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Fancy Friday – Treats, not Tricks

October 29, 2015 Jentimko 2 Comments

It is time again for our monthly Fancy Friday hop! If you just came over from the amazing Jeanna, welcome to the next stop. My friends and I want to be able to share with you our ideas in a monthly format. We will use different themes each month – sometimes colors, sometimes a sketch, sometimes a stamp set focus. The one thing you can count on is that it will be fancy! Over our year together on the ADT, “fancy” became our word to describe the best projects, the best new clothes, even the best pedicure colors. Now we want to share with you our take on “fancy” each month. This month we have a theme challenge that the whole team will be using as inspiration – Tricks, not Treats! Perfect for your last minute Halloween crafting or as inspiration for other fall fun!

I decided to go for a treat bag that I can use anytime over the next month or so. I used my September Paper Pumpkin kit to create those darling little broom bags for teachers yesterday (yep, the hard work is all done for you!!!) so I still had this stamp set sitting on my table. I know I have said it a lot but the Paper Pumpkin stamps are a gift that keep giving. I used one for my card on Wednesday and now again for this. I started with the Mini Treat Bag Thinlit Dies and cut this bag out using the Typeset DSP. That die allows you to create whatever kind of bag you want out of whatever paper you want. AWESOME!! I used the little banner die in the set to cut this one out of Very Vanilla. Then I pulled out the leaves and sentiment from the Paper Pumpkin stamp set. I stamped them in Versamark and heat embossed with Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder. I used the banner die to flag the ends of the Gold Foil piece to tuck underneath. I had one piece of raffia left from the kit (an extra…they multiplied…???) so I wrapped it and some Gold Thread around and tucked them under the tag. I attached them using Glue Dots and then added another slightly shortened banner to make a sandwich to secure everything. Clip the tag on with a Clothespin and done. All that remains is to fill the bag.

Here is a bit of a closeup so you can click in and see the details more. I just have to say that these Paper Pumpkin kits are a fantastic value. Many times, the sets have sentiments that are really modern and feel very on trend. The ink spots are super to have on hand (especially when I am using my Misti…much easier to ink with them!). And of course, the projects. The Concept Artists who work on these really out-do themselves each month. If you really love a project, you can buy extras once you are a subscriber. I never thought that I “needed” kits because my craft room is so fully, um, stocked. But these kits fill a niche for me that makes me continue to invest. My kids LOVE the projects and help me make them most of the time. Because everything is prepared, we get right to creating. Perfect for the attention span of my boys.

Ok, ok….I’ll quit waxing poetic about the kits, haha! Time for you to get on with the hop!!

I hope you will be inspired by all the lovely creations in our hop this month. I know you will find each stop a real treat!

The amazing Mercedes Weber is up next! Wait until you see the fancy project she created!

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

Click HERE to purchase these wonderful Stampin’ Up products!

Stamps: Wickedly Sweet Treat (PP Sept 2015); Paper: Very Vanilla, Typeset DSP, Gold Foil; Ink: Versamark; Accessories: Big Shot, Mini Treat Bag Thinlits, Gold Thread, Raffia (PP Sept 2015), Heat Tool, Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder, Clothespin

Fancy Friday – Fall

September 24, 2015 Jentimko 5 Comments

I love Fall! The colors, the crisp air, pumpkins, apples, did I mention the crisp air?!!! We are starting to get our first tastes of that in Virginia and I could not be happier! I pulled out some old favorites for this card today. I started by stamping the leaf from For All Things onto the grid print from the Typeset DSP with Crushed Curry and Cajun Craze (both were stamped off first). Then I punched them out with my 2-1/2″ Circle Punch. I stamped the sentiment from the set using Early Espresso. Next I lightly inked up Dots for Days (the background stamp) and stamped it off some before stamping onto the Crumb Cake card base. For some extra interest, I cut a piece of my fall go-to, 1-1/4″ Burlap Ribbon. I attached it using fast Fuse and it sticks perfectly! I popped the sentiment panel up on Dimensionals and attached it (I did put another dark punched circle of card stock behind it for stability). Finally, I pulled out this leftover twine from a kit last year and tied it up with a button. Ahhh…..fall colors make me almost as happy as the crisp air!

I hope you will be inspired by all the lovely creations in our hop this month. These ladies never cease to make me want to run to the stamp room and create! I’m so glad you stopped in today!

The amazing Mercedes Weber is up next! Wait until you see the fancy project she created!

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

Click HERE to purchase these wonderful Stampin’ Up products!

Stamps: For All Things, Dots for Days; Paper: Crumb Cake, Typeset DSP; Ink: Early Espresso, Crushed Curry, Cajun Craze; Accessories: Burlap Ribbon, Neutrals Buttons, Twine

Hello!

September 5, 2015 Jentimko 1 Comment

Quick post today with the other card I made with last week’s Fancy Friday color scheme. I used the Watercolor Wishes kit as my sketch inspiration and created a reverse version. Using the Project Life Cards & Labels Framelits, I cut the rectangle out of Cucumber Crush card stock and then hand cut the little notch to make it a word bubble. The dots from Dotty Angles and the flowers from Petite Petals were stamped (Bermuda Bay and Cucumber Crush) and I punched out the flowers using the Petite Petals Punch. The sentiment is from Watercolor Wished stamped in Momento Black and I added black centers (Candy Dots) to the flowers. The green panel is raised on Dimensionals. Cute, huh??

I hope you enjoy this fun little card. Until next time, I hope you have a nice weekend!

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Stamp: Watercolor Wishes; Ink: Momento Black, Cucumber Crush, Bermuda Bay; Paper: Cucumber Crush, Whisper White; Accessories: Big Shot, PL Cards & Labels Framelits, Petite Petals Punch

Fancy Friday – In My Thoughts

August 27, 2015 Jentimko 1 Comment

I am so excited to be able to share with you a new monthly hop! If you just came over from the amazing Jeanna, welcome to the next stop. My friends and I want to be able to share with you our ideas in a monthly format. We will use different themes each month – sometimes colors, sometimes a sketch, sometimes a stamp set focus. The one thing you can count on is that it will be fancy! Over the last year “fancy” became our word to describe the best projects, the best new clothes, even the best pedicure colors. Now we want to share with you our take on “fancy” each month. This month we have a color challenge that the whole team will be using as inspiration. Great colors, don’t you think?

I know, I was thinking it too. My card looks an awful lot like the inspiration photo doesn’t it?! Well, we had the colors before the photo and I had sketched out my idea when Connie sent us this graphic. Hmmm…. Well, it wasn’t a reason NOT to make the card so I went with it. I used these pretty images from the hostess set, Best Thoughts. I colored the imaged using my Aquapainter and Bermuda Bay, Cucumber Crush and Basic Black inks. I had planned to use the sentiment from the set but then it wasn’t the right fit. Instead I pulled out this one from the Watercolor Wonder kit and it works perfectly. They are hard to see in the picture but I added on some clear sequins from the Metallic Sequins pack. Love how they look in person. This card is for my mom (shhhh, don’t tell her). Hopefully she’ll see it in person before in my post. Love you mom!

I know my post is a little short tonight. Just got home last night and had to get this one done quickly. The good news is that I have another with this color palette to share with you later.

I’m so glad you stopped in to visit today. I hope you have a great time seeing all the beautiful things on our hop.

The amazing Mercedes Weber is up next! Wait until you see the fancy project she created!

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

Click HERE to purchase these wonderful Stampin’ Up products!

Stamps: Best Thoughts, Watercolor Wishes; Paper: Watercolor, Black; Ink: Cucumber Crush, Bermuda Bay, Basic Black, Stazon Black; Accessories: Metallic Sequins, Fine Tip Glue Pen, Aquapainter

Fancy Friday – Watercolor Backgrounds

July 30, 2015 Jentimko 4 Comments

I am so excited to share with you this month’s project with for our Fancy Friday monthly hop! If you just came over from the amazing Jeanna, welcome to the next stop. My friends and I want to be able to share with you our ideas in a monthly format. We will use different themes each month – sometimes colors, sometimes a sketch, sometimes a stamp set focus. The one thing you can count on is that it will be fancy! Over our year on the 2013 Artisan Design Team, “fancy” became our word to describe the best projects, the best new clothes, even the best pedicure colors. Now we want to share with you our take on “fancy” each month. This month our theme is “Anything Goes”. With all the chaos of summer, we decided just to see what happened on the crafting tables!

I thought it would be fun to play with watercoloring this week. Backgrounds seem to be all the rage and using stencils is a perfect way to create really cool versions. I made two versions of this card just to show how you can personalize this concept. Using watercolor paper, I started by laying down a little bit of clean water. Then I dipped a paint brush in ink (Cucumber Crush and Blackberry Bliss were my colors here). I added it randomly creating light and dark spots. Once I was happy, I laid down the diamond stencil from the new Happy Patterns Decorative Masks. When you push it down on top of the inking you did, the colors pool a bit in the shapes. I helped it along by adding additional color into selected diamonds. I held the edges of the stencil down using clear blocks (very high tech, lol) and hit the paper with the low setting of my heat tool to dry it some. When it was only damp, I added just a little more ink. Then I let it dry completely. While it was drying, I figured out the rest of the card. I took two leftover butterflies from my Watercolor Wishes Kit (they give you extras!) and inked them with Versamark and embossed them with Gold Embossing Powder. I cut the sentiment using my Greetings Thinlits Dies and Gold Foil. I wound up some of the new Gold Metallic Thread and laid it onto the White Vellum. A little bit of Multipurpose Adhesive on the sentiment holds the thread and the sentiment to the vellum. Finally I added some sequins from the new Metallics Sequins Assortment. The panels were attached to card bases matching the ink. This is a little time consuming but such a fun thing to try when you are feeling artsy!

I’m so glad you stopped in to visit today. I hope you have a great time seeing all the beautiful things on our hop.

The amazing Mercedes Weber is up next! Wait until you see the fancy holiday card she created!

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

Click HERE to purchase these wonderful Stampin’ Up products!

Paper: Watercolor, Cucumber Crush, Blackberry Bliss, White Vellum, Gold Foil; Ink: Cucumber Crush, Blackberry Bliss; Accessories: Metallic Sequins, Glue Dots, Big Shot, Greetings Thinlits, Gold Metallic Thread, Happy Patterns Decorative Masks, Aquapainter, Paint Brush

Fancy Friday – Artistic Flowers

June 25, 2015 Jentimko 5 Comments

I am so excited to share with you this month’s project with for our Fancy Friday monthly hop! If you just came over from the amazing Jeanna, welcome to the next stop. My friends and I want to be able to share with you our ideas in a monthly format. We will use different themes each month – sometimes colors, sometimes a sketch, sometimes a stamp set focus. The one thing you can count on is that it will be fancy! Over our year on the 2013 Artisan Design Team, “fancy” became our word to describe the best projects, the best new clothes, even the best pedicure colors. Now we want to share with you our take on “fancy” each month. This month our theme is “New Products”. With all that the new Stampin’ Up catalog has to offer, the hardest part of the challenge was choosing what to use!

I loved the Awesomely Artistic stamp set the minute I saw it and it was on my first order. These little flowers are so fantastic to color! And guess what I found out?! You can use the new Thick Whisper White for watercoloring! I didn’t do a whole lot of blending but it held up to my Aquapainter with no pilling at all. Yippee!!!! I stamped the image with Stazon Black and colored the flower with Rose Red, Tip Top Taupe and Soft Sky. Pretty quick to color and so fancy! I added the sentiment from the set and some new black sequins from the Metallics Sequins Assortment. The side bar is retired washi tape. There are some new ones (Everyday Chic comes to mind) that would work here too.

I’m so glad you stopped in to visit today. I hope you have a great time seeing all the beautiful things on our hop.

My oh so talented friend Becky Cowley is up next! Wait until you see the fancy watercolor card she created!

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

Click HERE to purchase these wonderful Stampin’ Up products!

Stamp: Awesomely Artisitc; Paper: Thick Whisper White; Ink: Stazon Black, Rose Red, Tip Top Taupe, Soft Sky; Accessories: Metallic Sequins, Glue Dots, Washi Tape, Aquapainter

Fancy Friday – A Butterfly in Gold

May 28, 2015 Jentimko 6 Comments

There are so many crafting influences that focus on gold and foil and I have found them so inspiring. So I thought it would be fun to create a card focusing all on gold. I started by stamping the cross-hatch from the new You’ve Got This in Versamark and then heat embossing with Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder. Then I cut out the butterfly from White Vellum with the Butterflies Framelits. I “smooshed” the sides of the butterfly in more Versamark and then embossed those with the gold powder again. So pretty (and even more so in person). I used an old gold marker to color the pearls and added them to the body of the butterfly. Finally for the vertical element I used some Gold Sequin Trim and tied it with Gold Baker’s twine.

I’m so glad you stopped in to visit today. I hope you have a great time seeing all the beautiful things on our hop. I’d love it if you use the sketch for your own projects. Make sure you link to your work in my comments if you do!

My oh so talented friend Mercedes Weber is up next! As always, you are going to love what she created!

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

Click HERE to purchase these wonderful Stampin’ Up products!

I’m so excited to share my new edition of Stamps on the Fly! You all know how much I love working with sketches and I thought it would be fun to share that with you. I have a page up telling you all the details including the links on how to get these PDF tutorials for FREE!

Available for international customers and demonstrators too! Just click below for all the details!

Stamps on the Fly – May Sketch Edition

Stamp: You’ve Got This; Paper: Very Vanilla; Ink: Versamark; Accessories: Big Shot, Butterflies Framelits, Heat Tool, Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder, Gold Sequin Trim, Gold Baker’s Twine, Dimensionals, Basic Pearls, Gold Pen

Fancy Friday – Good bye friends

April 23, 2015 Jentimko 2 Comments

I am so excited to share with you this month’s project with for our Fancy Friday monthly hop! If you just came over from the amazing Jeanna, welcome to the next stop. My friends and I want to be able to share with you our ideas in a monthly format. We will use different themes each month – sometimes colors, sometimes a sketch, sometimes a stamp set focus. The one thing you can count on is that it will be fancy! Over our year on the 2013 Artisan Design Team, “fancy” became our word to describe the best projects, the best new clothes, even the best pedicure colors. Now we want to share with you our take on “fancy” each month. This month our theme is “We will miss you”! We are making projects with items on the newly released Retirement List.

I think this sentiment from Hi There is so fabulous! The perfect cursive! And a great size to combine with other stamps. I created the ‘friend’ with my Alphabet Rotary Stamp (not retiring, thank goodness) using Lost Lagoon and they work together perfectly. The ‘hello’ is stamped and embossed with Crushed Curry Stampin’ Emboss Powder. I used my Piercing Tool down one side of the Whisper White panel and attached a button tied with Crushed Curry Baker’s Twine. I added the background polka dot pattern from the Flowerpot dsp for some color and a Night of Navy panel underneath the image for a little pop. This is such a fun card to make and you can change your sentiment to fit whomever you want to say hello to!

My oh so talented friend Mercedes Weber is up next! As always, you are going to love what she created!

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

Click HERE to purchase these wonderful Stampin’ Up products!

SOTF - April Sneak Peek

I’m so excited to share my new edition of Stamps on the Fly! You all know how much I love working with sketches and I thought it would be fun to share that with you. I have a brand new page up telling you all the details including the links on how to get these PDF tutorials for FREE!

Available for international customers and demonstrators too! Just click below for all the details!

Stamps on the Fly – April Sketch Edition

Click HERE to purchase wonderful Stampin’ Up products!

* items = Retiring

Stamp: Hi There*, Alphabet Rotary Stamp; Paper: Whisper White, Flowerpot*, Night of Navy; Ink: Crushed Curry, Lost Lagoon; Accessories: Heat Tool, Crushed Curry Stampin’ Emboss Powder*, Essentials Piercing Mat*, Piercing Tool, Button (colored with Blendabilities*), Crushed Curry Baker’s Twine

Fancy Friday – Masculine Yet Fancy

March 26, 2015 Jentimko 10 Comments

I am so excited to share with you this month’s project with for our Fancy Friday monthly hop! If you just came over from the amazing Jeanna, welcome to the next stop. My friends and I want to be able to share with you our ideas in a monthly format. We will use different themes each month – sometimes colors, sometimes a sketch, sometimes a stamp set focus. The one thing you can count on is that it will be fancy! Over our year on the 2013 Artisan Design Team, “fancy” became our word to describe the best projects, the best new clothes, even the best pedicure colors. Now we want to share with you our take on “fancy” each month. This month our theme is “Masculine Yet Fancy”! We are making masculine cards with special elements. Because the men in our lives deserve fancy cards too!

What is it about spring that makes you move to new colors?! Those of you who have been with me for a while has seen me call it “seasonal stamper’s disorder”, lol. I simply HAVE to stamp in colors that fit the temps outside. Watercoloring is another technique that seems to mean spring to me. Soft lines, imprecise splatters, no rules! This card uses the fun Little Letters Thinlits to create a word. Any word you want!! But how did I do it?! Thanks to the Stretch Your Dies class I’ve been taking, I learned this technique of masking using freezer paper (who knew?!). Kristina Werner demonstrated the how-to in the class and it works perfectly! Cut the letters out of the freezer paper, iron them on carefully, and watercolor. Then remove the masks. I used Lost Lagoon, Daffodil Delight and Old Olive classic ink to color on Watercolor paper. Once dry, I cut the panel down and peeled up the masks. FANCY!! I dialed the word “simply” into my Alphabet Rotary Stamp and stamped in Versamark ink onto Basic Black card stock and then embossed in White Stampin’ Emboss Powder. I find myself hoarding all kinds of sequins now (thanks to all the cool ones in Paper Pumpkin) and these are the Frosted Sequins from the Holiday Catalog. And guess what, you can get them right now on the Clearance Rack while supplies last! So what do you think about this one?! I’d love to hear if you think the technique is as cool as I do!! The best part is that my oldest son asked me if he could get this card or a card like it for his birthday….I’ll take that as a yes on hitting the mark with a man (or junior man) friendly card!

I told you on Wednesday that I had an announcement to make and I thought today would be a great time to share. I have an new and updated version of my Stamps on the Fly program that will launch on April 1st. Click here to see all the details!! Hint: I’m bringing my love of sketches to YOU!

We have a super special treat this week and I have the privilege of introducing our Fancy Guest Stamper. And yes, she is extremely fancy!! Hop right over and see the fabulous Kimberly Van Diepen! You are going to love what she created!

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

Click HERE to purchase these wonderful Stampin’ Up products!

Paper: Watercolor, Basic Black, White; Ink: Lost Lagoon, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, Versamark; Accessories: Big Shot, Little Letters Thinlits, Alphabet Rotary Stamp, White Stampin’ Emboss Powder, Heat Tool, Paint Brush, Freezer Paper, Frosted Sequins

Fancy Friday – Fancy Technique

February 26, 2015 Jentimko 3 Comments

I am so excited to share with you this month’s project with for our Fancy Friday monthly hop! If you just came over from the amazing Jeanna, welcome to the next stop. My friends and I want to be able to share with you our ideas in a monthly format. We will use different themes each month – sometimes colors, sometimes a sketch, sometimes a stamp set focus. The one thing you can count on is that it will be fancy! Over our year on the 2013 Artisan Design Team, “fancy” became our word to describe the best projects, the best new clothes, even the best pedicure colors. Now we want to share with you our take on “fancy” each month. This month our theme is “Fancy Technique”! We are using techniques that we love and can’t wait to share them with you!

I am just obsessed with the watercolor look right now. Can’t seem to get enough of it. You know one of the great things about this technique? It doesn’t have to be time consuming! My card for today took very little time and I think it has a really pretty effect. So how did I make it? Watercolor paper does all the work, really. You can swirl on color any old way and it is fabulous. So, so forgiving too. Don’t love what you put down? Add a little more water and then dab it up with a paper towel. I swirled on some Mossy Meadow and Lost Lagoon to create the background for this beautiful image from the hostess stamp set Bloom with Hope. Then a little strategic placement on Rich Razzleberry ink behind where the flowers go. Really, that is it. To match the soft image, I added a layer of vellum over the front of my Pool Party base to give it that fuzzy quality. To show you how easy it is, I created a video.

See, I told you! Makes you look at those line images you have with a new eye. This would be wonderful with the new Sale-a-bration set called Nature’s Perfection, I think. What, you don’t know about the NEW and ADDED Sale-a-bration sets???!!! Click here: Sale-a-bration Additions. You really don’t have to color them with precision all the time (although I love doing that too). I hope you enjoy this card. Let me know what you think…I love hearing your feedback!

Okay, off to go visit the awesome Mercedes Weber! You will be wow’d, as always!

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

Click HERE to purchase these wonderful Stampin’ Up products!

Stamps: Bloom with Hope; Paper: Watercolor, Pool Party, Vellum; Ink: Mossy Meadoe, Lost Lagoon, Rich Razzleberry, Momento Black; Accessories: Aquapainter, Paint Brush, Heat Tool, Stamp-a-ma-jig

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