Quickie Mini Monday -- 4 mini cards in a bag

Quickie Mini Mondays feature a 10 minute-or-less project -- something fast, fun and easy to reproduce and mass produce.

Hi everyone,

I often joke with Gen that I have a hard time coming up with quick and easy projects. But when I saw Kristina Werner's Color Inspiration Challenge, this one came to me like a light bulb. I love this combination of colors:

I recently purchase the Blossom Party Originals Die for my Big Shot machine which has 5 flower elements on it. Perfect! I went with that and the fact that I hadn't used my glassine envelopes purchased a while back. Here's what I came up with -- a gift that keeps on giving...

It's a bag that you can offer to a cardmaker containing 4 mini birthday cards. And because you can cut multiple layers of cardstock in one swoop, I completed this project in no time at all.

I obviously kept the cards very simple with the same layered flower on top over a piece of ribbon and a sentiment stamped with Going Gray Classic Ink. Each card measures 4" X 4".

Have a nice stampin' day! CeeCee

Sparkly Fun Friday -- Chalkboard Technique

Sparkly Fun Fridays features a sparkly or glittery project using shimmer paints, embossing powders, glitters, rhinestones... anything shiny to welcome the weekend in a fun way!!!

Hi everyone,

Today's project is not a in-your-face sparkly glittery one. The hint of glitter is subtle but because it is set against a black background, the Dazzling Diamonds Glitter really stands out. I'm been asked to come up with specific cards these days, thanks to two new customers who keep me real busy.

The technique used here is called chalkboard. You first stamp your image with Whisper White Craft Ink then dab colors using the Pastel Kit. I usually have to do a second coat of color before I'm happy with the result. After you let the ink/pastel dry a bit, you gently remove the excess with a tissue paper without rubbing over the image. I also went over some parts of the image with the Signo White Gel Pen to make the image stand out. To prevent the pastel from smudging, I sprayed the whole image with hair spray.

I then added Dazzling Diamonds Glitter to some areas, let it dry, matted the image, added a piece of ribbon and voilà! It's such a fun thing to do and is really a "WOW" effect.

Have a nice stampin' day! CeeCee

Sweet Treat Thursday -- Recycling !!

Sweet Treat Thursdays are all about food -- our other favorite topic -- and features ways to embellish/wrap/present something edible. CAUTION: May be hazardous to your waistline!
Hi everyone,

Ever wandered what to do with all those empty envelopes we receive with our bills ??? Wander no more, I got something just for you and it's way cuter them tossing them in the recycling bin. It's my variation of something that as been running around for quite some time now.... Did you guess??

1) Find a treat that would fit in the enveloppe, and after closing it (without the treat inside !!) cut it to about the same lenght of your treat.

2) Adhere patterned paper (no cardsotock otherwise it becomes too thick for the next step) and run throught your paper crimper.

3) Decorate the other part of the envelope

4) Fill

5) Close and give

(dsp is strawberry lemonade, stamps are from just perfect alphabet and very thanful)

Have a nice stampin' day

Gen

Whatever Challenge Wednesday -- 2S4Y meets Hello again

Whatever Challenge Wednesdays features a challenge from the blogosphere, chosen randomly.
Here's our pick for this week:
Hi everyone,

Today's card actually is for two challenges. The sketch is from 2 sketches for you no 52. While I also followed the color challenge from Craft your passion no 5 which was pink and green.

So here's my card, I love the softness of those two colors together paired with the subtle tone-on-tone very vanilla scallop borders. Patterned paper is from Pawsitively prints DSP from the Stampin' Up! Built-a-bear workshop collection.

I added a button on the flower for extra dimension and some dazzling diamonds on the wings of my butterfly. I lenghtened the stem of my flower to better fit the card by stamping it twice (thanks to my Stamp-a-ma-jig). The finished card is 3 X 5½.

Have a nice stampin' day !

Gen

Two 4 Tuesday: card and bookmark combo

Two for Tuesday features 2 projects that are similar in either color, theme, layout or embellishment but... with a different twist!

Hi everyone,

Today's Two 4 Tuesday is actually a 2-in-1 project: it's both a card and a bookmark:

The card was kept simple by using papers and self-adhesive die-cuts from the Sunny Day Simply Scrappin' Kit. From the front, it looks like it's just a regular card. But when you pull on the flower...

... tada! It reveals a bookmark.

I also used a die-cut journaling block on the inside for writing a nice message.

Have nice stampin' day! CeeCee

Quickie Mini Monday -- Pocket silhouette thank yous

Quickie Mini Mondays feature a 10 minute-or-less project -- something fast, fun and easy to reproduce and mass produce.

Hi everyone,

My mother needed a couple of little thank you cards, I was a little in a hurry and I also needed a 10 minutes something for you guys so I all did it at once. It's a really simple one layer card. Finished size is 4 X 3. I simply stamped the flower in different colors (Always Artichoke, Really Rust, Creamy Caramel and Perfect Plum), then, with the precious help of my Stamp-a-ma-jig, I added a sentiment from the same stamp set (Pocket Silhouettes) in Soft Suede.

So simple it didn't took me more than half an hour to make all 8 of them, wrapping included !!

To wrap them togheter, a little bit of twine and I was all done.

Hope she likes them...

Have a nice stampin' day

Gen

Sparkly Fun Friday -- Glitter Balloons

Sparkly Fun Fridays features a sparkly or glittery project using shimmer paints, embossing powders, glitters, rhinestones... anything shiny to welcome the weekend in a fun way!!!

Hi everyone,

Today I wanted to do something different, use a color I don't normally use...BLACK. I have to say I had a hard time, I struggled a lot with the balck satin ribbon. The balloon stamp is from the beary best friends and I used some 2-way glue to add the glitter. It doesn't show on the photo (as for anything glittery) but in real life those balloons litteraly pops out of the subtle cloudy sahara sand DSP. I really love how the card turned out and also that I successfully conquered my BLACK fear !!LOL

Have a nice stampin' weekend!

Gen