Spring Scrapbook Page

This was the last project for my scrapbook club. After all the snow, I was in the mood for spring but didn't have any good spring photos so I made an empty page.

We used Certainly Celery for the base with Old Olive Designer Series Paper along the bottom. The flowers were created by paper piecing with a variety of punches and strips of cardstock using Old Olive, Melon Mambo, Basic Black, and some random printed paper retrieved from the recycle bin. This spread is green in more than one way! We also used an assortment of silver brads from the Styled Silver Hodgepodge and the Circle Brads collection, clear buttons, black buttons, and green buttons. I encouraged the club members to make each flower unique from their neighbors and mine... some double punched from the Extra Large Fancy Flower (117191) punch and each with a different arrangement of circle punches and button in the center. The leaves were punched from Old Olive using the large oval punch twice on each leaf.

I punched my title with the Stampin' Up! Simple Letters (115960) dies out of Old Olive card stock, but since I'm not positive what I'll want my title to be until I decide on my photos, I attached the letters to a strip of card stock and attached it temporarily.

Gift Card Holder

I've been taking lots of photos, but none of them have been of my stamping projects. Today I decided to get a project or two photographed for my club members who weren't able to make the meeting and this is one of those. This is a easy gift card holder:

1. Use a 4 1/4" by 7 3/4" piece of cardstock

2. Score at 2 1/2" from one end and 2 1/4" from the other (this will leave you a 3" center panel)

3. Punch the center of each flap with the slit punch from Stampin' Up!

4. Cut the tab part from the middle of the punch on the 2 1/4" flap

5. Measure 1/4" in from the edge on each side of the center panel

6. Use these marks to punch slits to hold the gift card.

7. Decorate as desired

This card was decorated by using a piece of Sticky Pages adhered to Tempting Turquoise card stock and punched with the Extra Large Fancy Flower punch (118073). Then I added the aqua glitter from the Fine Supernova glitter collection. The brad is one of the Circle brads (112571). The leaf and and circle were both punched from Old Olive.

Valentine Treat Container

I got a small order of things in for myself the other day and I had to try out this new Sizzix die right away. This little milk carton is so cute, and just perfect for Valentine's Day. It would be great for any ocassion, really.

On this, I used Mambo Melon card stock and ink and the dot from Enjoy Every Moment. The hearts are from Heart to Heart punch.

Halloween 2-4-6-8 Treat Box

This is a favorite little treat/gift container of mine. It is so simple and quick to make, and doesn't require any special tools. You can make a short container like this one with a 1/2 sheet of card stock, or make a tall skinny one if you use a whole sheet. Here are the directions:

Start with an 8 1/2" x 11" sheet of cardstock. Cut it in half to 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" for a short container as shown above, or use the whole sheet for a tall one. Measuring along the 8 1/2" side, score the card stock all the way across at 2", 4", 6", and 8". This should leave you with a 1/2" piece at the one edge, which is your "tab" to apply adhesive on later. Then, turn your card stock 90 degrees and score one line 2" from the edge. Then using scissors, snip the first four score lines from the edge of the paper to the intersecting score line. These are now your flaps for the bottom of the box. Use the scissors to cut off the 1/2" x 2" piece, which is the only waste. Stamp your box as desired and then assemble with a strong adhesive along the 1/2" tab. (I like to use Sticky Strip here.) Fold the bottom flaps in and adhere. Then pinch two sides in and squeeze together. Use a hole punch to punch two holes and run ribbon through to tie the box closed. That's it!

For this Halloween box, I used Basic Black card stock and embossed the Batty wheel with Versamark and clear powder. The tag is from the Eat, Drink, and Be Scary set and was inked with Black, Pumpkin Pie, and Green Galore markers and layered on a Green Galore tag.

Happy Treating!
Brycia

Kristina's Little Valentine

Ever feel like your lost your stamping MOJO, baby? I had this weekend when I sat down to stamp a Valentine or two. The best thing to help me get my groove back is to copy someone else's great design, maybe making a small change or two, but basically copying the whole thing. So, I used one great source of inspiration, KWernerDesignBlog (http://www.kwernerdesign.com/blog/) to get my mojo back, hope you don't mind, Kristina!

Like Kristina, I used a little 3"x3" Kraft card for this, along with a bit of Real Red embossed with dots along the bottom. For mine, I used the heart from A Happy Heart, stamped in Real Red and cut out. Instead of pale pink, I used Very Vanilla for the scalloped edge near the bottom, and a Vanilla button. The rest is the same.

Thanks Kristina!

Happy Stamping!
Brycia

Don't Forget the Birds!

I orginally made this treat for the tweeties as a wedding flavor thing, since I liked this color combo so much - although the colors are not that "wedding looking". I thought I'd post it now, since it is so cold today here in the northeast, to remind everyone to take care of their feathered friends outside.

For this one I cut a Top Note from Bravo Burgundy using the Stampin' Up! Big Shot machine, then stamped it with the Bella Toile background stamp using the Bravo Burgundy ink and then sponged the edges with the burgundy ink. The Dreams Du Jour image was stamped with Timber Brown Staz-On on Very Vanilla card stock and watercolored with the ink pads. I cut the image out and layered it over a scalloped square punched from Old Olive. After filling the cello bag and stapling the Top Note on, I tied a Chocolate Chip Taffeta ribbon around the Top Note at attached the layered image.

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 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

Wow Flowers in Kiwi Kiss

Okay, I think this is the last Wow Flowers card for a while. I've really been giving this little set a workout. This one was one of my convention swaps in July, so those of you who have been to my place to stamp have probably already seen it, but for the rest of you...

The base card is Kiwi Kiss stamped with Kiwi Kiss ink, the next layer is Pacific Point stamped with Pacific Point ink, then the focal point is stamped in Pacific Point ink on Whisper White and layered to Chocolate Chip. Chocolate Chip grosgrain and a little paper piercing finish it off.

Happy Stamping!

Brycia

Wow Flowers in Chocolate and Pink

Happy Friday!

Another Wow Flowers...

I did this one a while ago - I needed another sample to display with the convention make-and-take box of note cards of the same colors. I like to have a couple items with some common colors to display together in my stamping area - just looks nicer. And, since I was doing a suspension card for my clubs last month, I figured another sample was in order for that also.

I used the Polka Dot background stamp - LOVE that! I embossed it with Versamark and clear powder on the 3"x6" Chocolate Chip card. Then I layered some scalloped white card stock and the Pirouette Pink, punched the circle and assembled.


Happy Stamping!
Brycia

Embrace Life in Kraft

Here's a super simple card I did months ago after seeing some cool cards at Target. The Target cards were all square kraft cards with a line image (some flowers, one martini glass, I forget what else), with some bright glitter in just a small area. I'd never think of putting glitter with kraft - two different looks to me... but I liked the cards. Okay, so my version didn't end up with bright glitter, but there is a little. I just love the simplicity of black line art on the Kraft card stock.

My card is 4 1/2" square, using Embrace Life and Fundamental Phrases stamp set. I used the word window punch to punch out the phrase and pop it up on Dimensionals after I stamped one "Hi There" upside down! OOPS!!! I added the brads to the verse to fill up the space and liked it better than the original non-punched and popped version, so I did it to all the cards that I made that day. Mistakes often turn out for the better, just go with it! Oh, the images are stamped in black craft and embossed with clear powder, and there is a little Dazzling Diamonds glitter on the stamens.

Happy Stamping!

Brycia

Embrace Life and Scallops

Another Embrace Life card... this set is one of those that I keep using again and again!

This one is a Certainly Celery card with the bamboo stamped in Certainly Celery on the upper half only as a background. The flowers are stamped in Basic Black and colored with the Bashful Blue and Certainly Celery markers and then accented with the white gel pen in the center. Bashful Blue is cut with the Scallop Edge Punch and also accented with the white gel pen.

Happy Stamping!
Brycia

Inspired by Nature from the Convention

This was one of the cards we did at this year's convention.

The card is a 3"x6" card of Chocolate Chip with Kiwi Kiss as the front panel and a Large Oval punched from Very Vanilla. The grass from Inspired by Nature was stamped with Versamark and then the flowers stamped in Chocolate Chip over that. The verse is also stamped in Chocolate Chip. Chocolate Chip Taffeta ribbon is attached through a hole punched in the oval.

Happy Stamping!
Brycia

Suspended Butterfly

This was my stamp club's most recent project. I had seen suspension cards quite a while ago, but never gave them a try. This was my first. It's an easy and fun variation on a regular old card. Kids would love the movement... have to make some "kids cards" soon!

For this one I used Dreams Du Jour stamped on Kraft card stock and sponged with some Whisper White Craft ink. I stamped some additional butterflies on Bashful Blue with Versamark. The verse and ribbon are both Always Artichoke.

Happy Stamping!
Brycia

Scallop Circle Wow Flowers

I've been playing with some of my new Big Shot dies and having a blast. I came up with this one using the Sweet Always Designer Series Paper and Wow Flowers earlier this week. I just keep going for that little Wow Flowers set... I really need to hid it on myself! LOL!

Anyway, the card is a regular folded card of Pumpkin Pie which I then cut with the Scallop Circle, keeping some of the fold inside the cut line. After that I cut a half circle of the DSP and extended over the fold a bit to make the scallop circle look complete. I pierced the scallops on the Pumpkin Pie half, added the verse and the circle accented with a rhinestone brad, then a bit of ribbon and hardware and it's done! I had a little trouble deciding on this layout, but once I slid the ribbon over to the left side instead of having it run right down the center of the card, I was happy with it. Hope you like it!

Happy Stamping!

Brycia

Wow Flowers with Circle Punches

Okay, I don't know what came over me there with that last post... Those who know me probably think that I was abducted by aliens from Planet Laura Ashley. I mean, I like the elegant look, but I usually don't do things that feminine lately. So, on the way to the Post Office I came up with another idea for Kristina's Color Inspiration. I thought it would be fun to do another card that had a totally different look. Here it is:

Okay, this is a very simple card, but simple is good sometimes, right? I used Chocolate Chip Textured card stock for the card, Chocolate Chip Classic ink, Regal Rose, Pink Pirouette, Certainly Celery, and Very Vanilla card stock, a circle Fire Brad, and Chocolate Chip Double-Stitched Grograin Ribbon. I used both the 1 1/4" and 1 3/8" circle punches for the circles.

Let me know which you like better of these two in the comments: Wow Flowers or Dreams Du Jour if you'd like.

Dreams Du Jour with Top Note

I've never done a challenge before in my stamping life, but I admire Kristina Werner's Blog so much I decided to give her 20th. Color Inspiration a try. Below is the challenge that was posted on her blog: http://www.kwernerdesign.com/. I had gotten the idea to use the new Top Note Die from Stampin' Up! this way a few days ago and these colors were perfect for use with the Dreams Du Jour set and the Top Note.



So, I used Very Vanilla, Pink Pirouette, Certainly Celery, and Chocolate Chip card stock. I stamped the Bella Toile background on the Vanilla with Pink Pirouette ink. I stamped the Love you image from Dreams Du Jour in Timber Brown Staz-On twice on Very Vanilla and watercolored both with Pink Pirouette, Regal Rose, Certainly Celery, and Chocolate Chip. I cut out part of the flower on the one and mounted it above the other with a Dimensional. I cut the Love you image out and layered it to Chocolate Chip which I also cut around the outline of the Love you image. Then I mounted both pieces above a Scallop Square of Certainly Celery. Oh, the ribbon is Chocolate Chip Taffeta.

Happy Stamping!
Brycia

My Garden

Well, you may recognize this page if you saw my earlier Friends Page (March 2008). My clubs liked that page so much I decided to reinvent it using current Stampin' Up! products. For this one I used Rose Red card stock instead of Purely Pomegranate (couldn't get enough of just that color in 12 x 12 for my clubs), the same Pumpkin Pie Designer Series papers, and the Pumpkin Pie Die Cut Blooms. I sponged the die cuts and layered them with Rose Red and Chocolate Chip punched flowers and circles to create my various flowers.

I thought it would be fun to document my garden in the back each year, so hopefully this is the first of many annual garden pages!

Happy Stamping!
Brycia

Warhol Technique with Touch of Nature

This is the second card for my most recent Techniques Classes. Inspired by many of the works of the late Andy Warhol, this technique simply repeats an image multiple times on different colors of card stock arranged in a grid. It is easiest if your image fits in a square punch (I used Stampin' Up! 1 3/8" square punch here), but the images can be cut into rectangles or larger squares by hand if this works better for your design. For this one I used (upper left to lower right) Pink Passion, Old Olive, Purely Pomegrante, Certainly Celery, Pumpkin Pie, and Tempting Turquoise. Those squares are matted on a rectangle of Textured Basic Black, and then mounted with dimensionals on a Whisper White card. I stamped "happiness" from the Warm Words set in the lower right hand corner before, though.

Happy Stamping!
Brycia