Jun 17, 2011 | Birthday, Cards, Faux Mother of Pearl, Masculine, Retired List |
This is my current favorite technique – Faux Mother of Pearl – have you tried it yet? It is so super easy your going to say why haven’t I done that before. You need some Frost White Shimmer Paint, Whisper White or Very Vanilla card stock, plastic wrap, paper plate or tray, clothes pin, Stampin’ Sponge and Crumb Cake classic ink. This technique was shown in a recent Stampin’ Success magazine (you know the one that all of us Stampin’ Up! demonstrators get each month). They also showed it on colored card stock and used different colors of ink for the sponging part. But this is the card I created so I’m going to tell you exactly what I did for mine.
Speaking of the card – the layout was inspired by another card that I found on a stamping website – I’m not sure who made it though. Mine is a little different from that one and that person mentioned being inspired by a card shown at a regional I think in Australia. So this idea I guess has been around the world…..
This is my card. Another creation for my Last Chance class – the stamp set Sense of Time is retiring, along with the Elegant Soiree Designer Series Paper (one of my favorites from this catalog). The clock is the Faux Mother of Pearl technique and this is how I made mine.
- Crumple up a piece of plastic wrap and then clip it with a clothes pin so you have a handle to hold it by – it’s just cleaner and keeps it off your fingers – you don’t have to use the clothes pin if you don’t want.
- Put some drops of Frost White Shimmer paint on a paper plate. Dab your plastic wrap into it and then dab some off – you want it thinner rather than thick globs.
- Dab the plastic with the paint on it all over your piece of card stock – I used Whisper White for this clock. You just want splotches everywhere. If it is a light layer it will dry pretty quickly. Let it dry.
- Use a stampin’ sponge and Crumb Cake ink and sponge all over the card stock especially in between the shimmer paint.
That’s it. Now you have the Faux Mother of Pearl created. Next stamp your image over it. I used Black StazOn ink for my clock. I cut it out and the sponged the edges of the clock in Basic Gray ink. Here is a close up of the clock face – hopefully you can see the pearl on it –
I also used the shimmer paint on the top portion of the card background. For this I used a sponge dauber to daub the paint onto my stamp and then stamped it on the card stock. I also daubed a little with the plastic wrap too. The center of the clock has an Antique Brad and I used some Crumb Cake Seam Binding on the card too. The “happy birthday” is from Teeny Tiny Wishes.
I’ll be showing you this technique again next week on a scrapbook page and I’m using it on one of my convention swaps. Which I’ll be showing later. I hope you are having a great day!
Thanks for stopping by!
Jun 16, 2011 | Cards, Great Friend, Retired List |
I’ve got another card from my Last Chance Hands-On class last week. This card idea came from a sketch that I found on Stampin’ Connection. I need to see if I can get back to it. I wanted something where I could use some Designer Series Paper and this sketch fit the bill.
I’m back – I went to go find the sketch so I could include it here and you could see how the card came from it. I do like working from sketches.
And now my card – 
I used the Great Friend stamp set – sad to see this one go it was one that I liked to use because the butterfly image is so unique. For the Designer Series paper I used Blueberry Crisp and took my colors from the paper. The base is Sahara Sand, then a layer of Very Vanilla. The strips of Blueberry Crisp paper. I added my sentiment at the bottom and then a flower using the Simple Flower Embosslit with a Rhinestone in the center. I also added some Very Vanilla Taffeta ribbon.
And yes there is a bunch of stuff on here that is on the Last Chance list –
#113792 – Great Friend stamp set
#117392 – Blueberry Crisp DSP
#109071 – Very Vanilla 3/8″ Taffeta Ribbon
#114514 – Simple Flower Embosslit
I hope you like it!
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Jun 15, 2011 | Birthday, Cards, class, Retired List |
Have you seen this fun idea before?
It’s the Pick A Petal stamp set used to make candle flames. I saw this idea a long time ago where someone took the solid petal to make the flames. I stamped mine in Daffodil Delight. And for mine I decided to add the line petal image in More Mustard so it looked like flickering flames. Not sure it quite does that but it adds some dimension and character to the flames. To finish the candles I used strips from the Celebrations Designer Series paper. The wick is just the Pacific Point Stampin’ Write Marker. I tied some Real Red Grosgrain ribbon around the candles and then added that piece to the front of a Bashful Blue card base. To the left I added some strips from the Celebrations Quick Accents. These self-adhesive die cuts are always fun to use. And finally to finish off the card I stamped “happy birthday” from the Family Phrases stamp set.
This card was part of my Hands-On class last week featuring Last Chance items so you guessed it there are several things I used on this card that are on the last chance list. So if you want them order them quickly by going to my online store. Everyone that places a $50 or more product order will be entered into a drawing for a free stamp set – so click here to get shopping.
These are the items from this card that are on the Last Chance list –
#115042 Pick a Petal stamp set
#114960 Family Phrases stamp set
#117164 Celebrations Designer Series paper
#118708 Celebrations Quick Accents
#109052 Real Red 5/8″ Grosgrain Ribbon
I hope you enjoyed today’s card. It will be one of the cards in this months Card Maker’s Club – if you want to make some be sure to sign up for my class on June 29th. Have a great day!
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Jun 14, 2011 | Baby, Big Shot, Cards, Retired List, UDI Color Challenge |
Wow! Did you visit during the Blog Hop this weekend? I hope you did and that you took the time to hop through – did you know that you went all the way to Australia and New Zealand on the blog hop!
Today we are back to the Utah Diva’s International Color Challenge. I hope you’ll visit the blog and see all the other designer projects too. It’s always interesting to see how different the projects are that we create with the same set of colors. We are on week #40 and the inspiration picture inspiration picture was a lovely bedding ensemble – there were just three colors for us this week – Early Espresso, Bashful Blue and Whisper White. I really wanted to add just one more color (Crumb Cake) but I didn’t – I followed the rules…
I looked again through my stack of retiring stamp sets to see what might inspire me with these colors. I came across one of the A La Carte stamps – Baby Steps – the cute stamp with the two elephants. When I was in school I collected elephants – so I always like things with elephants on them. I got this stamp set at the first of the year – but haven’t actually used it. And now it’s retiring so I thought I better hurry up and get some ink on it. It really is so cute and these colors this week would be perfect for a little baby boy card. So here is what I made –
Very simple and clean looking. The base is Early Espresso, the first layer is Bashful Blue that was embossed with Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder. I wrapped some Early Espresso Satin Ribbon and tied it in a knot. I added two little tags (Jewelry Tag punch) one in white and one in blue – I stamped ‘baby’ from Tiny Tags and hand wrote ‘boy’ with a Stampin’ Write Marker.
I inked the Baby Steps stamp in Bashful Blue and then used the Early Espresso Stampin’ Write Marker to color over the “congratulations” and then stamped it on the Whisper White. I stamped the image again on another piece of Whisper White so that I could cut out the big elephant and pop it up on top of the first one. I used the marker to darken the eyes. Layer the white on Early Espresso and added it to the front of the card with some Stampin’ Dimensionals. I hope you like it!
Click on this link to go to the Utah Diva’s Color Challenge blog. There you can see the creations from the entire design team and add a link to your creation if you decide to play along.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Card stock: Early Espresso, Bashful Blue, Whisper White
- Ink: Bashful Blue, Early Espresso Stampin’ Write marker
- Stamp sets: Baby Steps, Tiny Tags
- Accessories: Jewelry Tag punch, Early Espresso Satin Ribbon, Big Shot, Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
Jun 13, 2011 | Big Shot, Retired List, SU Ribbon |
It’s June and that means Stampin’ Up! is retiring stamp sets and accessories. So I’m trying to work my way through my retiring sets and accessories by creating projects to show you. I was sad to see that there is a list of Big Shot Die’s retiring – oh my! And many of them are even on sale! One of those on the list is the Basket’s & Blooms XL die – and it is 25% off. I decided to use it to make this cute holder for my last ribbon share.
The girls also made one in my Hands-On class on Friday – but it wasn’t full of ribbon.
I used Very Vanilla Textured card stock – 6″ x 12″ piece and cut it with the Big Shot and the Basket & Blooms XL die (it’s on the last chance list). I stamped on the two basket pieces with the Simply Said stamp set (also on the last chance list) – I used Old Olive ink. I also sponged along the bottom of the basket with Old Olive ink. The flowers were colored with Stampin’ Write markers in Daffodil Delight and Pumpkin Pie. Assemble the basket using Multi purpose liquid glue – that is what I like to use.
Create a coordinating tag (the tag is also part of the die) and tie it to the handle with some taffeta ribbon – I used Pumpkin Pie and Daffodil Delight (and you guessed it both of these are also on the Last chance list). The baskets for the ribbon share were filled with the wide striped grosgrain ribbon – much of it is also on the last chance list but not all the colors and we’ll be getting some new colors too – so that is exciting!
In July I’ll have another ribbon share with one of the new ribbon styles in the catalog. You are going to love it!
I hope you enjoyed the UStamp Blog Hop this weekend. I’ll be picking a winner later today for the blog candy. Talk to you in a bit…..
Jun 8, 2011 | Big Shot, Build-a-Bear, Designer Series Paper, Retired List, Scrapbook Pages |
I think it has been a while since I shared a scrapbook layout. This is one of my favorites so far this year. It uses the Create a Cupcake stamp set and Build a Cupcake Punch. I made this one as a birthday layout for myself. I just need to print the pictures to put on it.
I guess that means I’ve revealed my age – just don’t tell anyone else. I almost created this page with the traditional bold colors in the Celebrations Designer Series paper but then I decided I wanted to do something different and chose to use the Build-A-Bear Workshop Pawsitively Prints Designer Series paper. Both are retiring with this current catalog so be sure to order them now if you want them.
The Build-A-Bear paper is really cute with stripes, checks, dots, plaid, and some flowers. The colors are Poppy Parade, So Saffron, Tempting Turquoise, and Pear Pizzazz.
The cupcakes are a variety of stamped and punched pieces and a few are embossed with the Square Lattice Embossing folder. The big flower is several layers of the Paper Flowers that I colored with Poppy Parade ink to match. In the center is a Jumbo Pear Pizzazz button. I used the Big Shot die cut machine to cut the big circle(Clear Circle) and the numbers (Simple Numbers).
I saw the idea for this layout in a scrapbook magazine and adapted it to a two page 12×12 layout and made it an all SU layout. My scrapbook class liked this layout and I hope you do too.
Thanks for stopping by today!
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This is my card. Another creation for my Last Chance class – the stamp set Sense of Time is retiring, along with the Elegant Soiree Designer Series Paper (one of my favorites from this catalog). The clock is the Faux Mother of Pearl technique and this is how I made mine.
