RemARKably Luxurious: A Regal World Card Making Day

Posted on October 6, 2012 by mauistamper

So glad you’ve come back for a little more WCMD RemARKable blogging goodness! A hand made card is a very special gift, and although today I’m featuring cards for birthdays, thank yous and Christmas, the best card is the one that arrives “just because”. It’s a simple act but it means a lot.

This third round on the hop is full of rich, royal colors: the Stampin’ Up! Regal Color Family

If you know me at all, you know that I run late. I’m not proud of that, and I have developed a variety of habits designed to get me out the door on time, but the sad truth is that I run on Maui Stamper time. Fortunately, Maui time and Maui Stamper time are similar concepts!

This little mollusk has a good excuse for being tardy – he had to wait for the Crystal Effects to dry! (don’t tell, but I did a Maui Stamper No-No. I broke out the Dazzling Diamonds. Mr. Maui Stamper DOES NOT LIKE GLITTER. It has to do with an incident at least 10 years ago involving a teenager’s glittered tee shirt and a pair of cycling shorts in the same load of laundry. I almost never use DD, but I just couldn’t resist!)

This card might take that extra bit of postage, but that lumpy knot on the Cherry Cobbler tulle is worth every penny! The tulle is luxurious and soft, and ties easily and gracefully. It can be pleated – I use sticky strip because hot glue, while it is somewhat more effective, has an unnatural affinity for my fingers. And it burns.

I am an ENORMOUS fan of Sizzix Textured Impressions Embossing folders (TIEF). Give a piece of cardstock a quick run through the Big Shot and it goes from hum to HUM BABY! (I am also an enormous fan of caps, because I talk with my hands – caps are not shouting to me, they are gestures.) This oval is my new holiday fave. As far as snowflakes go, we see them about once every 10 years at the summit of Haleakala – but this one looks like a design for a traditional Hawaiian quilt, and that suits me.

Having fun? Full to the brim with ideas? Fingers weary from all that Pinning? Get some rest, because there are two more posts to come before the day is through! In the meantime, let’s check out what Maria has up her sleeve…

Exploring Wisteria Wonder

Posted on August 3, 2011 by mauistamper

How can you not love a color with Wisteria in its name?

Wisteria Wonder fills a real gap in the Stampin’ Up! color palette, and I know I’m not the only person who is happy about that. I wanted to explore how each of the 2011-2013 In Colors coordinate with the Stampin’ Up! color families, so I came up with a set of classes that will explore each of the colors in turn. Guess which one will be first?

This first class will be Wednesday, August 10 and will feature this note card set (made with the Easy Events stamp set) and two other projects. Cost is $10, and you can RSVP at my Online Store. Just click on the event in the calendar on the landing page, and it will take you to the class description and a big ol’ RSVP button. Hope to see you there!

Just right

Posted on July 24, 2011 by mauistamper

I love over-the-top, More Is More cards, but there’s something to be said for simplicity:

Easy Events Stamp set
Very Vanilla and Pear Pizazz card stock
In Color Designer Series Patterns Paper
Chocolate Chip Classic ink pad
Pear Pizazz and Calypso Coral Stampin’ Write Markers
Big Shot and Framed Tulips Textured Embossing Folder
Rhinestone Jewels
Chocolate Chip Scallop Dots ribbon

Easy Events was one of the many (7) free stamp sets I brought home from Convention. I have to be completely honest – when I read the announcement that it was one of the Convention sets I thought I wouldn’t use it. It seemed too simplistic, too (dare I say it??) beginner. I know. Stampin’ Snobbery at its worst.

I have reformed my thinking.

I really like the images in this set, and the sentiments – included with the images for quick and easy stampin’ – are just right, Goldilocks. Not too silly, not too sweet, not too stuffy, but just right. Add a little bit of bling, a little bit of Big Shot Embossin’, and you have a card that is…well, I think it’s just right!