Sep7

Stamp of the Month Tour

Posted on September 7, 2013 by clkondo

Hello!! Welcome back to our stamp of the month tour. This month actually features a choice between TWO stamp sets. And, I could not choose so I did a couple of projects with both sets…

First off, I chose to use Halloween Bash to make a couple cute 3×3 cards. I was in a 3×3 swap at convention, a little birthday card, that used the lattice die to make a pop up in the middle. I apologize, but the card didn’t have a name in it. I’d love to give credit to the brilliantly talented demo who made it… but anyway…

The chevron embossing folder and LOADS of the awesome Halloween Washi tape makes the front (and all of the card) so fun. All these images come from the same stamp set ($15.95) and I used the coordinating punches to punch them out.

Here is a look at the inside:

You can see that there are panels covering the top and bottom of the card. This is attaching the top and bottom of the lattice die to the card which then holds the pop out in the center…

I had to score this one to get it to fit in the card.

You can kind of see how the lattice works here:

I cut the lattice die in half, and scored it at every intersection… then glued the end pieces behind the panels and left the center to fold out…

Lattice die, that I cut in half…

and scored.

I glued the ends to the panels that hold them to the card (3×2.25)

So, this is what the final inside panel looks like. Then, you glue the ends of the black panels to the card (top and bottom) and you get this…

This is what you stick the pop up on. And, you can use this for ANYTHING. Not just Halloween. What a fun surprise!!

AND, when I was making these, I received my envelope board. So, I had to make matching envelopes. Though these are 3×3 cards, I decided to make envies for 3.5 cards (which is a little big) because I was worried that the thickness of the card would not let the card fit into the envelope.

One last look:

Now… On to Thanksgiving!!

This card uses Magnificent Maple. For this Thanksgiving card, I really wanted to focus on TEXTURE. So, I chose to use the burlap ribbon, and the canvas paper…

The canvas paper is a pretty stark….well…not quite white, but certainly not cream. So, I spritzed it with a mix of Baked Brown Sugar and alcohol. I stamped the maple leaf in Cherry Cobbler, Summer Starfruit, and Early Espresso. I used an espresso card base and starfruit panel under the canvas. I distressed the edges of the canvas and burlap just to add more texture.

I used the Tags For You stamp set and coordinating Label Bracket Punch. And, just a note… I actually stamped the label with versamark and embossed it with the Espresso powder. If you notice the Espresso leaf, how it isn’t very bold… this is a property of the canvas. It kind of soaks the ink. That’s why I embossed it. But, Be prepared, it doesn’t make the nice, smooth, glossy embossed texture because it’s on the canvas. I just did it to make the color stronger. Remember…I’m going for texture….

That button is from the Naturals Designer Buttons. It nice cause it looks like wood.

And, of course, I had to make a matching envelope:

Well, I hope that got you in the mood for the upcoming “HALL OF HOLIDAYS”. It seems like it comes quick and goes fast…. You are off to see what Deb Leigh has for you. Click the button below. Or, use the list if you need.

Nancy Amato   http://stampinallnight.blogspot.com
Melissa Bolinger http://www.stampinup.net/blog/2089191
Jackie Bottomley   http://www.jackiebottomley.blogspot.com
Susan Carlson   http://stampinmomoffour.blogspot.com
Tamra Davis http://www.thecardladies.com
Connie Deibler   http://www.conniestamps.com
Sherri Eddleblute http://www.sweetestdesigns.blogspot.com
Crystal Kondo   http://www.card-ed.com
Deb Lehigh   http://thestampinhut.typepad.com
Anne Matasci http://www.MauiStamper.wordpress.com
Robin Merriman http://www.trinitydesignstudio.blogspot.com
Audra Monk http://thecraftyyogi.blogspot.com
Maria Pane   http://www.stampinandscrappinwithriri.blogspot.com
Andi Potler http://www.absolutekreations.com
Michele Reynolds   http://www.inspirationink.typepad.com
Vicki Soni http://www.paperinkle.com
Pam Staples   http://www.sunnygirlscraps.com
Jeri St. John   https://jerrisgemtastics.blogspot.com
Jeannette Swain   http://www.stampsnwhatnot.com
Janet Wakeland http://www.remarkablycreated.com

Sep5

“Tag-It” Cased!

Posted on September 5, 2013 by clkondo

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So. Here is another example of the Ronald McDonald House Charities Stamp Set: Tag it. And it came straight from the pages of Stamp in’ Success. This is the glorious little piece of mail that graces my mailbox every couple of months. That reason alone is reason to sign up. Anyway, its a simple card. I added the use of washi tape. Cause I’m in love with washi. Anyway… here it is…

I changed some of the colors and stamped the image in a single color just to make it easier. But, I added some dazzling details on the balloons just for dimension.

And a little touch of the chevron ribbon…. LOVE THE RIBBON… just stapled on… so easy..

A fun, fast, easy card. And that 3×6 size card is one if my favorites. It is different from a normal card but doesn’t require extra postage like a square card does. And now with our new envelope punch board…. you are gonna have to stay tuned. I’ve got lots to show you with that…

Sep3

The Swap That Wasn’t

Posted on September 3, 2013 by clkondo

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So. I had a swap idea that didn’t make the convention. I’m sure it felt super lonely. I just ran out of time. And since one of my swaps got cancelled, I just didn’t need it.

But it was a good little swap….

This is it! Pretty simple. But nice…

The thing I like about the floral framelits… well…. framelits… is that you can cut holes where you want. So infused it to cut the center out. And I used the daydream medallion sets in the cut out.

The swirls on the outside come from the Creative Elements stamp set and the sentiment is from A Round Array. Butterflies come from Papillon Potpourri… which btw is on sale this month…. stamp set and matching punch is 15% off!

Here is a look at the inside…

And one final view of the front.

So sad for the not-a-swap. But I still like it. This means it will be a card that gets sent to someone special. Which is a more noble calling….

Aug29

What do pumpkins have to do with paper?

Posted on August 29, 2013 by clkondo

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The answer to this, I do not know.

But, what I do know is that you only have a FEW DAYS LEFT to take advantage of the Paper Pumpkin Promotion (say that 10 times fast). This is the monthly subscription service that brings a glorious little orange little box to your door with everything you need for a 30 minute craft ‘timeout’. Cause we are learning that time outs are sometimes necessary for our own sanity.

Paper Pumpkin is $19.95/month (plus tax) but if you sign up right now, (by August 31) you will get your first TWO months for $10. Go to mypaperpumpkin.com and use the code PUMPKINDEAL. This is a wonderful deal. And, to sweeten the pot, I have a few things to show you. First off, if you sign up and designate me as your demonstrator, you will get a little gifty from me…

It’s a stamp case to store your paper pumpkin stamps and a tube of Tombow the Wonder Adhesive (as Anne calls it, and I agree). Adhesive is the only thing that doesn’t come in the kit.

Here’s a close up:

And, here is something I made from the first kit you will receive…. (Now, the card isn’t the one in the kit, but I’m using the same stamps….just to show you the versatility of it. Cause after you make what is in the kit, you can make OTHER things too…)

And full disclosure. I totally copied this card. Out of the most recent Stampin’ Success. Stampin’ Success is one of the perks of being a demo. You get a beautiful magazine every couple of months that have LOADS of ideas. Ideas you can use. Right away. Like I just did. Cause I can.

Your starter Pumpkin kit comes with that “hey there” stamp and the splotches stamp. The stamps that look like washi tape come from a stamp set called “Tape It”. (BTW, I LOVE that set too). I used calypso coral, summer star fruit and pistachio pudding ink, and crumb cake ink (stamp off to make it appear lighter). The cardstock is very vanilla and crumb cake.

Here’s another look:

I’m experimenting with a black background for photos. Let me know what you think. Do you like it better than the white background??

Here is a close up of the embellishment:

Some bling and linen thread and a couple of punches make the card just stand out. This card comes together SO fast. And it is another use for your starter kit!!

And, you can give paper pumpkin as a gift too. It’s fun to get a coupe of kits and take them and put them together with a friend. Even friends who don’t craft or are used to stamping. It’s so easy to do and put together that they will have a good time working on it with you.

So, remember…. by August 31. Mypaperpumpkin.com code: PUMPKINDEAL.

And I guess we can say pumpkins and paper mean an EXCELLENT time out. Do you follow my logic???

Aug27

A Graduation Celebration

Posted on August 27, 2013 by clkondo

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So… a few weeks ago, Aaron’s aunty and cousin asked if I would give them a little guidance on decorating for Elyse’s (said cousin) high school graduation party.

I don’t think they knew what they were getting into…. asking me….

I LOVE parties and decorating and all of it. So, I think I scared them a bit, but we had lots of fun.

Anyway. Elyse had been collecting ideas off of pinterest. And she wanted this one idea where you use book pages to make table runners. So we started there. And had to sacrifice some books (sad, but they went to good use). And she made these awesome rosettes that we tried to incorporate where we could. (She showed me one and I gave her homework to make about a million more.)

So… here it is!

That’s Elyse. Isn’t she beautiful? And she’s standing next to the desserts. We used the same book idea and a stash of that First Edition DSP that I nearly had to trade my first born for….to make the pennants. The colors used were strawberry slush, costal cabana, wisteria wonder, and daffodil delight.

Diploma display. If you look close you can see the table runner. We made scallop edges out of card stock and the tasteful trim die to add color.

Instead of a guest book we had people sign these cards…and write a “key to success”. Notice the little key?? I punched a hole in the corner to put them on a book ring. These will be great for her to read while she is away at school…

These are those rosettes she made. I have no idea how. But that little burlapy thing is the favor. A remake of my convention burlapy thingy. Only hers has 2 nuggets.

Oh yeah… it was a tea! I shoulda led with that. Anyway… we used decorated mason jars for stuff we needed contained. Like cutlery.

And cause we had extra pennants, burlap, and jars…. we made some jars of pennants! Cause everyone loves festive pennants. Filled the jar with heavy stuff and covered it with brown crinkle paper.

And all the festivity made Isaac tired. We couldn’t find him at one point and got to looking for him and found him passed out on Elyse’s bed.

Anyway. These congratulations are way late and Elyse has already started classes at Oklahoma Baptist University. (My and Aaron’s alma mater) I’m excited to see what is in store for her and how God will use her! Its exciting to know that she is there with my little sister. I’m not sure Bison Hill is gonna know what hit it…

BISON! GO WITH KA-RIP!

Aug23

Wow for a little one.

Posted on August 23, 2013 by clkondo

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The second swap I was part of for convention was a wow card swap. And the rule for this is that the card was supposed to wow. So. That’s a tall order. And…. I had signed up for a children’s card swap that got cancelled…. but I had already cut the paper for the card… so, I decided to have a wow children’s card. Smaht, yeah me…. (that is Hawaii speak for “brilliant idea… you go girl”).

So, this card uses zoo babies stamp set. I had to buy this one cause I was so sad when they retired fox and friends. But… SU! always comes through and replaced it with this cute set. But, looking at the picture… you must be saying… that’s not wow worthy. Just wait…

Before we get to the wow, I want to show you some of the details on the front. I was also sad when the tiny key tag punch retired. But never fear… the little bitty labels punch worked perfectly. And I love those safety pins. They are perfect on baby cards. That is the crumb cake taffeta. The colors are so saffron, costal cabana (love it) and baked brown sugar. I embossed the bottom panel with the polka dots. What did we do with ourselves before embossing??

Okay. Now for the wow. And this wow is so easy that anyone can do.

It’s an easel card! All you gotta do is make sure something on the inside is bumped up so it can hold the paper back.

Here’s a view from the side. You cut your card base like normal (5.5x 8.5). Fold in half. Then on the front of the card score again at the half way. ( score at 2 1/8). You will then create the front of the card on another panel and then adhere it to the BOTTOM portion of that scored front. And it’s that easy.

You can see how the top of the giraffe is what holds the card hope. I love the giraffe and rhino. It was a little mental cutting them out but it goes fast. Do it while watching TV and it breezes by. I did it while watching Isaac dig in the sand.

What is nice about the easel card is that it can be a nice little decoration for the recipient.

And. I love the toucan.

Since they are so easy… everyone can make a wow card!

Aug20

My “top-notch swap.

Posted on August 20, 2013 by clkondo

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I just realized I haven’t shared MY convention swaps…. so here goes.

So. This year my travel plans were extremely tight before convention. I returned from Kansas just 24 hours before leaving again for Salt Lake. Knowing this, I decided to just sign up for a couple of organized swaps just so I could sign up for things I was interested in. This swap was called “Top-Notch and what I liked about this one is that we had to specify the stamp set we were gonna use. That way we we got 20 cards using 20 different sets! I signed up to use the Happy Flowers hostess set. Cause it is happy, happy!

I am in love with the new in colors. They are so…. I don’t even know how to describe it. Anyway. I made this with Crisp Cantaloupe embossed with the polka dot embossing folder. I added the pool party trim embossed with chevron. The strip of paper is crumb cake. And whisper white for the scallop trim. I love the crisp whiteness with the crisp cantelouoness. I cut out the stamped image with the floral framelits die. Then added the flower in the center. For this, I punched the 1 1/4″ scallop 3 times. Put a mini brad through all 3 and misted with water. Scrunch, smooch, sploosh, crinkle…crinkle and you have a nice flower.

Then of course rhinestones. Can’t do without rhinestones.

So… that’s it! My top notch convention swap. And I gotta say. I thoroughly enjoyed the seal too. Well planned and ran. And got lots of great samples.

Aug17

Best of…. Shelli

Posted on August 17, 2013 by clkondo

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So, welcome back for the next installment of the BEST OF tour. This month is Best of Shelli…. This stamp set was hand picked by co-founder Shelli Gardner as some of her favorite images. One look at the set will tell you why…

And, I’ve been on a 3×3 kick lately, so the project I have for you is this little 3×3 note card set housed in one of those FABULOUS muslin bags from the Holiday Catalog. Have a look-see:

So, you probably already know that I’m in love with this year’s In-Colors. This set of cards features two: Baked Brown Sugar and Strawberry Slush. And, it has that incredible stretch ruffled ribbon. Just a small piece, but that’s all it needs. I stamped the image in baked brown sugar and used the sentiment from the stamp set “Six Sided Sampler”. And, I copied that same image on both the envelope and INSIDE the envelope with those awesome framelit envelope liner. JUST LOVE THOSE.

Close up of the card so you can see the little flag of ribbon I stapled on. I covered it with the faceted buttons and put one of those GIGANTIC rhinestones inside to cover the holes. It adds the perfect amount of bling and covers the staple… 🙂

These are those muslin bags. AND THEY’RE STAMP-ABLE. I put a thin piece of cardboard inside just to make it rigid and keep color from bleeding through and just had at it. I copied the same embellishment on the bag, but instead of the staple I used the hot glue gun…

I love these bags because of the drawstring. It gives a nice little ruffle on the top and the string is long enough to tie in a knot or a bow. And, it has cute little tassels on the end. These are 8 for $9.95. (4×5.5″) I can TOTALLY see these for gift cards at Christmas. Or jewelry bags. or…or… or…

OR… 3×3 note cards!!

Here is an upclose of the envelopes. And, the envie insert. These will SPICE UP ANY envelope and make it the NOT BORING WHITE ENVELOPE. I used card stock I stamped as the liner… but, probably better would be to use DSP. Just cause card stock is a little thick. But, it still works.

Final product… It’s SO fun making 3×3 cards….

Next, you are on to Deb Leigh. Enjoy the tour!!

If you need to click through the list old-school style, here you go…

Nancy Amato    http://stampinallnight.blogspot.com
Melissa Bolinger      http://www.stampinup.net/blog/2089191
Jackie Bottomley     http://www.jackiebottomley.blogspot.com
Susan Carlson       http://www.stampinmomoffour.blogspot.com
Tamra Davis     http://www.thecardladies.com
Sherri Eddleblute    http://www.sweetestdesigns.blogspot.com
Lynn Embrey        http://www.possibilitiestamperstudio.com
Kathy Hamrick http://www.countryroads.typepad.com
Crystal Kondo   http://www.card-ed.com
Deb Lehigh   http://thestampinhut.typepad.com
Anne Matasci http://www.MauiStamper.wordpress.com
Robin Merriman http://www.trinitydesignstudio.blogspot.com
Andi Potler   http://www.absolutekreations.com
Michele Reynolds http://www.inspirationink.typepad.com
Sharon Tisdale http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/coveredbridgesstamper/blog
Janet Wakeland http://www.remarkablycreated.com

Aug10

Tag…you’re IT!!

Posted on August 10, 2013 by clkondo

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Okay, So I don’t know how the title has anything to do with the card I made, but I had to use it… cause it was so corny…

Anyway… Welcome back to the Stamp of the Month tour…. This month we are using the Ronald McDonald House Charities Set called “Tag It”. This set is special because $3 from the sale of the set is donated to RMHC. It’s so cute, and it’s for a good cause!! This set is $16.95 for clear or $22.95 for wood.

The other great thing about this set is all the images coordinate with the Chalk Talk Framelits. So…. there is a matching cut-out for each one…to make it a tag!! How great is that??!!??

So, here is the card I made. I was kinda of drawn to the Christmas image. It’s August. I know, but we are already starting to think about our Christmas Stamp Classes and just, well, hum. I don’t know. I just decided to do Christmas. Go put on some Christmas music then come back and finish reading this post…

So, there you have it… My Christmas Card in August. I decided I wanted to maker a card, as opposed to a set of tags, so I decided I needed some other images to play with. Gorgeous Grunge to the rescue. We got this stamp set as part of or Convention goodies, and I gotta say, I had trouble WAITING till convention to get it. It makes such glorious background stuff. And, WASHI. I am truly, honestly, and FULLY in LOVE with WASHI TAPE. It’s so easy to use. And, that’s the SU washi in the Christmas Colors (p. 25 in the Holiday Catalog…$4.95 for 3 rolls…which is a STEAL). Anyway, The inks I used in the background were Early Espresso and Crumb Cake. I wanted to keep it neutral and use the washi to add color. I love that it is a little see-through. This makes it real fun to layer.

For the card I used Crumb Cake and then layered with Early Espresso. I stamped on Very Vanilla.

Close up of the tag. You can kinda see my flub up there…. here’s why…

Can you see in the light that it is embossed? I wanted it embossed, but wanted it TWO colors. And, really didn’t want to have to cut out stuff. SO…. I wanted to clear emboss over ink. And you typically would do this by stamping your stamp in the versamark ink, then into the color ink. But, cause I wanted 2 colors, I decided to try and marker it after stamping in the versamark. Don’t do that. It doesn’t work. I had to get creative with how I used the ink pad and ink the image with the edges and corners of the ink pads. That’s why the flub. And, this happened:

See the red seam binding? It’s cleverly disguising a red spot on the image, where I dropped the stamp into the red stamp pad after having the espresso ink on it already. (BTW: the red is Cherry Cobbler). And, I like the cherry cobbler seam binding on the card. Don’t you just love happy accidents? Anyway, back to embossing…. stamp the image in versamark, cleverly apply the ink from the other stamp pads, then sprinkle with clear embossing powder and emboss. I decided to hand trim the image out because I wanted to be able to layer it onto the espresso tag that I made with the coordinating framelit… so, yes, I cut it by hand…

SO. Now. TAG. YOU’RE IT. It’s your turn to play with this wonderful stamp set, give to charity (when you order the set) and make some fantastic projects with it!! But, wait…. finish the blog tour of course!!

Your next stop is Deb Leigh. Click on the button below…

If that doesn’t work, you can use the list below to go on to the next blog…

Nancy Amato   http://stampinallnight.blogspot.com
Melissa Bolinger http://www.stampinup.net/blog/2089191
Jackie Bottomley   http://www.jackiebottomley.blogspot.com
Susan Carlson   http://stampinmomoffour.blogspot.com
Tamra Davis http://www.thecardladies.com
Connie Deibler   http://www.conniestamps.com
Danielle Denhardt   http://www.purrfectlycreative.com
Sherri Eddleblute http://www.sweetestdesigns.blogspot.com
Crystal Kondo   http://www.card-ed.com
Deb Lehigh   http://thestampinhut.typepad.com
Anne Matasci http://www.MauiStamper.wordpress.com
Robin Merriman http://www.trinitydesignstudio.blogspot.com
Audra Monk http://thecraftyyogi.blogspot.com
Maria Pane   http://www.stampinandscrappinwithriri.blogspot.com
Andi Potler http://www.absolutekreations.com
Michele Reynolds   http://www.inspirationink.typepad.com
Vicki Soni http://www.paperinkle.com
Pam Staples   http://www.sunnygirlscraps.com
Jeri St. John   https://jerrisgemtastics.blogspot.com
Jeannette Swain   http://www.stampsnwhatnot.com
Janet Wakeland http://www.remarkablycreated.com

Jul23

Another guest swapper

Posted on July 23, 2013 by clkondo

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Hello again! I bet you thought that since convention was over, I forgot about sharing the rest of my swaps. Oh contraire mon frere! I did not forget! I wanted to share this next fabulous card made by guest stamper, Stephanie R. But before I do… I must apologize to guest stamper Stephanie M. cause I didn’t think of taking pictures until all of hers were gone. They were good and went fast…. ugh. Oh well. Anyway… back to the card… here it is

Cute! She used that fabulous modern melody DSP. It’s a whole pack of DSP that is black and vanilla. Which means it goes with EVERY COLOR WE HAVE. And. Right now until the end of July, all DSP papers are buy 3 get one free. You totally could load up on this cause it is so versatile.

Anyway. I love the card. The colors… the butterflies. Such a nice job.

Stay tuned for more swaps…

hanniejoy&co

creating joy with family and crafts

Stamp of the Month Tour

“Tag-It” Cased!

The Swap That Wasn’t

What do pumpkins have to do with paper?

A Graduation Celebration

Wow for a little one.

My “top-notch swap.

Best of…. Shelli

Tag…you’re IT!!

Another guest swapper

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