No Stamp Valentine

This card goes to show you don't need an arsenal of stamps to make a nice card. I used a small circle punch to punch the circles out of a piece of designer paper.

I embossed the brown paper with the cuttlebug, added a couple gems and I was finished. Super easy.

Frugal Stamper Tip - The designer paper I punched the circles out of was scrap as well as the strips of paper under them. Don't forget about your scrap pile, look at the details in it and see if you can use a small part of it.

A Little Nontraditional Wedding Shower

I really love this paper I got from my local scrap book store. It is a beautiful blue/green color with a copper embossed swirl all around it. Not the cheapest paper on the rack but it sure makes a beautiful card. I kept this wedding shower card very simple and very nontraditional. I stamped the sentiment from my JustRite wedding ensemble set and cut it out with my new cuttlebug dies. I just ran the ribbon right through the slots of the paper and tied a knot. A bow would have been much prettier but I am not that talented so I just did a knot. I do have my eye on a little gadget called a Bow Easy that is on my wish list to help me in situations such as this one. If anyone wants to bless me with a little random act of kindness, you could always send one my way!

2 Sketches 4 You

2 Sketches 4 You has a challenge on right now and since I needed to make a wedding card for my brother-in-law this weekend, I figured this would be perfect.

All the paper I used was scrap, expensive scrap, but scrap none the less. I stamped the monogram in versamark then heat set with gold embossing powder. I used the wedding ensemble set and a monogram set from JustRite. I kept everything simple since the background designer paper was already gold embossed and very sparkly.

Wedding Shower

I am hosting a wedding shower for my future sister-in-law on Saturday, which is July 4th. I did not want to over due the Independence Day theme but there are colors of red, white and blue in my decorations. I created a book for the bride and each guest can write some words of advice for her. Since this is my husband's family she is marrying into, I could fill that book up myself...just kidding! I used Stampin Up To Have And To Hold to decorate the front and each page.


As part of her gift, I made her a set of thank you cards to match the decorations I have made. This is such a simple card. Again, I used Stampin Up To Have And To Hold for the hearts and Stampin Up Wonderful Words for the thank you. I used my cuttlebug to make the embossed box.

Finally, I made table decorations and used red containers from Hobby Lobby and foam in the bottom to hold the skewers. I stamped the punched circles using JustRite stamps. I used the wedding set, the tiny letters and a monogram set. I just love these JustRite products. I also used the Stampin Up set To Have And To Hold to stamp a few images on each circle. I then glued each circle to a York Peppermint Pattie and stuck a skewer through it. I had family visiting when I made these so my sister was actually the one who arranged the skewers in the florist foam.

Wedding Shower Invitation

First I have to say the idea for this card was not mine. I follow the work a fantastic artist named Michelle Zindorf. She made a great card using the bride and groom and I thought it would be great for the wedding shower invitations I had to make for my future sister-in-law. To see Michelle's card click here. Her card is much more beautiful than mine but I had to cut out a few steps since I was making 30+ of these and because...she is much better at this that I am.

I stamped the couple first with Stampin Up! To Have and to Hold. Then placed a circle punched out of a post-it-note so it would stick to the paper. I sponged the colors in the sky and the ground. I removed the post-it-note to leave the white circle behind the couple. I then stamped the sentiment from Stampin Up Wonderful Words. I dotted the sky with a while gel pen to look like stars and matted in all on a black piece of card stock.

40th Wedding Anniversary Invitation

WARNING - BAD PHOTO ALERT! I am very sorry for not only my bad photo of this card, but the poor stamping. I had just finished making 50 of these and was running to the post office with them before it was time for the kiddo's naps. I quickly grabbed a card and snapped a few photos. I did not look at the photos until now. Well, for some reason they were all blurry and the card I grabbed was not stamped very clear.

So, now that I am finished making excuses, I will get to the card. I used Night of Navy for the ink and a non-Stampin Up paper and ribbon that matched. The stamps are from Justrite and I used a monogram set and the wedding set. The sentiment says..."A celebration of love and friendship". I thought that fit very well for a 40th wedding anniversary. The embossing was done with my Cuttlebug and the Birds and Swirls folder.


Frugal Stamper Tip: Do you want to know a secret? I am a VERY frugal person and this is no exception in my paper crafting. I am thinking about devoting this blog to ways to save money. So, I am going to start letting you in on my ways to be a frugal stamper. Look at the navy scalloped circle the monogram is layered on, it is the same color as the mat, right? Well, I punched the scallop out of the actual mat piece before I assembled the card. I figure this saved about 4 pieces of card stock which saved me about $2. Before you do this, make sure you are not going to be able to see through and notice the punch out. I recommend the husband test. Give it to him and have him look it over and see if he notices anything. If he doesn't, you are probably ok. Another tip for doing this 'secret punch out' is to try to punch it out in the same area it will be re-covered later. I punched all mine out of the bottom right corner of the navy mat so that it would be covered again when I placed the monogram.

I hope you enjoy this little tip and it can help you to be a Frugal Stamper.

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