Hello Doily: Wedding-Inspired Card

Hello, stampers!  Last fall I shared with you a wedding invitation I created.  I then prepared this post to show you how I translated the invitation idea into a birthday card - and totally forgot to really post it for you!

Here's another peek at the invitation . . .

. . . and here's the birthday card I created!

I really liked how it turned out - and made several for various occasions, just changing up the sentiment on the front.

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted.

Card Recipe
Stamps:  Hello Doily, On Your Birthday
Ink:  Versamark, Early Espresso
Paper:  Naturals Ivory, Early Espresso
Extras:  White Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Dimensionals, Apothecary Accents Thinlets Dies, Essentials Paper Piercing Pack.
Inspired by:  Kylie's wedding invitation ideas!

Purchase the Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project at my ONLINE STORE.

Thanks for stopping by today!

~Hugs~   Cheryl O.    J

It's Looking a LOT Like Christmas in MN!

Well, since it is snowing today in Minnesota, will you let me get by with showing you some belated Christmas cards?? You can maybe adapt these ideas to other occasions such as birthdays or thinking of you.  Or just file these ideas away for next year!  We made these cards at our CLOclub class last December.

The folded tree is made from half of a 4" circle.  Super easy and cute!  I just attached it with SNAIL tape runner and it pops up with dimension on its own.

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Card Recipe
Stamps:  Petite Paris
Ink:  Cherry Cobbler
Paper:  Season of Style and Festival of Prints DSP, Old Olive, Early Espresso, Whisper White, Very Vanilla
Extras:  Circles Framelits dies, Northern Flurry TIEF, Cherry Cobbler ribbon, Linen Thread, glimmer brads.
Inspired by:  Dawn Olchefske and Connie Babbert

Purchase the Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project at my ONLINE STORE.

I CASEd this card from my fellow demonstrator, Dawn Musil-Thomas.  The poinsettia is stamped twice on vellum cardstock, then cut twice - once the larger image, once the smaller image.  The background poinsettia and sentiment are stamped with Versamark ink and embossed with white embossing powder.

I used Dazzling Details for the flower centers:

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Card Recipe
Stamps:  Joyful Christmas
Ink:  Versamark
Paper:  Crumb Cake, vellum cardstock
Extras:  white embossing powder, Dazzling Details, glue dots, corner rounder punch
Inspired by:  Dawn Musil-Thomas

Purchase the Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project at my ONLINE STORE.

I love the Starburst Technique, or Sunburst as some call it.  Super simple to do, it gives impressive results! I made quite a few of these with birthday greetings on them, too!

The Starburst is built on a separate piece of cardstock (I used a 3x5 index card, trimmed!) and then attached to the Pool Party layer.

Here's a closeup of the edges, so you can see how I built the layers . . .

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Card Recipe
Stamps:  Endless Wishes
Ink:  Smoky Slate
Paper:  Winter Frost DSP, Pool Party, Whisper White
Extras:  Silver 1/8" ribbon, Anywhere glue sticks
Inspired by:  Dawn Olchefske and Kathleen Wingerson

Purchase the Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project at my ONLINE STORE.

So grab a hot cuppa somethin' and enjoy a warm day of stamping . . . even for just a little while!  Maybe even put on a little Christmas music.  I'll be cheering  my husband on as he snowblows the driveway . . . again!  Thanks for stopping by today!

~Hugs~   Cheryl O.    J

Hello Doily: Wedding Invitations

I hope you enjoyed seeing Kylie's wedding Save the Date cards!  We used her initial ideas to design the wedding invitation - love how it turned out!

The 'labels' were printed out first on Naturals Ivory - spaced out to leave room for the Apothecary Accents die to cut each one - then I ran each one through the Big Shot using that die to perfectly cut out each label!  I used a hole punch to make a place for the ribbon to be threaded through, and paper pierced the edges of every label.

All the printing was done in Early Espresso - you can adjust the font color in Word by giving it the correct RGB code for the color you want.  Just search online for "Stampin' Up! RGB codes" and you'll see what I mean!  Perfect font and print color to perfectly match the cardstock!!

Voile!  Awesome invitations suitable for a queen . . . Queen Kylie!

Thank you notes for Kylie . . .

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Card Recipe
Stamps:  Hello Doily
Ink:  Versamark, Pink Pirouette
Paper:  Naturals Ivory, Early Espresso
Extras:  White Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Dimensionals, Apothecary Accents Thinlets Dies, Essentials Paper Piercing Pack, Whisper White Notecards & Envelopes.
Inspired by:  Kylie's ideas!

Purchase the Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project at my ONLINE STORE.

Thanks for stopping by this week to see Kylie's wedding suite creations!  I hope they inspire you . . . soon, I'll show you how they inspired ME to create a few greeting cards!

~Hugs~   Cheryl O.    J

Hello Doily: Wedding Save the Dates

Happy Monday, stampers! A whole new week . . . what will you do with your opportunities?  What great possibilities!

This week I want to share with you some wedding creations I made for the lovely Kylie! She found ideas on Pinterest and SplitCoastStampers that she like, and then we tweaked them to fit her colors and ideas.

These are her Save the Dates . . . doesn't this doily look like you could reach out and pick it up off the paper?!

Kylie especially wanted to incorporate a photo into her design, so we did just that!

All CLOcards creations are handmade with care, one by one . . . what a joy to do this for Kylie and Nate!

I like to package the completed order in a pretty way, using the bride's colors - a special package for a VERY special couple for their special day . . .

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe
Stamps:  Hello Doily
Ink:  Versamark
Paper:  Naturals Ivory, Pink Pirouette, Early Espresso
Extras:  White Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Dimensionals
Inspired by:  Kylie's ideas!

Purchase the Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project at my ONLINE STORE.

Stay tuned later this week for the rest of Kylie's wedding suite.  Thanks for stopping by today!

~Hugs~   Cheryl O.    J

Wishing You . . . Happy Days!

Are you enjoying the Stampin' Up! holiday catalog?  I love SO many things in that catalog. If you don't have one, be sure to contact me today - I'll send one right out to you!

Last month I showed you a card from the catalog that was the inspiration for one of our recent CLOclub projects. Here it is:

Here's the card I came up with - it's larger in size than the original, but nearly the same design!

The tag is popped up a bit with Dimensionals:

LOVE these little bow clips!

And . . . the inside! This stamp set has everything you need for both the outside AND inside of your card!

We did make matching, lined envelopes . . . but it seems I forgot to photograph those for you!  :(

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Card Recipe
Stamps:  Wishing You
Ink:  Versamark
Paper:  Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive, Season of Style DSP Stack
Extras:  Envelope Liners Framelits, Simply Styled Bow Clips, Cherry Cobbler Baker's Twine, Small Oval punch, Whisper White embossing powder, Heat Tool, Dimensionals
Inspired by:  Stampin' Up!

Purchase the Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project at my ONLINE STORE.

If you like this project, consider coming over for a CLOclub class - we'd love to have you join us!  Read more about it on my Events page.

Thanks for stopping by today!

~Hugs~   Cheryl O.    J

Upsy Daisy . . . Embossed

Last week I mentioned that I really missed the stamp set call "Upsy Daisy".  So I thought that this week I'd share a few cards using that set!  

The focal point on this card was created by stamping the full image on Bermuda Bay, then again on Dusty Durango, and lastly on Crushed Curry using Versamark ink and heat embossing with white embossing powder.  Then the images were each cut into 1" strips and rematched with alternating colors.

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Card Recipe
Stamps:  Upsy Daisy (retired)
Ink:  Versamark, Bermuda Bay
Paper:  Bermuda Bay, Dusty Durango, Crushed Curry, Whisper White
Extras:  White embossing powder, heat tool
Inspired by:  Sandy Webb

Purchase the Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project at my ONLINE STORE.

This is super easy to do with any image and with any colors!  Give it a try today - and thanks for stopping by!

~Hugs~   Cheryl O.    J

Glitzy Reindeer Christmas

Every now and then, I visit a local shop called the "Hope Chest" which supports breast cancer research.  What a surprise to find a scrapbooking supply pack for sale!  Included in the pack were metallic papers, and here's how I used them:

 

Everything shines on this card - the papers, the embossing, and even the ribbon!  To emboss in brown, I first inked up the stamps with VersaMark, then Chocolate Chip - and stamped then embossed with clear embossing powder.

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Card Recipe
Stamps: Reindeer Greetings (retired)
Ink: Chocolate Chip, VersaMark
Paper: Metallic brown, champagne, and patterned cardstock
Extras: Ivory organdy ribbon (retired), clear embossing powder, Extra Large Oval Punch
Inspired by: me!

Purchase the Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project at my ONLINE STORE.

~Hugs~   Cheryl O.    J