COUNTRY FLORAL with COLOR and CONTOUR

Posted on February 14, 2023 by mauistamper

Happy Valentines Day, my crafty friends! I have one more Valentine for you using the Country Floral Lane Designer Series Paper. This time I’ve paired it with the Color and Contour stamp set. It’s an older set so you might have it – you could whip this card up this afternoon for last minute giving! (Well. Assuming you have nothing else that is demanding of your time. Quite the assumption.)

Stamps: Color and Contour, Country Bouquet, Friendly Gnomes
Color Palette: Basic White, Petal Pink, Sweet Sorbet, Daffodil Delight, Balmy Blue
Accessories: Big Boss, Scalloped Contour dies, Stitched Rectangle dies, Stylish Shapes dies, Country Floral Lane Designer Series Paper, Stampin’ Blends, White Crinkle Seam Binding Ribbon, Stampin’ Dimensionals

You might have seen versions 1 and 2 of this card a few days ago in THIS post. The change in DSP makes a big difference – there’s a lot of (Balmy) Blue in this version and it just FEELS different. Gotta love our DSP.

I keep a stash of pre-cut Basic White panels measuring 4″ x 5 1/4″ next to my primary work space. All of my cards have an interior white panel, even if they’re a lighter color. I like the crisp look of that white panel on the interior, and I think it’s a beautiful finishing touch. It makes any interior stamping stand out as well.

To borrow a concept, I did a Love It Chop It move on this entire pack of DSP. I don’t always love EVERY design in a package, but I sure loved Floral Bouquet! It’s a great balance of large and small, monochromatic and colorful designs with very appealing colors. You might just need to get yourself a package to see.

There’s still time! You can make someone’s day a little brighter doing something you love! Give a Valentine or two to someone who won’t be expecting one. ❤️ And Happy Valentines Day from the Maui Stamper 😘

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COUNTRY BOUQUET VALENTINE

Posted on February 4, 2023 by mauistamper

It’s nearly Valentines Day, my crafty friends! I’ve combined the Happiness Abounds bundle with the Country Floral Lane Designer Series Paper to create a pair of sweet Valentines. Check your stash of stamps and papers, because I’ll bet you have the supplies to make this card. (If you don’t, hurry off to the Online Store.)

Stamps: Happiness Abounds, Country Bouquet, Friendly Gnomes
Color Palette: Basic White, Petal Pink, Sweet Sorbet, Daffodil Delight, Mint Macaron
Accessories: Big Boss, Blossoming Happiness dies, Stitched Rectangle dies, Stylish Shapes dies, Country Floral Lane Designer Series Paper, Stampin’ Blends, White Crinkle Seam Binding Ribbon, Stampin’ Dimensionals

The colors in this paper are perfect for Valentines, but they don’t insist on it. This could be a Valentine, a birthday card, a girlfriend card, or a just-because-you’re-so-amazing card. I need to send more of those. I made this one a Valentine, and the “Love You” sentiment comes from Friendly Gnomes – that’s all I used from the set.

One of the delights of our DSP is that the colors, patterns and designs are so easy to mix and match. I flipped things around a bit, and colored the Happiness Abounds flowers with Sweet Sorbet instead of Petal Pink. One design will give you a lot of cards.

It helps to think out your panel sizes before you start cutting. 😉 Our 12 x 12 DSP yields 6 panels measuring 4″ wide and 5 1/4″ tall if you cut carefully. That’s a perfect card front layer, and you’ll still have a nice 1 1/2″ x 12″ strip to play with.

This is a standard 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ card base with that 4″ x 5 1/4″ DSP layer. The smaller DSP panel is cut from the 4th Stitched Rectangle die (counting from largest down to smallest) and the card stock behind it is 2 3/4″ x 4 1/8″. You can do this!!

Whether you choose this design or one of your own, a paper Valentine sent through the mail is a message of love. You can make someone’s day a little brighter doing something you love! Send a Valentine or two to someone who won’t be expecting one. ❤️

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Hey Valentine: A Bouquet of Love

Posted on February 13, 2022 by mauistamper

I love products that work hard for me, and when then can do multiple things, well, I’m sold! The Bouquet of Love Hybrid Embossing Folder and dies really earn their real estate in my craft room with images and textures that will go way beyond Cupid’s arrows.

MauiStamper Stampin' Up! Bouquet of Love Hello Friend #DIY #valentinecard #handmade #loveyou

Stamps: Retired (sorry)
Color Palette: Basic White, So Saffron, Fresh Freesia, Soft SeaFoam
Accessories: Big Boss, Hello Friends Designer Series paper, Bouquet of Love Hybrid Embossing Folder, Pearl Basic Jewels

I love the way that Hello Friend DSP looks behind the heart die cut opening! Those white flecks make the card sparkle, and the non-traditional colors help this card stand out from all the rest.

The banner, flowers, and leaves are also included in the hybrid embossing folder bundle, and they’re the perfect accent to the sweet floral embossed layer. There’s so much potential with this one product! Check out more details in the Online Store.

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Lots of Heart for Valentines Day

Posted on February 13, 2021 by mauistamper

While it’s perfect for creating Valentines, the Lots of Heart stamps from the January-June mini catalog are truly year-round images. The companion Many Hearts dies provide great options as well, and I spent a delightful afternoon creating a variety of cards:

Maui Stamper Stampin Up Lots of Heart Valentines Handmade Cards

Stamps: Lots of Heart, Lovely You
Color Palette: Basic White, Coastal Cabana, Poppy Parade, Gold
Accessories: Stampin’ Cut and Emboss, Many Hearts dies, Sunflowers dies, Curvy dies, Forever Greenery dies, Forever Greenery trim, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Vellum card stock

Do you keep a little stash of die cut bits? I can’t seem to bear to throw them away, but eventually it drives me crazy to have all those pieces. My goal this month is to use ’em or lose ’em!

One I got started, was on a roll. This version most closely resembles Melissa Davies card, which I used for my inspiration. I wanted to play with some non-traditional Valentine colors, and Highland Heather and Daffodil Delight were a great way to switch it up.

The greeting is from Itty Bitty Greetings – one of my most indispensable stamp sets. You can see just a hint of the Subtle Embossing Folder on the Highland Heather panel, and the end of the Purple Posy strip was shaped with the Lovely Labels Pick a Punch. There’s a little Wink of Stella too [wink, wink}.

My intent was to create a rainbow with that row of horizontal hearts, but I stopped after 4 rows. I liked the way it looked, and I was eyeballing it and they were lurching downhill! That’s Rich Razzleberry, Magenta Madness, Calypso Coral and Mango Melody, and the Bumblebee Gingham ribbon across the front.

I confess that I squealed a little teeny squeal when I realized the gingham echoed the design in the heart! A few Champagne rhinestones finished this one off.

I went monochromatic in my favorite blues and greens for this version. That’s Misty Moonlight, Just Jade, Bermuda Bay and Coastal Cabana in the lineup, and I used the Scripty Embossing folder on the Misty Moonlight panel. I left off the glitz and glamor to give this one a more masculine feeling.

I really love that horizontal row of tiny hearts!

I think I spent more time cleaning the stamps than I did putting these cards together! It was a lovely way to spend an hour or so, and these will be in the mail in time for Valentines Day.

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Heart Happiness Valentines

Posted on February 13, 2018 by mauistamper

I’m not really a “heart person”, although I’m liberal with heart emojis 💕 in my text messages. I made an exception for Heart Happiness because of this beautiful, ombre-screened, striped heart. There’s something about it that makes my own little stamper heart sing.

Stamps: Heart Happiness
Color Palette: Whisper White, Basic Black, Real Red
Accessories: Big Shot, Heart Happiness, Lots to Love Framelits, Bakers Twine, Rhinestone Jewels, Stampin’ Dimensionals

This is a very simple design, and I chose to leave it without a sentiment on the front. I tried to put a phrase on the banner, but nothing seemed to work and I decided less would be more.

I know. SHOCKING.

I also played with the stripes using Stampin’ Write markers. There’s a little heap of these hearts in my craft room, but these bold colors were my favorites:

Stamps: Heart Happiness, Tabs for You
Color Palette: Whisper White, Bermuda Bay, Berry Burst, Lemon Lime Twist
Accessories: Big Shot, Lots to Love Framelits, 3/8″ Lemon Lime Twist stripe ribbon, Stampin’ Write markers, Stampin’ Dimensionals

Again, I considered adding more (specifically, using a background stamp or TIEF on the Bermuda Bay panel) but decided to stick with less. There are lots of men in my life who need Valentines.

This is my Go Bold Or Go Home combo. I LOVE THESE COLORS TOGETHER, and I hope that you do too.

This Little Piggy Loves You

Posted on February 12, 2018 by mauistamper

Last week I sat down with a friend to make some Valentines. It was such a pleasant evening together, and it underscored why I love to craft. It’s a great solitary activity, but it’s just as enjoyable to share it with someone else. You get caught up on one another’s lives, you share some ideas, and you take home something useful! Perfect.

Stamps: This LIttle Piggy, Heart Happiness
Color Palette: Whisper White, Memento Black, Pear Pizazz, Calypso Coral, Pink Pirouette, Pool Party
Accessories: Big Shot, Stitched Shapes Framelits, Scattered Sequins Dynamic TIEF, Calypso Coral 1/8″ Sheer Ribbon, Stampin’ Blends, Rhinestone Jewels, Stampin’ Dimensionals

I used the scattered heart image from Heart Happiness with Pink Pirouette ink on the inside of the card. I’ll just write over those soft hearts when I send this Valentine.

Do you have the Stitched Shape Framelits? I find myself reaching for them over and over again. There are graduated sizes of circles, ovals and squares, and the stitching lines that frame the inside of each shape create such a clean, finished look.

I’m gaining some confidence with Stampin’ Blends. I don’t have to THINK quite so hard when I approach a new image. I’m just letting it happen. I made a few of these, and each pig is different.

They’re in the mail already – have you sent your Valentines yet?

Panda Panda Panda! Sale-a-bratin’ in February

Posted on February 1, 2018 by mauistamper

February is going to be fabulous – look at what I’ll have on my desk all month!!

Stamps: Party Pandas (SAB 2018), Tabs for Everything
Color Palette: Whisper White, Basic Black, Berry Burst
Accessories: Stamparatus, Wink of Stella, Stampin’ Write markers

I just love their little bellies.

The hearts are from Tabs for Everything and there’s one more large heart that is a solid image. That set is a bit of a sleeper!

Stamparatus has become my GO-TO, who-knew-I-needed-this, favorite tool ever! Well, maybe it’s in a first place tie with the Big Shot, because I don’t like to fussy cut. Getting a perfect, solid image when you mask can be tricky, but not with Stamparatus! Lining up images in a straight line can be tricky, but not with Stamparatus! If you’re not in the reservation queue, put this at the top of your list for the 2018-2019 catalog. I promise, you’ll fall in love!

Crystal and Cheryl have more to share – check out what they’ve done. If you’d like to share your calendar creations with us on Pinterest, please put your Pinterest user name in the comments and I’ll add you to our board.

DEALS – Embossing Folders and the TEXTURE BOUTIQUE!!!

Posted on January 27, 2015 by mauistamper

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Adding my own Ink and Stamps

Posted on February 3, 2011 by mauistamper

It’s been wild and crazy around the Maui Stamper household. What we lack in snow to shovel, we create for ourselves with renovations. The end result will be a fabulous new family room where we can watch Life Size NFL players crack heads (I swear, that’s what’s going on with Mr. Maui Stamper’s new TV). The bonus result will be that the cabinets where our dinosaur TV has been living will be re-installed upstairs, creating Maui Stamper Heaven. I can live with the chaos when I’m looking at that kind of reward!

It’s been a little tricky to find time and space for paper crafts, but when I saw Lisa Young’s Valentine Box there could be no more excuses. Here is what she inspired:

Fabulous Phrases, Baroque Motif and Build-a-Roo stamp sets
Real Red, Whisper White, Pretty in Pink and Early Espresso card stock
Designer Series Papers Prints Pack; Glimmer Paper
Real Red and Pirouette Pink Classic ink pads
Pretty in Pink 3/8 inch taffeta and Real Red 1 inch stitched grosgrain ribbon
XL 2 step Bird Punch; Crop-a-dile; Stamp-a-ma-jig
Big Shot; Scallops #2 Bigz die; Petal Cone Bigz die; Elegant Lines embossing folder
Flowers Designer Brad; Stampin’ Dimensionals

Doesn’t that Glimmer paper wing make you want to SHOUT!??! Actually, the whole thing makes me want to jump and shout and laugh out loud! This was one of those projects that started out slowly and built momentum once I got to a certain point. My dilemma was what to put on the box and heart once I had them cut out – I didn’t want to copy Lisa but I loved her idea. That medium size scallop circle with the Baroque Motifs swirl was the secret ingredient.

I used my Stamp-a-ma-jig (most brilliant concept ever) to line up the words in that gorgeous Fabulous Phrases font, and scoured all my stamps until I found the little open heart in Build-a-Roo. The box is a sheet of 9.5 by 8.5 inch cardstock scored at 1.5 inches from the sides down the 8.5 inch edge, and scored at 4 and 5.5 inches on the 9.5 inch edge. It makes a box that is 5.5 inches wide and 4 inches tall, and if I had paid a little more attention I would have made it just a hair larger so that it would hold cards and envelopes. Next time.

How about a closer look at the layers?

It was a little tricky embossing the front of the box – I was only able to do the front, as running it through the Big Shot a second time for the back would have flattened out the front. I folded one of the side tabs in and was able to get the front into an Impressions Folder.

And yes, I know that ribbon is retired. I bought it a short time ago on the Clearance Rack, but I just checked and it’s gone. There’s still the red ribbon with the white polka dots though, and I think that would be just as cute!

Please go tell Lisa how brilliant she is…and if you like this, I wouldn’t mind if you told me so either!

Not quite pink and red

Posted on January 6, 2011 by mauistamper

It feels like it’s been such a long time since I’ve had inky fingers! I have a couple of projects on the desktop that I can’t share quite yet, but here’s a quick and easy Valentine with a different color palette:

Cute by the Inch and Woodgrain stamp sets
Whisper White, Chocolate Chip and Poppy Parade card stock
Baja Breeze and Poppy Parade Classic ink pads
Baja Breeze Seam Binding
Basic Rhinestone jewels and Stamp-a-ma-jig

Will you forgive me for being so fussy as to use the Stamp-a-ma-jig with Clear Mount stamps? I am picky, picky, picky about squares being lined up. I eyeballed the positioning twice and threw the results in the trash twice. Other than getting my squares in a row, this is a very simple card for Valentine’s Day or just to say I love you.

There’s a Whisper White panel on the inside. You can write on Poppy Parade with a dark pen or marker, but I like the clean look that the white panel adds. It has absolutely nothing to do with my vision. Really.

I got a new Point-and-Shoot camera for Christmas, but as you can see, my photos aren’t much better. Operator error, or perhaps just Operator Learning Curve. So much to do and just not enough time in which to get it done!! I shall persevere, I promise – I like taking photos too much.

Perhaps I’ll practice on Captain Stupidhead.

The Maui Stamper

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Tag Archives: valentines

COUNTRY FLORAL with COLOR and CONTOUR

COUNTRY BOUQUET VALENTINE

Hey Valentine: A Bouquet of Love

Lots of Heart for Valentines Day

Heart Happiness Valentines

This Little Piggy Loves You

Panda Panda Panda! Sale-a-bratin’ in February

DEALS – Embossing Folders and the TEXTURE BOUTIQUE!!!

Adding my own Ink and Stamps

Not quite pink and red

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