Making a striped backgound

A few years ago I created a card very similar to the one above. Yesterday I decided I wanted to re create it. There was just one problem, I had run out of the broad  pink striped paper I used on the original card and I didn't have anything else that was  suitable.

 That's when I decided to get adventurous and make my own.  I had several options, one being to trying to create stripes on  my pc and print them off.  Then I realized I would probably use up an entire ink cartridge just trying to get a pink that matched the card stock I was using.  

So I dismissed that idea rather quickly. 

Second option was to mask up the paper and sponge the stripes on. That option didn't appeal either, way to  time consuming and  hit and miss for me.  

My third option was to cut the stripes and stick the on. I have tried this once before and the results were not perfect. I found it difficult to get the stripes straight and parallel without using lots of pencil marks and measuring.  I am a lazy crafter and I hate measuring, marking and erasing pencil marks afterwards. That's when I had my lightbulb moment. 

 I could  do all the measuring  and marking on my scoreboard and no rubbing out afterwards.

Here is how I achieved my straight and parallel stripes in just a few minutes.

I score  my white base every half  inch. 

 (Yes, in my hurry, I went wonky  but that doesn't matter, I'll just stick the the first stripe over that and nobody will ever know. ha ha)

Using the score lines on the white base card, I stuck down the stripes using my score lines  as the guide to ensure my stripes are straight. Once all the stripes were stuck down I trimmed off all the overhanging pieces and mounted the  piece onto another base layer of pink to form a frame around my striped card stock.
My paper trimmer is a  guillotine, so if I want to cut thin strips, I usually  measure  and mark  the top and bottom of each one with a pencil before cutting as there are no measurements on my trimmer for cutting anything smaller than  3/4 of an inch wide.  Then I rub out markings after. 

This time I  used my scoreboard to measure and mark.



 All of this took  just a few minutes to make.
 My stripes are straight and parallel and no  pencil marks to rub out.

Stippled Blossoms.

It's those Stippled Blossoms again.  This is my all time   favourite stamp set.
It's  atwo step stamping set. It retired some years ago,but  I still use it quite a lot.

This time I've stamped in Bashful Blue and Night of Navy, Pretty in Pink and Rose Red and for the leaves Lucky Limeade and Always Artichoke.







A few splatters were added in Crumb Cake ink using the splatter stamp from the  French Foliage set. (also retired)

I added A few tiny diamante for some sparkle.

Eclipse card.

Stippled Blossoms stamp set used to create the decorative paper before die cutting out the letters for this eclipse card.

I wasn't sure about the colours on the first card I made, so I did it again in pink and Purple.

Stippled Blossoms in black and white.

Today I have a quick and simple two step stamping card.
I used my  all time favourite Stampin' Up  set called Stippled Blossoms to create this card.

I inked the up  solid image  with white craft ink  and stamped  the solid images onto yellow card and allowed the ink to dry. Craft ink takes a  little while longer to dry than than the dye based inks so a little patience is required.
Once dry I over stamped the white areas with the coordinating detail stamp and black Versafine ink and allowed  it to dry thoroughly.
All that was left to do was add a ribbon and mount onto black card then on to a card base.

 I'm not sure why, but I can't help of vintage fabrics when I look at this card.

Stippled Blossoms Birthday card.

I wish I could say I enjoyed making this card for my sister in law. But I  had so many mishaps with this one it's unbelievable. The top layer was the main issue .  I think I must have made and re made the top layer half a dozen times before I was happy with it. 

Then just as I thought I had finished it ,,,,,I dropped a black ink pad on it. So had to start again. 

This time I chose to use the Stippled Blossoms stamp set for the flowers rather than the Birthday Blooms stamp set, purely because I was sick of colouring the flowers over and over again. 

 No colouring involved with the Stippled Blossoms set.

The little tag gave me just as much trouble. 

For the lettering I used a spellbinder alphabet set called Indulgence,

The striped paper is from the SU  DSP pack call Birthday Blooms (I think) 

Blushing  Bride card stock. 

Chocolate coloured glitter paper for the lettering.

Tri fold card.

I was recently impressed by a card I saw on face book made by a lady called Linda Parker who funnily enough doesn't live a million miles away from me. 

 After a nice long chat on Facebook with Linda I told her I wanted to CASE her card and she told me to go a head. So Studied her card for a few moments then went to my craft room and made the card as I had remembered it. 


When I had finished I went back to Linda's card to compare with mine.


Ummm  it's very  close, but not that close.
 I forgot Linda had put loads of butterflies on hers , I forgot the colours of the layers,  the brads and I think she may even of had ribbon and a different sentiment  on hers.




In fact I think the only things I remembered well were the stamps and inks she had used .
So I ended up with a card very similar but not exactly the same.

I think this card stood out for me because it is my favourite stamp set from Stampin up and it's called stippled blossoms and it's a two step stamp set and I adore the two step stamps.  I also  loved the colour combination Linda used. 
I think I still prefer Linda's card.


 And Linda if you are reading this THANKS for letting me CASE your card.

Stippled Blossom Cards

You  could say I had a Stippled Blossom day when I made these.
I made the red one because I love  deep red,  then I started to wonder if the same card would work in other colours so I tried purple and then I tried  the dreaded Orange.
I really loathe the colour orange and the fruit as it happens. 






For these 6x6 cards.....
I used the retired DSP from SU . The colours were Cherry cobbler, wonderful wisteria and pumpkin pie. I  also used the same colour inks  plus pretty in pink, concord crush, apricot appeal, for the flowers.
Old olive and lucky limeade for the foliage.
The Stamp Stippled Blossoms from Stampin up. ( still available) This is still my favourite stamp set. It's a two step stamp set.
If you have never come across these sets you won't know how they work.

 Basically they are sets where you have a solid image stamp and a detail stamp to create one image.  You stamp your solid image in a light colour ink. Then ink up the detail stamp with a darker ink and stamp over the solid image. 
In the above card  I stamped the solid image in lilac ink.
 Then I stamped over the solid lilac image with  the detail stamp and dark purple ink. 

As you can see these stamps give a very detailed gorgeous image without having to colour a thing.    My kind of stamps.



The paper lace was punched using two punches from Martha Stewart's range of punches.


White paper lace didn't look quite right  on the orange so I opted to use Black . 

 I don't think I would like to receive this card if I were ill, being orange it would probably make me sicker.                   

Stippled Blossom Card

 Having a sort out can be quite revealing. I have found a few  things I thought I would never see again. I also found a few cards I never got to post. Here is the first. Which is so last year now, but it features the Stippled Blossom stamp set that I love so much.  I am pleased to say has gone into  this years catalogue.

Mini Milk Cartons

At long last the school summer holidays have arrived.
I know I am ready for the break and my house is definitely in need of my time and way over due for a  spring/summer clean & de-clutter.  ( I can hear my hubby's voice in my head saying that'll be the day and laughing his head off )
If you remember last year one week into the  summer holidays I fell down the stairs and injured my ankle ending up in plaster and out of action for the following six weeks. 
The previous Easter I injured my shoulder and was out of action for that holiday.
So I am going to be more careful this year. 

Being the first day of the holiday and sunny I thought I'd start with the washing. Three hours later the white washing was hanging on the line and drying  really well in the glorious sunshine.       
Half an hour later I had to bring it all in an wash it all over again. 
The starling s picked  today to attack the cherry tree. The result was my glowing white laundry was covered in cherry juice and  bird poop. It's been a very frustrating day,  a three steps forward and two steps back kind of day. Not my idea of the perfect way to start the holidays. I am hoping tomorrow will be a better  more productive day. 
I am banning myself from crafting until I have completed my  housework.

Anyway  my gift to my seventeen children this year were these mini milk cartons.
The girls had the pretty in pink cartons decorated with the stippled blossom stamp set on to a band of whisper white card and wrapped around the carton. I added a little tag bearing their name.
The inks used were;  pretty in pink, regal rose, lucky limeade, and old olive .

The boys had the  real red cartons decorated with  1 1/2" strip of  SU Halloween DSP  (discontinued). I really don't like spiders but I have to say I think this paper is really cool. I wish I had bought two packs of it now.
The boys loved them too, maybe because they knew they were full of sweets though. ha ha.
The Skull and cross bones tag is from  one of last years Halloween stamp set call monster munchies ..... I think.

Mother's day card and box.

Don't you just love this new stippled blossom two step stamp set. ( try saying that after a couple of glasses of your favourite tipple). 

I found a card very similar to this on another blog and fell in love with it so I just had to CASE it. Well,  almost, my card does differ a little.

After completing the card I still had the urge to play with this stamp set so then I made a box and decorated it with a panel created with the same set.

I  just couldn't put this stamp set down so here I tried  it in different colours, Giving some the vintage feel and leaving others  crisp and clean. They kind of remind me of vintage seed packets. I think it has something to do with the Style of the font on Perfectly Penned stamp set. The two sets compliment each other perfectly. I am really looking forward to the Easter holidays perhaps I will get to spend a day in my craft room and really go to town with these two sets.

These have to be my all time favourite stamp sets.

Well  Done  SU.

Stippled blossoms Blue.

Firstly I think I ought to apologise  for the very bright background on these. I decided I needed something to protect my table . As I have spoilt several table clothes with ink or by cutting through them with scissors. So Ang and I  dashed into town  to see what was available in plastic coated fabric.     

I love polka dots  and decided to go with this yellow as the other colours were too dark. My only regret is that isn't pale pink or willow green with would go in the room much better than this  yellow but unfortunately they didn't have those colours.  Anyway on to the card I  have used this gorgeous  stippled blossom two step stamping set New from SU.  As soon as I saw this I knew I just had to have it.  I haven't had a huge amount of time to play with it yet but here are two quickies I did this afternoon despite feeling quite a lot under the weather. For the background on the navy base I used the detail stamp with night of navy ink to stamp randomly over the navy card  then set about decorating the center panel. using bashful blue and night of navy ink with a hint of crumb cake. A few weeks ago I was going through the su catalogue and spotted the perfectly penned stamp set for the first time. I really don't know why this set didn't jump out me before, but it did that day  so I just had to order it. I am so glad I did.  I love it to bit. I think this set is going to get a lot of use and is my second favourite stamp set this year. I still can't believe  I didn't notice it sooner.