Cottage Rose

Stampin' Up announced this year's retirement list and of course several items I had on my wish list were on it.
Luckily last week was free shipping as well so I placed my "must have" order.
In preperation of the arrival of said order I ventured into my craft room and tried to tidy up a little.
This led to a re-icovery of long neglected stamp sets.

Amongst them one of my first SU sets; Definitely Decorative Cottage Rose.
With the recent aquisition of several SU stamp pad sets I decided this was the time to revisit this oldy but goody.

Over the last few days I create several lovely rose cards and thought I'd share them with you. These are great for Mother's Day, Thank you cards, Weddings, birthdays ... etc.
Here is a quick preview:

 

I love the versatility of this stamp set. And dispite my being rather too lazy to use my stamp-a-ma-jig to line up the image (I tend to guess at the placement) the rose always looks good.

 

 

Supplies used:

Stamps: French Script - SU, Cottage Rose - SU

Ink: Real Red - SU, Cherry Cobbler - SU, Old Olive - SU, Always Artichoke - SU, Basic Black - SU, to ink the edges of the card: Sepia Black - Colorbox

Dies: Floral Ovals - Nestabilities - Spellbinders, Oval Framelit - SU

Punch: Scallop Trim - SU

Cardstock: Bazzill

Misc.: 5/8" black and red organza ribbon.

 

 

Supplies used:

Stamps: Hello Doily - SU, Cottage Rose - SU

Ink: Crushed Curry - SU, Daffodil Delight - SU, Old Olive - SU, Basic Black - SU, to ink the edges of the card: Sepia Black - Colorbox

Dies: Flourish 9 - Thinlits - Sizzix, Elegant Flourishes - Tim Holtz - Sizzix, Oval Framelit - SU

Cardstock: Bazzill

Misc.: 5/8" gold organza ribbon, 3 x 3/8" pearls

 

Supplies used:

Stamps: Hello Doily - SU, Cottage Rose - SU, corners- unknown (UM I purchased second hand)

Ink: Real Red - SU, Cherry Cobbler - SU, Old Olive - SU, Always Artichoke - SU, Basic Black - SU, Crushed Curry - SU,

Cardstock: Bazzill

Misc.: Glossy Accents - Ranger, 3 x 3/8" pearls

 

Supplies used:

Stamps: French Script - SU, Cottage Rose - SU, Chalk Talk - SU

Ink: Crushed Curry - SU, Cherry Cobbler - SU, Real Red - SU,  Crumb Cake - SU, to ink the edges of the card and stamped rose image: Sepia Black - Colorbox

Dies: Elegant Flourishes - Tim Holtz - Sizzix, Chalk Talk Framelits- SU

Punch: 1 3/8" circle - SU

Cardstock: Bazzill

Misc.: 5/8" black organza ribbon, foam squares, fine white embossing powder and Versamark Ink 

 

I used the emboss resist technique on this card for the back ground and greeting.

I stamped the french script background with versa mark on my white card base. Then embossed with white embossing powder. I then applied the Crushed Curry ink to the centre with a sponge dauber. Next I applied Crumb Cake ink and then along the edges the sepia black. I then wiped everything with a baby wipe to fully expose the embossed script. Same procedure was used for the greeting.

 

 

Supplies used:

Stamps: Hello Doily - SU, Cottage Rose - SU, Four Frames - SU, Teeny Tiny Wishes - SU

Ink: Crushed Curry - SU, Cherry Cobbler - SU, Real Red - SU, Crumb Cake - SU, to ink the edges of the card and rose: Sepia Black - Colorbox

Punch: Decorate Label - SU

Cardstock: Bazzill

Misc.: 5/8" black organza ribbon, foam squares, fine white and black embossing powder and Versamark Ink, 3/16" tiny pearl string, pearls accents, decorative paper clip (from Dollar store)

I also used the emboss resist technique on this card and greeting.

The white doily and greeting was inked with Crumb Cake, the black doily with Crushed Curry and Crumb Cake.

 

 

Supplies used:

Stamps: Hello Doily - SU, Cottage Rose - SU,

Ink: Cherry Cobbler - SU, Basic Black, Crumb Cake - SU, Always Artichoke - SU, to ink the edges of the card and rose pieces: Sepia Black - Colorbox

Cardstock: Bazzill (the rose was stamped on a deep wine coloured linen cardstock. The leaves were stamped on a medium green. Both are old and I do not know what the colour names are)

Misc.: 5/8" black organza ribbon, foam squares, 1/8" pearl accents

 

Hope I helped inspire you to make some lovely rose cards.

Pop-up Easter Box Card

Lately everywhere I look on the web I see pretty pop-up box cards. The design intrigued me and I had to give it a try. The different layers lend themselves perfectly for punch art pieces.
I came up with a cute little Easter card

This is what the card looks like closed (notice I even lined my envelope to match).

And this is the card open; it folds into a cute little box.

 

Side view of the open card

 

And a close up of the little punch art pieces

I used the basic templete/instructions found here, but adjusted the measurements to create a standard 4.25 x 5.5 inch card when closed. I only needed an 8.5 x 11 inch piece of cardstock to do this.
Trim your cardstock to 9" x 5.5", then score (black lines) and cut (red lines) as per image below.
I cut the decorative strip for the layers from the leftover cardstock (adjusting the length between scores to fit my smaller sized card).

Supplies used:
Cardstock: Bazzill
Patterned Paper: Karen Foster (old)
Stamp: Easter Blossoms - SU
Ink: Colorbox
Punches for greeting: Key Tag - SU, Decorative Label - SU
Misc.: butcher twin for little bow, foam squares, wire to attach sun

Punch art:
Basket - based on these instructions posted last week
Bunny: 3/4" circle for the head, 7/8 or 1" circle for the body, long heart from SU Heart to Heart punch for the ears and little tiny flowers (5 flower corner punch - PB) for the tail
Bush: 2 3/8" scallop circle - SU, the base could eb ahdn cut but I used the bottom of my Tim Holtz branch Tree die. Tiny little flowers - 5 flower corner punch - PB
Misc pieces: Clouds - Cupcake Builder - SU, Sun: 2 large suns - PB, Grass - old All Night Media border punch

Little Cow Punch Art

I had one more re-inker box (this is a smaller one) left to decorate.
This cute little fellow was inspired my my aunt's love of cows.





Supplies used:
Patterned Paper: unknown scraps
Marker: Basic black - SU
Ink: Colorbox
Misc.: 5/8" organza ribbon, foam squares, white gel pen,

Full punch art instructions below

Sweet Lamb Punch Art

Here is another recycled Stampin' UP re-inker box decorated for Easter.

 

Supplies used:

Pattern paper: Karen Foster

Cardstock: Bazzill

Ink: Colorbox

Stamp: Teeny Tiny Wishes - SU

Punches for greeting: Word Window and Modern Label - SU

Misc: foam squares, white gel pen. green ribbon bow, ribbon to top box

 

Full punch art instructions for the Lamb are below.



Up next my adorable little cow punch art treat box.

Sweet Bunny Punch Art

My last SU order included several collections of stampin ink re-inkers. After sorting and organizing my new supplies I had these cute little boxes left over that the re-inkers came in and thought they would be perfect for holding a small gift or treat.

I covered them in pretty paper and added a sweet little character to the front. Voila, a have a cute Easter treat box.

 

 

Supplies used:



re-inker box (approx. 2" x 3" x 5")
Patterned paper: Karen Foster
Ink: Colorbox
Cardstock: Bazill
Stamp: Teeny Tiny Wishes - SU
Punch- used for the greeting - small oval - SU
Misc.: White gel pen, black marker, little green ribbon bow, foam squares

Full punch art instrucitosn for the bunny below:

 

Up next: Easter Lamb Treat Box

Tulip Punch Art

Spring always brings to mind colourful tulips and daffodils. Calgary spring starts so late that we never have these in bloom in time for Easter though. So I made some bright and cheery punch art tulips instead.

 

Supplies used:

Cardstock: Bazzill

Ink: Colorbox

Dies: Floral Ovals - Nestabilities - Spellbinders, Itty Birry banners - SU

Stamp: Teeny Tiny Wishes - SU

Misc.: foam squares

 

Full punch art instructions below.

 

Next up is my cute little bunny gift box.

Easter Basket Punch Art

I'm back from a short vacation in beautiful (and very snowy) Banff to find that Calgary is actually looking a little like spring; sunshine and no snow storms in the forcast.

Time to get moving on some further Easter creations.
Today's is a quick and easy project, a cute little Easter basket shown in two examples, a card and a gift tag:

 

Supplies used:

Cardstock: Bazzill

Patterned border: K & CO Julianne Vintage Borders

Dies: Chalk Talk - SU, A2 Curved Borders One - Borderabilities - Spellbinder

Stamp: Teeny Tiny Wishes - SU

Ink: Colorbox

Misc: foam squares, little ribbon bow

 

Punch art instructions below. 

 

Supplies used:

Cardstock: Bazzill

Die: Chalk Talk - SU

Punch: corner rounder -CM, Modern Label - SU, 1/8" cirlce - Fiskar

Stamp: Teeny Tiny Wishes - SU

Ink: Colorbox

Misc: foam squares, yellow ribbon and ribbon bow

Full punch art instructions below.

 

and here is a little sneak peek at the next Easter projects: