2016-17 Catalog

Freshly Made Sketches #257

October 5, 2016 Jentimko 8 Comments

So we have some fun news over at Freshly Made Sketches. First, we can announce that the lovely Cécile Ribon will be joining us full time Design Team member. YAY for us!!! Also, we introduced an update to the blog. We hope you like our, um, “fresh” new look! Let us know what you think. We have a great sketch from the amazing Jen Mitchell.

I decided I better get a little more serious about Christmas cards so I pulled out one of my go to sets, Holly Jolly Greetings. This big snowflake is so pretty and was perfect for the focal element. And the sentiments in the set (the reason I got it, of course) are awesome. I know it is easy to get all caught up in the newest, latest and greatest but sometimes it is nice to pull out a workhorse set. I stamped in Night of Navy and paired it with Floral Boutique DSP (not just flowers!!). I used Wonky Stitched Rectangle Dies from My Favorite Things to add the fun stitching and a few Basic Pearls.

This is my first post for today. My second post is my card for The Card Concept. I hope you’ll enjoy Jen’s sketch this week! Thanks for stopping in today.

Supplies (affiliate links included):

Stamp: Holly Jolly Greetings; Ink: Night of Navy; Paper: Thick Whisper White, Floral Boutique DSP (SU); Accessories: Big Shot, Wonky Stitched Rectangles (MFT), Basic Pearls, Misti

Fancy Friday – Holiday Celebration

September 29, 2016 Jentimko 2 Comments

Welcome to this month’s Fancy Friday Blog Hop! Our team is a group of stampers who love to make beautiful things. Sometimes they are clean, sometimes they are layered but the one thing I can say for sure is that our projects will be fancy! If you hopped over from the incredible Erica, welcome to the next stop. For September, our theme is Anything Holiday! If it is a holiday item from the main catalog or the Holiday catalog, we are celebrating it!

I decided to stick with a set that has actually been around for a while but should not be forgotten. The Wondrous Wreath stamp set is one I loved from the minute I saw it. I decided to show its versatility a bit and create a card with only the wreath and the sentiment from the set. I started with a product I just discovered but already love. They are Strathmore Watercolor Cards and they really are fabulous. Very much like the Stampin’ Up Note Cards except made with watercolor paper. Makes it easy to create a one layer watercolor card and conquer that hoarding tendency that tends to show up around watercolor paper (please tell me I’m not the only one). I stamped the wreath with Tim Holtz Distress ink in Twisted Citron and then colored in with my Aquapainter with some more Distress Ink in Mowed Lawn. Using the same inks, I connected the leaves with hand drawn stems which makes the wreath have a subtly different look. To keep with that watercolor feel, I did not stamp the berries from the set (but you totally could). Instead I hand drew them in with a Zig Clean Color Pen. Once I had this like I wanted all that was left was the sentiment. And then I had to take a deep breath because I didn’t want to mess it up. So out came my Misti!! I got the sentiment exactly where I wanted and stamped in Real Red ink. Because the watercolor paper is rough, I had to overstamp to get the sentiment fully inked. And yes….the Misti is a total life saver for that!!! It makes every photopolymer stamp easier to use!! While this takes a little longer that the average “simple one layer” card, I think the result is worth it.

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I think you are going to enjoy all the holiday fun from the hop this week! This talented group never disappoints!! You are sure to be totally wow’d by Krista at your next stop. Have fun on the hop!

You can click our logo above to get to the Fancy Friday Pinterest page!

Click HERE to purchase these wonderful Stampin’ Up products!

Stamp: Wondrous Wreath; Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink, Real Red (SU), Zig Clean Color Pens; Paper: Strathmore Watercolor Cards; Accessories: Misti, Aquapainter

The Card Concept #58

September 21, 2016 Jentimko 15 Comments

I am so happy to share this card with you today for The Card Concept! First of all, I cannot even being to tell you how much I love this sentiment. I have been looking for the perfect place to use it and this card was definitely it! We all need to hear this message over and over (and over and over…..). There are so many people that will try to convince us that we need to change, that we need to do just one more thing, that there is something wrong with us somehow. Nope! Not true. None of that. While there is nothing wrong with working to be the best you, at the end of the day YOU ARE ENOUGH.

Ok….with all that out of the way, I’m going to admit out loud that this inspiration photo completely freaked me out. I first saw it and I had nothing, nada, zilch. I pondered how bad it would be to just call uncle and bail out this week, haha! No, I’m not kidding. So I walked away. For a week! And then it was time to face the challenge and woman up! So I looked at it a different way and saw fun colors and that stitching and I had my answer. Whew!!! I used this fun striped print from Pop of Pink and simply added a shaker with stitched circles. All I had to do was mix up two of my Pretty Pink Posh sequin mixes to get the colors from the inspiration. I took the Summer Mix and pulled out the teal and added some of the green from the Birthday Bling Mix. Perfect! And a Clean and Graphic card created with no wimping out! Sometimes challenges that give me the most trouble to start help me create some of my favorite cards. Totally true for today’s card. I am also submitting this for the Can You Case It challenge this week: Shaker Cards!

I hope you will join right in with us on this one. Use any part of the inspiration photo and pick a style for creating….then off you go! Can’t wait to see you in the gallery. Now this is my second post of the day. You can see my Freshly Made Sketches post by just scrolling. Thanks for stopping in today. See you soon!

Supplies (affiliate links included):

Stamps: Lovely (Essentials by Ellen – Ellen Hutson); Ink: Versafine; Paper: Thick Whisper White, Pop of Pink DSP; Accessories: Big Shot, Stitched Mat Circles (LID), Sequins by Pretty Pink Posh (Summer Mix, Birthday Bling Mix for Concord and 9th), Window Sheet, Foam Tape

Freshly Made Sketches #254

September 14, 2016 Jentimko 11 Comments

It seems that I have a theme going this week. But sometimes when stuff is out on the craft table, it cries out to be used more than once! We have this super sketch at Freshly Made Sketches this week from our resident queen of layers and fussy cutting, Narelle. And while she gave us layers, she certainly allowed for some great ways to use the sketch.

I immediately thought of washi tape for the vertical pieces and thought this Floral Boutique Washi Tape was fantastic for the job. I LOVE those prints!! And frankly, the tape did the vast majority of the work. I have the new Essentials by Ellen (Ellen Hutson) set called Lovely that was designed by Julie Ebersole and it is a seriously great word set. I’ll be continuing to use it for a while so just plan for that, haha! Isn’t this one great?!! It is perfect for so many people I know!! I cut it out with a Stitched Circle and added the little flower from the Flourish Thinlets set that coordinates with the tape. Nothing too complicated but what a great sketch for another busy day. I got this one done so fast that I had time for a second. That almost never happens!!

Hope you enjoy this one. Hop on over to see the gorgeous variations presented by the team. Time well spent for sure! Thanks for stopping in today. See you soon!

Stamps: Lovely (Essentials by Ellen – Ellen Hutson); Ink: Night of Navy; Paper: Thick Whisper White, Night of Navy; Accessories: Floral Boutique Washi Tape, Big Shot, Flourish Thinlits, Dimensionals, Glue Dots, Stitched Mat Circles (LID), Stitched Rectangles (SSS)

Stamp Ink Paper #65

September 13, 2016 Jentimko 2 Comments

This week at Stamp Ink Paper, we have a monochromatic challenge for you. I always love those and knew right away that I was going to pull out the extraordinary Floral Boutique DSP and the coordinating suite. Wow, am I glad I did!!

I love, love, love this print. I know it is just polka dots but they are really awesome polka dots, don’t you think? I cut it out with my Stitched Rectangles dies and started playing with different elements. I had not used a doily in forever and thought it was a nice touch with the pattern. And how could I not used these awesome flowers from the Flourish Thinlits? The delicate design of these really make them beautiful on so many things. To add a sentiment, I thought it best to stamp onto vellum so that it didn’t distract from the pretty flowers. I stamped in Versamark and heat embossed with White Stampin’ Emboss Powder. The flowers looked like they needed a little bling so I added some Basic Pearls for their centers.

Now don’t you love a monochromatic look?? Yeah, me too. I just know you are going to have fun with this one this week. Can’t wait to see you in the gallery! (Oh, and it doesn’t have to be blue!!)

Stamps: Flourishing Phrases; Ink: Versamark; Paper: Thick Whisper White, Floral Boutique DSP, White Vellum; Accessories: Big Shot, Flourish Thinlits, Stitched Rectangles Dies (SSS), Basic Pearls, Doily (SU Ret), Dimensionals, Glue Dots, Heat Tool, White Stampin’ Emboss Powder

Freshly Made Sketches #249

August 10, 2016 Jentimko 10 Comments

I know you are going to be super happy when you see the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches this week. Ok…I know…every week….but this one is awesome! The incredibly talented and oh so sweet Kim Singdahlsen has a classic for us. As usual, our team has turn a classic into fresh inspiration!

I have already told you how much I love the Detailed Florals Thinlits and the Floral Phrases stamp set from Stampin’ Up. But I have neglected to show you the absolutely gorgeous Floral Boutique DSP. So I picked a print (and honestly, almost any print from the pack would work….they are ALL amazing). Once I had it cut for the sketch, the card was almost done. Seriously! The sentiment from the coordinating stamp set seemed tailor made for the sketch. I layered some Night of Navy DSP under the sentiment to help it pop. And then some pearls. I thought the pearls were an elegant touch to match the recipient of this card, a dear friend. I added the three but then went a little nuts and added some of the tiny ones on random flower center on the DSP. You can click the photo to see a better closeup.

Ok, well, I’m flying this week so it will be a few days until my next post. Hoping to fit in some stamping when I get home though. So glad you stopped by today. See you soon!!

Supplies:

Stamps: Flourishing Phrases; Ink: Night of Navy; Paper: Thick Whisper White, Night of Navy; Accessories: Basic Pearls, Dimensionals, Glue Dots

Freshly Made Sketches #248

August 3, 2016 Jentimko 9 Comments

So another summer week has flown by and I’m back with the latest from Freshly Made Sketches! My clever friend Linda Callahan has come up with a super sketch for us this week. Thank goodness….because I didn’t have much time to stamp!

I took her quite literally and kept my card even cleaner than usual (and that is saying a lot). But as I started putting together the elements, I thought that white space was the perfect way to show off this amazing little leaf and beautiful flower die. It is easy to lose the details of these kinds of things sometimes and they are worth showing off! I bet when you looked at the Flourishing Phrases stamp set you were so caught up in the great sentiments that you kind of skipped over this leaf pair. Yeah…me too. But as soon as I stamped it in black…..well, wow. So all I did was add a Melon Mambo flower from the coordinating die set and put a sequin in the middle. The sentiment is from the stamp set too. I kind of love how you could make a bunch of these in a rainbow of colors and have them all ready to send out!

Well, I’m back tomorrow and Friday with more from the Dare To Get Dirty week over at Splitcoaststampers. I hope you will consider joining my challenge on Friday!!! I’ll give you more details with my card. Until then, off you go to enjoy all the eye candy from the design team this week! See you soon!

Supplies:

Stamps: Flourishing Phrases; Ink: Versafine Onyx Black; Paper: Thick Whisper White; Accessories: Big Shot, Flourish Thinlits, Metallic Sequins, Dimensionals, Glue Dots

Fancy Friday – Pick a Bundle!!

July 28, 2016 Jentimko 2 Comments

Welcome to this month’s Fancy Friday Blog Hop! Our team is a group of demonstrators who love to make beautiful things. Sometimes they are clean, sometimes they are layered but the one thing I can say for sure is that our projects will be fancy! If you hopped over from my amazing friend Jeanna, welcome to the next stop. For July, our theme is Pick a Bundle! The team is focusing on the amazing bundles in the annual catalog!!

I know it probably won’t come as a big surprise to those of you who follow my blog, but I chose the Floral Boutique bundle. I am obsessed with this die set and the stamp is equally gorgeous! Navy is the seems to be the wedding color of the season since I know of at least 2 brides (meaning that I know two brides, lol) who have chosen Navy as one of their colors. Stampin’ Up sure hit the trend spot on! I decided to use the dies to create a background for my stamped panel so I went with a tone on tone look. But cutting a Night of Navy panel to 4″ x 5-1/4″ and then cutting using the top and bottom dies from the Detailed Floral Thinlits, I had a perfect overlay for my card base (also in Night of Navy). I used the dies similarly in my tutorial here except to create a stencil. By attaching it directly to the base, it takes on almost an embossed look but with more detail. I stamped my flower from the coordinating stamp set, Floral Phrases, in Night of Navy onto watercolor paper. I took an paintbrush and moved the ink around a bit (and added some) to make it look a bit more hand painted. I added the sentiment from the set by stamping in Versamark and heat embossing with Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder. So pretty!! The image was cut with a Stitched Mat Circle Die and put up on Dimensionals. A few Gold Metallic Sequins are a nice touch to add a bit more gold.

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I think you are going to LOVE all the inspiration from the hop this week! So many beautiful bundles!! You are sure to be totally wow’d by Erica at your next stop. Have fun on the hop! Make sure you come back on Saturday for the start of the Dare To Get Dirty Challenges at Splitcoaststampers! See you then!

You can click our logo above to get to the Fancy Friday Pinterest page!

Click HERE to purchase these wonderful Stampin’ Up products!

Stamp: Floral Phrases; Ink: Night of Navy, Versamark; Paper: Night of Navy, Fabriano Watercolor Paper; Accessories: Big Shot, Detailed Floral Thinlits, Stitched Circles Mat Dies (Lil’ Inker Designs), Dimensionals, Paint Brush, Metallic Sequins, Glue Dots, Heat Tool, Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder

Freshly Made Sketches #247

July 27, 2016 Jentimko 10 Comments

We have an awesome surprise for you this week over at Freshly Made Sketches!! One of our guest designers has taken on the job of sketch hostess! Shannon Jaramillo has surely wow’d you and now she has given us a sketch that is bound to get you stamping. Just think of all the possibilities for this one!

I thought it would be fun to use this flower image for the circle element and I hope Shannon will approve of my interpretation. The image is from Awesomely Artistic. I colored it using Copic Markers in pinks and light greens. So fun to color!! I’m continuing to try to participate in The Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge as much as I can. I highly recommend it. Good for your happiness! My sentiment is (again) from Paper Pumpkin. I added some of the new Black Metallic Thread and Black Sequins.

I think you will love playing along on this one. Please make sure you make a special visit over to Shannon’s blog to thank her for the inspiration! I’ll be back on Friday with this month’s Fancy Friday project and next week I have some real fun for you. Can’t wait to share more! See you soon!

Supplies:

Stamps: Awesomely Artistic (SU), Paper Pumpkin Sentiment; Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Versafine Onyx Black, Copic Markers ; Paper: Thick Whisper White, Basic Black; Accessories: Big Shot, Black Metallic Thread, Metallic Sequins, Dimensionals, Glue Dots

Freshly Made Sketches #246

July 20, 2016 Jentimko 7 Comments

Now just look at the cool sketch we have over at Freshly Made Sketches today!! It is so fantastic! No surprise, my friend Rita has added a tag since she has been making some super fab ones on her blog lately. Ours are a bit cleaner but it is a fun element for sure!

I decided that Pop of Pink DSP was perfect for this one and used this fun Melon Mambo print for my tag that was created with the Scalloped Tag Topper Punch and a Corner Rounder from my Envelope Punch Board. Super quick and so easy! I love, love this flower that I created with the Flourish Thinlets. I added some Black Baker’s Twine and embossed the back panel with Softly Falling to add a little more texture. The sentiment comes from Paper Pumpkin. Love how all the elements combine so beautifully for a bright and happy card!

The team has such a variety of ideas to show you. I hope you have fun with the challenge this week and I will see you soon!

Supplies:

Stamps: Paper Pumpkin Sentiment; Ink: Versafine Onyx Black ; Paper: Thick Whisper White, Basic Black, Pop of Pink DSP; Accessories: Big Shot, Flourish Thinlits, Black Baker’s Twine, Softly Falling TIEF, Scalloped Tag Topper Punch, Envelope Punch Board, Dimensionals, Glue Dots

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