Jun 20, 2016 | 2-Step Stampin', Cards |
Hi All!
The winner of the Catalog Scavenger hunt from last week was Cyndie S!
Thanks for playing along.
The first question was What three things can you do with your Photopolymer stamps?
- Mix & Match – You can create your own stamp combinations by placing several stamps on a block and stamp at the same time.
- Bend it – because they are flexible you can bend the stamps to give you more create possibilities.
- Two-step – Since the photopolymer is see-through it makes it easier to layer the images which we call two-step Stampin’. There are even some 3-step sets. So each layer adds a little more detail to your final image.
Below are some examples:
And here is a card I made using the Foxy Friends bundle. This is a Two-Step set. You can layer the different images to create a variety of animals besides the fox. However for this card I did make a red fox. I’ll have more cards to share with you using this fun bundle.
Thanks for stopping by!
Mar 30, 2016 | 2-Step Stampin', Sale-A-Bration 2016 |
It ends on March 31st – that’s tomorrow! So there is just a little more than one day left to get your free sale-a-bration items or get an awesome deal on the Starter Kit.
Here is an idea using the What I Love stamp set – a beautiful two-step (or 3 step) photopolymer set.
Stamp the flower with the outline first in your darkest color. Then use the solid pieces in lighter colors. Each one adds a little more depth to the flower. Try different combinations of colors – 3 different shades. Or use one or two colors and stamp off to get lighter versions of the same color. What that means is if you ink you stamp and then stamp the image – that would be the darkest – full strength. If you stamped it again without reinking it would be lighter – the second generation. And you could do it a third time. So when switching images you use your scrap paper to stamp off to get to the generation that you want.
Thanks for stopping by!
I can’t believe Sale-A-Bration is almost over! And in two weeks I’ll be headed to Salt Lake City for the Stampin’ Up! OnStage Live event (convention with a new name). I have so much to do!
Feb 22, 2011 | 2-Step Stampin', Birthday, Cards, Occasions Mini 2011, UDI Color Challenge |
I’m back – I took a few days to go visit my parents and saw my brother, sister-in-law and niece and nephew. We took 4 birthday gifts, had a birthday party, a birthday dinner, walked in the park, rode bikes, played games and legos and had a relaxing weekend. Only Ryan and I went while Greg and Tyler stayed home to work on the deck. I need to take pictures of their progress. Last week I tried to shop for birthday presents for Noah (6) and Ally (4) and just couldn’t find anything that I thought was the right thing. So I went back to the basics – I got them each a hula hoop, a big bouncing ball, bug nets and sand toys. And that seemed to be the perfect gift – all the kids at the party wanted to play the hula hoops and the balls.
So today’s card for the Utah Diva’s Color Challenge is a birthday card – and if you can believe it wasn’t even one of the four cards that I used for this weekend. Click on this link to go to the Utah Diva’s Color Challenge blog. This is our Color Challenge inspiration for week 24:
I really wasn’t sure what I wanted to do with these colors – So Saffron, Blushing Bride, Cherry Cobbler and Always Artichoke. Originally I thought flowers since that is what was in the inspiration picture but nothing came to me. I was working on projects for a class last week and I wanted to use the Create a Cupcake stamp set and the new Build a Cupcake punch. I had a swap card from the Leadership conference last month that I copied the layout from and used these color challenge colors. It turned out to be a really cute card and colors that I would not have used together worked perfectly for this.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Card stock: So Saffron, Cherry Cobbler, Always Artichoke, Whisper White
- Ink: Blushing Bride, Cherry Cobbler, So Saffron, Always Artichoke Stampin’ Write Marker
- Stamp sets: Create a Cupcake
- Accessories: Build a Cupcake Punch, Scallop Trim Border Punch, Whisper White Taffeta Ribbon, Stampin’ Dimensionals.
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
Stamping Together at Monika’s Place – February 2011 Newsletter – CLICK HERE.
February 2011 Ribbon Share – CLICK HERE.
Jun 16, 2010 | 2-Step Stampin', Almost Artisan, Big Shot, Cards, Thank You |
I’m going to finish posting my Artisan Award projects. If you missed my earlier posts – this is an annual contest that Stampin’ Up! holds for its demonstrators. It is the biggy! Anyway this was the first year that I entered the contest – and while I had high hopes of winning – I was not chosen as one of the winners – they picked 10. To enter we had to create 5 cards, 3 scrapbook pages and 2 3D projects. I have been showing my projects over the past couple of weeks. If you want to go back and see what I already posted CLICK HERE.
Today I’m sharing my 5th card. This one is fun and really much easier to make than it looks. I have seen lots of versions of this card – called a Tri-Shutter card – all over the internet. I created this one earlier this year and shared it with my Stamper’s Club. I really loved it so I decided to use it as one of my entries since I hadn’t shared it online with anyone else yet. I made one minor change to my original before mailing it in.
The card is cut and scored so it has multiple panels that fold together to create a really cool card with lots of places to embellish and add little things here and there.
I used the Simply Said stamp set for this one. This is a two-step stampin’ set that has been around for several years and I think many people have forgotten it. The Designer Paper is the Tall Tales paper. My colors are Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, So Saffron and Whisper White. 
I used the Beautiful Wings Embosslit to die cut a variety of butterflies with my Big Shot. I also used the Big Shot to cut the large Scallop circle and for adding texture using Embossing folders on some of the panels.
The large butterfly on the front was cut twice – once in So Saffron and once in Chocolate Chip. The Chocolate Chip butterfly was cut in half and layered on the back of the So Saffron butterfly. The body and antenna are made from Linen Thread. The circle scissors was used to cut the inner circle. I used the distressing tool, sponging and the white gel pen as accents on the card.
The one thing I changed from my original card to the one I sent in to Stampin’ Up! was the addition of the center of the flower on the inner panel. I added some Tombow glue and added a swirl of linen thread to make the center of the flower. I really like how it turned out.
This is probably my favorite card out of the ones that I entered and of course the colors are some of my very favorite. I’m so glad they aren’t retiring!
I have two more projects to post – my last scrapbook and 3D projects – so I hope you will come back.
Thanks for stopping by!
Apr 18, 2010 | 2-Step Stampin', Big Shot, Cards, Create with Connie & Mary, In Colors, Wildlife |
I created another Awash with Flowers card using the exact same colors and pieces of card stock as my first one. This is the second version.
I used this one for my class on Friday – I actually let everyone choose between making this one or my original design that you can see here.
The “Wonderful Mother” from the Well Scripted stamp set in the Stampin’ Up! Occasions Mini catalog was used so it could be a mother’s day card. Stamped on Whisper White and punch with the Scallop Oval punch. I added the little leaf petals at the bottom to dress it up a bit. Then layered it on a Wide Oval punched from Melon Mambo. The layer of Basic Black behind it is also the Wide Oval punch – either use two or cut one in half and add each half to the back of the other one so you can just see a hint of it.
I wanted to show you the cardinal eggs that I found on Friday – the mom finally left her nest late in the afternoon – that seems to be the norm for most of the moms from what I can tell. 
She has two eggs but one is much smaller than the other. When I checked on Saturday – the smaller egg was gone and only one egg was in the nest. She seems to be gone today so maybe she decided her eggs weren’t viable this time or another predator came in and took the egg. I don’t really know. I’ll let you know if she lays another one.
As for the other nests – the other moms were all sitting this morning – I need to go back and count the days to see how long before we can expect babies to hatch.
Thanks for stopping by. Don’t forget to check out Create with Connie & Mary – I’m so excited to be a guest designer! It is sure to be fun with lots of great projects – a new one each day for 5 weeks – right now is an Early bird special for $19.95 – then the first week is a preview week for everyone and then the next four weeks will only be open to those that join – so do it now while we have the special. Each week we will feature an assortment of products from the Summer Mini Catalog – there will be at least two tutorials each week.
Early Bird pricing for Create with Connie & Mary: Summer Edition is going on now – $19.95 – don’t miss out!
Join me for the Royal Blog Tour: April 30 – May 3rd.
Apr 13, 2010 | 2-Step Stampin', Big Shot, Cards, In Colors, Thank You |
I just received my Summer Mini pre-order and the sneak peek Awash with Flowers stamp set – now it is time to plan out projects for the upcoming months and the Create with Connie & Mary class. I played first with the Awash with Flowers stamp set – this is a 2-step stampin’ set that is a sneak peek from the upcoming Stampin’ Up! 2010-2011 Idea Book & Catalog that will be out in July. I needed a project for my downline meeting that I had last night too. I decided to work with a sketch I found on the Stamping 411 blog for this week. 
As you can see I have turned the sketch on its side for my version. I stamped the outline images first and then filled in with the solid images. I used a Stampin’ Write marker to fill in the flower stems and the little details coming out of the middle of the flowers.
Here is a full list of Stampin’ Up! supplies:
- Awash with Flowers stamp set
- Tiny Tags stamp set
- Itty Bitty Background stamp set
- Melon Mambo card stock and ink
- Bermuda Bay card stock and ink
- Basic Black card stock
- Whisper White card stock
- Staz-on ink Jet Black
- Rich Razzleberry ink and marker
- Old Olive ink and marker
- Scallop Trim Border Punch
- Black Gingham Ribbon
- Big Shot Die-Cut machine
- Perfect Details Texturz Plate
I thought it turned out cute – and bright and springy (is that a word). I made it into a Thank You card but this would be pretty as a Mother’s Day card too.
I have a few updates on the backyard birds – so House #3 has the bluebirds and they had 4 eggs before we left on our trip – I checked yesterday and mom is sitting on the eggs and there are still only 4 so she was done the day before we left. While we were away House #2 has a new nest in it – it appears to be a Chick-a-dee nest – moss and fur are in there – I just haven’t seen any birds going in or out yet – I don’t think there are any eggs in there yet. House #3 has a nest that was started before we left – looks to be a Tufted Titmouse – but I haven’t confirmed that yet either – it doesn’t appear to have any eggs unless they are buried.
Thanks for stopping by today!
