Rubber Stamping & Card Making with Yapha

This week’s Stamping 411 Sketch Challenge is so fun, with a circle in a square!

As I was looking around for what stamps to use in the circle, I realized that I hadn’t used my Take a Spin set in a really long time. It was perfect for this sketch! I used the trick of making my card 4 1/4″ square, so that it can fit in a regular envelope. That way you don’t have to pay extra postage for a square card.

Stamps: Take a Spin
Ink: StazOn Jet Black
Paper: Pacific Point, Real Red, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White, Big Top Birthday Designer Series Paper
Other: Game Spinner Hand, 2 1/2″ Circle Punch, 1/2″ Circle Punch, Real Red 1/4″ Grosgrain Ribbon

I stamped my image twice, once on Real Red and once on Pacific Point, then cut out the Pacific Point pieces and glued them on top of the Real Red one. I bent the ends of the game spinner hand up a little so they wouldn’t catch on the edges.

What fun, summery colors from ColourQ today. It’s kind of a last hurrah as we wave good-bye to summer, even here in Southern California!

As I looked through my old pictures for ones that matched the colors, I found this super cute one of Eve and Biscuit. Can you ever have too many pictures of adorable children and their puppies? How sweet are their faces? Eve was two here, and Biscuit was about 1.

The background paper is from the digital version of the Domestic Goddess Designer Series Paper. It has such cute patterns!

I’ve been busy working on something special for tomorrow, so I have a great card  made by my friend Michelle to share with you today. She made this super cute thank you note for her son’s 4th birthday with the new I Dig You stamp set.  It almost made me get the set as soon as I saw it!

Stamps: I Dig You, Fabulous Phrases

Isn’t it just perfect? Thanks so much for letting me share it, Michelle! I hope you will come back tomorrow to see what I have up my sleeve!

When I saw this cute card made by Selene, I knew I had to try my own version. I just love this Recess stamp set — the images are just so cute and fun! But just like summer is ending, so is the summer mini catalog. August 31 is the last day to order from it.

Stamps: Recess
Ink: StazOn Jet Black, VersaMark
Paper: Crumb Cake, Pacific Point, Whisper White, Beyond the Garden Designer Series Paper
Other: Watercolor Wonder Crayons, Aqua Painter, Melon Mambo Embossing Powder

I wanted another touch of Melon Mambo, in addition to the girl’s shirt, so I embossed the sentiment with Melon Mambo embossing powder as well.

Such great summer time pool colors from ColourQ today! Take a look. Aren’t they fab?

Luckily, I had the perfect picture to scrap with them — one of my adorable nephew Leo hanging out in the pool with Eve. How cute are they? And the colors are perfect!

Like that wave like pattern on the Pool Party background? I used one of the stamps from the All Scallops digital stamp set, changed the color to Pool Party (like the background), then set the drop shadow to 75%. This gives it a subtle embossed look.

Don’t have My Digital Studio yet? Check out yesterday’s blog post for a special offer. And then come play with us at ColourQ!

Arielle has some fun bright colors for us over at the ColourQ challenge today!

I was looking for pictures to go with these colors, and wouldn’t you know it? They match the colors that everyone was wearing at my nephew Leo’s first birthday party last month! How considerate of everyone!

Want to know how I made the photo in the shape of a #1? I will have a detailed photo tutorial for you later this week, but if you want to get a jump on it, I found the directions on this thread at MyDigitalStudio.net.

My adorable nephew Leo is one year old today! It seems like just a few weeks ago that my brother was texting me updates on his birth! In addition to the super cute lion card that I made for him back in April, I wanted to make him something else as well. When I saw these handy tips for making an ABC swatchbook on the My Digital Studio website, I knew that’s exactly what I wanted to make! The swatchbook is one of the newer photobook options in My Digital Studio. It is 13  3.25″ x 5.5″ cards, double sided, and held together with a post so that the pages can swing out. If you have seen the new Stampin’ Up color coach, it is similar in design. It also comes with a plastic pice covering the front and back. This is what the finished project looked like:

And here it is with a few of the pages open:

Since it is hard to see the actual pages from these photos, here are the first few for your enjoyment:

I want to give a big thank you to Stacey, my sister-in-law’s sister-in-law, for helping out with pictures! I couldn’t have done it without her!

Eve agreed to wait a month to have her birthday party, so that she could have a swimming sleepover party. I made this invitation during the Stampin’ Addicts 5th Saturday Stamp Jam, but unfortunately ran out of time to make enough to actually send to her friends. Sigh. The beauty of this one is that I can change the “You’re Invited” to “Thank You” and make them to use as her thank you notes!

Stamps: Sunny Fun, Family Phrases
Ink: Pacific Point, Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight, Wild Wasabi, Blush Blossom, Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip, So Saffron, Pumpkin Pie
Paper: Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo, Brights Designer Series Paper Stack, Whisper White
Other: Scallop Trim Border Punch, Large Oval Punch, Scallop Oval Punch, Daffodil Delight Satin Ribbon

I really like this Sunny Fun stamp set. It’s just too cute!

Welcome to the Builder Wheel stop on the Stampin’ Addicts Summer Mini Catalog Blog Hop! You may have just come from Tanya’s blog (Aren’t her projects stinkin’ cute? I love that set!) or you may be starting here. Either way, the blogs will link you all the way around in a circle.

Builder wheels provide so many options. You can use one, two, or three of them at a time. You must use them with special builder wheel spindle, which includes spacers, and fits in the handle of a jumbo wheel. There are three new builder wheels in the Summer Mini catalog.

My first project is a quick and easy teacher thank you note. I inked up two sections of an uninked triple cartridge with Garden Green and Real Red. It really does not take that much reinker to fill the cartridge.

Stamps: For Teacher Builder Wheel, Elementary Alphabet Builder Wheel, Family Phrases
Ink: Real Red, Garden Green
Paper: Real Red, Garden Green, Crumb Cake, Whisper White
Other: Real Red 1/4″ Grosgrain Ribbon, Scallop Ribbon Border Punch

This second project popped in to my mind when I first saw the crayon wheel. I knew I wanted to make a rainbow of crayons, and the saying from Word Play is just perfect with it!

Stamps: School Colors Builder Wheel, Word Play
Ink: Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Garden Green, Night of Navy, Elegant Eggplant
Paper: Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White
Other: Ticket Corner Punch, Real Red 1/4″ Grosgrain Ribbon

My third project is a Rosh Hashanah card. You know me — I see apples, I think of Rosh Hashanah! I used the builder wheel to create the background of this one. In order to get the Hebrew words “Shana Tova” on the bee hive, I used a baby wipe to carefully remove the ink from the “Hive Sweet Hive” saying before stamping it down, then wrote in the Hebrew afterward.

Stamps: For Teacher Builder Wheel, Just Buzzin’ By
Ink: Real Red, StazOn Jet Black
Paper: More Mustard, Real Red, Soft Suede, Whisper White
Other: Watercolor Wonder Crayons, Aqua Painter, Ticket corner Punch, More Mustard Brads

My final project I have to show you today is an 8×8 scrapbook page. I can’t remember the last time that I actually made a physical scrapbook page out of paper! Wheels are so great for this! I added some Pacific Point to the third section of my uninked cartridge, and this was ready to go!

Stamps: For Teacher Builder Wheel, Elementary Alphabet Builder Wheel, School Colors Builder Wheel
Ink: Real Red, Garden Green, Pacific Point
Paper: Pacific Point, Real Red, Garden Green, Whisper White
Other: Real Red 1/4″ Grosgrain Ribbon

Like those beveled corners? Stop back on Monday for a photo tutorial on how I made them. The journaling is printed on the computer.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Next up on the Blog is Lisa, featuring the gorgeous Fabulous Florets set! Her projects are unbelievably stunning.

Another great sketch challenge from Pals Paper Arts this week!

When I saw the large circle on it, I knew it would be perfect with the Take a Spin stamp set. Remember, this set is in the Occasions Mini catalog,  and may only be available until the end of the month. We did have word that the actual game spinners will be available after the catalog ends, but not necessarily the set itself. This would be a super cute end of the school year card — for kids or teachers!

Stamps: Take a Spin
Ink: Real Red, Pacific Point, Old Olive
Paper: Pacific Point, Rel Red, Bashful Blue, Whisper White, Celebrations Designer Series Paper
Other: Game Spinner Hands, 2 1/2″ Circle Punch, Real Red Satin Ribbon, Old Olive 1/4″ Grosgrain Ribbon

I felt that the sketch called for a band that was wider than a single strip of ribbon, so I put two pieces of the Real Red satin ribbon next to each other, and covered the center with a piece of te Old Olive grosgrain. A great way to make a wier stripe!