Bling It On!

One of our Design Team Members, Jennifer Dove, add a bit of bling to her Cupcake Card. She even sent us instructions on “How to make your own bow in 4 easy steps.” Bling it on Jenn, Bling It On!

Cupcake Card by Jennifer Dove

Supplies:

Scored and folded 8.5″ x 5.5″ white card base
Teal Panels: 4″ x 5 1/4″, 2 5/8″ x 3 1/4″ and 1 1/2″ x 2 1/4″
Plaid Panel: 3 3/4″ x 5″
White Panels: 2 1/2″ x 3 1/8″ and 1 3/8″ x 2 1/8″
Icing Fluffles and You’re the Icing Stamps
Ink
1 yard ribbon for bow plus 6″ for card
bling
Copic Markers

BOW INSTRUCTIONS:

Wrap 1 yard of ribbon around 3 fingers evenly cut little notched in the center and wrap a 5″ ribbon around notched area and tie in knot.  separate the looped ends and slightly twist.  Here is a photo.

Recycled Beauty

Krissy Fossmeyer has her third BlogStar post today with a beautiful idea on recycling and reuse! This is such a fabulous look and so clever. Here’s what Krissy has to say about it:

My oldest son and I were talking about recycling one day and about all the things that we recycle in our house.  We take the papers to the library every week for their paper fundraiser, we reuse as much as possible and our recycling can has more in it every week than our garbage can.  I’d like to think we’re pretty good at recycling.  Then he asked me if I could recycle a card.  I said that since they are paper they could be recycled.  He corrected me and said “No, can you make a recycled card?”  That little stinker challenged me!  So, it was ON!

After a bit of brainstorming, I remembered that I had a small stash of paint chips that I had picked up at Menard’s some time ago.  I first trimmed them  to remove all the writing that appeared on the front – although I don’t think that was necessary, I just liked the narrower size better for my layout.  I chose Agapanthus Thank You for the stamped image because the long, graceful blooms were the perfect size for the paint chips.  Plus, I think this stamp looks great when it is embossed in white.

Agapanthus Wish by Krissy Fossmeyer

I had so much fun making the first card, that I decided to make a set using a variety of colors.  I think I need to go back to the home improvement store and get more paint chips!

Agapanthus Rainbow by Krissy Fossmeyer

Hope all is well in your corner of the world and that you take time today to get inky!

recipe:  stamps: Stampendous! SSC1111 Agapanthus Thank You Perfectly Clear Stamps, SSC1109 Dandelion Wish Perfectly Clear Stamps; Tuskineko Ink: VersaMark, Tuxedo Black; The Paper Co; Stampendous! Detail White Embossing Powder; Pittsburgh Paints Paint Chips

 

Party Balloons Birthday Card

Welcome Kristine Reynolds back for week 2 of Stamping with the BlogStars. This week she’s chosen to make a classic birthday card (can you EVER have too many birthday cards on hand). This card is simple but dynamic, and it would be a cinch to stamp up a bunch of them, cut out balloons while watching TV, and have cards ready for the whole year! Here’s what Kristine had to say:

Hi everyone!  I am so excited that you stopped by to check out Stampendous!  I created a clean and simple birthday card to share with you today.  The card has limited embellishments but has added interest from layering the balloon images to create a fun 3-D card!

Birthday Balloons by Kristine Reynolds

Birthday Balloons
Stamps:
Y008-Party Balloons
Birthday Assortment
Paper:
Bazzill Prismatics (Classic Orange, Classic Yellow, Baby Blue Dark)
Neenah white cardstock
Ink:
Memento Tuxedo Black dye ink by Tsukineko
Copic Markers (yr00, yr02, yr04, B02, B12, B14, Y11, Y15)
Other:
All Night Media pop dots
Directions:
1. Adhere a thin orange strip and a thin blue strip of cardstock vertically along the left side of a 8″ x 3 1/2″ white panel.
2.  Stamp senitment in black ink on the bottom of the white panel and stamp the balloons in black ink above the sentiment.
3.  Stamp the balloon image 2 times on white cardstock scraps.
4.  Adhere white panel to a slightly larger yellow panel and then to a 4″ x 8 1/2″ blue card.
5.  Color all three of the stamped balloon images.
6. Cut out the orange and yellow balloon combo on one of the stamped scraps and adhere over the image on the card with pop dots.
7. Cut out just the yellow balloon on the other stamped scrap and adhere over the yellow balloon with pop dots.
The close up picture shows the cool 3D look that the layering of the balloons creates!

If you haven’t picked up the Birthday Assortment set yet, you really need to do so!  It has such a great variety of birthday sentiments that you will always have the perfect one one hand!  Thanks again for stopping by!

Stampendous Favorite Stampers: Birthdays, Part 4

This is our last batch of blogger birthday cards, but stay tuned for more great Stampendous Favorite Stampers series coming soon, like Thank You cards, Father’s Day cards and Summer cards!

Our first card is by Hope S. You can find the card at her blog
http://myideaofrecess.blogspot.com/
. Stampendous Stamps Used:

• SSC1028 Merry Muffins Perfectly Clear™ Stamp Set (to find this set, ask your local retailer. Find your local retailer here).

Our second card is by Nancy S. You can find the card at her blog
http://nancysanders.blogspot.com/
. Stampendous Stamps Used:

• SSC1051 Changito Baker Perfectly Clear™ Stamps Set

Our third card is also by Nancy S. You can find the card at her blog
http://nancysanders.blogspot.com/
. Stampendous Stamps Used:

• SSC1051 Changito Baker Perfectly Clear™ Stamps Set

Our next card is by Paula. You can find the card at her blog
http://prbloom.typepad.com/my_weblog/
. Stampendous Stamps Used:

• K085 Bee-Day Rubber Stamp (to find this stamp, ask your local retailer. Find your local retailer here).
• F188 Biker Bee Rubber Stamp (to find this stamp, ask your local retailer. Find your local retailer here).

Our final card is by Sonia K. You can find the card at her blog
http://www.scraps4fun.com/
. Stampendous Stamps Used:

• SSC177 Changito Bday Perfectly Clear™ Stamps Set