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SUO Challenge 15 – Birthday Party

March 22, 2011 Jentimko 16 Comments

This week over at SUO Challenges we have a fun and useful challenge…make any birthday card! Well, I ALWAYS need to have birthday cards around so I was particularly happy for this one. I thought I would shake it up a bit and try a new-to-me fancy fold. I have made varients but have never done a criss-cross card. Oh, I know…hard to believe, especially when they are so fun to put together.

The key to success with this fold is designer paper so that is where I started. I pulled out my much loved remnants of Play Date DSP and based my colors on it. As soon as I looked at the paper, I knew I would use the numbers as the belly band. Then I went to my Brights Designer Paper Stack and pulled a Real Red design and a Tempting Turquoise design…I knew I had a winner! After seeing this tutorial, I decided to make my card 4 1/4″ square so I cut two pieces of Early Espresso card stock to 4 1/4″ x 8 1/2″. Score them both at 4 1/4″ and cut the upper triangle off one half of each using your paper cutter (just like the tutorial except you will have a square instead of a rectangle). I used my trusty Sticky Strip to attach the two pieces together. For the designer papers, I started with a 4 1/8″ square of both the Real Red stripe and the Tempting Turquoise dots papers and cut them on the diagonal. A piece of the Play Date DSP So Saffron dots paper was also cut to 4 1/8″ square for the back square panel. I attached the designer papers and then secured the triangle panels using Sticky Strip (again, as shown in the tutorial). I cut off a row of numbers from the Play Date DSP and attached it to another Early Espresso piece of card stock. Because I didn’t want the belly band to be removable, I attached the band to the card and secured the two ends in the back with more Sticky Strip. Using my 1 3/8″ and 1 1/4″ Circle Punches, I punched out Early Espresso and a leftover piece of So Saffron DSP. The cupcake from Party Hearty was stamped on Whisper White and cut out. I popped the top of the cupcake up on a Dimensional and added a Turquoise button from the Brights Designer Buttons.

The inside came together quickly. A Whisper White piece cut to 4″ square where I stamped on the party hats from Party Hearty and added the sentiment where you could see it peeking out. It was layered on an Early Espresso piece cut to 4 1/8″ square, with a loop of Real Red 5/8″ Grosgrain tucked in as a tab. Something was still missing so I added another Tempting Turquoise button to finish the look.

Hint 1: Since you are using different DSP’s for this, you are perfectly set up to make two cards. I love to design once and stamp twice. Much more time efficient and you have another card for when you need one in a hurry!

Hint 2: Your Stamp-a-ma-jig is your best friend when trying to get the sentiment placed properly. This is one time where you really need those words centered!

Hint 3: Because the wide grosgrain is so nice and substantial, only put the front part of the loop between the Whisper White and Early Espresso. Attach the back part of the loop to the back of the pull-out layer using Sticky Strip.

Shelli Gardner, CEO of Stampin’ Up, is “Crazy for Cupcakes” in this month’s So Shelli Challenge and so am I!! I have been a fan of the cupcake in Party Hearty for quite a while so I am thrilled to submit this to her challenge! Creative Sketches is doing a fancy folds challenge this week so I will post it there as well.

Thanks so much for dropping by today! I hope you have fun playing with your Stampin’ Up birthday sets this week. I look forward to seeing your submissions at SUO Challenges!

Stamp: Party Hearty; Paper: Play Date DSP, Brights Designer Paper Stack, Early Espresso, Whisper White; Ink: Real Red, Tempting Turquoise, So Saffron, Early Espresso; Accessories: Sticky Strip, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Paper Cutter, 1 3/8″ Circle Punch, 1 1/4″ Circle Punch, Brights Designer Buttons, Dimensionals, White Thread

Birthday Flower

March 18, 2011 Jentimko 1 Comment

I’m back with a card a made recently for a sweet little girl named Lily. Isn’t that a beautiful name?? It seems only appropriate that I would make her a flower card. I had so much fun playing with the Blossom Petals Punch a week ago that I punched out a few more petals for this one.

I love how this flower makes for such fun and easy cards! Perfect for the new stamper (or the experienced stamper pressed for time!). I punched the petals out of Rose Red, Baja Breeze and Pear Pizzazz and sponged around the edges in their respective colors. The DSP base is from Elegant Soiree, my latest favorite paper. I created a little tag with a sentiment from Teeny Tiny Wishes and tucked it under a little white button. And…done!

This punch is so wonderful when paired with Build a Blossom but I love it all on its own, too. It is available from the Occasions Mini (121808) and you will have fun with all the possibilities!

Thanks for stopping in for a quick look. I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Stamp: Teeny Tiny Wishes; Paper: Elegant Soiree DSP, Baja Breeze, Rose Red, Pear Pizzazz, Whisper White; Ink: Baja Breeze; Accessories: Blossom Petals Punch, Neutrals Buttons, Thread (non-SU)

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ColorLab 33

March 16, 2011 Jentimko 10 Comments

I am back with another ColorLab Color Challenge and these are so pretty together!

Marina Mist is such a pretty blue and it works so well with the Pear and Regal Rose! The only problem…I am almost out of Marina Mist. The horror!! So my card today is primarily Pear Pizzazz and I am preparing another order for more supplies. *smile* Thankfully it is still Sale-a-bration and I can take advantage of the free products.

When I think of Pear Pizzazz, Greenhouse Gala DSP immediately comes to mind so I pulled it out again today. I do love this paper!! Natually, Friends Never Fade had to join it since they are designed for each other. I used a layout from Splitcoaststampers that seemed perfectly suited to the flower stamp. The flower was inked up using markers directly to the stamp. Don’t forget to breathe on it after you finish inking to get a clear image! I tied a little bow out of the Pear Pizzazz 1/2″ Stitched-Poly Ribbon and attached it to my banner using Mini Glue Dots. Those little dots are seriously wonderful (and strong!). I do apologize for the color on the picture being a bit washed out. I did some editing but I just could not get it as clear as it is in person.

I’m so glad you stopped in today. Don’t forget to go see what the rest of the design team has created. I’ll be back tomorrow with a sweet little card I made last week. Until then, have a great day!

Stamp: Friends Never Fade; Paper: Greenhouse Gala DSP, Pear Pizzazz, Whisper White; Ink: Marina Mist, Regal Rose, Pear Pizzazz; Acccessories: Pear 1/2″ Stitched-Poly Ribbon, Mini Glue Dots, Dimensionals

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Summer Soiree

March 14, 2011 Jentimko 12 Comments

My thanks to the Friday Mashup team for choosing this as one of their Mashup Maven choices!

I have said before how much I love that the Sale-a-bration offerings coordinate with catalog/mini products. The match-up between Sweet Summer and Elegant Soiree is one of my favorites! Time is running out to get Sweet Summer and the other SAB offerings so make sure you get this one before it is gone. You can click on the SAB icon on my sidebar for more details! This week’s Friday Mashup #35 is a sketch challenge. At first it looked to be a bit of a hard one, but the basics came to me pretty quickly. This was also supposed to be a card for Creative Sketches CS23C, a beautiful color combination. As I sat looking at my finished card I realized I forgot to add Bashful Blue. Ack! I was stamping on Sunday with my sweet boys running around so that probably explains the omission.

I started by stamping the branch on Very Vanilla card stock in Basic Gray. I colored directly pen to paper with Old Olive on the leaves then punched it out with my 1 3/4″ Circle Punch. Basic Pearls were added onto the stamped image and then onto the Basic Gray buttons from the Neutrals Designer Buttons. Next, I chose a piece of the Elegant Soiree DSP that had a little of the leaf image in the corner and that dictated mirroring the sketch to make it work. I punched a little piece of Very Vanilla paper with my Scallop Trip Border Punch and added some of the tiniest pearls to it. The bow is made with retired Basic Gray Tafetta. Finally the stamped image was popped up on Dimensionals.

It was nice to get some bonus stamping time this weekend and I look forward to a little more this week. Thanks for stopping in today and I look forward to having more to share soon! Have a great week!

Stamps: Sweet Summer (SAB); Paper: Elegant Soiree DSP, Basic Gray, Very Vanilla; Ink: Basic Gray, Old Olive; Accessories: Neutrals Designer Buttons, Basic Pearls, Basic Gray Tafetta (retired), 1 3/4″ Circle Punch, Scallop Trim Border Punch, Dimensionals

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ColorLab 32

March 10, 2011 Jentimko 12 Comments

More spring colors this week from the ColorLab Challenge!! Take a look:

Maybe because Lent has started officially, but they remind me of Easter egg colors. Sadly, I don’t have any Easter egg sets so I had to get a bit more creative. This also looks like a palette for a spring garden bed so I went off in search of the right flowers. I found them in my trusty Fifth Avenue Floral set!! I just love watercoloring these beautiful images!

Using my blender pen and Watercolor Paper, I swirled on some Blushing Bride and then touched on some Rich Razzleberry at the tips of the petals. A little So Saffron direct to paper for the centers and the flowers were done. I cut one out to pop up on a Dimensional for texture. The sentiment is from the Occasions Mini set called Say It Simply…still love it because it is perfect for so many cards. I embossed the Very Vanilla card stock with my Big Shot and the Framed Tulips Embossing Folder using the square technique shown here and added a bow with Very Vanilla Satin Ribbon.

I hope you have fun with these colors this week. As always, I can’t wait to see all the creative things you do with them! This card also qualifies for the Stampin’ Sisters in Christ challenge 79, stamping with flowers. Thanks for dropping by. Have a great rest of your week!!

Stamps: Fifth Avenue Floral, Say It Simply; Paper: Watercolor, Rich Razzleberry, Very Vanilla; Ink: Blushing Bride, Rich Razzleberry, So Saffron; Accessories: Big Shot, Framed Tulips Embossing Folder, Very Vanilla Satin Ribbon, Dimensionals, Blender Pen

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Cross of Hope

March 9, 2011 Jentimko 10 Comments

It is Ash Wednesday and for all of you who celebrate the Christian faith, I wish you a day filled with reflection. During the journey of Lent, I hope you find peace in your prayer and penitence as we look to renew our lives with God’s grace.

Last weekend, my son’s school had a fund-raiser that was really fun. As a small Catholic school, these fund-raisers are critical to get needed books and up-to-date teaching supplies. The community members of Warrenton were incredibly generous and offered raffle items for the event. If you live in or near Fauquier County, please remember to tell Iron Bridge Wine Company, Hartman Jewelers and Old Town Athletic Center that their contributions are truly appreciated! As a small thank you to them, I made some cards for the school to send. We all know the power of a hand-made, hand-written note and I hope that these will show our gratitude.

I think the beauty of the card lies in the Clean and Simple style. I love the crosses in my Crosses of Hope set and the sentiment says it all. I stamped in Night of Navy and added a Night of Navy border. A large pearl from the Basic Pearls is the finishing touch. The event coordinator wanted to hand write her thanks and I think the sponsors will greatly appreciate her efforts!

Thanks for stopping in today. I’ll be back tomorrow with another ColorLab Challenge.

I hope that your Lenten sacrifices come back to you as rich blessings and that the true Cross of Hope strengthens you every day.

Stamp: Crosses of Hope (120567); Paper: Whisper White (100730), Night of Navy (100867); Ink: Night of Navy (102977); Accessories: Basic Pearls (119247), Dimensionals (104430)

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SUOC14 – You’re still Wonderful

March 8, 2011 Jentimko 10 Comments

Thank you to the team at Creative Sketches for choosing this as their winner for the week! Make sure you go see their latest challenge and design team call!

Over at SU Only Challenges, we are asking you to show us your favorite retired Stampin’ Up set. You KNOW you have one…it’s the one you turn to when you are out of ideas, need something fast or just want it to be right. For me, I have a couple but one of my very favorites is Wonderful You. Those leaves have made a lot of cards for me and I’m always happy when I’m done. It is especially useful when I need the ever-challenging masculine card.

I started with a great layout from a new-to-me challenge, Creative Sketches (CS22). Since this is a retired stamps challenge, I also pulled out the recently retired Deck the Halls DSP…another favorite. Paper this pretty shouldn’t be hoarded and demands to be used! The colors in the DSP are Crumb Cake, Early Espresso and Always Artichoke so my palette was chosen for me. If you click to expand the picture, you can see that the base layer DSP looks like Always Artichoke was sponged on it. I matched that by inking the solid leaf in Crumb Cake and sponging on a little Artichoke with a sponge dauber. The line image leaf was stamped over it in Early Espresso and I added the sentiment from the set. An Antique Brad seemed like the perfect final touch so I secured it around some Early Espresso Satin Ribbon to finish the card. This phrase is a favorite too because I can use this as a birthday card, an anniversary card or even a Father’s Day card.

So run right over to those craft rooms and get to stamping! I can’t wait to see which retired sets you love most. I’ll be back on Thursday for another ColorLab Challenge. Until then, I hope you have a great week.

Stamp: Wonderful You (retired); Paper: Deck the Halls DSP (retired), Early Espresso (119686), Whisper White (100730); Ink: Crumb Cake (121030), Always Artichoke (105219), Early Espresso (119670); Accessories: Antique Brads (117273), Espresso Satin Ribbon (119753), Sponge Daubers (102892), Stamp-a-ma-jig (101049), Dimensionals (104430)

ColorLab 31

March 3, 2011 Jentimko 11 Comments

Today’s ColorLab Challenge brings us another taste of spring! These colors are going to make you smile.

Aren’t they pretty?? Maybe it is just because Virginia has started having little signs of spring but I immediately thought flowers for these colors. In fact, I thought that the new Blossom Petals Punch needed to be put to use! And what comes with blooming flowers? Butterflies!! I love butterflies! So out came my Beautiful Butterflies Bigz Die and my Beautiful Wings Embosslit too.

After playing around with some variations I finally realized that Clean and Simple (CAS) would be best…specifically a one layer card. I stamped the punched petals and the Pink Pirouette butterfly with images from the Bliss SAB set and added Basic Pearls to finish the look. The sentiment is from Elements of Style and works perfectly here. All of the edges are sponged with their respective colors and I added a little Baja Breeze sponging on the white too.

I hope you like this one and have a great time playing with these colors! Thanks for stopping by today. Don’t forget to go see what the other Color Chemists made for you this week!

Stamps: Bliss (SAB), Elements of Style (118611); Paper: Baja Breeze (111352), Pink Pirouette (111351), Peach Parfait (119794); Ink: Baja Breeze (111833), Pink Pirouette (111838), Peach Parfait (119783); Accessories: Big Shot (113439), Beautiful Butterflies Die (114507), Beautiful Wings Embosslit (118138), Blossom Petals Punch (121808), Neutrals Buttons (119743), Basic Pearls (119247), Sponges (101610)

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Clear Block Brayering

February 28, 2011 Jentimko 4 Comments

I hope you enjoyed the Stampin’ Addicts Birthday Blog Hop over the weekend! As promised, I am back with some more details on using your clear blocks as a brayer. You may remember that I made my “First Edition Valentine” a couple of weeks ago and told you that I had not used my brayer for the edges. Instead I used my clear block there, too. I used this technique with my Hostess Club members and they loved it as much as I do! They, too, appreciate that you don’t have to have another tool and can use something you already have in your stamping repetoire. It is amazing how much this distressing adds to an embossed area for almost no additonal work! And, contrary to what you may see in this post, I promise it works on paper other than Cherry Cobbler. *smile*

Since this is so easy, I didn’t really take a lot of pictures. Here is my embossed panel during the process of working on it. Simple take one of your smaller clear blocks (smaller is easier to control) and ink up one side with your Whisper White Craft Ink. Rub the inked side on your embossing. If the middle of your panel needs to be “clean” of ink, just use a scrap piece of paper to mask it while you work. I did that on my butterfly card but not on my First Edition Valentine since the middle was covered up. Just keep inking and applying until you have the desired effect. It is really that easy!!

I actually used this techniqe way back in the Stampin’ Addicts Holiday Mini Blog Hop on this card. After embossing, I inked up my clear block with Basic Black Classic Ink and added the touched of color on the background layer. So to answer questions before they are asked, both kinds of ink work. There is definitely a randomness to this kind of application because the ink will not be even. I actually got this idea when I was watching a video produced by Stampin’ Up on the Distressing Essentials Kit. They used a flat stamp in the same way.

I hope you have fun using this! Please let me know what projects you make because I can’t wait to see them! Because the butterfly card uses that amazing SAB set Bliss (Joie – French), it qualifies for the So Shelli challenge this month. I continue to be thrilled with the coordination between the SAB sets and the mini/catalog sets!! Thanks for dropping back in today. I’ll see you again soon!

Butterfly card

Stamps: Clearly For You, Bliss/Joie (SAB), All Holidays; Paper: Basic Gray, Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White; Ink: Whisper White Craft Ink, Basic Gray, Cherry Cobbler; Accessories: White Organza Ribbon, Basic Pearls, Clear Blocks, Heat Tool

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Stampin’ Addicts Birthday Blog Hop

February 25, 2011 Jentimko 30 Comments

Welcome to your next stop on the Stampin’ Addicts Birthday Blog Hop!! I am in the middle of the hop so if you want to start at the beginning, simply click on the banner above for the list in order. I hope you are enjoying this birthday celebration featuring techniques! If you have been following the hop, you just came over from Debra Burgin’s Heartfelt Inkspirations. Her polished stone technique is really fantastic (okay, everything she does is really fantastic)!! Did you see that clock…oh my!! My job today is to show you clear block stamping. I was a little slow to get on board with the clear mount stamps but now I LOVE them! I love the storage, I love the price and I love the clear blocks. The best part…these clear blocks can be used as a stamping tool along with their “real” job of holding stamps. You can click on any of my pictures to see them larger.

My first card shows how to use clear block stamps to add dimension. I inked up my Block C with a Soft Suede Ink Pad and stamped it onto some Naturals Ivory paper. I followed up with the airplane from Plane & Simple (Occasions Mini) over the center block in Early Espresso. A little Linen Thread cinched with an Antique Brad added just the right touch. I love this border stamp and the words from the stamp set are perfect to finish it off.

For my next card I wanted the clear block to add a little color as a background. It looks alot like reverse masking without having to cut a mask and sponge. I inked up my Block D with Daffodil Delight and stamped it off before stamping it on Whisper White. I stamped the flower from Every Moment over the yellow and then again onto another piece of Whisper White. The top of the second flower was colored, then cut out and the stem on the clear block stamped piece was colored with Pear Pizzazz (direct marker to paper). By cutting out the flower and placing it right on top clear block stamped stem, I have a faux outside the box look. The sentiment for this card comes from Teeny Tiny Wishes…a set that covers almost any occasion.

Hint: Put your card stock on a surface with a little give to it in order to get your best image (I used a pad of notebook paper).

For my last project today, I used the clear block in a totally different way. One of the hardest things as a new stamper is having enough tools to create different looks. Vintage and distressing are very popular now and your clear block can help you out. You see all the white on the Framed Tulips border, I used a clear block to put it there!! No brayer required!! I will be back on Monday to show you more details on how to do this. I love the Clearly For You set combined with the Sale-a-bration Set Bliss (mine is actually the French version, Joie). My Organza Ribbon was curled a bit using a heat tool after the bow was tied (be careful…it doesn’t take long). The very talented Lyssa over at Song of My Heart Stampers shows all the details on the ribbon.

Thanks for stopping by today! On your next stop, Rhonda Griffin over at The Stampin’ Bunny is going to show you the Baby Wipe Ink Pad technique. She even uses a clear block with her baby wipe on one of her projects! Have fun on the hop and don’t forget to come back next week for more details and recipes.

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