Spunky Cards

Fast Valentine's Gift Idea for Best Friends Forever

If you need an easy stamping project that is a fast and cute Valentine's gift idea for a friend, then this decorated glass bottle is perfect for you.

Supplies needed:

A cute bottle!  Mine is a left over BBQ sauce bottle that was just too pretty to throw away.

Some cute paper!  I've got cardstock in Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip and Designer Series Paper from the FREE Every Day Enchantment SAB set (click here to find out more about sale-a-bration and how to get your set free)!

A cute stamp set!  My BFF stamp is from the set Best Friends Forever (w-122805, c-122807)and I stamped it in Chocolate Chip ink.

Some cute punches or framelits and your Big Shot to cut out your stamped image and give it gorgeous shape.  I used the Labels Collection (124498) to cut out all three of my shapes.

Some cute ribbon!  My ribbon came as part of the Everyday Enchantment Ribbon & Brad Pack which is also one of your FREE SAB set choices with a $50 order.

Some CANDY!  Can you believe that I forgot to buy candy to fill my cute bottle?  Good thing that my head is on tight so I can't accidentally forget it.

I hope you are inspired to pick a cute bottle or jar and decorate it to your heart's content.  If you need any supplies, feel free to hop over to my online Stampin' Up! store.  I"ve got order numbers in parentheses for you.

Have a fun and fabulous Valentine's Day tomorrow!

 

 

FREE Tote with a $150 party

Sale-a-bration is not only a great time to earn free rubber stamps, embellishments or paper but this year every $150 party earns the hostess a FREE Stampin' Up! tote.

So contact me today to book your party with your friends and me!

Is your wish list long enough to total your $150 all by yourself?  Then place your order online during SAB, and earn three SAB sets + your own tote! (One free SAB set for every $50 product increment).  Click here to shop online or call me to have me place your order for you!

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New background stamping video!!!

Check out how easy it is to rubber stamp your own backgrounds.  All you need is three or four favorite colors and three or four favorite stamps and you can create beautiful backgrounds yourself!

Here is a gorgeous card and below you will find a quick video that shows you how to stamp the background: 

Do you see how the background ties in with the other things in teh card?

• The ribbon and brad match the color of the crown!
• The card base (So Saffron) is in the background with the "diagonal thingies"!
• The center image matches the background (Cherry Cobbler)!

Like the stamps?  Here are the sets that I used

Grunge Rock (wood) or (clear)

Delicate Doilies (wood) or (clear)

Raining Flowers (wood) or (clear)

Now it's your turn.  Grab some stamps and ink pads and stamp away!!!  Don't be scared.  Rubber stamping is a trial and error process and my best creations have happened when I tried to hide a mistake with a pretty ribbon or another embellishment.  By the way, isn't the brad in the center amazing????  Here is the link to that gorgeous In-color Designer Printed Brad.

Are you in love with these fun and gorgous stamp sets, stop by my 24/7 online ruber stamping SU! store to add them to your collection.  If you have questions on this or other techniques, do post them in the comment section below.

Free rubber stamping ideas, cards, scrapbook pages ...

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Thank You Cards - one more :)

Here is the third card I wanted to share with you that I made for Rich's Aunt Dixie:

 

Handmade Thank You Cards - day 2

I don't know about you, but I like for all my cards to reflect the personality of the person I make the card for.  I can't help it because as I make the card, I think of the person and his or her personality creeps into the card. 

When I set out to make a card for my friend Traci, I immediately went for my favorite stamp set and surrounded the girl with whimsical colors from Traci's house.  Thanks for being my friend!

Handmade Thank You Cards

This thank you card was for my good friend Peggy, who saves me whenever I am in a pickle with picking up my kids at school.  She is an amazing friend.

I encourage you to make a special card for someone this week.  Feel free to leave me a comment on this card below :).

Baby Birthday or Baby Announcement cards with the Stocking Builder Punch!

The Stocking Builder Punch will not be carried over from the Holiday Mini Catalog so order yours before it is too late!

You have probably seen lots of cute Christmas cards with this punch but one of my favorite ways to use this punch is for baby cards!  All you have to do is to trim the stocking down to "bootie" size. Is that easy or what?

Do you have baby birthdays or baby announcements this spring on your card making list? 

Don't hesitate but order it today!

 

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Cards for music lovers: teachers, choir directors, ...

I love the clean look of this card and it is sooo easy to make punch art musical notes!  You need an oval punch and then something for the "flag" part of your note.  In my case, I used a swirly piece from a retired Big Shot die.  Just look around at your punches and see what you have that will work for you :).

Then pick some pretty background paper and you are done!

 

 

Christmas Card: Layering Technique with Scraps

This week's MOJO Monday inspired me to create a Christmas card using the Layering Technique.  I really wanted to use the Letters to Santa Designer Series Paper but didn't have a piece featuring Santa Claus.  I did have several scraps with parts of Santa, so I built the picture of Santa like a puzze by layering the pieces on top of each other creating this really cool card:

The side view really shows off the layers:

This is a really great way to give your cards depth and a three dimensional look.  I encourage you to try it and to leave me comments on how you like it.  If you don't have this amazing Letters to Santa paper yet, click here to order it from my online store!

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ONLINE EXTRAVAGANZA - Rubber stamping super sale

SU! has some amazing deals this week!

Visit my ONLINE STORE to check them out!

FAQ: What is masking and how do I do it video!

Masking is a rubber stamping technique that let's you use one stamp to create a group.  For example, you might have one flower to create a bouquet or you might have one penguin stamp but want to have several penguins stand right next to each other.

This Christmas cards made with the Punch Pals stamp set (116588) is a good example where one stamp of three presents is used with the masking technique and it looks like there are seven or eight presents stacked next to each other and behind each other.

Here is a video to show you how I made this card!

 

Do you have a rubber stamping question?  Leave me a comment or send me an email at tanja@spunkycards.com and I'd be happy to answer it.

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P.S.:  This stamp is also awesome to make tags for your Christmas presents.

Make A Monster is the perfect stamp set for little boy birthday cards!

Kids absolutely love the Make A Monster stamp set and so do I, because it is so much fun to make birthday cards with it!  This weekend, my nephew will turn 6 and this card is for him:

The little monsters are so cute that the rest of the card does not have to be fancy.  Actually, I prefer to let the monster be in the spot light and that's why I used the Designer Frames embossing folder to create the window from with this double headed monster gets to peek from.

Tips:  I cut my Whipser White cardstock 2 inches by 1 7/16 inches (which is just shy of 1 1/2").  That puts it right inside the frame.

Colors:  Island Indigo and Pumpkin Pie

Stamp Sets: Make a Monster, greeting from Easy Events (both stamp sets are available in clear mount and wood mounted versions).

Need these supplies?  Shop in my SU! store!

 

 

Inexpensive gift ideas: Saving $$'s using your Recycling Class

I am super-excited to announce my Spunky Online Class:

SAVING $$'s using your RECYCLING!

This class features three videos in which I show you step by step how to make

• SPUNKY EYES for plants (or add them to birthday bags for monster eyes ....)
• PUNCH ART TURKEY CONTAINER
• GLASS GIFT CONTAINERS FOR CHRISTMAS

If you want to save money by utilizing items in your recycling bin

AND make cute and elegant gifts,

then click here for more information on this class!

Another sad day ...

As a card maker, I love to have a card handy for all occasions and I do have a stack of cards.  But the loss of Jeanie Weve this weekend was so tragic that no card could express anything that I feel inside.

I know that Jeanie is with our Father in Heaven and my heart weeps for all those that are left behind, especially her husband and children.  No words, not even a card can express the sadness I feel.

Today was the first time that I sat down to even attempt a card and put my feelings into paper.  I leave you with a card inspired by all my friends how have been close to Jeanie. 

I pray that God will watch over Jeanie's family and everyone who has been touched by her life.