LAKESIDE STAMPER

2012 CD Calendar...

Hi, Stampers!

On Sunday, I held a Holiday Extravaganza Workshop and this 2012 CD Calendar is one of the projects we made. For this project you can use any stamp set appropriate to the featured month. Here's what mine looks like month by month...

         Snow Much Fun January:                       Be My Valentine February:      

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

          Lucky Shamrock March:                               Peace Within April:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

              Upsy Daisy May:                                                Plane & Simple June:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

             Land of the Free July:                                      Peace Within August:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    Autumn Splendor September:                    Spooky Bingo Bits October:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

       Gobble, Gobble November:                              Bells & Boughs December:  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

These would make great gifts for anyone on your  Christmas & Hanukkah gift list.  

I'm so glad you've stopped by and I got to share this with you..  

Stampin' Hugs,

 

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,