Stephanie Luman

I hope everyone is having a beautiful weekend! It’s in the 80’s here and perfect weather for working in the yard. DH has been mulching and I’ve been getting the beds ready for planting. I love digging in the dirt and my favorite thing is designing and planting my deck pots and window boxes. I even use one of my favorite Stampin’ Up! tools to help pick out my flower colors, the Color Coach. I would be lost without it, in stamping or flower gardening.

Speaking of gardening, my favorite stamp set from the Occasions Mini Catalog is Scene In A Garden. I dug out last years Certainly Celery Designer Series Paper because I remembered one of the patterns had a dragonfly on it (I love dragonflies). It worked perfectly with the set. The flip side has the polka dots.

Stamps: Scene In A Garden, A Beautiful Thing
Paper: Naturals Ivory, Close To Cocoa, Ruby Red, Candy Lane Designer Series Paper, Certainly Celery Patterns Designer Series Paper (retired pattern)
Ink: Chocolate Chip Classic Stampin Pad; Close To Cocoa, Ruby Red, Certainly Celery & So Saffron Stampin’ Write Markers.
Accessories: Stampin’ Dimensionals, So Saffron 5/8″ Grosgrain Ribbon, Scallop Edge Punch, Stamping Sponges, Stamp-a-ma-jig
Measurements: Naturals Ivory 2-7/8″ x 2-1/2″, Ruby Red 3″ x 2-5/8″, Scallop piece 1″ x 2-5/8″, Polka Dot DSP 5″ x 2″, Swirl DSP 5″ x 2-1/2″, Ruby Red 5-1/4″ x 4″, Close To Cocoa Base 5-1/2″ x 4-1/4″, Ribbon 16″

I needed a quick and easy birthday card for a toddler and this particular toddler likes Cookie Monster so first I needed a picture of the real deal. I found this one and based my card on it,

I created this with my Big Shot and the Bigz Scallop Circle Die:

Paper: Pacific Point, Whisper White, Basic Black
Accessories: Big Shot, Bigz Scallop Circle Die, 3/4″ Circle Punch, 1-3/8″ Circle Punch, Circle Scissor Plus, Glass Mat

Directions:

1. The base piece is 9″ x 5″. Fold it in half and line up the fold line slightly lower than the top of the edge of the scallop die. This way you’ll create a hinge at the top and your Cookie Monster will open up like a regular card.
2. Punch out the eyeballs with the circle punches. For an authentic look, make sure his eyes are at the very top of his head and place the pupils to give the appearance of being googly-eyed.
3. For the mouth I used the Circle Scissor Plus and set it at 3-1/2″. Cut off appx. 1/4th of the top of the circle — Cookie has a big mouth.
4. I cut a 3-3/4″ circle in Whisper White and attached it to the inside.

So you can see the size of this card, here it is next to our regular scallop punch:

So what do ya think? Look close enough to the real deal? Will it pass toddler inspection? I hope so…it would be a real downer if I heard, “that NOT Cookie Monster!!” from my littlest friend.

Wow! I’ve had quite the explosion of blog traffic lately due to the SCS technique challenge using the flower pot tutorial. I’ve loved looking at all the awesome cards everyone has created…if you haven’t seen these fabulous cards, click here to check them out. SCS stampers never fail to awe and inspire!

I actually created two flower pot cards and wanted to share the other one. This one uses my favorite Designer Series Paper, Bella Rose. My downline made this version at our last team meeting:

Stamps: Sincere Salutations, Curvy Verses
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Riding Hood Red, Pink Pirouette, Kiwi Kiss, Bella Rose Designer Series Paper
Ink: Chocolate Chip Classic Stampin Pad
Accessories: Big Shot, Build A Flower Bigz Die, Clear Buttons, Mini Glue Dots, Key Tab Punch, 3/4″ Circle Punch, Scallop Edge Punch, 5-Petal Flower Punch, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Pretty In Pink 1/4″ Grosgrain Ribbon, Natural Hemp Twine
Technique: Pocket Card
Credits: Inspired by Linda Heller –> Missy Shipman

The tutorial is in my other post, here. I have a three day weekend coming up and am hoping I can get lots of stamping done. I really want to play with my new stuff from the Occasions mini. Enjoy the rest of your week and hopefully I’ll “see” you this weekend.