Etch-a-Bird, Etch-a-Herd

 

 

I’ve seen it, you’ve seen it, we’ve all seen it – but I still had to make it:Maui Stamper Etch a BirdThis card is so much fun to make!  It’s all over Pinterest, and I’ve seen the design credited to so many different people that I can’t trace it back to one person – and I’ve tried.  If this was your concept before the rest of the universe claimed it, YOU ROCK!

Maui Stamper Etch-a-BirdI chose the Host set Hello Love for this version, as my Hostess Club requested Valentines this month.

Maui Stamper Etch-a-BirdThe sentiment on the inside is from the January My Paper Pumpkin subscription kit.  Purchase a 3 month subscription during Sale-a-bration and save!  Current Paper Pumpkin subscribers can purchase any of the available past kits or past kit refills (first comes with stamps, second does not).

Maui Stamper Etch-a-HerdThis is the version that started the stampede.  From the Herd was my first choice stamp set from the Occasions 2015 catalog and it is perfect for this card.  We all had a pretty good laugh over the faces on these critters.  I had to resist the urge to color in a face – any face.  It wouldn’t be true to the concept.  But i wanted to do it.

Maui Stamper Etch-a-HerdI mean, what’s not to love?

If you want to make this card just as you see it, you’ll need From the Herd and Teeny Tiny Wishes (for Happy Valentines’ Day).  You’ll need Real Red, Sahara Sand, Shimmer White, Whisper White and Vellum cardstock.  This card also uses the Big Shot and the Project Life Cards and Labels Framelits, a 1″ circle punch, and the Project Life Corner Rounder.  The only ink you’ll use will be Memento Black.

Look through your stash and pull out your line art stamps.  I’ll bet  you have one that’s just perfect for this card!

Happy Together

Imagine me and you, I do, I think about you day and night, it’s only right,

to think about the boy you love, and hold him tight, so happy together

Maui Stamper Happy Together

  • Stamps:  A Dozen Thoughts
  • Color Palette:  Pink Pirouette, Blushing Bride, Strawberry Slush, Real Red, Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White and Chocolate Chip
  • Accessories:  Heart Border Punch, Real Red 1/4″ Cotton Ribbon, Pearl Jewels

Do you remember that song?  If you can hum along with me, then you must also be looking forward to an epic high school reunion this summer!  The Turtles.

Maui Stamper Happy TogetherThe best part is that it goes on:

…if I should call you up, invest a dime…

This only makes sense if you can remember pay phones, and if you are able to remember when it was only 10 cents (for 3 minutes!) then I’ll see you at that reunion.

Happy Valentines’ Day!

It’s a RemARKable Sale-a-bration

Welcome to the February Sale-a-bration RemARKable Blog Tour!  I know Valentines Day is nearly here, but I have something different in mind for you.  My theme today is:

“If life give you lemons, make…a card!”

Maui Stamper RemARKable Blog Tour SAB Happy ThingIntroducing “A Happy Thing”!

Maui Stamper A Happy Thing SAB2015With a $50 US product purchase, this stamp set is yours for free in either wood (#139131) or clear (#139134).

Maui Stamper RemARKable Blog Tour SAB Happy ThingI used the Daffodil Delight and Old Olive Blendabilities to color this image, and enjoyed the differences in each lemon – just the way you would find them in nature!

Maui Stamper RemARKable Blog Tour SAB Happy ThingPerhaps you haven’t purchased those Blendabilities yet – no worries.  Stamp the lemon on any of our yellow toned cardstock – this is Crushed Curry.  This card is intentionally minimalist, as I often find myself short on cards for men.  No ribbons here!

Maui Stamper RemARKable Blog Tour SAB Happy ThingTrim it and adhere it over the base lemon with Stampin’ Dimensionals.  There’s a little highlight on the Crushed Curry cardstock done with our Chalk Marker.

- trim it and mount it with Stampin' Dimensionals.  The entire image – leaves plus lemon – is a little fussier to cut but it won’t ruin your day if you choose to go that route.  A few gold sequins from the sequin trim and some stamped dots create a little Bokeh effect.

Three cards, three different sentiments, one color palette and one gorgeous lemon.  Almost as refreshing as hand-squeezed lemonade – enjoy the rest of the tour!

RemARKableBlogTourSAB AudraNancy Amato – http://stampinallnight.blogspot.com/2015/02/remarkable-stampers-blog-tour-sale.html
Melissa Bolinger – http://creativeblessingsbymissy.blogspot.com/2015/02/remarkable-blog-tour-sale-bration.html
Tamra Davis – http://www.theCardLadies.com/remarkable-blog-tour-sale-a-bration-sponging-fun/
Connie Diebler – http://www.conniestamps.com/2015/02/its-sale-a-bration-time.html
Becky Jensen – ttp://www.stampthat.com/blog/sale-a-bration-blog-tour-2015/
Anne Matasci – http://wp.me/pCcBw-1Nq   YOU’RE HERE
Audra Monk – http://thecraftyyogi.blogspot.com/2015/02/sale-bration-blog-hop-its-remarkable.html
Maria Pane – http://stampinandscrappinwithriri.blogspot.com/2015/02/remarkable-stampers-blog-tour-its.html
Andi Potler – http://www.absolutekreations.com/2015/02/12/remarkable-stampers-blog-tour-sale-a-bration
Michele Reynolds – http://inspirationink.typepad.com/inspiration-ink/2015/02/sale-a-bration-blog-tour.html
Pam Staples – http://wp.me/p3p2VA-Tz
Janet Wakeland – http://wp.me/pHIQD-789

Let’s Party!

One can never have enough birthday cards!

Maui Stamper Big Day Sale-a-bration 2015

  • Stamps:  Big Day (SAB 2015) and Cheerful Critters
  • Color Palette:  Bermuda Bay, Crushed Curry, Whisper White
  • Accessories:  White Jute RIbbon, Regals Candy Dots, Blendabilities, Best Day Ever DSP (SAB 2015)

Maui Stamper Big Day Sale-a-bration 2015I LOVE coloring with Blendabilities.  I’m sure I wouldn’t be the star pupil in art class, but I don’t really care – I enjoy the process and the end result!

Maui Stamper Big Day Sale-a-bration 2015In my family, no one needs to be told to do this.  I think it’s kind of hilarious.

Do you have a birthday soon?  Celebrate with cake!!

 

I like your face

I like your face…You know the friend for whom that expression is meant.

Maui Stamper Cheerful Critters I Like Your FaceI guess I’m a pretty lucky girl, because there were two friends that came to mind IMMEDIATELY when I saw that stamp, and naturally I had to make two cards.

  • Stamps:  Cheerful Critters
  • Color Palette:  Basic Black, Whisper White, Crushed Curry, Wisteria Wonder
  • Accessories:  Blendabilities, Bakers’ Twine, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Rhinestones, Polka Dot TIEF, Tiny Triangles TIEF

Maui Stamper Cheerful Critters I Like Your FaceI used the narrow end of the Blendabilities to color in random squares.

Maui Stamper Cheerful Critters I Like Your FaceSame card, different layout.  The Polka Dot TIEF circles are 3/4″ circles, so you can punch a template in a scrap and place it over the embossed circle so that you can add color with a dauber.

Maui Stamper Cheerful Critters I Like Your FaceI hand-wrote the “Hey Chick” part.  I mean, honestly.  What else could I say?

Speaking of liking faces, I had the tremendous pleasure of meeting one of my blog readers.  Annette and her husband have been regular Maui visitors for a number of years, and she contacted me late last year to say she would be here.  We had breakfast and talked long enough that our server hinted broadly that they needed our table 🙂  We weren’t done, so we took a long walk up and down South Kihei Road.  Thanks so much, Annette, for sharing your holiday with me!

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Critter Smitten

I’m kinda smitten with all these Stampin’ Up! Critters!

Maui Stamper Cheerful Critters Be Mine

  • Stamps:  Cheerful Critters, You Plus Me, Best Day Ever 2015 SAB
  • Color Palette:  Whisper White, Coastal Cabana, Crushed Curry, Soft Suede
  • Accessories:  Hello Honey Satin Ribbon, Crushed Curry and Coastal Cabana Blendabilities, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Best Year Ever DSP 2015 SAB

Crystal and I stamped together last week in her new studio.  She’s gonna kill me for this…

Maui Stamper and HannieJoy and Co.She’s been stamping in her garage since the arrival of The Littles (her twins) last April.  (They came a month early, and she was supposed to be off that month, and We Had Plans for that time.  Oh well.  I digress.)  We had a great set-up out in the garage, but it was chilly by Maui standards and we had to bundle up.

But back to the Critters – we were cracking up over the images and the sentiments.  She kept saying “I LIKE YOUR FACE” in one of those all-caps kind of voices.  It’s not a sentiment you’d send to your great-aunt, unless you are very fortunate to have That Sort of great-aunt.

Maui Stamper Cheerful Critters Be Mine I used a Stampin’ Write marker on just the words from the You Plus Me set.  Can’t you just see this little guy standing on the side of the road holding this sign?  I am truly smitten.

Be sure and stop back on Monday.  I’ve been invited to be part of a Creative Blog hop, and in addition to sharing a project I’ll be sharing a little about how and why I craft.  I was invited by the talented Lisa Young, who is absolutely one of the dearest, sweetest people you could ever hope to meet.  See you on Monday!

Going Ombre with the Blendabilities

The Irresistably Yours Specialty DSP available as a Sale-a-bration choice was my A-Number-One choice this year – this card popped into my head immediately:

Maui Stamper Ombre Blendabilities Best.Day.Ever.Can I tell you how many things I love about it?

  • I love the ombre effect with the Blendabilities
  • I love the Black + White + Color palette
  • I love the new White Jute Ribbon
  • And I LOVE LOVE LOVE this paper!!

Maui Stamper Ombre Blendabilities Best.Day.Ever.The white jute…it has a little bit of shimmer…I can envision so many uses for it!!

  • Color Palette:  Whisper White, Basic Black and Coastal Cabana
  • Stamps:  Best Day Ever 2015 SAB
  • Accessories:  Irresistably Yours Specialty DSP SAB 2015, Coastal Cabana Blendabilities, Blendabilities Color Remover, White Jute, Silver Buttons, Soft Sky Twine (Painted Blooms set)

Maui Stamper Ombre Blendabilities Best.Day.Ever.I used the Coastal Cabana Blendabilities.  I began at the top with the lightest color, working to about halfway down.  I dropped to the bottom with the darkest color and filled up about 1/3 of the card face .  I used the middle tone from the middle of the darkest color to blend up to just above the point where the light color began, then switched back to the light color to blend down into the mid-range tone.  Clear as mud?  Just play with it.  And if you have a little ink on the white resist portion of the paper, use the Color Remover to wipe it away.  Have fun with this technique!  There are so many possibilities.

Stop by tomorrow for the RemARKable Blog Tour – we’re stampin’ LOVE this month.

 

Merry Christmas, dear Reader!

I wish you peace and joy:

Maui Stamper Festival of TreesI wish you a day that is merry and bright:

Maui Stamper Festival of TreesI wish you a belief that makes your heart soar:Maui Stamper Festival of Treesand I wish you a very Merry Christmas!

Maui Stamper Festival of Trees

  • Festival of Trees
  • Good Greetings
  • On Point TIEF and the Big Shot
  • Glimmer Paper and Rhinestones

These note cards (3 x 5 1/2) were inspired by the talented Jill Hilliard.

Sandy Warm Wishes

No snow-women here…nope, we have sand-women:

Maui Stamper Warm WishesWarm Wishes was featured in last year’s Holiday catalog and although it’s retired I couldn’t help but share this idea.  You could get pretty creative with some Stampin’ Sponges and come close to this – but Warm Wishes was faster.

Only two more sleeps til Christmas!

 

A wreath for all seasons

I love this wreath – it’s so versatile:

Maui Stamper Wondrous WreathThis goes together more quickly than you would think, and I love the layers of texture.  The Pool Party layer is embossed with the Perfect Polka dots TIEF that echos the gold embossed berries on the wreath.

Maui Stamper Wondrous WreathThe gold Bakers Twine is just pressed into a glue dot on either end, then pressed onto the back of the wreath and the Gold Glimmer heart.  Quick, I tell you!

And as you can see, it’s possible to just stamp that wreath all willy-nilly and have it come out ok.  At least in my eyes {wink}

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