Oooh boy -my card made the FAVORITES OF THE WEEK [ending March 25,2012]   See post #5.

I am so happy - happy dance!  

 You can see the post here - I am post #5 chosen by a team member and SCS Team Moderator Cook22

who is obviously now one of my favourite people, lol! 

Here's the card again...

Splitcoast Stampers is a favourite among favourite spots for stampers - if YOU haven't posted your projects on there, think again and give it a try!  SHARING your ideas and efforts is every bit as important because you never know who you will influence!   Try as we might, some days we need a gentle push in the right direction to get us going creatively - or - fantastic techniques are captured there for you to try!  

Here is SPLITCOAST STAMPERS 

* Hi!


Its been awhile since I've posted, but that shouldn't be a surprise with all the lovely weather!  Yes, we have been out and about and turning to our 'spring things' which includes the fun stuff such as window-shopping for new spring clothes - yay! And the necessary, arranging for our beloved pooch to get his medical check and grooming - he is going to look soooo strange when we shave him down, half his size for sure, lol!


I also have a friend and fellow Stampin' Up! Demonstrator who is in one of our local hospitals and she's recovering nicely - hi Maria!


Also, I did have a class recently where some fab girls came who were new to this hobby - hi gals!  Everything went swimmingly well and they left with their projects looking great!!


So now I must turn to some new projects!


Spring projects, of course!  It's time for more blooms!  AND since our Occasions Mini Catalogue has only 1 more month left before its time is at an end, I will turn to featuring projects with the lovely products it boasts!


Such products as.....the new nesting FRAMELITE DIES  'Labels' and 'Hearts' which have 6 different sizes each - so lots you can do with those, and I absolutely LUV the shape of the Labels set, but the Hearts set is a must too after all....when couldn't you use a Heart?


And then the fantastic new EDGELITE DIES - which allow you to create 2 sets of different borders on your projects AND there's more.....they have matching EMBOSSING FOLDERS ......AND the Stamp Set " BORDERING ON ROMANCE " matches too!!!!!  Yes - its all so very cool!


Now that you know some of which I am all excited about - let me show YOU what is possible with but a few of these products.........


Lets look at the HEARTS FRAMELITE COLLECTION # 125599 retails at $32.95:

....there are the 6 sizes and the largest has a SCALLOPED BORDER. Lovely!  

Now lets see "BORDERING ON ROMANCE" Stamp Set which comes both in traditional wood-mount #125480, $33.95 and in my choice, clear-mount #125482, $26.95

*The bottom stamp, in the dotted pattern is a co-ordinating stamp for the EDGELITE Dies, "Adorning Accents" featured on page 11 of our Occasions Mini Catalogue - in fact, you will find all these products within the first few pages! IF you do not have a copy, CLICK on the LINKS posted at the beginning of this post or on my sidebar to the right.

FINALLY!   HERE IS WHAT I DID!  {hey, I am just being 'thorough' ! lol}

Please CLICK on PHOTOS to see a CLOSE-UP VIEW

....beginning with cutting 2 of the largest sized Hearts and stamping them in 2 variations  and colouring.....

.....then cutting plain cardstock to either create a support backing, or a co-ordinating 'frame'.....as I have done here with this large scalloped blue heart {sponged with rose ink}.

COLOURING MY STAMPED IMAGES

I've coloured both stamped images using our AQUA BRUSH and various inks. I start by

colouring each in lighter shades and then layering deeper shades on top. Its very easy with the Aqua Brush! 

I also highlight each image with ....what else, but glitter!  Easy once more using our DAZZLING DIAMONDS Glitter in a bottle with fine applicator! 

NOW - here you can make a CLEAN and SIMPLE CARD {CAS} - lovely! 

*HEY I AM THRILLED !!!!  

 THIS CARD WAS CHOSEN IN 

SPLITCOAST STAMPERS

FAVORITES for the week ending March 25, 2012 

Or take it up a level and embellish with gems, ribbons, fabric flowers and intense dotted background Patterns Designer Series Paper shown here in one of our 2012 In Colors, Concord Crush.

Once again - a simple card with an intersting edge to the card - highlighted with more Dazzling Details glitter! 

Add some ribbon and a simple knot - WHICH by the way, I am going to post some interesting details next 

about creating a simple ribbon technique - so COME BACK FOR MY NEXT POST!

Or again - add details with gems and pearls!  Look closely, I have added gems in matching colours along the edges and within the flower centers!  

As you can see, SPRING CARDS are a beautiful reminder to someone to show you care about them!  AND they are so nice to make - it really 'lifts' you up higher!  Take time to stamp something lovely to celebrate our new season!  

THANKS FOR YOUR VISIT!

mwah!

 

LOOK!  How cool is this to make!   

Purses begin with the CUPCAKE PUNCH {the bottom half!} and then  two of our smaller CIRCLE PUNCHES for the top and the handle of the purse - neat!

Back your purses with layers - use a textured backgrounds, a border of SCALLOPS [another of our punches], pop the purses with some dimensional glue dots, a wee bit of ribbon - voila!    What a smart card - can you imagine these using a FLORAL Designer Paper?   

Have fun with it!

STAMPIN UP CUPCAKE PUNCH 

Build A Cupcake Punch   Item # 121807

You might also like the co-ordinating product: 

                                 Create a Cupcake  Stamp Set                                                                   {or choose  Digital Stamp Set !!} 

Contact Me for your Order or Questions, I would be pleased to help you!     Beverly :)

   Hello again!   Here is another of my favourite projects!  

 It's a mini-note card set whereby you create 3 inch square notecards using 3x6 inch cardstock strips.

This is a great way to maximize a 12x12 sheet of cardstock!

Cute Pocket Notecard Set

Hold a Workshop and this project is one we can do.

Everyone can use this - its a very popular project!

Thank You Notecards

Contact Me to book a Workshop 
Earn FREE Products from our Catalogue, a Hostess Stamp Set
 and a
Free Thank You Gift from me!


Plus its awesome fun!

Yes helloooo to all out in craft-cyber world!

I feel really accomplished this week!  I have finished a set of gift bags for a baby shower AND a nice card in
SQUASH BOOK style - both are ready to fly out the door!!!

In order to decorate the squash booklet, I created my very own "Sakura Flower" using our Stampin' Up!'s FLORAL ISLAND BIGZ DIE.  Its one of a few select flower dies that I own, and its the same for my punches - so to create a flower, I had to borrow inspiration from my friend Maria Vanderform.  Maria specializes in many flower punch art creations, and seems to start by thinking of what she wants to create - then matching idea to tool!

So....I thought the same thing!  I looked up some flowers and chose the SAKURA Flower which is adored on a national level in Japan!  It can also be referred to as the Cherry Blossom Flower. The trees are stunning when in full bloom - and its hard for the eye to take in all the beauty of a grouping of trees, its awesome!

However, my flower is only a stylized ideal of the actual flower - meaning I took some liberties!  So here it is!

Sorry for the hint of pink through out the photo, but the camera read my flower as 'red' and its actually

 ROSE RED which goes nicely with the softer PINK accents and the GARDEN GREEN cardstock. 

The patterned paper is part of a 8x8" Cardstock Pad from Stampin' Up! - they come out with a new one every year featuring several colours cardstock. 

I will do a tutorial on the creation of the flower soon.

Meanwhile, I will show you the size of the SQUASH BOOK! 

Inside of the ' Front '

....beginning to ' OPEN ' !!!

Build-A-Brad  customize your brads!

  

The 1rst extended section ...

Look at its length!!!!  3 pages were joined together - lots of creative journalling or adding pictures! 

You could also use this for a card where many, many signatures are involved - right? 

I have to say - it's FUN to open these!!!   Brings out the kid in you!

And close 'er back up again! 

Well, I hope I've inspired you now! 

Have a great week-end! 

Don't forget SALE-A-BRATION is still ON !!!  Get in on the FREE products 

from STAMPIN' UP!

Hello!

Here is my latest....a Spring Card! I have Candace to thank for this, she was curious to know about this technique and so I set out to do my own. I will post a tutorial here by tomorrow - so check back!

I made this card with a pink and a orange flip side - so it can show how the two sides appear when folded - there are 2 corners that get snipped off and rather than waste them, I glued them on the base. I might still find a little something to decorate the base - seems like it needs it.

Sometimes I like to take my time to make something - I once made a painting that took me about 7 years to finish, and I started a pine cone topiary a looooong time ago that is still requiring one side of it to be completed - yikes, better get started. Maybe I'll actuallly have it ready for Thanksgiving!

But I digress....so, this "spring" card - so named because the lower back folds allow the front of the card to be perched on an angle - and the card can be folded flat, yet will 'spring' back up again when released! It behaves like a lovely display.

I shall return to this and try to make it as a 'frame' with a photo - anyone with other ideas?