Sunday, August 8, 2010

Ornamental Gatefold Wedding Card

My brain is back in wedding mode again. I have a special friend from my days at Tall Mouse that is getting married in a couple of weeks, and tomorrow I'm going wedding gift shopping for her. So, I decided to post a wedding card. No, this is not the card for her, but I love this card. Aqua and chocolate have been my fave color combo for quite a few years now, so I used this beautiful grasscloth textured cardstock from Bazzill, and stamped and embossed all the images in yummy Chocolate embossing powder from Stampendous. I embellished with a couple of Sparkler stickers in turquoise and as a juxtaposition (big word for the day) to the elegance of the Ornamental Frames stamps, I used this polka dot ribbon for fun. I love this Ornamental Frames set because it is sooooo versatile. Great images with elegance and a slight Moroccan flair, and perfect sentiments that cover every occasion. I especially recommend this set for new stampers because of the versatility. Happy stamping!
Pam

Perfectly Clear "Ornamental Frames" from Stampendous (SSC197)
Class A' Peel "Geo Sparklers" from Stampendous (AC641HSQ)
Chocolate Embossing Powder from Stampendous (EP117)
Versamark ink from Tsukineko
Bazzill cardstock
ribbon (Michaels)
corner rounder

Saturday, August 7, 2010

STMC18-Stampendous Sticker Technique Card

It's the most wonderful time of the week...Stampendous Saturday Sketch Challenge day! Our challenge this week is using stickers, and for me, that means Class A' Peel stickers. For this card, (yes it's another Christmas card), I wanted to showcase these great stickers in various ways. For the tiles, I used the Stampendous Sticker Background Technique. I placed PeelnStick on two squares of cardstock. I cut the same size square of the CAP's while still on the carrier. I sponged some ink over the surface to tone down a bit of the shine, removed the positive image of the sticker and placed on one of the PeelnStick squares and filled the blank sticky spaces in with flock. Then I used the reverse image left on the carrier, applied it using the tape technique* to the opposite PeelnStick square, and filled in the empty sticky spaces with glitter. Then I cut each square into four tiles and mounted two of each on metallic gold panels for two cards. I added the sentiment at the bottom of the gold panels along with a few stars from that set of stickers. For a few of these stickers I covered the sticky back in flock or glitter and adhered them to the card with double-sided foam adhesive. I used strips of Terrifically Tacky Tape across the card front and covered in glitter and flock as well.
Remember to check the rest of the team's creations on their blogs, as well as the Stampendous Impressions blogsite as well. That's where you'll find the guidelines to help you play along and possibly win some cool prizes!
Pam

*Tape technique: Place overlapping strips of removable tape over remaining reverse images on Class A' Peel carrier sheet. Burnish well, carefully lift (you might need the tip of a craft knife to guide some of the stubborn pieces), and place entire section down onto surface before removing tape.

Class A' Peels "Leafy Swirls" from Stampendous (AC1032)
Class A' Peels "Star Greetings" from Stampendous (AC945)
"Field and Forest" Combo Pack from Stampendous (CK05)
PeelnStick (FX70)
Artprint Brown Memories ink
Black StazOn ink from Tsukineko
Bazzill cardstock
metallic gold cardstock
Terrifically Tacky Tape
double-sided foam adhesive
ribbon (Michaels)

Friday, August 6, 2010

AC-Sweet Emily's 1st

I decided that it's about time that I start posting some scrap pages and not just cards. So to change things up a little, I'm using pretty much all product from American Crafts. I stopped into Tall Mouse in Yorba Linda a couple of weeks ago, which is always fun since I used to work there ten years ago and I get to see old friends. I went on a bit of a scrapbooking supply frenzy. I just love the colors and patterns in the American Crafts line, and all the accessories to go with them. The little sweetie in the photo is the daughter of my hubby's friend from work. My hubby took some pics at her birthday party. At first she was not sure about this cake, but it didn't take long before she was definitely "into" it!
I created the cupcake using my Nesties scallop dies, and layered them with white to make them pop. I ran the aqua print through the Corrugator to create the cupcake paper cup and the candle. Really a very simple page to create, yet fun and effective. Check back for more scrap pages in my future since I really bought a LOT of stuff at Tall Mouse! LOL
Pam

American Crafts Products:
Heat Wave "Maverick Mango" (35111)
Heat Wave "Kahuna Kiwi" (35116)
Thickers "Niki Riki" (53039)
"Beach House" Flowers (77238)
ribbon (93049)
cardstock
brad fasteners

Misc. Supplies:
Corrugator from Marvy
Nestabilities Scalloped Circles
Scallop-edged scissors
double-sided foam adhesive
photo

Thursday, August 5, 2010

Dreamweaver Susans Dream card

Once again, I used the Black-eyed Susans stencil for this card. The panel in the background was run through the Big Shot to emboss the cardstock. I masked off most of the stencil in order to paste emboss the single flower on the purple panel. Also, paste embossed the sentiment and when both were dry, replaced the stencils and chalked over the surface. I love the fall colors in this card... mustard and eggplant and olive, oh my!
Pam

"Black-eyed Susans" stencil from Dreamweaver Stencils (LJ902)
"Dream" stencil from Dreamweaver Stencils (LS1003)
Embossing Paste from Dreamweaver Stencils (DEP)
Decorating Chalks from Craf-T Products
Bazzill, Coredinations, and Canson cardstock
ribbon (Michaels)
Big Shot from Ellison

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Fluffles Purrfect Giftcard

Since Fluffle's gifts tend not to be too attractive (hairballs anyone?), the packaging needs to stand out. This gift card holder is purrfect for the Fluffles fan. Fluffles was stamped, watercolored, and glittered before layering on circles and attached to the opening flap of the card. A ribbon tie holds it together until the recipient opens the card only to find a gift card waiting. The flap allows a little peek at the cute striped paper within, and the ribbon even has paw prints which make up the flowers. So cute. Would make a purrfect gift for the new pet owner, possibly with a Petsmart or Petco card within.
Pam


"Furball Fluffles" from Stampendous (F135)
"Dot Scallop Border" Class A' Peels from Stampendous (AC724VW)
Multi Ultra-fine Crystal Glitter from Stampendous (GM220U)
Onyx Versafine ink from Tsukineko
Bazzill Tink and Limeade cardstock
print paper (unknown)
ribbon (Michaels)

Monday, August 2, 2010

Woo hoo for me!

About a month or so ago, I was contacted by the editor of Scrapbooking.com and asked if they could do a feature on me for their August issue. They chose one scrap page and one card done predominately with Dreamweaver Stencils and one card done with Stampendous images for this article. I was asked to write up how I became involved in papercrafting as well, so if you happen to be at all curious about this, please check out the article for yourself. To add to this excitement, they are featuring me again next month with more stencil designs. So, check back next month as well. Aaaaand, if that was not enough, they are featuring my blogsite the week of August 16th, which means I better get busy if I'm going to have some amazing samples ready to post for that week! It's always wonderful to be able to do what you love, but it's bonus when others like it as well!
Pam
http://scrapbooking.com/article/74661

Sunday, August 1, 2010

Dreamweaver Hallelujah Tree

Hallelujah! Dreamweaver came out with new stencils at CHA last week! Okay, so maybe I'm going a little overboard, but I've had soooo much fun playing with the latest designs and incorporating the oldies but goodies as well. This card used the Bare Tree stencil (OBG) and the new sentiment. Both were paste embossed using Glossy Blue paste and brushed with Glacier Blue F/X when dry. So simple, yet so effective. I layered the vellum to make the sentiment stand out more, and just because I like the extra torn edges. I love the color of this turquoise textured cardstock from Bazzill with the copper panel and brads. This would make a great card for the holidays, or any time of year you want to celebrate the blessings in life.
Pam


LL547 Bare Tree from Dreamweaver Stencils
LM2007 Hallelujah from Dreamweaver Stencils
DGBP Glossy Blue Paste from Dreamweaver Stencils
FX12 Glacier Lake F/X from Dreamweaver Stencils
Bazzill cardstock
Vellum
Metallic copper cardstock
Copper brad fasteners