Jun 7, 2011 | Baby Wipe, Cards, Masculine, Retired List, Techniques, UDI Color Challenge |
Hey guys! It’s Color Challenge Tuesday with the UDI girls. We are on week #39 and the inspiration picture was this exotic beach towel – don’t you just love the natural colors. I do! Sometimes I’m not excited about the colors that we have for our challenge but this week I thought it would be easy because I love to use the natural looking colors.
But much to my surprise I sat don’t with these four colors and couldn’t think of what to do with them. I was thinking something natural and floral like the inspiration picture but it just wasn’t’ coming together at all. So I pulled out my Last Chance Stamp set list and thought that I needed to use one of my sets that was on that list – give it a good farewell (I have a lot on that list so I better start now so I can get them all in before the end of June). Then I got a great idea and found the perfect thing to do with these colors. My stamp set of choice Extreme Skateboard – and what are these colors perfect for – camouflage! So here is my extreme skateboard camo card for this week’s color challenge.
The background is a really fun technique that I haven’t done in a while – it does get your fingers inky (at least mine end up that way) – so perhaps it would be worth it to wear some gloves to keep your fingers clean. First take a piece of Glossy White card stock and stamp your main image – the skateboarder – in Jet Black StazOn. Take a baby wipe and fold it up into quarters or so – then add drops of ink – I used the Old Olive, Pear Pizzazz, and Always Artichoke – spread them a little apart. Then pick up the baby wipe and dab it on a piece of Glossy White card stock. Let it dry. I used two pieces for this card and all of it was done with just one baby wipe – I didn’t have to add any more ink so you could do multiple cards at a time. Now do watch out because the longer you wait the ink will bleed together on the baby wipe and depending on the colors you use will end up just looking muddy so don’t let it sit for too long before you use it.
To finish the card I distressed the edges of the layers and added some tearing and random staples trying to give it a rough look. I added the wide striped ribbon too – I maybe should have cut it or torn it or something. 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: Old Olive, Basic Black, Glossy White
- Ink: JetBlack StazOn, Refills in Old Olive, Pear Pizzazz, Always Artichoke
- Stamp sets: Extreme Skateboard
- Accessories: Cutter Kit, Basic Black Striped ribbon
- Non- SU: staples, baby wipes
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
May 11, 2011 | Big Shot, Cards, Create with Connie & Mary, Summer Mini 2011, Thumping |
This week Create with Connie and Mary Summer Edition is full of surprises and I am SOOOO excited to announce that I’m Surprise #3.
I am the SURPRISE GUEST DESIGNER for Week 3. If you are a subscriber to Create with Connie and Mary Summer Edition I will be sharing with you a FABULOUS 3D project and tutorial using one of that week’s featured sets. But WHICH set is a SURPRISE, too!
Now remember…the only way to see my SURPRISE GUEST DESIGNER project is to be a subscriber to Create with Connie and Mary Summer Edition and sign up now while you can save $5 off the subscription price. The early bird special of $24.95 ends Saturday, May 14th at 11:55 pm. Don’t delay!
I was so excited to get the email from Connie & Mary and can’t wait to create something to share with subscribers. For now here is a fabulous card using the Strength & Hope stamp set from the Stampin’ Up! Summer Mini catalog.
This is a fun window card. The circle in the front of the card is punched out and everything inside is actually on the inside of the card. The fun butterfly accent was created using the thumping technique. Here are some other views of the card.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Card stock: So Saffron Textured, Peach Parfait, Early Espresso, Whisper White
- Ink: So Saffron, Early Espresso, Peach Parfait, also Stampin’ Write Markers in the same colors
- Stamp sets: Strength & Hope
- Accessories: 2-1/2″ Circle Punch, Scallop Trim Border Punch, Big Shot Die Cut Machine, 3″ Circle Die, Scallop Circle #2 Die, Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder, Basic Pearls, Pumpkin Pie Taffeta ribbon, Color Spritzer, Stampin’ Sponge
Apr 25, 2011 | Cards, faux silk, Occasions Mini 2011, Vintage |
This beautiful card was one of the creations we made in my April Hands On Class. It uses the Nature Walk stamp set from the Occasions Mini Catalog and a technique called Faux Silk. This particular card design is from Sandy MacIver – she is a very creative demonstrator. Nature Walk is one of my favorite stamp sets and I’m hoping so much that it ends up in our next Idea Book & Catalog so I can keep using it for classes and clubs. I think it is so pretty that I bought the wood set so I could put it out on a shelf for decoration! I just love all the images in the set. So when I saw this design from Sandy I wanted to use it.
Other items from the Stampin’ Up! Occasions Mini Catalog that I used are the Framed Tulips embossing folder, the Botanical Gazette Designer Series paper and the Cherry Cobbler seam binding. The Mini Catalog ends in just a few days so hurry if you would like to purchase any of these items. I do know that the embossing folder will continue to be available but not the other products. I always hate the end of a mini catalog – especially this one it had so many wonderful products in it – I only hope that is a sign of what’s to come in our new Idea Book.
I hope your Easter was wonderful – ours was just perfect. We were here with 32 family members and friends. We had great company, great weather and wonderful home cooked food. We had three tables set up in the new sunroom and it was perfect. This year we had a lot of different states represented – while most of the group was from all over Georgia – we also had some from Indiana, Florida, South Carolina, Louisiana, and even one from California. How fun to have us all together in one place.
Have a great week!
Apr 19, 2011 | Big Shot, Fifth Avenue Floral, SU Ribbon, UDI Color Challenge, Watercoloring |
Tuesday is here again – it just seems to come around so quickly – where does the week go?
This week’s Utah Diva’s Color Challenge was pretty easy for me – it just so happened that I was already working on something that pretty much used these same colors. Daffodil Delight, Basic Black and Whisper White – all I had to do was add the Basic Gray.
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.
So what was I working on with these colors – my March Ribbon share boxes. I happen to have in my big stash of stuff a bunch of little take out boxes that were Daffodil Delight. I bought these a couple of years ago at a store in the $1 bin. And never did use them. I was trying to think of a good way to present my ribbon share this month – I like to do something creative – it goes with the territory….. and I thought about these little boxes. So that is what I used.
Inside each box is all the ribbon for the ribbon share. Then when I saw the color challenge for this week I thought I just need to add the Basic Gray to this project and it will be perfect. Here is my updated project for the Color Challenge today.
I stamped the flower from Fifth Avenue Floral on a piece of Watercolor paper and used my Aquapainter and the Daffodil Delight ink to watercolor the flower. Then I cut it out. 
It is layered with a dimensional on top of a scallop circle punched out of Basic Black card stock. Then underneath that is a larger scallop circle out of Basic Gray. This one is actually the scallop end of the tag on the Two Tags die cut using the Big Shot. What you do is cut the tag out, then put the tag back on the die in the opposite direction matching the cut scallop end up with the scallop on the die to cut the other side. This cuts out the other half which then layers perfectly with our original Scallop Circle punch. Finally I added pearls to the center of the flower and then put it on the front of the box.
On the top of the box is an oval punch that says “for you”. And I tied the top of the box with Taffeta Ribbon – in Basic Black, Daffodil Delight and Whisper White.
So you have two different versions of the take out boxes. The one with the ribbon share uses the Four Frames stamp set for the label on the front.
Take a minute to visit the UDI site and play along with us this week.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Card stock: Watercolor paper, Basic Black, Basic Gray
- Ink: Daffodil Delight, Jet Black Staz On
- Stamp sets: Fifth Avenue Floral, Teeny Tiny Wishes
- Accessories: 1-3/4″ Scallop Circle Punch, Oval punches – 1-3/4 x 7/8 and 1-3/8 x 5/8, (Big Shot Die Cut Machine, Two Tags die, Aquapainter, Basic Pearls, Taffeta Ribbon – Daffodil Delight, Basic Black, Whisper White, Stampin’ Dimensionals.
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
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.
Feb 15, 2011 | Baby, Big Shot, Cards, Occasions Mini 2011, UDI Color Challenge, Watercoloring |
This week for the Utah Diva’s Color Challenge I made a Baby card. I don’t seem to make very many of those. Most of my friends are beyond the baby years and we are all dealing with teenagers! I’ve decided there are also the terrible teens – not that my kids are terrible actually they are really good kids but they just enjoy aggravating me! So I don’t really have a need for a baby card – I’m not sure that I can even think of anyone I know that is pregnant right now – but I have a card in case I need it!
Click on this link to go to the Utah Diva’s Color Challenge blog. This is our Color Challenge inspiration for week 23:
It just seemed like such pretty little girl colors. I have all boys so I didn’t use pinks for decorating baby rooms, but wouldn’t this be a pretty color combo for a little girls room. I ended up using both of the hostess sets in the Stampin’ Up! Occasions Mini Catalog – A Slice of Life and Something to Celebrate. I water-colored the little baby clothes and cut the out to hang on the “clothes line”.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Card stock: Certainly Celery, Melon Mambo, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White
- Ink: Basic Black StazOn ink
- Stamp sets: A Slice of Life, Something to Celebrate
- Accessories: Big Shot Die-Cut Machine, Square Lattice Embossing Folder, Petal Cone Die, Linen Thread, Aquapainter, Watercolor Wonder Crayons, 1/16″ circle punch, 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.
The background is a really fun technique that I haven’t done in a while – it does get your fingers inky (at least mine end up that way) – so perhaps it would be worth it to wear some gloves to keep your fingers clean. First take a piece of Glossy White card stock and stamp your main image – the skateboarder – in Jet Black StazOn. Take a baby wipe and fold it up into quarters or so – then add drops of ink – I used the Old Olive, Pear Pizzazz, and Always Artichoke – spread them a little apart. Then pick up the baby wipe and dab it on a piece of Glossy White card stock. Let it dry. I used two pieces for this card and all of it was done with just one baby wipe – I didn’t have to add any more ink so you could do multiple cards at a time. Now do watch out because the longer you wait the ink will bleed together on the baby wipe and depending on the colors you use will end up just looking muddy so don’t let it sit for too long before you use it.
