Baby boy onesie card

My family has been blessed with two babies this year already, and a third is on her way in July. Of course they're absolutely adorable. I'm so happy for my nieces and nephews. My BFF Kim Becker made a video about making onesie cards like the one shown. You can find it under the tab above.

I'm still working on using up a lot of designer paper I have (those 12" x 12" packs make A LOT of cards!), so this is at least a year old. Of course you may use any paper you have. The combo of circle and scallop punches make this a fun and easy card to pull together quickly.

Just Eat Cake dsp with punched cupcake? Yum!

How about a quick and cute punched cupcake card? I was going to stamp the cupcake parts and then punch them out, but I could find my Create a Cupcake stamp set. Hopefully it'll turn up. I CASE'd another Deb Currier card. This card is all Just Eat Cake dsp, the banner from the Petal Cone die and the Cupcake Builder Punch

Punch art bunny rabbit card for Easter

I had a 4-card class last week and this punch art bunny card was one of the designs. I CASE'd it from another demo named Laurie Zoellmer. I used the Brights patterned paper pad for the Old Olive dots, and ran it through the Adorning Elements edgelit for a nice curve. The other patterned paper is from the Flirtacious dsp pack. The "Happy Easter" comes from Heaven Blessed. Punches used: Boho Blossoms (tail), ovals (small - retired, and medium, for feet, hands, ears, mouth, and sentiment), Full Heart punch for the head, 1/2" circle for the ears, Itty Bitty Punch Pack (circle - nose, flower - for the flowers by the sentiment), and 1-3/4" circle for the body.

Peek at this great Petite Pennants Builder Punch

There's some great new stuff on this fabulous birthday card that Kim made for me. You can see how she used the new Petite Pennants Builder Punch with an old alphabet (Classic), some 1/2" Scallop Dots Ribbon (Chocolate Chip), new Merry Medley chipboard under the "Happy Birthday," and new dsp called Just Add Cake. Oh, the mini clothespins are new too!

I love this card! It's a full 8-1/2" x 11" sheet of card stock, folded in half. The striped dsp has been diecut with the Tasteful Trim die for the Big Shot.

Now, don't all those sneak peeks give you lots to look forward to with our new catalog coming out July 1? I think so!

Photo tutorial: How to make a longer tag with the medium jewelry punch...

Here are a few photos showing how to make a longer tag using the Medium Jewelry Tag Punch:

Cut a strip of paper 1/4" wide (marked with arrow with white gel pen) to 3/8" wide and any length.

Insert strip from the bottom of the punch and punch.

This is what you end up with on a 1/4" wide strip.

Stamp your sentiment and then feed the other end of the strip through any size square punch at the corner to get a banner-type end.

Top: A regular-sized tag punched from the Medium Jewelry Tag Punch. Under that: A longer banner-type tag made with the same punch. I like adding a brad, rhinestone, pearl or button on the left side of the tag.

Friday Mashup Color Challenge: Punched spider card...

I wanted to play with new punches and the Spider Web embossing folder from the Holiday Mini for today's Mashup. This cute spider emerged.

The Pumpkie Pie card front was run through the Big Shot in the Spider Web embossing folder and sponged with Concord Crush ink to make it "pop."

I layered a punched bat on punched Pear Pizzazz dsp and Concord Crush card stock with the Decorative Label punch (coming up Sept. 1 in the Holiday Mini) for the spider's body. I also used the Decorative Label punch to make the spider legs.

The spider's head is Peach Parfait dsp punched with a new oval punch. The eyes are Black Flourish Designer Jewels, another Holiday Mini item.

The words are from Grateful Greetings, punched wth the large tag punch and layered on the extra-large tag punch. Pear Pizzazz ribbon and glimmer brad decorate the tag.

Stamps: Grateful Greetings (116511);
Ink: Concord Crush pad (119785);
Paper: Concord Crush (119792), Pumpkin Pie (105117), Whisper White (100730); In Color Patterns Designer Series Paper Stack (117158);
Accessories: Large Tag Punch (119876), Pear Pizzazz 1/2" Stitched-Poly Ribbon (119265), In Color Glimmer Brads (121005 - Holiday Mini), Decorative Label Punch (120907 - Holiday Mini); 3/4" x 15/16" Oval Punch (120908 - Holiday Mini), Spider Web embossing folder (120889 - Holiday Mini).

Kim's swap...

Kim broke out her new big buttons for swapping at our American Ink meeting. The buttons are featured in many colors in the Holiday Mini Catalog, which begins Sept. 1.

The Whisper White card stock was run through the Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder, punched at the bottom with the Scallop Border Punch, and a strip of Rich Razzleberry dsp added inside.

The same paper was punched with the Extra-Large 2-3/8" Scallop Circle Punch, then layered a larger 2-1/2" circle (new Holiday Mini item), with a 3/8" piece of taffeta ribbon knotted through the button.

The Sincere Salutations greeting was stamped and then punched out using the Extra-Large Decorative Label Punch (another Holiday Mini item), sponged and then layered on a piece of Rich Razzleberry card stock that had been punched with the Curly Label Punch.

Stamps: Sincere Salutations (115068);
Ink: Rich Razzleberry (115658);
Paper: Whisper White (101730), Rich Razzleberry (1115316), Brights Patterns Designer Series Paper Stack (117155);
Accessories: 3/8" Rich Razzleberry Taffeta (119966), Scallop Edge Border Punch (119882), 2-3/8" Scallop Circle Extra-Large Punch (118874), Curly Label Extra-Large Punch (119851). Holiday Mini items - Decorative Label Punch (120907), Candy Cane Designer Buttons (121718), and Extra-Large 2-1/2" Circle Punch (120906).

Friends Never Fade meets Vintage Wallpaper...

This is one of the five cards we're making tonight at my All-Occasion Stamp-a-Stack.

I started with a Crumb Cake card base, run through the Big Shot in the Vintage Wallpaper folder.

I used Always Artichoke and Bashful Blue markers to ink up the floral image from Friends Never Fade - same with the sentiment, which is from Sincere Salutations - on a 2" x 4-3/4" Whisper White piece.

I used the Scallop Trim Border Punch on a 3/4" x 4-3/4" piece of Bashful Blue card stock, and a scrap piece for the Photo Corner Punch pieces, which are adhered with Stampin' Dimensionals.

Butterfly punch art with Greenhouse Gala paper...

This Marina Mist swap is so bright and cheery - and it has the "wings" (2 punched hearts) and a big layer of my favorite designer paper, Greenhouse Gala.


Other butterfly parts are punched ovals, and the antennae were hand cut.


The Tangerine Tango layer was punched with the Scallop Trim Border Punch.


The "Hello" came from Pendant Park. It was punched with the small oval, layered on the large oval, and then an oval scallop. All those layers were attached with dimensionals over a strip of Pear Pizzazz 1/2" double-stitched poly-ribbon.

Crazy for Cupcakes Banana split card

This make and take at our American Ink demo meeting last weekend was CASE'd from an older issue of Stampin' Success, our SU! demo magazine.


We started with a Pear Pizzazz card, with a layer of Baja Breeze on top.


The white layer was first stamped with sayings from Crazy for Cupcakes then punched with a Crop-a-dile so the Baja Breeze shows through.


The ice cream bowl is a 1-3/4" circle out of Greenhouse Gala paper that's been cut at 1 inch. The banana is part of an oval punch, and the ice cream scoops are 3/4" circles with the same size circles punched from a strip of Chocolate Chip card stock that'd been punched first with the Scallop Trim Border Punch.

At the bottom of the card, we used the Scallop Trim Border Punch on a strip of Daffodil Delight before knotting some Poppy Parade 1/2" stitched poly-ribbon around it and attaching it.

Kim's So Saffron Cute by The Inch card...

Have you seen the new Level 2 hostess set called Cute by the Inch?


All of those adorable images punch out with circles, squares, and even fit inside of the new Petal Card Punch (shown here behind the Peach Parfait circle behind the "friends" image).


Kim made this card for our American Ink swap Saturday. She used some Greenhouse Gala designer paper, as well as Pear Pizzazz 1/2-inch stitched poly-ribbon.

Owl punch with Wicked Fun paper...

This Whisper White card features the new Two-Step Owl Extra Large Punch and Wicked Fun specialty paper.


I had to add the googly eyes to my owl, who is sitting on a Chocolate Chip branch from the Two-Step Bird Extra Large Punch.


In addition to die-cutting the Top Note from the Wicked Fun paper, I also cut half Top Notes out of Pear Pizzazz (coordinating ribbon knotted at the top).


There's a new Antique Brad on the bottom, as well as one of the phrases from Word Play.

Aviary catalog CASE...

I used this textured Pretty in Pink 3" x 6" card for my New Catalog Open House, as well as a make & take at my American Ink demo meeting yesterday.


I stamped the bird stand and cage from Aviary in Marina Mist, then inked up the owl from that stamp set with Peach Parfait and Chocolate Chip markers.


The "just for you" is from Teeny, Tiny Wishes.


Did you notice the new Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch on the Marina Mist strip to the right? I used it as a punch template for the white layer.


The heart was punched from Real Red card stock and adhered with half a dimensional.

Square lattice embossed Motorcycle card...

One of my downline, Sherry, comes up with some great combinations, such as the elements on this Motorcycle make & take.


This card features Crushed Curry, Basic Gray and Basic Black card stocks. The Square Lattice Embossing Folder (in the Summer Mini) adds terrific texture to this card.


I love the smaller cogs (from that punch), as well as the Word Window and Modern Label punches.

Brandy's Bitty Box make & take...

Brandy brought this Chocolate Chip Bitty Box (a die for the Big Shot) as a make & take to our demo meeting.

We used a 1-1/4" circle punch to make the window (easiest done before assembling the box!), then adhered a window sheet over the opening. We used SNAIL on the top of the words and stuck it to the underside of the window.

The flowers are from the Boho Blossoms punch. We punched a couple out of Old Olive card stock and adhered those to the box lid, then punched more flowers out of Razzleberry Lemonade paper, adding a brad to hold them together.

A strip of Tall Tales dsp is wrapped around the box with a knot of 1/4" grosgrain over that.

Best of all? Inside there are two chocolate Hershey's squares. Yum!

Flower Fancy Sweet Pea card...

All three of this month's club cards were inspired by other demonstrators. You don't have to be a creative genius to enjoy stamping - copying and sharing is the name of the game!

This Whisper White card features a couple patterns of paper from the Sweet Pea pad in the Occasions Mini, so it's only available till next week.

We used the Eyelet Border Punch on the top layer, and used a saying from the Trendy Trees stamp set (20% off thru April 30) inked in Tempting Turquoise for the bottom Barely Banana layer.

The main flower image comes from Flower Fancy (20% off thru April 30 also). We stamped it in Tempting Turqoise on Barely Banana card stock, cut it out and added punched Pumpkin Pie and Barely Banana flowers (Boho Blossom Punch) with a fire circle rhinestone holding them all together. The flower was adhered with dimensionals over the stamped and cut-out leaves.

I'm leaving for the Stampin' Up! cruise to the Southern Caribbean tonight. If you'd like to order anything from the Occasions Mini, or one of the four, 2-step stamp sets on sale for 20% off, or anything from the Clearance Rack, visit my website at http://TheRubberRoom.stampinup.net to view all of these and to place your order by 10 p.m. on Friday, April 30, 2010.

Thanks!

Frankie's punched swap...

Frankie brought this swap to our last American Ink gathering. It uses an Old Olive card stock base, with some Whisper White, a strip of Old Olive with linen thread wrapped around it three times, and a piece from the Sweet Pea pad.

The sentiment is from Whimsical Words. Frankie used the Circles die for the Big Shot with Rich Razzleberry and Pretty in Pink card stocks, then punched the flowers from the same colors, using two petals from the 5-Petal Punch as leaves.

Soft Subtles brads are the final embellishments on the card.

Michelle's American Ink swaps...

Michelle brought two swaps to our downline gathering. The first uses Crushed Curry textured card stock and satin ribbon. It features the single Fine Flourish stamp (from the Occasions Mini) with a sentiment from the Level 3 hostess set Kind & Caring Thoughts.

The second swap uses the Top Note die and Polka Dot embossing folder for the Big Shot, as well as the Big Flower punch.

A flower from Petal Pizzazz was stamped before being punched out.

A punchy Easter card...

Punches are fun and easy to use when making cards, no matter the holiday. This is the first of three cards we're making today at my Easter Stamp Camp.

This Chocolate Chip card, CASE'd from Tammy Shaia, uses the Designer Label Punch, 1-3/8" Circle Punch, and Extra Large Two-Step Bird Punch (found in the Occasions Mini).

It also uses the Sweet Pea pad of paper and Eggcoutrements stamp set, also both in the mini catalog.

I used Taken with Teal for the bird, and an Old Olive ink pad.

All Holidays Sweet Pea card...

I'm digging the new flat punches. I used the Big Flower Punch with paper from the Sweet Pea dsp pack for this card. I punched a 1" Rose Red circle and added a white jumbo brad for the flower. It's adhered with dimensionals.

The sentiment is from the All Holidays stamp set. It's one of my favorite word stamps. It's stamped in Taken With Teal ink on the Sweet Pea paper, which is layered on Taken With Teal card stock with a Rose Red strip that's been punched with the Eyelet Border Punch.

This was one of the cards at my last stamp-a-stack event.