Kind Thanks

Oh, I had so much fun at Kim's last night.  She had three great projects for me to create.  This is one of my favorites.  Don't ya love that frame?  Oh, I have that punch and can't wait to make another card with this frame.

Materials used are stampin’ up! Unless noted

Stamps: french foliage, thank you kindly

Paper: crumb cake, cajun craze, very vanilla

Ink: cajun craze, crumb cake, chocolate

Accessories: textured plate kits #4,

Punches: dotted scallop ribbon, border, modern label, copper brads

Techniques: basic stamping

A Note of Thanks

Every month at club, I want to create one quick & cute card for club members.  We don't always have a lot of time, when we find out we need a card.  I combined the need for a quick & cute card with wanting to play along with Lori's sketch this week at Paper Craft Planet.  If you play along with the sketch challenge this week, don't forget to tag your card sk061910.

I ran across a card in the Stampin' Success, which is a monthly publication we receive as demonstrators. The card demonstrates using dry embossing with punches or dies, and some of the new colors.  Love it!  It is perfect for this sketch.  I changed one thing from the card in Stampin' Success.  Instead of paper piercing along the bottom of the sentiment, I added a scallop border.

For the dry embossed circles, I used my 1 1/2" circle and 1 1/4" circles punches.  I punched them out on a medium window sheet and used it as my template like the way I did the bird on this card.  It might even work better on the thick window sheets.  

Materials used are stampin’ up! Unless noted

Stamps: thank you kindly, i {heart} hearts

Paper: marina mist, daffodil delight, certainly celery, riding hood red

Ink: real red

Accessories: dimensionals

Punches: 1 1/2" circle, 1 1/4" cirlce, scallop edge border, scallop circle, 1 3/8" circle

Techniques: dry embossing

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Bird Punch Card

I have to admit I was on the fence about the Extra Large Two-Step Bird punch from the current occasions mini catalog.  NOT any more!  I have jumped over that fence and am running full force to it.  I love it!  I went to my friend, Kim's house last night and we made this cute single layer card.  Single layer cards are awesome, especially when they are this cute!

One of the great things about being a Stampin Up! Demo is we get a monthly publication from corporate that has great ideas for our products.  I can't remember which issue this is from.  I think it is the newest one, but I don't have one to refer to.  I haven't received mine yet.

You punch a template from a window sheet with the Two-Step Bird punch.  Then you overlay the sheet onto your card base and use ink daubers to lay down the color of the bird, wings, branch and leaves.  It is that easy!  We added the sentiment "thanks" for the Thank You Kindly set.  Lastly, we tore a little section of the bottom off and added our soft suede ink to the edge.  Love it!

This pic shows the bottom edge against the inside of the card.

 

My new two-step bird punch will be at my house on Monday...yippee!  Did you order yours yet?  You have until March 31, 2010 to take advantage of the Sale-a-bration going on NOW!  In fact, you can get the Thank You Kindly set free during this promotion.  I did!    

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Stamps: Thank You Kindly (#111700)
Paper: Naturals White (#102316)
Ink: Bordering Blue (#102265), Soft Suede (#115657), Old Olive (#102277), Soft Suede marker (#100079)
Punch: Extra Large Two-Step Bird (#117191)
Accessories: Window Sheets Medium (#114323)