The Observation Car

For the Stamp Express birthday celebration on Saturday, June 26, I will be doing 4 demos of various techniques for cards.  Below are two of the planned ideas.  They were cased from Gina K on her Stamp TV site.  The first is my version of cropped circles.  Use layered die cuts from circle Nesties and after adhereing them to a layer, crop the edges.  Of course you could try the same technique with ovals and other shapes.  The second card has curly-Q hinges at the sides of an oval Nestie. The hinges are created with 4 swirly diecuts from Sizzix.  I will also include two projects not pictured here.  One is a paper lace flower using a Martha Stewart punch.  The other is a distressed background made from an old book page.  Come to the store Saturday and see these in person.  If you are interested, but can’t make it, just e-mail me for further directions.

Cropped Circles

Flower stamp: Just Rite Stamps
Word stamp: Unknown
Prismacolor pencils: Sanford
Circle Die cuts: Nestabilities from Spellbinder
Cardstock: Paper Cut & Core’dinations
Sponged ink: Marvy Matchable inkpads

Curly-Q Hinges

Stamp: Just Rite Stamps
Oval Diecuts: Nesties from Spellbinder
Flourish Diecut: Sizzix
Swiss Dots Embossing Folder: Provo Craft
Cardstock: Paper Cut & Core’dinations
Markers: Copic
Special Copic Paper: Stamp Express

So many cards, so little time.  If you have needed to make a multitude of cards recently, you know there just isn’t time to spend an hour on each creation.  Here are two uncomplicated cards I made for Father’s Day and our son and daughter-in-law’s anniversary.  The Dad’s Day card is simply strips of designer paper, matted, and a greeting embellished with a matching button.  The anniversary card is a window cut out with Nesties, some stamping with a little coloring, tag with ribbon and some glitzy gems.  I hope you and they enjoy them.

Fathers Day

Cardstock: Paper Cut
Designer Paper: Bo Bunny
Stamp: Hero Arts
Button: From my stash

All Things Grow With Love

Cardstock: Paper Cut
Nesties & Tag: Spellbinders
Stamps: Hero Arts
Markers: Copic
Gems: Hero Arts
Ribbon: May Arts