Scallop Borders Made Easy

I have been playing around with some leftover scraps this week trying to use them up. They are so pretty that I just can't throw them away!

I found some pink paisley/flower patterned paper that was left over from an Anna Griffin card kit I got several years ago. I really didn't know what I was going to create out of this, but this is what I came up with.

I used Stampin' Up! cardstock in Real Red for my 4.25 x 5 1/2 inch card. I cut a 1.25 x 5 1/2 inch strip of Whisper White cardstock and attached it the the left-hand side of the card. I took my patterned paper and cut a 2 1/2 x 4.75 inch piece and attached it, centered, on the remaining red section of the card. I cut another piece of the patterned paper 1.25 x 4 1/2 inches and used Fiskars Threading Water punch to put a decorative scallop border edge on it*. Then, I cut 1/2 x 4 1/2 inch piece of the real red and adhered it to the left side of this piece of patterned paper. I attached this entire piece with pop dots, positioning the hole punches of the scalloped edge over the white cardstock and centering the entire piece top to bottom. Tie a ribbon over the white cardstock (I used American Crafts ribbon here). I layered a couple Bazzill & Prima flowers with a flower brad from Making Memories in the center and wrote in a white pen "Love" on the side.

Wouldn't this make a great Valentine's Day card? I need to keep this one handy for next February.

The weekend is almost here! Yahoo!!!!!

Tiffany

* If you don't have the Fiskars Threading Water punch, never fear! You can get the same results using a corner rounder and a small hole punch. Beate has a great tutorial for a scallop border here. To make it look like the Threading Water punch, just grab your small hole punch (1/16 or 1/8) and punch a whole in the center of each scallop!

Pick A Petal - Stampin' Up!

A Stampin' Up! must have - Pick A Petal rubber stamp set from Stampin' Up! The possibilities with the set are endless! Check out the Splitcoaststampers gallery for inspiration on what you can do with this set.

I told you about all the b-days I have this week. Well, this cute little set was purchased from Michaels. The tin was $1 and a package of 8 matching cards was $1. I just jazzed them up a little. The rim on the tin is silver, so I decided to embellish with silver.

Ok, first the tin. Flowers on top are by Prima. There are 3 different sizes layered on one another and secured by a big silver brad from American crafts. The flower on the center of the brad, and the flowers and word "celebrate" on the body of the tin, are rub-ons from SU! It took minutes to throw this together.

The card was just as easy. I used my Pick A Petal stamps and stamped them on red cardstock and embossed them using silver embossing powder. I also stamped "happy birthday" on the bottom right corner and embossed that in silver as well. I used the same brad and rub-ons for the center of the flower on the card too.

If you've never embossed, drop me an e-mail! I have a super easy set of instructions I can forward to you.

Enjoy your day and take time to stamp!!!

Tiffany

Monday, Monday!

I had a very nice weekend, but boy was it hot! My son took some long naps so I had a chance to get all my cards done for the week - 3 birthday's this week! Crazy!!!

This one is for my Mom. She loves daisy flowers so I think this one will be a winner!

My background was done with the Swiss Dots embossing folder from Cuttlebug. The patterned paper and stickers are from K & Company and the clear flower sticker near the top is from Heidi Swapp. I glued a clear button in the center of it. I also photographed the inside for you to see. The big sticker is also K & Company and the words are from the Stampin' Up! set, Birthday Whimsy.

Have a wonderful day!

Tiffany

P.S. You can still order from the Stampin' Up! mini catalog until June 30th! Don't forget - new customers get -20% their first order with me!

Summer is here!

Holy cow - it's in the 90's here and humid! I took my son this morning to the zoo for "Heavy Equipment Day". All the kids get little hard hats and get to sit in all kinds of construction equipment and big trucks. It was fun, but very hot!

One of my really good friends at work has a birthday next week and she is in love with summer! We all like summer, but she is a fanatic about it. I had to make her a fun, bright, and colorful card for her b-day. I used Beate's Weekend Sketch Challenge (#51) for my layout. The paper is so much fun! It's from K & Company and it's their new line called Berry Sweet. The happy birthday embellishment is from Sue Dreamer by Colorbok. Do you like what I did with the ribbon? I just made it up this morning playing around. Kinda different.

Stay cool! More later.

Tiffany

Fun with Pocket Cards!

Hello! Thank you everyone for your kind words on my last posting. I love it when people leave comments!

Since I took that pocket cards class in Buffalo last week, I am drawn to them. This Diagonal Double Pocket Card was the Wednesday tutorial on Splitcoaststampers. I couldn't resist! Check it out!!!

For my card I used Stampin' Up! Petals & Paisleys patterned paper. The stamp is called Flower Girl from Elzybells Art Stamps. The tags are embellished with Doodlebug Paper Frills and rub-ons from Stampin' Up! and Pebbles Inc.

I meant to make this card for my babysitter's daughter who has a birthday next week, but her hair is reddish brown. I guess I will be making another!!!! I like to make two or more of everything I do so I have one to keep and some to give away. It's always fun to look back at the work you did years ago and see how

much you've changed or grown in your abilities.

It's almost Friday!!!! I can't wait for the weekend!!! God bless.

Tiffany

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My 5 Petal Flower

I love to put big flowers on cards for the centerpiece. This 5 petal flower is so easy to make! Got your Stampin' Up! punches ready?



You need the scallop punch and circle punches (1, 1 1/4, and 1 3/8).

First, cut out 5 one inch circles for your petals. Then punch out one scallop punch for the center.

Adhere the 5 one inch circles all around the scallop and it should look like my photo below.

Flip it over and you've got a nice large 5 petal flower! Layer the center with a 1 3/8 inch circle and 1 1/4 inch circle.

I gave my flower a little dimension by adding pop-dots between the scallop and the 1 3/8 inch center. If you have any questions, please e-mail me! Once I learn how to post tutorials on my sidebar, I will post this one. It's a good one to keep around, don't you think?

Just a reminder, first time Stampin' Up! orders get -20% off!!!!

Tiffany

Recipe: Doodlebug and Making Memories patterned paper, SU! cardstock, SU! Lots of Thoughts stamp, SU! punches.

Back to work today! When I woke up this morning, I thought it was Sunday for a few seconds. How bad is that?

I made this card over the weekend. You can never have too many birthday cards on hand, right? The background was done with Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder. Then I used an Inkadinkadoo Birthday Cupcake clear stamp and inked it up with Cat's Eye Chalk ink in Creamy Brown. I colored in the bottom part with my yellow Copic marker (Y15)and filled in the top with white Diamond Stickles. The brown glittery paper behind the cupcake is from DCWV and the "happy birthday" is a rub-on from Pebbles Inc. I hope you can see the shimmer on this card in the picture. Sometimes glitter is hard to catch with the camera.

Have a good Monday. God bless!

Tiffany