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Amber

Nothing beats Stamp Club Saturdays

So it's been awhile since the last time I posted on here.  I guess life has just gotten a little too busy to be making cards.  But today was Stamp Club so I headed over to Christina's to make some cards.  These cards are so cute. I changed the saying on a couple of my cards so I could use them for Mother's Day.

I think they all turned out really cute! And of course I had to buy the stamp set so I could create others just like these! :0)

I hope you all have a happy Easter!

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Am

Great Weekend

This weekend was full of fun.  Friday night, Juan, Phil and I went out to dinner and out to a friends birthday party.  Saturday Phil and I did some shopping and went to see the eye doctor.  That night we went out with some friends that we haven't seen in awhile.  Today, I was able to get some things done for a friend in my craft room and create some cards for all the birthdays coming up in March.


This first card is for my friend Barbara, today was her birthday.

I really like this stamp set from Stampin Up.  It's called Cheers to you.  It makes great birthday cards.  The base of my card is from Papertrey ink and it's called Kraft card stock and it was cut at 5 1/2 by 8 inches.  The pink striped paper was some scrap I had laying around.  The green came from the shimmer pack from DCVW.   I border punched it with the Ek Success bubbles punch. I punched the circle out using 1 3/4 circle punch from Stampin Up and the silver ribbon is from Papertrey ink.

This card is for my Grandma Williams.  I used all Stampin Up products here.  The base of the card is Blashful Blue and it is cut at 4 1/5 by 9 inches. The brown color is from the Neutrals Collection.  I used the Build a Blossom stamp set and punch and I can't remember the colors I used for the green and pink.  I used a brad from Stampin Up to be the center of my flower.

This card is for Zach! His birthday is in a week.  I used Papertrey Ink white and black paper.  My card base is cut at 5 1/5 by 8 inches.  The printed brown paper has dog paws on it and I again used my Ek Success bubbles punch on it. I think that is my new favorite punch.  The dog was cut from the Celebrations Cartridge and I cut him at 4.5. I used the black out feature to get the first layer then did it again for the white layer.  I jazzed it up with some Stickles on his eye and hat.

Happy Birthday to Zachary, Grandma Williams and Barbara!

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!

XoXo
Am

Baby Card

My friend, Luke, is having a baby in a week or so.  I thought I'd try to make a scallop card by using my Gypsy and welding together two scallop circles.  I had the hardest time doing this.  I made so many cuts because when I folded it was not even.  Then it dawned on me, I needed to flip one of the scallops to make it work.  After I did that it turned out great! 

 So I used the min monogram cartridge for my scallop circle and the circles.  The scalloped circles are cut at 5.5 inches and welded together using the Gypsy.  The yellow circle is cut at 6 inches and the white one is cut at 5.5 inches. The scallop circle card is using Papertrey Ink's Sweet Blush.  The yellow and white are just some scraps I had laying around.  The white paper has some embossed dots on it.

The onesie is cut from New Arrival.  I cut it at 2.5 inches and it was cut from Papertrey Inks Raspberry Fizz paper.  The flower I used from the scraps I had from making the circles.  The little hanger I had to cut a littler larger than the 2.5 inches. I think I finally did it at 3.25 inches.  I used some Stickles for the flower, it needed some bling. 

The stamp I used from the inside was from the stamp set called Inside and Out: Baby.  I love it! What a cute saying.

Have a good week!
XoXo
Amber

Stampin Up Club

Every month there is a Stampin Up club together were we make a couple of cards that our gracious host puts together for us.  Here are some pictures from February's meeting.  I loved these cards. They are colors I wouldn't normally use myself, glad Christina stretched my comfort zone and made me to think about using different colors than pink :0)

Have a good week!

Amber

Love is in the air!

I decided I would use my two snow days to create some Valentine's Day cards.  A dear friend asked me to make a couple cards and mail them to him.  The first two cards are for him.  The last card is of course for Phil :0)

The card base is made out of Papertrey Ink white paper 81/2 by 11 inch paper cut in half and folded in half.  The black layer is made from Papertrey Ink paper and is cut at 5 1/4 by 4. The heart is cut from the Love Struck Seasonal Cartridge and is cut at 4 inches.  I used scrap pink paper for it, the top layer is a pink shimmer paper.   The ribbon is from Papertrey Ink and is called Hibiscus Burst.  The stamp is from My Pink Stamper set called Punny-Licious.  It was stamped with white ink.

This card base used up some of my scrap pink paper.  It's three different pinks.  The last layer was ran through my cuttlebug and I can't remember which folder :0(  The hearts are cut out of the Love Struck Seasonal cartridge and they were cut at 2 inches.  The ribbon is from Papertrey Ink, Fresh Snow's Velvet.

I used some 8 1/2 by 11 inch red paper I had at home.  I then folded it in half and added only one layer to it.  That layer was a cream base cut at 5 1/4 by 3 1/2.  The Stamp set is by Stampin Up and it's called Things I love.  I cut out 3 squares from the Plantin cartridge.  The blue layer was cut at 1 1/2 and the cream layer 1 1/4.  On the cream layer at the end, I stamped in chocolate chip, but most of all.... I then cut out a heart from the Plantin cartridge a heart at 1 inch.  It was then stamped with You... in Chocolate chip.

I hope you enjoy!

XoXo
LuLu

Free time used wisely

I had a very busy weekend with Laura and Gabe visiting from Colorado.  Besides having guests this weekend, I also had to work.  Boo! Who wants to work on the weekend? But I did have a few minutes to put a few cards together. I started making this first card for a friend but then remembered I had a stamp set I wanted to use from Stampin Up.  So I finished up this card and started the other one.  I also needed to create a thank you note for someone special as well.

I used my Cricut Lite cartridge, Cherry Limeade to cut out the bird. I cut it at 3 inches.  I used Papertrey Ink paper for the base of my card and the first layer.  The colors are Raspberry Fizz and Sweet Blush. I do not know what kind of paper I used for the next layer but  I embossed the blue paper with the Cuttlebug folder Birds and Swirls.  I then cut a 1.5 inch by 3 3/4 inch piece of green paper and cut the top to make it look like grass.  The stamp I used is from My Pink Stamper, Punny-licious and I used Basic Black ink from Stampin Up.  I used Cotton Candy Stickles to the wing and cheek of the bird.

This is the card I made using the stamp set from Stampin Up.  It's called Cheers to you.  I stamped each of the different cocktails on the white piece of paper that was cut at 5 1/2 inches by 1 1/2 inches. I then colored them in using markers from Stampin Up.   I added a piece of blue shimmer paper across the bottom that I punched.   The card was made by cutting a piece of Papertrey Ink's Basic Krafts 8 1/2 by 11 paper in half and folding it. Then I took a piece of patterned paper and placed it on the card then added the white piece of paper with the cocktails on it.  I then punched out a circle and stamped the saying from the Cheers to you stamp set. I then added a bow made out of Papertrey Ink ribbon, Spring rain.  To jazz up the beer I added some Stickles to the top.

I received a lot of books from someone to use in my classroom. I wanted to create a thank you note but wanted it to be simple. So I cut a book from the Cursive 101 cartridge at 3 inches on white paper then cut out it out again on blackout feature on Papertrey Ink's Sweet Blush paper.  I then used a stamp set from Papertrey Ink called Inside and Out: Thank you and used Stampin Up's ink called Basic Grey. I made the card using Papertrey Ink's Basic Kraft paper and then the first layer is Sweet Blush.  The white polka dot paper is from DCWV. The silver ribbon is from Papertrey ink.   

I liked the inside of the thank you card so thought I would take a picture of it too. I used Papertrey Ink's Vintage Cream paper and used Stampin Up's Basic Grey to stamp the sentiment that came from the Inside and Out: Thank you stamp set. I then took a sponge and inked it up with the Basic Grey ink and sponged around the outside of the paper.  I think it looks good!

Thanks for stopping by. I hope everyone had a great weekend. I sure did.

XoXo
Amber