Jul 13, 2015 | Big Shot, Punch Board |
One of my favorite sets in the new Stampin’ Up! catalog is the Watercolor Wings set with the coordinating Butterfly Framelits. I decided to pair that set with the new Gift Bag Punch Board and this was the result.
The Striped Designer Paper is the Gold print from the Neutrals Collection Paper Stack. Instead of Whisper White and Very Vanilla Stampin’ Up! included Gold and Silver paper in the Neutrals collection. I like the gold with Soft Suede – which is what I used to make the bag with the Gift Bag Punch Board.
The butterfly is stamped in layers with Pool Party, Bermuda Bay and Soft Suede. I found that it was easier for me if I first stamped the layers for the wings, then cut it out with the framelit and then come back and stamp the body on the cut out image. I can’t seem to stamp the body in the right place if I do it before I cut – maybe I just need practice.
We made this project for my June Downline meeting and I used it also for my July Stamper’s Club – but for that one we added the holes and tied the bag shut with some of the Gold Baker’s Twine. I didn’t however have a photo of that one so I’ll need to take one.
Here is a full list of supplies:
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Thanks for stopping by today. I have lots to do to get ready for convention next week.
Jul 4, 2015 | Big Shot, Cards, Masking |
I hope you have a wonderful day with your family & friends celebrating Independence Day! I just got home from the airport and brought Kyle home. I’m thrilled to have everyone under one roof again for the next week.
It’s time for a patriotic card featuring Real Red, Night of Navy and Whisper White, The layout of this card comes from a card featured in our demonstrator magazine – Stampin’ Success. It was a completely different color scheme but the stamp set and layout worked for this patriotic card.
The card base is Real Red. Then I have a layer of Whisper White card stock and used the Stripes decorative Mask and a Sponge Dauber to add the red stripes to it. All the stars are from the Be the Star stamp set and all are stamped in Night of Navy ink. The larger stars were die cut with the coordinating Star Framelits. The stamp set and framelits are available as a bundle for a 15% savings!
I’ve started saving all the little strips I end up with after cutting the layers for the front of the card. I have a bunch stored in a bucket on my craft table and then pull them out when I need to for adding a greeting on a card like this one. Here I used the And Many More stamp set for the word celebrate. To create the little flag at the end you can use the new Triple Banner Punch. When you want to use a strip narrower than the 1″ guide just flip the punch over and position your strip before you punch it.
Finish with some Whisper White Baker’s Twine and Rhinestones. I hope you like this Red, White and Blue Card.
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Jul 1, 2015 | Big Shot, Cards, Paper Pumpkin |
How did you like the June Paper Pumpkin Kit? I think it’s adorable and I love the stamp set that came with it. It seems to me that this kit gave us both feminine and masculine cards – which is nice. And the lined envelopes are always a treat. For me I ended up cutting a piece off of the end of each liner – you can’t see it way down in the bottom of the envelope anyway and that gave me some other pieces of patterned paper to use for other projects. Each month I try to create an alternate card idea using the stamps and ink from the kit and I include that in my monthly Card Maker’s Class. My Paper Pumpkin subscribers that attend this class can make this card as an extra freebie!
My card for the June Kit features the cute flower and one of the greetings. I wanted to pair it with some other products and decided to use the brand new Brick Wall embossing folder. It is going to be a fun product and it’s a new size – 6″ x 6″ – so you have the option to emboss in either direction on your card front. These wide folders won’t fit through the Embossing Boutique that we used to sell – you will have to use it in the Big Shot so it is wide enough.
I added my brick wall embossed Whisper White card stock onto a piece of Tip Top Taupe card stock that I cut for my card base. The flower is stamped on Watermelon Wonder card stock with Black memento ink and had cut. The stem is a die cut from the Flower Flair Framelits and cut out of Cucumber Crush card stock. I stamped my greeting on Crushed Curry strip that was punched with the Triple Banner Punch – you gotta have it, I don’t think I have used a punch as much as I have used this one in the few weeks I’ve had it, seriously not kidding.
I finished the card with some Linen Thread tied around in a bow and a Crushed Curry Designer button added to the center of the flower. I love my linen thread and have it on my next order cause I’m running low – gasp!
It’s a fun card and a fun Paper Pumpkin kit. I wonder what the July kit is going to be? If you want one you have to join before July 10th to get that one. And by the way once you are a subscriber you can buy past kits, so if you love this June kit – once it becomes available you can add that to any Stampin’ Up! order that you place. The refill is available now and hopefully the full kit will be added in the next couple of weeks.
You can join HERE for a month-to-month subscription or contact me to order a prepaid subscription for 1, 3, 6 or 12 months. Prepaid subscriptions can also be ordered online in my store!
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Jun 20, 2015 | Cards, Thank You, Thinlits |
It’s been a really long time since I’ve played along with any of the challenges that are out there. Every day there are demos from all over the world doing various challenges. I used to play along with a few but haven’t really done it in a long time. Some of my friends have started a new challenge group and I finally decided to play along with one. It’s and interesting one – not the normal challenge that most sites have. This one limits you to only certain supplies and you can’t go outside of that – there is a “basket” that you have to use a certain number of items from and then a “pantry” that you can pull from if you need to.
This basket of supplies was really not what I would normally pull from – the colors are not the norm for me. But hey it was a challenge and I was up for it. I did begin to realize that what I was seeing is that we were limited to Whisper White card stock (from the pantry) – well gold foil was an option too but I didn’t use any. Here is the basket of supplies:
We had to use at least 4 – I used the Hello You Thinlits, Work of Art stamp set and the Blushing Bride and Blackberry Bliss ink.
It turned out to be a very clean card – with all that white. I cut the “thanks” from the Hello You thinlits and then cut off the ‘s’. I actually cut two of them. One I placed on the card from and then stamped over it with the big swoosh from Work of Art and the Blushing Bride ink – it left a white “frame” around where the word was. I took that one off and used the second one and stamped it with the other swoosh and Blackberry Bliss ink – I covered almost all of it but if you look really close there are tiny white spots still visible. I cut thin slivers of dimensionals (adhesive is in the pantry) to put on the back and adhere it into the “framed” space. I decided to tie a little piece of White Bakers Twine (also from the pantry) on my word. I stamped the “you” from Work of Art and then layered the white piece on a Whisper White card base. That was all of it.
You can find this Tuesday Throw Down challenge here if you want to play along too. Now to save my post and then go link it up on the challenge.
Here are the supplies that I used:
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Links by TheseAreMyStamps.com
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Jun 11, 2015 | Big Shot, Cards, Watercoloring |
I’ve been playing around with the new Stampin’ Up! In-colors and probably my favorite one is actually the Tip Top Taupe. But I’ve realized that it depends on my mood and at other times one of the others is my favorite. For the card I’m sharing today I used a color combo that I actually found in a magazine. It was a bedroom with a pretty comforter and when I looked at the colors I saw Tip Top Taupe, Mint Macaron, a hint of Delightful Dijon and Whisper White. So starting with that photo I ended up with this card.
To me the Tip Top Taupe looks like a darker version of Sahara Sand – and that’s actually what the background is stamped in for the card base. I wanted it lighter. Then the words are Tip Top Taupe so they would be darker.
A fun technique that I did on this card uses the Magnetic Platform and framelits. Before cutting each of the frames I traced the inside of the framelit with my Stampin’ Write Marker – the magnetic platform helps hold it in place while you trace it. Then I cut them out. You could cut first and then trace but I found it easier to trace first. And I made a whole bunch of these for a swap group that I’m part of.
For the flower I also did something kind of different and really liked how it turned out. I stamped the background in Tip Top Taupe over the flower. It “color’s” it in but not all the way giving it a textured look. The leaves are watercolored with the aqua painter and the Mint Macaron ink. Then it’s time for a bit of fussy cutting to get the beautiful flower.
The center of the flower is colored with the Delightful Dijon marker and a little bit of Linen Twine is tied around the flower stem. I attached the flower with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
I did do a version without the traced frames but it adds just a little bit extra to the card.
Here is a list of all the supplies with links to my online store.
Product List
Links by TheseAreMyStamps.com
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May 18, 2015 | Big Shot, Cards, Retired List, Stamper's Club, Thinlits, Tutorial |
It’s true right – you can never have too much happy!
I’d love to be able to make everyone happy all the time. This past weekend was my Stamp, Scrap & Create retreat at my house and it seemed to me everyone was very happy for the whole weekend. We had so much fun creating and getting to know each other better. I loved having everyone here. There were 13 of us this time – a full house! We had a birthday theme for the retreat and everything was bright and colorful – a rainbow of goodie bags and balloons, bright Make&Take projects, good food, and birthday presents for everyone. I can’t wait to do it again.
With happy and rainbow and bright colors on my mind I thought I would share this fun happy card that my stamper’s club made earlier this month. It’s not as hard as it looks and I even wrote a step-by-step tutorial for how I made it. Look for it at the end of my post.
(I actually wrote a post for this card over the weekend but couldn’t find it in my drafts folder in order to finish and post it so I had to start over.)
To make this card you need the Bright Collection of ink pads and a bunch of the sponge daubers to make the rainbow – Real Red, Tangerine Tango, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, Bermuda Bay, Tempting Turquoise, Pacific Point, Rich Razzleberry, and Melon Mambo. The scallops are from the Striped Scallops Thinlits die – I cut it out in black. I did use the Transfer Adhesive Sheets – they are on the retired list! So get them now they make this project so quick and easy and my tutorial shows you how I used them.
Other retiring products on this card are the Label Collection Framelits, the Festive Paper piercing pack, the Yippee Skippy stamp set and the Painted Petals cotton twine is in the Occasions catalog which is ending June 2nd also.
rainbow card tutorial <==== Get the tutorial
Enjoy! Thanks for stopping by today.
The Striped Designer Paper is the Gold print from the Neutrals Collection Paper Stack. Instead of Whisper White and Very Vanilla Stampin’ Up! included Gold and Silver paper in the Neutrals collection. I like the gold with Soft Suede – which is what I used to make the bag with the Gift Bag Punch Board.
