Einkadungskarte mit Stempeln von Stampin Up

Meine Cousine feiert nächste Woche ihren 60. Geburtstag. Sie hatte mich gefragt, ob ich ihr, anstatt eines Geschenks, im Vorfeld die Einkadungskarten machen kann. Na klar!

Ich habe verschiedene Varianten gemacht, denn die Vorgaben waren sehr allgemein gehalten. Blumen und rosafarbenes Perlmuttpapier und eine Möglichkeit, auf der Karte ein Foto unterzubringen.

Hier eine der Varianten, die entstanden ist:

Hinter den zarten Blüten befindet sich ein Einsteckfach.

Letztendlich haben wir dann für eine Karte ohne Zahlen entschieden, da diese unserer Meinung nach etwas zu dominant für eine A6 Karte waren.

Statt Zahlen gab es noch ein Satinband, so dass die Daten für die Feier, die auf einem extra Bogen Pergament gedruckt wurden, schön befestigt werden konnten.

ich bin gespannt, wie die Karte bei den anderen Gästen angekommen ist, meine Cousine hat sich zumindest sehr gefreut.

Viele Grüße

Sandra
Verwendete Materialien:
Stempelset So viele Jahre (Numbers of Years)
Stempelkissen Flamingorot
sonstiges: Framelits Große Zahlen, Thinlits Florale Fantasie, Big Shot

Hochzeitskarte mit alten Schätzen von Stampin Up

Eine Nachbarin und Kollegin meines Mannes hat mich kürzlich gefragt, ob ich ihr für eine weitere Kollegin kurzfristig eine Karten machen könnte.

Natürlich! Ich habe für diese Karte ein paar alte Stempel von Stampin Up benutzt, die leider nicht mehr regulär erhältlich sind.

In der Karte ist ein kleiner, farbig passender Umschlag für das Geldgeschenk:

Die Karte kam sowohl bei der Nachbarin als auch bei dem Brautpaar super an.

Gerne fertige ich auch für Dich Auftragsarbeiten.

Melde Dich dazu einfach bei mir.

Viele Grüße

Sandra

Christmas Card # 5

Here is the next Christmas card I made on my SU workshop last sunday:

This card is similar to yesterdays card, just different colours and stamps are used. This picture shows the closed card.

 This is the inside. The sentiment is hidden by the wreath when the card is closed

Here I tried to get a picture which shows the gap between the top and bottom part of the card. Be sure to use a strong adhesive so your card won't fall apart.

Supply list (all Stampin up):
Stamps: Willkommen, Weihnacht! (english name: Wondrous Wreath), Zauber der Weihnacht (Bright & Beautiful)
Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Garden Green, Old Olive, Sahara Sand
Paper: Garden Green, Whisper White, Gold Foil Sheets, Trim The Tree Designer Series Paper Stack
Miscelleaneous: Snail Adhesive, Wonderful Wreath Framelits Dies, Glue Dots

Thanks for stopping by, have a great day,

Sandra
(Sunny) 

Christmas card # 2 and a long story about

Here is the next christmas card I made last sunday:

Usually, when I buy SU stuff at my demonstrator I use to buy the german sets (if available). But this time I bought the english version of the stamp set. I like the big words in english more than in german. Think the font is nicer...

All other supplies aren't in my stash, yet. It great to try them on a convention or a workshop and to decide after that if I have to buy it or not.

The confetti star punch definetly walks right onto my christmas wishlist.

And there is a funny story about this card.

Katharina, the workshop hostess asked to bring some things to the workshop. For example, it is much easier when everyone has her own scissors and glue and stamping blocks than sharing them.

One of the things she asked for was the Dazzling Details. Well, I don't have the Dazzling Details from Stampin Up - but I do have the Icicle Stickles by Ranger. So I brought this bottle instead. The girl right next to me was curious why my bottle had a different lid. I said "well it's from another stamp company - not Stampin Up". She gave me this totally confused look like I was talking chinese :-) "There are other stamp compynies than Stampin Up available in Germany???" she asked.

Are you kidding me? No, she wasn't.

Holy cow. That was hard. To realize that they are gilrs who never heard of any other company than SU. I always thought that in the time of internet and e.b.a.y people using the search option.

I am not a SU-demo so I am allowed to say the following :-)

I really like SU and their products. But as money don't grow on trees (at least not here in my part of the world) I don't want to waste any money on stamping products if not necessary.

Maybe the US prizes are nice, but some of the german SU products are really expensive. So, why should I pay 22,95 EUR for the envelope punch board, when I'll get the original from "We R memory keepers" for 16 EUR in the local craft store? Or pay 4,25 for a bottle of Tombow Multi Mono Liquid Glue when its available for 3 EUR?! Years ago I bought all these circle punches by EK Success for half the prizes SU wants to have, same with the stars framelits (16 instead of 29,95). And of course I had the Memento tuxedo Black ink pad by Tsukineko long before SU offered it for their alcohol markers :-)

Long story short: I really love SU and their products but if I'll get the same quality for less money I'll take the chance. I don't receive any products for free - I don't work for any stamp company, I am in no design team (well, would be great to receive things for free - hey guys at Ranger, Hero Arts, lawn fawn: do you need some help?) so I have to pay attention where to leave my money.

Have a nice day, thanks for stopping by.

Sandra
(Sunny)

Supply list (all SU - except the Icicle Stickles which is from Ranger):
Stamp Set: Endless wishes
Paper: Soft Sky, Natural White, Baked Brown Sugar
Inks: Soft Sky, Baked Brown Sugar
Miscellaneous: Rhinestones, diamensionals, Tombo Mono Multi Liquid Glue, Snail adhesive, Icicle Stickels, 2 1/2 circle punch, Stars Framelits dies

Baby Shower

I have been asked for making a baby boy shower card. This is what I ended with:

It is a clean and simple card but I used 4 layers of cardstock (technically 5 layers if I count the small heart punch, too).

Supplies:
Stamp: Stampin Up
Ink: Memento
Dies/Punch: Stampin Up
Paper: Bazzill, Canson, Papyrus, glitter paper (noname)
Miscelleaneous: Rhinestone, 3D foam, glue

Thanks for stopping by.

Sandra
(Sunny)

Using Your Scraps

I really dislike to waste any paper.

Usually I use only tiny pieces of paper when I want to use some framelits or punches but this time I used a full card base to cut my framelits I needed for an other project (wedding card- forget to show *sorry*).

So this blue card base is the leftover piece and I wanted to made a card with it. I used a half sheet of white card stock, marked the inside with a pencil so I know exactly where to stamp and used the coordnating stamp set for the framelits set. Softy erased my pencil lines and glued the white cardstock to the inside of the blue card base so the hole of the framelits is covered.

Then I coloured the sentiment lightly with some distress ink and my waterbrush. Of course, the card needed some decorations. So I used another stamp set and stamped the flowers in blue, orange and punched them with their matching punch.

The flower center is another small punch.Coloured some clear rhinestones with alcohol markers and mounted all together.

I don't know why but coloured cardstock isn't compatible with "clean and simple" for me. So I usually ended up with a lot of things on my cards *sigh* Guess I should ask Susan for some coaching...

Supplies:
Stamps: Stampin Up
Ink: Memento, Stampin Up, Distress
Punches/Framelits: Stampin Up
Additional: Foam Tape, Rhinestones, Alcohol markers

Have a nice day,

Sandra
(Sunny)