Feb 10 2015

Technique Tuesday – Elegant Butterfly!!!

Posted on February 10, 2015 by Laura's Stamp Pad

Happy Tuesday!!! That means I have a fabulous technique to share with you today!!! Today I am sharing the Butterfly Thinlits with you from the Occasions Mini Catalog! It is super fabulous and elegant! Also, butterflies make me think of Spring so I’m all about them right now! 🙂 How amazing are these cards?

My mom asked me for some elegant, simple cards that she could use for occasions such as Baptism, 1st Communion, Confirmation, and Weddings! This is what I came up with and she loved them!!!!

SUPPLIES NEEDED: Butterfly Thinlits, Oval Framelits, Fancy Fan Embossing Folder, Big Shot, Pearls, Very Vanilla Cardstock

I started with a Very Vanilla card base. Then I took a piece of Very Vanilla (4″ x 5-1/4″) and using my Oval Framelit I cut an oval out of the center. The size I used was the 4th one (middle one)! After cutting out the oval, I placed the piece of cardstock into the Fancy Fan Embossing Folder and ran that through the Big Shot. I adhered this piece to my card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals. You know how I love those things and I really liked how it can dimension to the card. NOTE: I placed the embossed paper onto my card front with the embossed image down, so it doesn’t pop up on my card but is smooth. I just thought this made it smooth and elegant! Then I ran a piece of Very Vanilla through the Big Shot with my Butterfly Thinlits from the Occasions Mini Catalog! LOVE these! The best way to do it to layer your Clear Cutting Pad, Dryer Sheet, Cardstock, Wax Paper, Thinlit, and Clear Cutting Pad. The Dryer Sheet and Wax Paper make it super easy to pop it out of the die and so you don’t spend hours popping out each of those butterfly details!!! I adhered the Butterfly with Mini Glue Dots and stamped the greeting in Chocolate Chip from the Crazy About You Stamp Set which is also in the Occasions Mini Catalog! Perfect! I added some Pearls to one of them! Also, I created this one as well with the Bird Builder Punch!

Of course when I showed these to my Mom she loved them and wanted lots of them to have on hand! 🙂

Here is a Video Tutorial shows you how to make this card and showing you how to die cut using your Thinlits! I hope you enjoy it and if so be sure to give it a Thumbs Up!

Happy Stampin’

~Laura

Feb 4 2015

Beautiful Butterfly!!!

Posted on February 4, 2015 by Laura's Stamp Pad

I really went through a Butterfly phase last Spring and I think as we get closer to this Spring, I’m reaching for those butterflies again! I love the colors, simplicity, and cuteness of this card! It also uses up scraps! Bonus!!!!! I started with a Whisper White card base and then took stripes of cardstock that are 1″ wide in Coastal Cabana, Pistachio Pudding, Crisp Cantaloupe, and Strawberry Slush. I took each color and ran each through the Big Shot with a different embossing folder! I used my Chevron Folder, Perfect Polka Dot Folder, Fancy Fan Folder, and Arglye Folder! You can use any folders you have! Then I took my Bitty Butterfly Punch and punched the bottom of each strip making sure to keep the angle the same each time. I did it by lining up the edge of the paper with the corner of the punch!!!

Then you will want to stamp one of the small butterflies from the Papillon Potpourri Stamp Set in the coordinating colors and punch them out with the Bitty Butterfly Punch. Without using adhesive, I set the first butterfly down towards the bottom on the left side of my card base to make sure my spacing was good. I started with my longest piece (some of my scraps were smaller so I used those for the little ones.) I added Snail Adhesive to the strip and placed it real close to the edge of the white, right above the butterfly. Then I added adhesive to the next one and spaced it real close and up a bit from the first one. Remember that each strip is 1″ wide and your card front is 4-1/4″ wide so you only have 1/4″ to have in between!!! Keep moving until you have all 4 strips placed down. I didn’t make specific measurements on the length because I just used scraps and after placing them down I trimmed off the extra cardstock along the top. Then I added a piece of Stampin Dimensional to each of the little butterflies and added those to the bottom of the strips! My greeting was stamped from the Petite Pairs Stamp Set in Strawberry Slush. Also, I added a little Itty Bitty Punch Pack flower in Coastal Cabana with a Rhinestone in the middle! Lots of scraps used up with this adorable card! Colorful and perfect for Spring!!!

How do you like to use up your scraps? Let me know in the comments below!

Happy Stampin’

~Laura

Jan 30 2015

The Mini Big Shot!!!

Posted on January 30, 2015 by Laura's Stamp Pad

That is what my husband calls the Texture Boutique Machine – the Mini Big Shot! It is on SALE this week! WOOT WOOT! This little machine is like the Mini Big Shot because it is smaller and lighter weight and it only does a little bit of what the Big Shot does – Texture Embossing Folders! When the Big Shot first came out I just had to have it because of the Embossing Folders and to this day I probably use my Big Shot 80% on Embossing Folders and 20% on Framelits/Thinlits/etc! If you love embossing as much as I do, you NEED this Mini Big Shot!!!!!

The Week’s Weekly Deals are HOT! I love love love them because I used Embossing Folders ALL THE TIME! I would link a few posts but it would be to hard to pick from so here is the Embossing Folder tag for you to browse through them all! 🙂 These deals end on Monday night and don’t forget that for every $50 you spend, you can pick out a free Sale-A-Bration item!

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend! I will be stamping with a wonderful group of ladies tomorrow and we are making Valentine’s goodies! I love sharing my love of stamping!!!!

Happy Stampin’

~Laura

Jan 29 2015

Cake or Cupcakes???

Posted on January 29, 2015 by Laura's Stamp Pad

Which do you prefer – cake or cupcakes? Cupcakes all the way right here!!!! I love them!!! Either way this card is super cute and festive! I started off with a Tangelo Twist card base and added a piece of Basic Black (4″ x 5-1/4″)! Then I took a piece of Whisper White (3-3/4″ x 5″) and ran it through the Big Shot with my Decorative Dots Embossing Folder. I punched out a few Banner Punches with the Birthday Bash Designer Series Paper. I took some Linen Thread and went from the left side to the top middle, adhering it to the back with Stampin’ Dimensionals. I then attached the banner with Stampin Dimensionals as well, making sure to have the dimensional go over Linen Thread to hold it in place! Now you will need to stamp the tag border and the eat cake greeting with a Memento Pad on a scrap piece of Whisper White (use your Stazon Ink if you are using Markers to color in). Then color in as much or as little as you wish with your Blendabilities (Bermuda Bay & Daffodil Delight)! You won’t be punching this piece out but instead using the Note Tag Punch to punch out the image from your embossed Whisper White. I lined it up so that the bottom of the paper was all the way in the punch and you will want to be on the right side of your paper. Now you can add Stampin’ Dimensionals to the rest of the back of the embossed Whisper White. Before you go to lay it down you will want to add adhesive to your colored greeting and line it up in the punched hole and place that down first, just right before you place the embossed piece. Now you have that window effect where the greeting is set in! Super cute and fun! Here is another photo of this sample straight on!

You can check out this Video Tutorial that I created using this stamp set for this card and a few others! Be sure to subscribe to my blog in the upper right corner so you don’t miss out on the rest of these samples which will be posted next week! Don’t forget to leave me a comment below on whether you prefer cake or cupcake!!!!

Happy Stampin’

~Laura

Jan 27 2015

Technique Tuesday – One Tag Fits All!!!

Posted on January 27, 2015 by Laura's Stamp Pad

Happy Tuesday!!! That means I have a fabulous technique to share with you today and I do!!!! I received the One Tag Fits All Stamp Set for free from Stampin’ Up when I attended the New Catalog Premiere! It was super fabulous and a great perk of being a demonstrator is getting to see the new catalog items before everyone else….and free stamps! If you would like to join me for these events, you can sign up to be a demonstrator now and earn a FREE kit from the Occasions Mini Catalog! Woot Woot!!!

Okay so lets get started on this fabulous technique I have to share with you today! Actually there are a few techniques….multiple uses of 1 stamp set and some cool ways to use your punches!!!! Isn’t this baby card just precious? It is very simple to make and since it is light blue and yellow, it isn’t gender specific so you can make a few of these up to have on hand. Love it!!!

SUPPLIES NEEDED: Embossing Folder, Decorative Label Punch, One Tag Fits All Stamp Set, Memento or Stazon Ink, Blendabilities or Markers, and Ribbon

I started with a piece of Soft Sky cardstock measuring 4-1/4″ x 11″. I folded the card in half and then stuck the front of the card in my Polka Dot Embossing Folder and ran it through the Big Shot! Then I stamped the New Baby image, from the One Tag Fits All Stamp Set which is in the new Occasions Mini Catalog, with the Memento Ink onto a scrap piece of Whisper White Cardstock. If you are coloring the duck in with Markers, you will want to use Stazon Ink. If you are coloring the duck in with Blendabilities, you will want to use Memento Ink. This is so the ink won’t bleed when you are coloring. After stamping it down, I colored it in with my Pumpkin Pie Blendabilities and Daffodil Delight Blendabilities! Then I lined up this image in my Decorative Label Punch and punched it out. I then took my Decorative Label Punch and put my card front in the punch towards the right side and all the way into the punch so that I knew it was straight/even. I punched! Then I added Stampin’ Dimensionals to my stamped, colored, and punched piece and placed it in the punched hole on my card front. The best way to line it up is to have the card folded shut and just lay it in that punched hole. This is adhering the piece to the inside of the card which makes a fabulous front and inside to the card! Precious! Then I added some Daffodil Delight Cotton Ribbon around the side of the card and through that punched hole! Quick and simple and fabulous!!!!

Here is another photo showing the image on the inside! If you want to see this in action, check out my Video Tutorial on this card and others that you can create with this amazing One Tag Fits All Stamp Set! Don’t forget to subscribe here so you don’t miss out on those cards that will be posted later this week and next week. At the top right of my page – www.LaurasStampPad.com you can enter your email address and then you will get an email every time I post something new!

Get your One Tag Fit All Stamp Set today!!!

Happy Stampin’

~Laura

Jan 26 2015

Sophisticated Serifs!!!

Posted on January 26, 2015 by Laura's Stamp Pad

When I first looked through the Occasions Mini Catalog the Sophisticated Serifs Stamp Set jumped out at me and I just had to have it! I love the font of the alphabet and you know I love love love the little flowers! It is so elegant and fabulous. You could make up a set to give as a gift to anyone or for yourself! They would make beautiful Bridal Shower gifts and we know how many Thank You Notes they send out! Here are a few samples I have created with this set!!!

These little note cards are quick, simple, fabulous, and fairly cheap to make! I used a pack of Note Cards and Envelopes which are just $5.95 for 20 of them and the Sophisticated Serifs Stamp Set! The rectangle box was stamped in Mossy Meadow and then letters were stamped in Blackberry Bliss. Stamp those 2 items (the letters were all lined up on a clear block and stamped together) and you are all set! Super quick! For the one on the left, I stamped the letters all together and then used my markers to color in the flowers and leaves in Blackberry Bliss and Mossy Meadow respectively. Just beautiful! I love it!

I recently did these for a Bride and Groom who wanted them for Thank You Notes! The card base is Whisper White and I stamped Thank You on the inside with a greeting from the Lots of Thanks Stamp Set. For the front, I ran a piece of Elegant Eggplant through the Big Shot with the Filigree Embossing Folder from the Holiday Mini Catalog. Then I stamped the letters in Silver Encore Ink! They turned out amazing!

What do you think about Monogrammed Note Cards – love them / hate them? Leave me a comment down below!

Happy Stampin’

~Laura

Jan 21 2015

From the Party Animals!!!

Posted on January 21, 2015 by Laura's Stamp Pad

My Mom’s Birthday was last week and this was the card that I created for her! It’s adorable, funny, and perfect for her! The first time I saw the Stamp Set – From the Herd which is in the Occasions Mini Catalog I loved it! It is just so funny and cute! I grew up on a farm and while we only had cow, chickens, and sheep I still love it! For this card to my Mom, I only wanted two animals to represent my husband and I (I’ll let you decided who is who 😉 )! Using my Basic Black Marker, I colored the goat and the bird and then stamped it on my piece of Whisper White cardstock. I’m not going to lie, I had to go over a few lines with the marker again because they didn’t come out clean and I wanted a bold line! Then I colored them in using my markers – Bermuda Bay, Basic Gray, and Smoky Slate. Adorable! Then I cut it out with the Deco Label Framelits! I wanted a nice layer so I cut a piece of Basic Gray out with the next Framelit up! For some texture, I ran the gray piece through the Big Shot with my Perfect Polka Dot Embossing Folder. I added this to my card base which was Wild Wasbi and added some Linen Thread. For the greeting, I stamped Happy Birthday on the front and then using the other greetings I stamped From the Party Animals on the inside! This stamp set also had a party hat, balloon, and noise maker so I decorated the envelope with some balloons on the front and party hats along the tab of the envelope in the back! It was just fabulous! I loved making a special card for someone who is so very special to me! 🙂

How do you plan on using the From the Herd Stamp Set? Leave me a comment down below!

Happy Stampin’

~Laura

Dec 11 2014

Christmas Bauble!!!

Posted on December 11, 2014 by Laura's Stamp Pad

This Christmas Bauble Stamp is so simple and yet so much fun! It is a single stamp and really that is all you need! How fabulous is this card? I stamped the bauble on Whisper White cardstock in VersaMark and then poured Silver Embossing Powder over it. Heated it with my heat tool and then let the magic begin! I played with my Cherry Cobbler Blendabilities a little and then was sad that I didn’t have the Old Olive set as well. No worries, I got out my markers. I will saw that the Blendabilities were more fun and you can’t see the stroke lines like you can with markers! Either way though, this card is fabulous! After coloring it, I cut it out with my Labels Collection Framelits and my Big Shot, added some Stampin’ Dimensionals and popped it on my card! My card base is Crumb Cake and the center strip is Cherry Cobbler ran through the Big Shot with the Perfect Polka Dot Embossing Folder!

Here is another one using my Lost Lagoon Marker and I left out the Cherry Cobbler strip. I just played around with it to see what I liked the best. I prefer the top one! What about you?

If you love to color, this is so much fun and you NEED the Blendabilities Markers! 🙂

Happy Stampin’

~Laura

Dec 10 2014

Pine Tree Perfection!!!

Posted on December 10, 2014 by Laura's Stamp Pad

I am loving this card…..is it the Trees? Mossy Meadow? Lucky Stars Embossing Folder? Satin Stitched Ribbon? I’m not sure which one item it is or if it is just a combination of all of them! It just look so perfect and like a real tree line!

I started with a card base of Mossy Meadow. Then I took a piece of Whisper White (4″ x 5-1/4″) and ran it through the Big Shot with the Lucky Stars Embossing Folder! I really love that one! I wrapped some Mossy Meadow Satin Stitched Ribbon around the bottom portion and then adhered it to the card front. Then with some scrap white cardstock, I stamped the trees from the Festival of Trees Stamp Set in Mossy Meadow! I used the coordinating Tree Punch (Bundle & Save) to punch them out and I added them to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals! The greeting is from the Festival of Trees Stamp Set as well and I brushed the edges with my Sponge Daubers! For the ends, I slide the piece of paper into my Curly Label Punch to only punch one side at a time! Of course do that before sponging the edges! I hope you enjoy this card as much as I do!

Happy Stampin’

~Laura

Dec 9 2014

Technique Tuesday – Silver Foil Wreath!

Posted on December 9, 2014 by Laura's Stamp Pad

Happy Tuesday!!!! That means I have a fabulous technique to share with you today and this one is amazing!!!! It uses lots of my favorite items – embossing folders, bling (Silver Foil), and ribbon!

Isn’t the Silver Foil just amazing? The best part is there is no Silver Foil waste because you cut out the wreath from the layering piece of foil! I love using up all scraps and pieces!

SUPPLIES NEEDED: Silver Foil (or Gold Foil), Wonderful Wreath Framelits, Embossing Folder, Big Shot, Cardstock, Stamps, and Ribbon

You will start with a piece of Silver Foil measuring 3-3/4″ x 3-3/4″! Lay the wreath framelits in the center and run it through the Big Shot. Be sure that it is in the center because you will be using the leftovers to layer on your card! Now that you have your wreath cut out, you will place it in the Embossing Folder of your choice. I used the Perfect Polka Dot Embossing Folder in the one above and Stylish Stripes in the one below!

Now you can start to assemble. Add some Snail Adhesive to the corners of a piece of cardstock measuring 3-1/2″ x 3-1/2″. For the one at the top, I used Night of Navy and for the one just above I used Lost Lagoon! Then you will adhere that to your Silver Foil that you used to cut the wreath out of. Add some Stampin’ Dimensionals to the back corners of the Silver Foil and attach to the top portion of your card base. Then you will add Stampin’ Dimensionals to the Wreath and attach that to the center of your square. Now you can pick the ribbon of your choice to add to the top of your wreath. For the card at the top, I used Whisper White Organza Ribbon and for the card just above I used Lost Lagoon Silky Taffeta Ribbon! On the bottom you can put the greeting of your choice. For one card at the top, I used Christmas Bliss Stamp Set and Modern Label Punch. For the card just above, I used the Watercolor Winter Too Stamp Set! The card pictured below uses the Bloom with Hope Hostess Stamp Set because I wanted a Birthday greeting that was scrolly and elegant like the card! I am loving this card idea and can’t wait to make more!

To watch this card be made, check out the Video Tutorial below!!!! Don’t forget to give it a Thumbs Up if you liked it and be sure to subscribe so you don’t miss next week’s video on how to use the center of the wreath to make the little star!

Let me know which color was your favorite in the comments below – Night of Navy or Lost Lagoon?

Happy Stampin’

~Laura

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Tag Archives: Embossing Folder

Technique Tuesday – Elegant Butterfly!!!

Beautiful Butterfly!!!

The Mini Big Shot!!!

Cake or Cupcakes???

Technique Tuesday – One Tag Fits All!!!

Sophisticated Serifs!!!

From the Party Animals!!!

Christmas Bauble!!!

Pine Tree Perfection!!!

Technique Tuesday – Silver Foil Wreath!