No more Christmas Cards

Is anyone but me getting sick of Christmas Cards? It seems like I've been designing Christmas Cards since July. Oh wait, that's because I have. I have decided to retire my Christmas stamps for the season now. There were a few more Christmas Cards that I did not get around to sharing, but I'll spare you those this year.  On with other fun cards now!

The card I have for you today is a birthday card that uses On a Pedestal. It was kind of putsy putting together because of all the coloring and cutting out, but I like how it turned out.  The top note is actually one stamp that I colored and stamped repeditively using the Stamp-a-ma-jig.  This is the first time that I purposed pulled it out to help with the creation of a card. Colors used were Pixie Pink, Certainly Celery, and Apricot Appeal. I also used Dazzling Diamonds and the Top Note Die.

Top Note Matchbox Tutorial

As promised, here is the tutorial for the top note matchbox posted here. While everyone else is enjoying convention, you can have some fun of your own. Please let me know if you have any questions. I will post more step-by-step pictures when I get home. This is my first tutorial, so any feedback will be greatly appreciated.

Enjoy!



Supplies:
8 ½ x 5 ½ thin chip board (cereal box, cardboard from DSP, etc)
8 ½ x 11 DSP
12 x 12 cardstock
Sticky Strip
Big Shot
Top Note Die
Matchbox Die
Oval punch
2 ½ x 4 transparency sheet
2 jumbo eyelets
6” wide ribbon
Crop-a-Dile

Directions:
1. Cover both sides of the chip board with the DSP and cut out two Top Note Dies. These will be the top and bottom of the box.
2. Cut out two matchboxes and two sleeves using the cardstock. Assemble the box as instructed.
3. Adhere the middle section of the two sleeves together. Make sure the score lines line up for the rest of the sleeve and the shorter tabs are on the same end.
4. From the shorter end of the tabs, punch the oval out of the two sleeves. Slide the paper all the way in and center (this ensures the holes are in approximately the same place on both sleeves). This will be used as a template in step five to determine where to punch the ovals in the top note.
5. Center the two holes on the back side of one of the top notes and mark the holes with a pencil. This ensures the holes will match up when assembled. Take the oval punch and punch the two ovals out of the top note. Note: Other shapes can be used, but not all with punch through the chip board, so a test might want to be performed beforehand. No responsibility is taken for damaged punches.
6. Finish assembling the two sleeves, using sticky strip to adhere them.
7. Attach the transparency sheet to the bottom of the top note with the holes.
8. Line up the ovals on the tope note and the sleeves and adhere with sticky strip. Please the tape on the sleeves rather than the top note to ensure the adhesive is only where the two meet.
9. Adhere the bottom of the top note to the bottom of the sleeve, again using sticky strip on the sleeve.
10. Using the Crop-a-Dile, set the two jumbo eyelets in the matchboxes.
11. Thread 3” of the ribbon through the eyelet and tie in a knot inside the box. This will be the pull for the drawer. Repeat on the other drawer.
12. Decorate as desired.

Three Little Words

Well I didn't get much else done last night but working on the wedding thank yous and catching up with friends. But I do still have something to share with you. A couple of weeks ago, I took a class from one of my friends and fellow SU! demonstrator Tracy, using the Three Little Words stamp set. She had designed the inside of the card, but then really left the cover design to us. She suggested using the 'Three Little Words' stamp with the Top Note on the cover and the rest was up to us. Here are a couple of the cards that I made using Basic Gray, Baja Breeze, and Whisper White cardstock. Now, I have more stamping to be done today!

More Samples

The first is the Thank You note that I'm making for the wedding that I'm also making the invites for. It's all Stampin' Up!
Stamp Sets: Wonderful You, Elegant Thank You
Paper: Certainly Celery, Very Vanilla
Ink: Certainly Celery, Chocolate Chip
Accessories: Big Shot Top Note, Chocolate Chip Taffeta Ribbon



The next one uses Itty Bitty Buds and is for a swap that I signed up for on SCS and I will probably use as one of my swaps for Minneapolis Regionals.
Paper: Whisper White, Barely Banana, Pink Pirouette, Lovely Lilac, Bashful Blue
Ink: Barely Banana, Pink Pirouette, Lovely Lilac, Bashful Blue
Accessories: Striped Pink Pirouette Ribbon