343- FS156 Manhatten Easel Card

This card was based on this featured stamper card in this week's challenge. Love this card- it is simple yet super pretty. And I love how easy the easel cards are to make- will definitely be doing more of these in the near future

The central image was super easy to make. I dry embossed a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock with the Manhatten Flower embossing folder and used the underside. I then rubbed ink pad of the lightest colour (creamy caramel) to the darkest colour around the images- the finished product is fantastic and it was super simple to do.

Recipe:

Stamps: Sincere Salutations

Paper: Really Rust, Very Vanilla

Ink: Creamy Caramel, More Mustard, Pumpkin Pie, Really Rust

Accessories: Manhatten flower and elegant bouquet embossing folder, eyelet border punch, large oval punch, scallop oval punch, big shot

339- Hawaiian Pocket Card

This is another card I made for my stamp a stack. The paper is such a statement in itself that it really doesn't need any other embellishments

Recipe:

Stamps: Sincere Salutations

Paper: Real Red, Whisper White, Pink Flamingo

Ink: Real Red

Accessories: Brad punch, silver brads, slot punch, 1/4" whisper white grosgrain ribbon

291- Rosh Hashanah Cards

I was asked to make Rosh Hashanah cards with the youth group at the Chabad Jewish Discovery Centre. These are some examples that I came up with to inspire the kids for their own creations- I think they are pretty cute

Recipe:

Stamps: Tart and Tangy, Sincere Salutations, It's Beautiful Wheel, Many Merry Messages

Paper: Old Olive, Ruby Red, Whisper White

Ink: Ruby Red, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip

Accessories: 1 3/8" 1 1/4" circle punches





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274- Manhattan Thinking of You Card

This card was inspired by one that Jacqueline Cameron demonstrated at my team's megameeting. It is so simple yet effective- love it. I made it as a sympathy friend for a good friend.

When it was demonstrated she used Shimmery White paper which worked better than the Glossy- it was less streaky. To do this you start just run three ink pads over the paper starting with the lightest. The image was dry embossed with the big shot so it will remain white.

Recipe:

Stamps: Sincere Salutations

Paper: Certainly celery, pretty in pink, whisper white, glossy white

Ink: Pink pirouette, pretty in pink, regal rose

Accessories: Large oval punch, scallop oval punch, big shot, manhattan flower
embossing folder, 5/8" Certainly Celery grosgrain ribbon

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255- Wedding Cake Magic Card

I love making magic cards and got to demonstrate them for my upline Laura's megameeting. I made this one as an example of a wedding card...and of course it was a great way to use up my retiring in colour paper.

To make this card cut your paper to 5 1/2" x 8 1/2". Score the paper at 2 1/8", 4 1/4" and 6 3/8". Take your paper cutter and cut in between the two outer score lines at 1 3/4" from the top and the bottom. This gives you slits on the inside. You can then weave two pieces of cardstock that are cut to 2" x 5 1/2". You are left with a gate fold card that when you first open you have one view. You then fold up the card accordion style and open it up again in between the two pieces of cardstock that you wove- this will give you another view.

So much fun!

Recipe:

Stamps: Sincere salutations, so swirly

Paper: Pacific point, kiwi kiss, whisper white, ski slope DSP

Ink: Pacific Point

Accessories: Corner rounder, 1/4" kiwi kiss/ very vanilla satin ribbon, clear rhinestone brads, versamark

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248- Manhattan Best Wishes

I just got the Manhattan Flower embossing folder and was just itching to use it. I made this card last night at my big shot class because I wanted to show them this fold and let them play with this cool joy fold too. I have already used this layout- it is just so versatile!

Recipe:

Stamps: Fifth Avenue Floral, Sincere Salutations

Paper: Baha breeze, pink pirouette, whisper white

Ink: Pink pirouette, pretty in pink, regal rose

Accessories: Manhattan flower die, big shot, vintage brads, brad punch, corner rounder, 1/4" pretty in pink taffeta ribbon, silver embossing


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244- Birthday Gift Card

This card is based on one that was given to me by a fellow SU demonstrator Wendy Fee. She based the design of this on the cards that you get from Chapters that hold gift cards. I used the slit punch on the insert so that you can attach your gift card.

I used sticky strip to make sure the card stayed assembled- I just wanted to make sure it was extra strong.

For the flourish stamp I used the Yummy stamp and only inked the image and not the sentiment- I wanted to make this a birthday card for the swap so I used Sincere Salutations which has my become my go to set for sentiments.

I used beads for the first time on this card as embellishment and let me tell you I love the finished product. I coloured and cut out the flower and attached it to the card. I then put the crystal effects in the centre of the card then sprinkled the beads on top. They will adhere right away and stay- you don't have to worry about the beads flaking off.

Recipe:

Stamps: Yummy, sincere salutations, embrace life

Paper: Mellow moss, pretty in pink, whisper white

Ink: Pretty in pink, mellow moss

Accessories: Dazzling diamonds, silver beads, crystal effects, scallop edge punch, slit punch, corner rounder, sticky strip
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241- Soft Summer Birthday

This is the card that I made for Ranuka from me for her birthday. I just got this stamp set and was excited to break it out- I always love two-step stamping. Especially with my stamp a ma jig! I am also trying to use up my in-colours and this card was perfect for that

I used basic black for the outline of my image because I always believe in outlining in black. This will sound weird but I remember being 7 years old and reading Archie comics and noticed that no matter what the pictures were always outlined in black then coloured in. So I still apply that rule to my stamping!

I stamped a background image on the kiwi kiss and also on the horizontal strip of baha breeze. I first did tone on tone stamping with the branch image from the set, then I went over it again in whisper white just to give it some depth.

I also sponged baha breeze on the whisper white image just to soften it so the white wasn't so harsh.

Recipe:

Stamps: Soft summer, sincere salutations
Paper: Baha breeze, pacific point, kiwi kiss, whisper white
Ink: Basic black, pacific point, kiwi kiss, baha breeze, whisper white
Accessories: Scallop edge punch, large oval punch, coluzzle, kiwi kiss/very vanilla satin ribbon, 5/8" pacific point striped grosgrain ribbon, white gel pen, ticket corner punch

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170- Thinking of You Tuxedo Card

This is one of the cards that I made for my aunt's box of tuxedo cards. The minute I saw the card on splitcoast I knew I had to case it and just change up the colours- it was a fantastic layout and design!

Recipe:

Stamp Set: Baroque Motifs, Sincere Salutations

Ink: Basic Black

Paper: Basic Black, Whisper White

Accessories: Corner rounder, square punches, silver brads, 1/4" grosgrain ribbon


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Sincere Salutations Card Kit

I recently purchased the Sincere Salutations stamp set and realized just how useful it is since it contains a sentiment for every occasion.

I have created this card kit using every colour of 5/8" grosgrain ribbon and the 8 stamps in the Sincere Salutations card set. This kit will include instructions on how to do the ribbon weaving and create the cards. It will also include all of the precut pieces and enough ribbon to make each card. The only thing you will require is ink and adhesive. The cost of the kit will be $35- please email me if you are interested.

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