Oct 11 2016

Cut For Christmas!!!

Posted on October 11, 2016 by Laura's Stamp Pad

I’m soooo excited to share with you this fabulous new seasonal offer – Cut For Christmas!!! We all know that this time of year can be busy as can be but yet we still want to get crafty, send out cards, and enjoy some “me time.” I am offering 6 different kits that you can purchase to speed all of that up!!!

I do all of the cutting and all you need to do is fold, stamp, and assemble! This is a great way to get those cards done quickly during such a busy time of the year! All cards will be sold in increments of 20. The packet will include all of the pre-cut pieces you will need for the card, envelopes, a color photo, and instructions. You will need the stamps, ink, clear blocks, and adhesive.

For all the details for each kit, click here – Cut For Christmas!

How To Order!

To place an order, message me the following information:

Name, Address, Email Address to send Invoice, Card Style Name & Number, Number of Cards Desired (in increments of 20)

If you would like to purchase the additional items (stamps, ink, and adhesive) needed for the cards, list the additional items you would like to order.

~Shipping is flat rate of $6.95, if ordering more than 100, it is $8.95

~All payments will be done through PayPal. Once the order is placed, I will send an invoice.

I can’t wait to help others with their Holiday crafts!!! 🙂

Happy Stampin’

~Laura

Oct 11 2016

Technique Tuesday – Creating a Snowy Scene!!!

Posted on October 11, 2016 by Laura's Stamp Pad

Happy Tuesday everyone!!! That means I have a fabulous technique to share with you all!!! DISCLAIMER: I don’t mind stamping/creating a snowy scene but let’s not make it happen in real life for a few months….or never would be fine! 🙂

I just love this card for the simple trees, the textured background, and the pop of glittery snow!!!! This card is perfect for Christmas but also for any winter occasion as well. Also, I would say it is fairly simple although it does need some drying time for the glitter! Let’s get started!!!

I started with a Pool Party card base and then took a piece of Whisper White (4″ x 5-1/4″) and ran it through the Big Shot in the Softly Falling Embossing Folder. There are technically 2 ways you could do this card – concentration of dots on the top or on the bottom. I did mine with the majority of the dots at the top but I also put the cardstock in the folder closest to the fewer dots end. I wanted that gradual look a lot more but you could do it any way you wish!!! I added this piece to the card base! For the trees, I stamped them from the Santa’s Sleigh Stamp Set in Garden Green and Wild Wasabi onto the same cardstock color. Then I used the coordinating Santa’s Sleigh Thinlits (Bundle & Save 10%) to die cut them out! I added the wasabi tree to the card with Snail Adhesive and I added the garden green one with Stampin’ Dimensionals. Before you place your trees down, we need to make the snow. Take a piece of scrap white cardstock and rip it across the top. You can rip it all bumpy or angled down or just straight across. That is all up to you or just how the paper rips! 🙂 Place this piece onto your card front so you know where to place the wasabi tree. Then stamp the greeting from the Santa’s Sleigh Stamp Set in Garden Green Ink and adhere it to the bottom of your white embossed piece. Now you can place the Garden Green tree on top. I like using the dimensionals to over course give dimension but to also make it look like one tree is set back and the other one is closer. To finish it off and add a little bling, I used Silver Dazzling Details along the top of the ripped cardstock (snow hill) and a few random dots of the embossing. I thought it added a little shine and made the snow look more…..real? Come on your all know how snow can look glittery, right??? I love it!!!

If you would like to see this all in action, check out my Video Tutorial below or click here! Be sure to give it a thumbs up if you liked it and don’t forget to subscribe if you are new! I posted videos every Tuesday and Thursday and sometimes here and there in between! Also, if you have something you would like me to showcase, do a tutorial, or chat about let me know in the comments below! I would love your feedback!!!

Happy Stampin’

~Laura

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Oct 10 2016

Masking with the Elegant Butterfly!!!

Posted on October 10, 2016 by Laura's Stamp Pad

You all know I love bright colors and this card just makes me so happy!!! I love it!!! It is sure to spend a smile to anyone that receives it!! Also, did you notice the butterflies look so distinct and not like a muddy mess from stamping over each one? I used a mask to avoid that look. This way each butterfly looks like it’s own and that it is either up front or behind the other one! This is a super simple technique with masking! To see other masking techniques, check out these samples here, here, and here! Let’s get started!

I started with a piece of Whisper White cardstock measuring 3-3/4″ x 5″ and I stamped the butterfly from the Papillon Potpourri Stamp Set in Real Red at the top! Then I took the Elegant Butterfly Punch and punched out the top of a Post-It Note (the part with the sticky). Place this over your red butterfly to cover him up. Now you will stamp another butterfly in Pumpkin Pie, overlapping the bottom portion a bit. Pull off your mask and cover up the orange butterfly and stamp in Daffodil Delight. You will keep repeating this step until you have all of your desired colors (or run out of paper). I continued with Cucumber Crush, Pacific Point, Bermuda Bay, and Elegant Eggplant. I turned my butterflies towards the left and right because I didn’t want them straight since that wouldn’t happen anyway. 🙂 It also allowed the butterflies to take up less space. I just love those bright colors and how they look so clean and perfect! I layered this piece onto Pacific Point cardstock (4″ x 5-1/4″) and then onto a Daffodil Delight card base! For the greeting, I stamped it from the Love & Affection Stamp Set in Real Red. I punched it out with the Decorative Label Punch as well as a Real Red one. I cut the red one in half and placed the top portion on the top of the greeting piece and the other portion on the bottom. You can check out a video tutorial on that here. I added some loops of the Silver Metallic Thread to the back and secured it with Stampin’ Dimensionals and then added it to the card!

This card is perfect for a random card to a family or friend just to let them know you are thinking of them or that they mean the world to you! Do you send out random cards like that? Let me know in the comments below! I sometimes do and need to do it a lot more often! Everyone loves Happy Mail!!!

Happy Stampin’

~Laura

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Oct 7 2016

Sack of Soybeans!!!

Posted on October 7, 2016 by Laura's Stamp Pad

Remember that time I said I could create just about anything with paper??? A friend of mine reached out to me asking to make a special card for her husband who has just about finalized everything to graduate with his Ph.D. in something with plants, soil, genetics…..something like that! 🙂 I had a few ideas in mind and some were better than others. Here is what we decided to go with!!!

I punched lots of circles in So Saffron with the 1/2″ Circle Punch. Then I punched out hearts from the Owl Builder Punch in Chocolate Chip. I cut the hearts in half and adhered them to the “soybeans” (aka So Saffron Circles) with the Fine Tip Glue Pen. Then I took the 1/16″ Handheld Punch and punched holes along the top of a piece of Whisper White cardstock. Using Crushed Curry Baker’s Twine, I sewed along the top to create the look of a bag of seed. I added a strip of Crushed Curry to the front of the seed bag as well. I added this to a piece of Whisper White cardstock and stamped the greeting and dots from the Perfectly Wrapped Stamp Set in Night of Navy Ink. I attached this to a Night of Navy card base!

For the inside, I used a greeting from the You’ve Got This Stamp Set and stamped it in Night of Navy Ink onto Whisper White (4″ x 5-1/4″). It was just perfect!!!

Here was one of my other samples……it is suppose to look like the edge of a field, looking down the row, with a soybean. I tried to make it look like a row by ripping the paper and brushing it with ink to darken it. I think the soybean is a bit to large. I created the grass with the Fringe Scissors. This one was a good idea but didn’t turn out like it was suppose to look in my head! 🙂

I love being able to create one-of-a-kind cards for those who mean so much to me! 🙂

Happy Stampin’

~Laura

Oct 6 2016

Swirly Scribble Pumpkins!!!

Posted on October 6, 2016 by Laura's Stamp Pad

Fall is in the air! The breeze is cool, the evenings are darker, and the leaves are falling! This means that it is time for PUMPKIN EVERYTHING…..including greeting cards! I was sooooo excited with myself when I first got the Swirly Scribbles Framelits and I die cut one out. I immediately saw a pumpkin in the swirl and thought how fabulous, I can’t wait to make pumpkin cards! Of course a few weeks later I saw that others had figured it out as well! Isn’t it beautiful?!?!?

I started with a Crumb Cake card base and layered on a piece of Whisper White measuring 4″ x 5-1/4″. I die cut the pumpkins in Pumpkin Pie cardstock with the Swirly Scribbles Framelits. I die cut 2 small ones and 1 large one. The leaves were die cut with the same set in Garden Green cardstock. Thank goodness for the Fine Tip Glue Pen for adhering the pumpkins to the card front! The second small swirly is in the middle of the large one. You could always leave the center of the pumpkin open. You can add as many leaves as you wish. The greeting was stamped from the Perfectly Wrapped Stamp Set in Crumb Cake Ink. I finished off the card with a little bit of Linen Thread wrapped around the card base. This is the perfect fall card for any fall parties, birthdays, and other events during the season.

You could also create other round fruit with the Swirly Scribbles Framelits like apples, cherries, or even tomatoes. If you would like to see all of this in action, check out the Video Tutorial below or click here. Be sure to give it a thumbs up if you liked it and don’t forget to subscribe if you are new!!!

Happy Stampin’

~Laura

Oct 5 2016

Masking with Circles!!!

Posted on October 5, 2016 by Laura's Stamp Pad

I have had so much fun with masking lately. You can check out a few other samples here and here! This one is very similar to the others but I used circles as my mask! I love how the flowers look like they are peaking out! Just beautiful!!!

I started with a Watermelon Wonder card base. Then I took a piece of Whisper White (4″ x 5-1/4″) and placed it onto my stamping surface with a little dab of snail on the back to hold it in place. For the mask, I took a piece of scrap printer paper (you need the scrap paper to be thin) and punched holes out of it with the various punches. I used the 2″ Circle Punch, 1-3/4″ Circle Punch, and 1-1/2″ Circle Punch. I punched a few of the circles on the edge of the paper! Now you can place the mask over your Whisper White cardstock and be sure to tape it down so that it doesn’t move while stamping and coloring. I stamped the flowers from the Love & Affection Stamp Set in Basic Black Archival Ink. I used this ink because I didn’t want the color to bleed when I started coloring. The smallest flower I stamped in Elegant Eggplant since it is solid. Be sure to stamp the images in the middle and onto the mask so it looks like the image is hiding. Leave the mask on while you color in the flower….it is easier that way. I did it with the mask on and after taking the mask off. You are welcome! Always here to help you with the easier way! I used the Peekaboo Peach Marker, Emerald Envy Marker, and Watermelon Wonder Marker for the flowers and leaves. Once they are all colored in, you can remove the mask. I stamped the greeting from the same stamp set in the corner. I thought there was an open spot in the upper left corner so I added a strip of Watermelon Wonder Mini Striped Ribbon there. I wrapped the ribbon to the back side and added a few Stampin’ Dimensionals to hold it in place. I continued to added more dimensionals to the back and placed it on the card base. It is as simple as that.

You could even do the reverse mask and place circles on your cardstock and stamp or ink all over and then pull off the mask to reveal circles to use for the greeting or another image! There are so many fun ways to mask your card!!! Let me know what you favorite one is in the comments below!

Happy Stampin’

~Laura

Oct 4 2016

Technique Tuesday – Fall Sunrise!!!

Posted on October 4, 2016 by Laura's Stamp Pad

Happy Tuesday!!! I hope you are all having a wonderful week so far! Today I’m going to brighten it with a fabulous sunrise! Check out this beautiful card!!!

This card gives me all the feels – cool crisp air, dew on the grass, beautiful leaves in every color, cuddling up in a hoodie, and pumpkin pie everything!!! 🙂 Hopefully you too! Let’s get started!

I started with a Crumb Cake card base and layered on a piece of Cajun Craze (5-1/2″ x 2″). The Petals & Paisley Designer Series Paper has the perfect fall colors and patterns for any project! I layered a piece of that over the Cajun Craze. It measures 5-1/4″ x 1-3/4″). I stamped the greeting from the Garden in Bloom Stamp Set in the upper left corner in Chocolate Chip Ink. Now it is time to work on the focal point. I took a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock (2-1/4″ x 3″) and started by stamping the grass along the bottom. I used the Totally Trees Stamp Set from the Holiday Mini Catalog. The long snake like image was inked in Garden Green, stamped off once and stamped on the bottom of the vanilla cardstock. I did it three times. Then I took the small circle and the sun rays and stamped them in Crushed Curry. Make sure to place a little piece of paper along the green grass to mask the bottom of the circle so it doesn’t stamp onto the grass and instead look like it’s coming up over the horizon. For the tree, I stamped it in Chocolate Chip Ink. Then I took the leaves and stamped them once in Crushed Curry and then again a little off set in Cajun Craze. You could also ink up the leaves in Crushed Curry and then use a Sponge Dauber to add a little Cajun Craze in a few spots. This gives that beautiful array of fall colors to the leaves! I layered this piece onto Garden Green cardstock (2-1/2″ x 3-1/4″) and added it to the card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals. Isn’t it stunning for all of your fall occasions!?!?!

If you would like to see this all in action, check out the Video Tutorial below or click here! Be sure to give it a thumbs up if you liked it and don’t forget to subscribe if you are new! The Totally Trees Stamp Set is lots of fun for all seasons and occasions but also you can use the images to create fun backgrounds!

Happy Stampin’

~Laura

Oct 3 2016

Something Good To Eat!!!

Posted on October 3, 2016 by Laura's Stamp Pad

The September Paper Pumpkin arrived and I was excited as always because I love seeing that orange box in the mailbox and the suspense of what is inside!!! You can see my excitement and all of the goodies inside here! All the goodies are in the photo above. I LOVE the test tubes. They are super cute and different than your typical treat bag or box. I was pumped!

Then I realized that none of the candy in the big bag that I bought for trick-or-treaters will fit into the test tube. Bummer. When giving treats to others, I try to always use prepackaged treats so this wasn’t going to work. I already had an idea for my Halloween treat so I decided to save these test tubes for Valentine’s Day (red hots, M&Ms, or Tic Tacs) or another project I have in mind (stay tuned). 😉 I stamped all of the witch’s pot and and scary cats in Pumpkin Pie Ink and used them for my Halloween Treats I planned on creating. Perfect!!! I was just using a “For You” tag!

My favorite thing from this whole set after the test tubes was the stamp set – a SUNFLOWER!!!! It is a 2 step stamping sunflower so you can get that yellow petal/brown center. I used the banners and the sunflower tags and stamped all over to create 8 greeting cards!!!

The pumpkin stamp was super fun to do as well….once I figured it out! I think this is right…..stamp the solid pumpkin image with the splits on the top. Then stamp the outline/lines on the bottom side and the stem on the top! I used Pumpkin Pie Ink and Garden Green Ink. These cards are perfect for the Fall. I plan on using them for my Thank You Notes to customers for their orders and just general thinking of you cards this Fall!

Here are all of the tags (minus the sunflower) that came in the kit. With so many, I was able to create tons of cards and treat bags. I am saving the gold border and black border tags for the test tube project or another project! I’m so excited I got 14 cards, tags for my treat bags and still lots of leftovers for another project! I love Paper Pumpkin even if I don’t make the intended project! Here are a lot more ways to use the tubes – check out this video! I think a Pumpkin Spice Mix would be fabulous! After all everyone seems to love pumpkin spice!

Don’t forget that you can get signed up for the October Paper Pumpkin Kit before the 10th using the Promo Code: BOGO and you will get your November Kit for FREE!!!! Click here to get signed up!

Happy Stampin’

~Laura

Oct 1 2016

World Card Making Day Special!!!

Posted on October 1, 2016 by Laura's Stamp Pad

Today is World Card Making Day so let’s celebrate with fabulous items on sale!!!! These items are only one sale from October 1st through October 5th!

All the perfect tools to create those amazing cards that brighten up the lives of those you send them to! I am SUPER PUMPED about the Tin of Card Project Kit because I have been eyeing that kit since it first came out in the Annual Catalog! I love the little tin and I can put it together with my mint and white striped tin from last year. Also, I loved the cards in the last tin of cards set so I’m sure I’ll love this one as well. It makes a perfect gift as well and the holidays are coming up. Get it on sale, make the cards, and have the perfect gift on hand.

Have you tried out Fast Fuse yet??? It is very similar to Snail Adhesive but it has a much stronger hold. It is perfect for creating boxes or other 3D items. Just be sure to flick your wrist to break the seal of the adhesive so it doesn’t pull and become stringy. Now is a great time to stock up with this amazing special!!!

Click here to start shopping for World Card Making Day! Don’t forget about the other October Designer Series Paper Special going on this month as well – Buy 3, Get 1 Free!!! Use the Hostess Code: 9YTF7R69 when you place your order and you will get a special gift from me!!!! I have lots of fabulous goodies (Designer Paper, Ribbons, Glitter, Stampin’ Up! reusable shopping bags, and more) that I can’t wait to share with all of you!!! I think that’s the perfect way to celebrate World Card Making Day! You will also earn points as Laura’s Loyal Stampers!!!

Happy Shoppin’!!!!

~Laura

Sep 30 2016

Loving Ronald McDonald House!!!

Posted on September 30, 2016 by Laura's Stamp Pad

Ronald McDonald House is a house located near a hospital for those with loved ones in the hospital to stay during their time there. The house is like any other house! It has a kitchen, bedrooms, laundry rooms, and so much more. These houses are the perfect support that the families need during this difficult time they are going through. I have had the opportunity to help out at the house near me a few times with preparing meals and donating items. The little blue house sits in my kitchen to collect tabs and every time the house is full I send the tabs as well as the collection of cards to the house. I always mention to my stamp ladies in person, on social media and here that you can donate tabs or cards or anything at all. Here is the collection that I sent off last week. I got an amazing amount of goodies and I’m so appreciative of all of your love and support.

Once my customers works with the blind and therefore does a lot of work with braille. She had some of her students make cards and added in the braille. How amazing?!?!?! I love it!!

Also, I recently attend a demonstrator event where we collected money for Ronald McDonald House and then went shopping for supplies for the house. Look at all of these goodies! I am so proud to be a part of such an amazing group. To know I am making an impact with my cards and stamping is so powerful. If you would like to send me cards or tabs or any other type of donation, you can message me here. I offer a $10 Gift Certificate for your generosity. You can also search for your local Ronald McDonald House and send your goodies there. Also, if at any time in your life you are in the hospital with loved ones and would like a place to stay, check out your local Ronald McDonald House! It is an amazing place!!!

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and I’ll see you back here on Monday!!!

Happy Stampin’

~Laura