Feb 21, 2010 | Birthday, Cards, Occasion Mini 2010, Watercoloring |
Picnic Parade is the Level 2 Hostess set in the Stampin’ Up! Occasions Mini catalog. It is the cutest little stamp set. It reminds me of the Beatrix Potter designs that were big when my kids were babies – not sure if that is still popular now.
This card was one that we made at my class on Friday. It could be an Easter card, or birthday card, or a whatever you want it for card.
This particular card design is from another demonstrator but now I can’t figure out where I found it. I know I left her a comment. So if it was you please leave me a comment back so I can add your name here.
If you get this stamp set in the Clear Mount Version the great thing is you can mount all the stamps on one of the large rectangle blocks and stamp them all at the same time! Or you can do them individually which is nice in the clear mount because you can see. The down side is they are fairly small which makes them harder to clean. And the little lady bug by itself is also hard to stamp with out catching an edge in ink – it did help to mount it with the other animals.
These are all watercolored with an aquapainter using classic ink. I added the bunny on the inside too – he turned out cute directly on the Sahara Sand card stock. And I stamped the bunny and the raccoon on my envelope. It all matches.
The animals in my back yard are happy today – it is sunny, fairly warm – although we don’t have any green grass yet.
I hope you like this cute card.
And as my card says “Have a happy day every step of the way!”
Feb 20, 2010 | Big Shot, Create with Connie & Julie, Easter, Embossing, Occasion Mini 2010, Rub-Ons, SU Ribbon |
Happy Saturday! Congratulations to last weeks challenge winners – Becky G. was first place and Lori was second place, with honorable mention going to Robin. It was so fun to see all the entries last week – I hope everyone plays along this week – good luck!
It’s Saturday and time for another challenge at Create with Connie & Julie!
This week our challenge is a Theme Challenge – Easter cards. The featured items this week are Eggcoutrements stamp set, Spring Floral Wheel, Eggcellcent Eggs Kit, and the Chocolate Bunny stamp.
I used the Chocolate Bunny and the Eggcellcent Eggs Kit along with a few other products. I was trying to do something different. The problem is that it was hard to photograph because there is a window sheet over the bunny so I kept getting a reflection when I took the picture. This one was the best one.
What I had in mind was a chocolate bunny behind the window – like the boxes in the store – and then I wanted to try something different besides making him chocolate – so mine is a white chocolate bunny! I used the Emboss Resist technique to create him. So the Chocolate Bunny is stamped with VersaMark ink on Whisper White card stock. Covered him in Clear Embossing Powder and heat set. Then I used a Stampin’ Sponge and Chocolate Chip ink over it and then buffed it with a paper towel. And now that it is done it kind of looks like an old fashioned portrait.
I added rub-ons on the window sheet – these come from the Eggcellecent Eggs Kit. The inside also has some rub-ons. I think I could have added more but decided I needed to stop before I added too much.
Here is a full list of Stampin’ Up! supplies for this card:
- Crushed Curry card stock
- Chocolate Chip card stock and ink
- Whisper White card stock
- Clear Window Sheet – Medium
- Chocolate Bunny stamp
- Teeny Tine Wishes stamp set
- Eggcellent Eggs Kit
- VersaMark Ink
- Clear Embossing Powder
- Heat Tool
- Stampin’ Sponge
- 1-1/4″ Striped Chocolate Chip Grosgrain Ribbon
- Big Shot Die Cut machine
- Stampin’ Up! Perfect Details Texturz Plate, Impressions Pad, Silicone Rubber
- Oval Scallop Frame die
- Stampin’ Dimensionals
And here is a look at the rest of the Create team:
Connie
Julie
Mary
Kerin
Thanks for stopping by today! Happy Stampin’!
Feb 19, 2010 | Big Shot, Designer Series Paper, Occasion Mini 2010, Scrapbook Pages |
More desktop calendar pages for you today. We are now into the fall pages. And one of the stripes from the Sweet Pea papers was perfect for fall. I used the Big Shot to die cut leaves which were sponged and I added veins with a marker.
This photo is when we were hiking last September at Red Top Mtn State park during our big flood – the trail was blocked by the water which is behind us in the picture.
September Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Pumpkin Pie card stock
- Taken with Teal card stock
- Chocolate Chip card stock
- So Saffron card stock
- Sweet Pea Designer Series Paper stack
- Scallop Border punch
- Big Shot Die Cut Machine
- Leaves #2 die
- Billboard Alphabet Sizzlits Strip die
- Calendar Alphabet & Numbers stamp set
- Chocolate Chip ink and marker
- Stampin’ Sponge
Happy Stampin’!
Feb 18, 2010 | Big Shot, Designer Series Paper, Occasion Mini 2010, Sale-A-Bration 2010, Scrapbook Pages |
I just realized I didn’t finish showing you my desktop calendar pages. It looks like the last ones I shared were May and June so I’ll finish the second half of the year over the next week or so.
Since I used the Sweet Pea Designer Series paper for the calendar project I had to make July fit with the color scheme of the paper. The paper doesn’t have a red in it so I decided to use the Pumpkin Pie and Taken with Teal for my July page. And since it was July I used the Star punches. The photo on this page is from Greg’s family Reunion last July – this would be Greg’s sister, my niece, me and then all of the girl cousins. Somehow we actually coordinated pretty well with our clothing choices.
July Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Pumpkin Pie card stock
- Taken with Teal card stock and ink
- Sahara Sand card stock and ink
- Sweet Pea Designer Series Paper stack
- Scallop Border punch
- Star punch
- Large Star punch
- Big Shot Die Cut Machine
- Billboard Alphabet Sizzlits Strip die
- Calendar Alphabet & Numbers stamp set
- Chocolate Chip ink
- Stampin’ Sponge
The August Calendar uses the new stamp set in the Sale-A-Bration Brochure called Good Neighbors. It has the little houses and trees. The Sweet Pea paper has patterns with trees on it so those worked perfect. I haven’t added a photo to this page yet – I can’t decide what to put on it – a picture or our house might be good here. Since the boys are older I don’t take the First Day of School pictures like I used – we start school in August so that would be a great picture for this page.
The August calendar supply list:
- Old Olive card stock, ink and marker
- Chocolate Chip card stock and ink
- So Saffron card stock and marker
- Whisper White card stock
- Sweet Pea Designer Series Paper stack
- Scallop Trim Border punch
- 1-3/4″ circle punch
- Big Shot die-cut machine
- Billboard Alphabet Sizzlits Strip die
- Calendar Alphabet & Numbers stamp set
Thanks for stopping by today. It is a beautiful day today – perfectly blue skies!
Happy Stampin’!
Feb 14, 2010 | Big Shot, Cards, Occasion Mini 2010, Sale-A-Bration 2010, SU Ribbon, Thank You |
Like I said yesterday I really like this Happy Moments stamp set (Sale-A-Bration set) – so you will probably be seeing it several times in the next couple of weeks. I needed a Thank You card and happen to have one of the water colored images left from my cards I worked on for my Quick Cards class so I decided to use it for my card. And then I decided I wanted to do double duty and find a challenge where I could use a circle image. I searched around and found the Mojo Monday sketch challenge and when I was done I realized it also fit the Late Night Stampers challenge – which was a technique challenge to use some type of embossing technique.
Here is the sketch and here is my card. 
I used the same colors as yesterdays card – Chocolate Chip, Bashful Blue and Certainly Celery. The flowers are stamped on Watercolor paper and colored with classic ink and an Aqua painter.
Two layers are dry embossed using the Big Shot on the new Perfect Polka Doats embossing folder. The patterned paper is from the Sweet Pea Designer Series Paper stack.
I added Bashful Blue satin Ribbon and the Curly Label punch layered with the Movers & Shapers Curly Label die for the Big Shot.
On the inside is a Whisper White layer stamped with the flowers and then I stamped on the envelope to match too.
I’ll take it to the post office on Monday to send to Zoe – thanks for sharing your skinny clear bags with me!
Thanks for stopping by!
Feb 12, 2010 | Cards, Embossing, In Colors, Occasion Mini 2010, Stamper's Club |
I LOVE this card! Love, love this technique and just don’t use it enough. It is so easy but is such a WOW when you see it – almost like magic….
It is the Emboss Resist technique. This card is almost an exact copy of a card on the Stampin’ Connection site (for Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators) posted by Shannon West. I made really only two changes – the sentiment on the card since I didn’t have the one that she used and I put my card on a Soft Suede card base, her card was the white card as the base. Personally I don’t like to use the white or vanilla as my card base since it isn’t quite the same thickness as all the colored card stock. But that is just a personal thing for me – other people use those for the base of the cards all the time.
The little strip on the card is a piece of Soft Suede card stock created with the Faux Suede technique (convenient that the card stock was named the same as the technique). You can’t really see it in this photo but it has a soft texture to it.
The Vintage Vogue Stamp set works so nicely for this technique. The largest flower is the part that is embossed with clear embossing powder. Then it is sponged with the Soft Suede ink and that is what makes the flower pop out on the card.
Just a simple, elegant card that would work for many occasions. This was one of the cards we made at Stamp Club.
Guess what? We have SNOW coming down. I know….many people have had tons of snow and the snow we get would be nothing but we don’t get snow very often and it is actually snowing right now – I can look out my craft room window and watch it. The grass/trees/porch/roof and cars are starting to get covered. The streets I think are just wet because the temps are still above freezing right now. I’m waiting on school to get out so I can get the boys and have them home. Hopefully in about an hour we will all be home. Anyway it isn’t a big deal for most people but when you rarely get snow it makes it a big deal to us! I need to get some pictures of our Georgia snow.
Have a great weekend! Stop in tomorrow for my challenge card for the Create with Connie & Julie class.
Happy Stampin’ in the snow!
This card was one that we made at my class on Friday. It could be an Easter card, or birthday card, or a whatever you want it for card.
