Libby Fens, Stampin' Up! Demonstrator

Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator Libby Fens offering original and creative paper crafting projects. I host monthly Card Buffets, specialty classes and weekly inspiration for card making.

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Donut Happy

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So this was news to me. National Donut Day. Whaaaaat?

And of course, I’ve made a card for said ‘Donut Day’.

I thought Freshly Made Sketches was the perfect sketch for me to do such a thing –

Pretty cool, huh?

And this is my calorie free creation –

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Awesome card, right?

I love this DSP and these new In Colors. They make such a fresh fun card.

My words I stamped using non-Stampin’ Up stamps. They click together to form words or phrases. I do not have any other small alphabets. I went with what I had.

My card is simple, fun and creative!

Happy Stampin’
Libby

Pack of Mini Pinwheel Cards

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Hah! Finished something. Finally.

And, I made 5 of them!

Have you seen these nifty 8×8 sheets of paper folded to make a cute ‘pinwheel’ card?  They are SO fun to make with all the neat DSP’s we have. But, I thought, I wanted my paper to go a little further……so, with a bit of tweaking I came up with a mini version that uses 6×6 DSP.

Using the diagonal plate, score each side of your paper at 2 1/4. You’ll have 4 lines, intersecting.

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Then where those two lines intersect, remove that little triangle area.

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Remove the diagonal plate. Lay your paper down with the other side facing up. Now, score each side at 3/4. You’ll have 4 lines.

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Fold all 4 those newly scored lines.

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Flip over your paper. Fold those first 4 made score lines. Sorry, forgot to take a photo of this step.

Tuck the last one under the first one.

Done.

See how cute these are –

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Pistachio Pudding. You Make Me Smile.

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Crisp Cantaloupe. Thank U.

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Coastal Cabana. K is for kindness.

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Strawberry Slush. Be Mine.

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Baked Brown Sugar. For You.

I thought this retiring DSP Paper Stack was perfect for this idea. These colors and stamp set as retiring as well…..

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Nice group of cards, right?

I added a few silver Frosted Sequins from the Clearance rack. It was just the finishing touch these needed.

Please let me know if try my tutorial for this smaller version and how it works out. And, of corse, please give me credit of you share this.

Happy Stampin’
Libby

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Welcome Back

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Ahhhh, the joys of returning from a vacation.

Now days, you need a day-cation to recover from the vacation!

I made a companion card today. My daughter is back from her world travels. I was inspired by Always Playing with Paper to make her a card.

They have a double challenge right now.

It was very tempting to try both. But, I wanted to coordinate my two cards. This is what I came up with –

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Yes, a bit simple. No frills. But, is returning to reality after a vacation ever exciting? Lol.

The focal point should be in the larger circle, but, I made mine in the smaller circle with the Silver Glimmer Paper scalloped border. Once again, a theme, where she returned to.

I made my phrase with this cool set of connecting letter stamps I got at a scrap convention a while ago. A total whim purchase, but I think I really like them.

That’s it. Simple. To the point.

Here is a double shot of both cards. You can see where she traveled to and the return. So cool, right? Curious about that post? It’s here.

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Nice, huh?

Off to work on my October Card Buffet.

Happy Stampin’
Libby

Mushroom Thanks

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Mushroom thanks? Well, what would you call this cutie?

This was one of three swaps I made for Leadership. Were you lucky enough to trade with me to get one?

I showcased lots of products here. First off, know what the green strip is? Know where the mushrooms came from?

I started with a DSP layer from the Polka Dot Parade paper pack.

I cut the green notecards from the new Watercolor Wonder Designer Note Cards into strips. Surprised, huh? They made such a nice background. And, in Libby fashion, these were repurposed. I just love to that.

The mushrooms are from the fun, new set, Life in the Forest. The fox seems to be the popular image from this set, I liked the mushroom. They reminded me of my daughter, who loves mushrooms. These were just punched and layered as you can see.

The side flags came from a new, upcoming punch (available during Sale-a-Bration) called, Banner Punch. It’s too cute. It also has a coordinating stamp set. A definite must have.

I just ran the same size strip of card stock across and stamped my greeting from yet another new stamp set, Happy Watercolor. Several of these products are from the new Occasions Catalog. If you haven’t checked it out, you should. Some very nice products. I want everything, as always.

Hope you enjoyed my share today. How about sharing your thoughts with me?

Happy Stampin’
Libby

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The Gift of Coffee

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Giving the gift of coffee this year? Again? In the form of a gift card?

Well, if you are, the take a look at my share today. It was from my December Holiday Card Buffet. Nice, huh?

And, of course, it was made with the, currently on sale, Pop’n Cuts Die! I just love this die! I have used it almost as much as the Top Note!

I had stamped the lid and the band on scraps for everyone before the class. So they just stamped the whole cup again and cut out all those pieces. The oval is one of Stampin’ Up’s dies, the Oval Framelits and the DSP is the ever popular Season of Style.

It was a really quick card when it was said and, of course done. It was a favorite. Why? Because it’s too cute, or because coffee gift cards are ever so popular? You tell me.

Happy Stampin’
Libby

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Cracker for a Challenge

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Cracker for a challenge? Oh my – I just made myself laugh at loud hysterically! That title….too funny.

Now, let’s get to typing. I made these Christmas crackers for two reasons. First, they were my Team Meeting swaps, nice, huh? And, secondly, I loved this color combination (once I got it correct!!).

The color combination comes from – you guessed it – a challenge. This is from Create with Connie & Mary, again. Only this time, its color! CCMC274, Raspberry Ripple, Soft Sky, and Very Vanilla.

Initially, I had my Pool Party and Soft Sky scraps switched in my scrap drawers. That is now fixed! Whew. And, I was able to correctly complete all 10 of these beauties! Gah!

I just love how they turned out. I couldn’t stop taking photos of these. Anyways. I made ten treats. My current ribbon supply these days is about nil, I thought they looked just fine without ribbon.

I am such a detail oriented person. Notice the little design on my stamped image? Looks very similar to the little design on the paper, doesn’t it? Cool, huh? The pearl is just the right touch here.

Get this, these are Christmas Crackers, right? I didn’t even use Christmas DSP. I used Birthday Basics DSP! These look like Christmas to me!

By the way, yes, these are very easy to make. And, they are made with the Envelope Punch Board!!! How great is that? Yet another use for the EPB!

I will have a tutorial up on how to make these in a few days. Stay tuned.

Happy Stampin’

Libby

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Bats About You

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Bats about you? Yep. I have cutest share today!

I saw this idea at Convention, a slider pull card, and knew I had to do this for a Halloween themed card.

I’m sharing it today for The Paper Players . It’s #166, trick or treat Halloween card or treat holder themed item.

I just love how it’s just – simply cute! It was really much easier to make after I figured it out. And, what a great use of those Peekaboo Frames you bought but haven’t used, right? This card worked nicely with the non-Halloween DSP, Polka Dot Parade. The card base is a standard card too. Although, this idea would be great for a post card style card. You could just write your message on the ‘pull’ part.

My Buffet attendees were lucky enough to make this one if they chose! How’s that for a WOW? It’s not your typical run of the mill easy card.  It was a success.

I think now, I wast to design one for Christmas?

Happy Stampin’
Libby

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Friendship

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Friends. A friend accepts us as we are, yet helps us to be what we should.

Isn’t that a wonderful saying? It’s from the Feels Good Stamp Set that was in the Spring Mini Catalog, but made it into the big book! Yay! I had never even used it. So, I was glad to see that!

This card is a little different from my past few postings. I like that. Different. I created this one for Pals Paper Arts. Challenge #161. And, definitely a challenge it was! I think I did pretty good! Take a look, what do you think?

I was sort of stumped in what direction to go in. So, I went to my retired stash and pulled out the Print Poetry Designer paper Stack. I ran across this nifty floral-like frame. My inspiration starting point. Found a coordinating paper I liked. Made a few cuts and I like the results! The sentiment was just the perfect finishing touch too!

As per the sketch, I needed a little circle something in the lower right corner. With some punches and scraps, I created the sweet little coordinating disc.

I can’t wait to find the perfect friend to give this to. Mmmmm, who will it be?

Happy Stampin’
Libby

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Grab the Money Grad

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Yes, another graduation card share. And, a funny title too, you think?

Half the time, I don’t know what to name these posts. So, since this one had visible money in it, seemed appropriate. ‘Cause what graduate doesn’t like receiving money?? And, oh ya, run with this money, it’s a folded $1.00 bill!

Looking at my post and trying get creative in writing, I had to stop and just laugh. My numbers are all caddywhompus. That’s the beauty of using Tombow, or green glue! It dries that quick. Lol. So, yes, I know my numbers are a bit, uneven.

Anyway, I really love this card. It is unique. I made it a while back as I was brainstorming ideas for the buffet. Well, this one got shoved under some stuff and forgotten about. Sad. So sad. I WILL have to pull this out next year and recreate it. As you can see, it was pretty simple. Basic stampin’ and punchin’.

I did get a little fancy with the Illuminate Glimmer Watermark Stampin’ Pad on the background. Yes, a bit hard to see, but it’s there.

Now, the only trick to this is everything is double dimensionaled (is that even a word??). Meaning – stack two dimensionals a top one another for extra height. That allows for the money, or check to slip in nicely!

Pretty sweet, isn’t it? I think so!

Thanks for stopping by and looking at my creations. Please be kind and leave a comment, especially if you ‘pin’ this or recreate it. It’s the right thing to do.

Happy Stampin’
Libby

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Get Well, My Dear

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Happy Lemonade Day! Get well my dear!

I got up this morning deciding to make a card for Freshly Made Sketches card challenge #84. I pulled my card stock and paper and was just pondering my options.

Then, I got a few text messages. It was my daughter. She is sick. She has finals this week. She is not feeling well, at all. Being so far away, there is not too much you can do other than just call them, and stay on the phone with them. Makes it seem as though you are sort of close. But, non the less, you are still there for them.

So, this means as I was on the phone with her, the direction of my card changed. I was still going with my inspiration from FMS, just a ‘Get well” instead of my original plan. No biggie. But, a very nice result.

So, my dear, GET WELL. Get through those finals! Love you –

Happy Stampin’
Libby

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Make’n Take Madness

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Let’s take a peek at the Dallas Regional Make’n Takes, they were awesome!

We started off with getting a packet, catalog and a blank pad of paper. Quietly, she said, “this is for one of the make’n takes”.

As the morning talk of creativity went on, many took notes on the newly acquired notepad! Lol, because we got time to complete the beautiful cover for said notepad during the morning session! And, make an interesting card.

I’ve never been successful with these flowers, but today mine turned out pretty good I thought!

Later in the day we were surprised with another project. A darling little box holding four 3×3 cards! Adorable!

I was just too excited about these projects. Quite honestly, I miss stampin’ time. As a demonstrator, I always have stuff to create, then clean up afterwards for others. I rarely just get to stamp at a function for fun.

Gee, after making these 3 items, I guess I want the Clockworks Stamp Set. I really never paid much attention to it until now. It made for some very versatile projects. Thanks Stampin’ Up!

Happy Stampin’
Libby

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Happiness Always

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Happiness Always Paulina and Larry on your upcoming anniversary.

I decided I was going to make my brother and his dear wife a card. I was stumped on how to execute it. So, I saw this really different sketch challenge on Technostamper. I decided to play along!

I combined through my stamps, punches, and papers and came up with the following card. Yes, I dug deep with lots of retired stuff. That’s what happens when you have lots of stuff. But, I think I came up with just the right combination to make this a really special card. What do you think?

Happy Stampin’
Libby

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Happy February

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So things look a little different around here, huh? It was time for a bit a cleaning and rearranging.

Isn’t this little elephant just the cutest? I continue to throw together cards for my college daughters to brighten their days. I’m just not always in the habit of snapping a picture of them before sending them out. Luckily, with this one, I did!

One of them has an elephant for a mascot. I thought this card was very appropriate for senior well wishes.

Let me know what you think!

Happy Stampin’
Libby

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Freshly Made Fridays, #19

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So, I am really getting into these various card challenges. And, it seems as though they are everywhere on the inter-web.

Here is my most recent creation –

Very nice. Very pink. Very cute. Very valentine.

Supplies. Something to Celebrate Stamp Set (retired, FABULOUS Hostess). Basic Black Ink. Blushing Bride and Poppy Parade Card Stock. Everyday Enchantment DSP (Sale-A-Bration, FREE). Heart Collection Framelits Dies (2012 Occasions Mini Catalog). Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder. 1″ Circle Punch. 1/2″ Chantilly Crochet Trim. Basic Pearls

My starting place came from here at Freshly Made Sketches –

Now, The orientation of this design gives it that interesting twist. This could have easily been turned vertically. And, then there would have been no challenge here, at least not for me.

So, what do you think of my latest creation?

Happy Stampin’

Libby

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