Rubber Stamping & Card Making with Yapha

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.

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!

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!

One of my favorite things about March is St. Patrick’s Day. When I was in junior high school, a friend of mine and I used to make green tuna sandwiches — I made green tuna, she baked green bread. Nowadays I’m all about the green bagels with green cream cheese!  It’s played up big at my school, making it even more fun. Here is a card I am making with the Faculty Card Making Club after school today, and also at another workshop this month. I just love making a shamrock out of heart punches! The stem is made with the Wide Oval Punch. You punch a partial oval, then punch another sliver off it.

Stamps: Define Your Life
Ink: Old Olive
Paper: Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Sweet Pea Designer Series Paper Pack
Other: 5/16″ Neutral Brads (Chocolate Chip), 1/4″ Chocolate Chip Grosgrain Ribbon, Full Heart Punch, Wide Oval Punch

Hope this month is lucky for you!

My father-in-law is having back surgery today. I wanted to make a Get Well Card for my husband to bring with to the hospital. I am really pleased with the sentiment from the Thoughts & Prayers stamp set for a a quick and complete recovery, because that is truly what we wish him — a refu’ah shelamah!

Stamps: Thoughts & Prayers
Ink: Old Olive, Chocolate Chip
Paper: Old Olive, Whisper White, Sweet Pea Designer Series Paper Pack

If you want to keep him in your prayers that would be appreciated. His Hebrew name is Lazar ben Sarah.

Wow, the holidays this year are coming up early! Purim is usually mid-March, but this year it is the last day pf February. We are off to a Purim carnival, but before we go I have a quick Purim card for you. (Want to learn more about Purim? Visit JewFAQ) One of the reasons that I bought the set Princess Time (other than that my daughter is a princess fanatic) was for the great crown image that I knew would be perfect for Purim cards! I was also really excited to use Rich Razzleberry since it is such a royal color. Here is what I came up with for this year:

Stamps: Princess Time, Calendar Alphabet and Numbers
Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Crushed Curry
Paper: Rich Razzleberry, Crushed Curry, Whisper White, Razzleberry Lemonade Designer Series Paper
Other: Circle Rhinestone Brads (Fire), Rich Razzleberry Polka Dot Grosgrain Ribbon, Crushed Curry Polka Dot Grosgrain Ribbon

I bet your wondering how I stamped that fabulous “Happy Purim” at the bottom. I did it with the magic of Stampin’ Write Markers. I took “Happy P” from the “Happy Birthday Princess” stamp — see below — and then used the Calendar Alphabet and Numbers set to finish the word.

Pretty sneaky, huh?

It’s raining here in Los Angeles, and there are crazy amounts of snow across the rest of the country. What we really need right now is a bright spring-y card! I decided to combine the Pals Paper Arts Inspiration Challenge with this week’s ColourQ Challenge.

From the inspiration challenge I used the ideas of “birds on a branch”  and pulled out my Cheep Talk set which hasn’t seen much ink lately. (It was between that and the bird cage stamp set from Happy Moments, but I wanted my birds to be free and happy.)

Here’s what I came up with:

Stamps: Cheep Talk
Ink: Melon Mambo, Regal Rose, Apricot Appeal, Green Galore
Paper: Melon Mambo, Regal Rose, Apricot Appeal, Green Galore, Whisper White, Razzleberry Lemonade Designer Series Paper
Other: Stamp-a-ma-jig

Hope you like it, and I hope spring comes your way soon!