This month, the Creative Crew at Splitcoaststampers is challenging you to play with a new sketch. There are a lot of little details on this one and it was fun to use.
I started with the pocket portion of the layout and decided to create a little pocket for my tag. My new Bright Hopes stamp set from the Holiday Mini seemed like the perfect choice to decorate both. I found this cool marbled paper in the Well Worn DSP and knew it was the background I was looking for! Basic Pearls and Very Vanilla Seam Binding were an easy choice for the sketch elements.
On the little tag, I stamped the snowflake in Frost White Shimmer Paint. Just apply the Shimmer Paint to the stamp with a sponge dauber. The sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Wishes.
I don’t put little tags on cards very often and I love that this sketch had us do that. I hope you will give this one a try too. If you post your card, don’t forget to add keywords CCREW0911HF and CreativeCrew so the design team won’t miss your fabulous project!
Thanks for stopping by today. I will be back tomorrow with a beautiful card that I received. You will love it too! See you soon!
Stamps: Bright Hopes, Teeny Tiny Wishes; Paper: Well Worn DSP, Very Vanilla, Early Espresso; Ink: Not Quite Navy; Accessories: Frost White Shimmer Paint, Basic Pearls, Vanilla Seam Binding, Sponge Daubers, Tag Punch, 1/8″ Circle Punch, Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots
Hope you are not too hungry because you are really going to want Blueberry Jam after this post!! My third project for the Creative Crew was to create a gift, recipe or home-style item based on the Domestic Goddess Suite. I immediately thought of Blueberry Jam!
I love blueberry anything so jam is awesome! Conveniently, I found a great recipe for it in the July edition of Real Simple magazine. I thought about using it as a gift and the rest came into place quickly. I found these little Ball 4 oz. jars (wide mouth) that are just perfect for giving. The ring on the lid is the right size for the scallop circles from my Perfect Pennants die for the Big Shot so I stuck to decorating just the ring.
See how easy it is to remove the lid without messing up any of the pretty decorations?? I layered the two scallop circles and popped the Daffodil Delight one up on Dimensionals. The little flowers come from the Fruit & Flowers stamp set and were inked up in the Suite’s colors. I added some Calypso Coral Ruffled Ribbon and cinched the bow with a Daffodil Delight button. The ribbon was secured around the ring using Sticky Strip. Of course I had to make a recipe card to match since anyone who tastes it will want to make it!
This fun little project is quick and fun! I can see changing the colors and stamps to create wonderful holiday gifts for friends and neighbors!
I’m glad you stopped by today. Don’t forget that if you make a project for this challenge, post it and use key words CreativeCrew and CCREW0911CF. I look forward to seeing your “Domestic Goddess” side!
Stamps: Fruit & Flowers, Teeny Tiny Wishes; Paper: Pool Party, Calypso Coral, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White; Ink: Pool Party, Calypso Coral, Daffodil Delight, Basic Gray; Accessories: Calypso Coral Ruffled Ribbon, Bright Designer Buttons, Ball 4 oz. jars, Big Shot, Perfect Pennants Die, Scallop Edge Border Punch
Just a quick card today…a birthday card for a dear friend! She is a beautiful and elegant person so I wanted a card to match. What fun to make a card like that! I have Open Stamp at my house and it is so fun to get together with my friends. They make wonderful cards and have such great creativity. Today was our day to stamp and I used the sketch challenge from Splitcoaststampers. The sketch is very similar to yesterday’s card and is fun to use!
The focus of this card is on the Paisley Petals DSP pack. What beautiful paper!! I chose the neutral pattern as the background and then some flowers to cut out of another sheet. The Bravo Burgandy print adds a great pop of color. Finally, I pulled out some Always Artichoke Seam Binding and made another “potato masher” bow from yesterday’s tutorial. The sentiment comes from the hostess set Precious Butterflies.
Hope you like this one as much as I liked making it! Because it is a birthday card (the inside says “Celebrate”), it also qualifies for The Paper Players Challenge to make birthday cards this week. I’ll be back tomorrow with another project from the Creative Crew Challenge. Thanks for stopping in today!
Guess what our theme is over at SU Only Challenges this week??!!! RIBBONS AND BOWS!!!!! Sorry to shout but I think we can agree that ribbon is one of the best ever accessories from Stampin’ Up!! I love them all. So then I was presented with a dilemma. How do I choose which ribbon??!! After much debate I simply went with the newest ribbon to my “collection”…Early Espresso Quilted Satin Ribbon.
I made the bow here using the same method as some previous cards and I will give you all the details further down in the post. The card started with the new-to-me set French Foliage. It was first introduced in last year’s Holiday Mini and when it made the big catalog went on my first order. I looked to the Well Worn DSP and found this wood print. Perfect background for the leaves! The Early Espresso lines on the bottom of the DSP are part of the print and I created a matching top by running the edge of my ink pad along the DSP. The leaves were inked in Cajun Craze, River Rock and Soft Suede with a bit of Early Espresso added to the edges with a sponge dauber. Now to the bow…
You saw my previous tutorial on the fork bow and this is another variation using a potato masher. It happens to make just the right size bow!! The bow I made today is a triple bow but you can also use this for a single or double version. Since it is so similar to the fork bow, the picture above shows it wrapped three times, one tail pulled down and the other pulled over (if you need to see the first steps better, click to the fork bow tutorial).
Turn over the potato masher and put it down on the table.
Add an additional piece of ribbon that long enough to go across the panel and wrap around a little to the back. Position it so that the bow is in the correct place for your card.
Tie the first half of a know and position the tails of your bow to hang correctly. Make any adjustments to your wrap-around piece before further tightening (this is especially important with Seam Binding). Tighten knot as much as you can then pull off the tines of the masher. Hold the sides of the bow as you do any final tightening.
Here is your final bow. If it is a triple version, pull one of the inner loops to the top and one to the bottom to make it look like this. I used a double version of this on the Always Artichoke Bright Hopes Card from the SA Blog Hop. I do recommend that you try this with Seam Binding first and get the feel of the technique. The Quilted Satin Ribbon is a bit thicker and you have to work a little bit to get the knot tight. It is definitely worth the effort though!!
This is part of my continuing search for the “perfect” bow. I love how consistent these are and the more you do, the faster they get! I can’t wait to see what you make with the Stampin’ Up ribbons this week. Make sure you get right over and see what the rest of the design team has made…I’m in love with the ribbon flowers, the poofy bows, the scrunching…well, all of them!
Thanks for stopping in today. I hope you had a wonderful weekend!!
Stamps: French Foliage, Always Thankful; Paper: Well Worn DSP, Early Espresso, Naturals Ivory; Ink: Cajun Craze, River Rock, Soft Suede, Early Espresso; Accessories: Espresso Quilted Satin Ribbon, Color Spritzer Tool, Sponge Daubers
As promised, I am here to give you a little more information on the scrapbook inspiration project for September’s Creative Crew Challenges, CCREW0911SF. You are challenged to take this scrapbook page and convert it into a Stampin’ Up Only creation while keeping the vintage/chic/steampunk feeling. I have to admit that I was a bit overwhelmed by this one at first!! Then I started playing with My Digital Studio and finally came upon a solution. The MDS cog punch. That got everything moving in the right direction.
I was able to create gears in all different sizes and colors. I simply printed them out and cut them out (using circle punches for the centers). Basic Black and Cajun Craze are the final colors. Next I created an overlay to print onto First Edition DSP. I started with Vintage Overlays and chose the pattern with the eagle. Then I added the ruler from Timeless. Once it was printed, I started playing around with the layout and needed a few extra details. The line art from the retired Plane & Simple seemed perfect so I used the goggles and the airplane. The cogs were too plain so I embossed them with clear embossing powder to add some dimension. Finding the perfect picture was the most important part of all, of course! This is my oldest son and one of his very best friends at an airshow last year. I edited the photo to ensure you could still see the airplane parts from the C-5 in the background and printed it in sepia. Finally, I spritzed on some black spatters.
I love this shadowbox (and so do my son and his friend)! I took pictures without the glass and it was still hard to photograph. If you click on either picture you can see some more of the detail. I can’t say that this is truly steampunk but I think you can see the inspiration. I hope you will give this challenge a try too…you never know where the creative challenge will take you!! Don’t forget to upload on Splitcoaststampers and include the keywords CreativeCrew and CCREW0911SF.
Thanks for stopping in today. Whew…6 days in a row of posting!! I will be back on Tuesday for the next SU Only Challenge. I’ll give you a small hint…the challenge includes one of my very favorite things from Stampin’ Up!! Until Tuesday, have a safe and happy Labor Day weekend!
Stamps: Plane & Simple (ret), Timeless (digital), Vintage Overlays (digital); Paper: First Edition DSP, Well Worn DSP, Basic Black, Very Vanilla; Ink: Basic Black, Basic Gray; Accessories: My Digital Studio (MDS), 1″, 1 1/4″ and 1 3/8″ Circle Punches, Color Spritzer Tool, Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots, Shadow Box (non-SU)
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Well, as you can see I am lucky enough to have been chosen to be on the Creative Crew at Splitcoaststampers for the fall quarter. Yippee!!! I have posted all four of the challenges in the Splitcoaststampers Creative Crew Gallery and will be detailing them here over the next few days.
Today I am starting with the Color Focus Challenge, CC0911DF. The September focus is based on the Timeless Portrait DSP. You can use the DSP or you can use at least three of the colors: River Rock, Basic Black, Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla and Island Indigo.
My goal was to use all of the colors so that I could demonstrate the “feel” of the paper without actually using it. I don’t have any of the stamps from the suite (yet) so I used the a set that has a similar bold image, Precious Butterflies. I cut the large butterfly with the Big Shot and the Beautiful Butterflies die. I overstamped it in Basic Black. The little butterfly was cut using the Beautiful Wings Embosslit out of Island Indigo card stock. The embossed pattern on the River Rock panel is from a Backgrounds 1 Texturz Plate. Don’t all the swirls and images go together perfectly?? Now, what are those black pearls?? Stampin’ Up doesn’t carry black pearls!! No, they carry Basic Pearls and you can use them for almost everything! I just took a black Sharpie marker to the ones I needed and made them black. Cool, huh??!! I scrunched the Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding using Sticky Strip behind it. This is a fast and easy way to add texture without adding a bow. Finally, I put my whole layer on a background of First Edition DSP. Hard to see here, but I chose a print that talks about butterflies. This awesome layout is courtesy of the Operators at Stampin’ 411.
I can’t wait to tell you more about my other projects so stop back by over the next week to see more. Now it is your turn to play. You have a WHOLE MONTH…there is no excuse. You can use the key word CreativeCrew (one word) to any project you upload. I can’t wait to see what awesome projects await!
Stamp: Precious Butterflies; Paper: First Edition DSP, River Rock, Cherry Cobbler, Basic Black, Very Vanilla; Ink: Basic Black; Accessories: Big Shot, Beautiful Butterflies Die, Beautiful Wings Embosslit, Backgrounds 1 Texturz Plates, Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding, Sticky Strip, Basic Pearls
It is time for another SU Only Challenge and we are asking to see your invitations! Whatever your occasion, we can’t wait to see how you invite people to join you.
I knew I wanted to make an invitation using the Up, Up and Away set. Of course I love the set as balloons but it can also make flowers!!! Using a sketch from the Pals Paper Arts Challenge designed by the talented Margaret Moody, I stamped the striped balloons on the angle and put them together to look like a flower. My Brights Designer Paper Pack provided the DSP and I added an Old Olive button as the flower center. The sentiment comes from Inviting which is one of those great to have, all purpose word sets!
I decorated the inside of the card with another kind of balloon and a place to put all the party details.
I hope you can come over and join the fun on this challenge. Don’t forget that you have almost two weeks to complete your entry!
Thanks so much for stopping by today. I will be back on Friday for a Stampin’ Addicts Holiday Mini Blog Hop. You won’t want to miss it!!
Stamps: Up, Up and Away, Inviting; Paper: Brights Designer Paper Pack, Basic Black, Whisper White; Ink: Melon Mambo, Old Olive (inside); Accessories: Brights Designer Buttons, Dimensionals, Black Thread
I had a little extra stamping time yesterday so I was able to play the Stampin’ Royalty Challenge this week. The design team there are some of my favorite stampers and I love to play their challenge! This week is a sketch (one of my favorite challenges to do).
I started with the new Fruit & Flowers set and the matching Berry Blossoms DSP. After a few false starts, I settled on the flower as the focal stamp and the Early Espresso dots paper as the print. The sentiment is from Up, Up and Away (another new favorite) with the tiny flower from Fruit & Flowers and I finished it up with some Lucky Limeade Ruffled Ribbon. I can’t seem to say enough about how much I like this new ribbon. It ties so well and gives that popular ruffled look with no extra work! I stamped another one of the big flowers inside to give it a finished feeling. I do this alot but you can actually see it in this picture.
Well, off to the rest of my weekend activities. Hope you get some extra time to stamp, too! See you again on Tuesday for the next SU Only Challenge!
Stamps: Fruit & Flowers, Up, Up and Away; Paper: Berry Blossoms DSP, Calypso Coral, Early Espresso, Whisper White; Ink: Calypso Coral, Lucky Limeade, Early Espresso; Accessories: 1 1/4″ Circle Punch, 1 3/8″ Circle Punch, Lucky Limeade Ruffled Ribbon, Dimensionals
I enjoyed making Monday’s card so much that I didn’t want to put away the Precious Butterflies set. Lucky for me that The Friday Mashup feels the same way about butterflies this week and they have a “Butterflies and Bling” challenge. I chose to mash it up and use their colors too. Marina Mist, Perfect Plum and I added So Saffron plus a neutral of Basic Gray.
A La Card Monkey has this sketch combined with a “thinking of you” card, both of which I used too.
I did end up using a mirror image of the sketch. I stamped the image panel with intention of following the sketch exactly but when I started to lay it out, I realized it needed to be switched around. I really love this butterfly flower. It lends itself to so many cards! The So Saffon layer is First Edition Specialty DSP that has been brayered with So Saffron ink. I added some Basic Pearls as the bling part of the Mashup. Hopefully it is bling-y enough!
It was fun to sit down and stamp with these challenges! Don’t forget that you can earn this set (and other fabulous choices) by hostessing a Stampin’ Up workshop. The new hostess program makes it easier than ever to earn beautiful stamps! I hope your week is going well. Thanks for dropping by today. See you again soon!
The new 2011-12 Idea Book & Catalog has been available for just over a month and the SU Only Challenge Team wants to see your favorite stamp set! Oh I know…how can you possible choose??!! That was my thought when I first saw the challenge! After sitting down and looking at all my new sets, I finally decided on Creative Elements. It was one of my first “must have” stamps when I first looked through the catalog. I love that it has such a variety of images and can be used to create so many different looks.
I started knowing that I wanted to try collage stamping. In fact, I was really inspired by this card by Jenna Barber. I had never tried this technique and I was surprised at how easily it came together. I started with Watercolor Paper (it comes in a new larger size – yea!). First I sponged on some River Rock, Cajun Craze and Soft Suede ink creating some different colored sections. Then I stamped on the flourish from Creative Elements in Soft Suede (it was stamped off a bit first). I realized that I wasn’t completely happy with the base coloring so I took my Aquapainter and blended the colors around. The paper was still a little damp when I stamped the frame image (Soft Suede) which allowed it to run at the ends a bit. It needed something else so I pulled out the water spots stamp from French Foliage and added them in River Rock. I used another piece of Watercolor Paper and created a similar background with my Aquapainter. After it dried, I stamped the flower on it and cut it out. I added an Antique Brad to the center and then some new Soft Suede Taffeta Ribbon that uses the pulled thread technique. Finally I layered the stamped image on a square of the new Well Worn DSP.
I see so many possibilities with this stamp so you can expect many more cards with it! Shelli Gardner has challenged us to make “Thinking of You” cards this month for those who need a special card to let them know you care. I added the sentiment from Teeny Tiny Wishes and, thankfully, don’t need this right now. I find that when sympathy cards are needed there is sometimes no time to stamp. I try to have a couple of beautiful versions ready just in case.
Thanks for stopping in today. I can’t wait to see what you create with YOUR favorite stamp set. Don’t forget, the SU Only Challenge runs for just under two weeks so there is plenty of time to enter!
Stamps: Creative Elements, Teeny Tiny Wishes, French Foliage; Paper: Well Worn DSP, Watercolor Paper, Soft Suede; Ink: Soft Suede, River Rock, Cajun Craze; Accessories: Antique Brads, Soft Suede Taffeta Ribbon, Sponges, Aquapainter, Dimensionals
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This month, the Creative Crew at Splitcoaststampers is challenging you to play with a new sketch. There are a lot of little details on this one and it was fun to use.
I started with the pocket portion of the layout and decided to create a little pocket for my tag. My new Bright Hopes stamp set from the Holiday Mini seemed like the perfect choice to decorate both. I found this cool marbled paper in the Well Worn DSP and knew it was the background I was looking for! Basic Pearls and Very Vanilla Seam Binding were an easy choice for the sketch elements.
On the little tag, I stamped the snowflake in Frost White Shimmer Paint. Just apply the Shimmer Paint to the stamp with a sponge dauber. The sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Wishes.
