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
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
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
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)
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)
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!
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
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.
Spring is in the air…at least over at the ColorLab Challenge this week. It was even in the air for a while here in Virginia but winter decided to make a return. Oh well, soon enough I’ll be planting my garden! Take a look at the wonderful colors we have for you:
Around this time of year, whenever I see pink and green as a color combination I think of cherry trees. I LOVE cherry trees! I have one in my front yard and it is spectacular when it blooms. In fact, the blooms on my tree are pretty much Pink Pirouette. With that on my brain, there was no avoiding the fact that I had to pull out my retired Branch Out set. It is one of the all time great sets, in my humble opinion!
It is so easy to give the “cherry tree effect” with this. I inked up the tree in Crumb Cake, the stamped on the leaves in Wild Wasabi and Pink Pirouette. The Crumb Cake patterned paper might look familiar since it is from the recently retired Deck the Halls DSP. The bow is my first attempt at Sharon Field’s Double Loop Bow Method. While I do like the end result, trust her when she says to start with a wider ribbon (Satin Ribbon would be my suggestion). This has a different look than my typical double loop bows and I think it is pretty for this card.
You want to know who this birthday card is for??!! It is for Stampin’ Addicts, one of my very favorite sites!! They are celebrating their 2nd birthday and I am participating in a virtual card shower. You can see some other fabulous birthday wishes on the Virtual Card Shower Thread. But just wait, starting tomorrow (Feb 25th) there is a Techniques Blog Hop to continue the birthday celebration. You won’t want to miss it!!
As promised in yesterday’s post, I am here with some more specifics on the Sweet Summer Photo Book.
I started this with the tutorial posted by the talented Sarah Wills for her Scallop Square Die Mini Scrapbook. I used the same method as for her smaller version but changed measurements a bit. My goal was to be able to make this using 8.5″ x 11″ paper. I am going to give some of the basic measurements here and, using Sarah’s fantastic instructions, you will probably be able to figure this out. However, I am also creating a Word Document tutorial and will be happy to e-mail it to you. Simply leave a comment requesting it and I’ll get it out to you as soon as possible (I don’t know how to link it here…sorry). Yes, you club members don’t need to let me know…yours will be out the minute it is finished.
I started with On Board Chipboard Sheets cut 4″ square. The Tabletop Paper Cutter is really great for this! Cut 4 pieces of Baja Breeze Card Stock 4″ square. These will cover the chipboard. As noted on Sarah’s tutorial, make sure you leave one side of one piece of chipboard uncovered for ribbon attachment. I cut 3 pieces of Soft Suede Card Stock to 3 5/8″ square. Two of these are the “attachment points” for the center sheet and one is to decorate the front. Cut one piece of Crumb Cake Card Stock to 3 1/2″ x 10 1/2″. Score this Crumb Cake piece at 3 1/2″ and 7″. The rest of the decoration is really up to you.
Since I designed this for my club members, I wanted to leave them maximum flexibility. I made the pages so that you can add only one picture on the front side and one on the back or add two pictures to both sides or any variation. What I found works best is to size your picture first (you don’t want to cut off any of those precious details). Measure your picture and add 1/8″ all around for your frame.
I used Sticky Strip on all the connection points that are likely to get stressed. Let’s face it, once Grandma has this, it is going places with her! The first version I made with Funky Four already has the Grandmom (my mom) seal of approval!
Once the photo section is attached and the front decorated, attach your ribbon to the back of the chipboard (this will still be undecorated!!). You can align the ribbon with the front of your card if it matter for your design. Once the ribbon is in place, glue on the final piece of Baja Breeze. I used the Anywhere Glue Stick to attach the card stock to the chipboard. I like that it allows you a little time to position the paper and then sticks perfectly.
I personally think that the success of this project comes in using Stampin’ Up’s beautiful designer papers. In this I have used Elegant Soiree and the coordinating pieces work wonderfully together. I also love that the style of the Sale-a-bration set Sweet Summer matches this paper. Another well thought out combination!
Thanks for coming back by for the details today. I’ll see you tomorrow with a new ColorLab Challenge. Also, this weekend I will be participating in a birthday celebration for one of my favorite sites, Stampin’ Addicts. We are doing a Techniques Blog Hop starting on Friday! It is a birthday bash extraordinaire! Until then…have a great week!
Stamps: Sweet Summer (SAB), All Holidays; Paper: Elegant Soiree DSP, Baja Breeze, Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla; Ink: Early Espresso, Baja Breeze; Accessories: On Board Sheets, Sticky Strip, Anywhere Glue Stick, Crumb Cake Seam Binding (inside decoration), Very Vanilla Taffeta, Stamp-a-ma-jig
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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.
