Quite Curvy

 

Quite Curvy Birthday Card

I originally saw this card on Facebook, posted by HM Studio. Fortunately she has a YouTube video so I was able to watch as she put her “Happy New Year” card together.Thank you, HM, for your creative talent. 

I have used the Quite Curvy Variety bundle to create my card. This bundle is available through January 4, 2021, so be sure to head to my website to order your bundle before it’s too late!

I thought about adding pictures to these instructions, but have decided that the video will be a much better method to show you how to make your own pop-up birthday card, or whatever occasion you choose. So visit my YouTube channel, Tammie Rundle, and check it out. Comments are welcome. I hope you enjoy❤

 

Recipe

Cardstock: 

·       Sahara Sand 4 ¼” X 11”-score @ 5 ½”; 4” X 4 ¼”; 3 ¼” X 5”-score at ½” along 3 ¼” top; 2 ½” X 4” scrap

·       Whisper White 4 ¼” X 12”-score at 4 ½”, 6” and 7 ½”; 4 ¼” X 11” (Thick White)

Designer Series Paper (DSP):

·       Classic Christmas-4 ¼” X 3 1/8”; 4” X 1 ¼”; 4” X 5 ¼” (all of these will use the same design)

                                             -4” X 1 ¼”; 4” X 4¼” (these will use the same design)

Stamp Sets:

Quite Curvy, So Sentimental Bundle (Stitched So Sweetly Dies)

Ink:

·       Ink Pad- Shaded Spruce, Memento Tuxedo Black

·       Stampin’ Blends- Seaside Spray combo, So Saffron combo

Embellishments:

·       All the Trimmings Ribbon Combo- Gold trimmed 1/8” Old Olive-10” (approx.). Tie bow, then cut from spool and trim

·       Gilded Gems

 Adhesives:

·       Tombow Multipurpose Glue

·       Mini Glue Dots

Tools:

·       Stampin’ Cut and Emboss Machine

·       Ruler

·       Scoring stylus

·       Pencil

·       Paper Trimmer

·       Paper Snips

·       Adhesive Remover or eraser

Instructions

1.     Cut and score all cardstock and DSP (designer series paper)

2.     Insert Whisper White cardstock into paper trimmer on the 6” score mark. Move cardstock to the 6 1/16” mark. Using cutting blade cut from ½” to 3 ¾” (go slowly!). 

Move cardstock to the 5 15/16” mark. Again, cut from ½” to 3 ¾” mark (go slowly!)

Snip this segment out using Paper Snips.

3.     Now, to form the pop-up portion of the card, with pencil, mark 1” above the 7 ½” score mark and mark 1” below the same score mark. Put your mark right on the edge of your cardstock. Repeat this step on the other side of the card.

4.     Now, on the 7 ½” score line, mark 1” in from the edge of the cardstock. 

5.     These 3 marks will form a triangle and now fold this triangle in so the top of your cardstock now has mitered corners. 

6.     Glue the 4” X 5 ¼” DSP piece onto the Sahara Sand card front.

7.     Glue the 4” X 3 1/8” DSP to the 5” X 3 ¼” piece of Sahara Sand Cardstock. Apply glue to the 1/2” top of this piece and adhere to the inside of the Sahara Sand card base, just under the score line and centered with ½” on each side. 

8.     Slide the Whisper White 4” X 12” piece of cardstock over this piece. Adhere the top and bottom of this piece to the Sahara Sand card base, keeping the pop-up piece free of adhesive.

9.     Adhere the DSP pieces to the top of the Whisper White cardstock. 

10.  Using the 4” X ¼” piece of Sahara Sand cardstock, measure and lightly mark 1 1/8” on right and left of corners on top of cardstock. Then mark 1 1/8” down from the right and left corners. You’ll see a triangle formed with the marks. Cut this triangle on both the right and left sides of the top.

11.  Before adhering the Sahara Sand piece to the inside of card stamp sentiments and then glue to inside of card.

12.  At this point your card is ready for decorating. I stamped 3 sets of the 3 birds and the sentiment, Hello, onto thick Whisper White Cardstock. I colored them with Stampin’ Blends and used the Dies to cut the birds. I fussy cut the sentiment. I also cut a couple branches from a scrap of Sahara Sand cardstock. I decorated the inside top of the card with the leaf stamp using Shaded Spruce and then I cut them out with the coordinating dies.

13.  For the front of the card I used the So Sentimental Bundle and stamped in Shaded Spruce and then cut the sentiment out with a coordinating label die.

14.  Lastly, I tied a bow and adhered it using a glue dot and added some gilded gems for interest.

Poinsettia Petals Cards Two Ways

 Is there anyone out there that doesn't like poinsettias? For me, they're a Christmas tradition that continue to enamour me year after year. When I saw that Stampin' Up! had created a Poinsettia Petals Bundle for this holiday season I was so excited! As you saw in my previous post I used this set and here it is again!

The opportunity to bring these beautiful plants to life is just magical. To do them justice is a challenge that I love to take on and I am very happy with my cards I'll show today.

This first card has my poinsettia made using Foil Sheets and the second card I stamped in Cherry Cobbler and then used my Water Painter to colorize the leaves/flowers.

I layered my poinsettias on a background of the Plush Poinsettia Specialty Paper.

I used Cherry Cobbler cardstock to cut the berries and red rhinestones to add a pop of color to my card as well as to make the center flower for my poinsettia.

I needed some bling for my second card so I used my retired red glimmer paper and then I grabbed the upcoming Heat and Stick Powder to adhere my Dazzling Diamonds Glitter to my poinsettia petals. 

Thanks for visiting today and let me know if there is a particular stamp set or embellishment you would like to see and I'm happy to delve into a project just for you!

Happy Holidays!

~Tammie

From Mayhem to Beauty with Poinsettia Petals

 So I had this "stuff" and I wasn't quite sure what to do with it all. I had scraps of card stock, stamps and their coordinating dies, inks, etc. 

One of the things I've learned that is actually exciting and fulfilling, is to take the unknown and see where it leads. In this case, I took all of my parts and pieces and started to create.

As I worked through the color combinations and the "clutter" on my desk my vision became clearer and clearer on where this project was going. And oh my gosh, I used some things that I've had in my "use this before you put it away" drawer. How exciting!!!! I had ordered the Ornate Frames dies a while ago and as life would have it, I just had never put them to use. GASP! NO!! But today it happened and as much as I loved them in the catalog, I am totally in love with them now.

Without further chatter, please see my creation below. I love, love, love how it turned out. I hope you do, too.

In making this card I wanted to add some frost to my poinsettia petals. As luck would have it, in the upcoming Spring Catalog an old favorite of mine is returning which made this task completely, and easily, possible. We used to have an adhesive called Heat and Stick Powder, which has been missing from our stamping arsenal for about 3 years. However, IT'S COMING BACK! This powder is used with Versamark Ink and when melted onto the Versamark with the Heat Tool, it becomes very tachy. It's an excellent way to use our Dazzling Diamonds Glitter (or any glitter, for that matter) to get it to stick to our projects. 

I'll post the link to this project on my Stampin' Up! website so you can see all the ingredients I used. With that being said, the Heat and Stick Powder will go live on January 5th with the new Spring Catalog, so message me at that point and I'll get that item number to you.

Full disclosure, the glittery berries are made using retired glimmer paper and the red glitter dots are retired, also, but just do what I did...look in your arsenal and pull out your stuff that will work in their place.

Happy Stamping!!

~Tammie

Rococo Rose and Forever Flourishing Christmas

As you've probably noticed with some of my previous posts, I'm enjoying making cards that are non-traditional, regarding color, for Christmas this year. I went a bit further with this card, using the Forever Flourishing Dies for my tree. I chose Rococo Rose solely based on the fact that I LOVE THIS COLOR, but have not used it much at all.  Reason? Unknown. With that, with just starting a project with a color that I hadn't had much experience with, it seemed to open up an avenue of creativity that was very liberating. 

Once I landed on Rococo Rose I decided to go rogue with my Christmas tree and I chose a leaf design from the Forever Flourishing Dies. I cut several sets of leaves and then cut and glued to get my desired full tree. The color for my tree (Mossy Meadow), although fairly traditional, was chosen because of the great color coordination between it and the rose. This particular set of leaves leant the opportunity to add some gold "garland" with the Gold Metallic Trim that is part of a combo pack, Forever Greenery. Of course, after adding the garland I then needed to add some spectacular Christmas balls. What better way to do this, but to use the Gilded Gems (that are GOLD!)?! To accent the tree, in all its glory, I took my Rococo Rose Background, cut it with my Stitched Rectangle Die and then embossed it with my Old World Paper Embossing Folder. I used my new Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine, which is absolutely amazing. If you don't have your own die cutting, embossing machine, you should definitely check this one out! It's quiet, precise, and cuts like butter! 

The final touches for my card were the Stitched Oval base for the tree. I stamped on with Early Espresso ink on Soft Suede Cardstock, using the feather stamp in Cherish the Season and a Christmas cardinal flying in to land in my tree of leaves. My sentiment, Thinking of You This Season, is from Winter Woods, stamped in Early Espresso and cut, again, using my Stitched Rectangle Dies.

Thanks for stopping by to check out my project. Have a wonderful day and an even better Holiday Season!

~Tammie

 

Evergreen Forest and Pine Woods are Beautiful Together

 

My recipe for this card is as follows:

Stamps-Curvy Christmas

Card Stock- Sahara Sand- 1 pc. 5 ½” X 8 ½” scored at 4 ¼”; 1 pc. 4” X 5 ¼”; 1 pc. 3 ¾” X 1 ½” (cut this pc. with the Stitched Rectangle die measuring approx. 3 3/8” X 1 ¼”.

-  Cherry Cobbler- 1 pc. 4 1/8” X 5 3/8”; 1 pc. 1 3/8” 3 3/8”.

-  Mossy Meadow- 1 pc. 3 ½” X 5” for cutting 3 trees.

Ink- Craft White Ink Pad and Craft White Ink Refill; Cherry Cobbler Ink Pad.

Embossing Folder- Evergreen Forest

Dies- Pine Woods

Embossing Paste- Shimmery White

Palette Knives

Red Rhinestones

Water Painters (or Aqua Painters)

Clear Block to use for ink to splatter

Adhesive- Tombow Multipurpose Glue and Stampin’ Dimensionals (Mini and Regular)

Emboss the 4” X 5 ¼” piece of Sahara Sand Card Stock through your Stamp and Emboss machine using the Evergreen Forest Embossing Folder.

Cut the 3 ¾” X 1 ½” piece of Sahara Sand Card Stock with stitched rectangle die.

Cut the 3 pine trees using the Pine Woods Die.

Using the Craft White ink pad run the above 2 pieces through the ink to get your desired look of a “snowstorm”.

Apply a small squirt (about ¼” glob) of White Craft Ink to stamp block and dilute, slightly, with water from your water/aqua painter.

This next part can get messy so move anything you do not want to have white paint splattered on it. Then, splatter all the above pieces with the diluted paint and water/aqua painter until the desired look is accomplished.

Set all these pieces aside to dry completely. Once dried, using the smallest palette apply the Shimmery White Embossing Paste in small snow-like globs onto the die cut trees. Set aside to dry completely.

Once all pieces are dry stamp the sentiment from Curvy Christmas onto the Sahara Sand “label”. Adhere this piece to the Cherry Cobbler piece.

Layer the embossed Sahara Sand Card Stock onto the Cherry Cobbler Card Stock mat and then apply to card base.

Adhere the 3 trees to the front of card. You can use the mini Stampin’ Dimensionals or Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue or a combination of both.

Layer the sentiment label onto the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Apply the Red Rhinestones to the trees (when I created this card, I imagined the rhinestones as cardinals sitting among the branches of the pine trees). Then accent your sentiment with a couple more Red Rhinestones.

Poinsettia Petals in Silver

 

How often have you thought and thought about how you wanted to do a card design and NOTHING came to mind…no matter how much time had passed? Sometimes the ideas come fast and furious and at other times I feel like I’m in a design drought. Arghhhh!

I knew which stamp sets I wanted to use. I knew I wanted my card to be elegant. That’s all I knew and yet NOTHING.

So, I said to myself, Tammie, just go start doing something and it will come. Guess what, that voice was absolutely correct. I started getting different elements out and in no time things started coming together.

This is my card and I’m in love! I’ve created this card for my first in-person Club party, since February. I’m taking all precautions that I know to keep my ladies safe. We’ll do distancing, hand sanitizer, cleaning, masking…whatever it takes to move on in this new way of doing things since the dreaded virus has seemingly tried to take over our world.The stamp I’m using is from Poinsettia Petals. I’m using the bundle because, why wouldn’t I?! The sentiment is really the only thing we’ll stamp, as I’m using the dies to cut and emboss the silver poinsettia.

In keeping with my desire to make this elegant, I used the Metallic Mesh Ribbon, Whisper White cardstock layered with Feels Like Frost DSP and Vellum and then accented with the Beaded Pearls, as well as some of our Basic Pearl elements.

I stamped in blue with Seaside Spray, and then added an inner sentiment with an additional stamp from For Unto Us.

The stitched rectangle dies were the perfect way to cut everything, bringing my theme of elegance to the forefront.

I appreciate your time in coming to my blog to check out my projects! Let me know if you have any questions or suggestions. Have a great day!

Supplies

Stamps-Poinsettia Petals, For Unto Us

Card Stock-Thick Whisper White- 5 ½” X 8 ½”, 1 ¾” X 2 ¾” (unless you use the stitched rectangle die, then cut a little bigger)

               -Vellum- 2 5/8” X 4” (unless you used the stitched rectangle die, then cut a little bigger)

Specialty Paper- Feel Like Frost DSP- 3 ¾” X 5 1/8” (if you’re using the stitched rectangle die, cut bigger and use the largest die)

                -Silver Foil- 3 ½” X 3 ½”- use the largest petal die and coordinating embossing die and run through the machine together to cut poinsettia flower

Ink- Seaside Spray

Embellishments- Beaded Pearls (1) and Basic Pearls (3), Metallic Mesh Ribbon- 5”

Adhesives- Stampin’ Seal, Mini Glue Dots, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Multipurpose Glue

Layer your card elements without adhering them, yet. Adhere the DSP to the center of your card front using Stampin’ Seal. Then figure out the position where you want your poinsettia on your vellum piece. Then place your ribbon and adhere the poinsettia on top using a dimensional in the center of the flower. Once the flower is adhered to vellum, turn vellum over and place remaining dimensionals where the petals of the poinsettia will cover them. Now adhere the vellum piece to your DSP.

Stamp your card front sentiment on the piece of Whisper White and using the Multipurpose glue, apply the glue to the upper left corner of that piece and adhere it to the vellum.

Finish your card by adding your Beaded Pearl to your flower and the Basic Pearls as desired.

Add an inner sentiment, if you wish.

Cherish the Season in Granny Apple Green

What do you think about the color I used for these cards? It's Granny Apple Green. I liked this color when it came out a while ago, but I had no idea it would be my favorite green. The Shaded Spruce is a close second, but oh, how I love the bright crispness of Granny Apple. It pairs so well with the gold, too. So putting the Gold Hoop on my card made complete and total sense. At first I was imagining a wreath, but I guess with the influence of Beautiful World, another awesome stamp set I have, and the piece I used as a base for my "globe" from the dies, Sounds of the Season, that coordinate with the Cherish the Season stamp set,  I just had to make that globe. 

The bells I used on my first card shown here are the Jingle Bells, that are another carry over from our  2019 Holiday Catalog. I cannot tell you how happy I am that Stampin' Up! made the decision to carry some of the coolest things from last catalog to this current Holiday Catalog. Such a great company I am a part of! I obviously used the gold bells, but there are also red and green bells in the mix. 

The other stamps I used are from some other sets available in our Annual and our Holiday Catalog. DID I TELL YOU THIS CATALOG IS THE BEST HOLIDAY CATALOG EVER? Those sets are Itty Bitty Christmas and For Unto Us. The embossing folders I used for my cards are the Tasteful Textile and Old World Paper. 

In my second card shown I stamped with Versamark on the Gold Foil and embossed in gold and then fussy cut the bells. How do you feel about fussy cutting? Some people hate it with a passion, but I actually LOVE it. Never did I think I would. It's tedious, time consuming and patience is a must. But to be honest with you, when I started doing it, fussing cutting all those pieces for my, then, Christmas cards in 2003, I found that I was able to relax and enjoy some much needed downtime from my career as an RN. And I still feel that way today. 

If you like my cards, and have any questions about products, measurements or anything else, just contact me and I'll give you the scoop. 

Have a great day!

~Tammie

Stampin' Cut & Emboss: Get to Know Your Machine

Cherish the Season Navy and Bumblebee

The mood this week is "do it differently". Yesterday I challenged myself to use Rococo Rose and today I felt Night of Navy and Bumblebee tugging at my creativity strings. I LOVE the bells in Cherish the Season and Christmas Means More is just WAY cool! Have you seen these sets? Check them out! 

Today I colored my pearls with the Dark Navy Blend and then gave them a little Wink of Stella to make them shimmer. I absolutely love the inset blue holly leaves. To me it just seems to add so much more dimension!

Oh, and I definitely am so in love with my new die cutting machine that's completely new since September 1st. If you haven't seen it, check it out, too! REALLY NICE. Such a great improvement over our previous machine. Thanks, Stampin' Up! for your continued commitment to offer quality products!

 

Rococo Rose Christmas

            

Last year, as is an annual tradition, ©Stampin' Up! introduced five new 'In Colors', of which one is Rococo Rose. Although I love this shade of pink I just never found an occasion to use it. GASP! I know, right?! So I have challenged myself to make some cards using this beautiful color. I have just under a year before this color goes away (because as you may or may not know, In Colors stay for 2 years and then they're gone). I'm going to have a lot of card making to do, starting NOW!

The theme for my cards is Christmas because I also wanted to challenge myself to make some cards with non-traditional colors. 

These are the three cards I've designed and I'm pretty happy with the color combinations and stamps I've chosen.

The components for the above card are the Christmas Gleaming and Christmas Means More stamps. I used the coordinating Gleaming Ornaments Punch Pack. The inks I used are Rococo Rose, Smoky Slate and Basic Gray. I colored the ornament toppers with the Smoky Slate Blends and then punched holes in the hangers and attached a Linen Thread bow.  To get the strands that are "holding" the ornaments I used some Tear & Tape to secure the Linen Thread on the front and the back matted In Good Taste DSP. The baubles I used are retired Share What You Love Artisan Pearls, but you could easily color our Pearls with the Dark Rococo Rose Blend.

For this card I colored the holly and berries with the Rococo Rose and Granny Apple Green Blends and applied Wink of Stella to give some shimmer. I then fussy cut them and applied them to my card using the Multipurpose Liquid Glue.

This last card uses the Itty Bitty Christmas stamp and the coordinating Christmas Layers dies.The solid "snowflakes" are the pieces that are left after cutting the line flower piece. 

If you like what you see head over to my website and order your next card components😉