A Few Card Camp Cards

Hi stamping friends!

It's been a while since I've posted, I know. I've been taking it easy lately and hanging out with the family a little more and in the stamp room a little less. But this weekend I had to get in there and get the designed finished off for the Card Camp I am having this weekend.

Here are two of the cards we will be making this weekend.

Usually I get nine designs completed and struggle for that 10th. I knew I wanted to use the Holy Triptych set (specifically this image since I have not yet used it at a camp) and the Medallion background together. I went downstairs and took a break as nothing was working for me. When I came back up I came up with this in about 15 minutes. And now I do believe it's my favourite of the 10! Sometimes it just comes together quickly.


Colours for this are Rich Razzleberry, Not Quite Navy, Crushed Curry and Kiwi Kiss. The image is stamped in black Stazon and coloured with a blender pen.

For this card, I was inspired by the colours (Taken with Teal and Sahara Sand) from the Holiday Lounge paper (which I used for this card). I also used the stamp from the hostess set "Christmas Punch". The background is the retired Polka Dot stamp using Sahara Sand ink. I love that background and will likely never get rid of it! I cut a snowflake cut using a Sizzix die and the Big Shot, then tied it to the card using silver elastic cord. I think this one is my second favourite ;)


Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by today! Later in the week I hope to have a few more of my camp samples up to share with you.

Have a great day!

Gift Card Holder

Good morning!

Thanks for stopping by today :)

I had a chance to play in the craft space last week to come up with a few designs we will be making at my card camp coming up in a few weeks. If you are in the GTA and are interested in attending, please let me know! I have a few spaces available Friday the 13th 7-10pm (2 spaces), and Sat the 14th (3 spaces) 1-4 pm and 7-10pm (4 spaces).

The first card we will be making is a gift card holder. I asked a few of my regular attendees and they were keen to the idea of replacing a regular card with one that will hold a gift card. I decided to make it fairly gender neutral in case the recipient was male. Gift cards are so easy for guys so I went that route.

The belly band slips off and here's what you see inside. Minus my Visa, of course ;)

I have loads of old "In Colours" paper and stuff left so I chose Cranberry Crisp and True Thyme as my starting point. I know I have other holiday paper around and about but was unable to find it. I managed to find some retired "Four Seasons" paper that had a stripe pattern I could work with. For the gift card itself, I pretty much followed this tutorial by Julie Buhler.

I wanted to be able to write the to and from info on the front so I replaced part of the patterned paper with the Vanilla cardstock stamped with the details from the set Christmas Punch. The belly band has another stamp from that same set attached punched with the scalloped oval punch. Notice I punched a poinsettia out a second time and adhered on a dimensional? A fun little detail. Well, I think so! ;) I finished it up by rounding the corners off on the card. Make sure you round the corners of the patterned and Vanilla paper before adhering though!

I hope to have a few more of my card camp samples up over the next week or so. Thanks so much for coming to visit me! Have a great day :)

A card and some news to share :)

Here's a simple SUO card I made as a sample for my card camp a few weeks ago. For card camps, I try to create cards that are simple enough for a beginner stamper, but complicated (is that the word I'm looking for? maybe complex?) enough for a seasoned pro.


I wanted to use the new SU! in colours and also make a card that could be used for a man. This layout is one of the Fall to Layouts from Clean and Simple stamping. A star image is stamped randomly on the Vanilla cardstock using Versamark and the star image from Nursery Necessities. The sentiment from SU!'s All Holidays is stamped in Chocolate Chip on Baja Breeze and adhered to the bottom. A strip of Chocolate Chip paper is pierced using the SU! mat pack to keep the holes straight. I find that adding a strip of cardstock in place of a ribbon can give the same effect, but in a more masculine way.

Three stars were punched out using SU!'s star punches. The Baja Breeze and Chocolate Chip ones are adhered directly to the cardstock while the Kiwi Kiss one is raised on dimensional.

That's it for the card!

As for the news to share...Check out this announcement!


I am soooooo excited to be a member of the Design Team for There She Goes, a new line of stamps and images. Check out the talented ladies on that team! I sure hope I can keep up with them!

Jessica is taking preorders for the first release of her stamps, but you can only take advantage of the special pricing and shipping rates until tonight at midnight (Pacific Time). You can read the details of the preorder here. Scroll down a bit past the pics to see the info.

Thanks so much for stopping by today to check out what I've created and share in my news! This is my first design team opportunity and I can't wait to see what I come up with. And of course, share it with you!

Hope the rest of your day is great :)