punched belly band money/giftcard holder using Filled with Happiness stampset

 

punched belly band money/giftcard holder using Filled with Happiness stampset

basecard is 3 1/2x 11 Tahitian Tide cardstock- score with long side across the top at 4 5/8 and 9  1/4

DSP 3x 7 3/4 score at 1/2 and a smidge over 4 1/8 - punch out the center with modern oval punch (but any punch will work)

Stamp the image and Punch it out using the same punch in white cardstock here 

You want this to show exactly where the DSP was punched out when the belly band is on.

Left side gets folded over to create a pocket for the money or giftcard as shown.

inside panel whisper white  4 3/8x3 1/4

Stamp with different (or same) if you want from the same set and color as desired.

Easy peasy card using basic card items but a little different

I am always looking for a different fold using the basic card size that fits into an A2 envelope and however way we can use up our ever growing stash of DSP!

Stitched lace and Daisy Lane

Hhow lovely is this?

Love the sweetness of the stiched lace with all its fine details expecially with the matching edge diectu to make the scallop- have to love it!

Basecard is Daffodil stamped with the sentiment from a Paper Pumpkin stampset.
Stamped the Daisy lane small daisy with Melon Mambo 3 times and punched it out. Put the Perennial Essence Floral Center ( had to wait forever for these as they were on back-order but worth the wait- they make it so perfect!

Stamped the leaves from Painted Harvest and punched it out.  Tied the whole card with the ribbon from Sale-a-bration and what a sweet little card - would be perfect for Easter or any little one's special event.

CAS subtle butterfly note

I was trying to tell people what the subtle folder looked like because in the old catalog you could not tell at all.
This was one of the cards we made at one of my parties few months ago.

Base is Lemon Lime Twist with a piece of whisper white embossed in subtle to create the texture which I LOVE by the way the sentiment can be stamped before or after I found out - it does not seem to make a huge difference thankfully.  Laid down a piece of lemon lime twist ribbon.

Stamp the butterfly and used a dauber to color it in a subtle way. stamp the body and the antenna on the white CS where you intent to put the butterfly.  Mount the butterflies with dimensionals and you are done.

A bowl of strawberries with the Fruit basket stamps

 Is this not the sweetest little card?  I love the clean layers of white- The base card is Whisper white A2 size with another layer of white on top added with dimensionals.  Diecut the stitched shaped square.  I stamped the bowl on a scrap piece of white CS and cut it out.  The the bowl backside up and then put a little shadow under the bowl with the light crumbcake Stampin' Blend marker.  Also stamp some strawberries for the background- hard to see but I stamped 3 of the strawberries in the background.  - Flip the bowl rightside up and adhere with dimensionals.   Stamp a few more strawberries on a scrap piece of white- then stamp the green with old olive - it goes really fast - I love this punch!

You can punch a bunch in no time at all.  Put a punched strawberry on the side of the bowl - like it just fell out...  Stamp the sentiment in black- and it is  the cutest sweetest simplest card!

Spooky Cat Center Step Card with flying Bats

This is a variation on the Center Step Card by Kelly Acheson - how to on her blog http://astampabove.typepad.com/my-blog/2017/09/feature-friday-center-step-fun-fold-video.html
The spooky night DSP was designed to get multiple pieces out of one sheet which I think was brilliant - perfect for workshops.

Take 8 1/2x 5 1/2 inch sheet of Pumpkin Pie and cut slits 1" from bothsides from 2 1/4 to 7 1/4 then turn sideways then score on the long side at 4-1/4 across the whole card - then score the following just between the side slits at 2 1/4, 5-1/4, 6-1/4 & 7-1/4.  I used a ruler with the scoring tool so I could tell where I was scoring (between the slits)  as shown on the left.

I stamped the owl in basic grey, beak and toes in pumpkin and the eyes in black.
 I attached 3/4 inch x 4" strips of DSP on the side panela.  (I cut 4 inch strip horizontally and cut 3/4 inch strips for multiple cards. )  I stamped the hat in black onto the base card - so I can see the spider and web without having to cut it out, then stamped another hat on a pumpkin pie scrap and cut it out and mounted it on top.  Punch the cat in basic black and a piece of Very vanilla with  the Everyday Label punch , stamped the "happy OWL oween" on it and cut off the bottom to make it look like a tombstone- I think that was my coolest idea for this card.  It was still a bit flat and I wanted some bats flying around. All the ones I had were too small  so I used my old Martha Stewart Bat punch from eons ago, stuck it on little clear plastic strips I cut out from packaging (you need something with some stiffness to hold the bats up) and used glue dots to attach them to the card as shown.  It was so much fun to make this card.  Enjoy!

Life's Short, Live it with Zest

One of last month's projects.  Base is whisper white embossed with Layered Leaves EF
Add a layre of Pear Pizazz then another whisper white stamped with Lemon zest in Daffodil Delight on the left and sentiment to the right with Memento Black.

Stamp another lemon whole and a slice with Daffodil Delight  and 2 leaves with Pear Pizazz on a scrap of whisper white and punch it out with the Lemon builder punch.  Cut the lemon slice in half and save one for use on the inside.  Layer with dimensionals as shown.

Stamp the matching sentiment on the inside and glue the other half of the lemon slice on the inside.  Easy peasy card.

eskimo girl with bear

When I saw the little girl thought igloo- someone told me there was another card they saw with the same idea but I guess great minds think alike eh?  The base is black with piece of whisper white embossed with Softly falling embossing folder. I took a piece of  vanilla - for a little contrast and Seaside embossing folder to create the base.  I used the Brick Wall EF to emboss a piece of whisper white then  freecut and igloo by hand. I used the door die from the Sweet home set to make the door and the fox punch idea I saw from http://fortheloveofstamping.blogspot.com/  for the polar bear and the fish- sentiment from the Snow Place stampset from the main catalogin Island Indigo to compete the card.  The girl was colored with markers, Island indigo, real red, sahara sand and smoky slate.

Center open earring boxes

I made these boxes to hold my little earrings and gifts for some of my friends this holiday and wanted to share the template with you all.   I've seen boxes like this on several different sites but they were all in weird dimensions or in metric so I convered it to suit my needs and I hope you find it helpful.
 The box opens through the center to reveal earrings or a small trinket as shown.  The template is pretty simple.
The box is made with a sheet a smidgen less than 4x4 to make a 2x2x1 box. Fold up the sides and tape it to make the bottom of the box.   The right side piece makes the base and the sides/top.  The base of the box is taped to the middle square and the top and the bottom part is folded up to make the side/lid.I put tape on the 2 blue striped squares as shown and fold up the sides to makes the sides of the box.  I then took a 2" circle punch and put tape only on one side of the lid and attach to the one side of the top.
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Inside is made by taking a piece of a cardstock a smidgen less than 2"  x 2 1/2 or so, score at the 2" and put the 1/16 inch holesalong the fold line if you are giving away earrings.
  This was a pair I made using some wire wrapping techniques and some beads and pearls I had.
This is a very simple pair I made using the new Botanical Garden Jewels that is in the new spring Occasion Catalog.  It was super simple to make.  Just a sterling silver earring back, a clear crystal and a sterling pin connecting it all.

The top of the box is made using the festive flower builder punch with a set each punched with whisper white and vellum -put together with vellum on top of the white pieces, just offset a tad.  Curl the edges a bit using a small dowel.  I put a little iced rhinestone in the center to add a little touch of sparkle. Enjoy!

Endless Wishes Holiday notecard

This was one of my make and takes this month using the notecards and envelopes.  It comes 20 to a pack with prescored and cut card with matching envelope for 5.95. No preparing needed- love it!

I was trying to put the washi tape on the bottom but could not get it straight at the bottom edge so I just put it down and folded over the edge which was just fine. 

Took All is Calm Specialty DSP 2 inch strips and punched just the tops of the Tree punch, flipping it back and forth to minimize paper wastage.  You need 3 pieces to make one tree.  Score each into half vertically and put tape on the side you want to hide and tape the sides together to make a 3d shape tree (it can fold flat for mailing)  Add a strip of Sahara Sand  for the trunk of the tree. 

Stamp the snowflake using Sahara Sand but stamp off first to get a more faint image then the "celebrate the" using full strength ink.  "Season" is stamped with Soft Sky.

Don't forget to decorate the envelope!

You can easily rip out a dozen of these in no time for your holiday needs...... Any holiday DSP with ink to match.

Enjoy,   Lynda

Pictogram Punches Hello

 This is one of the project that we made at my stamping party this month that will also be one of my swaps for my group at Convention.
Basecard is Pool Party embossed with polka dots.  I took another piece of Pool Party CS  2 inches tall and stamped it with  Hardwood b ackground stamp using Soft Sky Ink.  I took a half sheet of the doily and folded it over at the top over the 2 inch piece. I then took a piece of whisper white CS stamped with the vase in Old Olive  and the Hello from Celebrate Baby set and stamped it using Strawberry Slush.  Layer that over Island Indigo and tuck that piece just under

 the piece with the doily on top.
Get a scrap piece of Whisper White and stamp the vase again in Island Indigo and cut it out- it's all straight sides so reasonably easy to cut- and mount it using dimensionals over the Old Olive vase to match so it looks like the vase is sitting on the table with the doily.  Then stamp a bunch of the flower from Pictogram Punches with Strawberry slush and punch it out.  I labeled the bottom of the stamp to match the bottom of the punch using a dot on the stamp with a permanent parker so I would always be oriented to punch it out and it makes it so much easier than trying to

figure it out after stamping it randomly.Mount some straight on, and mount other with little pieces of dimensionals and a sweet little card.
Enjoy!

Lynda

Something for Baby Father's Day Card

 When I saw the dies that came with Something for Baby set I envisioned this card with the man's shirt made with the baby onesie die.  It's perfect for a father's day card or any man's card- Hawaiian print or any print will work.  I originally made this shirt with a white CS and my DH said it looks collegiate/ preppie so I changed it to Smoky Slate to make it more manly.  The base card is Smoky slate with a piece of Night of Navy embossed with Stylish Stripes EF.  Another piece of Smoky Slate with a Blackberry Bliss on top.   The tie is diecut using the Moonlight paper stack. Actually I wanted the

stripe pattern for the tie and the DSP is how I chose the colors the card turned out. 


This is the template for the shirt.  I first cut the waist as shown then used paper snips to cut straight up the sides of the crotch to make the pocket ( it's the perfect width! and I like the slight curve on the bottom)  then folded the paper in half to make symmetrical collars from the curves of the leg ( the collar is a bit too tight for a man's shirt but the curves of the legs are really perfect).

 This is how it goes.  The collar on the right is from the piece cut from the left side of the leg (I put them side by side so you could see where it came from).

I stamped the image from Label Something set using Blackberry Bliss and punched it out with Modern label punch.  The Happy Father's day is from Teeny Tiny Wishes using Night of Navy inkpad. 

It would be really cute with a small Rhinestone jewel as a tie tack, too.

Time to Play!
Enjoy...
Lynda

My punch storage drawers

 I have a small workroom that is packed with stuff and I like my punches close to me so I can access it easily and visible.  I have seen some solutions using curtain rods and shelves but I just have no wall space to do them.  These drawers were on sale at the local craft store for 50% off - it is self assembly but it did not take too long to put it together and they are stackable to boot.  I used wood glue to really secure the drawers because I knew the punches would be heavy and it has worked out really well. 

The new style of punches fit perfectly side by side - the smaller ones I can fit 3 across.  You can easily see what it is with the label up and how many each drawer can hold.  I have 2 drawers filled so far so glad this came with 4.  The only issue is when there is not enough punches to keep them upright. I sometimes will put a small box or something behind them to keep them upright.   I am keeping all the shapes in one drawer and holidays and others in another.  Even the tag punches fit standing up.   Maybe this is a compact solution that will work for some of you as well.  I've had this now for several years and I think it is the best solution for me!

Happy Easter! Purse handle basket

Ah, what to do with all those purse handles left over from the bunny purses I made for Easter treats?  I was playing and thinking about making a trellis , a background for a oval cutout, but I thought, hey, I need to make a Easter basket and it was perfect for it.
I make the basket by weaving the handles, tucked the ends over and put a strip on top and bottom to finish the edges and added the ruffle ribbon in brown sugar to "line the basket".  I used the Small Oval punch with white, daffodil delight, pool party, pumpkin pie, Pistachio pudding and Gold to make the eggs and used dimensionals to pop them out.  The base card is soft sky with grass made from strips of Pistaschio Pudding cut with Fringe Scissors layered- the top layer is attached with dimensionals as well.
The hello is from A Dozen thoughts stampset, punched out with  Deorative Label punch  twice to make it smaller -tied with Calypso Coral Bakers twine.  I put a left over strip to make a handle but left it  unattached at the top to make it more 3D and it works- although I probably can't mail it...
And the bottom picture was our Easter Sunday dessert - It was a gorgeous chocolate cake and yummy to boot!   Happy Easter to you all!  Celebrate Life.
Lynda

Setting Sail with Hello, Sailor

When I used the banner punch to make hanging banners, one of my regulars, Sharleen, said that it looked like hanging laundry and she was not fond of hanging banners.  Of course, I took that as a challenge  and made this flag banner card.  I wanted that look of banners flying in the wind.

The Pool Party DSP has the look reminiscent of waves of water.  I wanted a little separation beween the DSP and the cardstock but adding ribbon looked messy so I folded over the DSP by scoring the top 1/4 inch and a different DSP shows which added just the accent I needed.  Stamp the banners in summer starfruit, smoky slate and strawberry slush and pool party as shown and punch them out.  Don't worry, the punch is coming back in the main catalogue this summer in case you did not get a free one during Sale-a-bration.  I used Multipurpose Liquid glue to make 3 lines on which I put on the whisper white baker's twine then used dimensionals to add the flags in some, others straight onto the cardstock.  Stamp the sentiment from Hello, Sailor then diecut with windows frame framelit and mount with dimensionals and it looked nautical without being literally so,

Things you need to make this card:

paper:     Whisper white  CS         100730             $8.50 (40 sheets)

                Pool Party CS                   122924         $6.95 (24 sheets)  

                Designer Series Paper Stacks  Subtles  130135    $21.95 (40 sheets)

Stampset:  Banner Blast Stampset     (No longer available through Sale-a-bration)
                  Hello, Sailor  133275  Wood  $20.95    133278 Clear    $15.95 
Inkpads:    Smoky Slate   131179
                  Pool Party    126982
                  Summer Starfruit   126991
                  Strawberry Slush    131178

Tools:   Window Frames Framelits     129021     $26.95

             Banner Punch               133519      $12.95 (No longer available through
                  Sale-a-bration but will be available in the 2014-2015 annual catalog)

             Dimensionals               104430       $3.95 (300 dots)

             Multipurpose Liquid glue   110755    $3.95

             Whisper White Bakers twine   124262   $2.95 (25 yards)

You can buy any and all of what you need at http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/lyndalee

Simply Stars Birthday

 You know, there was this card I had in my head but when I made it, it was really disappointing and not the way I dreamed it at all.  So a little tweaking of the color, then some tweaking of the layout then I checked my stash to see what DSP would go with what I had in mind and this Kaleidoscope DSP fit the bill the best so the card was changed again to what it became.  It was one of the four projects we made as part of my monthly stamp camp and it really grows on me.
The base card is Bermuda Bay, then a layer of whisper white stamped with the 2 stars in strawberry slush.

 I put a strip of  2"DSP on the right then put some stars punched from Silver Glimmer paper. Stamp the large Star from Simply Stars and punch or cut it out ( I would like to implore with Stampin' Up to bring back all the star punches!!!!)   Stamp the sentiment in black onto whisper white and color with markers then die cut with the Chalk Talk die then mount with Dimensionals.  So simple but a great birthday card for that girl or boy in your life!

Enjoy.   Lynda

Things you need to make this card you need:

Paper:     Whisper white  CS               100730            $8.50 (40 sheets)

                Bermuda Bay CS                131197            $6.95 (24 sheets)  

                Kaleidoscope DSP              132995            $10.95 
                Silver Glimmer paper         124005             $4.95 (2 sheets)

Stamps:  Bring on the Cake       128490   Wood  $38.95      121958 Clear $27.95

               Simply Stars              130892  Wood  $20.95       133278 Clear  $15.95 

Ink:     Strawberry Slush   131178

            Bermuda Bay         131171

            StazOn Jet Black      101406

Markers: Bermuda Bay, Daffodil Delight, Real Red, Pumpkin Pie

Tools:  Chalk Talk Framelits     1290983    $24.95

               Large Rhinestone Basic Jewels    129324   $4.95

               Dimensionals      104430         $3.95 (300 dots)

You can buy any and all of what you need at http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/lyndalee

Geometric Pinwheels

 Isn't this fun?  I was just playing around with the triangles trying different shapes and I thought this was really playful.  Base cardstock is whisper white with a layer of Strawberry slush CS embossed with Arrows textured Impressions EF on top.   I stamped a bunch of triangles on a scrap piece of paper using strawberry slush, coastal cabana, pistachio pudding and Crisp Cantelope- basically all the in colors, punched them out.  I stamped Hooray for today after coloring with markers Strawberry  slush and Coastal cabana and used the banner die to cut it out but it was too wide so I trimmed the sides to make it fit tighter.  AFTER I put the banner down using dimensionals, I put the triangles down to fit around the banner using dimensionals as well- it was pretty tight I tell you-  and it turned out pretty well I thought....  It could be a fun birthday or celebration card for anyone- Change up the colors to more blues for more masculine card for boys- I added a crystal jewel to the center of each but I actually liked it more plain but it's up to you!  Enoy.

Lynda

Stitched hearts Hello

 I was inspired by some cards shown by Shelly Gardner at Leadership 2014 at Houston to make some stitched hearts cards.  This is one of the cards I made.  The hearts were a little more tricky to stitch than stars because they are asymmetric and they kept shifting with the bottom feeds- so using a pointed tweezer to keep it straight helped.  The paper is Fresh Prints DSP  and Red and Silver Shimmer punched with small heart punch.

Actually it was much easier than I thought.  This came together in less than 10 minutes.
The sentiment is from the Six-Sided Sampler heat embossed with white embossing powder for a clean and simple hello card. 

I didn't want it bulky so I could mail it easily.

The detail on the stitching.