Cyndy's Creative Corner: March 2018

Friday, March 30, 2018

Feature Friday

Sorry this is a late post today! Well I'm off from renovating so I can get the house ready for company on Sunday! I didn't have time to get this ready ahead of time and had to get out this morning to run errands and food shopping. I hope you're off for the weekend and enjoying your weekend.

So today is the last week for my Cake Soiree Bundle Feature Friday. I wish I had the time to make some originals for you, but with everything going on in my life right now. I'm hoping things will quiet down in a couple more weeks.

So if you're wondering what I'm talking about with the Feature Friday, let me explain. I choose a project in a current catalog that I want to Feature each Friday. For the month of March I've Featured the Cake Soiree Bundle and the entire product suite. There are so many great coordinating products with this suite it's hard to use just one item. This stamp set comes in wood or clear mount and has multiple dies that will cut out just one image. So you can stamp say the leaves two times and use the two coordinating dies to cut them out.

Since my birthday is tomorrow, I thought these projects would be great! They came together very quickly. The Sweet Soiree Designer Series Paper does most of the work.

This birthday card I used Birthday Blossoms for the sentiment and all the embellishments are from the Sweet Soiree Embellishment kit. The only other item I used besides the Berry Burst ink was the Layering Ovals. I CASEd this card from Mary Hanson. She showed using this same layout and changing the sentiment for whatever occasion you need. Her birthday card used another stamp set. I thought this one worked great.

Here's a close up of the gorgeous embellishments. This kit really makes your projects come together quickly and look great!

Aren't these mini gable boxes adorable? I CASEd this project from Sharon Armstrong. Not much to put this all together. Isn't the tag beautiful? So elegant! Anyway I took a 2" x 12" piece of the Sweet Soiree DSP and wrapped around the box. BTW, this box is easy to put together.

Here you can see the detail on the tag. I stamped the sentiment and the lined flower with Berry Burst and the solid flower with Calypso Coral. The other flower was stamped with VersaMark and I used Silver Embossing Powder. Then just die cut everything and put together. If you haven't tried this ribbon you really need to. It's one of the new In Colors, Berry Burst Metallic edge and is so soft!

I hope you enjoyed these projects and have sparked your creativity! Stop by my studio for a class sometime and get more inspiration! You can find all these products in my STORE or scroll down for a list of all the products used. If you don't have a demonstrator, I'd love to be yours. You can earn FREE product through my Loyalty Rewards and get card kits with your qualifying purchases. While shopping make sure you use March VIP Host Code T4ED7Z7F.

Tomorrow is the last day of Sale-a-Bration, so get those last minute orders in! Also this is a great time to take advantage of Sale-a-Bration and get a pre-paid Paper Pumpkin!

Product List

Cake Soirée Wood-Mount Bundle

[145816]

$72.00

Cake Soiree Clear-Mount Bundle

[147627]

$61.00

Cake Soirée Wood-Mount Stamp Set

[145521]

$47.00

Cake Soirée Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[145745]

$35.00

Birthday Blossoms Wood-Mount Stamp Set

[139167]

$27.00

Birthday Blossoms Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[139471]

$19.00

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[100730]

$9.00

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock

[140272]

$7.00

Berry Burst 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[144243]

$8.00

Old Olive 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[100702]

$8.00

Sweet Soirée Specialty Designer Series Paper

[145564]

$13.00

Berry Burst Classic Stampin' Pad

[144083]

$6.50

Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' Pad

[126983]

$6.50

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$8.50

Silver Stampin' Emboss Powder

[109131]

$5.00

Heat Tool

[129053]

$30.00

Silver Mini Gable Boxes

[145568]

$8.00

Sweet Soirée Embellishment Kit

[145578]

$11.00

Berry Burst 3/8" (1 Cm) Metallic-Edge Ribbon

[145489]

$7.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.00

Wednesday, March 28, 2018

Paper Pumpkin - May Good Things Grow

Happy Hump Day! There is finally a light at the end of the tunnel! AND Sale-a-Bration is coming to a close as well! If you get my weekly newsletter you received a reminder the other day. If you're not familiar with Sale-a-Bration, it's just the best time of the year! It's like Christmas! For every $50 you can get a FREE Sale-a-Bration item. This year they have two levels! So when you spend $100 there are other items you can get! Plus when you sign up to become a demonstrator, normally you get $125 worth of product for $99 with FREE shipping. During Sale-a-Bration you'll also get to choose 2 FREE stamp sets, which is up to another $101 of FREE product! Want more information? Check out my JOIN MY TEAM tab or contact me.

Ok onto Paper Pumpkin! Have you seen this month's kit? Really beautiful! It's called May Good Things Grow. Here are the contents of the kit. Do you see item with the "5" on it? That's the FREE gift this month for celebrating their 5 year anniversary. The gift is wood elements, natural on one side and white on the other.

Lots of elements in this kit. The inkspot is Early Espresso and you can make 8 cards, 4 of 2 designs with envelopes.

Aren't these cards gorgeous! Let's start with the top left and go clockwise. It's an envelope with a pre-printed border. The flowers are a punch out. The next is also an envelope with the word "Flower" and the rose already printed on it. Below that is a card base of Fresh Fig with a layer of Crumb Cake that has similar roses printed. Lastly, this card I stamped the four corners and sentiment. This was the most amount of stamping.

Here is one of my alternatives using the kit. I used the envelope and cut off the flap to create a pocket. I then took one of the cards and cut it in half and punched out a piece of Fresh Fig using the Pretty Label punch.

The large flower element was cut in half and used one of the sticker strips along the edge. I cut a piece of the ribbon and used one of the wood elements and punch out leaves. I wrapped some of the linen thread around the envelope and tied a bow. For the pull out I stamped the corners and one of the sentiments in the kit.

Here's another that I CASED (Copy And Share Everything). But I can't seem to find who I CASED from! I decided to use some of the wood elements and did direct to ink to color them.

This last one is came up with myself. Here I used the printed leaves and stamped the flower image a couple of times and fussy cut them. I used one of the cards and cut it in half and took one of the wood elements and pushed it into the Fresh Fig ink pad then used it like a stamp and created a border around this layer. I used tweezers to keep my hands on the cleaner side. I also adhered some of the colored pearls.

I hope you've enjoyed these creations. You can get the additional supplies in my STORE and when you're a Paper Pumpkin subscriber you can order additional refills. Not a subscriber? Join between now and May 10 and get your first 2 months at 50% off! Check it out HERE! Why shop with me? I have a PDF each month for a card and you get the kit to create the card with a $50 or more purchase. Plus so much more! Check out my LOYALTY REWARDS, MONTHLY VIP HOST CODE, and WISH LIST. I look forward to your comments. Enjoy your day and stop by soon!

Monday, March 26, 2018

More Monthly Swaps

Hope you had a great weekend! The snow is melting and the temps are finally warming up! I'm still working on our renovations but getting close to the end!

This is my other monthly swaps. If you're new to my blog, I participate in a group swap each month and whoever is the host chooses the theme. For February the theme was Sale-a-Bration. Also with that being said, we are in our last few days, so make sure you take advantage of all the FREE products you can get with your purchases!

Our first card today was made by Carol Barbati and she used the Celebrate You thinlits. I really love these. These are available with a $100 order. Carol also used the Brusho Crystals in the Occasions catalog. I sure hope this product carries over into the Annual catalog. Her card base is Night of Navy with a layer of Real Red. She did the Brusho on watercolor paper and use the spritzer to move the Brusho and added wink of stella to the die cut. Don't you just love this! There really is no wrong way to use that Brusho.

This next card Laura Bornstein used the Heartfelt Blooms, another one of my Sale-a-Bration favorites. Her card base is Old Olive and layered the Petal Garden DSP. The floral image she stamped with Calypso Coral and colored the center with the Daffodil Delight Blends. Laura also used the Layering Ovals for the sentiment. I don't think you can see in the picture but she also used the the Softly Falling Embossing Folder on the DSP and just a small piece of the Old Olive Sheer Ribbon with the sentiment and used dimensionals to give it a bit of height.

This was another one of my favorites. Vicki Wu did this card with Amazing You and the Celebrate You thinlets. Vicki stamped the flower a couple of times and one is gold embossed and fussy cut. She also die cut all this with the Stitched Shapes Framelits. Lastly the "amazing" is from the Celebrate You and those leaves are from the Leaf punch which is a carry over from the Holiday Mini. Vicki's colors are Calypso Coral, Whisper White, Black Memento, and gold.

Here Lilly Ruiz also used the Heartfelt Blooms too, but just the sentiment. The butterfly is from Beautiful Day. What a great idea to emboss the the butterfly on the Delightful Daisy! To continue the butterfly theme she use the Fluttering Embossing Folder.

This last card was made by Jen Sootkoos. She used the Lots of Lavender. I love how simple this card is. I'm guessing she choose her colors by the Naturally Eclectic DSP, Fresh Fig and Lemon Lime Twist. The Fresh Fig layer was embossed with the Scattered Sequins Dynamic Embossing Folder. The strip of glimmer paper from the Myths and Magic really gives it a great pop! What a great idea using the Bitty Bows on top!

I hope you enjoyed all these samples. This should give you some great ideas using these fabulous products. Remember, hurry Sale-a-Bration ends Saturday!

Thank you for stopping by. I look forward to your comments. You can find all these products in my STORE. If you don't have a demonstrator, I've love to be yours. There are all kinds of benefits for shopping with me. Check out the VIP Host Code T4ED7Z7F and your Wish List for more details.

Friday, March 23, 2018

Feature Friday

TGIF!!! I know it's Friday, but not for me! At least all that snow gave me a day off! I hope you made out ok with the snow, sleet, rain, or whatever it was doing where you live. I'm hoping this is the last Nor'easter for this season.

If you're just arriving, I'll give you an update. Each month, I pick a product/bundle/suite to feature each Friday for that month. For March I chose Cake Soiree. We used this suite at our Spring Fling event so at least I had a head start with samples for the month.

This bundle comes in wood or clear mount and one of the nice things with this bundle is there are multiple pieces of the leaves and flowers so you can do less passes through the Big Shot when creating a card or scrapbook page.

This first card I'm sharing I CASED from Melissa Stout. I saw this card and just had to make it. The cake is actually on the inside of the card but when closed you don't really see it that way. Besides using this card for a wedding or anniversary, I think this would work great for a special birthday as well. The "celebrate" is from the Celebrate You Thinlets in the Sale-a-Bration section. I can't remember is I used Silver or Champagne foil.

This next card, I'm sure I CASED but don't know who, so unfortunately I can't give them credit. I really thought this card was so pretty and you could use it for just about any occasion. I used the sentiment from the set but used the scallop circle punch that's also in the occasions catalog. Can you see the dots on the Powder Pink layer? I used the Scattered Sequins Dynamic Embossing Folder. That's one of those thick folders.

Here's a close up of the tag, present, and sentiment. The leaves in the background there are die cut with the silver foil as is the bow.

This last photo used the narrow note cards and envelopes. I CASED this from Debbie Henderson. This came together very quickly. I used the Myths and Magic Glimmer paper as an accent to the Sweet Soiree Specialty Paper. I also used the Tailored Tag Punch for the sentiment.

I hope you enjoyed these projects and want to give them a try. You can find all these products in my STORE. Make sure you use this month's VIP Host Code T4ED7Z7F. If you have any questions or need help with re-creating any of these projects, please contact me. If you don't have a demonstrator, I'd love to be yours! I have a monthly VIP Host Code to earn FREE product and card kits. Below is a list of all the products I used to make these projects.