Got Scraps?

Then you can EASILY make a card! Punch art is WAY fun, and I hope you enjoy this card - JUST for you blog-followers, so I can tell you exactly how I did it! :D

The photo on the left is the outside; the photo on the right is the inside!

Card stock: Lovely Lilac, Pixie Pink, Whisper White, Real Red

Ink: Lovely Lilac, Jet Black Stazon, assorted Stampin' Write Markers

Stamp sets: Crazy for Cupcakes, Sock Monkey

Accessories: Big Shot, Scallop Square die, Bride Specialty DSP, 1-1/4" circle punch, ticket corner punch, wide oval punch, 1/2" circle punch, crimper

OK, here's how to do this fun card!

The Lovely Lilac is cut 12"x3", and folded in half to make a 6"x3" card. (Need envelopes? Just order item #107286, small open-end envelopes, which measure 6-3/4"x3-1/2"; you get 20 for $7.50!)

Next, I stamped the balloon from Sock Monkey all over the front with Lovely Lilac, and set it aside.

For the bottoms of the cupcakes, I punched 3 wide ovals from Pixie Pink card stock, and cut the bottoms off. Then, I ran them through the crimper sideways, so the crimping would go the same direction a cupcake paper would.

The tops of the cupcakes are leftovers from this card; they're the sides from the teddy that I punched out. So I didn't have to do ANYTHING to them - they're already shaped this way!

For the cherries, I punched the smallest heart from the Heart to Heart punch, and then stuck them to the sticky part of a post-it note, and rounded off the pointed end with the 1/2" circle punch.

The cupcake papers are attached directly to the card front; the tops are added with dimensionals.

For the inside of the card, I cut the card stock pieces 1/4" smaller all around - first the Pixie Pink smaller than the Lovely Lilac, then the Whisper White smaller than the Pixie Pink. I ticked the corners with the ticket corner punch, then dealt with the Whisper White. It's easiest to punch out the circle, and stamp the cupcake on another piece of scrap - but then you've got another piece of scrap to deal with. :D SO, I'd suggest stamping the cupcake on the Whisper White, then punching it out and then cutting it out. :)

Color it, and start adhering all your layers and pieces together! After you get it all stuck down, just stamp the two sayings from Crazy for Cupcakes - and you're done! Isn't is adorable???

I hope you have a WONDERFUL weekend! Be sure and take the time to STAMP something! :) It's good for YOU, *and* for the person you bless with your creation! :)

Thought I'd not make it today, didn't you! :D

I wanted to wait until tonight's class people weren't at work to look. :D So, here are TWO of the cards from tonight's QUICK CARD CLASS; you'll get the other three on Friday! :D Enjoy!
(Just so you know, I almost always post from my least favorite to my most. :D)

On with the show!


(It's hard to see the tone-on-tone background on the card, unless you click on the photo to enlarge it!)

Card stock: Real Red, Whisper White

Ink: Real Red, Real Red craft

Stamp set: Sweet Season

Accessories: NEIGHBORHOOD Jumbo SA wheel & handle, wide oval punch, black gingham ribbon, clear embossing powder, embossing buddy, heat tool, dimensionals, staples







Card stocks: Whisper White, Melon Mambo, Basic Black

Inks: Jet Black Stazon, Brocade Blue

Stamp set: Crazy for Cupcakes

Accessories: IN COLOR Stampin' Write markers, Melon Mambo polka dot ribbon, dimensionals, double rectangle punch


Now, aren't these EASY? Super duplicatable, too!!! :D Easy to do at home - except you can't see the INSIDE of them. Tomorrow you'll see the other three cards; I really hope you will check out my SCHEDULE to see when you can come stamp with me. (I think I've got until sometime in October up on the list of events!)

OK, I'm off. Class starts soon - I wish you were stamping with me. But I DO hope you're taking the time to stamp SOMETHING. Right? :D

Happy Tuesday afternoon!

Shew. What a day!!!! I got to see THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX *and* NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM...SMITHSONIAN today. What fun movies, and what great company I had!!!

ANYWAY. Here's another card from Saturday; I LOVE this card. It may be because of the Real Red striped grosgrain - I just am in love with it. :D I hope you like the card, too - it's called a floating card, because the images look like they're floating. :D

Card stocks: Real Red, Whisper White

Inks: White Stazon, Jet Black Stazon

Stamp set: Crazy for Cupcakes

Accessories: Real Red striped grograin, assorted Stampin' Write Markers, ticket corner punch, window sheets (Occasions Mini)

Super simple, but soooooooo cute! I just love it! :D

OK, I'm off - not too much time until I need to be ready to teach. :) Don't miss me tomorrow - not only do I have another window sheet card to show off this week, but also four cards from tonight's advanced techniques class!

I'm stampin' - I hope you're taking the time to STAMP SOMETHING!!!!