Ruth's Stamping Escape

St. Patrick's Day Pop-Up and Spring Butterfly Card

Here are 2 cards we made for club last night.  The ladies loved them.  The St Patrick's Day is from the Occasions Mini Catalog and the inside 'Celebrate' is from the Outline Occasions set in the Sale-a-brations(SAB) catalog.  The butterfly card is from the Fresh Vintage set in the Sale-a-bration catalog. 

One of these days I'm going to get into the video/tutorial world and then I could just send you to my video to watch me make my cards.  But I'm just not there YET. 

If you're coming to my Stamp Camp on Saturday, Feb 25th, we'll be making a similar pop-up card.  You'll get hands-on how to make this type of fun card.If you're local to Northern VA, and are not on my EVITE list for stamp camps, just send an email to me and I'll happily add you.

The Square Lattice Embossing folder was used with the Big Shot Machine to create the textured background and it's done with a piece of 5 1/8 x 3 7/8 piece of Vellum Cardstock.  It's such a cool affect when it turns the raised portion of the vellum to white.  We heat embossed the St. Patrick's Day by stamping with Garden Green Craft ink and then covering with Clear Embossing Powder and then heat seting with our heat gun. Then flip it over and use our coordinating Stamin' Write Markers to color inside the outlined words.  It looks messy when you're coloring but when you flip it back to the right side, it's beautiful.  This technique of coloring is called Stained Glass.  After coloring the vellum, we used the Labels Collection Framelits and the Big Shot to cut out the St. Patrick's Day image and the next size up for the mat behind it.  We used the Crop-a-dile to punch holes in the vellum to weave the new 3/8" Ruffled Ribbon through.  The colors used on this card are Lucky Limeade (new In-color) and Garden Green.

Simply Scored, Window Sheets, Sticky Strip, and Heart to Heart punch were used to pop the hearts up.

side view so you can see the hearts popped up

The colors for the butterfly card are inspired from the flowers blooming in my front yard this week!  Last night snow....not much but the flowers are confused.  The daffodils are budding and the tulips are coming up.  We are having crazy weather.  

This card layout is inspired from my sister Donna.  Thanks sis.  As demonstrators and sisters, we love sharing ideas with each other and, it keeps us close even though we're hundreds of miles apart.

Wonderful Wings Embosslit, Big Shot, Fresh Vintage stamp set. Pearls for the big butterfly. Daffodil Delight Stampin' Write Marker.  It's hard to see that we colored in the flowers and dots with the marker, which pulls the colors together nicely.  Concord Crush is an in-color that will be going away in a few months.  I will miss it.

Leadership Gifts for my Downline and Roomies

The path is paved with good intentions...mine always are but I just always seem to run behind.  lol.  Leadership in San Antonio was fabulous and I still need to post more from that event.  I did want to post the gifts I made for my downline and my roomies though.  It's an altered clipboard and I had such fun making them.  They do take a while but they were so worth it and everyone loved them.  I hope you like this sample that I made for Terri.  The 'Friends' is from Vintage Vogue.  The clipboard is covered with the Neutrals Patterns DSP.  I cut the cork into 4x4 and put a double layer down with a hot glue gun, courtesy of my MIL(only the 2nd time I've ever used one of those....I think I need to buy myself one).

The photo corners punch is retired but I just love it for things like this so I'll never sell it.  The calendars were purchased online.  The rest is self explanatory...I think.  If you have any questions, please feel free to email me. 

Twitterplated Elementary Elegance Birthday

I've been trying to get back to the basics lately and that includes heat embossing.  There was a while when I totally forgot about embossing powder and embossing and I don't know why because it's one of my favorite techniques.  It's easy and gives such a wow factor.  The platinum EP is so beautiful.  At first I thought it can't be that different than silver but boy was I WRONG.  It is stunning.  This card uses fun things from both the Occasions Mini catalog and the Sale-a-bration catalog.  Don't you just love the new pleated ribbon.  Perfect pleats every time.  That does my heart good.  Although I am trying not to be so A type...it's a hard habit to kick. lol...in fact I'm looking at this now and thinking I stamped that Happy Birthday a little high on the right side. Oh well...I'll get over it.  It's hand made, right.  It's not supposed to be perfect.  Twitterplated DSP, Elementary Elegance Stamp Set (SAB), Riding Hood Red Pleated Satin Ribbon, Platinum Embossing Powder

Sale-a-Bration - Everyday Enchantment and Framelits

I just can't get enough of the FREE Designer Series Paper (DSP) Everyday Enchantment - page 7 of the Sale-a-bration (SAB) catalog .  Remember, when you purchase $50 from the big IB&C or the Occasions Mini catalogs you receive a free pick, your choice, from the Sale-a-bration catalog.  I think this DSP is one of my all time favorites.  The Framelits are wonderful too.  I'm so glad SU! is designing them for us.  I hope they come out with LOTS more.  I know I'll want them all.  The Apothecary Art is my absolute FAVORITE stamp set in the new Occasions Mini catalog.  The minute I saw it, I had to have it.

Here is a card we made on Saturday at one of my UL meetings.  We had a great time.  You can't really tell but we used the new Big Shot die 'Designer Rosette' for the bottom of the card, with the Everyday Enchantment DSP.  It creates a crease/pleat every 1/2 inch. It's really beautiful in person.

 

 

 

Poppy Parade and Gray

Isn't this a pretty color combination.  The butterfly is stamped in craft white ink on vellum and then embossed with white embossing powder and then use heat gun.  Everyday Enchantment DSP, Fresh Vintage and Teeny Tiny Wishes Stamp sets.