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!
Feb 8, 2010 | Baroque Motifs, Designer Series Paper, Embossing, Holiday Mini Catalog 2009, Sale-A-Bration 2010, Scrapbook Pages |
I’m continuing with the 52 weeks of stress free scrapbooking – and I have week 4 finished – that means 48 more to go…
I love how this one turned out. On the 52 weeks blog – Janna actually had two layouts – this was the alternate layout and I turned it on it’s side. And used all Stampin’ Up! product to create my version.
I have never made a black & white page – I added one color – a combination of So Saffron/Crushed Curry. The photo is my grandmother that died before I was born so I never knew her. It is an old photo from 1930 – so it is black & white with the yellowing of a vintage photo so I decided the So Saffron would work well with it.
The base is a piece of 12 x 12 Basic Black card stock. I stamped it with the large swirl image from the Baroque Motifs stamp set using VersaMark ink and then embossed with clear embossing powder. The other black panel is created the same way. I used some of the Night & Day Designer Series Paper was in the Stampin’ Up! Holiday Mini Catalog (now you can get it as a Digital Download for My Digital Studio). I add a few strips of So Saffron card stock and create the edging with the new Scallop Trim Border Punch (you can get it FREE with a qualifying Sale-A-Bration order). The patterned paper layered behind the photo and the title at the bottom is the Crushed Curry print from the Razzleberry Lemonade Designer Series Paper pack – it is a light print so it looks more like So Saffron. There are small photo corners punched from the Basic Black card stock and the Photo Corners punch.
The accent pieces are stamped with the Vintage Labels set (another one you can get FREE with a qualifying Sale-A-Bration order) – the curly label frame image was stamped with Crushed Curry or Basic Black ink on Whisper White, So Saffron card stock and a piece of the Night & Day Designer Series paper. These were all punched out with the Curly Label punch.
Then I stamped each one with an image from the Charming stamp set which was featured in the Holiday Mini catalog but is still available during the Occasions Mini Catalog. The flower was stamped with Crushed Curry ink. The other two were stamped with VersaMark and embossed with white embossing powder.
I was very happy with how this one turned out. I hope you like it too. Now to work on week 5’s layout…..
Have a wonderful Stampin’ Up! Day!
Jan 23, 2010 | Birthday, Create with Connie & Julie, Occasion Mini 2010, Rock 'n Roll, Rub-Ons, SU Ribbon |
It’s Challenge Day at the Create with Connie & Julie – Occasions Edition class. Congratulations to last weeks winners – Sue and Lori. Our challenge this week is a sketch challenge. Here is a look at the sketch:
This week in class we are featuring the following products from the new Stampin’ Up! Occasions Mini Catalog: Vintage Vogue stamp set, Very Vintage Jumbo Wheel, and from the Sale-A-Bration brochure the Vintage Labels SAB set. Class members are encouraged to participate in the challenges so you can win prizes each week! So get busy with this sketch challenge and then go to the class site and link your entry to the challenge post. Good Luck – I hope you win!
And here is my card for the sketch:
This card is a little bit different than a standard card – it is actually a mini card on a post card backing. So the piece that opens is the Chocolate Chip piece. Here is a photo from another angle:
And here is one of the inside: 
Sometimes you only need a few words to say what you need to say so a small space is enough.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies used:
- More Mustard card stock and ink pad
- So Saffron card stock and ink pad and refill
- Chocolate Chip card stock
- Whisper White card stock
- Vintage Vogue stamp set
- Very Vintage Jumbo Wheel
- Well Scripted stamp set
- Jumbo Handle, Jumbo ink cartridge
- Chocolate Chip Satin ribbon
- Linen Thread
- Chit Chat Rub-ons
- Earth Elements brads – More Mustard
- 5/16″ Jumbo Brads – Chocolate Chip
- Playground Designer buttons – More Mustard flower
- 1/16″ and 1/8″ handheld punches
- Mini Glue Dots
- Stampin’ Dimensionals
The large flowers are stamped using the Rock & Roll technique – ink first in So Saffron and then roll the edges in More Mustard ink. The small flowers are just stamped in More Mustard. All the flowers are cut out. For one large flower punch a hole in the center. Wrap the ribbon around the More Mustard card stock and pull both ends through the center of the flower – tie in a knot and trim the ends of the ribbon. Add the brads and buttons to the other flowers and add to the panel with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
I used a rub-on on the front of the card from the Chit Chat set in the regular catalog but there is a new set in the Occasions Mini called Chat Room. These rub-ons are such a great deal – you get about 200 greetings in each pack. Both of these sets have a variety of styles and sayings.
And here is a look at the rest of the Create team:
Connie
Julie
Mary
Kerin
If you haven’t checked out the Create with Connie and Julie site yet now is the time to do it! We feature new Occasions Mini product every week. 
There is a new project posted every day and there will be a minimum of two fabulous tutorials each and every week. We like to have lots of fun so we have challenges and prizes for our subscribers. Our sites stay up long after the session is done so you will always have access to the site and the tutorials. For more information and to see our Preview Week projects please visit the Create with Connie and Julie site.
Thanks for stopping by today! Happy Stampin’!
Dec 22, 2009 | Christmas, Embossing, Holiday Mini Catalog 2009 |
I wanted to share with a card made by my friend, Yvonne. She sent this to me for Christmas and it is gorgeous. I call it a fancy fold card. The front is scored and folded back. The ornament outline is cut on one half only so that the ornament image shows through on the front and the inside. The images from Delightful Decorations are stamped and embossed in White. The one on the inside has the half pearl from the Pretties Kit in the center.
Yvonne added some silver cord at that fold so it sits at the top of the ornament. Either side of the card has a piece of the Flocked paper from the Christmas Cocoa Specialty paper and a layer of Whisper White card stock that was punched with the Eyelet border punch.
This card turned out great and I haven’t made one like this yet. I’m going to have to try one of these. I think the Movers & Shapers die with the various windows would work for this idea.
Thank you Yvonne for sending me this beautiful card.
I shared this on Late Night Stampers as day 11 in the 12 Days of Christmas Challenge.
Have a great day – Christmas is almost here…..
Nov 20, 2009 | Faux Torn Paper, Holiday Mini Catalog 2009, Techniques |
I don’t know what it is like where you live but where I live we are in full Autumn Splendor. The leaves have mostly turned and many have fallen. We have leaves everywhere and as soon as Greg blows them off the yard and the driveway there are more right behind. We are in the “foothills” of Georgia so we are just at the edge of the mountains so to speak – not in the mountains but you can see mountains from here and a short drive north and you are driving in the mountains. When we drive north to get to Virginia it should be a very pretty drive as we pass by the Blue Ridge Mtns on our way.
This card is from the STARZ meeting this past weekend. Wendy designed it to show us the Torn Paper technique. Or maybe it was called Faux Torn Paper. The only paper that is really torn is a piece of scratch paper – we used the Stampin’ Up! grid paper. You lay the torn paper on top of the piece you are stamping and then stamp the image – we used the Tres Chic stamp and the Autumn Splendor stamp set, then we also sponged along the edge of the torn paper.
The leaf accent is one of the leaves from the Autumn Splendor stamp set, cut out and crinkled up. There is linen thread also tied around the card stock on the front of the card. The colors are Really Rust and Chocolate Chip and also Naturals White card stock. Today the sun is so bright that my picture is a bit washed out.
I have been wanting to try this technique but haven’t yet. I’ll need to design a card for one of my classes that uses this.
Today is the day we hear from GA Tech if Kyle was accepted for early admission or deferred to the regular pool. Fingers crossed that he gets in. He is supposed to check his account at 5:00 pm and let us know. He is such a good student and I just can’t see why he wouldn’t get in.
Have a great rest of the day!
Nov 16, 2009 | Baroque Motifs, Big Shot, Christmas, Contest Winner, Embossing, Stamper's Club |
This is the best project! So much fun to make and they will be awesome gifts for almost anyone. I have been wanting to make the tile coasters with the tumbled tiles for awhile now. I made them a couple of years ago using StazOn ink and Stampin’ Pastels but I’ve seen other people making them with craft ink. I had planned on the tiles being one of the projects for my Stamper’s Club this time since we were working on gift giving ideas. In the Simply Holidays class that Heather Summers had she showed us a tumbled tile project that included a box to hold the tiles – it was perfect! I made sure I had Craft Ink and Clear Embossing Powder and I went and bought the tiles and was ready to roll. I decided to use the Dasher stamp set on the tiles and was very happy with how they turned out.
Stampin’ Up! supplies include:
– Dasher stamp set
– Tree Trimmings stamp set
– Baroque Motifs stamp set
– Warm Words stamp set
– Winter Post stamp set (for the tag)
– Craft ink in Chocolate Chip, Old Olive and Real Red
– Clear Embossing Powder
– Chocolate Chip card stock for the box
– Kraft card stock for the tag
– Old Olive or Chocolate Chip 1-1/4″ Striped Grosgrain Ribbon
– Big Shot and Stampin’ Up! Two Tags die
– Red hemp cord (retired SU product)
And non-SU are the Tumbled Tiles and the felt tabs for the bottom of the tiles.
I made up about 4 more sets the weekend after we had our club meeting and I do plan to make some more to have for gifts this Holiday season.
UPDATE: I have been getting some questions on these so here is an explanation of how they were made.
I stamped the images with Craft ink and then covered them with Clear Embossing Powder. Since I was making a bunch I put them all on a cookie sheet (lined with parchment paper) and put them in the oven – I think each oven varies so you may need to test the temp and time for yours. I started at 300 degrees and it was taking a very long time so I increased the temp to 350. It took about 8 minutes for each batch of tiles – I have large cookie sheets so I think I had at least 8 or 10 tiles on it. You do want them all to lie flat on the tray – I did one batch where I had one leaning up on the edge and it took much longer to heat the embossing powder. You can see the powder change from powdery to a shiny finish. If you leave them too long they start to bubble so you do need to keep an eye on them. Then I took them out of the oven and I had a large towel doubled on my counter – I used a spatula to take them off the tray and place on the towel to cool – they will be HOT – don’t touch them! After they cool completely add the little felt pads to the bottom so they don’t scratch the table when you use them. I bought my tumbled tiles at Home Depot and they were about $5 for a box of 9.
Happy Stampin’!
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….
