Final day of "Blast from the Past" and sketches!

Today is the final day for cards from the past.  Here are four more....and at the end of this post,  a card sketch and a scrap sketch....just in time for your weekend crafting!  

Starting on Monday I will be posting a card a day from this years Christmas Card classes!  

Another day of "Blast from the Past"....

Today I am here with another five cards from the past to inspire you....first up a few of punch art cards: 

 This fun card was made with a template and punches - the lid lifts up to write your greeting...fun!

This card was made with the pennant punch and the cupcake punch on page 181

This card was made by punching assorted circles and gluing on the mat and then running it through the Big Shot with an embossing folder. All the punches on this card are in the annual catalog. 

Come back tomorrow for some more cards from the past....

Blast from the Past....

Over the next few days I am going to be sharing cards from the past....a trip down memory lane. Here are a few simple cards from the past:

 Four Frames page 66, Petals A Plenty Embossing Folder page 191.

Remember, if you don't have the exact stamps to recreate these cards it doesn't matter.  They are meant to inspire you...perhaps a color, an element, or the layout.  

I love the color combo in this card.....can't go wrong with yellow and brown combos.

My Friend page 118, Beautiful Wings Embossalit page 188

Mixed Bunch page 89, Scallop Edge Border punch page181, Square Lattice Embossing folder page 191.

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Color Challenge and a Sketch

Just in time for your weekend creative projects, a color challenge....and sketches....do one, do two or do all three....let your creativity go wild.  I would love to see what you come up with! 

Color Challenge:

Scrapbook Sketch:

 Card Sketch:

Glitzy Butterfly Love

This is a card I made for a challenge on SUDSOL, to use up ribbon scraps.   

Well I took this one step farther and only used scraps for all aspects of this card, except the card base.  I get overwhelmed with scraps, which I refuse to toss in the trash....so this was a super challenge for me to participate in. 

Supplies:  

Card base:  Wisteria Wonder

Card Mat:  Gumball Green

Card Mat:  Whisper White

Embossing Folders:  Beautifully Baroque page 191 AC .and Pretty Print page 24 HC

Scrap Ribbon

Glue Dots page 174 AC

Expressions Thinlits Dies page 36 HC

Bitty Butterfly Punch page 183AC

Elegant Butterfly Punch page 183AC

Dazzling Details page 166AC

Perfect Plum ink pad

Sponge page 164AC

Tombow Adhesive page 175AC

Silver Glimmer Paper page 156AC

A Happy Hello

This is the fourth and final card we made in November's Card Class:

It features Pumpkin Pie and Whisper White.  Who wouldn't love to receive a happy card like this. 

Supplies:  

Floral Frames Framelits page 187 AC
Circle Punch page 183 AC
Chevron Ribbon page 173 AC
Polka Dot Parade DSP page 154 AC
Pearl Basic Jewels Page 171AC
Whisper White and Pumpkin Pie Cardstock

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Oval Tea?

Here is a card we made in November's Card Class:

Today's post features the Fancy Fan Embossing Folder....

 the Perfect Polka Dot Embossing Folder....

 the Tea Party Stamp set....

and the Oval Framelits...

Supplies used:  

Oval Framelits page 186 AC
Fancy Fan Embossing Folder page 191 AC
Perfect Polkadot Embossing Folder page 191 AC
Cardstock:  Whisper White & Pistachio Pudding
Jumbo Rinestones page 171 AC
Tea Party Stamp Set page 35 AC

Memory Box and Dee's Distinctive Dies

Today's post is a combination of Stampin' Up! Stamps, Memory Box Deer Trio Die and Dee's Distinctive Dies Merry Christmas. 

This is a card we made using these products, in my November Card Class as well as in my Christmas Card Class. The trees are heat embossed in white and the snowbanks are capped with glitter. 

Serene Silhouettes

 Today's blog post features the stamp set Serene Silhouettes.  It can be found on page 64 of the annual catalog.  Wood mount $30.95 Clear Mount 21.95  

This is a beautiful stamp set that is great for sympathy cards, birthday cards, thinking of you cards. The images are great stamped but even more amazing when heat embossed. 

Here is a great card we made in November card class.  It features beautiful Daffodil Delight, Basic Black and Whisper White. I love this colour combination. 

Supplies:

Cardstock- Whisper White, Basic Black, Daffodil Delight

Ribbon- Daffodil Delight Seam Binding page 173 AC

Punch:  Scallop Trim Border page 181 AC

Stamps:  Serene Silhouettes page 64 AC

              

Updating....

Sorry, no crafty post today.....doing some much need updating, organizing to my blog.  

Check out the new tab in red at the top of my blog entitled Weekly Stampin' Up! Canada Sales Watch.  

This is where all the sales and promotions will be updated weekly....one place to find all the info! 

See you tomorrow with more great samples :)

Sunburst Technique in a scrapbook layout

This is another layout I designed for my November scrapbooking class. 

One of my girls saw a card that I had made using the sunburst technique and commented that she wanted to learn how to make it. Trouble is that she is primarily a scrapbooker....and does not attend many card classes.  

So I decided to apply the technique to this scrapbook layout....same technique, just on a much larger scale. 

This layout features my beautiful grandaughter Brielle when she was just a wee one. 

To create this layout I first started with Bermuda Bay cardstock. 

To create the starburst I cut 7 pieces of scrap cardstock into 1.5 x 6 inch pieces and then cut them diagonnally corner to corner to make 14 pieces.  I then measured three inches down and marked a line. This was where I began attaching the wedge shaped paper with Tombow. 

A punched circle in real red cardstock covered up the tips of the sunburst.  

I used the five petal flower punch  and the scalloped border punch and some daffodil delight cardstock to give the layout a bit of bright interest.  

November Scrap Class- Layout One- The Gap

I designed a really cool layout for November Scrapbooking Class.  It was designed around a single photo of my  eldest grandson Richard who just turned 7 years old.  In this photo, he has a huge gap in his smile due to loss of  baby teeth- so I entitled it "The Gap" 

To create this layout, I used Whisper White cardstock and then applied numerous images in various colors from the stamp set entitled "Gorgeous Grunge" page 109 AC item #130517 #21.95.  

Then I used up scraps and punched the arrows with the "Chevron Border Punch" page23  HC $29.95 item #132154.  

Once these were glued on I simply grabbed a ruler and a journalling pen and drew the faux stitching lines.  

The title was made with the Typeset Alphabet Bigz Dies page 192 AC item#127553 $110.95