More Bodacious!

Tracy commented that I'd had my money's worth out of this set and she is soooo right...especially because I didn't pay a cent for it! As Demonstrators, we get to earn a lot of our stamps for free. This year I'll be choosing 9 free sets from the new catalogue...which is a lot harder than it sounds!! If you would like to learn how you can earn free rubber, just email me with your snail mail address, and I can send you a free Information Pack about joining Stampin' Up!
These cards were for a Stamp-a-Stack I ran at the end of last year. The other design was a little time-consuming, so I made this one super-simple. We just stamped up a whole sheet of Whisper white with Bodacious Bouquet, cut it into quarters, and used the "no cutting" method to whip up 4 quick cards. (just fold your cardstock as normal, and then cut or tear off the front, and attach your quarter sheet behind the torn/cut edge) ...Easy Peasy!
Can you believe that I still have more Bodacious to show you? Stay tuned...

Materials (all Stampin' Up!)
stamps: Bodacious Bouquet (retiring), Short & Sweet
ink: Soft Sky, Blue Bayou, Really Rust, Mellow Moss
card: Soft Sky, Blue Bayou, Really Rust, Mellow Moss, Whisper White
other: Designer Label Punch, Large Oval Punch, Small Oval Punch, Large Tag Punch, Small Tag Punch, Mellow Moss Taffeta ribbon, Soft Sky Double-Stitched ribbon, Blue Bayou Double Stitched ribbon

The make-over!

It was great reading all your tips on how to improve my card...I think I'll have to post some duds more often! LOL

I've taken all your tips on board, and made a new version:

I like this one much better! :o)

I used Chocolate Chip card base, instead of the Groovy Guava, and stamped on Whisper White, instead of Very Vanilla. I substituted Groovy Guava stitched ribbon, and used a rub-on for the sentiment. I also switched the sentiment to the other side,so it would be more balanced. What a difference those few changes make!

I actually like Groovy Guava, but as some of you said, it has to be paired with the right colours, and in the right proportions. Some of you suggested switching to Chocolate Chip ribbon on the first card I made. I did originally have Chocolate Chip ribbon on there, but it just didn't look right with the words stamped in Chocolate Chip too.

OK, so let me know what you think of this one!

A Dud!

Every now and then I like to show you a card that I really don't like....just to show you that we all make things that don't turn out the way we want them to!
I was thinking the other day that I'd like to make a card with this colour combo - Groovy Guava, Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip and Very Vanilla (it even sounds yummy!). And I was also thinking that I hadn't made a No Cutting card for ages (go here to see what I'm talking about). The "Free Wheeling" Promo was the perfect excuse I needed to make a card combining these 2 thoughts (I don't need much encouragement to make a card!).
So I whipped this one up in just a few minutes, immediately hated it, and it has sat on top of my filing cabinet ever since! I wasn't even going to show you all, but I do think it's good to know that we all make duds sometimes :o)

Let me know how you think I could improve this card, or whether I need to toss it, and start over!

Stamps: Priceless, So swirly Jumbo Wheel
Card: Groovy Guava, Very Vanilla
Ink: Blush Blossom, Groovy Guava, Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip and Very Vanilla
Other: Kraft Taffeta Ribbon

Another Card by Amy!

My special guest stamper (aka dear daughter Amy, age almost 11) has another card to show you. This was the beautiful Mother's Day card I was so lucky to receive. Amy wants to tell you how she made it!
I had to make 4 Mother's Day cards because I have a Mum, 2 grandmothers and 1 great-grandmother. Mum showed me a cool way to make 4 cards out of 1 piece of paper. First, I used the Colour Coach to choose some colours. I chose Certainly Celery, Bashful Blue, Regal Rose, Apricot Appeal, and Almost Amethyst. I got a Whisper White A4 piece of cardstock and the 5 ink pads. Then I got a stamp set called 'Priceless' and I stamped my favourite stamps from the Priceless set all over the white cardstock. Then Mum cut my sheet into quarters. Then I got 2 A4 sheets of Regal Rose coloured card and Mum cut them in half lengthways. I folded them in half and we cut off most of the front part. I tied a different coloured piece of ribbon around each one (Certainly Celery, Bashful Blue and Apricot Appeal), but I did two blue ones because there were only 3 colours. I meant to give Mum one with a blue ribbon but I accidentally gave her a green! phew, It was her favourite colour. The last thing to do was stick it together and stamp Happy Mother's Day inside. I think they all liked their cards.
Thankyou for all the nice things you said about my last card. I really liked reading all your comments!

The Fifth Day!

This is one for those of you who haven't even starting making their cards yet! It's my famous No Cutting Card, in it's Christmas garb! See this post for an explanation!
I've used 'Bouquet' Jumbo wheel on a piece of Kraft cardstock, cut to the size of my cardfront. If you wanted to make a whole batch of these, you would leave your sheet A4 size, and cut it in quarters after you had stamped. I love the Bouquet wheel. I can use it all year round as a florally background, and then colour it green and red, and viola it's a Christmas wheel!
I've used my Aquapainter and a couple of drops of re-inker onto my inkpad lid for a good depth of colour. I've added some highlights with the White Gel Pen (I can't tell you how many of these I go through... I use them all the time!)
The rest of the card is really easy. I've used Always Artichoke as my card base. Just tear off part of the front, and attach your Kraft piece behind the tear. It all looks nice and neat on the inside too. Liz has taken it a step further in this post on her blog, by using the torn-off piece too. Clever!
I've stamped Season's Greetings (from 'Many Merry Messages') in Whisper White ink, and coloured a couple of extra leaves and berries, and stuck them on with the 2-way glue pen as a simple little embellishment.

....And they call this one Marelle's Famous No-Cutting Card!

LOL I've always wanted to be famous!
Some of my fellow-demonstrators have already seen this card, as have my customers who came along to Tuesday cardnights in June, but I thought it was time I shared it with the rest of you.
This is a great card design for those times when you need to make some cards and don't feel like cutting up loads of cardstock. It's a variation on the one-sheet wonder theme, and all you do is stamp up an A4 sheet (this will make 4 cards) and cut it into quarters. Then take your base A5 card, tear along the top, stamp your greeting and tie some ribbon, and stick down the flap! How easy, and even better (OK, I lied - there were 3 cuts) there's practically no cutting!
The colours I've used here are Marigold Morning, Vintage Violet and Old Olive. And the stamp set is Bodacious Bouquet.