Stephanie Luman

This elegant Thanksgiving card will give you a place to share the things you’re thankful for–including the wonderful people in your life! Be bounteous with your thoughts!

Stamps: Harvest Home
Paper: Naturals Ivory, Chocolate Chip, Mellow Moss, Really Rust, So Saffron,
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Mellow Moss, Really Rust, Basic Brown
Accessories: Rich Regals Brads, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Aqua Painter, Paper Snips, Stamp-a-ma-jig

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Project, text and image © 2009 Stampin’ Up!®

No need for a trip to the pumpkin patch to give a gift of the perfect jack-o-lantern. The Autumn Harvest set has you covered! This fun little notecard is a definite Halloween treat.

Stamps: Autumn Harvest, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Paper: Naturals Ivory, Not Quite Navy, Earth Elements 12×12 Textured Cardstock, Watercolor Paper
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Crushed Curry, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Really Rust, Jet Black Stazon Pad
Accessories: Clear Emboss Powder, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Aqua Painter

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Recently I was asked to create a flower pot card tutorial for Splitcoaststampers. Now that it has been posted I can share it with you on my blog. I wanted to use the new Stampin’ Up!® In Colors and Razzleberry Lemonade Designer Series Paper so here is what I came up with:

All the ingredients and directions are available in the tutorial. And for all the visual learners, Beate created an awesome video tutorial to go along with it. Check it out!

I’m having an open house this Sunday and have been making quick, simple cards to show some of the new sets and in-colors. Here’s one of them:

Stamps: Wings of Friendship
Paper: Melon Mambo, Whisper White
Ink: Melon Mambo, Bashful Blue, Old Olive, Close To Cocoa
Accessories: Melon Mambo 1/2″ Polka-Dot Grosgrain Ribbon, Eyelet Border Punch

Don’t ya just love the new in-colors?! I think my favorite is Melon Mambo. What’s yours?

Here is the other card we did at the technique class:

Stamps: Fifth Avenue Floral
Paper: 12×12 Soft Subtles Textured, Whisper White
Ink: Blush Blossom Classic Ink Pad
Accessories: Big Shot, Manhattan Flower Textured Impressions Die, Corner Rounder Punch, Whisper White Organza Ribbon, Filigree Designer Brads
Technique: Tri-Fold
Inspired by: www.stampingschool.com

Cut the main card 5-1/2” x 12”. Use Manhattan Flower die on each side of cardstock (arrow facing front and up on the right-hand side, arrow facing back and up on the left-hand side). Score each end at 4”. You may have to trim a little on the inside flap. Cut out top part of card as shown. Use corner rounder on top corners of base and inside piece. To create the ribbon:

insert each end of ribbon thru outside petals of the filigree hardware and tie a knot
Slip the ribbon off the card and turn inside out
Slip back on the card and trim edges of ribbon

By turning it inside out your not hiding parts of the hardware and get to enjoy the whole design of the flower.

Here is one of the projects we made at my last technique class:

Stamps: Fifth Avenue Floral, Only Ovals
Paper: Regal Rose, Glossy White, Cameo Coral
Ink: Jet Black Stazon Pad, Basic Black Classic Ink Pad, Real Red Classic Ink Refill, Summer Sun Classic Ink Refill, Cameo Coral Classic Ink Refill
Accessories: Stampin Dimensionals, Top Note Sizzix Bigz Die, Wide Oval Punch, Crimper, 6×6 Page Protector, So Saffron 5/8″ Grosgrain Ribbon (Retired)
Technique: Ink Splat
Inspired by: www.stampingschool.com

To create the rose, take a clear folder (you can cut the edges off a page protector) and drip one drop of each color ink onto the inside center of the folder.

Spritz each drop with water.

Place the cardstock (3.5″ x 3.5″) glossy side down onto the ink, close the folder and flip over.

Using your index finger, smoosh the ink around until all the white is covered on the cardstock. You can continue smooshing the colors until you get the look you want.

Remove cardstock from the folder and set aside to dry. Stamp the rose image with Stazon ink and cut it out.

See my next post for the other project.

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.

We celebrated my parent’s birthdays today. Since their birthdays are 3 weeks apart we combined the parties. Here they are getting ready to blow out the candles:

They’re the best parents ever! Aren’t they cute? Did I mention they’re the best parents ever?!

I gave my Mom one of my flower pot cards and this is the card I made for my Dad:

Stamps: And Many Mower (Occasions Mini Catalog)
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Close To Cocoa, So Saffron, Bordering Blue, Old Olive, Old Olive Patterns DSP
Ink: Basic Black; Real Red, Creamy Caramel & Going Gray Stampin Write Markers
Accessories: Big Shot, Circles #2 Die, Chocolate Chip 5/8 Inch Grosgrain Ribbon, Vintage Brads, Crafters Tool Kit, Paper Snips
Measurements: Striped DSP 3″ x 4″; Flower DSP 1″ x 4″; Chocolate Chip piece 3-3/8″ x 4″; Bashful Blue piece 3-1/4″ square; Old Olive piece (grass) 1-3/4″ x 3-1/4″; So Saffron 3″ x 3″ then cut out with die.