kwerner design Color Inspiration #43

I saw Kristina's color inspiration this week and really liked the colors so I thought I would give it a try!

I just received the new Stampin' Up! Simple Flower embosslits die that I ordered and thought I would play with it. It is so neat, you get a deeply embossed image in a cute shape without cutting anything by hand!

So here is that card I made using all of the colors for this week (Chocolate Chip, Ruby Red, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive and Brocade Blue). Very simple and quick card, but still cute! The Thank You stamp is from the Thank You Kindly stamp set from SU! and the ribbon is the 1/4" grosgrain in Chocolate Chip.






Here is a close up of the card so you can see the embossing a little better!

Thanks for looking!

P.S. Here is another color combination using all of the in colors and some Basic Black paper for the background. I like this one too!

Envelope of a 4 1/4" X 4 1/4" Card

Here is a video of how to alter a standard size envelope
so that a 4 1/4" X 4 1/4" square card
fits in it so when it goes through the mail
it does not "shuffle" around inside of the envelope.

If you have any questions, please let me know!

sweet sunday sketch challenge #5- Bee Hive

Here is Karen's sweet sunday sketch challenge this week. The first thing I think about when I start a new sketch challenge is: what stamp set am I going to use? After I have that decided, then I choose the colors I am going to use based on the theme of the stamp set.

This week I decided to use the Just Buzzin' By stamp set. The colors that I went with are So Saffron (DSP and to color the bee's), Chocolate Chip (DSP and 5/8" ribbon), Close to Cocoa, Whisper White and More Mustard (to color the Hive). I also added glitter glue to the wings of all three of the little bee's.

I used dimentionals to pop the bee's and the hive off the Close to Cocoa background a little bit, and yes, I did cut out those tiny little bee's! I would not recommend doing this for a bunch of cards! :)

Have a great day and thanks for looking!

P.S. This card measures 4 1/4" X 4 1/4". I will post a video on how I made the envelope fit this card soon!

P.S.S. What do you think of the new stripes on the side of my blog? Do they grab your attention too much or are they ok? (Honest opinions please!)

February $5 Friday!

Here was the first card we made for $5 Friday this month. This card uses the stamp set Flight of the Butterfly, which I have never really played around with until the other day, and it is a fun stamp set!


The card's main colors are Riding Hood Red, So Saffron and Pumpkin Pie. The DSP is from the Washington Apple pack. The ribbon is the 5/8" Striped Grosgrain in Riding Hood Red. I used my Crop-A-Dile and three white eyelets to add the finishing touch to the card.






The next card we made was this card using the new Branch Out Stamp set. This set has soo much potential and I will be using it a lot more!

The colors for this card are Basic Black, Bordering Blue, Whisper White and Kraft (I really like all these colors together!)

The Kraft paper comes from the new Taste of Textiles paper from SU! I used my Big Shot again with the Stampin' Up! Background 1 (biggest dots) texturz plate (I love those dots...they seem to go with everything!) to texture the Bordering Blue card stock. The ribbon is the new Organza ribbon in Whisper White. The sentiment came from the stamp set Mark the Date.

I think this card could easily be used for a man, it is not to girly at all!

February Club

This month in club we did two new techniques, the View Master card and stamping with Bleach.

The first card was the View Master (tutorial coming soon to my blog!). A View Master card has a built in paper wheel that you turn to make the different images show up in the hole you punch (does that make sense?) I chose to use the Owl Together Now stamp set because I thought it would work well for this kind of card.

The colors in the card are Chocolate Chip, Bashful Blue, Whisper White, Close to Cocoa and Old Olive. The wheel rotates so you see another owl and then a saying from the stamp set.



The next card we made used the stamping with bleach technique. Depending on what color of card stock you use, the bleach will change it different colors. So my advise it to always do a test stamp in bleach first on a scrap piece of card stock to see if the bleach does what you want it to do.

The colors I used in this card are Barley Banana (card base), Baja Breeze, Chocolate Chip and bleach (the bleach is the yellow-y color on the daisys). The Stamp set is Upsy Daisy, and DSP comes from the Chocolate Chip Patters DSP and the ribbon is the 5/8" Chocolate Chip grosgrain. I also used the Stampin' Up! Backgrounds 1 texturz plate (the biggest dots) with my bog shot to give the Baja Breeze some texture.

Thanks for looking!

Fabric Challenge Card

Hello! Today over at Splitcoast the Way's to Use it challenge (WT205) was to use fabric on your card . My card was not a really thought out card, I just started and went with it adding as I went! (very different card for me!)

I started with the fabric squares of the three different pink's. I decided to sew them together into a "blanket". I then decided that Chocolate Chip card stock would be a great background for it, so I sewed the "blanket" on to the card stock. Then I realized it needed a bit more of a background and that is when I added the square white card base background. I then stamped the "Thank you so much" stamp in the lower right hand corner and called it done! Very simple, but it fits the challenge and that is what I started out to do!

Here is a close up of the "blanket". As you can see I left all the fabric frays on the card and didn't clean it up too much...I think it just makes the card that much more interesting!

Have a great weekend!

sweet sunday sketch challenge #4

This week Karen has this sketch on her blog, the sweetest thing, for her sweet Sunday sketch challenge.

This sketch reminded me of a picture frame that I made a few months ago, so I decided to go with that same idea.







Here is the card I made using her sketch. I really like the way it turned out! I used all kinds of different little embellishments on this card, and had fun putting it all together.

The colors in this card are Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Pink Pirouette, Riding Hood Red and Baja Breeze. The sentiment is a rub from SU that is now retired.


It may be hard to see in the picture, but the main card is Chocolate Chip textured card stock, and then I sewed on a piece of smooth Chocolate Chip card stock (4 1/4" X 4 1/4") to it. I then punched out 1 1/4" squares from more textured Chocolate Chip and then punched out 1 1/4" different colored circles, then glued them onto the squares and then added all the embellishments!

Thanks for looking!!

Big Beak Duck

I bought this ducky fabric the other day and when I brought it home I was looking at it and thought the ducks beak looks like the SU Round Tab punch and the rest of the body I could make with other punches...I will try that some day I thought. Fast forward to today when I looked at the Limited Supply Challenge over at Splicoast and saw that the challenge was that the only stamp you could use was a sentiment and I thought PERFECT....I can try my duck!! So here it is!

The colors I used are Old Olive, Baja Breeze, Summer Sun, Tangerine Tango, Whisper White and Close to Cocoa. I used multiple differnt punches to make the duck and I used the Stampin' Up! Background 1 texture plate to dry emboss the Old Olive background. The sentiment is from the stamp set Happy Everything.

This picture show his cute little hair that I made fraying some ribbon and then the embossed dots a little better.

Thanks for looking!

Chocolate Flower Pants and Socks

Here is a quick video (my first ever!) tutorial on how to make cute and simple die cut shapes for clothing without sewing anything!

Enjoy!

Supplies used in video:
Big Shot, multipurpose platform and standard cutting pads
Spring Flower Set sizzlits die
Stampin' Up! Birds and Blooms sizzlits die
"Heat n Bond" tape
Material
Iron and ironing board
Pants and socks

New Taste of Textiles paper!!

I just got this new Taste of Textiles paper from SU. The picture does not do it justice! So I will try to describe it a little.


Starting on the far left is the Basic Black textured Linen paper. Second is the Bronze Metallic that shimmers in the light so nicely. The third one is vellum with Not Quite Navy dots printed on it...how cool! The next one is the pin striped white shimmery paper, that I think would be really pretty for a wedding. And last but not least is the Kraft striped paper, that I really like, that will be a great subtle background for anything.

The pack of paper comes with two of each sheet of paper and can be found on page 156 of the Spring Summer Catalog.

I hope you enjoy!

sweet sunday sketch challenge #3

I decided to to Karen's Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge again this week. I really like the sketches she has and they are so fun to do! Here was the sketch for this week.







And here is the card that I made. I used my new Owl Together Now stamp set and some retired Hawaii Papaya DSP(Kiwi Kiss, Tangerine Tango, Whsiper White and Chocolate Chip.)

I used the new Circle Scissor Plus from SU (I will need some more practice and will need to figure out the tricks to using this new thing) to cut out the circles. It is hard to see in the picture, but I embossed the Kiwi Kiss paper with the new Stampin' Up! Backgrounds 1 texturz plates (I used the bigger dots plate).

This picture shows the cute little owls "googly" eyes. I used an aqua pen to paint the owl and the branch.

Thanks for looking and have a great rest of the week!

Sale-A-Bration 2009

Want to earn free stamp sets? Well, good, because it is time to Sale-A-Brate!

The Sale-A-Bration promotion starts Today,February 1, and runs through March 31, so don't miss your chance to earn free products!

Here's how Sale-A-Bration works:

Customers
When you spend $50 on Stampin' Up! merchandise, you'll get to pick something from the Sale-A-Bration mini catalog for FREE! There's no limit—for every $50 you spend, you can select something else free from the Sale-A-Bration mini.

Hostesses
When you host a workshop of at least $300 (before tax and shipping), you'll get to pick something for FREE from the Sale-A-Bration mini, in addition to all of the regular hostess benefits!

Recruits
During Sale-A-Bration, anyone who joins as a demonstrator can choose any stamp set—a value of up to $47.95—from the current Idea Book and Catalog for FREE, plus new recruits get 15% off the Starter Kit—over $350 of Stampin’ Up! products and business supplies for only $169! What a deal!

To see the Sale-A-Bration mini catalog, click here (or click on the picture of it to the right)

If you have any questions about anything...just let me know!

Thanks!

Want a free Catalog?

Stampin' Up! is including a FREE Spring Summer 2009 Catalog to anyone who places an order through a demonstrators SU web-site. They are only going to do this for a limited time, so get yours today!

All you have to do is go to my web-site and click on the tab in the upper right hand corner that says "shop now", place an order (no minimum) and submit it! It's that easy!

And there is not a limit on how many you can get, so if you place 3 orders, you will get 3 catalogs and then you can give two of them to friends that may be interested and keep one for yourself!!

If you have any questions let me know!