Karla's Stamp N Scrap

Here is another card using the press technique. This is another design from the Textures 1 Texture plate. This time I used Soft Suede card stock. I covered the plate with Champagne shimmer paint. The whole card shimmers and sparkles. For this card I didn't want to cover the whole background.So I kept it a little more simple. I used the large fancy flower punch and a flower die from the the Birds and Blooms Sizzlits set in Pretty in Pink. The ribbon is out Espresso card stock punched with the Dotted Scallop Ribbon
Border punch. The button is a designer button from the Latte set. You can get similar buttons in the Neutrals set in the current catalog. 

 

 

Owl Card

Remember the girlie owls from the other day? Doesn't she look gorgous on this card? Check out those darling dazzling diamonds earrings of hers!!! :) Diamonds are a girls best friend!

For this card I started with Kraft card stock and a plate from the Textures 1 set from Stampin" Up. I Covered the plate with Whisper White craft ink. I laid the Crumb Cake card stock on the plate and ran it through the Big Shot. I love the end result. It adds a little depth to the back ground. I punched a 2-3/8" Scallop Circle
Extra-Large Scallop Circle out of Not Quite Navy. The strip is Daffodil Delight punched with the scallop trim punch on each side. The circle inside of the the scallop circle is the 1 3/4 inch circle punch out of Whisper White. And then the owl. I love the attitude she adds to the card. This card would fit teens, little girls or even moms.You can find directions or the owl here

 

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Scallop Circle and Bird punch

I spend some time in my craft room playing today. I love being creative! I found this layout and wanted to try it. The first part of the card came together quickly, the scallop circle I struggled with. I started with white used a stamp from Razzle Dazzle and it just didn't look right. Then I tried Upsie daisy but that didn't look right either. Every thing I tried just looked to busy. Finally I chose Orchid Opulence with a bird from the bird punch in Razzleberry. A Crushed Curry branch added just the right touch of color. So here it is the finished product!

Since my own daughter is graduating this year we are invited to several of her friends Open House Celebrations. I felt like the little bird signified our little birdies leaving the nest for college. Deep I know-I;m sure none of the teen agers will sit analyze the meaning of the card! :) That's ok it was inspiration to get me going.

115370     Teeny Tiny Wishes           $36.95

115316    Razzleberry card stock        $5.50

115319     Crushed Curry card stock    $5.50

102125     Kraft (40)                           $7.50

116630    Modern Label Punch          $15.95

117191    Extra Large Bird Punch      $15.95

113439   Big Shot Die-Cut Machine   $99.95

113469   Scallop Circle #2                $19.95

115658   Razzleberry ink                   $5.95

 

Easter and Sweet Pea Designer Paper

Today I am going to start with a little bit of Easter. I made a little Easter basket using the Big Shot and the Scallop Envelope Die. As a family we have never done a big Easter Basket for the kids, but I do usually do something small with some Easter candy for them. This year I decided to make these little baskets. They are so easy to make!

 

I Cut the envelopes in So Saffron. I then ran each envelope through the polka dot textures plate. Using the side tabs to adhere the box, and the bottom flap of the envelope is the bottom of the box. I like the extra texture that it gave the box. The handles are attached with a brad to the side of the box and covered with the Happy Easter tag. For the handle I cut a 1/2 inch strip of Old Olive card stock and covered the top with Old Olive Satin ribbon.

The next projects that I did were all with Sweet Pea Designer Paper. That pad of paper is such a deal it is only 24.95 for 48 sheets of paper! That is only 50 cents a sheet! It isn't thin bargain paper either it is the quality weight paper that we expect from Stampin' Up! Another great  quality in this paper is the versatility!.You can make great guy projects with some of the papers. The colors and textures are perfect for Fathers Day, birthdays, etc. But also there is the fun designs with the trees, birds, and swirls, and then if you are into flowers and butterflies there is some of that as well. Some of the pages are designed in a way that they make a great scrapbook pages with out adding much of anything else. So like I said this paper totally delivers on versatility. Stampin' Up! did a great job on this pad of paper!

Here are 2 layouts that I did. The first one I used Old Olive card stock for the base and added the print at the bottom. The flower is one of the stripe prints from Sweet Pea cut with the Big Shot and the Daisy die. The center is a button that I made my self. I punched a little swirl from one of the sweet pea papers, and layered 5 So Saffron circles under it. I punched 2 little holes with the crop a dile and added the linen string. This flower would make a great accent on a card as well.The second page is from two sheets of Sweet Pea. The bird and flowers were on another page I cut them out and added them to this page with dimensionals.

Lastly I have a guy card from the Sweet Pea Collection. The medallion is from Vintage Labels in the Sale-a-bration brochure. The background is the Sanded background stamp.

 

I hope you enjoyed these last 3 days of the Blog Tour. Thank you for stopping at my blog, Make sure you visit again!
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Easter Basket

105118  8 1/2 x 11  So Saffron  $5.50

117266   Sweet Pea Stitched Felt  $7.95

112208 Curly Label $15.95

114916 All Holidays  $34.95

113439 Big Shot Die-Cut Machine $99.95

113462 Stampin’ Up!  Scallop Envelope  $21.95

114512 Stampin’ Up! Backgrounds 1    $11.95

Scrapbook Pages

106544  12x12 Old Olive card stock 7.50

117161 Sweet Pea Designer Paper  24.95

114520 Flower, Daisies #2 $19.95

113439 Big Shot Die-Cut Machine $99.95

(button)

105118  8 1/2 x 11  So Saffron  $5.50

104390 1/2" Circle $5.95

108362 Crop-A-Dile™ $29.95

104199   Linen Thread 4.50

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Halloween Matchbox

Today I wanted to use more of my pumpkins and the black and white "Happy Halloween" card stock that I stamped. I used my big shot and the match box die to make this little box. I wrapped the the box with pumpkin pie 1/4 inch ribbon and topped it with 2 of my little pumpkins. Isn't it cute?

 

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Fancy Favor Box

The Fancy Favor Box is one of the Big Shot dies in the Stampin’ Up! idea book and Catalog. I love these little boxes! I made this one more like a bag by putting a handle over the top. These are perfect for little gifts like nail polish, or even candy. If you can fit it in the box you can give it as a gift. I used the in-color Rich Razzleberry for the box, the mat is pale plum. The image is from the Razzle Dazzle Stamp set.

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A 5 Point Star

Did you ever have one of those moments? One of those moments and the light bulb goes on. When you have an idea that you are positive is going to be so cool? And then when you try the idea and it actually works-it is quite a moment!

I bought the Five Point Star Big Shot Die a few weeks ago. The Big Shot will cut thin metal and I wanted to try and make a metal star. Today it occur ed to me that it might look kind of cool to try make a feaux metal star and if I don't say so myself it turned out pretty cool.

I cut 5 points from the die out of black card stock and folded on all of the fold lines. I covered each point with VersaMark by pressing the whole stamp pad on the card stock. I then covered the inked up card stock with black embossing powder, holding each individual piece with a tweezers I melted the powder. The finished product turned out really cool. It is kind of hard to see on the picture, but it does look like metal.

If you order the Five Point Star Die from my Stampin' Up! website I will email you step by step instructions on a feaux star and a metal star.

Monchromatic flowers from the Big Shot

Didn't these turn out cool? I think they did. I made all of these in less than an hour! I used the Perfect Plum and Baha Breeze monochromatic designer series paper, Candy Cane Lane, and Bella Rose Designer paper. What made it go so quick was that I used my Big Shot to cut out the flowers.I used the flower layers, and the flowers #3 dies.I could layer up to 4 or 5 sheets of paper on the die and then run it through the Big Shot. After I cut the flowers I layered them together with Stampin' Dimentionals for a 3D effect.

Here are some close ups of a couple of flowers so you can see what thy look like.

I can't wait to start using these as embellishments-I have lots of ideas on what to do with them. Cards, scrapbook pages, tags, the list goes on...

Do you want to make these flowers?  Here's what you need:

• Big Shot
• Flowers #3 and flower layers dies
• Your favorite Designer series paper
• Stampin' Dimentionals

Do you want to order these items? Go to www.karlalangstraat.stampinup.net click on the shop now and place your order.

Easter Match Box and M&M's

I made this little box using the matchbox die from Stampin' Up! Occasions Mini Catalog. You should see this die, it has the matchbox and three different cool looking labels. And in the Occasions Mini Catalog there is a stamp set that coordinates with the die.

I used Regal Rose Pink card stock for the box and clear acetate for the slide cover. For the wrap and label I used pink designer paper with 3/4 inch Regal Rose pink ribbon, the label is from the die, it is mounted on Rose PInk large oval card-stock. Much of this can be purchased in the MIni Catalog. Remember for every 40.00 you spend from the mini catalog you get to pick a free item from the Community Center.

Go to the mini catalog (contact me if you need one) and then go to the last page in the catalog and pick out what free item you want.

   

More Calendar pages...

I had fun making this page. I saw the silhouette flowers on the scallop circles on another scrapbook page and wanted to try it. I like the way it turned out. I also embellished with some glittery butterflies. They are hard to see on the page but turned out very cute. I used versamark ink and iridescent embossing powder. It was a nice way to add a little bling with out adding weight to the page. the pictures are fun also. The kids were having fun also. I had made up little goodie bags for each of them with Peeps, an m&m character and some Easter colored corn candy.