Pennants for Our Party!

Here's one of the cards we'll making this Friday at Stamp Class! I think the whole Pennants thing is so cool and trendy right now - I Love 'em!! And, of course, I love new stamps, but I love 'em even more when they have coordinating punches. Yesss....!

OK, but for class, I sorta cheated, but in a good way! Instead of stamping all the cool little pennant centers (which there are four fun different designs!), I decided to use the new Just Add Cake Designer Papers. Easier - just punch 'em out! Then I used Cardstock for the scallop-edged "background" pennant piece. - Wahlah!

But then we will do a little stamping for the little accent circles on the pennants! - And a super cool secret about all the sayings in the Pennant Parade set - they all fit inside the 3/4" circle punch so you can add them to your pennants - Fun!!

And here's a little fake out - for the string (White Baker's Twine) that holds the pennants all together... it's just two separate bows tied onto the ends. There really isn't a string attaching them all together. You don't really need it because you can just glue them down with a little overlapping to make them look "strung together."


Hope to see you on Friday (the first day to order from the new Catalog too!!),


Julie

Flirtatious Perfect Details!

I decided to play along with the Stamping 411 Sketch Challenge today! I was inspired by a project I saw on Stampin' Up!'s preview of the new products to use the Flirtatious papers. And, of course, it coordinates with the Delicate Doilies set so I used that too!

And here's the Sketch I used!

The largest doily is cut from the new Flirtatious Specialty Papers - they are awesome with perfect details! (Maybe that's what inspired me to used the Perfect Details Texturz Plate on the Pumpkin layer!) On top of that is a Mambo stamped Delicate Doilies stamp, punched with the 1 3/4" Scallop Circle. Next is a Triple Layer Blossom Bouquet punch, and then a couple Boho Blossom punched flowers. And, of course, a Rhinestone Jewel!!

Here's an even closer-up! I added a Jewelry Tag with a saying from the new Pennant Parade set. I stamped it in White Craft Ink and then Clear embossed it.


Hope you have a great Sunday!


Julie

A Peek at Pennant Parade!

I finally got some time to play with some of my new stuff that came the other day!! I Love this little Pennant Parade set - there are so many cool pieces to it! And the "have-to-have" Petite Pennants Builder punch! Yay - new punches!!

The dotted Wild Wasabi paper comes from a new paper set called Just Add Cake. What's especially cool about those papers is that on the opposite side of the dotted Wild Wasabi are the letters of the alphabet in 1/2" circles (you can't really see the colors, but the circles have a Wild Wasabi ring with Espresso letters) - perfect for punching out and putting on your pennants!! - Just what I did!

After I made the pennants, I decided to add the 'you.' So I used the Billboard Strip die to cut out the letters. Then I put them on a 1 3/4" circle and the 2 3/8" scallop circle (stamped with the Handmade stamp).

And one of the other coolest things about this card... the ribbon - Crumb Cake Taffeta! OK, so really I used Kraft Taffeta from my retired stash - I found one partial roll! But we'll be getting Crumb Cake Taffeta - Woohoo!

I can't wait for the new catalog to start - July 1st!!


Thanks for stopping by,


Julie