November Club Cards

For November, we will do one card and one 3-D project. I think they are both really cute

The card is one that I CASEd from Split Coast Stampers. Here is the link. I didn't have the exact sentiment so I changed it up with one that I had. I love how the Pool Party color blends with the fall colors!


Recipe
Stamp Sets - Falling Leaves, Always Grateful, Grateful Greetings
Cardstock - More Mustard, Cajun Craze, Pool Party, Early Espresso, Whisper White
Inks - More Mustard, Cajun Craze, Pool Party, Early Espresso
Accessories - Square Lattice Embossing Folder, Chocolate Chip Button, Linen Thread, Glue Dot, Stampin' Dimensionals

The second project is this ultra-cute box. I used a die that Melanie owns. It can be used as a gift card holder or it's perfect for candy or pack of gum. I'm thinking about doing several of these and putting them at everyone's plate at the Thanksgiving table!

Recipe
Stamp Sets - Tiny Tags
Cardstock - Old Olive, Cajun Craze, More Mustard, Whisper White, DS Paper
Inks - Cajun Craze
Accessories - Scallop Box Die, Tiny Tags Punch, Linen Thread, Paper Piercer, Pearl Accents, Glue Dots

September Club Cards

For September, we will be doing some all-occasion cards.

The first cards uses Wild Wasabi embossing powder. Stampin' Up now has embossing powder available in several colors. I love the variety of the different colors!


Recipe
Stamp Sets - My Friend
Cardstock - So Saffron, Early Espresso, Wild Wasabi, Whisper White
Inks - Early Espresso, Versamark
Accessories - Wild Wasabi Embossing Powder, Wild Wasabi Ribbon, Crafters Tool Kit, Stampin' Dimensionals

The second card creates a "quilt" of designer series paper. I think it turned out pretty cute!

Recipe
Stamp Sets - Vintage Vogue
Cardstock - Soft Suede, Baja Breeze, Not Quite Navy, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Elegant Soiree DS Paper
Ink - Not Quite Navy, Soft Suede
Accessories - Elegant Lines Embossing Folder, 1" Square Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals

August Club Cards

After being "off the air" for ten months, my blog is revived! Hopefully, I'll keep up with it better than I have! We had a fun kick off for the new year last month, so now it's time to hit the ground running.

The first card highlights the watercolor technique. I used watercolor paper and Stayz On ink to prevent the colored inks from running. I still need to practice with this technique and get better at shading. I CASEd this from SCS.


Recipe
Stamp Set - Morning Cup

Cardstock - Pear Pizzaz, Rich Razzleberry, Tempting Turquoise DS (retired), Watercolor Paper

Inks - Pear Pizazz, Rich Razzleberry, Tempting Turquoise, Stayz On Black

Accessories - Rich Razzleberry Polka Dot Ribbon (retired), Linen Thread, Jewelry Tag Punch, Vintage Trinkets, Paper Piercer, Aqua Painter/Blender Pens, Stampin' Dimensionals

The second cards shows off a new technique I've learned - Faux Pearl. I think it turned out pretty good. I used Frost White Shimmer paint to achieve the "pearly" look in the flower.

Recipe

Cardstock - Calypso Coral, Wisteria Wonder, Lucky Limeade, Early Espresso, Berry Blossoms DS Paper, Whisper White

Inks - Calypso Coral, Wisteria Wonder, Lucky Limeade

Accessories - Scallop Trim Border Punch, Fun Flowers Bigz L Die, Bird w/Leaves and Flowers Die (retired), Frost White Shimmer Paint, Sponge/Sponge Dauber, Stampin' Dimensionals

Tuesday's With Morley - October Cards

This month we will be doing Halloween cards.

The first card is one that I CASEd from the SU! Ft. Worth Regional Seminar. I don't have the designer's name, but it is cute, cute, cute!

Recipe

Stamp Sets - Wicked Cool

Cardstock - Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive, Basic Black, Whisper White

Ink - Rich Razzleberry, Basic Black, Rich Razzleberry (Marker), Old Olive (Marker)

Accessories - 1-1/4" Circle Punch, 1" Circle Punch, Curly Label Punch, Decorative Label Punch, Ticket Corner Punch, Spider Web Impressions Folder

The second card features a new product from SU! - the Smooch Illuminate Top Coat. It's hard to see in the photo, but the top coat adds a shimmer to the tree!

Recipe

Stamp Sets - House of Haunts, Wicked Cool, Scratched

Cardstock - Basic Black, Old Olive, Tangerine Tango, Whisper White

Ink - Basic Black, Tanerine Tango

Accessories - Top Note Die, Smooch Illuminate Top Coat

Tuesday's With Morley - September Cards

This month's cards are really "all occasion". I will have an assortment of sentiments to use or you can bring your favorite!

Recipe

Stamp Sets - Printed Petals, sentiment of your choice (I used Curly Cute)

Cardstock - Tempting Turquoise, Real Red, So Saffron, Play Date DS Paper, Whisper White, Old Olive

Inks - Real Red, Tempting Turquoise

Accessories - Scallop Circle Punch, Real Red Ribbon, Crafter's Tool Kit, Stampin' Dimensionals, Silver Brad

Recipe

Stamp Sets - sentiment of your choice

Cardstock - Perfect Plum, Wild Wasabi, So Saffron, Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip

Ink - Chocolate Chip

Accessories - Two-Step Owl Punch, Bird with Leaves & Flowers Die, Stampin' Dimensionals

Tuesday's With Morley - August Cards

Have I mentioned that I love the new catalog! I'm really digging the In Colors this year!

We will be doing Thank You cards this month.

The first is a masculine card. It's really hard for me to do masculine stuff - probably because most of the stamps I own contain hearts and flowers! Special thanks to Mary Alice for loaning me her manly stamp sets!

Recipe

Stamp Sets - Totally Tool, Woodgrain Background

Cardstock - Not Quite Navy, Early Espresso, Crumb Cake

Inks - Early Espresson

Accessories - Ticket Corner Punch, Screw Brads (non-SU!)

The second card uses an older stamp set called Happy Together. Whenever I look at I have visions of the Partidge Family!

Recipe

Stamp Sets - Happy Together, Thank You Kindly

Cardstock - So Saffron, Baja Breeze, Poppy Parade, Whisper White

Inks - Poppy Parade

Markers - So Saffron, Baja Breeze, Poppy Parade

Accessories - Top Note Bigz Die, Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder, Modern Label Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals

Tuesday's With Morley - June Cards

We'll be doing some generic all occasion cards for our club meeting in June.

This first cards involves no stamping whatsoever! I love the Beautiful Wings Emosslit! The inside of the card had a little decoration too!

Recipe

Cardstock - Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive, Cottage Wall DS

Accessories - Elegant Bouquet Embossing Folder, Beautiful Wings Embosslit, Rich Razzleberry Polka Dot Ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals

The second card uses a couple of the in-colors that we haven't used in a while

Recipe

Stamp Set - Things I Love

Cardstock - Crushed Curry, Melon Mambo, Razzleberry Lemonade DS, Whisper White

Inks - Melon Mambo

Accessories - 1-1/4" Circle Punch, 1-3/8" Circle Punch, Crushed Curry Polka Dot Ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals

Tuesday's With Morley - May Cards

This month we'll be doing Father's Day cards. They can also be used for other occasions such as birthday. It was hard to put together a masculine card! I'm much more comfortable with hearts and flowers!

The first card uses cute little vintage tags that can be found in the Summer Mini Catalog.

Recipe

Stamp Sets - Rough Type Alphabet, Celebrate Everything

Cardstock - Bordering Blue, Night of Navy, Soft Suede, Naturals Ivory

Inks - Night of Navy

Accessories - Mini Vintage Tags, Stampin' Dimensionals

The second card uses the King of the Grill stamp set that can also be found in the Summer Mini Catalog.

Recipe

Stamp Sets - King of the Grill

Cardstock - Kraft, Real Red, Basic Black, Whisper White

Inks - Stayz-On Black, Basic Black

Accessories - Black Brads, Piercing Tool, Modern Label Punch, Ticket Corner Punch

Tuesday's With Morley - April Cards

The cards this month are versatile in that they can be used for any occasion. They also feature some of the colors that will be discontinued with the new catalog in July.

The first card uses a sneak peek stamp set from the new catalog. It is a two-step stamp and is called "Awash with Flowers"

Recipe

Stamp Sets - Awash with Flowers

Cardstock - Certainly Celery, Cameo Coral, Close to Cocoa, Whisper White

Inks - Certainly Celery, Cameo Coral, Pale Plum, Ruby Red, Apricot Appeal, Close to Coca

Accessories - Scallop Edge Punch

Recipe

Stamp Sets - Garden From the Heart, Whimsical Words

Cardstock - Sage Shadow, Always Artichoke, Creamy Caramel, Watercolor Paper

Inks - Stays-On Brown, Watercolor Crayons

Accessories - Scalloped Trim Corner Punch

Tuesday's With Morley - March Cards

I had a request for sympathy cards this month. Teresa was kind enough to loan me the Thoughts & Prayers stamp set which is absolutely perfect!

The first card was inspired from this example on SCS. It puts a new twist on the Top Note die.

Recipe

Stamp Sets - Thoughts & Prayers

Inks - Mellow Moss, Soft Suede

Cardstock - Mellow Moss, Soft Suede, Naturals Ivory

Accessories - Big Shot, Top Note Die, Dasmask Impressions Plate

The second card uses the plum colors from the Soft Subtles family. I don't think we've ever used these colors!

Recipe

Stamp Sets - Thoughts & Prayers, It's Your Birthday

Inks - Pale Plum, Perfect Plum

Cardstock - Pale Plum, Perfect Plum, Very Vanilla

Accessories - Photo Corner Punch

Tuesday's With Morley - February Cards

We are doing birthday cards this month - you can never have too many of these!

We haven't done too many projects this year using the In Colors so I thought it would be fun to feature them. This first card is masculine in nature and uses Soft Suede and Dusty Durango.

Recipe

Stamp Sets - Birthday Bliss, Party Hearty

Inks - Dusty Durango

Cardstock - Bashful Blue, Dusty Durango, Soft Suede

Accessories - 1-1/4" Circle Punch, 1" Circle Punch', 1-3/8" Square Punch, 1-1/4" Square Punch, Large Oval Punch, Harlequin Impressions Plate, Soft Suede Polka Dot Ribbon

The second card is more "Girlie"! The Dazzling Diamonds adds some bling to the card.

Recipe

Stamp Sets - Crazy for Cupcakes

Inks - Bermuda Bay, Chocolate Chip, Melon Mambo (marker)

Cardstock - Melon Mambo, Bermuda Bay, Regal Rose, Whisper White

Accessories - Scallop Trim Border, Melon Mambo Polka Dot Ribbon, Bermuda Bay Polka Dot Ribbon, Two Way Glue Pen, Dazzling Diamonds, Blender Pens

Tuesday's with Morley - January Cards

Well, the problem with my holiday hiatus is that my creative juices are not fully flowing yet! Both cards are CASEd from Split Coast Stampers. I've used alot of new items from the Occasions Mini Catalog and Sale-a-Bration catalog.

The first card features one of the new stamps from the Occasions Mini. I've been experimenting with the clear stamps and I like them! The original can be found here

Recipe

Stamp Sets - I (Heart) Hearts, Holiday Best

Cardstock - Real Red, Pretty in Pink, Very Vanilla, Sending Love Specialty DS

Inks - Basic Black

Accessories - Corner Punch, Full Heart Punch, Heart to Heart Punch, Scalloped Heart of Hearts Die, 5/8" Real Red Ribbon

The second card uses a stamp set from the Sale-a-bration catalog. The cool thing about this card is that it has a removable bookmark! The original can be found here.

Recipe

Stamp Sets - I (Heart) Hearts, Whimsical Words

Cardstock - Real Red, Basic Black, Whisper White

Inks - Real Red, Basic Black

Accessories - Scallop Trim Corner Punch, Perfect Polka Dots Textured Impressions Folder, Black Brads, Black Ribbon, Red Gingham Ribbon, Pearls (non-SU!), Crafters Tool Kit

Tuesday's with Morley - November Cards

We'll be doing Christmas cards for our November meeting.


The first card uses the new Sparkly & Bright stamp set. It is SO cute! I found the design here on SCS.




Recipe
Stamp Sets - Merry & Bright
Cardstock - Creamy Caramel, Real Red, Whisper White
Inks - Creamy Caramel, Chocolate Chip, Real Red
Accessories - Scallop Circle Punch, 1-3/4" Circle Punch, 1-3/8" Circle Punch, Scallop Edge Punch, Paper Piercer, Stampin' Dimensionals



The second features the Delightful Decorations stamp set from the Holiday mini catalog. The colors aren't exactly what I would have thought of for a Christmas card, but they've grown on me!




Recipe
Stamp Sets - Delightful Decorations
Cardstock - Sahara Sand, Whisper White, Holiday Lounge DS
Inks - Taken with Teal, Ruby Red
Accessories - Ornament Punch, White Grosgrain Ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals

Tuesday's with Morley - October Cards

We'll be doing Halloween cards at this month's workshop.



The first card uses the great stamp set from the Holiday Mini - Sweet Centers. I love the little cups that can filled with all sorts of treats.







Recipe
Stamp Set - Sweet Centers
Cardstock - Pumpkin Pie, Elegant Eggplant, Old Olive, Whisper White, Cast-a-Spell DS
Ink - Elegant Eggplant
Accessories - Old Olive ribbon, 1-3/4" Circle Punch, Sweet Treat Cup






The second card uses the Pumpkin Patch stamp set - also featured in the Holiday mini.







Recipe
Stamp Sets - Pumpkin Patch, Holiday Frights, Holiday Best
Cardstock - Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, Elegant Eggplant, Basic Black, Whisper White, Cast-a-Spell DS
Inks - Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, Elegant Eggplant, Basic Black
Accessories - Modern Label Punch, Paper Piercer, Stampin' Dimensionals

Tuesday's with Morley - Cards

We'll be doing some great cards this month!

This first card is one that Mary Alice made for me. I've changed the color scheme just a tad from the original. She found this card on Split Coast Stampers so thanks to the original designer! Just a note - if you've designed a card a scrapbook layout and would like to share with the club, let me know!

Recipe

Stamp Set - Thank You Kindly

Cardstock - Old Olive, Crushed Curry, Chocolate Chip, Crushed Curry DS, Chocolate Chip DS

Ink - Chocolate Chip

Accessories - Scallop Circle Punch, 1" Punch, 5-Petal Flower Punch, Eyelet Border Punch

The second card features the new Medallion background stamp. I LOVE THIS STAMP! It's so elegant.

Recipe

Stamp Set - Medallion, Great Friend

Cardstock - Naturals Ivory, Ruby Red

Inks - Crushed Curry, Old Olive

Accessories - 5/8" Old Olive Ribbon

Tuesday's with Morley - July Cards

I decided to continue the Circle Theme started with the scrapbook layout!

The first card also features the Circle Circus stamp set. I think we've already used the "Enjoy Every Moment" stamp set in a previous month, so I'll have an alternative available at our meeting if you don't want to use it again



Recipe
Stamp Sets - Circle Circus, Enjoy Every Moment
Cardstock - Green Galore, Melon Mambo, Whisper White
Inks - Green Galore, Melon Mambo
Accessories - Eyelet Border Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals



The second card uses the large scallop circle die as the base. I think it turned out cute and it's totally different than anything we've done before.






Recipe
Stamp Sets - Razzle Dazzle
Cardstock - Rich Razzleberry, Crushed Curry, Razzleberry Lemonade DS, Whisper White
Markers - Rich Razzleberry, Crushed Curry, Melon Mambo, Old Olive
Accessories - Rich Razzleberry Polka Dot Ribbon, Crafter's Tool Kit, Coluzzle

Tuesday's with Morley - June Cards

For the first card, I used a cool texture die that was given to me by my Secret Sister at the last retreat (thanks, Linz!) I think for the cards for the club, I'm going to get some bigger brads. I really don't like the size of the ones in the picture.

Recipe

Stamp Set - none!
Cardstock - Not Quite Navy, Kraft, Bella Bleu DS

Inks - none!
Accessories - Textured Impressions Die, Brads (non-SU!)

For the second card, I'm FINALLY using the Define Your Life stamp set. It's a cool set that has definitions of words from all the letters of the alphabet. You'll be able to choose the word/definition that suits your needs!

Recipe

Stamp Set - Define Your Life

Cardstock - So Saffron, Bashful Blue, Riding Hood Red, Washington Apple DS

Ink - Riding Hood Red

Accessories - Riding Hood Red Ribbon

Tuesday's With Morley - Cards

We'll be doing Birthday Cards this month!

The first card uses one my favorite stamp sets - Voila! I'm surprised I haven't used this before now. This card requires A LOT of intricate cutting so be sure to have sharp scissors on hand.



Recipe
Stamp Sets - Voila, Garden Greetings
Inks - Chocolate Chip
Cardstock - Pink Pirouette, Chocolate Chip, Close to Cocoa, Whisper White, Candy Lane DS
Accessories - Watercolor Pencils, Word Window Punch, Brads (non-SU!)


The second card uses the adorable Big Bold Cupcake Sizzit. I adapted it from a gift bag that I made at Lindsey's retreat.



Recipe
Stamp Sets - Party Hearty
Inks - Chocolate Chip
Cardstock - So Saffron, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Regal Rose, Bella Rose DS
Accessories - Big Bold Cupcake Sizzit, Top Note Bigz Die, White Button, Stampin' Dimensionals, Glue Dot

Tuesdays with Morley - March Cards

We'll be doing Easter cards this month. I also got to try out my new Big Shot! This is one accessory that's going to get quite a work out.

This first card uses a couple of the new embosslit dies. It not only does the "normal" die cut, but it embosses at the same time! The Tea Party DS paper is really cute too.




Recipe
Stamp Sets - All Holidays
Cardstock - Certainly Celery, So Saffron, Pretty in Pink, Tea Party DS Paper
Inks - Chocolate Chip
Accessories - Very Vanilla Hodgepodge Hardware, Certainly Celery Ribbon, Sweetest Stem Embosslit Die, Simple Flower Embosslit Die






I got the idea for this second card from the latest edition of "Stampin' Success". This publication is sent each month to Stampin' Up! demonstrators. It contains lots of ideas and good business advice for the demonstrators.





Recipe
Stamp Sets - A Good Egg
Cardstock - Pink Pirouette, Regal Rose, Baja Breeze, Kraft, Regal Rose DS Paper
Ink - Chocolate Chip
Accessories - Regal Rose Ribbon, Scallop Edge Punch, Brad

Tuesday's with Morley - December Cards

Here are the cards we'll be doing at our club meeting next week. I couldn't get my creative juices flowing for these, so I borrowed heavily from Split Coast Stampers. However, I think they turned out really cute!

I CASEd this card from Split Coast, but I changed the sentiment. I actually did the card using Sage Shadow paper but then realized that Mellow Moss was a better choice. I changed it out after I had taken the picture, and I was too lazy to take another one!

Recipe
Stamp Sets - Christmas Classics, Heard from the Heart
Cardstock - Mellow Moss, Always Artichoke, Whisper White
Inks - Always Artichoke, Bravo Burgundy
Accesories - 1-3/8" Square Punch, Scallop Edge Punch, Bravo Burgundy Ribbon

I also CASEd this card from Split Coast, but didn't use any ribbon.

Recipe
Stamp Sets - To You and Yours
Cardstock - Kraft, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Whisper White, Ski Slope DS
Ink - Chocolate Chip
Accessories - 2-Way Glue Pen, Dazzling Diamonds