SAB SAS Class Cards

Here are the cards we made at my recent Sale-A-Bration (SAB) Stamp-A-Stack (SAS) Class. I love the first one, which I cased from Lynda, with just a little tweaking. It will probably be for my husband, or maybe my mom and the second one for my husband!

Please e-mail me or post a comment if you'd like the recipe for any of these cards.

Weekly Mail

This is a card I sent to Dave's cousin Jeff, who just had a baby girl. It's actually something I had in my stash and all the sets are retired, but isn't it pretty cute? My mom and I saw a card with this sentiment on it a couple years ago. I printed the sentiment and then added the images with some stamps. I don't remember what the image on the original card was. Cheryl and I got together last Friday. I'll post those cards soon.

Aissa's Workshop Card

Here's a card we made at Aissa's workshop last February. She wanted the card recipe for it, so here you go Aissa! It uses an emboss resist technique. We stamped the flowers on front with pigment ink and clear embossed them. Next we stamped the French Script background and the flowers resisted the ink. We didn't even need to mask them! It's a really easy technique to try. The edges are torn and sponged to give some texture.

The sentiment on the inside is from Wow Flowers. Normally it's $13.95 but you can get it Free as an SAB item! The two tone effect on the inside flowers is just from stamping off on some of them.

Post a comment and link back to me if you try this card (or technique). tfl

Supplies:

set - wow flowers, petal pizzaz, french script

cs - close to cocoa card base, ruby red, whisper white

ink - ruby red craft pad & classic pad, pumpkin pie craft pad, cameo coral craft pad, close to cocoa classic pad

access - sponges, 1/16" handheld punch, fire circle rhinestone brads, clear embossing powder, heat tool

Happy Stamping! Mary

More Samples from Inkerbelles' Meeting

These are more sample cards from the Inkerbelles' meeting I attended last Saturday. Cheri demoed the Perfect Polka Dots Texture Impressions folder and some ways it can be used. I love the house card. She impressed the dots on a plain old piece of chipboard, added some Sweet Pea felt pieces, dp, ribbon and a scallop trim punched border to the roof line. What an adorable card! She also showed how you can run the felt pieces through the folder. Just add a little starch to them and let them dry first.

Happy Stamping! Mary

3-D Items from Inkerbelles Meeting

Here are a couple 3-D items from the Inkerbelles' meeting I attended last Sat that show off items from the new Occasions Mini and the new Decore Elements brochure.

The first is a new white frame that's available from the Decore Elements brochure. The chocolate chip image is a decore element, the adorable felt flowers are from the Sweet Pea collection in the Occasions mini (items available until March 31st). Isn't that satin ribbon just yummy? The pink corduroy brads add so much texture and are adorable (they're also available in red).

The heart chipboard book, from the mini, is covered with the Sweet Pea pack of dp and decorated with chocolate 1/4" epoxy brads, images from the Vintage Vogue set, satin ribbon, & butterflies cut out with the Beatiful Wings embosslit.

Tomorrow I'll show more samples from the Inkerbelles' meeting and next week I'll show what we created in my Stamp Therapy with the Big Shot class as well as the cards we made in my SAB SAS. Don't forget to check back!

Happy Stamping! Mary

Easter Mini Milk Carton

How cute is this milk carton? This is a sample I saw at our Inkerbelles get together. It uses clear window sheets that have been given testure with the Big Shot and the Perfect Polkadots Textured Impressions Folder from the new Occasions Mini catalog. This will be fun to try!

Happy Stamping! Mary

Weekly Mail

Ok, here's the card I'm mailing this week. It's for my mom, just for fun. We will be making a similar card in Friday's Big Shot class. I used a technique that changes the look of the Finial Press Textured Impressions Folder. It gives you a blank area for stamping. I'll try to show you a bunch of other samples I made with this technique after I've photgraphed them. This is a super fun card to make and so easy to vary it! I love those little quails from Happy Together, and you can get that set free when you place a qualifying SAB order! Contact me if you'd like to know more about SU's bigest promotion of the year.

Supplies:

set - happy together, well scripted, short and sweet

cs - whipser white

ink - bermuda bay marker & pad, melon mambo and crushed curry markers

access - Big Shot, finial press textured embossing folder

Cards by Cheryl

Here are cards my friend Cheryl made recently and shared with me when we got together last Saturday.

Isn't this an adorable Valentine's card? We saw a similar card in the Stampin' Success magazine (for SU demonstrators). I don't have this set or punch. It was in the Holiday mini and I hope it goes into the new catalog next July.

I showed Cheryl how to make a Tri-fold Pocket card last month. We made them in Club last year. Here she's made one using the Cottage Wall dsp. I just love that paper! She glittered the brad in the center of the flower, but it's hard to see in this photo.

This is a brayered rose, using the Manhattan Flower Texture Impressions die, that Cheryl made. We'll be learning this technique in a roses class later this spring.

Markers or pastels? Cheryl and I both liked the pastels added to the textured flowers, but as a whole, preferred the card colored with markers.

Regular cardstock or dsp? Cheryl liked the regular cs, but I think the dsp is kind of nice, too. What do you think?

Happy Stapming! Mary