The Stamping Owl

Hi friends!  Hope you can join me for a sweet class this month featuring donuts, ice cream, and berries from the mini catalog and on-line exclusives.  It's all about paper sugar--the kind that is good for your health.  Here is a sneak peek of the class cards:

In this class, you will be making 12 cards (3 each of 4 designs).  All of the supplies you will need to make the cards will be  provided in your kit or available in class.  The class fee is $25. 

Here are the time slots available, up to 12 people each.  If you are not able to finish your cards during the scheduled time, you can prep what you need in class so that you can complete the cards at home. 

• Saturday, March 23rd
  • Session 1:  9 am to noon
  • Session 2: 1 pm to 4 pm
• Sunday, March 24th
  • Session 3: 9 am to noon
  • Session 4: 1 pm to 4 pm

Please contact me to reserve your spot ([email protected] or 808.384.5122).  Looking forward to seeing you in class!

Thank you.

Featured items used for class (not an all-inclusive list):

Here are the cards from my Pop & Fizz class.  The stamp sets and products are from On-line Exclusives (Simply Sparkling and Fluffiest Friends) and Sale-A-Bration (Heartfelt Hellos, Trusty Toolbox DSP, Sunny Days DSP).  Recipes are included with each project and the supply details are listed at the end of this post.  Thanks for stopping by!

Card 1: Fruit Soda

The Simply Sparkling stamp set available through on-line exclusives includes all of the stamps that were used on these cards.  I used the strawberry and cherries, but there are more fruits in the set too.  The bubbles were made from the coordinating dies and you will see more of the cool shapes in one of the cards for March’s class.

Tips:

• Make the most of your cardstock by using the Smoky Slate card stock backing piece to die cut the bubbles from before you attach the stamped Basic White cardstock.
• Use the small blending brush on the Petal Pink Classic ink pad to add color to the soda can. Apply to cardstock in circular motions.
• Use the Light Lost Lagoon Stampin’ Blends on the leaves and Light Poppy Parade Stampin’ Blends on the fruit so that it has a soft look.

Here is the recipe:

• Stamp Set: Simply Sparkling*
• Dies: Simply Sparkling*
• Sunny Days DSP 3 x 4” (SAB item)
• Poppy Parade cardstock 8 ½ x 5 ½”
• Smoky Slate cardstock 2 5/8 x 3 7/8”
• Basic White cardstock 2 ½ x 3 ¾”
• Adhesive Backed Hearts & Flowers (white flower)
• Classic Ink Pads: Smoky Slate, Lost Lagoon, Petal Pink
• Stampin’ Blends: Poppy Parade, Lost Lagoon, Smoky Slate
• Small Blending Brush

* Available as a bundle for 10% savings

Card 2: Toolbox

Here is a card for the guys.  This sample is for father’s day, but it can easily be made for a birthday, retirement, thank you, or other occasion by just swapping out the sentiment.  The tools were cutout from paper included in the Trusty Toolbox DSP.  This is a panel card, with the left being 3 ¼” wide and the right 2 ¼” wide.  Photos of the front and opened card are shown below.

Here is the recipe:

• Stamp Sets: Heartfelt Hellos (SAB item)
• Basic Black cardstock 4 ¼ x 11” scored at 3 ¼” and 8 ¾” for card base, 1 x 2 ¾” for backing for sentiment
• Basic White cardstock 4 x 5 ¼” for inside, 7/8 x 2 5/8 for sentiment
• Trusty Toolbox DSP 3 x 4” and 2 x 4” for front panels, tools cut-out from DSP
• Adhesive Backed Hearts & Flowers (daffodil delight heart)
• Classic Ink Pad: Copper Clay

Card 3: Gardening Cat

This is a rocker card.  You may have seen them being made with various circle dies--this one uses Deckled Circles.  They are fun to stand up on your table or desk and tap on the end to rock.  Because the cat is mounted slightly to the right, the card at rest leans slightly to the right.  You can adjust to the center by using a smaller sentiment.

Here is the recipe:

• Stamp Sets: Fluffiest Friends*, Heartfelt Hellos (sentiment; SAB item), Biggest Wish (sentiment)
• Fluffiest Friends Dies*
• Deckled Circles Dies – 5 3/8” size for card base and 2 ½” size for cat backing
• Parakeet Party cardstock to die cut 5 3/8” deckled circle for card base
• Basic White cardstock piece for die cut cat
• Basic Black cardstock to die cut 2 ½” circle
• Adhesive Backed Hearts & Flowers (pool party heart)
• Ink Pad: Memento Tuxedo Black, Parakeet Party classic ink
• Stampin’ Blends: Smoky Slate, Flirty Flamingo, Pumpkin Pie, Pool Party, Parakeet Party

* Available as a bundle for 10% savings

Card 4: Honey Bear

Here is the cute bear from the Fluffiest Friends bundle. The arched opening and all of the other shapes (branch, leaves, grass, and hive) were cut using dies in the bundle. 

Tips:

• Stamp the bear on Pecan Pie paper and just accentuate using blends.
• Stamp the honey pot section of the bear image on Basic White cardstock. Then cut out the image with snips.  With a craft knife, cut around the front arm of the bear to create a flap to tuck the honey pot underneath and attach with a dimensional. 
• Color the bee hive opening with the dark Daffodil Delight blend so that it is more visible.
• Attach the bee hive to the pool party card front using a dimensional at the top of the hive.
• Attached the bear to the pool party card front using mini dimensionals along the bottom left corner of the arched opening.

Here is the recipe:

• Stamp Sets: Fluffiest Friends*, Bee my Valentine (for sentiment)
• Fluffiest Friends Dies*
• Pool Party cardstock 5 ½ x 8 ½”
• Basic White cardstock 4 x 5 ¼” for inside of card
• Pecan Pie cardstock for bear
• Granny Apple Green cardstock for leaves and grass
• Early Espresso cardstock for branch
• Daffodil delight cardstock for bee hive
• Adhesive Backed Hearts & Flowers (pool party flower)
• Ink Pad: Memento Tuxedo Black
• Stampin’ Blends: Pecan Pie, Daffodil Delight, Flirty Flamingo, Real Red

* Available as a bundle for 10% savings

Supplies

Below are the supplies used for all the projects.  If you'd like to order any of the products, click on the pictured item to jump immediately to my website and shop or from the top menu, click on SHOP NOW.

Fruit Soda Card:

Toolbox Card:

Gardening Cat Rocker Card:

Honey Bear Card:

Other:

Hi friends!  Sale-A-Bration (SAB) ends on February 29th so we are making the most of SAB products plus products from online exclusives this month.  Hope you can join me for my class featuring soda pop, tools and a few fuzzy friends.  Here is a sneak peek of the class cards:

In this class, you will be making 12 cards (3 each of 4 designs).  All of the supplies you will need to make the cards will be  provided in your kit or available in class.  The class fee is $25. 

Here are the time slots available, up to 12 people each.  If you are not able to finish your cards during the scheduled time, you can prep what you need in class so that you can complete the cards at home. 

• Saturday, February 17th
  • Session 1:  9 am to noon
  • Session 2: 1 pm to 4 pm
• Sunday, February 18th
  • Session 3: 9 am to noon
  • Session 4: 1 pm to 4 pm

Please contact me to reserve your spot ([email protected] or 808.384.5122).  Looking forward to seeing you in class!

Thank you.

Featured items used for class (not an all-inclusive list):

Happy new year!  Here are the cards from my Warm & Fuzzy class.  The stamp sets and products are from On-line Exclusives (Fluffiest Friends), the new mini catalog (Bee My Suite), and Sale-A-Bration (Watercolor Melon, Most Adored DSP, Sunny Days DSP).  Recipes are included with each project and the supply details are listed at the end of this post.  Thanks for stopping by!

Card 1: Bee Love

The Bee Mine suite in the mini catalog includes the cute stamps, punch, designer series paper and adhesive heart used on this card.  And it’s not just for Valentine’s, with another sentiment you can use it for any occasion.

Here is the recipe:

• Stamp Set: Bee My Valentine*
• Bee Mine DSP 3 x 5 ¼”
• Petal Pink 8 ½ x 5 ½”
• Real Red cardstock 2 ½ x 4 ¼”
• Basic White cardstock 2 ¼ x 4”
• Daffodil Delight cardstock for bee body
• Pool Party cardstock for bee wings
• Adhesive Backed Hearts & Flowers (petal pink heart)
• Ink Pads: Memento Tuxedo Black, Real Red Classic Ink, Lemon Lime Twist Classic Ink
• Stampin’ Blends: Petal Pink
• Bee Builder Punch*

*Available as a bundle for 10% savings

Card 2: Bunny Birthday

Bunnies are one of my favorite critters.  This one is from the Fluffiest Friends stamp set and dies available exclusively on-line.  It’s a pocket card that is held together by tucking the top flap under the Decorative Circle.  A view of the open card is shown in the photo below.

Here is the recipe:

• Stamp Sets: Fluffiest Friends*, Circle Sayings (for sentiment)
• Fluffiest Friends Dies*
• Basic White cardstock 4 ¼ x 11”, scored at 4 ¼” and 9 ¾”; piece for die cut bunny
• Flirty Flamingo cardstock for 2” circle punch
• Real Red cardstock for decorative circle punch
• Most Adored DSP 4 x 4”
• Adhesive Backed Hearts & Flowers (petal pink flower)
• Ink Pad: Memento Tuxedo Black
• Stampin’ Blends: Smoky Slate, Petal Pink, Flirty Flamingo, Real Red, Bronze
• Decorative Circle Punch
• 2” Circle Punch

* Available as a bundle for 10% savings

Card 3: Beaver Thanks

Another cute critter from the Fluffiest Friends bundle. This is a panel card with an accordion fold.  The photos below show the card closed and open.

Here is the recipe:

• Stamp Sets: Fluffiest Friends*, Just My Type (for sentiment)
• Fluffiest Friends Dies*
• Crumb Cake cardstock 5 ½ x 11”, scored at 1 ½ and 4 ¼”; piece for die cut beaver
• Basic Black cardstock 2 ¾ x 2 7/8”
• Basic White cardstock 2 ½ x 2 5/8”
• Real Red cardstock 2 5/8 x 5 ½”
• Most Adored DSP 1 ½ x 5 ½”
• Adhesive Backed Hearts & Flowers (sweet sorbet flower)
• Ink Pad: Memento Tuxedo Black
• Stampin’ Blends: Pecan Pie
• Stampin’ Write Marker: Early Espresso

* Available as a bundle for 10% savings

Card 4: Watermelon Slices

This card was made using the Watercolor Melon stamp set, available free during Sale-A-Bration.  The half slice was punched using the Modern Oval punch. The small pie-shaped slice was made by cutting the half slice into 3 pieces.  And I couldn’t resist adding a smile to it using one of the faces from the Taco Fiesta stamp set.

Here is the recipe:

• Stamp Sets: Watercolor Melon, Share a Milkshake (for sentiment), Taco Fiesta (for face)
• Sunny Skies DSP 1 ½ x 5 ½”
• Shaded Spruce 5 ½ x 8 ½”
• Basic Black 2 5/8 x 3 5/8”
• Basic White cardstock 2 ½ x 3 ½”; pieces for half slice and pie slice watermelon pieces
• Adhesive Backed Hearts & Flowers (sweet sorbet heart)
• Ink Pads: Memento Tuxedo Black, Shaded Spruce Classic Ink, Real Red Classic Ink
• Modern Oval Punch

* Available as a bundle for 10% off.

Supplies

Below are the supplies used for all the projects.  If you'd like to order any of the products, click on the pictured item to jump immediately to my website and shop or from the top menu, click on SHOP NOW.

Bee Love Card:

Bunny Birthday Card:

Beaver Thanks Card:

Watermelon Slices Card:

Other:

The new 2023-2025 in colors are very earthy and coordinate well together and with the main Stampin' Up! color collections.  Pebbled Path and Boho Blue are the ones I gravitate towards the most because they are similar to colors we used to fix our house.  Then Moody Mauve, Wild Wheat, and Copper Clay are soothing and pretty too!

Here is a set of note cards featuring all 5 new in-colors using the Circle Sayings Bundle, which includes the Circle Sayings Bundle and new 2 3/8" circle punch.   These are the “take and make” cards for my new catalog open house (May 7th).  Below are the individual cards and recipes too.  Thanks for stopping by in person and virtually!

Ocean Wave Card

Here is the recipe:

• Stamp Set: Circle Sayings Stamp Set
• Basic white notecard and envelope
• DSP (Copper Clay or Wild Wheat) 4 ¾ x  1 5/8”
• Copper Clay or Wild Wheat cardstock 4 ¾ x  1 5/8”
• Basic White cardstock for 2 3/8" punched circle
• Ink Pads: Tuxedo Black Memento Ink, Copper Clay, While Wheat

Cupcake Card

Here is the recipe:

• Stamp Set: Circle Sayings Stamp Set
• Basic white notecard and envelope
• DSP (Moody Mauve or Pebbled Path) 3 1/4 x 2 3/8”
• Moody Mauve, Pebbled Path cardstock 3 1/4 x 2 3/8”
• Basic White cardstock for 2 3/8" punched circle
• Ink Pads: Moody Mauve, Pebbled Path

Seashells Card

Here is the recipe:

• Stamp Set: Circle Sayings Stamp Set
• Basic white notecard and envelope
• DSP (Boho Blue or Pebbled Path) 3 x 3”
• Boho Blue cardstock 3 1/4 x 4 3/4”
• Basic White cardstock for 2 3/8" punched circle
• Ink Pads: Boho Blue, Pebbled Path

If you'd like to order any of the products, click on the pictured item to jump immediately to my website and shop or from the top menu, click on SHOP NOW.