Swap Card for OnStage

Today I am showcasing the cards that I made to swap at OnStage in Vancouver. I used the Piece of Cake bundle (stamp set and cake builder punch). I brought 20 of each design with me and loved every single card I received in return.

 

Left Card:

• Card base is flirty flamingo, cut at 8 1/2 x 4 1/4 and scored at 5 1/2
• First layer is balmy blue cut at 4" x 5 1/4". I stamped the candle image repeatedly along the left side and the Happy Birthday sentiment repeatedly in the lower right corner using pacific point ink.
• I stamped the cake image, colored it using the Stampin Blends (flirty flamingo and balmy blue), punched it out, punched the cake stand, punched a black starburt and attached everything together using dimensionals.
• I cut two strips of ribbon, attaching them to the backside of the black star burst and added a twine from the silver and white bakers twine to the front of the cake stand. I then attached this whole embellishment to the front of the card, as shown, using dimensionals.

Right Card:

• Card base is night of navy, cut at 8 1/2 x 4 1/4 and scored at 5 1/2
• First layer is sahara sand cut at 4" x 5 1/4". I stamped the candle image repeatedly along the left side and the Happy Birthday sentiment repeatedly in the lower right corner using night of navy and calypso coral ink.
• I stamped the cake image, colored it using the Stampin Blends (calypso coral and balmy blue), punched it out, punched the cake stand, punched a black starburst and attached everything together using dimensionals.
• I then attached this whole embellishment to the front of the card, as shown, using dimensionals, and added a few sequins as I was going for a more masculine version with this card.

Lift Me Up

Today I am showcasing the Lift Me Up bundle retiring at the end of May. This is a bundle that will be staying on my shelf for years to come as it is very versatile. I love the details in the balloons and the clouds, both in the stamps and the coordinating die cuts. This is a bundle that I reach for when I need a birthday card, congratulations, thank you, valentines, love you, a pick-me-up card or its great for whatever else you need it to be! I also love that it can be feminine, masculine, for kids, and for adults.  Its truly a great all occasion set.

Fabulous Flamingo

Today I am showcasing a stamp set that is retiring at the end of May. I love that this set is a 3-step stamp set.

Left Card: I used the set as designed; stamping the outline of the flamingo and then stamping the inside layers using flirty flamingo ink.

Right Card: I stamped the leaf frame on one layer of cardstock using granny apple green and old olive. I stamped the outline of the flamingo on another piece of cardstock and then colored it in using the Stampin Blends, specifically calypso coral.  The sprig of grass was stamped using garden green. The water was stamped in pool party and then shaded in using the light pool party Stampin Blend marker. The greeting comes from another stamp set and is stamped on a piece of watercolor paper that was watercolor washed with pacific point and a touch of bermuda bay.

OnStage 2019 Vancouver

Hi Everyone!
Sorry it has been a while since I last posted. I have been busy with a bathroom renovation which is now complete and I am so happy to be back in my studio creating beautiful things! A couple of weeks ago my girlfriend and I, along with a bunch of ladies from our team here in Calgary, traveled to Vancouver, BC for OnStage 2019.  This was my girlfriend's first experience with OnStage and she absolutely loved it. Well, come on, we both had a blast!  What's not to like about getting the new annual catalogue in hand, swapping with other like minded creative souls, playing with new product, prize patrols, and seeing such wonderful presentations! It was a full day of complete FUN!  Here are some of my pictures...

We arrived in Vancouver on Friday afternoon and was excited to see this backdrop as well as the check in tables in the lobby of the hotel.



Friday evening we went for a seafood dinner. Being an Alberta girl, how could I not take advantage of fresh seafood off the west coast of Canada!  This restaurant is right on the water and the food is amazing!  I had been here about 9 years ago with my boyfriend at the time (now husband) and had the mussels.  To my excitement, they still had them on the menu and they were just as good as I remembered. Good thing we had to walk back to the hotel because we were stuffed.

Saturday morning, we were up and downstairs lined up to register at 7:30 in the morning!

New catalog in hand!

 My girlfriend and I hanging out and having fun swapping beautiful projects with everyone!

Below are the make-and-takes that we made...

Group photo of the team we are a part of, from Calgary!  I am proud to be a part of Rose Coleman's team, the Ink-Cited Canadians!  Such a great group of ladies. There were 12 of us that traveled from Calgary.

Rose, our team leader is so sweet. She made each of us this cute purse out of the Full Wide Stamp Case and included some treats inside. How thoughtful is that!

What a great weekend. Looking forward to the next one!



Floating Pop Box Card

It has been a while since I last posted. Seems I have been focusing more on my Facebook page.  I also recently joined the Instagram world.  The other day, when I was perusing the Facebook world I came across this beautiful 3 dimensional card and instantly knew that I had to CASE it. There was an instructional video done by "Mixed Up Craft" and she called the card a "Floating Pop Box Card".  Her cards were approximately 6"x 6" square. I came up with an easy way to create something similar that would fit in an A2 envelope...and believe me its quick and easy!

Here are my samples!

TGIFC170 Repeat after Me

Today I am playing along with the TGIF Challenge 'Repeat after Me'!
I chose to use the Lift me Up stamp set because I thought that the balloons stamped repeatedly was appropriate for this challenge.  I wanted to design a card that could be either feminine or masculine so decided to use cherry cobbler and bermuda bay as the primary colors. I love this color combination! I then decided that the card needed some dimension so cut out some clouds and then added ribbon and rhinestones as embellishments to finish it of.

Animal Outing Trio

I just can't put this set down this week! I love the soft colors with a bit of rustic feel of these cards. After embossing the very vanilla cardstock with the wood-grain embossing folder I lightly sponged smokey slate across it to give rustic look. Then, to soften the look I used muted colors for the images and added the polka dot tulle ribbon.

Animal Outing Note Cards and Box

The animal outing set is so sweet! The main colors that I used for this project are: calypso corral, pear pizazz, old olive, tranquil tide, and very vanilla.  As you can see I also used scraps of paper from the share what you love dsp and wood textures dsp pack.  I think these would be a great thank you gift, thinking of you gift, or just because!