BIRTHDAY WISHES WITH AN ITALIAN FLOURISH

Hello Friends! Today is my last day as a Guest Designer for Classy Cards 'n Such. It has been a wonderful three months. I loved playing with all of the dies and goodies Beverly has in her store! A big THANK YOU to Beverly for allowing me the opportunity to show case her goodies! :)

On todays card, I started with the Peach Card stock and ran it through my Big Shot with the DOTS Embossing Folder. I adhered it to a strip of Black Card stock. I used the Italian Flourish Doily from Cheery Lynn Designs cut in the Layering Swatches #2 Deep variety- Black. I cut the Italian Flourish Doily in half using my Paper Trimmer and used the Quickie Glue Pen to adhere it to the 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" Vanilla Cardstock.

 I used the Fanciful Flourish Die from Cheery Lynn Dies with Olive Cardstock and adhered it using the  Quickie Glue Pen. I then added the Peach and Black Panel and adhered the Tea Rose Latte Mulberry Roses with Glue Dots. I wrapped the Eggshell Seam Binding around and tied a bow to finish off the embellishments. Once everything was pieced together and adhered, I stamped the sentiment from the Topsy Turvy Cakes Stamp Set from JustRite Stamps.

This card was a QUICK card to make and I love how the Italian Flourish Doily and Tea Rose Latte Mulberry Roses jazzes it up! 

Thank you for taking a look today! Have a blessed day!

3-D CHALLENGE GOODIE PURSE

Hello Everyone! I hope you are enjoying your weekend! This week Classy Cards 'n Such is challenging you to make a 3-D Project! For my project I created a Goodie Purse using the Technique Junkie Newsletter 3-D and Fun Folds Cd! This little purse is so fun to make and decorate. It would be a perfect inexpensive gift to fill with lip gloss, nail polish, candy or even a gift card or cash!

I started the purse by using the Teresa Collins 6x6 Patterned Paper called Spring Fling. Classy Cards 'n Such has a BEAUTIFUL array of Patterned Papers for you to design with! The words I used on my project come from the Just Rite Stamp set called Topsy Turvy Cakes.

To create the cute little flower, I used the  Miniature Rose Die from Cheery Lynn Designs along with the Paper Blossoms Tool Kit to help curl the flower blossoms. To adhere all of the little blossoms together, I used the Sakura Quickie Glue Pen. To finish the flower off, I added the Viva Pearl Pen Ice White on the internal portion of the flower and around the scallop punch layer to decorate the words a bit. To further embellish this cute little purse, I added a bow using the  Red and Green Doodle Twine - Christmas Assortment.


Some additional tools that I used are:
Scallop Punch, 1 3/8" Circle Punch, 1 1/2" Circle Punch, Scallop Border Punch, 1/16th hole punch, Martha Stewart Scoring Tool, Large Oval Punch, Basic Grey Magnets


To create this little Goodie Purse I used the Technique Junkie Newsletter from the 3-D and Fun Folds Cd.


 Have you purchased your 3-D and Fun Folds Cd yet? This brand new CD has 70 tutorials for gifts, decorations, boxes, cards, and much more! the original Fancy Folds and Motion CD was so popular, we just had to create MORE for you.

All of the tutorials are in step-by-step PDF pictorial format -- and are printable to 8-1/2" x 11" paper. We even have an index with thumbnails on this CD to help you find a project quickly and easily!

The CD is $17.95 for US/Canadian Addresses and $19.95 for Overseas addresses. If you are only looking for the CD, or would like to see the full list of items on the CD, it can be ordered here:

Location

United States $17.95Canada $17.95Overseas $19.95

If you have never seen a TJ CD, here is a real example from the Fancy Folds and Motion CD (the format is the same, but ALL of the techniques are different!) of the Vertical Accordion Card:

http://techniquejunkies.com/Vertical_Accordion_Card.pdf

I hope you will join us in the 3-D Challenge!

Come back tomorrow for a VERY special Blog Hop with the Technique Junkie Newsletter! Have a wonderful day!

 

BOTANICAL COLORFUL STRIPES

Hello Friends,  With the warmer weather peeking through here and there, I am finding I have SPRING FEVER! I am enjoying seeing the grass turn greener and flowers bloom. What better time than to pull out some Floral Stamps and Floral Embellishments?

On todays project, I used the Technique Junkie Newsletter and the technique called Colorful Stripes. This project does not use ANY patterned paper, it is ALL hand stamped using the beautiful images available at Classy Cards & Such.called JustRite Designs Botanical Butterflies.

I stamped the focal image in Brown Memento Ink and colored with Copic Markers on Cryogen White Cardstock. Once colored, I used the Viva Pearl Pen in Gold to fill in the center of the flowers. Using a 1 1/4" Circle Punch and a 1 1/2" circle punch, I layered the image on a Scallop punched layer using Bazzil card stock. I adhered the layers together using the Joy! Foam Pads, small. 


Using Green Coredinations, I used the Cheery Lynn Designs die cut called Fanciful Flourish.  A few tools I used to make this job a little easier while using the die cutting machine is the Crafters Tools by Cheery Lynn Designs, Sakura Quickie Glue Pen,  and the Cuttlehug, Small by Cheery Lynn Designs. I find the tools so helpful in moving, molding die cuts, while the Cuttlehug helps eliminate the need for addition paper shims. The Quickie Glue Pen is a wonderful adhesive that works great on dies with a lot of details and small areas. 

To finish the card, I added Robins Nest Tear Drops and White Organdy Ribbon to tie a bow.
I hope you enjoyed my project today! Have a wonderful day!!!

SEAHORSE BAY SIMPLE SWIPES

Hello Friends! This week's Challenge over at Classy Cards 'n Such is to use EMBOSSING on your cards! You can join us in the fun HERE.

I used the Simple Swipes technique from the February/ March issue of Technique Junkies. I then stamped The Sea Shell Bay Labels Twenty Two stamp set from JustRite Designs in Versamark Ink and sprinkled Black Fine Detail Embossing Powder over the image and heat set it with the Heat Tool.

I layered the Eggplant 3 7/8" x 5 1/8", 3 3/34" x 5" Layering Swatches #1 Metallic -pegasus  Embossed with DOTS Embossing Folder, 3 3/4" x 2"   Layering Swatches #1 Metallic -Bluebell, Embossed with Scrollworks Embossing Folder, punched strip (with Martha Stewart Victorian Edge punch) of Eggplant onto the 11" x 4 1/4" Not Quite Navy cardstock using ATG Tape for adhesive. I then popped up the focal image using the JOY! Foam Pads Small to give the card some dimension.

Using the Silver Viva Pearl Pen , I added some accents in each of the corners and across the Victorian punched edge. Once that dried, I used the Cream Viva Pearl Pen and added a dotted border around the entire card.To finish off the card, I wrapped the Silver Cord around and tied a bow!


I hope you enjoyed my card today! We hope you will join us in this current challenge!


Come back tomorrow for a SURPRISE Blog Hop for a very special friend and another fun post for DRS Designs!


Thank you for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!

JUST BECAUSE...

Hello Friends! Today I am sharing a card using the beautiful Botanical Butterflies from JustRite stamps set available at Classy Cards & Such. I stamped the image in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink and colored it in using Copic Markers.  


The lay out comes from one of Splitcoast Stampers Sketch Challenges. Starting with 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" Soft Sky Cardstock and scored it at 4 1/4" using the Scor-buddy Mini Scoring Tablet. I layered the 5 1/4" x 4" Artichoke card stock on top of that and the 5 1/8" x 3 7/8" Sahara Sand on that. I layered the Basic grey Patterned paper on those. Classy Cards & Such has a wonderful selection of beautiful Patterned Papers that you can view HERE.


I used the Technique Junkie Newsletter and two techniques called Stacked Nesties and the Worn Wallpaper techniques. I used the ,Spellbinders Oval & Circles to layer my dies, popping them up with the Joy! Foam Pads. Using Always Artichoke and Soft Sky Card stock I cut out some flourishes using the  Cheery Lynn Designs Fanciful Flourishes. In order to eliminate additional paper shims, I used the Large Cuttlehug to make a snugger fit. I also used the Crafter's Tools by Cheery Lynn Designs to help remove the Fanciful Flourish from the die and place it where I wanted it on the card.


 To finish off the card, I tied a bow using the Eggshell Seam Binding.

I hope you enjoyed my project today! Thank you for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!

TOPSY TURVY BIRTHDAY!

Hi Friends!! Welcome!  Have you joined in on the NEW FUN Challenges yet? Classy Cards & Such is hosting a Sketch Challenge this week. You can find out all of the information HERE. We would LOVE To have you join us!



On todays card, I used the Canadian Kaliedoscope Doily Cheery Lynn Die cut out in Lavender Bazzill Cardstock. One trick I have found with using these FABULOUS Cheery Lynn dies is to use a Cuttlehug Large plate. This helps for a cleaner cut and eliminates the need for extra paper shims. I also find I do not have to do so much detail poking out of all of those little clinkers that get caught in the paper. 

Once the die was cut out, I stamped the TOPSY TURVY CAKES stamp set by JustRite in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink on White Storm card stock and colored the in with the following Copic Inks: BG000, BG05, BG07, RV29, R000, R39, R32, Y15, Y11, V000, V25, V20, YG17, YG67, YG00. I used the Technique Junkie Newsletter and the Out of the Box technique to have the spacing fit where I wanted it to on the sketch.  Once I completed that,  I stamped the small flowers and colored them too. I cut them out and added them to white cardstock in a small cluster and using a 1 3/8" and a 1 1/2" Circle punch, I punched some layers and used Joy! Foam Pads to add a little dimension to my project and pop up the flowers. To finish off the card I added White Pearls in three of the corners.

I appreciate you taking the time to stop by and take a look! Have a wonderful day!

THE SEAHORSE AND SWEET STOP SKETCH

Hello Everyone! I created an extra card using the Sweet Stop Sketch today.

Today, I am sharing a card using the SEA SHELL BAY stamp set, from JustRite. This set was SO FUN to play with! I stamped the images in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and colored them in with the following Copics - YR24, E44, Y000, R29, E43, E51, YG95, BG72. I used a Sakura White Gel Pen to highlight certain areas of the image. Once this was colored, I cut out the images using scissors and mounted the smaller panel on Olive cardstock.

I used a Red sheet of card stock 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" and folded it in half. I added a panel of 4" x 5 1/4" Olive cardstock as a layer. I ran a white sheet of cardstock through my Big Shot, using the DOTS Embossing Folder. The flourish along the bottom is from the paper pack from Kaiser Crafts called Utopia Collection, The checked panel in the background is from the Basic Grey pack called Archaic. I added a strip of Red Satin Ribbon along the back and added a small bow using this Doodlebug Doodle Twine Christmas Assortment.

I used the Joy! Foam Pads to add a little dimension to my project and pop up the focal image. To finish the card I added the Viva Pearl Pen Ice White  to add some bling to the corners.

Come join us in the SWEET STOP SKETCH and CLASSY CARDS & SUCH has a challenge too! We would LOVE you to play along with them both! Thanks for stopping by! Hope you have a wonderful day!

 

FLOWER POWER!

Hello Everyone - Have you played along with the Classy Cards 'n Such Challenge yet? You can see all of the details HERE


 Today I am sharing my CHALLENGE CARD! This week's challenge is FLOWERS! I tried to use flowers on every part of my card! Beverly has such a beautiful variety of flower papers,3-D Art,  stamps, dies and flowers - so much to choose from!!

 I hope you will join us. You can see the entire Design Team's challenge cards HERE.

Here are the details for my card. I created a Criss Cross Card  and 2 sheets of light blue cardstock. Each Cardstock measures 5 1/2" x 8 1/2". I layered the Bo Bunny Gabrielle Collection Patterned Papers. on the blue card stock.

Using the JustRite Botanical Butterflies set I stamped in Chocolate Ink and colored with Copic Colors Y21, Y11, Y26, G21, G24, YG17.

I used the following dies and cut them out using my Grand Calibur in brown, pale yellow and vanilla cardstock. The Large Circles Spellbinders, Blossoms Three,and Cheery Lynn Designs Fanciful Flourish. Using Zots Pop Dots, I added dimension by putting the dots between the layers of chocolate and vanilla cardstock.

Once everything is adhered together, I added some Gold Stickles to jazz it up a bit more. Using Mini Glue Dots, I adhered the Tea Roses Latte flower and added a few Wild Orchid Flowers and leaves to the side to create more balance.

I created a pocket for my card with Celery Cardstock measuring at 3 3/4" x 5" and added a White layer measuring 3 1/2" x 4 3/4". I stamped the flower Spring on the corners and colored them with B21, G21 Copic Markers. Using a Rounded Tab Punch, I added a pull tab and attached it to the top portion using a 1/16th" hole punch and gold brad.


To go along with our current challenge - FLOWERS - all pre-made flowers are 15% off this week if you enter promo code FLOWERS (no spaces) at check out. You can see the flowers here!

Stampavie – A HUGE Stampavie order arrived this week!  Most are new releases from the 2012 Winter CHA, but there are few older ones as well.  Cute is timeless, don’t you think??  There are lots of Sarah Kay, Tina Wenke, Penny Johnson, a Mo Manning design and a Helz Cuppleditch design.  There are some sentiment sets too!  You can see them all here.

* Cheery Lynn Designs – Lace deco corners and the Mini Flourish One from the February release arrived today!!  A couple of the Lace corners are already almost sold out for this shipment, so get yours now!

* Tim Holtz Distress Ink Markers are still on pre-order pricing for a limited time only!

I hope you enjoyed my project today! Please join us in our challenge, we would love to see you participate! Thank you for stopping by!

BOTANICAL

 Hello Everyone, I hope you had a FANTASTIC weekend! Ours was VERY busy, but filled with LOTS of blessings.

Today I am sharing my CHALLENGE CARD for the Brand New Challenge over at the Classy Cards & Such Blog! This week's challenge is ANYTHING GOES! I hope you will join us. You can see the entire Design Team's challenge cards HERE.

          
Here are the details for my card.  It measures 4 1/2" x 6 1/2" using green Core'dinations cardstock, layered with peach Core'dinations and soft yellow cardstock that is smooth.   I ran it through with a Cuttlebug folder called Dots Embossing Folder.

I used the Blossom Three die and cut out four layers using the varied sizes.  Using the Crafter's Tools, I curled the edges and then sponged them using peach ink.   I added foam pads to add a bit of dimension between the layers.  I cut out the Fanciful Flourish in the same green Core'dinations cardstock.

Using the Viva Pearl Pen in Ice White, I added some small dots in the center of the flower and along the bottom of the card. I stamped the sentiment from the Just Rite  Botanical Butterflies stamp set on to the Ribbon Banners Die.

I hope you enjoyed my project today! Thank you for stopping by!

TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF...

Hello Friends!!! Today is Sweet Stop Sketch Saturday !! Today I used a FUN image from Maureen Manning available at Classy Cards & Such. I stamped the Swine Flu image in Staz On ink. I used many assorted colors from the Twinkling H20's collections and my Aquapainter...

I cut out the flower using the Blossoms Three Die using the Bazzill Bling Card stock. The Patterned Paper is Basic Grey Out of Print. I used a Black and White polka Dot ribbon to tie the bow. I added some black pearls using my FAVORITE Viva Pearl Pens! I added some white dot trim using a Sakura White gel Pen.

When you shop at Classy Cards & Such you can save 10% off of your order with the Savings Code CHRIS-10

Classy Cards 'n Such has a NEW Challenge too! The theme this week is ANYTHING GOES! The only rule is you have to use at least ONE product that Beverly sells in the store!

Take some time to be inspired by the Sugar Babies creations: Cathy McCauley, Monika Davis, Janice Melton, Kim O'Connell, Shannon White, Shelby Goolsby, and Wendy Ramlakhan.

I hope you will join us to play along! Have a great weekend!


 

BOTANICAL BUTTERFLIES

Hello Everyone! This is Chrissy D here. I am SO excited to be joining the Design Team for Classy Cards 'n Such! Classy Cards 'n Such has a wide variety of product and beautiful stamps! On the card that I am sharing with you today I used several FABULOUS products from her store...


The card base is a 4 1/4″ x 11″ piece of Ballet Blue cardstock folded in half. I layered it on  Lilac and Vanilla Card stock. I stamped the smaller images from the Botanical Butterflies stamp randomly across the background in Lilac ink. I then ran the card stock through the Big Shot with a floral Embossing folder.

 I stamped the beautiful butterfly stamp in Versamark on Vanilla cardstock. I sprinkled Gold Embossing powder over the image and heat embossed it. The image was cut out with the Heart Circles by Spellbinders in vanilla card stock and the Blossom Three die was cut in Ballet Blue and Lilac card stock. 

 I used the Technique Junkie Newsletter and Stacked Nesties technique from from the October/ November 2011 issue and added Dimensionals between the layers to add a little dimension.The image was colored with Primsa Color Pencils.

I couldn't resist using one of my FAVORITE dies from Bev's store called the Fanciful Flourish in Amethyst card stock and cutting it apart to have it lay across the card. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the Crafters Tools too. This helps the card stock pop out of those detailed dies!!! 

To finish off this project, I added Chuckles Tear Drops using Mini Glue Dots to attach to the corners! 

Please come again on FRIDAY, February 10th to join us in the NEW CLASSY CARDS CHALLENGE!

Embossing is one of my favorite paper crafting techniques!  It gives such an elegant look to cards and other paper projects.  As you all know, there are tons of great techniques you can use with these if you want something a bit different.  On sale this week - 15% off Embossing Folders! Enter promo code EF15 (no spaces) at checkout.

If you go shopping you can save 10% off your order by using the Savings Code CHRIS-10. You can only use one code at check out!

Hey Paper Crafting Friends! Check out Classy Cards 'n Such on FACEBOOK- "LIKE" them and tell Bev, I sent you! When she gets 200 "likes" or next week Friday, Feb 10th (whichever comes first) I will do a drawing for a $10 Gift Certificate! ! You can find them on Facebook HERE.Hey Paper Crafting Friends! Check out Classy Cards 'n Such on FACEBOOK- "LIKE" them and tell Bev, I sent you! When she gets 200 "likes" or next week Friday, Feb 10th (whichever comes first) I will do a drawing for a $10 Gift Certificate! ! You can find them on Facebook HERE.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful day! 

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Have a great day!!!

3D AND FUN FOLDS JOINT BLOG HOP DAY ONE

Hello and welcome to Classy Cards ‘n Such and Technique Junkie Newsletter Joint Blog Hop!  We are SO excited to show case the new 3D and Fun Folds Cd! 

If you have been following along already you should have come from Holly Brown's blog. If you are only starting here, please head back to the Technique Junkie Blog and start from there.  You won't want to miss any stops along the way – in order to win you will need to comment on everyone’s blog AND Pat Huntoon’s Blog.

We have a  fantastic group of design team members from both Classy Cards ‘n Such and Technique Junkie Newsletter! They have helped put together this fabulous Blog Hop to kick off  the 3D and Fun Folds Cd.

A little more information about  this week... 

We will be hopping along with five fabulous companies! We hope you will enjoy the projects and materials that the featured company is showing to you on each hand crafted project!

Today, we are hopping with Classy Cards 'n Such. On Tuesday, we will be hopping along with Rogue Redhead Designs. On Wednesday, we will be hopping with The Paper Temptress. On Thursday, we will hopping with Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich Company. On Friday, we will be hopping along with Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps.

We know it is a busy time of year, so we didn't want it to be a HUGE hop and overwhelm everyone, so we kept the hop a little smaller. Each day there will be 3-5 members from each team sharing projects with you. We will end each day of the blog hop on Pat Huntoon's Blog. On Pat's blog, there will be a prize EACH day from the Featured Company! At the end of the week, there will be an opportunity to win a GRAND PRIZE of a variety of products and gift certificates from each of the participating companies. 

There will also be an opportunity to play along! On Pat Huntoon's blog, she will share a sample of one of the tutorials. If you choose to play along using this tutorial and mentioning this Blog Hop you will have an extra opportunity to win! 

There will be a few different opportunities for you to win a prize, just by hopping along! All you have to do is HOP through and comment on each of the participating blogs and you will have a chance to win! Beverly at Classy Cards 'n Such is generously giving away a $20.00 gift certificate on the Classy Cards 'n Such Blog. There will also be a $20.00 gift certificate available on Pat Huntoon's Blog. The winner of each days give away will be announced on Pat Huntoon's Blog  on Saturday, December 3. The grand prize winner will be announced on Monday, December 5th! All of the prize winners will be chosen randomly. Please stop through EVERY DAY  and take your time visiting each blog!  You have until 11:59pm EST December 2^nd  to leave comments on as many blogs as you can. 

Now, many of you may be new to the Technique Junkie Newsletter! The Technique Junkie Newsletter has been publishing rubber stamping technique tutorials since 2002. The 3D and Fun Folds CD contains 70 step-by-step technique tutorials in pdf format – perfect dimensions, perfect directions and great pictures for every step. Visit www.techniquejunkies.com for more details about the CD and the Technique Junkie Newsletter.

My project today uses the FREE STANDING POP UP CARD  from the 3D and Fun Folds Cd. 

If you have not shopped over at Classy Cards 'n Such, you really must check it out! I can attest that through the past several orders I have placed, I have received FAST and friendly service. There is also a wide variety of stamping tools and supplies to choose from! 

Here are the materials I used from Classy Cards 'n Such - Scor-Tape, Dots Embossing Folder, Swine Flu Image

Your next stop on the hop is the Elisa Kammerdiener but just in case there are any hiccups, here is the whole list of Hoppers...

The Technique Junkie Newsletter Blog
Classy Cards 'n Such Blog
Holly Brown

Chris Dickinson - you are here!

Elisa Kammerdiener

Pat Huntoon


Thank you for stopping by and taking a peek! I hope you enjoy the HOP!