A Pretty Card for a Tuesday

I was trying to come up with an elegant card for my Tuesday Night group to do this month.  I had seen a card on Pinterest that used the Elegant Butterfly Punch in Vellum and it looked like it had been embossed with a folder, so I thought I'd play with that idea.

The lovely Deco Label stamp (yes, it matches the Framelits Dies!) is from the Sale-a-bration Stamp Set You're Lovely.  Colors are Crisp Cantaloupe, Pistachio Pudding, and Basic Gray.

I used the "Thinking of You" from Sweet Essentials as the sentiment.  But the beauty of this card is that any horizontal stamp can change the card to Birthday, Thank You or any card you need.

Thanks for visiting.

Stamps: Sweet Essentials, Summer Silhouettes, You're Lovely (SAB)

Ink: Basic Gray, Markers: Crisp Cantaloupe, Pistachio Pudding

Paper: Whisper White, Crisp Cantaloupe, Pistachio Pudding, White Vellum Cardstock

Accessories:  Big Shot, Framelits Deco Labels, Delicate Designs Embossing Folders, Elegant Butterfly Punch, Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack, Pearl Basic Jewels, 3/8" Taffeta Ribbon in Whisper White

Undefined Curling Rocks Card Number 2

Here's the second of the Thank You cards I made with my new "Curling Rocks" stamp set.  I used a bunch of great Stampin' Up! products to make it and threw in a curling ice joke of my own..note the "pebbles!"

For those of you who don't know, curling ice (unlike hockey or skating ice) is hand prepared with a layer of "pebbles" or droplets of water that are sprinkled onto the ice and freeze.  To get the great surface we play on, the pebbles are then "nipped" off (or shaved off) to give the unique running surface that is unique to curling.

So this card is my Thank You to curling ice-makers everywhere!

Back to the card and what I used:

To get the "pebbles" I used that wonderful Decorative Dots Textured Impressions Embossing Folder that's featured as a Sale-a-bration product this year.  (Spend $50 before shipping and tax and you can get it for FREE!)  I have to admit, I thought of the ice pebbling as soon as I took it out of the box.  Very fun and also very useful for texture.  Look for more cards with that one, soon.

The circles for the "house" were made using the Framelits Circles Collection Dies (#130911) and a 1/4" circle punch for the button.  And the Thanks So Much stamp in a circle is from "A Fitting Occasion" (#127049 clear mount on page 86 of the 2013-2014 Stampin' Up! catalog.)

I also used the wonderful Photopolymer Stamp Set "Another Thank You" (#133454).  I really appreciate how well these stamps cling to acrylic blocks.  They're amazing.

Thanks for stopping by!

Here's the full recipe:

Stamps:  Undefined Stamp Carving Kit (Curling Rocks stamp set carved by yours truly!), Another Thank You (Photopolymer Stamp Set), A Fitting Occasion

Ink: Smokey Slate, Real Red, Stampin' Write Markers in Basic Grey and Real Red

Paper: Whisper White, Smokey Slate, Pacific Point, Real Red

Accessories: Big Shot, TIEF Decorative Dots (SAB), Framelits Circles Collection, 1/4-inch Circle Punch

Created in time for Sochi 2014

Every four years during the Winter Olympics, I complain about the fact that there are very few sources for Curling-themed stamps out there.  This year, I did something about it!  Thanks to Stampin' Up! and the new Undefined stamp carving kit I made my own set of Curling stamps.  And I'm not done yet.  This was my first attempt using this kit.  What a wonderful challenge for different parts of my brain.  It comes with everything you need to create stamps of your own images or pre-printed ones.

The Potomac Curling Club (see link at the right) hosts Open Houses every year.  The Olympic years we host a lot of people and have a lot of great volunteers to thank.  That's where the stamps come in.  I'm planning to make some Thank You cards (like the one shown below) to help show appreciation for all the hard work our membership puts in during the events and the season.

Check out Undefined (item #133402) either on my Stampin' Up! website or at the main page of Stampin' Up! where there are some samples of some of the stamps people have created.

And if you want to learn how to curl and are in the Maryland/DC/Virginia area visit the Potomac Curling Club website for Open House dates and times.

Good Curling and Happy Stamp-creating!

Emily