Stray Ducklings Calendar of Cards April & May

Well, silly me! I missed 2 months worth of cards! 😞 This cute little bunny card was April's Calendar of Cards submission. It was designed by Darlene Anstett. It's amazing what you can create with framelits and punches. This cutie was made by using the Layering Oval Framelits, the 1", 1/2" & 1 3/8" Circle punches, Sweet & Sassy Framelits    & the Owl Builder punch.  The finishing touch is the Blushing Bride Satin Ribbon bow.

May's card was designed by Christine Thomas. Chris used Vertical Greetings & Touches of Texture stamp sets, the Petal Burst embossing folder and Linen Thread. I just love the soft colors Chris chose for this card and those vertical greetings are awesome!

Cool Treats

This is the second card we made in Saturday's class. Doesn't that fudge on the cone look like you could just take a bite out of it?! YUM!!!

We started with a Soft Sky base and layered a pieces of Chocolate Chip & Watermelon Wonder cardstocks on it. I added a strip of the Tasty Treats DSP along the left side of the Watermelon Wonder. I stamped the Happy Birthday sentiment from the Cool Treats bundle and layered it on a piece of Soft Sky cardstock after cutting it out with the layered oval framelits. I die cut the ice cream cone from the Cool Treats bundle on a piece of Sahara Sand and Peek-A-Boo Peach cardstocks. I added an Enamel Embellishment under the sentiment.

                                    

The best part, imho, is the shiny chocolate coating on the cone. I created that effect by adding some glossy accents to the chocolate. Yum, yum, YUMMY!

And of course we have to have some stamping inside the card and on the envelope ;)

I hope you've enjoyed today's card. We sure had fun making it! If you live close to the Princeton, IL or Peru, IL area and would like to join us for a class. Please contact me! If you don't have a Stampin' Up! demo (no matter where you live ) I'd be happy to be your demonstrator!

Have a stamp-happy Monday! :)

Thoughtful Branches Pumpkin

In light of the fact that Stampin' Up! still has the Thoughtful Branches bundle available, I thought I'd share the card I made yesterday. Its my Thoughtful Branches pumpkin.

I cut it out using our Pumpkin Pie Glimmer Paper. Isn't it cute?! I used the Vintage leaves stamp set to create the background and the Layering Oval Framelits for my sentiment. The sentiment was put together with the Labeler Alphabet stamps

Class card #1- Tunnel Anniversary

I held a class on Tuesday and had 16 beautiful ladies attend! Unfortunately I only got a pic of the 4 from the afternoon class. Sorry girls, I'm slacking in my photo ops dept!

Onto the card.

The first card in this class was CASEd from a lovely card that was mailed to me for my birthday. Lori Helvick is the creator and you can visit her blog here.  The card I CASEd is here. Isn't it Lovely???!!! Lori does beautiful work!

And here is my rendition of Lori's card:

I started with an 8 ½" x 5 ¼" piece of So Saffron Cardstock and stamped the vine image from the Grateful Bunch stamp set in So Saffron ink on the front. I adhered an 8 ¼"x 5" sheet of Whisper White Cardstock to the So Saffron after stamping the sentiment from the Grateful Bunch in the center. Then I scored it on my Stampin' Trimmer and adhered it to the card base. Next I took an  8 ¼"x 5" piece of Flirty Flamingo, scored it at 4 ¼" and from both ends at 2 1/8" then I centered my Layered Oval Framelits over the center line and ran it through my Big Shot - keeping the oval to use on the front of the card. Then I added some interest to the right side of the Flirty Flamingo using an embossing folder.

The front was done with the Layering Oval Framelits, Number of Years Stamp Set, Flower Shop stamps and coordinating Pansy Punch, Petite Petals Punch and Peek-A-Boo Peach Ruched Ribbon.

Thank you for stopping by. I would love to hear from you just to know someone is reading my blog :)

Happy Stamping!

Kim

The Magic of Fairy Celebration

I've been wanting to make a magic slider card for a while now. I finally took the time to do it today :)  I had been hoping to make the fairy work with it and it did :)

I hope you enjoy the card as much as I do.

I used the Fairy Celebration stamp set on Whisper White cardstock. The fairy on the Window Sheet was stamped with black Staz-On ink. I used Stampin' Write markers to color the other fairy. The Oval Layer Framelit Dies  were used to cut the opening and frame it in Island Indigo. The DSP is from the Blooms & Bliss pack. The ribbon is the silver 1/8" ribbon. 

May all your days be as magical as today's card :)

Little Stinker

 I was so excited to finally have time to make this card today. I've had it in mind since I first saw the Foxy Friends bundle and the sentiment in the Here For You stamp set. I used a Whisper White CS base and layered it with Basic Black. I cut through both with a Layering Oval Framelit die. I made a frame out of Real Red cardstock by using two of the Layering Ovals and running them through the Big Shot. I stamped the trees and stump on Whisper White and fussy cut them. I glued them, the stump and the skunk on the inside of the card so that they'd be centered through the opening in the front.

 

I hope you enjoyed today's card. I would love to hear from you. Please leave me some love :)