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So Worth the Wait Funky Graduation Card

noreply@blogger.com (Cindy (Stamp With Me Cindy G/Stamping Therapy)) — Tue, 15 May 2012 02:58:00 +0000

Graduation time again. I was asked by a friend at work to make some graduation cards for her. I used a design I used in some cards last year but this year I added different colors and paper. She always likes her cards personalized so I have to figure out a way to add the name to the card and not distract from the sentiment on the card. On this card I used the new Stampin' Up! In Color collection Midnight Muse and Raspberry Ripple and coupled it with some old Basic Grey patterned paper that I had in a drawer. The stamp is from SU's Delicate Doilies set and sentiment is from the Word Play set. The graduation cap is from a long-retired SU set. Below is the card I made l made last year that I based my current card on. On the card below I used punched out flowers for the design element. I blogged about it in my other blog Stamp With Me Cindy G

First Birthday

noreply@blogger.com (Cindy (Stamp With Me Cindy G/Stamping Therapy)) — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:08:00 +0000

A friend at work asked me to make a card for a friends' daughter's 1st birthday. I was happy to oblige but really didn't have any images that would work for a 1st birthday. So I went to one of my favorite online sources for digital images and found the perfect image. This is image is from Mo's Digital Pencil. I colored it with my Copic Ciao markers. The card stock is all from Stampin' Up! (Whisper White, Pretty in Pink and Soft Suede). I also used a new Edglits Die and textured impression embossing folders by Stampin' Up! My oval and scallop oval are Spellbinders Nestabilities dies. The glitter is done with an SU 2-way glitter pen and Dazzling Diamonds glitter. You can check out Stampin' Up Products on my Stampin' Up! blog HERE

Two "Vintage" Image Birthday Cards

noreply@blogger.com (Cindy (Stamp With Me Cindy G/Stamping Therapy)) — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 12:00:00 +0000

I made two birthday cards for 2 of my friends celebrating birthdays this month. I enjoy making cards with "vintage" digital images I find on the internet. These two cards feature images with flowers. I love daises and roses so I made 1 card of each type of flower. They are very quick and simple to make. The most time-consuming part is cutting out part of the image from a duplicate image and adhering it to the base image with layering tape to give it a dimensional effect. I finished the cards off by adding glitter glue to the flowers. The layout is the same for both cards but I varied it slightly. The daises felt more casual so I placed that image panel a little off center and the rose image felt more formal and I left it straight.

Happy New Year Vintage Cat Image Pleated Paper Medallion

noreply@blogger.com (Cindy (Stamp With Me Cindy G/Stamping Therapy)) — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 13:39:00 +0000

Happy New Year. This pleated paper medallion is one I made with a "vintage" digital image I downloaded from Vintage Holiday Crafts website. I printed two of the images out and cut the cat and holly out and popped it up with layer foam on the other image to give it dimension. I then used Diamond Stickles for some sparkle. The paper is Holly Berry Bouquet from Stampin' Up! and the gold waffle paper is also from Stampin' Up!. I had the gold silk ribbon scraps on hand that was used to wrap a Christmas gift given to me a few years ago (it was too pretty to throw away). I sincerely hope all my friends and family have a healthy, happy, and prosperous 2012. I especially wish all my crafting friends more crafting time and more money to do all the wonderful crafty things you want to do this year.

Happy Birthday Sailor Pleated Medallion

noreply@blogger.com (Cindy (Stamp With Me Cindy G/Stamping Therapy)) — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 20:50:00 +0000

This is a medallion I made for my brother. He was in the Navy and I thought this cute little Sailor would be perfect for a medallion I made for him with the stars and patriotic paper I bought at a local scrapbook store. I originally used the paper for my 4th of July medallions seen in my post from July 4, 2011. To make the Stars I punched out 4 star shapes for each one and layered them together and covered them with Crystal Effects (Stampin' Up!) and then sprinkled some Dazzling Diamonds Glitter (Stampin' Up!) and let them dry. The Brother and Happy Birthday were stamps that I stamped on white paper and cut out. Some glitter glue to finish off the edges. I have a tutorial for the medallions on my Stampin' Up! blog Stamp With Me Cindy G. Click HERE to see that tutorial.

Two More Yoga Cards

noreply@blogger.com (Cindy (Stamp With Me Cindy G/Stamping Therapy)) — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 06:12:00 +0000

Having a great time making yoga cards for my friend's yoga studio. Here are two more I created with stamps I got from American Art Stamps. On the first one I used the flourish stamp from Stampin' Up! set Elements of Style for the background. For the image panel I combined the Tree Pose stamp with the sentiment portion of the American Art Stamp Take Time to Savor. The rest of that stamp has some cat tails on it so I just inked up the sentiment portion to use with the yoga stamp. I used Stampin' Up! Tempting Turquoise to go with the Whisper White card stock. The card is embellished with So Saffron ribbon and a hibiscus sticker from (K&Company) and Basic Rhine Stones (Stampin' Up!)

For this card, I used another yoga stamp and the sentiment is another stamp that I just inked up the sentiment and not the flowers that went with it. The hibiscus is used to embellish the cards because my friend uses it in her logo as her studio is called Ohana Yoga.

Yoga Cards

noreply@blogger.com (Cindy (Stamp With Me Cindy G/Stamping Therapy)) — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:44:00 +0000

I am honored to have been asked by a friend to design some cards for her to sell at her yoga studio. Lisa is an amazing yoga instructor and I'm so sorry that she moved and I can no longer practice with her but I am glad that we are able to stay in touch via facebook. It was fun designing these cards and while I love my Stampin' Up! products, it is fun to design with something else every once in a while. My card stock is Stampin' Up! though. I also got to use my Copic Ciao markers that have been sitting idle for quite sometime. I still need lots of practice with those. The stamps are from American Art stamp. I found them through a post I placed on Splitcoaststampers.com looking for yoga stamps. I think these are perfect and they do have more poses available so I think I will have to get a few more. The card above features the Tree Pose stamp. The colors are current SU colors Melon Mambo and Tempting Turquoise. The background of the Melon card stock is stamped with a stamp from the SU Delicate Doilies set. I found the hibiscus dimensional stickers by K&Company at Michael's. Lisa told me her logo contains an hibiscus flower as her practice follows the theme of Ohana so I looked for something to tie into her theme. Below are two more cards the first one using the Downward Dog pose and retired SU card stock (Only Orange and Real Rust I believe). Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to check out my Stampin' Up! blog HERE for the latest I have been creating with my Stampin' Up! products.

Halloween Medallion Banner

noreply@blogger.com (Cindy (Stamp With Me Cindy G/Stamping Therapy)) — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:45:00 +0000

Made a few medallions and then strung them together to make a vertical banner. I used some vintage-style images I downloaded from The Vintage Workshop and some I had on my Stampin' Up! My Digitial Studio software. Below are close ups of the individual medallions.

Halloween Girl Pleated Medallion

noreply@blogger.com (Cindy (Stamp With Me Cindy G/Stamping Therapy)) — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 13:13:00 +0000

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Made with a vintage image downloaded from thevintageworkshop.com. I have a tutorial for the making the medallions on other blog, Stamp With Me Cindy G found here. These are fun to make and great for decorations, to string a bunch together to make a banner, or to decorate a gift. I will use this one to decorate the a small segment of wall in my dinette area.

Just a Note Ice Skates

noreply@blogger.com (Cindy (Stamp With Me Cindy G/Stamping Therapy)) — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 18:55:00 +0000

Petals-A-Plenty Embossing Folder was used on the embossed panel.
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Scored lines were made with Simply Scored by Stampin' Up!
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These cards are what I call MSU (which means Mostly Stampin' Up!). Everything on the card is Stampin' Up! except for the ice skate image. I made a set of 8 of these clean and simple note cards for my sister-in-law as a birthday gift. I made 4 of the one with the scored lines and 4 of the ones with the embossed panel. The skates are actually from a Christmas set I down loaded a couple of years ago from Whimsie Doodles. I used the large scallop punch to crop off the holly at the top of the ribbon so i tcould be used for note cards. The "just a note" was computer generated. The cards stock is whisper White and Bravo Burgundy both from Stampin' Up!. The embossed panel on the one card is done with the Petals-A-Plenty Embossing folder also from Stampin' Up! After I colored the skates and punched them out I used my 2-Way Glue pen (Stampin' Up!) to fill in the skates and then sprinkled on some Dazzling Diamond glitter (Stampin' Up!). The Basic Rhinestones are also from Stampin' Up! If you are interested in any of the Stampin' Up! supplies you can visit my Stampin' Up! website HERE.

Two Great Ways To Package Treats This Coming Holiday Season

noreply@blogger.com (Cindy (Stamp With Me Cindy G/Stamping Therapy)) — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 04:51:00 +0000

1x8 Cellophane Gift Bags
With Toppers
Stamps are from
Tags Til Christmas Stamp Set

Boy, have I been neglecting this blog. I have been so busy creating everything for my Stampin' Up! business that I almost never pull out any other supplies anymore. Projects made with all Stampin' Up! items are posted on my Stampin' Up! only blog. You can always visit me there at stampwithmecindyg.com.

This week, I have been busy getting ready to host a Christmas Card workshop. Here are a couple of things I have been working on. They are two different ways to package treats.

2-4-6-8 treat box
With Holly Berry Bouquet
Designer Series
Paper band and
rosette.

The 1 x 8 cellophane bags are new tems included in the Holiday Mini Catalog and will be available to order from Stampin' Up! starting September 1, 2011. The Holly Berry Bouquet Designer Series Paper is also new and in the Holiday Mini Catalog as well. These items and many other fun holiday products will be avaialble until January 3, 2012.
You can shop for Stampin' Up! products at my online store by clicking HERE

One Great Way to Use Stampin' Up Designer Series Paper - Pleated Medallions

noreply@blogger.com (Cindy (Stamp With Me Cindy G/Stamping Therapy)) — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 15:35:00 +0000

Happy Fourth Of July - Pleated Paper Medallions

noreply@blogger.com (Cindy (Stamp With Me Cindy G/Stamping Therapy)) — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 13:12:00 +0000

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Enjoyed making these pleated paper medallions with the patriotic theme in honor of the Fourth of July. I used patterned paper is by Moxie and I got it from my local scrapbook store "Strawberry Fields." The image above is made with a digital stamps from Stampin Up My Digital Studio stamp set that I punched out with the Decorative Label punch by SU and star punch. Lots of glitter was added with Dazzling Diamonds glitter by SU. I also used vintage-style images I downloaded from The Vintage Workshop (see below). I have a quick tutorial for the medallions on my Stampin' Up! blog. Remember to click your browser's back button if you want to come back here.

Image from The Vintage Workshop. Stars are
covered with Crystal Effects (Stampin Up)
and Dazzling Diamonds glitter (Stampin Up)
is used for the sparkle.
Paper is Moxie

Image from the Vintage Workshop.
Stars were covered with
Crystal Effects and Dazzling Diamonds
Glitter both are Stampin Up products
Paper is Moxie

Paper is Moxie
Bottle Caps and digital stamp sentiment
covered with Crystal Effects (SU) and Dazzling Diamonds
glitter (SU) added.

Father's Day Gift Bags and Medallions

noreply@blogger.com (Cindy (Stamp With Me Cindy G/Stamping Therapy)) — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 12:00:00 +0000

Gift Bags and Coordinating Medallions
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I spent a glorious day on Saturday making Father's Day gift bags and medallions. I love making these medallions. They are addictive. I used paper from the Basic Grey Vagabond collection for them. Being a Stampin' Up! demo it is hard to find the time to do projects with supplies other than Stampin' Up! but I had this paper and thought it would be perfect for Father's Day themed projects. The larger medallions are 6 inch in diameter and there is a little 3 inch medallion on the bag on the right. The image on the medallions is a digital "vintage" image from The Vintage Workshop.

I spent some time in my favorite local scrapbook store (Strawberry Fields) today and in addition to a wonderful conversation with the owner, I picked up some paper to make some medallions for the 4th of July. I will be posting those soon. So be sure to check back and by the way, I do have a medallion tutorial up on my Stampin' Up blog, Stamp With Me Cindy G if you want to check it out.

Artistic Etchings - Father's Day Card

noreply@blogger.com (Cindy (Stamp With Me Cindy G/Stamping Therapy)) — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 20:01:00 +0000

Working on some Father's Day Cards. This one is made with the Stampin Up ARTISTIC ETCHINGS set. I did some sponging with Bashful Blue and Sahara Sand ink, stamped the images with Chocolate Chip ink all but the one Eiffel Tower are 2nd generation stamping so that the 1 Eiffel Tower is the focal point. I used the Decorative Label punch for the tabs on the sides. I made my own glitter brads because I felt it needed something and I didn't ahve just the right thing. So I made the faux glitter brands with small 1/8" circles punched out of the Bashful Blue card stock and layered 3 circles together for one "brad" and then covered it with Crystal Effects and sprinkled on some Dazzling Diamonds glitter. It did take a while to dry so you can't be in a hurry to finish your card doing this. The Happy Father's Day from the Plane and Simple Set (2011 Occasions Mini) was stamped on a scrap of the collaged white card stock and trimmed out. I ran the words over the Chocolate Chip pad to edge them with a little brown so they would stand out from the background.

To shop for any of the Stampin Up items mentioned above, you can visit my STAMPIN' UP! ONLINE STORE and shop 24/7.

Featured SU Items:

Artistic Etchings
Clear Mount Set

Plane and Simple Thank You Stars

noreply@blogger.com (Cindy (Stamp With Me Cindy G/Stamping Therapy)) — Fri, 27 May 2011 22:14:00 +0000

Working on some thank you cards. This one is for my son to send to some friends who sent him a birthday gift card. I used the double emboss technique. It is dry embossing coupled with heat embossing. See steps below. The airplane is an SU set from a recent occasions mini and the star embossing folder is an old Cuttlebug one that I've had laying around. Of course I love my little SU small star punch and my faux eyelets that I've been hoarding. The base is SU Crumb Cake and the s tars are embossed on Marina Mist card stock with white embossing powder over it.

Double Emboss Instructions.

1. Ink a brayer with Versamark.
2. Roll the brayer on the inside of your embossing folder (bold design works best) on the indented/recessed side.
3. Place your paper or cardstock inside embossing folder and run through your diecut machine.
4. Sprinkle embossing powder (color of your choice to coordiante with project) and heat as usual.
5. Place double embossed piece on your project.

Sharing Your Sorrow

noreply@blogger.com (Cindy (Stamp With Me Cindy G/Stamping Therapy)) — Wed, 18 May 2011 20:15:00 +0000

I'm sorry I have neglected this blog for so long. I have been busy working on my Stampin' Up! business and updating that blog regularly but like to post some things on my first blog too. This is a project made using Stampin' Up! projects. Try as I might to do something with other than Stampin' Up! products, since I became a demo, I am conditioned now to reach for my SU products. I hope to change that soon because I do have some lovely Basic Grey paper sitting in a drawer calling my name and I have got to use it soon. Anyway, this card is a simple card made with the SU Elements of Style Set. I added a digital sentiment from My Digital Studio digital download Thoughts and Prayers set. I stamped the flower stamp on Whisper White card stock with Basic Black Craft ink and then embossed it with clear embossing powder. I colored it with Stampin Write Markers I then made a mask with a scrap of card stock to drawer the border around the image with a So Saffron Marker. It is a great way to give a look of layering without adding bulk. adhered the image panel to a base of So Saffron (finished size 5-1/2 x 4-1/4) and added the sentiment punched with a oval punch and a the Modern Label punch. Of course I had to add a little bling with the pearls.

Thanks for looking and come back soon when I have something posted that I made using my favorite paper company (shhhh don't tell SU) Basic Grey.

CINDY

OOPS. You were directed here by mistake.

noreply@blogger.com (Cindy (Stamp With Me Cindy G/Stamping Therapy)) — Wed, 18 May 2011 14:14:00 +0000

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noreply@blogger.com (Cindy (Stamp With Me Cindy G/Stamping Therapy)) — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 16:04:00 +0000

Two very special people had their 50th wedding Anniversary on Saturday. My parents Jack and Carol Hess were married on April 16, 1961. We are so blessed to be sharing this milestone with them. My parents will be celebrating on a 5-night cruise with our family and my brother Jeff and sister-in-law Lauren. It will be a good time and will add to the many happy memories we share as a family.

I also wanted to share the card I made them. It is a Tri-Shutter design because I thought the occasion called for more than just a standard fold card. The gold glitter paper and gold glitter polka dot paper was purchased from a chain craft store. I used Stampin Up whisper white card stock and flowers and pearl stickers. Die cuts were used for the ovals, scallop ovals, numbers, and leaves. The poem and the Happy Anniversary were designed using my computer and color printer.

noreply@blogger.com (Cindy (Stamp With Me Cindy G/Stamping Therapy)) — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 06:28:00 +0000

Quick and easy card. I can't post this to my SU blog because while I used a SU image, the rest of the card is by other companies. I used Basic Grey patterned paper from the Marjolaine 6 x 6 inch paper pad. The stamp is a preview of something that will be in the SU catalog this summer. It is called Four Frame It is a series of 4 stamps (Fpdesigned to use with the Decorative Label punch. I used the an EK punch for the scallop border on the gray panel. I also gave the gray pannel a "ribbon cut' by placing the strtip into a square punch very carefully set it in through the corner until the corners of the card stock was barel visible on the sides and then punched.

2011 Graduation Card

noreply@blogger.com (Cindy (Stamp With Me Cindy G/Stamping Therapy)) — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 06:54:00 +0000

The picture of this card doesn't show how "brilliant" it is. The glitter paper really sparkles. This is one of the cards I am making this year for graduation. My daughter is graduating and I am making cards for her and her friends. This is one design I'm playing with. The school colors are Black and Silver which I am finding challenging. After I saw this glitter paper at Michaels, I thought it would be fun to use it for the graduation cards. It is inspired by this week's sketch challenge over at splitcoaststampers. I chose a little different format and the finished size is 3-1/4 x 6".

Funny Birthday Card - CAS style.

noreply@blogger.com (Cindy (Stamp With Me Cindy G/Stamping Therapy)) — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 12:07:00 +0000

This was for a challenge on splitcoaststampers.com last week. The challenge was to make a clean and simple humorous card. I chose this sentiment stamp from The Little Paper Company and used stamps from the retired SU set Button Bear (party hat and balloon) to go with it. I used Cuttlebug birthday embossing folder and a Nestabilities die also. Of course no card is complete without a little bling so the little red rhinestone stickers were added.

Vintage Beach Friends

noreply@blogger.com (Cindy (Stamp With Me Cindy G/Stamping Therapy)) — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 15:41:00 +0000

Working on some cards for a secret sister swap for the DIVAs and stepped out of my SU zone for a while to use this adorable image I downloaded from The Vintage Workshop. I used it with a technique I learned over at Splitcoaststampers called the double emboss technique. I thought it went well with the vintage image. I sized printed and trimmed the image on vanilla card stock and then ran it through my Cuttlebug using the double emboss technique.

Here is a picture of another card I posted on my Stampin' Up blog (Stamp with Me Cindy G) using the same technique but with a stamped and colord image.

Valentine Pleated Medallions

noreply@blogger.com (Cindy (Stamp With Me Cindy G/Stamping Therapy)) — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 13:05:00 +0000

More of these great medallions that I love to make. They actually get addicting once you get started. I made two of these for Valentine's Day decorations. I got the paper at my local scrap book store and don't remember off hand who the manufacturer is. On the first medallion, I used an image from The Vintage Workshop. It is embellished with Stickles, a button, crochet ribbon, a heart cut from a scrap of the paper. The valentine tag is from another image from The Vintage Workshop. The second medallion is made with the same paper with the large heart, Love sentiment also cut out from a scrap of the same the paper. The dotted paper around the edge is from a Stampin Up Designer Series Paper collection. It is hard to tell by the photos but the medallion on top is actually about 6 inches diameter and the one on the bottom is 4 inches.

Here is a link to some Medallions I made for Christmas where I have the 2 sizes together in the same picture.

Heat Emboss on Dry Emboss Background Card

noreply@blogger.com (Cindy (Stamp With Me Cindy G/Stamping Therapy)) — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 17:59:00 +0000

Besides the fact that I'm stepping away from my Stampin' Up! supplies on this card and went with this adorable digital Image from Mo's Digital Pencil, I also practiced with a few techniques. One was coloring with my Copic Ciao markers. The second was practicing this out of the box with Nestabilities technique for cutting out the image. The third technique was this week's Splitcoast Stampers.com technique challenge which is the double embossed background. The layout of this card was also imspired by the sketch challenge this week on Splitcoaststampers.

For the background panel was embossed with a Cuttlebug embossing folder and then I applied VersaMark ink and heat embossed with SU Iridescent Ice heat embossing powder. I got a little too much of the VersaMark on the recessed areas so the embossing powder didn't just stick to the raised portions but it is a nice sparkly effect anyway. I'll try to be more precise with a brayer like you are supposed to do on the next one.

The image was sized and printed and then colored with the Copic markers. I applied the technique for cutting it so parts of it were outside the frame (see link above) and layered on SU Chocolate Chip and SU textured White card stock cut out also with the scallop rectangle dyes. SU rhinestone stickers were added for a little more bling. Finished size is 5-1/2" x 4-1/4".

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