Cat Punch and the Eclipse Technique

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Have you heard of the eclipse technique? I hadn’t until I started seeing it on pinterest and I had to find out how to do it. It’s really simple and makes a great effect on your cards and scrapbooks. I used the cat punch for mine and I love how it turned out!

On the first two cards, I used Wood Words from the Annual catalog. I stamped first and then used the cat punch to punch out. Before putting the cat back in place, and to add an extra layer, I punched the cat out of a solid color of card stock and adhered that to the back of my stamped cat. Then I used dimensionals to adhere it back on to the front of the card (so it stands up a bit).

On the last card, instead of stamping, I used a piece of Painted Autumn Designer Series Paper on a Cajun Craze Card Base. This cat is a little more hidden but I love it! The sentiment came with the September Paper Pumpkin Kit!

Here are the supplies I used for all three cards:

Product List

Enjoy and create something today!

Coffee Break Teacher’s Gift!

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Yay! School has started for most of us! I wanted to share the teacher gifts I made for the first day of school.

Actually me and my daughter worked on them together. The crate included some coffee candy and a cute little card saying she was looking forward to the school year! Of course, in the rush to get out the door, I forgot to take a good pic of them all but got this one right before drop-off. Isn’t it cute! Planning on giving some little treats like this throughout the year to her teachers. 🙂

I used the Woodcrate thinlet to make the little crate and then used items from the Coffee Break Suite for the rest.

Enjoy!

Crafting Weekend

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I had a great time this past weekend crafting with friends. We had so much fun and laughed more than I’ve laughed in a long time!
And if you are wondering if I got anything done? Yes, even with all the talking and laughter I completed lots of cards! 🙂

I used new stuff from the Annual Catalog and made lots of cards!

Most of my ideas came from Pinterest. Enjoy the inspiration!

Thanks a Bunch Spring Card

3 / 22 / 17

I love the Basket Bunch Bundle in the Occasions Catalog from Stampin’ Up! Just so cute and so many spring images to color in and you can use the framelits to cut them out. This bundle is available to order thru May 31.

Ingredients for this card:

Pool Party Paper

Stampin Up’ Markers in: Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, Flirty Flamingo, Melon Mambo, and Old Olive

Embellishments: Enamel Dots

So Very Much!

2 / 21 / 17

I love the new So Very Much stamp from the new Sale-a-bration brochure. I’m alway looking for a good Thank you sentiment and this is a good one. Nice and big so you don’t feel like you need to add a lot of embellishment to the card. I created this card with aqua painters and some ink. check out my video for instructions:

You can earn this stamp set for free by purchasing $50 of Stampin’Up Product!

Sip & Stamp Night – March 17th

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If you are unable to attend a class you have paid for, you can:

1. schedule another time with me to complete your projects
2. Have me complete the projects for you and deliver them to you
3. Purchase the stamp sets and inks needed to complete the projects at home and I will deliver a precut kit to you with all the embellishments we used in class. Per SU policy, I cannot send stamped images in my kits.

March 17

7-10 pm

@ my house

We will create 3 handmade cards. One Thank you, Thinking of You and Birthday Card. Come enjoy some wine, food, and fun! AND Door Prizes! Register a friend to earn an extra chance at a door prize! Cost: $10 (Free with $30 purchase of Stampin Up Products the night of the event!) Register by March 10!

Even if you are planning on making a $30 purchase to get the class free you must pre-pay for the class. Then the night of the event you will get $10 subtracted from your $30 purchase.

Lift Me Up!

1 / 9 / 17

The Lift Me Up Bundle from the new catalog is probably my favorite! I ordered the bundle for $45.75 and added a pack of of whisper white card stock, that was enough to earn the Carried Away Designer Series Paper for free from the Sale-A-Bration brochure! Yay!

Love this card. It was so easy and makes me smile!

Here are the instructions:

Whisper white card base: 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″, scored at 4 1/4″

Watermelon Wonder mat: 5 1/4″ x 4″

Cloud design from Carried away DSP (for inside): 5 1/4″ x 4″

I lined up the mat with the front of the card base and ran it through the bigshot with the biggest circle from Layering Circle Framelits. I think the circle is about 2 3/4″ in diameter.

Stamped the two hot air balloons on Whisper White Card stock in Watermelon Wonder Ink and Night of Navy and cut them out using the Lift me Up framelits.

Cut the Whisper White Clouds using the Lift Me Up framelits.

I colored each hot air balloon with Wink of Stella to give it some glitter and used rhinestones to embellish.

Stamped the sentiment in Night of Navy and dovetailed the tag.

Used dimensionals and snail to adhere.

I adhered the inside piece and then added a small piece of white at the bottom to add a personal message. The white piece is cut to 3 3/4″ x 1 1/4″.

Hope you enjoy this card!

What I love

2 / 3 / 16

I love puppies, birds, flowers, clouds….oh wait back to card making. 🙂 I love this new stamp set called What I love. It’s free in the sale-a-bration catalog when you make a $50 purchase!

This card came together really quick and it turned out so beautiful! I used the new Birthday Boutique DSP.

Here are the measurements:

Cardbase: 5 1/2 x 4 1/4

DSP: 5 1/4 x 2 1/2

Image paper: 5 1/4 x 3 (one stamped tuck image under dsp and glue so that the created layer measures 5 1/4 x 4

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Thank you card with lots of love

5 / 15 / 15

Lots of Love? Well, I used lots of layers and embellishments in this card which (to me) equals lots of love. 🙂 I used Sweet Dreams Designer Series Paper and some vellum. Used lots of flowers from a lot of different flower sets.