Monogrammed Guidelines Card...

This morning I made a whole sheet of patterned paper using Papertrey's Guidelines stamp set. I used olive green and light green on the top part (seen in this card), hot pink and olive green on the middle, and olive and light brown on the bottom. I plan on making cards to show you later this week with the rest of the paper. It does take a small chunk of time to do this, but I will be reaping my rewards for the rest of the week.

I also pulled out my JustRite Monogram Stamper today. The letters and border are stamped in olive green. I didn't have any matching ribbon, so I used paper instead, even for the little loops. I just slid the paper trough my thumb and index finger a bunch of times to get it to curl. If you don't do this, your paper will crack.

Hope you enjoyed today's card. I'll be back tomorrow with a holiday project!

{Monogrammed Guidelines Card}

Stamps: Guidelines (Papertrey Ink), Special Occasions Monogram Stamper (JustRite)
Card Stock: Ripe Avocado (Papertrey Ink), Certainly Celery (SU), Cream
Ink: Old Olive, Certainly Celery (SU)
Accessories: Circle Punch (Paper Shapers), Grid Paper, Foam Dimensionals

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Quick Monogram Card

Hey guys!  Super quick post again today since I'm running a little behind this morning.  Need to pick the kids up and take Halle to the dentist- again!  Please let me if you have any questions, but the card is pretty straight forward.  The size of the card is a 4" square.

Have a good day!

{Monogram G with Pearls}

Stamps: Special Occasions Font & Damask Borders (Justrite Stampers)
Card Stock: Dark Chocolate, Raspberry Fizz (Papertrey Ink)
Patterned Paper: Amy Butler Designer Pack (K & Co.)
Ink: Chocolate Chip (SU)
Accessories: Pearls, Coluzzle, Corner Rounder Punch (EK Success), Edge Distresser (Heidi Swapp), Satin Ribbon (Offray), Foam Dimensionals

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Quick Color Challenge

Just a quick post today for Kristina Werner's color challenge for this week.  I have a little sewing project up my sleeve, so if everything works out, I'll be posting a picture over the weekend.  

Enjoy your weekend!

{Dana's Monogram Card}

Stamps: Cute & Curly (SU), JustRite Monogram Stamper w/ Special Occasions Font 
Card Stock: Dark Chocolate, Lemon Tart (Papertrey Ink), Tangerine Tango (SU)
Ink: Whisper White (SU)
Accessories: Pearls, Curly Label Punch (SU), Foam Dimensionals, Swiss Dots Embossing Folder (Cuttlebug)

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JustRite for me!

Hey guys! Today is the last day for submissions for the JustRite Stampin' Champion contest. Needless to say, I've been busy. I made quite a few things that I will be sharing with you over the coming days. This particular card was inspired by this card by Dawn McVey. I love all of Dawn's bows. I used the JustRite Stamper, but just the center letters. I sketched the shape around the letters and cut them out. Thanks for looking! See you tomorrow!

Stamps: JustRite Monogram Stamper
Card Stock: Close to Cocoa (SU)
Patterned Paper: Basic Grey (Sultry series)
Ink: Pixie Pink (SU)
Accessories: Edge Distresser (Heidi Swapp), Taupe Ribbon (Michaels), Corner Rounder Punch

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Life is Good!

Here's a quick card I made this morning using my JustRite Monogram Stamper. I find it very hard to make masculine cards. This one is definitely no-frills. I bought the golf ball stamp at Michael's a year or so ago for $1. I love those $1 stamps. Thanks for taking the time to visit today. I'll be posting some pictures from our busy weekend shortly.

Stamps: Golf Ball (Studio G, Michael's $1), Peaceful Wishes (SU), JustRite Monogram Stamper w/ small letters
Card Stock: More Mustard (SU)
Patterned Paper: Stripes & Red (Basic Grey, Cupcake series)
Ink: Brilliant Blue (SU), Versamark
Accessories: Dimensionals, Scissors, Watercolor Pencils, Aquapainter

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Halle's JustRite Color Book

During the first 9 days of Kindergarten, Halle brought home a book she had made each day with a new color they had learned to spell. I have no idea what to do with all the papers she and Colin bring home each day. Some of the pictures I want to keep forever and others are just worksheets. What to do! Anyway, I decided to combine all these books and make a cover. That way they are all in one place and Colin can use it to start learning and spelling his colors.

Here are all the books Halle made:

Here is the finished book with my cover:

Here's a close-up of the JustRite Monogram Stamp I used:

This book turned out to be almost an inch thick:
Here's the inside cover. The back is finished as well.

Here's one of Halle's pages inside:

I used a manila file folder as the base of the front and back covers. I un-stapled all of Halle's books and hole punched them. The book is held together with two blue grosgrain ribbons. Have a great day!

Stamps: Acrylic Basic Alphabet (Fiskars), JustRite Monogram Stamper w/ small letters
Card Stock: Blue for inside lining
Patterned Paper: all other paper from Basic Grey Cupcake collection
Ink: Real Red, Brilliant Blue, Green Galore, Only Orange (SU)
Accessories: Red grosgrain ribbon (offray), blue grosgrain ribbon (offray), Coluzzle, hole punch, 1 3/4" circle punch, adhesive

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Monogrammed Unity Candle

I think you all can tell that I'm having a blast with the JustRite Stampin Champion Contest. The gift card holder I made yesterday (see post below) was chosen as a hopeful!! Okay, so I've been trying to "think outside the box" for some of my submissions. I kept asking myself what I could make that someone would want to have personalized and keep forever. Once the idea of a Unity Candle popped into my head, I couldn't stop thinking about it until I made it. I love how it turned out!

The silver candle holder is from my wedding in 2002 and of course I made the monogram of Scott & Dana. I was a little reminiscent while making this. Peach was not my first choice of colors (not my wedding colors by the way), but the selection was very limited at Wal-Mart. Peach was the only color they had in both a pillar and tapers. I spent a whopping $1.20 total on all three candles!!! I picked out the ribbon to coordinate and tame down the peach color. This is the very first time I have used the JustRite Monogram Stamper without the circular border since I wanted an oval shape. The monogram in heat embossed and then stamped over with the branch from Peaceful Wishes (SU) stamp set. I cut out the ovals using a Coluzzle. Here's a close-up side view.

The ribbons are a sage color 1 1/2" wide satin and the cream is 5/8" wide satin in the center and sheer at the edges. You can see in the picture below that wrapped the sage ribbon around the candle and then tied the cream in a bow. This is the picture of the backside (below). I think this would look just as good with both ribbons wrapped around and no bows. What do you think? Stamps: JustRite Monogram Stamper, Peaceful Wishes (SU)
Card Stock: Mellow Moss, Naturals Ivory (SU)
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Mellow Moss (SU)
Accessories: Ribbons (Offray-details above), candles, clear embossing powder, heat gun, Coluzzle, Unity Candle Holder (Lenox)

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JustRite Gift Card Holder for SC190

Hi everyone! I made this card/gift card holder for today's Sketch Challenge at Splitcoast. I've shown this type of gift card holder on my blog before, but I wanted to show you just how easy it is. I'm a visual learner, so it really helps me to see the steps. The finished size of your card will be 4"x 4".


Start with a piece of 4" x 11" cardstock. Score at 4", 5.5", and 7".




Fold on the score lines so your card looks like this:




















You will need to glue along the edge shown.
















Then your card will look like this:




















Line up your gift card and make a pencil mark just a bit larger than your gift card.













I used my Coluzzle to cut my opening, but you could use a punch as well.




















Here's what it looks like when you remove the Coluzzle. You just need to snip the part that is left in the middle.




















Now it looks like this:

Slide your gift card in the slot you just made.

Then decorate the front of your card! Your card will most likely not stay closed on its own. I used some velcro as a closure.

Stamps: JustRite Monogram Stamper, Acrylic Flower (Studio G- Michaels $1)
Card Stock: More Mustard, Buckaroo Blue (SU)
Patterned Paper: All other paper from Basic Grey 6x6 paper pack (Cupcake Series)
Ink: Real Red (SU), Black from JustRite Monogram Stamper
Accessories: Buttons, 1 3/4" circle punch (Whale of a Punch), Coluzzle, Rafia (used like thread for buttons)

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Acetate Box with a JustRite Tag

Remember the JustRite Monogram Stamper contest I mentioned earlier this week? Well, I was chosen as one of the Stampin Champion Hopefuls!!!! You can check out the contest rules and see some of the other Hopefuls projects as well by clicking here. By the way, this was the card of mine they picked. Here is another project using the JustRite Monogram Stamper. ETA: This project was nominated as well! Yay!

This is an acetate box that I made for yesterday Technique Lover's Challenge at Splitcoast. You can find the template here. I was so surprised how it all came together so quickly and so professional looking. I decided to fill my box with candy and add a tag that says "You Are Sweet". I had the idea of adding glitter to the JustRite dotted border to give the look of sugar. I used Tombow Mono Aqua Liquid Glue to "dot" each of the larger dots. I poured some fine iridescent glitter over the glue. Do you think I used enough? LOL! I shook off the excess and poured the leftover glitter back in my container. This is what it looked like after. I used my Whale of a Punch 1 3/4" circle punch to cut out the stamped image. I layered the pink circle on a brown circle cut out by my Coluzzle. I punched a 1/4 inch hole at the top to turn the circle into a tag. Simply tie the bow and VOILA! A gift for the sweetie in your life.
Stamps: JustRite Monogram Stamper
Card Stock: Chocolate Chip, Pixie Pink (SU)
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Pink Passion (SU)
Accessories: Iridescent Glitter, Glue (Tombow Mono Aqua), Light Pink Grosgrain Ribbon (Offray), Coluzzle, 1 3/4" circle punch (Whale of a Punch), 1/4" punch, acetate, assorted candy

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Personalized Holiday Card

Here's yet another card using the JustRite Monogram Stamper. The more I use it the easier it gets to insert all those tiny letters into the stamp. One tip: Do not insert letters over carpet. If you drop one, it's probably gone for good. I dropped a few on our hardwood and didn't find them until I swept the floor and looked through all the dust. Thank heavens it comes with so many of each letter. Anyway, here is a holiday card I made using stamps from The Snowflake Spot (SU). It was really hard to get the snowflake centered. You are looking at my 7th attempt! I'm sure it wouldn't be a problem if you would use a Stamp-a-ma-jig {mental note- buy a stamp-a-ma-jig!}. Here is a close-up:

Well, it's official. Both my kids are back in school. Colin started preschool this morning. He was so excited. I should now be able to post more regularly. Take care!

Stamps: The Snowflake Spot (SU), JustRite Monogram Stamper
Card Stock: Going Gray, Real Red (SU)
Ink: Real Red (SU)
Accessories: White Sheer Ribbon (Offray), 1 3/4" Circle Punch, Coluzzle, Dimensionals (SU)

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Baby Announcement Sample

JustRite Monogram Stampers have announced a contest on their blog. Check it out here. I made this card for the contest for today. There is a winner everyday. I've also been wanting to play around with some baby announcements since I have a few pregnant friends. It's nice to have a few samples to choose from. If you are wondering about the baby name on my card, I just made it up. For the pink strip under the ribbon, I used this faux ric rac technique found here. The baby is colored using watercolor pencils.

My hubby is at the Bengal's game for the evening so I'm going to watch some HGTV and pop out a few more cards. See you all tomorrow.

Stamps: All in the Family, Paisley BG (SU), JustRite Monogram Stamper
Card Stock: Close to Cocoa, Pixie Pink, Naturals Ivory (SU)
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Pixie Pink (SU)
Accessories: Circle Punches, Pink Ribbon (Offray), 1/8" hole punch, Dimensionals (SU), Corner Rounder Punch

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More Notes From Dana

Here are the other stationery cards I made yesterday. This time I used ribbon and a daisy flower from Making Memories. These flowers were originally white/cream. I stamped them with Pixie Pink and then dipped them in water. The color faded just a bit to match my card perfectly. The green circle says "a note from dana" around the border.

Stamps: JustRite Monogram Stamper
Card Stock: Cream
Patterned Paper: Floral and green from Basic Grey 6x6 paper pack (Sultry)
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Pixie Pink (SU)
Accessories: Silver Brad, Daisy Spotlight Flower (Making Memories), 1 3/4" circle punch, brown satin ribbon (Offray)

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SWAK and some random info!

First, I finally found the perfect punch to go with my new JustRite Monogram Stamper. I don't like a lot of border like some other punches and my Coluzzle leave. You can see the empty border I don't like on this card. It absolutely drives me crazy when the punch companies don't write the diameter on their circle punches. How else would you know if it was the right size?? This punch is made by Whale of a Punch. This punch is 1 3/4 inches (although this size is not marked on the box). I took it out of the packaging at the store and cut out an image to make sure it was "JustRite" ha ha! Look at the tight fit!Here's a technique I tried this morning that seamed to work very well. I make scallops all the time in a straight line with my corner rounder punch, but today I made scallops around a circle. If you've never tried to make scallops with your corner rounder punch, it is really easy. Here's a great tutorial by Beate Johns. You do exacly the same technique with a circle. I love tools that do double duty! I also just learned how to make ric rac with the same corner rounder punch. I will show you that tomorrow.

I used the scalloped circle in the card below. I also used my new circle punch and two circles made with a Coluzzle to make all those layers. I recently bought a Heidi Swapp Edge Distresser for $1.99 (what a deal!) and have been using it a ton. I think I'm becoming addicted to distressing.
Here's a detail shot of all the layers. I used dimensionals under both blue layers.
And here's what my "workspace" looked like when I was finished with this card. I can't wait until my "workspace" is not the kitchen table where I have to clean up frequently. Do we really need a place to eat? Really?!
{SWAK} Card

Stamps: JustRite Monogram Stamper
Card Stock: Old Olive (SU)
Patterned Paper: All other paper from BasicGrey Paper Stack (Cupcake Series)
Ink: Real Red (SU)
Accessories: White Brads (Making Memories), Dimensionals (SU), Coluzzle, 1 3/4" circle punch (Whale of a Punch), Edge Distresser (Heidi Swapp), Corner Rounder Punch, Paper Piercer, White Pen (Gelly Roll), SU Mat Pack

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