The big weekend is almost here for my oldest son’s First Communion. Family is coming into town and it is sure to be a great time for all!!
This is the invitation that we sent to friends and family. It was such a joy to make these! My son chose the colors (yep, the apple doesn’t fall far from this tree) and they seem perfect! I was actually going to use just Basic Gray and Very Vanilla but he told me it wasn’t happy enough. He was definitely right!! The Early Espresso and Baja Breeze set just the right tone. I played around with this cross and found that using the “sharp” end of the Stampin’ Write Marker is great for coloring the narrow spaces. The sentiment is from Inviting. I love that the font is flexible for many card styles! A Basic Pearl was the finishing touch on the stamped panel and I popped that panel on Dimensionals. I have to admit that I am pretty proud of this one!! The best part is that it was simple enough to replicate and not make myself too crazy.
You’ll notice that the ColorLab Challenge did not post this week. We will be back next Thursday with our new colors and you will love them! I’m so glad you were able to stop in today. I’m hoping to have a fun post ready for Mother’s Day (hint…I didn’t make the cards). Have a great weekend and I’ll see you again soon!
Stamps: Crosses of Hope, Inviting; Paper: Very Vanilla, Baja Breeze, Early Espresso; Ink: Baja Breeze, Early Espresso; Accessories: Stamp-a-ma-jig, Basic Pearls, Dimensionals
As I told you yesterday, I want to share more about Stampin’ Up’s Strength & Hope Campaign. Stampin’ Up is partnering with The Breast Cancer Research Foundation with the sale of this beautiful stamp set. I am excited to tell you that I will be providing the materials to create donation cards at every stamping function I hold in May. My hope is to provide cards that can be sent to those fighting this disease and for them to know how many people stand with them in their fight.
This is the card we will be making all month. I guess you can call it pink with attitude! Pretty in Pink is the star of this show with both the ink and the beautiful Satin Ribbon. The details from yesterday’s card apply but I used the Hope sentiment from the new set instead. Hope is such a promising word and I find it perfect to use with the butterflies! I accented the word and the butterflies with Basic Pearls to add that something special.
The details of the campaign follow along with images of the included products.
Item
Description
Price
118100
Strength & Hope wood-mount set
$17.95
123660
Strength & Hope clear-mount set
$13.95
124475
Strength & Hope digital kit Includes a four-piece stamp brush set, 12 Designer Series Papers, and 10 embellishment pieces.
$9.95
*Stampin’ Up! is donating $2 from this purchase to The Breast Cancer Research Foundation® . BCRF is dedicated to preventing breast cancer and finding a cure in our lifetime by funding clinical and translational research worldwide. For more information about BCRF, visit www.bcrfcure.org.
I hope you will find this set a necessary addition to your repetoire. You can order through my online store (link on the sidebar) or through your demonstrator. Leave me a comment on this post any time in May and I’ll make a card to donate on your behalf.
Thanks for stopping back in today. I’ll be back tomorrow with a ColorLab Challenge! See you then.
Stamp: Strength & Hope; Paper: Whisper White, Pretty in Pink; Ink: Pretty in Pink; Accessories: Pretty in Pink Satin Ribbon, Basic Pearls, Dimensionals
No better time than now to show you the new Strength & Hope set from the Summer Mini! This butterfly image is beautiful!! I inked him up with Pink Pirouette and Early Espresso Stampin’ Write Markers and stamped him on Whisper White card stock. A little pearl from the Basic Pearls adds just the right touch! The sentiment comes from Elements of Style and is inked in the same colors. Of course, a couple more pearls “had” to be added! This layout comes from my Stampin’ Success magazine. Stampin’ Success is a monthly publication that is sent to every demonstrator and is full of ideas, techniques and sneak peeks of new products! One of the many perks of being a demonstrator!
During the month of May, I will be using a version of this layout to make donation cards in support of Breast Cancer Awareness. It is hard to find anyone who hasn’t been touched by this dreadful disease and I’m so proud to be part of a company who is doing so much to erradicate it! Come back tomorrow and I will show you my donation card and give you more information about Stampin’ Up’s campaign.
For today, just enjoy the beautiful butterflies over at the SU Only Challenges site and then go create your own butterfly magic. I can’t wait to see what everyone makes! Thanks for stopping in today!
Stamps: Strength & Hope, Elements of Style; Paper: Pink Pirouette, Early Espresso, Whisper White; Ink: Pink Pirouette, Early Espresso; Accessories: Circle Punches (1 1/4″ and 1 3/8″), Early Espresso Satin Ribbon, Basic Pearls
Take a look at what the ColorLab Challenge has for you this week! Aren’t they fun??!! I’m not sure I would have thought to put Razzleberry with Pumpkin Pie but they are great together. Who knew?? I found the Clean&Simple:137 sketch too good to not use this week so that is where I got my layout.
I had my Apple Blossoms set out for a Hostess Club project and it called out to be used for this too. It is pretty self-explanatory with all images coming from that set. The DSP is from the Brights Designer Paper Pack and all the accessories are Old Olive.
Spring break continues around here so I can promise this was a quick and easy card! My vegetable garden is now planted and I got to put in some flowers too! My oldest son helped me pick out the flowers at the nursery so I have quite an ecclectic collection! All the better for inspiration in stamping!
Thanks for dropping in today. Don’t forget to go see what the other Color Chemists have created this week. Have a great week!
Stamp: Apple Blossoms (Hostess); Paper: Brights Designer Paper Pack, Old Olive, Whisper White; Ink: Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Rich Razzleberry; Accessories: Old Olive Wide Grosgrain, Bright Buttons Pack, Dimensionals, Thread (non-SU)
All products are Stampin’ Up unless otherwise indicated!
Today I am sharing another card from my class for Those Wonderful Women. This was our Mother’s Day card for the class. It is also for Stampin’ Royalty’s “Let’s Get Wet” watercolor challenge.
I had the hardest time getting a picture for some reason and the rose looks a little splotchy here. It is prettier in person. The coloring from the class participants was absolutely gorgeous! Now this is as close as I come to a CASE (Copy and Share Everything) and I used this lovely card from Renee Van Stralen at Stamping for Sanity. Her card is so stunning! I simplified a little by leaving the back layer as one piece and keeping it monochromatic. I scrunched up the Rose Red Seam Binding behind the rose and added the Rose Red frame layers behind each Very Vanilla panel. The sentiment comes from the Teeny Tiny Wishes word set.
My children have Easter Break this week so my stamping may be sporadic! I also have my stamp clubs and I am so excited to meet with them. The weather here in Virginia finally feels like spring and I am putting in the rest of my vegetable garden over the next couple of days…what fun! I hope your week is fantastic and I’ll see you again soon.
Stamps: Fifth Avenue Floral, Teeny Tiny Wishes; Paper: Rose Red, Very Vanilla; Ink: Rose Red; Accessories: Rose Red Seam Binding, Basic Pearls Blender Pen, Big Shot, Manhattan Flower Embossing Folder, Dimensionals
Look what the ColorLab has created for you this week! A beautiful set of Easter egg colors! You can just feel the breath of spring coming from these, can’t you?? I debated what to make to do these colors justice and I decided to go 3-D. I’m sure you figured out by now that 3-D isn’t usually my go-to thing but I had favorited a project from the very talented Sarah Wills back in March. She has a tutorial for an adorable little basket that I knew would be fantastic with the challenge colors.
Is this not seriously great (if I do say so myself)??!! I pretty much followed Sarah’s tutorial exactly but I did use the box measurements for her plain (not scalloped edge) version. Because I do not have the corner punch she used, I simply added the panels punched with the Scallop Trim Border Punch behind the So Saffron basic box panels. The DSP in this is a variety of papers (mostly retired). The Certainly Celery butterflies are from Tea Party DSP (last year – retired), the So Saffron and Pink Pirouette papers are from Bella Birds DSP (two years ago – retired), and the little Baja Breeze butterfly is from Elegant Soiree DSP. I love that the little chocolate eggs match the colors for the challenge (ok, I did actually look for them to match but there were lots of choices)!!
If you want to use this lovely tutorial, just make sure to tell Sarah thanks for all the details she graciously provided! I plan on making a few more of these to use as teacher gifts this week…yes, they come together that easily! Thanks for stopping in today. I probably won’t post again until next week due to the Easter holiday. If you celebrate Easter or Passover, I hope your weekend is filled with wonderful food and time with family. Blessings to you all!
Stamp: Teeny Tiny Wishes; Paper: Bella Birds DSP (retired), Tea Party DSP (retired), Elegant Soiree DSP, So Saffron, Whisper White; Ink: So Saffron; Accessories: Big Shot, Beautiful Wings Embosslit, Basic Pearls, Large Oval Punch, Scallop Oval Punch, Scallop Trim Border Punch, Sticky Strip, Jumbo Brads, Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots
This week at SU Only Challenges we are making Mother’s Day cards! Now if the special mom in your life is anything like my mom, she saves and loves the cards that are sent. You know what that means, of course. You get to really pull out the stops and make a spectacular card knowing it will be truly appreciated!
I told you last week that I had been playing around with versions of the Beautiful Butterflies die combined with the Elements of Style stamp set. This is really a stepped up version of my butterfly from that post. I started with my gorgeous Presto Patterns DSP and ran it through my Big Shot with the Beautiful Butterflies die. Then I stamped on the two butterflies with the flower stamp. I watercolored in some River Rock and Early Espresso on the stamp image and then sponged on some more River Rock to bring out the pattern of the DSP. A little extra sponging on the edges was done in Early Espresso. I love the soft look of River Rock and how it makes for a non-standard palette so I made that the main color of this card. The sentiment was stamped on River Rock textured card stock and comes from the All Holiday set (I just used a marker on the word I wanted). I stamped the flower image again on the large piece of River Rock to create a toile look.
Next came the ribbon. Sadly, there is no River Rock ribbon right now but I have an easy solution. Make it! It is much quicker to do than I would have ever thought. I took Very Vanilla Satin Ribbon and colored it River Rock with a Stampin’ Write Marker. Then I simply spritzed it with water and blended the ink to look uniform. Let it dry and it is ready to use. This is also a great way to get ribbon in a color that you don’t use very often!
I put a piece of Early Espresso Satin Ribbon under the River Rock ribbon to add the right balance and scrunched the River Rock onto the textured card stock layer. All that was left was adding the final details…an Antique Brad and Basic Pearls. I attached the butterfly together with Crystal Effects so that his wings could look like he is ready to fly.
It is fun to make a card that goes a little beyond on effort…especially for mom! You have two weeks to show us your beautiful creations for Mother’s Day. Convieniently enough, that should give you time to get yours made and in the mail too! This fantastic layout comes from Stampin’ 411, by the way, and I am also entering it into Shelli Gardner’s Creative Challenge this month. After all, April showers bring flowers and the flowers bring butterflies!
Thanks for stopping by today. Make sure you go see the other amazing creations by the SU Only Challenges design team. You will love them!
Stamps: Elements of Style, All Holidays; Paper: Early Espresso, River Rock, River Rock Textured, Presto Patterns DSP; Ink: River Rock, Early Espresso; Accessories: Big Shot, Beautiful Butterflies Die, Blender Pen, Sponges, Very Vanilla Satin Ribbon, Early Espresso Satin Ribbon, Basic Pearls, Antique Brad, Crystal Effects, Sticky Strip, Dimensionals
Whew…yesterday was a busy, busy day for stamping at my house! I had two classes making cards for “Those Wonderful Women” in our lives. One of the cards we made was targeted for younger ladies but with the bright, happy colors, it could be for anyone.
I started with my Brights Designer Paper Pack and chose the polka dots paper in Melon Mambo, Pacific Point and Daffodil Delight. The Basic Black really makes those colors pop so that was my base for the card. The finished card is 4 1/4″ x 4 1/4″. Just perfect for tucking in a gift bag or inside a present box!!
I used my Scallop Circle punch to create the flower on this. Simply punch out one Basic Black scallop circle and two of each color. Crumple them up (yes…just do it!) to soften the fibers of the paper a bit then re-stack them in whatever order you like. Punch a hole through the middle using your Paper Piercing Tool and secure the layers with a small brad (I chose a black brad). Using a little Sticky Strip (or a few Mini Glue Dots), attach a black button in the middle and put it on your card.
The inside of the card pulls right out and has so many fun options. My stampers commented that this would be cute as a party invitation or to hold a gift card. They are so right! I used the flowers from the Apple Blossoms Hostess Set since they match the Scallop Circle flower so perfectly. The sentiment comes from Teeny Tiny Wishes…my go to word set these days, it seems.
I am working on the tutorial with all the measurements. If you would like to get that, leave me a note in the comments and I’ll have it out to you as soon as I complete the final details.
The Pals Paper Arts PPA89 fashion inspiration this week is flowers. Well, I think this happy flower card fits perfectly! I hope your week has been great and that you get to have some stamping time this weekend. Thanks so much for stopping in today. See you again soon!
Stamps: Apple Blossoms (Hostess), Teeny Tiny Wishes; Paper: Brights Designer Paper Pack, Basic Black, Whisper White, Daffodil Delight; Ink: Pacific Point, Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight; Accessories: Sticky Strip, Paper Piercing Tool, Scallop Circle Punch, Neutrals Buttons, Neutrals Brads, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Thread (Non-SU)
All products are Stampin’ Up unless otherwise indicated!
I got to pull out my Rose colored inks this week for the ColorLab Challenge! Aren’t these colors pretty? Artichoke has been one of my favorite greens since I started stamping so it was nice to pull it out this week too. I definitely went Clean & Simple (CAS) for the challenge because I was still cutting and preparing for my class. I might be the slowest designer around when it comes to classes…I am always changing things right up until the last minute!
My project today highlights hostess sets, old and new. The flower comes from last year’s set Of the Earth and it remains a favorite of mine. The sentiment is from this year’s hostess set Apple Blossoms. Hostess sets really are little gift that keep on giving!! I sponged an oval using a mask cut out by my Big Shot with the Ovals die and simply stamped the flower on top. The ribbon is that beautiful Always Artichoke Seam Binding. Pictures never seem to capture how pretty that style of ribbon is on a card. The layout is based on the Try Stampin’ On Tuesday sketch this week. I changed it a little but it is mostly true to the sketch concept.
Make sure you go see the lovely work of the other Color Chemists this week and I can’t wait to see what you make with this set of colors! I’ll be back tomorrow with one of the projects from my “Those Wonderful Women” class. See you then!
Stamps: Of the Earth (Hostess, retired), Apple Blossoms; Paper: Always Artichoke, Whisper White; Ink: Rose Red, Regal Rose, Always Artichoke; Accessories: Big Shot, Ovals Die, Sponges, Artichoke Seam Binding
I finally got to do a little more stamping yesterday…yea!! Some of it was for a class I am having on Thursday called “Those Wonderful Women” – cards for the women in our lives. I’m not going to show you those quite yet but I did get time to make an extra.
This started with a sketch from the Operators over at Stampin’ 411 and it is another great one to use! I also found out that The Friday Mashup has a Butterflies with Dimension challenge this week. Immediately, my new Beautiful Butterflies die had to come out (why it took so long for me to get this one, I have no idea!). I have been experimenting around with Elements of Style combined with this die with some nice results. It seemed natural to put them together for this one. I simply inked the flower image directly with Baja Breeze and Early Espresso markers and stamped it onto my Naturals Ivory butterfly. The stamped butterfly was attached to the Early Espresso butterfly using Crystal Effects. After it dried, I added the Basic Pearls. The Baja Breeze Seam Binding uses the pulled thread technique to get the scrunching and I layered it over a piece of Early Espresso Satin Ribbon. In person, the Satin Ribbon adds another layer of dimension. The sentiment comes from the All Holidays set and I love how it compliments Elements of Style.
Well, I’m off to do some more preparation for my class. I hope you are having a great week so far. With any luck (and some extra stamping time), I’ll be back tomorrow but you will definitely see me Thursday for another ColorLab Challenge. Thanks for stopping in today!
Stamps: Elements of Style, All Holidays; Paper: Early Espresso, Baja Breeze, Naturals Ivory; Ink: Early Espresso, Baja Breeze; Accessories: Big Shot, Beautiful Butterflies Bigz Die, Crystal Effects, Basic Pearls, Early Espresso Satin Ribbon, Baja Breeze Seam Binding, Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots, Scallop Trim Border Punch
All products are Stampin’ Up!
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This is the invitation that we sent to friends and family. It was such a joy to make these! My son chose the colors (yep, the apple doesn’t fall far from this tree) and they seem perfect! I was actually going to use just Basic Gray and Very Vanilla but he told me it wasn’t happy enough. He was definitely right!! The Early Espresso and Baja Breeze set just the right tone. I played around with this cross and found that using the “sharp” end of the Stampin’ Write Marker is great for coloring the narrow spaces. The sentiment is from Inviting. I love that the font is flexible for many card styles! A Basic Pearl was the finishing touch on the stamped panel and I popped that panel on Dimensionals. I have to admit that I am pretty proud of this one!! The best part is that it was simple enough to replicate and not make myself too crazy.
