Hi all.  Amber here from The Country Scrapper.  Today I want to show you how to build a shaped card.  I started out with a scalloped tag that I wanted to use as a focal point.  I used the adorable birthday stamp sets from August’s Stamp School release.  I stamped the birthday cake stamp straight on to my tag.  I then stamped 2 banners separately, added sentiments, and adhered them to my tag.

Next up, what’s the easiest way to cut out a circle for your card base?  I simply use Spellbinder Nestabilites.  Fold a piece of card stock in half.  Then when you run your card thru your cutting tool (I use a Cuttlebug), let your die hang over the edge of the paper a little, creating the “hinge” for your card:

All that’s left is to adhere your scalloped tag to your card base:

Enjoy!!!

Stamp School Birthday Images and Sentiments

Hi all.  Amber here from The Country Scrapper.  Today I want to share sentiments galore.  Sometimes budgets may not allow for multiple stamp sets….so if you settle on “just” a sentiment set – can you build a card?  The answer is YES.

I used this month’s Birthday Sentiment set from Stamp School to build an all sentiment card.  First of all, I picked some bright card stock and different, but similar, sentiments:

Then I decided to stamp stars at the bottom of my base card stock.

Next, add your sentiment strips and you have built a card:

Such an easy card to build, took around 30 minutes, and you end up with a bright and catchy birthday card.  Enjoy!!!

Stamp School Birthday Images and Sentiments

Hi everyone – Vicki here.  Today, I made a fun bright card;

Have you ever been over to the store A Walk Down Memory Lane?  Lisa has like 40,000 items in her store and I used 2 of them, along with the new stamp Birthday Sentiments.  I love this card, and I also love the additional embellishments I used!  I’m telling you, you need to check out the store — A.MAZ.ING!  Meanwhile, the products I used are linked below.

Thanks for stopping by~

STAMPS:  Birthday Sentiments

Hi all!  Amber here from The Country Scrapper to share a fun technique that you can “quote” me on!  Quotes and sayings are great focal points for your cards.  Today I’m going to show you how to create a card and use only quotes and sayings as your focus.

First up, you need a great set of stamps.  I used Stamp School’s Wedded Bliss stamp set.  You will also need a pencil and eraser.  I started by deciding where I wanted my first sentiment to be on my card stock.  Simply take your ruler and draw a line where you want the first sentiment to be stamped.  Then stamp your sentiment or quote onto the card stock.

Now that you have your starting point, draw a line at the top of your previous stamp and stamp your next saying here.  I like starting at the bottom and working my way up.  I like to mix up a saying, a quote, a sentiment so your drawn to look at different areas of the card.

When you are done stamping, let your ink dry then erase your penciled lines.  Decorate your card any way you’d like and  you’ve created a  card that is different and trendy.

Enjoy!!!

Hi everyone – Vicki here today with another Study Hall.

Today’s card is made with the beautiful Flowers for Mom. I just love the leaves and flowers on this set. By using Versamark and one of the images, I made my own background, and using a black fine sharpie and dotting around the edges makes faux piercing. Now, how easy is that!

Thanks for stopping by~

Hi everyone – Vicki here today. Just showing you a CAS card using the fun new releases Wedded Bliss and Down the Aisle. I love the way these 2 sets compliment each other.

For added elegance, I actually used embossing powder. This does not happen often since I have a ceiling fan going 24/7 in my stamp room.

Pretty self explanatory with this card, so no tutorial.

Thanks for stopping by!

Copics; R08, R37, YG93

Hello everyone!  Rochelle here!  I want to show you how to turn your stamp sets into whatever you want them to be.  You can buy any stamp set that was intended for any purpose and re-purpose it!  I re-purposed the “Down the Aisle” stamp set from this month’s release.  Check it out…

That little shopping bag is so cute isn’t it?

What a great girlfriend card!

Other:

Alphabet Stickers

Designer Paper

Hi all!  Amber here from The Country Scrapper.  Today I want to focus on building backgrounds with stamps.  Often patterned paper that we purchase is just images repeated onto a piece of card stock.  When you break it down like that, it makes creating your own patterned card stock much less intimidating.  Remember, with stamps you can experiment all you want because there is no right or wrong.

Now lets get to building.  First you need to pick a stamp for your background.  This can be one stamp or several.  You also need to decide if you are randomly stamping your background or want things more orderly.  If you do want to keep things perfectly in alignment, simply take a ruler and pencil to draw your measurements onto the card stock.  After stamping, erase!  I went with the adorable shopping bag from Stamp School’s Down The Aisle stamp set to do a shopping themed card.  Next I choose my card stock and a light ink.  I don’t want an overpowering ink that will steal the show, remember our background isn’t going to be the focus of our card.

After making all these decisions, it’s time to stamp away:

Now for coloring.  I used my Copics to color the shopping bags.  Each bag is colored the same and I used colors that would blend well with the paper so my background isn’t the focus of the card.

Adhere your card stock onto a card base and begin decorating your card.  This is the fun part!  Be creative.

That’s all there is to it.  So simple to make one of a kind creations with any of your stamp sets.  This little card is for a shopping buddy.  Can’t find the perfect patterned paper for your cards theme, make your own.  Enjoy!!!

Copics:  R32,  RV23, C1

Hi Everyone – Vicki here today. For Study Hall I made this wedding card;

This card would go great with a shower gift. I brushed on some acrylic paint and popped the image on top. Easy as pie! Need a quick gift card — this would be it!

Thanks for stopping by~

PAPER: Stamp School Pop Tone Sweet Tooth
STAMPS: Down the Aisle, Wedded Bliss
INK: Pop Tone Licorice, Copic B0000
MISC: pearls, acrylic paint, pop up dots

Hello. Today’s card has one of my very favorite color combinations: Blue Raspberry and Red Hot.  To add a new twist to this color combination, I combined it with Gold Coins and kraft card stock.

When I saw the gift bag stamp in Down The Aisle, I knew I wanted to try to stuff the stamped bag image with tissue paper like you do a real gift bag. I’m pretty happy with how it turned out. If you’d like to try if for yourself, here’s how I did it:

Stamp the image on card stock and use a craft knife to cut small squares in the top of the gift bag.

Cut small pieces of tissue paper and pull them from the back of your paper through to the front of your stamped image. Tape the tissue paper down on the back side of your card stock, and you’re all ready to embellish your image and add it to a card.

What I especially love about this card is that I can use it for just about any occasion: Wedding, shower, birthday, anniversary, just because…. well you get the idea!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Hello everyone!  Rochelle here! It’s wedding season!  It’s time for my anniversary as well.  I’ll be married for 6 years on the 24th.  Therefore, I decided to make us a little anniversary card.  The beauty about Stamp School stamps is that they are interchangeable.  I used the flowers from the Flowers for Mom set with the sentiment from Wedded Bliss.  I used the new Jawbreaker Bazzil cardstock mixed with the Blue Raspberry Pop Tone cardstock for a tone on tone look.  If I had it to do all over again, I’d choose those as wedding colors for sure!  Can you imagine telling someone that your colors are “Jawbreaker” and “Blue Raspberry”?  What a laugh that would be!

Cheers to all the newly weds and the established marriage veterans!

Hi everyone – Vicki here today. Still making Father’s Day cards? I have a really easy one for you! I loved the end result of this totally CAS card:

I used my Spellbinder’s Circles to round my edges

I had $1 punch from Michael’s and punched the star, and put a little self made washi tape on the backside.

I hope you enjoyed this CAS card. I just adore CAS!

Thanks for stopping by~

Hi all!  Amber here from The Country Scrapper to teach this week’s Study Hall.  Today I want to share how I create a card.  I love seeing how crafters design cards.  It’s so easy to pick up little tips here and there to help improve your process.

I start out with an idea:

1. I want to create a card for Father’s Day.

Decide what color scheme you want to use and what supplies.  I wanted a quote to be the focal point of my card.  Decide which card stock you want to use and where to place your stamp on the paper:

2.  I always start out with basic card stock because stamping on patterned paper can look “busy”.  But I love layering card stock onto patterned paper.

3.  Pick what base card stock you wish to use and what type of card fold.

4.  Embellish.  This is where I add the little things that make a card special.  I wanted to add a brief case to the bottom of my card.  I stamped the brief case onto white card stock, colored it, and cut it out.  I then adhered it to my card with pop up dots.

5.  Grand finale.  Here’s my finished creation:

This is the process I use for card making.  There’s no wrong way or right way to be creative!  Enjoy!!!

Hello everyone!  Rochelle here!  I don’t know about you but, Mother’s Day has always been a favorite holiday of mine.  So much so, I’ve made a plethora of different cards.  I plan to be ready for the holiday next year!  I’ve got extras!  I want to share a country themed Mother’s Day card with you.  I used Whip Cream cardstock as a base and distressed the edges with Tim Hotlz’s Antique Linen Distress Ink.  I applied my floral panel and another blue chevron pattern on top of that.  Then, I added a Wild Cherry banner.  Do you ever use the negative space of your die cuts?  Well, I do and that’s where that butterfly that’s on top of the chevron paper comes from.  The sentiment is from the Women in my Life.

Hello everyone!  Rochelle here.  I want to share a card with you that I made for Mother’s Day.  Did you know that it’s three days away?  Seems like it got here very quick this year!  Well, luckily this year we’ve got Stamp School Stamps, Pop Tone Cardstock and Pop Tone Ink!

Clean and Simple is my favorite style so, I decided to make a quick Mother’s Day card.  I made my cardbase from kraft cardstock.  Then, I used a strip of Orange fizz, Tangy Orange and Bubblegum cardstock and adhered it to the cardbase.

Using a floral stamp from the Flowers for Mom stamp set and Versamark ink created a pattern on the strips of cardstock.  You still have time to create a Mother’s Day master piece.

Hello! Samantha here with you today. I the look of lots of nesting dies layered up to create a frame for a stamped image. However, getting that look can sometimes get a bit expensive. I own a few nesting dies, but sometimes the shape just isn’t right for my image, and I don’t always want to go out and buy a die that will work. In those cases, I’ve found that pieces of patterned paper with journaling cards printed on them can give you the same layered/framed effect.  Here’s the piece of paper I used to create the frame for my stamped image on my card today:

And here’s my card:

I really love the briefcase from Dad’s Tools, so I chose that image for my main piece. To bring the briefcase even more into focus, I stamped it on a wood grain paper, cut it out, and adhered it with foam dimensional adhesive to the center of the card.

Thanks for stopping by Stamp School today!