Friday Bliss

I'm happy to report that the hobby room clean-up is almost complete.  Boy am I going to have fun messing it up next week!   Part of the cleanup was going through all my old papers and stamps and decided which items needed to be removed from my room and sent on to bless others.  The two retired stamp sets used on this card did not make it.  :)  They're staying put.

My all time favorite stamp set is Bliss.  I think it was a SAB stamp set a couple of years ago when I first started using Stampin' UP again.  The other stamp set is Vintage Vogue.  Both are so soft and feminine.  In my scrapbooking I have mostly masculine pages since both my kids are boys.  That is one of the reasons I so enjoy stamping.  I can be girly.  :)

The paper I used was a metallic silver paper.  It was in my "stash" and not SU.  If you wanted to make this card you could try it with the SU silver paper.  I used Black Staz-On ink to stamp it then dry embossed it with my dots embossing folder. 

The scallop circle piece was from the Everything Eleanor stamp set.  I used versamark ink and silver embossing powder.  It's so pretty.

This card was not easy to photograph, so you'll have to trust me on how pretty it is in person.  Or, if you don't trust me, try this card out yourself using your favorite stamp set(s). 

Creative Blessings,
Heather North

P.S.  My before pictures of my room are soooooooooo scary that I think I'll save them for a Halloween post.  LOL  Here is a picture of how the room looks this morning.  I need to go through a few more piles and then go shopping for some organizers to better fit my space, but it looks oh so much better! 

For now I am going to use the bottom corner shelf to display my favorite cards.  4 out of 5 of the cards on there now use Bliss and/or Vintage Vogue.

 Card Recipe:
Stamps: Everything Eleanor, Bliss, Vintage Vogue
Ink: Black Staz-On, Versamark
Paper: Basic Black, Perfect Plum, Silver Metallic (non-SU)
Misc.: Perfect Plum Taffeta Ribbon, Basic Black 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon, Various Punches, Dots Embossing Folder, Basic Rhinestones



Everything Eleanor



1/8" Basic Black Taffeta Ribbon




3/8" Pefect Plum Taffeta Ribbon




Various Punches



Tillamook Air Museum ~ Scrapbook Sunday

This layout has taken me all summer to finish.  Why, you might ask?  Well, it's because I couldn't decide whether I was going to scrapbook these pages in our family album or create a separate album of just our trip.   Once I decided to make a separate album I had to decide on just a few pictures that would fit on a 2 page spread, so that when we look through our 2009 family album we will be reminded of this trip.  I took sooooooooooooooo many pictures.  Anyway, I am happy to have finished this layout.  Perhaps I will get on a roll with my scrapbooking again now that I have passed this hurtle.

I didn't use very much Stampin' UP! product on my pages.  I've considered myself a scrapbooker long before I became obsessed with cardmaking, so I have built up quite the stash, including this paper I bought just for this trip.

The paper had this airplane banner on one side, and glittery circles on the other.  The side with the glitter had a frame with the sentiment "PERFECT" on it.   It was hard to decide which side to use.   In the end I used both.  I simple cut the paper apart at about 3" and again at about 7".  I took the 3" piece and flipped it to the airplane side, then I added a strip of shimmery blue paper in between. 

On the flip side I used a larger piece of the shimmery blue paper.  I used up the 2" scrap left over from the left hand side and put it at the top of my page.  Then I used a new sheet of paper, and cut another 3" piece of airplane paper for the bottom.  The shimmery piece wasn't quite long enough so I made some banners out of the paper to mimic the banner that the plane is pulling.

Here is where I did use some SU.  I used Basic Gray to mat the picture of my DH with his all time favorite plane.  Then I stamped Bliss from a retired SU set, and used the brand new Designer Flourish Frames that are on page 8 of the 2012 Holiday Mini catalog.  The frame lays fairly flat, so it doesn't add too much bulk to my page.  (about the same or a little less than a dimensional)


This page was a long time in the making, but I love the results!

Creative Blessings,
Heather North

Silver Flourish Designer Frames

Silver Mini Brads

Friday Bliss

Birthday week is almost over :( but I have saved the best for last.  :)  Well, almost last... tomorrow is National Scrapbook Day, so this is my last card for the week.  I have one more jammie inspiration to show you, but that will have to wait for another day.

This is actually the card that started it all for me.  I saw these jammie pants and wanted paper to match.   I even told my friend Louise about it.  :)   Can you believe I made it all the way back in MARCH and I've waited this long to show it to you?!! 

The video below will explain how I created that cool background paper.

Clear Embossing Powder

Heat Tool

Thank you for joining me this week.  Come back tomorrow for National Scrapbooking Day.  I'm working on a fun album project and hopefully doing some scrapbooking in between ball games this weekend.  What are you plans for National Scrapbooking Day?

Creative Blessings,
Heather North

It's time for another sketch challenge on Joanie's blog.  This time she really challenged us with a sketch AND color challenge. 




The sketch is a fun one, especially if you have a patterned paper pack or double sided paper to use on a card because it lends itself to using 2 different patterns. 

Honestly, I love the color combo, but I don't have any patterned paper nor many of the inks in these colors. That certainly made it a challenge, but I rose to it.  (or at least I tried)  It's certainly not one of my best works, but it did stretch me.

I ended up using some CM patterned paper that I found in my stash.  It was lighter than the SU colors, but coordinated pretty well.

I addeed some glitter to my stamped images to "bling it up".

 This adorable little "key" charm was a fun find from "Shipwreck Beads" up in Lacey, WA.   They have so many unique items from beads, to charms, to chains, to wires and most anything you would need to make jewelry or add embellishments to almost any project.

Thank You Mrs. DeLaurier

I found these pictures on my computer from last June.  Michael's 5th grade teacher was wonderful and we wanted to give her an extra special little thank you at the end of the year.  Most elements used are SU!, but some are from my stash, purchased at the Local Scrapbook/Stamper Store (LSS).

Michael did most of the decorating for his teacher's back.  He used several different thank you stamps  and inked them up with  Early Espresso ink.  I had some decorative label punches leftover from my candy project, so he added dimensionals to the back and stuck them on her bag.

 Here is the card, Candy Slider, and candy purse.  All elements used SU! colors: Baja Breeze, Early Espresso, and Whisper White.  Stamp sets used are Bliss and Thank You (from LSS).  For embellishments I used an Early Espresso Taffeta Ribbon, Basic Rhinestones, Linen Thread (to tie on the little key trinket onto the card), brads, and dimentionals.  I also used the decorative label punch and a CM flower punch.

 The idea for the candy purse came from  Angie Kennedy Juda's chicnscratch website.   I changed the dimensions to fit the candy I had.  On the inside of the card I matted the white cardstock with some early espresso and again stamped a butterfly from the Bliss stamp set.  Can you see the little bling I put on him/her?

Do you see that sweet treat?  I saved the best for last... it's a double slider, and when you pull on each end a candy bar slides out.  I used 3 different videos for inspiration and ended up making up the dimensions for this one on my own.  If I ever film a video of my craft making I'll have to make one of these.  :)

National Cardmaking Bliss

National cardmaking day was yesterday, or so I am told.  In honor of the occasion I made this card using my favorite stamp set and a backgroud stamp I have been afraid to use.  My fear is gone and I think I will be using the En Francais background stamp over and over again.  :)

Close up showing some of the details...

Most of the products used were Stampin' UP!  Here's how I did it.

First I used a tent fold base of Sahara Sand(SS), then I created the background on Whisper White (4 x 5 1/2) by lightly sponging Wisteria Wonder(WW) and Sahara Sand.  Next I used the background stamp "En Francais" and inked it up with WW, then I used my sponge to remove some of the ink.  (next time I will remove a little more)  I placed my whisper white cardstock on top of the inked image and rubbed to transfer the image.  After cleaning my stamp I inked up lightly with SS and stamped the background again.  I matted the image with WW cut at at 4 1/8 x 5 3/8)  The last thing I did was to stamp "Bliss" at the bottom right corner using Timber Brown VersaMark. 

The center image is another stamp from the Sale-A-Bration stamp set stamped in Wisteria Wonder on Whisper White, and the WW mat is 1/8" bigger.  I popped that up on dimensionals.  The butterflies are stamped, cut out, and adhered using glue dots.

Next I used glimmer mist to add some shimmer.  Then I applied my rhinestones and tied the ribbon around the bottom.  I simply love this card!!!