Mar 2, 2015 | Uncategorized |
In late January, I had the opportunity to attend the Stampin’ Up! Leadership Conference in Orlando. It was an action packed 2 1/2 days of seeing new products, learning new techniques, meeting new friends and having lots of fun! While there I had the opportunity to participate in a couple of swaps and I’m sharing two of the project swaps. One was a Mini Treat Bag Swap and the other swap required making a “dazzling” card. Below are the two projects.
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| Mini Treat Bag using Stampin’ Up! Mini Treat Bag Thinlits Die | | | | | | | | | | |
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| Wedding Card using Stampin’ Up! Big News Stamp Set |
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Feb 19, 2015 | Uncategorized |
The theme of January’s card class was “shaker cards” and in addition to the Valentine card shared in my last post, attendees were also able to make a birthday shaker card and an all occasion shaker card.
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| Birthday Shaker Card using Stampin’ Up! Big Day and Sketched Birthday Stamp Sets with Birthday Bash Designer Series Paper |
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| All Occasion Shaker Card using Stampin’ Up! Hello You Thinlits Dies, Crisp Cantaloupe Card Stock and Best Year Ever Designer Series Paper |
The technique for the birthday card was varied in that the shaker sequins were “sandwiched” between two pieces of window sheet and a circle cut from the card front. This makes it possible to see the birthday sentiment stamped on the interior of the card through the shaker area. To create a “photo” effect on the shaker of the all occasion card, the square framelits were used to cut an area from a texture embossed rectangle of card stock. When you’re looking for a fun card to make and to send, consider the shaker card!
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Feb 14, 2015 | Uncategorized |
Happy Valentine’s Day! Hope that you’re enjoying the day and are celebrating with your loved ones. In a recent class, we made shaker cards and included was a Valentine card. Below is the card and in my next post, I’ll share the additional shaker cards…they are fun and bring smiles to the recipient.
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| Valentine Shaker Card using Stampin’ Up! Groovy Love Stamp Set and Stacked with Love Designer Series Paper Stack |
In keeping with today’s theme, I also wanted to share the January Paper Pumpkin. It included all the supplies to make 22 treat holders. They were quick and easy to prepare.
I’m loving the improvements to the Paper Pumpkin projects…Stampin’ Up! has improved the quality and upgraded the offerings with more items in each monthly kit. The kits are ideal for anyone who enjoys crafting but has limited time and resources plus they make great gifts. Be sure to check out the special being offered on prepaid subscriptions…it’s available through March 31!
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More shaker cards to come, as well as, cards and projects from Leadership!
Enjoy the weekend!
Jan 17, 2015 | Cards, Sympathy, Uncategorized |
It is never a joy when one must deal with the loss of a loved one and recently, I had to prepare two sympathy cards. I wanted cards that could be quickly prepared and opted to use the same design for both cards. When going through my stamp collection to find an appropriate stamp, I settled upon the Stampin’ Up! Butterfly Basics set and Butterflies Thinlits Die from the new Occasions Catalog. Personally, I like to think of butterflies as a symbol that a loved one is near so I was drawn to the set. Subtle colors were used but Dazzling Details and three small pearls were added to the butterfly to add a bit of shimmer and shine. The Dazzling Details is very subtle and isn’t as evident in the photograph as it is when viewing in person but it adds a finishing touch with the proper amount of shimmer. A second layer of the butterfly was cut from vellum card stock to add more dimension and the sentiment, from Love & Sympathy stamp set, was embossed with gold.
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| Sympathy card using Stampin’ Up! Butterfly Basics Stamp and Butterflies Thinlits Die | |
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Jan 7, 2015 | Uncategorized |
Happy New Year! It’s been a few months since my last post…the later half of 2014 was extremely busy so blogging had to take a hiatus. In addition to preparing a variety of crafts for an Artisan Market in November, there was a trip to Alaska, family and friends visiting and an engagement celebration for my youngest son (he became engaged in August so stay tuned to see lots of wedding projects!). Toss in the holidays and there just didn’t seem to be enough hours to get everything done…sure I’m not alone feeling that time flies! The good news is that I am back and eager to share projects with you.
In my last post, I noted that I was experimenting with the alcohol ink Stampin’ Blendabilities Markers. They are a lot of fun to use and if you enjoyed coloring as a child, you’ll love these markers. The markers come in an assortment pack of three markers (light, medium & dark) that allows for custom shading…I think the colors are stunning! Below are the first two cards that were made as I played with the markers.
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Stampin’ Up! Blended Bloom colored using
Coastal Cabana, Daffodil Delight and Old Olive Stampin’ Blendabilities Marker Assortments |
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| Stampin’ Up! Blended Blooms colored with Cherry Cobbler and Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blendabilities Markers |
Drum roll! The new Occasions Catalog from Stampin’ Up! was released today and it’s full of a wonderful variety of products. It is probably my favorite Occasions Catalog in recent years…the new stamp bundles and new project kits are fabulous. I am working on a project using some new product so it’ll be posted soon. Check it out the new catalog below…
Other excitement today is the start of Sale-a-Bration! It’s a great time to earn free product…who doesn’t love free?! You receive one product from the Sale-a-Bration brochure for each $50 you spend (before tax & shipping). Be sure to check it out…
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Aug 1, 2014 | Uncategorized |
In this post, I am sharing the Father’s Day card that was made for my dad. When trying to decide which type of card to make, I decided to employ a watercolor technique using the 2014-2016 In Color inks from Stampin’ Up! along with one of my favorite Stampin’ Up! stamp sets, Lovely as a Tree. The sentiments and tags were taken from a Paper Pumpkin kit. The watercolor technique employed using a Clear-Mount Block and “stamping” desired ink colors onto the blocks. After the ink colors are applied directly to the clear-mount block, spray lightly with water and press ink side down onto watercolor paper to transfer the inks to the paper.
Watercolor was such fun that I decided the July card class would focus on Watercolor Techniques. The clear-mount block method described above was used, as was a second technique of applying ink to a clear-mount block. This method employed using Stampin’ Markers to color sections of the clear-mount block, lightly spraying the ink on the block with water and pressing ink side down onto the watercolor paper. Both of the block/ink watercolor methods create unique designs (no two are alike!) and they provide beautiful bases for stamping your desired image.
In addition to the block stamping watercolor method, we also used aqua painters and classic stamping pads to color stamped images on watercolor paper. The last two photos shared employed this coloring technique.
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| Watercolor using Clear-Mount Block and 2014-2016 In Color Collection (Stampin’ Up!) Image is from Stampin’ Up! Lovely As A Tree Stamp Set |
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| Watercolor using Stampin’ Up! 2014-2016 In Color Collection and images from Stampin’ Up! Bloom with Hope and Sassy Salutations |
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| Watercolor with aqua painters: image Stampin’ Up! Vivid Vases |
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| Watercolor with aqua painters: images Stampin’ Up! Lovely as a Tree and Four You | | | |
Be sure to give the Watercolor techniques a try…you’ll have fun creating different looks!
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