Tarheel Stamper - Hearts Are Full

I love this stamped image.  So cute with hearts flying all around.  This is one of three cards for a January Stamp Camp this Saturday.  I love the colors.  I used lots of new products from the Occasions Mini.  Stamp set is Take It to Heart.   I also used Adorning Accents Textured Impressions Embossing folder.  The hearts were cut out with the new Hearts Collection Framelits Dies.  Those are so cool   You can clearly center your stamped image in the die and get a perfect cut.  This Occasion Mini has so many great products and now for every $50 you spend in Stampin' Up! products, you can pick a Sale-a-Bration item.  Links to the Occasions Mini and Sale-a-bration brochures are on the right sidebar. 

Hope you have a wonderful day,

Tammy aka Tarheel Stamper

Tarheel Stamper - Blue Bird for Mom

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I made a card with the Blossom Petals Punch to give my mom for Mother's Day.  She ended up going to my sister's house out of town.  I was going to hand deliver the flower card, so I made another one for her I could mail. 

All the products I used are Stampin' Up! Stamp set is clear mount Nature Walk.  I love coloring with reinkers on a plastic lid picked up with the aqua brush.  One tip I have is to wet the area you want to color first with plain water and then paint.  The wet paper takes the ink so much better.  Let that area dry before painting adjacent areas. I use Stampin' Up!'s watercolor paper.  The image is stamped in Black Stazon ink.  It does not smear or run since it is not water based dye ink.

The bookmark sentiment is stamped in Basic Brown and immediately heat embossed in clear embossing powder. I watercolored the rest of the images with reinkers after stamping them in Basic Brown.  Remember to let the brown ink dry a little while.  After watercoloring dried, I used the Versamarker on the images and heat embossed with clear embossing powder.  This added a nice shiny touch.  The cardstock is glossy white and the Big Shot Die is Two Tags. 

I hope all you mothers out there have a wonderul Mother's Day!  I am so blessed to be the mom of three sons.  Thank you Lord for the joy they have given me over the years and continue now.

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Happy Mother's Day!

Tammy aka Tarheel Stamper

Tarheel Stamper - Blossom Petal Punch Blue Flower

Hi Stampin' friends,

First my heart and prayers go out to all those affected by the powerful storms that tore through the south this past week and weekend.  Especially hard hit was my state of North Carolina.  At least 62 tornadoes barreled through our state on Saturday.  Lots of damage and loss of property, but sadly many lives were taken.  I pray all of you recover soon and your hearts are comforted.

I am working on a video to show some things you can make with the Blossom Petal Punch like fish, cute ballerina dress, and of course flowers.  I will have the link up soon. 

This is the first card on the video.



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I love these colors together.  Just seems bright and cherry to me.  Switch out colors to a Subtle color combo and it will be more feminine or could be used for a thinking of you or sympathy card. 

Soft Suede, Baja Breeze, Old Olive, and Whisper White card stock

Soft Suede, Old Olive, and Baja Breeze

Very Vanilla taffeta ribbon

Build a Blossom and Birthday Bliss stamp sets

Blossom Petals punch

3/4" Circle punch

Ticket Corner punch

Wide Oval punch

paper piercing mat and piercer

Very Vanilla jumbo brad

Finial Press embossing folder

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Tammy aka Tarheel Stamper

Tarheel Stamper - Blossom Petal Punch Card

I love springtime when all the flowers and trees are starting to bloom and wake up from their long winter's nap. My favorite season is summer with spring a close second. This card reminds me of both.  Hope you are having a wonderful spring day wherever you live!

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 You can see my video tutorial on the 4/10/2011 post

Happy Stampin'
Tammy aka Tarheel Stamper

Supplies used:


Inks

Regal Rose  Item #105211
Pretty in Pink  Item #101301
Crumb Cake marker  Item #120967
Rose Red  Item# 101778


Card Stock                                                                                              

Rose Red  Item #102544            4" x 5 1/4" for layer, 4" x 1/4" for strip
So Saffron  Item #105213           3 3/4” x 5” for layer, small scrap for punching
Whisper White  Item #100730     4 1/4” x 11" card base, small piece to stamp
Certainly Celery  Item #105217    5 1/2”x 4 1/4” for punching

Stamps

Messages for Mom  Item #118580


Accessories

Blossom Petals Punch  Item #121808
1/2" Circle Punch  Item #119869
Perfect Dots
Embossing folder  Item #117335
Sponge Daubers  Item #102892
Certainly Celery 1/8” Taffeta ribbon  Item #119255

Tarheel Stamper - Part Two of Slice of Pepperoni Pizza

Here is the 2nd video of how to make the Slice of Pepperoni Pizza card. 

You can view this video in HD on my YouTube Channel TarheelStamper.




See this post for more details and a supplies list.

Have a great day,
Tammy aka Tarheel Stamper

Tarheel Stamper - Slice of Pepperoni Pizza Card

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Progression of shading and adding dots to the pepperoni slices.

This was a fun card to make.  I made it for my youngest son.  He loves pepperoni pizza so I thought this would be great for him.  Since he is an adult, I wanted to make it more realistic.  I will share a "supreme" pizza tomorrow.  This is a time consuming card, but well worth the effort.  When my son told me he was going to keep this one and that was the coolest card, all the work was worth it! 

I have a two-part video on You Tube on how to make this card.  I looked up pizza cards on a search engine and used ideas from both of them, Christine David and Stephanie Baldwin.  Both made beautiful cards!

On the video is a supplies list at the end.  If you need  to print off the supplies, I have uploaded a pdf to Scribd

here  - Slice of Pizza Supplies List

Part 1 video of Slice of Pizza Tutorial

You can view in HD on my YouTube channel, TarheelStamper

Part 2 will follow in the next post. I didn't want to put two videos in one blog post. 

Happy Stampin,

Tammy aka Tarheel Stamper

Tarheel Stamper - Pink Medalion Card



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I love the large background stamps and forget to use them.  They cover a lot of area quickly and can be the main image.  I stamped the Medalion with Regal Rose, Pretty in Pink, and Pink Pirouette on Whisper White.  I cut the layers with the scallop circle and circle punches. Another one was stamped in Versamark ink on Pretty in Pink and heat embossed with White powder.  Add a pearl and bow and you have a soft, pretty card!  You can add a sentiment on the inside for whatever occasion you have! 

Hope you have a wonderul day!

Tammy aka Tarheel Stamper

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Tarheel Stamper - Amore!

Amore!  We all need to feel it!  Hope you have lots of love in the New Year!

This card will be one we are making in my January "Amore" stamp class.

I used Cherry Cobbler, Chocolate Chip, and Very Vanilla card stock and the stamp set Artistic Etchings. 

I stamped the medallion repeatedly on the background to create my own designer paper.  I used the stamp-a-ma-jig for perfect placement. 

Hope to be able to post more often.  I was home for a few weeks during the Christmas season and very busy and happy to be home!  We travel weekly for my husband's job and I am so thankful for that.  I just miss being at our main home with family.  We had a wonderful Christmas and hope you did also!



Happy Stampin'

Tammy Q Howell aka Tarheel Stamper

Tarheel Stamper - Cajun Craze Gratitude Card

This is one of the projects we received at the Columbia Regionals. The stamp set is Day of Gratitude available in the Holiday Mini.  This is such a pretty set.  It is nice as a demonstrator to sit down and have everything cut and ready for you.  I didn't have my paper piercer when I made this so I used my perforating blade in my Cutter Kit on the sides of the flower and word stamped pieces.  Gorgeous card I think!
I love the Cajun Craze.  Didn't think I would like it, but it goes so well with Old Olive which is a favorite of mine.  You can click on photos to view them larger.

Happy Stampin',
Tammy aka Tarheel Stamper

Tarheel Stamper - Halloween Houses on a Hill

Not sure if someone has done this before with Stampin' Up!'s Ornament punch, but when I was cutting pieces for a Christmas Card Camp, I looked at the piece I had left over and thought this looks like funky houses on a hill.  So I decided to make a Halloween card with a Basic Black strip.  I love the way it turned out.  It was mailed to my NC Demo Monday Mailer.  Hope she likes it.  I really don't do Halloween, but just loved the look of this!  Used my brayer also!  Fun card to make!  I have pdf instructions to make the card and punched shapes on Scribd here.  http://www.scribd.com/doc/38404863

Supplies used:


 Teeny Tiny Wishes – Item# 118732 (wm $36.95)

 1 3/8” Circle punch - Item# 119860 - $15.95

 Heart to Heart punch - Item# 119881 - $16.95

 Word Window Punch – Item# 119857 - $15.95

 Ornament punch – Item# 119847 - $16.95

 More Mustard, Basic Black, and Glossy Card stock

 Basic Black, Night of Navy, Not Quite Navy, Marina Mist, Bashful Blue Classic Inks and Basic Black      Craft Ink.

 Black embossing powder


Have a wonderful day,
Tammy aka Tarheel Stamper

Tarheel Stamper - Tuesday Tips

Here is a unique way to use Stampin' Up!'s Heart to Heart punch.  I slid Basic Black into the punch at the smallest heart.  Punch and then move the punch up a teeny tiny bit and punch again.  You get a bird shape.  I used them on this card.  I will have more directions on this card tomorrow! 

Have a great day,
Tammy aka Tarheel Stamper

Tarheel Stamper - Autumn Days

Update - I added another version of this card on a post here!

Quick post for today. I used a technique from an older Technique Junkies Newsletter called Masked Frames.  I like how it turned out.  This is for a one on one swap on TJ's yahoo group.  Great ideas in the newsletters!

I used Autumn Days and Teeny Tiny Wishes on this one. Colors are More Mustard, Soft Suede, and Very Vanilla.  I used a sponge around the masked area with Soft Suede.  I stamped off with the Soft Suede with the wheat stamp.  Used Linen thread knotted on the corners and taped the ends to the back.

Have a wonderful Fall day!

Tammy aka Tarheel Stamper

Tarheel Stamper - Because I Care

Short post as I am at Family Camp with our church.  My sweet husband and I are staying at a beautiful bed and breakfast, The Inn at Table Rock.  Beautiful scenery outside our room windows.  Following the card, I have some photos posted of the room.

Stamp set is the clear mount Because I Care, new in the catalog this year.  Love flowers and love this set.  I watercolored the back of vellum.  Stamp first in Basic Gray and let dry.  Turn over and color with markers.  I use an old plastic lid and scribble the marker on that.  Then pick up the marker with an aqua painter or a wet paint brush and paint the back of the stamped image.  That way the color is not as bright. 

Happy Stampin'

Tammy aka Tarheel Stamper

 

Sense of Time

It has been a while since I have been able to post to my blog.  I had a flare-up of my fibromyalgia for two weeks and barely got my swaps made. This card is for a swap I am in.  It had to have 10 of one thing.  So I chose to sponge a row of circles on this card, 10 circles.  Also the clock has a 10 on it. LOL  I used Baha Breeze and Soft Suede.  Those two colors will be in our new Color Collections.  I used Very Vanilla card stock to stamp on.  Punched the sentiment from Teeny Tiny Wishes and punched with Window punch and then layered with a Modern Label mat.  I love that stamp set.  I use it all the time.  I added 5 silver brads.  Stamped Itty Bitty Backgrounds all over with Soft Suede.  Sometimes I stamped off first. This card is much nicer in real life.

Floral Friends

I love how this card turned out.  I started with a sketch from Techno Stamper's Monday lunch time challenge. I also used a picture challenge on Paper Pal Arts.   This stamp set is Vintage Vogue.  It was in the Occasions mini and will be in the upcoming 2010/2011 Idea Book and Catalog.  Colors are Old Olive, Cameo Coral, So Saffron, Going Gray, and Whisper White.  I used the Old Olive marker directly on the stamp, only coloring the word friends.  Then stamped it on the Whisper White.  It is so easy with the Clear Mount stamps  I outlined the "F" and the flowers with corresponding colors.  The dots in the center of the flowers are punched with an 1/8" hole punch.  I used the paper piercer and mat to make the line down the center of the So Saffron strip.  OK, so what do you think?  Need something else?  Have a wonderful day!

Squaresville

Square cards give you a little more room to create with.  I made this for a Monday Mailer program I am in with a NC Demo Yahoo group.  Each Monday during the month we mail a card to a stampin' demo and receive one from another one.  It is a lot of fun looking forward to that card in the mailbox!  Our theme is retiring colors, so I used Barely Banana and Close to Cocoa on this one.  I used the 2 way glue pen and sprinkled Diamond Dust glitter on the butterfly.  Isn't she/he cute?  I included a photo of another I made similar to this one.  I wish I would have had the Bashful Blue satin ribbon to use on the 2nd card.  I stamped the circle image from Circle Circus in Versamark.  Then used the sponge daubers to dab Stampin' Pastels over the Versamark.  I love the soft look of it and I used a supply I rarely use.

Hope you enjoy this card and this day!
Happy Stampin'!

Happy Graduation!

With God all things are possible 

 Matthew 19:26

We are so proud of our son, Bobby.  He is graduating today, May 7 2010, from Ambassador Baptist College.  He will graduate with a bachelor's degree of 2nd Man Christian Education.  He took classes for pastors and teachers, studied Greek and Hebrew, and many other areas of study.  Bobby did not like reading in school, but now reads profusely.  I am so happy he has discovered the joy of reading.  He likes to study Biblical doctrines and commands and see what the Bible says, not just what man says.  Not to say that the pastors and professors haven't taught the correct things, but he loves to study and make sure that God's word is preached. He has a love for the Jewish people and it has rubbed off on me to want to study more about their festivals, customs. and feasts. The New Testament becomes more interesting with a knowledge of the Jewish traditions.  Can't wait to see what God has for Bobby in the future!  Congratulations son!  We are so proud of your accomplishments.

Now here is the card I made him.  This is not my original idea.  I saw a card on the fantastically talented Jackie Topa's blog!  She has a tutorial to make a suit with tie and showed a photo of the commencement gown. I wished I would have had some of Stampin' Up!'s gorgeous blue satin ribbon for the tie, but the Basic Grey works.  I made the tassel with crochet thread.  I did not have a black brad so I used the Bashful Blue ones I had.  I think it looks good with that color brad.  I added a verse inside from a retired Stampin' Up! set named Say it with Scriptures.  The verse is Trust in the Lord with all thine heart. Proverbs 3:5.

Supplies used:

Stamp Sets - Say it with Scriptures, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Accessories - brads, Matchbox XL Sizzix die, Basic Grey ribbon

Ink - Bashful Blue

Card stock - Bashful Blue, Whisper White, Basic Black

Birthday Greenhouse Garden

I bought this stamp set, Greenhouse Garden, and have rarely used it.  I love the simplicity of a 2-Step stamp set.  I combined a challenge with a card program on a NC Demo Yahoo group.  I am not sure I like the butterfly on the flower, but it was too late after I glued it with Crystal Effects.  I used a drop of Crystal Effects on the small flowers and the center of the large flower.  The sentiment comes from Teeny Tiny Wishes, a go to set of mine.  The layout is from Techno Stamper's Sketch Challenge here.  I love her sketches.  The colors I used are Tempting Turquoise, Cameo Coral, Gable Green, Green Galore, Taken with Teal, Whisper White, and Ruby Red.  Half back pearls are from the Pretties kit.  I used the Word Window punch and cut them in half to put on the Cameo Coral.

Welcome to the Royal Blog Tour! Blog Candy!

 So glad you have stopped by my castle!  This princess is so happy to welcome you!  This was such a fun project to work on.  I am featuring the Stampin' Up! stamp set Baroque Motifs on page 131 of the 2009-2010 Idea Book and Catalog.  This is such an elegant set.  I love how you can use the vine stamp as a background or as the focal image.  The flowers and motifs are great to use in groups or alone also. 


Read through to the end of this post to find out how you can win this stamp set!  Sorry but this prize can only be given to someone in the United States because of Stampin' Up! rules.


I have a purse box with 4 cards and a matchbox decorated for you to view on this Royal Blog Tour stop.  I thought this would make a great gift for Mother's Day.  I know I would love to receive it.  This was an easy project to make.  You can click on the photos to open a larger one to view.

Now on to the blog candy!  To enter for a chance to win the Baroque Motifs Stamp set (shown below) a $27.95 value, just post a comment with your email address in your comment.  I cannot contact you without the email address in the comment.  I will use Random.org to choose a number based on the total number of comments.

Don't forget to look for the clues to enter the drawing for the Big Shot or other great prizes!

Click on the red slippers below the items used list to take a ride to the next awesome castle!  You are not going to want to miss any of the stops on this lovely trip!

Featured Stamp Set - Baroque Motifs Item# 113490

Stamp sets - Teeny Tiny Wishes, Tiny Tags (available in the Occasions Mini until April 30 Item# 118091 - will be available in the next Idea Book and Catalog.

Card stock:  Bermuda Bay, Rose Red, Sahara Sand, Whisper White

Designer Series Paper - Bermuda Bay Patterns, Thoroughly Modern

Accessories:  Pretties Kit, Jumbo Brads, Finial Press Embossing Folder, Iridescent Ice embossing powder, heat gun

Punches:  Scallop Circle, Scallop Oval, Boho Blossoms, Word Window, Modern Label,1/8 inch circle, 1/4 inch circle, 1/2 inch circle, My Way, Corner Rounder, Scallop Trim corner and border punches, Medium Jewelry Tag punch (available until April 30 Item# 117190 in Occasion Mini)

Sizzix - Top Note, Beautiful Wings Embosslit, Matchbox XL

Stampin' Up! Medallion Bird Card

Hi Stampin' Friends!

Hope you are having a wonderful day!  I finally was able to stamp and combined three challenges in one

card.  The Late Night Stampers Yahoo group has a photo inspiration challenge.  The photo is shown below. 

I chose to use some colors from the photo.  Late Night Stampers is open to anyone who loves Stampin' Up!

products.  I love the list and get so much inspiration and ideas from it.  Paper Pleasing Ideas had a

challenge to use Mellow Moss,  Sahara Sand, and Basic Grey.  And finally Card Scraps had a sketch

challenge.  Whew!  Three in one!  I love challenges as they give me a jumping off point to make a card.  It

feels so good to be able to stamp.  Sometimes life is challenging and stamping is a great therapy!  Try it and I am sure you will agree.

      

Supplies used on the Medallion Bird Card:

Medallion and En Francais Stamp Sets

Mellow Moss, Basic Grey, and Sahara Sand card stock

Sponges, Basic Grey satin ribbon, 1/8" circle punch, cutter kit, Stampin' Dimensionals, Finial Press Embossing Folder

Royal Blog Tour is Coming!

You don't want to miss this tour!  The Royal Blog Tour is starting Friday April 30 until May 3.  This will be a great blog tour.  You have a chance to win a Big Shot or other prizes for collecting clues. I will be giving away blog candy as well as many others in the tour.  Many talented stampers will have projects to share with you.  The stamp sets featured will all be different.  Just come to my blog on April 30 and start your tour.  Or you can go to http://www.theroyalblogtour.com .  Also there is a blog with information about the Princesses on the tour here http://www.royalblogtour.blogspot.com/  There are clues on there where you can guess and win another chance at the Big Shot.