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Stamp Review Crew – For All Things

October 18, 2015 Jentimko 12 Comments

I am so excited to be a part of this amazing group of Stampin’ Up demonstrators! If you haven’t heard of “The Crew” yet, you are going to be so thrilled with this. We are here to show you the versatility of one stamp set every time we hop (the 1st and 3rd Monday of each month). We have a whole team of people and different stampers participate each time. Like you, we look to find ways to maximize our investments and the single focus on one set allows you to see all the possibilities! This week, our featured stamp is For All Things. I have loved this set from the moment I got it…so pretty and so versatile!

If you just came over from Dawn Tidd, I’m so glad you are here! If you want to see everyone who is hopping or if you get lost along the way, just click over to The Stamp Review Crew blog.

I thought playing with these awesome leaves would be perfect for today since we are having such pretty fall weather. I played with a new (to me) technique using my Misti (a cool stamp positioner that allows for over stamping multiple times). I sponged on Hello Honey ink and added a little bit of Cajun Craze then stamped the middle leaf. Without moving the paper, I sponged on some Early Espresso ink and stamped back down again. What a great effect! I masked the middle leaf and did the same for the top and bottom leaves. You’ll notice the texture on the white card stock. This piece was a leftover from last year’s Christmas card kit but you could easily get exactly the same look using Whisper White and the Woodgrain Embossing Folder. I love how you see the texture in the stamping!! Finally, I stamped the sentiment in Early Espresso. Again, the Misti is really helpful since I needed to stamp a few times to get the right depth of color on the embossed panel. I added some twine I had from a Paper Pumpkin kit and popped the panel on Dimensionals and put it onto an Early Espresso card base.

Hope you like this fall inspiration! I’m the end of the hop but you can keep going in the loop by jumping right over to see Sue Plote. I can promise you’ll be inspired! So glad you dropped in today. See you again soon!

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Stamp: For All Things; Paper: Early Espresso, White; Ink: Hello Honey, Cajun Craze, Early Espresso; Accessories: Misti, Sponge Daubers, Twine

Freshly Made Sketches #208

October 14, 2015 Jentimko 9 Comments

Has it been fall-like where you are??!! In Virginia, the last few days have been really amazing. Cool morning, comfortable afternoons…perfect weather! My family and I got to go out to one of our state parks on Sunday and enjoy the leaves starting to turn and the amazing day. So nice! And….I got to do a little stamping too. Just a little but I’ll take it!

Our own sweet, kind and fabulous Cindy Hall is our sketch hostess this week at Freshly Made Sketches and she has brought a really cool challenge this week. The team has some really varied interpretations which always guarantees that the gallery is going to be amazing.

I am a hoarder of many Christmas things for stamping….because I love them so much! I decided I had better pull them out this week. And that I should also get bonus points for resisting using another snowflake. Because I almost did! Instead, I opted for this cute little present. But you can totally use a snowflake! *smile* The sentiment is from Christmas Messages (2013 Holiday) and the present is from Color Me Christmas (2013 Holiday). I added these to a base of retired DSP and added some Baker’s Twine that I double tied using the inspiration of Kimberly Van Diepen. Cute, fun, easy to make a bunch of! The present was colored using Zig Clean Color Markers.

I hope you have a great time joining in this week. We always have such a great time looking through the creations each week! I have a bunch of new stuff to share in the upcoming week and I can’t even wait! The fun starts on Monday with the Stamp Review Crew! Until then, have a wonderful week! Thanks for stopping in!

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Stamps: Christmas Messages, Color Me Christmas; Ink: Momento Black; Paper: Thick Whisper White, Retired DSP; Accessories: Zig Clean Color Markers, Black Baker’s Twine, Dimensionals

Freshly Made Sketches #207

October 7, 2015 Jentimko 9 Comments

Another Wednesday and another fabulous sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches! Our sketch hostess this week is the extraordinary Kim Singdahlsen. She created this sketch as a way to showcase designer papers but, per usual, I broke the rules. Just goes to show how really flexible this sketch can be!!

Now where would my week be without using another of these snowflakes?! I have already admitted my obsession with them so…. Today some silver. And glitter! For the base of the image panel, I chose the gorgeous Silver Glimmer paper and then topped it with Thick Whisper White panels that were embossed with the Softly Falling Folder. I cut the ‘Joy’ from the same paper and then 3 more times from Thick Whisper White. This one is from the Wonderful Wreath Framelits. Layering those makes the sentiment pop up but still keeps it easy to adhere to the card. The big snowflake from Snowflake Elements was heat embossed using Versamark Ink and Silver Stampin’ Emboss Powder. I added an Iced Rhinestone to the center. Aren’t they perfect together?? And that is it. All the work is done by the shimmer and shine!

*Hint*

For the blocked panels. Don’t make the math hard. Really. Don’t! I don’t know the measurements. Here is what I did. I cut the white panel 1/16″ narrower that I would have and normal on the length (I usually use 1/8″ spacing for layers like this). That little bit extra is what give you the space between. Next I cut the long panel off the side. With the remaining (slightly wider panel), I cut it in two with a 1/3 to 2/3 proportion….ish. I didn’t measure, I just eyeballed it. Then from the larger of those, I cut an addition 1/16″ off to make room for that little space between them. Once they were all cut, I laid them on the embossing folder and ran it through the Big Shot. I found if you try to emboss first and then cut, the paper cutter does not give you super clean edges on those narrow cuts. To adhere the panels, I used Fast Fuse. Glue dots work well with the Glimmer Paper too.

I hope you enjoy this card today. Have fun with the sketch and make sure you check out what the team has for inspiration! I’ll be back soon with another of the cards I made for my class last weekend. Until then, have a great day! Thanks for stopping in!

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Ink: Versamark; Paper: Thick Whisper White, Silver Shimmer; Accessories: Big Shot, Wonderful Wreath Framelits, Snowflake Elements, Silver Stampin’ Emboss Powder, Heat Tool, Iced Rhinestone, Dimensionals

Peace & Joy

October 6, 2015 Jentimko 7 Comments

I am so excited to share with you today. I got to stamp with some friends over the weekend and it was so much fun. I even had a new stamper join in. Four cards, Jen style, and she totally kept up with us!! This was our technique card of the class and we had more fun with it. This background is so spectacular and yet SOOO easy. Really! Trust me. Ok….I thought you might not believe me so I made a video.

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I saw this cool technique last week as shown by the oh so talented Jennifer McGuire. She used a different medium and I wanted to see what happened when I tried reinkers. Wow is what happens! Beyond the background I love how the Sleigh Ride Edgelits can be used to create a pretty scene within the PL Cards & Labels Framelits. This may be one of my favorite cards so far this season. Hope you love it too!

I’ll be back tomorrow with a new card for Freshly Made Sketches. Until then, have a great day!

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Stamp: Holly Jolly Christmas ; Ink: Night of Navy, Blackberry Bliss; Paper: Watercolor, Thick Whisper White, Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper; Accessories: Big Shot, Sleigh Ride Edgelits, Project Life Card & Labels Framelits, Softly Falling Embossing Folder, Iced Rhinestones, Dimensionals

HYCCT – Because I Care

October 4, 2015 Jentimko No Comments

I told you yesterday about the Hope You Can Cling To Challenges at Splitcoaststampers. I got to play along yesterday with the challenge from Lori Craig, HYCCT1501C- Split the Difference. The challenge is to split the image panel with a sentiment. I’m not sure I completely followed the intent of her challenge but since these cards are for a cause, I’m sure she will give me a little latitude. *smile*

I colored this beautiful flower from Blended Bloom with my new Zig Clean Color Markers. I just got them on Friday and I’m already completely obsessed with them. I’ll have some more about them in the upcoming weeks. I embossed the flower in gold and then just colored with the two colors. I added a sentiment from Because I Care (retired) and embossed it in gold too. A few gold sequins to add a little more detail.

You can play along with these challenges too. There are fun inspirational themes every day brought by some of my favorite stampers! All the details on how to mail your cards to MD Anderson Cancer Center can be found there too. This is one of the best things you can do with your talents so I encourage you to join in where you can!

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Stamp: Blended Blooms, Because I Care; Ink: Versamark, Zig Clean Color Markers; Paper: Watercolor, Thick Whisper White; Accessories: Gold Sequin Trim, Heat Tool, Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder, Dimensionals, Crystal Effects (as glue)

Grateful for You

October 3, 2015 Jentimko No Comments

In Thursday’s post, I told about some of the things that Splitcoaststampers brings to the crafting world. One of the things I forgot to mention is the Hope You Can Cling To Challenges. Throughout the whole month of October, there are daily challenges to help inspire you to create cards for the MD Anderson Cancer Center and to bring hope to those families who are facing cancer. While my post today is not a part of that, I would be remiss not to mention it. I hope to participate often this year and to share those cards with you.

For today, though, I have two more projects from my product review for Scor-Dies. The first is this simple yet fabulous note card. The PocketPenPals Basics C comprises this note card and the coordinating envelope. Simple and fast for anyone to add to a gift bag! I created this in such a short time that I went back and made two more for some friends who had helped me with my boys. I inked up the leaves from For All Things in Tip Top Taupe and then spritzed the stamp with some water. I cut the card out of Watercolor Paper so when I stamped I got this lovely watercolor effect. I did the same for the sentiment and then added on a single gold sequin with the new Fine-Tip Glue Pen. I stamped the same image onto the envelope and tied it up with Gold Metallic Baker’s Twine. And done! Cute, huh?

For the next note card, I used the pretty little flower topped die from the Basics A set and added it to a Night of Navy base. I cut the white panel from Thick Whisper White and colored the top pieces with my Aquapainter using Rose Red and Pear Pizzazz ink. I tied on some Crushed Curry Baker’s Twine and added a sentiment from Paper Pumpkin. I thought the flowers from the hostess set Floral Wings matched the little flower well so I stamped them onto the envelope in the same colors. I made the envelope using my Envelope Punch Board.

If you want to see my whole review you can go right over to the Product Focus page. Oh, and you’ll get to see more projects too, of course!

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Stamp: For All Things, Paper Pumpkin August, Floral Wings; Ink: Tip Top Taupe, Night of Navy, Rose Red, Pear Pizzazz; Paper: Watercolor, Thick Whisper White, Night of Navy; Accessories: Scor-Dies PocketPenPal Basics Package A and C, Big Shot, Envelope Punch Board, Gold Metallic Baker’s Twine, Metallic Sequins, Crushed Curry Baker’s Twine, Basic Pearls

A Golden Hello

October 1, 2015 Jentimko 2 Comments

From time to time, I feel like I need to make sure you, my awesome readers, know about all that Splitcoaststampers brings to the crafting world. Challenges – check, tutorials – check, forums full of info – check and product reviews – check, check! A while ago I shared that I was asked to join the Product Review Team and I had the opportunity to get to play with another new product recently! On my Project Life page that I showed you in Monday’s post, I shared that I used the PocketPenPals Scor-Dies to add interest to my page. Well, now I get to share some more of the things I created for the review!!

For today’s card I combined a number of brands that all just seemed to work perfectly together. I started with the card base from my August Paper Pumpkin and then cut this adorable tag from the PocketPenPals Basics Package B. I actually cut it twice, once with Very Vanilla and once with Basic Black. I layered them to allow the black to just sneak out from the bottom. Then I stamped the sentiment from the same Paper Pumpkin using Momento Tuxedo Black ink. I used the black ribbon from the kit and wrapped it around the top of the tag and added on some Gold Metallic Baker’s Twine. For a final wow, I cut this flower from Gold Foil and added a Basic Black center. This tag is so unique and cool! Ok, I totally didn’t use it as intended but who cares when it has such versatility!!

Want to see the whole story on these dies? And a video? And my whole product review? And the reviews from some seriously amazing stampers??? Yeah, I thought so!! Hop right over to the Product Focus page and you can see ALL of that!! Oh, and you’ll get to see more projects too, of course!

I’ll be back tomorrow with two more projects I made. I can hardly wait to share!! Until then, have a great day!

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Stamp: Paper Pumpkin August; Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black; Paper: Paper Pumpkin August, Very Vanilla, Basic Black, Gold Foil ; Accessories: Scor-Dies PocketPenPal Basics Package B, Big Shot, Flower Die from Echo Park Paper Co., Gold Metallic Baker’s Twine, Ribbon

Freshly Made Sketches #206

September 30, 2015 Jentimko 9 Comments

Oooh, looky!!! We have another amazing sketch for you this week at Freshly Made Sketches!! The oh so fabulous Linda Callahan is our sketch hostess and she has come up with something super fun!!

Ok….I have to say it out loud (because you already know it). My name is Jennifer Timko and I’m seriously addicted to wooden snowflakes. I apologize in advance but the simple reality is that I love them and will continue to pop them on everything in sight!! I went back to the Winter Wonderland DSP too….because it is SOOOOO pretty! Now I did almost talk myself out of using the snowflakes. But really, they were tailor made for the sketch. Would I be responsible if I didn’t show you (again) how fabulous they are?? Today, I smooshed them in Versamark and heat embossed them with White and Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder. Just look at them in white! And yet again the gold doesn’t photograph even half as pretty as it is in person. All I did was add a sentiment with heat embossing onto the DSP to finish the sketch. It seemed like it needed another something, so I threw on some Gold Thread. This stuff is really pretty too. To adhere the snowflakes I used Crystal Effects. I added a Gold Foil layer onto a Whisper White base and then popped up the snowflake layer on Dimensionals. Word of warning. I’m getting ready to order more of these snowflakes. You may want to order soon before I get them all! *smile*

Now off to the FMS site to see all the beautiful projects from the team. Week in and week out, they amaze me! Can’t wait to see what you do with this sketch…I feel confident that the gallery is going to be chock full of wonderful inspiration! I’ll be back tomorrow with some really fun projects so plan to stop back in. See you then!

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Stamp: Holly Jolly Greetings ; Ink: Versamark; Paper: Winter Wonderland DSP, Gold Foil; Accessories: Snowflake Elements, White and Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder, Heat Tool, Gold Thread, Dimensionals

The Memory of Time

September 28, 2015 Jentimko No Comments

Happy Monday to you! I told you that I was working on some extra stuff finally and I really wanted to share this one with you. With the anniversary of 9-11 a few weeks ago, I decided that it was time to get some pictures of my trip to the 911 Memorial into my Project Life book. These are hard pictures to “scrap” because I feel like the pages really have to reflect the tone of the memorial. I started with this one….this amazing wall. It is called “Trying To Remember the Color of the Sky on That September Morning” and was created by Spencer Fitch. What you cannot capture in a picture is the overwhelming nature of this piece. It is large and encompasses a whole wall. Each panel is handprinted a different shade of blue and there is such thought and significance to every bit of this piece (you can read a little more here). But for me, it hit home because when people ask me about that day and flying, one of the things I remember most IS the color of the sky. A crystal clear, perfect fall blue sky. I found that standing in front of this was an incredibly moving experience. And then when I examined the panels closer and realized they were hand painted….wow!

So how to keep this picture in a meaningful way? Project Life. I very much wanted the focus to be on the picture itself with simple accents. I kept to the gold and wooden/natural palette and I’m very happy with the result. This is a true conglomeration of products and it makes me happy how they work together. I thought that hearts wold be a good place to start so I pulled this Fancy Foil Gold Vellum with the hearts and cut it out using the Scor-Dies Pocket Pen Pals Dies (Basics A). I created this envelope that I could fill with things. After some experimenting, I chose heart sequins from the Metallics Sequins and a heart wooden element. I used the new Fine Tip Glue Pen to seal it and added some Gold Sequin Trim and Gold Baker’s Twine. For the next pocket, I cut a card using my PL Cards & Labels Framelits out of the striped pattern of the gold vellum. Then using a PL card from the Becky Higgins DIY Shop Edition, I cut it further using another of the Scor-Dies (to create that scalloped top). The sentiment is from PL Remember This (SU) and is gold embossed onto Naturals Ivory card stock. Finally, for the picture I used an overlay from the PL Desktop Edition by Becky Higgins.

I’m please with the result and I think this picture does actually speak for itself. I’m sure I’ll journal on some of the other pages when I create them using more pictures from that day but this one seems perfect just as it is. I hope you enjoy this page and will be inspired to try a combination of products to create just the right Project Life project! Thanks for stopping in today. See you soon!

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Stamp: Project Life Remember This ; Ink: Versamark; Paper: Fancy Foil Vellum – Gold (SU), PL Becky Higgins DIY Shop, Naturals Ivory (SU ret); Accessories: PocketPenPals Basics A Scor-Dies, PL Becky Higgins Desktop Overlays, Metallic Sequins (SU), Gold Sequin Trim (SU), Gold Metallic Baker’s Twine, Wooden Heart (Essentials Wooden Elements – ret)

Fancy Friday – Fall

September 24, 2015 Jentimko 5 Comments

It is time again for our monthly Fancy Friday hop! If you just came over from the amazing Jeanna, welcome to the next stop. My friends and I want to be able to share with you our ideas in a monthly format. We will use different themes each month – sometimes colors, sometimes a sketch, sometimes a stamp set focus. The one thing you can count on is that it will be fancy! Over our year together on the ADT, “fancy” became our word to describe the best projects, the best new clothes, even the best pedicure colors. Now we want to share with you our take on “fancy” each month. This month we have a theme challenge that the whole team will be using as inspiration – Fall!

I love Fall! The colors, the crisp air, pumpkins, apples, did I mention the crisp air?!!! We are starting to get our first tastes of that in Virginia and I could not be happier! I pulled out some old favorites for this card today. I started by stamping the leaf from For All Things onto the grid print from the Typeset DSP with Crushed Curry and Cajun Craze (both were stamped off first). Then I punched them out with my 2-1/2″ Circle Punch. I stamped the sentiment from the set using Early Espresso. Next I lightly inked up Dots for Days (the background stamp) and stamped it off some before stamping onto the Crumb Cake card base. For some extra interest, I cut a piece of my fall go-to, 1-1/4″ Burlap Ribbon. I attached it using fast Fuse and it sticks perfectly! I popped the sentiment panel up on Dimensionals and attached it (I did put another dark punched circle of card stock behind it for stability). Finally, I pulled out this leftover twine from a kit last year and tied it up with a button. Ahhh…..fall colors make me almost as happy as the crisp air!

I hope you will be inspired by all the lovely creations in our hop this month. These ladies never cease to make me want to run to the stamp room and create! I’m so glad you stopped in today!

The amazing Mercedes Weber is up next! Wait until you see the fancy project she created!

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Stamps: For All Things, Dots for Days; Paper: Crumb Cake, Typeset DSP; Ink: Early Espresso, Crushed Curry, Cajun Craze; Accessories: Burlap Ribbon, Neutrals Buttons, Twine

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