A Quick and Easy Easter Card

Hello! Wow, time sure is flying! Easter is just around the corner already! Where does all that time go anyway? Well, today, I have a cute Easter Card to share with you using the adorable Sale-a-Bration set, Honeycomb Hello. I just love this little chick! I think it’s just adorable and such a diverse set! You can use it for a cute “just saying hello” card, a baby card or an Easter card, it’s fitting for birthday cards or any celebration for that matter! It’s one of those sets; you will reach for again and again. Unfortunately, after 3/31/16, it will be gone forever. To get one for yourself, all you need to do is place an order for $50 before shipping and tax and you can select this very set as your free Sale-a-Bration item.

Honeycomb Hello Stamp set

Teeny Tiny Wishes Stamp set

Blushing Bride CS 8½” x 5½”

Love Blossoms DSP 3¾” x 5”

Wisteria Wonder CS 4”x 5¼” and 3¼” x 4½””

Whisper White CS 3” x 4¼”

Large Oval Punch

Word Window Punch

Basic Black Archival Ink pad

Daffodil Delight Ink pad

Tangerine Tango Ink pad

Blender Pens

Begin by stamping your image onto the Whisper White cardstock with the Basic Black Archival ink and color it in using the blender pens and ink. Layer the Whisper White piece onto the smaller Wisteria Wonder, punch the oval from the larger piece of Wisteria Wonder, then adhere the DSP to that and layer that onto the card base. Then add the stamped image to the card base layers at an angle using Dimensionals.  Stamp Happy Easter from the Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set onto scrap Whisper White cs and punch it out using the Word Window punch and adhere it to the Lrg oval punched Wisteria Window and attach with Dimensionals; and there you have it! A quick and easy Easter card.
Happy Stamping,
Katrina

Honeycomb Happiness Wood-Mount Stamp Set
$0.00

Honeycomb Happiness Clear-Mount Stamp Set
$0.00

Teeny Tiny Wishes Wood-Mount Stamp Set
$37.00

Teeny Tiny Wishes Clear-Mount Stamp Set
$27.00

Blushing Bride 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
$7.00

Love Blossoms Designer Series Paper Stack
$8.00

Wisteria Wonder 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
$7.00

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
$8.50

Large Oval Punch
$16.00

Word Window Punch
$16.00

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad
$7.00

Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad
$6.50

Tangerine Tango Classic Stampin' Pad
$6.50

Blender Pens
$10.00

Stampin' Dimensionals
$4.00

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Easter Floral

Hello! Before we jump into today’s project, I would like to take a minute to congratulate my team member, Sherry S, on her promotion to Bronze Elite! She accomplished this in record time! 3 months to be exact! That’s truly amazing and I am very proud of her!

Today, I am sharing a card from my Easter card class that I held Saturday..we had so much fun! I really enjoyed myself with these ladies! Anyway, here is one of the 3 designs we made with the instructions.

 

Elegant Eggplant Cardstock cut 8 ½”x 5 ½” scored and folded at 4 ¼” for the card base.

Wisteria Wonder Cardstock 5 ¼” x 4”

2 Whisper White CS pieces cut 5” x 3 ¾”

Scrap Whisper White CS for stamping and punching flowers

Scrap Garden Green CS to punch leaves

Flower Shop Stamp Set

Suite Sayings Stamp set

Pansy Punch

Bird Builder Punch for leaves

Elegant Eggplant Ink

Wisteria Wonder Ink

Daffodil Delight Ink

Snail™ Adhesive

Stampin’ Dimensionals™

Begin by adhering the Wisteria Wonder cardstock to the Elegant Eggplant card base. Then stamp the Easter wishes from the Suite Sayings stamp set onto the lower right hand corner of the Whisper White layer using Elegant Eggplant ink and layer it with the others. Punch 2 leave sets from the Garden Green cardstock using the Bird Builder punch and set aside. Stamp 3 flowers, 1 in each color, Elegant Eggplant, Wisteria Wonder and Daffodil Delight. Punch them out using the Pansy Punch. Adhere the Wisteria Wonder flower first using Snail adhesive, then place the Daffodil Delight flower using a single Stampin’ Dimensional. Finally, place the Elegant Eggplant using 2 Stampin’ Dimensionals stacked on top of one another for greater lift. Maneuver leaves under flowers, you will most likely need to trim the stems in order to hide them and adhere them down with an adhesive of your choice. (Snail will work, however, I used liquid glue)

  If you like this one and would like the instructions for all 3 designs, I am offering them in PDF format for $12 and if you would like the pre-cut material for them as well, I can ship the instructions and materials to you for $25. Just contact me above with your contact information and we will get them right out to you.

I hope you enjoyed today's card and would appreciate it if you left me a comment on your thoughts. Thanks so much for stopping by, I truly appreciate it.

Happy Stamping,

Katrina

A Fast and Easy Thank You

Here is a card that I made that turned out to be a pleasant surprise for me. It happens to be a card that I did for the sketch challenge that is going on over on my Facebook page. (If you haven’t stopped by to check it out, you really should, we are having lots of fun over there) Anyway, after I had posted the sketch, and I sat down to look at it, I completely went blank! Literally, I had NO idea on what I was going to make to fit this sketch. So, I started by grabbing some scrap DSP I had lying on my desk and from that point forward my card was born. It falls into the category of quick and simple and who doesn’t love a card that’s quick and simple, right? So, here it is:

 

Supplies needed:

Birthday Bouquet DSP 4 5/8” x 2½” and 5½” x 1¼”

Whisper White Cardstock 8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼” and scrap large enough to punch a 2½” circle  
Mint Macaron Cardstock 5½” x 3/8”
Mint Macaron Ink pad
3 pink buttons from the Subtles Buttons collection
2 ½” Circle punch
Hostess Stamp set: A Whole Lot of Lovely
Snail adhesive
Stampin’ Dimensionals
Glue Dots

Rhinestones

 

Begin by adhering the DSP cut at 4 5/8” x 2” to the upper portion of the card base using Snail adhesive, then add the Mint Macaron strip followed by the remaining DSP (I used the same “piece” of DSP and just flipped it to use the other pattern) I then stamped the Thank You from the stamp set using Mint Macaron ink onto the scrap Whisper White cardstock and punched it out using the 2½” circle punch and popped it up on Dimensionals and added it to the card. I then secured the 3 pink buttons using Glue dots. And that completed this card. Fast, easy and really packs a punch!

 

What do you think? Please leave me a comment and let me know your thoughts. And thank you so much for stopping by to take a look around.

 

Happy Stamping,

Katrina

 

Birthday Bouquet Designer Series Paper
$11.00

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
$8.50

Mint Macaron 1" Dotted Lace Trim
$6.00

Mint Macaron Classic Stampin' Pad
$6.50

Subtles Designer Buttons
$8.00

2-1/2" Circle Punch
$18.00

A Whole Lot Of Lovely Clear-Mount Stamp Set
$9.00

Snail Permanent Adhesive
$7.00

Stampin' Dimensionals
$4.00

Glue Dots
$5.25

Rhinestone Basic Jewels
$5.00

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Shaving the Leprechaun?

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! I do hope the Luck of the Irish is with you today and always. I figure I’m Irish by proxy since I married an Irishman..hahaha, but today, we all get to be a little bit Irish. So in honor of the day, I created a couple of cute little St. Patty’s Day cards to share with you using the Shaving Cream technique to create my background paper.

 

The little Leprechaun was made using Whisper White and the 1¾’ circle punch for his face, the Decorative Label punch cut in half for his hat and the Word Window punch for the brim of his hat, punched from Cucumber Crush. For his beard, I used the 1¾” scalloped circle punch pushing the Pumpkin Pie paper only ¾ of the way through. I added a little Pink Pirouette ink to his cheeks and free handed his facial features using the Basic Black Stampin’ Write Marker™.

The Shamrock was made using the Sweetheart Punch and Cucumber Crush. I punched 3 hearts and for the stem, I used the Bird Builder punch. I then adhered all of the pieces to a 1” circle I punched from the Cucumber Crush cardstock. I then popped that up on Dimensionals™ onto a 2½” circle punch.

For the background paper on both cards, I used the Shaving Cream technique. I started with a plate full of shaving cream (I used Barbersol since that is what my husband shaves with) and I then added random drops of Cucumber Crush, Wild Wasabi and Pear Pizzazz re-inkers and “stirred” them around until I had the desired marbling effect. (Avoid over mixing/stirring as you will end up with a muddy mess if you do). Once I was happy with how the shaving cream looked, I took my cardstock that was pre-cut to 5¼” x 4”  and placed it face down into the shaving cream. Then I just wiped away the excess cream and hit it with my heat tool to quickly dry the paper. I then added my embellishments and my sentiment, which comes from the ever popular Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set, and Viola!  

Go ahead and try the Shaving Cream technique, experiment with other colors. The sky is the limit on this one. Try blues for a water or sky effect. Use a mix of reds and greens for a Christmas look or pinks and yellows and soft blues for an Easter/Spring look.  Like I said, you can go in many directions with this one technique. So pull out those re-inkers and raid your husbands side of the vanity. You will be pleasantly surprised with your results!

Please leave me a comment below and let me know your thoughts on this one.

Happy Stamping,

Katrina

Cucumber Crush Classic Stampin' Ink Refill
$3.25

Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Ink Refill
$3.25

Wild Wasabi Classic Stampin' Ink Refill
$3.25

Basic Black Stampin' Write Marker
$3.50

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
$8.50

Cucumber Crush 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
$7.00

Pumpkin Pie 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
$7.00

Metal Rimmed Pearls
$5.00

1-3/4" Circle Punch
$18.00

1-3/4" Scallop Circle Punch
$18.00

Large Oval Punch
$16.00

2-1/2" Circle Punch
$18.00

Sweetheart Punch
$16.00

Teeny Tiny Wishes Wood-Mount Stamp Set
$37.00

Stampin' Dimensionals
$4.00

Snail Permanent Adhesive
$7.00

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It's a Collage of Color

Hello, today, I have a card for you that I made for the weekly sketch challenge going on over on my Facebook page and wanted to share. Once again, I ventured outside my usual Subtle colors that I naturally gravitate to, and came up with this. So, what do you think?

 

Supplies Used:

Basic Black 8 ½” x 5 ½” scored at 4 ¼” and folded for the card base.

Botanicals Garden DSP panel cut 2 ¾”x 5”

Basic Black layer cut 3 ¼”x 4 ¾”

Botanical Gardens DSP cut 3”x 4 ½” (I just turned over the DSP and used the backside of the same 12”x12” I had already cut for the 1^st layer)

Basic Black layer cut 2 ¾”x 3 ¾”

Whisper White layer cut 2 ½”x 3 ½”

Basic Black cut 3 ¼”x 1 ¼”

Whisper White layer cut 3”x 1”

Scrap Whisper White to stamp and punch flowers from

Beautiful Bunch Stamp set

Butterfly Basics Stamp set

Petite Petals punch

Candy Dots (Neutral Collection)

Cajun Craze Ink

Mossy Meadow

Hello Honey

Snail Adhesive

Glue Dots

Stampin’ Dimensionals

 

I began by adhering the yellow pattern of the Botanicals Garden DSP to the right of the card base using Snail adhesive. I then took the second piece of the DSP and adhered that to the Basic Black layer and adhered that to the center of the card, then, I inked up the Honeycomb image from the Butterfly Basics stamp set, using Hello Honey ink, and I stamped off then stamped it onto my Whisper White panel. I did that a total of 3 times to fill the panel. I then used the fern image, also from the Butterfly Basics stamp set with Mossy Meadow ink. I stamped down with full ink then without lifting the bottom of the stem, I slightly pivoted the stamp getting a lighter and lighter effect. Then, using the Cajun Craze ink and the small flower from the Beautiful Bunch stamp set, I stamped a total of 3 images on to scrap Whisper White and punched them out using the Petite Petals punch and added them to the panel using glue dots and adhered the panel to the Basic Black layer and adhered that to the right side of the card again using Snail. I then stamped the Happy Birthday sentiment from the Butterfly Basics stamp set with the Cajun Craze ink and adhered it to the Basic Black layer and adhered that to the bottom of the card using Stampin’ Dimensionals and added three Basic Black candy dots.

 

I hope you enjoyed this card, please leave me a comment and let me know your thoughts. Have a wonderful day and see you Thursday!

Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
$7.00

Botanical Gardens Designer Series Paper
$11.00

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
$8.50

Beautiful Bunch Clear-Mount Stamp Set
$20.00

Petite Petals Punch
$13.00

Neutrals Candy Dots
$3.75

Cajun Craze Classic Stampin' Pad
$6.50

Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad
$6.50

Hello Honey Classic Stampin' Pad
$6.50

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 I promise not to inundate your mailbox with crazy spam mail. I only send out a monthly newsletter and on occasion a notice on a special up coming events. I’m like you, I hate a bunch of useless information in my in-box therefore, I only send you condensed information once a month. So, please go ahead and join my mailing list to keep up with what’s going on in the world of SnS From the Heart. You will be the first to know about future classes.  I plan to continue to offer mail order classes with complete instructions as well. I will share free tutorials using different techniques and other fun stuff. And to sweeten the pot as they say, everyone that is on my mailing list as of April 1^st will ALL be placed in a drawing to win a free stamp set!

The Best Advise I ever Got about Stamping

Can you smell it? Spring is in the air! I do love this time of year! Yesterday we hit 70 degrees here in Central  NY! I was actually able to open my windows and doors for a bit to let the outdoors indoors. I love how the house smells after a warm Spring breeze comes through. Now I am anxious for gardening season to begin!

Ok, today, I wanted to talk to you about the BEST advise I have ever gotten about stamping. I was told, ‘there are no mistakes in stamping!” At first, when my friend told me this, my face must have spoke volumes because she immediately recognized what I was thinking, because my first thoughts were, “oh yeah, you should see all my “mistakes”. And she said, “think about this, first of all, a little blemish can easily be concealed with an embellishment, and we should always add flair to our work anyway and second, even if you can’t conceal it with an embellishment, there is ALWAYS two sides to your paper!” After I had thought about this for a fashion, I realized she was 100% right on the money!

So many times, a little smudge here or there, just provides an opportunity to add a little extra sumthin’ Sumthin’ to the overall design of the project. So really, our mistakes aren’t mistakes at all, but opportunities.

So, the next time you make a “mistake”, don’t think of it as such, retrain your thinking and look at it as an opportunity and ask yourself, how can I further embellish my project and make it that much more spectacular? I will bet more times than not, you will come up with something that is even better than you had originally planned it to be. So, my advise to you…”there are NO mistakes in stamping!” Embellish away!

 

Happy Stamping,

Katrina