Kreative Jewels

Classic Tulipe

I love how this card turned out! lol I probably shouldn't say that about my own cards, but I really do love it!

There is no stamping on this card. It is all about the Big Shot for this one. I used the gorgeous Stampin' Up! Tulipe Die on the Basic Black cardstock. The great thing about this die is that you can use the extra pieces that are cut from the die for the inside of the card and the envelope. Decorating the inside of the card and the envelope really takes your card to the next level.

I then used one of the Texturz Plates from the Stampin' Up! Backgrounds I on the Whisper White textured paper. These plates add so much texture and dimension to the cards. I just love them! I used a retired 1/4" punch for the circles for each corner.

Don't forget, my next round of Black and White card classes are at the end of May. To register for these classes click here.

Black and White Petal Pizzazz

As I mentioned the other day, I have been holding Black and White classes for the past year or so. This last class was even more exciting than normal because Stampin' Up! has so many new accessories and papers that are Black and White! I have used two of my favorites on this card.

The Black and White Polka Dot Designer Series Paper is from the new Rockabilly Specialty paper pack. I just love this paper! I used it with Basic Black and Whisper White Cardstock. I used the Petal Pizzazz flower stamp set with Versamark and Basic Black Embossing Powder. They were punched out with the Scallop Circle Punch. The leaves were stamped with Jet Black Stazon Ink. The sentiment comes from the A Little Birthday Cheer stamp set.

I used one of the new Jumbo Brads, the 5/16" ones, in the center of one of the flowers. I can't tell you how excited I was to see the Neutral Brads in the new Catalog! I am already on my second pack! lol

If you are interested in ordering some of the fantastic Black and White papers and accessories that Stampin' Up! has to offer you can order online at my website. Don't forget, if your order reaches $60.00 you will receive a free Sale-A-Bration item of your choice.  You must enter theSAB item of your choice in the rewards box when ordering online. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact me.

I have a few new MFT cards for you tomorrow!

Hidden Garden Elegance

   

Have you seen and felt the fantastic new Organza Ribbon from Stampin' Up? This stuff is simply stunning! I know, I know, I have a slight ribbon addiction so really it is no surprise that I love it! lol But, it truly is beautiful.

I used the Organza Ribbon on this simple but elegant card. I did a tailored bow which looks great with this type of ribbon. This type of bow is also perfect for cards that you will be mailing as it lays nice and flat.

To make a Tailored Bow cut a piece of ribbon that is twice the desired length of the finished bow. Make a loop with the ribbon and adhere the two ends together. Flatten out the loop and wrap another piece of ribbon around the center of the loop. Adhere the two ends of the center ribbon together at the back of the bow. There you have it, a tailored bow!

The main images on this card are from the Hidden Garden Rub-ons pack. That's right, I didn't stamp these images they are rub-ons! The White Rub-ons are so nice and crisp on the Basic Black cardstock. I cut the ovals using Nestabilities. For the cardstock I used Basic Black and Whisper White.

There is a stamp in the Eastern Blooms set that coordinates perfectly with these rub-ons, so we stamped that in Basic Black ink on the Whisper White envelopes to match the card.

I sometimes find the simplest cards are my favorites and while this card is incredibly simple I just love it's simple elegance!

Bloomin' Beautiful Black and White

  Over the next few days I will be showing you some of the cards we made at my recent Black and White Class. I have done three or four of these classes over the last two years and they are always a HUGE hit. We hadn't even finished this class when some of the ladies started asking when the next one would be! lol I am thrilled to announce that I will now be holding a Black and White class every quarter! Our next Black and White Class will be the end of May. There will be two dates available Tuesday May 26th at 6:30pm or Wednesday 27th at 6:30pm. These classes will fill up quickly so don't delay register today!

 Don't you just love the simplicity of this card? It was a very quick and easy card to make but the results are gorgeous!

If you click on the picture you will get a better view of the fabulous new cardstock from Stampin' Up!'s Taste of Textiles pack! You have to see this cardstock in person to know just how amazing it is! I paired it with Basic Black Cardstock. The main image comes from Bloomin' Beautiful. I stamped it in Versamark and then embossed it with Basic Black Embossing powder. When working with this paper it is crucial to use the Embossing Buddy before you stamp and emboss your image.

 I really didn't want to add a lot to the cardas I didn't want to take away from the beautiful texture in the cardstock. I added a bit of Basic Black velvet ribbon from the Valet Ribbon Originals. I also used the new Eyelet Border Punch to add a bit of interest.

 I'll have another Black and White card for you in the morning. Don't forget to register for the next set of Black and White classes in May.

Top Note Pencil Holder Tutorial

  I have received lots of emails requesting a tutorial for the pencil holders that I posted here. These are incredibly quick and easy to make.

As you are going through the steps in this tutorial you may click on any of the pictures for a closer image.

Supplies you will need

Top Note Die from Stampin' Up! and the Big Shot
a piece of cardstock 11"x4 1/4" scored at 5 1/2"
a piece of cardstock 5 1/2" x 4 1/4"
a piece of patterened paper 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" optional
2 8" pieces of ribbon
sticky strip
a stamped image for the front of the pencil holder

Take your 11"x 4 1/4" piece of cardstock and fold it in half along the 5 1/2" score line. You will place this folded piece of cardstock on top of the Top Note Die. The folded edge of the cardstock should be about a 1/4" to a 1/2" below the top of the die. Run the piece through the Big Shot. You should end up with a piece of cardstock that looks like the piece on the left in the following picture.

  Use the Top Note Die with the other piece of 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" cardstock and run it through the Big Shot.

This is what your two pieces should look like.

 

Take the single Top Note piece and lay it over top of the longer piece at one of the ends. You will notice that as you move the top piece around there is a spot, I like to call it the sweet spot, where the curves on the two pieces will meet up perfectly. This is where you want to glue the top piece down to the bottom longer piece. You should end up with a piece that looks like the picture on the left. Please note that I turned the cardstock over in the picture. The seems where the cardstock met up were easier to see this way.

  If you want to add in a piece of patterned paper this is where you would do it. You would add the patterned piece of paper to the piece that you just attached. Which would be on the left side of this picture.

On the other end of your piece of cardstock place two double rows of sticky strip. I have done this with only one row of sticky strip but I find that it doesn't hold as well.

All you need to do now is take off the backing of the sticky strip, fold along the scored crease. The two sides meet up perfectly because they were cut together with the Top Note die.

I like to wrap two pieces of ribbon around the bottom of the pencil holder. I find this adds a bit of stability to it. If you secure the ribbon so that the ends meet in the front of the pencil holder you can hide the ends of the ribbons with your stamped image.

All that is left to do is stamp your image and mount it to the front of the pencil holder.

If you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact me.

It's Celebrate MFT Day!

  It's the 20th of the month and all you MFT fans know what that means! It's Celebrate MFT Day! It's a great day to use your new MFT stamp sets. If you are feeling extra festive, why not use MFT's colors, Pink, Black and White.

I had a little MFT fun today! I inked up the oh so cute Cupcake Flopsey. I used Memento Tuxedo Black ink on Papertrey's white cardstock. I used my Copics to color in the image. If you haven't seen it yet, Candice just did a fantastic Copic coloring tutorial over in the MFT forum. Lots of great tips and tricks for using Copics!

If you come to my Stampin' Up! classes you know that I love to sponge around the edges of white cardstock. I used Cameo Coral classic ink for the edges here. I absolutely love this technique. I find it really changes the overall look of a card.

For cardstock I used Cameo Coral and Pink Pirouette from Stampin' Up! and the patterned paper is from Making Memories. The gorgeous ribbon is from Papertrey Ink. It is called Berry Sorbet. The flower is from Petaloo and the jumbo brad is from Making Memories.

I had this fun cupcake bath bomb in one of my alterables/project drawers. It was the inspiration for the shade of pink on the card. I used a clear box top to house the cupcake. I wrapped the box top with Pink Pirouette Ribbon on both the inside and the outside of the box. I then used a little Berry Sorbet ribbon and finished it off with another polka dot flower from Petaloo. I will wrap the box top with a clear cello wrap when I give it as a gift.

If you have some MFT stamps ink them up today and head on over to the MFT forum on SCS. They will be doing a drawing for a $5.00 Gift Certificate from all the cards posted to the Celebrate MFT Day thread.

More Congratulations for my Kreative Jewels Team Members

 I have a number of my Kreative Jewels Team members that are celebrating their Stampin' Up! anniversaries during SAle-A-Bration so I needed to get some cards ready to send out. Sale-A-Bration is the best time to join Stampin' Up! You will receive an extra free stamp set from Stampin' Up! You will also receive a free stamp set from me, this is in addition to the welcome gift that I give all new members of my Kreative Jewels team. And did I mention that Stampin' Up! has a sale on the starter kit right now? Stampin' Up! is offering the Starter Kit at 15% off during Sale-A-Bration. Wow, what a deal!!! For more information please see my Information Page

For the cards I choose the new Urban Oasis Designer Series Paper as my starting point. I used only two colors from the pack, Basic Black and Kraft.  I also used some of the brand new Taste of Textiles Specialty Papers. OMG, these are absolutely stunning! I wanted to have a little splash of color on the cards so I used some Sticky Cut  numbers. These Sticky Cut shapes, letters and numbers are so awesome. You can add lots of bling with Stampin' Up!'s glitters and bead assortments. Here, I used the Red Glitter from the Fine Galaxy assortment.

For this first card I used the Celebrate Everything set. This is a great little set, perfect for all your celebration cards! The flower came from a new set, Garden Greetings. We were given this set at Managers Reception at this years Leadership in Orlando! It is quickly becoming one of my favorites!
 For the next two cards I used two of this years Sale-A-Bration sets, Polka Dot Punches and Congrats. You can earn one of these sets for free with a $60.00 order, get both for free with a $120.00 order. Please call or email me to earn your free sets today, or you can order online here.

I did all the stamping on these three cards using Basic Black Craft ink, which I then embossed with clear embossing powder. I added the white gel pen to add a bit of dimension to the cards.

 

Congratulations Parisian Breeze Style!

I decided that this year I really need to focus on sending out more cards. This decision may have something to do with the fact that I didn't send or give a single Christmas Card this year! Can you believe that??? I was so busy during the fall that I didn't get any of my own Christmas Cards done. Yikes! I will not let that happen again this year!

I needed a few Congratulations cards this month to send out to my downline. The brand new Sale-A-Bration set Congrats was the perfect stamp set for the job. I paired it with the absolutely gorgeous new Parisian Breeze Specialty Designer Series Paper. This stuff is absolutely stunning! It is a textured cover weight cardstock. The colors are to die for and the texture is amazing! You get a pack of 12 Double Sided Sheets for $13.95.

I used the Parisian Breeze Specialty Designer Series Paper as my guide for choosing the colors. Baja Breeze, Chocolate Chip, Kraft, and Whisper White. I used some of my favorite new accessories on this card including the gorgeous Chocolate Chip Polka Dot ribbon from the Valet Ribbon Originals Pack, the Chocolate Chip Corduroy buttons and the Simple Flower Embosslit! I also used the Top Note Bigz Die, but you already know how much I love that!

I needed another Congratulations card for my dear friend Liz Shultz who is celebrating her sixth anniversary with Stampin' Up! The basic design for this card is the same as the ones I did for my downline, I just did a few more flowers on this one. I also used the gorgeous new 5/16" Jumbo Neutral Brads from Stampin' Up! I am so in love with Chocolate Chip anything, yes cookies too! These brads were on my first new catalog order!

You can earn the Congrats set I used on these cards for FREE with an order of $60.00 Canadian during Sale-A-Bration. You can call or email me to place your order, or better yet place your order online at my website.

Good Morning Sunshine Accordion Flowers

  I had a little fun last week making some cards using the accordion fold flower shown in the Sale-A-Bration mini catalog. These flowers are really easy to make and I think they add a little fun and lots of dimension to a plain card.

I used the same colors and Designer Series paper on both of these cards. I just switched around the colors a bit and I used different embellishment for the front of the flower, otherwise they are the same.

I used Old Olive, Summer Sun and Chocolate Chip for cardstock. The Designer Series paper is from the Good Morning Sunshine pack. For stamp sets I used Stem Sayings and Garden Greetings.

  For the flower I cut a strip of DSP that was 1 1/4"x12". I then used the amazing new Eyelet Border punch along the length of the paper. I then scored the paper at every half inch. The paper is then folded on the score lines using an accordion fold. I used sticky strip to secure the two ends together.

The only tricky part to this flower comes now! The flower needs to come together at a center point, it can be a bit fiddly but the result is great! I used a large Pop Up Glue Dot to secure the center of the flower. I then took a one inch circle of cardstock and mounted it to the back of the flower. This helps to stabilize the flower and it will make the flower easier to mount on a card. I then used either the amazing Chocolate Chip Corduroy Brad or a clear button with a little Designer Series Paper for the center of the flower. 

Obviously I wouldn't suggest mailing these cards! lol They do fit into a larger envelope so they are perfect for those special cards that you hand deliver.

Canadian 6"x6" Designer Series Paper Sampler

Do you love Stampin' Up!'s Designer Series Paper? Do you want to have each and every Designer Series Paper that Stampin' Up! has in the new Catalog & Idea Book? Do you live in Canada? Have you been looking for a way to own all the Designer Series Papers, without spending $300.00? If you answered yes to these questions click the link below for a fantastic opportunity to receive all of the fabulous new Designer Series Papers at a fraction of the cost.

Canadian Designer Series Paper Sampler