Stamp Club

We had our Stamp Club last night and had quite a bit of fun making 3 sort of Valentines type cards. This is one of them, from the new Sweetheart Stamp set.




I love the treat cups, they are fun to give since almost everyone loves candy, and they can change the look of a card by the color of candy you put in them. What is also nice about the cups is that you don't have to put candy in them. I made a few Christmas cards that has confetti inside the cup instead.


Stamps: Sweetheart
Ink: Bermuda Bay, Rich Razzleberry, Melon Mambo, Crushed Curry and Soft Suede Markers
Paper: Bermuda Bay, Melon Mambo Rich Razzleberry and Whisper White Cardstock, Crushed Curry Textured Cardstock
Misc: Scallop Trim Border Punch, Heart Treat Cups, Full Heart Punch, Round Tab Punch, 3/4" Circle Punch, Pinking Hearts Border Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals, Smarties (the Canadian kind)

The candy I used is called Smarties and the pink, purple and yellow are almost an exact match for the Melon Mambo, Rich Razzleberry and Crushed Curry In Colors. Smarties (made by Nestle) are very similar to M&M's, they are not available in the US, here is a Wikipedia article about them if you are interested: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smarties

Until next time, Happy Scrappin'

you're invited...

Today I finished up all of the birthday invited for Sevastian's 4th Birthday. He is really into Transformers right now, so that is the theme we are going with. I really do feel like I cheated with these invites since the main part of it is a photo, but I did do some 'creating' which makes me feel a little bit better. I printed the info on the backside of the photo paper and I photoshopped the transformer font (I found it online) so that it actually looked like the metal font on the movie stuff. That took a while.... a long while. I also made a cute envelope/holder for the invite. I looked for transformer paper and couldn't find any, so I found some that matched color wise and looked like it belonged. There isn't much Stampin' Up! on here, but there is some

Stamps: none
Ink: none
Paper: Real Red & Brilliant Blue SU cardstock, silver metal, yellow & patterned paper not sure (from my stash)
Misc: Brilliant Blue Brads, Round Tab Punch, Clear Embossing Powder, Real Red 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon

I had to emboss the back of the photo since the ink would not dry on the backside of the photo paper. Just a little tip for those that might do the same.... it is really hard to get the embossing powder to melt without 'burning' the back of the photo paper or cracking the picture on the front.

Until next time, Happy Scrappin'