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Vintage Style

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Have you seen the sketch challenge Try Stampin’ on Tuesday yet?  It has been a while since I could join them but I needed a layout for my Vintage Class and this seemed perfect!  Make sure you check them out because they have some fun layouts!

I love the vintage look but it isn’t something that comes naturally to me.  Thankfully Stampin’ Up has some beautiful images that lend themselves to this style.  Elements of Style is definitely one of them!!  I stamped the image in Soft Suede and colored in the image with my Blender Pen.  Now Soft Suede is not a water-resistant ink but that works in your favor for this.  I simply pulled some of the color for the leaves.  The flowers are colored with Pink Pirouette and Pretty in Pink.  Again, some of the Soft Suede pulls in but that adds to the sepia tones I wanted.  I embossed the back panel with the Square Lattice Embossing Folder and brayered on some Crumb Cake ink.  All the edges were distressed and then sponged with Soft Suede except the image panel which was sponged with Crumb Cake.  I made a little rosette out of Very Vanilla Seam Binding.  Love these pretty things!  Then I needed to deviate a bit from the sketch.  The circle just didn’t work for me on the right for some reason.

I’m back on reserve (on call) today and for the next couple of days so not sure how much stamping will get done.  I do have a card ready for the SUO Challenge on Tuesday and you are going to LOVE the challenge!

 

Finally, the much anticipated Retirement List is here!!!  Oh, it is big and some old favorites are leaving.  If you are like me, some of them have been on your “must-have” list for a while.  They are only available until the end of May so make sure you get them before they are gone!  I am happy to help you with any of them or just click on the airplane logo in the upper right corner for my online store.

Hope you have had a wonderful weekend.  See you again on Tuesday!

Stamps:  Elements of Style, Teeny Tiny Wishes; Paper:  Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla; Ink:  Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, Pretty in Pink, Pink Pirouette; Accessories:  Big Shot, Square Lattice EF, Brayer, Basic Pearls, Very Vanilla Seam Binding, Sticky Sheet

Paper Players 90 and a new sketch

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I haven’t gotten to play with many challenges lately and really wanted to join The Paper Players this week.  Timely because I needed a baby card for a sweet little boy and these colors just beg to be used for that!

I recently found a new sketch challenge that I thought would be great for this, too.  Sadly I missed their deadline but the sketch was just what I needed.  I’ll try to make the Retro Sketches on time next time!

I wanted this one to be a very clean card and this layout leans towards Clean and Simple (CAS)!  I don’t really have many baby stamps and have seen some variations of this boat lately.  I knew it would be a great choice!  As I went through my designer papers for the sails, I had every intention of following the PP90 challenge for colors.  Somehow I had a mental image of them and chose these papers….sadly, not the actual challenge colors.  I had already finished the card before I figured it out so I thought I should give credit since they were my inspiration.  In any case, I love this card and it was well received by the new parents.

I have some cards from my Vintage Card Class to show you over the next few days.  My boys are on spring break so I’m off to run around with them.  Hope your week has been great!

Stamp:  Teeny Tiny Wishes; Paper:  Twitterpated DSP, Not Quite Navy, Whisper White; Ink:  Not Quite Navy; Accessories:  1 3/8″ Circle Punch, White Baker’s Twine, Dimensionals

Freshly Made Sketches #30

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Happy middle of the week!!  I’m back with another fantastic sketch from Freshly Made Sketches.  I was so impressed with all the variations of my sketch last week…wow!  This week our layout comes from the amazing Tui Nathan of Stampin’ Time.  She is such a talented stamper and her layout is sure to inspire!

I didn’t quite comply with the half-circle element of the sketch but this flower was calling out to be on this card.  I just love these tissue paper flowers!!  All you do is run a folded up piece of wrapping tissue paper through your Big Shot (in this case with the Fun Flowers Die).  I sponged the layers lightly and arranged them until it looked right.  An Antique Brad hold all the layers together.  This beautiful paper is from the Beau Chateau DSP pack and the prints work so well together.  The only stamping on this one is the sentiment from Teeny Tiny Wishes.  I am trying to use up some of my DSP since the new catalog from Stampin’ Up is only about a month and a half away.  One of my sisters-in-law and her husband just celebrated their 10th anniversary so I made this card for them.  Fortunately we saw them in person since cards with elements off the edge are hard to mail.

I have a Vintage Card Class tomorrow so I should have some things to share with you over the next few days.  Don’t forget to go check out the inspirational work of the whole design team at Freshly Made Sketches!  Thanks for stopping in…see you again soon!

Stamp:  Teeny Tiny Wishes; Paper:  Beau Chateau DSP, Soft Suede, Whisper White; Ink:  Soft Suede, Marina Mist; Accessories:  Big Shot, Fun Flowers Die, Antique Brads, Basic Pearls, Wrapping Tissue Paper

Freshly Made Sketches #29

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Guess what??!!  I am the sketch hostess for this week’s Freshly Made Sketches!!  When I chose this sketch I had designer papers in mind.  I’m hoping it will be a great way to showcase some of your favorites!

I chose to use the Paisley Petals DSP since it has such pretty spring colors.  My only debate what which stamp set to use.  I decided to go old school and pulled out a retired hostess set called Of the Earth.  This set was a favorite but I didn’t use this particular stamp very much…not sure why!! It seemed perfect here.  I inked it up with lighter colors and then added darker colors for accents.  After doing that, I sponged over the stamp to soften the lines.  I always seem to need thank you cards so I chose the sentiment from Day of Gratitude.  Such a pretty font!!  Finally, I added a little button for some balance to the card.

I hope you like the sketch and I know you will love the cards the design team made with it!!  We have two new guest designers for the month of April, Kathy Tanner and  Lisa Johansen, and they are amazing!

Not sure if I can post again before the weekend so I want to take the opportunity to wish you a wonderful Passover and Easter weekend.  Thanks for stopping by today.  See you again soon!

Stamps:  Of the Earth (hostess, retired), Day of Gratitude; Paper:  Paisley Petals DSP, Early Espresso, Whisper White; Ink:  Calypso Coral, Tangerine Tango, Pear Pizzazz, Always Artichoke, Marina Mist, Not Quite Navy, Early Espresso; Accessories:  Neutrals Buttons, White Baker’s Twine

SUOC42 – Congratulations!

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Over at SUO Challenges this week we are celebrating!  Our own Michelle Laycock has been a Stampin’ Up demonstrator for 10 years and we thought it appropriate to make “Congratulations” cards in her honor.  These are always fun cards to make, aren’t they??!!

As I told you last week, my boys and I went down to Washington DC for the Cherry Blossom Festival and to visit the wonderful museums.  Card first and then I’ll share the inspiration photos.  With cherry blossoms on the brain, I had no choice but to pull out a flower set…and what better set than Elements of Style?  I wanted the focus to be on the flowers so I thought I’d try using my Labels Collection Embosslits to create a frame.  First I cut the center piece out of Watercolor Paper.  I stamped the flower and colored it using my Blender Pen with Pink Pirouette, Blushing Bride and Pear Pizzazz inks.  Next, I created an embossed frame on Very Vanilla paper.  Getting the Big Shot “sandwich” right was the only difficult part.  Here it is:

  • Multipurpose Platform on Tab 1
  • Cutting Pad
  • Silicone Rubber Mat
  • Very Vanilla Card Stock
  • Embosslit with the cutting edge turned up (**see note)
  • Typing paper
  • Cutting Pad
  • Shim (for me a piece of thick paper that comes in the DSP packs)

**Note:  Make sure the cutting edge is turned up or you could cut into your silicone mat

Every Big Shot is a little different so you may have to play with the “shim” part to get the desired level of embossing.

I added a “Potato Masher” bow (tutorial here) and some of the tiniest of the pearls in the Basic Pearl pack.  I love the elegance of this card!!

 

 

Now, in truth, almost all the cherry blossoms are already gone.  But I went in search of and found some holdouts!  The first picture is from a set of trees near the Jefferson Memorial (which you see in the background).  These are a later blooming variant.  The second picture is from a lone tree along the Tidal Basin that was still blooming.  I loved that I could get the Washington Monument in the photo!  I tormented my children with many pictures of them with the trees too but will save those for an MDS project.

Well, off to enjoy a beautiful day here in Virginia.  I hope that you will join us at SUO Challenges with your happy cards!  See you tomorrow!

Stamps:  Elements of Style, Silhouette Sentiments (hostess, retired); Paper:  Very Vanilla, Watercolor; Ink:  Early Espresso, Pink Pirouette, Blushing Bride, Pear Pizzazz; Accessories:  Big Shot, Labels Collection Embosslits, Very Vanilla Seam Binding, Blender Pen, Basic Pearls, Dimensionals

Freshly Made Sketches #28

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I know I am completely biased but I just love the sketches from Freshly Made Sketches  every single week.  This week Lesley Croghan of Always Playing with Paper has brought us another great one.

I started in a whole different direction on this one using a watercolored panel and some masculine papers.  But you know what…the Bright Blossoms and Summer Smooches just kept calling out to me.  Sometimes you just have to listen!  I have just fallen in love with these little flowers.  I love tulips anyways and the fun little prints on these stamps add so much.  As soon as I saw the little rectangles on this sketch, I knew that it would involve little bows of some sort (what a surprise!).  I used the fork bow method using this tutorial and the awesome Island Indigo Ruffled Ribbon.  Because of the weight of the ribbon, I used Sticky Strip instead of Mini Glue Dots to hold them onto the card.  With the texture coming from the bows I realized that the stamped panel need some dimension.  I stamped a couple more flowers and the vase and the fussy cut them.  To add that little extra finish to those, I ran a Stampin’ Write Marker around the edges of the cut out pieces (I find doing this from behind reduces the risk to your cut pieces in case you slip).  That lovely sentiment from Precious Butterflies came out again.  I just love the happy colors from the Summer Smooches DSP and this print is particularly great!  The stamp and the DSP will be available in April so just a couple more days!!

The design team has some fabulous takes on the sketch and I know you will love using it.  Can’t wait to see what you dream up!

I’m off to the Cherry Blossom Festival today (even though they are mostly gone) and some fun with my boys.  I hope your day is fantastic.  See you again soon!!

Stamps:  Bright Blossoms, Precious Butterflies (hostess); Paper:  Summer Smooches DSP, Daffodil Delight, Island Indigo, Whisper White; Ink:  Daffodil Delight, Island Indigo; Accessories:  Island Indigo 3/8″ Ruffled Ribbon, Dimensionals, Sticky Strip

SSC247 – Pear Romance

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Can you believe it?  Three posts in three days!!  I got a little extra stamping time with one of my friends yesterday and decided to play along with the Stamping 411 Sketch Challenge.  Great sketch, isn’t it??  My brain seems to work well with sketches and they really help me make cards faster!

Even though it was a dreary morning, I am feeling like spring.  My cherry tree is blooming and it has the most lovely little pale pink blossoms.  I guess that affected my flower colors. I went a bit Pear Pizzazz crazy on this one but it really is the perfect spring green.  Bordering on Romance had to come out with the Twitterpated DSP.  I just think they are fabulous together!  I colored the flowers with a Blender Pen using Rose Red and Pear Pizzazz ink.  The little buttons are actually Certainly Celery but the greens coordinate so well that they look super with the Pear ribbon and paper.  Teeny Tiny Wishes makes another showing and I chose “just for you”.  I always find it the right sentiment when I’m not sure how I will use the card.

Off to a club meeting with my awesome stamp club!  Hope you have time to stamp today too!  Thanks for stopping in!

Stamps:  Bordering on Romance, Teeny Tiny Wishes; Paper:  Twitterpated DSP, Pear Pizzazz, Whisper White; Ink:  Basic Gray, Pear Pizzazz, Rose Red; Accessories:  Blender Pen, Subtles Buttons, Pear Pizzazz Seam Binding, Dimensionals

Freshly Made Sketches #27

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Ok, don’t say I didn’t tell you that this sketch was cool!  This layout from Freshly Made Sketches is care of Lesley Croghan of Always Playing with Paper.  While I admit that this one intimidated me a bit at first, I think you will be surprised at how easy it is to use!  When you see the inspiration pieces from the design team you will see what I mean.  They are all going into my CASE files!

This card is pretty much all about punches and dies for the Big Shot.  I started with my 1 3/4″ and 1 1/4″ Circle Punches and the Everyday Enchantment DSP from Sale-a-bration.  The great thing about designer paper packs is that they coordinate.  Certainly makes it easy to create a card like this.  All I had to do was decide which patterns to put together and I was most of the way there.  I added some butterflies from the Beautiful Wings Embosslit and the little flowers from the Fun Flowers die, along with some Basic Pearl accents.  I sponged along all the edges with a some Soft Suede ink.  Finally, a little banner with my sentiment from Teeny Tiny Wishes and done!

This is one that would be easy to duplicate and create a whole pack of cards for myself or a gift.  Hmmm…might have to do that!

Now get right to work and try this sketch.  Don’t let it intimidate you…you’ll be happy you tried it!  Don’t forget to take a peek at the fab cards from the rest of the team.  Amazing!

Glad you stopped in today.  I’m getting ready for my stamping club meeting tomorrow.  If I have any extra stamping time, maybe I’ll have something else to share later this week.  Have a great day!

Stamp:  Teeny Tiny Wishes; Paper:  Everyday Enchantment DSP (SAB), Very Vanilla, Baha Breeze, Poppy Parade, Pear Pizzazz;  Ink:  Soft Suede; Accessories:  Circle Punches (1 3/4″, 1 1/4″), Big Shot,  Beautiful Wings Embosslit, Fun Flowers Die, Basic Pearls, Sponge, Dimensionals

SUOC41 – Spring or Fall

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This is the time of year for seasonal changes and we want you to show us your cards inspired by those.  At SUO Challenges, spring fever has definitely set in.  But we know that many of you live in the Southern Hemisphere and we want to see your beautiful fall cards.

When I got to go to Cindy Elam’s house a couple of weeks ago, one of the most fun things we did was prepare for this challenge.  We used the same sketch to create our cards.  She chose spring and I chose fall.  Here are the cards side-by-side.  Fun, huh??!!

I started by embossing a Crumb Cake panel with Cindy’s Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder.  So pretty!  With that lovely background I wanted to keep the rest pretty clean so I went to Cindy’s punch rack and started punching out flowers to layer.  Aren’t they pretty together?  All I did was sponge the layers of the flower and the edges of the Crumb Cake panels.    I chose this lovely sentiment from the Sale-a-bration set Elementary Elegance.  Finally, the bow was the one I made for the bow tutorial we created.  I thought this had a bit of a fall feel with the color choices, especially when put next to Cindy’s amazing spring card!  This sketch was one Cindy had saved and I really like both results with it.

I hope you will be able to join us at SUO Challenges with this fun theme!  The design team has created some fabulous cards for inspiration so make sure you drop by to see them.

I will be back tomorrow for another Freshly Made Sketches Challenge.  Make sure you check back in because it is a cool sketch…unlike any that I have used before!  Until then, have a great day and thanks for stopping in.

Stamps:  Elementary Elegance (SAB); Paper:  Crumb Cake, Rich Razzleberry, Naturals Ivory: Ink:  Rich Razzleberry; Accessories:  Big Shot, Vintage Wallpaper EF, Regals Button, Crumb Cake Seam Binding, Dimensionals, Punches – Blossom, 5-Petal Flower, Boho Blossoms

PPA131 – Summer Blossoms

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I got some time to stamp yesterday and just had to pull out my new things from the Summer Smooches package being offered in April.  Many of you know that I have what I call “seasonal stampers disorder”.  My colors choices are completely and utterly seasonal!  I have to say that this beautiful selection of products fits that syndrome beautifully!

Just look at the bright, happy colors here!  They are just perfect for Margaret Moody’s wonderful sketch over at Pals Paper Arts this week.  The Summer Smooches DSP has the most wonderful designs.  I thought this pattern would be fun to use with the matching stamp from Bright Blossoms.  All I did was mimic the colors from the paper when I stamped the flowers.  I matched the little yellow centers from the DSP with a Daffodil Delight brad in the middle of the biggest flower.  Easy and fun!  For the little flag, I pulled out my trusty Teeny Tiny Wishes for the sentiment.  What would I do without that set??!!  The card seemed to need something else so out came the handy dandy Mat Pack for some paper piercing.

I’m still enjoying all of my Sale-a-bration products and the ones from the Occasions mini but it was nice to get a little preview of the upcoming catalog.  The Summer Smooches suite of products will become available on April 1st for one month only (some of the products will only be offered for that month!!).  Just wait until you see the little purses made with the new Big Shot die.  I’d show you the one I made the other day but it was already taken by a friend of my boys…she just loved it!!

I have some great new cards to show you next week!  I’ll be back Tuesday with the SUO Challenge and Wednesday with Freshly Made Sketches.  Until then, thanks for stopping by.  Have a great weekend!

Stamps:  Bright Blossoms, Teeny Tiny Wishes; Paper:  Summer Smooches DSP, Daffodil Delight, Island Indigo; Ink:  Old Olive, Daffodil Delight, Real Red, Tempting Turquoise, Island Indigo, Tangerine Tango; Accessories:  Mat Pack, Piercing Tool, Dimensionals

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