Jun 30, 2015 | Demonstrator, Weekly Deals |
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Just a quick post for you. I’m trying to move from my old laptop to my new one and it isn’t going as smoothly as I had hoped. Here is what it looks like –
Old computer with instructions for what I’m trying to accomplish and then the new computer with me trying to do it. I finally got me Outlook email moved over. But now my calendars are in the cloud somewhere and not on my laptop. Another task for another day. All my software was so old nothing looks the same anymore. New operating system, new office, new word, excel, outlook, everything really. But I’m clunking my way through it. In case you are wondering – this post is being written on my old computer. tomorrow I’ll try to start blogging from the new one.
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Jun 26, 2015 | Birthday, Cards, In Colors |
I had plans to start something new on Fridays called Share The Fun. That is what the front of the new Stampin’ Up! catalog says and my idea was to share a card from the catalog. In really old catalogs they used to have a list of supplies for every project that was shown in the catalog. In more recent catalogs it was no longer printed as part of the catalog but was available as a pdf for us to access. And currently we just have the samples in the catalog without the supply list (unless you look at the You Can Make It ideas those show you the supplies). I often have people ask what was used to make a particular sample. So my idea is to try to recreate some of those samples so I can give you a list of the supplies and maybe some instructions too. Originally I planned to copy them exactly but when I was working on this card I opted to make a few changes – one main reason is I didn’t have one of the stamp sets that they used. So let’s just say sometimes I’ll make a variation of the sample in the catalog.
For my In-Color class the other week I wanted a card that showcased the Mint Macaron color. When I looked through the catalog I would always return to the card on page 16 – it was simple, clean and very pretty and soft. It had just a hint of the Mint Macaron. I decided to use that idea for my class but wanted a bit more Mint Macaron by using that for my card base instead of Very Vanilla like the one in the catalog. I also had to change the stamp set since I didn’t have One Big Meaning.
Here you can see what I came up with.
- I used Mint Macaron for the card base instead of Very Vanilla
- I added the Typeset Specialty Designer Series paper – it’s torn along the top edge and stamped along the bottom edge with the Honeycomb image from Butterfly Basics – to keep the color light stamp off on scratch paper first.
- My Very Vanilla layer is stamped with the flower from Butterfly Basics – the catalog card looks a bit lighter so I think they may have stamped off first
- I used the Host stamp set called Happy Birthday, Everyone for my card and stamped Memento Black Ink
- I tied the Linen Thread around my layer – I just put mine in a different place because of where I did my stamping
- I finished with the Mint Macaron blossom just like they did
- They also added some Pearls which I opted not to do
- Put the layer on the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals
Now you can go make this card – switch out the stamp sets or even the colors for something else and make several variations.
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Jun 23, 2015 | Cards, In Colors |
Last week I started sharing the cards from my Hands On Stamping Class introducing the new In-Colors. We met Cucumber Crush and now we are going to say hi to Watermelon Wonder. The two of them go together very well and were perfect for this card.
I used both colors to create a slice of watermelon! Yum!
I stamped with my Gorgeous Grunge stamp set – the lines on the watermelon rind and the texture for the inside of the watermelon. I added seeds – they are the little candle flame from the Cupcake Punch.
A little bit of washi tape along the bottom of the card – that’s from the Cherry On Top collection. And then the new lace ribbon in Watermelon Wonder. So sweet!
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Jun 20, 2015 | Cards, Thank You, Thinlits |
It’s been a really long time since I’ve played along with any of the challenges that are out there. Every day there are demos from all over the world doing various challenges. I used to play along with a few but haven’t really done it in a long time. Some of my friends have started a new challenge group and I finally decided to play along with one. It’s and interesting one – not the normal challenge that most sites have. This one limits you to only certain supplies and you can’t go outside of that – there is a “basket” that you have to use a certain number of items from and then a “pantry” that you can pull from if you need to.
This basket of supplies was really not what I would normally pull from – the colors are not the norm for me. But hey it was a challenge and I was up for it. I did begin to realize that what I was seeing is that we were limited to Whisper White card stock (from the pantry) – well gold foil was an option too but I didn’t use any. Here is the basket of supplies:
We had to use at least 4 – I used the Hello You Thinlits, Work of Art stamp set and the Blushing Bride and Blackberry Bliss ink.
It turned out to be a very clean card – with all that white. I cut the “thanks” from the Hello You thinlits and then cut off the ‘s’. I actually cut two of them. One I placed on the card from and then stamped over it with the big swoosh from Work of Art and the Blushing Bride ink – it left a white “frame” around where the word was. I took that one off and used the second one and stamped it with the other swoosh and Blackberry Bliss ink – I covered almost all of it but if you look really close there are tiny white spots still visible. I cut thin slivers of dimensionals (adhesive is in the pantry) to put on the back and adhere it into the “framed” space. I decided to tie a little piece of White Bakers Twine (also from the pantry) on my word. I stamped the “you” from Work of Art and then layered the white piece on a Whisper White card base. That was all of it.
You can find this Tuesday Throw Down challenge here if you want to play along too. Now to save my post and then go link it up on the challenge.
Here are the supplies that I used:
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Jun 18, 2015 | Birthday, Cards, In Colors |
Last week I had a Hands On Stamping Class introducing the new In-Colors. One of the new colors is Cucumber Crush – a bright green.
The Cherry On Top Paper Stack includes this color so I used strips of different prints from the pack all cut to 1″ wide and used the new Triple Banner Punch to make them all into banners. Attach them all to a piece of Whisper White card stock. On the bottom I stamped using the Endless Birthday Wishes stamp set. Add a card stock strip of Cucumber Crush and some of the Crushed Curry Baker’s twine across all the strips and add attach the whole layer to a Cucumber Crush card base. A pretty quick and easy card with that new punch.
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Plus today is the start of some bonus deals –
Old computer with instructions for what I’m trying to accomplish and then the new computer with me trying to do it. I finally got me Outlook email moved over. But now my calendars are in the cloud somewhere and not on my laptop. Another task for another day. All my software was so old nothing looks the same anymore. New operating system, new office, new word, excel, outlook, everything really. But I’m clunking my way through it. In case you are wondering – this post is being written on my old computer. tomorrow I’ll try to start blogging from the new one.
