Weekly Mail & March Club Card

Happy Birthday Mackenzie! Today is my God daughter's 12th birthday and this is the card I sent her. It is also the side step card we'll be making in Club next Sunday. I was inspired to use the old olive with the pretty in pink from a Valentine card I got from my friend, Shelagh. Thank's Shelagh!

Supplies:
sets - on your b-day
cs - vanilla, pretty in pink, old olive, sending love designer paper
ink - pretty in pink & old olive pads
access - scallop trim border & corner punches, scallop oval punch, mini glue dots, beautiful wings embosslit, big shot, sponges

Happy Stamping! Mary

Side Step Cards

These two cards use the Sending Love designer paper and the Beautiful Wings embosslit. Yes, that is the extra large Fancy Flower punch. It coordinates nicely with the With All My Heart set.

I made this card for my son's friend who had a birthday party last Friday. It uses chocolate chip & brocade blue cardstock and markers and the Sweat Pea designer paper. I stamped the little "Happy (bird) day" stamp from the hostess level one set that's in the Occasion's mini catalog. The other stamp is from the Heard from the Heart set. I also made a coordinating box to hold a gift card, but forgot to take a photo.

These side step cards are so much fun to make! I learned how to make them from Julie's blog. I typed up an easy to follow tutorial (similar to Julie's) and will be teaching my club how to make them this month. I just got the cottage wall dp (can you believe I waited this long!) and want to make some with it.

Happy Stamping! Mary

Weekly Mail

Note: Post Edited - this is one of the cards I gave with the mini milk carton. It is a Side Step card that I learned how to make from Julie. We are going to make this kind of card with my Club this month. It's such a fun and easy card to make! I'll show you another version tomorrow.
Supplies:
sets - I heart hearts, a light heart (retired)
cs - lovely lilac, melon mambo, whisper white, razzleberry lemonade dp
ink - melon mabo pad and marker, lovely lilac pad, crushed curry marker
access - heart to heart, full heart and pinking hearts border punches, crurry polka dot gg ribbon, dimensionals


Ok, it's not exactly mail. I made these mini milk cartons out of vellum cardstock and am going to give them to two friends as a thank you gifts. We're going on a women's retreat with our church this weekend and they are driving. I used the Always wheel on them with pink passion ink and embossed it with clear ep. You can use classic ink on vellum and emboss because it doesn't dry quickly. I added a few butterflies with the Beautiful Wings embosslit and almost amethyst dsp. One is closed with mini library clips (it takes two to close instead of just one 1/2" library clip) and one utilizes some organdy ribbon I had in my stash. I'll be sure it's filled with yummy candy!

You can find all the supplies to make this adorable mini milk carton on Stampin Up's website. The set is Good Neighbors that I got FREE as a SAB item. I only tweaked it a tiny bit by putting the house on a layered tag instead of a circle. It's not too late to get your own free SAB item. Call me today and I will tell you how!

Tri Shutter Thank You Card in Sahara Sand Tones

My inlaws gave us a very generous Christmas gift this year, so I wanted to make them a very special thank you card. Well, it took me two months to finally do it, but I think they liked it.

Supplies:
sets - upsy daisy, kind and caring thoughts
cs - retired dp (I don't know the name), sahara sand dsp (current hostess level 1 choice), whisper white
ink - whisper white craft pad
access - big shot, beautiful wings embosslit, white ep, heat tool, mini glue dots

Happy Stamping! Mary

More Altered Textured Impression Cards

Here are more altered textured impressions cards using the Big Shot, a wooden oval frame and the Finial Textured Impressions Folder. The Finial Press Folder usually makes an all over impression, but I saw a demonstrator named Patty add a wooden oval frame to create a blank area in the middle of the card where you can stamp. Isn't that cool?

Supplies:
sets - thoughts & prayers, always, close to my heart, and well scripted
cs - whisper white, brushed metallic gold (for rings on congrats card)
ink - markers, certainly celery and chocolate chip craft pads, gold encore pad
access - big shot, finial press folder, wooden oval frame, narrow white organdy ribbon, mini glue dots, 1/2" & 3/4" circle punches (for rings on congrats card)

Happy Stamping! Mary

More Scallop Envelope Boxes

Here are a few more of the scallop envelope boxes. I love the new xl bird punch. It's fun to add a bird to cards and projects!

Stamp Therapy with the Big Shot

We made four projects in my recent "Stamp Therapy with the Big Shot" class ~ two cards and two 3-D items. I have more samples of scallop envelope boxes that I posted here & here & here. I'll post a few more samples in a couple days. They are so easy to make! I showed my friend Cheryl how to make them and she's making some as little Easter baskets. Wouldn't that be cute? I also have more samples of altered texture impressions cards that I'll post.

Happy Stamping! Mary

Scallop Envelope Box Supplies:
set - well scripted
cs - pip, real red, or chocolate chip cs, sending love dp
ink - chocolate chip pad
access - three flower, full heart, & five petal flower punches, fire rhinestone brads, pip gg or chocolate chip satin ribbon, sticky strip, dimensionals, paper piercer & mat pack, big shot, scallop envelope die

Mini Milk Carton Supplies:
set - sprinkles, fresh cuts
cs - perfect plum, whisper white
ink - whisper white craft pad, perfect plum pad
access - 1/2" library clip, small tag, horizontal slot & eyelet border punches, white gg ribbon, sticky strip & mini glue dots, big shot, mini milk carton die

Altered Texture Impression Finial Card Supplies:

sets - happy together, always, well scripted (inside sentiment)
cs - whisper white
ink - bermuda bay pad and marker, crushed curry & melon mambo markers
access - big shot, finial press textured impressions folder, oval wood frame

Top Note Card Supplies:
sets - inspired by nature, sprinkles (inside)
cs - elegant eggplant, whisper white, summer sun, certainly celery, apricot appeal dsp
ink - elegant eggplant, summer sun, & certainly celery pads
access - big shot, top note die, beautiful wings embosslit, wide oval punch, celery gg ribbon, sponges, dimensionals

Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day Everyone! This is another mini milk carton that I made with a clear window sheet. I filled it with Valentine peanut M&M's (pinks) and am going to give it to my husband. I have the rest of the bag of candy to eat - lol

Supplies:
sets - short & sweet
cs - window sheet, vellum cardstock
ink - rose red craft pad
access - clear ep, eyelet border punch white satin ribbon, 1/2" library clip

Happy Stamping & Happy Heart Day! Mary