Archives for February 2012

That first “Morning Cup”

Guess who has a new computer! Guess who has been pulling her hair out for a week, after her older computer died along with her back up storage drive? Guess who is very glad that her darling husband convinced her to buy a new computer before the old one crashed completely, therefore allowing her to save most of her precious data! Yep, that would be me. So glad to be back in the cyber universe again.

I have a card to share today! I had a lot of fun with the coffee theme.

Morning Cup

This is a simple card but it has some neat elements that tie the “Morning Cup” theme together.  The Newsprint DSP is perfect, of course.  I distressed a piece of Crumb Cake card stock, added “cup rings” and spritzed it with Early Espresso ink. The linen thread was the last little touch. I like it!

Thanks for looking!

Belinda

 

Stampin’ Stuff

Stamps

Morning Cup

Ink

Elegant Eggplant ~ Crumb Cake ~ Early Espresso ~ Crumb Cake marker ~ Black StazOn

Paper

Very Vanilla ~ Crumb Cake ~ Elegant Eggplant ~ Newsprint DSP

Fun Stuff

Big Shot ~ Perfect Pennants die ~ 2 1/2″ Circle punch ~ Curly Label punch ~ Linen Thread ~ Alcohol ~ Atomizer

 

 

Flight of the Butterfly

I have had a lot of searches for a couple of pop up cards that I featured in a kit at StampFest a couple of years ago. I decided to add the tutorials for those cards since there was so much interest in them. I have written quite a few tutorials over the last couple of years and will be adding some of those to my tutorials page over the next couple of months. If you like tutorials, you may want to keep an eye on that page.

pop up card

This is the pop up card that I made, using the Flight of the Butterfly set. You can find the tutorial here. I’ll go ahead and add the stamping supplies on this post as well. I hope this is helpful for those searching for pop up instructions.

pop up card

Thanks for stopping by!

Belinda

 

Stampin Supplies

Stamps

Flight of the Butterfly ~ Enjoy Every Moment ~ Happy Everything

Ink

Chocolate Chip ~ So Saffron ~ Cameo Coral ~ Certainly Celery

Paper

So Saffron ~ Whisper White ~ Cameo Coral ~ Certainly Celery ~ Retired DSP

Fun Stuff

Bigz XL Top Note Die ~ Little Leaves Sizzlet ~ Big Shot ~ Corner Punch ~ ¼ Circle Punch ~
Five Petal Flower punch ~ Backgrounds 1 Texturz Plate ~ Butterfly Punch

 

Elementary Elegance in Blue

Elementary Elegance

Just one more Elementary Elegance card and then I need to play with some of my other sets! For this one I used more of the Everyday Enchantment DSP. Love that paper! The frame is cut using the Labels Collection Framelits. I needed a longer frame for this image, so I cut the top and bottom of the frame separately.

Thanks for stopping by!

Belinda

 

Stampin’ Stuff

Stamps

Elementary Elegance ~ Tiny Tags

Ink

Lucky Limeade ~ Baja Breeze ~ Versamark

Paper

Baja Breeze ~
Very Vanilla ~
Everyday Enchantment DSP ~ Subtles DSP stack

Fun Stuff

Big Shot ~ Labels Collection Framelits ~ Clear embossing powder, ~ Jewelry Tag punch ~ Very Vanilla seam binding ribbon ~ White bakers twine

 

 

Elementary Elegance and pretty polka dots!

Elementary Elegance

These colors make me smile, or maybe it’s the polka dots. This years group of In Colors are some of my all time favorites, such bright happy colors and they play so well together! The image and the ribbon are two of the items that you can choose FREE, with your $50 purchase during Sale-a-Bration.

I used the excess rubber from the center of the frame image to make a little shadow stamp. There is a little bit of polka dot pandemonium going on here, but I think it works.

Happy Friday, everyone!

Belinda

 

Stampin’ Stuff

Stamps

Elementary Elegance

Ink

Pool Party ~ Calypso Coral ~ Wisteria Wonder

Paper

Wisteria Wonder ~ Whisper White ~ In Colors Pattern paper stack ~ Sweet Shop DSP

Fun Stuff

Big Shot ~ Perfect Polka dots embossing folder ~ Curly Label punch, Everyday Enchantment Ribbon ~ In Color designer brads

 

 

Up Up and Away

up up and away

Even though the weather has decided to cool a bit this week, I have been thinking spring in my stamp room. This is a cheery little card using the Up Up and away set. The clouds were sponged using a stencil that I made from card stock. I pieced a scalloped circle and the Fancy Flower punch together to create the cloud shape. The hills are circles, punched using the 2 1/2″ Circle Punch.

Thanks for stopping by,

Belinda

 

Stampin’ Stuff

Stamps

Up Up and Away

Ink

Daffodil Delight ~ Pool Party ~ Rich Razzleberry ~ Wild Wasabi ~ Rose Red

Paper

Rich Razzleberry ~ Rose Red ~ Whisper White ~ Subtles Pattern DSP pack

Fun Stuff

2 1/2″ Circle punch ~ 2 3/8″ Circle punch ~ Fancy Flower punch ~ Itty Bitty Shapes punch pack ~ Basic Pearls

 

Try My Digital Studio Free!

 

My Digital Studio Express 30-Day Trial:

With the FREE trial, you’ll get:

  • Full access to the software at NO COST for 30 days.
  • Full design functionality.
  • Exclusive artwork that comes with My Digital Studio Express. See included content here.
  • Opportunity to purchase additional downloads from designer templates to stamp brush sets–and everything in between.
  • Access to our professional print services.

Once your trial period expires, simply contact me to purchase the downloadable or disc version of the software to continue enjoying My Digital Studio. You will still be able to access anything you have made during the trial period. If you try it and decide not to purchase the software, any of the additional digital downloads you have purchased can be used in other programs, so there is nothing to lose by trying it out!

Download your FREE trial here!

Belinda

 

Easy Events

Don’t forget that you can download a free trial version of My Digital Studio today! I’ll post with all of the details a little later.

Easy Events

This is a fun little card using the Easy Events set. I paired the love birds with the sentiment from the the tree image. I am thinking about cutting the sentiments away from the images on this set to make it even more versatile. Cheery fun!

Happy stampin’!

Belinda

 

Stampin’ Stuff

Stamps

Easy Events

Ink

Wild Wasabi ~ Calypso Coral ~ Baja Breeze ~ Black StazOn

Paper

Very Vanilla ~ Calypso Coral ~ Everyday Enchantment DSP

Fun Stuff

Big Shot ~ Perfect Pennants die ~ 2 1/2″ Circle punch ~ Calypso Coral bakers twine ~ Basic pearls