Yummy!

This is an adorable card and so very easy to make! It looks like those yummy orange creamsicles that I always enjoyed eating as a kid. Brings back good memories! You could make this same card in other "ice cream flavors" as well. Imagine a fudge bar or strawberry bar. Oooh yummy!
I've seen a lot of these ice cream bar cards around but I cased my version of this card from Patty Bennett. She has a great tutorial on the card size and how exactly to make it here.

Card Recipe:

• Stamp Sets - Tart & Tangy and Sweet Hello


• Papers - Only Orange, Yo Yo Yellow and Whisper White card stocks


• Inks - Only Orange Ink Pad and Yo Yo Yellow Stampin' Write marker


• Embellishments - Pumpkin Pie Striped Grosgrain ribbon


• Tools - Horizontal Slot punch, 1 1/4" Circle punch, 1 3/8" Circle punch, Scallop punch, Corner Rounder, Dimensionals and a Craft/Popsicle Stick

It is a little hard to tell from my picture, but the top right corner of the card is suppose to look like a bite has been taken out of it.

Also the inside white card stock piece is mounted on the inside with dimensionals.

The yellow strip on the ribbon was colored with the Yo Yo Yellow Stampin' Write marker. A simple but nice touch, don't ya think?

This is another one of the cards that we made at the Mystery Hostess party a couple of weeks ago. I've got one more card to show you that we made at that party...it is a card in the shape of a flip flop. Maybe I''ll post that tomorrow along with some of the beautiful pictures from the beach from my "mini" beach trip!

Hope everyone is having a great holiday weekend! Did you fit any stamping in?

Happy Stampin'

Karen

Apron Card

This is another fantastic card made with the "Tart & Tangy" stamps set. I just love this set! Remember to get your own "Tart & Tangy stamp set, you have to order it by the end of June! I love the "Summer Picnic" decorative paper that matches this set too. This Apron card is one that we made at my "Tart & Tangy" Technique class earlier this month. I cased the original card and it can be found here on Linda McClain's wonderful blog site, LMac's Catered Crops. She has a hand drawn pattern for this card on her link. I think this card would be great for a recipe swap or an invitation to a party of some kind, don't you? I just love it! What do you think?

Card Recipe:

• Stamps - Tart & Tangy
• Papers - Bashful Blue, Old Olive and Whisper White Card Stocks, Summer Picnic Designer Series papers
• Inks - Real Red and Old Olive Stampin' Write Markers
• Embellishments - Old Olive Polytwill ribbon, Red Gingham ribbon and Bold Bright buttons
• Tools - 1/8" Hole punch, Rounded Tab punch, Scallop punch, 1 3/8" Circle punch, 1 1/4" Circle punch, Corner Rounder and Crystal Effects

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I will be very busy the next few days getting ready for my "Mystery Hostess" party so I may not post again until it is over! It is one of my favorite events that I hold! Everyone seems to like it too! Door prizes all around!

Happy Stampin'

Karen

Thanks For Our Teachers!

This is a card that I had made back in April for a group of teachers that I was working with. I had seen versions of this card on a few sites that I visited but the original card can be seen here on Carol Frerichs site. She has so many great samples to see. The card she made is a 4 x 4 square card but I made mine a standard greeting card size. I thought that this would be perfect to do with my group of teachers. The technique for this card is called the chalkboard technique. This is a neat technique that I had wanted to try. I had originally seen the directions for this technique at SplitCoast Stampers. The tutorial is by the ever talented Beate Johns. The link to the tutorial at SplitCoast Stampers is here.
What you do is stamp the solid image with the white craft ink and then use sponge daubers to add the pastels right on top of the stamped images. The chalks adhere to the ink. You then use the swiffer cloth to remove the chalks from the areas around your stamped image where you don't want the chalk to be. This is a really fun technique to do and a very simple card to put together.
I also made one of these cards for my daughter's preschool teacher as a "thank you" during teacher appreciation week in May. She really liked it.

Card Recipe:

• Stamps - Tart & Tangy and Phrases for a Friend
• Papers - Basic Black, Whisper White and Old Olive card stocks. Summer Picnic Designer Series paper
• Inks - Basic Black Classic Ink pad and Whisper White Craft Ink pad
• Embellishments - Vintage Brads, Old Olive Poly-twill ribbon, Red and Black Gingham ribbons
• Tools - Stampin' Pastels, Sponge Daubers and a swiffer cloth

I hope you like this card. You should try this technique out for yourself and let me know what you think about it. It is really very easy to do.

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Stampin'

Karen

Tart and Tangy Class Samples

Here is another sampling of what we made at my Tart & Tangy Technique Class this past weekend. Not only did we make 3 cards using different techniques but we also made this set of 6 greeting cards with a gift box to hold them. The cards and the box are fairly simple to make. The general idea and the box itself I cased from the very talented Nancy Riley at iSTAMP. She has so many great ideas and samples on her blog. You can view her Tart & Tangy class samples here . She got her idea for this gift set from another very talented demonstrator Jackie Pedro at The Scalloped Edge . You can view her class samples here . She also has wonderful samples on her site. I have both of these very talented ladies listed on my blog list and I visit their sites often. On both Nancy's and Jackie's site they have posted a link to the box directions that were originally from Holly McMillen. I think it is great that talented people are willing to share ideas with one another.

Gift Set Recipe:

• Stamps- Tart & Tangy
• Papers- Bashful Blue, Real Red, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie and Whisper White card stocks. Summer Picnic Designer Series papers
• Inks- Pumpkin Pie ink pad and Old Olive and Real Red Stampin' Write markers
• Embellishments- Real Red and Bashful Blue Striped Grosgrain ribbon and Earth Elements Brads
• Tools- 1-1/4" Circle punch, 1-3/8" Circle punch, Scallop punch, 1/16" hole punch, Sticky Strip and dimensionals

I have a couple of other cards to share with you from this Tart & Tangy Technique class but I'll save them for another day. I hope you enjoyed seeing this gift set. Just think of the nice gift card sets you could make using this idea but changing the stamp sets! The possibilities are endless!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Happy Stampin',

Karen

Feelin' Fruity?

I thought I would share one of the cards we did this past weekend at my Tart & Tangy Technique class. It features the "Scratch and Sniff" technique. It can be a lot of fun to do. This card also uses more of the "Summer Picnic" Designer paper, which I love. (Remember it is only available through the end of June!)


To give your cards a little scent, mix 1 teaspoon unsweetned (sugar free) drink mix like Koolaid to every 1 1/2 teaspoons of clear embossing powder to get your scented powder that you will heat. All you do is stamp your image with VersaMark ink on your card stock ( a solid image works best ) and then sprinkle on your scented embossing powder, shake off excess and heat with an embossing heat tool. You can also use a powdered sugar free coffee creamer, unsweetened (sugar free) cocoa or a spice like cinnamon or oregano. You could come up with all kinds of scented cards this way! What fun!
Card Recipe:

• Stamps- Tart & Tangy
• Papers- Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive and Whisper White card stock, Summer Picnic Designer Series paper
• Inks- Wild Wasabi, Yo Yo Yellow and Pumpkin Pie Classic Ink pads. VersaMark Pad
• Embellishments- Pumpkin Pie Striped Grosgrain ribbon and scented embossing powders
• Tools- Embossing Heat Tool and Stamp-a-majig

I haven't tried any other scented cards yet. Just the Lime, Orange and Lemon scented one using Koolaid. I think a chocolate scented card would be yummy! What about a scented hot chocolate card? Or peppermint? Especially when it gets closer to Christmas! I'll have to give those a try.

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you enjoyed this card!

Happy Stampin'

Karen

"Cherries Jubilee"

Okay, SO this isn't Cherries Jubilee but the card does have cherries on it! They are so very yummy looking...and they make me happy. Kind of reminds me of summertime! This card showcases the cherry stamp out of the Tart & Tangy stamp set which is still available for purchase till the end of June. I also added a little shine on the main image with the Crystal Effects. I don't think you can tell that from the photo.
I just love this Tart & Tangy stamp set and the Summer Picnic Designer Series papers to coordinate so well with it! It is such a fun set to use! I just had a class this past weekend that featured this stamp set and everyone who attended received this set as part of their card kit. Maybe I'll post some of those card samples that we made sometime later this week. Here's what I used for this one. Enjoy!

Card Recipe:

• Stamp Set- Tart & Tangy (From Occasions Mini catalog)


• Papers- Real Red, Basic Black, Old Olive and Whisper White Card Stocks. Summer Picnic Designer Series Paper
• Markers- Real Red and Old Olive


• Embellishments- Real Red Striped Grosgrain Ribbon


• Tools- White Gel Pen, 1 1/4" Square Punch, 1 3/8" Square Punch, Crystal Effects and Dimensionals
  

I would like to say thanks to everyone for the kind comments about my blog. It is a learning experience for me. I hope that you enjoy it as much as I am enjoying it! I hope to add a calendar link soon so that you can view my upcoming class schedule and see what things I offer in the way of "Classes by Mail" too. Please be sure to leave me a comment about my blog and this new card and feel free to contact me with any questions you might have!

Happy Stampin'

Karen