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Oh, Baby!

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The Single Stamps are so easily overlooked with all the exciting new products from Stampin’ Up! but there are some fantastic images there – how about this?

Maui Stamper Oh Baby Turquoise and Lime

  • Oh Baby Single Stamp #132667 $6.95  (available thru 3/31/13)
  • Whisper White and Lucky Limeade card stock
  • Brights Collection DSP
  • Tempting Turquoise FFIP
  • Lucky Limeade Stampin’ Write marker
  • Piercing tool and Stampin’ Pierce mat
  • Big Shot, Argyle TIEF, 3 inch circle Bigz and Window Frames Framelits
  • Silver mini brads
  • Brights Designer buttons
  • White baker’s twine
  • Stampin’ Dimensionals

This would be perfect as a favor, too – stick that sweet girl on the front of a Fancy Favor box, or over the top of a gusset bag…loads of options.  You can tell I was in a Brights sort of mood, and it got better (or worse, depending on your perspective!)

Maui Stamper Oh Baby Tangerine and MamboSame set of products, different colors.  I used rhinestones instead of brads, pierced a circle instead of doodling, and used the Chevron TIEF.  Next time I’ll use a softer background for the card photo – this makes my eyes water!  The card base is white and those crazy 60’s color combinations are pretty fun.

And yes, I was there for the 60’s.  I wore those colors – together!  Fortunately, although photos from that era have survived, they are sadly faded.

🙂

 

 

Different shades of love

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Not quite sure what it is lately, but I am rebelling against hearts in pink and red:

MauiStamper Different Colors of LoveBest of Love 25th Anniversary Stamp set

  • Whisper White, Garden Green, Pool Party and Cameo Coral card stock
  • Cameo Coral FFIP
  • Sycamore Street DSP SAB
  • Sycamore Street Button and Ribbon bundle SAB
  • 1 inch square punch
  • Full heart punch
  • Triple heart punch (retired)
  • Scallop trim border punch

Lately I’ve been CASEing sketches, trying to jump start my creativity and move a little bit out of my comfort zone.  This sketch comes from the cutting edge files of Mary Fish.  It’s fun to play with a sketch, to update it with new colors and a little bit of your own personality.  The colors I chose and the addition of the ribbon makes this card a little more feminine, but it’s still appropriate to give to a guy.

If it were pink and red, maybe not.

 

and now…the Pants

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This card is almost entirely stolen CASEd from the very talented Mary Jo Price-Williams:PantsPortrait  I turned the sketch on its side and used ovals – cuz I have them! – instead of circles.  Those two changes left something of a gap on the top, so I added a Summer Starfruit sun:MauiStamper Patterned Occasions PantsPantsonLine  Gotta love those pants.  They’re cut by hand, but it’s just straight lines.  A glue dot at the waist secures the pants to the Whisper White oval plus it holds the Linen Thread clothesline in place and allows you to curve the clothesline.  I’m CRAZY about this new Cloudy Day TIEF – the definition is awesome!

MauiStamper Patterned Occasions pantsI also changed the sentiment to use the phrase that’s on the Pants Stamp.  I know a LOT of Smarty Pantses.  (It’s a word, I made it up myself.)

That’s a Pool Party card base, Sycamore Street DSP, Island Indigo oval mat, and Tangerine Tango, Island Indigo and Pool Party FFIP.  The sun is made of a 3/4 inch circle punch and heaps of points made from the Pennant Builder Punch – plus enough Tombo (the Wonder Adhesive) to stick together all your fingers and toes.

Just for fun, I made a landscape version using the ovals.  There’s room for another sun, but I didn’t think it was necessary.

PantsLandscape

A dress for Hostess Club

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I was inspired by a beautiful card my daughter received – made by my dear friend and partner in crime/stampin’/eatin’ Cheryl.  I tweaked it a little for my hostess club last week:

Maui Stamper Dress Up Framelits

 

  • No Stamps!
  • Very Vanilla, Pear Pizazz (ret) and Blushing Bride (ret) card stock
  • Blushing Bride (ret) ink pad
  • Big Shot with All Dressed Up Framelits
  • Elegant Bouquet and Fancy Fan TIEF
  • Very Vanilla 1/8 inch taffeta ribbon
  • 5/8 inch flower trim
  • Sponge daubers
  • Pearls
  • Stampin’ Dimensionals

I had some of the retired cardstock we used for Carol’s weddding and I haven’t quite let go of that color combination, so I chose to share it with the club.  I told them there should have been the teeniest tiniest pearls to line that beautiful neckline, but they had all been used up on wedding favors 🙂  They’re my friends; they understood.

It just takes a few dabs of ink on those fabulous flower trim blossoms to get a little bit of color.  This card has a lot of texture which gives it depth and complexity even though it is a very simple layout.

 

ClubDressDtlEveryone used something different to adhere that single flower – Tombo, SNAIL, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Glue dots…and each adhesive worked equally well.

Are you interested in Hostess Club?  6 stampers commit to spend $25 a month for 6 months, and each person has a month as hostess – and earns the hostess benefits.  I’m forming a new group – contact me if you would like more information.

Time to move on to a new color scheme.  Thanks for indulging me 🙂

A RemARKably Curious Day

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Welcome to the Collage Curios RemARKable Stamp of the Month tour!   Whether you’re just beginning the tour here with the Maui Stamper or have been halfway across the USA with our many talented paper artists, I hope you’ll enjoy yourself today.  Those of you in New England deserve a blog tour after strugging through all the weather that has come your way this weekend!

The Collage Curios set is made up of primarily small images, and my first inclination would be to go small – 3×3 cards, milk carton favor boxes, or even jewelry crossed my mind.  The more I thought about it, the more I felt challenged to make a card that would still spotlight those small images but somehow find a balance.  Tell me what you think:

Maui Stamper Collage Curios RemARKable Blog TourDO YOU GET IT?  There’s a little joke here…

  • Collage Curios and Delightful Dozen stamp sets
  • Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede and Primrose Petals card stock
  • Crumb Cake and Primrose Petals FFIP (Firm Foam Ink Pads)
  • Dazzling Details
  • 1 inch circle and 7/8 inch scallop circle punches
  • Big Shot, Delicate Designs TIEF and Delicate Doilies Sizzlet
  • Primrose Petals 3/8 inch stitched satin ribbon
  • Stampin’ Dimensionals and Sponge

I love that little bee…my Valentine…

Maui Stamper Collage Curios RemARKable Blog TourI couldn’t stop at just one card!

Maui Stamper Collage Curios RemARKable Blog Tour

  • Collage Curios and Petite Pairs stamp sets
  • Calypso Coral and Chocolate Chip FFIP
  • Whisper White, Calypso Coral, Chocolate Chip and Crumb Cake card stock
  • Chocolate Chip and Calypso Coral Stampin’ Write Markers
  • Linen Thread
  • 1 inch circle punch
  • New distressing tool!
  • Color Spritzer
  • Stampin’ Dimensionals
  • Stampin’ Sponge
  • Dazzling Details
  • Rhinestone Jewels

You know, I kept going with that “More is More” kinda thing here.  The little hot air balloons just naturally floated across the page, but then the Color Spritzer wanted in, and the Crumb Cake card base wanted a little bit of spongin’ texture, and before I knew it there were jewels and Dazzling Details and we were off to the races!  Kinda fun, though…

Maui Stamper Collage Curios RemARKable Blog Tour

Now float on over to Robin Merriman’s Trinity Design Studios and see what she has come up with….she’s a talented stamper and I’m sure you’ll love wht she has done!  Don’t forget to leave a little blog love (comments) as you do – all of these hard-working bloggers will thank you!

RemARKable Stamp of the Month February

Pool Party Valentines

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My first run through the Spring catalog was not exactly inspiring.  I’m not sure what I was looking for or expecting, but whatever it was I didn’t see it.  All my other demo friends were excited as can be and I was just kinda meh.

But of course I placed a pre-order and hoped for the best.  The box arrived and I opened it and something happened.  The things in the box were so much better than their pictures!!  I take it all back!!!  I am an Official Spring Catalog Fan.  And as such, I have been busy creating:

Maui Stamper More Amore Valentine

  • Delightful Dozen stamp set (annual catalog)
  • Pool Party card stock
  • Primrose Pink Core’dinations card stock (Spring catalog)
  • More Amore DSP (Spring catalog)
  • Primrose Pink FFIP
  • Finishing Touches Edgelit
  • Hearts Collection Framelits
  • Needlepoint Border TIEF (Spring catalog)
  • Big Shot (well, duh!)
  • Stampin’ Sanding System

Those little peek-a-boo hearts are easy to achieve – just place a couple of Heart Framelits on your card front and run it through the Big Shot.  Cut a piece of DSP – I used More Amore from the Spring Catalog – to 4 x 5 1/4 inches – just a hair smaller than your card front.  Adhere it to the inside of the card and the DSP shows through the openings.  Even better, you’ve got the reverse of the DSP as relief on the inside of the card.

The DSP also covers up the line where that strip of Embossed and trimmed Core’dinations is attached to the front of the card on the inside edge.  I trimmed off 3/8 inch from the front of the card to make space for that trimmed piece.

We made these last week at Hostess Club.  There’s a sweet little favor that matches, so tune in later this week to see it.  There’s also a very special event coming soon in my family, and I’ll have some fun things to share from that too.  I can’t wait to show you!!

 

 

Petite messages on a line

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Sale-a-bration BEGINS TODAY!!!!!   And I am so loving these Sale-a-bration 2013 goodies!!

Maui Stamper Pretty Petites SAB Birthday

  • Pretty Petites SAB and Wacky Wishes stamp sets
  • Tangerine Tango, Pool Party and Island Indigo FFIP
  • Whisper White, Tangerine Tango, Pool Party and Island Indigo card stock
  • Sycamore Street DSP SAB
  • Petite Curly Label Punch SAB
  • Big Shot and Labels Collection Framelits
  • Festive Paper Piercing Pack
  • Piercing Tool (aka pokey doodle) and mat
  • Rhinestone jewels
  • Island Indigo Bakers twine
  • Stampin’ Dimensionals

This card is substantially CASEd from a talented stamper and I PROMISE I made a note of the image but it has evaporated!!  I pinned it!  I know I did!  The pinner’s black hole must have eaten it up.  I changed the background dsp and a few other minor elements, but this design belongs to someone else.

And isn’t it cute?  If you tweaked the colors a little more it would be an excellent man-card, but I think it’s reasonably gender-neutral as it is.  When you put it together, poke a small hole on the right side of the DSP and thread the Bakers Twine through without cutting it off.  Tie a bow, then drape the long tail across the card front and secure it.  Your sentiment will cover that end, and your Petite Curly Label punches can go on dimensionals right over it.

Maui Stamper Pretty Petites SABNow go make a card – any card!!

Only ONE You

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This is my favorite sentiment from the Vintage Verses Sale-a-bration stamp set:

Maui Stamper Vintage Verses SAB

 

  • Vintage Verses SAB stamp set
  • Island Indigo and Primrose Petals FFIP
  • Very Vanilla and Island Indigo card stock
  • Primrose Petals Core’dinations card stock
  • Big Shot and Vine Street SAB TIEF
  • Sycamore Street SAB Ribbon and Button pack
  • Stampin’ Sanding System
  • Dotted Scallop Ribbon Trim punch
  • Little Labels punch pack
  • Dazzling Details

Is that Core’dinations paper amazing or what?  So much fun to sand… if you get carried away, no biggie, there’s plenty more in the package – 12 sheets!!  And time for a confession – you could color a regular Rhinestone Jewel with a pink sharpie to get this look, but these particular itty bitty jewels are from the retired die cut flowers set that recently hit the Clearance Rack – and promptly sold out!

Only two more sleeps til SAB – are you ready??

Maui Stamper Vintage Verses Sale-a-bration

Oh, Hello – and Thanks!

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Don’t look now, but I think I actually made a Genuine Manly Card:

Maui Stamper Oh Hello Thanks So Much

  • Oh Hello stamp set
  • Basic Grey, Whisper White and Baja Breeze card stock
  • Basic Grey and Baja Breeze FFIP
  • Big Shot and Honeycomb TIEF
  • Ovals Framelits
  • Basic Grey/Basic Black Two Tone 1 1/4 inch ribbon
  • White Bakers Twine
  • Silver Basics Designer Button

Today I am VERY proud of myself because this is a CASE and I know from whom it came!  (plus, grammar bonus points, I used whom correctly in a sentence!)  Credit goes to Melissa Davies for this design – when you see her card, you’ll see a close resemblance.  My goal was to make this card 100% masculine – no flowers or girly colors.  I think I was successful – what do you think?

And here’s a sneaky trick for you:  bother trying to stamp the messages straight on the flags.  Just stamp ’em and trim ’em.  Waaaayyyy easier.

Madison Avenue, Sale-a-bration Style

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Honestly, I don’t TRY to make everything in blue and green, it just SEEMS that way:

Maui Stamper Madison Avenue SAB

  • Madison Avenue and Vintage Verses SAB stamp sets
  • Lucky Limeade and Whisper White card stock
  • International Bazaar DSP
  • Summer Starfruit, Lucky Limeade and Pacific Point FFIP
  • Summer Starfruit Stitched Satin Ribbon
  • Itty Bitty Punch Pack
  • 1/2 inch Circle punch
  • Stampin’ Dimensionals

What would I do without Stampin’ Dimensionals?  They are the unsung heroes of my craft table…along with Glue Dots, Sticky Strip, and Tombo the Wonder Adhesive, that is.  But dimensionals stand above the rest (GET IT??? Stand above???  Think…think…)  Love the lift they give my projects!

The SAB sets this year are real winners – love both of these but especially those Vintage Verses – so much you can do with them!  Coming January 22nd!