Stamping with Lynn

Back from D.C.

Here are some pictures from our South Dakota Mother and Young Mother of the Year trip to Washington, D.C.  My daughter, Elizabeth and I were honored to be representing our state at this conference.  Although we didn't win National Mother or National Young Mother of the Year, we had a fabulous time and have wonderful memories.  We arrived on Wednesday and stayed at the famous Willard Hotel, the finest in D.C.!  All of our events were held here except for the nighttime bus tour of the memorials, capital, etc.

Elizabeth and I ready for the Gala Saturday evening!

The 5K Fun Run on Saturday!

This is where we each gave our speeches!

At the airport on our way to D.C.!

There may be more pictures to share later on.  Elizabeth is #4 of 8 kids so she said that being the middle child, there is not much one on one with mom so this trip was amazing for the two of us!  I am so proud of her, and so blessed to share this honor with her. 

Crazy About You stamp set, Screen Card

I used an 8.5 x 11 piece of cardstock cut in half lengthwise at 4 1/4" so you can get two cards out of one sheet.  The Decorative Label punch punches out the bottom of the "screen".  My card base is Pistachio Pudding, scored every 2.75" the long way, with 2.5" x 3.25" Baked Brown Sugar layers, with a Whisper White layer of 2 3/8" x 3 1/8".  My flowers, leaves, and sentiment are from the Crazy About You stamp set on page 31 of the Stampin'Up! Occasions Catalog. I stamped the flowers with Crisp Cantaloupe and punched with the coordinating Flower Medallion punch (#137417), $16.95, page 23 of the same catty.These 3 In Colors are retiring so if you want them or the reinkers get them while you can.  They sell out quickly and the Retired List comes out tomorrow, 4/21/15!

Walk in the Wild stamp set

Tooting my own horn!  I have the awesome honor of being 2015 South Dakota Mother of the Year and will be in Washington D.C. next week competing for National Mother of the Year.  We are to make or give something to the other state honorees that represents our state at little or no cost to us. Hmmm, well I am a stamper so here is what I came up with.  I used the Angled Tag Topper punch for the Very Vanilla cardstock.      Then I free hand cut the angles on the back piece.  Other punches used are the 1 3/4" circle punch and the Label Bracket Punch.  I am making 63 of these bookmarks so instead of coloring the pheasant I used the Work of Art stamp set for the 3 watercolor layers behind the pheasant from the Walk in the Wild stamp set.  All supplies are in the Stampin'Up! annual catalog.  For the sentiment I used the computer and Very Vanilla cardstock.  What is even more awesome is one of my many daughters is 2015 South Dakota Young Mother of the Year and we will be traveling together! 

Fabulous Four stamp set

Making another Chevron technique card.  This is addictive playing around with different designer series paper.  This time I used a coordinating Bermuda Bay cardstock along with the Birthday Bash Specialty Designer Series Paper, page 12, #137783, $12.95, of the Stampin'Up! Occasions catalog. I love the Fabulous Four stamp set.  It has 4 great sentiments, is on page 13 of the annual catalog, and is available in wood or clear.  My card base is Calypso Coral with a layer of Basic Black and Whisper White.  I finished it off with Bermuda Bay 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon, page 206, #131206, $5.95, and Brights Candy Dots, page 208, #130931, $5.95.  I stamped the sentiment with Memento black ink.

I made the Chevron look by punching squares with the Postage stamp punch.  Then I cut them in half diagonally. I scored 1 3/8" from the top of the white so that I have a line to follow.  Then I just stagger the triangles!  Click here to start shopping! Click on products, then Shop Now!

 

 

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Celebrate Today stamp set, Balloon Framelits

 

My card base is Soft Sky with a layer of Blackberry Bliss cardstock that has the "Celebrate" embossed with gold embossing powder.  I cut the Gold Fancy Foil Designer Vellum with the Balloon Framelits.  The bow is cut also with the Balloon Framelits with the Gold Foil.  I then attached the Metallic Gold Baker' Twine with mini glue dots.  I hid my mini glue dots on the bottom balloon by placing them behind the Gold Foil polka dots.  The other balloon I hid my dimensionals behind the polka dots. It is hard to take a picture with the shiny foil areas but it is a very pretty card.

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This one is done with the 1" square punch.  The other two use the Postage Stamp punch.

This Chevron look or technique is popular right now.  I was inspired by Georgia Guegire, but she was inspired by others, so I don't know who to give original credit to.

My card base on the first one is Sahara Sand, with layers of Blackberry Bliss, and Whisper White.  The dsp is from the Moonlight Designer Series Paper Stack, #133701, $6.95, page 185 of the Stampin'Up! annual catalog.

The 2nd card uses Whisper White and Basic Black, and the Back to Black dsp, #133700, $10.95, page 187.

The 3rd card has a Pistachio Pudding card base, with layers of Calypso Coral, and Whisper White.  The dsp is the Gold Soiree Specialty designer series paper, $12.95, #133697, page 184.

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From the Herd stamp set, Petal Potpourri stamp set

This is a Z Fold card.  See the Z shape?  The talented Deb Valder has a video showing how to do these cards. (below)  This is not a quick and simple card.  It could be with more stamping and less snipping or coloring though.  I used From the Herd stamp set for both cards, except the Petal Potpourri stamp set has the flowers that are punched with the coordinating Flower Medallion punch.  Watch Deb's video below to see how this card is done!  Do you have the trimmer?  It is a must have and remember FREE shipping 5 days only, Monday - Friday, April 6th-10th.  Shop here.  Click on Products, and Shop Now.  No Shipping is HUGE!  It's a savings of 10%!

card measurements are:

Background is 5″ x 12″ and make a pencil mark at 2 1/2″, cut on the diagonal from that  mark to the corner at the bottom.  Then with the straight edge on top, score this piece at 4″ and 8″.

White Layer is 4 7/8″ x 12 and make a pencil mark at 2 3/8″. Cut on the diagonal from that  mark to the corner at the bottom.  Then with the straight edge on top, cut at 3 7/8″, 3 7/8″, and 3 7/8″.

 

 

Blessed by God stamp set

I sent this card for a grandson's First Communion.  I cut the sentiment greeting in half after I used a marker to omit the word "Baptism".  Then I used a retired stamp set, Special Blessings for the "your Special Day" to go over the top of the split sentiment.  I did this same thing on a confirmation card posted the end of February. This card was inspired by a Leadership or Convention swap, but I can't remember who to give credit to.  She used a different sentiment.