Card Swap Birthday Idea Made from Punches (features Balloon Bouquet Punch)

This was a recent demonstrator card swap & the designer is unknown.

The Happy Birthday Gorgeous Stamp Set was used along w/

the Balloon Bouquet Punch.

Various circle punches were also used on this card, along with

the Fox Builder Punch & Leaf Punch.

The tiny heart from the Cookie Cutter Builder Punch

was used for the pink nose.

I appreciate you blogging by.......Lori

 

Check Out Some Punch-Art.....Gotta Love Snoopy on his Doghouse!!

 I totally CASED todays card, but isn't this beagle adorable?

(sorry, I can't remember who I copied Snoopy from!)

We made this card in a recent class, and I think the gals enjoyed the punch art.

For ease at class, we used retired oval punches but you could easily use oval dies.

For the Snoopys dog house, we used the "Seaside" and

"Simple Stripes' Embossing Folders.

Yes, both of these Big Shot Emboss Folders will be in the new catalog!

For the grass, we just randomly fussy cut a pc. of Wild Wasabi.

The card base is Soft Sky & then Real Red, Black & White were also used.

Both Wild Wasabi and Soft Sky from the Subtles Collection are retiring!!

Don't forget to get your card stock supplies and ink refills for those

2 colors as well as the following:

Always Artichoke, Elegant Eggplant, Island Indigo, Perfect Plum,

Rose Red, Chocolate Chip, Tangerine Tango, Tempting Turquoise,

Marina Mist, Pink Pirouette, Wisteria Wonder, Dapper Denim,

Emerald Envy, Peekaboo Peach and Sweet Sugarplum

I appreciate you blogging by......

Now like Snoopy, its time for me to go to sleep (smile).

Lori Helvick- StampinUP Demonstrator since 1999

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Singing Rudolf with Antlers made from "Jar of Love".....Say What?!

 

I've seen various versions of this card on-line and wanted to share mine today.

Everything is current StampinUP Product other than the little hands/hoofs!!

(I used an old flower punch for that & cut in half)

I've seen the 1/2 circle punch for this as well or any little thing you have will work!

 

Anyway, I used the Jar of Love Stamp Set for the black antlers.

 The Merry Christmas Sentiment comes from Teeny Tiny Wishes.

The Layering Ovals Framelits were used (times 4).

The red rudolf nose is the 1/2 inch circle punch.

From the Holiday Catalog, I used the Merry Music Specialty

Designer Series Paper and the Quilted Christmas Ribbon.

For the "songbook", I just scored in 3 places

(middle, & each end to fold under)

 

Another tip.....when you do the antlers, put a scrap pc. of paper

down when stamping so the bottom of the image does not hang outside of the oval face. 

You can make his antlers as full as you would like!  LOL

Color Combo for my rudolf card includes:

White, Black, Garden Green, Real Red & Sahara Sand

 

 Questions?  Please let me know.

Thank you for blogging by.....Lori Helvick

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Stamp Set "Crazy about You" will be retiring soon.......Check Out This Card Using It

I CASED this card from Connie Babbert.

She used her ribbon & embellishment in gold and mine are silver.

Other than that, it's the same card!

I think it's really a cute idea, but I wanted to point out the word "you" at the top left side.

That word comes from the stamp set "Crazy about You" which will be retiring the end of May.

(shown in the Annual Catalog- pg. 70)

Yesterday's blog post featured the retiring lists with StampinUP if you missed that day.

Check them out, and let me know if you would like to order any of the retiring products.

Thank you very much- Lori

Punch Art Bunny Card, Vertical Greetings, & Falling for You- All From StampinUP

HERE ARE 3 MORE MONTHS (APRIL, MAY, & JUNE)

FROM OUR RECENT "CALENDAR OF CARDS" STAMPING EVENT

IN PEORIA, IL.  THE STRAY DUCKLINGS DEMO GROUP

WADDLED OUT WITH SOME FUN ON SATURDAY!!

Designer- Darlene A. of Peoria

The sentiment comes from the Teeny Tiny Wishes Stamp Set

Designer- Chris T. of Peoria

This card features Vertical Greetings and the Petal Burst Embossing Folder

Designer- Terese B. of Mapleton

Turn to page 51 in the Occasions Catalog & you will see:

-  Lace Doilies

-  Falling In Love Embellishments

-  Falling Petals Embossing Folder

-  Falling for You Stamp Set

I hope you enjoy these 3 months of card projects from the event.

Please come back tomorrow and the next day where I will show July thru Dec.

Thank you very much- Lori

Punch Art Pilgrims (from the archives) & Birthday Pull Out 3-D Card

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!  

          

This was a "Wow" Swap that Laura participated in at the On Stage Event.

Nobody at our table did any swapping but her, & we were lucky enough to enjoy the fruits of HER labor (wink,wink)

This is our newest "Stray Duckling" that we adopted into our Central IL group.

Laura Roethle is from the Bloomington-Normal area & she hung out with us in Madison.

Thanks to this common passion, we are always meeting new people to share the fun with!!

I'm very grateful for all the friends I have met throughout my StampinUP career  :)

Have a great holiday......Lori

Candy Corn Card & Cute Treat Boxes w/ Cookie Cutter Halloween Set

I "Cased" this card from Pinterest or someones blog (not sure who to give the credit to)

Anyway, isn't this little candy corn face just adorable?

I used an oval punch, circle punches, and the "Duet Banner Punch".

For the sparkly cheeks, I used some Pumpkin Pie Glimmer Paper (shown on pg. 55 in the Holiday Catty)

Treat Boxes / Party Favors made by Debbie Kramer, Nancy Bowen & Darlene Anstett.

Again, the "Duet Banner Punch" was used.

The Halloween Night Specialty Designer Series Paper can be found on pg. 51 (Holiday book)

Here is a side view of the treat boxes.

StampinUP carries these "Clear Tiny Treat Boxes" on page 176 in the Annual Catalog

If you have any comments or questions, please let me know.

I would love to hear from YOU!!  Lori

Among the Branches by StampinUP

The 3 Christmas projects below show a wide variety of StampinUP products.  The first card however, features "Among the Branches" Stamp Set.

I used Cherry Cobbler, White and a touch of Gold for my card.  The "Woodland Embossing Folder" was used to make the birch trees and then I used the little snowflake from the same featured set.  The gold ribbon is in the Holiday Catalog (pg. 29).

The other 2 projects are from the Sterling, IL Card Buffet.  The sleigh card was made by me and the snowman was made by Debbie or Mary.

If you have any questions about these Holiday projects, please let me know.  Thanks very much for blogging with me.......Lori

Made by me- Designer Series Paper & Window Framelits are 

both retired StampinUP

Designed by Mary & Deb for their Card Buffet

Made by me

Isn't this "Frosty" adorable?

Made by Debbie and/or Mary

Happy Haunting Paper w/ Easy Candy Pouch Video

I have a couple Halloween cards to show you today along with a video on how to make a cute 3-D project.

Card # 1 (just a few StampinUP products I'd like to mention):

1. Brick Wall Embossing Folder
2. Happy Haunting Designer Series Paper
3. Spider Web Doilies
4. Tags & Labels Framelits
5. Among the Branches Stamp Set

Card # 2 (Punch Art-- numberous StampinUP punches were used)

1. Teeny Tiny Wishes Stamp Set
2. Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack
3. 1 3/4 Scallop Circle Punch
4. 1/2 in. Circle Punch
5. 3/4 in. Circle Punch

If you have any questions about the 3 projects shown, please email me at:

stampinfool2006@yahoo.com  or post your questions here on my blog.

Thanks for stopping by & I hope you enjoy my creations!!  Lori Helvick

Zoo Babies & Punch Art Make Great Youthful Cards

Both cards today would serve very well for a baby and young child.  The yellow color card would be good for a baby shower or newborn.  It features the StampinUP set called "Zoo Babies".

The 2nd card features Punch Art and would make a fabulous Birthday card for a young child.  The green body pieces and parts were embossed with a retired embossing folder, but you could very easily switch that up to a current folder instead to get the textured look.

Please check below each picture for the artists' name and location.  Thank you ladies for sharing your youthful creations!!

Lori Helvick- StampinUP Demo since 1999

Cathy Seal

Bloomington, MN

Mary Booker and/or Debbie Kramer

Sterling, IL

Punch Art Pilgrims & Santa Stache

Happy Thanksgiving everyone and welcome to my blog! 

Today I have a cute TG card to share that I made a LONG time ago.  I think its an "oldie but a goodie" so hopefully you will agree.  Punch art cards can be SO effective!

Also, the new Santa Stache from the Holiday Mini was used to make this adorable box.  (Its even more adorable since it was given to me by a friend & holds M & Ms!)  Thanks so much Debbie K. for sharing with me......you are a good friend, and that was very sweet of you (no pun intended).

Let me know please if you have any questions about the 2 featured projects today.  I am  very thankful for all my friends, family, and customers out there.  Have a great holiday!  Lori

A Round Array & Punch Art Camera

Hello all......today I'm featuring a class project that I used a couple months ago.

This camera was "cased" from another demo, but I cannot remember who at this point (sorry).  I used some punches and some Designer Series Paper.  Also, the big shot embossing folder called Chevron was used, and the stamp set A Round Array found on page 126 in the AC (annual catalog).

If you have questions about the camera card, please e-mail me at:  stampinfool2006@yahoo.com

Envelope Liners Framelit Dies- Snowman

Wow, its been a very busy couple of days so I have not done a post since Thursday!  (sorry about that).

3 of us Demos did a Holiday Stamping Event in Morton IL so I was getting ready for those projects.  One of the samples that I showed there was a very cute card made out of the middle size Envelope Liner Framelit Die. (that is a set of 3 & on pg 37 in the Holiday Mini)

I also decorated the white standard envelope for the Snowman Card using the same liner (middle size) and the Winter Frost Specialty Designer Series Paper.  Cute little guy huh?

If you have any questions about how I did this, please e-mail me at stampinfool2006@yahoo.com

Thanks for stopping by, and enjoy the rest of your weekend.  Lori