Rubber Stamping & Card Making with Yapha

A big congratulations to my friend Staci Miserlian! One of the swap cards that she made for the Stampin’  Up Leadership conference won an honorable mention in Stampin’ Up’s February Art Contest. (This is another great perk of being a Stampin’ Up demonstrator — a chance to win prizes in monthly contests and the ability to see other’s inspirational work! I guess that’s really two perks.)

It is an amazing piece of art, and I feel very fortunate to have one of my own. I keep it on my desk at work to inspire me! You can see more of Staci’s fabulous creations in her Stampin’ Addicts gallery.

Stamps: Tote-ally Tess set
Ink: Basic Black, Basic Gray, More Mustard, Jet Black StazOn pad
Paper: Basic Black card stock, Going Gray card stock, Tempting Turquoise card stock, Whisper White card stock, On Board Chipboard scrap
Accessories & Tools: Watercolor Wonder Crayons, Watercolor pencils, White Uni-Ball Signo gel pen, Black 3/16″ gingham ribbon, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Blender pens, Scallop Oval punch, Scallop Trim Border punch, Word Window punch, Scrap of rubber
created by Staci Miserlian

Isn’t it amazing? And it folds down flat, too! Thank you Staci, for letting me share this today. And congratulations again!

Yesterday I showed you two fun and easy cards made with the Vintage Labels set. By simply changing the colors around, I’ve created a card that is much more elegant.

Stamps: Vintage Labels
Inks: StazOn Black
Papers: Kraft, Basic Black, Whisper White
Acessories: Scallop Circle Punch, 1″  Circle Punch, Scallop Trim Border Punch, Scallop Trim Corner Punch, Whisper White 5/8″  Satin Ribbon, Stampin’ Dimensionals

I started with a piece of Basic Black card stock that was 4 3/4″ x 3 13/16″ to make my rectangle. Time is running out on the Vintage Labels stamp set! Get it before it is gone for good!

I’m really enjoying the Sale-a-Bration stamp set, Vintage Labels.  One of things that makes it so easy to create beautiful cards with is that not only do the outsides of the shapes match up with punches, but so do the insides! Here are two quick and easy cards I made, using up some of the card kits I had pre-cut last month.

Stamps: Vintage Labels
Ink: Melon Mambo, Bermuda Bay
Paper: Kraft, Melon Mambo, Pretty in Pink, Whisper White, Welcome Neighbor Designer Series Paper Pad
Other: Scallop Circle Punch, 1″ Circle Punch, Pretty in Pink 5/8″ Satin Ribbon, Stampin’ Dimensionals

Stamps: Vintage Labels
Ink: Melon Mambo, Bermuda Bay
Paper: Kraft, Melon Mambo, Pretty in Pink, Whisper White, Welcome Neighbor Designer Series Paper Pad
Other: Wide Oval Punch, Small Oval Punch, Pretty in Pink 5/8″ Satin Ribbon, Stampin’ Dimensionals

Be sure and stop back tomorrow for an elegant card made with this same set.

When I first looked at this weekend’s sketch from Stamping 411, I thought no way. There is no way I can make a card with this sketch. It is so far out of my comfort level! I just couldn’t wrap my brain around all of the small layers. Here, see for yourself:

But then I started thinking about a card I wanted to make for a colleague who just moved into a new house. I knew that I wanted to use some of the super cute paper with the little houses on it from the Welcome Neighbor Designer Series Paper Pad. As I flipped through the pad, I realized that I could use some of the different patterns to follow the card sketch! So I played around with the different houses, and this is what I came up with:

Stamps: Vintage Labels
Ink: Bermuda Bay
Paper: Kraft, Whisper White, Welcome Neighbor Designer Series Paper Pad
Other: Curly Label Punch, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Whisper White 1/4″ Grosgrain Ribbon

Don’t forget! The Vintage Label Stamp Set and Welcome Neighbor Designer Series Paper Pad are FREE with a $5o but are only available through March 31st, 2010.

Have you seen the Eggcellent Eggs Kit on page 23 of the Occasions Mini Catalog? It is a fabulous value at $9.95!

It contains:

• 4 sheets of printed die-die cut flowers (Pretty in Pink, Pale Plum, So Saffron, Bashful Blue)
• 1 sheet pf printed die cut leaves (Certainly Celery)
• 4 sheets of printed die-cut egg stands
• 2 sheets of white rub-ons
• 1 sheet of adhesive-backed rhinestones

When I was at Stampin’ Up’s Leadership Conference in January there was a whole display set up of all of the amazing things you can make with this kit. Take a look!

Let me know if you are interested in purchasing this, or any other Stampin’ Up products.

I really like this week’s colors on the Pals Paper Arts Color Challenge! They are perfect for March — either spring or St. Patrick’s Day.

I was going to make another St. Patrick’s Day card, but I hadn’t used my Fox & Friends set yet, and it had been calling to me all week! I knew that little turtle would be just perfect for these colors!

Stamps: Fox & Friends, Whimsical Words
Ink: Garden Green, Certainly Celery
Paper: Garden Green, Certainly Celery, Kraft, Whisper White
Other: Certainly Celery 5/8″ Grosgrain Ribbon, 1 3/8″ Circle Punch, Scallop Circle Punch

This baby card is in honor of my friend Erin, who is enjoying her first pregnancy. She’s got a great blog all about her journey to motherhood. I highly recommend reading it! You might want to start with this post and work your way forward.

The library assistant here at school needed a card for a baby shower for her niece who is having twin girls. I offered to make her one of the super cute baby carriage cards. I toyed with the idea of making it into a double stroller, but decided to stick with the original design created by Lyssa in the end.

Paper: Pretty in Pink, Whisper White, Brushed Silver, Welcome Neighbor Designer Series Paper Pad
Other: Scallop Circle Bigz Die, Big Shot, Eyelet Border Punch, 3/4″ circle punch, 1″ Circle Punch, Small Oval Punch, Large Oval Punch, Pretty in Pink Brads, Pretty in Pink Taffeta Ribbon

I think it came out super cute! Don’t forget, the Welcome Neighbor Designer Series Paper Pad is only available until the end of March, and it is free with a $50 purchase!

I have another project for you today made by Stampin’ Up. I have to apologize, between the horrible colds going around and the new puppy, there hasn’t been a lot of time for stamping! I’m hoping to remedy that very soon. In the meantime, here is an adorable milk carton for you.

Stamps: Good Neighbors, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Paper: Kraft, Old Olive, Whisper White, Welcome Neighbor Designer Series paper pad
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie
Other: Old Olive 1/4″ grosgrain ribbon, Linen thread, Stampin’ Dimensionals, 1/16″ Circle punch, 1-1/4″ Circle punch, Sizzix Big Shot, Mini Milk Carton Bigz L die

How cute is this to welcome someone to the neighborhood? Love it!

Here’s a quick and easy card, thanks to the Big Shot! With the embossed white card stock, it  is simple and elegant. It looks better in real life, but if you click on it to enlarge the photo you can get a better view. I really love the Rich Razzleberry and Old Olive together.

Stamps: Thoughts & Prayers
Ink: Rich Razzleberry Stampin’ Write Marker
Paper: Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive, Whisper White
Other: Elegant Bouquet Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Rich Razzleberry Polka Dot Grosgrain Ribbon, Scallop Oval Punch, Large Oval Punch, Big Shot

There are some days that I just don’t know how I managed without my Big Shot!

As part of today’s presentation on teaching Visual Literacy through Digital Scrapbooking, I made up a few scrapbook pages to show different ways teachers could incorporate digital scrapbooking into their courses. I made these pages using Stampin’ Up’s My Digital Studio. At the end of my presentation I will be demoing how to use the software, as well.

If your students need to do a family history report, a family tree, immigration report, homeland report, or report on a historical time period, a heritage style scrapbook would be a great way to present the information. This is an actual picture of my great great grandmother and her three daughters.

Any type of biography would make a great digital scrapbook. You can find a lot of historical photographs and documents online at the American Memory Collection. Below is a scrapbook page about the world famous aviatrix, Bessie Coleman. (It also was created for this week’s Stampin’ Addicts Scrapbook Sketch Challenge.)

The final page I wanted to show you could be used for a book report. How great would it be to have a every student in the class do a two-page spread as a book report, then make them all into one book that students could look through when they wanted to find something to read? I would love to put something like that in my library!

What other ideas do you have for digital scrapbooking in the classroom?