Flamingo Hugs (Ann Greenspan)

Flamingo Hugs

by Ann Greenspan



It seems like flamingos are so popular right now.  When I got the Lawn Flamingo die from Frantic Stamper, I knew I wanted to cut it out with a mirror image and pair the two facing each other to make the heart out of their beaks, heads and necks.

The "hugs and kisses" are from the Accessory Word dies.  The Accessory Word dies are great for cards since you can mix and match them to make a lot of different phrases.  I wish I knew of a program where I could enter all the Accessory Words to see how many different phrases could actually be made; it would be a lot.  Then if you paired the Accessory Words with the single word dies that Frantic Stamper has, the list gets even bigger.  What I like about these Accessory Word dies is the font on them and the fact that the script is wide enough to actually use a glue pen on the back of them.  So many times I've purchased word dies elsewhere that come in being so skinny that you can barely adhere them to anything!

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*** Materials for this project available at www.franticstamper.com.

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You Are Awesome (Marilyn Scheller, Guest Designer)

You Are Awesome

by (Marilyn)


Hi there! 

Today is my first post as guest designer for Frantic Stamper and what a thrill to be asked to join this wonderful group.

For my card, I chose to use the 'awesome' die and I do have to say, I can see myself using this one over and over again because it is so versatile.

To begin with, I used the computer to generate the words 'you are' using the Mom's Typewriter font.  Then I cut a simple circle from my patterned paper and began layering cardstock with black, cream, dark grey and finally gluing down the designer paper.

I cut 'awesome' out twice, once on black card stock and then again with the cream, layering them together and gluing them down to the card front.  To finish it off, I added some of the Finnabair Star Mechanicals.

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*** Materials for this project available at www.franticstamper.com.

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"Monster Mash" Birthday Card (Rozy Smith)

"Monster Mash" Birthday Card

by Rozy



Oh my goodness, this card was so much fun to make!

Started with a Happy Birthday base, covered it with multi shades of Polka Dot Paper (America Kuhn had shipped me the paper, thanks America!)

The monsters and sayings were created using the Monsters Outlines Die and the Monster Mash Up Stamp Set. How sweet is that having both the stamp set and the matching die to cut your work out!

The fun part is making each little monster an individual. A little kid would love this card and it would be awesome mounted in a shadow box with pictures of the party!

Have fun and think outside of the box!

Rozy

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*** Materials for this project available at www.franticstamper.com.

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Pencil Me In (Michelle Leone, Guest Designer)

Pencil Me In
by Michelle Leone


Just look at those bright, beautiful little pencils! Don't they just make you wanna go shopping for new school supplies? OK, maybe it's a little early for that......
I've used a bit of kraft cs, twine, a pop of color(s) and the cute Pencil die to craft this petite 4x4 card. I'm off to find/make a bright envelope and then this little note will be ready to go!

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*** Materials for this project available at www.franticstamper.com.

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Sweet Citrus Slices (Jen Carter)

Sweet Citrus Slices

by Jen Carter


I love the new Citrus Slices Dies by Frantic Stamper.  I knew I wanted to use them to make a colorful card.  I die cut each slice using two different colors of paper.  First, I die cut the slice with white textured cardstock and then I die cut each slice with the inside patterned paper. I also wanted the rind to show for each fruit slice, so I used a circle die to create the solid colored cardstock for each slice that I layered all of the other die cuts on top of (I cut the green circle in 1/2).



I attached all of the colorful slices on to a small card mat, stamped my sentiment, added a few bright sequins and then attached the entire piece to my card panel that I popped up with dimensionals.

Thank you for visiting!

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*** Materials for this project available at www.franticstamper.com.

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You Color My World (Lynn Mangan, Guest Designer)

You Color My World

by Lynn Mangan


Oh la la...you have to love new dies!  I was super excited to get these art palette dies and have a little fun coloring.  Coloring is not normal for me on my projects so it was fun to color a bit outside of the lines so to speak for this card.  For the palette, a touch of color was added with water color markers and then spread out a bit using a water brush pen.  The paint brush was colored using the same technique.  To finish off the card, I added a touch of paper, striped vellum and two strips of washi tape along with a few enamel elements.

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*** Materials for this project available at www.franticstamper.com.

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Two Design Team Announcements

We would like to thank Jeni Allen for her wonderful projects and camaraderie over the past few months, and for staying on to help us out when a guest we had lined up couldn't join us after all. We loved having her guest design for us, and will miss her a lot. We truly hope she will come back and join the team again sometime soon.

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We also would like to welcome our newest guest, Marilyn Scheller.




Here is a little about Marilyn in her own words.

Hi there! My name is Marilyn and I live on a farm in Saskatchewan Canada. I have a full time job but in my spare time, I love to paper craft, especially creating cards.

I've been involved in this craft since 2011 and like most of us, it started out innocently and slow enough. A friend invited me to a home stamping party and the rest is history and now I am completely hooked.

Three of my favourite things which I cannot be without in this craft is my Copics, Big Shot and dies. I love using dies so when Frantic Stamper asked if I would do a guest design spot, I jumped at it and immediately said 'yes, yes, yes"!. I love the variety and selection of anything and everything the shop has to offer and the fab assortment of innovative dies.

One of the things I have gained through this craft and treasure the most is meeting some of the most creative and talented people from all over the world and am so lucky to be able to call them my friends.

Please join me in thanking Jeni and welcoming Marilyn by leaving a comment.

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Tibute (Kathy Berger)

Tribute

by Kathy Berger


My dad was a World War II Spitfire pilot in the RCAF with 80 or more missions into enemy territory; as a squadron leader he was responsible for accompanying bombers on their missions and engaging in firefights to protect them.

Dad moved to the States shortly after the war, met mom, and settled down. I know we sometimes felt the lack of celebration of his accomplishments in the war when Veterans' Day came around. He was a vet, but his service was ignored because it wasn't as an American pilot. Despite flying for an ally, he was left out of our national celebrations. ( Dad was a US Citizen, having been born in Massachusetts, but chose to go to Canada to enter the war before the US did, fighting for the land of his parents' birth.)

We lost dad on Feb 12, 2011. It was on the 4th anniversary of his death that I sat down to draw our Transportation release of dies. Fran had asked for a fighter plane; but immediately I knew I had to make it a Spitfire.

I really struggled with drawing this plane...it might have been because I was drawing through a veil of tears. But I did finish...and with the final touch of drawing call letters, I had drawn Dad's plane.



From that moment on, I knew I had to use that die in a trbute to Dad, and this card is that tribute. The map on the front of the card is marked with a pin at the place in Canada where my father grew to be a man. The Canada patch on the front is an actual-sized copy of a patch off of Dad's wollen dress uniform.

Inside the card is dad's spitfire on a simple pop-up mechanism, along with two pictures of dad. The top left is dad in his flight suit. The lower right is of him in dress uniform posing with his severely damaged plane. Despite having lost tail rudder and flaps, he safely returned to base and landed his plane. His feat was the talk of the base for quite some time.



The inside of the card also holds tiny scans of his service book, showing his next of kin, his rank and his assignment. Here is a last look at the inside of the card.

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*** Materials for this project available at www.franticstamper.com.

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Christmas Blessings (Lynn Mangan, Guest Designer)

Here is yet another card in our monthly holiday card series, posted on the 25th of each month...

Christmas Blessings

by Lynn Mangan


We mail out a lot of Christmas cards and whenever I can come up with a relatively flat card to mail out I am super pleased!  I made this card several weeks ago and decided it was time to make about ten of them to jump start my Christmas card stash.  To give the card a little extra finish, I matted a gray piece of card stock with a thin border of black card stock.  I love the way the square card base and gray/black mimicked the square outline on the fabulous intricate die cut.  To finish off the card I added a simple sentiment and one little gem to highlight the holly in the die cut.  So nice to finally be getting a dent in the Christmas cards...December is right around the corner!

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*** Materials for this project available at www.franticstamper.com.

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School Bus Hello (Jen Carter)

School Bus Hello

by Jen Carter


It's hard to believe that my summer is almost over and I have to go back to the school office in just a few short weeks.  WHERE did the summer go? With school on my mind, I wanted to create some school themed projects, so I started first with this card.

I love this new School Bus die by Frantic Stamper!  I wanted to do something fun with it so I decided to go with a quilted/pieced card.  I pulled out lots and lots of coordinating patterned papers and then put the dies to work.  I started by piecing that bus.  Oh my!  Isn't that just the cutest?  My kids don't even ride the bus to school but I still love it!  And the little boy & girl silhouettes that fit inside the window!  What a great addition to the die set!  The bus even has piece-able bumpers!



To create the background, I used the Sunburst Card Panel die to create the sun and just trimmed it where needed to fit on my card mat.

For the hills I took one piece of small cardstock, covered it with adhesive and then cut strips of patterned papers with various greens in it, adding in some white papers with different colors for contrast, and then cut them apart with the Stitched Scene Builder Edgers dies.  It looks like I used a large piece of paper for the hills but because the pieces are layered behind and on top of each other, I made those pieces go a really long way and I really like the look! 

Thank you SO MUCH for stopping by today!  I hope you enjoyed this card!

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*** Materials for this project available at www.franticstamper.com.

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