Toxic Treats Halloween Card

Ouch, it's been six weeks since I posted last. Time to do something about that! Here is a cute Halloween card for you. 

               Stamps: Toxic Treats

               Paper: Basic Black, Cajun Craze, Whisper White, Wicked Fun DSP, Champagne Glimmer 
                       Paper

               Ink: Black Stazon

               Accessories: Adorning Accents Edgelits, 1/2" Striped Satin Ribbon, Labels Collection 
                       Framelits, Dimensionals, Self Adhesive Rhinestones, Sharpie marker

               Techniques: Coloring Rhinestones

This card is inspired by one that I saw on display and photographed. Unfortunately, I don't know who designed the original and I couldn't find it anywhere on the internet, so I don't know who to credit for my inspiration. The original stamper had used this image and the negative cutout (i.e. the left over pieces) from these dies to create a framed image. I used that I idea and just changed up colors, designer paper and embellishments a bit. 

Here's the how to: The base is Basic Black card stock. I used a strip of designer paper from the Wicked Fun pack (retired but currently on the Clearance Rack) and a strip on Champagne color Glimmer Paper. I cut the glimmer paper with the Adorning Accents Edgelits. Then I added a strip of the Basic Gray and Black 1/2" Striped Satin Ribbon. I used the Labels Collection Framelits to make the frame for the image. (The black frame is 3-1/4" x 3-3/4" cut with the 3rd largest framelit and the Cajun Craze frame is 3" x 3-1/2" cut with the 2nd largest frame.) Then I stamped the image on a 3" x 3-1/2" piece of Whisper White card stock using Black Stazon ink. You don't have to cut out the white piece. Just attach the Cajun Craze frame to the White card stock with four dimensionals (one in each corner), and then using four more dimensionals attach the Black frame to the Cajun Craze piece. Then glue the image panel to your card front. As a finishing touch, I used a brown Sharpie to color some self adhesive Basic Jewels rhinestones and added those to the image. The brown sharpie gives a color that is a great match for Cajun Craze card stock. 

Thanks for visiting my blog today, I hope you enjoyed this Halloween card!

Everything used to create this card is available from Stampin' Up! If you would like to purchase Stampin' Up products, please visit my business website at www.trina_kuriger.stampinup.net.

Happy Apple-y Birthday

My card for you today is for this week's Inspiration and Ways to Use It challenges on Splitcoaststampers, and I used the cute sketch from the new challenge blog Fab Friday. So many challenges answered by one card! I just got the adorable new Perfectly Preserved stamp set and since the Ways to Use It challenge was "apples" how could I resist?

Stamps: Perfectly Preserved, Bring on the Cake 
Paper: Wild Wasabi, Raspberry Ripple, Whisper White, Wild Wasabi DSP 
Ink: Raspberry Ripple, Wild Wasabi, Versamark 
Accessories: Wild Wasabi embossing powder, Finishing Touches Edgelits, In color dahlias, glue dot 
Techniques: Heat Embossing 

The base is Wild Wasabi. The main image panel and greeting are on Whisper White cardstock. I used Raspberry Ripple ink to stamp the apple images. (I love the new SU inks, they give such fabulous results!) I backed the image panel with Raspberry Ripple cardstock, cut with the one of the Finishing Touches Edgelits. I added a bit of Wild Wasabi patterned paper from the Subtles Designer Series Paper Stack. I used Versamark and Wild Wasabi embossing powder on the greeting, which is from the Bring on the Cake stamp set and finished it off with an In Color Dahlia (Raspberry Ripple) fastened by a glue dot.

I did a quick but cute dress up on the inside of the card using the same apple images and another greeting from the Bring on the Cake set. So cute and yet so easy!

Everything used to create this card is available from Stampin' Up! If you would like to purchase Stampin' Up products, please visit my business website at www.trina_kuriger.stampinup.net.

 

Everything Eleanor in Orange

Here's another card with the beautiful stamp set, Everything Eleanor.

I had a lot of fun with this one, I really love how the orange flowers jump right off the card. The card front is Sahara Sand cardstock. I stamped the En Francais background stamp on it in Soft Suede and the swirls image from Everything Eleanor in Always Artichoke in the bottom corner. Then I tore the edges and sponged with Soft Suede ink, heavily around the edges and lightly in the center. I backed that with a piece of Soft Suede cardstock that had torn edges and had been sponged with Early Espresso ink. The card front was attached to a Crumb Cake card base that had been sponged with Soft Suede ink. I stamped three flower images from the Everything Eleanor stamp set on Very Vanilla cardstock in Black Stazon ink. I used So Saffron, Pumpkin Pie and Tangerine Tango markers to color the flowers, then I cut them out and attached them with Glue Dots.  The greeting, from the Itty Bitty Banners set, is stamped in Early Espresso on Sahara Sand cardstock and cut out with the Bitty Banners Framelit. Then I added a Naturals Designer button and a bit of Pumpkin Pie 1/8" Taffeta ribbon, both attached with Glue Dots.

I hope you enjoyed my card for today!

Everything used to create this card is available from Stampin' Up! If you would like to purchase Stampin' Up products, please visit my business website at www.trina_kuriger.stampinup.net.

Daffodil Delight Moving Forward

Today's card uses one of my favorite colors, Daffodil Delight, and the Ronald McDonald House Charities stamp set, Moving Forward.

The base is Daffodil Delight. The image is stamped in black Stazon on Whisper White cardstock. I used a Finishing Touches edgelit to cut a Basic Black border that I used along the bottom, and added a piece of Daffodil Delight stitched grosgrain ribbon. The flowers are punched out using the Itty Bitty Punch pack, and the circle inside them is from the Cupcake Builder punch. I distressed a piece of Daffodil Delight cardstock and used the little pieces that fell off of it to create a tiny "fuzz" of flowers for the basket. I put a little Multipurpose Liquid glue where I wanted the fuzz and then set it onto of the glue.

Simple, easy, quick and fun! Yay!

Stampin' Up! donates $3 to Ronald McDonald House Charities for every Moving Forward stamp set that is sold. Everything used to create this card is available from Stampin' Up! If you would like to purchase Stampin' Up products, please visit my business website at www.trina_kuriger.stampinup.net.

Christmas in July

Hi Stampers, I have a Christmas card for you today! Are you wondering why I would be making a Christmas card here in the middle of summer? Well, I send out almost 200 handmade Christmas cards each year, so it is never too early to start.

            Stamps: Easy Events 
            Paper: Crumb Cake, Gumball Green, Very Vanilla, Be of Good Cheer DSP 
            Ink: Black Stazon, Gumball Green 
            Accessories: Blender Pen, Cherry Cobbler Dazzling Details, Gumball Green Satin
                    Stitched Ribbon, 2-1/2" Circle punch, 2-3/8" Scallop Circle punch, Scallop
                    edge punch, Dimensionals 

This card is simple but fun! The base is Crumb Cake cardstock, with a piece of Gumball Green satin stitched ribbon tied all the way around it. I used the Scallop Edge punch on a little strip of Gumball Green cardstock and attached that to the bottom of some striped designer paper from the Be of Good Cheer paper pack. I stamped the image from the Easy Events stamp set on Very Vanilla in Black Stazon and colored it with Gumball Green ink and a blender pen and added Cherry Cobbler Dazzling Details on the berries. I punched that image out with a 2-3/8" Scallop Circle punch and matted it with a 2-1/2" Gumball Green circle, then attached it to the card front with Dimensionals. Viola, hope you like it!


Everything used to create this card is available from Stampin' Up! If you would like to purchase Stampin' Up products, please visit my business website at www.trina_kuriger.stampinup.net.

Happy Hour Birthday Card

Hi Stampers! Here is a fun birthday card!

                Stamps: Happy Hour 

                Paper: Raspberry Ripple, Lucky Limeade, Pretty in Pink, Whisper White 

                Ink: Raspberry Ripple, Lucky Limeade, Pretty in Pink, Versamark 

                Accessories: Scallop Trim border punch, Itty Bitty punch pack, Dazzling Details,

                            White Organdy ribbon 

                Techniques: Marker to stamp 

I stamped the Raspberry Ripple base with the Cheers! stamp using Versamark to create a fun background. The Lucky Limeade strip is punched with Scallop Trim border punch. I added Whisper White Organza ribbon around the card. I colored the images with Raspberry Ripple and Pretty in Pink markers and stamped them on Whisper White. Then I stamped a little Lucky Limeade drink umbrella. That image is matted with Raspberry Ripple and Pretty in Pink layers and adhered to the card. I added the greeting on a little banner that I attached with a glue dot and used the Itty Bitty punch pack to create a Pretty in Pink flower with a little Dazzling Details in the center for some fun sparkle!

Thanks for visiting my blog. I hope you like this card as much as I do! If so, let me know, I love comments!

Everything used to create this card is available from Stampin' Up! If you would like to purchase Stampin' Up products, please visit my business website at www.trina_kuriger.stampinup.net.

Lace Rosette Christmas Card

Well, here I am finally back with a card for you. This card is very similar to one in the November issue of the SU demonstrator’s magazine, Stampin’ Success. I just changed the color scheme, greeting and embellishments slightly to have it just the way I like it. I found that a lot of stampers had questions about how to make the rosette, so I am going to do a photo tutorial showing you what worked for me.

Before I start the tutorial, I will go over the basics for the rest of the card. I started with a 3-7/8” x 5-1/8” piece of Crumb Cake Cardstock, and I stamped the greeting from Hand-Penned Holidays in Island Indigo Classic Ink. Then I rubbed it with an Embossing Buddy and I stamped the snowflake (from Serene Snowflakes) in Versamark all over the Crumb Cake piece, but trying not to cover the greeting. I then used white embossing powder and heat embossed the snowflakes. I adhered this Crumb Cake piece to a 4x5¼” piece of Whisper White Cardstock. Then I added the ribbons. There are actually three pieces of ribbon on this card. First I adhered two pieces of Island Indigo Ruffled ribbon around the cardstock, overlapping them about half way. This made them wide enough that they looked pretty topped with a piece of Whisper White 3/8” Taffeta Ribbon. I used Sticky Strip on the back of the cardstock to adhere the ribbon, because I think it needs a strong adhesive to hold all this ribbon.  Then I adhered the entire panel to an Island Indigo card base. After that all that is left is to explain how I made the lace rosette.

Lace Rosette Tutorial

1.Start with a 1”x6¼” of Whisper White cardstock.

2.Use your Simply Scored score board to score it at ½” intervals (1/2”, 1”, 1½”, 2”, 2½”, etc).

3. Turn the cardstock over and score at the ¼” and ¾” marks, all along the cardstock. You will end up with a score line between each of the marks you made in step 2. You must score before you punch!

4. Punch the scored cardstock with the Lace Ribbon Border punch. This size cardstock is too small to show all of the detail of the punch, as you see in the example, one side is cut flat instead of having the curved edge.

5.Fold the cardstock back and forth along the score lines. Use a bone folder to get a good crease.

6. Apply a small amount of Tombow Mulitpurpose Liquid glue to the last ¼” piece of the lace, and glue that to the first ¼” so that you create a ring.

7. Clip the two ends together and leave them to dry for a few minutes.

8.(Optional)Apply a little Tombow Mulitpurpose Liquid glue in random areas around the outside of the cardstock, then sprinkle on Dazzling Diamonds. Leave it to dry for a few minutes.

9.Punch a 2-3/8” scalloped circle out of Island Indigo cardstock.

10. Apply a puddle about the size of a dime of Crystal Effects to the center of the scalloped circle.

11. Put your Lace Rosette ring on the scalloped circle, so that the curved edges are down and the flat side is up.

12. Gather the top into the center and press down to flatten the white cardstock.

13.  Press the gathered center into the crystal effects and make sure it is lying neatly (not too neatly, don’t make yourself frustrated over this, because you will be covering the center up eventually).

14.Put something on top of the rosette to hold it in place while it dries. You want something heavy enough to hold it but not heavy enough to smash it flat. I used a button container. Leave it to dry at least  ½ hour, possibly longer depending on your climate.

15. Use a scrap of Whisper White cardstock and punch it once with the Scalloped Lace Border punch. Cut out one of the center flower elements to use on top of your rosette. You can either cut this out by hand, or punch it out with a ¾” circle punch. If you use the circle punch you may have to clean up any messy edges by hand.

16. Apply a little Tombow Mulitpurpose Liquid glue to the back of the flower element and glue it down on top of the rosette.

17. Cover the hole of the flower element with one of the largest sized Basic Rhinestones.

18. Adhere to your card with Dimensionals.

That’s all there is to it. I hope you enjoyed today’s tutorial!

All items that I used to make this card are available from Stampin’ Up! The Hand-Penned Holiday stamp set is only available through January 3^rd, so don’t miss out! If you would like to purchase any of the items shown here, please visit my business website at http://www.trina_kuriger.stampinup.net/