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Joy Fold Filled Thrills

Happy Hootin Tootin Thursday!!!

There are TONS of birthdays coming my

 way in the month of August so I found this a perfect opportunity 

to turn up the notch and show you how to make this 

Joy Fold Fun card for our Thursday Thrill. 

I think its a great way to break away from the normally

displayed cards and show something 

down right Fun Folded! (giggles)

~ I also included a video tutorial at the end of this Post to better assist you ~

Taking a clean piece of 8 1/2 x 11 Not Quite Navy #101722 and 

cut down to 4" x 8 1/2". Score at 5 1/2" and fold. Set Aside

Next, using the remaining piece of Not Quite Navy Cardstock

cut down to 3" x 8" and Score at 4". Set Aside

Taking your chosen DSP (Inside the card I used a striped piece 

of Razzleberry Designer Series Paper #117155) and cut down to 5" x 3 3/4"

On the exterior of the card (above) I used International Bazaar Designer 

Series Paper #126920 and cut down to 2 3/4" x 3 3/4". 

The solid piece of Lucky Limeade #122926 was cut down 

to 2 3/4 x 3 3/4" as well and added to the exterior of the smaller card. 

All in the details.... you see I added a Birthday Sentiment on the interior of the 

card in Rich Razzleberry ink #126950 and included some 

Brights Glimmer Brads #121006. 

On the front I attached some balloons and twine in Cherry Cobbler #123125

I figured.... I couldn't JUST make ONE, so I attached another lil guy 

on some little treats I will give to my sister with her present. 

He's So Cute, you wanna Just Eat 'Em UP!! 

...Well at least the candies, they would probably taste better! (Buhuuhahaha)

The Video to this tutorial:

Cardstock: Not Quite Navy #101722, Lucky Limeade #122977, and Whisper White #100730

DSP: International Bazaar #126920 and Brights Designer Series Paper Pack #117155 
Ink: Rich Razzleberry #126950, Lucky Limeade #126984, Daffodil Delight #126944 and Tangerine Tango #126946

Cool Tools:  1 3/4" Circle Punch #119850, 1" Circle Punch #119868, 
1/2" Circle #119869, Paper Pierce Pack #126187, 
Stampin Trimmer #126889, Paper Snips #103579, 
Bakers Twine Cherry Cobbler #123125, 
Brights 2/8" Glimmer Brads #121006, Snail Adhesive #104332
and Dimensionals ##104430
Stamps: Bring on the Cake (w: 121899 c: 121958)

Faux Silk-For YOU!

Hi Friends... Todays Techn{ink} Tuesday

Faux Silk

This Techn{ink} took less than 2 minutes and although I was a 

little uncertain about it in the beginning, Im so excited about how it came out. 

Lets get started

First you will take a clean piece of Tissue Paper and cut it down 

to the dimension you will need, I used a 5" x 5 1/2"

You can use which ever stamp you would like, but 

here I used Music Notes (#120327) with 

a little help from my Stampin Around Handle (#102971)

and dipped into More Mustard (#126964)

Once that was dried I crinkled and wrinkled it into the little ball you see

I unwrapped and did it a couple times to get my Tissue Paper 

very wrinkled

I simply unwrapped the Tissue Paper

**do not flatten and roughen out any wrinkles**

and I adhered to my 4 1/2" x 5" Very Vanilla cardstock

using my Glue Stick (#104045)

Once this was done, placing the card upside down to avoid ripping, 

I trimmed this portion of my card to its final size of 3 3/4" x 5" 

using my Stampin Trimmer (#126889)

After adding a few embellishments, I attached to a final cardstock 

of Not Quite Navy (#101722) cut to 8" x 5 1/2" and folded in half

Heres our final card and I enhanced the photo a bit to show the Faux Silk Detail. 

I think it came out quite beautiful. This card just sings to me, 

I hope you enjoyed this quick 

Tuesday Techn{ink}

Cardstock: Very Vanilla #101650, Soft Suede #115318, 
and Not Quite Navy #101722 

Ink: More Mustard #126964, Not Quite Navy #126971 and 
Crumb Cake #126975


Stamps: Timeless Treasures #120615 and Music Notes #120327

Tools:  Big Shot #113439, Labels Collection Framelits #125598, Decorative Label #120907, Stampin Trimmer #106959, Stampin Around Handle #102971, 

Taffeta Ribbon #109070, Victoria Lace #118481, Glue Stick #104045, 
Dimensionals #104430 and Snail Adhesive #104332

Friday Fun Tutorial - Class Final

Hello there... I hope everyone is well. Today has been quite 

HOT to say the least in SoCal. 

Temperatures are rising, kids are more whinny and we have rain.... 

But its a great day to be Stampin with my Friends... That's YOU!!! 

Today's the last and final of our first Friday Fun Tutorial 

and today I wanted to incorporate all the useful

tools and techniques we have learned over the 

past three weeks into one.... So in the project we were working on, 

I'm sure you may have some scraps left over from your card. If you've been following

my Blog - You KNOW I Got Scraps! LOL

So Lets turn those Scraps into something Memorable....

Here I took the opposing side of my Designer Series Paper and distressed

the heck out of it! Really got in there sanding, pulling tearing and sponging.

I created a few corner photo holders and jeweled them

I used some of my stamps and decorated my Very Vanilla Cardstock. 

And here is my two page layout! What do you think? 

I made this as another page layout for my daughters Best Friend Scrapbook. 

I added a small area for her to Journal

and add a few photos, but still left her some 

room to customize it with names and so forth. 

She absolutely fell in love with it

I know we covered a lot of pieces here and I hope you truly learned something new that 

will become useful to you in your own card making/scrapbooking. 

There may be some of you that do best with a demonstration 

of the techniques performed. If so please 

email me at NikkiSapien@gmail.com and I will be glad

to send you the link of my tutorial creating this 

two page layout. 

CAS Wednesday-Punch-O-Rama

Hello Fellow Stampers and Welcome to 

CAS Wednesday

you know I love them and am delighted to share

PUNCHES!!!! They are so much fun and 

help make the simplest cards even simpler (is that even a word!?!??)

I know today is 4th of July so I wanted to wish you all a 

Happy Independence Day! 

Todays feature isn't very Red White and Blue 

but I still hope you enjoy.

Cardstock color choice for today is Regal Rose (#105130), 

Chocolate Chip (#102128) and Whisper White (#124302).

I haven't done too many baby cards so here I selected 

Baby Bundle (w: #118525 c:#120576) with my stamp pads

and my 1 1/4" Square Punch (#119865) 

and Scalloped Square Punch(#119884)

** I find these punches are so handy to have around all year long**

I took a piece of Pretty in Pink Cardstock (#100459) and cut to 4 5/8" x 2 5/8" and 

placed into the Perfect Polka Dot Embosslit Folder (#117335) 

and ran through my Big Shot Die Cut machine (#113439).

Then I cut a piece of Whisper White to 3" x 5" and attached the 

Pretty in Pink card together.

I selected the smaller stamps and colored each by hand with my 

Handy Dandy Stampin Write Markers and used my 1 1/4" square punch (#119865)  

to layer them with a Chocolate Chip and Regal Rose 

Scalloped Square Punch(#119884).

Before I attached all my pieces to the  8 1/2" x 5 1/2" piece of Regal Rose Cardstock 

(which I folded in half to create my card base)

 I wrapped a bow with my 5/8" Organza Ribbon (#114319)

and added the "Congratulations!" Sentiment by using 

the Large Oval Punch (#119855) and a Chocolate Chip Scallop Oval (#119856)

Done and the Labor for this card was under 5 Minutes! 

(giggle! giggle!)

Cardstock:    Pretty in Pink #100459, Chocolate Chip #102128, Whisper White #124302 and  Regal Rose #105130   

Ink: Chocolate Chip #126979, Regal Rose #126947 and Pretty in Pink #126955

Stamp: Baby Bundle (w: #118525 c:#120576)

Tools Used: 1 1/4" Square Punch (#119865), Scalloped Square Punch(#119884), Perfect Polka Dot Embosslit Folder (#117335) , Big Shot Die Cut machine (#113439),  Scallop Oval (#119856), Large Oval Punch (#119855) and 5/8" Organza Ribbon (#114319)

Let Freedom Ring - Techn{ink} Tuesday!

Hello Everyone! Today is Techn{ink} Tuesday and 

its All About... Let Freedom Ring!!

Im feeling Very Patriotic, how are you Celebrating 4th of July?

Its time for BBQ's, Family Fun and Relaxation!?! 

I know I cant wait to be Poolside..

Today I intermixed a Sponging Techn{ink} with a little Twist of Simply Scored....

I have been wanting to show more with this Fascinating Tool 

as an added warning ahead this will get a little messy. 

So Lets Roll....

 On the left hand side you will see a clean piece of Whisper White cardstock (#124302). 

This is trimmed to 3 5/8" x 4 7/8" before beginning the next step 

I wanted to Stamp my image before I began to use 

my Simply Scored Tool (#122334). Here you see my image stamped in Midnight Muse (#126860)

On the right hand side you will see my images are stamped as desired and 

using my  Simply Scored Tool (#122334) 

 I scored a line right above my image.

Here you see (on left hand side) I turned my card right side up and began to score every 1/4"

You will want to turn your card UPSIDE down to get the desired score marks

in order to continue with this project. So now all your scored marks are

RAISED, right side up!

Next is where it gets a little messy. Using Crumb Cake (#121030), Marina Mist (#126962)

were going to begin our Antiquing Techn{ink}. First sponge with 

Crumb Cake  softly to get that slightly discolored affect (to lessen the white)

then sponge with  Marina Mist  to add the denim affect.

**These colors alone are Spectacular!!**

On the left side you see Im now sponging with Riding Hood Red (#126968) 

and on the left I needed a "walnut type stain" so I sponged with Soft Suede (#126978)

You can definitely see why having the scored lines raised were needed

to capture the colors accurately.

Lastly I attached the Antiqued Techn{ink} to my 3 3/4" x 5" piece of 

Midnight Muse Cardstock (#126843).

You can see the colors enhance and take nicely. 

And on the left is our final image.

You can see I added a few embellishments to adorn the 

Distressed Bakers Twine I selected.

If you don't recall how to color the twine to customize it 

for your project. CLICK HERE

After adding the ribbon and embellishments I glued this to 

a piece of 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" Riding Hood Red Cardstock (#111348)

And Heres The Added Bonus...

Did you know that the Simply Scored can be used to also create CUSTOM ENVELOPES!?! 

Seriously, its the perfect answer to all the left over cardstock you have

lying around! 

I added some extra Distressing and Stamped the interior lip of the envelope 

and now its customized to coordinate with my card! 

Simply Scored Wants YOU!!!

Cardstock: Whisper White Cardstock #100730, Red Riding Hood #111348, and Midnight Muse #126843.

Ink: Crumb Cake #126975, Midnight Muse #126860, and 

Red Riding Hood #126968, Marina Mist #126962 and Soft Suede #126978.

Tools Used:  Simply Scored Tool #122334, Antique Brads #117273 

Snail Adhesive #104332 and sponges #101610.

I hope everyone has a Wonderful and Safe Fourth of July

and 

May God Bless Our Troops!

Thursday Thrill

This is Absolutely my most favorite stamp set. My favorite card and surprisingly

My favorite blend of colors!!! 

A photo cant do justice the vibrant colors and stamps this set offers. 

It makes me want to grab my Passport and Fly to Paris!!

Todays Thursday Thrill is the emphasis on ... Smooch Spritz!! 

I took a close up here of the card to see the Brilliant gold spatters of color. 

So simple, so beautiful.

If ever a product to "Must Have" is the Smooch Spritz. Gold is a great staple to have around but the Vanilla Shimmer.... WOW! Christmas is coming and I better be stocked up! :)

Happy Stampin

Designer Series Paper: First Edition Specialty #121878

Cardstock: Crumbcake #120953, Early Espresso #119686 and Cherry Cobbler #119685

Ink: Always Artichoke #126972, So Saffron #126957, Early Espresso #126974, Crumb Cake#126975 and Cherry Cobbler #126966

Stamp: Artistic Etchings (w:118517 c: 120573)
Perfect Punches (w:117022 c:120516)

Embellishments: 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon in Early Espresso #119959

Gold Glow Smooch Spritz #118770

Comfort Cafe CAS Wednesday

Todays CAS (Clean and Simple) card was quick and took less than two minutes to gather,

but not only is the highlight to show the new Comfort Cafe Designer Series Paper but how breathtaking the new In Color Dahlias are shown here!!!  (see the close up)

I'm still working very hard to work with my pretty patterned paper, so that you too could fall in love with it and hopefully show me your own CAS featured card!

Its a big beautiful world out there and by golly.... we are going to CAS some DSP ASAP!

Each Wednesday Im going to continue to show you a card using some scraps of Stampin' Up! DSP

you might have lingering around or a card with fun colorations and more DSP to display. So dont forget to fill in your email to follow along with us and you might just be called out on a week to display your

DSP in a sketch challenge. FUN is all in the Details!!

Stampin' Up! has several fun new DSP designs to choose from. They all coordinate with SU! cardstock, ribbon and inks. A package can get you 12 sheets: 2 each of 6 double sided designs. They come 12'' x 12''. Acid/Lignin Free and durable to the core!!

I have used them for adorning cards, scrapbooks, creating fun flowers and treat boxes!

I'm so ecstatic over SU! Paper and I stand entirely behind it!

After years of wasting hundreds and hundreds of dollars on cheap papers or mostly papers that didnt coordinate with a color scheme I was trying to achieve. Well those days are no more!

Designer Series Paper: Comfort Cafe DSP #126898

Cardstock: Crumbcake #120953, Midnight Muse #126843

Ink: Gumball Green #126861

Stamp: Everything Eleanor (w:124162 c: 124164)

Embellishments: In Color Dahlias (#127556)

Tools Used: Essentials Paper Piercing Mat (#126199) and Pack (#126187)