Sweet Button Buddies

Happy Monday Peeps!!

Today I am sharing a little 4 x 4 card I made for the Clean and Simple Challenge today on Splitcoast Stampers. The challenge is to use a tag on your CAS card.

I wanted to use my new Stampin' Up set called "Button Buddies", I really LOVE this set, it is so cute and easy to make a fabulous card.

My base of the card is white and then I followed with some real read and more white. The main image is stamped onto white with old olive and real red. I then ran this piece through my Big Shot with the Square Lattice Embossing Folder. I then used some white bakers twine to add the buttons. I matted this piece with more real red card stock. I added it to the base with some dimesionals.

I added some basic black satin ribbon around the top. The "sweet" is from the "Fabulous Phrases" stamp set and I used the Jewelry Tag Punch to punch it out. I also punched out a real red tag and layered them together. I added the tag around the black bow with more bakers twine.

Well, that is all from me today, I hope wherever you all are, you are staying cool, it is SO HOT here with NO relief in the near future!!!

HAPPY STAMPING!!!

Vicki

OCC....Hey There Chickadee!

Good Monday Morning Peeps!!!

Today I am sharing a card made with the Our Creative Corner Challenge, Hey Chickadee!

I took a very literal interpretation on the challenge. They had a beautiful winter picture of a chickadee. Here it is:




I have seen this bird made with the Stampin' Up two step bird punch and I knew I wanted to give it a try. I just googled for a chickadee image and made mine. I first punched the bird with whisper white and then with basic black and then with basic gray. I used a pencil and drew out the pieces for the bird. I cut away what I didn't need and glued it together. I punched out a basic gray wing and added it to the bird with a dimensional. I punched out the leaf stem with some chocolate chip card stock and cut down the leaves and used my 1/4 inch circle punch, (retired) and punched out some circles with cherry cobbler card stock. I added them to the stem with a bit of glue and then added some crystal effects over the "berries" to give them a bit of shine. The sentiment comes from the retired Really Retro stamp set and is stamped with black stazon. I punched out with the word window punch and then feed back into the punch to trim the ends. I punched out another word window with cherry cobbler and matted the sentiment. I wrapped one end around the edge of the panel and added some mini black brads. I pierced three corners with my piercing tool and mat pack.

The base of the card is whisper white and I followed that with some basic gray that was embossed with my Swiss dot EF. I added some cherry cobbler seam binding ribbon and made a bow.

I am also using this card for this weeks CAS challenge on splitcoast, A Day in the Snow, chickadees are snow birds!!!

Well, that is all from me today, Thanks so much for stopping by and HAPPY STAMPING!!!

Vicki