An {I Love You} Card...

Yep, more lovey-dovey Valnetine's Day stuff.  I think you guys will be happy when I stop using red on every single card I make.  Lol, too much of a good thing?

Anyway, I made another Valnetine's card, but this one can double as a simple "I love you" card.  Lot's of fun stuff going on here.  I die cut the heart in kraft card stock first, then embossed it with the woodgrain impression plate.  

I took a piece of cream card stock, stamped the sunburst image using red ink, then placed it under the heart, once in place I stamped the black heart outline.  

Check out the black faux stitching!  I haven't done that in for-evah!

TIP: The sentiment stamp "I Love You" is all one piece, however I didn't want to cut my stamp apart if I didn't absolutely need too.  So I stamped the full sentiment in cream ink on the black card stock strip, then cut apart the strip in the center of the word "love" and stacked the two strips on top of each other so that only one or two letters of the word "love" were showing, just enough that the heart would cover them and the spacing looked right.

Have a great day!

{I Love You}

Stamps: Sunburst, Love Cupid, Shapes: Hearts Combo (Clear & Simple Stamps)

Card Stock: Perfect Little Black Dress, Kraft Like a Rockstar, Cre'me de la Cream (CSS)

Ink: Perfect Little Black Dress, Dare to Be a Diva Red (CSS) Vintage Cream (PTI)

Dies: Imprints 4, Shapes: Hearts (CSS)

Accessories: Foam Dots, Stamping Sponge, Mini Circle Punch, Black Fine Tip Pen

Read more...

A {Baby Wishes} Card Kit...

Hi there!  Over the weekend I saw CSS's Style Watch featuring a card kit made by Amber.  It was so cute that I just had to make one for myself.  I chose a baby theme.  There will never be a time where baby cards are not needed, it's just a fact of life, one that I'm quite happy about.

You can see the card I made above.  I assembled it, took a photo of it and applied the photo to the front of the kit so that the recipient will know what the card is supposed to look like assembled.  The kit is just slightly taller than the card itself, with a half inch spine to allow room for all the goodies inside.

Once you open the kit, you will see these cute boy and girl giraffes and your choice of sentiment.  The giraffes were made using the giraffe die from Baby Shower Dies, stamped with the giraffe image from the stamp set Baby Shower.  I adorned each giraffe with a bow of floss and a gem for an eye.

On the left side of the kit are the cards, six total.  They come with the sunburst background and second half of the sentiment already stamped on them.  I included some foam adhesive for sticking on the sentiment and giraffe.

I created the little pockets with vellum, that way I wasn't hiding any of the cuteness.  

Thanks so much for stopping by to check out my project!  It was really fun to make and now I think I have the bug to make them for different occasions.

Have a great day!

{Baby Wishes Card Kit}

Stamps: Baby Shower, Baby Sentiments, Sunburst (Clear & Simple Stamps)

Card Stock: Kraft Like a Rockstar, Trendsetter Blue, I'm a Princess Pink, On the Catwalk Cream (CSS)

Ink: Dish All the Dirt Brown, Your Style Blue Me Away, Paint the Town Pink, Say Yellow to All Your Fans (CSS)

Dies: Baby Shower (CSS) 

Accessories: Sticky Tape, Clear Gems, Blue & Pink Floss, Corner Rounder Punch, Foam Dots, Vellum

Read more...

A {You Are Amazing} Card...

Hey there!  Happy Friday!!!  I made a grid card today.  I haven't done that in a while and I remember why.  It can be a pain in the butt.  Not the cutting apart, but the lining them up perfectly part.  I think the colors in this card make it masculine, which is hard to come by on this blog.  To me, monochromatic equals masculine.  I used a light blue card stock and then used a dark blue ink.  

Here's a little bit of a different view so you can see the individual squares popped up on foam dots.

I hope you all have a great weekend!!!

{You Are Amazing}

Stamps: All Occasions 2, Sunburst (Clear & Simple Stamps)

Card Stock: Trendsetter Blue, Kraft Like a Rockstar (CSS)

Ink: True Blue Fan (CSS)

Accessories: Small Circle Punch, Foam Dots

Read more...

CSS Style Watch!

I have a super fun project to share with you today!  I'm sure you have an iPhone or knows somebody that does. Seems like everyone has one but me, but I'll be getting one shortly when the new one comes out.  What does do crafting and iPhones have in common you ask?  Well, CSS has created a template to design your own insert to go with those clear iPhone cases!!!  I love those trendy and fun cell phone covers, but they are so expensive!  This way, if you already have a clear case, you can change out your insert everyday using supplies you already own.  If you are having a hard time following me, here are some photos that may help.

Here's the template printed on regular copier paper.  I didn't want all of my inserts to use the same color card stock, but I also didn't want to be wasteful by printing the template out a bunch of times of different colored card stock.  You can see here that I planned ahead as to what color and design would be on each template.

I cut four pieces of card stock (from scraps) to fit right over each template and then adhered them with masking tape.  This worked really well and didn't get come apart in my printer. 

Here's what they looked like off once removed from the printer paper.

I would definitely recommend stamping your template and then cutting them, so much easier that way.  If you look closely, you can see the template under all that glorious stamping. 

Once I had the iPhone Cover Inserts made, I needed a cute way to give them to my friend.  Since these covers will reflect how cool, trendy and unique she is, I wanted a card to go with that theme.  

I created a little pocket on the inside of the card so that the inserts could slip right in.  

You can download the template by clicking HERE.  I was just thinking that it would be really cool to use the template on photos as well.  I would probably cut the template on card stock first and use it as a stencil on a photo.  I've seen custom photo covers and I'm sure they are pricey. 

Some of the other design team ladies are getting in on the actions!  You won't want to miss their awesome creations!

Stephany Zerbe

Jennifer Rzasa

Jaclyn Miller

Denise January

Lori Tecler

Clear and Simple Stamps

Have a great day!

{You Are an Original}

Stamps: Sunburst, Craft Room (Clear & Simple Stamps)

Card Stock: Dare to Be a Diva Red, A Blanc Check (CSS)

Ink: Dare to Be a Diva Red (CSS), White

Accessories: Foam Dots, Sticky Tape, Circle Punch

{iPhone Cover Inserts}

Stamps: Background Basics 1, Squares Plus, Designer Lines (Clear & Simple Stamps)

Card Stock: Kraft Like a Rockstar, A Blanc Check, Green With Envy (CSS)

Ink: Dare to Be a Diva Red, Dish All the Dirt Brown, Say Yellow to All Your Fans, Orange You Fabulous, Glamazon Green, Your Style Blue Me Away, Simply Blue-tiful, Purplicious (CSS)

Accessories: iPhone Cover Template

Read more...

Another {Happy Birthday} Card...

Hey guys!  I hope you all had a great weekend, we sure did.  Scott and I finally went out last night for my birthday (yes, over a month late).  We had so much fun though, going out to dinner and exploring a new park downtown.

So, my mother-in-law's birthday was on the 30th and it's a big one.  They are finally back in town from a long vacation, so we are finally going to celebrate her 60th birthday by going out to dinner on Sunday.

This card uses the Circle Trio die, but using only two of the circles.  The numbers fit perfectly!

Well that's all for me!  Hope you have a great day!!!

{60 & Fabulous}

Stamps: Block Numbers, Sunburst (Clear & Simple Stamps)

Card Stock: A Blanc Check, Say Yellow to All Your Fans, Trendsetter Blue (CSS)

Ink: Simply Blue-tiful (CSS)

Dies: Circle Trio, Numbers (CSS) 

Accessories: Stamping Sponge, Bright Blue/White Twine, Foam Dots

Read more...

A {Birthday Wishes} Card...

Hello, hello!  This school year has not gone as expected.  Last year I had a routine, certain days I worked, volunteered, exercised, etc.  The kids should have been in school for three days now, but Colin came home "sick" on Thursday and had to stay home Friday.  All of this "not going as expected" and "craving routine" is making me one cranky momma.  I expect a lot from myself and it makes me crazy not being able to check everything off my to-do list.

On a happier note, check out my card for today!  It is bright and cheery!  The background was created by using the new Sunburst background stamp from Clear & Simple Stamps.  I simply stamped the sunburst on A Blanc Check card stock using Simply Blue-tiful ink.  I made my cuts one inch from each side, notice the middle panel is a bit larger than the sides?  I sponged the edges with Orange You Fabulous ink and attached the panel to the card base using foam dots.

On a thin strip of Orange You Fabulous card stock, I stamped a "birthday wishes" sentiment from Trinket Sentiments using Simply Blue-tiful ink once again.

I adhered the strip to the sunburst panels and added that cute flower button.  The button is threaded with a sliver of Simply Blue-tiful card stock, so easy!

Have a great day!

{Birthday Wishes}

Stamps: Sunburst, Trinket Sentiments (Clear & Simple Stamps)

Card Stock: A Blanc Check, Orange You Fabulous, Simply Blue-tiful (CSS)

Ink: Simply Blue-tiful, Orange You Fabulous (CSS)

Accessories: Foam Dots, Button, Stamping Sponge, Glue Dots

Read more...

CSS Group Project: Xmas in July!!!

Hey there!  Today the Clear & Simple Stamps Design Team and I are celebrating Christmas in July!  About this time of year is when most scrappers and card makers start to work on their annual holiday cards.

Using the new stamp sets that were just released, I wracked my brain to somehow come up with a Christmas card even though none of the sets I chose had anything remotely Christmas-y.  Somehow this idea of taking an image from Background Basics 2 popped into my head and it was perfect!  I used the criss-cross image that has five crosses, I stamped it in green five times, and cut out the appropriate amount of crosses and then a brown one for the tree stump.  I love how this turned out, especially after adding the yellow sunburst behind the tree instead of a star on top of the tree.

 Here's the card by itself...

 And here is a cute treat bag I made with tags using the same stamps, just in a different way.

I can't wait to check out what the rest of the design team created!  You can check them out here:

• Lori Tecler  
• Jaclyn Miller
• Kim Duran
• Tracy Schultz
• Laurie Willison
• Jennifer Rzasa
• Elena Roussakis
• Amber Kemp-Gerstel
• Laura Bassen
• Suzanne Dahlberg <----guest designer
• Clear & Simple Stamps Blog

Have a great day!

{Merry Christmas}

Stamps: Background Basics 2, Trendy Tags 2, Holly Jolly, Sunburst (Clear & Simple Stamps)

Card Stock: Kraft Like a Rockstar, Glamazon Green, A Blanc Check (CSS)

Ink: Glamazon Green, Say Yellow to All Your Fans, Dish All the Dirt Brown, Dare to Be a Diva Red (CSS), White

Dies:  Tags 2, Party Favor 1 (CSS)

Accessories: Red/Green/White Twine, Foam Dots, Edge Distresser

Read more...

CSS Release Day! Tags!

Hello!  It's the 3rd day of releases at Clear & Simple Stamps and I'm showcasing the new Trendy Tags 2 set.  I wanted to show how these tags can be used for more than just tags.

I die cut the tags on VIP Purple card stock four times using the new Tags 2 Combo dies, stamped them each with a different pattern using Purplicious ink, sponged the edges and then applied them to the Purplicious card stock panel.  You'll notice one of those patterns isn't released today, you'll have to wait for tomorrow for the link to work ;) --it's one of my favs from this release!

Onto the place cards!  These came together so quickly with the use of the Combo 2 Tags dies.  I was making 4 place cards, so I cut 8 tags (4 fronts, 4 backs).  I stamped on the 4 fronts and then scored the 4 backs about .5" from the top.  Apply adhesive just above the score line and then press the front and back together.  Easy peasy!

I hope you are keeping up with all the exciting things happening with Clear & Simple Stamps!  You can also follow them on Facebook and Twitter so you won't miss a thing!

Check out these fantastic ladies that are showcasing Tags, Edgers, and Borders:

• Laurie Willison
• Amber Kemp-Gerstel
• Suzanne Dahlberg <--- Awesome guest designer that I had the privilege to meet last year!
• Clear & Simple Stamps Blog

Have a great day!

{Thanks For Being Here}

Stamps: Trendy Tags 2, Sunburst (Clear & Simple Stamps)

Card Stock: A Blanc Check, Purplicious, VIP Purple (CSS)

Ink: Purplicious (CSS)

Dies: Tags 2 Combo (CSS) 

Accessories: Stamping Sponge

Read more...