Hi everyone
Sorry I am late. I had in mind to prepare all the pictures of the Stampin'Up convention all day today and all I could succeed in doing was 3 saved. But I had promised to post the 5 other cards that Jo Anne had generously given me to post on here. So here are 5 more lovely cards she made herself:
This card is also pretty a circle punch made the balloon then a stamped present was added to the card as well as she scribbled around the card to add more charm to it. A cute red stone was adhered on top of the I on the Birthday word.
I like this card with the wire twisted with a red glass bead to make the cake holder foot and the use of the sequin type flowers to make the cake. There was a stamped cake under the sequins all we see is the candles from the stamped image. Some scribble on the outside edge was added once again to add some definite charm to it, a finishing touch "Happy Birthday" sentiment was added, voila! it is lovely!
Note: All the ways you can use stamps and hide a part of a design with the use of some embellishment is always a welcome creative effect, dare living outside the box!
This beautiful card I keep repeating myself but I find them all beautiful. A black card stock square as used to stamp an image with Versa Mark then she gold embossed it, Jo Anne told me that if she was to redo this card she would use a white card stock background so the image would stand out even more.
This card on the right is another good idea to use a (Krylon) 18K gold marker to black card stock, improvising your own design, then add some decorative ribbon to finish it up with your stamped thoughts as the final piece can also be finished up with a gold marker frame.
Important: When making use of the Gold Marker or other colors, make sure that your card stock dries the ink well. If for instance you are using glossy paper with the gold pen you will have to protect it with a fixative. Sadly I learned this by seeing one of my cards being ruined instantly when I was pushing the card into an envelope. It smeared the card and the inner envelope. I suggest to run a test first on the card stock you will be using on your card. "Brilliant"
The last card but not the least for tonight. I am so glad I have that stamp. hee hee I will be able to steal some of the idea. This stamp is so cute and it comes in two sizes. One smaller size to use in the back of your card to identify who made the card. It is gorgeous.
This pretty square shaped card is stamped on a pale pink card stock or beige (hard to tell) and colored lightly. She then stamped the brown or burgundy background with tiny flowers (WaterMark) matching the bunch of flowers. She finished it with a matted "Thanks a bunch" sentiment.
You have done such nice work Jo Anne and thank you for sharing it all with us. You have an open invitation to send again and again, hee hee. Great ideas will come from all your cards if not copied. I sure will take some of the ideas and create!
Tomorrow I am working hard toward putting through many (will not commit to any number) but many Stampin'Up cards that I took pictures of at the Convention. I took many of them but some are not crispy clear like I had wished for. Blue is such a hard color to come through 20/20. I will send the prettiest and clearest ones for a few days.
If there are cards in the bunch I will post in the next few days that you are interested in and know more about please at any time send me an email and ask away. Even if you want to know how it was made in more details don't be shy! I can also order anything that you want and keep in mind if you purchase for 50$ or more you are getting a free set of stamps of your choice given in the Sell-a-Bration catalogue. If you don't have the catalogue go to www.stampinup.com and look for the Sell-a-Bration catalogue to see The choice available to you.
Looking forward to posting some for your own viewing pleasure tomorrow.
Be creative, and if you need more ideas for it, come back tomorrow and I will give you some ideas to smile about.
Nicole :)
P.S.: I will also have a surprise pocket demo with pictures to share so prepare a 12 inches X 12 inches piece of paper or light cardstock for a prototype and picture by picture instructions will be right here for you to follow. This will be sometime this week.