Category: Mini Catalogs

Double High Spring

Best of Love, Big Shot, Big Shot Tasteful Trim, Cards, Chalk Talk, Framelit Dies, Mini Catalogs, Occasions Mini, Pop It Up, Punch, Spring Mini, Stamp Sets, Tasteful Trim die
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Well what can I say?  This is the kind of card that cleaning creates!  While going through a few boxes tucked away in my closet, I found all kinds of embellishments – everything from flowers, to Christmas, to babies, to animals.  I thought I might use some of this stuff – and decided to make a Double High Katie Label card would be a good start. 

I started with my favorite sheet of Watercolor Wonder DSP – and lots of daisies.  The little ladybugs were created with an Elizabeth Craft Designs die and glitter.  The sentiment is from Best of Love. 

On the inside I used Chalk Talk (and more flowers and ladybugs.) 

Supplies
Stamp Sets – Chalk Talk, Best of Love
Cardstock – Whisper White, Smokey Slate, Island Indigo, Gumball Green, Watercolor Wonder DSP
Ink – Basic Gray
Etc – Karen Burniston Katie Label Pivot die, ECD Ladybug die, Tasteful Trim die, Ribbon punch, Bird punch, Washi tape (Epic Day), flower stickers

I’ve tried to consolidate some of the stash – a better idea would be to use it up!  Hugs, Fran

More Hip Notes

Big Shot, Birthday, Cards, Framelit Dies, Hip Notes, Holidays, Mini Catalogs, Occasions Mini, Spring Mini, Stamp Sets
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Just another color study!  I remade this card in various color from the oh, so fun, I Am Me Designer Series paper.  First in Real Red.  Remember all those little wooden camera pieces that my daughter gave me?  I colored this one red with reinkers. 

So Saffron for this one – but I left the wooden camera alone (actually, it didn’t take the color well!) 

And here is Tangerine Tango – and a Tangerine Tango camera. 

Supplies
Stamp Sets – Hip Notes, Remembering Your Birthday
Card stock  – Basic Gray, (Real Red, So Saffron, Tangerine Tango), Whisper White, I Am Me DSP
Ink – Jet Black Stazon, Basic Gray
Etc – Essential Wooden Shapes, Crystal Effects, On Film Framelits, Candy Dots, Epic Day This & That Washi tape, Arrows embossing folder

I could do this all day long!  Hugs, Fran

Paper Pumpkin meets Hip Notes

Cards, Hip Notes, Mini Catalogs, Occasions Mini, Paper Pumpkin, Spring Mini, Stamp Sets
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The Paper Pumpkin kit for February included these really cute circle stamps.  (It also included some sweet gift bags – but that’s for another time!)  I used the stamps to create a background for this card.  Using the colors in the Retro Fresh suite from the Occasions Mini – and the washi tape – I did some random stamping and added a greeting from Hip Notes.

Supplies
Stamp Sets – February Paper Pumpkin, Hip Notes
Cardstock – Tangerine Tango, Whisper White
Ink – Baked Brown Sugar, Coastal Cabana, So Saffron
Etc – Retro Fresh washi tape, Hardware Clips Essential

Think of all the color combos!  Pick a washi tape and try this – Hugs, Fran

Another Thank You

Another Thank You, Cards, Mini Catalogs, Occasions Mini, Peaceful Petals, Regarding Dahlias, Spring Mini, Stamp Sets
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Purple is such a funny color.  It has all sorts of looks.  It can be cool or warm, light or dark, bright or almost gloomy.  I love Wisteria Wonder – but not on this card!  Coloring the dahlia, I realized this was not going to work for what I wanted (but I finished it anyway!)  Still wanting a “purple” card, I switched things up and tried this one –

Still “purple” but not so heavy.  Instead of just coloring the images flat on the card, I used triple time stamping – only I just used two layers. 

Supplies (Card 2)
Stamp sets – Another Thank You, Regarding Dahlias, Peaceful Petals
Cardstock – Wisteria Wonder, Basic Black, Whisper White
Ink – Jet Black Stazon, Wisteria Wonder
Stampin Write Markers – Pink Pirouette, Wild Wasabi
Etc – Soft Subtle Candy Dots

Now that it’s finished, I might have to
dig around and see if I have some Wisteria Wonder embossing powder. 
That would be pretty.  Hugs, Fran

Eggs in a Box

Cards, Easter, Eggstra Spectacular, Holidays, Mini Catalogs, Occasions Mini, Punch, SAB, Sale a bration, Spring Mini, Stamp Sets
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We are doing fancy folds at my team meeting this Sunday and this is the one I’m doing.  It’s a Card in a Box and it folds nice and flat to fit in a regular envelope.  I’ve made larger ones but this cutie is tiny!  I used the measurements on Splitcoast – scroll all the way to the bottom to find the measurements for an A2 card. 

My eggs are the large oval punch and the flowers are the Petite Petal and Bird punches.  The grass is made with the Fringe Scissors.  The little bunny/lamb  is from Eggstra Specatular. 

Supplies
Stamp Set – Eggstra Spectacular
Cardstock – Pool Party, Crisp Cantaloupe, Whisper White, Sweet Sorbet DSP
Ink – Jet Black Stazon
Etc – Large Oval punch, Scallop Edge punch, Petite Petal punch, Bird punch, Candy Dots, Fringe Scissors, small butterfly punch, rhinestones

Now I have a question for you – if you use Pinterest, would you rather see boards set up by stamp sets or catalogs.  I currently have mine set up by stamp sets which makes for a lot of boards.  I’m wondering if it would easier to just do it by catalogs or themes.  What do you think?  Hugs, Fran

The Power of Two

Big Shot, Cards, Framelit Dies, Mini Catalogs, Perfect Blend, Pop It Up, Punch, SAB, Sale a bration, Stamp Sets, Yippee Skippee
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One of my friends and I love to get up early in the morning and meet for coffee whenever we can.  It’s a great way for us to get in some “girl time” before the day takes off.  So the sentiment on the front of my card celebrates this time .  The card is 5 1/2 x 5 1/2

Inside I used Karen Burniston’s Garden Bench Pop It Ups die to create this scene.  (Stamp is from Art Impressions)  The die comes with the flowers and grass (and more!) 

To keep “our feet on the ground” I used the grass and few flowers – and a box behind it.  There’s also a box behind the image to keep it steady.

Can you see them?  One on the bench and one on the ground.

Supplies
Stamp Set – Perfect Blend,  Yippee-Skippee, Coffee BFFs (AI)
Card stock – Crisp Cantaloupe, Pistachio Pudding, Pool Party, Whisper White, Sweet Sorbet DSP (SA
Ink – Jet Black Stazon
Etc – Garden Bench and Agatha Edges Pop It Ups, Oval Punch, Oval Framelit, Candy dots

Now if only the snow would melt so we could sit on a garden bench.  Hugs, Fran

A Musical Birthday

Big Shot, Cards, Mini Catalogs, My Friend, Pop It Up, Punch, SAB, Sale a bration, Stamp Sets
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Karen Burniston challenged us to use any of her new Pop It Ups dies to create anything we wanted – makes my head spin!  I decided to use her Pop It Ups Accordion Fancy Label to create a birthday card.  The “Happy Birthday” is an Elizabeth Craft Design die that is so nice and thin I could bend is in an arc across the front.  The flower is a stack of Petite Petal punch flowers scrunched to make a little flower.  The little banner is the new banner punch in the SAB mini – rounded with an oval punch on the top.

Here it is open.  The center square is embossed using My Friend.  The “to You” is made up of the “You” in the ECD die Thank You and the “to” is the T from birthday and O from you.  (Does that make sense?)  The die for the Red Glimmer paper diamonds in the corner comes with the Accordion Fancy Label die!

Supplies
Stamp Set – My Friend
Cardstock – Very Vanilla, Red Glimmer paper, Basic Black, Modern Medley DSP
Ink – Versamark
Etc – Pop It Ups Accordion Fancy Label, ECD Happy Birthday and Thank You dies, Small banner punch, Petite Petal punch, Candy dots

Lots of fun!  Hugs, Fran

Owl Always Love You

Cards, Holidays, Mini Catalogs, Morning Post Alphabet, Occasions Mini, Spring Mini, Stamp Sets, Valentines
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Here’s a card showcasing a really fun fancy fold called a building block card.  Because it was going to my youngest, I used this Sizzix owl die for the front.  (It’s a sorority thing)

This is the inside – fun to make and easy to do!  (That’s a win-win!)  I used Morning Post Alphabet for the blocks.

Supplies
Stamp Set – Morning Post Alphabet
Card stock – Real Red, Coastal Cabana, Whisper White, Fresh Prints DSP
Ink – Real Red
Etc – rhinestone, Sizzix owl die, Word Window punch

Make one and share it!  Hugs, Fran

Good as Gold

Big Shot, Cards, Framelit Dies, Mini Catalogs, SAB, Sale a bration
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This card is from the Sale a bration kit called Good as Gold.  It makes lots of sweet cards like this one and comes with sentiments in English, French and German.  Here’s another idea for this kit –

Using My Digital Studil, I printed out this image from Artistic Etchings and cut it out with the Oval Framelit die.  I added a layer behind it using the beautiful Gold Foil.  Then I used the “merci!” 

Supplies
Cardstock – Good as Gold notecards, Gold Foil specialty paper, Whisper White
Etc – MDS2 (Artistic Etchings), Candy Dots

Now to come up with some very German – and I’ll have a cute set!  Any ideas?  This is why I love MDS!  Hugs, Fran