Santa's List

Here's another quick and easy card that really pops.  I really love this Santa stamp with it's old fashioned look.  The bright colorful DSP is from the Season of Style Designer Series Paper Stack.  Using the Season of Style DSP (the 12 x 12 sheets) there would be more paper choices to choose from.  Next card I do like this I'll probably use those to give a bit more variety.

Stamps Well With Others Recipe:

Card Stock:  Crumb Cake, Gumball Green, Whisper White

DSP:  Season of Style Designer Series Paper Stack

Ink:  Cherry Cobbler, Black StazOn

Stampin' Write Markers:  Real Red, Blushing Bride and Blush Blossom (I just realized it retired!)Stamps:  Santa's List (w-131808 / c-131811)
Ribbon:  Cherry Cobbler 1/2" Seam Binding Ribbon

Thank you for looking in today.  

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You can find everything you need to make this card on my website HERE.  If I can help you with anything, please let me know.  You can email me at StampsWellWithOthers@gmail.com.   

Envelope Punch Board (and so much more!)

Stampin' Up! has a great new toy, I mean... tool for us to play with, drats... use.  (tee hee).  This great little tool can make up to 66 different sized envelopes, quick and easy!  Beyond that though, there are some wonderful Stampin' Up! Demonstrators who are amazingly creative and have figured out how to do so much more than envelopes.

The one I'm showing today is a File Folder Card made from the Envelope Punch Board.  I learned the details from Patty Bennett where she has a wonderful video on how to use the Punch Board to make file folders.  I'm working on making a picture tutorial that I will share as soon as I complete it.  For a great video though, check out Patty's blog.

Until then, check out the cute card I made using the Envelope Punch Board:  I love it!  It's so much fun to use and I see me making even more of them for all occasions.

Envelope Punch Board #133774

Card Stock:  Pumpkin Pie, Basic Black, Very Vanilla

DSP:  Witches' Brew Designer Series Paper (132185)

Washi Tape:  Witches' Brew Designer Washi Tape (132156)

Stamps:  Halloween Hello (w-131718 / c-131721)

Ink:  Gumball Green, Pumpkin Pie, Black StazOn

Punch:  Postage Stamp Punch (122344)

Thank you for looking in today.  You can find everything you need to make the above card on my website here.

~ Donna

Carbs, Schmarbs! for Masculine Carbs... Cards!

Everyone needs a little humor in their life and with Yippee-Skippee! there are several opportunities for some great humorous cards!  

Needing some masculine cards, I pulled out Gorgeous Grunge from page 109 in the Annual Catalog and Yippee-Skippee! from page 37.  

I used 3 different colors of ink for the Grunge, Cajun Craze, Soft Suede and Sahara Sand and then just splattered those stamps all over the card base of Crumb Cake.  For the outside sentiment I applied marker to stamp with Cherry Cobbler and Pacific Point, gave it a little "huff" of moist air and stamped it onto Very Vanilla.  I then used Cajun Craze again to make the frame around the sentiment.

Inside I pulled out the old faithful Bring on the Cake from page 14.  Found the perfect stamp with the Happy Birthday and the dreaded carb-loaded cake!  Look at all those candles!

I hope you enjoyed today's card.  I had fun making them and will probably make some more to have around for those men in our lives that everyone stumbles over making the perfect card.

Card Stock:  Crumb Cake and Very Vanilla
Ink:  Cajun Craze, Sahara Sand, Soft Suede
Stampin' Write Markers:  Cherry Cobbler and Pacific Point
Yippee-Skippee! (w-131341 / c-131344), Gorgeous Grunge (w-130514 / c-130517), Bring on the Cake (w-128490 / c-121958)

Thanks for looking in today.  Have a blessed Sunday!

~ Donna

Weeeooo-Weeeooo Blow Out the Candles

I've been wanting to do this since Brittney picked up this cute set "You're My Hero" (w-130306 / c-130309).  I love how it came out and I was able to combine it with another set "Bring on the Cake" (w-128490 / c-121958) for the inside stamp.  The fonts are even close enough to match up pretty well, don't you think?  

The candles are made from a combination of Washi Tape sets and the "flames" from the Bird Builder Punch.  I stamped the firetruck with Real Red and then just the bottom of it again with the StazOn Black.  Then I used the 1/2" Circle Punch to punch out the wheel and adhere to the truck.  I sponged Pumpkin Pie onto the wing punched out of Daffodil Delight.

Card stock:  Real Red / Whisper White, Daffodil Delight
Ink:  Real Red, StazOn Black, Pumpkin Pie
Stamps:  You're My Hero (w-130306 / c-130309), Bring on the Cake (w-128490 / c-121958)
Washi Tape:  Epic Day This and That (131269), Season of Style (132155)
Punches:  1/2" Circle Punch (119869), Bird Builder (117191)

Thanks for looking in today.  I realized earlier that I missed posting yesterday.  I guess my brain was just not paying attention!  

Happy Saturday - Stamp something pretty today!

~ Donna

Joyful Christmas Wishes

It's never too soon to get started on those Christmas cards, right!

I just love this set, it's so pretty and this card was very easy to make.

Stamps Well With Others Recipe:

Card Stock:  Very Vanilla (8 1/2" x 5 1/2" - scored at 4 1/4" and 4 3/4" x 3 1/2"), Cherry Cobbler (5" x 3 3/4")
Ink:  Cherry Cobbler and Garden Green
Stampin' Write Pen:  Daffodil Delight
Stamp Set:  Joyful Christmas (w-131802 / c-131805)

Begin by stamping the poinsettia flower on a large post-it note - being sure to stamp so part of the sticky is under the flower.  Then fussy cut the flower out to use as a mask for adding your leaves.

Using Cherry Cobbler ink, stamp on the upper left corner of your smaller piece of of Very Vanilla.  Allow it to dry and then line up your post-it note mask over the top.  Now stamp your leaf using Garden Green ink.  Color inside the "berries" with the Daffodil Delight.  

Stamp your sentiment in Garden Green for a nice contrast and assemble as shown.  

Thank you for looking in today.  Don't let Christmas sneak up on you, get those cards ready!

~ Donna

Halloween Bash

Here's another fun card for Halloween using the Halloween Bash stamp set.  Love the little spiders that are hiding on the back of the Witches' Brew DSP.  Perfect for creepy crawly!  

Stamps Well With Others Recipe:

Card Stock:  Basic Black, Smoky Slate
DSP:  Witches' Brew (132185)
Stamps:  Halloween Bash (w-130577 / c-130580)
Ink:  VersaMark (102283), Tangerine Tango Stampin' Emboss Powder (123106)
Embellishments:  3/8" Glimmer Brads Brights (121006)

Don't forget about checking out My Paper Pumpkin - If you sign up before the 10th of the month, your next shipment should be on the 15th of the month and should arrive shortly after that.

If you haven't signed up yet, I'd love it if you would sign up with me as your  Stampin' Up Demonstrator (Donna Kish, Phoenix, AZ  85018). Please let me know if you do so I can send you a big thank you!

You can find everything you need to make this card on my website HERE.  If I can help you with anything, please let me know.  You can email me at StampsWellWithOthers@gmail.com.   

Thanks for looking in today - be sure to follow my blog for any new updates!

~ Donna

Gently Falling - Fall is around the corner... somewhere.

Living in Phoenix, AZ there's not a lot of fall colors when the temperatures finally do cool off but with stamps and beautiful inks from Stampin' Up! I can have fall leaves whenever I want.  I do have to admit that we do have two big pecan trees in our backyard that do change color and are so very pretty, but it's nothing like living where there are four seasons and changing fall beauty!

I've been wanting to play with Simply Scored for making some nice score lines on our cards and finally had a chance to this past weekend.  I really like the lines and how they came out.

This card was made with the clear mount stamps that I borrowed from Linda (thanks again Linda!) and while it's a little easier to place the two-step stamps using the clear mount, I have to say, I wouldn't want to make a large quantity using the clear blocks.  This is one really good reason why I prefer the wood mount stamps (at least until we can get all photopolymer stamps...lol).  With the wood mount, there's no need to swap out the clear blocks or have enough to have one for each stamp being used.

Here's my recipe:

Very Vanilla  card stock (8 1/2" x 5 1/2" scored at 4 1/4" and 5" x 3 3/4")
Cajun Craze (5 1/4" x 4")
Stamps:  Gently Falling (w-128430 / c-123804), Teeny Tiny Wishes (w-128748 / c-127802)
Ink:  Early Espresso, Cajun Craze, Garden Green, Old Olive, Daffodil Delight, Cherry Cobbler, 
Tools:  Simply Scored (122334), Modern Label Punch (119849), Word Window Punch (119857)


To get your scorelines as shown on the card above:

Lay the smaller piece of Very Vanilla on your Simply Scored with the narrow end at the top.  Score at 1" and at 2 3/4".  Flip the card stock over and score two more times towards the outside in each of the next 1/8" marks.  This gives your scoring a little bit of "pop".  You should be able to click on the picture to enlarge it and see it better.

Thank you for stopping in today and for following my blog.

~ Donna