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Happy 4th of July!

July 4, 2014 Jentimko No Comments

Just a quick post to wish a happy Independence Day to all of my US readers! I hope that wherever you are celebrating, you have a fun and safe holiday! I know that some of you have been seeing nature’s fireworks over the last few days (I’m in Newark unplanned right now because of some of those!) but I hope that you get to enjoy the brightly colored ones too!

A quick share on a project I made with June’s Paper Pumpkin kit. I held a Paper Pumpkin Fun Night for my local subscribers and we worked together to make the cute little pinwheels. As we were creating, we discussed fun ways to use them. I pulled out this wreath that was already wrapped with burlap ribbon and started placing the pinwheels and thought it was coming together. My mom (who was in town visiting) suggested some red ribbon. So I added this stitched ribbon (retired). I thought a great party idea would be to attach the pinwheels to canning jars and use them for drinks/decorations.

See how she put names on each one? Cool, huh?! She used my Alphabet Rotary Stamp to personalize them!! (Sorry for the picture quality….taken with my phone)

I took some of mine and made this cute little centerpiece.

What will the next Paper Pumpkin hold?? I can wait to see!! If you would like to try it out, you can become a monthly subscriber (see link in my sidebar) or you can try it for a prepaid period of time. Click the image below to check it out!

Ok….off to work I go. Maybe I’ll see you flying around the system this weekend! Keep an eye out for me! Hope your weekend is loaded with fun and maybe even some time for crafting! See you soon!

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Stamps: MPP June Kit, Alphabet Rotary Stamp; Ink: Night of Navy; Accessories: MPP June Kit, Wreath Form, 1-1/4″ Burlap Ribbon, Real Red Stitched Ribbon (retired), Glue Gun

Freshly Made Sketches #143

July 2, 2014 Jentimko 6 Comments

Oh, do we have a fun one for you this week at Freshly Made Sketches!! The oh so creative Cindy Lovell is our hostess this week so it is no wonder the sketch is cool! And speaking of cool….did you hear the news??!! Blendabilities are officially available for order!!! Yes, these wonderful markers can now be yours! There are six colors available plus the skin tones, color lifter and the coordinating Memento Black Ink. To celebrate, I’m sharing this with you.

I have a confession to make. I did not color this whole flower. I was showing my mom the new markers last week during her visit and my 8 year old son want to color too. Who can say no to that?! Not me!! So he chose his colors (Coastal Cabana) and started a few petals at a time like I taught him. Being an 8 yo boy, he lost interest about halfway through the flower and told me that I could finish it, lol. But can you tell my coloring from his….I can’t! Still not sure about these fun markers or how to use them? Check out this section of tutorials from Stampin’ Up on YouTube:

Blendabilities Tutorials from Stampin’ Up!

There are lots of ways to blend and many are just personal preference. Just get the markers and start experimenting. You’ll be so happy you did! Just so you know, all the colors are not available yet but they are coming. Demos get to order some more colors now and customers will be able to on August 1. Need another reason to become a demo now? I didn’t think so, LOL. I’d love to have you join my team if you are interested!

Ok…back to the card. Sorry to digress but the news was too good not to share. After coloring the flower, I cut it out and went back around the cut edges with my Basic Black Marker to clean up cutting variations (make sure you come from behind the image). For the sketch I backed the flower with a Tea Lace Doily and added a Bermuda Bay panel and some of the new Hello Honey Stitched Satin Ribbon. I was out of Curry buttons but no fear, Blendabilities are here! I took a So Saffron button and colored it with my darker marker from the Daffodil Delight set and voila! A matching button. More blendies coloring on the pearls to use as accents. The sentiment is from the always awesome Teeny Tiny Wishes!

The team has a fabulous variety this week so I hope you’ll go visit them and thank them for the inspiration! Hoping to be back later this week with one more post. Hoping I’ll get a little more creating done later today. Until then….have a fabulous day!

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Stamps: Blended Bloom, Teeny Tiny Wishes; Paper: Smoky Slate, Bermuda Bay, Whisper White; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Blendabilities – Coastal Cabana and Daffodil Delight; Accessories: Hello Honey Stitched Satin Ribbon, Tea Lace Doilies, Basic Pearls, Buttons, white thread

Artisan Wednesday Wow – Celebrate!

July 1, 2014 Jentimko 7 Comments

Welcome to the first Artisan Wednesday Wow hop of our team’s last month! It is so hard to believe that this year is almost over. If you just came over from the amazing Jeanna, welcome to the next stop. If you are starting here, just continue around using the next buttons until you get back to me.

Well, it may seem like an obvious project but this card just called out to be made! Using the new Stars Framelits with the updated Silver Glimmer Paper is the perfect combination! I cut out the two larger stars by first using the smaller framelit and then placing the larger one around the cut out and cutting again. I left one silver and colored the other using my Real Red Stampin’ Write Marker. Then, using my star punch from the Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack, I punched out the smallest star and colored it Night of Navy. The Large Scallop Edgelit created the border piece. I stamped the sentiment from Fabulous Four after inking just the “Celebrate” part with my marker. Finally I added on some Basic Rhinestons that had been colored with Blendabilities.

This is the perfect card for Independence Day or any other patriotic event! It could even be used for a summer party along with the pinwheels from the latest Paper Pumpkin kit!

Okay, off to go visit the awesome Mercedes Weber. I can’t wait for you to see what she has created! Make sure you hop around the whole loop to take a look at beautiful creations by the whole team…you’ll be happy you did!

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Stamp: Fabulous Four; Ink: Real Red, Night of Navy; Paper: Whisper White, Night of Navy, Silver Glimmer; Accessories: Big Shot, Large Scallop Edgelit, Stars Framelits, Basic Rhinestones, Blendabilities, Dimensionals

Freshly Made Sketches #142

June 25, 2014 Jentimko 10 Comments

I am so happy to share this sketch with you today. The wonderful Jennifer Brum created this one for us at Freshly Made Sketches and I could not be happier to see it. I was feeling little flat creatively this week. Does that ever happen to you? For me, a great sketch seems to kick start me in the right direction and I think this is the one I needed!

So have you seen the Typeset Specialty DSP in the new catalog? It was at the very top of my “must have” list for papers this year. And yes, it is just as awesome as I had hoped. I was going to add in some other colors with it but somehow I liked just the black/vanilla combination as this was coming together. I stamped on the sentiment from Flower Patch and it looks like it was part of the paper doesn’t it. Memento Black ink for the stamping. The flower uses 3 of the Flower Fair Framelits (say that 3 times fast) with different patterns from the paper. Just a pop of color from a Cherry Cobbler button and I was so happy with this!

Our DT has loads of inspiration for you this week. Hopefully you’ll have some time to stamp along with us. Thanks so much for stopping in today. I appreciate you letting me be a part of your day!

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Stamp: Forever Florals; Paper: Typeset Specialty DSP, Very Vanilla, Basic Black; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Accessories: Regals Buttons, Big Show, Flower Fair Framelits, Black Thread

Artisan Wednesday Wow – You’re Fabulous!

June 24, 2014 Jentimko 7 Comments

Welcome to our last June Artisan Wednesday Wow hop! This month has just flown by…much to fast for me! We are showing all the details of our projects from the Stampin’ Up Facebook June Showcase. If you just came over from the amazing Jeanna, welcome to the next stop. If you are starting here, just continue around using the next buttons until you get back to me.

As I approach the end of my tenure on the Artisan Design Team I can’t help but become a little sentimental. I guess it seems natural that I should use this fun new High Five set to show how I feel about the team and Stampin’ Up as a whole. Yes…You’re Fabulous! Yes, you!! From supporters of our weekly hops to our team’s home office supervisors to the amazing and talented team itself…you are all fabulous in my eyes!!!

To create this box, I use a Kraft Gift Box and stenciled on the circles in Soft Suede. I actually used a stencil from the Build a Banner Simply Created Kit but you could easily use the new Dots & Stripes Decorative Mask too. I attached a Tea Lace Doily to the top and wrapped around some 1-1/4″ Burlap Ribbon (hot glued underneath the lid to secure it). Then I started playing with the tag. Do you see how perfectly the tag and the box match??!! That new Kraft paper is the perfect go-with on our boxes! I stamped the dotted oval and cut it out with the Ovals Framelits. The sentiment is stamped in Lost Lagoon. For the feathers, I took the vertical stamp from High Five and stamped it in Soft Suede and Lost Lagoon onto Naturals Ivory Card Stock. I just cut a feather shape from it and added a few snips on the edges to give them a feather feel. I cut the same shape by hand out of the Champagne Glimmer Paper and added a few cut outs on the edges. They are attached together using a gold Mini Metallic Clothespin. Since I could not send one of these to all of you (*smile*), I chose instead to use it to hold a teacher gift. I created a small note card for my son to sign and added in a gift card. Perfect for all that she did this year!

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Stamp: High Five; Ink: Lost Lagoon, Soft Suede; Paper: Kraft, Naturals Ivory; Accessories: Kraft Gift Box, 1-1/4″ Burlap Ribbon, Tea Lace Paper Doilies, Big Shot, Ovals Framelits, Mini Metallic Clothespins, Hot Glue

Freshly Made Sketches #141

June 18, 2014 Jentimko 8 Comments

I’m a little late on my post today….sorry about that. First official day of summer break for the boys and we are getting our swim practice routine down. The talented and oh so sweet Cindy Hall has a great sketch for you this week at Freshly Made Sketches. Look at all the possibilities!

I went with a flowery, summer take on the sketch. All the work is done by the new Flowerpot DSP! This sketch is great for DSP’s, don’t you think? The prints are the front and back sides of one design so easy enough to keep the pieces the right sizes. I added on a button tied with new Tangerine Tango Baker’s Twine and added a sentiment from Fabulous Four.

Sorry for the quick post…just trying to get caught up today. You know how it goes. The whole team has created a marvelous variety that will get your creativity going. Hope to see you in the gallery!

Hope your day is awesome. See you soon!!

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Stamp: Fabulous Four; Paper: Flowerpot DSP, Crushed Curry, Night of Navy; Ink: Night of Navy; Accessories: Regals Button, Tangerine Tango Baker’s Twine, Dimensionals

Artisan Wednesday Wow – No Line Floral

June 17, 2014 Jentimko 8 Comments

Welcome to our third June Artisan Wednesday Wow hop! We are continuing with ideas with products from the new catalog for you this month and are so excited to share! If you just came over from the amazing Jeanna, welcome to the next stop. If you are starting here, just continue around using the next buttons until you get back to me.

For today’s card I really wanted to show off this beautiful new color, Lost Lagoon. If you have been with me for a while, you know that I loved, seriously loved, the retired color Baja Breeze. To me, Lost Lagoon is an updated and richer version of that color. So yeah, I like it a lot. It is particularly pretty with yellows. So that was where I started. A saw a cool tutorial over at Splitcoaststampers for no-line piercing a while ago. It was stored in my “to-do” list until I got this great Forever Florals stamp. It is fantastic for the technique! All you have to do is stamp the image on Watercolor Paper and, using a straight pin (the Piercing Tool makes bigger holes) you follow the lines. It is best to have your Stampin’ Pierce Mat underneath to protect your surface. You can follow all the lines or just pick some. Once I was happy, I just flipped the image over and colored using my Aquapainter with Lost Lagoon and Hello Honey inks.

Here is a close-up to help you see it better.

I stamped the sentiment from the same set after spritzing the inked words with a little water. The embossed panel was created by first cutting out an oval with the Ovals Framelits, then embossing with the Decorative Dots TIEF. I distressed a little around the edges with my Distressing Tool. Now this bow is made possible by the GORGEOUS Stitched Satin Ribbon (this is Hello Honey). It ties so wonderfully!!

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Stamp: Forever Florals; Ink: Lost Lagoon, Hello Honey; Paper: Watercolor, Lost Lagoon; Accessories: Hello Honey Stitched Satin Ribbon, Big Shot, Ovals Framelits, Decorative Dots TIEF, Aquapainter, Dimensionals

Perfectly Fabulous

June 16, 2014 Jentimko No Comments

Just a fun, quick post for you today! I wanted to share with you a card my boys and I made for my husband for Father’s Day. I told the lads to look through mom’s stamps and pick ones that were perfect for dad….they did awesome!

They really liked the coffee cup from Perfect Blend. Then I told them we could decorate it up to look like a “real” one complete with belly band. Well, that was it. They started sorting through my DSP’s and we decided that the new Moonlight Paper Stack was the right one. We stamped three times (on Crumb Cake, the print and Whisper White) and then I cut them out. Yeah…they snookered me into the cutting by kissing up and saying how much better mine is, lol. While I was cutting, they chose this sentiment from the new Fabulous Four which really is quite appropriate, don’t you think? We inked it in Early Espresso and Lost Lagoon and stamped it on a little banner piece. It was missing something so we added the star clip from Basic Hodgepodge Clips and a button tied with Early Espresso Baker’s Twine. The background grid print is from the same DSP pack and I love it! A very “dad” card!

Back tomorrow with the latest Artisan Wednesday Wow! Hope your weekend was a lovely as mine! Thanks so much for stopping in and see you soon!

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Stamps: Perfect Blend, Fabulous Four; Paper: Moonlight Paper Stack, Whisper White, Crumb Cake; Ink: Early Espresso, Lost Lagoon; Accessories: Basic Hodgepodge Clips, Neutrals Buttons, Early Espresso Baker’s Twine

Freshly Made Sketches #140

June 11, 2014 Jentimko 7 Comments

Fun, fun, fun!! That is what Freshly Made Sketches has for you this week! The funny and so talented Linda Callahan has created this sketch with so many possibilities! The team has already gone wild with it and you will love playing too!

I took a pretty literal view on the sketch this time. I saw this fun striped print from Sweet Taffy DSP and just had to use it! The word bubble from Just Sayin’ seemed like the perfect addition when I was trying to add a sentiment and I like the result. I stamped it in Rich Razzleberry and Basic Black then cut along the Razzleberry border. Using my Word Bubbles Framelits, I cut out another matching bubble from Basic Black to give it a frame. Then I went a little crazy with the Candy Dots (they are such fun) using the Brights colors that are in the DSP. Wow…two Brights cards in a row. Must be summer!! Seasonal Stamper’s Disorder (SSD) always affects me with my color choices, lol!

Now off to see the rest of the team’s handiwork and to get to your stamp room! Looking forward to seeing what you create this week!

Thanks so much for stopping in. Like every parent around, I’m caught up in the last week of school madness. End of soccer season, beginning of swim season, teacher gifts….you get the point. I hope you find some time to stamp in all of YOUR crazy schedules. I’m hoping I get some today!

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Stamp: Just Sayin’; Paper: Sweet Taffy DSP, Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White, Basic Black; Accessories: Brights Candy Dots, Big Shot, Word Bubbles Framelits

Artisan Wednesday Wow – Watercolor Buds

June 10, 2014 Jentimko 12 Comments

Welcome to our second June Artisan Wednesday Wow hop! We are continuing with ideas with products from the new catalog for you this month and are so excited to share! If you just came over from the amazing Jeanna, welcome to the next stop. If you are starting here, just continue around using the next buttons until you get back to me.

In last week’s hop, I think we can safely say that Hey There Buds was a team favorite. And for good reason!! This week, my version of this awesome single stamp! I decided to go bright with it….or Brights Color Family with it! Using my Stampin’ Write Markers, I inked up the flower in Melon Mambo, Pumpkin Pie and Old Olive. Then I gave it a quick spritz with water and stamped it on Watercolor paper. To add a little more watercolor look to it, I dripped on a little more water using my Aquapainter. The sentiment got the same spritzing treatment before I stamped it. Notice that the sentiment is in a different place that on the single stamp? Well, I actually cut it off of the flower and mounted it separately. This gives more flexibility for using both the image and the words. I mimicked the spots using Gorgeous Grunge on the side of the Melon Mambo base. A little bit of Old Olive 1/8″ Taffeta Ribbon to add a final accent! I’m going to bet you’ll see some more with this stamp again this week…..might as well add it to your shopping list now!

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Stamps: Hey There Buds, Gorgeous Grunge; Ink: Melon Mambo, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive; Paper: Watercolor, Melon Mambo; Accessories: Neutrals Buttons, White Baker’s Twine, Old Olive 1/8″ Taffeta Ribbon, Dimensionals

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