Techniques Used - Recipe #35 from Joy of Card Making 2 magazine (Paper Craft)
Directions

1. Cut white cardstock to be 6 x 12 inches. Fold in half. Fold will be the left side of card. Cut Botanical designer paper 5 ¾ x 5 ¾ inches. White cardstock 4 ¼ x 3 ¾ inches, 3 ¾ x 3 ¼ inches and 3 ½ x ¾ inches. Cut blue cardstock 4 ½ x 4 inches and 1 x 3 ¾ inches.
2. Randomly stamp Potted Violets with Ballet Blue then Night of navy on to 3 ¾ x 3 ¼ inch piece of cardstock. Mount to blue the white cardstock.
3. Stamp "Thinking of You" to the smallest piece of white cardstock. Mount to blue cardstock.
4. With Tag Punch and navy cardstock punch out 3 tags. Punch 3 white squares with 1 inch punch.
5. Stamp flowers and background images from Terrific Tag and Too Terrific Tag collection onto the (3) 1 inch punched white squares. Mount each square onto a navy punched tag.
6. Punch 1/8 inch into each tag. Attach blue eyelet using the eyelet tool. Thread iridescent ribbon through eyelet and tie. Trim.
7. Mount 5 ¾ inch designer paper to folded white cardstock. Attach stamped Potted Violet panel to center of designer paper.
8. Attach "Thinking of You" panel to corner of Potted Violet panel.
9. Attach the three tags using dimensional tape to the left side of card.

Rubber Stamps
Svetlara Dancy 4456-18 (Stampland)
Summer by the Sea (Stampin' Up)

Inks
Versa Mark, Chocolate Chip (Stampin' Up)
Color Box Petal Point Fluid Chalks (Lipstick Red, Yellow Citrus, Yellow Cadmium) (Stampin' Up)

Card Stock and Specialty Paper(various companies)
Orange, Yellow, Cream

Coloring Tools
Teddy Bear Embossing Powder (Jazzy)
Scroll and Brush Markers (Salmon, Fawn, Peach Bliss, Pure Yellow, Pure Orange) (Zip Memory System)
Brown/tan buttons (round and heart shapes) (Craft Store)
Brown Ribbon (Craft Store)

Other
Heat Tool (Darice)
Glue Zots (Therm O Web)
Double sided tape (Scotch)
Craft Scissors (Stampin' Up)
Paper Cutter (Fiskars)
Paper Cutter (Creative Memories)

Techniques Used - Embossing, Special Cut, Ink to Paper, Recipee #54 from the Joy of Card Making 2 magazine (Paper Craft)

  Directions

1. Cut the orange cardstock to be 5 ½ by 8 ½ inches. Fold in half, folded area will be the side of the card. Then cut the yellow cardstock to be 4 x 5 ¼ inches and 3 ½ x 2 inches. Cut a second piece of orange 3 ¾ x 2 ¼ inches. The cream cardstock should be 3 ¼ x 1 ¾ inches..
2. Take the large piece of yellow cardstock and color with triangular ink pads from the fluid chalk pads. Randomly rotate the Lipstick Red, Yellow Citrus, Yellow Cadmium ink pads onto the cardstock. Let dry.
3. Stamp Svetlara Dancy with Versa Mark. Emboss with Teddy Bear embossing powder using the heat too.
4. Color Svertlara Dancy using the scroll markers.
5. Mount Svertlara Dancy with double sided tape to the yellow then the orange cardstock. Set aside.
6. Take the fluid chalk yellow colored cardstock and carefully line it up with the orange folded cardstock so the top and right sides are flush. Perform a diagonal cut from the upper left corner of the yellow cardstock to a place about 1 ½ inches down on the right side of both cardstock.
7. Stamp "Wishing you Happiness" onto the small triangular piece of yellow cardstock.
8. Carefully attach the brown ribbon to the right side of the large yellow panel. Mount this panel to the front of folded orange cardstock. The triangular piece will then be mounted to the back of card so it shows when you look at the card.
9. With the "Zots" attach the buttons to the ribbon, evenly spacing.
10. Attach Svertlara Dancy to front of card.

Directions

1. Take a 5 ½ x 8 ½ inch sheet of cream cardstock and fold in half. The fold line will be the side of the card. Cut 4 more pieces of cream cardstock: 4 x 5 ¼ inches, 1 x 2 ¼ inches, 2 ¼ x 2 ¾ inches, and 1 ½ inch square. Cut dark brown cardstock to be 5 ¼ by 4 inches, 1 ¼ x 2 ¼ inches, 2 x 2 ½ inches.
2. Cover Stairway Romance stamp with Versa Mark. Lay upright and place 4 x 5 ¼ piece of dark brown cardstock on top. Gently rub with fingers to transfer ink. Emboss with Gold Detail embossing powder and heat tool. Set aside. Do the same with the large piece of cream cardstock, but embossing with Teddy Bear powder.
3. Using the Chocolate Chip ink cover the stamp again and place 1 ¼ x 2 ¼ piece of dark brown cardstock in center. Rub with fingers to create a background image. Mount onto 2 ¼ x 2 ¾ inch piece of cream cardstock.
4. Center the hand held square punch over the image of the couple in the middle of brown embossed image on cream cardstock. Punch out square image and mount onto square cream cardstock, then to lower third of panel created in #3, set aside.
5. Take "Key to Your Heart" letters from alphabet and place onto small acrylic block. Stamp "Key to Your Heart" to 1 x 2 ¼ inch card stock using the Close to Cocoa ink. Mount to 1 ¼ x 2 ½ piece of cardstock. Set aside.
6. With sponge and Chocolate Chip ink sponge around edge of folded cream cardstock.
7. Attach crochet lace down center of gold embossed panel. Attach panel to folded sponged cardstock. Attach "Key to Your Heart" to upper portion of crochet lace with double-sided tape. Attach panel containing embossed image layered on cream, dark brown and cream to lower portion above crocheted lace.
8. Glue key to background stamped image above embossed couple. Set aside to dry.

Supplies:

Rubber Stamps
Shamrock 1306 (Stubby Stampers)
Good Luck 803 (Stubby Stampers)

Inks
Forest Green
Mint Medley

Card Stock and Specialty Paper(various companies)
Light Green Parchment
Forest Green

Other
Square Punch (Stampin' Up)
Double sided tape (Scotch)
Dimensional Tape (craft store)
Craft Scissors (Stampin' Up)
Personal paper cutter (Creative Memories)
Wide velvet dark green ribbon with gold trim (fabric store)
Sponge (Stampin' Up)

Techniques Used: Sponging

  Directions

1. Take a 5 ½ x 8 ½ inch sheet of forest green cardstock and fold in half. The fold line will be the top of the card. Cut light green parchment to be 4 x 5 ¼ inches and 1 ¾ inch square.
2. Stamp Shamrock randomly onto light green parchment using the Mint Medley ink then Forest Green.
3. Sponge Forest Green around outside of shamrock stamped panel.
4. Place dark green velvet ribbon so it goes up and down on left third of panel. Tape to the back. Tape panel to folded green cardstock.
5. Punch 1 ½ inch square from green parchment using a square punch. Mount to the square of forest green cardstock.
6. Carefully stamp "Good Luck" into center of green parchment square. Center "Good Luck" on right 2/3 of card. Attach with dimensional tape.

Supplies:

RubberStamps
Shoe D473 (The Stamping Bug)
Letters (Hero Arts)

Inks (Stampin' Up)
Versa Mark (Stampin' Up)
Pink Pashion (Stampin' Up)

Card Stock (various companies)
White
Black
Light Pink

Coloring Tools
Posh Rainbow Ink, Hot Pink, Cranberry (Ranger Industries)
Coloring spongers (Ranger Industries)
Winter White Embossing Powder (Stampin' Up)

Other
Large piece of scrap paper
Heat Tool (Darice)
Double sided tape (Scotch)
Glue Dots (Craft Store)
Craft Scissors (Stampin' Up)
Paper Cutter (Fiskars)
Paper Cutter (Creative Memories)
Clear and white buttons (Craft Store)
Black ribbon with white stitching (Craft Store)

Techniques Used
Embossing
Paper coloring

Directions

1. Cut the light pink cardstock to be 5 ½ by 8 ½ inches. Fold in half, folded area will be the side of the card. Then cut white cardstock to be 3 ¼ x 3 ¼ inches, 2 ¾ x 2 ¾ inches, ¾ x 2 ¼ inches, and ¾ x 1 ¾ inches. Cut black cardstock to be 3 x 3 inches, 2 ¼ x 2 ¼ inches, 1 ¼ x 2 ¾ inches, and 1 ¼ x 2 ¼ inches. Have one more piece of white cardstock 5 ½ x 8 ½ inches, this will be colored.
2. Using the 1 inch edge of sponge cover with hot pink and cranberry inks. Take ink edged sponge, as a paintbrush, pull it across large piece of white cardstock from one end to the other in a straight line. Pull a second straight line of ink right beside the first one. It should look like stripes. Reink sponge as needed.
3. Turn cardstock 90 degrees and do the same coloring technique perpendicular to the first set of stripes. It will look like a plaid when completed. Let dry.
4. Cut newly colored cardstock to the following sizes: 5 ¼ x 4 inches, 2 x 2 inches, 1 x 2 ½ inches, 1 x 2 inches.
5. Stamp shoe with versa mark onto center of 2 x 2 inch colored cardstock. Emboss with Winter White.
6. Mount embossed shoe with double sided tape onto square cardstock pieces with increasing sizes: black, white, black and then finishing with 3 ¼ inch white cardstock. Set aside.
7. Stamp with alphabet stamps and Pink Passion ink "Shoe Day" with "Shoe being on the larger white piece of cardstock and "Day" on the smaller piece. Mount each with double sided tape onto colored cardstock then black cardstock of coordinating sizes. Set aside.
8. Using double-sided tape attach shoe panel to lower portion of 4 ¼ x 5 ½ colored cord panel centering left to right and leaving 1/8 inch along bottom.
9. Attach black ribbon with white stitching to upper portion of colored cardstock which, the shoe panel was just attached.
10. Attach "Shoe" and "Day" so they fit between the top of the colored cardstock and shoe panel.
11. Attach buttons to ribbon with glue dots.

Supplies:

Rubber Stamps
Heart Stamp E574 (The Stamping Bug)
All My Love-Smorgesboard (Stampin' Up)

Inks
Versa Mark (Stampin' Up)
RoseRed (Stampin' Up)

Card Stock and Specialty Paper(various companies)
White, Bright Pink, Medium Blue, Light Pink, White

Embellishments
Ribbon (Beige with brown dots) (craft store)
Large Brads (silver and gold) (craft and office supply store)

Coloring Tools
Posh Rainbow Ink: Hot Pink, Cranberry, Violet, Magenta (Ranger Industries)
Coloring spongers (Ranger Industries)
Chiffon Pink, Jasmine, Sweet Lavender, Black Cherry, Pink Azalea, Ruby Red, Cranberry, Rich Colbalt
(Twinkling H20s-Angelwings Enterprizes)
Winter White Embossing Powder (Stampin' Up)

Other
Heart Punch (EK Success)
Heart Brads (purple) Craft Store
Pink Ribbon (Craft Store)
Large piece of scrap paper
Double sided tape (Scotch)
1/8 inch punch (Fiskars)
Craft Scissors (Stampin' Up)
Paper Cutter (Fiskars)
Paper Cutter (Creative Memories)


Techniques Used: Punching
Cutting
Layering
Paper Coloring

  Directions

1. Cut the light pink cardstock to be 5 ½ by 8 ½ inches. Fold in half, folded area will be the top of the card. Cut white cardstock to be 5 ½ x 4 ¼ inches. Have a scrap pieces of white, blue and white cardstock to be at least 5 x 3 inches. Small white cardstock cut to 1 x ¾ inch, blue 1 ¼ x 1 inch and bright pink to be 2 ½ x 1 inch.
2. Using the 1 inch edge of sponge cover with two different inks from the rainbow inks. Take ink edged sponge, as a paintbrush, and make squiggles on the white cardstock. Reink as needed.
3. Using a second edge of the sponge and the other two rainbow inks pull straight lines across cardstock, turn cardstock 90 degrees and pull straight lines again. Reink as needed. There will be a squiggle pattern covered by a plaid pattern.
4. Stamp 2 hearts side-by-side onto white cardstock with Rose Red ink. Paint with heart image with Twinkling H20s. Ribbon will be in Chiffon Pink and little hearts in a variety of colors.
5. Cut double hearts with scissors leaving a 1/8 inch boarder, attach to blue cardstock. Cut blue cardstock leaving 1/8 inch boarder and attach to white. Cut around hearts again leaving the same size of border. Set aside.
6. Punch hearts into corners of colored cardstock. Attach 2 of the punched hearts to center of stamped/painted hearts.
7. Attach pink ribbon to center of colored/heart punch cardstock. Attach layered hearts over ribbon.
8. Stamp "all my love" onto small piece of white cardstock with Rose Red ink. Attach to small blue cardstock and then to bright pink cardstock. Punch two1/8 holes in bright pink cardstock. Attach heart brads. Attach "all my love" panel to center top of colored cardstock.
9. Attach finished heart/"all my love" panel to folded pink cardstock.

Supplies:

RubberStamps
Love Songs on the River 4758-58 (Stampland)

Inks (Stampin' Up)
Forest Foilage (Stampin' Up))

Card Stock (various companies)
White, Light Green, Dark Forest Green

Embellishments
Hunter Green Ribbon 7/8 inch (craft store)
Crocheted Flower (from a friend, can also use a flower sticker)

Other
Double sided tape (Scotch)
Craft Scissors (Stampin' Up)
Paper Cutter (Fiskars)
Paper Cutter (Creative Memories)
Glue Dots (Scrapbooking Store)

Directions

1. Cut the light green cardstock to be 5 ½ by 8 ½ inches. Fold in half, folded area will be the top of the card. Then cut forest foliage cardstock to be 4 x 5 ¼ inches. White cardstock can be cut to be 4 ¼ x 5 ½ inches.
2. Apply Forest Foliage ink or similar color to large boat stamp. Cover completely. Have stamp sitting on the workspace with inked side up. Place white cardstock over stamp. Gently rub with fingers until ink transfers to cardstock. Carefully remove cardstock.
3. Trim stamped border off of cardstock.
4. Cut 5 inch piece of ribbon and tape diagonally to stamped image in upper left corner. Place a small piece of tape under front of ribbon to secure.
5. Attach white stamped panel with ribbon to dark green panel.
6. Attach crocheted flower with glue dots to ribbon in the upper left corner. A flower sticker may also be used.
7. Attached finished dark green/white panels to folded light green cardstock.

Supplies:

Rubber Stamps
Love Songs on the River 4758-58 (Stampland)

Inks
Bravo Burgundy (Stampin' Up)
Versa Mark (Stampin' Up)

Card Stock and Specialty Paper(various companies)
Tan, Beige, Dark Brown, Beige Vellum

Embellishments
Ribbon (Beige with brown dots) (craft store)
Large Brads (silver and gold) (craft and office supply store)

Other
Black Detail Embossing Powder (PSX)
Heat Tool (Darice)
1/8 inch hole punch (Fiskars)
Double sided tape (Scotch)
Craft Scissors (Stampin' Up)
Paper Cutter (Fiskars)
Paper Cutter (Creative Memories)

Techniques Used: Embossing, Layering, Paper tearing, Sponging

  Directions

1. Cut the tan cardstock to be 5 ½ by 8 ½ inches. Fold in half, folded area will be the top of the card. Then cut the dark brown cardstock to be 4 x 5 ¼ inches and another piece of tan cardstock to be 3 ¾ x 5 inches. Vellum should be at least 4 ¼ x 5 ½ inches.
2. Apply Versa Mark ink to Love Songs on the River stamp. Set stamp inked side up and cover with beige vellum. Gently rub vellum with fingers to transfer ink.
3. Emboss vellum using heat tool and black detail embossing powder. Trim vellum close to image leaving a 1/8 inch border.
4. Ink Love Songs on the River stamp with burgundy ink. Set inked side up and cover with beige cardstock. Gently rub cardstock with fingers to transfer ink.
5. Using paper cutter cut two strips from beige inked cardstock. One strip from the left side and one strip from the center. Vary the widths, but try to have the woman and man in the center strip.
6. Attach embossed vellum to smaller tan cardstock using double-sided tape. Place tape in areas, which will be covered with burgundy stamped images or ribbon.
7. Tape stamped strips to vellum/tan cardstock. Punch holes for brads into center strip, centering at the top and bottom of strip. Attach brads.
8. Attach ribbon to right and left edges.
9. Attach finished panel to dark brown cardstock then folded tan cardstock.

Directions

1. Cut the light cardstock to be 5 ½ by 8 ½ inches and fold in half. The folded side will be the left side of the card. Cut light blue 2 ½ x 2 ½ inches, 3 x 2 inch scrap piece, and 1 x 3 inches. Cut blue cardstock to be 5 ¼ x 4 inches.
2. Stamp snowman with Brilliant Blue ink onto 2 ½ x 2 ½ inch cardstock.
3. Place glue onto snowflakes. Sprinkle with glitter. Color snowman in using Twinkling H20s and black marker. Sponge Brilliant Blue around the outside of panel. Set aside.
4. Stamp Happy Birthday using the Eggplant Envy ink onto 1 x 3 inch cardstock. Tear side edges. Sponge around panel with using Brilliant Blue ink. Set aside.
5. Using the Eggplant Envy ink stamp the with the birthday background. Stamp multiple times blue cardstock. Attach to light blue folded cardstock.
6. Stamp tree to the scrap piece of light blue cardstock using Forest Green ink. Sponge with same color the inside of the tree. Make a star using the gold leafing pen. Cut out tree.
7. Attach snowman and Happy Birthday panels to the front of card. Attach cut tree as shown.

  Directions

1. Cut the lavender cardstock to be 5 ½ by 8 ½ inches and fold in half. The folded side will be the top of the card. Cut burgundy and white cardstock to be 5 ¼ x 4 inches. Cream cardstock should be 1 x 1 ½ inches. Have the light side of paint chip 1 ¼ x 1 ¾ inches.
2. Since the house stamp is large it is easiest to cover it with Elegant Eggplant ink. Set the stamp upright and place white cardstock over inked stamp. Gently rub cardstock with fingers so the ink is picked up from all areas of the stamp.
3. Lightly sponge Creamy Caramel onto stamped house image.
4. Using fingers gently tear around outside of house image. Sponge Eggplant Envy around the outside of torn panel.
5. Attach torn sponged house image to burgundy cardstock. Punch small hole on upper right side of layers. Attach charm with a brad to the layers.
6. Mount burgundy panel to folded lavender cardstock.
7. Stamp "Happy Holidays" onto cream cardstock. Attach to paint chip. Sponge with Eggplant Envy around all sides of paintchip/cream stamped image. Attach to upper left corner of card.

Supplies:

Rubber Stamps
Shadow E (Creative Mode)
Fancy Felines 9823-00 (Stampin' Up)
Spoiled Cat Owner 571 E (Creative Mode)
Border (Smorgesboard) (Stampin' Up)


Inks (Stampin' Up)
Chocolate Chip (Stampin' Up)
Basic Black (Stampin' Up)



Card Stock and Specialty Paper
Black
Brown
Cream
Wood Looking Specialty Paper
Shimmering Gray


Ribbon
Light brown with dark brown dots (grosgrain ribbon) Craft Store

Other
Double sided tape (Scotch)
Craft Scissors (Stampin' Up)
Paper Cutter (Fiskars)
Paper Cutter (Creative Memories)

Technique Used
Folding
Layering

  Directions

1. Cut the four pieces of black cardstock the following sizes: 5 ½ x 4 ¼ inches, 3 ¼ x 3 ¼ inches, 2 ½ x 2 ½ inches, and 2 x 2 inches. Cut three pieces of brown card stock the following sizes: 5 ¼ x 4 inches, 3 x 3 inches, and 2 ¼ x 2 ¼ inches. Then cut 2 pieces of cream cardstock to be: 2 ¼ x 2 ¼ inches and 1 ¾ x 1 ¾ inches. Wood looking specialty paper should be cut to 6 x 6 inches.
2. Stamp Shadow cat image using chocolate chip onto the larger piece of cream cardstock, leaving room to wrap ribbon around the bottom.
3. Wrap 3 ¼ inch of ribbon around bottom of Cat stamped cardstock. Secure with double sided tape and attach cream to 2 ½ square of black cardstock, then 3 inch square of brown cardstock. Set aside.
4. Stamp sentiment onto smaller cream cardstock. Attach to 2 inch black square then 2 ¼ inch square brown cardstock. Set aside.
5. Attach 6 inch piece of ribbon to 5 ¼ x 4 inch brown cardstock. Secure with double sided tape, then to 5 ½ x 4 ¼ inch black cardstock .
6. Attack 3 ¼ inch black square cardstock centering above ribbon. Stamp border using chocolate chip onto right and left sides of brown cardstock.
7. Fold wood looking specialty paper using the following directions
   A. With front side facing toward you match left to right sides. Crease. Open. You have made a "valley fold."
   B. Turn paper 90 degrees and do another "valley fold." Open.
   C. Turn paper over, so the back side is facing you. Do a diagonal fold, top left corner can be brought down to bottom right corner.
             Crease. Open. Turn paper over. This will become a "mountain fold."
   D. With front side of paper toward you gently ease folds to their natural valley or mountain positions.
   E. Grab diagonal corners where the "mountain folds" end and gently pull toward center. This will bring the other folds into position so there
              will be 3 sections with a flat front and back and the diagonals meeting in the middle. Crease with fingers, so the folds hold.
   F. Fold the top diagonally, so the wood looking paper will be facing you.
8. Attach cat panel to top diagonal fold. It will be taped on the right side, so when the specialty paper is unfolded the cat panel falls into place as one of the quadrants of the fold.
9. Open specialty paper. The cat panel will be in one corner. Attach the sentiment panel in the center of the opposite corner. When the paper is folded the sentiment will be inside on one of the flat panels facing forward.
10. Attach entire folded panel to 3 inch black square.
11. Stop mouse onto gray scrap, cut out with scissors and attach to ribbon on front of card.

Supplies:

Rubber Stamps
Large Sudsy Tub 3150 (Stubby Stampers)
Happy Anniversary (Ink N Rubber Expressions)

Inks (Stampin' Up)
Versa Mark (Stampin' Up)
Elegant Eggplant (Stampin' Up)
Creamy Caramel (Stampin' Up)
Eggplant Envy (Stampin' Up)
Chocolate Chip (Stampin' Up)


Card Stock and Specialty Paper
Brown
Dark Brown
Cream
Gold specialty paper
Gray Mulberry paper
Vintage papers (catalogue and typewriter sheets) (Scrapbook Store)

Coloring Supplies
Roman Gold Embossing Powder (Ranger Industries)
Black Detail Embossing Powder (PSX)
Gray/brown button (craft store)
Small flower- Jolee's By You (EK Success)
Gold circle (craft store)


Other Supplies
Double sided tape (Scotch)
Craft Scissors (Stampin' Up)
Paper Cutter (Fiskars)
Paper Cutter (Creative Memories)
Scroll Punch (Stampin' Up)
Glue Dots (Scrapbooking Store)
Sponge (Stampin' Up)

Technique Used
Sponging
Embossing

Directions

• Cut the black cardstock to be 5 ½ by 8 ½ inches. Fold in half, folded area will be the side of the card. Cut designer paper to be 4 x 5 1/4 inches.
• Stamp balloon on white cardstock with versa mark and emboss with black detailing embossing powder.
• Paint balloon with China Black and Icicle Twinkling H20s, alternating colors. Cut painted balloon out with craft scissors. Do not leave a border.
• Stamp Wonder onto black cardstock with versa mark. Emboss with Winter White. Cut out with craft scissors leaving a border around image. Tape to white mulberry paper and tear paper to leave a slight border.
• Punch hole in upper right and lower left corner of designer paper. Attach black square brads. Attach paper with brads to folded black cardstock. Attach painted balloon and Wonder to designer paper.

Supplies:

Rubber Stamps
Giant Hot Air Balloon 1923 (Stubby Stampers)
Thank You (Creative Home Arts Club)

Inks (Stampin' Up)
Versa Mark (Stampin' Up)
Taken with Teal (Stampin' Up)

Card Stock and Specialty Paper
White, Florescent Yellow, Dark Forest Green, Teal

Coloring Supplies
Yellow, blue, green buttons (sewing store)
Blue Frost Embossing Powder (Jazzy)
Bashful Blue and Sky Blue (Twinkling H20s) (Angle Enterprises)
Yellow eyelash fiber (Adornments)

Other Supplies
Heat Tool (Darice)
Double sided tape (Scotch)
Craft Scissors (Stampin' Up)
Paper Cutter (Fiskars)
Paper Cutter (Creative Memories)
Paintbrush size 2 (5809) (Loew-Cornell)
Dimensional Tape (Craft Store)

Technique Used
Embossing
Mosaic look

 Directions

• Cut the teal cardstock to be 5 ½ by 8 ½ inches. Fold in half, folded area will be the side of the card. Cut a second piece to be 1 ½ x 1¾ inches. Cut white to be 1 x 1 ¼ inches and florescent yellow to be 1 ¼ x 1 ½ inches. Dark Forest Green cardstock should be 4 x 5 ¼ inches. Have white and florescent yellow cardstock that is at least 4 x 5 inches each available. These will be used for the mosaic balloon.
• Stamp balloon with versa mark onto large piece of white cardstock. Emboss with Blue Frost, then paint with Sky Blue and Bashful Blue alternating the colors.
• Trim around outside of balloon with craft scissors. Do not leave a border. Cut balloon into geometrical pieces with paper cutter. Have the pieces fairly equal in area.
• Mount balloon pieces with double-sided tape onto florescent yellow cardstock leaving space between each piece. Cut each shape with paper cutter leaving 1/8 inch boarder on straight edges. Use craft scissors for curved edges leaving a 1/8 inch border.
• Arrange mosaic balloon pieces onto dark forest green card stock. Tape yellow eyelash fiber to left side of dark forest green cardstock. Attach mosaic balloon pieces to forest green cardstock leaving approximately 1/8 border between pieces if possible. Keep the outside edges uniformed.
• Stamp Thank You onto small white cardstock, attach to florescent yellow then teal then forest green cardstock with the dimensional tape.
• Attach the three buttons to lower right side of forest green card stock. Attach balloon panel to folded teal cardstock.

Supplies:

RubberStamps
Victorian Birdcage K009 BG (My Heart Stamps for You)
Happy Anniversary INR-011 (Ink-N-Rubber Expressions, LCC)

Inks (Stampin' Up)
Versa Mark (Stampin' Up)
Tea Dye Distress Ink TIM19510 (Ranger)
Metallic Gold 1 inch square ink (craft store)

Card Stock (various companies)
Black, Brown, Cream, Light Tan, White Vellum, Rust Mulberry

Coloring Supplies
Copper Embossing Powder (Stampin' Up)
Gold Leafing Pen (Krylon)
Black Brads (Making Memories)
Black Eyelets (Stampin' Up)
Copper ½ inch ribbon (Craft Store)

Other Suppies
Heat Tool (Darice)
1/8 inch Anywhere Punch and Eyelet Setter (Stampin' Up)
Hammer (Stampin' Up)
Double sided tape (Scotch)
Craft Scissors (Stampin' Up)
Paper Cutter (Fiskars)
Paper Cutter (Creative Memories)

Techniques Used
Embossing
Ink to paper

Directions

• Cut the brown cardstock to be 5 ½ by 8 ½ inches. Fold in half, folded area will be the side of the card. Then cut the light tan to be 4 x 5 ¼ inches. Cut the black cardstock to be 3 x 3 inches and 1 x 3 inches. The vellum will be 2 ¾ x 2 ¾ inches and ¾ x 2 ¾ inches. Cream cardstock can be cut to be 2 x 2 ¼ inches.
• Directly apply Tea Dye Distress ink to tan cardstock. Randomly stamp to give cardstock a distress look. With the square metallic gold ink randomly stamp over Tea Dye ink to add color. Set aside.
• Stamp birdcage with versa mark onto the larger piece of vellum. Emboss with Classy Copper. Color select areas with gold leafing.
• Stamp Happy Anniversary to the smaller piece of vellum with versa mark. Emboss with Classy Copper.
• Center cream cardstock behind embossed birdhouse image. Tape with small piece of double sided tape under embossed area so the tape does not show.
• Center vellum with birdcage image and cream cardstock piece over black square. Hold in place with small piece of tape. Using hole punch, punch holes in each corner. Attach black brads.
• Align Happy Anniversary vellum to small black cardstock. Carefully punch holes for black eyelets in the corners. Attach eyelets.
• Tape birdcage panel to rust mulberry paper. Tear mulberry paper around the edges to leave a fringe.
• Cut ribbon to be approximately 6 inches long. Tape to side of distressed tan piece of cardstock with ribbon ending on back.
• Attach distressed cardstock with ribbon to folded brown cardstock. Attach Happy Anniversary panel, centering on the top third over ribbon. Attach birdcage panel, centering it on the bottom portion of the distressed panel.

"Adventure" Stamp Artist - Shirley Duerst

Directions:

• Cut the blue cardstock to be 5 ½ by 8 ½ inches. Fold in half, folded area will be the side of the card. Then cut 2 pieces of glossy white to be 4 x 5 ¼ inches. Punch a circle from the scrap cardstock.
• Ink brayer with Blue Frost Spectrum ink and go back and forth over one piece of glossy white cardstock until the colors are evenly dispersed.
• Color the second piece of glossy white cardstock (shorter side on toward the bottom) by inking brayer with Summer Sun, coloring evenly. Clean brayer. Place circle scrap in center of colored glossy cardstock with temporary tape.
• Ink Only Orange and Cameo Coral onto brayer coloring half of brayer with each color. With Cameo Coral closer to center of yellowed colored glossy cardstock evenly spread colors from the brayer over upper half of card stock. Reink brayer and do the same with lower half of glossy cardstock. Remove circle mask. There should be a yellow circle in the middle of the cardstock.

 Directions continued

• Ink climbers with versa mark and stamp onto upper left hand corner of orange/coral/yellow colored glossy cardstock. Emboss with Black Detail.
• Cut 2 pieces from blue colored glossy cardstock to be: 1 ½ x 3 ¾ inches and 1 ½ x 2 ½ inches.
• On small blue colored glossy cardstock stamp Kayak Silhouette with versa mark, them emboss with black. Stamp other kayaker with Night of Navy ink and color with markers.
• Place "Adventure" letters onto acrylic block to form a wavy line. Stamp sentiment across center of card ending over yellow circle. Emboss with black.
• Attach Kayak Silhouette to upper right hand corner leaving a ¼ border of orange/cameo/yellow border. Center other kayaker on bottom of panel.
• Attach finished panel to folded blue cardstock.

Supplies:

RubberStamps
Let's Do Some Girl Things INR-011, Ink-N-Rubber Expression
Country Mirror 0023KS, My Heart Stamps for You

Inks (Stampin' Up)
Chocolate Chip, Rose Red

Card Stock (various companies)
White, Light Pink, Rose Red, Magenta, Purple Vellum

Coloring Supplies
Watercolor Pencils (Stampin' Up), Paper Glaze (Aleene's)

Other Suppies
Pink brads (Making Memories)
1/8 hole punch (Fiskars)
Mounting Foam (Making Memories)
Double sided tape (Scotch)
Craft Scissors (Stampin' Up)
Personal paper cutter (Creative Memories)

Techniques Used
Colored pencils
Layering
Glazing

Directions

• Take a 5 ½ x 8 ½ inch sheet of magenta cardstock and fold in half. The fold line will be the side of the card. Cut the light pink cardstock to be about 4 by 5 ¼ inches. Cut purple vellum 3 ½ x 4 ½ inches.
• Stamp Country Mirror three times on white cardstock. Color with watercolor pencils.
• Cut entire image leaving 1/8 inch border. This will be the bottom layer. Cut the shelf, flower pitcher and hat from the second Country Mirror stamped image. Cut the hat from the third Country Mirror image, this will be the top layer. 1/8 inch border should be left if possible around all cut images.
• Layer the three mirror images with foam mounting tape between each layer.
• Spread Paper Glaze on mirror, flowers, and doily. Let dry overnight.
• Stamp sentiment onto light pink cardstock. Tear around sentiment and mount onto rose red. Tear around rose red.
• Attach layered mirror images to vellum. Then tape vellum to light pink cardstock (only place tape where the mirror image is so the tape cannot be seen). Punch holes in 3 corners and attach pink brads.
• Attach panel just assembled to magenta cardstock. Attach sentiment over mirror.

"Thinking Farm Animals" Stamp Artist - Shirley Duerst

Directions:

• 1. Take a 5 ½ x 8 ½ inch sheet of lime green cardstock and fold in half. The fold line will be the top of the card. Cut the glossy white cardstock to be about 3 ¼ by 4 inches. Cut dark cream cardstock 4 x 5 ¼ inches and ¾ x 4 inches. Shiny copper will be 1 x 4 ¼ inches. Copper metallic 2 ½ x 5 inches. Garden green will be 2 ¼ x 4 ¾ inches.
• Lay white glossy cardstock on several layers of paper toweling. Spray with water sprayer so there is a thin layer of water on glossy cardstock. Drop several drops from the yo-yo yellow reinker and a couple of drops from the chocolate chip reinker. Let the colors spread for several seconds. Take the brayer and gently push excess ink and water across glossy card stock and onto paper toweling. Go back and forth with brayer until the color is evenly spread and excess ink and water is on the paper towel. Set aside and let dry.

 Directions continued

• Once colored glossy cardstock is dry cut it to be 2 x 4 ¼ inches. Stamp farm animals with versa mark. Emboss with black embossing powder.
• Paint farm animals with twinkling H20s. Attach to garden green then copper metallic cardstock.
• Using creamy caramel ink stamp farm animals several times onto larger piece of large cream cardstock. This will create a background pattern.
• Stamp sentiment with close to cocoa ink onto smaller dark cream cardstock. Attach to shiny copper. Punch holes through layers with 1/8 in hole punch. Attach willow eyelet. Cut two 3 inch pieces of hunter green ribbon. On each side of sentiment pull an end of ribbon through the eyelet and tape to back of sentiment. Place sentiment and ribbons on the top 1/3 of stamped dark cream cardstock. Wrap ribbon to back of larger piece of card stock and tape to back of panel.
• Place animal panel on bottom half of cream cardstock and attach. Attach entire panel to folded lime green cardstock.

Supplies:

RubberStamps
Soccer-E (Creative Mode)
Snow Globe 4904I (Creative Mode)
Thinking of You INR-011 (Ink-N-Rubber Expressions, LLC
Many Dots 808H (Creative Mode)

Acrylic Block (Creative Mode)

Inks (Stampin' Up)
Versa Mark, Creamy Caramel

Card Stock (various companies)
Black, Yellow, Green

Coloring Supplies
Markers: Pure Red, Coffee, Evergreen (ZIG Memory System)
Glitter: Regal Red (Jazzy)
Teddy Bear Opaque Embossing Powder (Jazzy)
Holographic Embossing Powder EPJ00709 (Ranger)
Black Detail Embossing Powder SD107 (PSX)

Card Stock and Specialty Paper
Glossy White, White, Brown, Dark Cream, White Vellum

Other Suppies
Gold and cream loosely woven burlap (I received this as a swap gift, you can probably find it in a craft store)
Raffia (Craft Store)
Heat Tool (Darice)
2 Way Glue (ZIG Memory System)
Double sided tape (Scotch)
Large Needle and Hole Template (104310 Crafters Tool Kit, Stampin' Up)
Craft Scissors (Stampin' Up)
Personal paper cutter (Creative Memories)

Techniques Used
Embossing
Sewing
Illusion

Directions continued

• Place globe panel over dog panel, matching edges. Place under hole template. Make holes with needle every ¼ inch (12 holes total) ¼ inches down from the top of the panels.
• Thread needle with raffia. Sew raffia across top of vellum and glossy cardstock panels. Raffia should end on the back of the panels while connecting the panels together.
• Mound dog and globe onto larger dark cream panel.
• Stamp Thinking of You sentiment onto remaining cut white cardstock. Mount onto dark cream then brown cut cardstocks. Tape to woven cream/gold burlap. Cut burlap leaving ¼ inch border.
• Using double sided tape attach sentiment panel to top of card.

"Frog Greeting" Stamp Artist - Shirley Duerst

Directions:

• Take an 5 ½ x 8 ½ inch sheet of green cardstock and fold in half. The fold line will be the side of the card. Cut the cream cardstock to be 5 ¼ by 4 inches.
• Fold 1 ¾ inch upper left corner of cream cardstock over.
• Stamp cattail onto upper left corner of green cardstock. Stamp cattail 5 more times onto cream card stock (middle top, upper right, lower right lower left corners and somewhere in the center). Color with watercolor pencils; leaves gold then green, and cattail in brown.
• Stamp frog image with Versa Mark in lower center portion of cream cardstock. Emboss with Tinsel Green.
• Paint frog image with Twinkling H20s. Face and stomach in Key Lime, body in Golden Jade, spots and leaves in Moss Green, and rock in Cedar Wood.
• Tear the green handmade paper a section that can fit under the corner fold of the cream card panel with the torn edges showing.
• Punch 1/8 inch hole though folded edge and green handmade paper, center. Set green eyelet in hole.

Supplies:

Rubber Stamps
Frog Stamp (The Rubbernecker Stamp Co.)
Cattail (The Rubbernecker Stamp Co.)
How are You? (Ink-N-Rubber Expressions, LLC)

Acrylic Block (Creative Mode)

Inks (Stampin' Up)
Versa Mark, Garden Green, Old Olive

Card Stock (various companies)
Green, Cream, Moss Green, Green with Gold Flecks (handmade paper) (Craft Store)

Coloring Supplies
Gold, Brown, and Green Versa Mark
Garden Green
Old Olive
Watercolor Pencils (Stampin' Up)
Green Tinsel (Jazzy Embossing Powder)
Cedar Wood, Golden Jade, Key Lime and Moss Green; Twinkling H20s (Angelwing Enterprises)
1/8 inch brush (Essential 102 Germany)
Lime Green Eyelets (Making Memories)

Other Supplies
1/8 inch Hole Punch (Fiskars)
Hammer and Setter (104310 Crafters Tool Kit, Stampin' Up)
Heat Tool (Darice)
Double sided tape (Scotch)
Mounting foam (Making Memories)
Craft Scissors (Stampin' Up)
Personal paper cutter (Creative Memories)

Technique Used
Embossing
Painting
Folding

 Directions continued

• Stamp "How are you?" onto scrap piece of cream cardstock. Carefully tear around lettering. Mount onto moss green cardstock scrap. Tear the moss green cardstock to leave a border.
• Punch 1/8 inch hole in edge of "How are you? Sentiment. Set green eyelet into hole.
• Pull a 8 inch piece of raffia through eyelet on frog panel. Tie in slip knot. Leave ½-3/4 inch of raffia, then pull one strand through sentiment eyelet. Tie ends in square knot.
• Attach frog panel to folded green cardstock revealing the cat