Stampin' Up! - Valentine Treat Bundle Class...

Here's our final card from the Valentine Treat Bundle class I held in January.  Have you tried dyeing the 5/8" Trim Flowers yet?  Super easy and you can get them just the color you want to coordinate with Stampin' Up!'s colors.  Here's how to do it:

Take one of the round plastic holders that Stampin' Up!'s brads and buttons come in.  You don't throw those away, do you?  Hang onto them - there are lots of uses for them.  In fact, I will do a post with a few of them for you in the weeks to come.  Back to the flowers...

Pour about a 1/4" of 70% isopropyl rubbing alcohol in the container.  Take the desired reinker and drop 5-6 drops into the alcohol.  Swirl around until it is mixed together.  Drop the flower(s) into the solution and pull out using tweezers - unless you don't mind your hands getting stained.   Wrap it up into a paper towel to absorb the alcohol.  When you open it up, the flower is almost completely dry already and ready to put on your card using Glue Dots.  If it is still a bit lighter than you want, dip it back in and darken it up.  You can use water but then you would have to wait while it dried - probably a couple hours and who wants to wait when creating????

Here's what you will need to duplicate this card:
Stamps:       Happy Heart stamp, Itty Bitty Banners & Delightful Dozen
Inks:            Real Red & Primrose Petals (for flowers)
Paper:         Real Red, Pool Party, Whisper White & More Amore DSP
Other:        5/8" Flower Trim, Baker's Twine, Adorned Accents folder, Bitty
                    Banners framelit, Pearls, Lacy Brocade embossing folder, Heart
                    punch, 2 3.8" Scallop circle punch, Pool Party Ruffle ribbon, Real
                    Red 1/4" stitched ribbon

Forever Stampin',

    Cathy Williams

Stampin' Up! - Valentine Treat Bundle Class..

 Here's another card that we made at the Valentine Treat Bundle class.  The card is made using the Hearts Collection framelits.  The largest scalloped framelit is placed with a folded piece of cardstock just below the top scallops so you are left with a bit of a fold.  The picture below shows it real well.

Here's what you will need to duplicate this card:
Stamps:       Creative Elements, Wacky Wishes & Happy Heart
Inks:           Real Red & Primrose Petals
Paper:        Primrose Petals, Real Red, Whisper White & More Amore DSP
Other:        Needlepoint Border embossing folder, Hearts Collection framelits,
                   Heart punch & 1/8" Regal Rose Taffeta ribbon

Forever Stampin',

    Cathy Williams

Stampin' Up! - Valentine Treat Bundle..

Here is another card made with the Happy Heart stamp.  The silver glitter paper was cut using the heart from the retired Movers & Shapers die but you can use the Hearts Collection framelits instead.

Here's what you will need to duplicate this card:
Stamps:       Happy Heart, Delightful Dozen, Tiny Tags & Flowering Flourishes
Inks:          Real Red, Raspberry Ripple & Pink Pirouette
Paper:       Pink Pirouette, Real Red, Whisper White & Silver Glitter
Other:        Full Heart punch, Adorning Accents folder, Movers & Shapers
                  Heart die, Dazzling Diamonds, Elegant Lines embossing folder

Forever Stampin',

    Cathy Williams

Stampin' Up! - Valentine Treat Bundle

Did you take advantage of this promotion back in January?  It certainly went by quick!  I held a class during January where the attendees got the Happy Heart stamp and the cellophane treat bags as part of the class fee.  Here's one of the cards that we made. 

Here's what you will need to duplicate this card:
Stamps:       Happy Heart & Delightful Dozen
Inks:            Real Red & Pool Party
Paper:        Pool Party, Real Red Core'dinations, Primrose Petals
                    Core'dinations, Very Vanilla & More Amore DSP
Other:        Full Heart Punch, Scalloped Heart of Hearts Embosslit, Heart punch,
                   Honeycomb embossing folder, Borders Plate

Forever Stampin',

    Cathy Williams

Stampin' Up! - Punches & Punches...

 Here's the final card from our punches workshop in February.  Isn't this little fire hydrant adorable?  I found this card and the design of the fire hydrant on SplitCoastStampers.  It uses the following punches:

• Word Window
• Extra Large Oval
• 1 1/4" Circle
• 1" Circle
• Boho Blossom (for balloon)

Here's what you will need to duplicate this card:
Stamps:       Storybook Friends, Itty Bitty Banners & Bring on the Cake
Inks:          Real Red, Basic Black, Soft Suede & Crumb Cake
Paper:       Real Red, Whisper White, Daffodil Delight, Bashful Blue
                  & Subles Patterned Paper Pack
Other:       Punches, Baker's Twine, Bitty Banners framelits & Typeset
                  Alphabet Bigz die

Forever Stampin',

    Cathy Williams

Stampin' Up! - Happy Hour Beer Mug...

 Here's the beer mug card that we made using punches - super cute card and perfect timing now that the 7/8" Scallop Circle punch is available as well as the 1 1/4" Scallop Circle punch.  I finally got around to using the Happy Hour stamp set and now I have used it on several occasions!  Keep coming back in the next few weeks and you will see more made with this set.


Here's what you will need to duplicate this card:
Stamps:       Happy Hour
Inks:           More Mustard & Basic Gray
Paper:        Basic Gray, So Saffron & Whisper White
Other:        7/8" Scallop Circle punch, 1 1/4" Scallop Circle punch, corner
                   rounder punch, 1 3/4" circle punch & 2 1/2" circle punch

Forever Stampin',

    Cathy Williams

Stampin' Up! - Thoughts and Prayers

I CASE'd this sympathy card for a recent workshop.  My hostess loves punches and we had fun making cards focusing on punches.  Keep an eye out for a upcoming posts showing a fire hydrant and a beer mug.  We did those cards that same day.  Lots of punching and sponging on this card but otherwise a prett simple card.

Here's what you will need to duplicate this card:
Stamps:       Thoughts & Prayers & symatphy sentiment (I used a retired set - Warmest Wishes)
Inks:           Basic Gray
Paper:       Basic Gray, Pink Pirouette, Pretty in Pink, Lucky Limeade & Whisper White
Other:        Lacy Brocade embossing folder, Finishing Touches edgelit, Boho Blossom
                   punch, Blossom Petals Builder punch, Organza ribbon & Pearls

Forever Stampin',

    Cathy Williams

Stampin' Up! - Hearts A Flutter...

Here's a card that I did with a new group in February.  It was fun bringing back some of the techniques that I have done in the past for new people.  Here, I brought back the Magic Ink Background technique which you can find in the Techniques section of the blog.  I made the glossy cardstock piece larger than we needed on the front of the card so we could cut a 1" strip off of it to inside the card.

Here's what you will need to duplicate this card:
Stamps:       Hearts A Flutter, Seasonal Sayings, Itty Bitty Banners &
                   Teeny Tiny Wishes
Inks:           Daffodil Delight, Pretty in Pink, Melon Mambo & VersaMark
Paper:        Pretty in Pink, Melon Mambo & Whisper White
Other:        Hearts A Flutter framelits, Clear embossing powder, Fancy
                   Fan embossing folder, Bitty Banners framelit, mini brads,
                   Neutrals brads, Circle punch, Melon Mambo ribbon (see
                   Magic Ink Background technique for technique supplies)

Forever Stampin',

    Cathy Williams

Stampin' Up - Valentine's Card

 Here's another Valentine's card that we did in February.  Valentine's Day is long gone but you can always bookmark or file the idea away for next year, right?  Or make it your own by changing it from a Valentine's Day card to something else!  The hearts were made by gluing the cardstock and DSP to thin chipboard (I used the sheet enclosed with the DSP) and then running it through the Big Shot using the Hearts Collection framelits.  The DSP chipboard is thin enough that the framelits will cut through them along with the paper.  I then use a coordinating marker to color the edges of the chipboard so they look like they are one piece.

Here's the inside of the card.  This sentiment is one of the prettiest I have ever seen done.  I just love it!

Here's what you will need to duplicate this card:
Stamps:       You Are Loved, Tiny Tags & Delightful Dozen
Inks:          Primrose Petals, Pool Party & Black StazOn
Paper:      Pool Party, Primrose Petals, In Color Patterns Pack & More Amore DSP
Other:      5/8" Flower Trim, Pool Party Seam Binding, Rhinestones, Baker's
                 Twine & Hearts Collection framelits 

Forever Stampin',

    Cathy Williams

Stampin' Up! - You Are Loved

 This card comes very close to being one of those that doesn't have stamping but the Big Shot gets a work out.  If it wasn't for the heart and the sentiments, there would be no stamping!  I just love going out to SplitCoastStampers and search the galleries for inspiration.  Sometimes my cards end up looking nothing like the original but with this card, I didn't change much.  Thank you to the talented artist who created this card.

Here's the inside of the card. 

Here's what you will need to duplicate this card:
Stamps:       You Are Loved & Wacky Wishes (hostess)
Inks:            Real Red & Black StazOn
Paper:        Whisper White & Real Red
Other:        Baker's Twine, Fashionable Hearts embosslit, Lattice Bigz die,
                   Needlepoint Border embossing folder, Scalloped Heart of Hearts
                   embosslit, Hearts Collection framelit & Rhinestones

Forever Stampin',

    Cathy Williams

Stampin' Up! - Pinwheel Die

 Here's a cute birthday card for a little girl or boy.  When we made these in January, I gave the attendees the choice of either a Melon Mambo card and ribbon or the Marina Mist card and ribbon. 

Here's the inside of the card.  The Sweets for the Sweet stamp set coordinates perfectly!

Here's what you will need to duplicate this card:
Stamps:       Sweets for the Sweet & Memorable Moments
Inks:           Marina Mist, Lucky Limeade
Paper:      Whisper White, Lucky Limeade Marina Mist & Sunshine & Sprinkles
                   DSP, Silver Glitter Paper
Other:        Pinwheel Die, 1/2" circle punch, mini silver brads, 1/8" ribbon,
                  Cloudy Day embossing folder & Finishing Touches edgelit

Forever Stampin',

    Cathy Williams