Rubber Stamping & Card Making with Yapha

Hello and welcome to the 5th Annual Stampin’ Addicts Retiring Stamp Sets blog hop! This is the first stop on the hop, but if you have just come from Debra’s blog, that’s okay too. All of the blogs link in a circle and you will be able to find your way back to wherever you started. The most important thing to keep in mind is that none of these stamp sets will be available after June 3rd!

I am excited to be featuring the stamp set Build a Blossom and the coordinating Blossom Petal Punch. This stamp set makes great flowers, with a variety of petals and leaves to choose from. My first card is a simple five petal flower using the biggest petal and a couple of leaves. I used a pencil to curl up the edges of the flower.

Stamps: Build a Blossom, Beautiful Birthday
Ink: Daffodil Delight, Gumball Green
Paper: Daffodil Delight, Gumball Green, Whisper White
Other: Blossom Petal Punch, 3/4″ Circle Punch, Framed Tulips Embossing Folder, Brights Buttons

My second card starts with the same large petal stamp, but this time I used eight of them. I then added some of the smaller petals as well. This big flower is decorating the front of a twisted gift card holder. It really adds a wow to the front.

Stamps: Build a Blossom
Ink: Melon Mambo, Pretty in Pink
Paper: Lucky Limeade, Pretty in Pink, Melon Mambo, Whisper White, Sunshine & Sprinkles Designer Series Paper
Other: Blossom Petal Punch, 1″ Circle Punch, Designer Faceted Buttons, Melon Mambo Striped Organdy Ribbon, Simply Scored

These flowers aren’t just for summer though. By using one of the medium petals, I created a nice fall flower.

Stamps: Build a Blossom
Ink: More Mustard, Early Espresso
Paper: More Mustard, Early Espresso, So Saffron, Soft Suede, Comfort Cafe Designer Series Paper
Other: Blossom Petal Punch, 1/2″ Circle Punch, Early Espresso 1/4″ Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon

My final project isn’t a flower at all! A brilliant crafter saw the goldfish in these stamps, and I had to make a cad to show you just how adorable these fishies are! I made the bowl with the Oval Framelits. I didn’t use the punch on this one, instead I cut out the pieces after I stamped them. I also changed the saying by using my marker to ink up everything except the W, and the writing in an F.

Stamps: Build a Blossom, Wishes Your Way
Ink: Pumpkin Pie, Pacific Point
Paper: Pumpkin Pie, Pacific Point, Whisper White
Other: Oval Collection Framelits, Bitty Banners Framelits, Mini Silver Brads

I hope that you have enjoyed this stop on the Blog Hop. Your next stop is over at Mary’s Blog, where she will be reminding you just how fabulous Circle Circus is. Remember, you only have until June 3rd to get these stamp sets.

I wanted to make a triple time stamping card with my after-school class, because I thought the girls would be pretty excited with trying a new technique. (They were.) I figured that Secret Garden would be a great set for this. (It was.) And I wanted to make my mom a Mother’s Day card with Daffodil Delight because she loves yellow. So I put them all together and this is what I came up with.

Stamps: Secret Garden, Amazing Family
Ink: Daffodil Delight, Garden Green, Primrose Petals
Paper: Daffodil Delight, Garden Green, Primrose Petals, Whisper White
Other: Daffodil Delight 1/8″ Taffeta Ribbon

Some of the girls in the class used “sister” or “friend” instead of mother, making this a very versatile card. I hope that you will come back tomorrow for the 5th annual Stampin’ Addicts Retiring Stamp Set blog hop!

As promised, here is the second card that my after-school class is making today. It fits just perfectly with the Mother’s Day theme over at The Paper Players. This could be for Mother’s Day (as shown below), or many other occasions. I gave the girls the option of using any of the stamps in the Teeny Tiny Wishes set, so they can customize it however they please. Just one of the reasons I love that stamp set!

Ink: Riding Hood Red
Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes
Paper: Riding Hood Red, Basic Black, Very Vanilla, Regals Patterns Designer Series Paper Pack, First Edition Specialty Designer Series Paper, Silver Glimmer Paper
Other: Dress Up Framelits, Word Window Punch, Designer Label Punch, Itty Bitty Punch Pack, Basic Rhinestones, Basic Black 1/8″ Taffeta Ribbon

Tomorrow is Tuesday, so that means a new ColourQ challenge! I hope that you will play along. I’ll have a scrapbook page for you with this week’s great colors.

I have a clean and simple Mother’s Day card for you today. One of my colleagues at work is taking over my after-school stamping class tomorrow. I can’t make it because of the book fair, and she was kind enough to offer so we didn’t have to cancel . She specifically requested Mother’s Day cards, so this is one of the cards that I came up with for them to make.

Stamps: Delightful Dozen
Ink: Basic Gray
Paper: Certainly Celery, Whisper White, Subtles Patterns Designer Series Paper Pack
Other: Elegant Butterfly Punch, Basic Pearls, Pretty in Pink Stitched 1/4″ Grosgrain Ribbon

Tomorrow I will show you the other Mother’s Day card that they are making.

One of the reasons I love my friends over at Stampin’ Addicts is how quickly everyone jumps in to put together something really cool. Case in point, this blog hop! Stampin’ Up announced the retiring colors on Thursday, I had an idea for the blog hop Thursday night, and here we are Sunday with some great projects to show you why you should stock up on these colors before they go. They are only available while supplies last! And don’t forget Stampin’ Up has free shipping through the end of the day on Monday April, 8th, so no time like the present! You may have just come from Tanya’s blog, where she featured Regal Rose, or you may be starting here. Either way, all of the blogs link in a circle, so you won’t miss a single color.

I am very excited to be representing Pretty in Pink in today’s blog hop. This has been my go to color for so many projects for Eve and other baby girls throughout the years. In addition to baby cards, I’ve used it for Valentines, Mother’s Day, birthday cards, and so much more. I have three cards to show you with it today. The first card is a birthday card from our dogs to Eve. (Yes, from the dogs, don’t your pets give cards?) It uses one of my favorite color combos — Pretty in Pink and Chocolate Chip. It’s just so classic! The punch art paw print is from Mary Fish.

Stamps: You’re Amazing
Ink: Chocolate Chip
Paper: Pretty in Pink, Chocolate Chip, Subtles Patterns Designer Series Paper Pack
Other: Full Heart Punch, Small Oval Punch, Scallop Square Duo Bigz Die, Chocolate Chip Dotted Scallop Ribbon, Pretty in Pink Dotted Scallop Ribbon, Basic Rhinestones

My second project is a Mother’s Day card. It uses a color combo recommend by the Color Coach. (Love that, have to make sure to get the new one when it is available!) Can you believe that all three of these colors are retiring? It is a little hard to see, but I used Pretty in Pink Ink on the Pretty in Pink  card stock before I die cut them with the framelits. It adds a bit more dimension to the flowers.

Stamps: Secret Garden, Amazing Family
Ink: Pretty in Pink
Paper: Pretty in Pink, Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery, Whisper White
Other: Secret Garden Framelets, Square Lattice Texture Impressions Embossing Folder, Scallop Border Punch

My final card is an homage to Pretty In Pink. It is one of the very first ink pads that I bought and I will never forget it!

Stamps: Henry Says
Ink: StazOn Jet Black, Pretty in Pink
Paper: Pretty in Pink, Marina Mist, Whisper White, Subtles Patterns Designer Series Paper Pack
Other: Marina Mist Dotted Scallop Ribbon, Woodgrain Embossing Folder

Thank you for joining me today. Your next stop  is Heidi’s blog, where she will be saying good-bye to Bashful Blue, sniff sniff.

Mother’s Day is coming up next month, and this week’s challenge from Hand Stamped Sentiments is All About Mom! I made a couple cards during the Stampin’ Addicts Stamp Jam challenge, and today is a good day to show them to you. (And since my mom reads my blog, I’m going to have to ask that she look away now! Bye Mom!) I made two versions of this card, in two different color schemes.

Stamps: Delightful Dozen
Ink: VersaMark
Paper: Daffodil Delight, Pool Party, Vellum Card Stock
Other: Manhatten Flower Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, White Embossing Powder, Daffodil Delight Seam Binding, Pool Party Seam Binding

I’m going to make this card with my after-school class. It has two of their favorite things — heat embossing AND dry embossing with the Big Shot! They will love it!

Happy Mother’s Day to all of you moms out there, and especially to my Mom! Seems like there should be more than one day a year that we celebrate moms… I’m in the process of making a scrapbook for my mom of the pictures from her visit to Los Angeles last night. It’s not ready yet, but I know I’ll finish it in May because I want to take advantage of the 30% off printing! I used this week’s Stamping 411 sketch to create the cover.

It was a little tricky converting the card sketch into a scrapbook page, but I’m pretty pleased with how it came out. I downloaded the Beyond the Garden Digital Designer Series Paper specifically so I could include these Daffodil Delight flowers for her!

(Savta means grandma in Hebrew.) Since I knew this wasn’t going to be done in time, I emailed my dad JPGs of a few of the pages, so he could print them out and give them to her. Yet another great thing about My Digital Studio!

Here’s the third card that we made at my Flower Frenzy card making class this past Sunday. It’s one of those super cute Flower Pot cards! They are so easy to make with the Simple Flower Embosslits, and Cajun Craze looks just like terrra cotta for the flower pot! This is the card closed:

And here it is open, with the center part pulled out:

Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: Melon Mambo
Paper: Cajun Craze, Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight, Regal Rose, Old Olive, Whisper White
Other: Simple Flower Embosslits Die, 5 Petal Flower Punch, Eyelet Border Punch, Old Olive Satin Ribbon, Eyelets (Brights & Subtles), Word Window Punch, Modern Label Punch, Big Shot, Stampin Dimensionals

They were super fun to make! My next class will be Sunday, June 12, so mark your calendars! We’ll be making some Father’s Day and masculine cards.

I finally got around to trying the fabulous reinker wash technique that was going around like wildfire a few years back! And boy is it fun! This card is based on one by Amanda Mertz. We’ll be making it at my Flower Frenzy card class coming up on May 1st. Let me know if you are interested in coming and learning this great technique!

Stamps: Fifth Avenue Floral, All Holidays
Ink: VersaMark, Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Pretty in Pink (reinker), Daffodil Delight (reinker)
Paper: Shimmery White, Pretty in Pink, Chocolate Chip
Other: White Embossing Powder, White Satin Ribbon

The basics for this technique:
Stamp an outline image on shimmery white card stock using VersaMark and emboss with white embossing powder. (Yes, it has to be shimmery white card stock.) This rose from Fifth Avenue Floral is one of the most popular. Spritz with water so you have puddles between the lines. Spritz a little more just to be sure you have enough. Pick up some reinker on the tip of an aqua painter and touch it to one of the puddles. It will spread through the water in that section. Keep doing this until you get the look you want. Be very patient while you wait for it to dry. Cut out your image and attach to your card!

Welcome to the latest Stampin’ Addicts’ Blog Hop, celebrating Stampin’ Up’s new Occasions Mini Catalog, which starts January 4, 2011. You may have just arrived from Sarah’s blog, where she showed you the super cute new Valentine’s Day set, XOXO, or you may be starting here. Either way, all of the stops link together in one big circle, so you won’t miss any of the great ideas and projects.

I am very excited to be featuring the new set, Take a Spin. It consists of four adorable spinner stamps. The actual spinner hands are sold separately as well, complete with brads and washers for a fabulous spin! Three of the stamps are circles, which work great with the 2 1/2″ Circle Punch, and the fourth is a square which fits nicely in the larger of the two squares on the Scallop Square Duo Die. For my first project, I chose bright, fun, primary colors for a great kids’ card. It would be wonderful to give your child after a fabulous report card or teacher conference.

Stamps: Take a Spin, Classic Stars Jumbo Wheel
Ink: Real Red, Daffodil Delight
Paper: Real Red, Pacific Point, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White
Other: Game Spinner Hands, 2 1/2″ Circle Punch, Scallop Circle #2 Bigz Die, Real Red 5/8″ Grosgrain Ribbon

For my next card, I stuck with the scallop circle, but otherwise took a drastic departure! As I read the words on the stamp — Wonderful, Kind, Generous, Thoughtful, Funny — I thought of my mom, and realized that this would make a fabulous Mother’s Day card! I added a punched flower in the middle, and used my Big Shot to make the whole card into a scalloped circle.

Stamps: Take a Spin
Ink: Rose Red
Paper: Pretty in Pink, Whisper White, Sweet & Sour Specialty Designer Series Paper
Other: Game Spinner Hands, 2 1/2″ Circle Punch, Scallop Circle Bigz Die, Circle Bigz Clear Die, Boho Blossoms Punch, Pretty in Pink Taffeta Ribbon

For the third stamp, I went with a more whimsical look. I used my Stampin’ Write Markers on the stamp to add interest, along with this fabulous piece of gingham print paper from Pawsitively Prints II. It reminds me of a homey Italian restaurant, where you might go to celebrate any of these occasions.

Stamps: Take a Spin
Ink: Poppy Parade, Basic Black
Paper: Poppy Parade, Basic Black, Whisper White, Pawsitively Prints II Designer Series Paper
Other: Game Spinner Hands, 2 1/2″ Circle Punch, Circle Scissors, Poppy Parade Poly Ribbon

For my final card, I went back to a bright and fun kids card. I based the colors on the Celebrations paper, and thought the arrows were a fun echo to the arrow on the spinner. I used my Stampin’ Write Markers again.

Stamps: Take a Spin
Ink: Real Red, Pacific Point, Pear Pizzaz
Paper: Pacific Point, Pear Pizzaz, Whisper White, Celebrations Designer Series Paper
Other: Game Spinner Hands

I hope that you enjoyed this stop on the Stampin’ Addicts’ Occasions Mini Catalog Blog Hop! I am honored to be part of such a talented group of women! Your next stop is over to Cheryl’s blog to see the new Build a Blossom stamp set and the Blossom Petal Punch! Enjoy the rest of the hop!

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