Jun 28, 2009 | Designer Series Paper, Retired List, Uncategorized |
Here is another swap card. This one came from Pearl Robb and was party of our Masculine Swap at the retreat we had in May. This stamp set is the Big Birthday Candle set that is also on the Last Chance list. This is great stamp set to use for scrapbook pages – it was the set we used on the Party Time layout for the May Wow Scrapbook kit – visit this blog wowscrapbookkits.wordpress.com for more information about our monthly kits and individual scrapbook layouts.
Supplies used for this card:
- Sahara Sand card stock
- Baja Breeze card stock
- Very Vanilla card stock
- Manchester Designer Series paper
- See You Around Jumbo Wheel
- Jumbo Stampin’ Around Handle
- Close to Cocoa jumbo ink cartridge
- Black Stazon ink
- So Saffron ink
- aqua painter
- 2-way glue pen
- Dazzling Diamonds Glitter
- Always Artichoke grosgrain ribbon
- Stampin’ Dimensionals
Have a fun day!
Jun 25, 2009 | Big Shot, class, Designer Series Paper, Occasions Mini 2009, Scrapbook Pages |
Last night I had a great scrapbook class. In my class we normally make 2 sets of 2-page 12″ x 12″ layouts – so four 12″ x12″ pages total. Sometimes I add a “bonus page” – a single 12″ x 12″ layout. Yesterday I decided to do that – why because I wanted to use my Walk in the Park Designer Series paper on a scrapbook page and I have not done it yet. My inspiration layout was actually in the Occasions Mini Catalog – and I put this together real fast a few hours before my class.
Supplies I used:
- Walk in the Park Designer Series Paper – the leafy print and the So Saffron print for the bird
- Cameo Coral card stock
- So Saffron card stock
- Basic Gray card stock
- Kiwi Kiss card stock
- Whisper White card stock
- Eyelet Border Punch
- Large Oval Punch
- Scallop Oval Punch
- Basic Gray classic ink
- So Saffron classic ink – sponged the flower, the bird and the oval
- Warm Words stamp set
- Big Shot Die Cut Machine – cutting pads and platform
- Stampin’ Up! Little Leaves Sizzlits die
- Stampin’ Up! Birds & Blooms Sizzlits die
- Stampin’ Up! Simple Flower Embosslits die
- Fire Circle Rhinestone Brad
- 2-way glue pen
- Stampin’ Dimensionals
- Stampin’ Sponge
For another scrapbooking option you can also check out the WOW Scrapbook Kits blog that my upline Wendy and I have started. We have a monthly kit that includes three 2-page 12″ x 12″ layouts for you to create at home. If you order the kits by the 20th of the month you get all the card stock, designer paper, embellishments and die cuts along with the step-by-step instructions, photos, and WOW tips on how to create the pages. Visit our blog at wowscrapbookkits.wordpress.com for more information. Our July kit will be released after the 4th of July holiday weekend. There is a link on my side bar any time you want to stop in and visit. We will also be posting some scrapbooking related articles from time to time.
Greg update (if you want to know) – he went for a visit to the doctor today – but he went at the wrong time so I wasn’t there. He went to work today and I was planning on meeting him but he was there an hour early. Anyway, the doctor did an ultrasound (that’s what Greg said) to look at his neck again and it was much improved. Gave him a second round of the antibiotics and scheduled a recheck after the 4th of July holiday. So all is good right now. We still don’t know the exact cause or how to keep it from happening again – we’ll have that discussion next visit.
Have a good evening!
Jun 24, 2009 | Blooming with Love, class, Designer Series Paper, Masking, Retired List, Stamps, Techniques |
Well I should be back on schedule now to get something new posted each day. Greg seems to be improving and actually went in to work today – he has been home for a week and a half – so I’m glad that he feels well and can drive today. We will go back to the doctor on Thursday. It seems that it is an infection and is now responding to the medication that he is on – it just took a while. The steroid boost he got on Monday seems to have really helped. I think the worst is over now and maybe we can figure out what is causing these infections. He had one last year too – not exactly the same situation but still….
Now on to some stamping……
Blooming with Love is the third main stamp set that I featured in my Stamp-a-Stack class last week. We made two beautiful cards using this set and the Parisian Breeze Specialty Designer Series Paper. I love this set and have had it since early this year and this was the first time I had a chance to use it. Everything I have ever seen with this set is just beautiful. Why did I wait so long to buy it and why did I wait so long to use it??? Now it is on the Last Chance List and it won’t be available for sale after the end of June. But I do have mine, so if you want one too don’t forget to order it. And the Parisian Breeze paper is so pretty and it works well for both female and male cards – why – because every pattern that has flowers (girly) on the back side (it is double-sided paper) there is a more manly design like stripes.
So here are the two cards we made – the designs are slightly altered from cards created by a demonstrator named Becky Roberts. The greeting on this first card is actually a Rub-on from the Chit Chat Rub-ons – I love this collection of Rub-Ons you get over 200 different greetings – one sheet is White and the other is Chocolate Chip. The pots are stamped on scraps of the Parisian Breeze paper and cut out – then adhered with Stampin’ Dimensionals ontop of the pots stamped on the Whisper White card stock. Use an aquapainter and some Sahara Sand ink to add the shadows around the plants and pots and on the ground.
This second card uses the “masking” technique. Use this technique to make the pots sit inside the wheelbarrow and the flowers sit inside the pots. You need to use post it notes when doing this technique.
First stamp the image you want in the foreground – in this case the wheelbarrow. Stamp it again on a post it note and cut out exactly on the lines – or just inside the lines of the image – this is your “mask”. Then cover the image that you stamped on your card stock.
Next stamp the second layer – in this case the center pot inside the wheelbarrow. Also stamp one on a post it note and cut it out – you may want more than one since we are working with multiple pots or you’ll have to move the one around. Leave the mask on the wheel barrow and add a mask over the center pot.
Now stamp the third layer – which is the other two pots in the wheelbarrow – they appear behind the center pot and all appear to be sitting inside the wheelbarrow. To add the flowers inside each pot you need to cover each one with a mask before stamping the flower.
Also stamp the pot behind the wheel before lifting the mask covering the wheel portion of the wheelbarrow. Once you have stamped all the pieces then remove all the masks and color in the images. When watercoloring with the Aquapainter use Stazon ink for all your stamping. I used both classic ink and Watercolor Wonder Crayons to color these.
On this particular card I stamped the wheelbarrow image onto a piece of the Parisian Breeze paper (the chocolate chip print) and cut it out. It was adhered to the original image with stampin’ dimensionals. And a vintage brad is in the center of the wheel.
The circle image with the Thank You is from another stamp set that is on the Last Chance List – it is called Seeing Spots. For a complete list of Last Chance items click on the page on the right side bar under Helpful Information – you can see the stamp sets, Decor Elements and accessories that are on the last chance list. It is your last chance to buy them….before they are gone. You can email me or go to my website and order online by clicking the SHOP NOW button.
I hope you like these beautiful cards. The masking technique is a real “Wow” technique and fun to use – so give it a try.
Have a Bloomin’ Beautiful Day!
Jun 20, 2009 | Big Shot, class, Designer Series Paper, family, Occasions Mini 2009, Retired List |
Here is a quick little card I made yesterday afternoon in between my Stamp-A-Stack classes. I have some cards for sale at a local bird store and told them I would make some more “manly” looking cards since it was Father’s Day. I took a few last week and just didn’t get time to make anymore. I figured it was my last chance so I took an idea from the new catalog and made some slight changes. The color combination is actually on the color wheel – Close to Cocoa, So Saffron, Old Olive and Bordering Blue. This is the Forest Friends stamp set. I added texture with the Big Shot and my texture plate. Edges are sponged on each layer. The owl is on dimensionals – which you can see because there is a shadow – along with the the other two layers.
Yesterday’s stamp-a-stack class was a lot of fun. I needed the break but did have a few interuptions – sorry about that.
Everyone made 6 cards with matching envelopes. I used three main stamp sets – Heartfelt Thanks, Wild About You and Bloomin’ with Love. Most of the cards I actually posted already. The Heartfelt Thanks cards we made included the one with the large scallop circle and the one with the Sweet Always striped paper – see my post from June 10th. The Wild About You cards we made included the Lion card with the Rainbow Sherbet paper – I wish I had bought that paper earlier – now it is sold out and I really liked it in person, and the Alligator card with the In-Colors – see my post from June 14th.
The last two cards used the Bloomin’ with Love stamp set and I’ll post those later.
These are all on the Last Chance List – they will be retiring at the end of June and no longer available to buy – so don’t hesitate. You can check on all the stamp sets, acessories and Decor Elements on the Last Chance List by clicking on the page in my side bar – under Helpful Information – click on Last Chance List.
Greg is doing a bit better – we talked to the doctor yesterday and he said they confirm that it was an infection and not something more. We now go back on Thrsday instead of Monday. I hope there is more improvement by Monday with the antibiotics he is on.
Thanks and have a great weekend.
Jun 12, 2009 | Chipboard, Designer Series Paper, Stamper's Club, SU Ribbon |
Last Friday was my Stamper’s Club meeting. I already shared a few things earlier this week. I had another project to share – this is a desk organizer. This idea came from my upline – Wendy. It was a project she submitted to one of the Stampin’ Up! contests a few month’s ago. If you are a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator you can find instructions for it on the demonstrator website under the Stamping Challenge Ideas – I believe hers was from the Sale-A-Bration challenge.
We used the Good Morning Sunshine Designer Series paper which is retiring this month. The Kiwi Kiss striped ribbon is also retiring this month. This was the chipboard that Bethany was able to color one-handed with the sponge daubers – see the post about her broken arm – it is the So Tweet chipboard.
Here are the views of the two sides which were also decorated. 
I have mine on my craft table when I’m working and it hold all the little things I seem to lose. My bone folders, pens and pencils, my paper snips, my little ruler, my little tweezers, etc.
It is a happy little organizer that makes me want to smile when I see it!
Have a happy day and a great weekend!
Jun 10, 2009 | Big Shot, Circle Scissor Plus, Designer Series Paper, Heartfelt Thanks, Retired List, Stamps, SU Ribbon |
So yesterday I tried to accomplish several different things at one time – I wanted to create a card for the Stamping 411 challenge, I wanted to create a card (actually 3 cards) for the Late Night Stampers challenge and I wanted to start on my card designs for my class later this month using the Last Chance stamp sets that I have and that we will be using in my Stamp-a-Stack class.
The Late Night Stampers challenge was to use one of the retiring stamp sets and create cards for three different 
occasons using the same stamp set. I decided to use Heartfelt Thanks as my main stamp set but ended up using Hugs & Wishes with it – it is also retiring. Two of the three cards use the sketch from the Stamping 411 challenge.
And one of the three cards will be in my Stamp-a-Stack class later this month.
The inspiration for this card came from my friend Michele who is very talented and also a demonstrator. She loves sponging (I do too) and using the white gel pen. This card uses both the Heartfelt Thanks and Hugs & Wishes stamp sets. Colors are Kraft, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Chocolate Chip and Whisper White. The Circle Scissor Plus and the Big Shot were used in this card too.
The second card was based on the Stamping 411 sketch.
Again using the Heartfelt Thanks and Hugs & Wishes stamp sets. I used the Sweet Always Designer Series Paper and the colors include Pumpkin Pie, Chocolate Chip and Regal Rose. The base of the card is Kraft since I had that left from the other card. The ribbon is wrapped all the way around and I used my Crop-A-Dile to punch a small slit at the fold of the card. 
This creates a hole that you can feed the ribbon through to wrap around the front of the card. I then punch a hole with my paper piercer where I wanted the brad to go and put the ribbon inbetween the two prongs of the Rhinestone brad before putting it through the hole. I pulled the ribbon tight and then flattened out the brad prongs on the back. It actually worked out that on the inside of my card the prongs were hidden by the ribbon.
And then the third card for the Late Night Stampers Challenge also uses the Stamping 411 sketch. This time I used the Sweet Always Designer Series paper as the actual focal point of the card – the piece with the Always bird on it. I used Heartfelt Thanks for part of the greeting and the THANKS comes from the Chit Chat Rub-Ons. 
To create my little accent on the Chocolate Chip strip I took a piece of the Regal Rose wide Grosgrain ribbon and frayed several inches of it. Then took the frayed portion and tied it around one of the little paper clips from the clips assortment.
Three different cards and I like all three. The third card you could basically create the same idea using the Always stamp set – Stamp the bird image in VersaMark ink on some Designer Series Paper and clear emboss it – or stamp it in a the ink that is slightly darker than the paper you are working with. Lots of possibilities. The Sweet Always paper happens to have the bird image on one of the patterns so I used that.
That’s what I have to share with you today. Don’t forget that Heartfelt Thanks, Hugs & Wishes and the Sweet Always Designer Paper are all retiring so order today by visiting my website – www.monika.stampinup.net – and click the SHOP NOW button or contact me by email or phone and I’ll place the order for you.
Have a creative day!
