Riordan's Baby Card

Here's a baby card I made a few months ago and didn't post... didn't want it on the blog before the receipent got it... but he's probably crawling and talking by now! LOL!

I wanted to personalize the card, and was going to put his name "Riordan" on the card, but only had the Serif Essentials dies at the time. I ended up using only his initials and still had to make it a long card. I used the stars and verse from Nursery Necessities. Stars are stamped on So Saffron with So Saffron ink. The verse is embossed with white on the Bashful Blue background paper. The dry embossing is the Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder on Whisper White card stock, run through my Big Shot. Single star is a Stampin' Up! chipboard star covered in So Saffron. Some paper piercing and blue gingham ribbon finish it off.

Happy Stamping!
Brycia

Christmas with Nursery Necessities

This is the last card from my class featuring Nursery Necessities. It is a super simple card to create since Stampin' Up! carries a star punch that is the perfect size for the large star!

I used Riding Hood Red and Kiwi Kiss as my red and green for this one, both ink and card stock. The ribbon is the striped Riding Hood Red ribbon, and the "Happy Holidays" verse is from Many Merry Messages.

Happy Stamping!
Brycia

Nursery Necessities "Baby"

Another from my class featuring Nursery Necessities... this being the "baby card" - who would have thought! Had to make one card in the expected style for this set!

For this one, I used Pirouette Pink, or is it Pink Pirouette... I always forget and don't feel like checking right now... Anyway, the patterned paper is from the Sweet Always set (yes, I've been using a ton of that!), and the elephant is stamped in Regal Rose and layered over a Whisper White scallop punch circle. The verse is embossed in white on a strip of Regal Rose and layered over a strip of Whisper White punched with the Scallop Edge Punch. The ribbon is White Taffeta.

Happy Stamping!
Brycia

Nursery Necessities Boy's Birthday Card

This was another of the cards from my recent class "It's Not Just for Babies". This little sail boat makes the cutest little boy birthday card.

The color combos you could use are nearly limitless, but I chose this striped paper from the Summer Picnic set to determine my color combo. The colors are Bashful Blue, Pumpkin Pie and Old Olive, with some Whisper White as the neutral. I used the 5/8" Old Olive grosgrain to join my layer of textured Bashful Blue and the DSP. No sense in using the textured card stock and covering it up, right? The wavy verse is from Stem Saying and is stamped in Bashful Blue.



Oh, yes, a little paper piercing at the bottom too, I almost forgot that detail!

Happy Stamping!
Brycia

Halloween Nursery Necessities

Remember those little hints of what to expect from my "It's Not Just for Babies" class back on October 8th? Yesterday was the last of my classes, so now I'll show you the rest of what we did...

This card was very simple, but shows how a change of colors can change the mood of a card. Just visualize this same card with Bashful Blue, Whisper White, and So Saffron... change the "boo" to "baby" and you have a cute, traditional baby card. But, using the Halloween palette changes everything:

On this I used Pumpkin Pie ink and card stock with the Polka Dot background, Basic Black and Kiwi Kiss, and More Mustard for the moon. The "boo" is embossed in white using the Schoolbook Serif Alphabet.

If you have done a Halloween project with a "non-Halloween" stamp set, I'd love to see it! Please post a link to it in the comments below. It's great to see how we can stretch the use of our stamps!

Happy Stamping!

Brycia

Nursery Necessities Gift Card

This is a sweet little gift card that I did with the Nursery Necessities set quite a while back. The card is a 3" square Textured So Saffron card layered with Bashful Blue and Whisper White. I stamped the moon in So Saffron craft ink and embossed with Heat n' Stick powder and then applied Dazzling Diamonds on top.

I will be doing a class using the Nursery Necessities set this month. Check my Stampin' Up! website for the dates (www.1morestamp.stampinup.net) or email me at 1morestamp@gmail.com for more information.

Happy Stamping!
Brycia

Celebrate 8

Hi Everyone! Sorry it has been so long since I've posted... I've been busy doing non-stamping things like painting, wrangling with a new computer, and darned if I know what else. The time just flies when you're having fun they say... so I guess I must have been having lots of fun!!! LOL! Anyway...

This month is National Scrapbooking month, so to start the month off, I thought I'd post my most recent scrapbook page. This page uses the direct to paper technique and chipboard (which is all 25% off from Stampin' Up! this month). I started with Ballet Blue card stock, smeared Whisper White Craft in over top in both horizontal and vertical directions, and spread the ink a bit with a sponge where I got it too thick. While that was drying, I cropped my photos and layered all of them on Real Red card stock. After the white ink dried, I stamped the star from Nursery Necessities along and underneath where I planned to place two of my photos, and stamped "Celebrate" at the top. I added a On-Board Chipboard star, heart, and tag covered with Certainly Celery Designer Series Paper. The "8" is inked with Real Red craft ink and that and a red button were attached to the chipboard with mini glue dots. After I was all finished I added a few swipes of dots with the Lots of Dots Jumbo wheel. Both the dots, stars, and celebrate where stamped in Ballet Blue Classic ink.

Happy Stamping!

Brycia