Rubber Stamping & Card Making with Yapha

If you have been reading my blog for a long time, you may remember that I made a couple of owl themed Mother’s Day cards for my friend Laura last year. I asked her if she wanted some again this year, and she said, of course!So I got to thinking about how super cute it would be to replace the “o” in mom with an owl. And I put this together. It’s hard tp tell from the picture, but the owl is cut out and popped up.

Stamps: Messages for Mom, Fox & Friends
Ink: Pretty in Pink, Chocolate Chip
Paper: So Saffron, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Sweet Pea Designer Series Paper Pad
Other: Pretty in Pink 5/8″ Satin Ribbon, Stampin’ Dimensionals

Unfortunately, I didn’t get the message that her mom didn’t like green until after I had made it. Hopefully it is not too much green! Otherwise you’ll be seeing a similar card in a different color scheme very soon!

This week’s challenge over at Pals Paper Arts is a theme challenge, and the theme is Flowers. Surprisingly enough, I did not use Awash with Flowers for this theme, I figured I’d been using it enough lately, and I wanted to try something else. Instead I used the Messages for Mom set that is in the Occasions Mini Catalog. (Only a few weeks left to purchase what you want out of this catalog!) I used the large flower stamp from this set to create my own strip of paper down the left side. I used the Cameo Coral Stampin’ Write Marker to color in the large flowers, and my white gel pen to dot the centers of the small ones. The other card stock on this card is Chocolate Chip, I’m not sure why it looks like Basic Grey in the photo.

Stamps: Messages for Mom
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Cameo Coral
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Cameo Coral, Whisper White, Sweet Pea Designer Series Paper Pad

Cameo Coral is one of the colors that will be retiring at the end of June. Be sure to stock up soon if it is one of your favorites! (A big thank you to Debbi for the use of her stamps and her great ideas in making this card!)

Did you know that Stampin’ Addicts has different challenges every day of the week? Yep they sure do!I like playing the color challenges on Fridays. This week’s color challenge was a little tricky. The colors are Rich Razzleberry, Taken with Teal, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, Certainly Celery. I had to use the new set Awash with Flowers, of course! Here’s what I came up with:

Stamps: Awash with Flowers, Well Scripted
Inks: StazOn Black, Rich Razzleberry, Taken with Teal, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, Certainly Celery
Papers: Taken with Teal, Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White

I had an issue with Taken with Teal stampin’ spot at my mom’s house. It was really dry, so I added a couple drops of water since I didn’t have a reinker with me. Not really a recommended solution! It came out very watery, as you can see. A big thank you to Debbi for letting me use her Rich Razzleberry ink, since I didn’t bring any of the in-colors with me.

Loving the Awash with Flowers set? See more information on this month’s special here.

Welcome to another Stampin’ Addicts Blog Hop! This one features new stamp sets, paper, and other items from the Occasions Mini Catalog. They will be available to order beginning January 5th. You may have just arrived from Melissa’s Blog, featuring Little Angel. If you are starting out here, don’t worry, all of the blogs will link you in one big circle!

As soon as I saw this new mini catalog, I knew exactly what set I had to get! I have been collecting nesting dolls for years (though I’ve been collecting a lot more stamps, lately) and as soon as I saw the set My Matryoshka, I just had to have it! It is a fabulous set of four stamps, as you can see below.

One of the names for this type of doll means “Little Mother” when translated from Russian, and I figured, what better to make out of this set than a Mother’s Day Card? I used some of the new paper coming in this catalog on this as well.

Stamps: My Matryoshka, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: StazOn Black, Rose Red
Paper: Rose Red, Pretty in Pink, Old Olive, Natural White, Sweet Pea Designer Series Paper Stack
Other: Rose Red 1/4″ Grosgrain Ribbon, Watercolor Wonder Crayons, Aqua Painter, Word Window Punch, Designer Label Punch

For this next item, I have to give credit to Eve for the idea. Actually, we both had the thought independently. What if we cut apart the stamped image to look like the actual doll was being opened? I thought this would be even more fun to use on one of the super cute new mini milk cartons! I’m not sure if you can tell, but the top doll layer is raised on Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Stamps: My Matryoshka
Ink: StazOn Black, Real Red, Yo-Yo Yellow, Gable Green
Paper: Real Red, Whisper White
Other: Mini Milk Carton, Bigz L Die, Big Shot, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Paper Snips, Aqua Painter

The final item I have to show you today is an all-purpose card. The beautiful dry embossing of the background piece delicately complements the nesting dolls themselves.

Stamps: My Matryoshka
Ink: StazOn Black
Paper: Old Olive, So Saffron, Natural White, Sweet Pea Designer Series Paper Stack
Other: Old Olive 1/4″ Grosgrain Ribbon, Watercolor Wonder Crayons, Aqua Painter, Finial Press Embossing Folder, Big Shot

I hope that you have enjoyed this look at My Matryoshka. Your next stop on this blog hop is over to Deb’s Heartfelt Inkspiration, where she will be showing you some great ideas with the new Chocolate Bunny stamp. My favorite is her last card!

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Today’s My Digital Studio tip — the undo command. I love it. Use it often, that’s my motto! Sometimes, when using My Digital Studio, it is easy to rotate when you mean to resize, or resize when you mean to move. If that happens — DO NOT PANIC! Just stop, go up to Edit at the top, and choose undo. Everything will go back as you had it. You can “undo” multiple steps, as long as you have not saved since doing them. Then, when you have it how you like it, save!

Moving on in the calendar, we have April and May.

April focuses on Passover, especially the frogs! I tried to make the background of the first page be reminiscent of matzah. What do you think, did it work?

May has both Mother’s Day and my mom’s birthday, so I used those as the theme.

Feel like making your own calendar yet?

One of the great things about being a Stampin’ Up demonstrator is all of the opportunties that we have to earn free stamps! For example, because of my sales during Sale-a-Bration, I was able to choose two free any priced sets out of the catalog! How is that for fun? There are many more wonderful reasons to join. Contact me if you want to hear them!

One of the sets that I chose was A Rose is A Rose. It is a beautiful two-step stamping set that is easy to use with spectacular results! I made a few Mother’s Day cards with it.

Stamps: A Rose is a Rose, All Holidays
Ink: Rose Red, Regal Rose, Certainly Celery, Old Olive
Paper: Rose Red, Regal Rose, Whisper White
Accessories: Top Note Bigz Die, Stamp-a-Ma-Jig

Stamps: A Rose is a Rose, All Holidays
Ink: Baja Breeze, Pacific Point, Certainly Celery, Old Olive
Paper: Baja Breeze, Pacific Point, Whisper White
Accessories: Top Note Bigz Die, Stamp-a-Ma-Jig

All supplies are from Stampin’ Up and available to purchase through my website.

I’ve been seeing the cutest flower pot cards all over the card making blogs lately, and I just had to try it! It is so perfect for Mother’s day!  All of the instructions can be found on Stephanie Luman’s blog.

The flower part pulls out of the top of the card, leaving you a place to write. How cute is that? Love it!

Stamps: All Holidays
Ink: Really Rust
Paper: Really Rust, Whisper White, Pixie Pink, Elegant Eggplant, Always Artichoke
Accessories: Always Artichoke 1/4″ Grosgrain Ribbon, Scallop Border Punch, 5 Petal Flower Punch, Simple Flower Embosslit, Circle Fire Rhinestone Brads, Clear Rhinestone Brads

I’m taking orders for these for Mother’s Day, so let me know if you want to buy any. Or if you want to buy the supplies to make your own!

Mother’s Day is coming soon and I am so excited that I get to spend it with both my mother and my daughter this year! How fun for all three of us! I saw a great card whose technique was demonstrated at Stampin’ Up’s Minneapolis Regional Conference. (Not that I was there. As much as I would have liked to have gone back to Minneapolis for it, it was a little too far. But I heard about it.) Basically, you brayer ink over the debossing side of the Manhatten Flower Texture Die. You put a white piece of card stock in, and roll it through your Big Shot. When it comes out, your flower outline is embossed and stays white, the rest of the piece is whatever color ink you used. It is so cool looking. I used this technique to make a Mother’s Day card for my mom in Yo-Yo Yellow (her favorite Stampin’ Up color). I used Shimmery White, which lends just a touch of sparkle to the card.

Stamps: All Holidays
Ink: Yo-Yo Yellow, Old Olive
Paper: Yo-Yo Yellow, Old Olive, Shimmery White
Accessories: Manhattan Flower Textured Die, Brayer, Old Olive Striped Grosgrain Ribbon.

I think she’ll love it!

When I announced my new Etsy shop, my friend Laura asked if I could do custom orders. Sure, I replied, I’m always up for a challenge! Her mother loves owls, and she wanted to know if I could make a Mother’s Day card with owls on it. Of course, I answered right away, knowing full well I had no owl stamps, no super cute owl chipboard shapes (from the On Board So Tweet set), or even any owl rub-ons (from the Bright Delights pack). (We had this entire conversation on Twitter, by the way. You can follow me here.) So I started thinking… owls… owls… And I came up with two cards!

For the first card I used the owl print paper in the Good Morning Sunshine Pack of Designer Series Paper. It was the one owl item I actually did have!

Stamps: All Holidays
Ink: Pacific Point
Paper: Pink Pirouette, Pacific Point, Whisper White, Good Morning Sunshine DSP
Accessories: Pink Pirouette Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, Slot Punch, Corner Rounder, Top Note Bigz Die

For the second card I used the amazing owl made of punches that I found on Dawn Griffith’s blog. She even has video tutorial on how to make it! It turned out so cute!

Stamps: All Holidays
Ink: Pumpkin Pie, Close to Cocoa
Paper: Pumpkin Pie, Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Basic Black
Accessories: Chocolate Chip Taffeta Ribbon,  1 3/4″ Circle Punch, Scallop Circle Punch, Large Oval Punch, Boho Blossoms Punch, Round Tab Punch, 3/4″ Circle Punch, 1/2″ Circle Punch, Crop-a-Dile, Sponge Daubers, White Gel Pen

Laura loved them both. So yes, I take custom orders, no matter how tricky they may be!