Fun Friday

Happy Friday and weekend. Been getting ready for 2 days of agility with my kids Luzy and Dottie.
Took some time to make the above card using the new Painted Seasons DSP. Really liking it. Going to have to get more before it’s gone. The card base is Grapefruit Grove cardstock. I used a die I had to make the flip card base and a fox stamp set ( I got both from the stamps of life). I stamped the fox on water color paper using Stazon ink. I water colored the fox using water color pencils.
 For those of you new to stamping there are 2 kinds of black ink used for stamping the images. It all depends on how your going to color the image on which to use:

Sale-A-Bration new releases

Hope everyone had a great Valentine’s Day. Tomorrow is the day you can start earning new sale-a-bration items.  Sale-A-Bration goes until March 31st. Remember you can earn sale-a-bration items when you purchase from the Occasions or the Annual catalog . For every 50$ you buy you earn Sale-A-Bration items.
Host code GVDWAAEM for orders less than 150$
Have fun shopping!

Hello Cupcake/All My Love DSP

Happy Valentines Day. I made the above card using All My Love DSP from the Occasions catalog and the Hello Cupcake stamp set I got free with my 50$ order. This stamp set is fun and can be used for any occasion.
Materials/Directions
1. Card base made from 4 1/4x 5 1/2 piece of Whisper White
2. 4 x 5 1/4 inch of All My Love DSP for layering piece. Glue on front of card base.
3. Whisper White cardstock rectangular layering piece. On this piece stamp the image using Hello Cupcake stamp set. I used Soft Suede for the Cupcake holder and Berry Burst for the frosting. I stamped the sentiment using Soft Suede. Glue the piece on top of the DSP.
Have a great Valentine’s Day!

Hedgehugs/Painted Seasons and Updates

When I saw the Painted Seasons paper with the mushrooms on it I visualized it with the hedgehog stamp set. The above photo is another gatefold card. I put the hedgehog in the middle.
Materials/Directions
-Hedgehugs stamp set from annual catalog.
-Grapefruit Grove cardstock for base . Scored the same as yesterday’s post.
-Painted Seasons DSP with the mushrooms. 2 pieces cut at 1 3/4 x 5 1/4. Glue to the front sides.
-Scrap of wood texture DSP cut. Scrap of very vanilla cardstock. I used circle Framelits to cut them out. The wood texture the bigger of the two.
-Stamp hedgehog using thesoft Suede Stampin pad on the Very Vanilla cardstoc circle.Glue this on top of the other circle. Adhere this to the card by putting glue on one side only so the card can open.
-For the inside I used a piece of Very Vanilla 4x 5 1/4 and stamped leaves in the corner using grapefruit Grove ink.
-You can put any sentiment you want. On the front like I did using the classic label punch or the inside. This card could be used for any occasion.
 This next card I made with the scraps. I used a mossy meadow card base. The strips outside are 1 3/4 x4. Inside I used Very Vanilla at 3 3/4 x5.

Updates: 
Next Paper Pumpkin is the 6 year anniversary. They will be including a second stampset. Need to order by March 10th.

Remember to use the host code GVDWAAEM on orders less than 150$.

Painted Seasons simple gatefold card

Had a great time at the craft fair yesterday. Today I got a chance to try out the new Painted Seasons bundle that will be available to order Friday. Also used the new Story Label punch that will also be available.

The paper is gorgeous. This card showcases the paper. It was hard to choose but these flowers were hard to resist.
Materials:
Grapefruit Grove cardstock 81/2 x 51/2
Grapefruit Grove Stampin pad
Painted season DSP 3 3/4 x 1 3/8 cut 3 at this size
White cardstock 4 x 1 5/8 cut 3 at this size
White cardstock 5 1/4 x 4 for the inside
Story Label Punch

Directions:
1. Score the Grapefruit Grove cardstock at 2 1/8 on both sides then fold

2. Glue the white cardstock on the inside
3. Glue the pieces of DSP onto the white pieces
4. Glue 2 of the pieces on the top and bottom of one side. Then glue the 3rd in the middle on the other side.

5. Punch out a label then stamp a sentiment on it. Glue to the middle piece.
6. On the inside white piece I stamped the flower from the Painted Seasons stamp set in Grapefruit Grove.

Paper Pumpkin/New Sale-A-Bration items

Happy Friday. Was busy today getting ready for a Craft Fair tomorrow. Above picture is of the valentine boxes I finished up today. The box on the left fits 5 Hershey nuggets and the one on the right has valentine kisses.
Sunday is the last day to subscribe  in order to get February Paper Pumpkin. You can use Paper Pumpkin subscriptions to get Sale-A-Bration items.

February 15 new SaleABration items will be available to earn. I just got Painted Seasons and can’t wait to play with it. I will share next week. Also will share Home to Roost and Hello Cupcake. Got so busy with this craft fair that I haven’t had time to play.

Have a nice weekend.
Remember to use the host code GVDWAAEM with orders less than 150$.

Note Pad holders using DSP

Good evening. Today I worked on Valentine’s with my great granddaughter using the January Paper Pumpkin. They are very cute and we’re fun to make. The next Paper Pumpkin will be shipping February 10th. Be sure to subscribe by February 10th if you are planning on getting it.
The above picture is one of the NotePad holders I made for an upcoming craft fair. I used the Botanical Butterfly DSP I got free(from the Sale-A-Bration catalog) for ordering 50$ of product. This is beautiful paper.
Materials used:
Cardstock 11x 81/2 use color that goes with DSP used
DSP (designer series paper)
Ribbon 15 inches

Directions:

1. Cut the cardstock on the 11 inch side at 51/4(you get 2 holders out of one piece of paper)
Score @ 4&41/2
2. Cut a piece of ribbon 15 inches glue to outside of cardstock
3. Cut two pieces of DSP for inside pockets @ 4x4(just a tad shorter than this to fit better) glue these to inside putting glue on 3 sides.

4. Cut two pieces of DSP 5x 3 3/4 inches for the front and back covers. Glue these on top of ribbon.

5. Put note paper in pockets. I get them from Dollar Tree. There are 5/ pack. I cut a little of the card stock backing . This makes it easier to put in the pocket.

6. Tie shut
You can find the DSP and other materials (except the note pads) in the Annual catalog ,Occasions catalog or the sale-a-bration catalog (with qualifying order of 50 or more). You can order from my
website. Remember to use the host code GVDWAAEM.