Rubber Stamping & Card Making with Yapha

Such a cute sketch from Retro Sketches this week! And i feel like I haven’t used my Top Note Die in forever!

I saw a few other cards that used multicolored embossing on this New year’s stamp, so I decided to give it a try. It was much easier than I thought it would be! If I had to do it again, I would make the Tempting Turquoise part a little wider. You can click on the picture for a closer look.

Stamps: New Year’s
Ink: VersaMark
Paper: Melon Mambo, Basic Black, Whisper White, Neutrals Patterns Designer Series Paper Pack
Other: Melon Mambo Embossing Powder, Tempting Turquoise Embossing Powder, Tangerine Tango Embossing Powder, Top Note Die, Basic Black Dotted Scallop Ribbon, Brights Buttons, Calypso Coral Baker’s Twine

The New Year’s stamp is part of the single stamps trial run that is only avaialble through January 2nd. I hope that Stampin’ Up continues offering a variety of single stamps, they are a lot of fun!

Less than 2 weeks until the new year! I combined the Nacho Average Challenge Sketch with the SUO Challenge, a Season of Glitter, to make this card celebrating the New Year.

I have to say, 2013 looks really strange. I guess the new year always takes some getting used to. I used the Adorning Accents Edgelit to cut these scallops quickly and easily.

Stamps: none!
Ink: none!
Paper: Basic Grey, Basic Black, Brushed Silver, Silver Glimmer Paper, Neutrals Patterns Designer Series Paper Pack
Other: Typeset Alphabet Bigz Dies, Adorning Accents Edgelit

I was thinking about using the Champagne Glimmer Paper, but New Year’s Eve just seems to go better with black & silver in my mind. What do you think — gold for New Year’s Eve?

Going on vacation is great, but it’s also nice to come back home.  I missed my stamps while I was away! Luckily I had some time to play today, in between loads of laundry. I managed to make a card combining two challenges! This week’s Friday Mashup is to make a New Year’s card that sparkles. I decided to combine that with the SUO Challenge for this week, which is to get “punchy.” I had been wanting to make a New Year’s card, so this was the perfect opportunity. Until I realized that I don’t seem to have any Happy New Year stamps! So I used the numbers from the Look Who’s Turning stamp set, and punched them out with the Pennant Punch. (Note: I embossed first and then punched — much easier!) The numbers are all one stamp, so I used my VersaMarker to ink up just the one I wanted, then cleaned it well in between.

Stamps: Look Who’s Turning
Ink: VersaMark
Paper: Basic Black, Mocha Morning Specialty Designer Series Paper, Silver Glimmer Paper
Other: Petite Pennants Builder Punch, Silver Embossing Powder, Stampin’ Dimensionals

I don’t know if you can tell, but the background paper is flocked. It’s from the Mocha Morning Specialty Designer Series paper, which is almost too gorgeous to use! I hope that you will stop back tomorrow for the Stampin’ Addicts Occasions Mini Blog Hop. It’s going to be great!  Best wishes for a fabulous 2012!

What a fun color challenge from ColourQ this week! It’s black, white, and one other color of your choice!

I used a picture from last New Year’s Eve, and chose Melon Mambo as my third color. My title is a play on words, since my daughter’s name is Eve. It was New Year’s Eve, and she IS New Year’s Eve!! Yes, I love bad word plays. They make me chuckle.

The background paper is from the digital version of the Night & Day Designer Series Paper. Many retired papers are still available digitally. This one is gorgeous for black and white.

(Oh, and that’s sparkling apple juice in her glass, just in case you were wondering…)

Now that Christmas is over, I am all ready to move on to making Valentines! But Eve said that it is too early to start making Valentines, so I decided to make a New Year’s card with this week’s Stamping411 sketch.

I used Night of Navy and Silver as my main colors, because I don’t have any Black satin ribbon. I think I need to fix that soon! I used my VersaMarker on the edge of the white circle and embossed it with silver. I need to work on that technique a little more, it came out a bit splotcher than I would like. But it still adds the shimmer that I wanted.

Stamps: Cheers to You, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: Night of Navy, So Saffron, VersaMarker
Paper: Night of Navy, Brushed Silver, Whisper White
Other: 1 3/4″ Circle Punch, 2 3/8″ Scallop Circle Punch, Night of Navy 5/8″ Satin Ribbon, Word Window Punch, Modern Label Punch, Northern Flurry Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Basic Rhinestones, Silver Embossing Powder, Big Shot

This card is a 4 1/4″ square, so it can still fit in a regular envelope. I hope the New Year brings you all that you desire!

I would like to take a minute to wish you a very happy new year! I hope that 2010 brings health, happiness, prosperity, and all that you need it to bring. Thank you for reading my blog. I hope you will continue on this stamping journey with me throughout the year to come!

This is the card that I made for Eve’s first grade teachers this year. I love how clean and fresh it looks! I put another Apricot Appeal Top Note on the inside to write on.

Stamps: A Brand New Year
Ink: StazOn Black, Apricot Appeal Stampin’ Write Marker
Paper: Basic Black, Apricot Appeal, Whisper White
Other: Top Note Bigz Die, Big Shot

Be sure and come back tomorrow for the Stampin’ Addicts Occasions Mini Catalog Blog Hop! It’ll be a hoppin’ good time!

With the ice storm here, we never had the last six days of school before the holidays. (It would have been really fun except for the part where we had no power for 12 days.) Because of that, Eve was not able to give her teachers their holiday gifts. I originally intended to give them with Christmas cards, but the time has clearly passed for that! So I made up some Happy New Year to give with the gifts.

I knew that I wanted to use the champagne glasses from “Cheers to You” and the Top Note Die. I only have the silver elastic cord, not the gold, so I figured I would emboss “Happy New Year” in silver on black. But I was unsure about what color to use as a background. After much deliberation, I decided to make a card out of just the Top Note!

Stamps: Cheers to You, Holidays & Wishes
Paper: Basic Black, Brished Silver, Whisper White
Ink: Versamark, StazOn Black
Accessories: Silver Embossing Powder, Silver Elastic Cord, Apricot Appeal Stampin’ Write Marker, Top Note Bigz Die

I folded the paper for the Top Note before running it through the Big Shot, making sure that the fold was inside the lines of the die.

I lined the inside of the card with Apricot Appeal paper to make a place to write. I liked the way the Apricot Appeal looked against the Basic Black, so I made another version of the card, in standard size, with an Apricot Appeal base.

Wishing you all a happy and healthy 2009. May it be all that you wish!

Visit Studio 5 for a fabulous video of Shelli Gardner (co-founder and CEO of Stampin’ Up!) creating three different holiday place settings for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Eve!

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Stamp Sets:
Cute & Curly Punch Label bundle
Everyday Flexible Phrases
Holiday Blitz
Simple Serif Mini Alphabet & Numbers
Wild West Alphabet

Stampin’ Pads:
Baja Breeze Classic
Chocolate Chip Classic
Old Olive Classic
Real Red Classic

Card Stock/Paper
Ski Slope Designer Series paper

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Baja Breeze card stock
Chocolate Chip card stock
Naturals White card stock
Old Olive card stock
Real Red card stock

Accessories
Dies:
Big Shot die cutting machine
Pillow Box die
Scallop Circle #2 die
Top Note Bigz die

Accents:
Pretties Kit

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Styled Silver Hodgepodge Hardware

Adhesives:
Anywhere Glue Stick
Stampin’ Dimensionals
Two-Way Glue Pen

Punches:
1/16″ Circle punch
3/4″ Circle punch
Horizontal Slot punch

Ribbon/Cord/Thread:
Alpine Ribbon Originals
Baja Breeze 5/8″ striped grosgrain ribbon
Linen thread
Silver elastic cord

Miscellaneous:
Acetate (from office supply store; thick)
Bone folder
Dazzling Diamonds Stampin’ Glitter

Instructions

Napkin ring
Make card stock note using Top Note Bigz die. Adhere Designer Series paper on card stock, stamp (on New Year’s napkin ring), fold, and smooth folds using bone folder. Stamp label image, punch out and/or cut, and adhere to napkin ring. Punch out slots and tie together with ribbon (Note: New Year’s napkin ring is tied together with Silver elastic cord). Accent as shown.

Name plate
Make card stock note using Top Note Bigz die; stamp (on New Year’s name plate), fold in half, and smooth fold with bone folder. Adhere Designer Series paper on card stock (Note: layer paper on Old Olive card stock first for Christmas name plate). Accent as shown.

Favor
Make favor box using Pillow Box die, and fill with treats. Create belly band out of Designer Series paper (Note: layer paper for New Year’s favor), and adhere to favor. Stamp label image, and punch out. Adhere label and accent as shown.

Confetti
Make several large and small scallop circles out of Designer Series paper. Stamp and cut out/punch smaller images (acorns for Thanksgiving, trees for Christmas, and snowflakes for New Year’s) as shown. Glue glitter on snowflakes.

Contact me at yapha@yahoo.com for more information or to purchase any of the supplies needed to create these beautiful place settings!