Using My Costco Ribbon

A number of years ago, Costco had rolls of ribbon for sale. I loved it and received some for my birthday.  Unfortunately, the pattern is not on both sides which makes it difficult to use for bows.  Also, the colours don't quite match Stampin' Up colours and since I like to be matchy-matchy, it has sat in my cupboard with little use.  Today, Kristina Werner created a card for MACM (Make A Card Monday) that I knew would be perfect for my Costco ribbon.  Here's the little card I made for my brother and his wife's anniversary:

The card is 5" square a little larger than Kristina's and the inside square is 4 1/2" square.  It is hard to see my inside panel that is popped up on dimensionals.  I cut my heart with my Cricut and Sure Cuts A Lot software.  Since I don't have a wood grain background stamp, I used the Waves texture plate in my Big Shot.  (I was thinking I would use my Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder, but then realized that the square was too large for the folder.  I'm glad because I like the look of the wavy lines.) 

Thanks for looking,
Kim

SU Card Stock - Chocolate Chip
SU Ink - Whisper White Craft Ink
PTI Stamps - Mega Mixed Messages
Accessories - Cricut, SCAL, White Embossing Powder, Sakura White Gelly Roll Pen, Stampin' Dimensionals

Almost a complete CASE

Sorry, this isn't a great picture - too many rainy days to get decent light and I needed to give it away.

I have almost totally copied Becky's card. I used the same layout, similar colours (just different paper manufacturers) and a different sentiment. Thanks to Lisa for creating the SVG file to make the flower with my Cricut!

Thanks for looking,

Kim

SU Card Stock - Old Olive, Whisper White, Night of Navy, Pefect Plum

SU Ink - Basic Black

SU Stamps - Short & Sweet

Accessories - Summer Sun corduroy button, Cricut, SCAL software, needle

Reverse Nesties

I used Gina K's Reverse Nesties idea for this card, but instead of using Nesties, I used my Cricut and Sure Cuts A Lot software. I don't have a Bow Easy, but I used the idea of it as demonstrated by Gina in the video, but instead of the tool, I used my fingers. I like how my bow turned out!

Thanks for looking,

Kim

SU Card Stock - Pumpkin Pie,
Watercolour Paper
SU Designer Paper - Garden Green

Ink - Staz-On

SU Stamps - In Full Bloom

Accessories - SU Markers - Pumpkin Pie, Summer Sun, Garden Green; Aqua Painter; Cricut and SCAL software, yellow ribbon from my stash, Stampin' Dimensionals

Dragon and Knight

My nephew turned 7 today and this is the card I made for him.  He had his party last weekend and it was a knight and princess party.  I used the Once Upon a Time set from myscrapchick.com to make the dragon and the knight using my Cricut and SCAL software.  I really found the spikes on the dragon too tiny to cut and to glue so I made them larger than what they were supposed to be for that size of a dragon. 

Thanks for looking,
Kim

SU Card Stock - Really Rust,  Pumpkin Pie, Garden Green, Old Olive, Night of Navy, Brocade Blue, Brushed Silver, Going Gray, Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Close to Cocoa
SU Ink - Basic Black
SU Stamps - Birthdays Count
Accessories - Cricut, SCAL software, SVG file - Once Upon a Time from myscrapchick.com, glue pen, Basic Black Marker

Masculine Thank You

I had another masculine card to make so out comes the stars!!!!  I wish I could think of something else to do besides stars and trees!  Andrea's card was my inspiration for this card.  After making this card, I decided I am really going to focus on getting some bright DSP that will work for masculine cards. 
Thanks for looking,
Kim

SU Card Stock - Kiwi Kiss Textured CS, Baja Breeze Textured CS
SU Designer Paper - Hand Drawn
Ink - VersaFine Onyx Black
Stamps - PTI Mega Mixed Messages
Accessories - Real Red Poka Dot Grosgrain Ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals, Cricut and SCAL software

Star Shaped Card

I created this card for my brother using my Cricut and SCAL software. Donelda's card gave me the inspiration. I used Kristina Werner's pattern to create a svg file to use with SCAL. I'm wishing now that I had popped the turquoise star up using dimensionals... oh well! I did straighten out the circle after I took the picture so the star points line up.

Thanks for looking,

Kim

SU Card Stock - Crushed Curry, Tempting Turquoise, PTI Stamper's Select White

SU Designer Paper - Pink Flamingo

Ink - VesaFine Onyx Black, Tempting Turquoise, VesaMark

Stamps - PTI Around & About Sentiments

Accessories - Cricut, SCAL, star eyelet from ????, Stampin' Dimensionals

Simple Punched Flowers

This card was inspired by two cards by Susan. Check out this card and this one to see how I came up with mine. Her blog, Simplicity by LateBlossom is my FAVOURITE blog. I just love her style and I see myself heading more and more towards the clean and simple style.

Thanks for looking,
Kim

Card Stock - PTI Stamper's Select White
SU Ink - Ballet Blue
SU Stamps - Short & Sweet
Accessories - Elmer's Sticky Jewels from Wal-Mart, SU Three Flower punch

Field of Flowers

Here is the other stamp I bought on my craft store research trip with Erin and Lisa. I coloured the Hero Arts stamp with my SU markers and then misted it lightly before stamping. It took me three tries to get this right. The first one had too much water. For the second one I tried it on watercolour paper and it was too harsh. I like how this one turned out... but can you see a goof? I'm going to try it again with a little more water. My last three cards have really shown how much I am going to miss all the Bold and Bright colours that Stampin' Up is retiring!

Thanks for looking,

Kim

SU Card Stock - Whisper White, Tempting Turquoise

Ink - VersaFine Onyx Black

Stamps - Hero Arts S5033 DesignBlock Silhouette, PTI Mixed Messages

Accessories - SU Markers - Orchid Opulence, Cameo Coral, Pink Passion, Pumpkin Pie, Ballet Blue, Lovely Lilac, Tempting Turquoise, Old Olive, Always Artichoke; Nestabilities

Floral Wishes Thank You

Here is one of the new stamp sets I bought last weekend. It is a clear stamp set and I struggled with getting a crisp looking image using my SU ink. It helped to "erase" the stamp with a white eraser. I also put the stamp in VersaMark first and then the SU ink... I think I need to play a little more with using the clear stamps. I like the clear stamps, but I'm wondering if I should try a different brand of ink. The VersaFine ink works well, but I only have it in black and brown. Hopefully I'll have some time this weekend to play around a bit more.

Thanks for looking,
Kim

Card Stock - PTI Stamper's Select White, SU Tempting Turquoise
Ink - SU Pixie Pink, Only Orange, Lovely Lilac; VersaFine Onyx Black

Stamps - Inkadinkado - Floral Wishes, SU - Short & Sweet

Accessories - Nestablitities, embroidery thread, 1/2" punch

Watercoloured Birthday Cake

I had the pleasure of going with Erin and Lisa on Saturday to check out two scrapbooking stores. I didn't pick up a ton of new stuff, but I loved having the time to check everything out and get inspired. I managed to make three new cards yesterday! The afternoon of shopping certainly picked up my spirits! Thanks, Erin and Lisa!



This card was created using an Elizabeth Craft Designs sticker on watercolour card stock. I love the look of these stickers. They are like embossing, but thicker and shinier. The watercolour card stock is thicker than the watercolour paper I was using before. It is really nice to work with. I coloured the cake with Stamping Up markers and then used my aqua painter. I love the bright bold look of the cake.

Thanks for looking,

Kim

Card Stock - Watercolour Card Stock, SU Tempting Turquoise; PTI Stamper's Select White
Accessories - SU Markers - Gable Green, Barely Banana, Lovely Lilac, Pixie Pink, Tempting Turquoise, Yoyo Yellow, Only Orange; Aqua Painter; Nestabilities