-1/2" Scored at 4-1/4"

Crumb Cake         5" x 3-3/4"

Very Vanilla        4-1/2" x 3-1/4"

On the Very Vanilla stamp the "Portly" snowman in Early Espresso Ink. Stamp him a bit to the left side of the card. 

Color the snowman in with Watercolor Markers. 

Stamp the snowman's boots on a piece of Designer Series Paper, cut them out and with Tombow Glue adhere them.

On a scrap piece of Very Vanilla stamp the snowball and bird, color this image and cut it out.

On the background of the Very Vanilla, take a Crumb Cake Marker and make snowflakes by making a cross them an "x". On the bottom of the Very Vanilla add a few snow hills.

Add Dazzling Details to the snowman's hat brim and to the snow hills. Place it aside to dry.

On a scrap piece of  Cherry Cobbler stamp, "Merry Christmas" from the Petite Pairs stamp set in VersaMark. Sprinkle the "Merry Christmas" with White Embossing Powder and heat with a Heat Tool. Cut out with the Large Oval Punch.

Adhere the Very Vanilla stamped card stock to the Crumb Cake. On the left hand side wrap a piece of Cherry Cobbler Ribbon and use Glue Dots to hold it down. Around the ribbon tie a simple square knot and trim the ends.

Adhere  all your layers together. 

With a Dimensional, place the cut out snowball in the snowman's hand.

Isn't this card adorable and, "Snow Much Fun?"

To order,  "SNOW MUCH FUN" stamp set

Snow Much Fun Happy Winter Card...

I adore this "Snow Much Fun"  stamp set! On World Card Making Day we made two cards from this stamp set. One was made with this long snowman with a cool winter feel and the other was made using the shorter portly snowman with a homespun feel.

Stamps:            Snow Much Fun, Happy Winter (retired)

Card Stock:    Real Red 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" scored at 4-1/4"

                              Lucky Limeade 3-3/4" x 5"

                              Bashful Blue 3-1/2" x 4-3/4"

                              Whisper White 3-1/2" x 2"

Ink:                     Black Stazon

Other:               1-1/4" Circle Punch, 3/16" Circle Punch. Water Color Pencils & Markers, 1'4" Real Red Grosgrain

Directions:

 1.    Cut card stock as indicated.

2.    Tear the 3-1/2" x 2" piece of Whisper White to make the snow and adhere it to the Bashful Blue piece.

3.    Adhere the Bashful Blue layer on to the Lucky Limeade piece.

4.    Knot and wrap the piece of Real Red Ribbon around both layers with Glue Dots.

5.    Adhere the Lucky Limeade to the Real Red card base.

6.    On a scrap piece of Whisper White card stock, stamp the snowman and snowball images from the Snow Much Fun stamp set in Black Stazon Ink. Color the images with Water Color Pencils and cut the images out

7.    On another scrap of Whisper White card stock, stamp the, "Happy Winter" message in Black Stazon Ink, color in the text and punch out the text with a 1-1/4" Circle Punch. 

8.    Punch out some 3/16" Circles for snowflakes.

9.    Put the card together as shown and then add some Dazzling Details Glitter to the snowflakes and snow slope.

I had the class stamp with Black Stazon, because sometime when you color in your stamped image you might want to use a combination of Water-Color Pencils and Markers. If you decide to use the Water-Color Pencils with an Aqua Painter or Markers the ink won't smear if you've used Stazon Ink.

 See you next time!

Stampin' Hugs,

Simple Stampin' Festive Favorites...

These are terrific Treat Boxes (#115690 page 159) that can be used for yummy chocolate, hand-made cookies or for Birthday, Mother's Day, Father's Day, Party Favors or as in this case Holiday Gift Boxes. 

 

I call this another "So Simple Stampin' Project."   On Very Vanilla Card Stock I stamped in Chocolate Chip Ink the reindeer from the Festive Favorites Stamp Set.  I hand colored in the reindeer and layered Very Vanilla Card Stock, Real Red Card Stock and another piece of  Very Vanilla Card Stock.

The ribbon I used for the bow is the Ribbon Originals-Mistletoe. For the tag ribbon I simply cut a thin strip of Real Red Card Stock.

 

Below are gift card holder we also made using the Festive Favorites Stamp Set.  The set originally came with one big block stamp with images of the reindeer, snowmen and Christmas trees together. I had my husband cut the wood block so I could use the images as follows with the gift card holder project. The gift card holders I purchased last year from Stampin' Up! They are now retired but since I had so many I decided to use them for my class. Here are the examples of the three we made and how nicely the images from the Festive Favorites worked out. 

 

Here is the inside:
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Thanks for stopping by and look for new "Punch Happy Projects" this week just in time for the holidays.

HUGS & stamps, 

Punch Happy Penguins...

My inspiration for this "Punch Happy Penguin" came from the Stampin' Up! Punch Pals Stamp Set.    Punch projects are "Just for Kids" friendly.

  

RECIPE:     Merry & Bright 

                        Season of Friendship

                        Heritage Holiday

INK:             Verse Mark

                        Tempting Turquoise

                        Real Red

PAPER:       Real Red  Card Stock (5-1/2" x 8-1/2" scored at 4-1/4")

                         Whisper White Card Stock  (5" x 1-1/2" torn to resemble snow)

                         Bashful Blue Card Stock  (5" x 3-3/4")

                         Garden Green Card Stock scraps                    

BODY 1 Real Red      1-3/8" Circle Punch

                        1 Whisper White        Luggage Tag Punch

ARMS: 1 Garden Green           5-Petal Flower Punch

FEET: 2 Garden Green          Heart-to-Heart Punch small heart

CHEST:       1 Garden Green          Heart-to-Heart Punch tallest heart

HAT: 1 Garden Green          Heart-to-Heart Punch wide heart

BEAK: 1 Whisper White        Large Star Punch one point

FACE: 1 Real Red      Heart-to-Heart Punch wide heart

For the face of the penguin I cut the wide medium heart in half and overlapped and glued it so it would fit.

For his eyes I punched the Eyelet Border Punch on Basic Black Card Stock and used the dots. You could use a marker.

The hat was made from a wide medium heart from the Heart-to-Heart Punch. I simply folded the top of the heart up and added a pom-pom to the tip.

On the Bashful Blue Card Stock I stamped in Versa Mark the snowflake from the Stampin' Up! Season of Friendship Stamp Set and embossed it with White Embossing Powder.

"Warm Wishes" from the  Heritage Holiday Stamp Set was stamped in Real Red Ink, punched out with a Small Oval Punch, and layered onto a Real Red Scallop Oval.

Lakeside Stamper Tip: For the scarf I used that all too familiar red and white stripped string used at every bakery shop. So from now on, save that string we love so much!

Lakeside Stamper Tip: The penguin can be used as an ornament simply by adhering it with Glue Dots and adding a loop. This way you can carefully peel him off and use on your tree.

Normally I would sponge the edges of each punched piece of card stock with inks and sponge daubers but,  in this class we had eleven projects to make and it would have taken too long.

Wishing you "Punch Happy" days!

HUGS & stamps,

Delightful Decorations...

I adore this stamp set-Delightful Decorations! I love the fact that you can create quick ornaments and Christmas gift tags with the matching Ornament Punch. Here is the card we made at Friday's Ornament Card Making Workshop.

RECIPE:

STAMP SET: Delightful Decorations

INK: Rose Red, Sage Green & Pretty-in-Pink

PAPER: Rose Red Card Stock  (5-1/2" x 8-1/2" scored at 4-1/4")

                                        Pretty-in-Pink Card Stock (4-3/4" x 3-1/2")

                                        Very Vanilla Card Stock  (4-1/2" x 3-1/4")

                                        Sage Green Card Stock  (5" x 3-3/4")

On a 4-1/2" x 3-1/4" of  Very Vanilla Card Stock I stamped the snowflake in Pretty-in-Pink Ink. On another scrap piece of Very Vanilla Card Stock I stamped two ornaments, one in Sage Green Ink and the other in Rose Red Ink and punched both out using the Ornament Punch . I layered the Sage Green, Pretty-in-Pink and the stamped Very Vanilla Card Stocks together.  I wrapped pieces of Sage Green and Rose Red Grosgrain Ribbons as ribbon hangers for the ornaments.  I stuck a rhinestone on each ornament as shown here.

 

Thanks for stopping by and here's to "Delightful Decorations."

How Sweet it is Snow Globe...

I wanted to try my hand at doing a snow globe made out of the Sweet Treat Cups for a few months. Here's the first design I came up with I know I could have used my Big Shot and the Shapers and Movers Die but I was experimenting with this first so I used my 1-3/4" Circle Punch. Please check back in the near future for more designs.

Here's what I did:

On a piece of 3" x 3" Bashful Blue Card Stock I took a piece of Whisper White Card Stock, about a 1"x 2" strip, tore it to resemble snow and adhered it to the Bashful Blue. I then stamped in Versa Mark the deer from the Stampin' Up! Winter Post Stamp Set and embossed it with Gold Embossing Powder. Using my Eyelet Border Punch I punched out one strip and saved the excess dots that fell off. With Tombo Liquid Glue and a toothpick I carefully glued the dots onto the sky area to look like snowflakes. Then with my 1-3/4" Circle Punch I punched the whole scene out.  Out of Very Vanilla Card Stock I cut a piece measuring 3-1/4" x 4-1/2" and centered the 1-3/4" Circle Punch and punched out a circle. On a 3-1/2 x 4-3/4" piece of Real Red Card Stock I adhered the deer scene to line up with the circle I punched out on the Very Vanilla piece of Card Stock. On the back of the Very Vanilla I placed the Sweet Treat Cup and filled it with Dazzling Diamonds only to find out it was almost impossible to line the filled cup with the deer scene without the Dazzling Diamonds going literally all over the place! I decided to pour the Dazzling Diamonds over the scene and then adhere the Sweet Treat Cup and the Very Vanilla Card Stock over it.  See the photos below:

The deer scene was adhered onto the Real Red Card Stock to line up with the circle punched out of the Very Vanilla Card Stock then I poured the Dazzling Diamonds over the deer scene as follows:

 

Here I placed the Sweet Treat Cup over the deer scene:

On the Very Vanilla Card Stock, in Versa Mark, I stamped the ornament topper from the Sweet Centers Stamp Set and embossed it with Silver Embossing Powder. I punched a circle in the middle of the hook part of the image and threaded a piece of Real Red Grosgrain Ribbon  through  it. I then adhered the Very Vanilla Card Stock over the Sweet Treat Cup.

 

To finish I adhered the Real Red, Sweet Cup and Very Vanilla layer onto a 5-1/2" x 6-1/2" piece of Handsome Hunter Card Stock which was scored at 4-1/4". On a strip 0f 3-3/4" x 3/4" of Handsome Hunter Card Stock in Versa Mark I stamped "Peace on Earth" from the Four the Holiday Stamp Set.

Thanks once again for stopping by!

HUGS and stamps,