Animal Stories Baby Card, Take Two!

Hi Stampers!! Are you excited for this week’s new LNS challenge #68?? I sure am!!

The challenge is an inspiration challenge, to create a project inspired this photo from Inhabit Living: I was inspired by the colors and the modern “crisp and clean” look in the photo.

Last week, you may recall the baby card I made also using the animal stories stamp set. I’m telling you, with all the baby showers I’ve been going to lately, it has left me wondering…what has gotten into the water??? ;)

Ready to have some Stampin' fun?? All of the supplies I used are listed below. Just CLICK HERE to go to my Stampin' Up! website to order any of the supplies you need. Once you get there, click on "Shop Now" in the upper right hand corner, and use the item numbers listed below.

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~Heather

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Stampin' Supplies (and item numbers):

Stamps:Animal Stories
Ink:Chocolate Chip
Paper:Certainly Celery, Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White, Kraft, So Saffron
Tools:Star Punch
Embellishments:
Button Latte, Clips Assortment

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Animal Stories Baby Card

Whew! I made it through the last few weeks and survived! It has been so much hard work, but I am so proud of myself for getting all those projects done and submitted for Stampin' Up!'s Artisan Award contest. Keep those positive thoughts coming my way, and hopefully I'll win!!! That would be so AMAZING!! Ok, on to today's project:

This adorable little fellow comes from the Animal Stories stamp set, along with 3 other nursery-worthy friends:

I have been making a lot of baby cards lately for baby showers, it seems everyone has caught the baby-bug! :) This card is for my cousin who is blessing her baby on Sunday.

Ready to have some Stampin' fun?? All of the supplies I used are listed below. Just CLICK HERE to go to my Stampin' Up! website to order any of the supplies you need. Once you get there, click on "Shop Now" in the upper right hand corner, and use the item numbers listed below.

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Happy Stampin!
~Heather

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Stampin' Supplies (and item numbers):

Stamps:Animal Stories
Ink: Bashful Blue
Paper:Bashful Blue, Kraft, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie
Tools: Crimper
Embellishments:Eyelets

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Animal Stories Scrapbook Pages

Today's layout for these pages were inspired by Splitcoast Scrapbook Sketch challenge #30, and I created them for my monthly scrapbook club. On club night, we made these pages and the "Summer" pages shown in this post. Our friendly and enthusiastic group of scrapbook stampers is looking for 2 new members! Contact me (I'm friendly!) for more information.

• Stampin' Up!'s high-quality metal styled vanilla Hodgepodge Hardware contains etched designs on brads and accents that coordinates with several punches. Helpful Hint: The frame I used here coordinates with the 1" square punch, and the frame I used in this post coordinates with the Designer label punch

• Making perfect circles has never been simpler! The circle scissor plus (112530) cuts circles with ease. Helpful Hint: Works best with the glass mat (112531)

• Clear buttons (105447) are easy to dress up by attaching to cut-out shapes, ribbon, rub-ons, and more! Helpful Hint: I used the scallop square punch (112081) and 1" circle punch (109046) to create cut-outs to coordinate with my clear button.
  
• The Photo Corners punch (109042) and dimensionals (104430) make it quick and easy to add a little extra umph! to your photo frames

Want to give this project a try? All of the supplies I used are listed below. Just CLICK HERE to go to my Stampin' Up! website to order any of the supplies you need. Once you get there, click on "Shop Now" in the upper right hand corner, and use the item numbers listed below.

Need a hard copy of the catalog to call your own?? Email me and get the 2009-2010 Idea Book & Catalog for just $9.95.

Happy Stampin!
~Heather

Stampin' Supplies (and item numbers):

Stamps: Animal Stories (116716), Contempo Alphabet (111570), Wild About You (no longer available)
Ink: Chocolate Chip (100908), Old Olive Marker (100079, also available in the Many Marvelous Markers set: 105541)
Paper: Tall Tales DSP (115678), 12x12 Chocolate Chip (107102), So Saffron (105118), Close to Cocoa (101341)
Tools: Circle Scissor Plus (112530), Glass Mat (112531), Scallop Square Punch (112081), 1" Circle Punch (109046), Photo Corners Punch (109042), dimensionals (104430)
Embellishments: Pastels (105542), 1/4" Old Olive Grosgrain Ribbon (111368)

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Animal Stories Baby Card

I popped on by Stampin' B's Design Team blog today for Challenge #17: to make a baby card with no blue or pink! And, this layout may look vaguely familiar...it should! Remember yesterday's Mojo Monday card?? This is the same sketch, except I rotated it the other way.

This adorable little elephant comes from the Animal Stories stamp set (116716), and is framed in 6 scallop circles glued together (love that scallop circle punch!). The frame looks tricky, but really isn't very hard to create using the circle scissor plus (112530) and glass mat (112531)! Here are a few helpful tidbits for you:

• Use the circle scissor plus to create a "template" circle (the size you want your frame to be), and then use it as a guide as you glue your scallop circles together
• To cut out the center of the scallop circle frame, the circle scissor plus will also come in handy. Hint: make sure the scallop circles are all nice and tightly glued together, they will come apart if they are not secure.

How do you like that cute little bow? It is one of my favorite ways of dressing up a card. You can check out my tutorial on this adorable ribbon bow tie here.

I love how the eyelet border punch (113692) can create such a delicate border out of cardstock! It really does give the appearance of lace.

Another nice feature of punches is how easy they make it to create perfectly straight, perfectly centered greetings. Hint: stamp first, punch second! The punch used for the greeting today is the Word Window punch (105090), and then I trimmed the edge off one side. The greeting comes from the Teeny, Tiny wishes stamp set (115370).

Want to give this project a try? All of the supplies I used are listed below. Just CLICK HERE to go to my Stampin' Up! website to order any of the supplies you need. Once you get there, click on "Shop Now" in the upper right hand corner, and use the item numbers listed below.

Need a hard copy of the catalog to call your own?? Email me and get the 2009-2010 Idea Book & Catalog for $9.95.

Happy Stampin!
~Heather

Stampin' Supplies (and item numbers):

Stamps: Animal Stories (116716), Teeny Tiny Wishes (115370)
Ink: Soft Suede (115657)
Paper: Tall Tales DSP (115678), Soft Suede (115318), So Saffron (104118), Very Vanilla (101650)
Tools: Circle Scissor Plus (112530), Glass mat (112531), Scallop Circle Punch (109043), Eyelet Border Punch (113692), Word Window Punch (105090), Dimensionals (104430)
Embellishments: 1/2" Soft Suede Grosgrain (115612)

Hello Mojo!

It is Monday, and you know what that means! Mojo Monday time! I didn't stick exactly to the sketch, I turned the card lengthwise and re-arranged a couple of elements: This sketch gave me the perfect opportunity to use my Circle Scissor Plus, a fantastic tool for making nested circles up to 6". This tool is a little tricky to get used to at first, but I have all the insider tips for you to make perfect circles every time:

• use a little dotto on your paper to hold it in place while you cut your circles
• spin the wheel around over your paper before cutting to make sure your placement fits the size of circle you want to cut
• the glass mat is an excellent surface to cut on

Today's card is for my cousin, I'm attending her baby shower on Thursday, and I'm so excited for her! It's always fun to have a new baby in the family. When I started to work on a card for her, Tall Tales DSP came to mind. I knew as soon as I saw the NEW Tall Tales Designer Series Paper it was going to be one of my favorite DSP packages. It's so versatile, from adorable animal prints, to cute florals, and masculine stripes, this paper really goes the extra mile!

The photo corners punch makes adding a subtle "something" to corners a snap. I added a chocolate chip photo corner in the upper left side of the card.

I also added some jumbo brads from the Vanilla Styled Hodgepodge Hardware set to the lower right corner of the card. I just love them! I'm not sure it shows in the photo, but they have engraved stars in the centers of the brads. So fun!

Want to give this project a try? All of the supplies I used are listed below. Just CLICK HERE to go to my Stampin' Up! website to order any of the supplies you need. Once you get there, click on "Shop Now" in the upper right hand corner, and use the item numbers listed below.

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Happy Stampin! ~Heather

Stampin' Supplies (and item numbers):

Stamps: Animal Stories (116716), Teeny Tiny Wishes (115370)
Ink: Chocolate Chip (100908)
Paper: Tall Tales DSP (115678), Chocolate Chip (102128), Close to Cocoa (101341), So Saffron (105118), Old Olive (100702), Very Vanilla (101650)
Tools: Circle Scissor Plus (112530), Glass Mat (112531), Paper Piercing Tool (116631), Mat Pack (105826), Dimensionals (104430), Photo Corners Punch (109042)
Embellishments: Vanilla Styled Hodgepodge Hardware (112454), 1/4" Old Olive Ribbon (111368)

Tall Tales Birthday

Today's card celebrates one of my favorite things...birthdays! But not just any birthday, kids' birthdays! They are so happy and excited, impatiently waiting for their big day. (Kind of like me waiting for my Stampin' Up! Order to arrive at my doorstep! :)

I played along with two challenges today: the splitcoast card sketch challenge #237, and the splitcoast ways to use it challenge #227. I really enjoy online challenges because they are great ways to get ideas and have some fun making cards with all your online pals.

Want to give this card a try? All of the supplies I used are listed below. Just CLICK HERE to go to my Stampin' Up! website to order any of the supplies you need. Once you get there, click on "Shop Now" in the upper right hand corner, and use the item numbers listed below.

Happy Stampin!
~heather

Stampin' Supplies (and item numbers):

Stamps: Animal Stories (116716), Teeny Tiny Wishes (115370)
Ink: So Saffron Classic Stampin' Pad (105213), Chocolate Chip Stampin' Write marker (100071)
Paper: Tall Tales DSP (115678), Old Olive cardstock (100702), Chocolate Chip (102128), So Saffron (105118)
Tools: Paper Piercing Tool (116631), Mat Pack (105826)
Embellishments: 5/16" Jumbo Brads (112534), 1/4" Old Olive Grosgrain Ribbon (111368)