Sep 19, 2015 | Just for Fun |
My card today is simply a card I want to send to someone that is very special and dear to my heart. Thank you cards can be for many reasons, mostly for something we’ve received or for someone showing their kindness to us, or helping when we needed it, and for many other reasons. One of those other reasons, for today’s card is a “just because” you’re fabulous card , I want to say thank you. So I made this card for a special someone to send. Hope they like it! Let’s get to the Debbie’s Details! 🙂
Debbie’s details:
*My designer series paper: It’s gorgeous! It is from the English Garden pack. So pretty and water colored and hand painted by one of our SU creative artists. Gorgeous.
*I used the lovely Mossy Meadow card stock that matches the green in this lovely paper as my base.
*My sentiment is from the One Big Meaning stamp set. I love all the fonts in this beautiful set of “thank you” images! I would say this should be a must have in your stash if you don’t already own it. I bet you would agree, too, so check it out!
*PUNCHES* Love my punches! They work for many, many images and are quick and easy! I like that, don’t you?? I used the 2″ for my sentiment, the 2-3/8″ for the Hello Honey scallop punch and the 2-1/2″ inch punch for my Mossy Meadow backing. I love, love, love, my tiny little flower from the Itty Bitty pack of small punches! You have no idea how these sweet little punched out flowers have come to my rescue when I need to add a little sumthin’ sumthin!’ AND I bet you’re wondering where the itsy bitsy Mossy Meadow “dot” came from. My OWL punch! It’s his little eyes! I wanted to keep my card muted and simple and let the beautiful English Garden paper be the showcase, so I just punched an “eye” out and voila! Who would’ve thunk?
DIMENSIONALS! – these babies POP UP your card pieces to give them dimension. Duh. You knew that, but all THREE of my punched pieces are all POPPED UP on dimensionals! It really gives your cards that special little “oomph!” My little punched out flower got a sweet little “glue dot.” Those things stick. You can also roll them up into little “balls” and they will still where you need them to.
This completes it for my card today. Hope you enjoyed the “Deets!” I sure am glad you stopped by today and as always if you have any questions, just let me know. Your comments are most welcome here. 🙂
Have a great weekend everyone and until next time, happy days and happy stampin!
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Take care ~
From my stampin’ heart to yours (whether you’re a stamper or not!)
Debbie
Sep 18, 2015 | Just for Fun |
An irresistible little bear has a home in my home. He is the sweetest. He has a few other best friends and he is thankful. This adorable stamp set is called Thankful Forest Friends! It is a wonderful Fall set out of our awesome Holiday catalog that has a two beautiful sentiments I think you will like.
This little guy just wants to stop by and spread his loveable bear love to someone he is quite fond of. Maybe it’s you, you never know! If you’re reading this, he may pay a visit sometime real soon.
Today’s card is mostly about “layers.” Started with Early Expresso (I can’t wait to have mine in the early morn tomorrow, too late tonight), then layered Very Vanilla and THEN because Mr. Bear wanted to “feel at home” I used one of my much used favs The Hardwood large stamp image to create a forest “tree” feel. I wanted my sweet little bear to “feel at home!” 🙂 Stamped that image in Early Expresso on Crumb cake and cut it down to size with my trusty trimmer and then started layering. I stamped sweet little bear on a piece of Very Vanilla TWICE. The reason is I needed to do a little paper craft “surgery” to my little bear, but he is fine and recovered well. I’m a good Momma “nurse.” FYI. I snipped his little arm from one piece (ouch!) and then used a thin piece of dimensional to prop up his little arm so he could hold his sign! He had to hold his little sign so he could broadcast to the world he “loves ya!”
The Very Vanilla piece was cropped out using Tags and Labels framelits. This is a very, very, very versatile framelit set. The possibilities are endless for these tags and labels frailest. You might be wondering what are framelits? Well, they are just that. They “frame” an image of many sizes of images as we have many,many stamp images of all various sizes. So when you stamp your image, then after that, you pick a “framelit” to frame your image and run it through Mr. Big Shot on your magnetic platform and it cuts it right out! It’s very cool. Take a look at all of the fabulous Thinlits and Framelits on page 172-173 in beautiful annual catalog! These sweet little things can really “WOW” your projects if you don’t already know this! wink!
I popped those two framelit pieces up on the trusty ol’ dimensionals to give them a little “umph” and stamped “Love Ya” with our rotary stamp on a scrap of Very Vanilla card stock! It’s great for so many things you want to say. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve used it. I stamped and then snipped it into two pieces to give a more “casual” look.
I am really loving our Thick Baker’s Twine, it comes in 5 luscious colors!! This is Cherry Cobbler (are you hungry for some cherry cobbler right now?) and I loosened the ends to add a little character and casual-ness.
This card be used as a masculine card if you needed it to be one for that special male in your life. Even a brother, a son, a dad! It could be for anyone, really! He just wants share his love to someone really special. A sweet little daughter, hubby-O, boyfriend-O, girl friend-O, momma, daddy, co worker, best friend, grand parents, just anyone you are quite fond of!
And of course, I had to use some Cherry Cobbler card stock to have an Envelope liner! Makes a bit of a special touch, don’t cha think?
Hope you enjoyed this sweet little bear card from our thankful forest friends stamp set today!
Be sure to check out the Holiday catalog to see him up close and personal! You will love him!
If you have any questions about today’s card, I’m just an email away. And, your comments are welcome here, too! Have a great day and wonderful Fall weekend! Love this fall weather!
As always, from my stampin’ heart to yours, (whether you’re a stamper or not!)
Oh, have you checked our WEEKLY DEALS this week??!! There are some great ones!!
Debbie
Sep 16, 2015 | Just for Fun |
Congratulations to the all the NEW Mr. and Mrs.’s out there! (not sure Mrs.’s is an actual grammatical proper term to use in the plural form, but I did) hope all the great English teachers out there oversee my “new term.”
Aren’t weddings just wonderful? Two people madly in love wanting to share their commitment to each other for the rest of their lives. It is such an honor to get to be invited and the opportunity to share with them their love and happiness on their very special day. I love weddings. This card went out to a precious couple, my dear friend’s son handsome son, Ryan and his beautiful wife, Kelsey a few months back and I couldn’t wait to share it with you all! I’m happy to give you the scoop on how this card came together…here ya go!
Debbie Details – also known as Debbie’s (deets!) – This card was created with a little bling in mind. So I chose the oh so beautiful Dazzling Diamonds (doesn’t that sound SO “dazzling?” and with the word diamonds in it, too?!)designer series paper (DSP) in the 12″ X 12″ pack, it’s gorgeous! Page 149, annual catty. It looks like it is the Silver dsp in the photo, but it’s the dazzling diamonds paper. It is so pretty and just really adds some sweet elegance to this beautiful black card stock and card design. While you cannot “see” too well here in the photo, it is layered with another smaller piece of black card stock. I layered that piece with Stampin dimensionals to bring it up of the base and it makes it really special. The stamp set, oh the stamp set….such a beautiful Wedding stamp set and the fonts in the various stamps are just brimming with elegance! How exciting to give this the lovely couple on their Wedding Day because you know by the time they receive and open it up they will already be “Mr. and Mrs.!” I can remember back in the dinosaur ages when Tommy and I married (what a lucky guy!) and after the wedding and honeymoon we gratefully opened each and every card with tender loving care, there some of the cards were addressed “Mr. and Mrs.” and I was taken back a bit, because I was NOW a MRS.! What a wonderful feeling that was and is still, a card addressed to Mr. and Mrs. Dean! (smile!) ~ So, THIS was my thought that when the happily ever after couple saw their envelope with this beautiful Mr. and Mrs.stamped sentiment they would be taken aback, too, like we were all those many years ago. Wait until I show you the envie! So genius of me. yes.
This lovely stamp set is called For the New Two. This card put together fairly quickly. I used the Lots of Labels frame lits on my magnetic platform to hold them securely in place and zipped them thru Mr. Big Shot! I stamped the whisper white scrap of card stock and then cut it to where I liked it and corner rounded it with our trusty little corner rounder. He’s so cute. I wanted this piece to be “rounded” because to coincide with the “rounded” ness of the frame lits. See it? I layered them all up with those little dimensionals and punched a darling little black flower with the itty bitties punch (cute, cute punch combo set!), and HAD to put a bit more BLING in the center with a beautiful diamond. Yes, a beautiful diamond. Do you like it? Okay, our beautiful dazzling rhinestones! I then layered the INSIDE with a whisper white layer and used one of the sentiments for the inside of it to go to this sweet couple.
BUT, to complete this stunning, “glimmery” card, I lined the envelope with the Dazzling Diamonds designer series paper using my go to Envelope Liners (sort of a must to complete the card) and addressed it with the “Mr. and Mrs.” stamp on the outside and below it I wrote his full name on it. It was so pretty and I hope they loved receiving it as much as I enjoyed making it for them. I love “hand stamped,” “hand made” ANYTHING. Don’t you? So special. Look, here’s the outside FLAP of the envelope! Don’t forget that part, too!! 🙂 
Hope you enjoyed today’s card and it really came together quickly, I had an hour to get it done before leaving for the wedding! That’s how quick it was.
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If you have any questions about today’s card, feel free to email me anytime. If you’d like to leave a comment, I would just love it.
I hope you and yours have a wonderful day, until next time….
hugs from MY stampin’ heart to yours (whether you’re a stamper or not!)
Debbie
Sep 15, 2015 | Just for Fun |
Yes, good things are going to happen. I love it when a sentiment can be used to provide inspiration and positivity for someone. Good things are going to happen for many reasons and you just might know of someone that could sure enjoy a card like this. It is just the perfect stamp set that’s called You’ve Got this. A great stamp set to have in your stash to use for anyone that may need some encouragement or is going through some tough times. It is a keeper. 
Debbie Details: better known as Debbie’s Deets! So here’s the deets! Ready? This is your standard A2 (5-1/2″ X 4/14″) card using Bermuda Bay for my base and a layer cut about a 1/4″ less than the base in the oh so lovely Cherry on Top 6″ X 6″ pack! You are going to see me using lots out of that pack. It offers such fun, bright, cheerful colors that lend itself well for sentiments like this one. See the white piece? The little swirly gigs are just like the beautiful paper for this card! Or quite similar! I enjoyed figuring that out. Aren’t I nice for letting you know that so you won’t have to figure it out all on your own? I know. 🙂 I cut a couple sizes smaller of some Bermuda Bay and Whisper White card stock because I wanted to “showcase” that awesome paper that MATCHES the stamp set “Sweet Stack.” Isn’t that just awesome that it does??!! Love how it coordinates so nicely. Awesome sauce. So by making those pieces smaller, you get to see that beautiful paper. I wanted to added a little more pizazz to the whisper white piece so I added two Bermuda Bay candy dots and a cute little bow of Bermuda Bay THICK twine (cuz you know we offer the smaller scale twine, too) for your twine option pleasure! I like to balance embellies in 3’s, but instead of adding three Candy Dots (which would look quite nice, too) I added the darling twine bow. I like it when I’m able to have the opportunity to cut the ribbon a bit longer to hang over and down on things. Like this one. I do need to admit right now…Bermuda Bay is one of my favorite colors in the Stampin’Up! color collection. It’s just a “good mood” color. I’m sure you know what I’m talkin’ about. A fun color to have in your ink stash collection. It’s also nice with Crumb Cake color, gives a vintage-y feel when they’re paired together. That was an added “bonus” tip for you today. Awwwww, I’m always happy to offer little bits of “bonus” tips for you. One thing to note: I did not even get out Mr. Big Shot for this one. It is rare I don’t use that great tool. But, I managed and I’m quite fond of this inspiring card.
Perhaps you have someone in mind that could use a thought like this one sent their way. This stamp set is very “stash worthy!” Remember to check out the NEW amazing Holiday 2015 catalog!! It’s so beautiful, you will love it and the bundles are awesome in value and incredible design. Handmade for the Holidays, ready to start making your Holiday cards? Let’s do it! 
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Have a great day and think “Good things are going to happen!” No matter what it could be for you OR for someone you know. Make their day. This is a nice card to send for those friends or family that need a little boost in their life. Always love havin’ you stop by for a visit, come back now! Have a great day and make some time to stamp, you deserve it!
From my stampin’ heart to yours (whether you’re a stamper or not!) ~
Have a great day!!
Debbie
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Sep 14, 2015 | Just for Fun |
We are all grateful for someone in our lives, or grateful for someone and their kind deeds, or grateful for a best friend friendship, or grateful for our families, grateful to our children, the list could go on, but I hope you can grab a cup of coffee or some hot tea and stay awhile. It is a special post because it is for someone who is truly a blessing in my life and I will be forever be grateful to.
This card used a BRAND NEW stamp set out in the NEW Holiday catalog (have y’all taken a peek at it yet?) called, are you ready??? ACORNY Thank you! NO it’s not “corny” like you’re thinkin,’ it’s about a sweet little ACORN. Isn’t that the cutest name ever for a precious stamp set???!!!! It’s such a delightful set and brings us great little acorn images with a coordinating PUNCH! Isn’t that great for the little acorn image? It says thank you to SU! (stampin’Up!) ~ It has some wonderful sentiments that are very versatile and also appropriate for our upcoming Thanksgiving holiday. Yippee!
I knew I was going to use the Grateful for you image today. There are many people in our lives that we are ALL grateful for, that our lists must be miles and miles long. So, today I’m making this card for a very special someone in my life. This person came into my life many years ago, 30+….and I have been for ever and ever grateful all my life for him. This person is my husband, Tommy. He is a man of love, integrity, sincerity, humor, helpfulness, optimism, lover of his kids, generous, lover of his race car, computer nerd, lover of all things mechanical, a teacher & FUN! ….His incredible, undeniable assistance with getting mystampinheart blog all set up from the get go in WordPress, countless hours of teaching me HOW to work in it, teaching me the fundamentals of a computer in general, beyond emails and Word for documents, has been such a blessing. I, honestly, am not sure I would have been able to pursue this incredible endeavor and dream I have always wanted for my business. A blog! I am so happy for my blog, just can’t express it enough how incredibly thankful I am to him for encouraging me, staying the course with me over the past year and a half (yes, that long because “life happens” and it got put on hold), never wavering or showing frustration even though I WAS the frustrated one many, many times(my brain does NOT work in html, links,formats!)…I am SO grateful to him. But, cards, written words on them~ can speak volumes to show someone how much they mean to you. This card is for him. I will be forever grateful for him, always and forever and ever and ever.
My intention was not to get all sappy today, but just to perhaps give you an idea of one way to show your gratefulness to someone that is special in your life. Just a simple card that you can make and give to that special someone to show your gratefulness. What you write inside is something from your heart and what you make is something from your heart, also. This card is from deep inside my heart to someone I am so grateful for. I’m a card maker lover, and I made this card from my heart. As I do with ALL my cards, projects and gifts. My blog name is everything to me. It is the core of who I am while I create and share with you and the rest of the world. SO, as my blog came to be from the onset of fledging status to 99% complete, I am grateful. Grateful to a special someone.
First off the bat, I am in no way a tech savvy person AT ALL, but I have grown to actually enjoy coming and getting onto my computer, and working on my projects that I created and look forward to posting them. O Happy DAY! It NOW is something exciting and FUN. What? I said the word Fun? Yes, finally, it’s FUN!! ( I never thought 6 months ago anything with learning a computer would be FUN, much less learning a new blog platform and its complexities and greatness). I have gained a wealth of information of creating and working inside a blog platform. I feel so much more confident now. I look forward to continuing with my learning curves (I love learning things and if it has to be on a computer, well, so be it.) I want to share with you all that I know about stamping, creating, and making special things to give and send. I’m looking forward to reaching a straight line with learning curves behind me instead of in FRONT of me AND with an abundance of gratefulness for this dear sweetheart of a man and all that he is to me.
I love this image so much, the simple sentiment says it all. It is perfect for my card today.
I knew I would be using the beautiful, new designer series paper called Into the Woods (#139586), as this offers so many designs fit for Fall! It’s so lovely. I chose a pattern sheet as you see above. It is Rich Razzleberry and Old Olive color combo. This paper just makes me happy, happy, happy…just think the song by Pharrel Williams “Happy” I’m singing that in my head right now…Okay…I made a standard A2 card~ 5-1/2″ X 4-1/2″ standard size, then next I layered with the beautiful dsp (designer series paper, remember?) a smaller layer of Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive and Whisper White card stock.
I then stamped my image from the all NEW Lighthearted Leaves stamp set (oh now don’t get me started on this outstanding Fall stamp set!) I’ve got to get finished here. You will be seeing me use that stamp set though, so watch out! I took the image above and stamped in Archival Basic Black ink, then colored with my Blender Pen and some ink from the pads, Old Olive and Rich Razzleberry. Just mash your ink to the top of the pad and then grab some ink lightly using your Blender Pen. That’s all I did. If you need some help with doing this, email me anytime and I’ll explain. It’s so easy. Easy!
I used the adorable Acorn Punch that matches with this set, but you can use the PUNCH to punch it out on regular colored card stock and will look darling, too! Like I did!! I punched the Acorn in Old Olive card stock scrap, ran the embossing folder through using the Woodgrain EF to give a bit of “woodsy” look, punched out, then punched out the top using Rich Razzleberry after stamping the Grateful for You image in the White Kraft Ink. This set comes in Photopolymer which you can see through so I curved it down a bit before placing it on my block because it is straight when you pull it off the set. Just use your finger tips to maneuver it a bit on the block and it will do what you want it,too. That is such a great thing about Photopolymers!
That’s all there is to this simple, but cute little “I’m so grateful for you,” card. If you have hung on this far, I applaud you! You have lots and lots of patience. Thank you! Just know it makes me feel grateful to you because maybe you can think of someone you would like to make a special card for using this sentiment in just the manner I have. And this paper is simply beautiful. Hand painted patterns, lushness in all its glory.
I will write from heart inside and do my best to express my feelings to this sweet man. Love of my life. This card is a token from making something myself, hand stamped it and it will be written with love. There is nothing like having something tangible to have and to hold and to treasure as a keepsake for generations to come. For me, card making is something that comes from my heart while creating it, giving it warms my heart because I made it special for that person. If you want to join me on my journey of card making, memory making and paper crafting home decor projects and gifts, let’s chat or if you prefer, email me with any thing you want to chat about! I welcome you!
I can’t let this card go without a lovely envelope liner, I use my envie liner for all my cards, it just makes it even more special and beautiful.
Just a huge thank you for stopping by, feel free to leave any questions, comments, or chatter in the section below! Be sure to grab this set soon, you will love the images and especially the cute little ACORN with its VERY OWN punch!
Be sure to BROWSE the beautiful Holiday catty! You’re going to enjoy browsing, so much goodness in there!!
