Stamping With Juanita

Jared's Birthday Card

For some reason, I was having a really hard time coming up with an idea for a card for my son's birthday. As I started looking through my stamp sets, I saw that I had words and a picture that would work for birthdays in two of my hostess stamp sets, Darling Dots and Sweet Little Sentiments. I tend to forget about those stamp sets. So I decided to use them for this card.

I've always liked the idea of stamping on the Twill, too, so I stamped the birthday greeting on it, along with the bottom of the card. The top of the card is To the Nines Designer Series Paper. The thing I really like about this DSP is that it is CS weight and has texture to it. The bottom of the card is Sahara Sand CS. I made little dots around this piece and around the different pieces of the tag with the Chocolate Chip marker. The greeting is stamped with Black Stazon ink.

The tag is Creamy Caramel CS punched with the Curly Label Punch. On top of that is Whisper White CS punched with the 1-1/4" Circle Punch after being stamped with the cupcake. The cupcake is colored with Creamy Caramel, Pretty in Pink, Ruby Red and Chocolate Chip markers.  I also added the cherries from the top of the cupcake around the greeting at the bottom.

You can purchase the card-stock and markers to make this card HERE. Just click on the Shop Now button at the top. The Hostess Stamp sets are both Level One sets. You can receive one Level One setfor a $150 order plus you will also receive $15 worth of FREE merchandise . If you have any questions, either email me or call me and I will help you however I can.

Cecilia's Birthday Card

This is the birthday card I made for my one of my granddaughters this last week. I got the basic layout from a card I saw, but I'm sorry, I don't remember where it was now. Of course, I made changes to it because I didn't have everything that was used on the sample I saw.

The background is Regal Rose CS. The Designer Series Paper behind the flower is from Raspberry Tart DSP. The bottom section, the stem and the leaves and the photo corners are Kiwi Kiss CS. The flower is Pirouette Pink CS, sponged with some Rose Red ink.

The leaves were cut out using the Big Shot and the Birds and Blooms Sizzlit Die. The flowers were also done with the Big Shot and the Daisy Flower #2 Bigz Die. And the photo corners were punched with the Photo Corners Punch. The ribbon is Kiwi Kiss/Very Vanilla 3/8" Satin Ribbon. The faux stitching was done with the Basic Black marker.

The greeting is from Sincere Salutations stamp set and stamped with Black Staz-on ink. The flower center is one of my home-made Dew Drops that I made back in November, using Crystal Effects and re-inkers. You can see a page I did with them HERE.

You can order any of the items used for this card at my Stampin' Up! Demo Site. Just click on the Shop Now button when you get there to be taken directly to the shopping area.

Be sure to check back tomorrow to see the card I made for my son's birthday.

A Video using Stampin' Up!'s Decor Stencils

Stampin' Up! has started making some videos available for us to use on our blogs. I really love this video showing how to use the Decor Stencils. It really gave me some great ideas. I hope it does the same for you.

You can order the Decor Stencils on my Demo Site. Just click on the Shop Now button at the top. Why not check them out?

Another Good Morning Sunshine Page

Here is another page by my daughter, Andrea. Here is her recipe for this page:

Papers - Good Morning Sunshine, and Petal Party Simply Scrappin' Kit

Picture frames- Bashful Blue textured with the Big Shot Backgrounds 1 Texturz Plates

Stickers - I got the word "explore" from the Hoppy Memories SS Kit

Tree - Sticky Cuts "Sweet", for the glitter on the tree I used Celery, Olive, and Chocolate Glitter and then I put Crystal Effects on top of the glitter

Ribbon - 1" Double-Stitched Chocolate Chip Grosgrain Ribbon

White swirl - Stitched Exotics stamp set, embossed with White Embossing Powder

Little flowers - Stitched Exotics stamp set with Only Orange ink.

Journal box- Whisper White and Pumpkin Pie paper and Rose Red Button.

I also used the Crystal Effects on the paper from the Petal Party SS Kit to make them stand out more.

Check out my Scrapbook Album to get more ideas for scrapbook pages.

Good Morning Sunshine Scrapbook Page

Here's another page by my daughter, Andrea. Here's her recipe for the page, too.

Paper- Good Morning Sunshine Designer Series Paper

Picture borders- So Saffron, Natural White, Bashful Blue. All of these were embossed with the Big Shot Backgrounds I Texurz Plates

Green border sticker- Hoppy Memories Simply Scrappin Kit

Chip Board- On Board "So Tweet"- The branch was covered with Chocolate Chip and Certainly Celery ink and then covered with Crystal Effects. The owl was done with Creamy Caramel, and then covered in Crystal Effects. For the eyes I used Basic Black and Pumpkin Pie Paper, then I used the Stampin Write Journal Pen to make the dot in the eye, and I put I a dot of Crystal Effects on the pupil to make it stand out. I also used Basic Black paper for the beak.

Ribbon- Bashful Blue

Words- Ticker Tape Alphabet stamp set with Only Orange ink

Journal circle- Natural White paper- lines were drawn with the Stampin Write Journal Writer- it was also embossed with the Backgrounds I Texturz Plates

Flower- Exoitic Stitches stamp set with the Only Orange ink pad. I put a Real Red Eylet in the center and covered the flower with Crystal Effects

Be sure to leave a comment for Andrea to let her know how much you like her page.

April's Scrapbooking Class - Page 10 - My favorite page

I really love the Beautiful Butterflies Bigz Die. I had just gotten it before I started preparing for this class and really wanted to find a way to give my customers a chance to use it. This is the page I came up with. The background for this page is Bella Rose Designer Series Paper and Kiwi Kiss CS. The photo frame are Pink Pirouette CS cut with the Top Note Bigz Die. The stickers are from Sweet Nothings Simply Scrappin' Kit. The butterflies are two layers of Bella Rose DSP with three Metallic Brads each for the bodies. This was a very easy page to do but came out gorgeous, if I do say so myself.

If you would like to purchase the Beautiful Butterflies Bigz Die, the Bella Rose DSP or Sweet Nothings SS, you can go HERE, then click on the Shop Now button.

April's Scrapbooking Class - Page 9

Well, here's the next to last page from my April Scrapbook Class. I have to say right off, the reason the photo frames are crooked is because they are only tacked down on one corner with a Mini-Glue Dot so that I can get my photos in there before I tack down the rest of it. I tend to like to use the piece that is left over after cutting out the Big Shot Top Note Die because I think they make great photo frames, which I did for this page. I did make these ones a little bigger than I usually do so that I could decorate them with the White Taffeta Ribbon in the corner.

The bow in the corner of the photo frames is done by punching two holes. Both ends are threaded through the holes going from front to back. In the back, they are crossed over and threaded back up to form a bow.

For the flowers on the corners, I used the Manhattan Flower Textured Impressions Die with some Pink Pirouette CS. Then I cut out the flowers separately and layered them on the corners of the page. The back ground of the page is Ruby Red CS with some Bella Rose Designer Series Paper along the top left half. The stickers are from the Sweet Nothings Simply Scrappin' Kit.

Be sure to check back to see the last page from the class. I have to admit that it's my favorite page of them all.

April's Scrapbooking Class - Page 8

Here is another very simple page from our April Scrapbook Class. Since we do 10 pages at each class and the ladies have a limited amount of time to do them, I have to try to keep things fairly simple for most of the pages. By doing that, then I can do a page or two that are more time consuming, like the previous post. The background is Pink Pirouette CS and the flowered paper is from Bella Rose Designer Series Paper. The photo frames are also from the Bella Rose DSP. The stickers are from Sweet Nothings Simply Scrappin' Kit.

Be sure to check back for the last two pages from this class.

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April's Scrapbooking Class - Page 7

Here's another page from our April Scrapbook Class. Very simple, but a little time-consuming. The background is Ruby Red CS. The stickers and the page top were from Sweet Nothings Simply Scrappin' Kit. The photo frames are from the pack of Bella Rose DSP. After cutting the photo frames out with the Big Shot and the Top Note Bigz Die, I used the Uniball White Gel Pen along the perforations of the frames to look like stitching. The faux stitching is the part that was time-consuming. But it sure added to the page.

Be sure to check back tomorrow to see the next page from the class.

April's Scrapbooking Class - Pages 5 & 6

For April's class, we actually did three double-page spreads. Normally, we only do two. But I just had to do an extra one for this class.

For these pages, the background is Kiwi Kiss Textured CS. The green DSP (Designer Series Paper) is from the Sweet Nothings Simply Scrappin' Kit, along with the stickers that are on the page. The pink and flowered DSP is from Bella Rose DSP. The photo frames are Confetti White CS. The photo frame background and the side strips were all punched with the Eyelet Border Punch. The final addition to the pages was some Metallic Eyelets at the top.

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