Happy Birthday Card with Stampin Up Gingham Garden

Here is a birthday card that's a slight variation on the design I made in a Stampin Up stamp camp with Renae Novak. 

Stampin Up supplies:

• the new Gingham Garden washi tape

• Itty Bitty Banners stamp 

• Bitty Banners Framelits die 

Cheers!

Sonja

Stampin Up Christmas Card for Swap

Made this Christmas card for a swap this year and really like how it turned out. Used Stampin Up felt snowflakes, embossing folder, paper, dies, markers, blending pen and stamp from Easy Events set.

Floral Owl Cards with September 2012 Simon Says Stamp Kit

I tend to make very simple cards but I decided to do something a bit busier with more patterns and layers mixed together.

Patterned Paper: My Mind's Eye Bright Side from Simon Says Stamp September 2012 kit
Label Punchouts: Pink Paislee
Owl Cutouts: Maya Road
Paper Flowers: Prima and Paper Studio
Happy Birthday Stamp: Hero Arts
Flourish Rub-ons and Adhesive Jewels: from stash
Wood-Texture Blank Cards: Club Scrap

Monochromatic Floral All-Occasion Cards

Tonight I made a series of mostly monochromatic cards with layered embellishments. I love how they turned out...

Flower Paper: Chatterbox Soft Olive Stems paper
Polka Dot Paper: My Mind's Eye Bright Side from Simon Says Stamp September 2012 kit
Butterfly and Flowery Cutouts: K & Company Amy Butler cutout
Owl Cutouts: Maya Road
Flourish Rub-ons: Scribbles by Rhonna Farrer Enchanted and Stampin Up
Flowers: Prima
Blank Cards: Hero Arts

Simple Flower Cards

Here's one more super simple design. The blank card is from Club Scrap. It has a fun, funky wood grain embossed into it. I punched a design into checked Memory Box cardstock with a Stampin Up border punch, added a ric rac ribbon for a stem and a big stitched flower. Love that flower. It was in a monthly shipment from the now-defunct Self-Addressed monthly card kit club (miss them!!!).

I did one more card with the same design. This one has a Heidi Swapp heart brad for the flower top. I gave this to my husband on the anniversary of our first date.

Simple Birthday Cards

Here's another simple design with a single strip of ribbon as the base with metal birthday stickers on American Craft scalloped foam squares. The cream blank cards are from Paper Source.

I also did a variation on this theme with this flower card below. 

I love the Stampin Up stitched felt flowers. 

 

Simple Ribbon Cards

Over the weekend, I also made several cards based on the same basic design. I placed a ribbon with the ends cut (not sure what that kind of cut is called) and added a focal point embellishment at the center of each card.

The key to these cards is that I used a card size that's smaller than the typical A2 card, which looks barren with so few embellishments. This size can be hard to find though. I snagged a bunch of them when I found them at Paper Source (there are a few of them around the Bay Area and in other areas of the U.S.).

On this one below, I used a strip of Stampin Up twill ribbon, an American Craft scalloped foam rectangle and a Martha Stewart cupcake sticker on a pale pink blank card from Paper Source.

Here I used the same Stampin Up twill ribbon with an American Craft cream foam circle, topped with a metal cupcake sticker on a cream blank card from Paper Source.

On this one, I added a strip of Stampin Up cream twill ribbon and a Stampin Up felt flower and leaves on a cream blank card from Paper Source.

A gift for dear ol' dad

This is a gift I made for my dad with a photo of us when I was a little bugger. The base is made of two coasters I covered with Stampin Up textured cardstock that I edged with Stampin Up classic ink. I embellished with various stickers, a fabric hang tag, fabric photo corners, Stampin Up felt flowers, a giant flower brad, button, and Making Memories heart clip.

I attached the two coaster pieces with a piece of cardstock so the whole thing would stand up on its own. I love how bright and cheery it turned out and I just adore that pic.

Petal Party Cards

I love the Petal Party scrapbook pack for making cards. I can make around 30-40 cards with each pack. Here are some I recently made. I love that I only needed to use this one pack. Nothing extra was needed (besides adhesive and whatnot). The cards are the standard size, 4"x4" and 2"x2" gift cards.

Fabulous Holiday Card

Isn't this a cool card? I just got it from a friend who was my Secret Santa this year. I love that it uses non-traditional holiday colors and manages to look autumnal and springy at the same time. I also love how she used brads with the ribbon. I never would have thought of that and can't wait to try it myself.

Beauty Card

I got this supercute card from a friend. I love the saying. It's especially funny, because I recently began writing about beauty on The Coveted, a popular fashion and beauty blog. Those are Stampin Up stamps.

Stampin Up Card & Ornament

Fellow Stampin Up demonstrator Patti gave me this lovely card that also doubles as an ornament. Isn't that a wonderful idea? I just love it. I think this would be a wonderful idea for next year's Christmas cards. She used Stampin Up's dies for the card shape, snowflake, and word.

Country Living Special Holiday Collection Stampin' Kit

Stampin' Up is offering an amazing special now through December 31st (or while supplies last). Get more than $70 worth of products for just $49.95. Click here to download the brochure that shows all the goodies included.

The Holiday Collection Stampin' Kit includes the following products:

• Holiday Collection stamp set (six stamps)
• Four 12" x 12" sheets of die-cut chipboard
• Eight 12" x 12" sheets of die-cut Designer Series paper (2 ea. of 4 double-sided designs)
• Four 12" x 12" sheets of Designer Series paper (2 ea. of 2 double-sided designs)
• Two 12" x 12" sheets of Whisper White card stock
• 25 yds. Silver Metallic cord
• 10 yds. 3/8" Whisper White taffeta ribbon
• Pretties Kit brads (20)
• Stampin' Dimensionals
• Dazzling Diamonds Stampin' Glitter (1/2 oz.)
• Tombow Multi Purpose Adhesive
• Riding Hood Red Classic Stampin' Spot
• Old Olive Craft Stampin' Spot
• Uninked Stampin' Spot
• Whisper White Craft Ink refill

Contact me to place an order for this special and other Stampin Up! products.

New All-Occasion Card Class

On Friday, October 17th, in San Jose, I will be teaching my latest class -- a set of five thank you, birthday, and all-occasion cards made with Stampin Up papers and stamps. You will do a little stamping. Everything will be precut and ready to assemble. Easy, breezy, and fun! The class is $15 to make one set of cards. I can also send you a stamped, ready-to-assemble card kit for $15 plus $2.50 for shipping.

You can pay for the class with cash or check at the class or with a credit card by clicking the button below. You do not have to have a PayPal account to pay with a credit card: when you go to checkout, look for the link on the bottom left to continue without an account and simply enter your credit card information like you would at any other online store.

Class Kit

Class Kit Only $15.00 Class Kit By Mail ($15 & $2.50 shipping) $17.50

World Card Making Day Special: October 4-11

• To celebrate World Card Making Day, enjoy 20 % off a wide variety of fun and colorful Simply Sent Card Elements and easy-to-use Simply Sent card kits.
• See pgs. 176-177 of the Fall-Winter catalog; discount valid October 4-11. (Download the Stampin Up! Fall/Winter Idea Book & Catalog here.)
• Contact me to place an order for these specials and other Stampin Up! products.

Stampin Up Homemade Notepad

This afternoon I made a notepad with Stampin Up supplies. I covered two pieces of chipboard with Ginger Blossom paper to make the covers. Inside I put white and Certainly Celery cardstock sheets. I stamped the cover and some of the inside sheets with the Embrace Life stamp set. I attached everything with a metal ring, which I put ribbon on.

Decorated Candy Bar

Another present from Maya at the Stamping Up convention: delightfully decorated candy bar.

Maya's Present for Me

My friend Maya did a presentation at the Stampin Up convention. She transformed school composition books into really cool journals. Much to my surprise, she had made one for me! I was the envy of my peers. They projected the presentations. There are her hands hard at work and her fabulous surprise for me.

Clever Stampin Up Card

This is a clever little card that we made at the Stampin Up convention. I love the way it opens. I've never seen a card like this before. Definitely going to have to make some more.

Stampin Up Convention with Maya

I recently went to a Stampin Up convention with my friend Maya (on right -- I'm in the middle). We had such a good time. I learned lots of stuff and got really inspired.