Society of Stampaholics

Shaker Card Class

Shake It Up features the latest clear stamp sets with matching dies from PoppyStamps and some of the latest Memory Box dies and patterned papers! You'll make three (3) A2-sized (4.25" x 5.5") cards and learn how to make shaker cards.

NOTE: This is NOT a coloring class, so you will need to bring your own pens, markers, Copics, colored pencils, etc. to color the images.

S T O R E:  Neu Scrapbooking Store  (317.781.7970)

L O C A T I O N: 5135 South Emerson,  Suite F, Indianapolis, IN 46237

W H E N:  Sunday, July 12, 2015

 

T I M E:  1:00 - 4:00 p.m.

 

C O S T:  $20.00

W H A T   Y O U' L L   M A K E:  3 A2-sized shaker cards (envelopes included)

S K I L L S   I N V O L V E D:  Easy to Intermediate

W H A T   T O   B R I N G:

• Tape runner and/or ScorTape
• Foam dimensional tape/dots
• Mutli-Medium Matte or Glossy Accents
• Corner rounder
• Detail scissors
• Scoring board
• bone folder
• Trimmer
• Black fine-point pen/marker
• Pencil
• Eraser
• Ruler
• Colored pencils / Copics / color medium of your choosing

Thanks for stopping and have a blessed day!

Deborah

MB: A Row of Poppies Say Thank You

It's my day to post on the Memory Box Design Team blog, Outside the Box!

Today's card features the new Row of Poppies die and a sentiment from my favorite new PoppyStamps clear stamp set Hope and Thanks. I love these bright colors and the contrast!

S U P P L I E S

Stamp: Hope and Thanks (PoppyStamps); Inks: Summer Sunrise, Melon Berry, Orange Zest (PTI); Dies: Row of Poppies, Cascadia Butterfly Trio (Memory Box); Accents: gems

I N S T R U C T I O N S

1. Make 3.5" x 5" card base.
2. Cut panel of card stock and adhere to card.
3. Die cut Row of Poppies from white card stock and adhere.
4. Die cut two small butterflies and apply ink with foam tool (lightest color in the center, getting gradually darker as you reach the edges).
5. Adhere butterflies with glue dots and adhere small gems. 
6. Layer inks on sentiment stamp and impress on white card stock. (Or see TIP below.)
7. Trim sentiment (centered) to .5" x 4.5" and cut ends to banner points.
8. Score approximately .75" and 1" from each end, bend on score lines and add piece of foam dimensional tape to center of banner; adhere to card.

T I P

I recently purchased a MISTI, and one of the things I love the most is that now I can confidently re-stamp a sentiment without messing it up. (Can I get an amen?!) To get a graded effect, stamp your sentiment three times. First cover the entire stamp with the lightest ink. Then ink the bottom 2/3 of your stamp with the medium ink color and re-stamp the sentiment. Finally, ink the bottom 1/3 of the stamp with the darkest ink and re-stamp the sentiment.

Thanks for stopping and have a blessed day! 

Deborah

Memory Box Card: You Are Doing Great

Hello, hello, hello!

It's my day to post on the Memory Box Design Team blog, Outside the Box and that means I've got some more of the latest release coming your way!

Today's card features two new dies, (Sunrise Poppy and Postage Assemblage) a sentiment from that fantastic new PoppyStamps clear stamp set Hope and Thanks, and some more of the retired Sprout 6x6 patterned paper that I've been hoarding.

S U P P L I E S

Paper: retired Spruce 6x6 patterned paper (Memory Box); Stamp: Hope and Thanks (PoppyStamps); Inks: VersaFine Onyx Black (Imagine Crafts); Dies: Sunrise Poppy, Postage Assemblage (Memory Box); Accents: enamel dots (MME), ribbon (Offrey); Other: foam dimensional tape

I N S T R U C T I O N S

1. Make 4" x 5.5" cardbase.
2. Cut panel of PP and mat of cardstock; adhere panel to mat.
3. Wrap matted panel with ribbon and adhere on back, then adhere to card front.
4. Die cut one postage stamp, stamp sentiment, and set aside.
5. Die cut top poppy twice (one each from PP and cardstock). 
6. Adhere cardstock outline of poppy to postage stamp; follow with PP interior die cuts of PP.
7. Stamp sentiment.
8. Adhere enamel dots.
9. Mount postage stamp die cut using foam dimensional tape.

T I P

I only used the top flower from the Sunrise Poppy die, so I aligned my die so only that top flower was actually on my paper. This way you don't waste paper. Of course, you could die cut the entire shape and save the bottom blossom for another project. (I didn't do this because I find it's really hard for me to keep extra bits tidy and organized. I can never find what I'm looking for, or it's the wrong color, etc. So it's just easier for me to die cut only that portion of the shape I'm going to be using immediately.)

 

Easy-peasy, no?

 

Thanks for stopping and have a blessed day!

Deborah

Memory Box Card: Hoping This Note

Hello, Stampers!

It's my day to post on the Memory Box Design Team blog, Outside the Box!

Today's card features one of the dies and two stamps from the latest release along with some retired Memory Box 6x6 patterned paper that I've been hoarding.

One thing I really love about the sentiment set I used here (Hope and Thanks - CL405 by PoppyStamps) is how incredibly versatile it is. You get two starter phrases (Hoping and Thank You) in both a script and a block font PLUS 14 "finisher" phrases in various fonts and sizes.

So if I wanted to, I could have replaced my finisher statement below with to see you soon, you feel better soon, you have a terrific birthday, you have a wonderful anniversary, you are doing great, or you have a fabulous vacation.

As an additional bonus, some of the finishers can be used solo (example: You are doing great). You can also use the finishers inside the card. So there's a ton of options, giving you a tremendous bang for your buck!

S U P P L I E S

Die: Postage Assemblage (Memory Box); Stamps: Petey Bird (Memory Box), Hope and Thanks (PoppyStamps); Paper: PTI; 6x6 Patterned Papers: Sprout (Memory Box, retired); Inks: VersaFIne Sepia, Onyx (Imagine Crafts), Distressed Brushed Corduroy (Ranger); Colored Pencils: Spectrum Noir; Accents: pearls (Mark Richards), ribbon (May Arts)

I N S T R U C T I O N S

1. Make 4.25" x 5.5" card base.
2. Cut and adhere 4.25" x 5.5" panel of Sprout patterned paper to card front.
3. Die cut Postage Assemblage shape from white cardstock and adhere.
4. Stamp sentiments.
5. Stamp Petey Bird on Sprout patterned paper and color with pencils.
6. Adhere stamped panel with adhesive dimensional tape.
7. Tie ribbon around card front and adhere pearls. 

T I P S

I always mean to stamp more on patterned paper. This particular bird stamp is perfect for the distressed look of this paper. After coloring in the bird, I edged the borders with distress inks and you'd almost think this block was printed just as it is.  

Thanks for stopping and have a blessed day!

Deborah

Memory Box Card: Springtime Bunnies

Hello, Stampers!

It's my day to post on the Memory Box Design Team blog, Outside the Box!

Today's card features a new die, Springtime Bunnies

S U P P L I E S

Poppy Stamps die (Fresh Cut Grass); Memory Box dies (Puffy Clouds, Grand Oak Tree, Butterfly Delights, Springtime Bunnies) and patterned paper (Squash Morocco); Distress Ink: Tumbled Glass (Ranger); Copic Markers; Other: foam dimensional squares

I N S T R U C T I O N S

 

1. Make a 4.25" x 5.5" kraft card base.
2. Adhere brown mat to card.
3. Die cut tree and two grass borders from green cardstock; clouds from white cardstock, bunnies from ivory cardstock, and butterflies from patterned paper.
4. Edge bottom of clouds with blue ink and adhere to blue panel.
5. Adhere bottom layer of grass.
6. Color tree trunk and branches with brown marker and highlight leaves and grass with green marker; adhere to card.
7. Draw eyes on bunnies and adhere with thin foam dimensional squares.
8. Trim panel .25" on either side.
9. Adhere top border of grass with foam dimensional squares and clip off overhang with scissors.
10. Adhere butterflies. 
11. Adhere blue panel to brown mat.

Thanks for stopping and have a blessed day!

Deborah

Memory Box & Poppystamps Blog Hop

Welcome to Day Two of the Memory Box and Poppystamps blog hop!

YOUR LAST HOP STOP: Kay Miller's My Joyful Moments

Soooo... not only is there eye candy galore, but there are also prizes to be won!

You have until December 10 to leave a comment here. Winners will be selected at random from comments left at the Design Team posts and will be announced December 15 on both the Memory Box and Poppystamps blogs. Get the deets.

By the way, in case you didn't know it, Dave Brethauer (the owner of, and designer extraordinaire for, MB and PS has opened an online shop: Birch Press Design. You should definitely check it out - some killer merchandise up in there!

One of the apron designs at Pirch Press Design.

Today's winner will receive the Birch Press Design Apron Winner of her choice – Memory Box and Poppystamps will each pick one winner.

For a second chance to win, like Birch Press Design on Facebook and share the post about the hop. One person who does both will win a prize!

So before we go on, I got some 'splainin' to do.

I teach at IUPUI and the University of Indianapolis, and we're in the final week of classes, so I'm losing my mind (as I do every semester around this time). Being sleep-deprived, I totally forgot our hop theme is tags and treat-wraps... and I made a card instead. (Oh, the humanity!) However, I made a Christmas treat box/place card a few months ago, so I'm going to repost that here and hope you (1) missed it back in July; or (2) saw it but had totally forgotten about it. 

Okay! Here's my card:

S U P P L I E S

Poppystamps dies: Small Curious Cat, Village Lantern, Christmas Baubles; Memory Box dies: Woodland Tree Silhouette, Cottage In The Woods, Alphabet Soup ; Paper: white cardstock (Memory Box), glitter paper (American Crafts), vellum; Accents: pearl (Mark Richards); other: Frosted Lace Stickles (Ranger)

And here's my treat box:

S U P P L I E S

Memory Box Dies (Advent Calendar, Buttermilk Carton, Frosted Pine Tree, Frosted Spruce Tree, Small Flock of Doves) and Stamp (Snow Flurry); Cardstock: Desert Storm (Neenah); Ink: Frost White Pigment (ColorBox); Accents: gems (My Mind's Eye); Ribbons: Martha Stewart, generic lace; Other: foam dimensional squares, mini-glue dots, ScoreTape

Your next stop is Marybeth Lopez's Marybeth's Time for Paper.

Thanks for stopping and have a blessed day!

Deborah

Today's Hop Order (in case you get lost):

Memory Box 

Poppy Stamps  

Kay Miller 

Deborah Nolan

Marybeth Lopez  

Jeanne Jachna

Pam Sparks

Lezlye Lauterbach  

Patty Tanuz 

Zuzana Obert

Jean Okimoto

 

 

 

 

Memory Box Card: Sparkly Christmas Tree

Hello, Stampers!

It's my day to post on the Memory Box Design Team blog, Outside the Box!

Today's card features something old and something new, something borrowed and something blue.

Okay, nothing was borrowed, but that's only because I think i already have everything. :~D 

S U P P L I E S

Memory Box dies (Frosted Christmas Tree, Star of Wonder, Tinsel Ropes); Poppy dies (Christmas Baubles); Glitter paper; Accents: pearls (Mark Richards)

T I P S

The Tinsel Rope die is a great tree trim (especially if you remove half of each star burst!)

 

Thanks for stopping and have a blessed day!

Deborah