February Club Layout

Here is the layout we did in club for February. It was a spring theme. I had a lot of fun putting this together. I used several products I had never used before as well as a new technique or two. I don't have any journaling on the pages yet because I am not keeping these pictures on the page. I plan to use it for Easter pictures but wanted to post it before then. I used the Springtime Vintage DSP from the current mini catalog. I love the colors in this pack! It has several neutral colors but also incorporates baja breeze (a blue), always artichoke (a green), and rose red along with several other colors so it is very versatile.

I chose to focus on the very vanilla, crumb cake,and rose red.

This crumb cake seam binding ribbon is one new product I had never worked with. It is so light weight and easy to work with. It made the ruffle technique very easy to do. I used another new product (new to me that is) called sticky strip to adhere the ribbon to the cardstock. It is a double sided tape that comes on a roll. It is great for things like ribbon but you could use it on anything you want to stay put. I tied the ribbon back with some hemp twine.

Here is a closer look at the flower embellishment we made. It is made from 2 scallop circles punched from a different sheet of dsp. You score the paper inbetween each scallop then cut between two scallops from the edge to the center. After this, you accordian fold the rest of the flower making a fan shape when you are finished. Repeat entire process with the other scallop. Then adhere the two together to form the flower. I used sticky strip because I am now addicted but you could use snail, a glue dot, or even glue stick. We then added a bitty button to the middle of the flower.
Thanks for making it to the end of my long winded post! Let me know if you are interested in any of these products for yourself!

February Club Cards

This month the theme in club was "spring". I wish the weather was cooperating!! The card gals made two "spring" cards. The first one featured a flower that we made from 2 scallops we punched out of the Springtime Vintage dsp from the Stampin' Up! mini catalog. The stem stamp is from the Sweetheart set. We added some of the seam binding ribbon and a pearl.

Here is a closer look at the flower we made. For the center we used a bitty button with a bit of linen thread knotted in the middle. The button kind of gets lost in the picture, but believe me, it is cute!

The other card featured the 2 step bird punch. We used it twice; once to punch the bird out of the dsp and again to punch out the branch and the wing. I love the color combo of old olive, very vanilla, and chocolate chip. The two stamps are from the Vintage Vogue set.

Here is a closer look at the cute bird.

I'll be back soon to show you the "spring" layout!

More Valentines

I made a few more "matchbook" Valentines using the Valentine rub-ons from Stampin' Up! I had never used rub-ons before, but I really liked them! You just transfer the image to the cardstock by rubbing it with a mini popsicle stick. It is so easy!

Here is a little bit closer view of one of the rub-ons. This set is available in the mini catalog. Although it is a Valentine theme, you could use the images for lots of other occasions.
I also made another Valentine using the heart shaped treat cup. It is simply two 3x3 inch pieces of cardstock glued together on three sides. I used the heart punch to punch the heart shape in each sheet. Then I cut a strip from the red cardstock to fit down in between the two vanilla sheets.

When you pull up on the red sheet, the candy is inside. These were super easy and another way to use up some of the smaller scraps of cardstock you may have laying around.

Thanks for checking out these Valentine's! I will be back in the next couple of days with the club projects we are doing this month. They are a spring theme and ended up being some of my favorites so far! Happy Monday!!

Valentine Exchange

Owen has a Valentine's Day Party next week, so today I started working on making his Valentines to exchange. A friend showed me a cute idea of making a little "matchbook" card. They are easy to put together and are a great way to use of scraps you may have leftover from other projects. I used more of the Valentine DSP that I used on the other VDay cards I posted.

Here is a little bit closer view of one of the cards.

Inside, I stapled a small ziploc bag filled with candy. The little bags can be found at the craft store in the bead department. All other supplies I used are from Stampin' Up!

Thanks for checking out my latest project! Let me know if you would like to make some of your own!