Welcome, Little One card for Melissa

My friend and Stampin' Up! downline, Melissa just had a baby girl this last Friday! I'm so happy for her, Congrats Melissa!!!! I made this card to send to her based upon the sketch challenge with a twist at the CC EE Stampers blog! We were to create a baby card with a button(s) using their great card sketch challenge as well! I also entered this card at the Stampin' for the Weekend blog, which had a challenge to make a card that would make someone smile! Here's what I came up with!


Stampin' Essentials Tips:

• I used the Kiss Technique on the Elephant with Pretty in Pink and Chocolate Chip ink! For a Tutorial on how to create this look with two stamps, please CLICK HERE!
• My button on my card is from the Chocolate Chip Corduroy Buttons package! You get 24 pieaces in a package, 8 each of three different buttons & brads for $9.95.
• The Animal Stories stamp set (116716) is quickly becoming one of my favorite sets for creating baby cards! It contains 4 super sweet images for $15.95.

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Stamps: Animal Stories (116716), Nursery Necessities (113506)

Ink: Pretty in Pink (1010301), Chocolate Chip (100908), Taken with Teal (103257), So Saffron (105213)

Card Stock: Chocolate Chip (102128), So Saffron (105119), Pretty in Pink (100459), Taken with Teal (101584)

Embellishments: Certainly Celery Ribbon (Retired), Rich Regals Brads (106953), Chocolate Chip Corduroy Buttons (114339), Linen Thread (104199)

Paper: Sweet Pea DSP Stack (Retired)

Punches: Modern Label (116630), Word Window (105090)

Tools: Circle Scissor Plus (112530), Glass Mat (112531)

Finished Size: 5-1/2" x 4-1/4"

It's A Boy! Card for Colour Q Challenge #34

Hello Tuesday! Love Tuesdays because it's a new Colour Q Challenge! This week is a sweet combination of Certainly Celery, Ballet Blue (Retiring), Pumpkin Pie, Chocolate Chip, Kraft, and Whisper White! Perfect for a baby card, which I also made for the challenge at CC EE Stampers.

Here's what I came up with based upon the Taylored Expressions Sketch Challenge! My card size is 4-1/4" square, which can still fit into a standard A2 envelope! Using my Big Shot, I die-cut the larger Scallop Circle from the Scallop Circles #2 die. The Paper Piercing Tool was used to punch holes in each scallop!

Stampin' Essentials Tips:

• My sailboat was made using the 1-3/4" Circle Punch as the boat. The sails were first punched out with the 1-3/8" Square Punch and the 1-1/4" Square Punch, then cut into triangles!
• Using the Polka Dot square stamp in the For All You Do stamp set, I stamped the polka dots in Chocolate Chip ink on the Chocolate Chip card stock for the boat!
• The 'It's a Boy!' sentiment is from the Nursery Necessities stamp set and is stamped in Whisper White Craft ink!
• Ballet Blue is retiring! It's part of the COLOR RENOVATION! Click here for more information! Some of our favorite colors have been selling out quickly!

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Stamps: Nursery Necessities (113506), For All You Do (115360)
Ink: Whisper White Craft ink (101731), Chocolate Chip (100908)

Card Stock: Ballet Blue (100613), Pumpkin Pie (105117), Chocolate Chip (102128), Whisper White (100730), Kraft (102125)

Paper: Certainly Celery DSP (112154), Pumpkin Pie DSP (112159)

Embellishments: Playground Buttons (116313), Sherbet Buttons (116312), Linen Thread (104199)

Punches: 1-3/4" Circle (112004), 1-1/4" Square (104400), 1-3/8" Square (103375)

Tools: Big Shot (113439), Scallop Circles #2 (113469), Circle Scissor Plus (112530), Glass Mat (112531), Paper-Piercing Tool (116631), Mat Pack (105826), Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder (117335)

Finished Size: 4-1/4" square

The new 2010-2011 Idea Book Catalog will be released on July 1st! Email me if you'd like to pre-order your copy (USA only). They're $9.95 and will be 16 pages longer than the current catalog! Yipee!!

~Kari

KISS Technique and Mojo Monday Card Sketch

It's Monday and another wonderful sketch from the Mojo blog! For my card I made a baby card using the KISS technique for the elephant! I have more pictures and details below!

Stampin' Essentials Tips:

I was inspired by the patterns on the elephant in the Tall Tales DSP so I wanted to combine Chocolate Chip and Old Olive on the one image! The Kiss Technique is basically inking one stamp off of another! Here's how I did it:

1) I started by inking the elephant from the Animal Stories stamp set in Old Olive ink and set aside for a moment while I got the next stamp ready.

2) Then I stamped the Polka Dot patterned stamp from the For All You Do stamp set in Chocolate Chip ink

3) Then I stamped the Elephant on the Polka dot stamp (press firmly, straight down)

The end result is an Old Olive Elephant with Chocolate Chip Polka Dots! Then I stamped the Welcome, little one sentiment from the Nursery Necessities stamp set in Chocolate Chip ink below the Elephant!

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Stamps: For All You Do (115360), Animal Stories (116716), Nursery Necessities (113506)
Ink: Old Olive (102277), Chocolate Chip (100908)
Card Stock: Old Olive (100702), Chocolate Chip (102128), So Saffron (105118), Whisper White (100730)
Paper: Tall Tales: (115678), Old Olive DSP (112160)
Embellishments: Button Latte (114333), Linen Thread (104199), Chocolate Chip 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon (109051)

Punches: 1-1/4" Square Punch (104400)

Tools: Paper Snips (103579)

Finished Size: 5-1/4" Square

Stampin' UPdate: the retiring colors are selling out fast! I'd suggest placing your order On-Line soon to avoid back orders! Some colors have sold out already and SU is unable to replenish their inventory since the colors are selling at a much higher rate than they anticipated!!!

Round or Square?

The Mojo Sketch gave us two options this week, round or square! I chose square, along with a fun new color challenge, Curtain Call Act 14! Oh boy, was this a challenge for me to use these colors together! They look so pretty together, but WOW it was a struggle for me, but I hope it turned out okay! It was about time I made a baby boy card! Girl cards just SEEM so much easier! Hehe!

Hopefully I'll have time this week to try the round layout as well! Scallop Circle die! Whoohoo! This was a fun sketch and I liked moving things around! I played with using flowers versus buttons, but landed on buttons! The boat from the Stampin' Up! Nursery Necessities set inspired me and I made my own with punches rather than stamping the image and cutting it out! My 'Boat' is made with the 1-3/4" Circle Punch (cut in half) and the 'Sails' are triangles I cut out after punching squares with the 1-3/8" Square Punch!

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Stamps: Nursery Necessities (113506)

Ink: Bashful Blue (105209)

Card Stock: Bashful Blue (105120), Almost Amethyst (102158), Orchid Opulence (100969), Whisper White (100730), Soft Subtles Textured (108695)

Paper: Bashful Blue DSP (112151)

Embellishments: Silver Brads 104336), 5/16" Jumbo Brads (112534), Linen Thread (104199), Sherbet Buttons (116312)

Punches: Scallop Edge (112091), Modern Label (116630), Word Window (105090), 3/16" Corner Rounder (109047), 1-3/4" Circle (112004), 1-3/8" Square (103375), Star (109045)

Tools: Big Shot (113439), Backgrounds 1 Texturz Plate (114512)

Finished Size: 5-1/4" Square

Essentials: Whisper White Square Envelopes (107289)

Have a Wonderful Wednesday,
~Kari~

Rock-a-Bye Baby!

Happy Sunday to you! I played along with the Our Creative Corner blog and made this fun 'It's a Boy' card based upon their sketch below! I love the tab on this card layout! It's was perfect for my little sentiment! I also found a NEW site called No Time to Stamp and loved their challenge: SOMETHING NEW! This could be anything new and for me this meant new supplies that I haven't used yet and a couple new blog challenges! Here are all the new things for me: a NEW card sketch, a NEW blog challenge, a NEW paper pack: Stampin' Up!'s Tall Tales DSP, and a NEW stamp set: Stampin' Up!'s Nursery Necessities set!

The tree in my card is from the Branch Out stamp set! Although this set isn't featured in the Idea Book & Catalog, it's on the Dormant List! These great sets are retiring tomorrow so January 4th will be the last day to order them! I am actually SUPER bummed that the Branch Out set is retiring! It's a great Two-Step Stampin' set and so versatile! I loved how it coordinates with the Tall Tales DSP! But you can still order from this Dormant List, just click on the Shop Now link below!

Stampin' Essentials tips:

-Isn't this little lion so cute!?! I punched him out with the 1-3/8" circle punch and layered him on the So Saffron Scallop Circle so he could have some of the spot light!
-My tree leaves were first stamped in Certainly Celery ink, then Old Olive ink on top for some depth (darker first, lighter in the background)
-The Round Tab punch was perfect for the sentiment! After punching this out of Rose Red card stock, I cut it in half (so it wasn't so bulky) and tucked it behind the Brilliant Blue card stock!

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Stamps: Branch Out (113200), Nursery Necessities (113506)

Ink: Chocolate Chip (100908), Brilliant Blue (100691), Old Olive (102277), Certainly Celery (105217)

Card Stock: So Saffron (105118), Brilliant Blue (100721), Chocolate Chip (102128), Whisper White (100730), Rose Red (102544)

Paper: Tall Tales (115678)

Embellishments: Chocolate Chip 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon (111367)

Punches: Scallop Circle (109043), 1-3/8" Circle (104401), Round Tab (108340)

Finished Size: 4-1/4" x 5-1/2"

Here's what's coming tomorrow: Another great card sketch & a hint: Valentine's Day CANDY!!!

Have a blessed Sunday,

~Kari