Cupcake Creations...Oh Wait! It's a Popcorn Bowl!

 Ok, this is a total CASE of my blogging buddy Carrie, but I had to do it!  It was way too cute to resist.  I changed her card just a little, so that I could use my Pawsitively Prints DSP and so that it would be appropriate for a 14 year old boy, but the design is hers.  Thanks, Carrie!  See this post to view her original card. 

Create-A-Cupcake, Teeny Tiny Wishes, and Crazy for Cupcakes stamp sets, Cupcake Punch, Itty Bitty Trio Punches, Sponge, Word Window, Rounded Tab, Petal Card, and Modern Label punches, Pawsitively Prints DSP, Poppy Parade, Tempting Turquoise, and Daffodil Delight ink, Poppy Parade, So Saffron, Pacific Point, and Whisper White cardstock.

You can see that I made a little pocket on the inside piece that slides out.  That's for the cash that all teenagers seem to want these days.  :-)  My son wrote on the card instead of me stamping something, because I had to quit.  It was past time to start making dinner.  I don't like it when my normal Cinderella duties get in the way of my crafting, but there you have it! 

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Blessings,
Julie

Cleaning Up the Scraps Again

Crazy for Cupcakes, Snowflake Spot, Only Orange, Pacific Point, Whisper White, Dazzling Diamonds

 Remember this DSP?  It's from about 5 years ago.  I always really liked it, but just didn't use it up.  Well, in my efforts to de-clutter (if that's ever possible!) the scrap room, I determined to use this piece up.  I made two identical cards and I also used some retired colors.  That's a good thing, if you've ever seen my stash of retired cardstock!

Dasher, Baja Breeze

And here's another card made from a stray piece of DSP.  I loved this DSP when it was current and now that the Baja Breeze color is back, I plan on using more of it up!  This card was made specifically to send to the child in Indonesia that we support through Compassion International.  We have sponsored MANY children over the last 20 years and are still blessed to see the difference that a few dollars and some letters can make.  What an amazing blessing!

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Blessings to you!
Julie

Countdown to Christmas:  80 days

Thanks for Voting!

Thank you for voting for my convention swaps! It was a great help. (And I'm really glad that no one voted for the "neither" option!) Since the voting was twice as many for the blue as for the blush, I made twice as many blue as blush! :-D
This is a card that I made for my niece. She turned 10 a couple of days ago. I was trying to figure out what flower would look good with this retired DSP Confetti. I think this flower from So Much did a reasonable job. The balloon was made with my SU! glitter and my 2-Way Glue Pen. I cut it out for smooth lines and mounted it on the stamped image. The happy birthday sentiment is from the new stamp set Teeny Tiny Wishes. I really love this word set! It really covers pretty much all occasions that you would want a card for and it fits nicely in the word window and modern label punches.
This is a card for my BIL and SIL. Wedding sweet is stamped in the background with Sahara Sand on Sahara Sand C/S. Happy Anniversary is again from the Teeny Tiny Wishes set. The DSP Sweet Slumber is retired, but I really love it! The ribbon is 1/4" Artichoke Grosgrain. The DSP was cut out with the Top Note Bigz Die and the layer behind the sentiment was cut out with my add on kit for the Movers and Shakers XL Die. A bow in white Organza and a mini glue dot to adhere it finishes off this simple, yet interesting card.

Thanks again for stopping by the Stamping Station. Hope you all have a wonderful week!

Blessings,
Julie

Finally!

Sorry it's been so long since I posted. Life happens, you go camping, you get swaps ready for convention, you prepare and give workshops, you get more swaps ready for convention...oh, and did I mention making swaps for convention? :-)
This is the card that my wonderful boys made for my DH for Father's Day. Each boy picked a color and I picked the stars because I wanted to try out the star shape on my Movers & Shapers XL Big Shot Die. The older two punched out the large and small stars while the youngest turned the handle on the Big Shot. After gluing it all together, my 6 yr old Zach wanted to draw gold lines all over the card. I thought it was supposed to make it look like a galaxy, but he said that it was just to make it shiny. ;-D
And this is the card that I made my DH for his birthday last week. I had to throw it together really quick because we were preparing to go camping. I took these leftover cardstock pieces from a workshop project and put this together. I think I actually like this better than the original project, but I felt bad that my DH got a quickie card instead of one that took a lot of time. Oh well....life happens. The colors are Sahara Sand, Close to Cocoa, Mellow Moss, and Very Vanilla. The frame around the cupcake was made with the strings on the balloon.
It's just killing me to not show you what I'm making for swaps! I really wish that I could show them to you now. I'll try to get some scheduled to post while I'm there. Oh, the wait! In the meantime, I need to get more swaps done.
Thanks for stopping by the Stamping Station!

Blessings,
Julie

Crazy for Cupcakes and Chalked Taffeta Ribbon Technique

Hello! Yes, I haven't been blogging much lately. My boys' schedules are killing me! One in track, one in baseball, and one in T Ball. Ouch!
Well ... enough whining ... on to the card. This is a project for this evening's workshop. The cupcakes are embossed (DON'T forget your embossing buddy!) and then colored with markers. The ribbon is white taffeta in disguise! I wanted pink ribbon, so I chalked up my sponge dauber and rubbed it on the white taffeta, flipped it over and repeated. Isn't that beautiful??? The color scheme was a no brainer, thanks to the Candy Lane DSP. Not having to come up with a color scheme is a real time-saver for me!

Supplies: Crazy for Cupcakes, Embossing Buddy, Black Embossing Powder, Powder Pals trays, Versamark, Heat Tool, White Taffeta Ribbon, Mini Glue Dots, Eyelet Border Punch, Candy Lane DSP, Riding Hood Red, Whisper White, Pink Pirouette cardstocks.

Thanks for stopping by the Stamping Station. I'd love to hear from you!

Blessings,
Julie

Clean and Simple Challenge

There's a Monday challenge on splitcoaststampers for Clean and Simple cards. (CAS) Today's challenge was to use punches. The trick is to only have a couple of layers at the most and not to over-embellish or a lot of work in the coloring of the image. I used my Blender Pens to pick up ink from the lids of my In Colors so that I could color on the stamp before stamping it down. The white is the background and stamped with the Oval All stamp set from the upcoming Occasions Mini Catalog, the next layer was stamped with the same stamp set and then the center was punched out of it. The Kiwi layer just has a scalloped oval punch (also from the Occasions Mini Catalog) and the edges are punched with the corner rounder. The balloons in the background are stamped in Pacific Point. The balloon is from Crazy for Cupcakes. So, there's my simple card. Want to play along? Just post your punched CAS card on SCS with CAS07 in the keyword.
Thanks for stopping by the Stamping Station! And don't forget to play along with our TAWC Inspiration Challenge this week.
Blessings,
Julie

Ready for Something Besides Christmas Cards?

I am!!!! Here's a birthday card that I made for my oldest son. I stamped the large cupcake from Crazy for Cupcakes in Basic Black and then colored it in with SU! markers. After coloring everything, I put Crystal Effects on the candy confetti and the candle so that they would have a 3-D look. This Rainbow Sherbet designer paper is sooooooo fun! Add a round tab punch, 1 3/8" circle punch, and oval punch, some paper piercing, and you have a fun and easy card.

Birthday Tri Fold

My stamping friends Sharon, Joanne, and I have a weekly challenge. This week's was a fancy fold. I chose this tri fold, which I've always wanted to try, but just never got around to it. It was so much fun! On the 8 1/2" side of my Very Vanilla cardstock, I put a mark at 5 1/2". Then I rotated the cardstock to the other 8 1/2" side and marked that at 5 1/2". I then lined up those two marks on my paper cutter and made the diagonal cut. And now I can make a second card with it! The card is decorated with my retired Christmas Designer Series Papers from Stampin' Up! I used my scallop edge punch for the scallops. I stamped on the background in River Rock (retired In Color) with my Crazy for Cupcakes balloon. Oh my, I just love that balloon! I used the candle from the Hearty Birthday set and colored it with Old Olive and Barely Banana markers. The Wishing You comes from It's Your Birthday, a retired stamp set from SU! The other layers are River Rock and Sahara Sand. I also used my markers on the words. I chose a phrase for each section of cardstock, making a fun card to pull open. I hope you've had fun looking at this fun card and dreaming of how you could use this fold. Send me a link or photo if you use this idea for any projects.