I have my final Leadership Display project of the week to share with you today. I think this Sale-a-bration set is wonderful and it has such flexibility. The pretty flowers are so easy to use, of course, but I wanted to make a card that showcased the sentiments and the little flower border.
I chose to make a pretty clean card that is all about symmetry. Using my trusty Stamp-a-ma-jig I created the rectangle using the border stamp (it is so easy with that awesome tool). I inked it up with Early Espresso and created layers with Very Vanilla and Early Espresso card stock. The pattern is the Summer Starfruit pattern in the Sweet Sorbet DSP (Sale-a-bration). The button is Crushed Curry but goes beautifully here and it is tied with Early Espresso Baker’s Twine.
I hope you are enjoying my projects so far. I will be back on Monday to show you some more.
The rest of the team is showing their Leadership Display Board projects as well so make sure you take a look!
I’m a little late getting my post up today. I had a stamp class this morning (yippee!) and finally got to sit down and share. I’m continuing with my Leadership Display cards today and showing you one that I made with Geometrical.
This stamp set has such clean and graphic art work so I wanted to really play off of that with this card. I chose only one triangle pattern to use and then stamped it in both Midnight Muse and Calypso Coral. Amazing how just repeating an image can have such a wow effect! I did not have the Triangle Punch available when I made this back in November but it will make this card so easy and fun to replicate. Just add in a sentiment from the set and a few buttons. Different colors will change the look and would make a cute set.
The rest of the team is showing their Leadership Display Board projects as well so make sure you take a look!
Happy Wednesday to you! It is one of the most wonderful stamping days of the week because there is a new challenge from Freshly Made Sketches! The lovely Rita Wright has given us an amazing layout and I know the gallery is going to be full of gorgeous creations again this week.
As with yesterday’s card, I chose to combine the super cool Retro Fresh DSP and the Just Sayin’/Word Bubbles Framelit combination. They really do work well together! I have always been such a fan of DSP mostly because it does so much of the designing for you. This new set of papers from the Occasions Mini combines trendy prints with great colors and I am having such fun using it! All I had to do was pull the Tangerine Tango and Coastal Cabana colors from the paper for the stamp. The phrase is from Just Sayin’ and I inked it with Stampin’ Write Markers then cut it out using my Big Shot and the Word Bubbles Framelits. The layered banner is easy to create too. Just cut two of the same sized banners using the Banners Framelits using a print and the framing color (in my case Soft Suede). I trimmed 1/16″ off of either side of the printed banner and the same off the top to create the perfect layering. So easy!! A few coordinating buttons tied with Linen Thread and done!
This is another card that could be used for men or women and also for a number of occasions. The perfect card for my stash! I hope that you enjoy playing with us this week and I am certain you will love what the whole Design Team has made.
I’ll be back tomorrow with another of my projects from the Leadership Display Boards. Until then, I’m so glad you stopped in!
I am so excited to continue showing projects from the Artisan Design Teams January box of products. We are so thrilled to be sharing ideas using some of the latest and greatest from the Occasions Catalog. If you have come over from 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.
What is is about a cute stamp set and coordinating framelits that makes me just want to stamp? I don’t know but the matchup of Just Sayin’ and the Word Bubbles Framelits is simply fantastic! So many cute ways to use them! Now just add in some great DSP and the card practically designs itself. I’m back to using this great Retro Fresh DSP because…well…I think it is so fun! It finds that happy balance of helping create cards that can be for both men and women. That in itself is almost magic! I chose these two prints because I love how they work together and started playing with layering. Then I had a burst of inspiration and pulled out the Angled Tag Topper Punch and found a winner. Just look at that tag! The perfect way to jazz up a card with no actual work. Oh of course the punch can be used to created tags for whatever you need but don’t you think it is fun added to a card? I stamped the sentiment from Just Sayin’ onto Very Vanilla card stock after inking it with Tangerine Tango and Pool Party Stampin’ Write Markers. Then I ran it through my Big Shot using the matching Word Bubble Framelit and popped it up on a Dimensional to attach it to the tag. I added a little bit of Coastal Cabana Ruffled Ribbon and a button tied with the Sweet Sorbet Accessory Pack twine (Sale-a-bration).
I hope you enjoy this fun and fast card. I’ll be back tomorrow with another card using some of the same products!
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: Just Sayin’; Paper: Retro Fresh DSP, Tangerine Tango, Coastal Cabana; Ink: Tangerine Tango, Coastal Cabana; Accessories: Angled Tag Topper Punch, Big Shot, Word Bubbles Framelits, Coastal Cabana, Ruffled Ribbon, Button, Sweet Sorbet Accessory Pack
Happy Monday to you! I have another of my Leadership display samples to share with you. This time, I’m showing off the Sale-a-bration set Petal Parade. It is a really fun set, I have to say!
I love this flower image from the set. It is great because you can use it by itself or stamp it twice with the the wide sides facing each other to create a round flower. I sort of split the difference on this one. I separated it just enough to make room for the banner in between. The fun bright colors from Polka Dot Parade DSP always make me think of spring and summer, and I figured we could use a little brightening up at this time of year. The Rich Razzleberry is a super trendy color right now (Stampin’ Up was so ahead on this one!) and I love the monochromatic look. All of that combined to make this quick but yet special card. The sentiment is from Four You, a main catty set that is a must have. I created the banners by using the Hexagon Punch on the ends. Combine the DSP, Four You and the punch and you are there for earning Petal Parade for free during Sale-a-bration. You could make a set of these in all the colors in the Polka Dot Parade paper!
The rest of the team is showing their Leadership Display Board projects as well so make sure you take a look!
I am back on track showing you a project made with the Occasions Catalog set Geometrical today. When Stampin’ Up asked the Artisan Design Team to be display stampers, the gave us a list of how many cards, scrapbook pages and 3-d projects they needed from us. I have to say that the first time I saw the sentiment “Cheer Up Buttercup” I knew I would have to figure out how to make some buttercups.
Give that I love Stampin’ Up’s ribbons so much, I immediately went to my Daffodil Delight Seam Binding to see what I could do. While still on the roll, I took one of the threads near the edge of the end of the ribbon and started pulling gently. This starts to scrunch up the ribbon and gives it a natural curling action that helps you form a flower. Just keep pulling until you have enough to make a flower of the size you want.
*Hint: It is so much easier to leave the ribbon on the roll as you do this. First it saves ribbon because it is hard to judge how much you will need. Second, it keep the thread from being pulled though. *
Once you have enough, tuck the “ugly” end (where you started pulling the thread) under and then just wrap in a circle. Place a blob (yep, that is the official term) of hot glue on the Silicone Craft Sheet and stick the bottom of the flower in it. Let dry. I put a Vintage Faceted Button tied with Linen Thread in the center of the flower (again with just a touch of hot glue). To finish the bag I stamped the sentiment in Basic Gray ink onto the Mini Muslin Bag and then attach the flowers with hot glue.
*Another hint – Stick your Silicone Craft Sheet inside the bag as you hot glue the flowers on. This prevents the bag from getting glued together as the glue seeps through the weave of the fabric.*
I filled my bag with a flowered potpourri but you could put just about anything in it. Once the bag is cinched, I pinned on a bow made from Daffodil Delight Seam Binding using a Vintage Trinkets safety pin. Such a pretty gift to lift someone’s day!
The rest of the team is showing their Leadership Display Board projects as well so make sure you take a look!
Yep, there is more Leadership fun to share today! In fact, I’m going to share two! I changed up what I am posting (I promised Geometrical) because I thought you’d enjoy seeing a preview of a set that will be available during Sale-a-bration (otherwise known as the most wonderful time of the year for stampers!). The set I am using today is called See Ya’ Later and it has wonderful sentiments.
I have to say that since I went to Florida State University, I haven’t ever spent a lot of energy on “Gator” things (the Florida Gators are a big rival) but when faced with a sentiment this cute I could not resist. I had one of those moments of inspiration and realized that a triangle from my Perfect Pennants Die would make an adorable alligator. I cut out two of them out of Gumball Green (I used the medium sized one) to start. My Envelope Punch Board was sitting on my table at the time and I used the corner rounder on that to round off all the corners. Then, I ran the triangles through my Big Shot with the Decorative Dots Embossing Folder (another Sale-a-bration product). On the bottom triangle, I scored it with my Simply Scored Tool 1/2″ from the wide end and then, using Sticky Strip, attached the two triangles. This scoring allows a bit of a hinge so his mouth can open some. I cut another triangle out with the Big Shot from Whisper White then hand cut the little triangle on the edges.
After trimming off the wide end a bit, I positioned it inside his mouth and attached. Put a Dimensional in between the layer of his mouth to help it stay open. Finally for his eyes, I used a 1/2″ Circle Punch and attached some googly eyes. The alligator goes up on Dimensionals to allow his mouth to be open on the card. The DSP is from Epic Day and the back panel is Pool Party Card Stock. The inks match and I used a Pool Party button and some White Baker’s Twine to finish it off.
Since you already saw my Artisan Wednesday Wow using this concept, I thought I’d share my sunshine card too. I started with a base of Sahara Sand and added grass using the Sale-a-bration DSP Sweet Sorbet. I used the 1-3/8″ Circle Punch and Quatrefancy DSP for the sun center and the Banner Punch (Sale-a-bration) on Daffodil Delight for the sun rays. Because I didn’t have the Word Bubble Framelit yet, I hand cut the clouds but it is so much easier with the framelit!! They are embossed with the Decorative Dots Embossing Folder. The sentiment was stamped on Whisper White and cut out using the Chalk Talk Framelits. I shortened the length and the rounded the corners again with the Envelope Punch Board rounder. I stamped the word Happy in Daffodil Delight ink and hand cut the letters apart and attached with Glue Dots to give a little more texture to the sentiment.
I hope you like these and that you will enjoy the Sale-a-bration products as much as I already have! The promotion begins on January 28th so start making your lists. For every $50 you spend, you can get one of these SAB items FREE!
The rest of the team is showing their Leadership Display Board projects as well so make sure you take a look!
I’m back with the latest sketch from Freshly Made Sketches. Our new designer Cindy Lovell has designed her very first sketch and it is so cool! Playing with the angles is a challenge at first but the results are so fun!
I continued on with my gold theme from yesterday’s post for this one. Let’s face it, gold is incredibly trendy and I’m pretty happy that Stampin’ Up has so many “toys” to play with in this great metallic. I used the Fancy Foil Vellum and backed it with the Gold Foil and I love the two together. Attaching vellum can always be a challenge since you want to conceal the adhesive. The Fancy Foil allows you to hide it behind stripes (and dots and hearts) which makes it pretty easy to use. Now, I went a step further and actually sewed it on but this is completely makable without the machine. I added on a butterfly from Beautiful Butterflies cut from the foil then stamped and embossed a regular White Vellum sheet with the sentiment from Regarding Dahlias (stamped in Gold Encore and embossed with Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder). I added a little bit of the new Gold Sequin Trim to the butterfly to fancy him up. The whole whole thing is attached to a White Vellum card base.
I am really excited to see what you will come up with for this sketch. The design team has such a variety of amazing cards and it is fun to see the different interpretations!
If you missed it, I started posting my projects for the Leadership Display Boards on Monday. I will be back tomorrow and Friday with some more! Can’t wait to show you! Until then, thanks so much for stopping by and I look forward to see you soon!
I am so excited to continue showing projects from the Artisan Design Teams January box of products. We are so thrilled to be sharing ideas using some of the latest and greatest from the Occasions Catalog. If you have come over from 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.
I started by pulling out the Fancy Foil Designer Vellum in Gold. It is so amazing and even more so when paired with the Gold Foil Sheets! Using a collection of heart framelits and punches (Hearts a Flutter, Circle Card Thinlits, Small Heart Punch), I created a collection of hearts that I simply sewed together into a little banner. Then using the Banners Framelits, I cut out a piece of the diagonal strip vellum and sewed it onto some Crumb Cake card stock. I took my Gorgeous Grunge stamp set and added some splatters with Gold Encore Ink and embossed it with Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder. Finally I cut the xoxo with the Circle Card Thinlit Die and added it as a sentiment. This was such a fun card to put together and I am loving the gold…you’ll even see more of it in tomorrow’s post!
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!
Click HERE to purchase any of these wonderful Stampin’ Up products.
Stamp: Gorgeous Grunge; Paper: Crumb Cake, Gold Foil Sheets, Gold Fancy Foil Vellum; Ink: Encore Gold Metallic; Accessories: Big Shot, Circle Card Thinlits, Hearts a Flutter Framelits, Small Heart Punch, Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder, Heat Tool
I am so excited to finally be able to share with you my projects made for Stampin’ Up’s Leadership Conference. This is a meeting of top demonstrators where they share business ideas and, of course, new creative projects. One of the many perks of being on the Artisan Design Team is that we were asked to make display samples to inspire these demonstrators…and of course the whole team said yes! Now that the conference is over, we will be sharing the projects with you on our individual blogs. Everyone will be posting at separate times and my best advice is to stop by often (or simply subscribe to their blogs!). I will have a blog roll at the end of each Leadership sample post to make this easy.
I thought that the easiest way to show you my projects was to work by stamp set. Each of us were given different sets from the Occasions Catalog to use and we were all given Geometrical since it was a set given out at the conference. I love this set so I thought it was a great place to start!
I think the sentiments in this set are super fun and trendy so I wanted one card to capture that a bit. I chose a background of the chevrons from Modern Medley DSP because it was so bold and graphic…in the same style as the stamp set. I took a Very Vanilla panel and stamped the arrow in Basic Black and then inked only the two words with my Basic Black. I punched a heart out of Cherry Cobbler with my Small Heart Punch and added it over the arrow. A little tab from Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding and Rhinestones to finish. This is such a quick card to make but I love how it came out. Hope you do too!
We are all working on creating links that take you specifically to these samples but bear with us. Since we are working on different schedules, some links might not be specific for a couple of days.
I’ll be back tomorrow with the latest Artisan Wednesday Wow post, here Wednesday with a new FMS sketch and then back on Thursday and Friday with more from Geometrical! So glad you stopped in today. See you again soon!
Stamp: Geometrical; Paper: Modern Medley DSP, Basic Black, Very Vanilla; Ink: Basic Black Stampin’ Write Marker; Accessories: Small Heart Punch, Basic Rhinestones, Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding
Click HERE to purchase any of these wonderful Stampin’ Up products.
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