These projects are gifts for my January Stamp Club hostess. While the workshop is Valentine themed, I wanted to show off something other than just Valentine’s samples, so I chose to make these colorful cards and pouch. Sweet Centers Flower Card Details: The petals and the leaves of the flowers were first stamped in a lighter color. I used the…
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Take a Spin Birthday Box
I made this explosion box for a friend’s birthday. I thought it would be fun to put the Birthday Spinner stamp on the top of the box. When you open the box it looks like a candy dish. I also made a mini 2”x2” card to go with the box. I used the color coach to select my colors. I…
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Valentine Pouch
Here is one more project I have planned for this month. The pouch is made from a 6″x6″ piece of Love Patterns Designer Series Paper (see next paragraph for a tutorial link). This project shows off two types of embossing: heat and dry embossing (using the big shot). The large heart and the Feb 14 from the Filled with Love…
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Fox & Friends Valentines
This is another stamp club project for this month. I wanted to design a Valentine that kids could give their classmates at school. Fox & Friends is the perfect stamp set to turn into a kid-friendly Valentine’s card. With the additions of some Love Patterns Paper, Glimmer Paper and candy, this card is sure to be a hit. Here are…
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Love with a Kiss
This will be one of my January Stamp Club Workshop projects. My goal for the projects is for them to be easy to recreate with a little bit of WOW! I love how the Hershey’s kiss fits perfectly in the ‘O’ of ‘LOVE’ making this a fun little Valentine for a special someone. Punching Hints: I adhered the ‘Love’ piece…
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Romantic Valentine
It’s just a few days after Christmas and I’m starting to prep for my Valentine club workshop. There are a couple of little details on this card that came out of my experimentation. Game Spinner Hand Cupid’s Arrow: I’m using the game spinner hands for a cupid’s arrow. I cut the arrow in half using a pair of pliers to…
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Owl Punch Gift Bag
I had fun altering this wine gift bag and turning it into a smaller gift bag with a gift tag made out of the scraps from the original bag. The shiny red bag scraps made the perfect santa suit and hat for the owl. I used a small piece off of a cotton make-up pad to create the white trim…
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SC310 Bavarian Bird House
When I saw this week’s sketch challenge I knew exactly what I wanted to do. I wanted to use the Northern Hearts stamp set to recreate my childhood cuckoo clock. My German grandparents brought the cuckoo clock as a gift for my sister and I. We didn’t get to see my grandparents very often and it is one of the…
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Picture Snowglobe
We made these snowglobe cards at my November Stamp Club Workshop. Everyone brought in a picture to put in the snowglobe and we turned each of our cards into a personalized memento. This particular Sheltie snowglobe is very special to me. As some of you know, our dear Sheltie Bella has cancer and lately we have had some rough days….
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