Fun and Fast Notes bird with Scallop Border punch and Scallop Corner punch

I have always loved this little bird. See how cute he is on the envelope, without even being colored. (By the way, the card is not put together crooked, I just scanned it crooked). I am loving this card, more and more every time I look at it. This card goes together really fast, which is a good thing because I had to whip up 3 birthday cards in one day. (ok, if I had planned it better, I wouldn't had to do them all in one day, but I didn't) I have been stamping with the same group of ladies for about 7 years. We meet once a month. There are 8 of us and believe it or not, 4 of us have February birthdays. I quess it could have been worse, if I wasn't one of the four, I would have had to make 4 cards!!! I haven't been making a copy or scanning the cards I give them, but will try to be better in the future and share them with you. The image was stamped on Vanilla cardstock, then the flower stamped again on Razzleberry and the bird on Bashful Blue. The bird and flower were cut out and glued onto the stamped image. I colored on a artists palette with a Glorious Green marker, the picked up the ink using a blender pen and colored the leaf and stem. I used the same technique with a Sahara Sand marker at the birds feet to ground him.

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Stamps: Fun and Fast notes,

Paper: Rich Razzleberry, Very Vanilla and Bashful Blue

Ink: Basic Black and Rich Razzleberry, Sahara Sand and Glorious Green Stampin' Write Markers

Accessories: Scallop Border punch and Scallop Corner punch, Big Shot Die Cutting Machine, Stampin' up! exclusive Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder, Rich Razzleberry Polka Dot ribbon. Silver Brad, Stampin' sponges, Blender pen, 2 way glue pen

Thanks for looking and happy stampin'

Vintage Happy Moments bird cage card

Don't you just love this little bird cage and how it lends itself to a great vintage feel. Although we made quite a few modifications my inspiration came from Maggie. you can view her card at: 

http://thefineartofstampin.blogspot.com/2010/01/sale-bration-happy-moments.html

This is the fourth card for the February stamp camp. I really had fun paper piecing Tess, distress has always been a favorite technique of mine. I used Bella Bleu, a distressed flower, the birdcage, the Eyelet border punch like Maggie did, but left off the panel with the En Francais (choosing to stamp it only on the flower), We crimped and sponged the Eyelet border instead of stamping on it.  We left off the second layer of ribbon, the botton, the sentiment, and changed the card size to a Standard A2.

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Stamps: Happy Moments, En Francais

Paper: Bella Bleu Designer Series Paper, Not Quite Navy and Very Vanilla cardstock

Ink: Basic Brown and Close to Cocoa classic ink, Not Quite Navy Stampin' Write Marker

Accessories:  Eyelet Border punch, Paper crimper, Chocolate Taffetta ribbon, Flower layers #3 Original Sizzix die, Big Shot die cutting machine, Stampin' sponges, Distressing tool from the cutter kit.

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Tote-ally Tess Birthday cards

Here is another card for February's stamp camp. Tess (pants, shirt and hair) are paper pieced, her face, lips and hands are colored with Stampin' Write markers and a blender pen:

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Stamps: Tote-ally Tess, Well Scripted
Paper: Pink Flamingo DSP, Whisper White, Real Red and Regal Rose and So Saffron
Ink: Basic Black, Real Red classic, Blush Blossom and Real Red and Basic Black Stampin' Write Markers
Accessories: Regal Rose 5/8" grosgrain ribbon, Earth Elements brads, Mat pack, Paper Piercer, Blender Pen, Stampin' Sponges

This card by Denise used some of the supplies above and Gable Green, Tempting Turquoise  and Chocolate Chip cardstock, Certainly Celery 5/8" grosgrain ribbon, Bold Brights brads

My inspiration came from Gretchen Barron. Thank you Gretchen. You can view Gretchen's card here: http://gretchenbarron.typepad.com/my_weblog/2010/01/turquoise-is-the-color-of-the-year-and-a-new-stamping-411-sketch-challenge.html

Happy Stampin'

Vintage Vogue with Scallop Border and Scallop Corner punches

This is another card we will be making at my February Stamp camp. I saw this card by Ilina at:  http://ilinacrouse.blogspot.com/2009/12/occassions-mini-sneak-peek-friends.html and just had to case it (with a few modifications) I changed the colors, left off the bow, added the Pretty Petals background stamp, left off the paper piercing and sponged my flowers but did not stack them double. (I didn't want a mutiney on my hands, because of all the cutting) I am really pleased with the results.

inside

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Stamps: Vintage Vogue, Pretty Petals Background and On Your Birthday

Paper: Night of Navy, Old Olive and Very Vanilla

Ink: Night of Navy, Brocade Blue and Old Olive

Accessories:  Scallop Border and Scallop Corner punches, Stampin' Dimensionals, Silver Brads, 5/16" Neutrals brads assortment, Stampin' Sponges, 5/8" Brocade Blue grosgrain ribbon, Paper Piercer, Mat Pack

Vintage Vogue with Eyelet Border Punch Medallion

I saw a card with this medallion made using the Eyelet Border Punch and just had to case it. Thank you Tammy for the great idea. You can see Tammy's card at:  http://www.tarheelstamper.blogspot.com/
As usual I made a few modificactions to make it my own. Here are the two versions made by Denise and myself. We chose to go landscape, and run ribbons across the card, leaving off the buttons and bow. We also changed the background. (we couldn't agree, so here is both versions) using En Francais and French Filigree. Because the medallion goes all the way from the top to the bottom, you cannot see where the En Francais was stamped twice. The French Filigree was stamped protrait, then turned landscape. This is one the the card that will be made at my February Stamp camp.

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Stamps:  Vintage Vogue, En Francais (or French Filigree)

Paper: Elegant Eggplant, Pale Plum, Very Vanilla

Ink: Elegant Eggplant, Pale Plum and Old Olive

Accessories: Eyelet border punch, 5/8" Vanilla Satin ribbon, Ice Circles Rhinestone brad, Stampin' Dimensionals, Mini glue dots, Paper Piercer, Mat Pack, Stampin' sponges

Techniques: Rock and Roll, masking, punch mediallion