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Sneak Peek part 3

Here's the last card I did. This one features the "my friend" stamp set and the new 2011 - 2012 in colours (lucky limeade, pool party, island indigo, calypso coral and wisteria wonder) - who comes up with these names?????

In the class this week, we added crystal effects to the raindrops to give them more dimension, when I made up the extras (including this one) I left the crystal effects off, that shite takes FOREVER to dry.

Be sure to stop by Jen's blog http://j-inky.blogspot.com/2011/07/oops-day-4-5-so-far.html to check out the projects she made for this class.

Shoe Box Swap

Doing a shoe box swap tonight with my lovely SU upline ML...all the cards have to feature only current Stampin Up! products (inks, papers, stamps etc.)

So here's what I came up with - I love the Upsy Daisy set, I made a card like this for our chalks class...this one is done with ink pads and sponge daubers to give the flowers multi colours

Card base is melon mambo, smaller pieces are blushing bride and pear pizzaz (new in colours), the square under the flowers is rich razzleberry, yhe stamp was inked with melon mambo and rich razzleberry.

Faux braided ribbon AND a new stamp set...

Ter over on SC posted this link to a faux braided ribbon technique:
http://site.stamperdog.com/Gallery/Video/FauxBraidedRibbon.htm

And I found this card that I wanted to try out with one of the stamp sets from the new SU catalogue (Because I Care):
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/1734302?&si=because%20i%20care

So I combined the two and came up with this:

You'll notice that my stamp doesn't have the stem and leaves on it like the original in the link above, I don't like the look of it, so I cut it off my stamp :)

Fox & Friends

I was inspired by a card I saw on Anita Hovey's blog the other day. Here's the link: http://hoveyhut.blogspot.com

You'll need to scroll down a little til you see the card.

I love this new Fox & Friends set from SU and the CB folders and colour combinations that Anita used. I have two male co workers celebrating birthdays next week and thought this was a great 'masculine' birthday card...

Fan card...

I joined a Canadian Comments Blog Group on SCS.

The organizer of the group has her blog here:

http://www.bsdemonstrators.blogspot.com

She has this great fan card that I just had to try, so I gave it a whirl tonight.

I should have done it with my Scor-Pal the first time, but thinking the scoring blade on the paper trimmer would be faster, that's what I used, and of course the design paper tore when I was folding into the fan.

So I redid it, did the folds at 1/2 inch instead of 1/4 inch and used the Scor-Pal.

The colours didn't come out well in the picture (rich razzleberry, melon mambo and crushed curry believe it or not) but you get the idea. Check out the blog above, the picture of the original card is much better!!

Big Buckle Card

Part of my goal for 2010 is to try some different card templates...Split Coast Stampers has a great variety of templates and tutorials.

Here's my first attempt at a big buckle card:

And here's a link to the tutorial on SCS that I followed:

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/big_buckle_card

Another new stamp set...

Although I am quite happy with how this card came out, it was a little more colouring than I usually like to do (yes I am lazy when it comes to colouring images).

A good friend of my dad's gave me a set of these stacking dolls when I was small, and I loved playing with them.

This card also uses one of the new sentiment stamps and features the 2009 - 2010 in colours and coordinating design paper and ribbon.

Medallion card

When I ordered this medallion stamp, I really had no idea how BIG it was going to be...I love it!

This sample came from the Stampin' Success magazine...the card is 4x4, if I made it again, I would do it bigger, as a 5x5, the stamp is certainly big enough!!

Faux Suede

Learned some cool new techniques at the SU mega meeting at the end of June...this one is one of my favourites and its sooooo easy.

I used the 5th Avenue floral folder, ran it through the cuttlebug, then with the flat side up, run ink pads right over the embossed image. I used three colours here, sahara sand, more mustard and old olive.

New catalogue class - June 25

June 25 was our "new catalogue" class, featuring sets / colours / design papers etc. in the SU catalogue that will be released on July 1.

This one, I love, I have a thing for skulls and crossbones at the moment...hahahaha...this one features the 'just jawing' stamp set and coordinating design paper.

This one features the new razzle dazzle stamp set (centre image coloured with markers), the coordinating design paper and crushed curry ribbon. The card is rich razzleberry which is one of the new in colours for 2009 - 2010.

This one features crushed curry and dusty durango card stock (2009 - 2010 in colours), the new animal stories stamp set and the new classic label punch.

Fifth Avene Embossing Folder

Wanted to try something with the Fifth Avenue embossing folder, I have done it with cuttlebug folders before, where you ink the inside of the folder and the ink colours the paper, but not the embossed or raised part of the imprint. This one was made in a super hurry, so it's a bit funky in spots, and not that I know I need to feed the folder through the CB in the direction that the arrows point (thanks Judy!)...

ShoeBox Swap - June 15, 2009

June 15, attended a great shoebox swap with my fantabulous SU upline ML. A shoebox swap is where all the participants prepare a sample card, and then bring all the supplies for everyone else to make their card.
Here are some of the cards we made that night:

This gorgeous one was Cynthia's design, it's gorgeous. The black is stazon, the blue and green were sponged overtop and then we went over some of the black with a white gel pen, the end result is just stunning!

This is my version of Amanda's card, I am pretty sure I gave the original away already....anyway this one has design paper that folds over the back of the card as well like the spine of a book. Very manly, I love this stamp set, great for Father's Day! In fact this is the card both my dad received this year :)

This one was fun too, we embossed on the vellum (clear embossing powder) before attaching it to the card, very pretty effect.

This card was Raquel's design - love it! Makes me want to buy this set! Raquel is sooooo well organized that she has made all the little paper piercing templates made in advance. Great use of the SU corduroy buttons here, not sure if you can see them or not but there are also clear flower cutouts on the card.

This one was ML's design. It has a cute clip with ribbon on it, but it was too bulky for scanning so I took it off. This card uses the Animal Stories stamp set from the new SU catalogue and texture plates for the Big Shot. Love the colour combinations!

Settled on a design for the Shoebox swap...

Arrrgggghhhh...I couldn't decide between the two other samples that I posted...so I settled on a compromise...the bermuda bay cardstock background with a piece of the new design paper sponged in the razzleberry.

Happy Saturday!

What a great way to spend a Saturday...hanging out with friends and making cards :)

Spent most of the day at Wendy's today getting ready for Mega Meeting on June 27th...I got all 35 of my card swaps done (two weeks in advance?? Very unlike me!!)...AND...made two other samples with the new in colours for a shoebox swap on Monday.

Both cards feature three of the new in colours "rich razzleberry," "melon mambo" and "bermuda bay." Not sure which combination I like better...

First new In Colour Sample...

I'm attending a Stampin' Up! Mega Meeting on June 27th with my fab upline ML and some of my stampin' friends...can't wait...these are always such fun events.

One of my favourite parts of the day is swapping card fronts with the other attendees...so I will make 35 card fronts and get 35 different ones back in exchange! What a great way to get new ideas.

So...I wanted to try something with a few different stamp sets and the new in colours...what do you think?

This card uses the 5th Avenue Floral and Oval All stamp sets and three of the new in colours "soft suede" "crushed curry" and "dusty durango" - the ribbons are "crushed curry" and "dusty durango" as well. The ribbon is polka dots on one side, but I thought that took away from the flowers, so I just flipped it over :)

I like the new in colours even more now that I have seen them in action!!

Pomegranate Butterfly

Last one for tonight, I promise...I am getting tired :)
Pomegranate butterfly...
Today's challenge on Stampin' Canada was to make a card using cuttlebug borders...well hey, I have some of those and have never used them before tonight, perfect :)
So here's my challenge card...

Lovin the new SU in colours!!

Have I told you how much I love love love the new Stampin' Up! in colours?? They are soooo bright!! My two faves so far are Pacific Point (blue) and Tangerine Tango (orange). You can see both in this card that I made with my upline recently...and I got to use Crystal Effects for the first time (very cool!).