Inspired by Nature Masculine Birthday Card

by Becky Jensen on March 8, 2010

Handmade Masculine Card

For some reason cards for guys tend to be the hardest cards for stampers to make (myself included).  They just don’t come as easily as the cards with flowers and frills and bling.  This is the “guy” card we made in the Birthday Card Class yesterday at the Mason-Dixon library.  As with many “masculine” cards, this really could be used for a guy or a girl. Girls wouldn’t mind getting this, so why do guys mind getting flowers??

Inspired by Nature & Teeny Tiny Wishes

To make this card we used the Inspired by Nature and Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp sets, the Finial Press embossing folder, 1 3/8″ Circle punch, Modern Label punch, Vintage Brads and Night of Navy grosgrain ribbon.  The colors are Whisper White, Ballet Blue, Night of Navy and Handsome Hunter.

Inside

The neat thing about this card is the fact that you can open it up and still see the birthday greetings at the bottom!  It’s neat to have a little something decorative there and it can also be nice if you don’t want to write a long message!

Thank you for stopping by to visit my website!  I love the comments you have been leaving!  Don’t forget to check back tomorrow for the rose tutorial!   I’m looking forward to sharing it with you!

  • Share/Bookmark

{ 5 comments }

Simple Birthday Card for Class

by Becky Jensen on March 8, 2010

All Holidays & Out of the Box stamp sets

Here is a simple card we are going to be making at the birthday card class at the Stewartstown, PA library tonight.  What I like the most about this card is that it could be given to anyone.  I think it could be given to a girl or guy of any age, including children.  Don’t you?

Simple handmade birthday card

With the Stampin’ Up! punches this card is incredibly easy to make and duplicate!  The cupcake stamp is from the Out of the Box level 1 hostess stamp set and “happy birthday” is from All Holidays.  Punch a few circles, add a little ribbon and it’s done!  Simple and easy and it looks nice!

I’m looking forward to class tonight!

  • Share/Bookmark

{ 2 comments }

Pretty in Pink Vintage Label Card

by Becky Jensen on March 7, 2010

Vintage Label Card

This is a card I’ve been wanting to share with you for a little while now.  I just like it so much!  Of course you know I love Chocolate chip and it goes so wonderfully with Pretty in Pink and our new Sending Love Specialty DSP.

Stampin' Up! Boho Blossom Punch

I made these little flowers with the Boho Blossom Punch and mounted them onto the image stamped from the Vintage Label Sale-A-Bration stamp set.  Doesn’t it look so very neat?  This particular image fits beautifully inside the Curly Label Punch!

Vintage Label & Wings of Friendship Stamp Sets

The flower stamped inside the label here is from the Wings for Friendship hostess stamp set, it fits perfectly inside the label and “Best Wishes” is included in the Vintage Labels stamp set.

Have you received all the Stampin’ Up! Sale-A-Bration stamp sets you want for free?  There is still time!  You can get a free Sale-A-Bration item with a $50 purchase (2 free items with a $100 purchase and so on – no limit!) or you can host a party or book party and for each $300 in orders you collect you will receive a free item.   Please contact me and let me know how I can help you reach your goal!

Sending Love Specialy DSP & Epoxy Brads

It’s not easy to tell in the picture but I used the Bella Toile background stamp inked in Pretty in Pink on the Pretty in Pink cardstock.  I didn’t have it there at first but it did a lot for the card!  All three of the brads you see are from the new Epoxy Brads we have in the Occasions Mini catalog.  There are also some Dazzling Diamonds around the outside of the Whisper White cardstock

I hope this card will be an inspiration to you.  Truthfully, I got the general idea for this card from another demonstrator and then changed it up to work for me.  I hope you will take this idea and change it up to work for you now!  I put these ideas out here to inspire you in your creativity.  Most likely you don’t have the same supplies I have but I bet you can take my idea, change the colors and/or the stamps and come up with your own!  Give it a try!

After my post yesterday with the rose I’ve had multiple people ask for a tutorial on the rose.  My schedule for the next couple of days is rather busy with church and the Birthday Card Class but I’m planning to post a tutorial on Wednesday, March 10.  I hope you will stop by to check it out!  (Of course you’ll want to stop by on Monday and Tuesday to see what I post then too!)

  • Share/Bookmark

{ 6 comments }

Is it really the last day of the blog tour?  I have so much more trash waiting to become treasures!  Today we’re turning to the tissue box.  Now to be truthful, this is the not exact tissue box I worked with, I was so anxious to get working on it that I didn’t take a picture before beginning.  The one I changed was striped.

Vintage Vogue Stamp Set

Here’s the treasure I made!  This seemed like a good chance to try out one of these special roses I’ve been seeing and of course use one of my favorite stamp sets, Vintage Vogue.

Pretty in Pink Grosgrain Ribbon

The colors I used for the box are Bravo Burgundy, Always Artichoke, Mellow Moss, Whisper White and Pretty in Pink.  I did also use some Chocolate Chip ink to sponge onto the Bravo Burgundy but you’re not going to be able to tell that very well in the pictures.

Ornament Punch

The flower is made out of Whisper White cardstock and the Ornament Punch.  I used a sponge and some Pretty in Pink classic ink to tint the petals.

Inside the box

Would you believe, I was just crazy enough to cover the whole box, inside and out.  By doing so the box is pleasant to look at from any angle but it is also much sturdier.  Now there are at least three layers over every inch of the box so it’s going to be able to withstand much more weight than a regular tissue box.

Clear block storage

There are so many things that can be stored in this special little box.  In the first picture I had a bunch of handmade cards in there, they fit perfectly.  Here you can see that I have our new clear blocks in there.  The entire set fits with a little more room left for extras even.

Beautiful Wings Birthday Card

I decided to design a card that would work well inside the box and be fairly easy to duplicate.  Now I didn’t get enough of these made to fill the box, it’s just an idea.  This is a card we’re going to be making at my card class on Monday evening.

Teeny Tiny Wishes Stamp Set

To make this card I used the Bella Toile and Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp sets, Very Vanilla Hodgepodge Hardware, Chocolate Chip Satin ribbon, one of the Stampin’ Up! Backgrounds I texturz Plates, Little Leaves sizzlet die and the Beautiful Wings Embosslit Die.

Thank you for stopping by to visit again!  I hope you  continue to come back to check in once in awhile as I try to post new projects daily.

**I have had a lot of requests for a tutorial for the rose.  Sure!  Please come back on Wednesday, March 10 and I will have one for you! **

Please take the time to continue through the tour and visit Sandi next!

  • Share/Bookmark

{ 17 comments }

Remaking Trash into Treasure with Stampin’ Up!

March 5, 2010

I have another fun project for you today. I’ve taken my trash (and some my friend brought me to saying she knew I’d find something to do with it) and turned it into a treasure. Yesterday I took a dry oatmeal container and small cookie tin to create the what you see below.
See [...]

12 comments Read the full article →

Going Green Blog Tour Day 1

March 3, 2010

Welcome to day one of the Going Green Blog Tour!  Do you like Lindor Truffles?  I do!  They’re so very yummy and sometimes they come in these lovely boxes!  It’s just too nice of a box, I have to be “green” and reuse it!  Check out the change!
What do you think?  Did it change a [...]

10 comments Read the full article →

Big Shot, Vinyl & Tulipe Die

March 3, 2010

I found three of these on clearance the other day.  They are like cork boards but with no cork, it is a canvas fabric to tack items to.  I thought they were really neat, I had a little Christmas money left and surely I could use them . . . .
I decided to use a [...]

5 comments Read the full article →

Abundant Hope Framed Art

March 2, 2010

I got the idea for this piece of artwork from a fellow stamper named Mary.  It is so incredibly easy and cheap to make!  I used the Abundant Hope stamp set, the Beautiful Wings Embosslit Die, some Mellow Moss Taffeta Ribbon and the Modern Label Punch.
The frame you see is one from a local dollar [...]

6 comments Read the full article →