Oct 8, 2010 | Bingo, Birthday, Cards, Designer Series Paper, Stampin' Up! Events, Watercoloring |
Today I have two of my card swaps that I took to the Baltimore Regional. These both use the Level 2 Stampin’ Up! Hostess set called Longfellows.
I got this set because I thought the animals were fun and different from anything else that I had. But once I had it here at home I couldn’t figure out exactly what to do with these long fellows!
This design works well and I plan to make cards with the rest of the gang. I used the dog in my pets class (and the cat). And here is my turtle version. The Old Olive Designer Paper is from the Plate Date paper pack.
I made a new version of the cat card using Cajun Craze as my main color. The Designer paper on this one is the Wicked Fun specialty paper. This one is fun because the black circles are flocked so they have texture.
The animals are stamped with Jet Black StazOn Ink and then water colored with an aquapainter and classic ink.
Now I need to do the whale, the elephant and the alligator and I’ll have a complete set.
My 12 weeks of Christmas Newsletter went out earlier this week. I sent out week 1 on Wednesday and got it out to most of the people that signed up on Thursday. I’m going to finish sending week 1 to those that signed up on Thursday. The next one will go out next week Wednesday.
Monika’s Blog Bingo continues – I heard several people at the regional tell me how much fun they thought it was. I’m glad everyone thinks so! So let’s play….
It’s BINGO TIME! We are playing Round 4 of Monika’s Blog Bingo. I’m currently taking names for Round 6 – I only have a couple of spots left. See this POST for more details on how to join, how to play and the Round 1, 2, and 3 winners. Is anyone getting close yet?
Here is piece #11 –the alphabet from Cute by the Inch stamp set (stamped in Poppy Parade).
Oct 3, 2010 | Bingo, Birthday, Cards, Designer Series Paper, Stampin' Up! Events, Watercoloring |
Hi everyone! Today is Sunday and I am on my way back home tonight from a trip to Virginia and Maryland. I went to visit my sister-in-law and on Friday we went to the Baltimore Regional. We had a great time! We saw lots of great WOW demonstrations which I’ll tell you more about later. The Make&Takes were all great and I’ll share those with you too. When I get home I can download all my pictures and share all of those things.
For today I’m going to share some of the cards we made in my Love Your Pets class. These two cards use the Stampin’ Up! Level 2 Hostess Stamp Set called Longfellows. These are quick and simple cards and I made some more for my regional swaps using different images. I think now I’ll go back and make a whole set using all the images that are included.
The front is pretty basic with a piece of Designer Series Paper on one side, the image stamped in Jet Black StazOn ink and watercolored, then layered on a piece of Crumb Cake (I keep writing Kraft and then deleting to correct it) that was scallopped on one side.
On the inside I stamped just the front and back of the dog (or the cat) on each edge of the card. I should have added a matching sentiment on the inside but I didn’t think about that.
The front also has the little Bitty Button thread with some Linen Thread.
If you were looking for a great idea with this stamp set – I hope you like this one! And now let’s move on to Bingo…..
It’s BINGO TIME! We are playing Round 4 of Monika’s Blog Bingo. I’m currently taking names for Round 6. See this POST for more details on how to join, how to play and the Round 1, 2, and 3 winners.
Here is piece #6 –CREATE from the Charming stamp set (stamped in Peach Parfait).
Oct 2, 2010 | Big Shot, Bingo, class, Masking, Watercoloring |
This little project is an idea that came straight from the Stampin’ Up! Idea Book & Catalog. On page 75 is the Friends Fur-ever stamp set. And right above it is this cute little box. Now I made a few changes to my version. First I used different colors. Mine actually came from the Color Coach. I pulled the So Saffron card and on the back is the Sweet Set combination of So Saffron, Riding Hood Red and Soft Suede. A perfect combination for this project in my opinion!
I stamped in Jet Black StazOn ink and did some watercoloring and some cutting out. Yes that little bone is a pain to cut out but I think it is so cute popped up and tied with the linen thread. Not everyone in my class did that part. I did show them how to do the masking technique for this. Basically you stamp the little wagon first on your card stock. Then stamp it again on a post-it note and cut it out right along the lines – you don’t want to leave any edge for this technique. Then cover your image on the card stock with the post it note so you can stamp the bones so they look like they are inside the wagon.
Then the other fun thing I did was stamp the bone on the twill ribbon – instant matching ribbon!
Fill this little box with some dog treats for your new neighbors! Won’t they think your the best when you bring something for their dog!
The box by the way is the Box #2 XL die for the Big Shot. Have fun!
Let’s play Bingo…..
It’s BINGO TIME! We are playing Round 4 of Monika’s Blog Bingo. I’m currently taking names for Round 6. See this POST for more details on how to join, how to play and the Round 1, 2, and 3 winners.
Here is piece #5 –the cupcake image from Cute by the Inch stamp set (stamped in Chocolate Chip).
Aug 22, 2010 | Bingo, Cards, Stampin' Up! Convention, Thank You, Watercoloring |
This was my favorite card from the Make & Take class at the Stampin’ Up! Convention. For one it is one of my favorite new stamp sets called Just Believe. And it used a water coloring technique that makes it look like your a real artist! The stamp does all the work because it is such a nice image. Using Stampin’ Write Markers you color your image. Using a fine mist spritzer (like our Stampin’ Mist cleaner spritzer) – spritz the stamp with water and then stamp onto Watercolor Paper. I hold it on the paper for just a few seconds before lifting it. The water makes it look like a real watercolor painting.
We made this card in my hands-on class on Friday. It looks harder than it is and turns out just beautiful every time.
I also wanted to update you on a few Stampin’ Up! Products. First there are some new Digital Downloads available for your My Digital Studio Software. To order these visit my online store on my Stampin’ Up! website – CLICK HERE.
The latest group of digital downloads for My Digital Studio are now available!
| Item | Description | Price |
| 122157 | Striped Grosgrain Ribbon Color Pack | $3.95 |
| 123367 | Flower Brads Brights Pack | $1.95 |
| 123374 | Flower Brads Subtles Pack | $1.95 |
| 123381 | Flower Brads Regals Pack | $1.95 |
| 123388 | Flower Brads Neutrals Pack | $1.95 |
| 121438 | Play Date Designer Series Paper | $4.95 |
| 123432 | Play Date Quick Accents Kit | $5.95 |
| 123433 | Play Date Embellishments | $3.95 |
| 121439 | Forest Friends stamp brush set | $1.95 |
| 121440 | Letters stamp brush set | $9.95 |
| 123431 | Funky Four stamp brush set | $3.95 |
Then I have a couple of catalog product updates.
The Play Date Rub-Ons (Item #118760) on page 184 in the catalog are now available to order.
The Punch Caddy on page 200 in the catalog are not going to be available at all. I know I had them on my wish list and I was disappointed to here this announcement. Due to serious production and quality issues with the product Stampin’ Up! has decided not to offer this product at all. I’d much rather know that now that find out it is a bad product after selling it to someone.
Now it is time for Monika’s Blog Bingo! Does anyone have all the called pieces so far?
I am continuing with Round 1 of Monika’s Blog Bingo. Round 2 is full and I’m taking names for Round 3 right now which is close to being full too. See this POST for more details.
Here is piece #4 – the Owl image from the Cute by the Inch stamp set – hostess set- (stamped in Chocolate Chip).
I hope you are having a nice weekend!
Jun 19, 2010 | Cards, Graduation, Summer Mini 2010, Watercoloring |
Around here most of the graduations have passed so I’m a little behind but I made these to send out earlier this week. This idea is from Heather Summers Simply Stamping 2 class. She created an invitation but I used these as my graduation cards – one has a hidden gift card and the other has some hidden money.
I used the Go Graduate stamp set in the Stampin’ Up! Summer Mini Catalog. I used the aquapainter and Watercolor Crayons to color the graduates and the caps that were stamped with Black StazOn ink. This one is Basic Black, Night of Navy and Whisper White.
The belly band has the stars from the Classic Stars Jumbo Wheel. Then I layered a variety of punched pieces to create the emblem on the front. Our message was written under the gift card. This one is for a family friend that graduated high school this year.
I also made this blue one for my nephew who graduated from pre-k 4.
The Happy Graduation is from the Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set. The colors I used were Brilliant Blue, Basic Black and Whisper White.
I hope they both like their graduation cards.
Thanks for stopping by today.
May 1, 2010 | Cards, Colored Brads, Create with Connie & Mary, Summer Mini 2010, Watercoloring |
Good Morning and Happy May! It is Saturday and time for the first Challenge at Create with Connie & Mary!
I hope you enjoyed the preview week projects – I know I did. To see the winners of the FREE passes please visit the Create with Connie & Mary site. Congratulations to all the winners – I’m so glad you are joining us!
This week our challenge is a sketch challenge. The featured items this week are from the Stampin’ Up! Summer Mini Catalog – Elements of Style stamp set, Presto Patterns Designer Series Paper, Mostly Vintage Stencil and the Rough Type Alphabet stamp set. My choice was to use the Elements of Style stamp set. I actually made two different cards for this challenge using the same stamp set and same colors. One follows the shapes of the sketch and the other is a different interpretation without the rectangular shapes – it is what I call a loose interpretation – I’ll show you both versions – and you can see if you see the sketch in the second one.
For the first card I started with a Garden Green card base. I added a Sahara Sand rectangle down the right side – stamped with Garden Green and sponged the edges with Sahara Sand. There is a Ruby Red scalloped trim on the right edge. The focal point is actually a 3×3 square – so you could use that portion of this card as a 3×3 card if you needed it. The roses are stamped in Black StazOn ink and water colored. The Hummingbird is inked with Stampin’ Write Markers and then cut out and popped up.
The greeting is inside a piece of the Hodge Podge Very Vanilla hardware. I colored my hardware Ruby Red so it would match my card and stand out more than the vanilla color.
This is how I colored my hardware – first I covered the hardware with Ruby Red Craft Ink. Then I covered the ink with Clear Embossing Powder. Use a heat tool and heat the embossing powder just until it melts. I hold my hardware with a pair of craft tweezers – it will get hot and the heat tool is hot and you don’t want to burn your fingers. Don’t overheat because the vanilla finish underneath can burn if it gets to hot and it turns rusty colored.
Here is a full list of Stampin’ Up! supplies for this card:
- Elements of Style stamp set
- card stock: Garden Green, Ruby Red, Sahara Sand, Whisper White
- ink: Garden Green Classic and Stampin’ Write marker, Ruby Red Classic and Craft and Stampin’ Write marker, Black StazOn, Sahara Sand Classic and Stampin’ Write Marker, Black Journaler
- Vanilla Hodge Podge Hardware
- Clear Embossing Powder
- Heat Tool
- Stampin’ Sponge
- Aqua Painter
- Stampin’ Dimensionals
And here is my other card – 
most of the supplies are the same as the first card with the following differences. The roses are stamped on Watercolor paper twice – one full piece is layered on the front of my card and the second set I cut out the larger flowers and mounted them with Stampin’ Dimensionals on top of the matching flowers for a 3-d effect. The roses represent the vertical rectangle in the sketch. I stamped the hummingbird and cut it out – it represents the horizontal rectangle in the sketch. The hardware is the same. Can you see the sketch in this card?Check out what the rest of the Create team did with this challenge:
Connie
Mary
Kerin
If you haven’t checked out the Create with Connie and Mary site yet it isn’t too late to do it! We feature new Summer Mini products every week. For more information and to see our Preview Week projects please visit the Create with Connie and Mary site.
Thanks for stopping by today! Happy Stampin’!
I got this set because I thought the animals were fun and different from anything else that I had. But once I had it here at home I couldn’t figure out exactly what to do with these long fellows!
I made a new version of the cat card using Cajun Craze as my main color. The Designer paper on this one is the Wicked Fun specialty paper. This one is fun because the black circles are flocked so they have texture.
It’s BINGO TIME! We are playing Round 4 of Monika’s Blog Bingo. I’m currently taking names for Round 6 – I only have a couple of spots left. See this POST for more details on how to join, how to play and the Round 1, 2, and 3 winners. Is anyone getting close yet?
