Feb 6, 2014 | Cards, Occasions Catalog 2014, Watercoloring |
Water coloring is a big trend right now. One of the cards that we made at our Leadership Conference featured water coloring.
Supplies for this card:
- Whisper White card base (you can’t actually see it here because the designer paper covers the whole front)
- Kaleidoscope Designer Series paper (the black stripe print) *
- Watercolor paper
- Stazon Jet Back ink
- Vivid Vases stamp set *
- Aqua-painter
- Bermuda Bay, Strawberry Slush, Daffodil Delight, Tangerine Tango, Old Olive classic ink for watercoloring the vases
- strip of Daffodil Delight card stock
- Bermuda Bay card stock
- Scallop Border punch
- Metal Buttons *
- Whisper White Baker’s Twine
*These items are in the Stampin’ Up! Occasions 2014 catalog.
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Feb 5, 2014 | Big Shot, Cards, Thinlits, Valentine's Day |
Valentine’s Day is quickly approaching and if you haven’t already you better get busy on some Valentine cards. Here is one idea for you today.
Let’s see how this card came together –
- Card base is Crushed Curry
- Whisper White cut with the Hexagon Hive Thinlits Die
- Strip of Basic Black card stock
- Strip of Eastern Elegance Designer Series paper (the Crushed Curry pattern)
- the focal element is a stamp from the Crazy, Mixed-up Love stamp set (it is a fun set for Valentine’s day). I used Stampin’ Write Markers – Basic Black for the Bee and Crushed Curry for “mine”, color the stamp with the markers, huff on it and then stamp it on Whisper White card stock. Punch it out with the circle punch.
- Use the Artisan Label Punch to create the Crushed Curry layer.
- Then punch 2 Artisan Label punches from Basic Black card stock – cut each one in half in opposite directions. Then glue each piece behind the Crushed Curry layer as a mat. You can’t even tell it’s 4 separate pieces! It just looks like a larger version of the punch.
- Punch a tiny heart from Real Red using the Two-Step Owl punch and glue it inside the wings of the bee.
- And a final touch I did dot the eye with the Crushed Curry marker – you can see it in the close up photo.
One more look at the whole card –
Will you Be Mine?
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Feb 4, 2014 | My Digital Studio, Tell Me Tuesday, Weekly Deals |
Tuesday is not over yet. I was waiting on a late announcement that came this afternoon just before I left to hold a card class at KSU. And there is actually one more tomorrow – but I didn’t want to wait until then – so I’ll tell you about it now and come back and add the details when I have them. Here we go –
Here is what we have going on this week. – SHOP HERE.
- Personalized Name Stamps – With our personalized stamps you can create a cool address label or even use it for everything from marking your territory on books or other belongings to having a fun way to give a personal touch to gifts and goodies. Here are just a few customization ideas (for you or for the perfect gift): address stamp, Thank You, From the classroom of (teacher gift), From the kitchen of, Made with Love, This book belongs to, From the desk of, Just Married, Save the date, Promote your business (name, website, contact info). Coordinates with the 1-3/8″ Circle Punch (item 119860). Clear Block B (item 117147) recommended. Purchase separately. Available in photopolymer only. Order stamps online with a preview option before you submit your order.
- New Photopolymer stamp set – a new set will be released on 2/5/2014. Here is the info – Sans and Stripes Photopolymer stamp set – $13.95
- New Weekly Deals 2/4– 2/10 – the weekly deals continue
- New My Digital Studio Downloads –
Sale-A-Bration is underway!!! 1/28 – 3/31 – It’s our biggest event of the year! For every $50 you spend you get a FREE Sale-A-Bration gift! Shop, Host or Join.
I hope you found something fun in the things I listed above!
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Feb 3, 2014 | Big Shot, Birthday, Cards, Ronald McDonald House Charities |
The Tag It stamp set is the annual Ronald McDonald House Charity stamp set from Stampin’ Up! Part of the sales from each set go to Ronald McDonald House. We have a group that goes to our local house and stamps with the guests that are staying there. I will be going tonight with my friend Leishman.
I thought I would share this cute card that I had at my Card Maker’s class this week that uses the Tag It stamp set.
This one is a birthday card that I actually “recycled” from parts for a Christmas card – you can see it HERE on my FB page. Hopefully that link works :).
Here are the supplies that I used:
- Crumb Cake card base
- Season of Style Designer Paper Stack (from the Holiday catalog)
- Cherry Cobbler card stock & Scallop Edge Border Punch
- Silver Glitter Paper
- Cherry Cobbler Baker’s Twine
- Tag It stamp set
- Whisper White card stock
- Stampin’ Write Markers – Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive, Crumb Cake, Baked Brown Sugar
- Chalk Talk Framelits (they coordinate with the stamp set!)
I used the Stampin’ Write Markers to color the stamp image so that I could make it multiple colors. Do all of the coloring, then huff on the stamp and stamp it on your card stock
I’ll try to take some pictures tonight when we go to the Ronald McDonald house so I can post them to my blog.
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Jan 31, 2014 | Cards, sympathy, Watercoloring |
Are you ready for Spring? I am!
In a normal winter I think we have a handful of days that we get below freezing, let alone in the teens or lower. It seems like this winter that has been the norm. What is up with this weather? I’m afraid all my plants are going to be frozen and dead I guess I’ll find out in a few months. I did notice the Bluebirds are starting to house hunt. They have been going in and out of the bird houses trying to choose the one they want this year. Normally they always take the same one but we shall see what they decide on this year. I’d like to put a little sign on each – Welcome Blue Birds, Welcome Chick-a-dees, Welcome Titmouse – and then they would know which house is theirs – but I don’t think they would care.
Anyway this little card idea that I found on Pinterest (by Claire Daly) has a beautiful bird image on it from the Stampin’ Up! Hostess set – Simply Sketched. It’s a set you may have missed seeing in the catalog – since the hostess sets are now in the very back I think they aren’t noticed quite so much. I know I keep forgetting I have it.
Here is what I used on mine:
- Soft Suede card base
- StazOn Jet Black ink, Soft Suede & Pool Party Classic ink for watercoloring
- Ovals Collection Framelits
- Large Oval punch
- Quatrefancy Specialty Designer Paper (the Pool Party strip), Modern Medley Deisgner paper (the music strip), Neutrals Collection Designer Paper Stack (the Soft Suede strip)
- Naturals White card stock – what the bird image is stamped on
There are three greetings in the stamp set – I chose to use the sympathy one, but there is also a birthday and a thanks. It makes this a very versatile set.
It’s going to be a good one to use with the new Blendabilities Markers that will be coming out some time this quarter from Stampin’ Up! They are our new alcohol based marker sets. There will be 12 colors ( I think to begin with so I believe more will be added later) coming in sets of 3 markers – each set has a Dark, Medium and Light version of the color. If you click on the photo below you should be able to read the colors on the larger version.
There will also be a color lifter and skin tone colors. These are in production here in the US and will be available sometime this quarter. I’ll let you know when Stampin’ Up! gives us more information.
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