Another RS Baby Card

Used the same color scheme as the engagement cards I made the same day





Stamps: Rubber Soul Baby Collection
CS: blush blossom, white, moss, retired SU DP (?spring flowers/showers)
Ink: Palette Noir, blush (for sponged heart)
Markers: moss (on dad), pretty in pink, banana (on baby blanket)
Other: Sakura glitter pen (on baby blanket)

Rubber Soul Baby Cards

More Pregnancy cards - and more cute RS stick people! I really like the option you have with clear polymer stamps (a/k/a "acrylic" stamps, although they aren't acrylic, just the blocks are) to bend the sentiments around the image, like I did below with "bun in the oven"




Stamps: Rubber Soul Baby collection
CS: banana, not quite navy, white, retired SU DP
Ink: Palette Noir
Markers: celery, pretty in pink
Other: celery grosgrain, wide white grosgrain, corner rounder, ticket corner punch, banana brads, Sakura glitter pen (on her dress)

Rubber Soul Engagement/Love

I have a friend who got engaged at Christmas, so I had a reason to break out my other Rubber Soul stick people! I am crazy about these cute people. The 'so happy for you' sentiment is from the Baby collection, the rest from the Love collection



I cut a heart shape out of a scrap piece of CS to sponge the heart in Blush Blossom ink. Really like how it turned out! (I am a horribly uneven heart shape-cutter, so I drew one side of a heart, and cut, then laid that cut half of the heart on the other side and cut around it to make it evenly shaped. I was all proud of that. I'm easily pleased).





Stamps: Rubber Soul Love Collection & Baby Collection (sentiment)
CS: blush blossom, white, moss, retired SU DP (?spring showers/flowers)
Ink: Palette Noir, blush (sponged heart)
Markers: moss, pretty in pink
Other: stardust Stickles (on bouquet), Making Memories velvet ribbon (pink and brown)

More Bellas

I used a Christmas rub-on to be sarcastic with Ms. Grumpy

Stamp: Grumpabella, Paisley Print bkgd
CS: moss, rose red, black, white
Ink: stazon black
Markers: moss, rose red, blush, caramel, going gray
Other: Making Memories rub-on sentiment






I found this holi-tini ribbon at Michael's over Thanksgiving, and knew I had to have it for Cosmobella

Stamp: Cosmobella
CS: gable green, pink passion, white, black
Ink: stazon jet black
Markers: turquoise, gable, passion, blush, caramel, going gray
Other: ticket corner punch, Making Memories bling brads, Michael's ribbon, stardust Stickles on bella's top and drink

Faux Stitched Sidekick Sayings

I just about completely CASEd these cards from one posted by mrsparker on SCS here.

Stamps: Sidekick Sayings (retired Hostess)
CS: wasabi, white, banana, not quite navy
Ink: not quite navy, wasabi & banana on flower w/ aquapainters, not quite navy marker for faux stitching
Other: photo corner punch, banana brads, mat pack for piercing

Big Baby News

I have several pregnant co-workers, and made the card above for a basic Congrats card, and the pink/blue cards below for the day they get their ultrasounds and find out the sex of the babies.

I love the Think Big stamp set, and trying to figure out different images to replace the "i" in Big. I just bought a load of $1 Michael's stamps that are vertical so I can try to fit them in this set for different occasions, so stay tuned.




Close-up of two of the baby feet cards:



Stamps: Think Big (retired), Stampendous baby foot, $1 Michael's stamp
CS: white, banana, apricot, pretty in pink, Lasting Impressions patterned CS, bashful blue, Candy DP (retired)
Ink: black, apricot, sage, pretty in pink, bashful blue
Other: wasabi stitched ribbon, circle punches, scallop punch, stardust Stickles, bashful brads, white grosgrain, pink grosgrain, white gel pen

Stampendous Gift

One of my co-workers found out I was a stamp addict and brought me 4 ink pads and a Stampendous rubber stamp that is a big 4-sided wooden cube with different background images on each side that she never used. As a thank you, I made some notecards for her using the stamp. Pretty simple, nothing exciting:





A little more close-up pics:


Stamps: Stampendous Foliage Cube, Sincere Salutations
CS: white, ruby red, perfect plum, black, silver, going gray
Ink: silver, gold
Other: lg and small black eyelets, lg silver eyelets, small gold eyelets, nonSU silver ribbon, photo corner punch, ticket corner punch, silver cord, narrow black organdy, narrow gold organdy, gold cord

More Carolers

Forgot about these cards too:





This 2nd card was a quickie, no-big-deal card. Not very exciting, but thought I'd post anyway.The tree image is a single tree in the Carolers set, and thanks to the joy of clear stamps, I was able to place a row of 3 trees without effort - or stampamajig. Again, not crazy about the gray shadow under their feet with the markers; plan to sponge it next time.


Stamps: Rubber Soul Carolers set
CS: Cricut holiday paper, white, ruby red, gable green, yoyo yellow
Ink: Palette Noir
Markers: ruby red, pumpkin, garden green, not quite navy, coral, going gray
Other: photo corner punch, banana brads

Rubber Soul Carolers

I have a new love (besides Stamping Bella) - it's the Rubber Soul Stick People stamps. I HEART them sooooo much!

I'll be posting a LOAD of cards with different stick people over the next few days, but thought I'd better get ALL my Christmas themed projects grouped together in posts, then move on to non-holiday cards.





This image is from the Carolers set, aren't they so cute?

I'm not terribly thrilled with my 'shadow' coloring underneath their feet (too dark and streaky) - will sponge next time with a reverse-mask oval, I think.

The inside sentiment is from a $1 Michael's clear set (I love those!) and it fits perfectly in the large oval punch (raised on a pop-up glue dot).

And they are ::gasp!:: clear polymer stamps, which I NEVER thought I would use. Perish the thought! A few years ago, I would have scoffed -pfft!- at using clear unmounted stamps, but the technology (and inks!) have come a long way, and I am really enjoying them (and seeing EXACTLY where your image is being stamped is AWESOME (more on that in future card posts)~

Plus, hello? Totally cost-effective compared to wood-mounted rubber. 11 images for $14 retail - woot! (yes, I am a tightwad)

I'm a wood-mounted traitor, who woulda ever thunk it? Not I. (I'm actually :::gasp again!::: mulling over unmounting all my SU stamps in the interest of space and image placement - like the Bellas, which are unmounted rubber stamps. No action plan yet, still considering, as that would be a HUGE undertaking).

Stamps: Rubber Soul Carolers set, $1 Michael's clear sentiment
Ink: Palette Noir
Markers: turquoise, green galore, yoyo yellow, amethyst, orange
CS: white, celery, Cricut holiday DP pack
Other: stardust & orange Stickles, colored snaps, lg. oval punch, pop-up glue

Wreathabella ... again

Yes, it's January, and these will sit in my card bin for 11 months, but I DON'T CARE! I love her, stamped and colored a bunch of images in November and am still using them. So I'm ahead for 2008, yes? (just noticed I still need to color her dress, and Stickle her pompoms- will do!)







Stamps: Wreathabella
Ink: Stazon Jet Black, Markers: real red, olive, celery, blush, caramel
CS: real red, olive, white, Dashing DP
Other: mat pack (piercing), corner rounder, wide red grosgrain ribbon

More Wreathabellas a/k/a Love my Crop-a-Dile

OMGosh, what was I waiting for? I just recently purchased a crop-a-dile (finally) and I will be using every eyelet I own in short order. EASY PEASY, so fast and quiet, and no getting out tools and making noise, etc. Woot! Love this tool, use it every time I enter my stamp room now! Get thee a crop-a-dile, stamping friends!



Stamps: Wreathabella
CS: Dashing DP, white, real red, celery, olive
Ink: stazon jet black, markers: blush, celery, olive, red
other: Making Memories word ribbons, ticket corner punch, slit punch, white eyelets, wide red grosgrain, gold cord

Holiday Think Big

Stamps: Think Big (retired), $1 Michael's candy cane
CS: white, black, celery, cricut Christmas patterened papers
Ink: old olive pad & marker, real red
other: red gingham, gold cord, large red eyelet, corner punch, 3/4" and 1" circle punches, stardust stickles on 'wish', red stickles on candy cane stripes

Why You Should Enter Swaps

I participated in a Christmas card swap a few years back, and this design was one of the cards I received. Fast forward: I am selling cards at two different storefronts this season (YAY for SU changing their angel policy last month to allow this!), and had one of the baskets of cards at work to hand off to the business owner that day. This card was one of the designs in the basket, and it almost WASN'T because I wasn't sure if I liked it enough to include, not my style, blah blah...

Well, sure enough, one of my co-workers is looking through the basket and says "I love this card! I want to order some for Christmas cards" and voila, another sale! Woot! An all around good card-selling day was had by moi. And now that I made a bunch of them today, they grew on me.

Took this photo to show you the layer of vanilla on the inside of the card to write upon. I like to do that with the darker cards.

Stamp Set: On Angel Wings (retired Hostess Appreciation set)
CS: handsome hunter, bravo burgundy, vanilla
Ink: versamark, hunter (sentiment), burgundy (on edges of sentiment piece and on envelope)
Other: gold EP, dazzling diamonds glitter (on wings), white gel pen (on dove), non-SU gold ribbon

'Support' card

The inside says "for your support" with Karen Foster snap stamps. Yeah, it's cheesy and been done before, but a customer wanted it and therefore I made one and am sharing it with you. Looks less tacky in person, I swear. So there. (If you've been under a rock, the bra is made with the ice cream scoop and candle stamps from the Perfect Party set)

Stamp Set: Perfect Party, Think Big (for 'Thanks), Teeny Tiny (for flowers on background and envelope) - all retired sets, Karen Foster mini snap stamps (for inside sentiment)
CS: white, cameo coral, black, gable green
Ink: tempting turquoise (craft & classic), gable green
Other: flower punch (that matches Looks Like Spring set, can't remember its name), glitter glue (looks better IRL!), turquoise and celery grosgrain ribbon

Wreathabella

This is the Bella stamp that got me off my rump to place an order, since this one was "time-sensitive" and I loved her! I love my others, but they are year round and I kept thinking I'd order Someday, of course I would, lalala.... and then Wreathabella appeared and I had to have her in time for Christmas, so I got all the Bellas I'd been wanting at once!

Her tee-tiny little dress is paper pieced with Dashing DP, you can see it better in the close-up pic. I'm waiting for my Stardust Stickles order to arrive, and then her little pompoms on her boots and hat will be all sparkly!

Stamp: Wreathabella (stampingbella.com)
CS: Confetti white base (not seen), garden green, Dashing DP
Ink: Stazon jet black, markers: old olive, certainly celery, real red, blush blossom (skin), creamy caramel (hair)
Other: slit punch, 5/8" red grosgrain ribbon, rub-on sentiment (Memory Makers)

Pink & Wasabi Snow

The color challenge at Splitcoast a few weeks ago was Wasabi and Pretty in Pink, which I like together very much. This card is an almost complete CASE of a card by SCS stamper casacastes (see her card here) with a few minor changes. She used crystal effects on the big 'snow' word, and I didn't have the patience for it so I used dazzling diamonds and glue. And of course a matching envelope - wheeled on the back flap.

Stamps: Jumbo Snow Wheel (holiday mini 2007)
CS: White, Pretty in Pink, Wild Wasabi
Ink: Pretty in Pink
Other: pink organdy ribbon, double-stitched wasabi ribbon, snowflake brad (wrapped around ribbon), 2-way glue pen, dazzling diamonds glitter

Grumpabella: Better Not Pout!

OMGosh, ya'll, I completely crack myself up! I'm likely the only one who thinks this card is hilarious.

I found these holiday rub-ons at Big Lots and KNEW I had to use Grumpabella. Only problem was she was ordered but not yet here ... I have waited for WEEKS for her to arrive, just to get this card out of my head.

But here she is: my first Bella card ever!

LOVE the Dashing Paper, and I dressed her in a coordinating robe of paper pieced Dashing as well (see closeup pic). Also, as always, I must stamp the envelope and circle punch the flap whenever possible.



Stamps: Grumpabella, Riveting (retired)
CS: white, Real Red, Old Olive, Dashing DP
Ink: Stazon Jet Black, Red (for envelope), Markers: Red, Celery, Olive, Blush
Other: wide red grosgrain ribbon, ticket corner punch, 1 1/4" circle punch (for envelope flap), Making Memories rub-on sentiment

Lovely Linen

I just got the Linen background stamp, and while it doesn't photograph all that well, it sure looks great. I've stamped it on just about every layer of CS, but you can only see the creamy caramel on white in the pics. It adds yummy texture to the entire card.

I'm going to use these as Thank You cards for some family members after the Thanksgiving weekend we're spending with them. I also used my new photo corner punch; that certainly simplifies the process, I'm glad I got it!






Stamp Sets: Linen, Print Pattern, Lovely as a Tree, Small Script (retired)
CS: White, Always Artichoke, Chocolate Chip, So Saffron, Bravo Burgundy, Mellow Moss
Ink: Artichoke, Creamy Caramel, Versamark, Chocolate Chip marker
Other: vintage bronze brads, copper brads, photo corner punch, mat pack (paper piercing)

Jumbo Snow Wheel

I couldn't resist the jumbo wheel from the holiday mini - I'm a jumbo wheel fanatic. I have the SU wheel guide, and this is the only wheel I had to break it out for. I'm usually a decent eyeball-it kind of wheeler, but since this one had words and I wanted them ever-so-straight, I used the wheel guide.

You can't see it well, but the white snowflakes also have iridescent EP embossed on them for some bling, too. I like the combo of subtle colors with lots of sparkle. And, of course, I stamped the envelopes to match:




Stamp Sets: Snowflakes (retired), Jumbo Snow Wheel (holiday mini 2007)
CS: Night of Navy, Bravo Burgundy
Ink: White Craft, Versamark, Navy (on envelope)
Other: Iridescent Ice EP, ticket corner punch, nonSU snowman ribbon

Thanks with a Side(kick) of Wasabi

Finally had a minute to use my new Wasabi CS & ribbon, and the Sidekick Sayings stamp set. I love seeing textures on cards, but have to remember to put it into practice on my own cards - it doesn't come naturally to me. I always think it's going to be more effort than it actually turns out to be. I just got the Linen background, which will help a bunch with that on future cards.







Stamp Sets: Sidekick Sayings (hostess), Paisley Print & Canvas background stamps
CS: Rose Red, Wild Wasabi, Chocolate Chip ink & marker, White
Ink: Rose Red, Wasabi, Basic Brown
Other: Wasabi double-stitched ribbon, ticket corner punch, ribbon buckle (nonSU), aquapainter for highlighting flower & words in rose red ink, paper piercing template for faux stitching