Have a Glass of Lemonade!

Kim Allen provided this great make-and-take during our meeting of the Chocolate Chip Inkers. I LOVE it! My club members loved it, too, so we're going to make this card in July's stamping club sessions! I love the Tart & Tangy stamp set!

This card uses a piece of Vellum cardstock, colored with Rose Red ink, and adhered to the card to create the "cup." The lemons are So Saffron, the card base Regal Rose, and the ribbon Rose Red. Use Sticky Strip to adhere the lemons on the inside of the vellum, and chunky glitter on the cup's top edge for extra "umph!" Great card, Kim!

We'll also do a "Rock and Roll" technique with a very versatile set, Simply Said. Our 3-d project will be a teabag holder. I'll post those when I get the samples made.

We're off to Ohio this week, so I'll "see" you when we get back!

Swapping the Swap

I recently attended a Taste of Stamping, hosted by Kim Allen, leader of the Chocolate Chip Inkers. I planned to create a swap using one of my favorite stamp sets, Seaside. The event was Thursday, and Stampin' Up!'s Last Chance list came out Monday. Wouldn't you know it, Seaside was on the list! That meant I couldn't use it to make my swap. Bummer! I really wanted to use the Brocade Blue, Chocolate Chip, and Creamy Caramel cardstock I had. So, I made up something different! I want to show them both to you to demonstrate how you can take what you have and come up with something else that is equally exciting!

I used Simply Said, which is one of the most versatile sets I have, and thankfully, not on the Last Chance list! I have now made about 6 cards with the set, and they are all completely different!

I stamped the flowers and stems image on Brocade Blue with Black Classic ink, and colored in most of the flowers with a white gel pen. I stamped a couple of flowers in Creamy Caramel ink on Whisper White cardstock, and cut them out. I inserted Jumbo white brads through the centers, and adhered to the card using Stampin Dimensionals. Across the bottom of the card, I embossed using the eyelet setter in the Crop-a-dile. You get a more pronounced emboss than with the texture plates (which I also love). I used Chocolate Chip ribbon to separate the stamped images from the embossing at the bottom.

I did want to show off Seaside one more time, so I am showing my Stamping Club members my original swap card. I stamped shell images in Chocolate Chip on Creamy Caramel cardstock. I ripped Brocade Blue to create a "shore" effect. I adhered them with SNAIL, and layered with Chocolate Chip, as in the other card. I stamped the starfish onto Whisper White cardstock using Chocolate Chip Craft ink. I applied Irridescent Ice embossing powder and heated it. Then, I colored parts of the starfish with Brocade Blue and Chocolate Chip classic inks and a Blender pen. I adhered the starfish to the card using Stampin Dimensionals.

I got a new punch for this card - Photo Corners. I used Jumbo Brads - chocolate chip this time - with the photo corners.

I'm so happy to get to share this card with you and my Club members!

Happy Father's Day, "And Many Mower"

And Many Mower is such a fun stamp set! I used the mower image, stamped with Stayz On, colored with Stampin' Write Markers, and cut it out using paper snips. I didn't want the birthday greeting attached to that image in this case.

I used a brayer to apply Bashful Blue ink to Whisper White cardstock, then applied Baja Breeze at the top of the image for a sky effect. I cut little fringes in Garden Green cardstock, fluffed them up, and applied that to the bottom of the card. I cut the ones behind the mower shorter to make it look like they'd been mowed. I adhered the mower image to the card using Stampin' Dimensionals, and stamped "Happy Father's Day" in black ink on the sky.

It was really a simple and easy card to make! I liked the combination of Garden Green and Bashful Blue.

I hope all of your fathers have a wonderful Father's Day!

I've seen some really nice Father's Day cards created with the golfer stamp in this set as well. It works well with the Manchester Designer Series Paper. Have fun creating your Father's Day cards!

Last Chance List!

The new Stampin' Up! catalog will be out on July 1, which means that the current In-Colors, some stamp sets and accessories will not be available much longer! The Last Chance List is available at http://www.stampinup.com/ECWeb/ItemList.aspx?categoryID=322. Some items are discounted 25-50% off! Please let me know if you'd like to order any of your favorites before they are gone! You can also order online through my website, www.lisachristensen.stampinup.net. Click on Shop Now in the upper right corner. Your order will be shipped directly to you!

Some of my stamp sets will no longer be unavailable, and they are some of my favorites! I am looking forward to seeing all the new ones on July 1 that will become my new favorites! I have seen the new In-Colors, and I am really excited about them! I'm looking forward to sharing them with you!