More Cased for Mother's Day

 I keep a file on my desk top of pictures of projects I love and want to case, these two cards are some of those.
These cards were both cased from Sage Kimble, I guess we have similar styles/likes.
I did change them up a bit.
This first one gave me the chance to play with my Fancy Flowers die from the Occasions Mini catalogue. The flowers were cut out in Very Vanilla, run through the Big Shot again with the Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder and sponged with Crumb Cake ink. Sage's card used some of the paper flowers in the center but I chose to use a flower from the Birds and Blooms die set as it closely mimics the shape of the fancy flowers. The DSP is Springtime Vintage and I used a Vintage Flower Adornment also from the Occasions Mini Catalogue. I placed the flower on a Baha Breeze base that had been run through the Big Shot with the new Framed Tulips embossing folder. 

This card is on a Blushing Bride card base that has been wheeled with the Very Vintage jumbo wheel, the Baha Breeze piece is also wheeled with the same wheel. I had been putting off playing with this stamp set, Baby Blossoms as it is two-step stamping and I'm "afraid" of it......DON'T BE!! ....it is really fun ans easy. The colors of the flowers are Rose Red and Pretty in Pink.  I love this set and am really sorry I put off playing with it; it is now retired as it was featured in the Occaisions Mini as well. I used the Baha Breeze Seam Binding and a safety pin from Vintage Trinkets to pin a heart charm on it. The label is matted with Night of Navy punched from the Decorative Label punch.
After I got the whole card together I realized that the wheeled images are vertical on the card stock rather than horizontal; you have to look to see it but....how silly of me!

It is a really pretty card in real life.
Thank you for coming by, hope you have a great week!

Sharri

Greenhouse Gala and Hello Blossoms Card Sets

I made these cute cards sets for my niece and my daughter-in-law for gifts for Easter. The card box was cased from Elaine's Creations

They hold 3 cards and envelopes and really were easy to make.

The boxes were made using Pear Pizzazz and Peach Parfait cardstock They were decorated with the contrasting cardstock that has been punched with the scallop trim border punch on both sides and a strip of the DSP.
I then tied a piece of the 1/2 " poly stitched ribbon to match the contrasting cardstock.
                                            

The cards were cased from a fellow demo but I can't give credit because the picture I saved didn't have a watermark to identify the creator. I did change it up a fair bit.
Supplies used are :

Paper: Whisper White, Pear Pizzazz, Peach Parfait and Daffodil Delight, Greenhouse Gala DSP

Ink: Peach Parfait, Daffodil Delight, Soft Suede, Pear Pizzazz Stampin'Write Markers

Stamp Sets: Hello Blossoms

Accessories: Scallop Border punch, Pear Pizzazz and Peach Parfait poly stitched ribbon, Daffodil Delight 1/8" Taffeta ribbon,

These made simple but useful gifts for two young mothers.


Hope you will try these.







Thanks for coming by again!

Sharri

Mother's Day Card Class

  

These were the cards and projects that we made in my Mother's Day card class. They were once again all cased from fellow demos.

The first card is cased from Lisa Young. She used her card as a wedding card but I love the simplicity and the butterflies.
Supplies used are:

Paper: Whisper White, Blushing Bride

Inks: Blushing Bride, Pear Pizzazz

Stamp Sets: Bliss from Sale-a-bration 2011, Well Scripted (retired), For All You Do, Messages For Mom and Easter Blossoms

Accessories: Big Shot, Beautiful Wings Embosslit, Basic Pearls, Wide Oval and Decorative Label Punch, Whisper White Organza  Ribbon

I'm not a huge fan of cutting out things so I used the butterflies from the Beautiful Wings embosslit instead. The inside of the card is stamped as well to give it a nice finish.

 The next card was inspired by a card by Juliana Bibas
I used the same layout but added the new embossing folder and the Mother of Pearl Technique.

Supplies are:

Paper: Marina Mist, Whisper White

Inks: Marina Mist, Pear Pizzazz, Black Stazon

Stamp Sets: Elements of Style, All Holidays

Accessories: Big Shot, Framed Tulips Embossing folder, Blender Pen, Scallop Trim border punch, Marina Mist Satin Ribbon, Frost White Shimmer Paint

The Mother of Pearl effect, as seen here, was accomplished by taking some plastic wrap that has been wadded up into a ball and randomly blotting the Frost White shimmer paint all over the stamped image. I then let it dry and used a blender pen and inks to color the image. The effect is amazing!

 We did two small gift items as well; this teabag matchbook using matching colors to the above card and the Elements of Style set.

 The new oval punch was used on top of the one inch circle punch as well as the scallop trim border punch and some 1é4 inch Whisper White gross grain ribbon.

 Inside we put a small sentiment from Curvy Verses on a wide oval punch and a Teabag in the pocket.

The inspiration for this item came from Bev Watt over at Stampin' Ovation

Lastly we made a corner bookmark from the corner of an envelope. The inspiration is from Traci Gentry

I punched the edge with the Eyelet border punch to make it pretty.

I love the way these can fit inside a card.

That was the class..... the cards were really beautiful! and the class was fun!

Thanks for being here!

Sharri

Envelope Corner Book Marks

Just a quick post today to share.

I found these bookmarkers on this site, and I had to try them. They are very simple and your imagination is your only limit. The directions are on Traci`s blog, noted above.
I used the Elements of Style set with my Stampin`Write markers in Old Olive and Ridinghood Red. The edges were punched with our border punches and I used a scrap piece of Pacific Point card stock and Ridinghood Red ribbon (retired)

They are quick and easy for a gift that will fit right into a card.

Thank you for coming by!

Sharri

More Easter goodies....

I am way behind in posting these. I was away to Montreal last week and then to London, ON to visit with my sister for the weekend and seem to have lost track of time. I have a few more Easter treats to show off before I move on to Mother's day etc.

These first little goodies are a direct case from Mary Fish's blog. I loved how these teeny tiny boxes can be decorated using punches and embelishments. The directions are on Mary's blog if you are interested.

These skinny bags are filled with the Easter M&M's and some Citrus Jelly Bellies. The4 central  toppers are cased from  France over at Stamp and Scrap with Frenchie.
Aren't they just the cutest? She used a different base but the fronts are basically the same. My base for them is a 4 3/4 by 1 1/2 inch piece of cardstock that has been scored from each end at 2 inches and then a 3/4inch circle punched in the center of the 3/4 x 1.5 center area/bottom of the cardstock.

This first cutie can be found here. France has direstions and a video so I will not bore you here with the details. I used the ribbon from sale-a-bration on her head.

This little chick can be found here.
I think they are so cute! The eyes are not so great but in real life they really didn't look so scarey.

The bunnies are found here.  As you will notice France used pink and Brown but I was leaning more to the neutrals.

This version was just to simplify the work a bit I used the scallop circle punch in Daffodil Delight and sponged the edges a bit with some Peach Parfait, the beak is a small square of Peach Parfait and the eyes are from the owl punch then a white gel pen pupil was drawn in.

This bunny is just the head from the bunny in the previous post.













 I hope you enjoyed these pop over and check out Frenchie's blog and then come back as I have more to share later this week.

I promise!

Thanks for stopping by,

Sharri

Easter Goodies

I cased this card exactly from Glenda Calkins
she always has something I need to case :-) Her original post can be found here.
I used the following supplies:

Cardstock: Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler and Sahara Sand

Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Sahara Sand

Stamp Set: Easter Blossoms

Accessories: Itty Bitty Flower, Scallop Trim border punches, Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding, Basic Pearls

This is the inside of the card using the Cherry Blossoms Stamp from the same set stamped in a tone on tone with Sahara Sand and over stamped with the Easter Wishes in Cherry Cobbler. I really like this card.

This cute little guy was, again, cased from a fellow demo. There have been several similar to this one posted but I really like the use of the Ornament punch for the bunny's face.
I used the Petal Cone Bigz die and cut it once in Pumpkin Pie card stock then ran it through the Big Shot with the Polka Dots embossing folder. I cut off one of the rounded flaps and glued it together to create a pocket.

The bunny is created with the ornament punch for his head and the large and small oval punches for the ears. I used circle punched for his cheeks and eyes( I don't remember the size for his cheeks, either 1" or 3/4", eyes are the eyes from the owl punch). I sponged the cheeks in Pretty in Pink ink. His nose is a petal from the 5 petal flower punch the was repunched in the 1/2 inch circle punch to get the shape I needed. His hands are one of the flowers from the Boho Blossoms punch. His whiskers are drawn on with the basic black Stampin'Write marker. I used the Scallop Oval( Old Olive) and large oval punch for the sentiment which is from the Easter Blossoms set.  The carrot top is a piece of the large Scallop Circle punch that has been cut down between the scallops.

Hope you like these.
Thanks for coming by.

Sharri

So Sorry! I've been MIA!

Hi Everyone! I did not fall off the face of the earth even though it has been forever since I posted anything here. I have been working away at casing several projects. These are the projects for the Easter card classes that were scheduled for April 11th and 14th. The projects were all cased from fellow demos.

I loved the whimsey of this first card. It is a total case but the picture I saved for future use was not watermarked so I could identify the original poster. If it is you please let me know so I can give you credit. The supplies used are:

Card Stock: Whisper White, Concord Crush, Pear Pizzazz and Peach Parfait,


The strip of DSP is from the paper stack of the In-Colors. It has been stamped in Black Stazon

Inks: Concord Crush, Pear Pizzazz and Peach Parfait

Stamp Sets: Easter Blossoms and Sweet Summer from the SAB catalogue

Accessories: Scallop Border, Square Scallop, 1 1/4 inch Square, Large Oval and Scallop oval Punches, Bitty Flower Punch, Pear Pizzazz Seam Binding, Basic Pearls, White Gel pen

 This beautiful card was cased from Annette Stewart, the original can be found here.
Cardstock: Pretty in Pink, Rose Red, Basic Black and Whisper White


Ink: Black Stazon, Rose Red


Stamp Set: Easter Blossoms


Accessories: Big Shot, Square Lattice embossing Folder, Blender Pen

This is the inside which is as pretty as the front. This is a gatefold card the cardstock measures 5 1/2" x 12 and it is scored and folded at 2", 4", 8" and 10".

 The 3D project is cased from Angie Juda and her post and video link can be found here.

It is so cute in real life!

I used:

Cardstock: Textured Tangerine, Whisper White

Ink: Pear Pizzazz, Pumpkin Pie

Stamp Set: For You Flower

Accessories: Fancy Flower and 1 1/4" circle punches, Old Olive 1/8" taffeta, and retired Old Olive 3/8" taffeta, Tangerine Tango pom pom trim and Pear Pizzazz button found in current mini catalogue, crop-a-dile and Blender pen.

Here is a close up view of the embellishment.
I inked the image twice in Pear Pizzazz and the second one I used a blender pen to remove the pear pizzazz ink and then the Pumpkin Pie Stampin'Write marker to ink the "For You".

Thanks for sticking with me I have many more projects to share so come on back soon to see.

Thanks,

Sharri

Thank you, Raine!

 I made this for a thank you gift for my sister-in-law.....she had the family for dinner; she makes the best pizza ever!

I really liked this as it is both a card and a gift.
As you can see in the picture of the inside it holds a magnetic book mark and some chocolate.
I cased Pennie McCallum a fellow demo
The instructions can be found here.



I used the following supplies for this project:

Stamp Sets: Bold Blossom from current Mini and Punch Bunch SAB

Paper: Pumpkin Pie and Very Vanilla cardstock, Sweet and Sour Specialty DSP

Ink: Rose Red, Old Olive and Pumpkin Pie

Accessories: Scallop and 1" Circle Punches, Real Red Taffeta ribbon, Big Shot, Beautiful Wings Embosslit, magnetic sheets

Lorraine was really appreciative of this little token of appreciation and it was really fun and easy to make.

Thanks for stopping by....

Sharri

Forgotten Birthday Card.

I didn't forget the birthday....this year, just to post the card that I made for our brother-in-law. His birthday is New Year's Eve so it gets missed or forgotten a lot ;-(

This year I was on the ball and didn't forget it, YEAH!!

I love the Circle Circus set, it's so versatile and can be glammed up or toned down, it can be used for any occasion.
I actually used my Color Coach for this card and created a card front using Daffodil Delight, Marina Mist, Rich Razzleberry, and Real Red inks and the different circles in the set.

I used a piece of Real Red that has been scalloped with the Bigz XL die, Tasteful Trim, they were mounted on a Marina Mist card base,with a piece of Daffodil Delight 1/8" taffeta ribbon wrapped around it.

The sentiment is from  the set "On Your Birthday", stamped inside the dotted, real red, circle from the set on Whisper White, inked with Marina Mist. This is punched out with the 1 1/4" circle punch and mounted on a Real Red 1 3/8" circle and this was all popped up on dimensionals on to a Marina Mist Scallop Circle that has white gel pen dots on each scallop, then attached with adhesive to the card front.

It's a pretty card, I will have to use the Color Coach more often.

Thanks for coming by!

Sharri

Two Step Bird Calendar

Just another calendar that I made using an acrylic frame and the two step bird punch.

Colors are Pretty in Pink and Melon Mambo.

The DSP is retired from last year's Occaisions mini.

Nothing fancy just simple and cute!

Have a great week!

Sharri

Mia's Creation

My 6 year old grand daughter, Mia, was visiting with us and she wanted to make a birthday card for her Dad, who's birthday was coming up soon. She loves to play in my craft room.
She chose the colors and then she punched out circles in 1/2", 3/4" and 1" sizes of each color ( Concord Crush, Blushing Bride, Peach Parfait and Pear Pizzazz).
 She then had a great time gluing them all on to the card front ( Poppy Parade) that she chose as well. She looked at all the SU embossing folders and decided that the perfect polka dots folder went best with the circles.
We ran this through the Big Shot and glued it onto a Whisper White card base. The sentiment is from Word Play it was stamped on Whisper White then punched out with a circle punch and matted with a Pear Pizzazz Decorative Label punch. We also added a Peach Parfait Twill Ribbon to the top to complete the card.

I think she did a wonderful job! Don't you?

Thanks for visiting.

Sharri

Happy Birthday, Deb!

I fell in love with this card that was originally created by Connie Babbert 

I knew exactly who I had to make it for..... my sister-in-law Deb. I actually made two; the other one has Happy Birthday on it but I didn't take a picture of it...go figure!

The supplies used are:

Paper: Pink Pirouette cards stock and DSP from the subtles paper stack, Chocolate Chip and Very Vanilla

Ink: Chocolate Chip

Stamp Set: Afterthoughts Hostess set

Accessories: Big Shot, Two Tags Bigz die, 1 1/4" Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, Wide Oval, Scallop Circle punches, Retired Brad, Basic Jewels Rhinestones

It's a beautiful card and I want to experiment with different colors but these are so yummy! I had to case this.

Hope you enjoyed your weekend!

Sharri

Valentine Anniversary

This card was cased from here

I loved the simplicity of it and it will be given as an anniversary card to my hubby's brother and his wife who were married on Valentines day 30yrs ago.

Happy Anniversary Gary and Deb!!!

Paper: Real Red, Basic Black, Very Vanilla

Ink: Real Red

Stamp Set: Filled With Love

Accessories: Owl, Two Step Bird, 2 1/2" Circle, Small large and Scallop oval Punches, Big Shot, Finial Press embossing folder

Thank you for popping by,

Sharri

Valentine Finale!

 When I was preparing for my classes I cased and created 6 cards that I felt would be beautiful and good class projects. I then brought them up to my hubby and asked him which ones he liked. He chose the ones that I used in my class from this post

I really like them all so it didn't matter to me.  This first card was cased from Bonnie Klass

Paper: Whisper White

Ink: Cherry Cobbler

Stamp Sets: Artistic Etchings, Punch Pot Pourri

Accessories: Full Heart Punch, Big Shot and Finial Press embossing folder

The card front is elevated on dimensionals 

 This beauty was cased from another blogger but can not remember who, if it is you or you know who it is please let me know so I can give proper credit.

Stamp Set: I {heart} Hearts

Paper: Real Red DSP from the paper stack, Whisper White, Real Red

Ink: Real Red

Accessories: Big Shot, Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder, Scallop Square Duo Bigz Die, Real Red 5/8" Satin Ribbon

 This card was cased from Kandace Williams, I love the less feminine look of this one.

Paper: Crumb Cake,Whisper White, Basic Black, Pink Pirouette and Pretty in Pink

Ink: Basic Black

Stamp Set: Teeny Tiny Wishes

Accessories: Heart to Heart, Word Window, Modern Label Punches, Big Shot and Square Lattice Embossing Folder, Basic Black 5/8" Satin Ribbon.

Thanks for stopping by,

Sharri

More Valentines.....

 These cards were designed by Mary Fish at: www.stampinpretty.com

I cased the whole set. Thank you for the inspiration Mary!
It uses the Filled with Love Stamp set that was available in the Holiday Mini and was also the star of a Valentine special in January.

Paper: Whisper White, Real Red, Basic Black, Old Olive, Pretty In Pink, and Real Red DSP from the paper stacks

Ink: Real Red, Pretty in Pink, Basic Black, Old Olive

Accessories: Pinking Hearts Border, Dotted Scallop Ribbon, Small Heart, Full Heart, 1" circle, Petal Card, Modern Label, Bitty Bits Flower, Heart to Heart Punches, Pretty in Pink 5/8" Satin, 1?8" Real Red Taffeta ribbons, Basic Jewels Pearls and Rhinestones, Mini Library Clip, Bitty Buttons, Big Shot, Scallop Rectangle Clearlit

I loved this set when Mary posted it and I just had to plat. The small cube in the group picture is created by punching two petal card punches and putting them together in the shape of a cube/box.

Thanks for your patience as I have not been a very attentive blogger these days.

I do have much more to show you though, so keep checking in.

Sharri