TST #68 Daisy Wishes & Polka-Dot Dreams

It's time once more for Try Stampin on Tuesday.  Today I have a very cheerful card for you which could be referred to as "Daisy Wishes and Polka-Dot Dreams".

I had planned on making this card in the portrait view, but once I got the background segment cut out for the daisies to sit on I knew it would be much better shown as a landscape card.

Lots of die cutting in this one.

A real "girlie-girl" card.

Then it was time to move on to a more masculine card.  I pushed the sketch a little out of the box but this is what I came up with.

OK, it's your turn, lets see what you can do with the sketch.  Don't forget to post it on the Try Stampin site.

Hope you enjoy.

Nancy

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Masculine Monday 28/5/12

Masculine Monday once again.  Today I have a card for you that could be used as a masculine card or a general card.  This was created for a friend of my Daughters who was gracious enough to pick her up at the airport.

Can you tell I really love the "Lovely As a Tree" stamp set.  This is four weeks in a row that I have shown you cards made with this set.

Hope you enjoy.

Nancy

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Time to... Unscripted Sketches #160

I get lots of emails for different sketch challenges and this weeks challenge at Unscripted Sketches caught my eye and I decided to give it a go.  I also decided to combine it with another challenge going on over at Dynamic Duos.

I started with a simple white card base and stamped with Composer's Dream.  Little did I know I had stamped it upside down until I removed the stamp.  I really should place arrows on the my stamps that say "Top" and "Bottom".  I did manage to cover up my booboo with the bird from Punch Potpourri.  I then took a piece of Marina Mist CS and punched a hole and placed the band over the Composer's Dream stamp.  The flowers were stamped out twice and then slit to just shy of the centre so that I could give them a little dimension and have the petals appear like they were more individual petals.  To tie the top and bottom together I punched out the leaves from the Two Step Bird Punch and placed them cascading from the flowers and under the bird.

I hope you enjoy it.

Nancy

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TST #67

It's Tuesday so it must be time for Try Stampin on Tuesday.  Jen has given us another great sketch this week.

I did have some trouble coming up with a card for this one.  I was able to go with the band, but had trouble with the background piece.

I shaddowed the oak leaves from the SU Leaves #2 Die with Tempting Turquoise to make them stand out and added a little silver bling with black floss.

The inside of the card follows along with the outside theme.

I actually started out with the card below, but ended up settling for the card above as my submission this week.  The card above could be used as a masculine card whereas the card below is definitely for a female.

I hope you like what I have come up with.  Now it's your turn.  Make sure you post your card on the Try Stampin website so I can see what you have come up with.

Hope you enjoy.

Nancy

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Masculine Monday 21/05/12

First I would like to start off by wishing all our fellow Canadian's out there a Happy Victoria Day!  Long weekends...you got to love them!

Today I have the final card of three that I created using Lovely as a Tree.  These cards as I mentioned a few weeks ago were created for my Dad's Birthday. Today's card was created using the square lattice embossing folder for the background and then tree was stamped onto a piece of whisper white after I had sponged in a skyline.

Below are all three cards that were made for his special day.  I think I see a pattern here, don't you?!

Hope you enjoy.

Nancy

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TST #66 Write Me a Song

Jen has been at it again with another great sketch for Try Stampin on Tuesday. Her sketches just get better and better each week.

When I looked at the sketch I knew right away I wanted to do an antique looking torn bottom on the one layer of the card so I decided to go with my Composer's Dream stamp and start with that.

The next thing I had to determine was what I wanted my top stamped piece to be.  I had just recently picked up Rue Des Fleurs and decided to run with that. I tried several different angles and mounting backgrounds before I ended up with the Curly Label punch and a straight pen. I accented the pen marks with two small pearls and then following along with odd numbers I added three more to the bottom instead of a sentiment.











Since I had stamped the pen a couple of times I ended up cutting out one of them and used it on the inside of the card.

I hope you like what I have come up with. Now it's your turn.  Show us what you can do.
Nancy

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For Me! Thanks

Sunday as we all know was Mother's Day.  The card I am showing you today was given to me by my daughter who made this especially for me.  It's not often that I am not in my craft room so don't exactly know when she made it. She managed to get enough scraps together to cut out the letters by hand and use my punches and inks.

I was very touched by her attempt at this card and it will definitely go into my keeper box.

Thanks so much for acknowledging what I love to do most.

Hope you enjoy.

Nancy

Masculine Monday 14/5/12

Thanks for dropping by today.  I have another card using Lovely as a Tree. The background was stamped  using chocolate chip ink but stamped off first before applying it to the CS.  The tree was inked up using Old Olive, stamped off and then using an Old Olive marker I added in highlighted areas, coloured the grass and then with a Chocolate Chip marker I inked the tree trunk.  After huffing on the stamp to remoisten it I stamped it onto the CS.  The overall effect was very subtle yet dramatic. The envelop was created using my Scoreboard and the backside was stamped using the leaf stamp.

I hope you enjoy.

Nancy

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Happy Mother's Day!!

To all of those who are new to the club, continuing the club or veteran's of the club....

Happy Mother's Day

Hope everyone gets a little pampering today!!

Nancy

First Mother's Day

Today I have another project from Stampin Fun and Friends.  This is one that I created especially for that New Mom.  Full details on both the card and the project are available by signing up at Stampin Fun and Friends at the side.  We still have lots to show you so don't wait any longer.

I have given both a card suited from a Baby Boy or a Baby Girl.  The picture frame inserts can be changed to suit a Baby Girl.  The one I made was for a Baby Boy's Mom.

 

I hope you enjoy.

Nancy

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Tea Anyone?

So Stampin Fun and Friends is well underway and today I have a recreation of a project presented by Tanya Bell.  Tanya makes the most amazing exploding boxes and she has given us a template for a tea pot.

I know that black and white is unusual for a china tea pot but this card will be going to someone with black and white dishes so it works.  I have added a little butterfly to the top of the carnations for that little something extra.

You still have time to join in on the fun at Stampin Fun and Friends, just go to the link at the side to sign up.  You will be able to get all of the project PDF's that have already been posted, plus the coming ones.  There are currently two more challenges going on and I hear they may be a video or two of techniques as well to come.  

Hope you enjoy.

Nancy

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TST #65 Come Aboard...and one more!

Jen has come up with a rather different sketch for us this week at Try Stampin on Tuesday.  When I first saw this sketch I turned it round and round until I was finally able to get a vision to work with. Not all cards have to be done the way the sketch is presented. I have decided to make it a portrait card rather than a landscape one.

I used the image of the anchor as the dark line down the left side and ran rope along the image of the rope on the DSP. I am not an expert by any means in nautical knots but I am able to tie one knot in particular so I added that one as an accent on the front as well.

A distress tool was used to distress the edges of the manifest.

A small strip of Marina Mist was used to make the bubble strip. In hindsight I would have put the white behind the bubble punch strip to accent the bubbles more. The anchor from The Open Sea was stamped lightly along this piece as well.

Then for a more feminine version I have come up with this card using the same sketch. I chose not to put the extra strip down the one side.

So now it's your turn.  Use the sketch and turn it whichever way you want.  Go ahead give it a try.

I hope you enjoy my versions.

Nancy

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Masculine Monday 7/5/12 - Make a Wish

Didn't have much time over the past few days for a new card on Masculine Monday so I went through my library and found this one that I had made for my Dad's Birthday.

When I made this one I made a series of three in total all using Lovely as a Tree.  Each card used a different stamp from that set.

The envelop was made to accompany the card using the MS Scoreboard.




Hope you enjoy.

Nancy

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TST#64...Stop the World

Can you believe that it is May 1st!  Where does the time go.

This week on Try Stampin on Tuesday my card is inspired by not only the sketch but by the fact that time is just flying by and I just feel like I want to "stop the world" so I can get off.





I used two Post-It notes to mask out the top and bottom of the card and stamped directly onto the card front, rather than layering the stamped area.  Then with a couple of scrap pieces I ran them through the Cuttlebug using the Diamond Plate embossing folder.  The green one was done again with the inked embossing technique.

Rather than placing the twine around the card front I decided to cut it into strips and just staple it to the front.  The sentiment inside is from Word Play - you mean the world to me! The envelop tab closure on the back was run through the Diamond Plate embossing as well.

Then once I was finished with that card I spotted some ribbon that inspired me to make another card using the same sketch, but with a different outcome altogether. This time I used the same stamp sets for the background and continued it through onto the top piece.  I stamped and cut out the maple leaf from French Foliage and used it as a mask on the front.  I usually keep my cut outs inside my stamp sets for future use, especially if I like the outcome on the first try. Then using Marina Mist and Crumb Cake I sponged around the leaf.  Once all of the sponging was done I removed the leaf.  Again rather than use ribbon or twine I chose three small eyelets and adhered them on the front corner with my Crop-a-dile.

So, do you have a preference?  Which one interests you more?

Hope you enjoy!

Nancy

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