Tag: Stampin Up

Virgil Birthday

Barn Pop Stand, Birthday, Cards, Challenges, Fabulous Four, Virgil the Pig
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Day 2 for Karen Burniston May Designer Challenge – Barns, Barns, Barns!  Here is Virgil the Pig wishing you a happy birthday.  I used the new Clear stamp, Farm Greetings, stamped in Memento ink and colored with Stampin Write Markers.  The Designer paper in Flower Pot.

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The angle on this picture is sort of wonky but when you open the card, Virgil and his barn pop up!  I left the doors of the Barn open so he looks like he’s walking out to greet you!  Love that about this barn!

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There, that’s better!  His barn is decorated with a little Flag Punch banner. Fun!  Hugs, Fran

Party ’til the Cows Come Home

Barn Pop Stand, Birthday, Brownie the Cow, Cards, Lots of Pops, Occasions Mini, Spiral Pull Card, Spring Mini
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Today is day one for Karen Burniston’s Design Team May Challenge – Barns, Barns, Barns!  And I bring you Brownie the Cow getting ready to party 🙂  The stamp is from Life’s Adventure (a Stampin Up hostess set that’s getting ready to retire!) on some very fun Birthday Bash Designer Series paper.

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The cake was colored with Copic markers and the party hat is from Karen’s Props 2 die set.

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And here’s the herd at the barn- what a celebration!  The barn Pop It Ups stand fits perfectly into the fold – holding up the barn (which is holding up the cows!) The word bubble is computer generated and the sentiment is from Sassy Salutations.  The balloons (from the Spiral Pull Card die) are on fishing line.  You can easily face the cows in any direction by simply flipping the die cuts over.

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I added 1 3/4″ to my barn to make it higher by simply gluing an extra piece of yardstick on the bottom of the front and back barn. You can check out all the other cards on Karen’s Facebook page!  Hugs, Fran

 

Cupcake with Sprinkles

Birthday, Cards, Sneak Peek, Sprinkles of Life
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One more Sprinkles of Life – a cupcake!  This shows the Designer Series paper – Cherry on Top.  It’s a great 6 x 6 paper stack (Bermuda Bay, Cucumber Crush, Crushed Curry, Pool Party, Tip Top Taupe, Watermelon Wonder, Whisper White.)  The cupcake is on the smallest Deco Framelit and the banner underneath is made with the new Triple Banner punch!  Don’t you just love the colors in this DSP?  Happy Mothers Day to all the women out there making a difference in a child’s life.  Hugs, Fran

More Sprinkles of Life

Sneak Peek, Sprinkles of Life
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More Sprinkles of Life and it’s matching punch!  This time I used it as an ice cream cone on a notecard.  The front layer is a piece of the SAB paper, Irresistibly Yours.  I brayered over it with Blushing Bride and then punched a 2 inch circle from the side.  The cone is Soft Suede on Crumb Cake and the ice cream is Soft Suede, Blushing Bride and Whisper White.  I added some Dazzling Details to the highlights.  June 2nd can’t come soon enough!  Hugs, Fran

Sprinkles of Life Sneak Peek

Sprinkles of Life
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Sprinkles of Life is the new Ronald McDonald House stamp set – and it has a matching punch!  For every set purchased, Stampin Up will donate $3 to RMHC.  This shaker card is a case of one Sara Douglas did for a Stampin Up event.  I used the Adventure Bound Designer Series paper (from the current mini catalog) and the Sprinkle of Life set to create a shaker card.

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I added some glitter – a bit too much!  It looks like it snowed at the orchard 🙂  You are going to LOVE this set!  It will make trees, baskets, ice cream cones, cupcakes – lots and lots of uses!  Hugs, Fran

Keep Calm

Rectangular Accordion Die
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There are a lot of finals going on in my family!  This card is going out to one of the hard-working students:)  The image is Saturated Canary (Reader), colored with Copics.  The paper is Back to Black on a Pop It Ups Rectangular Accordion Album.

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The center image says it all!  But the best part is when you look at the back you will see –

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She may not ever look at the back – but I know it’s there!  Funny, Aunt Fran 🙂

Fabulous Cheepers

Barn Pop Stand, Cards, Cheepers the Chicken, My Digital Studio
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Here is Ms Cheepers – a new die from Karen Burniston – blinged out for the front of a card!  She is strutting her stuff on some pretty Flower Pot Designer Series paper wearing her pearls.

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Her friends are nesting on the Pop It Up Barn Pop Stand and the sentiments were created in My Digital Studio. Because I used card stock to create these chicks, it was easy to turn them in either direction.  (DSP is easy too – just takes some thinking.)  To cover the back of the Pop Up stand, I used a 1 1/4″ x 3 piece of card stock, scored at 1/4.”

Forever Florals

Forever Florals, Retiring Lists
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Forever Florals is a beautiful set that, unfortunately, will retire at the beginning of June.  This is one of my favorite style cards – easy to make and a great way to show off splashy sentiments.  To make the middle portion, I cut a piece of cardboard 3/4″ smaller than the Whisper White piece, center it and draw a line in pencil.  Stamp all the images and sentiments and then come back over the line using a ruler and a permanent marker.   Think of all the stamps that you could use!  The flower was colored with Blendabilities.

Sweet Laughter

Cards, Mother's Day, Occasions Mini, Spring Mini, Sweet Laughter
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Sweet Laughter is a Mini Catalog stamp set with some little line drawn images and cute sentiments. I chose to do a clean and simple card for this one using only Whisper White, some Sweet Sadie washi tape and a button.  The image was colored with Blender pens and ink.  I’ve kind of overlooked this set up until now so you might see a few more before Mother’s Day – it’s really cute!  Hugs, Fran

Looking at the Retiring List – Apothecary Art

Apothecary Art, Birthday, Cards, Retiring Lists, Sympathy
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Some of my favorites are retiring soon and one is Apothecary Art.  With it’s matching framelits, this set is a “go-to” for Sympathy, Thank You and Birthday cards.  Thought I’d share some cards I’ve done over the years with this set – sort of a Throwback Thursday!

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I’ll miss it when it’s gone – but I’ve enjoyed it while it was current!  Hugs, Fran

You can see the retiring lists here.